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Well, I finally played a game worth writing a story about. It was a five player game on Garden of War with medium resources. The players involved were Shlonglor (playing as PapaSmurf), Myself (playing as Smurfette), RedBaron, Void, and Spiderman (who we later discovered was the same person as Zima/Cpl_Will). Shlonglor and I were teammates as were RedBaron, Void, and Spiderman.
Once the game started, we found out that Void was a C&C player, and had very little war2 experience. In fact, he would not stop talking about C&C! Well, as he would soon discover, C&C experience does *not* help when playing war2!
The game started as any other game on Garden. As everyone knows, you need to get the grunts, and get them fast. Well, Shlonglor didn't get them quite fast enough (neither did I, but as it turned out, that didn't matter). About the time Shlong had two grunts, Spiderman/Zima attacked his town with five grunts. Needless to say, Shlong was in big trouble. He cried for help, but I only had two grunts as well. Things were not looking good. Shlong's town was gone. He escaped with two peons and one grunt and came up to my town. Unfortunately, he didn't have near enough resources to build another hall. He was effectively eliminated, and at this point it turned into a three on one! I was so dead!
At this time I decided to attack RedBaron. I don't remember how many grunts I had, but it wasn't enough. He had a cannon tower up, and I didn't do much more than kill a couple of peasants. After I got kicked out of RedBaron's town, I turned my full attention to Spiderman/Zima. Spiderman came in and attacked with a lot of grunts. I fought it off with my grunts, tower, and Shlonglor's only Grunt :) . Shlonglor then repaired the tower with one of his 2 peons. See that is why teammates should stick around. They can still help even with only 2 peons and a grunt! After that, the first order of business was to get the ogres and flying machines. I had a little help from Shlonglor here. He repaired my ogre mound and alchemist with his surviving peons and resources. Once I had nine grunts and a couple of ogres, I went in on Spiderman/Zima. Surprisingly, there was not much resistance. I killed off the forces he had in his town and was left with a couple of ogres and three or four grunts. I quickly went for his blacksmith, which I was able to destroy. Somewhere in here I also upgraded to Fortress and started working on bloodlust. Next, I think I tried for the ogre mound, but this is where RedBaron came to the rescue. He kicked me out of Spiderman's town with knights.
After being kicked out, I made sure I had bloodlust and mounted another assault. This time I was victorious, and I was able to take out Spiderman's town. I guess this crippled him, and he never got another town. Somewhere during the battle for his town, someone asked what Void was doing. It looked like Spiderman and RedBaron were not able to defend Spiderman's town, and they wanted Void to do something. I had left Void alone for a *long* time, and was a little worried about what he had.
A little while after the question about what Void was doing, he sent a small army to attack my second mine. My mine was undefended, and he killed my peons, but I sent in bloodlusted ogres. But Void ran! He took his pathetic little army, level 1 footman and a few Archers and ran away. Again, I left him alone and turned on RedBaron, who I saw as the bigger threat.
With a lot of work, and a lot of bloodlusted ogres, I attacked RedBaron. He had cannon towers defending the main entrance, but I don't think he realized that he had chopped through at the top of his town. I went in there, where there was *no* resistance. He had a pretty good defense, but knights are no match for bloodlusted ogres. I was able to take his town. Still, Void was nowhere to be seen. He didn't attack me at all.
RedBaron started another town while I decided to go in on Void. It turns out the Void had a pretty good force built up, including mages, but if you remember, Void was a C&C player. He didn't know how to control his guys. Actually, he was able to fend off my attack, so I got a death knight and decayed the peons at his undefended second town. Guess what happened then... He quit! Hahahaha! The sight of his peasants dying in a pile by his mine was just too much for him! Heheheh.
This is when I discovered RedBaron's other mine. There really wasn't much there, and from this point on it was a simple clean-up matter. I'll give RedBaron this: he sure didn't give up. He fought it out until the bitter end.
So there you have it. A three on two that turned into a three on one. When Shlong was killed I would have sworn there was no way I could win. Who would've ever thought I could pull it off?
Greg Boyko (Warpmaster)(Warp!)
Shlonglor:
First let me explain the Smurf thing. Warp and I enjoy making up names and playing people at war2. We make them think we really suck and then beat them up. But the joke was on me because Zima pulled my own trick on me. He played as Spiderman making me think he sucked. Beaten at my own game! So sad. Well we have lots of fun playing as smurfs. We talk in smurf. We smurf us some ass at war 2. I guess that is totally childish, but it sure is fun.
To understand what is so cool about this story you have to know who Zima/Cpl Will is. He is the Leader of the IWL (International War 2 League.) For a month or so, Cpl Will was playing as Zima, leader of the Twilight Hammer clan. Little did everyone In the IWL know that Zima=Cpl Will. Zima was actually the Leader of the IWL. We all know Zima is good, but we thought Cpl Will probably sucked at War 2. A week or so ago, Tou and Dragonlord Discovered that Zima was Cpl Will the leader of the IWL. After that Cpl Will has been forced to hide under made up names. But I Caught him the first time he did it. Cpl Will went on Kali as Waterworld. I did a /whois Waterworld and it told me that his Kali serial number is 1603. As everyone now knows 1603 is Zima's/Cpl Will's number. I told Zima that He would never catch me off guard. It seems I was wrong.
Here is what happened before this game. We were all in the #iwl channel in kchat. Then this guy named spiderman comes on. He was a real Jerk so I decided to teach him a lesson. I was in Kchat under the name PapaSmurf. Zima knew it was me Shlonglor, but I did not know it was him. Before I go on let me say that Zima is a really good War2 player. I beat him the first time 1 on 1. He beat me next time 1 on 1. So he is really good at war 2. Ok on with the story. We started the game. Zima knew who I was and headed straight for me with 5 grunts. If I knew It was Zima, I would have played better but I thought It was some newbies we where playing. So he screwed me over. I probably only got 1 kill at most. So I ran to Warp's town (Smurfette, haha) with only 2 peons and a grunt. That is all I had left. I had a lot of fun exploring the whole map with one of my 2 peons. I explored the whole map. I almost made it to Red Barron's town but then his knight spotted me! I ran for it. I cut left, I cut right. I gave the knight the slip! Well only because he never got to click on my peon and also probably because he never even saw it. But it was still scary for me. I checked some of the mines to make sure no one was at them.
So to cut it short Warp beat them all 3 on 1. That is just unheard of. What is so spectacular is not only was it 3 on 1, but one of the players was Zima, leader of the IWL and a really good player. So even with 2 allies, Zima could not beat Warp.
We go to kchat and Spiderman(Zima) asks to join my clan. I still did not know that it was Zima! He got me bad. haha. Well Zima types, hey "smart ass", did not catch me this time. Well Smart ass is what Zima always calls me because really I am one, haha. That is when I realized. He had been playing me the whole time. But then I realized the joke was on him. He beat me, but He could not beat Warp with 2 allies. He turned out looking like a bigger idiot then me. I got wasted by one person. He got taken out by one with 2 allies to help him. hahahhahahahahahahah.
Well we both looked like idiots. I got like 1 kill and was pretty much eliminated and he could not beat 1 person with 2 teammates. haha.
Man I am so proud of Warp. He pulled out a win for the smurfs. Even though I was taken out, I still had one peon left with the game ended so I won. hahaha.
Shlonglor
Take a look at the stats. I was Papasmurf and Warp was Smurfette.
I guess I had 0 Kills. DOH!
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Issues and articles of Vanguard, an anarchist publication based out of New York during the 1930s.
I found a full run of this in PDF. I'm having trouble splitting it (its over 500 pages) and having trouble compressing it (its over 100 MB). Will hopefully solve soon.
As I was saying to Juan on FB, glad to see this getting exposure. The Vanguard was prolly the most influential periodical in my developing years In the days of do your own thing, non class struggle oriented an anarchism, The Vanguard posed serious questions, commentaries and PoVs from anarchist-communist and anarchosyndicalist perspectives.
Great that The Vanguard is now online. Very well done.
Finally managed to split the PDF and have been adding issues. I may need some help identifying some of the writers' real names. For example, I know that Sam Weiner was Sam Dolgoff and Abe Coleman was Abe Bluestein, but other pen names I'm unfamiliar with.
It seems I have a full run of this, but not absolutely sure. There are 30 issues in this collection, but there's a gap between Vol. 1, No. 8 (May-June 1933) and Vol.2, No. 1 (March 1935). So either Vanguard was not being published during this time, or the collection I have, which is a reprint from the 1970s did not include these issues.
Also, I'm continuing to have difficulties doing anything with the large, high quality PDF. Almost every time I attempt to split it, my browser crashes. Now, I have a 5 year old netbook, so I'm sure that's part of it, but I went to use the Twin Cities IWW office computers and was having similar problems. The first 3 issues that were posted are the high quality versions, but I'm afraid all subsequent issues are going to be lower quality. These are from the PDF that I compressed. It is still readable, but I usually strive to make the best quality available, so I'm a bit annoyed and frustrated that I'm having problems with this, even though it is still readable.
I just completed uploading these. It took many hours, but the full run of the publication is now online in individual issue format. If you're interested in what American anarchists were saying about the Spanish Civil War, CIO, IWW, National Socialism and other topics of the 1930s, here's where to look.
Little sad to be done with it, as over the last 2 weeks had been reading and learning a lot about the times Vanguard was in and who their writers were.
Maybe with your knowledge now you could write a piece on it, reflecting on the magazine and maybe highlighting some of the more interesting articles.
I think its a great job you did and an effort well worth, giving such a thing back to the movement. Its great that its also in our hands now instead of individuals or state-run archives.
Ed note: These few lines describe what the youthful comrades of the original Vanguard Group set out as their founding perspective in April of 1932. Most of the group members were in their 20s. I believe I recall Dolgoff saying he was the oldest member at age 30. The Group were generally sons and daughters of immigrants or they themselves arrived in America at a young age.
for in depth information and theory, written by many renowned militants.
Although the Vanguard Group did not achieve in the development of a movement for the "great historical task of social reconstruction", it did attempt to initiate a conversation amongst anarchists and syndicalists that through organization and revolutionary ideas anything could be possible.
The tidal wave of the defeat of the Spanish Revolution, the surge in authoritarian communist parties, the rise of centralized and bureaucratic "industrial unionism" and fascism overtook the efforts of a small but heartedly group of revolutionaries.
"We call ourselves a Vanguard group. We want to revive here, in America, the great anarchist idea of a revolutionary Vanguard, the anarchist idea of the role and place of an active revolutionary minority in the great mass struggles of today and the near future. The idea of an active revolutionary Vanguard is not a specifically communist idea [Ed note: as meaning Leninist]. The communists distorted it, degraded it to the level of a hierarchical apparatus. We anarchists also believe in the idea of a revolutionary Vanguard, but we do not claim any divine rights to it. We do not claim to be the only true mouthpiece of the dialectical process of historical infallibility; we want to work in free competition with the other groupings and forces struggling for the emancipation of humanity. We want to hold before the genuine and sincere elements of the revolutionary movement of America, the anarchistic idea of such a Vanguard --- an association of free, rebellious spirits, united for a common purpose and a common struggle, embodying in their form of association the principles of a free society….
Yeah, at some point, I would like to write an intro on this page that gives a bit of a biographical sketch of the publication and some of its writers. Not making any promises, but I put it on the list of writing I'd like to get to this summer.
Looking back on this, some 8 months later, I have to say, out of everything I've ever put on libcom, I'm proudest to have tracked this down and made it available here. Was just wondering if anyone else has had the chance to read through some of these?


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Home Communities Higher Education Alderson Broaddus offers programs at Fairmont, Beckley, Charleston
Alderson Broaddus offers programs at Fairmont, Beckley, Charleston
Bianca Bosworth, Staff Writer
Students attend an Alderson Broaddus University meet-and-greet. Photo courtesy Alderson Broaddus.
Alderson Broaddus University will offer new bachelor's degree programs in the Beckley, Fairmont, and Charleston areas this fall semester in conjunction with area community and technical colleges.
Criminal Justice, Health Care Management, and Interdisciplinary Studies programs will be convenient to students in southern, northern, and western West Virginia, according to Dr. Jim Owston, assistant provost for extended learning.
The programs will be offered at the campuses of BridgeValley Community and Technical College in South Charleston, New River Community and Technical College in Beaver, and Pierpont Community and Technical College's Advanced Technology Center in Fairmont.
In addition to the three new degrees, registration will continue with the existing Bachelor of Science in Professional Leadership program, which began this June at Pierpont. Additional programs will be offered at all three locations in 2020.
"AB is pleased to have our community and technical college partners in this important initiative," Owston said.
"Our degree completion programs provide associate program graduates and other working adults with some college credits the opportunity to complete a bachelor's degree close to home."
Evening classes begin on August 26 at all three locations.
To find out more, Alderson Broaddus invites prospective students to a reception at one of the following locations:
Fairmont: Muriale's Italian Kitchen on Thursday, August 8, from 5:30 to 8 p.m.
Charleston: Black Sheep Burritos and Brews on Tuesday, August 13, from 6 to 9 p.m.
Beckley: Pasquale's Italian Restaurant on Thursday, August 15, from 6 to 9 p.m.
Guests are welcome to anytime during these evenings and to enjoy a meal and talk to representatives about the programs. To RSVP, call 304-457-6222 or email Alderson Broaddus University at FinishYourDegree@ab.edu.
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Mayo Clinic calls out CNN's story of medical kidnapping as 'inaccurate' and 'irresponsible'
Thursday, August 16, 2018 by Hannah Jones in News
CNN's two-part series, "Escape from the Mayo Clinic," told the story of a caper straight out of a movie plot.
There was Alyssa Gilderhus, an 18-year-old high school senior from Sherburn, who was recovering from a Christmas Day aneurysm at Rochester's Mayo Clinic. There was her mother, Amber Engebretson, who reportedly had been badgering doctors with questions and suggestions for Alyssa's care until she was barred from the hospital.
Requests for transfer to a new facility had been denied, and behind the scenes, Mayo had been filing for emergency guardianship for Alyssa. Looking back, her family says if something hadn't been done, they might have lost her forever.
So the scheme was hatched. They feigned a visit from Alyssa's frail Grandma Betty, who was too weak to make the trip to the hospital room. Then they wheeled Alyssa down to the parking lot, where her mother was waiting with a van, and swept her inside. She was finally going home, her mother promised. They sped away.
Mayo called the police to report a patient abduction, but officers said they couldn't see any foul play. This was just an adult patient leaving the hospital with the help of her family.
But now that cinematic tale of maternal heroism has been called into question.
When the article was first released, Mayo was a mostly silent figure in the story. Yesterday, the hospital fired back, saying it's "inaccurate" and "irresponsible," and "lacks context that CNN was provided, but chose not to investigate or report."
Mayo describes a four-hour meeting between the hospital and CNN reporters before the story was published, in which doctors gave their side of the story. They worried Amber was unwilling to learn to care for her daughter once Alyssa was released, that she'd resisted the doctor's advice to take Alyssa off opioids, even that she was "physically aggressive" with Mayo staff.
Mayo spokesperson Ginger Plumbo says Amber yelled at staff to "get the fuck out of the room" numerous times, grabbed a doctor by the arm and "seemed ready to throw a punch," and requested narcotics even though Alyssa hadn't reported excess pain. Plumbo says Amber told the doctors that she "wanted to get some sleep" and so asked for Alyssa to be sedated.
MPR also reports that last month, a Martin County judge ordered Alyssa's five younger half-siblings be removed from Amber's care, citing allegations of neglect and abuse—both emotional and physical. In late July, when a county official stopped by their Sherburn home to see whether any abuse was happening, Amber tested positive for methamphetamines and amphetamines. The kids were placed in the care of Alyssa's stepfather, Duane Engebretson.
That's why Mayo says doctors kicked Amber out and requested emergency guardianship for Alyssa. They say she was a vulnerable adult who could not make her own medical decisions, and they thought she needed someone more responsible than Amber to make them for her.
Mayo did receive a request for a transfer to a different hospital, but they say the family didn't specify where they wanted to send Alyssa. After the doctors developed a new care plan, the family said they'd no longer require a transfer.
Mayo says CNN knew about all this, and even alleges that reporters knew about the family's plan to spirit Alyssa away from the hospital before it happened.
"We provided a lot of information about the mother's abuse on the daughter," Plumbo says. "We provided all that background to CNN, and they ignored it and released the story anyway."
Duane and Amber are reportedly separated now, but he told MPR News he stands by the CNN story and never saw Amber hurt Alyssa. Neither Amber, Duane, nor CNN have responded to City Pages' requests for comment.
CNN says Mayo's written response was inaccurate and incomplete, but hasn't corrected any specific aspect of the statement. Plumbo says the news agency hasn't been in touch with them, and they don't have any plans to initiate legal action. They ordinarily wouldn't be revealing any of this information due to patient privacy policies, but the CNN story was a special circumstance.
"Our primary concern for this patient all along was her safety and her care," she says. "We really took this unusual step so the truth would be known."
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Bilal Khan releases a charming indie-pop tune, entitled, "Crazy"
Bilal Khan is a Pakistani singer-songwriter and producer based in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Not too long ago, he released a charming indie-pop tune, entitled, "Crazy".
Bilal Khan – "Crazy" single
"When there's no makeup by your face, I love it. Dressed like it's Sunday, I love your messy hair and PJs, they're perfect. But don't look at me like I'm a creep. When you do you, you make my knees weak." – lyrics
'Crazy' tells an adorable tale of a young guy who cherishes being in a loving relationship with his significant other.
The likable tune contains a relatable storyline, soothing vocals, and hip instrumentation scented with an indie-alternative fragrance.
'Crazy' was written, produced, mixed, and mastered by Bilal Khan.
Bilal Khan
Bilal Khan began writing at an early age. His first single, "Bachana", became a viral hit on the internet in 2009.
Since then, he has released two albums, performed three times on Coke Studio, acted on TV, and established himself as a touring artist around the world.
So far, he has amassed millions of fans on YouTube and Facebook through his soulful, heartbreak Urdu songs.
Recently, his first English single, entitled, "Save Me", has gained over 2.5M streams online via Spotify.
Also, "Crazy" is featured on his latest 4-track EP, entitled, "Go 4 It".
Bilal Khan – "Go 4 It" EP
Bilal Khan is currently writing and producing his first English solo album. The LP will consist of acoustic-folk, electronic, soul, blues, and jazz elements.
We recommend adding Bilal Khan's "Crazy" single to your personal playlist. Also, let us know how you feel about it in the comment section below.
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Children will learn the different sounds that letters make. Children will love letter characters both new and old. You will be amazed at how easily your little one can learn their letter sounds. Features many new letter characters and also brings back old favorites from Meet the Letters.
Publisher: [United States] : Preschool Prep Company, 2011.
Characteristics: 1 videodisc (ca. 35 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary: Children will learn the different sounds that letters make. Children will love letter characters both new and old. You will be amazed at how easily your little one can learn their letter sounds. Features many new letter characters and also brings back old favorites from Meet the Letters.


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from django.db import migrations, models

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ('tests', '0017_alwaysshowinmenuspage'),
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    operations = [
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='formfield',
            name='field_type',
            field=models.CharField(choices=[('singleline', 'Single line text'), ('multiline', 'Multi-line text'), ('email', 'Email'), ('number', 'Number'), ('url', 'URL'), ('checkbox', 'Checkbox'), ('checkboxes', 'Checkboxes'), ('dropdown', 'Drop down'), ('multiselect', 'Multiple select'), ('radio', 'Radio buttons'), ('date', 'Date'), ('datetime', 'Date/time')], max_length=16, verbose_name='field type'),
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='jadeformfield',
            name='field_type',
            field=models.CharField(choices=[('singleline', 'Single line text'), ('multiline', 'Multi-line text'), ('email', 'Email'), ('number', 'Number'), ('url', 'URL'), ('checkbox', 'Checkbox'), ('checkboxes', 'Checkboxes'), ('dropdown', 'Drop down'), ('multiselect', 'Multiple select'), ('radio', 'Radio buttons'), ('date', 'Date'), ('datetime', 'Date/time')], max_length=16, verbose_name='field type'),
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='formfieldwithcustomsubmission',
            name='field_type',
            field=models.CharField(choices=[('singleline', 'Single line text'), ('multiline', 'Multi-line text'), ('email', 'Email'), ('number', 'Number'), ('url', 'URL'), ('checkbox', 'Checkbox'), ('checkboxes', 'Checkboxes'), ('dropdown', 'Drop down'), ('multiselect', 'Multiple select'), ('radio', 'Radio buttons'), ('date', 'Date'), ('datetime', 'Date/time')], max_length=16, verbose_name='field type'),
        ),
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Symploce torchaceus är en kackerlacksart som beskrevs av Feng, P. och Patrick C.Y. Woo 1999. Symploce torchaceus ingår i släktet Symploce och familjen småkackerlackor. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Downtown's Fergusons Motel Revival D.O.A.?
The restaurants, bars and retail headed to far Fremont East appear to have been dumped.
by Bradley Martin Jan 2, 2015, 11:00am PST
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Fergusons Motel
Bradley Martin
Sixteen months after Eater Vegas first revealed the down at heel Fergusons Motel was to be reborn as a hub of art, dining, drinking and retail, it looks like the Downtown Project has stepped away from its own big dreams.
Bloomberg Business Week is reporting Paul Cline, project manager for the remodel of the 50,768-square-foot, 69-room motel, discovered his role was dissolved last September and departed believing, "I think their appetite for that doesn't exist now."
Kim Schaefer, speaking for the Downtown Project, chose not confirm or deny the claim to Bloomberg, but explained, "We are currently evaluating the financials of this proposed project." The lot and buildings were bought for $5 million by the development group in December of 2012. Cline believed it would take another $9 million to match the ambitious plans for the motel.
All mention of Fergusons has now been scrubbed from the Downtown Project's Web presence, although their original page soliciting future tenants can be still be found online.
Fergusons Motel rendering by D.i.G design group
Plans for the makeover were in an advanced stage, with layouts, renderings and even rumored tenants. A coffee shop, three bars and even more possible dining at the rear of the motel were to be joined by local artists and retailers residing in retrofitted guest rooms.
The central courtyard was designed for hosting outdoor concerts and events, surrounding a centerpiece 50-foot-tall "Big Rig Jig" sculpture created by Los Angeles artist Mike Ross.
As a more adult, 2.0 version of the kid friendly Container Park further back along Fremont, Fergusons would have provided the perfect extra impetus for visitors to head to this section of Downtown. In other ominous news, Bloomberg also reports on the financials of the Container Park, with a manager noting, "We're very, very close to being profitable, some months."
Fergusons Motel - Photo: Bradley Martin
Some work on property has been visible over the last year, including the filling of the motel pool with concrete in preparation for a bar patio.
While Fergusons now languishes, the immediate neighborhood is currently awaiting the arrival of PublicUs, a canteen-style restaurant situated across the street from the motel, Natalie Young's second restaurant Chow, located a block away and 11th Street Records at 1023 Fremont, featuring new and used vinyl.
Work is yet to begin on the Wheelhouse project, also a block from the motel, aiming to feature a music venue and bars, next door to The Bunkhouse's current music venue and bar.


Catering, cooking workshops, private dining and events.... Chefs Bernadette Evers-Grasveld and Mischa de Winter met one another at an Amsterdam cooking school. After working there together they decided to join culinary forces. Their food journey has included cooking lessons and workshops, private dining, catering.. And now this journey brings to Amsterdam Flavours, a space of true excellence and conviviality.


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Tudor Ganea (October 17, 1922 –August 1971) was a Romanian-American mathematician, known for his work in algebraic topology, especially homotopy theory. Ganea left Communist Romania to settle in the United States in the early 1960s. He taught at the University of Washington.

Life and work
He studied mathematics at the University of Bucharest, and then started his research as a member of Simion Stoilow's seminar on complex functions. His  papers from 1949–1952 were on covering spaces, topological groups, symmetric products, and the Lusternik–Schnirelmann category. During this time, he earned his candidate thesis in topology under the direction of Stoilow.

In 1957, Ganea published in the Annals of Mathematics a short, yet influential paper with Samuel Eilenberg, in which the Eilenberg–Ganea theorem was proved and the celebrated Eilenberg–Ganea conjecture was formulated. The conjecture is still open.

By 1958, Ganea and his mentee, , were the two leading algebraic topologists in Romania. Later that year at an international conference on geometry and topology in Iași, the two met Peter Hilton, starting long mathematical collaborations. Ganea left for France in 1961, where he obtained in 1962 his Ph.D. from the University of Paris under Henri Cartan, with thesis Sur quelques invariants numeriques du type d'homotopie. He then emigrated to the United States. After spending a year at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, he joined the faculty at the University of Washington in Seattle.

During this time, he tried to get Aurora Cornu (his fiancée at the time) out of Romania, but did not succeed. In 1962, he gave an invited talk at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Stockholm, titled On some numerical homotopy invariants.

Just before he died, Ganea attended the Symposium on Algebraic Topology, held February 22–26, 1971 at the Battelle Seattle Research Center, in Seattle. At the symposium, he was not able to give a talk, but he did distribute a preprint containing a list of unsolved problems. One of these problems, regarding the Lusternik–Schnirelmann category, came to be known as Ganea's conjecture. A version of this conjecture for rational spaces was proved by Kathryn Hess in her 1989 MIT Ph.D. thesis. Many particular cases of Ganea's original conjecture were proved, until Norio Iwase provided a counterexample in 1998. A minimum dimensional counterexample to Ganea's conjecture was constructed by Don Stanley and Hugo Rodríguez Ordóñez in 2010.

Ganea is buried at Lake View Cemetery in Seattle.

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Subject: Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences relaxes rules on euthanasia
From: swissinfo, Friday 06.02.2004
www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=105&sid=4696720
Medical body relaxes rules on euthanasia
The Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS) has told doctors
they can help terminally-ill patients die but only under
strict conditions.
Thursday's announcement marked a U-turn by the academy, which
had previously been firmly against all forms of euthanasia.
"We still state that assisted suicide is not part of normal
medical practice, but we add that there are situations where
assisted suicide can be comprehensible. So it's no longer a
complete 'no'," Werner Stauffacher, president of the academy,
told swissinfo.
The academy, which is made up of doctors, carers and legal
workers, said the Swiss authorities should respect the
decisions of doctors who supply terminally-ill patients with
lethal drugs   a form of euthanasia known as assisted suicide.
It stressed, however, that it did not support active
euthanasia - when a doctor actually administers the lethal
drugs to the patient - even when a patient is judged able to
make such a decision.
Although active euthanasia is illegal in Switzerland, the
authorities often turn a blind eye to cases of assisted
suicide.
However, other forms of euthanasia, such as the withdrawal of
life-sustaining drugs, are tolerated in a number of Swiss
cantons, provided strict rules are followed.
The academy's recommendations will now be reviewed by Swiss
doctors and a final set of directives will be drawn up towards
the end of this year.
The academy's decision will ease the concerns of some doctors
who have been convinced they are acting in the best interests
of their patient but have been lacking official support.
"We want to avoid doctors, who are close to their patients,
having to send them to organisations offering assisted
suicide, which we consider go against medical values,"
Stauffacher said.
"We don't want to let down the physician and we don't want to
let down his or her patient."
However, the academy said strict conditions should be met
before such an action is taken.
Firstly, the doctor must be certain that the patient is close
to dying. They must be able to determine that the patient has
only a matter of days or weeks to live.
Secondly, the patient must be in a fit state to make a
considered decision.
In addition, this decision must be made after a thorough
process of contemplation and must not be influenced by
pressure from others.
The doctor must also make sure that he or she has proposed all
the available treatments to the patient.
Finally, in all cases, the patient must administer the lethal
drugs themselves.
Ongoing debate
Dick Marty, a Swiss parliamentarian who has called for a
debate on euthanasia in the Council of Europe, said the
academy's directive was a step in the right direction.
"These draft directives do not diminish the value of life, in
fact they do the opposite," he told swissinfo. "They stress
the importance of a patient's wishes."
Marty's proposal - that doctors who help terminally-ill
patients to end their lives should be exempt from punishment -
was rejected by the parliamentary assembly of Council of
Europe for the second time in January.
Recent studies show that Switzerland has the greatest number
of cases of assisted suicide in Europe.
The presence of organisations offering this service, such as
Dignitas and Exit, is believed to have contributed to this
ranking.
A report by the University of Zurich last year found that
seven out of ten terminally-ill people in Switzerland ended
their lives through different types of euthanasia.
The House of Representatives rejected the decriminalisation of
active euthanasia two years ago.


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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Prevention of HIV/AIDS in the Cooperative Republic of Guyana; Notice of Intent To Fund Single Eligibility Award
A Notice by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on 08/14/2003
Program Announcement 03190
A. Purpose
B. Eligible Applicant
C. Funding
D. Where To Obtain Additional Information
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/03-20706 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/03-20706
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the intent to fund fiscal year (FY) 2003 funds for a cooperative agreement program for monitoring, evaluation, and information systems improvement to implement integrated care and prevention of HIV/AIDS in the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program is 93.941.
Assistance will be provided only to the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Guyana. The MOH is the only appropriate and qualified organization to conduct a specific set of activities supportive of the CDC Global AIDS Program's technical assistance to Guyana for the following reasons: (1) The MOH is uniquely positioned, in terms of legal authority, ability, and credibility among Guyanese citizens, to collect crucial data on HIV/AIDS as well as to provide care to HIV infected patients; (2) The MOH is mandated by Guyanese laws to implement care and treatment activities necessary for the control of epidemics, including HIV/AIDS; (3) The MOH already has an established network of health care facilities throughout the country. These treatment facilities include treatment centers, maternal-child health clinics, and infectious disease centers which take care of a significant number of HIV/AIDS patients. These facilities are accessible and provide health information and care for patients with HIV/AIDS, enabling the Ministry to become immediately engaged in the activities listed in this announcement; and (4) The MOH has trained physicians, nurses, and social workers already working in their network of health care facilities around the country who can carry out the activities listed in this announcement. On April 4, 2003, the United States Department of Health and Human Services signed a memorandum of understanding with the Guyanese Ministry of Health to collaborate on program implementation related to HIV/AIDS, including operations research.
Approximately $200,000 is available in FY 2003 to fund this award. It is expected that the award will begin on or before September 15, 2003, and will be made for a 12-month budget period within a project period of up to five years. Funding estimate may change.
For general comments or questions about this announcement, contact:
Technical Information Management, CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341-4146, Telephone: 770-488-2700.
For technical questions about this program, contact: Okechukwu C. Nwanyanwu, Ph.D., Director, Global AIDS Program, Guyana, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, c/o U.S. Embassy, 100 Young and Duke Streets, Georgetown, Guyana, South America, Telephone: (592) 223-6501 or (592) 223-6503, Fax: (592) 225-8497, e-mail: ocn1@cdc.gov.
Dated: August 8, 2003.
Edward Schultz,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
End Signature End Preamble
[FR Doc. 03-20706 Filed 8-13-03; 8:45 am]


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Category Archives: Science Fiction
Review: Defenders by Will McIntosh (Orbit, 2014)
The invasion has begun. The Luytens, starfish-esque alien creatures, have arrived, initially sequestering themselves in remote rural locations but now mustering their forces and attacking our infrastructure. The battle is… not going well. The Luytens have one secret weapon, in addition to their deadly heat and lightning rays, which all but assures their victory: telepathy, If you're within 8km of a Luyten, it knows all about it – and so do all of its comrades within range. Pop up from behind cover to sneak a quick shot at one and it's already aiming for the precise spot you're thinking of putting your head. Game over man, game over.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Having studied one injured Luyten, held in isolated captivity aboard a ship, far from its communication network, we discover that the telepathy depends on one crucial ingredient, the serotonin in our brains. No serotonin, no mind-reading. And so a team of scientists begin work on mankind's last hope, a genetically-engineered breed of super-soldiers, the Defenders; towering, three-legged giants, designed to fight and hate the Luytens and utterly free of serotonin. Of course this renders them also bereft of emotions, creativity and everything else we take for granted, everything which makes us human. But they can fight. Oh boy, can they fight. And that might just pose a problem…
The above synopsis pretty much just takes up the first third of Defenders. Yes, the whole alien invasion, near-defeat of humanity and the epic battles resulting therefrom are merely setting the scene for what turns out to be a massively thoughtful and addicting read. Will McIntosh peppers his latest novel with a cast of conflicted characters who, over the span of several decades, must deal with not only the problem of contact with a technologically superior race, but also the consequences of our rash actions in defending ourselves. From Kai Zhou, the young boy who discovered and saved the injured Luyten known as Five, saved the world and yet became The Boy Who Betrayed The World, to Dominique Wiewall, head designer of the race who saved us and potentially architect of our downfall, there are no clear-cut heroes in this book. Everyone has their flaws and more importantly they all know it. As much of the book is dedicated to people wrestling their own demons as it is to the alien menace.
What's more, McIntosh takes a very George RR Martin approach to character development. There's no time for sentimentality here, this is a military sci-fi novel first ad foremost and he does not patronise his audience. War is brutal. People die. If it serves to move the story forward then heads must go on the chopping block, hero and villain alike. So don't be surprised when you see someone you have grown to love chatting happily in one scene, only to learn of their death in a throwaway line five pages later. Nobody in Defenders has a magical Get Out Of Jail Free card.
Behind all the explosions and gunfire there is a lot of serious work going on. Defenders raises some big questions along the way, mostly relating to responsibility and facing up to the consequences of our actions. Whether on a personal scale or at the level where our choices could lead to extinction, McIntosh wants us to think about thinking, about weighing up alternatives carefully. And given the three races clashing throughout the novel – humans, Luytens and Defenders – you'll find yourself pondering the old adage, is the enemy of my enemy really my friend. At every turn we find divisions between races which were once united and unity where once division reigned. This is not a clear-cut, black and white war like War Of The Worlds (to which the opening of the book seems to be a sincere homage). Race relations in Defenders are subtle, ambiguous and ever-shifting, much as they are in our own world.
I'll admit that when I picked up Defenders, based on mentions on a couple of websites I frequent, I was expecting something of a pulpy, sci-fi invasion story. I'm very happy to report that what I experienced blew my expectations out of the water. This is a tale which very much deserves to join the likes of HG Wells' aforementioned classic and Heinlein's Starship Troopers in the canon of man vs aliens literature, managing to perfectly blend a compelling war story with a thoughtful examinations of the choices which arise in our darkest hours.
Filed under Science Fiction
Tagged as defenders, orbit, will mcintosh
Stories Of Your Life And Others
Review: Stories Of Your Life And Others by Ted Chiang (Small Beer Press, 2010)
"Though I am long dead as you read this, explorer, I offer to you a valediction. Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so. I feel I have the right to tell you this because, as I am inscribing these words, I am doing the same."
Finding an author like Ted Chiang is a rare occurrence. A writer who speaks not only to you personally but also serves to illuminate the works of others, revealing hidden depths you would never have stumbled across in works you've cherished for years. Chiang's almost miserly output – a mere 14 short stories and novellas over more than two decades – cuts right to the core of the sci-fi genre, revealing its beating heart in all its imaginative glory and adding a shot of adrenaline for good measure. To have only discovered him now pains me. To realise that in finishing this collection I have depleted over half of his catalogue is unbearable. But at least I can do my best to tempt you to join me in the ecstasy.
Stories Of Your Lives And Others covers a bewildering variety of styles, subjects and eras. The collection's opener for instance, Tower Of Babylon, thrusts us not into the future but the Biblical past. We join a team of miners on their journey up the mythical tower, learning the secrets of its constructions from fellow labourers as they go. Why would miners of all trades be required at the peak of this greatest of all monoliths? Because the vault of Heaven has finally been reached and mankind is ready to break through to the world of gods. The action takes place at a meditative pace, steadily ascending as the mechanics of this universe slowly reveal themselves. However, the gods of whom they are in pursuit seems mightily conspicuous by his absence. The story's twist ending is pitched perfectly and will have you smiling and contemplatively stroking your beard (where applicable) for a time afterwards.
And so it is with the remainder of the stories. There's a wonderfully novel mash-up of the time travel genre with the Arabian Nights style of story-telling, multiple story-lines and time-frames wrapping around each other to dizzying effect. I lifted the quote at the start of this review from a remarkably touching tale of a robot making the momentous discovery that his universe is approaching the equivalent of the entropic heat death which awaits our own. There's the incredibly poignant and moving tale of a loving partnership in the process of disintegration, told through the lens of a terrifying mathematical discovery in Division By Zero. Yes, maths can be terrifying, trust me. Hell Is The Absence Of God drops us into a world where it's taken for granted that Heaven, Hell and angels all exist – they're there to be empirically verified by whoever cares to look. Given this premise, Chiang embarks on a study of blind faith versus rational investigation, managing to avoid appearing condescending to believers while still wielding his scientific skepticism like a scalpel.
And there's the titular Story Of Your Life, of particular interest to the language teachers among us. Here Chiang grants us a unique twist on the first contact story, with alien lifeforms arriving on our doorstep and calmly awaiting communication. However, unlike other tales of this ilk, there is no universal translator available. Instead we join a linguist tasked with learning an alien language from scratch, painfully aware that we have not evolved to discern the sounds made by our visitors' physiology and with an almost entirely unrelated written language to contend with. All the while the story is framed by an apparent series of letters to her daughter, speaking of events past as though they yet awaited in the future and leading us towards the time-twisting conclusion.
There's nothing I'd like more than to get into a detailed discussion of each and every tale within these pages. They all merit extensive examination and there's barely a wasted word anywhere. However I'll simply leave it to you to find out, for the pleasure will be all the greater when you get there. I will say this though; if you care at all about science fiction, creativity, intellect and masterful writing then you would do yourself an enormous disservice by ignoring Ted Chiang.
Filed under Anthology, Science Fiction, Short Stories
Tagged as small beer press, stories of your lives and others, ted chiang
Newsflesh Trilogy
Review: Newsflesh Trilogy (Feed, Deadline, Blackout) by Mira Grant (Orbit, 2011-2012)
Sometimes a book comes along that makes you wish the entire rest of the world would just disappear and leave you to get on with the important business of reading. A book that you're picking up in your breaks between teaching classes, caring not one whit that you're already a couple of minutes into class time and still haven't left the teachers' room. One which has you cursing every pedestrian distraction which takes you away from it's pages – "Dinner??? Who needs food these days?". Mira Grant's Feed is one such book, one I had dismissed as a potential rainy day time-passer and left neglected on the bottom of the virtual pile. I am so, so glad I randomly decided to give it a shot. So glad.
Let's get this out of the way first; Feed and it's sequels are, ostensibly at least, zombie novels. I know that's going to put some people off but bear with me. There's a whole hell of a lot more going on in these pages. Set a couple of decades following the event known as The Rising (eerily close to current day), the world is dealing with the aftermath of a series of unfortunate events. A combination of scientific curiosity, medical genius and well-intentioned yet idiotic do-goodery have unleashed a plague upon mankind. The dead walk. And they hunger. I'll leave the details – and there are many – for when you pick up the book, but suffice to say that the zombie origin story in play here is one of the most plausible (in the loose, fictional sense) and original I've stumbled across. In fact the depth and knowledge with which is is suffused carries across every aspect of the book, from character to background to, well, everything.
This post-Rising world has given rise to a new form of information distribution. It transpires that old media really dropped the ball during the disaster, toeing he government line and assuring everyone there's nothing to see here, even as the undead are breaking down the door. The only ones getting the truth out there were bloggers, not beholden to any corporate or political interests and full of Romero-based advice for dealing with the recently deceased. While newspapers and TV stations remain in business, blogging is suddenly moved far up the pecking order with the best content providers netting hefty salaries, wide audiences and lucrative sponsorship deals. One such blogging team comprises adopted brother and sister Georgia (named for Mr Romero, very common post-Rising) and Shaun as well as a host of accomplices. Opportunity comes knocking in a chance to cover the upcoming US presidential elections, the first time a new media team has ever been invited to accompany a candidate on his tour. It seems like a dream come true but before long the body count starts rising and it's hard to know whether zombies or humans pose the greater threat.
Now here's where the genius of Feed, Deadline and Blackout lie. They're zombie books, right? But there is almost no zombie action. What we are treated to comes in the form of the occasional large-scale set-piece rather than a continuous gruelling onslaught of the undead. Instead the bulk of the books comprise two far more important aspects. The first is the political and cultural, dealing with the campaign trail and the media following it. The analysis of the future of blogging is just wonderful to behold, especially the fracturing of bloggers into Newsies, Irwins and Fictionals (as well as subgroups such as Stewarts), all co-existing with and dependent on the others. Mira Grant sharply picks apart the flaws of old media and the potential benefits of the new, while being careful not to fall victim to her own hype. Her blogosphere is intensely detailed and believable, a world within a world which is all too easy and comfortable to slip into.
And then there are the politics. My god, she totally nails it with her depiction of a society ruled by fear to the extent that the fear is almost welcomed for the security measures it provides. They say the very best science-fiction depicts not the future but our own present and this is no exception. The security theatre surrounding our day-to-day existence in the post-9/11 world is brought to life perfectly by Newsflesh's blood testing kits. Not only do they serve to build suspense in a truly beautiful way but they cut right to the heart of the shackles we ignore, if not gladly wear, in real life.
The trilogy's second beating heart is the characterisation. It's a long time since I've found myself so heavily invested in people within the pages of a novel, found myself feeling so keenly in tune with them, so familiar. And of course, so beaten and bruised when Grant deals one of the literary body-blows at which she seems so adept. The team of Georgia and Shaun are near-perfect protagonists – edgy without seeming arrogant, colourful without being over the top and imbued with some mystical energy which seems to bleed off the page and infect your day-to-day life. The supporting cast is fleshed out (haha) equally well, from secondary players like Becks and Mahir down to bit parts like the wonderfully unhinged Dr Abbey. Hell, even her dog has more personality than a ot of leading fictional characters.
I can do nothing but heartily endorse these books and urge you to get reading right now. A word of warning though – it's Feed, then Deadline, then Blackout. I steamrolled though Feed at an incredible pace and found myself slavering for more. Unfortunately I was using ebook versions. So I started the next book and wondered why there was so much discussion of seemingly major events following the first installment which were given little more than cursory treatment; disaster, deaths, betrayals, all dealt with in passing sentences. It wasn't till 300 pages in that I checked. Yup, I was reading book three. Exit stage left, back to Deadline, charge through it then finish Blackout. And it was still one of the best reading experiences I had in 2014. That says it all really.
Filed under Horror, Science Fiction
Tagged as blackout, deadline, feed, mira grant, newsflesh, orbit
November 26, 2014 · 3:18 am
Review: Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel (Knopf, 2014)
"Of all of them there at the bar that night, the bartender was the one who survived the longest. He died three weeks later on the road out of the city."
There's been something of a blog hiatus for the past few weeks due to my repeatedly attempting to cough up my entire respiratory system. I love this island but sweet mother of smog-induced asphyxiation is the pollution ever terrible. Anyway, it seems fitting that in the middle of my annual month-long malady I should start reading Station Eleven, the post-apocalyptic bestseller from Emily St John Mandel. There's nothing quite like hacking up glob after glob of revoltingly-coloured phlegm while the cast of the book you're reading is doing exactly the same and dying by their billions.
Station Eleven is another of the recently feted literary genre releases which have seen the grimy, bleak portrayal of life after the fall elevated to the review sections of highbrow magazines and the bookshelves of those who would normally sneer at anything resembling sci-fi. It kicks off in an open-air theatre in Toronto with a production of King Lear under way. The aging star suddenly begins acting strangely. Within minutes he's on the deck with a doctor emerging from the audience, trying in vain to revive him. A phone call to a colleague reveals that the stricken thespian is not the only one. And with that, civilisation is gone.
Almost frustratingly the action jumps ahead to a couple of decades in the future. Emily St John Mandel isn't too concerned with portraying the collapse itself. She forgoes the gory details – smartly it turns out – and examines the aftermath as seen through a series of flashbacks from a small selection of survivors. The flu variant which swept the globe at an alarming speed left almost nothing in its wake and the world has become a hostile place. The majority of the action unfolds from the viewpoint of Kirsten Raymonde, proud member of the Travelling Symphony. Even at the twilight of mankind there is still a need for the arts and she braves the roads and settlements of the Great lakes area with her troupe, bringing Shakespeare to the dishevelled remnants. Little by little we learn more about how the world she inhabits came into being through the stories of those whose lives became intertwined with her own.
Station Eleven elicited in me almost entirely the opposite reaction from California which I reviewed previously. From start to finish it was utterly gripping. The dystopia which Mandel crafted was horrific yet entirely believable, and fully fleshed out without delving too much into the kind of gruesome minutiae which may please hardcore post-apoc fans but could alienate a wider readership. The story of the collapse of the system of the world as we know it is beautifully mirrored in the more personal tale of a man slowly losing his soul as he almost inadvertently betrays and disappoints those around him.
In conjunction with the flashbacks is a tense plot thread set in the grim future as the Travelling Symphony, a work of beautiful creative genius in itself, comes face to face with the harsh reality of mankind minus the civilisation. I'll admit I had a couple of issues with the plausibility of the story behind our villain, known simply as The Prophet, but he was a wonderfully menacing creation. Despite being described as a young-ish man, his character and the sense of brooding evil behind him bizarrely had my mind conjuring up images of the demonic preacher Kane from Poltergeist 2 & 3 whenever he was mentioned.
Station Eleven is a most welcome addition to the recent canon of, shall we say, socially acceptable sci-fi. It's a book I would not hesitate to recommend to friends who have never picked up a post-apocalyptic novel before, much as I would A Canticle For Leibowitz or The Dog Stars. It's at the same time a thoughtful, engaging read which you want to savour as long as possible and a tense page-turner which will be over before you know it. We need more books like this.
Filed under Dystopian, Post-Apocalypse, Science Fiction
Tagged as emily st john mandel, knopf, station eleven
The Girl Who Would Be King
Review: The Girl Who Would Be King by Kelly Thomson (1979 Semi-Finalist Inc, 2012)
This review has been languishing in the 'must-write' pie for months and it's a damn disgrace. The delay that is, not The Girl Who Would Be King which is bloody splendid. Kicking myself now for not having spread the word sooner. I think I heard about this one over at io9 and ended up downloading it as a spot of light reading for my summer holiday back to Scotland. Good choice yet bad choice – it had me utterly rapt from beginning to end but unfortunately was over in a flash as I devoured the majority of the pages on one sleepless flight. But anyway, before the praise I'd best go through the formalities.
Bonnie Braverman was orphaned by a fatal car accident, leaving her to spend much of her youth in a group home and pining for the return of her long-lost brother. Always the shy and retiring type it comes as something of a surprise when she finds herself rescuing one of her fellow inmates (for want of a better word) from the clutches of an imposing bully and her gang. Surely people aren't normally able to hit that hard? And did she really just jump onto the roof of that building? Something has awoken inside Bonnie and it begins drawing her inexorably towards her ultimate fate.
The other half of that fate is Lola LeFever, a girl of similar years and verging on adulthood. Lola shares Bonnie's orphanhood but with a slight difference – she murdered her mother herself in pursuit of a power she believed her to possess. A power which was Lola's birthright and squandered by her useless, drug-addled mother. Before long she too is feeling the draw of the force inside her, leading her towards her opposite number, her nemesis.
The Girl Who Would Be King pitches a fairly classic good-vs-evil story put dresses it up with two post-adolescent American girls donning superhero costumes and trying to figure out just what they're capable of. Woah, holy coming-of-age metaphor. You might guess from the subject matter that Kelly Thomson doesn't take things too seriously but the book does actually have a fair amount of emotional heft and depth to it. While Lola's story does provide some wonderfully over-the-top supervillain shenanigans there's a whole lot more darkness and gravitas with Bonnie as she struggles to do the right thing while the world's deck of cards seems stacked against her.
Actually, halfway through the novel I kind of expected a ground-shaking plot twist as a result of Bonnie's trial by fire. I could smell it coming, it seemed like such a perfect way to throw expectations out of the window. When it didn't happen I almost wanted to hunt down Thomson's email address and just ask, "Why??? Why didn't you go this way???" But in the end it didn't matter because the way things unfold is just fine. Sometimes it's okay to just play it straight and keep piling up the tension until the grand finale and that's the way it happens with The Girl Who Would Be King.
So yeah, maybe it missed a fantastic switcheroo but there's still plenty to recommend this novel. An original plot despite borrowing heavily from the usual superhero tropes; two very strong characters in the form of Lola and Bonnie; and some action so ridiculously fun that Amazon had to print a disclaimer on their site that this is a prose novel, not a comic. It's lightweight for sure but no less fun for that and noteworthy for the fact that its creation was funded by Kickstarter. Definitely one with which to while away the incoming winter nights.
Filed under Fantasy, Science Fiction, Uncategorized
Tagged as 1979 semi-finalist inc, kelly thomson, the girl who would be king
Review: The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey (Orbit, 2014)
Warning – not for the mycophobic…
Seems not so long ago I was bemoaning the lack of decent zombie fiction and now the genre has exploded like a decaying bladder full of decompolicious gasses. Unfortunately in this post-World War Z literary graveyard there is a new problem. We're suddenly knee-deep in fetid tales of undead carnage but Sturgeon's Law dictates that 90% of everything is crud. In a blooming genre that's a lot of entrails to sort through before you get to the brains. Thankfully for us all, people like M.R. Carey exist. People who, like Max Brooks, dare to take a baseball bat to the chewed-off face of the genre and start re-arranging things. When they do it right, the results can be glorious.
Melanie is a young schoolgirl who spends her days struggling to maintain her spot at the top of the class and idolising her favourite teacher, Miss Justineau. She daydreams about ancient myths and legends and her precocious mind is filled information on a truly esoteric range of subjects. She's not normal though. At the end of the day she's strapped into her chair and wheeled back into her cell by armed men, shackled for the safety of all those around her. Melanie is, you see, what we could best describe as a highly-functioning zombie.
Unknown to Melanie and her classmates, the world outside their cell walls is devastated, reeling from an epidemic which has turned much of mankind into mindless killers. The rest is split into those fighting to regain a hold on civilisation and those who have gone feral. In the former camp are scientists like the chilling Dr. Caldwell who have been forced to ditch any sentimental attachment to individual humans (or humanlike beings) in order to save the masses from further suffering. In the latter are those disaffected who have shirked off any notion of society and wish merely to destroy. Unfortunately for Melanie and Miss Justineau the local balance of power has invisibly shifted and they are about to be thrust into the harsh reality of the new world.
There are many reasons why The Girl With All The Gifts stands out above its peers but I'm going to focus on two to save this review going on for pages. First up is the origins story. Get any slavering pack of die-hard zombie fans together and you can expect a lengthy, detailed discussion of their favourite cause or transmission vector., be it radiation, illness or alien possession. MR Carey manages to pull off something truly original here, something not only rooted in actual science but also so stomach-churning that it gave me genuine shivers to read about, no mean feat. If you're not familiar with Ophiocordyceps unilateralis then you're lucky. I first encountered it in Carl Zimmer's utterly wonderful Parasite Rex and now it's back to haunt me. Long story short, it's a fungus whose spores infects the body of an ant, seize control of its nervous system and force it to climb to the highest point of a tree where it will remain frozen until the parasite bursts from its head and releases more spores onto the forest floor, allowing Cordy (yes, I give cutesy pet names to icky fungi) to carry on its life cycle. Now imagine that in a human. And imagine it trying to spread by biting other humans instead of climbing trees. Sweet dreams. I can't stress enough how much this concept simultaneously thrills and repulses me but I can only hope it does the same to you.
Helping The Girl With All The Gifts really strike home is the very human touch which Carey brings to his characters, even the technically non-human Melanie and the token-bad-guy doctor. It makes you truly invest in the key players which makes it hurt all the more when the darker side of the story inevitably rears its head time and again. The play-off between Melanie's innocence and the unremitting harshness of the world around her forms a major thread of the book and builds the atmosphere for many a gut-punch to come. Oh, and talking of gut-punches – best ending ever. In my opinion anyway. My hat's off to you Mr Carey, I didn't see it coming at all and it, well, I can't say any more for fear of spoilage.
Anyway, that's all I'm saying for now. I could ramble on for pages but you shouldn't be reading this, you should be running out and buying the book itself. Go discover some fungal zombie mayhem. Get squeamish. Watch a world fall apart in the most tragic way. Just go easy on the mushroom soup next time…
Tagged as m r carey, orbit, the girl with all the gifts
Sequel City Part 4 – The End Is Now
Review: The End Is Now by John Joseph Adams & Hugh Howey (ed.) (Broad Reach Publishing, 2014)
First off, apologies for the brief hiatus. I was first interrupted from my reading reverie by the fact that my countrymen, in a dazzling display of cowardice, naivety and gullibility, rejected the chance to decide their own future and decided instead to be ruled from another country by a party which the entire country has outright rejected for the past three decades. It was kinda like being in a sci-fi movie actually, a whole week of "Did that actually just happen…?" before I even began to come to terms with the enormity of it. And then there was the diving. I'm now officially a Rescue Diver which means if any of you happen to find yourself in trouble on the high seas you just have to holler, I'll drag you out and CPR you back to life. Two week where my only reading companion was the PADI Rescue Diver manual. Anyways, back to business as usual so on with the show…
Rounding off the current spate of wonderful and eagerly awaited sequels in my reading pile has been The End Is Now, follow up to the stellar The End Is Nigh and midway point of the Apocalypse Triptych. Ably curated by anthology maestro John Joseph Adams and current post-apoc-fic darling Hugh Howey, the series shifts from impending armageddons to works in progress. Almost every story in the book is a continuation from the first installment but worry not, there's just enough exposition and background to fill in new readers without annoying those already up to speed.
My review of the previous book was glowing to say the least so did the authors manage to keep up the pace for round two? The answer is a mighty hell yes. The majority of the stories pick up exactly where their predecessors left off, meaning with some you're pushed straight into the action without a pause for breath. For example, reading Scott 'Infected' Sigler's The Sixth Day Of Deer Camp feels as though you just put the preceding chapter down yesterday. You're right back in the same freezing North American cabin, with the same group of semi-drunk hunters and the same crashed alien vessel in the woods outside. The invasion is in progress and this gaggle of everyday Joes have to figure out whether to brave the snowbound road to the nearest town (if it's still there), bunker down and hope it all blows over or go on the offensive. They're Americans. They have guns. Guess which one they choose…
That tale in particular exemplifies one of the overarching themes which seems to have manifested in many of these, a focus on the humanity, loss and sadness rather than the gratuitous carnage which reduces much of the rest of the genre to Schumacher-esque pastiche. What starts out as a rather insane push for mankind's survival turns into a deeply upsetting realisation that the fearsome, inhuman invaders are not all that different from us. I really didn't expect the turn this one took and it's all the better for it. Another winner in this field was Annie Bellet's touching Goodnight Stars, one of the more down-to-earth tales (kinda literally) which opts for a heart-breaking family angle and absolutely nails it.
The rest of the book is a wonderful mixture of destruction, disease and death in all its splendour. Special mention for insanity goes to Charlie Jane 'io9' Anders's Rock Manning Can't Hear You. I have no idea where this idea came from or where it's going but there sure isn't another apocalypse like it out there. However, cream of the crop must surely Fruiting Bodies by Seanan McGuire aka Mira Grant. I'd like to state here and now that fungal fiction is definitely the ickiest, most flesh-creeping idea ever to crawl out of anyone's warped mind. Between Seanan's series and The Girl With All The Gifts (to be reviewed in a few days) I'd be happy never to eat a mushroom again. Or touch anything. Or even breathe. Seriously. Fruiting Bodies manages to combine an utterly revolting concept of a genetically engineered fungi gone wrong with a tragic tale of a mother and daughter fighting to survive in an incredibly hostile environment. I didn't know whether to puke or cry.
While you may want to check out the first book before jumping in – and you really, really should – The End Is Now is a fun ride for anyone who just wants to see the whole word burn. Adams and Howey gave a shitload of matches and gasoline to some of the finest genre authors of today. Boy, do they know how to use them.
Filed under Anthology, Dystopian, Post-Apocalypse, Science Fiction, Short Stories
Tagged as broad reach, hugh howey, john joseph adams, the end is now


When I first came across Boden many years ago, I wrongly assumed it was a bit too 'mumsy' for someone in their early twenties. But in the years since then, I've been pleasantly surprised when I've repeatedly found myself drawn to their bright, colourful outfits.
I'm someone who (without realising till recently) has a mainly navy, grey and monochrome wardrobe, so I've picked a few of my favourite, statement Boden pieces to brighten up a Spring wardrobe.
I have a lot of prints, patterns and textures in my wardrobe but I've noticed my outfits lack any serious injection of colour – I want to turn them from pretty drab to eye-catching, standout outfits.
It's pretty bad, considering I'm a creative person who loves bold, bright colours, clashing prints & patterns… but you'd never tell from my outfits! Queue Boden – I'm sharing my favourite Boden outfits that will inject some much needed colour into my wardrobe below, enjoy!
I love the idea of teaming a bold, floral print with shoes in a clashing colour, the emerald green/navy combo is one I love and would definitely copy. Whilst instead of navy, I'd team the pink, floral Ivy dress with a bolder red shoe or a bright, turquoise to really clash the colours and would pair the Kelly dress with a bright, statement orange loafer.
Talking of orange, it's not a colour I'm usually nor immediately drawn to as it's a very bold choice to wear & is one that requires confidence to pull off. But that being said I think if I invested in this Orange Cashmere Cardigan above, I'd instantly be adding a pop of colour and a bit of excitement to the many, navy outfits I wear in rotation.
One thing I am good at is jazzing up a bland outfit with an unexpected pop of print or colour with a statement shoe! I'm usually drawn to animal print, wacky colours or unusual detailing, so I was instantly drawn to the amazing ones below that would add a twist to a plainer outfit.
Just looking at how they've styled their outfits on the Boden website is great for inspiration of what colours work well with one another. Especially if you're going for a bold, colour clashing look, which I love the look of but never seem to emulate in my own wardrobe! They also have a handy Outfit Maker tool on the site too, so you can put together an outfit on the model & get an idea of what items/ colours look good together, which is super handy!


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Barkha Dutt's book deal with Juggernaut
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Celebrated TV journalist Barkha Dutt has signed a book deal with Juggernaut and will be writing a book on Indian politics in the last two decades....
Celebrated TV journalist Barkha Dutt has signed a book deal with Juggernaut and will be writing a book on Indian politics in the last two decades. Titled 'Power', it will tell the twinned stories of the changing fortunes of the Congress Party and the rise of the BJP through the men and women who shaped the events.
Focused on the growing mobile usage in India, Juggernaut has, to a large extent, redefined reading and writing for the digital age as it engages with both a serious reading audience and a new mobile audience. Its other authors include Twinkle Khanna, Arundhati Roy, William Dalrymple, Hardik Patel, Sunny Leone, Rujuta Diwekar, Husain Haqqani, Svetlana Alexievich, Rajdeep Sardesai, Rajat Gupta, Kanhaiya Kumar, Sourav Ganguly and Pankaj Mishra.
Barkha Dutt has been a prominent figure in broadcast journalism for over 20 years and has won many awards including a Padma Shri. This is her first book with the publishing house and it is scheduled for late 2018.
Barkha Dutt book deal with Juggernaut


Like Chanel, the Laundress's products aren't cheap. The company's signature detergent is more expensive than most other natural or supermarket brands, with a thirty-two-ounce bottle costing $20.50. Yet Whiting and Boyd point out that the formula is highly concentrated, so that bottle cleans sixty-four washloads—which tops the cleaning power of ninety-five ounces of Seventh Generation's Ultra Power Plus detergent, for instance, which costs around $13.
The two admit that when they launched the Laundress, their parents questioned their decision to leave flourishing fashion careers to start a cleaning product business. They loved their jobs, they explain, but felt there was little room for advancement—and they'd wanted to build a company together since their undergrad days. After coming up with the Laundress idea, they reached out to fiber science professor S. Kay Obendorf, PhD '76, an innovator in using science to improve laundering. "I had a really positive reaction to their concept and its uniqueness," says Obendorf, now a professor emerita. She gave Whiting and Boyd a crash course in detergent science in Ithaca over a summer weekend in 2002, and she continued to give tips over the next two years as they perfected their formulas. Her lab even tested some methods to remove yellowing from white knit garments, which they incorporated into their stain solution.


Description: The sparkle on these gorgeous crystal earrings are unbelievable. They definitely have the wow factor that take any outfit to the next level. It also comes on a thick cotton card with a sweet message embossed in rose gold foil, gift wrapped in a beautiful light neutral pink box with a satin ribbon and a blank tag to write each person's name on it.


Craftmaster FCU – We are people helping people!!
The 2018 Nissan Pathfinder SV will be sold AS IS. There is a minimum bid of $17,800. The board of directors reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Only highest bidder will be notified if the CFCU Board of Director's accept the bid.
The 2018 Nissan Pathfinder SV is located at the Craftmaster FCU office in 562 Shiner Rd, Towanda, PA 18848. Please stop by during normal operating hours ( Monday through Friday 10:00-5:00 ). Please call 265-8410 for directions or more details.
Eligibility: A member of the Craftmaster Federal Credit Union continuing his or her education (advanced) in a field of their choice on a full-time basis.
The importance of a good financial credit history.
Member ownership, volunteer leadership and excellent personal service set credit unions apart from other financial institutions. Which of these three distinctions do you feel is the most important and why?
What is the most important financial lesson you've learned, and how does your credit union membership factor into that lesson?
Recipient will be chosen at the May meeting of the Board of Directors.
Disbursement of Scholarship: $1,000.00 check will be endorsed directly to the College for educational costs.


MUSCAT: The last date for registration for the second edition of 'Bharat Ko Janiye' (Know India) Quiz, being organised by Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, with a view to encourage Indians and foreigners (including Omanis), to enhance their knowledge about India, is September 15. The quiz offers the participants a chance to win exciting prizes, including a free trip to India and 15-day tour in India. Bharat Ko Janiye (BKJ) Quiz 2018 is open to anyone (of any nationality) in the Sultanate who is between 15-35 years of age as on January 1, 2019 (born between January 1, 1984-January 2004).
It will be conducted for three separate categories of participants from Oman: Omanis and other non-Indian nationals; Non-resident Indians (NRIs); and Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs/OCIs). The topics of the BKJ Quiz will include Indian art, democracy, economy, geography, personalities in music and dance, science and technology, languages and literature, education, traditional crafts, cinema, and renowned personalities. The quiz is open to all nationalities (including Omanis, Indians and other expatriates residing in Oman) from the age group 15-35 years. The first round of the quiz will be conducted online from September 16-30. Registrations can be done at https://www.bharatkojaniye.in/. For more information and registration, visit: https://www.bharatkojaniye.in or e-mail: indembassy.muscat@mea.gov.in.


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Derby clash in the League Cup
"Both teams have points to prove and want a win over their rivals"
Rovers Ladies host Fylde Ladies in the FA Women's National League Cup on Sunday, with a place in the last 16 of the competition at stake.
The Blues go into the game as holders, after winning a domestic treble of the FAWNL, FAWNL Cup and Lancashire County Cup last season.
Manager Gemma Donnelly said: "This is a competition we want to do well in. I know what my aims are and the players have discussed a number of targets together and what they would like to achieve collectively over the season.
"We certainly don't want to stand still. I think it is really important that we set our standards and targets and that's our drive for this season."
Rovers beat Liverpool Feds 5-4 on penalties in the League Cup Preliminary Round, after a thrilling game ended 3-3 after 90 minutes.
The First Round Proper was a similarly tight affair with Rovers edging the game 2-1, thanks to a brace from striker Saffron Jordan.
Sunday's game should have an extra edge, not only as a derby match, but also because Rovers have a few former Fylde players in their squad.
Midfielders Lauren Davies and Eve Kennerley both made the move from their coastal rivals this summer, while Natasha Flint and Lagan Makin did the same last season.
When the teams met at Fylde's Kellamergh Park earlier in the season, it was Rovers who came out on top, with Jordan scoring the only goal of the game.
Donnelly recalled: "I thought we dominated the first half and much of the second, but in the last 20 minutes they found an extra gear and stepped it up.
"They also restricted us to half chances by doing what most teams have done so far this season and camped behind the ball - looking to counter on the break."
And she expects more of the same from their opponents, who have picked up nine points from nine going into Sunday's encounter: "They'll be feeling very confident about today's game. Both teams have points to prove - for them to knock the current holders out and achieve a win over their rivals."
The Rovers boss has a near full squad to choose from and is expecting to add Makin back into the squad after injury kept her out of last week's victory at Middlesbrough Women.
There's free entry to Sunday's game at Accrington and Rossendale College, (kick off 2pm). Or follow all the action on Twitter (@RoversLadies).
We showed our character
Lauren Thomas was pleased to kick-start the new year with a positive result, after Rovers' 2-1 win at Charlton Athletic on Sunday.
Highlights: Charlton Athletic Women 1-2 Rovers Ladies
Gallery: Charlton Athletic Women 1-2 Rovers Ladies
A massive three points
Gemma Donnelly felt Rovers got their reward for a much improved second-half performance as they came away from South London with all three points.


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By Paul Campos
This is encouraging, especially considering that Biden's name recognition is probably still miles ahead of both Harris's and Warren's (although not Bernie's — this poll is probably even worse news for him than it is for Biden).
Sens. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren have made steep gains after the first Democratic presidential debate, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. shows, with former Vice President Joe Biden's lead over the field shrinking to a narrow 5 points.
The results indicate a significant tightening in the race for the Democratic nomination.
The poll, conducted after the two-night debate, finds 22% of registered voters who are Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents backing Biden for the party's presidential nomination, 17% Harris, 15% Warren and 14% Sen. Bernie Sanders. No one else in the 23-person field tested hits 5%.
My sense of Biden has been that he's like a clearly inferior team that got handed a 17-point lead in the first quarter by a series of fluke plays. In those situations you know the other team is going to come back, although whether they'll have enough time to pull it out isn't a sure thing by any means.
In this case I'm betting they will.
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Nobdy Erik has had to stop listening to the Stones altogether because their name glorifies a serious OSHA violation.
5 Memphis officers charged with murder