When I began to sell honey and homemade lip balms and creams I envisioned it as the perfect summertime venture. I could go to farmers' markets and enjoy hanging out in the beautiful warm, sunny weather, chatting about farming and making some coin. There's less gardening to do in the full bloom of summer as compared to spring and fall, and my future livestock would certainly be happy munching away in my perfectly groomed fields, thus allowing me time to cavort in the bee yard and make stuff (are you getting the sense that I'm daydreaming again?) My mistake in this was that I forgot about the winter. And Christmas. And Christmas shopping (www.LeesBeesNJ.etsy.com).
I have lately been filling all my free time in pursuit of production – making lip balm, filling lip balm tubes, wrapping and shipping lip balms… hand cream… soap… Don't get me wrong, it's awesome. I'm a little pooped and just a little crazed at this point from working full time, going home and working full time again. I will take a day off for Christmas, I swear!
All this business (bzzzzyness) has resulted in my neglect of this blog. There are so many hours in the day, right? I got a message here in bloggoland a couple weeks ago from someone who read a comment I made in Mother Earth News Magazine. Great. Wait, what?
A pal just told me that he ALSO read a comment that I made in Mother. So it has dawned on me that I must have said something good, and sure enough – there it is, my comment on page 74 of the Dec 12/Jan 13 issue. And a link to my blog! Awesome. (Crap! I haven't posted on the dang blog since a month ago.) It always works that way, doesn't it?
Welcome, Mother readers. I'm in good company!
There is much exciting news and updates to share about the farm. Construction is underway. I promise -PROMISE – to write all about it! I have lots of photos to share.
As soon as I'm done making this next batch of lip balm.
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Lee – even though it seems a little commercial, you should take your products on Shark Tank (TV show with investors) – I could see you getting funded in a minute and instead of "producing" at Christmas, you'd be with your feet up in that beautiful farmhouse!


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Copenhagen, the resources of Scandinavia, is one of Europe's smallest capitals and a one of the most merely traveled. Copenhagen's heart, Slotsholmen, encompasses no more than a thirty instant wander from a single side to the other. Slotsholmen is the district with the most historic and architectural attractiveness of the town. On the reverse side of the Slotsholmen Kanal is Indre By, the most-modern day day city district, packed tightly collectively with cafes, bars, dining places, suppliers, church structures, and museums. Reverse of Indre By is the island of Christianshavn, Copenhagen's art district. Northeast of Indre By is Copenhagen's earlier aristocratic district, home of several palaces, this kind of as the Rosenborg palace, and Kastellet, the oldest constantly-employed navy fort in Europe. South of Indre By is Rådhuspladsen and Central Station.
Copenhagen is residence to several amazing museums: Bakkehus Museum, the Barbie Doll Museum, the Museum of Present working day Glass Artwork, Museum Erotica, the Museum of Copenhagen, the Countrywide Museum, and the Worker's Museum, just to title a number of. All of these museums show an interesting array of treasures that Copenhagen vacationers will get satisfaction from browsing. A journey to Amalienborg Palace to observe the altering of the guards can be an fulfilling experience, and the Botanic Yard is a need to have to-see for flora enthusiasts. Youngsters will appreciate a excursion to the Copenhagen Zoo, and artwork fans will want to think about a excursion to see Edvard Eriksen's statue of the Minor Mermaid.
Even though Slotsholmen is a monument in by itself to Copenhagen's historic architecture, there are locations outside of the metropolis center's walls that are just as affluent in historical gain. On the city's outskirts lie Kronborg and Frederiksborg castles, Kronborg being the actual castle that Elsinore Castle of Shakespeare's Hamlet was based on. There are also a whole lot of historical points of interest northeast of Indre By, like the Rosenburg palace, the Kongens Have gardens and the Botanisk Have greenhouses, the Marmorkirke church, the Amalienborg palace, and the Kastellet army fort.
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The Government should be wary of its review on sharia 'law'
Posted: Wed, 07 Feb 2018 by Sadikur Rahman
Sadikur Rahman says implementing official recommendations on sharia 'courts' would entangle civil and religious law and undermine vulnerable women's rights. The Government should instead secularise the marriage laws.
Ten years ago today Rowan Williams suggested the UK should "face up to the fact" that some of its citizens do not relate to the British legal system and said the adoption of certain aspects of sharia 'law' in the UK seemed "unavoidable".
Now we're hearing similar noises again, after last week's publication of the Government's long-awaited review on sharia councils.
When the review came out the Home Office thankfully said it would not regulate the councils, which would have conferred effective legitimacy on them and further eroded the wall between civil and religious law. But it added that it would consider its other recommendations. It is therefore worth reflecting on some of the implications these could have.
The panel carrying out the review seems to have approached it from a theological perspective. Its recommendations reduce the people they affect purely to their religious identities, and would increase the links between sharia and the civil legal system – although they are not couched in those terms.
The panel makes three major recommendations: changing the marriage and divorce laws; launching a public awareness campaign; and regulation. An awareness campaign is a welcome idea, which we have long advocated. The UK's marriage laws should change, but the type of change being recommended here would entrench the grip of the religious authorities rather than challenging it.
The panel rightly says all marriages should be registered in order to be legally recognised. This is, in effect, how things currently stand, but the current situation also allows Anglican, Jewish and Quaker 'marriages' to be recognised automatically in the same way as civil ones. This is an anomaly which undermines the principle of one law for all, and the Government should seek to rectify it.
Under the recommendations of this report it would instead extend similar exemptions to Muslim 'marriages'. Rather than encouraging Muslims to register their marriages through secular processes, the panel talks of "linking Islamic marriage to civil marriage". It says this would "ensure a greater number of women will have the full protection afforded to them in family law and they will face less discriminatory practices". It will be "a positive move aimed at giving women maximum rights should the marriage end in divorce".
But in reality it would mean equality before the law being subsumed under the rubric of separate community rights. This suggests the panel has not given enough thought or concern to the notions of a secular legal system, where everybody has the same rights and responsibilities in the eyes of the law.
Religious groups, including Muslims, are already able to undertake effectively simultaneous religious and civil marriages. Marriages which take place in mosques can qualify as civil marriages. Unfortunately Muslims have been less likely than other groups to accept the opportunity to do this. The response to this should not be to empower the same Islamic authorities who have made this a reality.
The report also suggests that "the celebrant of specified marriages, including Islamic marriages, would face penalties should they fail to ensure the marriage is also civilly registered". Reasonable secularists could disagree on whether this could be a workable part of a comprehensive solution on the secularisation of marriage. However, this would affect the rights of people from all religious backgrounds and none. It is such a far-reaching reform that it should not be introduced on the back of a review into a religious issue facing one group of citizens.
Some may reasonably assert, for instance, that it represents an unreasonable restriction on their freedom to have a religious ceremony without being married in the eyes of the law. In that case the Government could consider other measures which would balance protecting Muslim women with upholding the freedoms of others: for example, the law could require those who hold religious marriage ceremonies to communicate clearly that they are not binding in the eyes of the law.
UK law could also change so the status of a marriage is focused on the celebrant, rather than the place it takes place. Individual celebrants would be able to carry out marriages provided they had the necessary qualifications and registered them in accordance with secularist principles. This would help the many Muslims who do not get married in a registered place of worship while also benefitting Humanists, Pagans and anyone who wanted to get married in an unusual setting, such as their back gardens. But once again it would be reasonable to expect wider consultation before introducing such a change.
One of the panel's most alarming recommendations is for a legal change to allow a civil family court to refuse to finalise a civil divorce until an Islamic religious divorce has been obtained. This is a dreadful proposal. If it was accepted it would make a mockery of a secular legal system and equality before the law. It would make it pointless for a woman to approach the civil courts for divorce because it would not be granted until the sharia 'court' had granted the divorce. This would give full authority to a quasi-legal body outside of the legal system instituted under sharia 'law'. It would mean sharia being accepted into law by the back door. In one stroke it would make all Muslim marriages subject to the proceedings of a sharia 'court'.
The panel says it would bring Muslim women's position in line with that of Jewish women, but this is no argument for its acceptance. The position of Jewish women in relation to divorce in the beth din (Jewish religious 'courts') is iniquitous and discriminatory. It gives a higher degree of authority to a religious 'court' than the secular one and leads to 'limping marriages' which women cannot get out of.
One of the inquiry's main purposes was to ensure women would not have to face a religious body steeped in patriarchy and discriminatory sharia 'law' deciding whether to grant them a divorce or not – and, in the worst instances, advising them to stay in the marriage. Many Muslim men do not need sharia 'courts' because they can divorce unilaterally under some interpretations of Islamic law. Women cannot and so need to prove grounds for divorce to the 'court'.
The position is already unequal; now imagine the prospect of having to obtain a divorce from such a body because if you do not, you won't even get the civil divorce. That would represent an unconscionable erosion of equal treatment rights. It is not the way to remedy concerns about the treatment of vulnerable women. Indeed it will place Muslim women in an inferior position compared to other women.
Ultimately the Government should ask why the review came up with such an unpalatable set of suggestions on reform of the marriage law. And when it does so it should realise that the only comprehensive solution would enshrine marriage as a secular institution in the eyes of the law.
By allowing the recognition of purely religious 'marriages', the state has effectively surrendered responsibility for requiring married couples to acknowledge their mutual rights and responsibilities. In some cases the religious authorities may do that job reasonably well but in others they do not. Now we have reached the situation where the Government is being asked to confer legitimacy on councils which often meet the latter description, with terrible results for women in particular.
A solution fit for every citizen would be based on the reality that the civil authorities are best placed to ensure legally married couples have made their commitment to each other fairly, freely and equally, and that they understand their rights and responsibilities. People should be entitled to hold religious marriage services but the law should be changed to ensure all married couples undertake a secular commitment.
Such a response may seem to be a long shot. But the Home Office has shown it is not impervious to reason by refusing to accept regulation of sharia councils.
In this regard it went along with one of the four members of the panel who rejected the idea of regulation. The dissenting view pointed out that issues in family law disputes are always multi-faceted. It said: "The creation of a state facilitated or endorsed regulation or audit scheme will give legitimacy to the existence of alternative dispute resolution entities in the form of sharia councils." It said regulation would give the councils "a quasi-legal status" and could give legitimacy to ancillary outcomes which arose from the functions they perform.
This sensible response appears to have been written by someone with more concern for the law than theology. As the Government reflects on the findings of this report, let us hope it makes its decisions on a similar basis.
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Sadikur Rahman is a member of the National Secular Society's Council and the coordinator of the Secular Legal Forum. The views expressed in our blogs are those of the author and may not represent the views of the NSS.
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NASA's Kepler Mission discovers bigger, older cousin to Earth
July 23, 2015 July 23, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier
NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the "habitable zone" around a sun-like star. This discovery and the introduction of 11 other new small habitable zone candidate planets mark another milestone in the journey to finding another "Earth", NASA said on July 23 2015.
The newly discovered Kepler-452b is the smallest planet to date discovered orbiting in the habitable zone – the area around a star where liquid water could pool on the surface of an orbiting planet — of a G2-type star, like our sun. The confirmation of Kepler-452b brings the total number of confirmed planets to 1030, NASA said.
"On the 20th anniversary year of the discovery that proved other suns host planets, the Kepler exoplanet explorer has discovered a planet and star which most closely resemble the Earth and our Sun," said John Grunsfeld, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate at the agency's headquarters in Washington.
"This exciting result brings us one step closer to finding an Earth 2.0," Grunsfeld said.
Kepler-452b is 60 per cent larger in diametre than Earth and is considered a super-Earth-size planet. While its mass and composition are not yet determined, previous research suggests that planets the size of Kepler-452b have a good chance of being rocky.
While Kepler-452b is larger than Earth, its 385-day orbit is only five per cent longer. The planet is five per cent farther from its parent star Kepler-452 than Earth is from the Sun.
This artist's concept compares Earth (L) to the new planet, called Kepler-452b, which is about 60 percent larger in diameter. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle)
Kepler-452 is six billion years old, 1.5 billion years older than our sun, has the same temperature, and is 20 per cent brighter and has a diametre 10 per cent larger.
"We can think of Kepler-452b as an older, bigger cousin to Earth, providing an opportunity to understand and reflect upon Earth's evolving environment," said Jon Jenkins, Kepler data analysis lead at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, who led the team that discovered Kepler-452b.
"It's awe-inspiring to consider that this planet has spent six billion years in the habitable zone of its star; longer than Earth. That's substantial opportunity for life to arise, should all the necessary ingredients and conditions for life exist on this planet."
The Kepler-452 system is 1400 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus.
In addition to confirming Kepler-452b, the Kepler team has increased the number of new exoplanet candidates by 521 from their analysis of observations conducted from May 2009 to May 2013, raising the number of planet candidates detected by the Kepler mission to 4696. Candidates require follow-up observations and analysis to verify they are actual planets.
Twelve of the new planet candidates have diameters between one to two times that of Earth, and orbit in their star's habitable zone. Of these, nine orbit stars that are similar to our sun in size and temperature.
"We've been able to fully automate our process of identifying planet candidates, which means we can finally assess every transit signal in the entire Kepler dataset quickly and uniformly," said Jeff Coughlin, Kepler scientist at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, who led the analysis of a new candidate catalogue. "This gives astronomers a statistically sound population of planet candidates to accurately determine the number of small, possibly rocky planets like Earth in our Milky Way galaxy."
These findings, presented in the seventh Kepler Candidate Catalogue, will be submitted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal. These findings are derived from data publicly available on the NASA Exoplanet Archive.
Scientists now are producing the last catalogue based on the original Kepler mission's four-year data set. The final analysis will be conducted using sophisticated software that is increasingly sensitive to the tiny telltale signatures of Earth-size planets.
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Court Documents: Father kept adoptive girl's 2017 death a secret, stashed body in attic
By Jennifer Martinez
Court Documents: Father kept adoptive girl's 2017 death a secret, stashed body in attic
Court documents reveal some disturbing details surrounding the discovery of human remains inside a burning home. FOX 10's Jennifer Martinez reports.
PHOENIX - New details on human remains that were found inside a home near 59th Avenue and Camelback emerged on Monday.
On January 20, police say an 11-year-old girl called them, saying she was home alone. When officers arrived at the scene, they found evidence of child abuse. The Arizona Department of Child Safety then removed the child from the residence.
Investigators returned to the home a week ago and removed two other small children. About an hour later, firefighters responded to a call regarding reports of smoke coming from the residence.
"Phoenix Fire Department gets out here, they make entry, extinguish the fire, and when they are in, they discover what they believe to be skeletal remains," said Sgt. Margaret Cox with Phoenix Police.
The 11-year-old's parents, identified as 56-year-old Rafael Loera and 50-year-old Maribel Loera, were arrested and booked into jail. Both are accused of child abuse, as well as concealment of a dead body.
Rafael Loera (left) and Maribel Loera (right)
On Monday, FOX 10 learned that Rafael admitted to police that the remains belonged to an adopted child.
According to court documents, the remains are that of an 11-year-old girl. Rafael says the girl died on the way to the hospital in 2017. Fearing the other children would be taken away, Rafael told detectives he went back home, wrapped the body in a sheet, and placed it in the attic.
"The body of the deceased child continued to lay there while the family lived in the residence for another two years," read a portion of the court documents.
Court documents also state Rafael felt hopeless and decided to remove the child's bones from the attic, place them in the backyard, and set the house on fire.
FOX 10 has reached out to DCS to find out more about their involvement in the case.


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Activate is the fourth studio album by Back Door, released in 1976 by Warner Bros. Records. It was produced by Carl Palmer, known for his drumming in the bands Atomic Rooster and ELP. Original member Tony Hicks had left the band before recording the album and had been replaced by Adrian Tilbrook on drums. After the release of Activate, the band played less and less together, and eventually broke up around 1977.

Track listing

Personnel
Adapted from the Activate liner notes.

Back Door
 Ron Aspery –  alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, acoustic piano, electric piano, Mellotron, organ, arrangements
 Colin Hodgkinson – bass guitar, fretless bass guitar, electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, vocals, arrangements
 Adrian Tilbrook – drums

Production and additional personnel
 Andy Hendriksen – engineering
 Mustard – cover art
 Carl Palmer – production

Release history

References

External links

1976 albums
Back Door (jazz trio) albums
Warner Records albums
Albums produced by Carl Palmer

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Have you ever wondered how a car insurance agent giving you a quote knows so much about you? Well, a lot of the information they get comes directly from the C.L.U.E. report. CLUE is short for Comprehensive Loss Underwriting Exchange. The CLUE report offers is a database of information which contains all of your insurance claims relating to both your auto insurance and home insurance. The information can date back as far as seven years.
An agent inputs your name, address, and birth date into their system and the CLUE generates a report. The agent can then view every claim you have filed on any previous auto insurance policy. It can even state if you have an active car insurance policy.
Insurance Carrier: The CLUE report usually lists your current insurance carrier and states whether or not your policy is in active or cancelled status. It can sometimes list past carriers but usually only if you filed a claim with the company.
Date of Loss: The dates of past losses are important. Insurance carriers use this information to help determine your rate. Minor violations usually add a surcharge to your rate for three years and major violations often last five years. Zero traffic violations and accidents in five years will probably get you a great discount.
Amount of Payout: Does the amount of money paid out on a claim really matter? Well, yes and no. Most claims paid out are over $500. Really it does not make a difference if $1500 or $5000 paid out. Sometimes claims under $500 will garner a surcharge, but it depends highly upon your car insurance carrier. Total loss claims can be a red flag to insurance carriers especially when very high dollar amounts are paid out. An underwriter may not want to accept the risk.
At Fault or Not At Fault: Insurance carriers always want to know who is at fault in an auto accident. The at fault driver is almost always penalized with a surcharge to their insurance rate.
Sometimes a CLUE report can even list the year, make, and model of your past and current vehicles. It can even list the VIN to your vehicle in the report.
Drivers in the household can appear on the report. So when the agent calls you back with your quote they might ask you about past vehicles or drivers you never even told them about.
The CLUE report will in fact make your car insurance quote more accurate. Maybe you forgot to mention a driver, maybe you do not have access to your VIN numbers, the report will give the insurance agent the information needed to determine an accurate rate.
What Do I Do If There Is An Error on My CLUE Report?
The first place I would start is with the insurance carrier reporting the error. Call them directly either by calling their 24/7 customer service line or the insurance agent. If you are not getting the assistance you need, you can call LexisNexis, the provider of the CLUE report, and they will walk you through the process to dispute a claim. This is also where you can request a free report.


A Mercedes driver filmed himself doing 120 mph while HE chased a police car on the M20 at Ashford, Kent.
Banned motorist Princely Imara gave a running commentary of the high speed pursuit which included ranting against the police.
The 24 year old had spotted the police car heading to an emergency incident on the motorway in September last year and started following the vehicle.
During the chase he swerved from side to side putting pressure on the police officer, Canterbury Crown Court heard. But the bizarre footage was only discovered after Imara had been involved in another 130 mph chase on the M2 which ended in a crash.
Now the convicted drugs dealer has been jailed for a total of 54 months for a number of offences including driving dangerously three times and crashing two vehicles.


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Why Greece didn't march for Science?
28 April, 2017 Vasiliki Michopoulou Leave a comment
It was a great movement on Earth Day! Thousands of scientists, academics and citizens, around the world from New Zealand to North Korea and from US to Australia joined the global March for Science sending their messages against the rise of a "post-truth" era and its threat to the academic world. People involved in the March for Science on Saturday the 22th of April were also concerned about attempts by governments to reduce funding to large areas of scientific research. But Greece didn't join the global Earth Day protest. And here is the paradox. In the land where science was born people didn't go for it!
Most of the Greeks involved with science provide ignorance as the main argument for this absence, while others provide the danger of giving the impression that this is yet another field of political rivalry, while the issues are much wider. Their arguments degenerate if they align science with some political party position. Some of them still believe and support that science and policy are two different key aspects of our society, while others as the postdoctoral researcher Christos Frantzidis[1] insist that it is a fundamental duty of scientists to go outside their labs and to help the audience to form a concrete opinion about issues that greatly influence the humanity like the climate change, energy use and transparency of funding. "The public opinion needs the scientists to form the agenda and elicit vivid discussion of these issues trying to avoid any speculations or conclusions based only on rumours and not pure evidence. The scientists should dare to be at the first line of such events without any fear of being stigmatised or negatively ranked in case of funding proposals. Science isolation and lack of democracy are aspects of "bad or easy to be manipulated science".
It sounds strange but many Greeks didn't have any information about the march. "I have not known anything about it, who they are, what they do, and what they want to achieve. The hectic rhythms of our times render us exclusively preoccupied with developments in our field of expertise, frequently missing the larger picture. There is no such a thing as a single debate in science but a fragmentation of science debates across tens of disciplines and hundreds of research fields and approaches", says the political scientist Nikolaos Tzifakis[2], while in the question if he would ever joined such a protest gives the answer: "Yes, why not?"
"Scientists believe that their voice is not heard by politicians or society per se…", says Panagiotis Bamidis[3] and he continues: "On one hand, politicians usually ignore the case of science and how the latter should engage them in proper decision making. So, scientists often feel "what's the point in raising their voice"… On the other, the Hellenic society has a handful of major problems to face, live with and/or resolve, which are themselves more vital to the essence of everyday living than science. We have to try hard to convince them that their life is strong connected to science ", he says adding that he would definitely take part in a March for Science in Greece. If it ever happened.
The neuroscientist Christos Yapijakis[4], on the other hand, was fully aware of the global March for Science events as was sad to realize a couple of weeks ago that there was no such event organized in Greece. "Unfortunately, in Greek society there is no respect for science and evidence-based thinking due to prevailing religious and political ideologies, which are basically belief systems that rely on arguments instead of facts. For several decades, science fields like evolution biology or astronomy are under-taught in the existing education system leaving a major part of the population exposed to scientific illiteracy, medieval superstition, conspiracy theories, and know-it-all mentality. In addition, most scientists in Greece are dedicated to their personal careers and not to social issues and the enlightenment of the lay people. Overall, the Greek society fails to see science as the best empirical methodology towards understanding nature and solving existing problems. For example, one of the major prospects for solving the current economic crisis in Greece is innovation research. Science is not an endeavor for the few but the means for a people's freedom of thought, prosperity and happiness in a modern democratic society", he comments.
Science is sadly under attack globally claims one of the 20 scientists worldwide who are currently the most commonly cited, John P. A. Ioannidis[5] and he supports any initiative that reminds us that science is the best thing for humans (Homo sapiens). The Greek scientist, who is a former professor at the University of Ioannina School of Medicine in Greece thinks that especially for Greece, it was mostly a matter of numbers. "When five marches took place in Spain, Greece (with one-fifth the population) would be expected to have had one, which is close to none. There are also so many marches and protests in Greece, many for irrelevant or insignificant reasons, that most Greeks currently have a legitimate allergy to these mobilisations and may not have seen such mobility favourably. The long tradition of protests (unfortunately often marred with rioting and plundering) for anything in education and universities has degenerated the substantial force that this weapon of social expression could have. Most people in Greece largely ignore the power of science, and when they see scientists, they see predominantly bad scientists who have become politicians and they are negatively impressed by their ignorance, arrogance and nonsense – features that are totally unrelated to science", he claims.
The main reservation of the Greek leading researcher Nektarios Tavernarakis[6] is that science has never been a top priority for Greece in the past several decades. The scientific community of Greece has thus traditionally remained a rather detached and even obscure part of affairs for national politics. "There is a prevalent mentality in the scientific community that scientists are just a small and relatively powerless minority that would be utterly ineffective, when it comes to applying pressure for policy changes and more substantial support for research", claims the bioscientist and he continues: "A distinctive indicator of this bleak reality has been the record low percentage of the national budget invested in research, which has been floating around 0.5%. Paradoxically however the financial crisis of recent years has precipitated the long overdue realisation among Greek politicians that investing in research and innovation can facilitate economic growth development. This has resulted in a noticeable increase of research support in recent years. However there is still a long road ahead before Science wins its proper place in Greece. All the more reason to take part in events and protests such as the March for Science.", he adds.
There is also a small group of Greeks who attributes the failure to make the movement to bad timing and luck of coordination. "It's very simple. We could do that but no one took the initiative to organise the march. We hope next year we'll participate", says the science communicator Theo Anagnostopoulos who is also Co-founder/ director of the social enterprise SciCo (Science Communication). He believes that the dissemination of science in Greece is at a very good level and many people are involved with it.
[1] Postodoctoral Researcher, Laboratory of Medical Physics, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
[2] Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science & International Relations, University of the Peloponnese, Greece
[3] Associate Professor of Medical Education Informatics of Medical School at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
[4] Associate Professor of Neurogenetics in Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
[5] Professor of Medicine, Health Research and Policy and Statistics at Stanford University, California USA
[6] Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, FORTH, Research Director at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, IMBB, Professor of Molecular Systems Biology at the Medical School of the University of Crete, in Heraklion, Greece and a member of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council.
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Dr. Vasiliki Michopoulou is an award winning journalist-science writer, press and communication specialist and member of the International Science Writers Association (ISWA) born and based in Athens, Greece. She holds a PhD in International relations with a scholarship from Stavros Niarchos Foundation, a Master of Arts on Policy Management and International Politics from the Department of Political Sciences and International Relations, University of Peloponnese and a Bachelor degree in Biology from the School of Sciences of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is an Academic member/Ambassador of The Communication Institute of Greece, while she contributes also as a Teaching Fellow and Instructor at the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, teaching Science Journalism at a graduate level and as a Public Information Officer for Greek Labs.
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Three Forks History: Ranch foreman was Reeves' nemesis
By Jonita Mullins
In 1880, a Texas cattleman named William "Billy" Washington settled on the north side of the Red River after marrying a Chickasaw woman. He formed a partnership with a Chickasaw citizen named Dick McLish and began to amass land and cattle. Washington eventually built one of the largest outfits in the Chickasaw Nation.
His ranch stretched from the Red River toward the Arbuckle Mountains in what is today Love County. It contained about 150,000 acres and could support over 100,000 head of cattle. Washington was a millionaire by age 38 and a powerful figure in Indian Territory politics. The Washington-McLish Ranch even issued its own scrip to pay the hands, and the currency was accepted at businesses in the area.
Washington hired a man named Jim Webb to act as the foreman for his ranch. A herd the size of Washington's required a large cadre of cowboys, and Webb rode herd over them with an iron fist. He was quick with a gun and didn't hesitate to use it.
In the spring of 1883, a neighbor to the ranch was clearing brush with a controlled burn. Unfortunately, the fire spread out of control and the Rev. William Seward, the land owner, couldn't keep it from scorching some of the Washington Ranch. When Webb learned of this, he rode over to confront the black preacher. Angry words were exchanged and Webb ended the argument with his gun. He also ended Seward's life.
Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves was given the warrant for Jim Webb's arrest on the charge of murder. With a posseman named Floyd Wilson, he left Fort Smith and arrived at the Washington Ranch a few days later. Pretending to be traveling cowboys, the two lawmen asked for some breakfast. Webb was present, and being suspicious, he drew his gun and held it at his side.
After the lawmen had eaten, Bass found a moment when Webb was distracted and quickly disarmed him. He was handcuffed and taken back to Fort Smith. A friend of Webb's named Jim Bywater, perhaps at the behest of Billy Washington, posted a $17,000 bond for his release. Webb promptly disappeared.
Some time later Reeves learned that Webb was hiding out at Bywater's store in the Chickasaw Nation. With another posseman named Jim Cantrell, Reeves rode to the store. When Webb realized the lawmen were at hand, he attempted an escape while firing several shots at Reeves. All came close but none touched the deputy.
Reeves' two shots, however, brought Webb down, and the wanted man died shortly thereafter. Eyewitness accounts said Webb gave Bass Reeves his revolver before he passed as a token of respect for the feared lawman.
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Yahoo today launched Yahoo Sports for Apple TV 4, a new app that all allows users to watch their personalized sports news, highlights and live games completely free.
At launch, users can watch the most recent news and highlights from MLB, NHL, NBA, PGA and some of the top soccer leagues from around the world.
They will also get the coverage and in-depth analysis from the Yahoo Sports editorial team such as The Vertical with Woj, Instant Reactions, Sports Dash, and Power Rankings.
The app also gives access to Yahoo Sports' full slate of live streaming options including the MLB Free Game of the Day.
Just select your favorite teams through a simple one-time setup and from then on you'll get a personalized sports playlist of top highlights from your teams and the top stories across sports.
Yahoo said they will be releasing new features for the app in the coming months.
The Yahoo Sports app for Apple TV 4 is available for download now through the Apple TV App Store.


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Farewell Yellow brick Road, The Final Tour
After more than half a century on the road and an unparalleled career that has redefined the cultural landscape and seen him claim his place as a true global icon, Elton has announced via an exclusive VR180 Live Stream on YouTube, details of his final tour called 'Farewell Yellow Brick Road'.
Kicking off in the U.S. on September 8, 2018, the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour will consist of more than 300 shows across five continents, hitting North America, Europe and the Middle East, Asia, South America and Australasia before reaching its conclusion in 2021.
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Racy poster at Winnipeg pub creates firestorm on social media
A new pub in downtown Winnipeg, The Pint, was inundated with social media this weekend about a poster it had up on the wall. It showed a nude woman bending over and picking up a beer.
Ben Wickstrom says poster was inappropriate
CBC News · Posted: Jan 19, 2015 11:03 AM CT | Last Updated: January 19, 2015
Ben Wickstrom posted this photo on Twitter and it was quickly retweeted and commented on. In response, the pub pulled the poster from the wall and apologized for offending anyone. (Twitter)
A 30-year-old Winnipeg law student created a flurry on social media about a poster in a new downtown pub he found offensive.
Ben Wickstrom was at the grand opening of The Pint on Garry St.on Friday night when he was seated at a corner table with some friends.
A poster of a naked woman bending over to get a beer was in clear view.
Wickstrom said he found it explicit and offensive.
"I was surprised to see something like that in a public place, in a place where women would be coming to drink beer and watch sports," he said.
"I think it suggested that a place like that was maybe a place for men to watch sports and look at pictures of women. And so I was surprised by that."
Wickstrom immediately put it out in Twitter. Within hours, hundreds of comments poured in.
On Saturday night, The Pint responded on social media with an apology to those who were offended. It also said the poster would be removed.
Wickstrom is pleased management responded quickly.
"I think it should hopefully be a reminder to everyone, just not the folks at The Pint. We have to think about the environment we create. That place of women in our community and in our society," he said.
"We have to think if we put up posters framing men in the same way, would it be seen as appropriate? I don't think that is the case. The same should apply when it comes to pictures of women."
Would Wickstrom go back to The Pint?
"Yeah, I would. It was a happening place for sure. I think they showed me they respond to the concerns of their customers," he said.
The owner of the bar has not yet responded to CBC's calls.


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Raúl De Molina Has Changed His Mind About Big Perfect Fake Watches UK Online
Back in 2015, Univision talk-show host Raúl de Molina appeared with Ben Clymer on an episode of Talking Watches. The video is a treat for a number of reasons (including the vision of Ben wearing a pink button-down shirt and sneakers on the beach), but for our purposes, its main attraction was de Molina's large-and-in-charge AAA best replica watches collection. "I'm going to tell you something," he says today. "Before, I used to like the big 1:1 UK fake watches a lot. And now I don't want to wear anything more than 42 millimeters or, or 40 – I think that's perfect. I don't know if it's because I'm getting old or they weigh a lot or what."
Still, he hasn't exactly sold off the big boys. In fact, he's never sold high quality replica watches. Traded, maybe, but not sold. The pieces you see here are the ones he's feeling right now – and only one overlaps with the examples he showed Ben seven years ago.
De Molina, 62, does still have the same day job as co-host of El Gordo y La Flaca, a sort of Spanish-language Live With Regis & Kathie Lee, alongside Lili Estefan. And his collection – which started with an Omega he received as a teenager growing up in Spain – remains robust. "I probably have about 60 luxury copy watches," de Molina says, though he admits "I haven't counted them lately." Read on for a second look at what he's got, and stick around for the street-legal car that nods to his lifelong fascination with auto racing.
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De Molina has always loved motorsports. In the mid- to late-1970s, as a young photographer, he attended the 12 Hours of Sebring race in Florida – and lo and behold, he ran into Mr. Daytona himself. "I took a picture as Paul Newman was walking out of the car. I followed him around, taking pictures as he was going into his motor home, and he was wearing one of his Rolex Daytona replica watches for sale. I loved that watch then." Now, all these years later, he has his own. It's nice, but it hasn't totally scratched the itch: "If I was going to buy a watch today, the only watch that I have my eyes on is the gold 1:1 top fake Rolex Daytona watches with the green face. That one I would love to buy. When it was $49,000 or $50,000 I thought, 'Oh my God, I'm going to wait until it drops a little bit.' And now it's selling for $80,000 sometimes?"
Fake Panerai Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Automatic Bronzo Watches
This one took a little persistence. De Molina tried to acquire an earlier bronze wholesale Panerai replica watches, but another collector swept in and grabbed it from under his nose. So he's proud to have gotten his hands on this one – even though its jumbo 47mm size has fallen out of favor – because he remains smitten with the look of the bronze and the way it patinates. The super clone watches shop online you see here has darkened over time. "I clean it a little bit sometimes. Some people don't want to clean it. I have heard people tell me that they put tomato sauce on it – I'm not kidding. Someone told me this, and later I asked the salesman and he said, 'Yeah, I know people that do that.' They put sauce on with a toothbrush to make it look even older. I haven't done any of that."
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The article analyzes the reference of masculine nouns denoting people, with the aim of establishing the factors influencing the modifications of gender references of these nouns. The data analyzed come from several nationwide newspapers and magazines (Gazeta Wyborcza, Polityka, Wysokie Obcasy, Twój Styl) from the period 2001-2003 and questionnaires administered in 2005 to students in five Polish university towns (Warszawa, Kraków, Poznan, Wroclaw, Lublin). It has been established that gender reference of masculine nouns is determined, among others, by the context of their use and the speakers' knowledge of the words' denotata. Reference is linked to the profiling of the words in question. Gender is neutralized in a general profile, but highlighted in masculine and feminine profiles. The general profile has been accepted as prototypical for masculine nouns in plural, the masculine profile for their use in singular. The feminine profile appears as weakly conventionalized, realized mainly at the level of a specific speech act.


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An Indian taxi service has launched free boat rescue services for those trapped in the floods in Chennai, India. More than 70 people have been killed due to the heavy rains, with around 10,000 people evacuated from their homes in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
The Ola taxi app, which works on a similar basis to Uber, launched its rescue boat services on 17 November. The boats are deployed in water-logged areas based on information provided by the state's Fire and Rescue Department and are being operated by professional rowers and fishermen. It has also been reported that the boats will be used to provide food and drinking water in areas that are short of basic supplies. Ferrying and supplying services are both available free of charge.
"Thousands of citizens have been stranded and are suffering due to heavy rains and water-logging in Chennai," said Ravi Teja, business head of Ola's Tamil Nadu branch. "We are working closely with local stakeholders to help ferry those stranded in water-logged areas. Boats deployed by Ola will help ferry people to safer areas."
The concept is believed to have started as a joke on social media. However, many have taken to Twitter to praise the initiative since images of Ola boats began circulating. Ola has said that each rescue boat will consist of two rowers, who will be equipped with waterproof clothing to stay dry during the heavy rains. Umbrellas will also be available in the boat for customers who are rescued, with the boats being able to carry up to nine people at a time.
The National Disaster Response Force and the Indian army have been deployed to the region to assist with relief efforts, while the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalitha, has pledged 5 billion rupees (£49m, $75m) in relief funds.


Will Drinking Pickle Juice Stop Leg Cramps?
To attain optimum fitness, it's important to stretch before and after you exercise. However, if you wish to improve your flexibility, stretching may not be enough. You may want to add specific foods to your diet known to increase flexibility. Doing so will improve your overall fitness and give you a leg up when it comes to touching your toes.
If you wish to boost your flexibility, eating a diet high in green leafy vegetables may help, according to Personal Trainer Today. In fact, adding greens such as kale, seaweed, spinach, watercress, chard and collard greens to your everyday meals will increase muscular flexibility because of their high water content and ability to purge acids from the body.
Mixing spirulina into a smoothie each morning could significantly increase your flexibility, according to YogaFinder. This algae contains several vitamins including vitamins B-12, beta carotene and gamma linolenic acid. Consuming this algae could boost your muscle strength and prevent cramps, allowing you to stretch a little bit further toward your toes.
While barely grass isn't often used in the standard diet, you can make a habit of incorporating it into your meals in the form of a juice extract. Barley grass juice extract contains beta carotene, iron and calcium, says YogaFinder, which can boost flexibility and improve your overall health.
There's nothing more important to your flexibility than drinking plenty of water each day. Start your day with a glass of water and try to drink water before and after you exercise. This will lubricate your joints, keeping your body fluid and flexible, says "DYLA Magazine."


The Orchards Golf Club in Oakland County is the metro Detroit area's tournament test everyone can play. Opened in 1993, the golf course was designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. and was a regular Buick Open qualifying site, as well as host to the 2002 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship.
The golf course plays over 7,000 yards from the championship tees and sits on 525 scenic acres well away from metro Detroit. From the first tee, you can barely catch a glimpse of the Detroit skyline, while other holes play through dense woods and wetlands.
The Orchards Golf Club is home to a large clubhouse with a locker room, restaurant and pro shop. There is also a large practice facility with numerous putting and chipping greens.
The Orchards Golf Club's par-3 second hole plays over wetlands.
The Orchards Golf Club's par-3 fifth hole is guarded by bunkers.
The Orchards Golf Club's sixth hole is a snaking par 5 played through dense woods.
The Orchards Golf Club's par3 12th hole is the course's shortest.
The Orchards Golf Club's 13th hole is a narrow dogleg right around trees.
The Orchards Golf Club's 14th hole is the longest of the par 3s on the course.
The Orchards Golf Club's 15th hole is a long, uphill par 5.
The Orchards Golf Club's 16th hole is a short par 4 around a pond that is potentially drivable off the tee.
The Orchards Golf Club's 17th hole features a large tree in the fairway.
The Orchards Golf Club is one of the Detroit area's best tournament options that is open to the general public.
The Orchards Golf Club finishes with a long par 4.
The Orchards Golf Club's 18th hole features an approach shot downhill over a pond.


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Looks like oil isn't the only commodity getting hit. International Paper is down 9% making a new 52 week low due to a downgrade and recent imposed price cuts for their product to boost demand. The analyst at Citi Bank went from a "buy" to a "neutral" on International Paper today lowering their price target to $38 from $45. Although January's price cut could conceivably be a "'one and done' catch-up measure" and producers could potentially increase prices in spring or summer, these upside risks are balanced by the possibility of further price erosion, Citi wrote in a note. During prior periods of price declines, list prices fell in "a disorganized fashion" for months. Let's hope this commodity free fall ends sooner rather than later.


All photos by Jim Mason South of Independence, just a mile before Coal Creek empties into the Verdigris River, is Montgomery State Fishing Lake. The lake's marshlands, riparian woodlands, and surrounding grasslands provide habitat for many species of wildlife. Diving ducks (such as ring-necked, common goldeneye, and bufflehead) can be seen on the lake in winter and early spring. Look in the marshy areas for mallards, pintails, muskrats, and beaver.
The massive Noxie sandstone formation makes a natural border for this lake. The exposed ledge, often over six feet in height, may be seen all along the south side.
Away from the shoreline, the Noxie sandstone is exposed as rocky balds which are covered with many colorful species of lichens and mosses.
The woodlands hold woodpeckers, northern cardinals, and blue jays, and bluebirds are common in open areas. Warblers pass through in spring and fall. Vireos and indigo buntings nest in summer. In evening and early morning watch for wild turkey, white-tailed deer, and fox squirrels. Meadowlarks, dickcissels, grasshopper sparrows, mourning doves, and northern harriers can be observed on the grasslands.
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Q: sharing links via facebook opengraph api Iam using the facebook opengeaph api to share links on facebook. Everything works fine but i couldnt control the title of the link being shared.
From the site i used all api params, but not even the image is getting posted ( and no info on  how to share for a specific group for that user).
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I populated every params as above but only the message is getting posted.
From what it looks its picking from the title of the web page as the share heading.
What i have is a desktop app, so i can use only the open graph rest api's. Is there a way to over come this and add my own message in the link heading ?

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By Graeme MacKay – The Hamilton Spectator – Thursday August 14, 2014
Property tax bite still bigger in Hamilton than surrounding cities
(Revision of a cartoon originally published October 20, 2010)
Hamiltonians still spend more income on higher-than-average property taxes compared to their municipal neighbours — but the gap is shrinking.
The city's latest tax competitiveness study shows the average residential tax bill in Hamilton is around $3,700, about 9 per cent higher than the average of 16 comparable cities across the province.
We also spend more of what we make on taxes.
Property taxes as a percentage of income is 4.3 per cent in Hamilton, where the average household income is $88,582. Only three cities on the comparator list fared worse, while neighbouring Burlington comes in at the low end at 3.5 per cent.
Property taxes as percentage of income
A selection of cities:
Burlington, Oakville, Toronto: 3.5%
Barrie, Kingston: 4% (average)
Hamilton: 4.3%
Oshawa: 4.5%
Richmond Hill: 4.7%
On the upside, the numbers are improving. The city's residential tax bill was 15 per cent higher than average 10 years ago, while property taxes as a percentage of income was a whopping 6.2 per cent in 2008.
But voters are clearly looking for better news, said several mayoral candidates.
"We're moving in the right direction, but not as fast as I'm sure many of us would like," said Councillor Brad Clark.
He noted successive smaller-than-average tax increases, including the latest 1.5 per cent bump, which ranks Hamilton as one of the stingiest budgeters outside of Windsor over the last four years.
"The issue of property taxes is still huge for people. Yes, we're doing better, but people still feel overtaxed."
Both Clark and fellow mayoral candidate Fred Eisenberger pointed to the need to attract new industry as an urgent priority to help spread the property tax pain.
"I've said it before: we don't have a spending problem, we have a revenue problem," said former mayor Eisenberger, pointing to successive years of lost businesses and an ever-shrinking industrial tax base.
"Priority One is retaining and growing our businesses to recapture that lost revenue."
Hamilton homeowners carry a disproportionate share of the tax burden, with almost 87 per cent of tax revenue coming from residential properties. It could get worse, depending on the outcome of ongoing tax assessment appeals by large industrial businesses U.S. Steel and ArcelorMittal Dofasco.
A recent reassessment of U.S. Steel's waterfront property cost the average city taxpayer an extra $9 this year – and pending appeal decisions could claw back millions more from city coffers.
The city also faces looming spending decisions, such as how much to spend upgrading bus service in preparation for a possible light rail or bus rapid transit project.
Council must do more to save or redirect cash for needed infrastructure upgrades, said mayoral candidate Crystal Lavigne. "As a city, we need to set our priorities straight and address our needs before our wants," she said. (Source: Hamilton Spectator)
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Education – Forum set for DeKalb BOE candidates
Avondale Estates campaign coverage
Dan Whisenhunt Apr 30, 2014
The race for the DeKalb County Board of Education matters more this year.
The May 20 primary will be a chance for a new beginning for a school system that's been rocked by scandals.
DeKalb County Schools recently came off of probation imposed by AdvancED, the organization that accredits high schools across the nation. DeKalb County schools found its accreditation in jeopardy in December 2012 and had a tumultuous 2013 as a result. Gov. Nathan Deal removed six school board members from office.
This year, the state Legislature reduced the number of seats on the school board from nine to seven.
There are five candidates on the ballot for DeKalb County Board of Education District 3, which includes schools that serve Avondale Estates. Voters will have a chance to learn more about them during a forum set for Thursday, May 1. The forum begins at 7 pm and will be held at 2697 Tilson road in Decatur, GA 30032 at Solomon's Porch Ministries.
The candidates for District 3 this year are:
– Jerrie D. Bason
– Michael A. Erwin, Incumbent
– Jarrod Jordan
– Atticus LeBlanc
– Willie R. Mosley, Jr.
The event is being sponsored by Commissioner Larry Johnson, and State Rep. Howard Mosby.
Tara Hardy is helping to organize the event for the church. She said the forum should conclude at 8:30. She said it's not a debate. Candidates will get a chance to present their platforms and will take questions from the public.
Hardy said the school board elections shouldn't be overlooked this year.
"It's a very important issue, especially when you look at what's happening with the schools in District 3, how the school system is being represented," she said. "I think to make things better, we first of all need to know who we're putting on the board, and what they're bringing to the table to improve the school district. A lot of times we don't get that information and we don't get to talk to the candidates or really know what their agenda is."
DeKalb County Board of Education
May 20 primary


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Cutting a Deal
by Elena Vexus August 23rd 2012, 12:05 am
Ms. Elena Vexus had recently returned to the world of the living and quite the shopping list on her hands. Shortly after her return there were some precautionary measures that Elena needed to take in order to further her plans. Some time ago her and Nightkill had constructed the largest and most powerful Quantum Computer, and soon before her death she had made some alterations to the computer so that she may 'upload' herself into the computer which she has done. Now being one with the most powerful computer on the planet, technologically there was nothing she could not due and she would be using her new found 'abilities' to their fullest extent.
The information she had found and gathered from literally controlling the internet brought her across this organization that called themselves 'Dominus'. Diving deeper into the topic she only became more and more intrigued, Vexus found them to be an excellent first target so that she may replenish her diminishing expense account. After a little research she found their locations and sent a clone and Helena off in order to pay them a visit. Of course, Elena would be the first to 'knock' on their door before they arrived.
The target was Alaska. Helena and the clone of Elena were quickly in route, as for Vexus herself she was already tearing down the security in the heart of their headquarters. Tapping into the cameras Elena saw two individuals in the main control room. One she could identify as Adam Paxton the current leader of Dominus and who seemed to be Franklin Salters. It was as good as time as ever so Elena took over all of the screens covering them in complete static disallowing them from any other actions. After a moment of nothingness the sound of the static ceased and footsteps could be heard coming from behind the door. They were getting louder as the sound of heels came closer. The screens inside the room all turned a bright shade of pink as gunshots were heard right outside of the room. The door opened and the body of a guard tumbled down the steps and slowly following was Helena Vexus in a white trench coat holding a pink glock with shot blond hair, her bangs covering her right eye. She got to the step where the guard had fallen and kicked him aside. Following Helena came Elena Vexus. The silence that filled the room was broken ever few seconds with each individual click of her heels and she made her way down the steps. Her pink hair flowed flawlessly, she had on one of her signature outfits. A white blazer with black trim and nothing underneath, silver jewelry, black skirt with violet stockings and black stiletto pumps with a hot pink sole. Once she reached the bottom of the step she put a hand on her hip and slowly started to make her way over to Adam and Franklin.
"Hello there Mr. Paxton. My name is Elena Vexus and I have a bit of an offer to make you..."
Helena followed closely behind keeping an eye on the two. Vexus meanwhile pulled up a chair and took a seat casually crossing her legs.
"Though I will be honest it is a tad one sided..." She looked over her shoulder checking the position of Helena, who had not yet said a word.
"As you can see your computers have taken on a lovely shade of pink. Yes, this is of course my doing. I have erased all of the information in your database, but have no worries. I copied it all first and saved it as a backup. I am keeping your data hostage for the time being and I will not 'anonymously' send it to, well, everyone you're hiding it from for $10 Million. But if you would rather take the risk then that's fine too. You're screens will stay pink and Time Magazine might call you for an interview..."
Elena sat still with her hands folded on her lap giving a nice smile at Andrew waiting for an answer. She saw that he was about to speak and interrupted.
"Oh!" she said quickly moving to her feet. She now began pacing the room very slowly."I did see that lovely little 'list' that you all have put together. And if we double the price on that ransom, I will help you find these people... And after their capture or assassination they will be in my custody until a sum of $1 Million is paid to me for the transfer of the body..."
Vexus could see the doubt in their eyes so she pointed to the screens behind them. Appearing on the large monitors were live feeds of some of the heroes and villains listed. A devilish grin crept across her face as they looked upon their targets.
"Now then, Mr. Adam Paxton... Do we have ourselves a deal?" she said in a slow, cold and merciless tone...
Re: Cutting a Deal
by Cornelius Caster August 23rd 2012, 12:47 am
The Alaskan alps, grand in size and breathtaking to behold if one were to marvel at its startling beauty and sheer scape. However beauty always has a habit of hiding particularly dirty secrets and amongst the snowy alps of the great craggy mountains was something man-made..something built into the side of a mountain itself. A single door led into the compound and a whole array of security details constantly scanned the area with impressive precision , troopers routinely watched over the base as if it were their child...nothing was to enter and tarnish the grand headquarters of what was one of the most feared organisations of this century...Dominus.
A man of fifty years sat with arms crossed, fingers interlaced as images flashed across a whole array of screens in front of him. Eyes constantly scanning the data, numbers, images and videos that graced their way across the state of the art technology that was built into the wall of bullet proof room. This man, Adam Paxton, was not alone however; he was naturally paranoid so it only made sense that he would have some company to make sure nothing particularly troublesome would come his way. This company of his, was quite simply the worst and best man he could have next to him. This ever watching cigarette chomping man was Franklin Salters, otherwise known as Mr Salt and possibly one of Dominus' most fearsome members.
All was calm in that room, the latter choosing to fiddle with a state of the art blade that he deftly threw into the air only to catch in between two fingers. However the awkwardly peaceful atmosphere suddenly shattered when the technology within the room took on a more vibrant and feminine hue. Adam flinched at the sudden change, this was state of the art technology..not something that was subject to computer malfunctions or anything of that 'threat level'. Things only became worse when gunfire erupted just outside of the sliding door to the room, the distinctive sound of heels tapping against polished concrete had both men giving each other quizzical looks.
"The fuck is this...?", Franklin muttered just before two women strutted into the room...one of which was wielding pink pistols, something that had the Dominus agent reacting with a cocked eyebrow. The pink haired woman, confident in her approach and eloquent in her delivery was definitely the last thing Adam expected to walk through the door and the very thought thet such an obscure looking woman managed to make her way into this particular room had him baffled. "How do you know my name?!", he spoke with a surprising level of calm, however his clenched fists were shivering with subdued shock...was she a metahuman? He asked himself curious as to what she would want with him.
Her sudden explanation, the deal she wanted and the bargain that was practically forced onto him had him clenching his jaw whilst rubbing his temples with increasing pressure. Mr Salt however was not so subdued with his reaction to the two, staring the scantily dressed blonde up and down with a mixture of lust and amusement...all he saw in her was a challenge, pink guns were by far the least imposing weapon he had ever laid eyes on. Mr Salt was by no means an idiot though and he knew from experience in this particular career that looks are deceiving and that a gun wielding whore could possibly much more dangerous than she seemed.
Adam Paxton sighed, furrowing his brow as he stared the woman straight in the eyes, "Manipulating me is of no use, I control an army and you are just a woman..however what you provided me with, this valuable information..", he spoke nodding at the images of the listed metahumsn, "Is quite grand if I say so myself...", he said slowly mulling over the possibilities of finally getting his grasp on the metahumans that ran free across the free world.
Before he could answer the woman a whizzing sound snapped through the air, a metal wire shot through the air with an unbelievable level of speed darting towards the cocky woman instantly cleaving her head off. The head slid off, a clean cut was made and what many would expect to be a blood and flesh was instead electrical wires and mechanical oddities. The body drooped to the floor as all members within the room stood stunned at the sudden change of events, this was only changed when a feminine voice shattered the atmosphere with a cold, almost robotic voice.
"Threaten my father like that...and that's what happens" she muttered, retracting the wire as she stared the blonde woman down..practically threatening her with the same fate if she did not comply. It was none other than the number 1 agent from Dominus, Agent Gossamer...
Cornelius Caster
by Elena Vexus August 23rd 2012, 1:26 am
Helena's sensors had alerted her of the incoming danger so she ducked avoiding the destructive wire. She glared at the new threat thinking terrible thought, however she knew there was more to the plan.
The screens went from pink to a blank channel screen with a monotonousness long beep. After a moment the screens went black and Elena Vexus' face appeared on every single screen.
"My dearest Gossamer. I will do as I please in this organization. As from this moment on, I am above you." The instant she finished her sentence, everything that gave off light in the room turned off. Once everything turned back on, Elena's body had disappeared and Helena was now holding an automatic Glock to the head of Gossamer. With Helena's skill the slightest move and she would blow the agent's head clear off.
"Now then, I will give you the locations of your targets and return your information for $30 Million. But, because I am in a good mood the price per retrieved body will remain at $1 Million. However now I shall be keeping an eye on all of your operations from here on out. My associate will also join your ranks and shall report back to me on every last detail. Out bursts such as those of Gossamers' shall not be tolerated, and if such mutiny is suspected, this organization will burn. You have my word..."
Once her terms were agreed to, Helena would lower her weapon. Until then she was on high alert.
Elena Vexus never did take the answer 'no' very well.
by Twinkletoes August 23rd 2012, 9:39 am
Adam Paxton, a man who had passed the half century mark with barely any signs of retiring; a man whose influence spanned over years of hard work and dedication, one who could send the state of America into turmoil if he so pleased and yet he didn't. He possessed power that some of greatest dictators only dreamed of, this was no war over land nor was it concerned with the politics of the geographic landscape it was netled in. Adam's aim was to eradicate the metahuman threat that had so easily sent the grand city of new York into rubble, he wished for a safe world, a world where families wouldn't have to cower under their beds waiting for a psychopathic electrokinetic to leave their property. He believed full well that why he was doing was both noble and necessary. That is until Elena Vexus decided to waltz right into HQ.
She had presented him with a serious moral dilemma, submit to her seemingly immortal state with his grasp now fully on the targets he toiled endlessly to track or allow refuse her deal and suffer the possible consequences of his daughter having a hole blown through her head and all of Dominus' classified information getting leaked to all major news stations. Glancing at Sheryll he wrinkled his nose, she was certainly problematic as of late and it was clear that he no longer held her within his grasp, "You are such a troublesome girl..." he muttered, turning his head back to the woman on the screen.
"It seems you've given me barely any choice on the matter, I have to admit this is a well thought out scheme, but let me ask you...why have you suddenly decided to band with us? Is this some ruse to infiltrate this organization and slay us all?", he said in a stern voice, brushing his fingers against the cold metal monitor,"before I agree to any terms how do I know that you are capable of such feats? How do I know I'm gettin my money's worth?" he uttered, clenching his fist as he once again glanced at the gun wielding woman, she was still on alert and any sudden movements would obviously be fatal for a few members of the control room.
Zorya (Lilia Ivanov)
Twinkletoes
Quote : Hard as diamonds, soft as silk
Location : Australia
by Elena Vexus August 25th 2012, 3:00 am
"Oh no, noo. I wouldn't kill you off. Your members would prove quite useful. So they shall remain here for the time being... Except him."
Without even the slightest instant of delay Helena through a knife through the skull of one of the guards who had entered the room from the alert. The force from the weapon pulled the guard back to the wall the knife sticking into the wall a little bit. The weapon itself had a guard on it so it did not shoot clean through the guard's head put was long enough so that it would emerge out of the back of his skull.
"As for capabilities for these tasks, as you can see my assistant will be able to handle herself in the field. And your other participants may take join in, I am not monopolizing myself in finding these supers. If there is someone in particular that you would like to find all you have to do is ask..."
All of the screens in the room except for the largest turned the same bright pink as before, her face remained on the large screen.
"The supers are a problem. I agree with you on that. I can assure you that the safety of the rest of your organization's member will extend only as far as the level of danger you choose to accept. I have no problem revealing the whereabouts of the individuals you are to go after, I will even inform you of the targets my assistant will be capturing so that there are no misunderstandings..."
Regardless of Elena's view on the supers or this organization or anything all she needed was the money. Helena had been bringing in substantial amounts of funds over the months, but targeting major groups such as these proved to me more beneficial even considering the higher risk factor.
"Now then, Dominus, I ask again... Do we have a deal..?"
by Twinkletoes August 27th 2012, 9:42 am
The startled gurgle that escaped the troopers lips after having the blade plunged through his skull reinforced Adam's initial view that these women were beyond the par of the hordes of gifted individuals strewn across the world. Pursing his lips the man glanced at Franklin, the knife wielding agent was chewing on his tongue..a habit he picked up during his earlier years on the field. Catching his gaze Franklin smirked, and nodded; it appeared the monster of a man approved of his new allies. Sheryll however was not impressed at all, she was glaring at the blonde haired woman with intense level of hatred, if it were not for the gun pointed at her skull she would have sliced the woman clean in half. Unfortunately for Sheryll, Adam Paxton was a man who believed in progress and his adoptive daughter going into a temper tantrum was not going to affect his decision making. One time he had put his faith into his agents but their volatility and relative inexperience was something he had grown to abhor...this Elena might possibly be his key to the immeasurable power that comes with thwarting the metahuman threat.
Wiping a bead of sweat off the side of his wrinkled forehead with a well worn handkerchief he turned his head to face the televised woman, "You give me the metahumans and I will give you your money.", he said after eating his throat, a startled gasp from the opposite end of the room told the Adam that his daughter dissaproved, "However I expect you and your friend to not only meet my needs but to exceed them and that is why I want you to track down the organisation known as Shade..I assume you have some knowledge of their whereabouts..", he glanced at the gun wielding woman with a look of foreboding, she had managed to kill a few of his men so it would be interesting to see her up against more challenging opponents. "...However here I am king, no questions asked. We are equals, that I will enforce and if you ever exploit this deal of ours..well let's just hope you don't", he uttered with a dry smile.
Things were gonna get interesting..
by Elena Vexus August 29th 2012, 12:07 am
Vexus gave an evil grin on the monitor screen as the rest of them returned back to their normal processes. Helena also then lowered her gun and stepped away from the Dominus Agent. She really was kind of disappointed on how easy that was, but on the other hand it really did not need to be difficult. She came in, got what she wanted, and now she's leaving. And only roughly three people lost their lives.It had been extremely productive. All he asked was that she find the organization known as Shade, but she had the list and would probably be going after other targets. The money was a must right now, she had too much planned to try and continue without any income.
Adam went onto mention that he was the King and that neither her nor Helena should overstep him. Vexus did try to retain herself from laughing because honestly, there was nothing he could do. She did not feel like calling him out on his false sense of confidence right now because the deal had been sealed. Helena had started on her way out of the base, her heels clicking with every step.
"Thank you Adam Paxton and members of Dominus. Your decision will not go unrewarded. It had been a pleasure doing business with you..."
And she was gone. The screens had returned to normal and all of their information had returned seemingly untampered. Of course Vexus had a copy of every last megabyte, which would come in handy later on in her plans...
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