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On the Set of 'Forever' as Fred Armisen, Maya Rudolph Delve Into "Haunting" Roles
8:30 AM PDT 6/14/2019 by Bryn Sandberg
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Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard — who created Amazon's comedic existential take on marriage, life and what comes after — also open up about the show's unusual premise and reveal that "crazy ideas" are in store for an as-yet-greenlighted second season.
During THR's March 2018 visit to the set of Forever, creators Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard are toying with how much to divulge about their top-secret Amazon show. "OK, we'll give up the ghost," says Hubbard after a few minutes of back-and-forth. "Literally," quips Yang.
That's just it about the pair's half-hour dramedy: Stars Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen are (spoiler alert!) actually dead for most of it. It's a crucial conceit that Yang and Hubbard are doing backflips to keep from leaking (they gave critics an exhaustive "Do Not Reveal" list for early reviews) in hopes that viewers would stumble on the surprise naturally when they tuned in to the eight-episode series, which debuted in September.
Rudolph and Armisen play June and Oscar, a married couple who've built a relatively comfortable but utterly predictable life in the California suburbs. They've gotten used to the same routine over the years, but in the first episode, it's clear Rudolph's character is starting to get a little bored. So she suggests the two of them get outside their comfort zone and go on a ski trip, which ultimately takes them on an unpredictable journey through life, death and never-ending relationships.
"The show in a larger sense is about these two people who are facing some difficulties in their marriage, but they are now thrust back together and are facing a life together that has literally no end because they're immortal," explains Hubbard. Adds Yang, whose résumé includes Parks and Recreation and Master of None: "Marriage is already a long time — but what if it actually literally lasted forever? Would it be what you expected?"
Despite the heady subject matter, the vibe on the Studio City set on this crisp afternoon in March is remarkably light. Rudolph and Armisen are filming a scene from the third episode, in which their two characters are reunited at their new house in the afterlife. The subtle humor of the two Saturday Night Live alumni manages to come through a bit differently in each take of the scene at hand — which finds Oscar and June sitting side by side in their living room debating the best way to sit on a couch. For Armisen's character, it's easy: cross-legged, left over right. "Don't you think that's a little sexist?" says Rudolph's June. "I mean, it's fine if I'm wearing jeans, but what if I decide to put on a pencil skirt?" It's this kind of easy, low-key banter that serves as the foundation of the show.
"Taking the idea that we all have of marriage and turning it on its head and pointing it in the direction of the extreme is something I found really absurd and really funny," says Rudolph. She and longtime friend Armisen had been looking for a way to collaborate again, so they met with Yang and he came up with some pitches for them. Rudolph was sold at "You play a ghost." Armisen was drawn to the show's mysterious, haunting tone. "It's the kind of stuff I really like," he says. "It's borderline-hard ghost stuff and also relationship comedy." The pair would pass the time on set singing Bob Seger songs and quizzing each other on Prince trivia.
The series has yet to be renewed by the streamer, but everyone is hoping to return for a second season. Promises Yang, "We've got some crazy ideas for season two, man."
This story first appeared in a June stand-alone issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.
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C.S. Lewis believed that when the writer of Psalm 27 wrote that he wanted to "gaze upon the beauty of the Lord," he wasn't talking about an emotional experience... he was talking about the beautiful ceremonies that were performed at the temple. To that Psalmist, the ceremony and the "beauty of the Lord" were indistinguishable. Likewise, the boy who wrote the poem about the Easter eggs did not yet see the distinction between the treat and the religious event. On the other hand, as adults in the 21st century, we are accustomed to looking at the ceremony as one thing and the presence of God as something else. God is not the drumbeat or the lights or the smoke or the tune we're singing, we believe; it is perfectly possible to attend service and never "gaze upon the beauty of the Lord" (which, from our perspective, would probably be expressed more as "feeling the Spirit" or something like that).
Several times Jesus told His disciples that we were to approach Him as children. If a child doesn't see any difference between performing a ceremony for God and being in the presence of God, maybe we're looking at it the wrong way. I've been in church services myself lots of times when I didn't "feel" anything special. Horror of horrors... some of those times I was standing on the choir risers! Does that mean that God was not present? Of course not... God is always present. Now... if I don't "feel" the emotional urging to praise God during a particular service, does that mean I should not sing, clap, even jump or whatever? Let's assume that I sing and clap anyway. If I do so but never feel anything "spiritual" the whole time, does that mean that I didn't actually praise God? What if I come to service with a desire to worship the Lord, and then I participate in the service and enjoy it the same way I might enjoy a rock concert, never feeling anything that I would call "spiritual" but simply rejoicing and having a good time... did I mess up? Is it OK to rejoice just to rejoice in Jesus, without a specific "prompting" from the Holy Spirit?
Chocolate eggs and Jesus risen! God is present whether you "feel" Him or not, and when you join in worship with a congregation that has come together to honor God, whether you "feel" it or not, God is honored. What, are we supposed to feel bad if we enjoy the music? It's totally OK to taste the candy as long as you know that the reason it's there in the first place is because of the Resurrection. Don't misunderstand; I believe strongly that worship comes from the heart of the believer, and I MUCH prefer it when I can feel it coming from my heart. But there's no reason for any of us to feel like we have somehow failed to worship God if we don't get all mushy or something. We can express the Lord's "beauty" anyway, knowing in faith that we will feel it... if not today, next Sunday or the Sunday after that. Usually when I kiss my wife, my heart flutters. But if something's going on and I'm tired or sick or preoccupied and my heart doesn't flutter one time, I kiss her anyway, and I know it will flutter the next time, because I love her. Love God in worship, whether your emotions are there "this time" or not. God accepts your praise and worship regardless!


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Acusilas malaccensis  è un ragno appartenente al genere Acusilas della famiglia Araneidae.

Etimologia
Non è ben chiara l'origine del nome del genere: forse deriva dal greco  Acusìlaos, storico e logografo greco del VI secolo a.C., di Argo, da alcuni menzionato fra i Sette Savi e citato da Platone nel Simposio.

Il nome proprio deriva dall'aggettivo latino malaccensis, composto dal nome Malacca, stato della Malaysia, primo luogo di ritrovamento, e dal suffisso latino -ensis, che significa: presente, che è proprio lì.

Caratteristiche

Femmine
Le femmine di A. malaccensis differiscono dalle altre del genere per il loro colore arancio brillante (negli esemplari conservati in alcool è bianco giallognolo) e nell'avere bande nere trasversali su fondo più chiaro. L'opistosoma è largo anteriormente e stretto posteriormente come in A. africanus, dandogli una forma triangolare nettamente distinguibile per le bande nere; le altre specie di Acusilas hanno l'addome di forma cilindrica.

Nelle femmine con uova, l'addome assume forma ovale. La membrana dell'epigino ha due lobi laterali che coprono i dotti copulatori e la concavità dell'epigino stesso. A. dahoneus ha anch'essa un'ampia membrana, ma è trasparente e rende visibile il tutto. I dotti copulatori della vulva sono a forma di imbuto.

Colorazione
Nella descrizione dei colori non si tiene conto di esemplari conservati in alcool, in quanto, col passare del tempo, ne impallidisce le tinte. Il cefalotorace, le zampe e lo sterno sono arancioni, ad eccezione dei tarsi, dei metatarsi e dei 4/5 delle tibie di colore marcatamente nero; occasionalmente questi segmenti di zampe invece che a colorazione intera possono presentare anulazioni.

L'opistosoma è arancione con 5 bande trasversali nere, di dimensioni decrescenti verso la parte posteriore e simili alle nervature di una foglia. Una barra anteriore, se presente, può essere collegata lateralmente a due puntini neri..

Maschi
I maschi si distinguono dalle altre specie di Acusilas nell'avere l'embolo con la punta a forma di freccia, dotata di un piccolo cappuccio e prolungata prossimalmente e distalmente; sono anche di colore meno scuro rispetto alle altre specie di Acusilas. Il pedipalpo ha due protuberanze nella giunzione fra l'embolo e i peduncoli: una proprio sulla base dell'embolo e l'altra distalmente sui peduncoli.

Colorazione
Il cefalotorace, i cheliceri e le zampe sono marrone chiaro, con macchie o anulazioni nere su patelle, tibie, tarsi e metatarsi. Lo sterno è bianco-giallastro pallido. L'opistosoma è grigio biancastro con puntini neri uniformemente distribuiti, sia dorsalmente che ventralmente. Alcuni maschi sono più scuri dell'olotipo e hanno i puntini neri sulla parte posteriore dell'addome e, a volte, due piccole macchie bianche anteriormente. La pars pendula dell'embolo ha lo stesso colore del tronco..

Dimensioni

Tutte le misure sono espresse in millimetri

Parametri oculari

Misure delle zampe

Maschio: tutte le misure sono espresse in millimetri

Femmina: tutte le misure sono espresse in millimetri

Habitat
Maschi e femmine di A. malaccensis sono stati trovati insieme all'interno di una tana costituita da una foglia arrotolata su sé stessa a Nakhon Si Thammarat, località thailandese.

Comportamento
Come osservato anche in altre specie durante l'accoppiamento l'embolo del maschio si stacca e permane all'interno dei dotti copulatori dell'epigino femminile per evitare accoppiamenti con altri ragni maschi.

Distribuzione
Gli esemplari rinvenuti provengono dal Gunong Mulu National Park e dalla Matang Reserve nello Stato malese di Sarawak; dalla località di Genting, presso Kuala Lumpur, capitale della Malesia; da Kaharian, località del Borneo; dal Monte Gedeh sull'isola di Giava; dal Monte Singalang e dal Gunung Leuser National Park di Sumatra; da Luang Nam Tha e da Louangphabang, località del Laos; e infine da varie località della Thailandia.

Tassonomia
Al 2013 non sono note sottospecie.

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Acusilas

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### the end of the festival
a normal summer night in Nürnberg and it is the first day of my one week holiday.
the weather has finally cooled down and a perfect night of ti5 grand final began.
have been a dota fan for more than 6 years, there were so many precious experiances and luckily this journey continues,

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Original Woodstock festival site announces plans for 50th anniversary event
A 50th anniversary of the legendary Woodstock festival has been announced for the original site in Bethel, N.Y. (Contributed photo)
A 50th anniversary remembrance of the original Woodstock festival –the cultural touchstone moment that brought an estimated half-million people to a hillside in Bethel, N.Y., for a legendary three-day music festival – will be held at the original site, organizers announced Thursday.
Woodstock 50th anniversary set for Bethel Woods, N.Y.
Bethel Woods Music and Culture Festival will be Aug. 16-18 at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, a non-profit cultural center at site of the original Woodstock festival in Bethel, which was held Aug. 15-18, 1969.
The festival will be produced by concert giant Live Nation. INVNT, a global live brand storytelling agency, also is a partner.
The festival will include live performances "from prominent and emerging artists spanning multiple genres and decades," organizers said. No acts were announced.
The event also will have TED-style talks from leading futurists and retro-tech experts. Organizers called the festival a "pan-generational music, culture, and community event."
The site, about 100 miles north of Allentown, now also is the location of the Museum at Bethel Woods, which tells the story of the 1960s through immersive media, interactive engagements, and artifacts from the 1969 festival.
A special 2019 exhibit, We Are Golden: Reflections on the 50th Anniversary of the Woodstock Festival and Aspirations for an Aquarian Future, will be offered during the festival.
"We are thrilled to partner with Live Nation and INVNT to produce Bethel Woods Music and Culture Festival," Bethel Woods President Darlene Fedun said.
"Fifty years ago, people gathered peacefully on our site inspired to change the world through music. As the stewards of this historic site, we remain committed to preserving this rich history and spirit, and to educating and inspiring new generations to contribute positively to the world through music, culture, and community."
Organizers said "entertainment villages" and a number of performance areas will be created for the occasion.
They said details of the event line-up, ticketing, non-musical experiences and brand activity will be released soon.
In recent years, there has been interest in whether there would be a celebration of the festival's 50th anniversary. Michael Lang, who as a 25 year old produced the original festival, has floated the possibility of an anniversary festival, but announced no plans.
The Bethel Woods Center held a one-day concert to celebrate Woodstock's 40th anniversary in 2009, with original performers Canned Heat, Richie Havens, Tens Years After, Jefferson Starship, Mountain and Levon Helm from the Band. About 25,000 people attended.
The original festival also included performances by The Who, Santana, Joan Baez, Grateful Dead, John Sebastian and Crosby, Stills & Nash.
But many of the original performers have passed on or no longer perform. Jefferson Airplane's Paul Kantner is dead, and singer Grace Slick no longer performs. Havens also is gone, as is Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter and Janis Joplin.
The Grateful Dead has disbanded, and Crosby, Stills & Nash are currently not touring together. Baez is currently on what she has said is her farewell tour.
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Football fan flies in from LA to watch City's Wembley game
Bantams fan travels 38,400 miles from US home to watch play-off final
By Hannah Postles
Philip Ideson at Valley Parade to cheer on City as they beat Aston Villa 3-1 in the first leg semi-final of the Capital One Cup in January
Few Bantams' fans will have travelled 38,400 miles and spent £4,000 cheering on their team since January.
But come Saturday, May 18, Bradford City fire survivor Philip Ideson will be able to make that claim.
The 34-year-old flew from his home in California to watch Phil Parkinson's men slay Aston Villa 3-1 in the Capital One Cup semi-final first leg in January and returned to the UK for the club's Wembley final against Premier League Swansea in February.
And now, less than three months later, he will be making the journey once more for Bantams' League Two play-off final against Northampton – while his wife Beth, 33, who is heavily pregnant with their first child, waits at home in Orange County.
"My heart definitely ruled my head this time with the cost of coming over again, and also the fact that my wife is 30 weeks pregnant," said Philip, who will arrive in the UK on the Thursday before the final and fly home on the Sunday afterwards.
"However, once again, it was my wife who was the one that told me I should go because you only live once.
"I had planned not to go. The win at Burton was fantastic because we had made it to the final, but tinged with some sadness that I wouldn't be able to go.
"But a couple of days of contemplating the fact that City were going to be at Wembley without me made me realise that I had to be there."
Mr Ideson, who moved to the US from Skipton in 2005, will begin his journey on the Wednesday before the final, travelling from Los Angeles to Manchester, arriving Thursday morning, heading back again at 7am Sunday morning.
The dad-to-be, who fled the stadium blaze which claimed the life of 56 fans in 1985, said: "I will stay at home in Skipton, and we are driving down to Wembley and back on the day.
"I never thought of London as a weekend destination from LA.
"I don't yet have the excitement or anticipation as I did for the League Cup final.
"Maybe that is because we had the thrill of the build-up and being at Wembley only a few weeks ago.
"I hope this works to our advantage and the players feel the same so we can just focus on the game. This is definitely more important than the League Cup.
"I feel that we have to be favourites for the game – Northampton have been on pretty poor form, but as we have found out time after time this year, you never really know.
"I'm hopeful. When we beat Burton I felt that we would beat Northampton because it was our fate – but as the game gets closer I am getting more nervous."


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Q: Java Compiling File Directory Issues I'm just a guy trying to learn some Java. The actual coding part works just fine for me, and until now I've been working in Eclipse (to new guys like myself, Eclipse is a really great free piece of software for writing and compiling code). But Eclipse compiles the code by itself, and I'm determined to learn how to do this without any training wheels, seeing as I'll probably need to do so someday. However, I already tried manually compiling my code with Command Prompt a few months ago, and ultimately I just got tired of banging my head against the brick wall. It seems that when I try to compile a simple HelloWorld file in cmd, everything that can go wrong, does go wrong. And it seems that I'm not the only one who keeps getting thrown off code because of this ridiculous first hurdle. Until now I've slowly been able to work around everything that keeps popping up, but this new problem is completely beyond any advice that I can find on the Internet.
I have my HelloWorld class ready to run. It is in the same file as my .java file. I have managed to compile it with the use of an environment variable specifying the location of the javac tool. Now all I need to do is invoke the java tool to run the file.
Creating a new environment variable specifying the location of java gives the following error message on cmd:

"Error: could not open 'C:\lib\amd64\jvm.cfg'"

I have no idea why it's picking this directory, leaping straight to \lib instead of going through \Program Files.
Specifying the location of the java tool in cmd, as my book tells me to do, gives the following error message:

"'C:\Program' is not recognized as an external command, operable program, or batch file."

which of course is only the case because I'm trying to specify the path leading to the java tool, whilst my command directory has already been confined to 'C:\Java Code', the location of my class file, which is necessary because that's the file I'm trying to run.
So in short, the only way around this I can see is to specify two command directories at once, which I'm pretty sure is impossible.
Solution
In my case, this was solved by two things; first re-installing Java. It seems that I was using the wrong architecture version (Oracle's site may have been assuming that my computer was 32 bit). This seemed to deal with the 'cannot find jvm.cfg issue'. Second, configuring the system variables as described in one of the responses and on this page

A: Right, I had exactly the same problem with compiling my code for the first time. jvm.cfg is always a difficult file. The way i fixed it was: To edit the PATH variable or JAVA_HOME to the path to jvm.cfg. jvm.cfg is a configuration file for java.

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BUSCH GARDENS® WILLIAMSBURG'S HOWL-O-SCREAM® TAKES SCARES TO WHOLE NEW LEVEL THIS FALL
As the temperatures cool down the fun heats up as Busch Gardens® Williamsburg's Howl-O-Scream® returns as one of the best Halloween-themed events on the east coast. A heightened scare factor will creep into Busch Gardens' six ghastly haunted houses, six nightmarish Terror-tories™, hair-raising escape rooms and frightening shows.
The best way to visit Howl-O-Scream is with a Fall Fun Card. For a limited-time consumers can get the rest of summer and all of Howl-O-Scream FREE. A Fall Fun Card allows park guests to pay less than a day and play now through Oct. 27. For more information, visit https://buschgardens.com/williamsburg/special-offers/.
Beginning Sept. 14, Howl-O-Scream will kick off its 21st season with fresh new scares including two new escape rooms and the surprising return of one of the park's most popular shows with a new twist.
"We're always looking for opportunities to elevate the event's scare factor," said Peter Dunklee, vice president of entertainment for Busch Gardens Williamsburg. "We try to balance the fun and the scares and we've accomplished just that with two new escape room experiences, additional startles in our haunted houses and resurrecting a guest favorite show," added Dunklee.
New scares coming in 2019
Jack is Back (Show) – This year marks the return of Jack is Back, the popular street-style performance in the Ireland village starring Jack, a Howl-O-Scream icon who made his Howl-O-Scream return last year in The Vault XX. Pumpkins, scarecrows and Jack himself pays park guests a visit in this disco dancing celebration.
Jack's Twisted Terror (Escape room) – Jack has escaped The Vault and is ready to challenge guests in an all-new escape room. Ever wonder where Jack gets all of his frightening ideas for new Howl-O-Scream scares? From you! Once Jack gets his guests in the room, it's a race against time to escape before the Nightmare Machine turns visitor's deepest, darkest fears into reality.
Grave Obsession (Escape room) – Walking through the door of this startling new Escape Room will put guest's mettle to the ultimate test. Each choice made will lead guests further and further into a terrible reality, with a shocking revelation that will cause even the most adventurous to tremble in fear.
The Vault: Overtaken (Haunted house) – Jack has been released from the Vault to make room for new creature favorites from past Howl-O-Scream experiences like Igor, Freakenstein and the famous Fiends nurses who will now take over the haunts and instill new fears on those who dare to enter. Also joining these new scares will be classic characters such as The Executioner from The Dark Tower; Dr. Rot; Meemaw from Cornered; Werewolf from Hunted; Georgie from Mr. Karver's workshop; Giggles the Clown from Festa Dementia, plus many more favorites from the past. These dearly departed characters are dying to frighten guests again.
The Coaster Creepers also will be making another appearance. Lurking around the park's world-class roller coasters, the creepers will shock unsuspecting riders as they board the coasters. No one knows who may be is sitting near them until it's too late. Also, guests may get a surprise from a roaming hoard prowling the park. The pathways are prime pickings for some unexpected terror.
After a long night of fright, guests can soothe their screams by stopping by one of the five themed bars – Chaos Cocktails, Last Call, Jack's Nightcap, Restless Spirits and Control Bar – to sip some ghoulish concoctions. Guests also can dance to pulse-pounding music as spun by diabolical DJs in two new party zones located in France and Italy.
Terror-tories™
Sideshow Square™ (Festa Italia): Your jaw will drop on your way to the big top. What was once only in your imagination is now a frightening reality full of haunts, curiosities and plenty of scare to make you shriek. So step right up and brave this terror-tory if you dare.
Ripper Row® (England): Things are looking a bit unsettling in England; a murderer is on the loose plucking unsuspecting victims from the city streets to satisfy his grizzly curiosity. No one knows what Jack the Ripper looks like or who he will strike next.
Vampire Point™ (Germany): Even vampires need a vacation once in a while and Vampire Point™ is the perfect destination for bloodsuckers. Watch your step and your neck or you might end up the main course.
Fool's Court (France): A new king has taken over the throne at the Royal Palace and he's a real Joker. Chaos reigns supreme in the Fools' Court™. When the Motley Fools hit the streets, the joke will always be on you.
Axe Alley (New France): The Norsemen came to invade, but what they got was their own Viking funeral. For this was no ordinary raiding party, but an unleashing of power so grotesque that even those mighty Viking warriors fell prey to its devices.
Garden of the Souls (Italy): A ghastly transformation has taken place in Italy Gardens. Welcome to Funeral Gardens, the setting for Garden of the Souls™. Here guests can visit the graves of deceased, but this garden has a dark secret.
Circo Sinistro: No one knows when or where the tents will rise, but all who see them are drawn to find out what lies inside Circo Sinistro. This haunted house is not of this world and not of this time – but beware, what you see, you soon will be.
Lumberhack: The woods hold a terrifying secret. More than 50 years ago, loggers perished in a horrible accident. Now the forgotten lumberjacks are waiting for unsuspecting campers to stumble into their den of the damned.
Frostbite: The fire-breathing giant that once guarded the enchanted dark castle has met his chilling demise. He once stalked the premises, providing the warm lifeblood for the stronghold, but now his bones are mere decoration in a macabre icy grave. Frostbite now consumes all those trapped within.
Demented Dimensions: Sterling Manor, a massive estate, is home to more than meets the eye and is sitting on unspeakable terror. The energies of a dimensional vortex have opened portals to dreadful realms where unearthly creatures reside and humans are at the bottom of the food chain.
Dystopia: In a futuristic post-apocalyptic world, a new world order has risen. In this new system, you have a choice – join or be forgotten. Welcome to Dystopia. Surrender to the utopia, and don't worry – you won't feel a thing. Ever again.
Monster Stomp on Ripper Row – This modern rock and rhythm spectacular features Jack the Ripper like you've never seen him before. The beat is back as electrifying percussion, dynamic dance, and sensational singing return to the stage in a pulse pounding revue that is darkly entertaining. Monster Stomp opens Oct. 4.
Night Beats: Revamped – They might be undead, but that doesn't mean they don't know how to live it up. Shine your shoes and sharpen your fangs, you're cordially invited to the gathering of the century. So, pull up a tombstone as these creatures of the night sing, dance and party. You'll be smitten … until you're bitten.
Howl-O-Scream opens Sept. 14 and runs select days through Oct. 27. Busch Gardens becomes a seriously scary place at 6 p.m. when Howl-O-Scream's haunts come alive. Guests should consider the park's elevated scare factor when deciding whether Howl-O-Scream is appropriate for young children.
Howl-O-Scream information, including operating times, can be found at www.howloscream.com/va.
About SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.
SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: SEAS) is a leading theme park and entertainment company providing experiences that matter, and inspiring guests to protect animals and the wild wonders of our world. The Company is one of the world's foremost zoological organizations and a global leader in animal welfare, training, husbandry and veterinary care. The Company collectively cares for what it believes is one of the largest zoological collections in the world and has helped lead advances in the care of animals. The Company also rescues and rehabilitates marine and terrestrial animals that are ill, injured, orphaned or abandoned, with the goal of returning them to the wild. The SeaWorld® rescue team has helped more than 35,000 animals in need over the last 55 years. SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. owns or licenses a portfolio of recognized brands including SeaWorld, Busch Gardens®, Aquatica®, Sesame Place® and Sea Rescue®. Over its more than 55-year history, the Company has built a diversified portfolio of 12 destination and regional theme parks that are grouped in key markets across the United States, many of which showcase its one-of-a-kind zoological collection. The Company's theme parks feature a diverse array of rides, shows and other attractions with broad demographic appeal which deliver memorable experiences and a strong value proposition for its guests.
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc., a publicly traded company. Visit www.seaworldentertainment.comfor more information.
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Space: Russia Strives To Be Another ELINT Threat
February 6, 2015: In December 2014 Russia launched another Lotos S spy satellite. This is a six ton electronic surveillance satellite which an elliptical orbit that brings the satellite as low as 200 kilometers to earth. The first Lotos went up in 2009. Lotos is still classified as "experimental" and is part of the Russian effort to catch up with the United States in space-based ELINT (electronic reconnaissance, also called SIGINT for signals intelligence).
Meanwhile in June 2012 the U.S. launched its sixth (since 1995) Mentor ELINT satellite. These six ton birds deploy the largest antenna array (over 110 meters in diameter) ever used in a satellite. Details of how Mentor satellites operate is highly classified, but they are known to pick up a large number of electronic signals from ships, aircraft and ground stations, as well as other satellites. This data undergoes some processing on the Mentor satellite, is then encrypted and transmitted to American ground stations for further analysis. The American satellite ELINT program began in 1985 with a Space Shuttle putting two Magnum satellites (each 2.5 tons) into orbit.
Little is said about ELINT satellites because, more than photo satellites, these electronic listening birds can potentially pick up anything (radar, radio, whatever) that is broadcast from anywhere. This is an alarming possibility for producers and users of military electronics. Not knowing exactly what those enemy ELINT satellites are picking up is very disturbing. China, for example, has launched Cyber War type hacking attacks on American companies involved with collecting and analyzing Mentor satellite data. If the Chinese have reached the Mentor database, it has made Chinese electronics much less likely to encounter unpleasant surprises in wartime.
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After the passing of Arizona Sen. John McCain, family members and politicians from both sides of the aisle are honoring the life and legacy of the Arizona senator and two-time presidential hopeful.
"John McCain devoted his life to serving his country. He was and always will be an American hero, and the U.S. Senate will not be the same without him.
"It was his profound sense of moral duty, not partisan party politics, that guided his decisions as a legislator and a leader. From strengthening our military to fighting for immigration reform, Senator McCain was always willing and eager to reach across the aisle to get things done for his constituents and the American people.
"Senator McCain once said, 'Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history.' Whether it was fighting alongside his fellow soldiers in Vietnam or standing up for his values on the Senate floor, John McCain never quit. He never surrendered or hid from history. He made history, and our nation will be forever grateful for his service.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, his friends and colleagues in the Senate, and the people of Arizona as we mourn his passing and celebrate his life."


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Students Tell Their Story
Cecilia Bach-Nguyen, Staff Writer|November 29, 2016
Photo provided by National PTA
Every year, kindergarten through 12th grade students from around the nation submit original works of art, film, dance choreography, literature, and photography to the national Reflections Contest.
The project provides a way for students to utilize artistic talent for a specific purpose while answering a specific question. Winners on the school level move on to the council level for selection for the district and regional levels respectively, and then to the national level to be considered for a national Reflections award.
This contest is available to Cam High students annually, and this year's theme is "What Is Your Story?"
"I definitely think that this year's theme is unique because each and every person has a different background," said junior Jacqueline Le, who entered the contest this year in the poetry category. "I entered reflections because I felt that it was a great way for me to express in words my jumbled feelings in this confusing phase of my life. I've always had a tough time linking my thoughts to pen and paper so I decided to push myself to try and do something outside of my comfort zone."
Participation in Reflections from Cam High has been sparse for the past few years, according to Kim Dawson, Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) President. However, with new channels of communication including through staff, announcements, and Cam High Connect, participation increased as of this year. "Since we have started to engage administration and teachers in the process, we have found that the participation is growing," said Dawson. Fourteen total students participated from Cam High.
According to Mrs. Michelle Loomis, member of Cam High PTSA and head of the Reflections committee, participants in the Camarillo area have been successful in past years. "There have been a few [Cam High] students that have moved on to the State Level. [There also have been] students from Camarillo elementary and middle schools that have moved on to the National Level."
The contest is also an opportunity for Cam High students to garner scholarship money. Students are selected through a judging process organized by the PTSA. Depending on how far students advance, they can receive medallions, up to $800 in scholarship money, and an expenses-paid trip to the National PTA Convention, and recognition through certificates. Their pieces may also be displayed at the Reflections Gallery which travels throughout the country.
"Besides looking good on your college applications or even a job resume, [the competition] gives you the ability to be creative and then be involved in the process at each level. If you have a passion for any of the categories, there is no reason you should not submit your original work," Dawson said in an email interview. "You have absolutely nothing to lose. It does not cost you any money, and you never know what amazing things can happen!"
Fourteen Cam High students who competed in have been selected to have their work featured in the Camarillo Council Showcase. The Camarillo Council Showcase took place on Tuesday, November 15th in the La Mariposa Multipurpose Room at 5:30 PM.
Nine Cam High students moved onto the Council Level. Of those, seniors Daniel Romo, Haelley Hogan, and Mattea Pulido, and juniors Samantha Loomis and Dokyung Lim have been selected to move onto the District Level. Winners will be announced in January.
Update 1/24/17:
Mattea Pulido and Dokyung Lim were chosen to be honored at the 12th District Reflections Showcase on Jan. 9.
Cecilia Bach-Nguyen, Staff Writer
Heellooo! My name is Cecilia, but you can call me Cece. I'm a junior here at Cam High who loves eating (you could call me a foodie), as well as traveling...


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No Bone Unturned: The Adventures of a Top Smithsonian Forensic Scientist and the Legal Battle for America's Oldest Skeletons - Jeff Benedict (2003)
Chapter 14. AIRFARE FOR A SKELETON
"Treat the remains as Native American until proven otherwise." That's what the Umatilla Indian tribe had told the Army Corps of Engineers back on July 29, the day after Kennewick Man surfaced in the Columbia River. In 1855, the Umatilla ceded lands to the United States in a treaty that formed the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation. The treaty established a reservation in Oregon, approximately seventy-five miles south of where Kennewick Man surfaced. Prior to the treaty, the Umatilla were among a number of tribes that inhabited or used the Columbia River area around Kennewick.
Before the Kennewick Man discovery, both the corps and the local coroner's office had found Indian remains along the Columbia River and turned them over to tribes for reburial. The Umatilla's religion requires that exposed remains be treated with utmost respect and immediately reinterred. To the Umatilla, any old remains were Indian remains. The tribe claimed that its oral and religious traditions held that the Umatilla did not have contact with non–Native Americans until 1805, when Lewis and Clark arrived.
The Umatilla's directive to treat Kennewick Man as if he were Native American was issued to the Walla Walla, Washington, office of the Army Corps of Engineers, which had oversight of the federal land where the discovery occurred. The same day that the corps heard from the Umatilla, corps archaeologist Ray Tracy talked to Jim Chatters, who said that the Kennewick Man looked nothing like the Indian remains that typically surface in the Columbia River region. Tracy issued to Chatters an archaeological resources permit authorizing him to return to the site in search of more bones and artifacts that might aid in establishing Kennewick Man's identity.
The Umatilla were not told that an archaeological permit had been issued to Chatters. Assuming no research or study would be performed on Kennewick Man, the Umatilla fully expected to take possession of him once the coroner's office formally announced that the discovery site was not a contemporary crime scene. The corps did not tell the Umatilla that Kennewick Man had been in Chatters's basement laboratory for five weeks; that it had been analyzed by a second anthropologist, who had determined that the remains were not Native American; or that a bone sample had been sent to California for radiocarbon dating.
Euphoric over Kennewick Man's age, Jim Chatters faced a quandary. Convinced that the skeleton in his basement deserved long-term study and analysis by the nation's top scientists, he sensed there wouldn't be time for either. Familiar with the Umatilla's oral tradition, Chatters knew that the tribe would demand Kennewick Man the minute Floyd Johnson announced the skeleton's age to the press. While he was convinced that Kennewick Man could not be Native American and should not go to the tribe, Chatters felt that he and Johnson might not be able to prevent it. As the titleholders to the federal land where Kennewick Man had surfaced, the federal government had the final say in the skeleton's destination.
Seeking advice, Chatters telephoned Professor Gentry Steele, an anthropologist at Texas A&M who had studied and published on prehistoric skeletons.
Listening to Chatters describe Kennewick Man's features, Steele agreed that it sounded like nothing he had encountered. He wanted to inspect it himself. But he couldn't get up to Washington in the foreseeable future. And the political situation that Chatters sensed arising gave Steele the impression that an expert in ancient remains should look at it right away.
"Whom do you suggest?" Chatters asked.
"I'd try Doug Owsley," said Steele
Chatters had heard of Owsley, but was immediately turned off at the prospect of involving the Smithsonian, which housed more Indian remains than any other museum in the country, a fact that angered many tribes. It would only inflame the situation with the Umatilla.
Steele told Chatters that Owsley had studied thousands of skeletons, including collections from many western tribes. And he explained that Owsley had just returned from the Nevada State Museum, where he had helped curator Amy Dansie analyze a 10,650-year-old mummy—one nearly the same age as Kennewick Man. "Doug has a whole team that comes in to do it," Steele said.
Chatters hung up with Steele and decided to sleep on the question of whether to call Owsley. Besides trying to avoid the Smithsonian's negative image among Indian tribes, Chatters also did not want some hotshot Smithsonian scientist taking away his opportunity to study Kennewick Man.
The next morning, before the press conference, Chatters called the Nevada State Museum. He reached Amy Dansie. After explaining her situation and the service Owsley and his team had performed at her museum, Dansie gave Chatters the same advice Steele had: Call Doug Owsley.
Instead, Chatters went to a hastily organized press conference at city hall. It drew very little press: one local newspaper reporter and two local television reporters. Following a brief explanation of the date and its relevance, Chatters and Floyd Johnson sat next to each other at a press table and fielded questions about Kennewick Man's origins, unusually well preserved bones, cause of death, and population affiliation. "We don't know," Chatters responded more than once.
Right after the press conference the Umatilla called the Army Corps of Engineers. The tribe's religious leader, Armand Minthorn, was indignant that one of Kennewick Man's bone fragments had been sent to California for radiocarbon dating without his permission. Minthorn trusted the radiocarbon date's accuracy. In his eyes, however, the test was unnecessary and unwarranted. It only confirmed what Minthorn and the tribe had said five weeks earlier when the discovery was made: Kennewick Man was ancient and any ancient skeleton was a tribal ancestor. "Our religion tells us so," Minthorn said. "Our oral history tells us so. All of those tell us that we were created here. We did not cross any land bridge like the scientists tell us. Our religion tells us we were created here. Period."
Minthorn and the Umatilla put the corps on notice that other tribes from the Columbia River region were angry too. The Umatilla had mobilized the Yakima, the Wanapum Band of Yakima, and the Colvilles from Washington, as well as the Nez Percé from Idaho. Prior to 1855, they had been united. That year, the United States government divided and renamed them, assigning them to separate geographical land bases in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Today, the five tribes form a confederation. Together, they applied immediate pressure on the Army Corps of Engineers to repatriate Kennewick Man for reburial.
Asked by the corps to attend a meeting with tribal leaders, Chatters arrived flanked by corps archaeologists Ray Tracy and John Leier. They approached the spot where Kennewick Man had surfaced five weeks earlier. Armand Minthorn and four other leaders stood waiting for them. Chatters recognized a couple of them, with whom he had good relations from previous consulting work he had done for their tribes. Lieutenant Colonel Donald Curtis, the commanding officer of the corps office responsible for overseeing the disposition of Kennewick Man, had sent his executive assistant, Lee Turner, to represent the corps' interests. Tall and adroit, Turner apologized to the tribal leaders for Lieutenant Colonel Curtis's inability to appear in person.
While Chatters and the corps officials shook hands with Minthorn and the other tribal leaders, two more Umatilla Indians arrived. Chatters recognized one of them immediately—Jeff Van Pelt, the tribe's cultural resources manager.
Van Pelt immediately criticized Chatters for having a bone sample from Kennewick Man age-tested. He accused Chatters of knowing the remains were Native American.
Turner quickly took control of the meeting by assuring the tribal leaders that he had full authority to speak for the colonel. He then asked to hear from the tribes. Minthorn stepped forward to speak, saying that the remains should not have been disturbed and ought to be immediately reburied.
Turner assured Minthorn that his wishes reflected the colonel's top priority.
Additionally, Minthorn wanted no further study or publicity around Kennewick Man, to which Turner also offered his assurances.
Chatters bristled at Turner's willingness to stifle study or publicity and suggested that the U.S. Constitution prohibited the kind of cover-up they were agreeing to. But he suspected that by himself he couldn't stop them, and suddenly he had second thoughts about not calling Doug Owsley. As soon as he returned from the site to his office, Chatters telephoned the Smithsonian.
"This is Doug."
Chatters introduced himself and gave Owsley the lowdown on Kennewick Man.
"That's very interesting," Doug said. "The morphology you're describing sounds like a mummified skeleton I just worked on in Nevada at the Nevada State Museum, called the Spirit Cave mummy."
"Yes, I'm a little familiar with that. I spoke with Amy Dansie at the museum yesterday. She told me about the Spirit Cave mummy and that you had been out there to look at it."
"What makes Spirit Cave so different is that with Indians you have long faces and short, broad crania," Owsley said. "But the Spirit Cave mummy has a short face and relatively long cranium, a totally different constellation."
"Yeah, that's the way this guy looks," Chatters said.
Owsley wanted to see it.
"I have a grant to conduct archaic studies in the West. I could probably get my team out there in a few weeks," Owsley said.
"Ah, I don't think it's going to be here that long," said Chatters, explaining the situation with the Umatilla.
"Well, then why don't you just ship it here?" Owsley said, explaining that the Smithsonian possessed all the necessary equipment and facilities to measure and photograph Kennewick Man.
Chatters hesitated. "Well, I'm worried about it breaking."
"Oh, it'll be fine," Doug said. "We send skeletons all the time."
"I'm just not comfortable shipping it," he said.
"Well, then can you bring it here yourself?" Doug asked.
Chatters explained that he could probably get clearance from the coroner to transport Kennewick Man. But he doubted he could get funding.
"All right. Let me see if I can get approval to fly you out with the skeleton," Owsley said.
The next day he called Chatters back with a confirmed ticket for Chatters and the skeleton to fly into Washington, D.C., on September 8.


One of the founders of minimalism in modern music, American Terry Riley, is happy to let his music speak for itself. But he is also keen to let people know of his disappointment with the policies of the Bush administration, especially the invasion of Iraq.
I can't ignore it when things go so badly, he says.That would mean neglecting part of my human duty to speak out.
Riley, who is on his first visit to Australia, helped change the course of musical history, in 1964, when he composed In C, which includes more than fifty rhythmic motifs, which can be repeated as often as the musicians prefer.
He was part of an ensemble of musicians that performed the work at last month's Four Winds festival in Bermagui.
Minimalism has influenced composers as diverse as Philip Glass, John Adams and Arvo Part. Riley's influence led the London Sunday Times to list him as one of the thousand makers of the twentieth century. But English author Norman Lebrecht declared in his book, The Companion To Twentieth Century Music, that a modern version of hell might well contain an unbroken (tape) loop of In C.
Riley says that spiritual values inform his compositions more than any political considerations and his music exists in a world of its own.
It's not necessary for people to know how I feel to appreciate my music, he says. But I am free to talk about how I feel, using this little platform that is available to me as a performer.
Riley, who will perform his work, Beat Sutras for prepared piano, in a concert for Musica Viva's Menage series tomorrow, returns to California soon, after three weeks in Australia. He is trying to reduce the number of such long tours, just as he limits the length of his concerts.
But he says that, last January, he took part in a concert in Norway that was part of an all-night vigil to promote peace in Iraq and around the Middle east: I live in the world, so awareness of the way the world is going effects my music, he says. And I am very affected by world events.
He believes the US could break into four different countries, reflecting the vast range of views in the country.
It's painful to see so many things going in the wrong direction, he says of the current federal government.
In 1985, he composed five string quartets for the San Francisco-based Kronos Quartet making up more than two hours of music that they hoped would be performed at the United Nations.
It hasn't happened yet, but you never know, he says.
Riley has been busy in Australia. As well as Bermagui, he has performed at the Brisbane Powerhouse and Sydney's Aurora Festival. He also made a recording with the percussion ensemble, Synergy, as well as recordings of his solo piano works.
His work, Beat Sutras, which he will perform in Melbourne, begins with a prepared piano sounding like a gamalan, before he removes screws to return the sound to that of an unaccompanied piano. Other works will be announced from the keyboard. He says his use of the instrument is determined by whatever music he is composing, and whether he prefers something other than the piano's normal sound.
There are not so many things you can do, he laughs, adding that he used to burn the instrument to be like Jimi Hendrix. In the early days, he included The Velvet Underground's John Cale and The Grateful Dead's Phil Lesh among his musical circle, and is pleased by the diversity of music now available.
It's very exciting that people everywhere can hear music from such diverse places as Indonesia, Africa and India. None of that was available when I was young. That huge field affects the way people are making music.
But he warns there are still dangers for young musicians to avoid. Everybody wants to be in a band that becomes famous and makes lots of money, he says. But that means people are being used by the big companies.
He says that the best safeguard for music to be healthy is for it to be made by independent spirits who have other interests apart from making money.


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Jaguar's Sportscar Racing history
Jaguar were the force in Sportscar racing in the mid 50s. The C and, especially, D-Types were amongst the last cars that could be driven to the circuit and then win the race outright.
A possible return with the beautiful V12 powered XJ-13 never happened and it wasn't until the mid-70s that Jaguars returned to the track. TWR had won the European Touring Car championship with the V12 powered XJS and, in the US, Group 44 were winning races with their IMSA GTP XJR5s.
As an experiment, Jaguar sent a couple of the IMSA cars to Le Mans in 1984 to judge their competitiveness. Although they weren't on the pace, they proved enormously popular with the crowd and persuaded Jaguar of the value of racing at Le Mans.
Perhaps a little harshly, Group 44 were cast aside as Jaguar's sportscar racing representatives on both sides of the Atlantic and TWR took up the mantle.
Their XJR-6 was first seen, in Jaguar's touring car colours, at races in 1985. It was, to be fair, a far more modern design than the IMSA cars, although they were constrained by the regulations. Early race results were mixed, but the main things were that a) they were great marketing for Jaguar and b) they sounded fantastic.
Success, even against the might of Porsche, was not long coming, however, as Eddie Cheever and Derek Warwick took victory at Silverstone in 1986 in front of a hugely appreciative crowd.
More successes followed and the Jaguar/Porsche battles of the next couple of years, merging into a three way battle with Mercedes, are the stuff of legend. Possibly the best race being the 1986 Spa race, where Thiery Boutsen's Brun Porsche beat Warwick's Jaguar by mere yards after 6 hours around the grueling Belgian circuit.
Brands Hatch 1986
The special low drag, open rear wheel Le Mans 87 car
Victory at Brands 1987
Le Mans victors 1988
Jaguar vs Porsche and Le Mans 1988
However, Mercedes gradually upped the stakes in Group C and the V12 was deemed to have insufficient power to compete with the German marque's 5 litre V8 turbo engine. A V6 turbo was developed and installed in the XJR-10, but this was never an entirely successful engine, lacking the torque of the V12 and the power of the Mercedes V8.
The short lived, and ill-conceived, 3.5 litre championship gave Jaguar one last tilt at the title in 1991, when they stunned the competition with the XJR-14. This car was widely dubbed a two-seater F1 car and, with a Ford Cosworth V8, would have comfortably qualified for the British GP with it's time at Silverstone. In the early rounds the car mopped up and this was enough to clinch the WSC title again.
Despite their success, however, Silk Cut were unhappy with the state of sportscar racing and they, and Jaguar, soon withdrew.
They returned, to Le Mans in 1993, with the XJ220. This 'supercar' was powered by the V6 turbo from the XJR-10 and won its class, although it was later disqualified after a round of protest and counter-protests so typical of French motor racing events. In the end it was thrown out because Jaguars appealed (which was upheld) was lodged too late!
Despite this success, the BPR rules did not suit the XJ220, which is a very heavy car and wasn't allowed such extensive lightening as was permitted at Le Mans. Therefore, the later race results for the XJ220, in private hands, proved disappointing.
In 2008, Jaguar took a tentative step back into the Sportscar racing world with a GT3 version of their highly praised XKR.
GT3 Jaguar XKR, Silverstone 2008
The XKR was being developed by sportscar stalwarts David Leslie and Richard Lloyd when they were sadly killed in a plane crash, but the team rolled the cars out at Silverstone carrying their names.


If you're a Millennial—or have a son or daughter who is a Millennial—you've probably had a discussion about renting or buying a home. You may think it's a hard decision when you consider rising home prices, interest rates, and costs of living. But with the with the right help and information, you'll probably find it's really not a hard question at all.
I repeatedly see people paying more in rent than what they could pay for a mortgage, and usually for less space. It usually comes down to someone thinking they can't afford a down payment, but that's a big misconception. There are many loan types and grant programs available than can help buyers whether it is their first home or their fifth. A few even allow for 0% down payments!
When you find yourself asking whether you should rent or buy, you've already answered the question. A Realtor can point you in the direction of a trusted lender who will help get you where you need to be and answer all of the questions you have.
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This Zika plot has some kind of link to the old one-world-government thing. Though a counter theory roiling through the blogosphere holds that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention invented the Zika sham just to scare us into submission ("The CDC is the medical CIA.").
Nutball conspiracies are hardly new. When I was a kid, the John Birch Society was sure that fluoridated water was a commie plot. Then the investigation of the Kennedy assassination left enough troubling questions to spawn a thousand counter-theories.
But nowadays, the digital age can lend even a few disparate paranoids the sense that they are one of many. Even the craziest notions — that George Bush plotted 9/11 and the Katrina floods, or that Obama invented Sandy Hook — find community on Facebook or Reddit or Twitter or beyond.
I've noticed that James Tracy, the infamous conspiracy-theorist professor whom Florida Atlantic University finally fired last year, has added posts about Scalia and Zika to his netherworld blog. Tracy's prevailing obsession remains that "Nobody died at Sandy Hook," that the awful elementary school massacre was only theater, so many fake deaths contrived to allow Obama — such a busy conspirator — to confiscate our guns.
It's getting crazier. Maybe even scarier. On Wednesday, the South Poverty Law Center released a report warning about the rise of "conspiracy-minded antigovernment "Patriot" groups, going from 874 in 2014 to 998 last year.
Conspiracy theories have become so prevalent on the Internet that mainstream news outlets now spend time and space debunking rumors we once would have ignored. In the past week, The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN, Fox News and other media deconstructed fantastic suppositions about Scalia's death or the Zika virus.


A little over a month after Paul Williams' passing, we continue to honor his life and legacy at ASF. We have decided to put together a compilation of quotes about Paul, that we have extracted from our social media channels. Please take into account that some quotes were sent in English, some in Spanish and some in a bit of both. We hope no one feels left out! It would have been impossible to include everyone's kind words in a single document, which clearly reflect our community's deep love and appreciation of Paul.
"On behalf of the Mann siblings, André ('88), Eric ('90), Rebeca ('92) and Cynthia ('94), we express our deepest condolences to the Williams family and his closest friends. Over a six-year span each one of us had Mr. Williams. We all loved him and my three siblings traveled with him to Boston for the Harvard UN. He was an inspiring teacher and we are all grateful for his leadership and example to always excel. Thank you, Mr. Williams for everything you taught us. You are missed!" - Rebecca Mann Culverhouse (alumna).
"I don't like to post personal stuff, but today someone who needs to be remembered, a friend, a mentor, someone who told me to stick to my persona, to keep saying things how I say to be who I am... Who made me stay truthful to myself someone who molded me, passed away.
"Great memories. ASF was his life and he made an impact on so many lives. RIP Paul. You are loved and remembered." - Veronica Mickle M.


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Julian May has brought together a number of musicians from the Dengie area in the Maldon District, Essex under the name of The Dengie Hillbillies. Their initial project for 2014 is a Christmas single in tribute and support of Sir Cliff Richard. Who knows what else may appear in 2015!
Julian has been both a presenter and a guest on air along with The Mays and The Young Once. Julian has also written the odd jingle.
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We all tend to believe that being a CEO at a startup is more than a role-playing game; it's a highly demanding position, in which it's required to do simply… everything.
Most of the times, this is true.
However, most startup CEOs either don't realize just what value a product manager brings to the table because they don't know what a product manager does, or they believe they can juggle all of the business tasks along with developing the product they've so lovingly conceived and now want to bring to life.
So, what exactly is a product manager? A product manager is someone who can process the vision of the CEO into a real product that is cost-effective and useful to the consumer. This is the person who has to firmly say, "No, we are not going to add that 'one more' feature at this point," especially when adding that feature would dilute the product and keep it from getting to market in a timely fashion.
A product manager is in charge of the final product, but ultimately is a person in charge of other people. The product manager oversees the developers, designers, and even marketing and sales representatives. As such, a good product manager should have experience managing diverse groups of people and dealing well with the challenges that come with that territory.
Even though product managers have to make gut decisions regarding product development, they should also be customer-focused and get out of the office to actually talk to customers. The customer knows what he or she wants out of the product; so asking for customer feedback is essential to stellar product development.
Along with being able to listen to customers and make gut decisions about product development, a skilled product manager will also know to track the metrics about product performance and usage, along with other metrics, when working on product development. Keeping a close eye on these metrics, analyzing them, and getting involved in marketing, sales, and conversions is crucial to a successful startup launch.
Those are the three most important qualities for a good product manager, but there are others that are just as important. A product manager is involved in business-related decisions regarding the product, so they need to be business-minded and driven by the business. This is crucial in determining how to price a product, something a product manager should be involved in because of his or her intimate familiarity with the product and the opportunities for applying business models and marketing tactics to that product.
Finally, a product manager should be tech savvy. They don't have to be engineers, but they should at least understand the lingo and have some passing familiarity with the technology. Product managers need to understand enough about the technology at use to know the possibilities and limitations of that technology, and to be able to understand what the engineers and developers are talking about in technical discussions.
All of these roles are essential to be filled, and a product manager is the right choice to fill them. When a startup is scaling fast, a passionate product manager can help share the vision of the founders and be a prime factor to the success of the business. Building a solid product management function into the business has been recognized as one of the most important steps in the development of a successful startup.


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Market Spotlight: Chicago Multifamily
By Reonomy • Apr 19, 2018
Chicago braces for another wave of apartment development
These days, Chicago is home to one of the busiest apartment development markets in the country. Demand for urban living has fueled a surge in multifamily construction across Chicago. Even though the building boom is starting to push vacancies higher, there is still a robust pipeline of projects across the city that range from luxury high-rises to compact micro apartments.
Completions jumped to 10,545 units last year – making it the #8 market in the country for new supply, according to data from RealPage. And the metro faces another big year of building ahead with an estimated 12,000 units that were under construction at year-end. That activity comes on top of what has been a steady flow of new projects coming to the market in recent years. Annual completions have been averaging between 5,000 and 7,000 units from 2013 through 2016, according to RealPage.
Much of the new development has been concentrated in two downtown submarkets – The Loop and Streeterville/River North. The two areas alone accounted for nearly half of all completions last year. The new supply is creating fresh buying opportunities for investors. For example, Reonomy recorded 22 multifamily sales in the River North area alone last year and another four in The Loop. Some of the top priced property sales in the River North area can be seen here:
Making Amazon's Short List
One transformative project underway is the redevelopment of the former Chicago Tribune printing plant, a 37-acre site along the Chicago River. The Chicago Tribune has reported on a development master plan for the River District that would create about 9 million square feet of office and residential space, along with a river walk and public park space. The River District dovetails into the city's broader plans for revitalization about 760 acres along the river that had previously been zoned for industrial use.
The project is a key part of the city's bid to land Amazon's second North American headquarters. Chicago is one of 20 finalists that Amazon is considering, and the River District is one of 10 possible sites in Illinois that have been pitched as the potential home for the urban campus. If the city succeeds, it would be a huge boon to the economy and both residential and commercial real estate markets. Amazon has said that it plans to invest over $5 billion in construction and eventually grow its second headquarters to include as many as 50,000 workers.
Developers chase new opportunities
Development has been concentrated in luxury, high-rise apartments downtown. But even broadly speaking, supply is starting to outpace demand with vacancies that are rising moderately higher. Marcus & Millichap is forecasting that vacancies will rise 30 basis points to reach 6.3% by year-end. Although some landlords are having trouble pushing rents higher amid the increased competition, Marcus & Millichap reported that average effective rents rose 5.3% in 2017 and the firm is predicting that rents will rise another 3.0% this year.
Developers are working to set themselves apart from competitors and provide renters with alternatives. For example, LG Development has proposed a plan to build 166 "micro" apartments in the West Loop that will include a mix of primarily studio and one-bedroom units with an average size of about 400 square feet. Investors also are jumping on that trend. The Maynard, a 74-unit property micro apartment property in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood recently sold for $9 million or about $400 per square foot.
Both developers and investors are continuing to look for opportunities in the Chicago metro. It is one of the top 10 largest metros in the country, and landing Amazon would be a huge economic boon for the region. At the same time, residential developers are keeping a close eye on the near-term balance of supply and demand along with other challenges such as flat population growth over the past several years. According to the Chicago Tribune, the city reported slightly negative population growth in 2016 and 2017.
One reason people are citing for leaving the city is the high cost of living, which again points to the opportunity to create more affordable workforce housing options. Developers also are paying attention to demographic shifts and changing lifestyle preferences that is fueling demand for live-work-play housing and projects that cater to millennials and young professionals who are gravitating towards more shared spaces and community-living options.
Reonomy offers real-time access to detailed property data that business owners, investors and commercial real estate professionals need in today's competitive marketplace. Try Reonomy National for free today.


If you suffer from an addiction to either drugs or alcohol, it is likely you will benefit from what follows. ADT Healthcare is a free helpline. We offer free advice for people seeking addiction treatment. When you contact ADT Healthcare, we offer a telephone assessment. We offer this assessment because it allows us to tailor treatment options to your needs.
Many people suffering from drug or alcohol addiction in Surrey will benefit from rehab services. Some rehab clinics are run by local authorities, whilst others are fee paying and private entities. Many statutory providers offer outpatient rehab services. Outpatient rehab means you will return home following an action-packed day of therapy sessions. In contrast, all fee-paying rehabs in Surrey offer a full residential service. Residential rehab means you will not return home until your rehab programme has concluded. A typical rehab programme is run over 4-6 weeks.
Addiction is essentially a progressive disorder. This means your addiction is unlikely to fade away on its own without professional help. If your addiction to drugs or alcohol is left unchecked, you risk developing a range of mental and physical health problems. To ensure your addiction is treated from a physical and a psychological perspective, consider entering a drug and alcohol rehab in Surrey today.
ADT Healthcare will explain your treatment options, and we will help you select a treatment provider that's well matched to your needs.
What happens when I enter a Surrey drug and alcohol rehab centre?
Upon admission into a drug or alcohol rehab in Surrey, you must undertake a medical examination. If you are addicted to a physically addictive substance such as alcohol, you will begin to suffer from withdrawal symptoms when you attempt to detoxify. Many of these withdrawal symptoms are potentially fatal. For this reason, we do not recommend you undertake a home detox. Given the potential to suffer from fatal or near-fatal withdrawal symptoms, we insist on only recommending residential rehab options when we feel a medically assisted detox is necessary.
To ensure your withdrawal symptoms are sufficiently treated, you will be prescribed medication that's specifically designed for this purpose during your detox. To be prescribed with this medication, you will be assessed by a consultant psychiatrist. This psychiatrist specialises in treating people who are experiencing addiction and a range of other mental health disorders that commonly co-occur with addiction.
During your drug or alcohol detox at a Surrey rehab centre, you will benefit from round-the-clock medical observation. You will also receive support from your peers who may have completed their own detox shortly before you began your own. Also, many of the rehab centre's staff are living their lives in recovery, so they will be highly sympathetic to your feelings whilst you undergo a detox programme.
Is going to rehab just about detoxing?
Living your life in recovery is not just about stopping drinking or taking drugs. In fact, many people agree that the detox is perhaps the easiest part of undertaking a rehab programme. Facing up to and defeating your emotional demons is unquestionably the most difficult and trying component when it comes to completing your rehab programme.
Fortunately, all drug and alcohol rehab clinics in Surrey we recommend employ gifted therapists. These therapists apply many proven techniques that ease the process of overcoming mental issues that fuel your addiction. These therapy techniques include modern psychotherapy, cognitive behavioural therapy and relapse prevention planning. Together, therapy arms you with the toolset you require to embrace positive change in your life.
What are the different types of addiction treatment?
In Surrey, there exists many different types of addiction treatment. This includes residential rehab, outpatient treatment and one-to-one counselling. If your addiction is sufficiently advanced, we typically recommend residential treatment. However, some of our callers may be better served by attending an outpatient treatment provider. When you have completed our free telephone assessment, it will become much clearer in terms of which addiction treatment is most suited to your needs.
Residential rehab treatment is particularly advantageous due to the sheer intensity of therapy and superior level of care you will receive. During a typical 28-day rehab programme, you will clock up hundreds of hours' worth of therapy sessions. Furthermore, you will be exposed to therapeutic settings 24 hours a day when you attend a residential rehab. This positive environment allows your recovery to get the best possible start.
How long does rehab last for in Surrey?
The recommended duration for rehab will be determined upon the completion of your telephone assessment when you contact us on 0800 088 66 86. We take into consideration your personal circumstances, as well as the nature and severity of your addiction.
Many people choose to remain within a rehab centre for around 28 days, although some may require up to 90 days within a rehab centre. At the other end of the spectrum, you may opt to undertake a 10-14-day detox, although this is rarely recommendable because such a short amount of time will not allow you to fully rehabilitate.
For therapy sessions to impact the psychological causes of addiction, you will need to invest enough time in rehab to allow you to examine these psychological causes. Doing so will allow you to understand why you are turning to drink and drugs to solve your emotional issues. You will also learn many relapse prevention and mood management techniques. This information allows you to strengthen your recovery. During this process, qualified therapists will guide you so that you are able to make lasting progress in your recovery.
To speak to an advisor at ADT Healthcare, contact us today on 0800 088 66 86. At ADT Healthcare, we advise on addiction rehabilitation clinics across the Surrey region. We will be able to offer treatment options that are local to you.


Our tropical black yoga pants print has hand-painted flamingos, butterflies, tropical leaves & bromeliad flowers set on a black background.
Matcha & Ink activewear is handmade by a small business in the US and each item sold plants a tree.
These yoga leggings are created with performance in mind, they are lightweight, super stretchy and have reinforced seams, making them perfect for yoga, working out, or wearing to your favorite cafe.
My goal is to make activewear that suits all body shapes & sizes, in the spirit of this I want my models to be real people too – this model is 5.3 feet (163cm), she is wearing the black workout pants in a size small.
To see all our long yoga pants click here.


It is 11:48 AM Tuesday late morning here in west Michigan. It is a hot hazy day. We still have the house closed up and the central air system blowing cold air into our living space. It must be frightening to be forever locked in dead space.
I got up this morning around 7 o'clock AM. I got made a pot of coffee and a bowl of oatmeal. I ate my oatmeal messing with our main computer. After messing with our main computer I wrote in my paper diary and read from a book titled, 'John' Interpreted by Early Christian and Medieval Commentators. I also made a very short video for my Youtube channel. Carol got home around 8:40 AM and went to bed around 9:30 AM, she is off from work for two nights now.
Last night I made a video and read late into the night from a book titled, 'I Will Be Complete: A Memoir' by Glen David Gold.
Well I am falling asleep so I will close to drift into the afternoon hours. There is no way of escape.


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As a person who lives in Cavite and works in Manila, there will always be times that I am in need of place to stay whenever my call-time is too early in the morning or too late at night. Every time it happens, I always book at Casa Bocobo Hotel.
Located amid the charming neighborhood of Ermita in Manila, Philippines, Casa Bocobo Hotel welcomes tourists to an accommodation that blends modern comforts with the elegance of the Spanish Colonial Era. The simple luxuries the hotel offers come at an affordable price, and different travelers can find a home in many conveniences it offers.


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Before the interview
Name me a single person who likes going on an interview. Especially a job interview. I doubt there is someone like that out there, but I'm willing to accept there might be someone out there that has found something enjoyable about the experience.
Name him the numerous people who enjoy meeting strangers and you will have a long list of people who still like it more than him. He makes his interactions with the barista at the coffee shop short because he doesn't know her. It will take him a couple of months before he allows her attempts at conversation to bear fruit. Because at that point she will be an acquaintance and he will not have a panic attack about responding.
Naming the opportunities which have fallen through for him would be depressing, so let's skip over that. He is trying, after all. Making note of every time he couldn't make himself do it would be cruel. Today is his chance and he has made it all the way to the building. It isn't far from the coffee shop, so he stops by there first.
"Good morning!" she says cheerfully.
He attempts a smile and a noncommital response. Her name is Patricia. He has heard her tell other customers she hates to be called Patty.
"The usual double tall mocha?"
He nods. She has already begun to make it.
She doesn't usually ask this. He swallows. He adjusts his collar. "Interview."
She doesn't push. She doesn't ask for more. She puts on chocolate sprinkles on the whip cream. Not evenly sprinkled, but enough for a smiley face.
Name out a single action which helps someone stick through the game. Name the action which has helped you.
By aamacconnellin Drabbles July 31, 2017 May 31, 2017 292 WordsLeave a comment
fake official
distance framed
opaque breath
casket claimed
trying death
oozing laughter
raining after
By aamacconnellin Drabbles July 30, 2017 July 10, 2017 12 WordsLeave a comment
Social beings
Offer many
Crested feelings
Inner penny
All will need it
Leaving out those
Needing less than
Expressly shown lows
To you, to you,
Who can survive that
Oh, good job too
Really fun chitchat
Keep on being the diplomat
By aamacconnellin Drabbles July 29, 2017 May 9, 2017 41 WordsLeave a comment
Way to make an introduction
Vidvan nearly had a heart attack, wheeling about from where he stood at his desk. There was no confusing who stood there in front of him – Tavesh. That was surprising enough, even before Vidvan considered all of the other reasons the man could not have been there.
"Wh-what?" Vidvan didn't sound nearly as surprised as he felt, but there was still plenty of it.
"Your name," Tavesh said again. "Is it Vidvan? I'm making an educated guess."
Vidvan nodded, trying to pull himself together. "You shouldn't be here. How did you get in here?"
"I'll leave. But I had to know your name. My apologies." Tavesh made an exaggerated bow.
He had to know that Vidvan could have him killed for this. Accusing someone of entering the tower when they weren't invited. Which he could not have been. If he had been, he would be accompanied. No one else was here.
Then he left, before Vidvan could say anything else.
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Nemissa's moments
There were times she could put everything else aside. Castlehaven, her son, Fletcher… everything. Those times were few and far between, but they did exist. Sometimes Nemissa needed a minute to herself.
And it would be only a minute. A single minute to take in a breath, one that didn't submit itself to another person, another concept, another anything. In that minute, she would miss things. She would miss submitting herself to those other things. How much Castlehaven had become a part of her since she had been sent here! How much her son meant to her, how she could not imagine life without him! How Fletcher somehow had become a part of both of those things.
A minute was more than enough time away from those three things.
The knock on her door came at exactly the time she expected it. "…my lady?"
She took in another breath of the sea air. "You know you don't have to call me that. Come in."
Fletcher did.
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Health for Beauty
Zamir would admit, Haven was a rather pretty bird. Raz was certainly smitten with her and the entire process of obtaining her had gone much more smoothly than Raz had made it sound.
"I introduced ya as my police friend, of course."
"Which is incorrect, technically."
Zamir's words once again didn't matter, as Raz ruffled up Haven's feathers. She opened and closed her beak next to his finger, which made Zamir antsy, but Raz didn't seem to mind. Then again, it didn't look like Haven was closing it with that much force.
With a sigh, Zamir readjusted his suit. "Now what? Going back home?"
"Eh, can't afford to. Have to feed this pretty now."
Health forsaken for beauty. It was the first time Zamir had seen it done like this. He sighed.
How had he gotten so wrapped up in this?
By aamacconnellin Drabbles July 26, 2017 July 16, 2017 141 WordsLeave a comment
Just one degree of separation
The older girl gasped, looking over at her. Her gloves were covered in mud and the bed in front of her had been prepared in some sort of order that the younger girl assumed was good. "Oh! I'm sorry, I didn't hear you there!"
"That's okay." She walked over, squatting down next to the other. "I didn't know you gardened."
The older girl laughed quietly. "I didn't. I mean, it's recent. Just something to distract myself."
The younger of the two nodded. "I know what you mean. That's why I started going to the gym. Something to distract myself."
"Have you been having fun with it?"
"Uh huh." She watched the older girl press her hands against the side of the flower bed. Learning what to do, she still looked to be a master to the gaze of someone who didn't know anything. "Want some help?"
"Oh! I didn't know you were interested!"
"Well, I don't know anything, so I'll be relying on your guidance!"
The gardener's face lit up. Together the two of them distracted themselves from the dark parts of reality.
You promised.
You would help him. Because it was your first reaction, because you had nothing else to do. Because he needed it. Especially when he asked for help, unaware of the shame he might need to feel in asking such a question. He knew he didn't understand his situation. That was why he asked. Your first reaction was to offer the help and he accepted. Gratefully.
To go there with him. Because he couldn't do it on his own, because you wanted to be the one there instead of anyone else. Because after that first moment you couldn't turn back. Neither could he. When he started to help you, well, that was more than you thought might happen. You didn't reject it though. That was why he did it. Your first reaction was to accept all of him and he gave it. Gratefully.
That the distance wouldn't matter. Because you couldn't stay, because he couldn't go. Because sometimes life moves forward and leaves the people involved in it behind. He stood there along with your other friends, telling you how much they all would miss you. Everyone there made the same promise and he repeated their words. But you looked in his eyes and knew what the promise really was. The promise the both of you have that no one else shared.
He promised.
Simple marks which map out a life
caused by complex motions from
above. Meaningful stories rife,
rampant, plentiful from whence they come –
speaking riddles when under thumb.
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Outside the joke
Carrying on, we chatter endlessly about
only things we know, which are hilarious.
Maybe you find yourself in doubt.
Even then, don't worry, our taste is quite various.
Definitely you'll hear something you enjoy,
you'll know that we aren't trying to be nefarious,
causing ourselves to howl with joy
leaving you out on the edges so contrarious.
Unintelligible jokes are simply called the inside
because we and no one else know what they hide.


An often quotic staistic is that "80% of information is geographic in nature". Indeed in Dan Roams seminal book the Back Of The Napkin, "where" is the 2nd fundamental thought that kicks in with any human perception. In other words, geography is important!
At Knowledge Mappers we don't regard recording information and knowledge on geographic maps as anything fundamentally different to using information ("mind") mapping software like MindManager. Indeed it is our aim as a company to increasingly build upon the synergy between the two information mapping processes (for example our geographic atlas maps enable MindManager users to organise their maps by geographic territories).
That said, we collectively have over 40 man-years experience in "traditional" geographic information mapping and related software systems (known as GIS), in both the public and private sectors. For example our ground-breaking School Travel Health Check (STHC) spatial analysis service, is an example of one of our GI consultancy projects for one local authority that soon "grew arms and legs" and became a ground-breaking nationally available service.
Spatial data infrastructure (SDI) development, particularly human capacity building.
Scottish Spatial Data Strategy and other Spatial Data Ifrastructure (SDI) initiatives.
In other words we have a broad knowledge and experience of geographic information so please contact us directly to discuss your requirements, I'm sure we will be able to help.
Google Maps and Google Earth have revolutionised the sharing of geographic information online. However it is still the case that, in order to produce the information in the first place, spatial analysis of raw data using specialised Geographic Information System (GIS) software is required, along with a lot of experience and expertise.
We have over 40 man-years collective expertise in spatial analysis using GIS software tools like the longstanding commercial leaders ESRI and MapInfo and the free & open source QGIS. However as you can see from our STHC analysis description, it's not just about the tools, it's about applying them in a logical way.
It's also about taking an AGILE approach and putting the end user first. What do they need to know? What do they know now? What could they easily know with some applied spatial analysis? Let us help you find out!
help inform better decision-making in the commissioning of services and allocation of resources.
They are the best way of sharing spatial analysis results with stakeholders as they can deliver an interactive user experience (including a limited amount of spatial querying) but, unlike traditional GIS, do not require much expertise to use. Also there is no software to download as the data is viewed within a normal web browser.
For example we publish our School Travel Health Check analysis results as a customer-specific online information portal using the free & open source Bootstrap responsive website developers toolkit to create a website that can be viewed on all sizes of screens. It also incorporates the freely avaialble Google Maps and Google Charts tools, which immediately reduces costs and enables the portal to freely benefit from advances in these tools developed elsewhere in the user community. (Though our portal also incorporates the commercial Instant Atlas interactive geostatistical atlas template).
Take a look at our demonstration STHC Data Portal in the window below, or click here to open it in a separate window.
We can combine all of the above and more in a Geographic Information consultancy package exactly tailored to your needs. This could be a stand alone initiative or taking care of the GI parts of a bigger project.
The STHC is an example of a GI consultancy project for one local authority that soon "grew arms and legs" and became a ground-breaking nationally available service. It incorporates all aspects of geographic information consultancy from using agile methodologies and up to the minute digital tools, to producing "good old fashioned" bespoke paper map packs that are sent to all schools in an authority (543 schools in a single authority is the highest number so far!).
The STHC analysis service has been continually developed since 2004 in conjunction with local authorities, school communities and other stakeholders interested in how children travel to school and how far they travel to get there.
We spatially analyse local authority pupil-level and school-level School Census data, and Pupil Usual Mode of Travel data (if available) using GIS software and other standerd tools using a process specifically developed and honed by us over the last 12 years. We then provide stakeholders with quality spatial intelligence data that enables them to quantify and visualise the actual school travel situation down to individual school level, thereby helping them to better target thier limited behaviour-change resources to achieve modeshift to more active and sustainable modes of travel on the "school run".
assess and quantify the current school travel situation, from authority-wide down to a local, individual school level.
simultaneously engage with all schools in the LEA (whether or not they have a travel plan) in a consistent, meaningful and constructive way.
implement a range of initiatives to deliver shift to more sustainable / active modes of travel to school that can be targeted to where they will achieve the best return for the limited available resource.
set SMART* targets for those initiatives to deliver in the short, medium and longer term (*Sustainable, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound).
monitor progress of these initiatives on the ground over time.
build up a robust evidence base to inform future strategy and funding.
Browse the dedicated STHC website in the window below, or click here to open it in a separate browser window.


Like most people, I came to this book through the auspices of Krysten Ritter, actor. Her performances in various TV shows have long since labeled me a fan. Add to that I like a good mystery novel and this seemed like something at least worth a try.
Like a finely braided challah (the bread baked for the Jewish sabbath), Jodi Picoult weaves an intricate tale of redemption and forgiveness, identity and masks, and relationships of all sorts. And she does it all with a certain lightness, never getting heavy handed with her subject matter, the Holocaust, although it could easily slip into melodrama territory.
I just don't think I like Doctor Who books all that much. The story on this one wasn't too bad, had some interesting ideas but it certainly feels different than the show. The other, rather weird, thing about this particular story is it was read by David Tennant, the 10th Doctor himself. Except when he was reading the Doctor's lines, he didn't sound like the Doctor. He did when he was reading narration, but the actual dialogue it felt like he was using a put on voice. Very odd.
I've listened to other Doctor Who stories read by him and they were fine. I realize this one involves a monster who eats sound and can mimic voices, so Tennant might have been making a conscious choice, but still, sounds strange.
There's a rule in writing having to do with coincidences. If you get too many of them, the audience will stop believing what you're writing. This is the case with Killing Floor , the book which launched the incredibly long running, and profitable, Jack Reacher series. Here, we're asked to believe an ever expanding set of randomly occurring incidents, which just happen to lead our hero to all the answers AND give him a motive for sticking around in the first place.


REFLECTION: Thinking about my dad brought both tears and laughter, sorrow and happiness. I felt guilty for any feelings of joy, as if I should always feel sad to honor his memory.
HOW I COPED: I began a practice of celebrating the happy moments I experienced without guilt, knowing that my Dad would want me to be joyous, and that I would need them to get me through the moments of pain and sorrow that would return. I found activities that brought me joy and cultivated my exploration of new.