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View From The Side: Has dance music got a problem with gender?
Social conditioning, disinterest or strength in numbers. Where lies the 80/20 divide...
AUTHORGEORGIA FITZGERALD
GEORGIA FITZGERALD
Author profile & articles
SERIESVIEW FROM THE SIDE
URL vs. IRL: Do D...
"There is a lot of pure vanity, absurd bias and illusion."
View From The Sid...
As the BBC tells the story once again, Mike Boorman discusses the place of rave documentaries in 2019....
A reflection on brand endorsements, big time promoters and a turn of phrase.
A reflection on the genre in the present day..
Is there a change in the air once more? Does vinyl require a safeguard?
A lot has been made of dance music's 'hot topic' this year. Are we facing an existential crisis within club culture or are we not? I know where I stand but there appears to be as many sat upon the fence as there are speaking out or discussing the facts.
If dance music is truly an all encompassing, welcoming family, within which identity is irrelevant, then why is it that I often find myself outnumbered on the dancefloor? Why are girls still amidst the minority?
This is not necessarily a bad thing, no, not at all. However, I am simply curious as to what might be the reason behind this clearly apparent division. There's no sign on the door which reads 'men only', there isn't a manual which instructs males do it better and there's certainly no lack of social applaud when a female star rises to the attention of others.
In the face of such a question I have found myself upon a quest of sorts to determine the reason behind this stark divide, whilst drawing particular focus to techno as a genre.
A small online survey was conducted anonymously and distributed amidst socially relevant music focused groups, the results themselves made for interesting reading with 80% of those who answered identifying as male as opposed to 20% female.
What could be the reason behind such discourse? Where lies the behind of this controversial demographic?
Let's puzzle over this mystery of possibilities…
First of all I'd like to ask a question for the men:
"How would you feel if you walked into a rave and the majority of the crowd were female? Would you feel an element of insecurity? The lack of being taken seriously or would you simply feel like the odd one out?"
There is no correct answer here...
"Perhaps you might not bat an eyelid because hey the selector is outrageous, the sound is on point, the vibe surreal and even better there's a room full of intelligent females who know what's good for them… What would it be?"
At this point you might re-evaluate your choice of activity. Sink or swim - stay or flee, prisoner or individualist, conformist or maverick, opt-out or opt in.
This brings us onto the debate of what music is and should be to the individual. Let's be blunt - no man, woman or otherwise should ever have to ask themselves whether they have the right to access a creative art or space. Any belief which states otherwise is simply faulty.
Since when should music represent one particular ideology, belief, gender, role or behaviour. Or even more cause someone to debate the validity of their own interest, feeling discouraged from taking part. Well... Moonshine-malarkey to that. At the root, music is and should be based upon emotion and instinct, if one is discouraged from following such feelings then something is clearly wrong.
For those of you feeling skeptical about your own interests or tastes, caught up between what you really want and what society tells you to believe... just remember the journey of self-discovery and expression you're on.
So, imbalance is confirmed through first-hand experience. Personal surveys recorded through the likes of the 'Identification of Minimal Music' group and stats from 'Women In Music' showcase a wealth of similar tales. Here are some of the theories behind why women are "less interested"...
Females are scared to break into a male-dominant scene
They prefer mainstream music
They're fearful of safety around drug-driven men
Testosterone attracts darker heavier sounds
It's dependent upon your home-turf influence
Such observations left me questioning myself…
"Could this be true, do our hormones change our musical taste? Is my testosterone imbalance the reason for my infatuation with minimal? Could our fluctuating monthly cycles be the answer to varying interest in jungle, hardcore and techno?"
On the other hand it is plain to see how location might influence taste or interest. Growing up in the suburbs of Detroit or Berlin could lead a life astray from pop culture, instead encouraging interest in inescapable sounds stemming from hard-edged heritage. Such places have never been perceived as idyllic in the sense of inhabitance, but from the perspective of freedom, abandonment and creativity they could be viewed as paradise with less focus on gender and social background. A cultural hub of unorthodox sound.
However, it then makes for interesting analysis that many respondents to the questionnaire stated that they felt less of a gender gap at dance events in the Netherlands. Some even remarked that in parts of Eastern Europe, Romania, Lithuania and Poland females seemed more passionate towards electronic music and techno than men. Does socialist equality and cultural identity play a role?
Such ideas have led to the analysis of self and gender. Our relationship with our identity, our needs, our interests can be complicated and conditioned. Perhaps we have been led to believe that impenetrable sounds are less 'female', more 'androgynous' and hence out of reach. It could be likened to the shock and surprise that a young school girl faces when she chooses to play the drums as opposed to the piano. Heads turn and people talk.
Elsewhere some believe the idea of staying up till tomorrow's dawn, sweating with joy and late night revelry isn't considered 'girly'. The result? A male dominated space lacking diversity and intimacy. Is it really any wonder that there aren't more women in dance music when such discouragement is rooted in far deeper social conditioning - it's a vicious cycle.
We should be supportive, proud and respectful of the fearlessness shown by girls prepared to dance with reckless abandon. Their love of music and desire to be amongst it all that matters.
From the moment we are born, our gender immediately decides how we are to be nurtured. Females are encouraged to be purely maternal whilst men are expected to be thick-skinned. However when these boundaries blur and a female is seen to be 'androgynous' or a male is found to be more in touch with his 'feminine side' it causes confusion and shock.
The survey offered an observant and insightful response. More than half the males noticed and were aware of this divide; responding that dance music should be 'genderless', unadvertised to either sex and that personally "they couldn't care less" about identity within dance music. Does that make them senseless or purely unaware? Probably the latter given that they're the ones having a blast.
Elsewhere other participants remained disappointed.
"Why can't women enjoy dance music too?"
Feelings of confusion and uncomfortability came up a multitude of times with the male-swept dancefloors being described as "weird". Some even went as far to declare that without the fiery female company, stimulants alone aren't enough - the dancefloor feels "sleepy"...
One spokesman stated that in fact this "questionnaire itself creates the divide not dance music." Point valid but it caught your attention didn't it? Ultimately the only way problems are addressed is through discussion.
Tessa VDB of Femmes De La Fete, an Amsterdam based blog which aims to shine a spotlight on everything in the underground music scene touched by women, approaches the subject from a different trail of thought…
"For me, for DJ's it's about stimulation, you need self-confidence and to be able to think you can feed others with your taste. In nightlife you have the leader's of the friendship group, the ones with the music vision and the group of followers and there is still too many male leaders. We as women are not stimulated to be leaders in that we can move this many people with our taste or voice."
It is her belief that the way forward is to encourage the few "leading and activating ladies" to find one another, group together and set an example for the broader scene. She further expresses her need for such qualities to exist within women in music, sharing the following anecdote…
"My close friends did like to party with me once in a while but they never really felt the same about the music as I did. It was this in turn which drove me to travel alone to a festival in Romania, nobody could or wanted to join. I took an Airbnb alone, met up with girls I'd only ever spoken to online and made new friends with whom I now stay connected through a shared passion. In fact it was so successful that next year lots of their own girlfriends want to join too."
An inspiring female warrior and the power of the rave in action...
So, where does all this leave us? Will we ever reach a 50/50 quota? Figures like Carl Cox have been backing women for a long time, stating recently that it's absolutely "necessary". Elsewhere, others such as Moxie, Haai and Heidi have all pushed similar sentiments but warn to be careful... it's not what you book, it's who you book.
Meanwhile should males be seen to be mentoring females or would that in itself demonstrate a divide? Apparently to acknowledge such a divide is the reason behind the issue itself....
Conclusively there is no conclusion.
Some still refuse to discuss or address the debate entirely and you'd be surprised by the number of successful female DJ's who have declined to comment or feature as part of this article.
Given time, space, room to be heard and no judgement we can create a truly inclusive space. In my personal opinion, there are quite simply not as many girls actually interested in the minimal and techno scene. I often enjoy myself at these nights amidst a male dominated crowd but think it's a shame that there's not more girls to enjoy it with. However, now so more than ever, it is important to ask whether this is due to lack of interest or something bigger?
THIS SERIES
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View From The Side: Is it time to change the way that we look at rave history?
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Emma's Anticipated Treasures – June 2021
Post date 18th May 2021
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How are we almost half way through the year already? Crazy! June is almost upon us and it's a great month for books. A few of these are ones that are part of my most anticipated books of the year, and I'm really excited to finally own and read them soon.
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
Published: June 1st, 2021
'The year's most buzzed-about debut'
Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired of being the only Black employee at Wagner Books. Fed up with the isolation and the micro-aggressions, she's thrilled when Hazel starts working in the cubicle beside hers. They've only just started comparing natural hair care regimens, though, when a string of uncomfortable events cause Nella to become Public Enemy Number One and Hazel, the Office Darling.
Then the notes begin to appear on Nella's desk: LEAVE WAGNER. NOW.
It's hard to believe Hazel is behind these hostile messages. But as Nella starts to spiral and obsess over the sinister forces at play, she soon realises that there is a lot more at stake than her career.
A whip-smart and dynamic thriller and sly social commentary, The Other Black Girl will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last twist.
Buy here*
The Cookbook of Common Prayer by Francesca Haig
Published: June 3rd, 2021
When Gill and Gabe's elder son drowns overseas, they decide they must hide the truth from their desperately unwell teenaged daughter. But as Gill begins to send letters from her dead son to his sister, the increasingly elaborate lie threatens to prove more dangerous than the truth.
A novel about family, food, grief, and hope, this gripping, lyrical story moves between Tasmania and London, exploring the many ways that a family can break down – and the unexpected ways that it can be put back together.
The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid
Published: June 8th, 2021
Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, High Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Fairy Tale, Jewish Fiction
In her forest-veiled pagan village, Évike is the only woman without power, making her an outcast clearly abandoned by the gods. When soldiers arrive from the Holy Order of Woodsmen to claim a pagan girl for the king's blood sacrifice, Évike is betrayed by her fellow villagers and surrendered.
But when monsters attack the Woodsmen and their captive en route, slaughtering everyone but Évike and the cold, one-eyed captain, they have no choice but to rely on each other. Except he's no ordinary Woodsman – he's the disgraced prince, Gáspár Bárány, whose father needs pagan magic to consolidate his power. Gáspár fears that his cruelly zealous brother plans to seize the throne and instigate a violent reign that would damn the pagans and the Yehuli alike. As the son of a reviled foreign queen, Gáspár understands what it's like to be an outcast, and he and Évike make a tenuous pact to stop his brother.
As their mission takes them from the bitter northern tundra to the smog-choked capital, their mutual loathing slowly turns to affection, bound by a shared history of alienation and oppression. However, trust can easily turn to betrayal, and as Évike reconnects with her estranged father and discovers her own hidden magic, she and Gáspár need to decide whose side they're on, and what they're willing to give up for a nation that never cared for them at all.
Mrs England by Stacey Halls
From the bestselling author of The Familiars and The Foundling comes Stacey Halls's most compelling and ambitious novel to date.
'Something's not right here.'
I was aware of Mr Booth's eyes on me, and he seemed to hold his breath. 'What do you mean?'
'In the house. With the family.'
West Yorkshire, 1904. When newly graduated nurse Ruby May takes a position looking after the children of Charles and Lilian England, a wealthy couple from a powerful dynasty of mill owners, she hopes it will be the fresh start she needs. But as she adapts to life at the isolated Hardcastle House, it becomes clear there's something not quite right about the beautiful, mysterious Mrs England.
Distant and withdrawn, Lilian shows little interest in her children or charming husband, and is far from the 'angel of the house' Ruby was expecting. As the warm, vivacious Charles welcomes Ruby into the family, a series of strange events forces her to question everything she thought she knew. Ostracised by the servants and feeling increasingly uneasy, Ruby must face her demons in order to prevent history from repeating itself. After all, there's no such thing as the perfect family – and she should know.
Simmering with slow-burning menace, Mrs England is a portrait of an Edwardian marriage, weaving an enthralling story of men and women, power and control, courage, truth and the very darkest deception. Set against the atmospheric West Yorkshire landscape, Stacey Halls' third novel proves her one of the most exciting and compelling new storytellers of our times.
The Maidens by Alex Michelades
From the author of the global #1 bestselling debut The Silent Patient comes a spellbinding literary thriller which weaves together Greek mythology, psychology, and murder…
St Christopher's College, Cambridge, is a closed world to most.
For Mariana Andros – a group therapist struggling through her private grief – it's where she met her late husband. For her niece, Zoe, it's the tragic scene of her best friend's murder.As memory and mystery entangle Mariana, she finds a society full of secrets, which has been shocked to its core by the murder of one of its own.
Because behind its idyllic beauty is a web of jealousy and rage which emanates from an exclusive set of students known only as The Maidens. A group under the sinister influence of the enigmatic professor Edward Fosca.A man who seems to know more than anyone about the murders – and the victims. And the man who will become the prime suspect in Mariana's investigation – an obsession which will unravel everything…
The Maidens is a story of love, and of grief – of what makes us who we are, and what makes us kill.
The Good Neighbours by Nina Allan
Publisher: Riverrun
Genre: Fairy Tale
Cath is a photographer hoping to go freelance, working in a record shop to pay the rent and eking out her time with her manager Steve. He thinks her photography is detective work, drawing attention to things that would otherwise pass unseen and maybe he's right . . .
Starting work on her new project – photographing murder houses – she returns to the island where she grew up for the first time since she left for Glasgow when she was just eighteen. The Isle of Bute is embedded in her identity, the draughty house that overlooked the bay, the feeling of being nowhere, the memory of her childhood friend Shirley Craigie and the devastating familicide of her family by the father, John Craigie.
Arriving at the Craigie house, Cath finds that it's occupied by Financial Analyst Alice Rahman. Her bid to escape the city lifestyle, the anxiety she felt in that world, led her to leave London and settle on the island. The strangeness of the situation brings them closer, leading them to reinvestigate the Craigie murder. Now, within the walls of the Craigie house, Cath can uncover the nefarious truths and curious nature of John Craigie: his hidden obsession with the work of Richard Dadd and the local myths of the fairy folk.
The Good Neighbours is an enquiry into the unknowability of the past and our attempts to make events fit our need to interpret them; the fallibility of recollection; the power of myths in shaping human narratives. Nina Allan skilfully weaves the imagined and the real to create a magically haunting story of memory, obsession and the liminal spaces that our minds frequent to escape trauma.
Everything Happens For A Reason by Katie Allen
Genre: Mystery, Humorous Fiction
When Rachel's baby is stillborn, she becomes obsessed with the idea that saving a stranger s life months earlier is to blame. An unforgettable, heart-wrenching, warm and funny debut.
Mum-to-be Rachel did everything right, but it all went wrong. Her son, Luke, was stillborn and she finds herself on maternity leave without a baby, trying to make sense of her loss.
When a misguided well-wisher tells her that 'everything happens for a reason', she becomes obsessed with finding that reason, driven by grief and convinced that she is somehow to blame. She remembers that on the day she discovered her pregnancy, she'd stopped a man from jumping in front of a train, and she s now certain that saving his life cost her the life of her son.
Desperate to find him, she enlists an unlikely ally in Lola, an Underground worker, and Lola's seven-year-old daughter, Josephine, and eventually tracks him down, with completely unexpected results…
Both a heart-wrenchingly poignant portrait of grief and a gloriously uplifting and disarmingly funny story of a young woman's determination, Everything Happens for a Reason is a bittersweet, life- affirming read and, quite simply, unforgettable.
This Is How We Are Human by Louise Beech
Genre: Psychological Fiction, Coming-of-Age Story, Urban Fiction
When the mother of an autistic young man hires a call girl to make him happy, three lives collide in unexpected and moving ways … changing everything. A devastatingly beautiful, rich and thought-provoking novel that will warm and break your heart…
Sebastian James Murphy is twenty years, six months and two days old. He loves swimming, fried eggs and Billy Ocean. Sebastian is autistic. And lonely.
Veronica wants her son Sebastian to be happy … she wants the world to accept him for who he is. She is also thinking about paying a professional to give him what he desperately wants.
Violetta is a high-class escort, who steps out into the night thinking only of money. Of her nursing degree. Paying for her dad's care. Getting through the dark.
When these three lives collide – intertwine in unexpected ways – everything changes. For everyone.
A topical and moving drama about a mother's love for her son, about getting it wrong when we think we know what's best, about the lengths we go to care for family … to survive … This Is How We Are Human is a searching, rich and thought-provoking novel with an emotional core that will warm and break your heart.
Fragile by Sarah Hilary
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Crime Fiction
Everything she touches breaks . . .
Nell Ballard is a runaway. A former foster child with a dark secret she is desperate to keep, all Nell wants is to find a place she can belong.
So when a job comes up at Starling Villas, home to the enigmatic Robin Wilder, she seizes the opportunity with both hands.
But her new lodgings may not be the safe haven that she was hoping for. Her employer lives by a set of rigid rules and she soon sees that he is hiding secrets of his own.
But is Nell's arrival at the Villas really the coincidence it seems? After all, she knows more than most how fragile people can be – and how easy they can be to break . . .
Fragile is a dark, contemporary psychological thriller with a modern Gothic twist from an award-winning and critically acclaimed writer who has been compared to Ruth Rendell, P. D. James and Val McDermid. Rebecca meets The Handmaid's Tale in Sarah Hilary's standalone breakout novel.
Unwell Women by Elionor Cleghorn
Publisher: W&N
Genre: History, Society and Culture, Gender Studies
'We are taught that medicine is the art of solving our body's mysteries. And as a science, we expect medicine to uphold the principles of evidence and impartiality. We want our doctors to listen to us and care for us as people, but we also need their assessments of our pain and fevers, aches and exhaustion to be free of any prejudice about who we are, our gender, or the colour of our skin. But medicine carries the burden of its own troubling history. The history of medicine, of illness, is a history of people, of their bodies and their lives, not just physicians, surgeons, clinicians and researchers. And medical progress has always reflected the realities of a changing world, and the meanings of being human.'
In Unwell Women Elinor Cleghorn unpacks the roots of the perpetual misunderstanding, mystification and misdiagnosis of women's bodies, and traces the journey from the 'wandering womb' of ancient Greece, the rise of witch trials in Medieval Europe, through the dawn of Hysteria, to modern day understandings of autoimmune diseases, the menopause and conditions like endometriosis. Packed with character studies of women who have suffered, challenged and rewritten medical orthodoxy – and drawing on her own experience of un-diagnosed Lupus disease – this is a ground-breaking and timely exposé of the medical world and woman's place within it.
The Mad Women's Ball by Victoria Mas
Publisher: Doubleday
The Salpêtrière asylum, 1885. All of Paris is in thrall to Doctor Charcot and his displays of hypnotism on women who have been deemed mad or hysterical, outcasts from society. But the truth is much more complicated – for these women are often simply inconvenient, unwanted wives or strong-willed daughters. Once a year a grand ball is held at the hospital. For the Parisian elite, the Mad Women's Ball is the highlight of the social season; for the women themselves, it is a rare moment of hope.
Geneviève is a senior nurse. After the childhood death of her sister, she has shunned religion and placed her faith in Doctor Charcot and his new science. But everything begins to change when she meets Eugénie, the 19-year-old daughter of a bourgeois family. Because Eugénie has a secret, and she needs Geneviève's help. Their fates will collide on the night of the Mad Women's Ball…
Animal by Lisa Taddeo
Publisher: Bloomsbury Circus
Genre: Literary Fiction, Romantic Suspense
I drove myself out of New York City where a man shot himself in front of me. He was a gluttonous man and when his blood came out it looked like the blood of a pig.
That's a cruel thing to think, I know. He did it in a restaurant where I was having dinner with another man, another married man.
Do you see how this is going? But I wasn't always that way.
I am depraved. I hope you like me.
MEET JOAN: SUMMER 2021
False Witness by Karin Slaughter
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Crime Fiction, Police Procedural
They thought they'd got away with it … they were wrong.
Leigh and her sister Callie are not bad people – but one night, more than two decades ago, they did something terrible. And the result was a childhood tarnished by secrets, broken by betrayal, devastated by violence.
Years later, Leigh has pushed that night from her mind and become a successful lawyer – but when she is forced to take on a new client against her will, her world begins to spiral out of control.
Because the client knows the truth about what happened twenty-three years ago. He knows what Leigh and Callie did. And unless they stop him, he's going to tear their lives apart …
Just because you didn't see the witness … doesn't mean he wasn't there.
Hostage by Clare Mackintosh
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Crime Fiction, Adventure Fiction
You can save hundreds of lives.
Or the one that matters most . . .
The atmosphere on board the first non-stop flight from London to Sydney is electric. Celebrities are rumoured to be among the passengers in business class, and the world is watching the landmark journey.
Flight attendant Mina is trying to focus on the passengers, instead of her troubled five-year-old daughter back at home – or the cataclysmic problems in her marriage.
But soon after the plane takes off, Mina receives a chilling anonymous note. Someone wants to make sure the plane never reaches its destination. They're demanding her cooperation . . . and they know exactly how to get it.
It's twenty hours to landing.
A lot can happen in twenty hours . . .
Truth Or Dare by M. J. Arlidge
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Hardboiled, Police Procedural, Crime Fiction, Crime Series
DO YOU WANT TO PLAY THE GAME?
A crimewave sweeps through the city and no-one is safe. An arson at the docks. A carjacking gone wrong. A murder in a country park. What connects all these crimes without causes, which leave no clues?
Detective Inspector Helen Grace faces the rising tide of cases which threatens to drown the city. But each crime is just a piece of a puzzle which is falling into place.
And when it becomes clear just how twisted and ingenious this web of crime is, D.I. Grace will realise that it may be impossible to stop it . . .
THE BEST BOOK YET FROM THE MASTER OF THE KILLER THRILLER.
The Stranding by Kate Sawyer
Published: Hodder & Stoughton
Genre: Domestic Fiction, Dystopian Fiction, Science Fiction, Saga
HER WORLD FELL TO PIECES.
FROM THE BONES SHE BUILT A NEW LIFE.
Ruth lives in the heart of the city. Working, drinking, falling in love: the rhythm of her vivid and complicated life is set against a background hum of darkening news reports from which she deliberately turns away.
When a new romance becomes claustrophobic, Ruth chooses to leave behind the failing relationship, but also her beloved friends and family, and travels to the other side of the world in pursuit of her dream life working with whales in New Zealand.
But when Ruth arrives, the news cycle she has been ignoring for so long is now the new reality. Far from home and with no real hope of survival, she finds herself climbing into the mouth of a beached whale alongside a stranger. When she emerges, it is to a landscape that bears no relation to the world they knew before.
When all has been razed to the ground, what does it mean to build a life?
The Stranding is a story about the hope that can remain even when the world is changed beyond recognition.
The Island Home by Libby Page
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction
Lorna's world is small but safe.
She loves her daughter, and the two of them is all that matters. But after nearly twenty years, she and Ella are suddenly leaving London for the Isle of Kip, the tiny remote Scottish island where Lorna grew up.
Alice's world is tiny but full.
She loves the community on Kip, her yoga classes drawing women across the tiny island together. Now Lorna's arrival might help their family finally mend itself – even if forgiveness means returning to the past…
So with two decades, hundreds of miles and a lifetime's worth of secrets between Lorna and the island, can coming home mean starting again?
Yours Cheerfully by AJ Pearce
Genre: Historical Fiction, Humorous Fiction, Coming-of-Age Story
From the author of Sunday Times Bestseller, Dear Mrs Bird, comes a much hoped-for follow up, Yours Cheerfully. Charming, heart-warming and hilarious, Yours Cheerfully is just the tonic we've all been waiting for.
London, September, 1941.
Following the departure of the formidable Editor, Henrietta Bird, from Woman's Friend magazine, things are looking up for Emmeline Lake as she takes on the challenge of becoming a young wartime advice columnist. Her relationship with boyfriend Charles is blossoming, while Emmy's best friend Bunty, is still reeling from the very worst of the Blitz, but bravely looking to the future. Together, the friends are determined to Make a Go of It.
When the Ministry of Information calls on Britain's women's magazines to help recruit desperately needed female workers to the war effort, Emmy is thrilled to be asked to step up and help. But when she and Bunty meet a young woman who shows them the very real challenges that women war workers face, Emmy must tackle a life-changing dilemma between doing her duty, and standing by her friends.
Every bit as funny, heartwarming, and touching as AJ Pearce's debut, Dear Mrs Bird, Yours Cheerfully is a celebration of friendship, a testament to the strength of women and the importance of lifting each other up, even in the most challenging times.
The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker
Publisher: Hutchinson
Genre: Suspense, Psychological Fiction, Crime Fiction
'So that was all it took,' I thought. 'That was all it took for me to feel like I had all the power in the world. One morning, one moment, one yellow-haired boy. It wasn't so much after all.'
Chrissie knows how to steal sweets from the shop without getting caught, the best hiding place for hide-and-seek, the perfect wall for handstands.
Now she has a new secret. It gives her a fizzing, sherbet feeling in her belly. She doesn't get to feel power like this at home, where food is scarce and attention scarcer.
Fifteen years later, Julia is trying to mother her five-year-old daughter, Molly. She is always worried – about affording food and school shoes, about what the other mothers think of her. Most of all she worries that the social services are about to take Molly away.
That's when the phone calls begin, which Julia is too afraid to answer, because it's clear the caller knows the truth about what happened all those years ago.
And it's time to face the truth: is forgiveness and redemption ever possible for someone who has killed?
Ruby Falls by Deborah Goodrich Royce
Publisher: Post Hill Press
Genre: Suspense, Psychological Fiction
Named one of the most riveting books of Spring 2021 by Veranda Magazine!
Like the chilling psychological thriller The Silent Patient, Deborah Goodrich Royce's Ruby Falls is a nail-biting tale of a fragile young actress, the new husband she barely knows, and her growing suspicion that the secrets he harbors may eclipse her own.
On a brilliantly sunny July day, six-year-old Ruby is abandoned by her father in the suffocating dark of a Tennessee cave. Twenty years later, transformed into soap opera star Eleanor Russell, she is fired under dubious circumstances. Fleeing to Europe, she marries a glamorous stranger named Orlando Montague and keeps her past closely hidden.
Together, Eleanor and Orlando start afresh in LA. Setting up house in a storybook cottage in the Hollywood Hills, Eleanor is cast in a dream role—the lead in a remake of Rebecca. As she immerses herself in that eerie gothic tale, Orlando's personality changes, ghosts of her past re-emerge, and Eleanor fears she is not the only person in her marriage with a secret.
In this thrilling and twisty homage to Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, the story ricochets through the streets of Los Angeles, a dangerous marriage to an exotic stranger, and the mind of a young woman whose past may not release her.
A Cut For A Cut (Detective Kate Young 2) by Carol Wyer
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Genre: Thriller, Suspense, Crime Fiction, Crime Series, Police Procedural
DI Kate Young can't trust anybody. Not even herself.
In the bleak countryside around Blithfield Reservoir, a serial murderer and rapist is leaving a trail of bloodshed. His savage calling card: the word 'MINE' carved into each of his victims.
DI Kate Young struggles to get the case moving―even when one of the team's own investigators is found dead in a dumpster. But Kate is battling her own demons. Obsessed with exposing Superintendent John Dickson and convinced there's a conspiracy running deep in the force, she no longer knows who to trust. Kate's crusade has already cost her dearly. What will she lose next?
When her stepsister spills a long-buried secret, Kate realises she's found the missing link―now she must prove it before the killer strikes again. With enemies closing in on all sides, she's prepared to do whatever it takes to bring them down. But time is running out, and Kate's past has pushed her to the very edge. Can she stop herself from falling?
Are any of these on your tbr? Let me know in the comments.
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Emma's Anticipated Treasures: 21 Books In 2021 – The Debuts
Post date 6th Jan 2021
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Welcome to my second post of my most anticipated books of 2021. Today I'm sharing the twenty-one debut novels being released this year that I'm most excited about. Once again, this was a very difficult list to narrow down as there were many more I'm looking forward to and have on my tbr.
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr
Published: January 5th, 2021
In this blinding debut, Robert Jones Jr. blends the lyricism of Toni Morrison with the vivid prose of Zora Neale Hurston to characterise the forceful, enduring bond of love, and what happens when brutality threatens the purest form of serenity.
The Halifax plantation is known as Empty by the slaves who work it under the pitiless gaze of its overseers and its owner, Massa Paul. Two young enslaved men, Samuel and Isaiah dwell among the animals they keep in the barn, helping out in the fields when their day is done. But the barn is their haven, a space of radiance and love – away from the blistering sun and the cruelty of the toubabs – where they can be alone together.
But, Amos – a fellow slave – has begun to direct suspicion towards the two men and their refusal to bend. Their flickering glances, unspoken words and wilful intention, revealing a truth that threatens to rock the stability of the plantation. And preaching the words of Massa Paul's gospel, he betrays them.
The culminating pages of The Prophets summon a choral voice of those who have suffered in silence, with blistering humanity, as the day of reckoning arrives at the Halifax plantation. Love, in all its permutations, is the discovery at the heart of Robert Jones Jr's breathtaking debut, The Prophets.
The Smallest Man by Frances Quinn
'I want you to remember something, Nat. You're small on the outside. But inside you're as big as everyone else. You show people that and you won't go far wrong in life.'
My name is Nat Davy. Perhaps you've heard of me? There was a time when people up and down the land knew my name, though they only ever knew half the story.
The year of 1625, it was, when a single shilling changed my life. That shilling got me taken off to London, where they hid me in a pie, of all things, so I could be given as a gift to the new queen of England.
They called me the queen's dwarf, but I was more than that. I was her friend, when she had no one else, and later on, when the people of England turned against their king, it was me who saved her life. When they turned the world upside down, I was there, right at the heart of it, and this is my story.
Inspired by a true story, and spanning two decades that changed England for ever, The Smallest Man is a heartwarming tale about being different, but not letting it hold you back. About being brave enough to take a chance, even if the odds aren't good. And about how, when everything else is falling apart, true friendship holds people together.
The Push by Ashley Audrain
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Genre: Suspense, Thriller, Domestic Fiction
'I will never forget her eyes in that moment – I couldn't look away from them. But I knew what happened as soon as I heard it.
'I think she pushed him,' I said to you quietly. 'I think she pushed him…'
The arrival of baby Violet was meant to be the happiest day of my life. But as soon as I held her in my arms I knew something wasn't right.
I had always known that the women in my family aren't meant to be mothers.
My husband Fox says I'm imagining it. He tells me I'm nothing like my own mother, and that Violet is the sweetest child.
But she's different with me. Something feels very wrong.
Is it her? Or is it me? Is she the monster? Or am I?
The Push is an unsettling, breathtaking and powerful read about obsession and our deepest fears that will stay with you long after you turn the final page.
Shiver by Allie Reynolds
Published: January 21st, 2021
Genre: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Psychological Thriller
They don't know what I did. And I intend to keep it that way.
How far would you go to win? Hyper-competitive people, mind games and a dangerous natural environment combine to make the must-read thriller of the year. Fans of Lucy Foley and Lisa Jewell will be gripped by spectacular debut novel Shiver.
When Milla is invited to a reunion in the French Alps resort that saw the peak of her snowboarding career, she drops everything to go. While she would rather forget the events of that winter, the invitation comes from Curtis, the one person she can't seem to let go.
The five friends haven't seen each other for ten years, since the disappearance of the beautiful and enigmatic Saskia. But when an icebreaker game turns menacing, they realise they don't know who has really gathered them there and how far they will go to find the truth.
In a deserted lodge high up a mountain, the secrets of the past are about to come to light. Pre-order here.
Girl A by Abigail Dean
THE BOOK THAT WILL DEFINE A DECADE
SOON TO BE A TV SHOW DIRECTED BY JOHAN RENCK (Chernobyl)
'Girl A,' she said. 'The girl who escaped. If anyone was going to make it, it was going to be you.'
Lex Gracie doesn't want to think about her family. She doesn't want to think about growing up in her parents' House of Horrors. And she doesn't want to think about her identity as Girl A: the girl who escaped. When her mother dies in prison and leaves Lex and her siblings the family home, she can't run from her past any longer. Together with her sister, Evie, Lex intends to turn the House of Horrors into a force for good. But first she must come to terms with her six siblings – and with the childhood they shared.
Beautifully written and incredibly powerful, Girl A is a story of redemption, of horror, and of love.
Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery Thriller
Madam by Phoebe Wynne
Published: February 18th, 2021
Genre: Gothic Fiction
'Rebecca meets The Secret History. Gloriously dark, gloriously gothic' SARA COLLINS, Costa First Novel Award-winning author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton
For 150 years, Caldonbrae Hall has loomed high above the Scottish cliffs as a beacon of excellence in the ancestral castle of Lord William Hope. A boarding school for girls, it promises that its pupils will emerge 'resilient and ready to serve society'.
Into its illustrious midst steps Rose Christie, a 26-year-old Classics teacher and new head of department. Rose is overwhelmed by the institution: its arcane traditions, unrivalled prestige, and terrifyingly cool, vindictive students. Her classroom becomes her haven, where the stories of fearless women from ancient Greek and Roman history ignite the curiosity of the girls she teaches and, unknowingly, the suspicions of the powers that be.
But as Rose uncovers the darkness that beats at the very heart of Caldonbrae, the lines between myth and reality grow ever more blurred. It will be up to Rose – and the fierce young women she has come to love – to find a way to escape the fate the school has in store for them, before it is too late.
Perfect for fans of Margaret Atwood and Madeline Miller, Madam is a darkly feminist tale with an electrifying cast of heroines you won't soon forget.
The Santorium by Sarah Pearse
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense
Call Me Mummy by Tina Baker
Publisher: Viper Books
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Crime Fiction
THIS MOTHER'S DAY YOU WILL CALL HER MUMMY
Glamorous, beautiful Mummy has everything a woman could want. Except for a daughter of her very own. So when she sees Kim – heavily pregnant, glued to her phone and ignoring her eldest child in a busy shop – she does what anyone would do. She takes her. But foul-mouthed little Tonya is not the daughter that Mummy was hoping for.
As Tonya fiercely resists Mummy's attempts to make her into the perfect child, Kim is demonised by the media as a 'scummy mummy', who deserves to have her other children taken too. Haunted by memories of her own childhood and refusing to play by the media's rules, Kim begins to spiral, turning on those who love her.
Though they are worlds apart, Mummy and Kim have more in common than they could possibly imagine. But it is five-year-old Tonya who is caught in the middle…
CALL ME MUMMY. IT'LL BE BETTER IF YOU DO.
The Eighth Girl by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Genre: Suspense, Thriller, Psychological Fiction
Alexa Wu is a brilliant yet darkly self-aware young woman whose life is manipulated and controlled by a series of alternate personalities.
One woman, many personas. But which one is telling the truth?
Only three people know the truth.
HER THERAPIST
HER BEST FRIEND
HER STEPMOTHER
When her best friend is plunged into danger, Alexa is soon drawn into London's cruel underbelly to save her.
But will the truth lead to self-discovery, or to self-destruction?
Girl in the Walls by A. J. Gnuse
Published: March 18th, 2021
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Genre: Suspense, Gothic Fiction, Coming-of-Age Fiction
She doesn't exist. She can't exist.
'Those who live in the walls must adjust, must twist themselves around in their home,
stretching themselves until they're as thin as air. Not everyone can do what they can.
But soon enough, they can't help themselves. Signs of their presence remain in a house.
Eventually, every hidden thing is found.'
Elise knows every inch of the house. She knows which boards will creak. She knows where the gaps are in the walls. She knows which parts can take her in, hide her away. It's home, after all. The home her parents made for her. And home is where you stay, no matter what.
Eddie calls the same house his home. Eddie is almost a teenager now. He must no longer believe in the girl he sometimes sees from the corner of his eye. He needs her to disappear. But when his older brother senses her, too, they are faced with a question: how do they get rid of someone they aren't sure even exists?
And, if they cast her out, what other threats might they invite in?
The Plague Letters by V. L. Valentine
Published: April 1st, 2021
WHO WOULD MURDER THE DYING…
London, 1665. Hidden within a growing pile of corpses, one victim of the pestilence stands out: a young woman with a shorn head and pieces of twine delicately tied around each ankle.
Symon Patrick, rector of St. Paul's Covent Garden, cannot say exactly why this corpse amongst the many in his churchyard should give him pause. Longing to do good, he joins a group of medical men who have gathered to find a cure for the plague, each man more peculiar and splenetic than the next. But there is another, unknown to The Society for the Prevention and Cure of Plague, who is performing his own terrible experiments upon unwilling plague-ridden subjects.
It is Penelope – Symon's unwanted yet unremovable addition to his household – who may yet shed light on the matter. Far more than what she appears, she is already on the hunt. But the dark presence that enters the houses of the sick will not stop, and has no mercy…
This hugely atmospheric and entertaining historical thriller will transport readers to the palaces and alleyways of seventeenth-century London. Perfect for fans of Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Andrew Taylor and C.J. Sansom.
Tall Bones by Anna Bailey
Publisher: Transworld Publishing
Genre: Mystery, Suspense, Psychological Fiction, Coming-of-Age Fiction, Crime Fiction, Adventure Fiction, Political Fiction
When seventeen-year-old Emma leaves her best friend Abi at a party in the woods, she believes, like most girls her age, that their lives are just beginning. Many things will happen that night, but Emma will never see her friend again.
Abi's disappearance cracks open the façade of the small town of Whistling Ridge, its intimate history of long-held grudges and resentment. Even within Abi's family, there are questions to be asked – of Noah, the older brother whom Abi betrayed, of Jude, the shining younger sibling who hides his battle scars, of Dolly, her mother and Samuel, her father – both in thrall to the fire and brimstone preacher who holds the entire town in his grasp. Then there is Rat, the outsider, whose presence in the town both unsettles and excites those around him.
Anything could happen in Whistling Ridge, this tinder box of small-town rage, and all it will take is just one spark – the truth of what really happened that night out at the Tall Bones….
Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner
Published: April 15th, 2021
Daniel is the perfect husband.
Rory is the perfect brother.
Serena is the perfect sister-in-law.
And Rachel? Rachel is the perfect nightmare.
When Helen, finally pregnant after years of tragedy, attends her first antenatal class, she is expecting her loving architect husband to arrive soon after, along with her confident, charming brother Rory and his pregnant wife, the effortlessly beautiful Serena. What she is not expecting is Rachel.
Extroverted, brash, unsettling single mother-to-be Rachel, who just wants to be Helen's friend. Who just wants to get know Helen and her friends and her family. Who just wants to know everything about them. Every little secret…
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
In 1901, the word bondmaid was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it.
Motherless and irrepressibly curious, Esme spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, a garden shed in Oxford where her father and a team of lexicographers are gathering words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary.
Esme's place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day, she sees a slip containing the word 'bondmaid' flutter to the floor unclaimed.
Over time, Esme realises that some words are considered more important than others, and that words and meanings relating to women's experiences often go unrecorded. She begins to collect words for another dictionary: The Dictionary of Lost Words.
Cunning Women by Elizabeth Lee
Published: April 22nd, 2021
Publisher: Windmill Books
Genre: Historical Fiction, Historical Romance
A bewitching debut from a magnetic new voice in historical fiction. CUNNING WOMEN is sure to be loved by fans of The Essex Serpent and The Mercies.
They only want a kindness, but beware, for if you have no coin, they will curse you black and blue.
1620s, Lancashire. Away from the village lies a small hamlet, abandoned since the Plague, where only one family dwell amongst its ruins. Young Sarah Haworth, her mother, brother and little sister Annie are a family of outcasts by day and the recipients of visitors by night. They are cunning folk, the villagers will always need them, quick with a healing balm or more, should your needs require. They can keep secrets too, because no one would believe them anyway.
When Sarah spies a young man taming a wild horse, she risks being caught to watch him calm the animal. And when Daniel sees Sarah he does not just see a strange, dirty thing, he sees her for who she really is, a strong creature about to come into her own. But can something as fragile as love blossom between these two in such a place as this?
And when a new magistrate arrives to rid out those behind the strange ends that keep befalling the villagers, he has his eye on one family alone. And a torch in his hand.
Cunning Women is the powerful reckoning of a young woman with her wildness, a heartbreaking tale of young love and a shattering story of the intolerance that reigned during the long shadow of the Pendle Witch Trials when those who did not conform found persecution at every door.
Genre: Historical Fiction, Fairy Tale
A mesmerising retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. Perfect for fans of CIRCE, A SONG OF ACHILLES, and THE SILENCE OF THE GIRLS.
As Princesses of Crete and daughters of the fearsome King Minos, Ariadne and her sister Phaedra grow up hearing the hoofbeats and bellows of the Minotaur echo from the Labyrinth beneath the palace. The Minotaur – Minos's greatest shame and Ariadne's brother – demands blood every year.
When Theseus, Prince of Athens, arrives in Crete as a sacrifice to the beast, Ariadne falls in love with him. But helping Theseus kill the monster means betraying her family and country, and Ariadne knows only too well that in a world ruled by mercurial gods – drawing their attention can cost you everything.
In a world where women are nothing more than the pawns of powerful men, will Ariadne's decision to betray Crete for Theseus ensure her happy ending? Or will she find herself sacrificed for her lover's ambition?
Ariadne gives a voice to the forgotten women of one of the most famous Greek myths, and speaks to their strength in the face of angry, petulant Gods. Beautifully written and completely immersive, this is an exceptional debut novel.
Threadneedle by Cari Thomas
Published: May 27th, 2021
Publisher: HarperVoyagerUK
Genre: Fairy Tale, Fantasy Fiction, Horror Fiction, Coming-of-Age Fiction, Urban Fiction, Contemporary Fantasy, Romance Fantasy
Within the boroughs of London, nestled among its streets, hides another city, filled with magic.
'Magic and love. Love and magic. They destroy everything in the end …'
Anna's Aunt has always warned her of the dangers of magic. Its twists. Its knots. Its deadly consequences.
Now Anna counts down the days to the ceremony that will bind her magic forever.
Until she meets Effie and Attis.
They open her eyes to a London she never knew existed. A shop that sells memories. A secret library where the librarian feeds off words. A club where revellers lose themselves in a haze of spells.
But as she is swept deeper into this world, Anna begins to wonder if her Aunt was right all along.
Is her magic a gift … or a curse?
Genre: Suspense, Literary Fiction
Get Out meets The Devil Wears Prada in this electric debut about the tension that unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of book publishing.
Midnight in Everwood by M. A . Kuzniar
Genre: Fairy Tale, Magical Realism, Fantasy Fiction, Coming-of-Age Fiction, Historical Fantasy
The Nutcracker for adults, perfect for fans of Robert Dinsdale's The Toymakers, Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus and Stephanie Garber's Caraval
'It was a rainy day that the magic came, and once magic has entered your life, you stay in its glittering clutch forever'
Marietta Stelle longs to be a ballerina but as Christmas draws nearer, her dancing days are numbered. At the wishes of her family, she will be obligated to marry and take up her place in society in the New Year. But when a mysterious new neighbour, Dr Drosselmeier, purchases a neighbouring townhouse, it heralds the arrival of magic and wonder in her life. Although Drosselmeier's magic is darker than Marietta could have imagined…
When he constructs an elaborate set for her final ballet performance, she discovers it carries a magic all of its own. As the clock chimes midnight, Marietta finds herself walking through a land of snow-topped fir trees leading to a frozen sugar palace silent with secrets.
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A mouse took a sttoll through the deep dark wood. A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good. but the fox is the least of the guick- witted mouse's problems. he's about to come face to face with an owl , a snake and ... Oh help ! oh no ! A Gruffalo!
A mouse took a sttoll through the deep dark wood. A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good.
but the fox is the least of the guick- witted mouse's problems. he's about to come face to face with an owl , a snake and ... Oh help ! oh no ! A Gruffalo!


Divinity from Wilbur Henry Waters College and was bestowed a Doctorate in Humane Letters from Breakthrough Bible College.
Bishop Peebles began preaching at the City of Praise over 20 years ago and has worked to grow and realize the vision established by his parents. Since 1997, Bishop Peebles has served on the church's Board of Trustees. In addition, Bishop Peebles currently serves as President of the Board of the Center of Hope, an upscale senior living complex. Bishop Peebles continues to serve as Pastor over the congregation that was established and grown by his parents over many years. In the years after his father passed, Bishop Joel and his mother Apostle Betty Peebles continued to grow the ministry and care for the congregation at the City of Praise in their capacities as Pastor and Assistant Pastor respectively. In August 2012, Bishop Peebles was consecrated Pastor of the City of Praise Church Ministries. Bishop Peebles is married to Ylawnda Peebles, who is his greatest blessing from the Lord. Pastor Ylawnda Peebles matches her husband's enthusiasm for the Lord. Together they have counseled hundreds of couples and host an annual marriage and family seminar Marry Me Again.
Bishop Joel and Pastor Ylawnda Peebles are the parents of 4 children. They live in Southern Maryland.


Really?!? I want the same ;) how?
Stop talking in English NOW. IT`s the worst behaviour to forget own language.
I heard some sentence in TV, some old man said that during 2nd world war learned german since if you want to win a war you have to know the language of your enemy better than your own.
I'd say the same about our business partners' languages. Unfortunately many people cannot understand that. They think that polish is the most important since we are polish. Yes it is important, but also important is to know a language of your friends and enemies.
Looks like this topic died. No one wants to speak english anymore?
Does anyone know if there's a suitable translation of "to be like putty in sb's hands" in Polish?
Tzn wiem o co chodzi, ale druga czesc zdania jest jakos dziwnie zbudowana.


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"Listen Drummond, your client betrayed this country in ways too horrible to contemplate…He only gave the Russians names, he also exposed the inner workings of our foreign policy. In the history of espionage, there's never been one like him.
"With his blockbuster novels Secret Sanction and Mortal Allies, Brian Haig introduced a fresh new face to fans of legal thrillers: Major Sean Drummond. Now Haig's brazen JAG attorney with the self-deprecating sense of humor is back in the most important case of his career. This time it starts on home turf in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where Sean is called upon—begged, actually—to defend Brigadier General William T. Morrison in the biggest treason case in United States history. Up against the fiercest prosecutor in the Army, Drummond may be in way over his head. Yet, Morrison and his CIA executive wife, Mary, won't consider anyone else for the job. And Drummond is finding it hard to say no—especially since Mary just happens to be an old flame.
Fighting a list of charges that starts with treason and perjury and ends with two counts of murder, Drummond is going to need a lot more than the confidence of those counting on him. What he gets is Katrina Mazorski—a Russian-speaking co-counsel like no other. With her skintight, black leather pants and pierced navel, she is the antithesis of a buttoned-down lawyer. But as Drummond soon learns, there's more to Katrina than her looks. With his no-nonsense, quick-to-the-quip assistant at his side, he embarks on an investigation that will rattle authorities in both Washington and Moscow and unearth a damning array of secrets and cover-ups. Always, there seems to be a deeper layer, a broader significance to even the smallest event…and behind the scenes, someone who is masterfully pulling the strings, someone who doesn't care who or what goes up in flames—as long as Morrison burns…
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Layered salads are always a great way to impress at a potluck, BBQ, or family gathering. Traditionally they are served in a glass bowl, so you can see all the layers—but once a few people dig in, things can start to get a little messy. I got this idea to try a layered salad in a cake pan from Melissa at ChinDeep—and what a great idea it is. It serves up beautifully, almost like a salad lasagna.
The creamy, zesty ranch and BBQ dressing is the perfect complement to the fresh veggies and chicken. This salad is super-flavorful, ridiculously easy to make and serve, and oh so delicious.
Whisk the BBQ sauce and ranch dressing together in a bowl and set aside.
In a 9 x 11" casserole dish, arrange half of the pieces of Romaine across the bottom, overlapping them slightly and making sure the entire bottom of the dish is covered.
Evenly sprinkle half of the chicken pieces on the lettuce, then add ½ of each remaining ingredient - the beans, corn, tomatoes, red pepper and olives. Spread half of the dressing on top, then sprinkle on half of the cheese.
Layer on the remaining lettuce and the second half of the remaining ingredients again, ending with the cheese.
Wrap tightly with plastic wrap and chill overnight in the fridge.
Cut into squares and serve cold.


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Last human
By: Kei OngoingFantasy
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FutureAlternate UniverseBraveIndependentFantasyWorld DominationSword
The land had been damaged hundreds of years ago. Humans have become extinct because of the war between humans, supernatural beings, angels, and demons. Those who survived the war and survived were supernatural beings who could live for hundreds of years. Mythological beasts began to appear, filling all corners of Gaia. Among supernatural beings, a girl lives exiled from her own kind, the vampires. The appearance of the Excalibur sword as a sign of the coming war again, makes Eira have to look for another legendary sword to be able to defeat the demons. Hunting monsters, until looking for the legendary sword belonging to God Odin. Eira goes on an adventure to save Gaia from the dark power of the devil. She's a dhampir and the last human race.
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A pair of amber colored eyes entered an old bar on the outskirts of Troan. Her face was so tired, evidenced by the dark circles that were so obvious under her eyes. Her robes which were stained with mud in some corners showed she had just come from the forest, while the two swords on her back raised many questions for the Dwarves who were relaxing drinking beer.As the only remaining dhampir race, Eira had a lot of bad reputation among the nobles. Not because her temperament is sometimes uncontrollable, but because she can be a threat to several big kingdoms."Two beers, please," she asked the barmaid. She then took out a coin from her pocket and started counting.Today, not her lucky day, doesn't mean her usual days are also lucky, but rather that she just lost 3 bets in one day. After counting the remaining coins which turned out to be only enough to eat her for tonight, Eira shoved the coins back into her pocket. Tomorrow night she will eat root squirrel again if she doesn't get an
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1,043 decades ago, the war between angels and demons was unstoppable. An army of angels, aided by humans and supernatural beings, unite, fighting to defend their land. The demons led by Leviathan, can only be killed by the sword of the angels, Excalibur. However, the demon army that was too much forced the angels to bless the other swords.Gram, the sword made by God Odin became the sword chosen to give supernatural beings the power to kill demons with that sword. After fighting for approximately seven years, the angel army and its allies succeeded in repelling the demon army.Unfortunately, war has a very bad impact on humans, not many of them live after it, and then die because of the bad conditions. In the end, humans became extinct on their own. Remaining the supernatural beings who have a long enough life span, even immortal.It was the darkest day for angels, the source of their light was humans. The angels have no more purpose after the death of the last human in the Mortal lak
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It is an annoying 'flash' during the game and it happened here also.
What browser are you playing in?
IT IS STILL doing it !!
Does the same problem exist with https://mahjong.frvr.com/ ?
I don't play mahjong, but I went and tried it = = Nope .
Oki perfect, this helps a lot to narrow down the issue.


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High Circulating Levels of Four Specific Proteins Seem to Offer Protection Against Type 1 Diabetes
Patients with type 1 diabetes have significantly lower blood levels of four proteins that help protect their tissue from attack by their immune system, scientists report. Conversely, the patients' first-degree relatives, who share some of the high-risk genes but do not have the disease, have high levels of these proteins circulating in their blood, said Dr. Jin-Xiong She, Director of the Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) at Georgia Regents University. Healthy individuals without the risky genes also have higher levels of the four proteins, IL8, IL-1Ra, MCP-1, and MIP-1β, according to the study published online on July 9, 2015 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. The article is titled "Large-Scale Discovery and Validation Studies Demonstrate Significant Reductions in Circulating Levels of IL8, IL-1Ra, MCP-1, and MIP-1 in Type-1 Diabetes Patients." The findings point toward a sort of protein cocktail that could help at-risk children avoid disease development, as well as new biomarkers in the blood that could aid disease diagnosis, prognosis, and management, said Dr. She, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Genomic Medicine and the study's corresponding author. The scientists looked at a total of 13 cytokines and chemokines, which are cell signaling molecules involved in regulating the immune response. They first looked at blood samples from 697 children with type 1 diabetes and from 681 individuals without antibodies to insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells, a hallmark of this generarally autoimmune disease. The scientists then analyzed the blood of a second and larger set of individuals, which included 1,553 children with type 1 diabetes and 1,493 individuals without any sign of anti-beta-cell antibodies.
Yet Another CRISPR/Cas9 Advance; UCSF & UC-Berkeley Scientists Modify Approach to Edit T-Cells to Disable CXCR4 Receptor for HIV and Also Manage to Knock Out PD-1 Protein That Inhibits T-Cell Attack on Cancers
In a project spearheaded by investigators at the University of California (UC) San Francisco (UCSF), scientists and collaborators have devised a new strategy to precisely modify human T cells using the genome-editing system known as CRISPR/Cas9. Because these immune-system cells play important roles in a wide range of diseases, from diabetes to AIDS to cancer, the achievement provides a versatile new tool for research on T cell function, as well as a path toward CRISPR/Cas9-based therapies for many serious health problems. Using their novel approach, the scientists were able to disable a protein on the T-cell surface called CXCR4, which can be exploited by HIV when the virus infects T cells and causes AIDS. The group also successfully shut down PD-1, a protein that has attracted intense interest in the burgeoning field of cancer immunotherapy, as scientists have shown that using drugs to block PD-1 coaxes T cells to attack tumors. The CRISPR/Cas9 system has captured the imagination of both scientists and the general public, because it makes it possible to easily and inexpensively edit genetic information in virtually any organism. T cells, which circulate in the blood, are an obvious candidate for medical applications of the technology, as these cells not only stand at the center of many disease processes, but could be easily gathered from patients, edited with CRISPR/Cas9, then returned to the body to exert therapeutic effects. But in practice, editing T cell genomes with CRISPR/Cas9 has proved surprisingly difficult, said Alexander Marson, Ph.D., a UCSF Sandler Fellow, and senior and co-corresponding author of the new study. "Genome editing in human T cells has been a notable challenge for the field," Dr. Marson said.
Major European Study Seeks to Reveal the Roles of Mammalian Genes in Disease; Analysis of 320 Mouse Genes Reported; 90% of Mouse Genome Shared with Humans
The role of over 300 mammalian genes (mouse) has been revealed by scientists across Europe in a major initiative to understand the part they play in disease and biology. The results have were published online on July 27, 2015 in Nature Genetics. The article is titled "Deciphering Mammalian Gene Function through Broad-Based Phenotypic Screens across a Consortium of Mouse Clinics." Because mice share 90 percent of our genes, they play an important role in understanding human genetics. The European Mouse Disease Clinic (EUMODIC) brought together scientists from across Europe to investigate the functions of 320 genes in mice. Over half of these genes had no previously known role, and the remaining genes were poorly understood. In order to study gene function, the EUMODIC consortium produced mouse lines which each had a single gene removed. These mouse lines were then analyzed in mouse clinics, where each line was assessed by a series of tests and investigations, allowing researchers to establish the role of the missing genes. Over 80 percent of the mouse lines assessed had a characteristic that provided a clue to what the missing gene's role might be. If the mouse fails a hearing test, for example, it suggests the missing gene has a role in hearing. In total, the researchers carried out over 150 different tests on each mouse line. EUMODIC represents the first step towards the creation of a database of all mouse gene functions, a vision now being realized by the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC). The IMPC incorporates 20 centers from across the globe with the aim, over the next ten years, of uncovering the role of all 20,000 genes in the mouse genome.
Glioblastoma Spread Slowed in Mouse Model by Cutting Off Communication Mechanism of Cancer Cells; Gap Junction Targeting May Be Effective Approach to Treatment
The rapid spread of a common and deadly brain tumor has been slowed down significantly in a mouse model by cutting off the way some cancer cells communicate, according to a team of researchers that includes University of Florida (UF) Health faculty. The technique improved survival time by 50 percent when tested in a mouse model, said Loic P. Deleyrolle, Ph.D., a Research Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery in the UF College of Medicine. Researchers focused on disrupting the cell-to-cell communication that allows cancer stem cells to spread. To do that, they targeted a channel that cancer cells use to transfer molecules. By cutting off their communications pathway, it is possible to keep the deadly cells in check, Dr. Deleyrolle said. Eight UF Health researchers took part in the study, which was co-authored by Dr. Deleyrolle and published in an open-access article in the May 19, 2015 issue of Cell Reports. The article is titled "Differential Connexin Function Enhances Self-Renewal in Glioblastoma." The UF scientists collaborated with researchers at the Cleveland Clinic and the University of California, Berkeley in this research effort. Glioblastoma is the most common brain tumor in adults and there is no effective long-term treatment. Patients usually live for just 12 to 15 months after diagnosis, according to the National Cancer Institute. Glioblastoma tumors, which are highly malignant, typically start in the largest part of the brain and can spread rapidly. The current research focused on connexin 46, a protein that is an essential component of cancer stem cells. Connexin 46 is part of intercellular channels known as a gap junctions. Those intercellular channels, which allow cells to exchange molecules and ions, are crucial to the growth of a glioblastoma tumor, researchers found.


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Sonia slams divisive Senas
Congress President Sonia Gandhi (63) on Monday lashed out at the Shiv Sena, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for promoting regional, religion and caste-based politics.
Hindustan Times | ByYogesh Joshi, Pune
Addressing a rally at Pune in support of Congress candidate Suresh Kalamadi, Gandhi said certain parties in Maharashtra are trying to gain political mileage in the name of region, caste and religion.
"Maharashtra mein, kuchh partiya pradesh, dharm aur jati ke naam par apni rotiya sekhne mein lagi hui hai (There are certain parties in the state trying to make political capital on the name of region, religion and caste)," said Sonia in an obvious reference to the recent agitations by MNS and Shiv Sena on the issue of Marathi asmita (identity).
"To such parties, I want to say that people have understood their politics. The people in India are smarter and understand everything," she added.
She also requested the crowd to support development over destruction. "I would like to ask you what will you support — progress or destruction?"
Raking up, once again, the issue of weak leadership, Gandhi taunted BJP's prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani for taking directions from Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
"They target Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for not taking any decision independently. But do they not look upon a specific organisation for directions?" said Gandhi, without actually naming the RSS. "The Congress, in fact, has never looked to any individual or organisation for directions.
It's the party which work on the hopes of common man," she added. The Congress president did not even spare the Third Front in her seven-minute speech in the thinly crowded rally.
"Today there is a fashion to form a front. But let me tell you proudly that there is no front but it's only the only Congress party which is fighting against poverty, unemployment and non-secularism," Sonia told the crowds.
She also spoke about some of the United Progressive Alliance's schemes, including loan waiver for farmers. This was Gandhi's only rally in western Maharashtra.
Yogesh Joshi
Yogesh Joshi is Assistant Editor at Hindustan Times. He covers politics, security, development and human rights from Western Maharashtra. ...view detail


Recruitment and selection strategies framed by organization highly affect the growth of business in the digital world. In order to better understand this concept, case study of Tesco, which is a larger retailer of UK, was taken. In the recent years, HR department of company provides equal work opportunity to their part time employees to enhance the growth and consumer base. The UK base firm has a long-term strategy for growth and it highly depends upon the expansion of business, new retailing services and recruiting and selecting talented employees. As per the report of EMCC case studies (2007), Tesco has 260,000 employees worldwide. In addition, it is also a member of the Employers' Forum on Disability and it provides employment to disabled people by providing training (EMCC case studies , 2007).
Organization also provides part-time job facility to students and different age group people throughout the world in order to better execute their operations and attains business growth effectively. Besides that, flexible working hours especially in the busy hours and festive seasons kinds of facilities are provided by company helps it to effective utilization of workers successfully in needs and create relax working environment. The present study deals with recruitment and selection policies framed by Tesco regarding the part-time employee recruitment and retentions of employees. In addition, present research provides detail about the relationship between recruitment and selection policies followed by company and employees contribution in growth of UK base retail giant.
The main purpose of the study is to explore the contribution of part-time workers in the growth of company. In order to provide customers excellent service and better compete with its competitors, HR department of company has been focusing on hiring more part time employees so that better services can be delivered to their customers within stipulated time. However, firm is still struggling in recruitment and selection of skillful part-time employees to enhance its business outcome. Presently, organization is facing tougher competition from peer groups and retention of part-time employees for long term perspective kinds of issues in its business. In addition, report also emphasizes on co-relation between the recruitment of part time worker and its impact on business outcome in the digital economy.
What are the current recruitment and selection policies followed by Tesco for recruitment of part time worker?
What is the relationship between recruitment and selection of part time worker on the business growth of Tesco?
How enterprise can overcome issues come in recruitment and selection of part-time worker?
As per the UNI Global Union Country Report (2009), it is found Tesco is the most ambitious international enterprise and it follows high standards of employment in recruitment and selection of employees. Labour laws are weak in the USA so that employees high rely on union-employer agreement. The major findings of report shows that relatively low pay, health insurance scheme and trades union membership kinds of challenges associated with the successful implementation of recruitment and selection policies of Tesco (UNI Global Union Country Report , 2009).
Type of investigation: Exploratory design will be used to identify the relationship between recruitment and selection of part time worker on the business growth of Tesco in a significant manner.
Data collection method: As per the present case study, secondary data analysis technique has been used because it helps researcher to better insight into facts and figures which are provided by different researcher related to similar topic (Sullivan, 2011).
Accessibility issue: While collecting data from secondary sources, prior permission, copyright and permission kinds of issues can be occurred that can affect performance of the entire research.
Ethical issues: In order to deal with this kind of issues, it is necessary for researcher to collect data from authentic sources and takes prior permission before conducting data.
Data analysis plan: Thematic analysis technique will be applied to analyze the qualitative nature data (Merriam, 2009).
Research limitations: Time, cost and availability of data related field kinds of limitations associated with the present research.
EMCC case studies , 2007. [Pdf]. Available through :< file:///C:/Users/user78/Downloads/European%20commerce%20sector%253a%20Tesco%20PLC.pdf>. [Accessed on: 7th December 2015].
UNI Global Union Country Report, 2009. [Pdf]. Available through :< http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/pdf/2009/tesco09.pdf >. [Accessed on: 7th December 2015].
Sullivan, P., 2011. Qualitative Data Analysis Using a Dialogical Approach. SAGE.


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Deschutes Co. Sheriff Refuses Certified Mail
Bend, Oregon – On August 15, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. Roger Weidner is once again appearing in Deschutes County Circuit Court on the Wishon v. Torres case (case history at usobserver.com). Claud Ingram, a totally corrupted attorney from Eugene, Oregon will also appear to put on another of his dog and pony shows with numerous Deschutes County Deputy Sheriffs along side to protect his towering 6'8" frame from former prosecutor Roger Weidner, who is almost half his size.
Weidner has been demanding to speak in numerous Oregon courts over the past 15 years when he has believed an innocent person was getting rail-roaded. Weidner has never once been violent and has won numerous times in court for people. In some Bend, Oregon cases he has successfully kept honest business owners from losing their entire estates.
Recently, Weidner sent a certified letter to Deschutes County Sheriff Les Stiles and the Sheriff refused to accept the letter. The letter to Stiles and one to Oregon's Attorney General Hardy Myers will follow this article.
In reading the letters I find that the statements made by Weidner are ones that he honestly believes and the statements about attorney Claud Ingram are totally believed by this writer. Ingram is well accustomed to filing false and frivolous lawsuits, which the Observer has been the target of on four such occassions. It is a fact that Weidner has made many accusations and it's also a fact that neither Sheriff Stiles nor any other law enforcement officer has lifted a finger to investigate these cases.
The US~Observer is proud to publish the following letters to the Editor. We have an absolute qualified right to publish public record and there is no question that the letters and the lawsuits we have covered concerning Weidner are more than public. It is also a fact that Ingram can't stand the public knowing what is going on with his lawsuits, and that is why he has sued the Observer on four separate instances.
The Observer hopes that Sheriff Stiles would step back a moment to see what's really going on with these cases. Also, I would like to know when the Oregon legislature took away the right a person has to make a "citizens arrest." Roger Weidner attempted to make a citizen's arrest against Ingram and instead of law enforcement acting on that arrest they have chosen to attack Weidner.
Possibly it's time for the Observer to open an office in Bend, Oregon.
Weidner Letters
Sheriff Stiles
Deschutes County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Stiles,
On June 7, 2004 I hand delivered to your office a letter; a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2; describing the unprecedented criminal abuse I have been subjected to, by members of the Oregon judiciary, for exposing in court, on the record, the wide-spread corruption in the Oregon judicial system.
In that letter I indicated I had upcoming court appearances in the courtrooms of Judges Forte, Tiktin and Billings. I told you in that letter, "I am expecting to be able to make a full record of the criminal conduct of those involved in attempting to steal Patricia Wishon's property at those hearings. Your attendance at those hearings would be appreciated."
Instead of your presence as requested I found Captain Edwards and Sergeant McCallister from your Department giving the treacherous thieving attorney Claud Ingram escort service into the courtroom. When I asked McCallister his name, he in a professional manner told me his name. When I asked Edwards his name he, in a rude, sarcastic, animated way said, as he sneeringly shook his head slowly, "I'm not going to tell you anything". In the information I am enclosing with your June 7, 2005 letter is the story appearing in the US OREGON OBSERVER, Exhibit 4, describing my arrest of Claud Ingram for bribery, subornation of perjury, conspiracy and theft in the Deschutes County Courthouse on March 9, 2004.
After my hostile confrontation with Edwards, Patricia Wishon contacted your office and requested a meeting with you. Instead of you attending the meeting as requested you had Edwards and several deputies conduct the meeting. When I walked in the meeting room and before I could say a word Edwards' face turned beet-red and he angrily ordered me from the room. When I told him I was a former prosecutor and he needed to hear what I had to say about the corruption in the Deschutes County Court system he angrily ordered the two deputies to forcibly remove me from the meeting. As the deputies, one tightly clutching each arm, marched me down the hall they said I was going to have to wait in the waiting room. Then when we reached the waiting room they asked where my car was then marched me out of the building, each still tightly holding my arm, and told me to go sit in my car. Edwards and the deputies' behavior made a mockery of the signs in your lobby describing the high standard and ideals your office stands for.
At a subsequent hearing when I was again threatened by the judge for attempting to speak truthfully in court about the corruption, we returned to your office and again asked to speak to you because we had an afternoon hearing that same day and wanted you or someone from your office to attend. We were told that neither you nor Under Sheriff Blanton were available. We were told that all Sheriff personnel were out on an emergency. When we returned to court the courtroom was filled with deputies. I pointed out Ingram, sitting at the counsel table, to my supporters present and again condemned him for his treacherous, shameless thievery. A plain-clothed individual, sitting in the audience, who later identified himself as Under Sheriff Blanton said: "Oh, sit down Weeedner and stop your yapping".
On February 7, 2005 I again appeared in the Deschutes County Courthouse for a hearing. I had repeatedly requested, several days before the hearing that I be allowed to video the proceedings. Since I did not know who was going to hear the case I went into presiding Judge Sullivan's office to see if my request to video had been granted. Edwards was sitting in Judge Sullivan's chambers when I entered the office. Before I could say a word Edwards, again snarling and surly, grabbed me by the arm and forcibly removed me from Judge Sullivan's office saying, "you get out of here right now".
Before the hearing on February 7, 2005 I had my twenty supporters stand with me while I confronted seven deputies from your office outside the courtroom. I told the deputies I was a former public prosecutor, who for the past l7 years had been fighting the corruption in the Oregon court system. I told those deputies, under the supervision of Sargeant Espinoza, that for attempting to speak in court about the corruption I was being arrested by the deputies on the orders of the corrupt judges protecting the thieving attorneys. What happened after I entered the court on February 7, 2005 and March 7, 2005 is set forth in Exhibit 3.
Another hearing on the Wishon case is set for 3:30 PM on August l5, 2005 in Judge Brady's courtroom in the Deschutes County Courthouse. I am again requesting a meeting with you before the hearing to insure that I will not be again violently assaulted or arrested by your deputies when I attempt to speak in court about the corruption in the Deschutes County Court system on August l5, 2005.
I want to remind you, Sheriff Stiles and your deputies; as well as all the other public officials who are receiving a copy of this letter; that the oath of office that each of you take, as public officials, is not to protect corrupt thieving bureaucrats, attorneys, and judges from stealing innocent people's children, land and other property in "sham" often "star chamber" proceedings. The oath that all of you public officials take is to uphold and defend the constitutional rights of We The People, your employers, to receive "due process" and "equal protection" of the law in the courts in this state. If you, or the other public officials receiving this letter, are not able to uphold your oath of office you should resign. If you will not uphold your oath and refuse to resign then we in the patriot community will continue to expose your corrupt behavior to the public until you are shamed from office. Please have Mary in your office contact me at your earliest convenience to arrange a meeting before the August l5, 2005 hearing. The other numbered exhibits I am enclosing for your review are:
The Harrassment complaint filed against Weidner
1. Special Grand Jury hearing 2-24-04
2. My 8-27-04 letter to Judge Tiktin
3. My incarceration in mental hospital
4. THE SPOTLIGHT story of my persecution
5. My 9-18-01 letter to Atty. Gen. Ashcroft
6. My meeting with Sen. Trent Lott
7. My Motion to Reconsider
8. Leg.Hearing exposing corruption
9. US OBSERVER "HALL OF SHAME"
Roger Weidner
Attorney General Hardy Myers
Justice Building
Salem, Oregon
HAND DELIVERED
Hardy,
For years I have been keeping you posted concerning the outrageous abuse I have been subjected to for exposing the wide-spread corruption in the Oregon court system. About a year ago I along with Wilbur and Pamela Gaston, and others, confronted you at the conclusion of an Oregon Law Commission meeting being held in one of the hearing rooms at the Oregon State Capitol. I told you that We The People of the State of Oregon would not tolerate the unbridled corruption in the Oregon court system that was resulting in innocent people having their children, lands and other property shamelessly stolen by corrupt thieving, bureacrats and attorneys, some of whom are judges, in "sham" often "star chamber" type proceedings where the outcome was a foregone conclusion. Namely where the corrupt always win and the innocent always loose.
I have been keeping not only you, but also Governor Kulongoski and all of the Oregon Supreme Court and Court of Appeal judges as well as all legislators up to date on the on-going battle I have been having with a group of corrupt attorneys, some judges, in Deschutes County Oregon. This group is trying to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars in property belonging to Lapine property owner Patricia Wishon. In the first instance, gigelo, wife-beater, and con man, Santiago Torres romanced Wishon and got her to marry him on the spur of the moment. He over night turned into a vicious wife beater who ultimately ended up doing 6 months in jail for an assault on her.
Wishon hired attorney Albertazzi to obtain a divorce with Torres getting nothing because of his treacherous cruelty. Instead, Albertazzi got attorney Linda Hasse to represent Torres and openly colluded with them to defraud Wishon. When Wishon found out about Albertazzi's treachery she fired him. Though fired Albertazzi prepared and submitted to Arbitrator Burgott a judgment giving Torres, Wishon's property worth 3 to 400 thousand dollars. Before Burgott signed the judgment Wishon notified Burgott by mail and phone not to sign the fraudulent judgment. Though notified, Burgott signed the judgment and judges Gary Thompson, Stephen Tiktin, Donald Forte, Jack Billings, Donald Sullivan and Lloyd O'Neal have been openly colluding with attorneys Claud Ingram, Anthony Albertazzi and Linda Hasse to execute the fraudulently obtained judgment.
For assisting Wishon in exposing this shameless racketeering activity by a group of very corrupt attorneys, some judges, I have been recently violently assaulted and arrested and jailed in Deschutes County by Deschutes County Sheriff Deputies on the orders of the corrupt judges involved. Attached is the letter with exhibits I recently sent to Deschutes County Sheriff Les Stiles detailing the abuse I have been subjected to by deputies under his command. Instead of responding to the certified letter, Sheriff Stiles, a paid public employee, who has taken an oath of office to uphold the constitutional rights of the citizens, refused to accept the mail. I am attaching as Exhibit A the "refused" certified mail. Because of the depth of the corruption in Deschutes County I am again subpoenaing you and all those listed below to the next hearing on this case scheduled in Bend, Oregon on August l5, 2005 at 3:30pm.
Bad Law Enforcement?
Who are the Minutemen?