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Savannah Martin Mysteries Box Set 1-3: A Cutthroat Business, Hot Property, Contract Pending
*** Boxed set of the first 3 Cutthroat Business mysteries featuring Southern Belle turned Realtor Savannah Martin ***
Savannah has always been a good girl, doing what was expected and fully expecting life to fall into place in its turn. But when her perfect husband turns out to be a lying, cheating slimeball – and bad in bed to boot – Savannah kicks the jerk to the curb and embarks on life on her own terms. With a new apartment, a new career, and a brand new outlook on life, she’s all set to take the world by storm.
If only the world would stop throwing her curveballs…
Suburban Task Force (Jade Lydell Book 1)
Suburban Task Force is a humor filled, high octane, action-comedy. It follows Jade Lydell, who at thirty one finds herself living the surreal life of a married suburbanite. Her simple, and now materialistic days are busy with shopping, drinking and playing with couples that live the same high-end lifestyle.
It takes a home invasion scare and a co-workers brutal mugging to wake Jade from her suburban slumber. The adventure begins when she and her two best friends forgo an uplifting spa retreat for an intense tactical, gun and self defense weekend, all without their husbands’ knowledge.
Upon their return, feeling rejuvenated and proud, the women try to re-adapt to their suburban lifestyles. Not so easy when you have to attend a VIP party on Catalina Island with the who’s who of Hollywood and Politics. Without warning, the island is taken hostage by a rogue terrorist group.
In the Company of Secrets (Postcards from Pullman Book #1)
The truth could cost her everything….
Olivia Mott didn’t intend to lie. Somehow, it just happened. And wasn’t it all Lady Charlotte’s fault anyway?
Now Olivia’s position as assistant chef at Pullman’s elegant Hotel Florence is dependant upon her keeping her secrets. And sometimes lies have a way of leading to other lies. Should Olivia admit her real past and accept the consequences or keep quiet in order to preserve her comfortable new circumstances?
Deception seems to be part of everyday life in the company town of Pullman, Illinois, where the grand Pullman Palace Car is manufactured. Samuel Howard, Olivia’s friend and the town manager, seems to think everything is fine, but Olivia observes something quite different. Could it be that Olivia is not the only one harboring secrets?
Time Change: Time Travel Series Book 1
HE MAJORED IN SCIENCE AND MINORED IN UNREALIZED DREAMS
High school teacher Jack Riggs is having a streak of bad luck. In a matter of hours he is: • Arrested as a terrorist • Thrown in jail • Breaking up with his psycho girlfriend • And flung a century and a half into the past.
A TIME TRAVEL RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK
It’s 157 years ago in Norfolk, Virginia and Jack has no money, a nearly dead iPhone in his pocket, and no idea how he got there. He must assimilate if he’s to have any hope of getting back. He alone holds the key to saving nearly a million people, and he’s got to do it in three and a half years.
The hospital is a place to restore health but what happens when the “sick” are the staff? Jones, a registered nurse, recently took a job at a prestigious hospital which couldn’t have come at a better time. After a near death experience, a new city was refreshing until old habits resurface. Time has been said to heal all wounds but what about LOVE? Meet Raegan, a fresh out of high school, newly employed CNA who moved with her boyfriend and best friend’s ex, Alandis. Rae finds herself in a love triangle that has her experiencing emotions she never knew existed. Join the staff of 5 Wing One as the craziness and secrets of the hospital unfolds. Do medicine & love mix? Is love always the goal regardless of the profession?
Until January: A Winter Novella
I have a happy life—a great career, wonderful friends, and a nice family (for the most part), but parents don’t like to let their single thirty-one year old daughters spend Christmas alone. Apparently, no matter how successful you might be in your career or how independent of a life you may lead, you can’t be trusted alone during the holidays. You might snap Fatal Attraction style and make rabbit stew for your married lover’s Christmas dinner.
But I’m a vegetarian, and I don’t date married men, so my parents have agreed to let me spend this December by myself. I’m even looking forward to it—at least I was until HLG came back. HLG is short for Hot Lawyer Guy. I know his name, but it’s easier if I think of him as HLG because he’s my unattainable crush.
Kindle Fire How-To Guide: Your Guide to Tips, Tricks, Free Books, and Startup
Amazon’s Kindle Fire is full of whistles and bells as well as some great technology. This guide will take you step-by-step with all of the Kindle Fire’s features including setup, navigating each tab, play music and videos, read eBooks, and download and use apps.
Each chapter contains detailed instructions complete with screenshots, tips, tricks, and shortcuts to quickly get up to speed and more. Additionally, this guide shows you how to and where to receive FREE books, music, videos, and apps you can immediately start using on your Kindle Fire: you may never pay another cent for Kindle content again – download this guide to your Kindle Fire today!
Winter Maessen didn’t ask for the gift of prophecy. She’s happy being a freak – but now everyone thinks she’s crazy. Or evil. Goths aren’t all the same, you know. Some are Christians. …Christians to whom God sends visions. Students at her university are being attacked, and Winter knows there’s more than flesh and blood at work. Her gift means she’s the only one who can stop it – but at what price?
Cold Mountain: A Novel
The Snow Child: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize in Letters: Fiction Finalists)
Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart–he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair. In a moment of levity during the season’s first snowfall, they build a child out of snow. The next morning the snow child is gone–but they glimpse a young, blonde-haired girl running through the trees.
This little girl, who calls herself Faina, seems to be a child of the woods. She hunts with a red fox at her side, skims lightly across the snow, and somehow survives alone in the Alaskan wilderness. As Jack and Mabel struggle to understand this child who could have stepped from the pages of a fairy tale, they come to love her as their own daughter. But in this beautiful, violent place things are rarely as they appear, and what they eventually learn about Faina will transform all of them.
At once intimate and epic, The Orchardist is historical fiction at its best, in the grand literary tradition of William Faulkner, Marilynne Robinson, Michael Ondaatje, Annie Proulx, and Toni Morrison.
In her stunningly original and haunting debut novel, Amanda Coplin evokes a powerful sense of place, mixing tenderness and violence as she spins an engrossing tale of a solitary orchardist who provides shelter to two runaway teenage girls in the untamed American West, and the dramatic consequences of his actions.
Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
In 1949, Florida’s orange industry was booming, and citrus barons got rich on the backs of cheap Jim Crow labor. To maintain order and profits, they turned to Willis V. McCall, a violent sheriff who ruled Lake County with murderous resolve. When a white seventeen-year-old Groveland girl cried rape, McCall was fast on the trail of four young blacks who dared to envision a future for themselves beyond the citrus groves. By day’s end, the Ku Klux Klan had rolled into town, burning the homes of blacks to the ground and chasing hundreds into the swamps, hell-bent on lynching the young men who came to be known as “the Groveland Boys.”
And so began the chain of events that would bring Thurgood Marshall, the man known as “Mr. Civil Rights,” and the most important American lawyer of the twentieth century, into the deadly fray. Associates thought it was suicidal for him to wade into the “Florida Terror” at a time when he was irreplaceable to the burgeoning civil rights movement, but the lawyer would not shrink from the fight–not after the Klan had murdered one of Marshall’s NAACP associates involved with the case and Marshall had endured continual threats that he would be next.
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
They were the Princess Dianas of their day—perhaps the most photographed and talked about young royals of the early twentieth century. The four captivating Russian Grand Duchesses—Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia Romanov—were much admired for their happy dispositions, their looks, the clothes they wore and their privileged lifestyle.
Over the years, the story of the four Romanov sisters and their tragic end in a basement at Ekaterinburg in 1918 has clouded our view of them, leading to a mass of sentimental and idealized hagiography. With this treasure trove of diaries and letters from the grand duchesses to their friends and family, we learn that they were intelligent, sensitive and perceptive witnesses to the dark turmoil within their immediate family and the ominous approach of the Russian Revolution, the nightmare that would sweep their world away, and them along with it.
The English Patient (Vintage International)
With ravishing beauty and unsettling intelligence, Michael Ondaatje’s Booker Prize-winning novel traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an Italian villa at the end of World War II. Hana, the exhausted nurse; the maimed thief, Caravaggio; the wary sapper, Kip: each is haunted by the riddle of the English patient, the nameless, burned man who lies in an upstairs room and whose memories of passion, betrayal,and rescue illuminates this book like flashes of heat lightening.
High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society (P.S.)
High Price is the harrowing and inspiring memoir of neuroscientist Carl Hart, a man who grew up in one of Miami’s toughest neighborhoods and, determined to make a difference as an adult, tirelessly applies his scientific training to help save real lives.
Young Carl didn’t see the value of school, studying just enough to keep him on the basketball team. Today, he is a cutting-edge neuroscientist—Columbia University’s first tenured African American professor in the sciences—whose landmark, controversial research is redefining our understanding of addiction.
In this provocative and eye-opening memoir, Dr. Carl Hart recalls his journey of self-discovery, how he escaped a life of crime and drugs and avoided becoming one of the crack addicts he now studies.
Let Me Be Frank With You: A Frank Bascombe Book
It’s been eight years since we last saw Frank Bascombe, successfully selling real estate in New Jersey, easing into his mid-50s at the conclusion of Richard Ford’s celebrated trilogy (The Sportswriter, Independence Day, and The Lay of the Land). Ford clearly had more to say about his man Frank. In the four connected novellas that comprise the touching and humorous Let Me Be Frank With You —like a coda to the trilogy—we see Frank confronting his aging self and, at the same time, a New Jersey coastline recently ravaged by Hurricane Sandy. In some ways, he’s the same old Frank: an admitted “malcontent,” cranky and kvetching, but funny and, mostly, a good guy. Speaking of being frank, I must admit: as a fan of the trilogy (especially the first two), I was doubtful that I’d care about the first-world problems of rich and retired Frank Bascombe, now on the verge of 70. But there’s a creeping sadness that infuses these stories, and a little bit of rage, as in raging against the dying light.
This Dark Road to Mercy: A Novel
The critically acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller A Land More Kind Than Home—hailed as “a powerfully moving debut that reads as if Cormac McCarthy decided to rewrite Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird” (Richmond Times Dispatch)—returns with a resonant novel of love and atonement, blood and vengeance, set in western North Carolina, involving two young sisters, a wayward father, and an enemy determined to see him pay for his sins.
After their mother’s unexpected death, twelve-year-old Easter and her six-year-old sister Ruby are adjusting to life in foster care when their errant father, Wade, suddenly appears. Since Wade signed away his legal rights, the only way he can get his daughters back is to steal them away in the night.
The Executioner’s Song
Arguably the greatest book from America’s most heroically ambitious writer, THE EXECUTIONER’S SONG follows the short, blighted life of Gary Gilmore who became famous after he robbed two men in 1976 and killed them in cold blood. After being tried and convicted, he immediately insisted on being executed for his crime. To do so, he fought a system that seemed intent on keeping him alive long after it had sentenced him to death. And that fight for the right to die is what made him famous.
Mailer tells not only Gilmore’s story, but those of the men and women caught in the web of his life and drawn into his procession toward the firing squad. All with implacable authority, steely compassion, and a restraint that evokes the parched landscape and stern theology of Gilmore’s Utah. THE EXECUTIONER’S SONG is a trip down the wrong side of the tracks to the deepest source of American loneliness and violence. It is a towering achievement-impossible to put down, impossible to forget.
I Am Madame X: A Novel
In this remarkable novel, Gioia Diliberto tells Virginie’s story, drawing on the sketchy facts of Virginie’s life to re-create her tempestuous personality and the captivating milieu of nineteenth-century Paris. Born in New Orleans to two of Louisiana’s prominent Creole families and raised at Parlange, her grandmother’s lush plantation, Virginie fled to France with her mother and sister during the Civil War. The family settled in Paris among other expatriate Southerners and hoped, through their French ancestry, to insinuate themselves into high society. They soon were absorbed into the fascinating and wealthy world of grand ballrooms, dressmakers’ salons, luxurious country estates, and artists’ ateliers. Because of Virginie’s striking appearance and vivid character, her mother pinned the family’s hopes for social acceptance on her daughter, who became a “professional beauty” and married a French banker.
Wild Decembers begins lushly with a prologue that’s as much a prose poem as a map, full of cautionary demarcations. “Cloontha it is called–a locality within the bending of an arm,” Edna O’Brien writes of her setting in western Ireland. With its “relics of battles of the long ago” and memories of the potato famine still in the soil, it’s clear that “the enemy can come at any hour.” This time, the enemy appears in the form of Mick Bugler–described variously as a “dark horse,” a “caveman,” and “the Shepherd”–who has returned from Australia to claim his late uncle’s farm. To Joseph Brennan, as native to tiny Cloontha as its relics, the stranger who has taken possession of the farm next to his is briefly a novelty, less briefly a friend, and finally excites in him a fear and a love of boundaries that proves murderous.O’Brien’s Irish hero recites biblical, Greek, and Irish history, mingling them until the world’s story, as he sees it, is a tribute to immovable men such as Moses, who he swears settled Cloontha for the likes of him.
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I have a server running debian (testing) with samba. All permissions etc... work and i can create folders etc.... my problem is that when i try to transfer files on the server windows (win2000 prof) locks up. after rebooting and going back to the server i find that the file has been transferred with no problems
Also if i try to open any file on the server (it opens folders just fine) windows locks up as well. basically any (read) file access locks up windows, i would have put it down to faulty windows installation had i not found out that other people who also accessed the server got the same problem (windows lockup (win 2k & XP tested) ).
I believe it must be related to the server (possibly samba) but I have never had a problem like this before, what could be causing it? I thought it might have been due to a faulty hard disk on the server so i changed it, but still the same problem (note that from the server directly i can access the files with no problem)
Any help sorely appreciated, i am completely lost with this problem


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SAY GOODBYE TO AN UGLY HABIT – QUIT SMOKING!
It’s probably not news to you that smoking is bad for your body. It causes wrinkles and turns your teeth yellow, and puts you at risk for diseases. Here’s a newsflash for you ladies, though. Smoke hates you more than it hates guys!
- It is harder for females to quit than it is for males.
- Smoke can be more harmful to female lungs than male lungs.
- The younger you start, the harder it is to quit!
- This means that starting to smoke as a female teen is asking for trouble. So, quit smoking or don’t start for YOU…for your health and beauty, today and in the future.
- Smoking ads may try to make smoking look cool, but you’re smarter than that. The tobacco companies are not looking out for you, so you have to look out for yourself. Don’t smoke. If you smoke, quit – either way you win by not giving them your money!
What smoking does to your body
Soon after you start, smoking causes yellow teeth and bad breath (gross!), as well as health problems such as shortness of breath, coughing, upset stomach, and dizziness. When you are older, you can get major health problems from smoking, like cancer and heart disease. Smoking will also make your skin wrinkle.
What quitting can do for your health
- 12 hours after quitting, the dangerous carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.
- 2 weeks to 3 months after quitting, your heart and lungs begin to work better.
- 1 to 9 months after quitting, coughing, fatigue, and shortness of breath start to go away.
- 1 year after quitting, your risk of heart disease goes down.
Why do people smoke?
Stress. Smoking leads to more stress. Learn how to manage stress with tips from www.GirlsHealth.gov.
Habit. If you feel like you can’t stop smoking, ask a doctor or nurse for help
Boredom. Smoking to fill time? Find other things that you like to do instead, like jog, read, or shop.
Others smoke. Stay strong and tell your friends and family they should quit, too.
Can’t quit. Don’t think you’ll be able to quit? Start thinking positive – yes, you can!
Weight control. Quitting doesn’t add pounds, eating more does. Exercise and eat healthy to keep from gaining.
How to quit
Sick of spending money on cigarettes, smelling like an ashtray, and your friends hassling you about smoking? Then you are ready to quit!
1) Set a quit date and tell everybody when you are going to stop
2) Throw away all your cigarettes, lighters, and ashtrays.
3) When you get the urge to smoke, do something else…take deep breaths or drink a glass of water.
4) Carry things with you to put in your mouth, such as gum or hard candy.
5) Stay busy by going to the movies, riding your bike, walking the dog, or hanging out with a friend.
6) Spend time in places where you are not allowed to smoke, such as the movies or the mall.
7) The first few days after quitting, don’t hang with smokers or in places you used to smoke.
8) Drink lots of water and fruit juice…stay away from drinks with caffeine, like soda, coffee or tea.
Be prepared! You may be crabby and feel on edge for a couple of weeks or longer, but then your body will
forget nicotine and you will feel better. Once you feel better, you may still want to smoke at times, but stay
strong…it’s easy to get hooked again and you don’t want to throw away all that hard work.
WebMD Public Information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Smoke On The Nail
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text: In a simplistic sense the role of the artist is to cultivate inspiration, to stay inspired and to incite creative flow. A great way to do this, seeing as every individual has a different outlook and a different set of interests, is to make or show a connection that will allow an observer to discover and explore for themselves. Humans are pattern seeking creatures (excuse the cliche) and it is my belief that all affective works of art involve representing familiar patterns while teaching new ones. Art always involves an establishment of context followed by stimulating aesthetic and conceptual variations. In my work I desperately try to avoid stale and lifeless imagery, I go above and beyond to provide a richness of visual input. I want to provide a visual experience that is immersive, mystifying and aesthetically rewarding.


Due to its modular design and toolless base changes, the MFK 700, from Festool USA, can transform from a vertical to a horizontal position with a few simple steps. Users can trim laminate and edgebanding or rout grooves easily with the MFK 700, Festool says. The router allows users to use bearing-less bits when used with the attachable base feeler bearing. The router features 1/256-in. fine depth adjustments and strong dust extraction.


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This mid century two door cabinet is a pretty and versatile piece of furniture. The color is actually more red/brown than in the photos. Use as a bedside or sofa/chair side table. Or use in your home office as a place to store documents and papers. The interior has vertical slots which is great for those documents or papers. Or maybe for your vinyl records!
The two doors have nice Asian carved fronts. Each door has it's own brass pull with original brass patina. Maker is unknown. Minor surface wear to the original wood finish.

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The Newbie takes a trip on the ferry from New Bedford to Martha's Vineyard
This week’s Newbie adventure is like no other. Instead of visiting a SouthCoast spot, I left the region to visit a faraway island: Martha’s Vineyard.
In very Newbie fashion, I didn’t know one could take a ferry from New Bedford. However, I’m thankfully not the only one this time. So, if you’re either in the know or not, grab your sunscreen, towel and beach hat… because I have quite the tale to tell about the open seas.
Seastreak at the New Bedford Port
Located near Pier 3, next door to the Black Whale, Seastreak operates a ferry between New Bedford and Martha’s Vineyard from May through October. (And a ferry from New Bedford to Nantucket, too.)
I spoke with Seastreak’s Director of Business Development and Partnership, James D. Barker, the son of Seastreak’s CEO Jim Barker. Jim Barker started a company called New England Fast Ferry in 2004, running from New Bedford to Martha’s Vineyard. He later bought Seastreak in 2008.
“We definitely have our loyal fans and customers who make the trek from Rhode Island to New Bedford,” James Barker said. “But we are stilling trying to get the word out.”
Barker says for a while everyone only knew about a ferry from Woods Hole or Quonset Point in Rhode Island. “I'm biased, but I think it's definitely more convenient to drive up to New Bedford, especially because our parking is so easy,” Barker said. “And it's a really short trip. Now that we have the big boat riding, it's a little bit faster than what we used in the past.”
Barker says there’s offsite parking at the Whales Tooth parking lot on Acushnet Avenue or valet parking available at the terminal. I found parking six minutes up the road and walked down Union to the port. Easy!
Inside the whaling terminal
Travelers can buy tickets at the counter, but I found it so much easier on their website. The ticket is sent right to your phone and then gets scanned when you’re waiting to board. Barker hinted that Seastreak is developing an app for Summer 2022.
However, it’s worth going inside the terminal to admire the enormous whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling.
Barker said that day-tripping is the most popular on weekends and it’s the busiest on Fridays. The traffic on the boat is lighter Monday through Wednesday. Outbound times are 9 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. And if the waters are calm, travelers can board the Seatreak Ferry and be on the docks of Oak Bluffs within 40 minutes.
Barker said in the past, weekend ferries were selling out due to capacity of only 149 people per boat, however this year Seastreak was able to bring a ferry from New York City that has a capacity of 325.
A new ferry, “The Courageous,” Barker said, will soon be joining their fleet. It is the largest high speed catamaran subchapter K-class ferry in the United States with 600 seats. It will service travelers from New York to Martha’s Vineyard, but may be used on some weekends in New Bedford as well.
At the terminal, there also is a coffee station that serves hot and iced coffee as well as an assortment of cookies from Mad Good Cookie, a New Bedford company. The “Cookie Man” himself, founder Jon Piwowarczyk, was there. I bought the dark chocolate chip cookies which were soft and tasted heavenly.
Boarding the ferry
I arrived about 45-minutes before my 9 a.m. departure. There’s a tent outside with a few spots to sit. At around the 30-minute mark, everyone started to form a line and a staff member started to scan tickets. About 8:45 we started to board.
The ferry has two levels. The lower deck is all indoor seating with a snack bar in the back. The above deck features an outdoor sitting area. For anyone who might be on-the-fence about being inside with a bunch of people, although some were wearing masks, my best suggestion is getting a seat upstairs.
Barker said that lately staff was strictly monitoring masking below deck, but since masks were no longer required to be worn inside if people are vaccinated, it was challenging to enforce the rule.
However, with recent conversations around the Delta variant, Barker said he just had a meeting about steps to renew their dedication to masking and COVID-19 safety.
“I think that we can definitely do a better job with people who are getting on the ferry, maybe not wearing a mask and explaining to them it's a federal order, give them a mask if they don't have it and tell them they need to put it on,” Barker said.
Off we go through Fort Phoenix
After a few safety announcements, we were off! Although I didn’t see any whales, my favorite part was passing through Fort Phoenix at the Fairhaven Hurricane Barrier. I also go to see the lighthouse located at the tip of Palmer Island. It was exciting to see all the places I had previously visited from a new perspective: the sea.
At 9:45 a.m, we reached Oak Bluffs and within five-minutes I was off the ferry, across the docks and on the streets of Martha’s Vineyard. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy.
A brief history of The Vineyard
Located south of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard is the 58th largest island is America. When British explorer Bartholomew Gosnold crossed the Atlantic and landed in Cape Cod in 1602 he named the nearby island after his daughter, Martha.
The island covers 100 square miles, including Chappaquiddick Island where Ted Kennedy infamously drove-off a bridge. Other Martha’s Vineyard summer notables have been Walter Cronkite, Henry Louis Gates, the Clintons and the Obamas.
Oak Bluffs can be enough for the day
Visitors can access the entire island by renting bikes, scooters or jeeps as well as public transportation. However, I have to say that a day-trip around Oak Bluffs alone can be enough.
There’s so much to do in this town and all accessible by foot. There are beaches, shopping, attractions, restaurants and the country’s oldest operating carousel which was built in 1876. If you catch the brass ring, you get a free ride.
Additionally, you’ll find an arcade and several old-fashioned ice cream places such as Mad Martha’s and Big Dipper Café. There’s also the gingerbread house-style cottages to explore and if you need an adult beverage, there are several bars such as Nancy’s which serves scrumptious mudslides.
Exploring the vineyard
I was fortunate to meet a friend who had a vehicle. So, we spent the afternoon at a few other fun spots including Edgartown and the Gay Head Lighthouse in Aquinnah.
A quick story for my Whaling City readers… Do you know why cliffs in front of the lighthouse are red? Legend says that Mausop, a mystical giant, was always hungry and would grab whales out of the sea and cook them on an eternally burning fire on the beach. The whale’s blood stained parts of the Gay Head Cliffs. In later years, the people of the Noepe would make pottery from the red clay found at that spot.
Aside from a Dairy Queen and Stop & Shop, the island doesn’t have big chains such as McDonald’s or Dunkin. This means there were so many independent coffeehouses, ice cream shops and boutiques across the island. It was fun visiting a few as I love supporting small businesses.
The Black Dog
Although, I did notice a lot of Black Dogs: the Black Dog Tavern, Black Dog Café and Black Dog General Store. I had to know what was the deal was with this dog!
Here’s what I found: the Black Dog was founded by Captain Robert Douglas, who built a topsail schooner called “The Shenandoah.” He sailed it to the Vineyard in 1960, with his black lab/boxer named “Black Dog,” after the character in “Treasure Island.” In 1971, Captain Douglas built the Black Dog Tavern.
We enjoyed a light lunch at his tavern tasting the delicious clam chowder served in a Black Dog mug and topped with croutons. We also enjoyed the peach sangria.
On the way back to the ferry, a bunch of weird statues caught my eye on State Road in West Tisbury. If you have a moment to check out these funky sculptures at the Field Gallery and Sculpture Garden, you won’t be sorry. We had so much fun taking photos of ourselves trying to recreate their hilarious poses.
We made it back to Oak Bluffs by 5:30 p.m., just in time to board the ferry home. We did so much over nine hours; an enjoyable day indeed. And thankfully, the ferry ride was just as easy going back to New Bedford. I was off the boat and back to my car by 6:45 p.m.
What an incredible adventure launched straight out of New Bedford! Like I keep saying column-after-column, just when I think I’ve seen it all… the SouthCoast continues to surprise me with another magical exploration. Bon voyage!
…National Relaxation Day is in mid-August. Any SouthCoast spas to recommend?
...Thanks for all the suggestions on where to kayak in the SouthCoast. I'll be planning my trip soon.
…I heard amazing music coming from the Zeiterion Summer Sound Series in Custom House Square on Thursday. I hope to “listen-in” for a future column.
Standard-Times staff writer Seth Chitwood can be reached at email@example.com. Support local journalism by purchasing a digital or print subscription to The Standard-Times today.

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The proportion of households in the UK where no-one is working is at its lowest point for over 20 years, the Office for National Statistics says.
The figures show 14.3% of households containing working-age adults are "workless" - down 0.2% compared with the same point last year.
Fewer children were living in families where no-one was currently working.
But more children were living in households where no-one had ever worked - up by 32,000 to 204,000.
The employment figures show a picture of rising levels of work in the 21 million households with people aged between 16 and 64.
There are fewer workless families now than at any point in a data series going back to 1996.
In the late 1990s, about 20% of households had no adults working, but that has fallen to about 14%, representing about three million households.
In about 12 million households, all the adults had jobs - with 7.5 million children living in homes where everyone was working.
The proportion of children living in workless households is down to about 10%, about half the levels of the late 1990s.
The numbers of lone parents in work have remained broadly constant for the past decade, says the ONS, with a slight rise reported in these latest figures.
The figures show that parents with dependent children are more likely to be in work than adults without dependent children.
Almost 93% of men and over 74% of women with dependent children are working - including both full-time and part-time jobs.
Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey said: "One of the best ways to tackle poverty and give children a better chance in life is to have a working adult in the house.
"It gives them a role model to learn from and brings financial security to the home.
"Getting a job means more than just a wage, it's a way out of poverty and welfare dependency," she said.
But poverty campaigners have highlighted the importance of the quality as well as quantity of jobs - saying the changing labour market can mean families can be stuck in low-paid or insecure jobs.
They have warned that most children living in poverty are now in families where at least one parent is working.


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This fall Southern Equality Studios is proud to present “Expansive,” a group art exhibit that captures the rich tapestry of trans and nonbinary lives in the South. Guided by the vision to spotlight the diverse experiences and artistic expressions of gender nonconforming individuals, “Expansive” invites the public to engage with the compelling stories and artworks of some of Appalachia’s visionary artists.
The exhibition, curated by Brennan Page Henshaw, Artist-in-Residence of Southern Equality Studios (SES), showcases the works of eight trans and gender nonconforming artists across various mediums. These artists delve into themes of community, resilience, identity, and empowerment, inviting viewers to explore the multifaceted aspects of the trans and nonbinary experience in the South. SES, the art program of Campaign for Southern Equality, is dedicated to advancing LGBTQ+ art, culture, and advocacy in the Southern United States. Through various creative initiatives, the organization fosters inclusion, celebrates diversity, and supports LGBTQ+ artists in the region as a means of being a catalyst for change.
Artists include: kass patterson, SamLevi Middleton-Sizemore, xocean alexandre dumas, Phoebe Yoder, Juliana Maurer, Holland Ninh, Vinny Verburg – as well as Brennan Page Henshaw, Artist-in-Residence at Southern Equality Studios (SES), and Liz Williams, Creative Director of Southern Equality Studios.
The public, including members of the media, are invited to view the exhibit throughout October. A special opening reception will be held on October 6 at 5:00pm. Media should RSVP to firstname.lastname@example.org
Exhibition Dates: October 6th, 2023, to October 28th, 2023
Opening Reception: Friday, October 6th, 2023 • 5:00-8:00pm
Location: Weizenblatt Gallery, 79 Cascade St, Mars Hill, NC 28754
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Brennan Page Henshaw, Artist-in-Residence at Southern Equality Studios and curator of the show, said today:
“We are excited to unveil ‘Expansive,’ a testament to the power of art in reflecting and celebrating the stories of our trans and nonbinary community. This exhibit serves as a window into the vibrant lives and creative expressions of gender nonconforming individuals who call Appalachia home. We extend a warm invitation to all members of the community to join us in celebrating the narratives and artistic talents of our trans and nonbinary family and neighbors. Your presence at ‘Expansive’ would be a great honor.”
To fully immerse yourself in this remarkable experience, attendees are encouraged to bring their headphones for an enhanced audio-visual journey. And join the conversation with our official event hashtags: #TransAndNonbinaryArt #SouthernEqualityStudios #LGBTQArtist #MarsHillUniversity
For their portrait series, Brennan interviewed various trans and gender expansive members of the community about their reflections on identity, resiliency, community and the state of being during this time.
The project is made possible through the generous support of the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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text: Providing 124 clean and comfortable guestrooms, the 11-storey budget hotel is in the quiet vicinity of Utsubo Park in downtown Osaka. The City Route Hotel is a 60 minutes drive from the Kansai International Airport. The 1.5-star hotel is also less than a five minute walk from JR Hommachi Station and Osaka Science and Technology Exhibition Hall. The hotel’s location provides easy access to Osaka’s tourist attractions, commercial areas, and business districts. Although there is no onsite restaurant, guests will find many restaurants in the vicinity. The City Route Hotel offers guests good value for budget conscious travelers.


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Recent reports indicate that director John Carpenter spoke poorly about the franchise Friday the 13th. Early this week on Bret Easton Ellis(writer of Less Than Zero and American Psycho) podcast, John Carpenter revealed that he was NOT A Fan of the Friday the 13th franchise. Carpenter mentioned that the franchise was all about cheap scares targeting younger audience which in my opinion is what makes me a horror fan but coming from the director of The Thing, Escape from New York and the infamous Halloween, I can see where he’s coming from I mean cmon, he’s even doing a live tour of his Lost Themes and Original movie scores.
Let’s face it,Halloween and Friday the 13th had great movies going for them Including remakes but every horror fan can agree that both franchises have disappointing sequels.
Director John Carpenter says it’s series ( Friday the 13th) comes off as very cynical moviemaking and it doesn’t rise “above it’s cheapness.”
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New York Gov. George Pataki on Thursday signed the nation's first state-wide ban on using hand-held cell phones while driving, saying the practice of driving with one hand on the wheel and the other on the phone posed "an enormous threat to public safety."
Sitting next to family members of people who died in traffic accidents caused by drivers who were talking on cell phones, Pataki signed the bill that the state Legislature passed overwhelmingly Monday.
The measure, which takes effect Dec. 1, slaps drivers with a $100 fine and a traffic ticket if they are caught using a hand-held cell phone while driving.
"They're a great tool," Pataki said at the outdoor ceremony in Manhattan. "But they also . . . pose an enormous threat to public safety," he said. Driving "requires the full attention of the driver."
The new law will affect about 6 million cell phone users, who will have to purchase hands-free devices such as headsets or speakerphones to use their phones while driving. The devices can cost $15 to hundreds of dollars.
A potential loophole permits drivers to dial their cell phones while driving, another potential distraction. Pataki said the bill's effects would be studied to determine whether it needed to be strengthened in the future.
Polls show that New York state residents heavily favor the new measure, which was also supported by Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless communications provider.
More than 30 states have similar bills pending but none has passed. More than 20 countries forbid the use of cell phones by drivers, including Israel, Japan and several in Western Europe, officials said.
Joining Pataki and other state officials at the bill signing was Patricia Pena, whose 2-year-old daughter Morgan was killed in 1999 in a traffic collision when a driver who was talking on a cell phone ran a stop sign.
"Officials here in New York have heard and responded to the voices of their constituents," said Pena, who called for support of a Senate bill that recommends other states adopt similar bans.
Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, a Democrat from the Bronx who was the key sponsor of the bill, said the new law "is a matter of ensuring public safety and better quality of life for all New Yorkers."
"We are saving lives," said Ortiz, who has introduced the ban every year since 1996. "Few took me seriously the first time."
Three large suburban New York counties, Westchester, Suffolk and Nassau, already had bans, prompting state lawmakers to push for action. A ban was also under consideration by the New York City Council.
From Dec. 1, 2001, to Feb. 28, 2002, drivers ticketed for the first time will have their fines waived if they purchase the hands-free equipment and present a receipt in court. The law will require police to report any accidents in which cell phones are implicated. Currently no statistics are available. Enforcement would be similar to that of seat belt laws, officials said.


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May 21 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. renewed its bid for a court order immediately blocking sales of Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer, relying on an appeals court's finding that it will probably win a patent infringement claim.
Apple made a similar request last year to U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, as part of a broader patent dispute over smartphones and tablets. She rejected the proposed injunction in December.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington said May 14 Apple can pursue its efforts to halt sales of the Samsung tablet in the U.S. while the infringement case is awaiting trial. The appeals court disagreed with Koh's ruling in December that Apple failed to show it was likely to win its case on the merits, according to Apple's May 18 filing.
"The court can and should enter a preliminary injunction against sales of the infringing Galaxy Tab 10.1 without further hearing," Apple said in the filing. "Each day that Samsung continues to sell its infringing Tab 10.1 causes additional harm to Apple through design dilution, lost sales, lost market share, and lost future sales of tag-along products."
Since the San Jose case was filed in April 2011, Apple and Samsung have filed more than 30 such lawsuits against each other in 10 countries. In response to Cupertino, California-based Apple's bids to block sales of Samsung devices and win billions of dollars in damages, Samsung has asserted that Apple's patents are invalid and claimed that it's the real victim of infringement.
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"Given the severity and importance of a preliminary injunction motion, Samsung should have the right to prepare and submit briefing and oral argument to the court," lawyers for Samsung said in today's filing.
Koh ordered Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook to meet in person with Samsung CEO Choi Gee Sung today and tomorrow to try to reach a settlement of the dispute.
The case is Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., 11-01846, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Jose).
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Goldfrapp have unveiled the first piece of music to be taken from their new album ‘Tales Of Us’ which will be released via Mute Recordings, September 9.
‘Tales Of Us’ is the 6th studio album from Goldfrapp and has been written and produced by by band members Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, and was recorded at their studio in the English countryside.
Goldfrapp will perform the new album at two sold out shows at the Manchester International Festival on 17 & 18 July where they will be performing ‘Tales Of Us’ accompanied by the Royal Northern College of Music string orchestra.
The band will then be performing at Somerset House, too, on 20 July before going on to headline the Lovebox main stage on Sunday 21 July. The summer shows are a precursor to a European headline tour in October and November.
17 July 2013 Manchester Int’l Festival Manchester
18 July 2013 Manchester Int’l Festival Manchester
20 July 2013 Somerset House London
21 July 2013 Lovebox London
21 Oct 2013 Paradiso Amsterdam
22 Oct 2013 Ancienne Belgique Brussels
23 Oct 2013 Heimathafen Neukölln Berlin
25 Oct 2013 Le Trainon Hall Paris
26 Oct 2013 Kaufleuten Zurich
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The villa has attracted considerable academic attention because it is one of a small number of excavated corridor houses that include a large and ostentatious octagonal bath suite.
Hayward, L. 1952 ‘The Roman villa at Lufton, near Yeovil’, Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society 97: 91-112.
Hayward, L. 1972 ‘The Roman villa at Lufton, near Yeovil’, Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society 116: 59-77.

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Mumbai offers a multitude of options to aficionados of Italian cuisine. If you’re not sure where to head for a fancy Friday night dinner, one of the best and safest options in town would be Botticino, the uniquely Italian restaurant at Trident Bandra Kurla Complex. Why I call it unique will follow in my account of my dining experience at this restaurant. Botticino, the Italian specialty restaurant, presents traditional Italian cuisine with a contemporary flair. It includes an enoteca and a grappa display.
Nestled away in one of the quiet bylanes at Bandra-Kurla Complex, a beautiful floral arrangement with a modern chandelier looming grand above it welcomes you and the grand piano playing at the entrance calms your senses as you enter the lobby of this hotel.
As my host took me on a descriptive tour of the hotel and the various facilities it offers, I couldn’t help but inquire about the meaning and significance of ‘Botticino’, the restaurant I was to visit, which also has the only Grappa lounge in the city as one of its monopolised attractions. I was almost trying to connect the dots between the two, when my host asked me to notice the distinct marble floors and walls. It was all made of beige Botticino marble, which is a valued Italian marble. Hence, when the management decided to open this restaurant which stays open for lunch and dinner hours, they found it only apt and justified to call it ‘Botticino’.
My friend and I were here for dinner, and post the introduction to the hotel, we could barely contain our excitement as we were walking towards the restaurant. I was curious to see what a two-storey enoteca, or wine cellar as its generally referred to, in the middle of two busy restaurants, namely the ‘O22’ at the lower level, and ‘Botticino’ at the upper level, look like? What I did see was a wide array of the world’s best wines (around 120 labels, as I was told) on display one over/beside the other, like a beehive of grape nectar with glass for its walls. This hotel has a wine tasting room as well.
I learnt that the exquisite ‘grappa’ bottles sourced from the world-renowned Alexander Bottega distillery, The House Of Alexander are actually made of Venetian hand-blown glass. So the first thing you see as you enter the restaurant is a modest display of these specially crafted bottles, with either a heart, a pearl, a diamond, a ship, or a bunch of grapes carved out artistically at the bottom of the grappa bottles.
The interiors of the restaurant are simple and elegantly designed in pastel shades of beige, ochre, cream, lavender and white. The table where we were to be seated was decked away in a cozy corner, with an under-lit floor and huge glass windows around it. It looked so inviting and perfect for the fine dine experience that was to follow. The menu includes specialties from places like Piedmont, Lombardy, Emilia Romagna, Tuscany and Lazio in Italy.
When we got there, it was already 8:30pm, and on this Tuesday evening, the restaurant was almost full. As we sat ourselves down at the ‘Volare Table’, we were greeted by chef Sushil Multani, who has recently joined in as the head chef; and our server who handed us our special menu for the evening. Each and every preparation on that menu was a specialty dish, and we were having a tough time making a choice, when the chef surprised us with the first amuse-bouche of the evening, Parma-Ham with Melon Jam, which was off-the-menu. As the name suggests, this was a crunchy slice of ham coated with parmesan cheese, meant to be savoured with melon jam from the white tube, the balsamic sauce and/or parmesan cheese sand. I loved the melon jam combination the most out of all the three options. The chef also mentioned that we would be presented a variety of amuse-bouches that are off the menu in between our 5-course feast. As I was complimenting chef Sushil on the impressive presentation of the above, he replied saying that this is only the beginning. And that there are so many more preparations that will follow. First impressions are everything, and going by the look of this preparation, my palate was already excited to move on to the next.
I ordered for the Botticino Garden Greens Salad with Asparagus, Artichokes, Sun Dried Tomatoes and Hazelnut Vinaigrette for antipasti whereas my friend ordered for Grilled Prawns and Scallops with Saffron Fonduta & Spicy Quinoa. We also called for Pinot Grigio (Danzante) and Sauvignon Blanc (Santa Digna) to pair up with the appetizers, both on the fruity and floral notes.
The first word that came to my mind when I took my first serving, was ‘fresh’! This salad was full of flavour, a tad bit tangy and really light on the tummy. I never thought I could enjoy eating artichokes, but this salad, where it was one of the dominant ingredients, changed my perception. I almost forgot to mention that the restaurant has a quaint little herb garden of its own. The chef, quite often incorporates herbs from the garden to enhance the flavour.
The prawns and scallops were succulent, with a creamy tender centre. The quinoa did seem a little spicy, but the cheesy saffron fonduta neutralized the spice, and the balsamic vinaigrette was savoury.
A few moments later, we see the chef walking towards us with his next off-the-menu culinary creation, Salmon Mousse with Mango Jelly. Wait a minute, did I hear salmon and mango? I am thinking to myself how well this combination would turn out….The neat-looking treat was presented in a cocktail glass, and it instantly reminds you of sunshine in its bright yellow colours. It has two distinct flavours playing, one is the sweet mango jelly and the other is the sour-spicy-tangy salsa, both complimenting the crunchy delicious salmon base. The peashoots added as a garnish to this summery preparation further warms your soul with every bite. Delizioso!!
Green Pea Soup with Bacon Icecream and Parmesan Cheese Fonduta with Poached Egg and Black Truffle for ‘primo’ is what follows next. Personally, I was anxious about this choice, as I am not a green pea’s person at all. My curiosity got the better of me. The serving of the soups was quite captivating to watch. The soup plate arrived with just a ball of bacon icecream in the centre, likewise for the poached egg and black truffle. And then the server poured the liquid soup from another pot around it. I tasted the bacon icecream first, it was like sweet butter with salty bacon pieces crumbled all over. Now if that isn’t already quite interesting, the green pea soup placed it a notch higher on the scales. The combination of hot and cold in a soup was something unique and anew to my palate. As the icecream gradually melted, it made the soup creamier. At the other end of the table, my friend was relishing his cheesy concoction with the black truffle that’s imported from Italy (of one of the finest qualities) when I interrupted him to gather his opinion on the soup. We found it very filling, and that it was served at the perfect temperature, neither too hot nor cold. Such soups are a popular pick with the travellers and the foreign delegates, who on work trips would prefer something small, quick and filling. Fair enough!
With this, the chef bought out these test-tube surprises. Brewed inhouse for a month’s time, off the menu were these vodka shots infused with coffee beans, passion fruit and lemons. When life hands you lemons, make Limóncello! All the three chilled vodka shots were impeccable, unmatched and unrivalled winners.
After this, our second course of ‘primo’ followed. It was the Wild Mushroom Ravioli with Zucchini, Saffron Sauce & Red Wine Reduction and Scallops & Prawns Agnalotti with Fennel Cream, Pernod, Olive Tapenade & Orange Foam.
Wild Mushroom Ravioli was cooked well, and had a strong woody, earthy undertone to it. I found it too bland though, but then again, I always prefer spices doing their little salsa in my mouth. However, I must add that the sauces were just appropriate to add variety and flavour to the freshly made ravioli.
Scallops & Prawns Agnalotti however took my breath away in its super plating and bright striped ravioli. It had a strong sea-food dominant flavour, which means that if you’re a fan of scallops and prawns, you wouldn’t be disappointed. The orange foam is subtle and the sauces make it merrier. What intrigued me were the bright stripes on this freshly made ravioli. When asked, the chef promptly explained the entire process of dipping spaghetti in squid ink, placing these spaghetti strands neatly on the rolled ravioli dough and then pressing the dough together. Now I knew for sure, that Chef Sushil cooks to impress with prowess. Brilliance!
We were almost stuffed by now, and we still had the main course and dessert to go. We thought of calling for some red wine to go with the main course, and picked Marchesi de Frescobaldi Sangiovese Pater Toscana and Cabernet Merlot. The former had a strong ruby pink colour to it and was smooth and full-flavoured, whereas the latter was a deep red and fruity aroma soft wine.
Marchesi de Frescobaldi Sangiovese Pater Toscana and Cabernet Merlot
Before the main course arrives, we see the chef walk in with something rather too big, and all the guests at the restaurant are most definitely pleasantly distracted. I couldn’t help but look in wonder and amusement when he uncovered the preparation.
I am thinking out loud, what be this divine looking amuse-bouche! The whizchef smiles and tells us it hasn’t been named yet. That this was a preparation of chicken cubes marinated in honey and basil, cooked sous vide, which is one of chefs preferred techniques, laid out on a bed of cous-cous and fragrant flowers, accompanied with honey and basil jus (reduction of stalk) which was generously poured over the cubes by the chef himself. When I tasted this, it was like a bite of heaven. The chicken just melted in my mouth, like cheese. And the cous-cous (khus) added an Indian twist to this making it all the more delectable. Definitely my favourite off-the-menu preparation that needs to be incorporated in the menu. We named it the ‘sous vide chicken’!
Chilli and Fennel Crusted Snapper, with its cheesy fondue-like orange sauce punched up with cherry tomatoes, olives and potatoes is a must-try with its perfect portion size for ‘secondo’, or main course.
My friend picked Braised Pork Belly with Potatoes, Pearl Onions, Apple Cream and Bacon Jus. The size of the portion was perfect again; the pork was medium red and cooked such that it was neither too tender, nor too firm. There was a slice of grilled green apple and apple cream served as the sauce. Apparently the chef mentioned that apple cream sauce helps in boosting digestion post a meal of braised pork belly.
Both the preparations were ‘chef specials’ and rightly so!
For dessert, it was Pomegranate and Celery Sorbet with Grappa, as I was excited about trying out the city’s finest grappa. Also, grappa being a digestif, was much needed post the spoilt-for-choice gastronomic journey. Grappa was sprayed on the sorbet like you would spray perfume from an exquisite bottle. Very refreshing. The Tiramisu and Berry Sorbet wins hands down for its beautiful simplicity.
With this, it was time to bid farewell to this out-of-the-world kind of night. The chef and his epicurean team really went that extra mile in designing and delivering this unforgettable fine dining experience. The menu was so meticulously thought of and presented with equal gusto and warmth by each and every member involved, that I can assure you; this place will not be a dampener whenever you make that visit. Do make that visit! Each new course was equally, if not more delicious than the previous one. Each and every dish had a strong character of its own, be it veggies, pork, chicken, fish, scallops or prawns! I truly cherished every minute of the three and a half hours we spent here, and would definitely like to keep coming back to this haven of Italian cuisine in the city.
Meal (for 2)
Botticino Garden Greens Salad – Rs 800
Grilled Prawns and Scallops with Saffron Fonduta & Spicy Quinoa – Rs 1025
Green Pea Soup with Bacon Icecream – Rs 550
Parmesan Cheese Fonduta with Poached Egg and Black Truffle – Rs 550
Wild Mushroom Ravioli with Zucchini, Saffron Sauce & Red Wine Reduction – Rs 875
Scallops & Prawns Agnalotti with Fennel Cream, Pernod, Olive Tapenade & Orange Foam – Rs 1075
Chilli and Fennel Crusted Snapper – Rs 1475
Braised Pork Belly with Potatoes, Pearl Onions, Apple Cream and Bacon Jus – Rs 1525
Pomegranate and Celery Sorbet with Grappa – Rs 475
Tiramisu and Berry Sorbet – Rs 475
(Exclusive of beverages and taxes, on-the-menu prices)
The special preparations that are off-the-menu are available on guest request, with prior intimation.
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Vaneeta Purohit, Director, Avant Weddings, Events & Artists, is a wedding planner based out of Mumbai. She has successfully handled weddings and events at locations like Goa, Bangalore, Udaipur and the like, apart from delivering complete wedding management solutions, other corporate events and religious congregations at esteemed venues. Her other interests include writing, reading, sketching, travelling, attending music concerts, trying out new cuisines and restaurants, watching movies, drama and stand-up comedy acts and cooking.


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[WSMDiscuss] The US is aflame... : Nationwide Uprising Against Failed State Triggered By Police Killings (Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers) / WAVE OF UNREST AS PROTESTS SPREAD ACROSS AMERICA (Adrian Morrow and Tamsin McMahon)
jai.sen at cacim.net
Mon Jun 1 17:21:12 CEST 2020
Monday, June 1, 2020
Viruses in movement…, Resistance in movement…, The US in movement…
[The US is aflame… there’s definitely some message blowin’ in the wind. Here, two attempts at standing back and trying to get the larger picture, and with the authors of the first being closely involved with the People’s Strike movement in the US that has called a general strike today, June 1, as it doing on the first of every month, starting from May 1 (see separate post, dated yesterday) :
· Nationwide Uprising Against Failed State Triggered By Police Killings (Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Populat Resistance)
· WAVE OF UNREST AS PROTESTS SPREAD ACROSS AMERICA (Adrian Morrow <https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/adrian-morrow/> and Tamsin McMahon <https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/tamsin-mcmahon/>, The Globe and Mail)
[Make sure you check out the video at the link in the first article, at As one protester exclaimed, <https://twitter.com/AintreeIron/status/1266518923761070081> :
Nationwide Uprising Against Failed State Triggered By Police Killings
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance
May 31, 2020
The nationwide uprising sparked by the murder of George Floyd and other recent racially-motivated events is a response to the bi-partisan failed state in which we live. It comes in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic and the largest economic collapse in the US in more than a century. These three crises have disproportionately impacted people of color and added to longterm racial inequality and injustice.
Black Lives Matter erupted six years ago when a police officer shot and killed Mike Brown in Ferguson, MO. Since that time, police have murdered approximately 1,100 people every year. <https://www.huffpost.com/entry/police-killings-lynchings-capital-punishment_b_8462778#_edn2> The response of the government at all levels to the crisis of police killings has been virtually nonexistent. While people seek to avenge the death of George Floyd, the problems are much deeper and the changes needed are much broader.
The Root of the Problem Is a Failed State
During the COVID19 pandemic, millionaires and billionaires have been bailed out by the government with trillions of dollars <https://popularresistance.org/the-us-response-to-covid-19-has-lavished-wealth-on-the-rich/> while working people were given a pittance of $1,200 per person and a short term increase in unemployment benefits for the more than 40 million people who have lost their jobs. Many workers who provide essential services have had to continue to work putting themselves and their communities at risk.
Urgently needed healthcare is out of reach for millions with no or skimpy health insurance resulting in people dying at home or not going to the hospital until their illness became serious. For this and other reasons, COVID19 is disproportionately impacting <https://popularresistance.org/in-a-pandemic-health-inequities-are-even-deadlier/> communities of color.
Glen Ford of Black Agenda Report puts the mass revolt <https://popularresistance.org/the-blue-plague-and-black-death/> in the context of the long history of white supremacy that has existed since Africans were brought to the United States. Chattel slavery was enforced by the earliest form of policing, <https://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/history-policing-united-states-part-1> with the first formal slave patrol created in the Carolina colonies in 1704. After the Civil War and a brief period of Reconstruction where African people could participate in civic life, Jim Crow followed with white racists, often allied with Southern police, inflicting terrorism against the Black population through lynchings and other means. Black people were arrested for laws like vagrancy and then punished by being forced to work picking cotton or other jobs. This new form of slavery continues as inmates are forced to work for virtually no pay in prisons, are leased out to dangerous jobs like meat processing, or are used as scabs <https://popularresistance.org/nola-garbage-workers-form-union-to-fightback/>.
George Floyd’s murder enraged people who have seen too many deaths as a result of police violence. The murder in broad daylight with cameras filming and scores of witnesses showed the impunity of police who are used to not being held accountable for their violence. During the uprising, police have used extreme violence and targeted people with cameras and the media even saying they were the problem.
The root of the problem is a failed state that does not represent the people and has a deep history of racism and inequality that are being magnified by the current crises. The failure to respond to these crises is resulting in an ungovernable country as the social contract has been broken.
Lawlessness among the wealth class, corruption of politicians by campaigns financed by the wealthiest with payoffs to their children and relatives has set the stage for no respect for the law. As one protester exclaimed, <https://twitter.com/AintreeIron/status/1266518923761070081> “Don’t talk to us about looting, you are the looters. You have been looting from black people. You looted from the Native Americans. Don’t talk to us about violence, you taught us violence.”
Last Words of people killed by police from Twitter, Washington, DC May 30, 2020
The Failed State Cannot Reform Itself
George Floyd’s final words, “I can’t breathe,” echoed the same words of Eric Garner, who was killed six years ago by a New York police officer. Although there were protests then, not much has changed. The system failed to respond.
Failure starts at the top. There have been years of inaction at all levels of government. The New York Times reports <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/us/politics/justice-department-civil-rights-george-floyd.html> “The administration has largely dismantled police oversight efforts, curbing the use of federal consent decrees to overhaul local police departments. Mr. Barr has said that communities that criticize law enforcement may not deserve police protection, and Mr. Trump has encouraged officers not to be ‘too nice’ in handling suspects.”
Trump poured gasoline on the current fire with incendiary rhetoric promising ‘looting leads to shooting’ echoing racists of the past and promising to send in the US military if Democrats can’t stop the uprising. Trump has put the military on alert <https://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/63201-focus-pentagon-prepares-military-police-for-minneapolis-deployment-as-protests-over-george-floyds-murder-continue> to deploy to civilian protests. He maintains power by dividing people praising armed protesters who demanded reopening the economy despite the pandemic and calling unarmed protesters against police violence “thugs”.
On Friday, the White House locked down on security alert because of protests. Trump responded by calling for MAGA protesters to come to the White House. They did not come but protests at the White House <https://twitter.com/BrianBeckerDC/status/1267213119094480897> have continued to increase.
Both Republicans and Democrats are responsible for the current rebellion. Joe Biden has described himself as a ‘law and order’ Democrat <https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/us/joe-biden-crime-laws.html> from the beginning of his career. He was the primary architect of the federal mass incarceration <https://www.alternet.org/2015/10/joe-bidens-role-americas-prison-nightmare/> of Black people and helped add hundreds of thousands of police with militarized equipment to urban communities. He courts police unions that defend killer cops. And Biden opposed the integration of schools. <https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/joe-biden-didn-t-just-compromise-segregationists-he-fought-their-n1021626>
The failure of leadership continues at the state and local levels with politicians closely tied to the Fraternal Order of Police, which aggressively defends police who kill civilians. Every city can point to a series of police killings with no prosecutions or acquittals and few convictions. Minneapolis is a city with a long history of race-based police violence. Indeed, violence against Indigenous peoples <https://popularresistance.org/minneapolis-natives-condemn-mans-death-in-custody-racist-ideologies/> led to the formation of the American Indian Movement. Tne Intercept <https://theintercept.com/2020/05/29/george-floyd-minneapolis-police-reform/> summarizes some of the cases:
In 2015, the police killed Jamar Clark a 24-year-old black man. Protests lasted two weeks but led to no prosecution.
In 2016, Philando Castile, a 32-year-old black motorist, was killed <https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/20/us/philando-castile-shooting-dashcam/index.html> in a Minneapolis suburb. More than two weeks of protest followed and two years later the officer was acquitted.
In 2017, Justine Ruszczyk, a 40-year-old white woman, approached a Minneapolis police car to report a sexual assault. The police officer, Mohamed Noor, who shot and killed her was sentenced to 12 years in prison <https://theintercept.com/2019/05/02/minnesota-police-convicted-justine-damond/>, and her family was awarded a record $20 million settlement.
In 2018, body camera footage showed Minneapolis police chasing Thurman Blevins, a 31-year-old black man, and shooting him to death. Prosecutors refused to file charges against the officers who killed Blevins.
Protests have led to some changes but they haven’t solved the problem. Money has been spent on body cameras, which have rarely had any impact. Similarly, training on de-escalation and racial sensitivity has made little difference.
Over the last six years, cities have increased funding for police departments at the expense of health, education, and other underfunded urban programs. Rather than providing people with necessities, the government has relied on controlling neglected communities with an occupying police force. Some of the police are even trained by the Israeli occupiers.
Even in the midst of a pandemic and economic collapse, the government cannot give people access to healthcare, protect their jobs, suspend their rents or control food prices. As Rosa Miriam Elizalde writes <https://popularresistance.org/the-plague-here-and-there/> in her comparison of the United States to Cuba, the difference is a matter of values. The United States government spends more than 60 percent of the discretionary budget on weapons and war. It should be no surprise that the government acted more quickly to suppress people with militarized police, thousands of National Guard troops, and curfews than it did to protect their lives when the pandemic and recession started.
Abolish the Police, Protesters march through downtown Minneapolis. By Stephen Maturen for Getty Images.
Reform Is Not Enough: Defund The Police, Give Communities Control, Build Alternatives to Police
The country must look more deeply at policing. Retired police major, Neill Franklin, the executive director of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership told the Intercept, <https://theintercept.com/2020/05/29/george-floyd-minneapolis-police-reform/> “We need a new paradigm of policing in the United States. It needs to be completely dismantled and reconstructed, not changing a policy here or there.”
The Minneapolis group, Reclaim the Block, wrote a statement <https://twitter.com/BlackVisionsMN/status/1266358166025011201> calling on the city council to defund the police department. Last week, they made four demands of their city council:
Never again vote to increase police funding.
Propose and vote for a $45 million cut from MPD’s budget as the city responds to projected COVID19 shortfalls.
Protect and expand current investment in community-led health and safety strategies.
Do everything in their power to compel MPD and all law enforcement agencies to immediately cease enacting violence on community members.
This is an agenda that makes sense for cities across the country. A growing movement <https://theintercept.com/2020/05/22/la-budget-nyc-police/> demands the defunding of police departments. It is evident that the way to reduce police violence is to fund alternative non-law enforcement approaches to conflict resolution, safety strategies, and mental health as well as investing in neglected communities.
Another growing movement calls for democratic community control of the police <https://popularresistance.org/community-control-of-police/> where communities elect a Civilian Police Accountability Council <https://chicago.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4169358&GUID=D06677DA-F7F0-4036-B525-F577D7A1E849&Options=Advanced&Search=> (CPAC). The critical difference between this and Civilian Police Boards is that the Accountability Council is democratically elected not appointed by the police chief or politicians who are allied with the police. Neill Franklin urges a national database of officers terminated for misconduct so they will not be hired by other police departments.
The New York Times reports <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/us/derek-chauvin-george-floyd.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage> that “in 2012, the civilian board in Minneapolis was replaced by an agency called the Office of Police Conduct Review. Since then, more than 2,600 misconduct complaints have been filed by members of the public, but only 12 have resulted in an officer being disciplined.” The most severe censure was only a 40-hour suspension. Derek Chauvin, who killed George Floyd, has at least 17 misconduct complaints, none of which derailed his career, in nearly two decades with the Minneapolis Police Department.
Chauvin was involved in the fatal shooting in October 2006 when Senator Klobuchar <https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/amy-klobuchar/> was Minneapolis’ district attorney. Rather than prosecuting Chauvin, she sent the case to a grand jury that declined to indict Chauvin. In 2011, Chauvin was involved in a high-profile shooting of a Native American. He was placed on administrative leave but was reinstated to the force when no charges were brought. If democratic community control of the police were in place, it is highly likely Chauvin would have been removed as a police officer and George Floyd would still be alive.
Support for change is growing. Bus drivers refused to transport arrested protesters for the police in Minneapolis and New York. Payday Report wrote <https://paydayreport.com/bus-driver-unions-nationwide-refusing-to-work-with-police>transit union leaders nationwide are instructing members not to cooperate with police in arresting protesters. And Universities are dropping their contracts with the Minneapolis Police Department.
Protests continue nationwide. Thus far escalating police violence and the use of the National Guard has failed to stop them. The government may use the military, although by law there are restrictions on that. There will be efforts to pacify the protests by political leaders and non-profits who will try to take over the leadership. These must be rejected.
To achieve the changes we need, people must stay in the streets and connect the problems we face to the demand for systemic changes. We will need to support each other as many are doing by distributing food and providing medical care, jail support and legal representation. We urge people to meet in assemblies to discuss what their goals are, their vision of how communities could be organized differently and what actions they can take. We need to build confidence in each other that we can work together for the future we want. That is how we will get there.
A view from Canada – by the US correspondents of a major Canadian paper :
WAVE OF UNREST AS PROTESTS SPREAD ACROSS AMERICA
Thousands arrested as protests against racism, police brutality spread across America
Adrian Morrow <https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/adrian-morrow/> and Tamsin McMahon <https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/tamsin-mcmahon/>, The Globe and Mail
A demonstrator protesting the death of George Floyd talks to a member of the Secret Service at Lafayette Square in Washington, DC on May 31, 2020 (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
The United States is bracing for its sixth day of mass protests against racism and police brutality, a rising wave of anger that has swept dozens of cities across the country.
Authorities called in the National Guard, arrested more than 4,000 people and imposed a record number of curfews – at least 40 by late Sunday – but demonstrators were largely ignoring them.
During the weekend, protests took over streets from coast to coast, rioters torched buildings and cars, and officers cracked down with rubber bullets and tear gas. The protests were some of the largest in the country’s long history of caustic race relations, rivalling in size the civil-rights demonstrations that took down segregation laws in the 1960s.
With states and cities doubling down on efforts to crush the unrest and protesters condemning the police response as further evidence of a broken justice system, there was no immediate end in sight.
The upheaval, which began in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd last Monday, comes amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has left tens of millions out of work and disproportionately killed African-Americans. It represents the country’s most widespread mass gatherings in nearly three months.
Watchdog groups say dozens of journalists have been attacked or arrested while covering U.S. protests <https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-watchdog-groups-say-dozens-of-journalists-have-been-attacked-or/>
U.S. President Donald Trump has made a series of incendiary comments, tweeting Friday that “When the looting starts, the shooting starts” and threatening to use the army to deal with protesters. The following morning, he called for a “MAGA NIGHT AT THE WHITE HOUSE,” suggesting that his supporters should show up when the protesters did.
On Sunday, the President said he would designate Antifa, a loosely organized left-wing anti-fascist movement, as a terrorist organization. He issued no similar condemnation of the mostly white anti-lockdown protesters who brandished semi-automatic rifles at the Michigan state legislature in April. By Sunday night, the White House’s lights were all turned off as protests raged outside. CNN reported that Mr. Trump at one point spent nearly an hour in an underground bunker as a precaution.
Video of Mr. Floyd, an African-American man, gasping for air as white police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck reignited simmering frustration with a country that has failed to confront racist brutality despite numerous similar tragedies and protests.
“It could have been me,” said Michael West, a 34-year-old project manager at a Washington-area hospital as he protested on the streets of the capital Saturday night.
Mr. West, who is black, recounted being followed by a police officer in the prosperous suburb where he lives because the officer found him “suspicious.” When Mr. West requested the officer’s badge number, he said, the policeman became aggressive. Only the intervention of another officer who de-escalated the situation, Mr. West said, saved him from potentially becoming a victim of police brutality.
“When I have to tell my 12-year-old son he has to comply and just don’t ask any questions when these police officers are corrupt – that hurts,” he said.
At the Saturday protest in Washington, thousands of demonstrators converged on the White House in the late afternoon and remained past midnight. Chanting “I can’t breathe,” Mr. Floyd’s words to Mr. Chauvin, they breached a low security fence in a nearby park and were driven back by riot police.
Demonstrators gather in front of San Diego Police in downtown San Diego, California on May 31, 2020. (ARIANA DREHSLER/AFP/Getty Images)
A smaller group of protesters snaked through the city, smashing up businesses and police cars, torching dumpsters and at least one SUV, and setting off fireworks. Officers used batons, tear gas and flashbang grenades on the crowd, which pelted them with water bottles. On Sunday, demonstrators built a fire around plastic security barriers, and tossed an American flag onto the conflagration.
In New York, several protests broke out across the city, including at Trump Tower. In one incident, video showed police driving two SUVs into groups of demonstrators and knocking people down. In Minneapolis, officers were seen firing paintballs at people standing on their porches in a residential neighbourhood. In Louisville, Ky., police pepper-sprayed a television news reporter during a live broadcast, and one protester broke the hand off a statue of Louis XVI.
A tally by the Associated Press showed at least 4,100 people arrested over the weekend. At least three people were killed around the protests – in Indianapolis, Chicago and Oakland, Calif. – though it was not immediately clear if all of the incidents were connected to the demonstrations.
Mayors in a number of cities, including Los Angeles, Washington and Minneapolis, brought in overnight curfews, demanding everyone clear the streets under threat of arrest. Chicago shut down its public transit system to stop people from reaching the protests.
There were also some more peaceful moments. In Coral Gables, Fla., members of the Miami-Dade Chiefs of Police Association knelt in prayer with the protesters. In Flint, Mich., the local sheriff discarded his helmet and baton and joined the protest.
The demonstrations follow a string of high-profile killings of unarmed black people. In March, Louisville police opened fire in Breonna Taylor’s apartment after bursting in to serve a search warrant on the 26-year-old hospital emergency-room worker. In early May, police in Georgia charged three white vigilantes with the February murder of 25-year-old jogger Ahmaud Arbery – arrests that only took place after video of the incident went viral.
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Several major American cities imposed curfews overnight Saturday amid intensifying protests over the death of George Floyd and police brutality. Reuters
It also comes after people of colour have been particularly hurt by the novel coronavirus. Research from Yale University estimates that African-Americans were 3.5 times and Latinos twice as likely to die of COVID-19 as white people. A Pew Research survey found that black and Latino people were also far more likely to know someone who lost a job or income as a result of the pandemic-related shutdown.
Some officials worried that the protests would further spread infection, and burden a health system already stretched to the breaking point by COVID-19.
“It’s a pandemic and people of colour are getting hit harder,” Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Sunday on CNN. “We’re going to see the other side of this in a couple of weeks.”
Minnesota Lieutenant-Governor Peggy Flanagan, meanwhile, accused white supremacists of joining the protests and engaging in vandalism to deliberately stoke chaos.
The crackdown spurred international embarrassment for the U.S., with Chinese leaders seizing on the protests to accuse Washington of hypocrisy for encouraging pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong.
“The Chinese government has not shown any support for the riots in the U.S. I hope Americans notice Beijing’s restraint. We have not tried to kick the U.S. while it’s down,” Hu Xijin, editor of the state-run Global Times said in a Twitter video.
A police officer kneels down in solidarity with protesters during a rally in Washington, D.C. on May 31, 2020. (JONATHAN ERNST/Reuters)
Democratic Party politicians tried to find a balance between backing the protesters and condemning property destruction.
Congressman John Lewis, a leader of the 1960s civil-rights movement, contended that peaceful protest would be a more effective way to make change.
“To the rioters here in Atlanta and across the country: I see you, and I hear you. I know your pain, your rage, your sense of despair and hopelessness,” he said in a statement. “Rioting, looting and burning is not the way. Organize. Demonstrate. Sit-in. Stand-up. Vote. Be constructive, not destructive.”
Former vice-president Joe Biden, Mr. Trump’s presumptive challenger in November’s election, criticized demonstrators’ “violence.” He also vowed to tackle police brutality if elected, but offered no specific proposals.
“We are a nation enraged, but we cannot allow our rage to consume us. We are a nation exhausted, but we will not allow our exhaustion to defeat us,” Mr. Biden wrote in a post on Medium.
But Alvin Tillery, an expert in American race politics, said the focus on property destruction was misplaced. Such acts, starting with the Boston Tea Party that protested against British taxation of the American colonies, are par for the course in the country’s history.
George Floyd's niece Gabrielle Thompson, centre, reacts during a 'Justice for George Floyd' event in Houston, Texas on May 30, 2020. (MARK FELIX/AFP/Getty Images)
“No one’s condoning violence,” said Prof. Tillery, director of the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy at Northwestern University. “But just from an analytic standpoint, we’ve got to understand that when people see the system breaking down, this is a perfectly normal reaction to it.”
He argued that this wave of protests was different from previous uprisings over racist police brutality because millennials and Generation Z are less inclined to put up with institutional racism than their forebears.
“Young people are not willing to wait, or accept platitudes around slow changes in the ways that, say, earlier generations were willing to,” he said.
The arrest of Mr. Chauvin, for instance, appears to have done nothing to dampen the protests. Prosecutors charged the officer Friday with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter; his bail was set Saturday at US$500,000. But demonstrators in Washington shouted that the charges were too lenient and that he should not be allowed out of prison ahead of his trial. Protesters have also called for charges against the other three officers involved.
“Once the anger has receded," Prof. Tillery said, "I think that there’s an opportunity in Minnesota, with their leadership, to really keep pushing for police reform and to push more broadly for democratic reforms that make people believe that the system is working better for them. That’s really all they can do.”
People march in Saint Paul, Minn. on May 31, 2020. (LUCAS JACKSON/Reuters)
“It’s also an opportunity for the minority party, the Democrats to step up and put forward an agenda for change around these issues,” he said. “The good news from the streets is that so many young, white kids in the millennial and Gen Z generations obviously want change and that is a really really powerful marker that the Democrats could take advantage of if they weren’t afraid of their own shadow.”
He also said the Black Lives Matter movement has to focus on seizing this moment to build a multiracial national coalition pushing for racial justice.
Protester Raj Lakhiani, 37, said the demonstration was about broad inequality and lack of economic opportunity as much as about specific instances of police racism.
“You look around at who’s here, it’s the young people. They can’t buy a house, they can’t buy a car,” he said. “I think this year could be the tipping point.”
Mr. West, the project manager, contended that nothing less than wholesale change at the ballot box in November would fix the entrenched scourge of racism. And he urged people of all races to join together to make it happen.
“It’s not just Trump; everything under him has to go,” he said. “This isn’t just a black issue or a Latino issue, it’s an American issue.”
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