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American gun sales have been climbing for nearly a decade, but they have surged under President Barack Obama -- particularly after the Newtown, Conn., school shooting in December 2012. According to FBI data, the number of firearm background checks has risen dramatically during the Obama era.
In 2005, there were nearly 9 million background checks performed. In 2008, the year before Obama took office, there were 12.7 million background checks. Through the first 11 months of 2013, that figure totaled more than 19 million, only about 500,000 shy of the total for all of last year.
Background checks aren’t a perfect proxy for legal gun sales -- some firearms can be purchased without them, and not every background check results in a sale -- but the data are compelling, particularly given the financially extraordinary year that major gun manufacturers have enjoyed since the Newtown tragedy.
Sturm, Ruger & Co., the largest publicly traded gunmaker, saw its net sales for the first nine months of 2013 jump 44 percent to $506.4 million, from $350 million in the same period a year ago, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The company’s profits for the first three quarters of the year surged 66 percent to $84.7 million, from $50.8 million over the same period last year. Its stock price has rocketed up about 60 percent since December 2012.
A similar, though less pronounced trend is evident for Smith & Wesson. From February through July this year -- the latest SEC figures due to the company's accounting schedule -- Smith & Wesson’s net sales climbed nearly one-third from the same period in 2012, and its profits jumped more than 70 percent. The company’s stock is up more than 25 percent since Newtown.
The stock market has generally performed well since December 2012, buoyed by the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing programs and the slow but persistent economic recovery. The Dow Jones industrial average is up about 20 percent since Newtown, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index has climbed a bit over 25 percent.


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The Musical Offering BWV , is a collection of keyboard canons and fugues and other pieces of music by Johann Sebastian Bach, all based on a single. In the final years of his life, Bach slowly withdrew from the world. He put some order into his works and, as a solitary figure, pushed to its extreme limits the art of . Thinking Through Singing: The Strategic Significance of J.S. Bach's “A Musical Offering”. How Bach's musical intervention into the thought-process of the young .
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The safety problems on one of the city's most prominent landmarks went unnoticed until a city Buildings Department manager gazed at Tweed while walking to his office on Chambers St. in lower Manhattan.
Totally glue-less at Tweed
The Buildings Department issued a building code violation for "facade - defective/cracking." The violation is still in effect, but officials agree the city will not have to pay itself a fine.
Tweed was built over 20 years, from 1861 to 1881, as notorious Tammany Hall boss William Marcy Tweed and his cohorts stole untold millions from the project.
Tweed was tried for corruption inside the unfinished building in 1873.
A renovation completed just as former Mayor Rudy Giuliani left office cost the city $89 million - almost three times initial estimates.
Still, preservationists rejoiced at the time, saying the public would finally get to see the courthouse's spectacular staircases, skylights and dramatic interior courtyard in all their restored glory.
Then Mayor Bloomberg decided to put the city Education Department's offices in the building, rather than the Museum of the City of New York, which had been promised the space.
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Vice President Hamid Ansari on Monday arrived in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi on a four-day visit to "honour traditional friendship".
At an onboard press conference on his special flight to Vietnam, the Vice President described Vietnam as "integral to India's Look East policy".
Symbolic maybe, but Ansari has a full schedule over the next three days.
On Tuesday, after a wreath-laying ceremony at the Monument of National Heroes and Martyrs and at the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, Ansari will hold bilateral talks with his Vietnamese counterpart, Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan. In the evening he will call on President Truong Tan Sang followed by a meeting with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, and call on Nguyen Phu Trong, Secretary General of the Communist Party of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The hectic day will be rounded off with a dinner hosted by Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan.
In between he will also commemorate the India Vietnam Friendship Year 2012.
Ansari then flies to Ho Chi Minh City -- the former Saigon -- on Wednesday where in the afternoon he will visit the War Remnants Museum, the Vietnam History Museum and interact with the chairman of the People's Committee of the city, to be followed by a dinner with Le Hoang Quan, chairman of the city's People's Committee.
On Thursday, he will make time to visit the historic Cu Chi tunnels, scene of action during the Vietnam War, and attend the Indian community's reception hosted by the ambassador Ranjit Rae before emplaning for New Delhi.
Ansari said his visit will reinforce the cooperation between the two nations in different areas.
The thrust of the ties between the two nations, both of who share a similar economic trajectory of consistent growth over a decade before tapering off in 2012, will be trade. Currently at a measly $4 billion, efforts are on to escalate it to $7 billion.
"The target area is trade," Ansari said in his onboard briefing, "both in the bilateral and ASEAN context."
Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Sachin Pilot, who is part of the vice president's delegation, said he had no agenda in Vietnam, and no special significance should be attached to his presence there.Asked if he had a viewpoint on the Vietnam government's crackdown on pro-democracy activists, Pilot said, "No, we have no opinion on the internal affairs of another country. We may be a democracy but we are not in the business of exporting our ideology."
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George Saunders's most wryly hilarious and disturbing collection yet, Tenth of December illuminates human experience and explores figures lost in a labyrinth of troubling preoccupations.
A family member recollects a backyard pole dressed for all occasions; Jeff faces horrifying ultimatums and the prospect of Darkenfloxx(TM) in some unusual drug trials; and Al Roosten hides his own internal monologue behind a winning smile that he hopes will make him popular.
With dark visions of the future riffing against ghosts of the past and the ever-settling present, this collection sings with astonishing charm and intensity.
The title of Saunders's fourth collection doesn't reference any regularly observed holiday, but for the MacArthur-certified genius's fans, a new collection, his first in six years, is a cause to celebrate. Yet the 10 stories here six of which ran in the New Yorker might make readers won over by earlier, irony-laced absurdities like Pastoralia's "Sea Oak" or corporate nightmares like "CommComm" from In Persuasion Nation question whether they know Saunders as well as they think they do. Yes, "Puppy" is about a maniacally upbeat mother on a "Family Mission" to adopt a dog only to discover the dog owner's son chained to a tree in the backyard "via some sort of doohicky." Yes, "Escape from Spiderhead" is about evil experiments to make love and take love away using drugs with names like Darkenfloxx . But readers expecting zany escapism will be humbled by the pathos on display in stories like "Home," where a soldier returns to his humble origins. "Victory Lap" features a disarming case of child kidnapping, and "The Semplica Girl Diaries" is a heartbreaking chronicle of two months of changeable fortune in the life of a lower-middle-class paterfamilias of modest expectation ("graduate college, win Pam, get job, make babies, forget feeling of special destiny"). Eventually, a suspicion creeps in that, behind Saunders's comic talents, he might be the most compassionate writer working today.

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Common Ground 2007
On Australia Day weekend in 2007 the Lakes Entrance Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities came together to reclaim their own living culture and celebrate Common Ground. For the first time in recent history, the Elders of the GunaiKurnai clans welcomed thousands of people, black and white to Tatungalung country. The artwork included neon goanna’s, fire works and a giant bamboo installation of decorated with grass and painted totems of the GunaiKurnai clans. The work was bound to the footbridge using fishing rope. Catherine Larkins collaborated with Lennie Hayes, Frances Harrison, Elaine Terrick, Vincent Lamberti and Indonesian architect in residence Eko Prawoto. Common Ground was a statewide Regional Arts Victoria project directed by Ian Pidd.

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We saw 6 deer and a bald eagle, heron, finches, pelicans, turtles and 2 bison. Nice variety of trails (gravel, straight, winding, dirt, grass, prarie). Would love to go back in the spring when things are growing and green. (it was a little muddy on the Lady Bird Trail since it had just rained a day ago). My hiking partner for the day had done a stretch on the Pacific Crest Trail and she thought the trails here at Armand were really nice.

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All works associated with the upgrade of the Al Faya – Saih Shuaib E75 road project are complete according to the Integrated Transport Centre (ITC) and Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada). The road extends from the Mohammed bin Rashid Road intersection (E311) to the Emirates Road intersection (E611).
The project was completed in cooperation with Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters, ADNOC, Abu Dhabi City Municipality, Abu Dhabi Distribution Company and other stakeholders.
According to a statement, the $27.2m project saw the upgrade of the road with two lanes in each direction along with a median, in addition to the upgrade of the existing intersection (E611) by constructing an underpass, and widening the existing tunnel to allow separate two-way traffic movement.
The project also expanded the camel underpass, removal of the existing roundabout at the Al Ghadeer area, construction of a new roundabout to allow access to and connection with the existing Al Ghadeer area, development of a road lighting network and construction of a storm drainage network.
The ITC said that the execution and delivery of the project were part of the objectives of the Abu Dhabi Plan to deliver sustainable infrastructure, and the government’s vision, directions and strategy to establish high-quality infrastructure in line with the best international standards.
The project is expected to improve road efficiency and ease traffic problems and the transportation of goods from and to Abu Dhabi city, as the Al Faya – Saih Shuaib E75 road is one of the main truck roads between Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain.
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Bathers run for cover amid sudden egg-sized hail storm
Siberian beachgoers enjoying hot summer temperatures are hit by freak weather event
Swimsuit clad beachgoers enjoying the warm summer weather in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk had to run for cover at the weekend as hailstones the size of golf-balls began to pelt them.
Although known for temperatures below -20 degrees Celcius in winter, the Russian region usually experiences pleasant summer weather in the mid-20s.
On Saturday families were basking in very warm weather in the high 30s and swimming at beach beside a bridge on the Ob river, the fifth largest river in the world.
A video posted on YouTube shows a sudden storm coming in and winds whipping up forcing beachgoers to pack up their belongings. However the storm quickly brought very large hailstones.
The footage shows bathers running from the river for shelter and huddling under parasols on the riverside beach as they are hit by the egg-sized chunks of frozen rain. It shows people seeking protection under towels as hundreds of hailstones pelt the water and beach.
According to the Moscow Times , the temperatures dropped by 20 degrees during the storm. It said such an event was extremely rare and extreme weather was also seen across the Ural Mountain region.
The video has had over 1 million views since it was posted on Saturday.
The city is some 3,500km from the Russian capital Moscow and is the country’s third most populated city.


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Catherine Millet doesn’t seem like the jealous type. The 61-year-old art critic and author is perhaps France’s most high-profile sexual adventuress, thanks to her 2001 best-seller The Sexual Life of Catherine M., a graphic, unsentimental account of her escapades with dozens of lovers and countless anonymous men at orgies and sex clubs and in parks and train stations. Given that Millet was living with writer-photographer Jacques Henric (who’s now her husband) while she was gangbanging her way around Paris, you wouldn’t think she’d be fazed by the discovery that Henric was indulging in a few flings of his own.
Mais non. One day in the mid-Nineties, after Millet found evidence of Henric’s love affairs among the papers on his desk, she fell apart. She recounts her subsequent three-year crisis in her latest memoir, Jealousy (Grove Press), out in the U.S. in February.
“When I realized my husband had a sexual life apart from me, I found myself in conflict with my philosophy of sexual liberation,” says Millet, sitting in her light-filled apartment in southeastern Paris. “And I suffered terribly because suddenly I had to face myself and my contradictions.”
There’s no shortage of contradictions in the life of Catherine Millet. Surrounded by shelves of art books and dressed in a no-nonsense cardigan, Millet, who is executive editor of the highbrow magazine Art Press, looks and talks like the French intellectual that she is. Glance at the living room wall, however, and you’ll see more than a dozen of Henric’s explicit nude photos of her. While Millet has never had trouble reconciling her role as an authority on Jackson Pollock with her penchant for exhibitionism or public group sex, she was horrified to find herself stooping to the banal acts of a jealous lover: riffling through Henric’s letters and diaries, spying on him. “Jealousy can become a horrible paranoia—anything can feed it,” she says. In the book she discusses her various coping mechanisms, including tranquilizers and psychoanalysis; she also details her obsessively masochistic masturbation sessions, in which she fantasized about her husband copulating with his girlfriends.
Millet has become something of a literary celebrity in France, but she insists her bare-it-all memoirs haven’t changed her private relationships. Walking into her office each morning, she says, she’s not disconcerted knowing that her staff is familiar with every detail of her erotic fantasies. “No one dares bring it up,” she says. “Not even my friends.” If her previous book offered a clinical, cold-eyed take on the habits of a sexual libertine, Jealousy explores some of the attendant emotional pitfalls. But Millet still maintains a strict divide between what she reveals on the page and what she discusses with friends and colleagues. She says she told none of her close friends about her crisis while she was going through it, and “after Jealousy came out, not one of them said, ‘Catherine, I had no idea you were suffering like that.’” She admits she cultivates a certain distance from others, even though she’s a very open and engaging interviewee. “I suppose I have put myself in this position of authority with people,” she says. “I’ve sought that out, and I don’t want to give it up.”


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She just had to go there, didn’t she? Such a loaded word right now and the premier just had to go and throw it back into the public domain.
After Malema referred to Zille as a “dancing monkey,” she posted a picture of a newspaper article on her Twitter account that reads: “Why is it just sweetly cheeky to “dub” a white person a “monkey”? #JustAsking.”
The article she referred to was one in which Malema in his capacity as ANC Youth League leader back in 2011 called the then DA leader a dancing monkey.
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SLO County school districts on purple tier reopening plans
With San Luis Obispo County moving into California's most restrictive COVID-19 tier, the SLO County Office of Education hosted a “returning to school safely” webinar to explain to parents what that now means for them.
Reopening timelines could change for some schools. In the purple tier, schools that have not reopened at all will have to stay closed until SLO County climbs back into the red tier and stays there for two weeks.
But with most SLO County schools in the middle of a phased reopening, county health official Dr. Penny Borenstein said it’s going to take reviewing to determine which schools can continue with their plans.
“I think [schools] would have had to have an approved district plan for reopening," Borenstein said. "And at least brought back some students, even if it's just the orientation process.”
In the purple tier, elementary schools (K-6) can still reopen if they apply for a waiver. Borenstein said she believes safety guidelines for children can be followed to prevent the spread of the virus.
“I can tell you unequivocally that children do much better with masks than adults," Borenstein said. "I have heard from all the schools that are open they hardly notice, and this is amongst even the youngest age groups.”
While some schools continue with in-person instruction, Borenstein said the state has given them guidelines on when a school may be forced to close again, such as an outbreak.
“If five percent of the school population including students and staff have tested positive," Borenstein said. "That would be a marker for considering the closing of the school.”
Parents are in charge of keeping their kids home if they show any signs of sickness. Karen Grandoli, superintendent at the San Miguel Joint Union School District said they are actively sending home kids if they show symptoms for the virus, such as a persistent cough.
"Of course there are times if it's allergies or asthma," Grandoli said. "It would be great if parents can be proactive and give us those types of notes so that we are aware if they have allergies or asthma or other things that could be causing those symptoms.”
Most of the school districts in the county are holding on to hope they can reopen some in-person instruction for middle and high school students in January, but those plans can only happen if the county progresses into the red tier by then.


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But the Canadian and American governments struck very different notes the next day. And as long as Trump is in the White House, the contrasts between his divisive, nationalist presidency and Canada's current embrace of inclusiveness and multiculturalism seem likely to grow even more stark.
Addressing the House of Commons, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the assault on the mosque a terrorist attack. "To the more than one million Canadians who profess the Muslim faith, I want to say directly, we are with you," said Trudeau. He received a standing ovation from the assembled legislators, including his opponents.
In Washington, meanwhile, the Trump administration staunchly defended its executive order, which critics deemed "un-American" and a boon to jihadist recruitment. White House press secretary Sean Spicer dismissed the numerous tales of lives interrupted — or shattered — as a minor "inconvenience" in the quest to keep Americans safe. When asked about a 5-year-old held by authorities on Saturday, he showed little sympathy.
Then Spicer tried to argue that the attack on Muslims in Quebec City was further justification for what Trump is doing. "It’s a terrible reminder of why we must remain vigilant and why the President is taking steps to be proactive rather than reactive when it comes to our nation’s safety and security," he said.
Ever since Trump began his presidency with an apocalyptic inaugural address, we've known the United States is voyaging into uncharted political waters. His doctrine of "America First" is an explicit moral retreat on the world stage, a call for the United States to look after its narrow interests rather than defend global values. It's an ultra-nationalist rejection of a liberal order the United States spend decades creating.
Now Canada is the outspoken defender of values that Americans have long embraced as their own. Trudeau, a progressive liberal, has emerged as a kind of anti-Trump (a phrase I may have coined almost a year ago). They are both experts at branding, but project almost diametrically opposed visions of themselves and their nations. For thousands of Americans now marching against Trump, Trudeau represents much that they see missing in their current president, from his celebration of feminism and belief in man-made climate change to his openness to other cultures and willingness to apologize for his nation's past misdeeds.
Consider the issue of refugees. Trump actively campaigned against Syrian refugees, secured the support of hardline anti-immigrant voters by vastly overstating the threat Syrians posed and now seeks to shutter his country's existing refugee resettlement program. His son notoriously likened refugees to poisoned candy.
Trudeau, on the other hand, has been a consistent advocate for Syrian refugees. His Liberal government has welcomed some 40,000 Syrians since he took office in November 2015, a figure that dwarfs the 15,000 resettled in the United States during the entire war. After Trump's executive order signaled a refugee ban, Trudeau tweeted a message of support to those seeking sanctuary.
It's not simply a contrast of two leaders. While Trump put forward a national security plan that scapegoats all refugees as a threat — no matter the evidence to the contrary — Trudeau appointed a minister of immigration who was himself once a refugee: Ahmed Hussen, who was born in Somalia and arrived in Canada as a teenager in the mid-1990s. He became a lawyer, worked in a struggling urban community and even testified in Washington in 2011 before a U.S. congressional committee on the subject of the radicalization of some Somali Americans.
This weekend there were suggestions that Hussen could be denied entry to the U.S. because of his Somali roots, though White House officials eventually clarified this wouldn't happen. Hussen played it cool. He assured people stranded in Canada because of Trump's executive order that they would receive temporary residency, then deflected reporters' questions about his opinions on Trump with a defense of Canadian values.
"I can tell you what our principles are," said Hussen. "Our principles are of openness: open to ideas, open to people, open to those who want to come here and make a better life for themselves, contribute to our economy [with] their high skills, and to also to continue to have compassion for those who seek sanctuary in our country, and I think we’ve been a better country as a result."
Jason Kenney, a leading Canadian conservative politician, was a bit more blunt. Trump's order, he tweeted, is "a brutal, ham-fisted act of demagogic political theater."
Some see this moment as a chance to live up to Canadian ideals as Trump's America turns its back. "The United States closed a door. Canada can open a window," wrote Ratna Omidvar, a Canadian senator who called on Trudeau to expand his refugee resettlement program. It's also potentially profitable: CEOs of Canadian tech companies are now eager to offer jobs to numerous high-skilled immigrants at risk in the United States because of another Trump plan to curtail certain employment visas.
Others express more caution. After all, the attack on the Quebec City mosque shows Canada isn't immune to its own hateful pathologies.
"This is a great country, and I would not choose to live anywhere else. But I don’t think we Canadians have any special purchase on justice, diversity or fellow feeling," wrote University of Toronto philosopher Mark Kingwell earlier this month. "This is not the best of all possible countries, as recent arrivals and indigenous peoples will certainly attest. We are as rife as anyone else in intolerance, bigotry and ignorance."
But to Trump's critics, Canada certainly looks rather exceptional at the moment.
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Five Things You May Not Know About Child Marriage
NPR's Jennifer Ludden recently traveled to the African nation of Malawi, one of many countries in the developing world where child marriage remains prevalent. She found girls like Christina Asima, who was married at 12 and became a mother at 13. She is now divorced and caring for her infant son on her own. You can read Jennifer's full report here. Below are a few more things she learned while reporting on child marriage.
1. One in 3 girls in the developing world is married by age 18; 1 in 9 by the time she's 15.
The United Nations Population Fund estimates that every year, more than 14 million adolescent and teen girls are married, almost always forced into the arrangement by their parents. The countries with the highest rates of child marriage are in sub-Saharan Africa, but those with the largest number of child brides are in South Asia.
2. The number of child brides is increasing.
Suzanne Petroni, of the International Center for Research on Women , says for much of the past half-century, the average age of marriage did increase in most countries, but that's stalled out over the past decade. Now, child marriage is most prevalent in countries with the fastest growing populations. In sub-Saharan Africa, for example, U.N. Population Fund reports that births to girls under 15 are projected to nearly double by 2030. Girls Not Brides shows the child marriage rate of each nation in this map, and also links to local groups working to end the practice.
3. In developing countries, the most common cause of death for girls age 15 to 19 is pregnancy and childbirth.
Child brides are almost always married to older men, and lack the standing or skills to negotiate over sex or birth control. That means many get pregnant soon after marriage, when their bodies are too underdeveloped or too small to handle it. Girls younger than 15 are five times more likely to die in childbirth than women in their 20s, according to the International Center for Research on Women.
UNICEF finds that the child of a mother under 18 also has a 60-percent greater chance of dying in its first year.
4. Parents often believe that by marrying off a young girl, they are doing what's best for her.
It's true that parents often receive a dowry for marrying off a young daughter. But there are strong links between poverty and child marriage.
In times of drought, when crops fail and families become desperate, rates of child marriage have gone up. In patriarchal cultures, where young girls are often the last ones fed at mealtime, ICRW's Petroni says some parents may feel a daughter's circumstances will improve if she's someone's wife.
In many places, adolescent girls are also at risk of rape, even while walking to school. Parents may offer a daughter's hand in the belief this will help protect her from a sexual assault that could leave her stigmatized in the community and unlikely to be married.
5. Child marriage hurts developing economies.
OK, maybe that's not such a surprise. But the World Bank has calculated the cost of girls dropping out of school — as almost all child brides do — and reducing their future earning power, and the numbers are staggering. It finds billions in lost GDP and productivity for developing nations like India, Brazil and Kenya. And the report notes this does not include the broader social costs when half a nation's population is uneducated.
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City cracking down on non-licensed taxicabs
Published: January 20,2014
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VICKSBURG — Complaints from Vicksburg residents and taxi companies have moved police to crack down on bootleg cabs operating in violation of a local ordinance.
Police Chief Walter Armstrong tells The Vicksburg Post that police have received calls from some city residents complaining about the cabs, adding one resident has made several complaints about the illegal, unmarked vehicles driven by people who are unlicensed by the city.
“If we have a driver out there operating outside the scope of the rules set forth (by the city), it’s not fair to those persons following the rules,” Armstrong told the city’s Public Transportation Board this week. “We are in the process of stepping up enforcement. This is an area we want to make sure we’re taking a strong look at.”
He said officers will check for proper city vehicle for hire certificates and city cab licenses for drivers.
City-licensed cabs must have a taxi car tag issued by the state, a certificate of operation posted in the car’s window, and drivers must has a city cab driver’s license with their photo.
The city in 2013 toughened the vehicles-for-hire ordinance prepared by the Public Transportation Board in wake of complaints about illegal cabs operating in the city.
Three licensed cab companies are operating in the city — Executive, Pick Me Up Shuttle Taxi Service and Rocket Cab.
“We are being hurt by bootleggers,” said Roosevelt Harris, co-owner of Executive. “We have an abundance of people who are driving illegally.”
Sherita Manuel of Pick Me Up said the illegal operators don’t have enough insurance to protect them and their passengers in an accident.
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TROY – The growing financial losses facing local governments as a result of Garden Way’s filing for bankruptcy earlier this week led to calls for a criminal investigation on Friday.
The push for a formal examination of what happened focuses on how the nationally-known manufacturer avoided making nearly $430,000 in required payments to Troy, Rensselaer County and the Lansingburgh Central School District.
It also includes accusations that Garden Way officials sold-off assets after reaching a repayment agreement with Troy on Nov. 9, 1999. At that point, the company owed the Collar City more than $572,000 in delinquent taxes.
To address the debt, Garden Way committed to pay the city $24,289.66 per month for 24 months. The agreement was reached after the company paid the city 10 percent of the back taxes owed. That is a requirement of state law for any payment plan to be approved.
However, nearly three months ago, Garden Way sold a Gurley Avenue property specifically mentioned in the agreement for $500,000. Despite that injection of cash, the company failed to make required payments and filed for bankruptcy owing more to various local governments than any other company in recent history.
Critics of Troy’s handling of Garden Way suggested this week that the city could have foreclosed on the company’s Ninth Avenue facility in the heart of Lansingburgh. That would have given the Collar City control of the property instead of being one of many creditors that may have to seek relief in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.
But Mayor Mark Pattison said in response that the foreclosure process is “proscribed” by state law and would have taken a year to complete. As a result, it could not have been finished by the time the company announced its closure on Monday.
“I don’t have it in front of me, but I think it takes a little longer than a year to go through the process,” said Pattison.
Referring to the payment plan that Troy worked out with Garden Way, the mayor also said that state law required Troy to go through with it. “It’s a proscribed process and all property owners have a right to seek such an agreement,” Pattison explained.
“I don’t think we can reject it,” said Pattison. “It is proscribed not just negotiated with individual taxpayers. They always have that option.”
Originally, city officials indicated that Garden Way owed local governments $300,000 in back taxes. However, The Record reported on Friday that the total – including non-tax payments – is actually near $430,000. Bill Redmond, the company’s chief executive officer could not be reached for comment on Friday regarding the higher number.
The growing losses associated with Garden Way have raised concerns about how the company used money from a $1.8 million state-backed economic incentive package.
Charles “C.B.” Smith, a North Greenbush candidate for county legislator, sharply criticized Garden Way’s failure to pay its taxes and other bills.
“This large unpaid tax bill suggests that the company was piling on its debts while taking in public funds,” said Smith.
“If this did occur it might suggest impropriety in its financial actions that could result in indictments,” Smith said.
It also prompted Rensselaer County Legislator W. Warren McGreevy, D-Schaghticoke, to call for a grand jury to start issuing subpoenas in the matter. “A grand jury investigation can examine the company’s books to ensure that the company’s actions over the past four years were not in any way a fraudulent breach of the terms upon which the funds were provided to the company,” McGreevy said.
Expressing concern for the 550 company employees slated to lose their jobs, Pattison took a different approach. “Look,” he said defending the city’s efforts to work with Garden Way, “you don’t make economic deals with people who don’t need it … We supported them because they needed the help and there were a lot of jobs involved.
“There’s a reward if the people stay and pain if they don’t,” said Pattison. “Unfortunately, they didn’t stay.”


Pakistani actress and model Ramsha Khan is an enticing and adaptable performer who entered the entertainment world without any previous training in the arts. It is fair to say that Ramsha’s acting abilities have garnered her great deal of attention and respect in a short period of time. “Sinf-e-Aahan” has lately featured Ramsha. As a rising star in Pakistani television, Ramsha Khan has amassed an impressive fan base on the country’s social media networks. The exceptional actress has quickly become a household figure in the entertainment world in a short period of time. Her feature film debut was in Thora Jee Le. His major roles include Mah-e-Tamaam Khud Parast, Kaisa Hai Naseeban, and Ishqiya.
“Maha Wajahat Official” recently featured Ramsha Khan in a wedding shoot. Ethereal beauty was on display as Ramsha Khan dazzled in an ornately adorned wedding gown of pinkish mauve hues. Intricate gold and pink Kundan jewelry complemented Ramsha’s outfit. Stunning photographs were taken by “Maha Wajahat,” so have a look!


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by Artistic Affiliate Ella Mock
In 1914, Cabiria became the first film to be screened at the White House. An Italian-made cinematic epic, the first film to use tracking shots, it was a landmark in film artistry. The subject: the Roman empire at its glorious height, conquering the savages of North Africa, who were hell-bent on war and child sacrifice. Woodrow Wilson and his family lounged on the White House porch and watched in awe as the lights flickered past them across the lawn, entranced.
The following year, the first American-made film was shown at the White House. The thematic elements were devastatingly similar to the first. National pride, an empire torn, a beautiful white girl to rescue; the hearts of white viewers across the country were won. For many southerners, it was proof that they were the victims of the unjust demands of reparations. It reinforced black stereotypes, (like the faithful mammy and the sexual predator of white women, all played by white actors in blackface), and introduced new dangers; freedmen suppressing white voters and gaining political power. The threat was clear- democracy was on the line, and black people were the enemy.
1915, The Birth of a Nation made its debut. Millions of people saw the film, earning it a gross of about $90 million in today's money. In November of the same year the Ku Klux Klan redoubled with newfound support.
Also 1915, W. E. B. Dubois, co-founder of the NAACP, saw the need for a new tactic after protests of the film failed to dissuade white audiences. The Drama Committee was created, with a call for black playwrights. It was clear what art could do to a nation, and Dubois intended to use art to empower the oppressed. In August 1916, he wrote the article The Drama Among Black Folk in the NAACP newsletter, The Crisis.
"...a new and inner demand for Negro drama has arisen which is only partially satisfied by the vaudeville actors. Today in Harlem it is being curiously supplied by setting companies of colored actors to playing recent Broadway successes … The next step will undoubtedly be the slow growth of a new folk drama built around the actual experience of Negro American life.
...Then came my dream. It seemed to me that it might be possible with such a demonstration to get people interested in this development of Negro drama to teach on the one hand the colored people themselves the meaning of their history and their rich, emotional life through a new theatre, and on the other, to reveal the Negro to the white world as a human, feeling thing. "
That year, The Drama Committee produced Rachel by Angelina Weld Grimké, the first fully staged play by a black playwright, and the first of many "anti-lynching plays". Grimké hoped to “touch the hearts of white mothers” with a work focusing on black children. She wrote on their innocence and humanity, as well as their great susceptibility to pain, living in a racist world.
While Rachel did not garner the popularity among white Americans that Birth of a Nation did, it laid the foundation for black playwrights, especially women, to start writing for the stage. Several plays followed in Grimké's path to expose the threats the black community continued to face post-emancipation. Mary P. Burrill, in Aftermath (1919) tells the story of a black WWI soldier who comes home to find his father has been lynched. In both of Georgia Douglas Johnson's works, Blue-Eyed Black Boy (1930) and Safe (1929), the focal point is a mother's consuming fear that her son will fall victim to the next lynch-mob.
In addition, black actors were no longer subjected to solely playing maids or minstrels, or performing black "versions" of white-written shows. Rachel gave black artists permission to tell their own stories, with their own words and their own bodies. This spark of artistic self-determination would further empower black artists into the Harlem Renaissance, when The Crisis became the launching point for some of the era's greatest writers.
The impact of art is generally unpredictable when it is first created. Looking back, it's clear that art has consistently served as a vehicle for identity and cultural expression; be it that of an empire or a mother. How the participants of history respond to their circumstances is invaluable knowledge. That those participants can tell their own story is pivotal to the future's ability to understand and atone.
Isa Beaulieu is a Portland-based Radical Community Wellness practitioner who educates on herbalism, trauma-informed care, and accessibility in food and wellness.
As I begin to draft this, I am reflecting that today is Halloween. In my spiritual tradition, we call today Samhain and today is the day I honor my Ancestors. It is a day, where I give praise and thanks for the gifts I have inherited from those that came before me. My People over the Ages have origins in Indigenous America, France, Germany, Ireland, Britain, West Africa, Central Africa and South Africa. In America, they hailed from Mississippi, Canada and Massachusetts. As you can see, I have A LOT of Ancestors to feed tonight!
The notion of honoring Ancestors feels deeply complex in America, particularly as a Multiracial Woman. It’s not a practice we have adopted as a Cultural Collective. And I am guessing it is because the racial and immigration narratives of most Americans are problematic and for many, traumatic. For certain, we cannot even begin to consider a practice of Ancestor Reverence without acknowledging the bloody legacy of colonialization that created our Nation. Most Americans really struggle with recognizing that our very existence is tied to the annihilation of groups of people. We inhabit Places which carries the memories of centuries of brutality, while failing to recognize the extent that Indigenous Communities are still fighting to have their way of life respected and preserved after centuries of genocide, forced displacement, and betrayal. It’s a bitter pill to swallow, indeed.
Sadly, the idea of acknowledging our roots is often considered blasphemous to the concept of what it means to be an American! To me, this is Tragic! Without our Ancestors…their Stories, Witness and Struggles…we would not exist! And our Ancestors would cease to exist without us…through us passing on our DNA & genetics, our traditions, our folklore, our foods, etc. To honor my Ancestors as a Multiracial Woman has not been without some internal conflict. The dialogues about race in America have largely excluded the Mixed-Race Experience. In a society that praises itself on being a “Melting Pot” of Communities and Cultures, the reality is that to acknowledge that there IS a Mixed-Race Experience, again, confronts the notion of a homogeneous racial society, be that society White, Black, Asian, Indigenous, or Latin. While there can be tremendous pressure for the Mixed-Race Individual to identify as “Of Color”, there seems to be an equal amount of discouragement to own other racial identities. This has always seemed counter-intuitive to me.
Many Americans can trace their Ancestry, particularly those of European decent, to a handful of countries. And chances are they may tell tales of Ancestors who felt compelled to give up Traditions, Language, and even Names, in order, to gain acceptance as a White American. I think of my Great-Great Grandmother who emigrated to the US from Sweden: She changed her last name to make it sound “more Anglo”. And then I think of my Great-Great Grandfather, who was forced to changed his name each time he was sold as a Slave in the Deep South. The themes of migrations, struggle, loss, identity, assimilation and preservation seem to be universal. It is those themes, as a Multiracial Woman, that I chose to focus when giving praise to my People.
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Bridgette Kelly and René Johnson, who play the titular character in and direct Rachel, respectively, discuss their personal connections to the show as well as the connections they discovered between the play and its playwright, Angelina Weld Grimké.
So Bridgette, you’re playing the titular character, Rachel. When you first read the play, did you find any personal resonance or connection?
Bridgette: Absolutely. Rachel is a character that’s really palpable for me. Also because she goes through different parts of her life in the play, I see all the different progressions she goes through, I’ve also gone through, from naive innocence to having knowledge to despair, and then to finding a solution
Rachel is the season opener, setting the stage for exploring mixed-race identities throughout history. How would you say Rachel connects to the modern conception and experience of life as a mixed-race person?
Bridgette: I can only speak from my own experience as a mixed-race person, but I have always identified as a bit of a chameleon (that’s the nicest way to put it.) There’s no way to feel like you fit in any particular part of society. I grew up with mostly white people, but I spent my summers in southern Indiana, going to the boys and girls club in South Bend. I was around peers who were black, and to them, I was never “black enough”, I was like, “country”. But around my white friends, I never felt like I fit in, but I was always trying to. As a young person, I was just trying to fit, trying to fit, trying to fit. When I got older, I tried to find more things I enjoy, not necessarily trying to fit in anymore.
In terms of the play, one of the scenes, when Rachel is really young, she talks about loving black babies most because they’re, I think the word is, “pitiful”. Rachel, as a mixed person, she sees how vulnerable black children are, and wants to do something about it, she sees the injustice. That’s what I identify with most, taking a side, even though there are two sides within you. That’s how I reconcile the two sides, by focusing on POC voices.
René, you've done a lot of research on Angelina's life- what do you see her adding from her own experiences in writing Rachel?
René: I believe Grimké deployed maternalism in an effort to arouse white women's empathy for black women, because of her first hand experience, being a black child to a white mother, and being raised by white aunts. Nine months before the eradication of the 19th Amendment Grimké wrote about her personal thoughts on white women-
“Although they are beginning to awaken from one of the most conservative elements of society white women… are about the worst enemies with which the colored race has to contend. My belief was, then, that if the vulnerable point in their armor could be found, if their hearts could be active or passive enemies, they might become, at least, less inimical and possibly friendly. Did they have a vulnerable point and if so what was it? I believe it to be motherhood. Certainly all the noblest, finest, most sacred things in their lives converge about this. If anything can make all women sisters underneath their skin it is motherhood."
With Rachel, Grimké depicts tender, fully realized African American children who counter dehumanizing representations of black children. A fully human, thinking, and feeling child is ironically, in the face of racism, the greatest source of pain and vulnerability to African American families. I think she is talking about herself, and er experience of being shuffled around as the unwanted other.
Rachel was first submitted to and sponsored by the NAACP (making Grimké the first woman of color to have a play publicly performed.) Political and social commentary theatre has made huge strides thanks to various grants and commissions dedicated to highlighting writers with marginalized identities. Today, arts funding is in great danger- what do you think that means for the future of theatre like this?
Bridgette: I think it depends on who gets to see it. This type of theatre will never go away. There will always be these stories, these voices.
René: Honestly, I am not sure. For the black, brown, tan, minority, and disadvantaged communities, the fight for social and racial justice and equity is life or death. The fight will not stop because there is no funding. Social and racial equity depends on ALL understanding the importance of inclusion and representation in the arts and in our everyday communities and activities. If funding takes a nose dive I feel it is the responsibility of those who have the platforms and financial power, to tirelessly offer resources and support to those who have none of those privileges, as we tirelessly fight for our freedoms.
Rachel will run January 11th-21st with select pay-what-you-can nights at the Portland Stage Studio Theatre.
Hello dear reader,
It is so surreal to think our milestone Season 3 is nearly behind us. Our mentorship, and 501(c)(3) Comprehensive Corporate Sponsorship with the Celebration Barn Theater has been not only exciting but filled with immeasurable moments of growth, anxiety, joy, frustration, pure excitement, and unbelievable amount of love and laughter. It has been a spectacular journey exploring with artists between the ages of 5-67 to further understand who we are as Theater Ensemble of Color (TEoC) and what our mission and work is going to be in our communities. The Others, and Lived Experiences, all proved successful at the Box Office and received glowing responses from our audiences and the press.
This year we launched our monthly newsletter, we continue to teach K-12 throughout the state, our social media platforms continue to grow, we became an organization with a paid staff person, we collaborated with over thirty local artists and organizations, we served over 2000 community members, our donor base continues to expand and our fourth season auditions are looking to be very well attended. As you can imagine, this thrills me, especially since Season 4 looks like it is going to be a season of incredible depth in work, and one of a kind artist professional development offered.
Bridgette Kelly (Community Showcase Coordinator), Christina W. Richardson (Treasurer), Ella Mock (Media Liaison), Jenny Michaud (Marketing Manager), Nicolas Schroeder (Fundraising Committee Chair), Nicole Mokeme (Education Director) and I, are confident we will lead the company with skill, flair, tact, thoughtfulness, an inclusive and representative nature, and imagination. I cannot think of a better group of creators to continue to create with. This kind of support is much appreciated and tells us that we are on the right track to being a company that truly values diversity, inclusion and representation for all.
The announcement of the upcoming season is exciting, there are so many new question to think of. Will my choices appeal to our existing audiences? Will the selections attract new audiences? Will actors clamour for parts? Will directors jump at the chance to bring the scripts to life? Will those who work behind the scenes want to spend their time and energy on these productions? Is anyone else as excited about this as I am? I certainly hope so!
The plays that make up our 4th season (a one hundred year old play, a original script about Maine’s unknown black history, and several community shows) are a combination of interests and questions I have been mulling over, about Maine for decades. The new season opens on January 11th with Rachel by Angelina Weld Grimke, which will play until January 21st. A three-act play that depicts an educated and sensitive young woman who comes into an understanding of the realities of American racism. For the first production of the play, in 1920, the program read: "This is the first attempt to use the stage for race propaganda in order to enlighten the American people relative to the lamentable condition of the millions of Colored citizens in this free republic."
The second play is actually a series, with four shows at the end of each month, of originally devised work that is coming out of the professional development track from February to May 2018. These shows will be a representation of the work created within that month by the performers.
The third production, A Meal for Malaga, running July 2018 is a glorious original TEoC script diving into what might have happened off the coast of Maine, near Brunswick, in one of the largest mixed race communities in the country, when their residents were forcibly removed from their homes by the Governor. It was first workshopped in front of an audience in 2016.
I hope very much you will enjoy the plays we are offering this season. All of Theater Ensemble of Color’s productions are immensely grateful for your ongoing support and encouragement and I look forward to seeing you at our next event.
René Goddess Johnson
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Columbus sailed to the Americas to find a passage way to India and China. Europe was able to colonize the new world because of this "discovery".
Jamestown was the first secussful British colony in the new world. It became a very profitable settlement when tobacco was intoduced.
Pilgrims land in Plymouth
The pilgrims were the first people to set foot in Masachusettes. The area they settled in would later become the Northern colonies which would become some of the original 13 colonies.
French and Indian War
The war between the British and the French with the Indians on the Frenchs side. This caused the colonies to be free because the king was focused on the war.
Albany Plan of Union
This was the plan to get the colonies to unite to fight against the French. This is important becuase it would make all colonies be under one government.
Proclamation of 1763
This was the document which said that the settlers couldn't go past the Appalation mountains. This is important because the colonists ignored the proclamation and passed the mountains anyway.
Treaty of Paris
This was the document admitting the French's defeat in the war. This let the British and Spanish gain more land in America to settle.
This is when the British taxes the colonists paper and other comonly used imported materials. This is important becuase it made the colonies rebel and would lead to the American revolution.
This is when the British sent soldiers to the colonies and had them stay in the colonists house. This is important because the colonists refused to let them stay in their homes forcing them to stay on their ship.
Fought between the British and the thirteen colonies for independence of the thirteen colonies. it started with the Battle of Bunker Hill and ended with the Battle of Yorktown. It was important because it made the thirteen colonies an independent country.
This was an act that put taxes on imported glass, paint, tea, and paper. This is important because it led to the revolutionary war and it devided the colonists into patriots and loyalists.
This was a fight between the patriots that had snowballs, sticks, and stones and a group of British soldiers that had guns. It is important because it was a turning point in the independence for America.
Tea Act of 1773
When England cut their costs of tea into the colonies greatly to get rid of all of the extra tea. This is important because it caused the Boston tea party.
Boston Tea Party
This is when the patriots dressed up as natives and threw all of the East India Co imported tea into Boston Harbour. This is important because it sparked the revolution.
These were acts such as the quartering act, the administration of justice act, the Boston Port act, and the Massachusetts Government act placed on the colonies by the British government. It is important because I led to the revolutionary war.
1st Continental Congress
The 1st Continental Congress was when 50 leaders from the 12 colonies met and discussed problems and actions they were going to take against the king. The course of action they took was to send a respectful message to the king to recognize their rights.
2nd Continental Congress
Starting in May 1775, the Second Continental Congress met in Independence Hall. Congress was preparing for war just one month after gunshots were heard at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. The delegates organized the Continental army and named George Washington Commander-in-Chief in an attempt to stop the war. They also prepared and sent King George III the Olive Branch Petition. The American colonies made the decision to rebel because the king did not give the agreement any notice.
Battle of concord
This battle took place on April 19, 1775 and was fought over colonist amunitions in Concord, the British soldier were mat a Concord with 400 Minute Men and they retreated to Boston. This battle is important because it let to the Revolutionary War.
Olive Branch Petition
This is when the colonists offered peace to the king of England to try to avoid the war. This is important because when the king ignored it, the colonists got angry and started the war.
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
This is when Thomas Paine mass printed reasons why the colonies should go to war with the king. This is important because it became really popular and made the colonies realize that they should go to war against the king
Declaration of Independence
This is a declaration that states the laws and principales that our government should be run by. This is important because it is the set of laws that America should be run by.
Treaty of Paris (1783)
This was an agreement signed between the British and the colonies that gave the thirteen colonies their land and their indepence from Great Brittian. This is important because it marked the colonies as their own independent country from Brittian.
Congress ratifies the U.S. Constution
On March 5, 1790, America ratifies the U.S. Constitution. This is important because it secured the rights of the people, and it gave the goverment authority over America.
The Whiskey Rebellion was when the U.S federal government put a tax on the sale of whiskey to lessen some of its national debt. It is important because it was the first act of federal authority, and it showed that America wouldn't hesitate to take action.
This is when the Americans wanted to meet with the French but the French sent three agents, X,Y, and Z to demand $250,000 and a loan of $12,000,000. This is important because is started an undeclared war called the Quasi-War.
battle of lexington
This is when the British learned that the colonists were hiding gun powder at Lexington so they attacked, but the colonists had moved the amunitions to Concord so the British march on to Concord where they met 400 Minute Men and retreated back to Boston. This is important because it was the start of the Revolutionary War.

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I was riveted to my chair while devouring the recently released science fiction novel Salvaged from New York Times Best Selling Author Madeleine Roux. The book combined hard science fiction with mystery, action, horror and romantic elements in a very effective manner, so I was excited to interview Ms. Roux about her influences and some of the thinking behind the plot and the world building.
The blurb for Salvaged (courtesy of Penguin): A WOMAN ON THE RUN. A CAPTAIN ADRIFT IN SPACE. ONE OF THEM IS INFECTED WITH AN ALIEN PARASITE.
In this dark science fiction thriller, a young woman must confront her past so the human race will have a future.
Rosalyn Devar is on the run from her famous family, the bioengineering job she’s come to hate, and her messed-up life. She’s run all the way to outer space, where she’s taken a position as a “space janitor,” cleaning up ill-fated research expeditions. But no matter how far she goes, Rosalyn can’t escape herself. After too many mistakes on the job, she’s given one last chance: take care of salvaging the Brigantine, a research vessel that has gone dark, with all crew aboard thought dead.
But the Brigantine’s crew are very much alive–if not entirely human. Now Rosalyn is trapped on board, alone with a crew infected by a mysterious parasitic alien. The captain, Edison Aries, seems to still maintain some control over himself and the crew, but he won’t be able to keep fighting much longer. Rosalyn and Edison must find a way to stop the parasite’s onslaught…or it may take over the entire human race.
Veronica Scott for AMAZING STORIES MAGAZINE: What were your major influences when writing the book?
MR: The initial idea came from wanting to do a sci-fi retelling of Beauty and the Beast. The bones of the fairytale are still there, even if the story began to evolve away from the inspiration in later parts of the book. One of my favorite writers, Angela Carter, did some incredible things with that fairytale, and I wanted to take my own crack at it. That’s not saying I got anywhere close to her level of genius, but I’m always inspired by her dark, twisted interpretations like the ones found in The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories.
Around the time I had the nascent idea for Salvaged, a friend sent me an article on Hub Trees, and reading about that kicked off the initial research for the book, looking into these tiny, tiny networks of fungus that used vibrations to communicate about environmental conditions, sending messages between trees. There’s also a species of fly, lovingly called Zombie Flies, scientific name Apocephalus borealis, that will take over a host insect and change their behavior. Those two inspirations produced Foxfire, and then I added some more fantastical elements, like the turquoise color and the fact that it’s an alien. But to me those things are still rooted somewhat in reality – there are bioluminescent fungi on Earth, and I just don’t think our first close encounter will be with bipedal aliens. Don’t get me wrong, I love the thought of a stereotypical alien showing up in a saucer, but I’d put my money on our first alien encounter being with something more like a bacteria or fungus.
The third inspiration is partially and maybe arrogantly my own past. It was important to me that Rosalyn was a sexual assault survivor. I think we so rarely have a survivor in a story where they get to be heroic and flawed and also experience healing and love, usually it’s an experience that robs the character of agency, or makes them somehow “broken” or worse, it’s used as an excuse to make that character hardened or more of a bad ass. None of those things ever sit well with me, and I wanted to take my own trauma and give it to a character, and give her what felt like a more realistic path to healing and coping. Survivors of assault deserve to see themselves represented in a sensitive, well-rounded way, and I can only hope I accomplished that in Salvaged.
ASM.: Parts of the book reminded me a little bit of the movie ‘Sunshine Cleaning’ – gory to say the least! What kind of research did you have to do in order to write the cleanup scenes (which were gut wrenching to read but effective!)
MR: I’m a True Crime fanatic so weirdly enough I didn’t have to do that much extra research. I had already read about some pretty upsetting cases that involved heavy, heavy decomposition, so I reread a few book chapters and re-listened to a few podcasts. I’m hesitant to name any cases in particular, because I don’t think it’s respectful to compare actual deceased people to something I needed for narrative purposes in a book. Let’s just say that I looked at some photographs that I would like to scrub completely from my memory.
ASM.: Fair enough! Which was the most difficult character to write and why?
MR: Probably Piero. There’s a balance you have to hit with a villain that makes their motivations feel realistic and interesting, but you also need the audience to loathe them. I didn’t want to make him one dimensional, but you also never want to feel like you’re justifying why someone behaves badly, you just want it to feel more like an explanation. Hitting that balance was difficult, and just on a more surface level he’s a middle-aged Italian man with a pretty visceral hatred of women, so he’s about as far from me as a character can get.
ASM.: This book seems like a change of pace for you from the Asylum series – do you anticipate writing more science fiction?
MR: Absolutely! I think when an author publishes their first book there’s an assumption that that’s where they want to live forever, that you’re going to entrench yourself in one area and never shift out of it. For some authors I think that works, and that’s what makes them happy, but writing strictly horror was never my intent. I’ve always loved science fiction, I’ve always wanted to see if I could make my style and interests blend with the parameters of the genre. And I came up writing historical romance, so I often miss getting to do more of that. Branching out now in this stage of my career is about going back to my roots. Salvaged might not seem on its face like a turn in that direction, but it is. Romance is a sizable component of the book, as is world building and a character-driven narrative. I’ve done historical work in Escape From Asylum and the House of Furies series, and more of those elements will be appearing in my future books as well.
ASM.: What tempted you to switch genres?
MR: The best part of writing a new series or book is the challenge it presents. I like to push myself on one particular aspect of writing in each new project, and sci-fi presented quite a few challenges, and I think it’s tempting for any author to see how their personal voice and thematic interests work in the context of a different genre. To me, romance and horror fit perfectly inside sci-fi for this project, the combination just clicked.
ASM.: Do you write to music or was there a ‘soundtrack’ for this book?
MR: You know those YouTube videos that have a title as long as a sentence? Ultra Chill Ambient Space Beats To Write To, etc.? Those compilations were a godsend for this project. Whenever I write I need supporting music but nothing with words, it needs to blend into the background and just keep the mood going. I’ve been doing some work for World of Warcraft recently and the ambient region mixes folks have put up on YouTube from the game world were spot on for writing.
ASM.: What’s next for you?
MR: Another book set in the world of Salvaged but with different characters will be out next year in the fall, and that book is called Reclaimed. My middle grade book for World of Warcraft, The Shining Blade, is out this December, and I’ll have another young adult book dropping in 2020 as well.
ASM.: Is there a TV show or movie you’ve recently binge watched?
MR: ‘Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’ consumed my life for a good portion of the summer, I just loved it so much. I’ve also really enjoyed ‘Succession’, and my brother recently got me into ‘Stumptown’.
ASM.: What’s on your To Be Read list?
MR: Oh boy, it’s embarrassingly long, so I’ll just mention a few. The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal, If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann, Emily of the New Moon by L.M Montgomery and I’m also planning to re-read Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel this winter.
Thanks for the interview and we’ll be looking forward to the next book in the Salvaged universe!


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The Letter Carrier by L.C. Lewis – Review by Katie Turner
The Letter Carrier by Laurie L.C. Lewis
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The Letter Carrier by L.C. Lewis is a masterfully written piece of historical fiction. The fact that the author took so much time to capture these intricate details shines through from the very first page. Although this is a fictional story, she is clearly passionate about her writing and story being precise to reflect the time. Her writing and descriptions provided me a clear view of what it was like for Michelle and her family living in their home while it was occupied by the German soldiers during World War II, and having to tiptoe around to keep many secrets hidden from the Nazi’s. Many emotions flooded me throughout my time reading it, and even now I catch myself still reflecting upon it. I’d like to say thank you to the author for taking some much time and care transcribing this beautiful story. I will most certainly recommend to my historical fan friends and keep an eye out for more books by her.
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Most people believe that GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux disease, is something they can manage with over-the-counter medication. However, there are times when you should see your GI doctor about your symptoms. When to see a GI doctor for acid reflux? Read on to find out!
What is Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)?
Gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD as it is commonly called, is a chronic disorder that occurs when digestive acids and food particles leak through the valve between the stomach and esophagus. The esophagus is the tube that carries food from your mouth to your stomach. Normally, this valve acts as a one-way tunnel, keeping digestive acids and other stomach contents where they belong. As a result, the acid refluxes back up into the esophagus, causing heartburn or pain in the chest area.
Symptoms of GERD
Some of the common symptoms that may indicate GERD are heartburn, regurgitation (food coming back into the mouth), difficulty swallowing, pain or discomfort in the chest area, persistent coughing, and hoarseness. These symptoms can be felt anytime during the day but tend to be worse at night while lying down. Some patients do not experience symptoms or have them so minimally that they are unaware of their condition. Therefore, it’s best to test for GERD.
How to Prevent GERD?
1. Healthy Diet
First and foremost, always follow a healthy diet. This includes avoiding fatty foods as well as those containing caffeine or alcohol. Also, be aware of foods that may cause your GERD to flare up, such as oranges, apples, mint flavorings, and chocolate.
2. Lose Weight if Necessary
If you are overweight, losing weight should be your number one goal. If you are significantly overweight, then this will definitely put extra pressure on the stomach and its contents, forcing them up into the esophagus.
3. Avoid Eating Three Hours Before Bedtime
Stay away from eating three hours before bedtime because the body needs at least three hours after eating before lying down.
4. Elevate the Head of Your Bed
Elevating the head of your bed 6-8 inches will allow gravity to assist in digesting food and also prevent any food from coming back up into your esophagus.
5. Eat at Least Four Hours Before Exercise
Do not eat for at least four hours before exercising because food can come back up into the esophagus and into your mouth. Also, the intensity of exercise may increase heartburn symptoms.
When to see a gastroenterologist for acid reflux?
Many cases of GERD can be treated at home by following general lifestyle changes and taking over-the-counter medications such as antacids. However, if you do not experience improvement within 2 weeks or if your symptoms become more severe, it is best to see a gastroenterologist (a doctor that specializes in stomach problems). They will be able to diagnose GERD and recommend a treatment plan for you.
Treatment Options for GERD
There are many options available for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease in las cruces. If you have infrequent reflux, you may be able to manage your symptoms with self-care measures or lifestyle changes. However, if you experience frequent heartburn, you will need to speak with your doctor about additional treatments. They may recommend losing weight, avoiding foods and medicines that trigger heartburn, quitting smoking, and reducing stress in your daily life. If lifestyle changes do not ease or stop your symptoms, they may prescribe medication to treat the condition.
If you experience any of the symptoms mentioned in this article, it is important to see a GI doctor for gastroesophageal reflux disease.

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PREP TIME: 20 mins
COOK TIME: 10 mins
TOTAL TIME: 30 mins
1 box Dreamfields Rotini Pasta
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 (10oz) container of cherry tomatoes
1 bunch of green kale, chopped into small pieces
2 tablespoons water
1 bunch spinach
1 bunch watercress, leaves only
½ cup chopped and pitted kalamata olives
1 cup crumbled feta cheese
Salt and cracked black pepper
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon sugar
Salt and black pepper to taste
2 cloves garlic peeled
¼ cup fresh basil leaves
½ teaspoon dried oregano
½ cup plus 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1.Cook the pasta as per the directions on the box, drain and cool.
2.Heat the olive oil in a large pan and add the cherry tomatoes.
3.Cook the tomatoes over a medium heat until the skins begin to slightly blister.
4.Transfer to a plate to cool.
5.In the same pan, add the water and kale, cover and steam for 2-3 minutes.
6.Drain and cool.
7.Transfer the drained pasta to a large bowl.
8.Add the tomatoes, kale, spinach, watercress and olives.
9.In a blender, combine the red wine vinegar, lemon juice, sugar, salt and pepper, garlic, basil and oregano.
10.Blend on high and gradually add the olive oil in a steady stream until emulsified.
11.Add the dressing to the pasta and toss well to coat.
12.Add the feta cheese and add more salt and pepper if desired.
13.Serve at once or store in the fridge until ready to use.


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