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Corrigenda and Addenda
The authors of “What Do Patients Say About Doctors Online? A Systematic Review of Studies on Patient Online Reviews” (J Med Internet Res 2019;21(4):e12521) made an error in the caption of Table 2. It previously read “Summaries of published studies on patient online reviews (63 studies consisting of 69 articles)” but has now been changed to “Studies that compare patient online reviews with traditional healthcare quality indicators”.
The lead author, Y Alicia Hong, now has an additional affiliation (Department of Health Administration and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States) in addition to her previous affiliation (School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States). This has bumped the numbering of all other affiliations by one, although affiliations remain the same for all other authors.
Y Alicia Hong is also the corresponding author and wishes to use her new affiliation’s information for correspondence. The previous contact information was as follows:
Y Alicia Hong, PhD
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The new contact information is as follows:
Y Alicia Hong, PhD
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The correction will appear in the online version of the paper on the JMIR website on July 18, 2019, together with the publication of this correction notice. Because this was made after submission to PubMed, PubMed Central, and other full-text repositories, the corrected article also has been resubmitted to those repositories.
Edited by G Eysenbach; This is a non–peer-reviewed article. submitted 26.05.19; accepted 13.06.19; published 18.07.19Copyright
©Y Alicia Hong, Chen Liang, Tiffany A Radcliff, Lisa T Wigfall, Richard L Street. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 18.07.2019.
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Rick wades through the wreckage of another post-apocalypse.
Partner cards, RTX 3090, and RTX 3070 stil to come.
First high-performance mSATA devices.
A prototype SSD from Marvell - designed to show off its latest controller board - demonstrates the raw power of the SATA 6Gb/s standard - albeit in read-only format.
A pair of new MacBook Pro models introduced earlier this month seem to be equipped with a last-generation 1.5Gb/s SATA interface - a drop from earlier models' 3.0Gb/s.
The Serial ATA International Organisation has put the finishing touches to revision 3.0 of the SATA specification - and looks set to offer 6Gb/s throughput.
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text: I've been super busy lately, juggling craft shows, art shows, orders, custom orders and making huge quantities of robots to send out to charity and promotion events. Since everything has been so nuts lately I decided not to take any more custom orders until the end of May. This was a hard decision because I LOVE doing custom orders. The ideas people submit are just amazing! Other than being busy I don't really have any new news to report. Below I have attached a few photos of the massive amount of robots I made to send out to a private charity event and the loopsandpluto.com clothing party for their swag bags. Later!

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I am planning to build a new system and am going to be basing it around a silver Coolermaster WaveMaster case, an Asus P5AD2 Deluxe MOBO with a P4 3.60 Ghz LGA 775 processor and an ATI X800XT 256MB graphics card (+ 2 HDs, 2 DVD drives, 1 floppy). I will be using the machine for downloading, gaming, some work with graphics and web development.
I have a couple of questions about cooling and sound - obviously I want it sufficiently cooled but I also want it as quiet as possible. I am not too keen on going the watercooling route since I know nothing about it and it is more expensive! As such I would like your opinions on the following components:
The case comes with dual intake 80mm fans and one exhaust 80mm fan. I intend to replace all of these with Vantec Stealth fans. Will I be able to install a 120mm fan inplace of the 80mm exhaust fan?
- I have been advised that a 120mm exhaust might be wise given the components I will install. What do you think of the overall case fan setup?
There does not seem to be many cooling options for socket 775 CPUs! I am not sure how good the one which comes with the processor is but at the moment I intend to replace it with a Thermaltake Silent 775 CPU cooling kit
. Other than the Thermaltake 775 tower (which I read was V. heavy!) this seems to be the only option I can find that is supposed to be fairly quiet. Do you have any views on this piece of kit? Are you able to suggest any better options?
Tagan 480W dual fan ultra quiet power supply. Do you think this is sufficient/What do you think of this?
So overall, how do you think the temperature vs sound in this setup up be? Will it achieve my aims of sufficiently cooling while being quiet?
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Significant problems with tasers – including fatalities – and manufacturer taser international in usa and around the world. The home office has scrapped tests of controversial shotgun tasers for supply to uk police forces after they were withdrawn from general sale a spokesman for taser international in arizona told sky news the company is no longer actively marketing the x12 shotguns or their electronic xrep . Further expansion of the company’s portfolio for law enforcement agencies include the taser xrep wireless ecd, which can be deployed from a 12-guage shotgun, the taser x12 lls shotgun system, the taser shockwave system, and the taser x3 multi-shot device. The taser x12 less lethal shotgun (lls) is a fully integrated less-lethal platform manufactured by mossberg that has been optimized for the taser extended range electronic projectile (xrep), while providing for integration of the taser x26 electronic control device (ecd) for close-in engagements. The x12 lls is the world’s first dedicated less-lethal 12-gauge pump-action shotgun that utilizes radialtm ammunition key technology to only allow the firing of the taser xrep r or other future less lethal rounds.
I want to see the entire world, don't you like a taser, the xrep can effectively subdue a person who is suicidal or under the influence of drugs, or otherwise . Taser shotgun tests scrapped by home office controversial shotgun tasers for supply to uk police forces after they were withdrawn from general sale a spokesman for taser international in . The xrep will operate in any 12 gauge, however, taser has teamed up with mossberg to develop the x12 less lethal shotgun the x12 is designed to only fire the xrep or other similarly designed rounds this is done through the radial™ ammunition key system.
Pending the results of pilot programs, taser expects to release both the xrep round and the x12 less lethal shotgun by the end of this year there are other, more high-tech weapons in development. Picture five rounds of taser xrep cartridges flying out in less than two seconds up to 30 yards away -- that is the plan in september 2010 raw story reported that the rate of taser-related deaths were on the rise. If this make xrep finally viable choice for security and law enforcement against competition technologies like laser channeled lightning guns, shockround, or other technology will win the battle . Academiaedu is a platform for academics to share research papers. There's a finned round for standard shotguns, and a rifled version for the taser x12 less lethal shotgun, made by mossberg the x12 is customised for low-velocity rounds (like bean bags and xrep .
6 creepy new weapons the police and military use to subdue unarmed people but taser has developed the taser x12, a 12-gauge shotgun that instead of picture five rounds of taser xrep . The taser x12 less lethal shotgun (lls) is a fully integrated less-lethal platform manufactured by mossberg that has been optimized for the taser(tm) extended range electronic projectile (xrep . Picture five rounds of taser xrep cartridges flying out in less than two seconds up to 30 yards away -- that is the plan in september 2010 raw story reported that the rate of taser-related deaths . We will write a custom essay sample on emerging technologies in business writing essay technologies controversial technologies: xrep and x12 taser shotgun essay . Mossberg taser xrep wireless shocking shotgun - a taser shotgun from als technologies old shotgun, into a small grenade launcher essay writing services .
Russian man aims to reinvent 'taser' technology by david hambling ceo of nova technologies, three times the range of a taser, and the same as the xrep taser shotgun projectile currently . Xrep manufacturers taser international describe the taser as a ''revolutionary'' step towards immobilising dangerous criminals from a greater distance than ever before controversial new taser . Controversial new taser shotgun 02 jul 2009 it as part of their ongoing remit to evaluate new less lethal technologies a spokesman told the paper the makers of the xrep, taser international .
Essay on controversial technologies: xrep and x12 taser shotgun b4 the xrep and x12 shotgun taser since ecd (electronic control devices) such as tasers were introduced, officers of the law have been relying less on lethal force and more on what is known as less-lethal force. The sale of controversial taser stun guns to police forces in the uk is under scrutiny following a sky news investigation. Relying on the unreliable taser, when the suspect is holding a shotgun, is clear-cut evidence that the so-called training is more an extension of the deceptive .
Mossberg and taser have teamed up to produce the x12 23 guage shotgun that can only accept non lethal rounds such as the taser xrep (extended range electronic projectile), a wireless taser like projectile that fires from a 12-gauge shotgun i think a regular shotgun loaded with a couple of xrep . Essay on controversial technologies: xrep and x12 taser shotgun final results of a study conducted by emergency medicine physicians at the university of california, san diego (ucsd) medical center showed no lasting effects of the taser on healthy test subjects”. Taser's extended range electronic projectile (xrep) is a 12-gauge impact munition that carries all of the neuro-muscular incapacitation capability of a taser x26 the xrep can be fired from any 12-gauge pump shotgun as well as the taser x12 less lethal shotgun (lls) from mossberg. The use of the wireless taser projectile the ‘xrep’—which is fired not from a conventional taser weapon but from a 12 gauge shotgun and was ‘marketed as having a range of 20 metres’ (sherman and bir, 2009) away, as opposed to 5–10 m for the more traditional models—is a case in point the home office scientific development .

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Chicago, Illinois - May 15, 2013 - The Boyd Group Inc. (the "Boyd Group") today announced the opening of two new repair centers, one in Gastonia, North Carolina and the other in Spokane, Washington. The Boyd Group now operates 187 locations in the U.S.
The new repair center located in Gastonia, North Carolina, is located approximately 20 miles west of Charlotte and in the second largest city in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The center is approximately 24,000 square feet and was previously operated under the name of Sonny Hancock Collision Center. With this addition, the Boyd Group owns and operates 23 repair centers in North Carolina. These centers now operate under the Gerber Collision & Glass trade name.
The new repair center in Washington is located in Spokane, Washington and is approximately 15,000 square feet. This center was previously operated as Swanson Auto Body, and now also operates under the Gerber Collision & Glass trade name. The Spokane addition is Gerber's first location in Eastern Washington, introducing the brand into a new market.
"The openings of these two new locations are further examples of our execution of our stated growth strategy which is to achieve 6-10% growth in number of centers through single-location additions," said Tim O'Day, President and COO of the Boyd Group's U.S. operations. "These new centers will allow us to introduce our brands into additional markets and better serve new customers and insurance partners. We continue to identify opportunities to expand our presence in similar attractive U.S. markets and will remain active in capitalizing on those opportunities."
The Boyd Group is continuously looking to add new collision repair locations to its existing network in Canada and the U.S. Interested collision repair center owners are asked to contact Kim Allen at the contact coordinates below for more information.
About The Boyd Group Inc.
The Boyd Group Inc. is the largest operator of collision repair centres in North America. The Company operates locations in the four Western Canadian provinces under the trade name Boyd Autobody & Glass (https://www.boydautobody.com), as well as in 14 U.S. states under the trade names Gerber Collision & Glass (https://www.gerbercollision.com), The Recovery Room, and Autocrafters Collision Repair. The Company also operates Gerber National Glass Services, an auto glass repair and replacement referral business with approximately 3,000 affiliated service providers throughout the United States. For more information on The Boyd Group Inc. or Boyd Group Income Fund, please visit our website at https://www.boydgroup.com.
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I slip the note under the ring on the dresser, running my thumb over the indentation it made on my ring finger, trying to ignore the ache in my heart and the nagging in my head that has kept me here, with him, for so long. The hotel is room is quiet, dark, not different from how I’ve been living for God knows how long. Who would’ve thought? Who would have thought that so much could change in a small amount of time? I turn before I change my mind, blinking as the cold light of the corridor hits me. Tears sting the corners of my eyes. I mean it’s not something I would actually say to someone…but I can say it in my head and it doesn’t sound as geeky you know? I look through the microscope and list down the phase of mitosis the onion skin has gone through. I normally tell Alice that this extra time in the lab is a pain because she would be highly offended if I ever tell her that I sometimes prefer to spend time dissecting an onion rather than hear her talk through her boy issues.
This woman wrote One Direction fanfic on her phone and ended up with a major book deal
Victoria and James. James and Victoria were the two main vampires in the former’s coven. They were mates before the beginning of Twilight and antagonists in the series. Both were defeated and killed by the Cullen family. James was gifted with the power of tracking , and Victoria was gifted with the power of evading danger. Their Life and Death counterparts are Joss and Victor.
It was, perhaps, the most famous piece of Twilight fan fiction on the internet. Out of 20 novels, to date, it was the only one that began online.” produced by Andy Fickman and starring actress Jenna Dewan of Step Up fame.
Profile Navigation AleximusPrime. Flurry Heart’s Story. Age of the Alicorns art. Customized Toys. Mark of the Sun The sleepy little alicorn princess did the best she could to keep her eyes open. In her vision was an orange sky with dark blue sky surrounding it. The rest of the sky was still darkened. The stars were behind them for the night was just about finished and morning was on its way.
The ocean waves were crashing down every few seconds just yards away from her as the wind flowed through her bright pink mane. To her right was a tall, grey, bearded alicorn stallion with his face to the east waiting patiently by her side. His flank bore the symbol of balance, his wings large and majestic although tucked at his sides, his black. MLP fanfics.
The name “Bella Swan” implies both beauty and grace. Bella short for Isabella is lovely, but far from graceful. She’s notably uncoordinated. The city of Phoenix was probably chosen as Bella’s hometown for contrast.
Princess Luna/Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) · Brooke Lohst/Chloe Inaccuracy · Sleepy Cuddles · Being Read To · Dates · Secret Relationship · Post-Canon But what if every member of the Mane Six were paired with every other member in the same fanfic?! Fabric and Fame by Sessaware.
So here we go! Thanks all for your reviews and for reading. Thanks to Katjs for being a great beta and turning this over in no time at all. This part is a shortish introduction and the next part is pretty much written and should be with you soonish too. As usual, tell me what you think! Feedback nutures my creative soul All I can think about is how glad I am that he’s back from the set of this indie flick that seems to be consuming all of his time.
Nowadays even four days are beginning to feel like a lifetime. We’re at the Snack Shack, our usual hang out. I’m not particularly proud to admit it because it’s a bit of a dive. But, whatever.
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Can Rob get over this blast of fame and remember what it’s like to just enjoy life? for a few weeks and subsequently land herself a hot date for the wedding.
Fav fic for sure!!!! The highlight of Bella’s week was the lunchtime visit from the three sexy mechanics from across the street. Then one day there was a little boy at her table left alone. Great love story of people struggling to make it work, in every way you can think of. Great fic for sure!!! An amazing great fav fic for sure!!! Why are her friends convinced that the answer to her problem is some crazy party game… with kissing?
Great high school fic that’s both sweet and hot. Nothing dramatic, but a story of young love. Fav fic for sure! Bella is Em’s little sister. One package to Em changes everything. See what happens through her whole pregnancy.
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The Office Dwight Fanfiction. Dwight, she went to Spain…. Directed by Charles McDougall. Suddenly he slams his desk and yells. Got a fanvid? Making icons or wallpapers?
Apr 6, – Baby Fame BY RUE-ANNE Being famous is always hard, but for Edward and Bella, they will need to face the idea of being a spotlight couple.
After the events of the Twilight Series, Seth Clearwater finally gets the opportunity to continue with his education by going off to college. It was always the same— uneventful, plain and short. She wasn’t planning on trying to do anything extraordinary this time, she just wanted to live a long and normal life, undisturbed. I never understood the casting of Boo-Boo Stewart to play Seth. They can’t hurt them. I Love Books. The Twilight series, consisting of the novels Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn, is primarily narrated from Bella’s point of view, but partway through Breaking Dawn it is written from Jacob Black’s perspective.
She just got back from Italy and is grounded until for-ev-er! MondSeth with Edward and Bella. Jacob, Embry, Quil, Brady Bella is a vampire and living a guy. Leah Clearwater is the Beta of the Black pack and the only known female shape-shifter in Quileute history.
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Modern versions of the drink are often made with hot or boiling water, and sometimes include lemon juice, lime juice, cinnamon or sugar to improve the taste. You and Baby have been dating for a while a When the pregnancy progressed, perhaps the Moon Arcanum would allow her to have a connection to the child. It is sometimes called biliary sludge because it occurs when bile stays Caiera was extensively trained in meditation, battle tactics, and armed and unarmed combat since she was a small child and is considered one of the greatest warriors on Saakar.
He’s the Saukerl pig boy to her Saumensch pig girl as they affectionately refer to each other. Read Child! Todoroki x Child!
This book is about a 16 year old girl named Mya who is dating Edward, He’s a vampire. See in this Everything I want (a twilight fanfiction). K Reads 39 Fame & Fortune = Blood & Gore *An Edward Cullen Love Story* by VampireGodez.
Read at your own risk! Hope you enjoy this page! We count how much money Harry Potter has in his Gringotts vault and beyond to try and get an understanding of. His plan started to be crushed when Harry Potter showed up at Hogwarts with a venomous magical snake and not looking anything like James Read Chapter 1 – Harry Learns the Truth. It’s amazing! Cursebreaking a job only mentioned in the context of a certain Weasley brother is greatly expanded upon and is a central theme of the story.
So, now there is going to be a Tumblr celebration of trans content and non-cis characters in the series called HP Transfest. Chapter
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Abigail Fenton 4th August It starts with a familiar name, then takes a bit of a twist. Dean Winchester embarks upon a steamy affair with Castiel in the summer of , only to be drafted into the Vietnam War.
Fanfiction where Kakashi actually teaches team 7 Fic Request For a while now I’ve Twilight fanfic and “file off the serial numbers” to turn it into from fanfic writer. had the goddess, that was to bring The Snow Clan fame and glory, arrived. to be younger) first meet Trunk lied about dating Mai while bragging to Goten.
Kakashi is about to have a very bad day. He could die. Yumi was wearing a long dark blue dress and her hair now reached her midback. Mick Foley pulled the long tubesock that was hiding between his tighty-whiteys and his pants. To be clear. Discover and save! Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a children’s novel written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. Fanfiction where Kakashi actually teaches team 7 Fic Request For a while now I’ve been searching for fanfiction where Kakashi is actually decent at teaching, as much as I love him he’s just not a good teacher in canon!
Black Bird — mainly Tengu, but also kitsune fox. Taken into protective custody by Agent Barton, Charlie is thrust into a terrifying new world full of spies, superheroes, and alien artifacts. Org is not in any way associated with or related to FanFiction. Suggested by Toei Animation Co. During the war Kakashi was made a jonin. Turn sees Harry living a not-quite-HEA with Ginny and the Kids, and after a surprising evening, waking up to see what one different choice might have changed.
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Subscriber Account active since. Anna Todd, author of the “After” series. But it did. Paramount even recently purchased the rights to turn ” After ” into a movie.
Fame. Chapter 1. Five years Later. “Did you miss me?” “No.” “Really?” Before I started dating Edward I always thought he was Rosalie’s.
Fan fiction alternately referred to as fanfiction , fanfic , FF , or fic is a broadly-defined term for fan labor regarding stories about characters or simply fictional characters or settings written by fans of the original work, rather than by the original creator. A tasting of more than wine ensues. Will working closely together make them open up or will their pasts remain unwritten in the present? The Worst of Weather Bella comes home for Christmas break from her freshman year away at university to be unexpectedly all shaken up.
Slightly Darkward. Rated M for lemons and fluffiness in future chapters. He hires Elite Guardians to keep him safe and to find out who is hunting him.

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30-Year mortgage that is fixed-Rate
Rocket Mortgage is one of the mortgage that is top into the U.S., when it comes to prices, loan offerings and customer support. Quicken Loans, its moms and dad business, may be the biggest online mortgage company, affording Rocket Mortgage a lot more resources than a lot of its web-based competition. Perhaps due to the online nature for the company, however, its rates of interest are extremely good, even if in comparison to a number of the biggest conventional loan providers.
While Rocket Mortgage has all of the typical loans youвЂ™ll normally find over the market, such as for example jumbo, VA, fixed-rate and adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs), it will have an original offer that is in-house. In the event that you donвЂ™t have much for an advance payment, the YOURgage SM 8- to 30-year mortgage provides you with the opportunity to get that loan for approximately 97per cent of one’s homeвЂ™s value, causing you to be by having a minuscule advance payment of 3%.
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Marvel's ResurreXion, a publishing initiative spinning out of the Inhumans vs. X-Men event, aims to create a kind of new start for both the characters involved and for new readers hoping to dive into the notoriously complex continuities of the X-Men and The Inhumans. To that end, we're getting lots of new series, including new team books and new solo adventures. One of the most exciting is Black Bolt, the first solo series for the King of the Inhumans.
It's not often we get to see Blackagar Boltagon (yes, that is his real name, and it will never not be amazing) striking out all on his own. But writer Saladin Ahmed (Hugo Award nominee for Throne of the Crescent Moon) and artist Christian Ward (ODY-C) are taking him there. And he won't just be alone, he'll also be a prisoner.
Yes, to kick off his first-ever solo book, the King of the Inhumans finds himself in a kind of cosmic jail, shackled and muzzled in order to mute the awesome power of his legendary voice. You can't keep Black Bolt down for long, though, and he's primed to break out almost from the first page. The prison might not be able to hold him, but there's still another major obstacle standing in his way: the Absorbing Man.
Ahmed's a great writer, so unleashing him on the Marvel Universe was bound to be fun. And no one draws weird cosmic adventure quite like Ward. This is shaping up to be a must-read.
Black Bolt #1 arrives May 3. Check out a preview in the gallery below.

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I love my husband, and I have for 15 years. But when we married almost 11 years ago, he changed. He left for the military and became an entirely different person. Our marriage has been rocky, to say the least. I've taken his verbal abuse, the fact that he's cheated, and even turned my back on the hypercritical way he is with our kids... I'm ashamed of how cowardly I've been. I grew up watching my Mother be abused and every time my husband raised his voice or got in my face, I broke down. He used to have a drinking problem and I genuinely thought that "caused" his bad behaviors. I mean... while drunk, he did some terrible things: broke my foot with a door, cheated... grabbed a woman's butt while I stood there, pulled a gun out and started threatening my family for things they'd written on Facebook while we were fighting. And I get it... you're probably like "you were stupid to stay". I was. I believed him when he said he'd get help and I was scared to death of the threats he'd make of taking our kids, ruining me in court, turning everyone against me so I had nothing and no one. . Because for all his faults, I'm worse because I'm "crazy" because I have bad anxiety and need anxiety medication... My husband is a master of manipulation and has made everyone believe that he is perfect.
He stopped drinking, in earnest, a couple of years ago after being arrested for the gun situation. He got help (mandatory) and I thought all of the bad was behind us, and for the most part, it was. But since then, he's just become more mean, he's less impulsive and prone to doing stupid things but so much more mean. He's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He is constantly screaming at our kids, and me. He calls us names. His temper is so short, I have no idea what will set him off anymore. I have wanted to leave for awhile, but I don't know how. We're 2,000 miles from my family, who can't afford to help me in any way. We have a car that's not big enough to travel with our entire family (we have 6 kids) in order for me to leave. We are in substantial debt from paying additional medical bills for my oldest, who is severely handicapped. We were getting by before but now that Social Security cut my daughter's benefits, we can barely get by monthly. I've tried looking for a job and none of it is feasible with scheduling/pay. I can't afford childcare, I can't afford to miss work when my oldest needs round the clock care at home on oxygen and treatments. I feel stuck, in every which way. I was a stay-at-home Mom at his bequest, when we got married. I've wanted nothing more than to work and make money but every time I brought it up, he "reminded" me it's my job to be flexible and stable for our kids. Not his... Despite the fact that I'm in school online right now, to get a degree, I have no special skills or qualifications. I do not know how to leave him without money, support, even a stable vehicle. The only thing I know for certain is that my kids cannot grow up being demeaned and hurt by this man. I can take it... they don't deserve to. I have failed them by staying so long and being manipulated by his good moods and good behavior, like it makes up for the bad. This has made me so depressed lately that some days I just feel like checking out. I cry, daily. I keep going on like normal because I don't want my children to see me struggle and I'm afraid if I tell my husband I'm going to leave, the threats will start. I have no money. I have no friends here and no family who can help. We live on base in housing. I don't want anything from my husband, just the kids and to be able to leave quietly. I don't know what to do... please tell me there is a way?

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This article analyzes the conditions of black contractors in the United States construction business in a southern metropolitan area during 1980 to 1989. Feagin and Imani examine 76 in-depth interviews that provide evidence of the racial barriers faced by African American contactors in several parts of the construction industry. The result from this study demonstrate how racial discrimination manifests in unions, white contractors, throughout the contracting and bidding processes, project conditions, bonding and lending, and the overall success of a black contractors work in the field. The authors suggest an intersectional analysis of discrimination within entrepreneurship as a starting point for developing a greater understanding of racial inequalities in business enterprises.


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Adventures in The Dark Zone
Adventures in The Dark Zone (vt Lexx: The Dark Zone and US only, Tales from a Parallel Universe). Paul Donovan, dir., prod., one of three writers. Canada: Salter Street Films / TiMe (Berlin). Showtime's The Movie Channel, July 1997. 135 min.
Made for TV space opera featuring the Lexx, a bio-engineered, "ten-kilometer-long living breathing insect outfitted for space travel": for a huge biomechanical combined with the insectoid, the bridge "a curious mixture of metal and organic material." See Cinefantastique 27.11-12 (July 1996): -19, our source for the initial citation and whom we quote (which credits Robert Sigl as director); Cinefantastique 29.1 (July 1997): 54-55 for switch from straight Showtime to The Movie Channel and variant US subtitle; Cinefantastique 29.6/7 (Nov. 1997): 123, for rev. by Frederick C. Szebin (and credit for Paul Donovan as director). See TV show LEXX. (RDE, 03/06/96, 22/01/00)

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Nationals MP John Forrest said that producers of ABC1's At Home with Julia went too far when they showed footage of Julia Gillard lookalike Amanda Bishop draped in an Aussie flag with her partner after having sex in her office.
Forrest told News.com.au: "Having sex in the prime minister's office under the Australian flag is the last straw for me. I am sick, I am offended, and we should take a stand.''
Fellow Nationals politician Bruce Scott added: "[It's offensive] no matter who the prime minister is. How do parents then tell their children they have to be respectful to their elders and to leaders?"
An ABC spokesperson has now defended the scene, saying: "If it's okay for others to drape themselves in our flag for all manner of occasions, I really don't see why it can't be draped over our prime minister as a symbol of love."
Monarchist professor David Flint added: "This is probably going a bit far. I think a bit more discretion when using the flag is appropriate, even when you are trying to make a joke. [The show is] just not funny." Government protocol states that the Australian flat should not "fall or lie on the ground or be used as a cover".
In 2009, The ABC had to apologise for controversial episodes of comedy show The Chaser, when the cast members seemingly ridiculed terminally ill children. The series was later axed.
The controversial episode of At Home with Julia is scheduled to air tomorrow evening on ABC1.
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Her eyes were glazed over in anger. “Do you think I was pretending?” she asked, the words fuming out of her. “Do you think I was just joking about everything I used to say?” she spat at me, but she was not done. “All those times we sat and talked about everything we wanted to do, and all the places we wanted to go…” her voice trailed off and toned down a couple of octaves. A determined but hateful look came over her, “I” she emphasized sarcastically, “…was not the one pretending” she said robotically. I looked at her carefully trying to read the hurt in her face. Am I supposed to feel guilty for finding a life? Or for following my own way, instead of just dreaming up in the clouds? I can’t be made to feel bad for the choices I have made. “We were just kids Salma”, I said to her trying to justify my point. “Everyone dreams about those things when they are young, but we are not thirteen anymore. You can’t travel the world and live in a different city every year, you have to grow up”. She looked at me in disbelief. I starred at this face I have known all my life. I know it so well, because… it is my face. Growing up as a twin surely had its advantages. I was never alone, even when I was in the womb. However right now I am probably experiencing the greatest disadvantage of being a twin… realizing that you just are not the same.
“Aren’t you happy for me?” I asked her trying to use my own hurt as a weapon. “You are going to be an Aunt”, I said with a crack of a smile and an unconscious hand on my belly.
Her eyes closed and her head dropped to her chest. “It wasn’t supposed to be this way” she said just above a whisper and without making eye contact. “I knew since the day you met Luqmaan that this was coming”. I laughed reactively.
Salma’s face shot up at me. I have never seen her so angry before. It confused me. I tried to placate her. “Luqman is my husband, of course at some point we were going to start a family”, I didn’t know why I was explaining this to her like a child, but I continued. “We have been married three years now, Salma. This is what married couples do – they start families”. I said smugly as if I had explained cold fusion to a three year old. When I met her eyes again they were fiercely intense. “I am NOT a flippen child Sawliha!” she shouted. Her reaction made me jump and I took a step back. “This is not what WE said we wanted, Remember?” she asked accusingly. “We never wanted to be that woman stuck at home living each day staring at the four walls. You were supposed to be better than that”, she accused. “I am better than that” I said trying hard to match her tone. “And Luqmaan is not like the other men out there… you know”, “we can still see the world and experience life a little” I added hopefully.
“really?” she asked sarcastically. “When I wanted to go to spain for the bull run last year, who needed to stay at home and play wifey?” … I was about to defend myself and tell her that the end of the financial year is not the best time for chartered accountants to be planning holidays, but she didn’t give me a chance, “…And now with a baby coming along, there is no chance of that at all” she finished. I had to agree with her, an expectant mother, or even a mother of a young child cannot be jetting off to crazy locations to do absurd and meaningless things. “Salma, we are twenty four years old, it is time to stop dreaming and start living”. She looked at me as though my words had slapped her hard in the face.
“I cant believe you. I don’t think I even know you anymore” , she screamed. There was no mistaking it. Now we were screaming at each other and I didn’t care. “You don’t know me? I challenged…Salma you never knew me. You were too busy dreaming about climbing Kilamanjaroo, or sky diving in the Serengeti to realize that I AM NOT YOU. Ya Allah. We are two different people.”
“We weren’t two different people when we went to Italy that one time and jumped in the Trevi fountain and pretended to be Sylvia in LA DOLCE VITA.…Or when we drove for three days just to go snorkeling in Mozambique.”
“Salma we were teenagers!” I screamed at her. Why isn’t this girl understanding? “We are grown up now”. “That was a lifetime ago. THIS is my life now”, I said stroking my tiny swollen belly”.
“I thought you were better than this Sawliha” she shouted. “I didn’t think you would settle for the normal mundane life. You always said that that was the last thing you would become”.
I was not settling I said to myself. What is she talking about? My frustration is beyond measurable now. I am not just the normal mundane woman. “AAAAGHH Salma!” I screamed at her. “Why can’t you just grow up and get a life instead of complaining about mine” I bellowed at her with everything I had. Even after the words were out of my mouth I could not measure my anger. I WAS NOT settling I said to myself again. Even more angry that she was causing me to second guess myself. I was choosing the life I wanted and who the hell is she to tell me anything, anyways?
“Yes, I found a husband and Yes I am starting a family. THIS IS what people do Salma, not fantasize about owning a luxury yacht, marrying Brad Pitt and sailing the world”. But I was not done. I was tired of her trying to tell me what to do with my life. “you need to stop interfering in my bloody life and try and get a life of your own!”
“You are so full of shit Sawliha. It sickens me what you have become. I will not stand around and watch you throw your life away. I hate that you think you are so much better than me. Congratulations on the baby. I hope you are a better mother than you are a sister”. The last comment caught me off guard and cut me deeply. Before I could respond she turned around and I watched my twin sister walk out of the room … at the time I didn’t realize she was actually walking out of my life.
Thinking back to that day almost fourteen years ago it doesn’t make me angry or sad anymore as it used to. It makes me very, very, anxious. In a few hours I will be seeing my sister again after all this time. I don’t even know how to feel about that. If we were together for twenty four years and couldn’t figure each other out, what will happen now that we have been apart for so long. My reverie is interrupted by the loudspeaker as it booms above us.
“Good afternoon passengers. This is your captain speaking. I’d like to welcome everyone on BA flight 86A. We are currently cruising at an altitude of 33,000 feet at an airspeed of 400 miles per hour. The time is 1 pm. The weather looks good and with the tailwind on our side we are expecting to land in Sydney 15 minutes ahead of schedule. The weather in Sydney is clear and sunny, with a high of 25 degrees for this afternoon. If the weather cooperates we should get a great view of the city as we descend which will be in three hours time. The cabin crew will be coming around in about twenty minutes time to offer you lunch and a beverage, and the final inflight movie will begin shortly after that. I’ll talk to you again before we reach our destination. Until then, sit back, relax and enjoy the rest of the flight.”
Three hours still to go. Australia is really on the other side of the world. “Mummy, Muhammed hid my cellphone away”, my daughter Rehma squeals from the seat behind me. I turn to Luqmaan with a pleading expression, “Just sort them out please” I say. I really am a ball of nerves, especially after replaying that memory in my head. He smiles at me and turns around and gives them that look that has worked since Muhammed has been a baby. I squirm in my seat trying to find a comfortable position. “Why don’t you walk down the isle?” Luqmaan suggests to me. “You haven’t got out of your seat since we boarded”, he looks at his watch, “that was five hours ago”. I shake my head, “I am fine” I say trying to be convincing. “Are you really?” he asks me, his tone a little softer. I look at him and I see his concern. “I don’t know if I can do this Luqmaan” I tell him, “do you remember what she was like? I just …” I let out a breath and shake my head, “I just don’t know”.
“Look , if things do get to tough with your sister, remember you are not there for her, okay?” he says supportively. I nod and turn away. His words are reassuring. Yes, I must not forget the reason we are flying half way across the globe.
If only my mother had listened to me when I tried to talk her out of going to Sydney. But she was so adamant you would think there was a pot of gold waiting for her at the opera house. Of course Salma had invited her over for a few weeks, but travelling by herself at her age was risky, and Salma can hardly look after herself, never mind her seventy year old mother. Salma had never invited mummy before, when she was staying in Europe or in The middle east and God knows where else. I just knew THIS was a bad idea. I made dua that my mother be returned safely back home, but Allah knows best. When my mother called to tell me that she was at the hospital I was in shock and immediately thought of all the things that could have gone wrong. She was so sketchy with the details of what had happened I was sure that it was worse than she was letting on. From the sound in her voice I just knew that there was something terribly wrong. With my mother’s diabetes and heart problems any number of things could have landed her in hospital. After her call I immediately called Luqmaan and made plans to come to Australia. Everything was done so rushed, getting VISA’s and booking flights and accommodation and collecting mummys medical history files and doctors details to take along, that only now , here in the plane did I allow myself to think about meeting Salma again after all these years.
“Chicken or beef?” I look up to see the air hostess leaning over the isle with a tray. “Halaal?” I ask hoping that my pre-booked meal is available. “Aah”, she says and pulls out a notebook from her pocket. “The Moosa’s?” she asks. I nod. “Okay, I got you for four halaal meals”, she says as she ticks it off in her notebook. “That’s correct” Luqmaan answers and gestures us and the kids behind us. “No problem” she says as she hands over out color coded pre packed halaal meals and pushes her food trolley to the next isle.
“I don’t know why people complain about airplane food”, Luqmaan says digging into the rice and fish. “This is delicious” he says with his mouth full. I let out a laugh. My husband certainly is something else. Salma WAS definitely wrong about me and him.
I turn around to the kids, “You guys okay?” both kids have the earphones in their ears, they see me and pull them out, “Mum?” they look at me. “I’m going to take a short nap. And move my seat back”. “Okay, no problem mummy, says muhammed, and re inserts his ear phones.
“You will be the princess and I will be the queen”, Salma says to me. She is wearing the white poufy dress that we both wore for eid this year. She has mummy’s brass tray on her head like a crown. I look around and I see my childhood home. I am content and happy to be here “Okay”, I say and I try to make a crown out of flowers. “We need a castle”, Salma declares and runs towards the large double seated sofa in the corner. Behind it is a small space, our favourite playing spot and we both scramble in. From this spot we will reign over out kingdom. The small cottage windows on the one side gives us a great view of the garden with an indoor sill on which we make our thrown. “I want ice cream clouds” I declare, “and chocolate lakes” Salma adds. We giggle conspiratorially. “We need to have a ball”, I say proudly. “…and we can invite all the other princesses”. I can see salma has an idea and she quickly shouts to me , “come”. Before long we are in my mother’s shoe closet. “You try this one,” says Salma and hands me a pencil healed red shoe and chooses a similar white one for herself. We try to dance at our pretend ball in our high heeled shoes. We hold hands to keep our selves from wobbling in our high shoes. We are having so much of fun and we jump and laugh. We try to run in them but I lose one of my shoes. “Leave it,” I tell Salma. “…so my prince can find me”. Salma picks up my shoe and laughs. “you don’t need a prince, sawls, you have me.”
I am rudely awoken by the captain’s final announcement telling us we will be touching down in Sydney in twenty minutes time. I am still shaken by my dream, and it takes me a few minutes to orientate myself. Was that a dream or a memory? I wonder. It has been so long since I thought about my childhood, even memories seem unreal. How did we go so wrong? I wonder. For twenty four years I was a twin. For a long time I forgot what that felt like. The butterflies were back now, swimming in my tummy. I started to feel a little sick. Please Allah let mummy be okay. I say in a whispered prayer. … and silently add, please let my sister forgive me.
It was a mad dash to check in at the hotel and then head straight for the hospital. I could see that the children were starting to get anxious. Both Muhammed and Rehma are very close with their nani. At first just Luqmaan and I planned to make the trip to Australia ourselves, but the children’s reaction at not getting to see their grandmother in hospital broke our hearts and we decided to take them along.
“Salaams”, I spoke into my cell phone. “Mummy?” I asked. There was silence on the other end and I was beginning to get worried. “Sawliha” I heard her reply, and i could hear the joy in her voice. “Mummy are you okay?” I asked quickly. “Er..Yes my darling, how are you?”. She replied quite calmly. I was starting to find this conversation strange. “Mummy we are on the way to the hospital, which ward are you in?” I asked ignoring her question. There was some silence on the other end. “Mummy?” I shouted. “Are you in Sydney, Sawliha?” she asked slowly. It occurred to me that I had probably not told her that I was confirmed to come, or even when I was coming. “Yes, yes, we are on our way to the hospital.” I said trying quickly to clear things up.
“Sawliha you misunderstand”, I hear some panic in her voice now, “I am okay. Don’t worry about me”, she says now trying to convince me. “Ya Allah, mummy, obviously if you are in hospital I will come. I got all your medical records and..” “Sawliha there is something that I need to tell you” she said hurriedly. “what ward mummy?” I ask again trying to stay calm. “I can’t speak for much longer”, I add. “Ward 35 room 3 but Sawliha…” this time I cut her off. Ok I will see you just now.
I looked at Luqmaan. His face mirrors my thoughts. I shrug my shoulders. “I don’t know what that was about, but I got the room number.” Suddenly I felt a chill up my spine. What is it that she wanted to tell me? This trip is certainly trying my emotions. Keep yourself together Sawliha, I tell myself.
I am in a foreign country with my family and my mother is laying in some hospital bed in what condition … only Allah knows. To top it all off I am probably going to see my twin sister after fourteen years. Talk about anxiety. We try to get a taxi and give him the name of the hospital. When we are all in the cab I watch the scene around on the streets. The Taxi driver turns around to ask Luqman about South Africa and I can’t understand a word he is saying, but I am sure it is English. I can’t imagine being on my own and I am thankful that I have my family with me.
I begin to appreciate Salma’s confidence to travel by herself. A week after our big fight I was still furious at her reaction to my news that I was pregnant, when my mother told me that she had left to go to London. Trust Salma to have had her passport n bags packed in a day. My mother never fully understood what had occurred between us and maybe it was easier just to leave it as it was. “Just leave it mummy,” I told her when she pleaded with me to call her. “I will speak to her when she gets back”. Little did I know I would have a long wait. Salma stayed in London for a few months and then moved to Portugal and then Somewhere in Africa, and hopped around the middle East. I got tired of hearing about the updates from my mother who was only too happy to report how happy Salma was. It hurt me deeply that Salma never tried to contact me. She came for a few weeks one year to spend Eid. Muhammed was about three years old and I was already expecting Rehma. I saw the disappointment on her face as soon as she walked in and all chances of a reunion was destroyed. I felt it in the empty salaam and fake smile. She didn’t try to be the sister I needed or remembered. I knew then that my sister was gone, she was a stranger who shared my face.
She traveled the world and did everything she said she would. She certainly was stronger than I thought and braver than I expected. Thinking back to the argument that cost me my sister , I wondered…was she right? Did I choose what was easy and allow my dreams to die. My dreams were certainly different from hers, but they were dreams. Passing the Sidney harbor on our way to the Gold Coast, where the hospital is, I wondered if I really had beome the person she was warning me about.
“Ya mate. Just a bounce over the yoohoo to the brown over there” said the cabbie when Luqmaan asked him how far to go. I looked at Luqmaan and we both laughed. Australian English certainly is strange. Yes, I thought – I would never survive here on my own.
At the hospital I asked for the ward my mother had said she was in, and took the elevator to the 35th floor. This hospital was different from the ones back home, they didn’t have wards named as medical or surgical they were just named in numbers. The hospital was clean and crisp. I kept making dua that my mother is Okay and that she can get well soon and come home. I read Ayatul Kursi as we rode the elevator and I heard Rehma echo it with me. As soon as the doors of the elevator opened I rushed out to find her room. The nurses at the desk thankfully spoke the same English as me and directed us to room three that was just around the corner.
We walked slowly around the bend to find a sign that read Oncology. I looked puzzled at Luqmaan and he mirrored my reaction. Why was my mother in the oncology ward? Just ahead of us we saw the back of a couch with some visitors. I stopped in my tracks thinking one of those people could be Salma. Luqmaan reading my reaction held on to my hand encouraging me forward. “Sawliha” I heard my mother’s voice behind me and spun around immediately.
If I was puzzled initially, now I am completely confused. My mother stood in front of me , dressed impeccably as always with her head scarf matching her shoes. “Mummy?” I looked at her closely. “Have you been discharged?” I asked just as my kids registered what is happening. “Nani , I’m so happy that you are well,” Rehma says going in with a hug for her Nani. Muhammed joined in too, but I am too stunned to move. What is going on? I wonder. “Why didn’t you tell me that you are coming?” my mother asks me accusingly. “why wouldn’t I come?” I say back to her. “You said you were in hospital”. My mother’s face softens at the realization of my concern for her. “I said I was AT the hospital Sawliha”, she responds kindly. I still don’t understand and ask dumbly, “Where is your doctor?.. I want to speak to your doctor”. She just smiles and takes my hand. “Come here Sawliha” she says and leads me to the couch in the waiting room.
I see myself laying on the bed. There are tubes stuck into veins and beeping of machines. I am scared to get closer to the bed but some force is pulling me towards it. With each step I feel a small part of me die inside. As I get closer to the bed I see my face aged and hollow. The skin is stretched across the bones. The skin around the eyes are dark and puffy. My eyes trace down the body, and find the arms. Bruised yellow and blue from all the drips and IV lines. I thought that feeling would be long gone, but it is here. Filling me up like a force. I was only one half of a whole, and she was the other half, always.
My hand hovers over hers and I feel it. She feels it too. Her eyes open.
AT first we just stare at each other. My hand hovering over hers. No matter what she looks like, her eyes are still the same. Fiery and energetic. She manages a weak smile and tries to lift her hand to meet mine. I feel the energy between us when we touch and it speaks for us. “So I finally got you to fly across the globe” she smirks. I smile. I am scared that I will say the wrong thing. I don’t speak.
“I’m sorry”, she says and the words are my undoing. Stay strong I tell myself but it is no use. My body starts to tremble and I start to cry. It is that painful, throat burning, body shaking cry that has to run its course and cannot be stopped. I cry for all the years I sat angry at her for leaving, I cry for all the years I hated her for not knowing who I was, I cried for all the time that went by, when I could have made things right, and I cry for the woman- a part of me – laying here in pain and there is nothing I can do.
She strokes me softly and jerkily because that is all she can manage- and I cry some more , just because she is the one consoling me. After what seemed like hours of tears I finally regain control of my tongue. “I should have called you”, I begin. “I should not have let you go after everything I said.” I took a deep breath, “I missed you so much” I say with pink swollen eyes. she smiles and closes her eyes, wet with fresh tears. I crawl onto her bed and lay with her.
A while later the nurse had explained everything to me. Salma’s diagnosis six months ago and her rare type of cancer that had progressed so quickly. But the biggest surprise was when I was taken to neonatal ICU to meet my niece. Four months premature but a fighter like her mother.
“You see why I had to come”, my mother asked me the next day. I nodded. “But why didn’t you tell me?” , I said desperate, “I had no idea”. “I didn’t realize it was so bad myself”, said my mother with tears in her eyes, “but when they did the caesarian and she just got worse, that is when I called you”, my mother said now completely distraught. “She didn’t want me to tell you. She hated that she was sick.”
Luqmaan and the kids flew down back to South Africa yesterday. I am staying at the hospital to help with Nusrat. She is gaining weight and the nurses say that she is starting to suck on her own. She is still in ICU and Salma only has seen pictures of her. “She looks like you”, I tell Salma when I get back from neonatal ICU. “You mean, us” she says and I smile and nod. “you are looking better today” I say to her. She is sitting up in bed and the nurse is helping her drink water. The colour of her skin is almost normal. “I cant believe how alike you both are”, the nurse comments. “she wishes she was as thin as me” Salma jokes , she is still skin and bones. “well you look pretty great a woman who just gave birth a few weeks ago”. We all laugh. Mummy walks in and takes over from the nurse. The conversation starts to flow quickly about the kids and Australia and the hospital. Salma adds a little. She still tires easily. Soon she is asleep. We stay with her.
When she wakes up its just me and her. “Tell me about your life Sawliha”, she asks. The question is strange. I laugh, “There’s nothing to tell”, I answer. My life certainly is not as exciting as I imagined hers used to be. “from the time you wake up , what happens…” she is adamant. I start my story and she closes her eyes. I tell her about how Rehma is the first to wake up because she takes the longest showers, and how I have to double check on Muhammed because he crawls back into bed after I leave. She smiles, her eyes still closed. I tell her about how we tried to have another baby for years. I tell her about my own accounting practice and the crazy clients we have. I talk and talk until I am sure she is sleep. When I stop she wakes up sleepy eyed. “I wish I had your life” she says half asleep. I look at her stunned. “I was wrong” she continues in her sleepy voice, “you have the dream”.
When I walk out of the hospital room, my mother is talking to the doctor. I walk pass them. I don’t want to hear about her condition anymore. My heart is heavy and I sit on the couch trying to digest her words.
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In Sam’s world, there are two rules. Rule #1: Nobody dies. Protect the living at all costs. Rule #2: Everybody dies. At least once.
The Waking was a global event in which a force called the Lifeblood invaded all humans who died. The few strong enough to control it came back as powerful immortals. The rest let the bloodlust take over and awoke with one goal – to kill.
Newly appointed Watch Guard Samantha Shields has a legacy to uphold. Her father died a hero defending their city and now she wants to follow in his footsteps. Except for the dying part, of course. Unfortunately, fate has other plans as she discovers deep dark secrets that make her choose between her loyalties and the lives of everyone in her city. Both rules are in play as Sam is forced to make hard decisions that could cost her everything – including the person she cares about most.
Rating: 4 stars
Rise of the Chosen by Anna Kopp is intense. There are the dead, and the dead who walk. Then, there’s an army of individuals set on protecting the innocent. One young woman lost her dad and then her mother. After the loss of her mother, Sam was promoted to the highest level of fighting. Her boyfriend ends up being killed but issues out a warning to her. Then, she and her new teammates are preparing to fight a battle. One that is about to break out and only time will tell what happens next.
Rise of The Chosen was well-written. The main character, Sam, is a lesbian. So there’s plenty of F/F action happening. The tale is fast-paced. Packed with tons of action, tough choices, and fighting. Death is everywhere inside this novel. Losing the only family Sam had is a tough emotional journey. Then she also loses a past boyfriend that she cared about like a friend. Work is tough especially when the leading female didn’t have time to prepare or work her way up to the highest level. Lots of science fiction fantasy themes can be found in this exciting read. Anna Kopp is a talented writer. I was fascinated by her book about the dead and the war at hand.

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Awe actor Nithya Menen: Telugu cinema needs a revolution with respect to content
Nithya Menen explains how she looks at a broader perspective when it comes to picking up scripts, why Telugu filmdom needs more movies like Awe, and her upcoming multilingual film, Pranaa.regional movies Updated: Mar 03, 2018 20:50 IST
Nithya Menen is, undoubtedly, one of the most exciting actors of our times. From Ala Modalaindi to her latest outing Awe, her choice of roles across languages is proof of her versatility, making her stand out among her contemporaries with her approach to cinema. Therefore, it doesn’t come as a surprise when we saw her as a lesbian in Prashant Varma’s Awe, a multi-genre film in which the segment featuring Nithya and Eesha Rebba, her lover in the film, was not only well-written and executed, but at the same time quite bold, going by Telugu cinema standards. As Krish a.k.a Krishnaveni, Nithya played her part with consummate ease, without an iota of qualm. “When Prashant pitched the character, I was absolutely excited. As artistes, we come across many stories but something like Awe doesn’t come often; it’s rare. I didn’t see it as a lesbian character. I accepted the offer because I thought it’d be exciting and challenging. I love doing different, edgy roles,” Nithya said in a group interaction.
It was not just her role that got Nithya excited about Awe. “As actors, we get typecast easily when we play certain type of roles a few times. What was really exciting about Awe for me was the fact that it portrayed every actor in a different way.” It also explains why Nithya didn’t mind her short screen time. “When I accept a project, I look at it in a broader sense. I look at the bigger picture. I look at the intent of making the film and then think about my character. In a film like Awe, the intent to attempt something that’s quite unlike anything Telugu cinema has witnessed is bigger than any of the characters,” she said.
Brushing aside rumours that Nithya came on board because the project also featured actor Nani, who made his debut as producer. Nani and Nithya have known each other for a long time and are good pals. She clarified it’s the out-of-the-box approach of Awe that drew her to the project. “Prashant approached me much before Nani came on board as producer. Initially, Nani was to just give voice-over to the fish’s character. When Prashant met me the second time, he told me Nani had expressed his interest to produce the film. I was definitely happy for Nani, but I didn’t sign the film for him. I’m sure all the actors were drawn by the story and Prashant’s willingness to cast against the grain.”
Nithya said she really didn’t have to prepare in any way to play the character. “Honestly, there’s no need for preparation for the kind of roles we play. My process to play any character is simple. I take my life’s experience and use it to portray a character. In case of Krish from Awe, I couldn’t draw anything from my own life. I was a little skeptical even a few days before the shoot. But when I stand in front of the camera, I just become the character and that’s exactly what happened in this case as well. I did find this role challenging, but it was in my head,” said Nithya, who still feels she’s yet to land challenging role. “I would consider what I did in Kanchana to be very challenging. Nothing else has even come close to what I did in that film. I’m still waiting for a character that’d fully challenge my ability.”
Throughout her career, Nithya has managed to be part of projects in which her characters had good contribution to make to the story. She says it’s a conscious effort to do something noteworthy in every film she signs. “I’ve signed films intuitively, and only when I am convinced. Even when there’s been slight hesitation, I have turned down projects. If I get 200 scripts, I end up picking 6 or 7 and these are what I do. Somewhere, filmmakers who approach me know I won’t do anything that’s simple and unexciting.” Quoting an example, Nithya said: “I recently did a film called Praana, which will be released in four languages. Originally made in Malayalam, it was also shot in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. It’s a one-actor film, which was shot in 23 days. I’m the sole character in the film. The whole experience was exciting, but equally draining because each scene had to be shot four times. I didn’t mind putting in the effort because I have so much to contribute.” Nithya also doubled up as a writer for this project. “The script was originally written in Malayalam. Since I know Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, I helped them get it translated and was actively involved in the writing process.”
On a concluding note, Nithya said Telugu filmdom needs more films like Awe. “I believe Awe may have opened a small crack with respect to different content. But we need more such attempts and they need to be encouraged. Telugu cinema needs a revolution with respect to content. We have huge audience base but we keep making same type of films. Look at Malayalam industry and their recent films. Telugu cinema needs such films and it doesn’t matter they work or not, but we need different films.”
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First Published: Mar 03, 2018 20:35 IST


For the last 8 years, Valve's Source engine has been at the forefront of gaming. According to Valve founder Gabe Newell, though, that's about to change.
Last week, some folks from 4chan’s gaming board, /v/, decided to stop by Valve HQ for Gabe's (affectionately known as Gaben among fans) 50th birthday. They posted a video of the encounter on YouTube, and if you're patient you'll get to see his giant birthday card, and the Team Fortress 2-inspired Mann Co. crate they presented him with (they even charged him $2.50 to open it).
Buried somewhere inside the 52 minute video is this really interesting exchange between two fans and Gabe (skip ahead to 6:07 if you want to hear it):
Fan: Is Valve potentially already working on a new engine?
Fan: Source 2? Could or… could not be?
Gabe Newell: We’ve been working on Valve’s new engine stuff for a while, we’re probably just [incomprehensible, subtitled as: "waiting for a game to roll it out with"]
Fan: Is it going to be more than just an extension to Source? Is it an entirely new engine?
Gabe Newell: Yeah!
So there you have it, straight from the horse's mouth. Source 2, or whatever they end up calling it, is indeed in development at Valve. Come to think of it, it may not even be far from release, since there's already references to it in some of Valve's code. If we were betting men, we'd put our money on it launching side by side with Half-Life 3.
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Participants discussing the constitution of Nepal. Image: International IDEA/Rita Rai
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Balancing power relations, reducing disparities, ensuring equal rights, opportunities and respect for all individuals regardless of their sex or social identity is a must to bind a nation together and establish the foundation for social development and nation building.
Nepali women, as more than 50 per cent of the total population, are still lagging in terms of meaningful participation and representation in political, social, economic and educational aspects of life. The 33 per cent quota system for female candidates introduced by the Constitution of Nepal has indeed managed to increase their political representation, but it is not far from criticism, as it is seen as having favoured quantity over quality.
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International IDEA had the opportunity to recently conduct 7 workshops on the provincial level focusing on how to assess a constitution from a women’s equality perspective. During the workshops, Sarswati Aryal (Coordinator, Inter-Party Women Alliance, Nuwakot, Province 3) expressed her opinion on the current constitutional conflicts between theory and practice:
“Allocating 33 per cent of seats for women should be mandatory for both the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system and for the proportional representation system. During the elections, all political parties nominated female candidates only for the proportional seats. Only a few female candidates were elected through the FPTP system. This again helped place men in decision-making positions and places.”
Aryal argues that female candidates are selected for the sake of participation, to fulfil the 33 per cent quota system rather than to empower them. Seats are being filled in the personal interest of top leaders, rather than capacity and contribution to the party.
“Although the Constitution has ensured equal pay for equal work, women usually are paid less than their male colleagues are. The situation is worse in the private sector and in informal sectors, such as construction, garments, cement factories, brick kilns etc. This is a serious human rights violation. Proper law enforcement and regular monitoring from the concerned authorities is necessary.”
- Nitu Gartaula, Deputy Director, National Human Rights Commission, Gandaki Province, Kaski, Province 4.
The experience shows that ensuring the provisions of equal rights in a constitution is important, but at the same time, proper implementation of those provisions is equally important to balance the theoretical and practical gap of gender development.
Recent local elections saw 753 Deputy Mayors/Chairs from 6 metropolitan cities, 11 sub-metropolitan cities, 276 municipalities and 460 rural municipalities elected. The fact that 700 of these were female is a major achievement. If you look at the details though, out of 753, only 18 of the elected Mayors/chairs were female. The question is, why only 18 female Mayors/Chairs out of 753 seats? Why must women candidates be limited to deputy positions?
Why there are only 3 female ministers out of 22 at the federal level? Why are there no females leading political parties? Why there isn’t a single female Chief Minister in any of the provinces? Is it because there are no capable women, or can other reasons explain this phenomenon?
Multiple factors are in play in this context: such as historically institutionalised gender discrimination, patriarchal mindset, socially constructed exclusion and practices and economic status. The Constitution of Nepal however, has guaranteed equal rights for every citizen and some special rights for women and disadvantaged groups. The truth is that formal equality is not enough, as women and disadvantaged groups are not on equal footing to utilise these formal opportunities.
Various formal and informal approaches should be applied to exercise equal rights and opportunities. This should include the effective implementation of the Constitution through the formation of proper laws with enforcement mechanisms. Differential treatment and positive discrimination, advocacy aimed at changing mindsets, beliefs norms and practices towards women, can help to practically rebalance the power.


Rising Sea-levels a Significant Urban Economic Hazard
The image of sea level rising because of global warming, tends to bring into mind the scenario where beaches are getting eroded and countries such as Maldives getting submerged. But in reality, the effect is mostly significant in the major cities and not in coastal towns and island nations.
These are several important points shown by McKinsey in the 2011 economic projection report, Urban world: Mapping the economic power of cities:
Currently, 600 urban cities are responsible for over 60% of world’s GDP. By the year 2025, there will be an addition of another new 136 cities within that 600, each and every one of them located in the developing world and a staggering 100 based in China. At present, 23 megacities with a population exceeding over 10 million or more, will ultimately boost world’s growth by 10% by 2025, below their 14% of the global GDP.
Although several of the cities are located at the sea-level, others are not. There is a considerable geographical variation seen amongst these cities. Below are the top 10 of the 25 cities as per McKinsey report and their shifting status projected by numerous metrics.
Only six of the ten largest GDP cities are facing possible exposure to rising sea levels. As per the current projections, by the year 2100 the sea level would have risen by a meter. IPCC 5 has stated a median of 60 cm or 2 feet, but rejected several papers which projected a greater increase due to the inadequacy to provide an explanation. There has been increased research since then.
The other important factor is that sea level increases shows a considerable variation. It is greater at the equator and at the poles of the earth due to the centripetal force present along with thermal expansion. Tokyo is estimated to face an increase of the sea level in the range of 45% more than the average predicted. It will approximately be 1.5 meters or 5 feet.
The rising sea level is only one of the issues. Majority of these coastal cities are exposed to increased natural calamities in the form of cyclones, in the Asian region typhons have hit land at in increased severity and frequency as compared to the past four decades. Hurricane Sandy which affected New York to Harvey which affected Houston, increased damage is seen due to the increased strength, size and moisture content of these storms. Storms are generally associated with increased surges ranging several meters in height and rains which results in inland flooding with the storm surges.
What effect would be seen in the fastest growing cities by the year 2025?
According to McKinsey, a couple of the cities have been pushed downwards from the top ten, there are still six cities facing the possible effect of rise of sea level. The average elevation of the cities has risen from 56 to 95 meters, but this measurement is not useful. The most important fact is that these cities are located inland and not in close proximity to the sea.
The new cities show both strengths and weakness in certain regards. A main strength is that majority of these cities are based in China which possesses a command-and-control economy which realizes the effect of increasing sea levels and are taking appropriate steps to counteract it. Their growth and cities being located in strategic economic zones would assist them to be more resilient in the face of such adversity. A major downside is that the legacy Asian cities are less resilient in comparison to New York and Tokyo owing the minimal resilience investments done over the past couple of decades.
Would there be an effect on economic growth with the increasing sea levels? Absolutely and negatively. Expensive infrastructure would be abandoned or would necessitate significant and costly protection measures. The money utilized although being an economic driver could have been used to achieve far more useful economic growth.
Will there be an equivalent effect on the seaside cities? No, Miami, which is not featuring on the top 25 cities would see significant damage owing to numerous reasons such as increasing sea level, costal subsidence and porous limestone. Dhaka which is not on the list could possible face 27 million people affected by the rising sea level by the year 2050. It was affected in 2017 by the monsoon flooding which was mostly limited to the northern part of the city.
Will the earth’s economy survive? Yes, it would. Would be realize a decreased economic growth? Yes.
One projection puts the economic burden at 14 trillion USD by 2100. Another projection has placed a loss of a trillion USD in U.S. These are considerable amounts of money. The worlds GDP is currently at 78 trillion USD at the present.
This is the main reason why governments considering the economy consequences have united with their people have taken steps to minimize the effect of global warming. It is also the main reason why it is disheartening to see the regression of USA, which is affecting the citizens of USA but also the entire world.


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Little Niagara Creek restoration to begin at UW-Eau ClaireJuly 30, 2012
Creek on UW-Eau Claire campus the target of restoration project
UW-Eau Claire's Little Niagara Creek being restored to its natural beauty
The two- to three-week restoration project will include removing silt and sediment from the stream bed, restoring eroded soil banks that have slumped into the stream, removing invasive plant species, and fortifying the new banks with rock and finally soil with a native seed mixture. The project also will include providing natural stone stream access areas to UW-Eau Claire students and faculty for stream-based study.
Lynn Peterson, UW-Eau Claire assistant director for operations in Facilities Management, is the university's liaison with the WDNR on the project. Peterson met with science faculty members, campus sustainability fellow Dr. James Boulter and 2011-12 student body president Phil Rynish over the past year to gather input for determining the goals of the restoration project and how Little Niagara Creek might be better accessed for student classes and research projects.
Some of the goals established during the campus meetings included "unshackling" the stream by removing culverts, which are being replaced with bridges as part of the new Davies Center construction project; increasing the diversity of native plants in and along the creek; and developing a maintenance plan to protect stream banks from soil erosion, maintain native plant diversity and remove and control invasive plant species over the long term.
Once multiple ongoing campus facilities projects — including the construction of the new Education Building and W.R. Davies Student Center and the demolition of the old W.R. Davies University Center — are completed and a new Central Campus Mall and amphitheater are developed on the site of the old Davies Center, Little Niagara will become a focal point on campus, Peterson said.
"This restoration will showcase the natural beauty of the Little Niagara," Peterson said. "The stream will be narrowed to keep the water flowing faster, and that will help reduce sedimentation. Large slabs of rocks will be added in strategic locations for easier class and student access points and to change stream environments for biological and stream study."
Boulter noted that aspects of the new campus mall development and Davies Student Center construction projects also will favorably impact Little Niagara Creek.
"I'm pleased that the new campus mall development will divert storm water flow away from Little Niagara and that runoff from the new Davies Student Center will be reduced by the incorporation of a green roof terrace," Boulter said. "These efforts complement the creek restoration efforts led by our Facilities Management personnel, contributing to Little Niagara Creek becoming a thriving ecosystem and naturalistic centerpiece of 'Wisconsin's most beautiful campus.'"
The creek restoration project cost of just over $125,300 is being paid for with UW-Eau Claire Facilities Management funds.


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Horsham Township Police say the man who robbed a 7-11 store on Moreland Road Sunday afternoon, May 27, might have also robbed a Warminster 7-11 on Saturday. The descriptions are similar. In both cases the robber was a white man about five-foot-seven wearing dirty jeans, a hooded sweat shirt and dark sunglasses. In the Horsham job police say they believe he got about $300 in cash and fled toward Blair Mill Road, possibly to an escape vehicle parked behind the store. Surveillance pictures of the robber are not available because the in-store camera was out of order on Sunday.


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The New Prairie School at Colvin House
Equal parts architectural tour, immersive theater, and musical performance, The New Prairie School at the Colvin House invites audience members on a fantastical journey through an historic Sheridan Road Mansion. Guides sing, speak, gesticulate, and gyrate their way through the Colvin House. Along the way, their strange and beautiful performance becomes a reclaiming of Midwestern radicalism, a love song to the people and the buildings of Chicago.
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Corey Smith is a composer, writer, and performer based in Chicago, Illinois. He is classically trained, but is interested in art that obscures the boundaries between worlds: words that are sound, music that is image, body that is text. He works in a hybridized performance style a combination of original music, text, and choreography. Corey has been an artist-in-residence at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory, and Grin City, and is a 2017 grantee of the City of Chicagos Individual Artist Program. Most recent collaborative credits include works performed at Defibrillator Gallery, Links Hall, Co-Prosperity Sphere, and the McCormick Bridgehouse and Chicago River Museum. Corey studied music composition at the University of Michigan with Bright Sheng, Evan Chambers, and Erik Santos. He is a collaborator, a friend, a proud Mid-westerner.
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You're His Child is a heartfelt meditation on religion, family, and song. Through live music, sound, and her performative interaction with archival recordings, actor Emmy Bean engages the history of her great-grandfathera kitchen-table hymn singer from rural Missouritelling stories about family and music through his voice and her own.
Bean's performance begins immediately following Vanessa Valliere's 15 minute opener. Valliere performs The Life and Times of Terry, a multimedia journey through romance, parenthood, and success. She tells the tale of one womans search for love, and the hilarity that ensues, through clowning, puppetry, audience participation, drawings, photos, and projections.
Emmy Bean is a singer, performer, and teaching artist living in Chicago. She writes songs and performs in 80 Foots, Chicagos only End Times Vocal Trio. Emmy is also a singer and songwriter with Opera-Matic in the parks on Chicagos northwest side, and with John Szymanski in the Monthly Music Club. Recent performance work includes A Memory Palace of Fear with Theater Oobleck, Erica Motts Trials and Trails at Steelworkers Park, Baudelaire in a Box with Theatre Oobleck, and The Carter Family Family Show with the Neo-Futurists. She holds an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts from Columbia College Chicago.
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The holiday season is officially upon us, which means everyone is busy — so we’ve done the work of tracking down the latest news in the Montclair and the greater Essex County + North Jersey area, so you don’t have to. Among the headlines: Newark declares first Code Blue; Montclair to replace Edgemont Park bridge; Holiday Tree Lighting returns to Montclair; and so much more. Keep reading for all the North Jersey news you missed this week in Essex County and beyond.
The Best of Montclair 2022 Finalists Announced — Time to Vote
The finalists for the Best of Montclair 2022 Guide are in! Thank you to everyone who nominated local businesses and people in the Montclair and greater Essex County area to receive the recognition that they deserve. Those who received the most nominations in each category advanced to the top three finalists, so before anyone says so-and-so was robbed, remember: we make the rules, we don’t pick the finalists. Click here to cast your vote.
First ‘Code Blue’ Called in Newark
On Monday, November 21st, Newark officially called its first “Code Blue” of the winter season when temperatures dropped below 25 degrees. According to Patch, during a “Code Blue”, social service agencies partner up to open emergency shelters for those in need.
Holiday Pop-Up Bar Opens in Verona
Christmas-themed pop-up bar, Miracle on Bloomfield has returned to North Jersey for another round of holiday drinks this year. According to Patch, customers can find it at 706 Bloomfield Avenue in Verona until Sunday, January 1st.
Montclair Approves Plans to Replace Edgemont Park Bridge
Earlier this month, plans were approved to demolish and replace the bridge at Edgemont Park which has been unusable for some time, per Baristanet. New bridge designs are expected to begin this week and once the design is chosen, the new bridge will take 3-6 months to create. Installation is expected to take place in 2023 during the summer or fall.
COVID-19 Clinics are Now Mobile-Only in Essex County
Essex County has converted all its COVID-19 vaccination clinics to mobile sites, Patch reported. During the height of the pandemic, Essex County was home to five vaccine centers but with reduced demand, the county has closed these locations and converted all efforts to mobile sites to better meet the needs of the community.
NY Jets Lineman Gives Pep Talk to Montclair Players Following Lost Season
On Monday, November 21st, New York Jets defensive tackle Solomon Thomas addressed the Montclair Mounties after a sudden end to this year’s season, per Montclair Local. The team was told just a few weeks prior that an academically ineligible student had been playing all season and therefore the team would not only have to miss the rest of the season but also forfeit their four wins.
Montclair Community Invited to Town Hall on Lackawanna Plaza Redevelopment
Local officials including Mayor Sean Spiller, Third Ward Councilor Lori Price Abrams, and Councilor-At-Large Peter Yacobellis are hosting a town hall meeting on Tuesday, November 29th focusing on the redevelopment of Lackawanna Plaza. According to Baristanet, community members are encouraged to attend to ask questions and learn more about what to expect in the renovated plaza.
Newark Charter School Launches Shop Small Campaign
Great Oaks Legacy Charter School recently launched its annual campaign that includes a gift drive from minority-owned businesses in Newark. According to Patch, the “Shop Newark Campaign” has an approximate $30,000 commitment to Newark businesses in an effort to support the local economy.
Newark Fire Chief Inducted Into High School Hall of Fame
Newark Fire Chief Rufus L. Jackson was inducted into the Weequahic High School’s Hall of Fame. Chief Jackson’s alma mater honored him for his athleticism and for his professionalism in rising to the rank of Fire Chief in the City of Newark. pic.twitter.com/GQxTl4bdSL
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Weequahic High School recently inducted Newark Fire Chief Rufus Jackson to the school’s Hall of Fame, reported Patch. The recognition was for “athleticism and for his professionalism in rising to the rank of fire chief in the City of Newark”.
Holiday Tree Lighting Returns to Montclair
The Department of Recreation and Cultural Affairs has invited the community of Montclair to the annual Holiday Tree Lighting on Thursday, December 1st. According to Patch, the event will take place at 6PM on Church Street and feature a giant snow globe, holiday characters, kids’ activities, and Santa + Mrs. Claus.
Humane Montclair Founder Claps Back at Bear Hunt Reinstatement
Governor Phil Murphy recently announced the reinstatement of the bear hunt to “prevent tragic bear-human interactions”, Baristanet reported. In a Fish and Game Council meeting, Humane Montclair founder Annette Batson called the decision “a tyrannical response to a fabricated problem”. The first hunt will take place Monday, December 5th through Saturday, December 10th.
Tik Tok’s Gigante Brothers Open Da Mimmo Restaurant in Dumont
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TikTokers the Gigante brothers Vincent, Antonio, and Vito recently announced the opening of their restaurant in Bergen County called Da Mimmo. In addition to traditional Italian fare, Da Mimmo offers brick oven pizza from a wood-burning oven, homemade mozzarella, and pastries made on-site. Da Mimmo is located at 132 Veterans Plaza in Dumont.
Peter Yacobellis Named as First Executive Director of Out Montclair
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Earlier this week, the Out Montclair Board of Trustees voted to name Peter Yacobellis as the first Executive Director. As Executive Director, he will lead all eventual staff and volunteers, all programs and projects in service of the organization’s purpose which in recent days has become even more clearly needed than ever before. Until the Board elects a new Chair, Reubena Spence, the current Vice Chair and co-founder, will act as Chair.
Newark Winter Village Now Open
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The annual Newark Winter Village officially opened on Friday, November 25th. Activities at the open-air festival include ice skating, go-karts, igloos, and food + drinks.
First Lutheran Church of Montclair Hosts Trans Remembrance Day
The Montclair Interfaith Clergy Association held its sixth annual Transgender Day of Remembrance service on Sunday, November 20th at the First Lutheran Church of Montclair. According to Montclair Local, the event featured musical performances by an interfaith choir and the reading of Mariah Ayscue’s poem “Dead Name”.


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