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International Criminal Court
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News about International Criminal Court, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Jan. 28, 2016
Ivory Coast is divided over legacy of former president, Laurent Gbago, ahead of his trial for crimes against humanity at International Criminal Court in The Hague; supporters assert current president, Alassane Ouattara, should also be held accountable; trial is crucial test for court, which has had mixed success in bringing high-profile offenders to justice. MORE
Jan. 22, 2016
Prosecutors at International Criminal Court hearing in The Hague accuse Dominic Ongwen, commander of Ugandan military group called Lord’s Resistance Army, of 70 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. MORE
Nov. 14, 2015
Congolese war criminal Germain Katanga, in custody since 2007, becomes first-ever convict to be released early by International Criminal Court. MORE
Oct. 9, 2015
International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda plans to pursue war crimes charges stemming from 2008 war between Russia and Georgia; case will consider actions taken by South Ossetians and Georgians on Georgian soil, where court has jurisdiction. MORE
Oct. 1, 2015
Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi of Mali appears before International Criminal Court, first time a radical Islamist has been formally accused of destroying ancient religious monuments, action viewed as war crime; prosecution says Mahdi is member of Ansar Dine, organization of Al Qaeda-linked Islamic extremists and that he played prominent role in group's deliberate destruction of ancient religious structures in Timbuktu in 2012. MORE
Sep. 25, 2015
Report accusing Islamic State of genocide against Iraq’s Yazidi minority is brought to International Criminal Court, but court says it has no jurisdiction over incidents occurring in non-member countries; Yazidi leaders suggest militants who hail from member states could be prosecuted. MORE
Sep. 11, 2015
Kenyans Paul Gicheru and Philip Kipkoech Bett are accused by International Criminal Court of bribing prosecution witnesses in trials over violence which killed 1,000 people in wake of 2007-8 election. MORE
Sep. 9, 2015
Ukraine's government accepts jurisdiction of International Criminal Court, backdated to early 2014; move could clear way for investigation into possible war crimes committed by Russia during annexation of Ukraine. MORE
Sep. 3, 2015
War crimes trial of Congolese rebel commander Bosco Ntaganda begins at International Criminal Court; Ntaganda is unique in that he is first person accused of war crimes to voluntarily turn himself in at American Embassy. MORE
Aug. 24, 2015
Op-Ed article by Luis Moreno-Ocampo, former chief prosecutor of International Criminal Court, calls on United States to take stand against genocide by granting visa to fugitive Sudanese Pres Omar Hassan al-Bashir and arresting him when he arrives in New York for United Nations conference; decries Bashir's ability to elude arrest despite warrants for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide for his actions in Darfur; urges Obama to take moral stand that international community has failed to adopt. MORE
Aug. 20, 2015
Appellate judges at International Criminal Court order new inquiry into whether Kenyan Pres Uhuru Kenyatta's government obstructed court's original prosecution in war crimes case, which fell apart in in 2014 due to insufficient evidence. MORE
Jul. 17, 2015
International Criminal Court judges request that chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda review her decision not to investigate deadly Israeli commando raid on Gaza-bound flotilla of aid ships in 2010. MORE
Jun. 25, 2015
Palestinians plan to submit evidence of Israeli war crimes occurring during July 2014 Gaza war between Israel and Hamas to International Criminal Court; analysts say while move shows Palestinians' commitment to standing up to Israel in international court, action may be symbolic since court has has no capacity to enforce judgments and is unable to secure arrest of those they are able to convict of war crimes. MORE
Jun. 16, 2015
South African authorities allow Sudanese Pres Omar Hassan al-Bashir to fly home after African Union meeting despite longstanding arrest warrant in International Criminal Court for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide; plane departs before South Africa's High Court rules that government is legally required to arrest him. MORE
Jun. 16, 2015
News Analysis; South Africa's refusal to arrest Sudanese Pres Omar Hassan al-Bashir on International Criminal Court warrant points out limitations of justice system that has no enforcement capability; move also illustrates ways in which member states use court to advance political interests. MORE
Jun. 15, 2015
Pres Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on genocide charges, finds himself unable to leave South Africa following order from nation's High Court; ICC calls on South Africa to arrest Bashir, who has been extremely cautious in his travels since indictment was handed down in 2009; whether or not South Africa proceeds with arrest could determine long-term influence of ICC. MORE
Apr. 2, 2015
Palestinians join the International Criminal Court, making most significant and controversial step yet toward seeking statehood; Palestinian Authority hopes to use membership to increase international pressure on Israel and to hold it accountable for policies and actions that Palestinians charge are war crimes; stops short, however, of calling for immediate investigation of Israeli officials. MORE
Mar. 10, 2015
Fatou Bensouda, chief prosecutor for International Criminal Court, asks United Nations Security Council to enforce extradition of Sudanese Pres Omar Hassan al-Bashir; had previously said she was suspending criminal investigations of Darfur atrocities due to lack of cooperation from Sudan. MORE
Jan. 27, 2015
Lord's Resistance Army rebel commander Dominic Ongwen makes first public appearance at International Criminal Court; Ongwen has been accused of murder and enslavement. MORE
Jan. 21, 2015
Israel's state comptroller says investigation is underway into moves by military and political leaders during 50-day war with Hamas in Gaza in 2014; statement is country's latest attempt to stop International Criminal Court inquiry into its conduct. MORE
Jan. 19, 2015
North Korean defector Shin Dong-hyuk, whose disturbing accounts of life in prison camp were depicted in 2012 book Escape from Camp 14, confesses that some parts of his story were fabricated; admission could jeopardize effort to bring North before International Criminal Court. MORE
Jan. 17, 2015
International Criminal Court opens preliminary investigation into possible war crimes committed in Palestinian territories, which could lead to charges against Israel; move comes two weeks after Palestinians signed treaty to accept jurisdiction of the court; Israel condemns action and says it will not cooperate with inquiry. MORE
Jan. 14, 2015
Dominic Ongwen, captured Ugandan rebel commander in Lord's Resistance Army, will be turned over to International Criminal Court at the Hague; he is accused of helping to plan massacres and kidnap children; army leader Joseph Kony is at large. MORE
Jan. 13, 2015
Pres Obama, in telephone call to Israeli Prime Min Benjamin Netanyahu, confirms that United States will register opposition to Palestinian Authority's attempt to join International Criminal Court. MORE
Jan. 11, 2015
News Analysis; Fatou Bensouda, chief prosecutor for International Criminal Court, will face numerous challenges in 2015 that may prove to be opportunities to show that court is still relevant; chief among challenges is request by Palestinians to investigate alleged crimes perpetrated by Israel in latest Gaza conflict. MORE
Jan. 10, 2015
Fatou Bensouda, chief prosecutor of International Criminal Court, may start preliminary examination into allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on Palestinian lands by Israel. MORE
Jan. 6, 2015
News Analysis; Palestinians have begun to translate a series of symbolic steps into de facto progress towards establishing a legal state, without having to make long-avoided concessions to Israel; are placing bet that actions, including move to join International Criminal Court, will eventually force changes on the ground; strategy has upset Washington, and has caused Israel to promise painful retaliatory measures. MORE
Jan. 5, 2015
Op-Ed article by policy expert Dennis B Ross argues the Palestinian Authority's application to the International Criminal Court is only the latest example of its preference for political symbols over true negotiation with Israel that would require concessions; calls on European leaders who support Palestinian statehood to stop giving Authority a free pass, and to put greater pressure on it to seriously consider difficult compromise. MORE
Jan. 4, 2015
Israel withholds tax revenue from Palestinian Authority in response to Palestinian attempts to join International Criminal Court, further escalating tensions between two sides. MORE
Jan. 3, 2015
Riyad H Mansour, Palestinian ambassador to United Nations, submits papers for Palestinians to join treaty creating the International Criminal Court, paving way for the tribunal to potentially investigate serious crimes on Palestinian lands committed by either side in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. MORE
Jan. 2, 2015
Legal experts say even if Palestinians are successful in bid to join International Criminal Court, exacting legal repercussions for Israeli actions during war in Gaza are unlikely because court may not recognize actions as falling under its purview; bid to join court, however, is likely to result in profound repercussions for Palestinians, from both Israel and United States. MORE
Jan. 1, 2015
Palestinian Authority Pres Mahmoud Abbas requests that Authority join International Criminal Court, move that opens up possibility of war-crimes prosecutions of Israeli officials; request, condemned by American officials as excessive, follows failure of United Nations Security Council resolution demanding end to Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory by 2017. MORE
Jan. 1, 2015
Editorial criticizes Palestinian Authority Pres Mahmoud Abbas for political actions that may further dim any hopes of a two-state solution; contends Abbas's decisions to both force a losing vote on Palestinian statehood at United Nations Security Council and then to join International Criminal Court give Israeli hard-liners even more reason to reject new peace talks and could possibly push collapse of the authority itself. MORE
Dec. 26, 2014
United Nations announces plans to further cut down on number of peacekeeping forces in Darfur, Sudan, despite renewed violence that has driven 457,000 people from their homes in 2014 alone; statement comes in wake of International Criminal Court's suspension of genocide case against Sudan Pres Omar Hassan al-Bashir; two announcements show how international attention to crisis in Darfur has been overshadowed by other, newer crises elsewhere. MORE
Dec. 16, 2014
United Nations Security Council agrees to consider human rights situation in North Korea; decision paves way for discussions on whether to refer country to International Criminal Court. MORE
Dec. 13, 2014
Fatou Bensouda, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, is suspending investigations in Darfur; cites limited resources, fact that no arrests have been made in decade and absence of help from United nations Security Council in decision. MORE
Dec. 12, 2014
Ivory Coast is ordered by International Criminal Court to turn over Simone Gbagbo, country's former first lady, to face accusations of crimes against humanity, including murder, rape and persecution. MORE
Dec. 11, 2014
International Criminal Court judges rule that Libya has failed to comply with court orders relating to Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, son of former Libyan dictator, and refers matter to the United Nations Security Council; court says Libya must hand over Qaddafi for trial in The Hague. MORE
Dec. 11, 2014
Legal analysts say that Americans who order or carry out torture can be prosecuted abroad, by legal bodies including International Criminal Court; experts question whether such prosecutions will happen, but predict that calls for punishment will grow as long as United States declines to prosecute it own citizens. MORE
Dec. 9, 2014
Palestinians become observer for first time at annual meeting of states that have joined International Criminal Court, upgrading their status within the organization. MORE
Dec. 6, 2014
Fatou Bensouda, chief prosecutor of International Criminal Court, withdraws charges against Kenya's Pres Uhuru Kenyatta of crimes against humanity; Kenyatta, first sitting president to appear before court, was accused of helping to orchestrate and finance a wave of ethnic violence after disputed elections in 2007, charges he has always denied. MORE
Nov. 23, 2014
Editorial calls on United Nations Security Council to pass resolution to refer case against North Korea to International Criminal Court for prosecution of its leaders for crimes against humanity. MORE
Nov. 7, 2014
International Criminal Court in The Hague contends that Israeli military forces may have committed war crimes when they stormed a flotilla of civilian ships delivering aid to the Gaza Strip in 2010. MORE
Nov. 6, 2014
United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague proposes temporary release for Vojislav Seselj, Serbian nationalist leader whose health has seriously deteriorated while awaiting end of his long-running trial; Seselj is charged with inciting others to commit war crimes in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1990s. MORE
Oct. 26, 2014
Broad coalition of countries is pushing for the first time to refer North Korea to the International Criminal Court for prosecution of crimes against humanity; move is breakthrough for human rights advocates who have long urged world powers to scrutinize reported rights abuses in North Korea, and not just focus on its nuclear arms. MORE
Oct. 21, 2014
Jang Il-hun, North Korea's United Nations envoy, warns his country will take unspecified countermeasures if any efforts is made to charge Kim Jong-un with crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court; statement comes in reaction to United Nations report. MORE
Oct. 9, 2014
Kenya’s Pres Uhuru Kenyatta makes reluctant appearance before three international judges who must decide whether case against him on charges of crimes against humanity should proceed at International Criminal Court or be withdrawn for lack of evidence. MORE
Oct. 8, 2014
War crimes trial of Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic ends following four years of hearings and testimony; prosecutors call for the conviction and life imprisonment of Karadzic on 11 charges, including genocide, stemming from the 1992-95 war; Karadzic proclaims his innocence. MORE
Oct. 7, 2014
Kenyan Pres Uhuru Kenyatta says he will briefly step down as president while he attends hearing at International Criminal Court at The Hague; Kenyatta is accused of committing crimes against humanity by instigating ethnic violence after Kenya's 2007 presidential election. MORE
Sep. 30, 2014
Prosecutors demand life sentence for former Bosnian leader Radovan Karadzic as his trial for war crimes draws to close. MORE
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ARTICLES ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
A defense lawyer made the argument in his opening statement at Laurent Gbagbo’s trial on charges of crimes against humanity.
February 2, 2016, Tuesday
The former leader of Ivory Coast will be the first ex-president to be tried by the court when it opens on Thursday.
January 28, 2016, Thursday
A former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army was accused of using rape and brutality to turn children abducted by the rebels into sex slaves or soldiers.
January 22, 2016, Friday
Despite renewed attention to the use of starvation as a weapon of war by the Syrian government and rebels alike, accountability is arguably more elusive.
January 16, 2016, Saturday
Stephen Rapp said it would be “unthinkable” to do without a process of justice in the future for any peace agreement to have the support of the Syrian people.
December 27, 2015, Sunday
In a statement, North Korea criticized the resolution and claimed that the United States “and other hostile forces” were behind it.
November 20, 2015, Friday
MORE ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND: North Korea , War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity , Security Council (UN) (Parent) , International Criminal Court , Human Rights and Human Rights Violations , United Nations , General Assembly (UN) , Iran , Syria , Myanmar , United States , International Relations , Japan
The International Criminal Court granted early release to Germain Katanga, a convicted war criminal from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
November 14, 2015, Saturday
Protesters against President Alpha Condé have clashed with the police even before the results are announced of Sunday’s vote, which observers said was poorly run but largely fair.
October 16, 2015, Friday
The I.C.C. is examining what happened to religious sites in Timbuktu. Will it look next at the destruction in Palmyra?
October 9, 2015, Friday
The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor will pursue war crimes charges related to the 2008 war Georgia and Russia fought over control of the separatist province of South Ossetia.
October 9, 2015, Friday
President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan defied a court order to remain in South Africa until it ruled on an application for his arrest on genocide charges from the International Criminal Court.
Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour of Sudan says his country’s president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, will leave South Africa as planned despite a judge barring his departure.
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor withdrew charges of crimes against humanity against President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, saying the evidence had changed.
The United Nations Security Council will vote Thursday on asking the International Criminal Court to investigate war crimes in Syria, but Russia is almost certain to veto the measure.
Fatou Bensouda, chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, in conversation with Marlise Simons, correspondent for The New York Times.
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In the second seductive installment of Jeffe Kennedy's thrilling Master of the Opera, a young woman falls deeper under the spell of the man who haunts her dreams, fuels her desire, and demands her surrender...With each passing day of her internship at the Sante Fe Opera House, Christine Davis discovers something new, something exciting--and something frightening. Hidden in the twisting labyrinths beneath the theater is a mysterious man in a mask who, Christy's convinced, is as real as the rose he left on her desk--and as passionate as the kiss that burns on her lips. He tells her to call him "Master," and Christy can't deny him. But when her predecessor--a missing intern--is found dead, Christy wonders if she's playing with fire... If her phantom lover is actually a killer, how can she continue to submit to his dark, erotic games? And if he is innocent, how can she resist--or refuse--when he demands nothing less than her body and soul?14,560 Words
In the first tantalizing installment of Jeffe Kennedy's ravishing serial novel Master of the Opera, an innocent young woman is initiated into a sensual world of music, mystery, passion--and one man's private obsession. . .Fresh out of college, Christine Davis is thrilled to begin a summer internship at the prestigious Sante Fe Opera House. But on her first day, she discovers that her dream job has a dark side. Beneath the theater, a sprawling maze of passageways are rumored to be haunted. Ghostly music echoes through the halls at night. And Christy's predecessor has mysteriously disappeared. Luckily, Christy finds a friend and admirer in Roman Sanclaro, the theater's wealthy and handsome patron. He convinces her there's nothing to fear--until she hears the phantom's voice for herself. Echoing in the labrynths. Singing of a lost love. Whispering her name: Christine. At first, Christy thinks she's hearing things. But when a tall masked man steps out of the shadows--and into her arms--she knows he's not a phantom of her imagination. He is the master of her desire. . .15,568 Words
Janie Kayrs has known Zane almost her whole life. He was her friend in the dream world. She trusted him. But that was before he kidnapped her, spiriting her away to an isolated cabin to learn what her dreams never told her. Like how dangerous he looks. How he got on the wrong side of the negotiating table. And how much sexier he is in real life...Zane is a battle-hardened warrior, used to command and solitude. But Janie has drawn him from the minute they met. His need for her could destroy everything he's worked for, but the risk is too sweet not to take it. They call her the Chosen One. But when it comes down to the questions of peace or war, life or death, safety or passion, it will be Janie who makes the choice...Love is about to start conquering... "Paranormal romance at its best!" --Cynthia Eden "Hot and fast from beginning to end." --Kate Douglas on Fated "Sizzling sex scenes and a memorable cast." --Publishers Weekly on Claimed87,300 Words
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Danger signs rise off Jase Kayrs like steam--the scars, the secrets, the strength. He's got a mission, and he's not interested in much outside of it. Except Brenna Dunne.Brenna was an ass-kicking, name-taking witch--before the poison that's killing her sapped her powers too. She knows there's more to Jase than a handsome face and an ugly history. But there's no time to find out what. Taking him as her mate might save her life. But once she unleashes the force of his desire, there will be no turning back...Ready or not, here they come..."Hot and fast from beginning to end." --Kate Douglas on Fated90,000 Words
Paranormal romance at its best! --Cynthia EdenIn human form, Terrent Vilks is all male animal--dark, ripped, predatory. As wolf, he's unforgettably dangerous, unforgettably hot. Yet Maggie can't remember him. . ..Not even when she learns she once agreed to mate him. Yeah, that was years ago, before she was kidnapped and tortured, before she lost her memory. Now she knows just one thing about herself--she'll do whatever it takes to bring down the monsters who took her, even trust her ex.He's got her right where he wants her. . ."Hot and fast from beginning to end." --Kate Douglas on Fated31,000 Words
"Sassy, sexy, fun."--Lori Wilde"A sexy read." --Rachel GibsonOnly one person in Oak Groves is happy to see bad girl Nikki Logan back in town...Oak Groves' most beloved bachelor, Jett Avery, lives by a simple set of rules. Getting involved with a complicated woman isn't one of them. He learned that the hard way two years ago when he spent one of the most incredible nights of his life with Nikki Logan. But then she hightailed it out of town, never to be seen again--until now. It might be time to break one of those rules...Picking up the pieces of her life, Nikki is back in Oak Groves, face to face with the one man she's done her best to forget. But she has her reasons for being here--and they don't include winding up in bed with Jett. Especially since he'll never forgive her once he finds out the truth about why she's back...Praise for KC Klein's Texas Wide Open"Passionate, gritty and fast-paced...with a hot-blooded, honorable hero to make every woman's knees go weak."--Diane Whiteside"A tortured hero, a love that defies distance and time...this is a book you won't soon forget."--Cat Johnson"KC Klein's hero is as hot as a Texan summer's day." --Rachel Gibson86,500 Words
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"Crosby serves up suspense, secrets and Southern scandal like no one else!" --Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorNew York Times bestselling author Tanya Anne Crosby returns to the teeming marshes and crumbling plantations of Charleston, where a gruesome murder and kidnapping reawaken fears of a serial killer on the loose. . .Augusta Aldridge believes in Ian Patterson's innocence, even after he was arrested for killing two young women and mutilating their corpses. Because she was with him the night one of the crimes occurred, hidden in the shadows beneath a beachside pier, locked in a wild, unthinking embrace with the man whose dangerous fascination may have fatally lured the other victims. Now that another body has been found, the police suspect a copycat killer, but Augusta is sure they have the wrong man behind bars. She's going to risk her reputation, and her life, to prove it. . .86,000 Words
Look out, Venice Beach--the Wolf women are all together again. But when 70-year-old Virginia arrives with her teacup Chihuahua and unshakeable confidence, she senses trouble. Erinn is keeping secrets--like being broke and out of work--and Suzanna is paying too much attention to the wrong man--a Latino dance instructor who nearly broke her heart once before. Virginia's ready for the third act of her life, and she intends to make it rousing and romantic. Now she just has to convince her daughters to throw out their old scripts. If life has taught Virginia anything, it's this: there's more than one way to a "happily ever after"..."The Merchant of Venice Beach has a fresh, heartwarming voice that will keep readers smiling as they dance through this charming story by Celia Bonaduce." --Jodi Thomas, New York Times bestselling author"Celia Bonaduce writes well rounded, real life characters straight from the heart. I loved this book!" --Phyliss Miranda, New York Times bestselling author on A Comedy of Erinn70,350 Words
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This piece was originally published in New Voices On Food, an anthology dedicated to promoting diverse voices on food. You can now listen to Tyree Barnette on The New Writer's Room podcast series right here.
A multitude of stories simmer with every bite. Narratives of unimaginable suffering, dogged survival, and ingenuity are as characteristic to soul food as its seasonings.
Soul food is the culinary survival tactic born out of the American South by enslaved Africans. It is a cuisine of beautiful scarcity from a people who would later be called African-Americans.
Soul food was borne out of the weekly rations of the leafy ends of vegetables like collard, mustard, or turnip greens, cornmeal, beans, and root vegetables given to the enslaved. Occasionally, they also got discarded meats such as the intestines, tails, feet, or ears of pigs along with chicken, fish or some dairy products. Much of it was scraps fit more for hounds than people.
My ancestors took these shreds and cooked what would become a legacy. Back then, it was simply a food of necessity: the enslaved needed calories and fats to work the long hours in brutal conditions. They covered what meats they received with flour or breading and fried them. They also added bacon, salted meat, bones, or fat to vegetables for flavour and sustenance. Nothing was wasted.
Of course, the enslaved didn’t call the food they prepared “soul food”. The cuisine would grow in prominence and receive its name in the 1960s when the word “soul” was used to describe any aspect of African-American culture. It was an exercise of self-empowerment and affirmation. Soul food was a source of strength and comfort for activists in the American civil rights struggles. It was also a gateway for people wanting to reconnect with Black culture – its literature, dress, language and food.
A leading American soul food scholar named Adrian Miller adds that the Southern cuisine stepped out of the civil rights era and into America’s mainstream diet following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The attacks left a disillusioned country searching for what it meant to be American and longing to recapture authenticity across diverse regions of the country. Soul food quickly took up the banner for the South. This resurgence combined with the rise of food-based television shows in the early 2000s such as Paula’s Home Cooking from presenter Paula Dean. These shows overwhelmingly feature white chefs preparing Southern cuisine and soul food while seldom mentioning their African-American origins.
Soul food, like the culture of the people it came from, would eventually be devoured by the entire nation and the world over. As an African-American man living in Australia since 2012, I have seen soul food restaurants and pop-ups around Sydney. The story is the same: a chef from somewhere else visits the Southern USA, learns the technique and recipes under the teachings of Black cooks and local experts, and returns with this new knowledge to sell in Australia. Their creations seem to taste enough like the part and their restaurants are swarmed and celebrated by customers and food critics. There’s nary a mention of the teachers who freely gave their recipes.
Soul food was borne out of the weekly rations of the leafy ends of vegetables like collard, mustard, or turnip greens, cornmeal, beans, and root vegetables given to the enslaved ... My ancestors took these shreds and cooked what would become a legacy.
I find that not only are the culinary experts behind the creations seldom highlighted or celebrated, but the students also use only a fraction of what they learned. Southern fried chicken gets paired bizarrely with wine. Suddenly, you have a unique offering to the market. Poultry, beef, and pork get most of the spotlight as if the formerly enslaved had their want of cattle, hogs, and chickens. Meat was never a mainstay of soul food.
There is also a key distinction to make between soul food and its more familiar cousin – Southern food that also hails from the American South. While the enslaved perfected soul food inside shacks, Southern food came from wealthier plantation homes with cooks, full pantries, equipment, and the riches of time it takes to create the cuisine. Southern food also owes its influence more heavily to European settler cooking techniques. Dishes like macaroni and cheese, potato salad, and barbecue ribs or pork are Southern foods.
Soul food, meanwhile, emerged out of a West African tradition that is much closer to vegetarian and sometimes vegan origins. Collard greens, a leafy vegetable that is also known as wild cabbage, are a mainstay on any authentic plate of soul food. The technique of boiling the greens, with meat or fat for flavour, is also practiced across the African continent. Even the juices leftover from the boiling would be used as a dip for other foods such as cornbread. Cornbread is a sweet and savoury baked bread made from cornmeal. It is also part of the soul food family thanks to Native Americans’ introduction of cornmeal.
I remember my grandparents dunking their golden squares of cornbread into the side of their sectioned plate with the dark collard green juices pooled at the bottom. I preferred my cornbread untouched by moisture and instead warm with a smear of butter in the middle. I loved the sweet and slightly salty taste that filled my mouth, golden crumbs raining down my shirt.
Other ingredients such as okra, potatoes, rice, beans, grits, and corn are part of several dishes in the soul food tradition. These were foods that the enslaved were not only given as rations but could also grow themselves to supplement the scraps they received.
I remember my grandparents dunking their golden squares of cornbread into the side of their sectioned plate with the dark collard green juices pooled at the bottom.
Growing up, I never liked the other-worldly sliminess of okra. Also known as ladyfingers, okra is native to West Africa, Ethiopia, and arguably South Asia. Originally, an ingredient for West African stews, soups, and rice dishes, Black Americans also used okra in a few similar ways. My mother would cut up the slimy seedpods into circular discs, cover them in cornmeal, and deep-fry them. I preferred this slightly greasy, salty method because I didn’t have to look at the interior of the vegetable whose juices resemble mucous. Other times, she would bake it or use okra in hearty stews in the winter.
Rice, another ingredient in soul food dishes, was brought over to the Americas from Africa. It is found in a host of African dishes from jollof, which is a single-pot rice dish with vegetables and white meat or fish, to waakye, a Ghanaian rice and beans dish. In the American South, rice found a home in red beans and rice as well as Hoppin’ John (rice and black-eyed peas) in the soul food tradition. It is also featured in the greater Southern cuisine family within gumbo and jambalaya.
Grits, typical breakfast food in the South, are good for any meal. The porridge-like dish comes from boiled cornmeal that is similar in texture to polenta. Salt, pepper, butter, bits of bacon, and prawn are just some of the ingredients that can go into grits to add flavour and depth. I have had grits to accompany fried fish, steak, cooked prawn, and even topped with stir-fried vegetables for a vegan meal.
Another issue arises when soul food isn’t portrayed and served accurately. When you leave out these vegetables in favour of meat-based elements and blur the line between what is soul food versus what is Southern cuisine, soul food can be mischaracterised as unhealthy – the cause of heart disease, high blood pressure, and strokes due to the perceived amounts of meat, fat, and sugar in it.
Soul food, due to its plant-based roots, is not wholly unhealthy. In addition, Southern food is a more celebratory cuisine today. It is inconceivable to think that lovers of the cuisine are frying chicken, fish and pork chops, barbecuing ribs, and eating pulled pork sandwiches every day. My own paternal grandparents, caretakers of Black Southern cooking traditions, would also readily enjoy a hearty salad for a meal. The time and labour involved in creating some of the dishes lend itself to partaking only on weekends, or special occasions when the looming workday wasn’t a factor.
After seeing one too many poor imitations of soul food here, my wife and I decided to start our own business. Southern Soul was born in her mother’s North Carolina kitchen back in 2018 as a vegan food business. We launched our first stall at the Rozelle Collectors Market after a few factors seemingly collided around us.
The first was Australia’s obsession with America. Early on, I saw the fascination here with Black American music, sports, slang, celebrities, and food. A second factor was what my wife and I believe is the future of food: veganism. While neither one of us are vegan, we both know that everyone cannot consume meat continuously and expect a balanced, healthy planet. Another under-appreciated factor in the mass-production of meat is the human toll on workers within the supply chain. Many people are justifiably irate about the mistreatment and slaughtering of animals for food, but not as rabid about the conditions, treatment, and exploitation of the aforementioned employees. Many of these labourers come from marginalised backgrounds and are people of colour.
A final motivating factor for us birthing our business without a clue on what we were doing is the same reason why I wrote this entry. The rich story of our food culture deserves to be told in a better context, coming from people that know, grew up with, and truly love this food. Soul food wasn’t something that we discovered on some extended trip to find ourselves in a foreign land – we didn’t take the best parts of it and leave to tell some broken food story about what we fell in love with.
We have a long history of food rituals: countless hours of watching a Black woman clean collard greens in her kitchen sink, the water spilling out onto the counter choked with dark wet leaves. We know the horrible smell of chitterlings or pig intestines oozing from the kitchen that is a soul food staple called chitlins. Soul food is the story of every packed Thanksgiving table, summer family reunion, a visit back home from university, or racing down the road to make it to grandma’s house by dinnertime. Once it left the oven or the stovetop, it was gone.
Soul food is experiencing the dogged survival of Black Americans since 1619 when we arrived in shackles to America. It is not just fatty glistening fried foods, too much salt, and not enough nutrition. There is a rich plant history behind it and a multitude of stories accompany every dish. It is more rewarding to first seek out a full and authentic source of this food and to truly understand what is being communicated on the plate.
You’ll find a much richer story that way.
American crab boils are often eaten in communal settings - it's a great dish for getting people together. The mix of seafood, vegetables and sausage is traditionally tipped onto newspaper in the centre of the table and everyone just digs in.
Before I left my home in New Orleans for college, my mum handed me a beautiful blue-and-white book filled with old family recipes and dishes we’d cooked together throughout my childhood. I’d like to share with you a recipe from it, one for Southern baked cheese grits. This buttery dish has been a staple at our annual Christmas Eve fête for the last two decades, it’s creamy middle and crispy cheese topping the centrepiece of so much joy and so many memories. Although I know the recipe by heart, every time I make it, I still pull out that old family recipe book.
A classic Creole dish, jambalaya from New Orleans is a true one-pot wonder blending French, African, Spanish and American influences. Make sure you use parboiled or "converted" rice when making this recipe. Serve with cornbread muffins for a hearty main meal.


One of the worlds youngest virtuoso guitarists, Ana Vidovic, will be performing Saturday, March 23rd at the McCoy Studio Theater. Show time is scheduled to begin at 7:30 pm.
Ana started playing the guitar at the age of 5. She began to perform internationally at the age of 11. By the time she turned 13, she was the youngest student to attend the National Musical Academy in Zagreb. She studied with Mauel Barrueco in Europe at the Peabody Conservatory where she graduated in 2005.
From 5:30 pm until 7:30 pm, A.K.’s Cafe will be serving entrees and desserts available for purchase (cash only please) in the McCoy Courtyard. MACC members are eligible to receive 10% off of ticket prices.


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Nepal’s Christians are concerned that the Himalayan nation’s new constitution will make evangelism illegal.
As currently proposed, the new constitution would make it a criminal offense for anyone to play any part in another person changing their religion – with a maximum penalty of five years in jail and a hefty fine, according to the Christian advocacy groups Release International and Compass Direct.
Nepal’s Christian leaders are also alarmed that they have not been consulted over the proposed constitutional changes – particularly since Prime Minister Jhalnath Khanal has already presented the draft documents to the Cabinet. The proposed constitution will now go to parliamentary committee for revision and approval, before being passed to the Constituent Assembly – Nepal’s interim Parliament – to be passed into law.
Nepal is predominantly Hindu. President Ram Baran Yadav has final approval – and the power of veto.
Christians say they are particularly concerned over Clause 160 of the draft Act of Offense Against Religions which would make it illegal to “’convert a person or abet him to change his religion” whether this be with or without “inducements.”
Christians fear that this could jeopardise a number of activities that they see as central to fulfilling the Great Commission to spread the Gospel worldwide.
There are other concerns that the new constitution would make disaster relief work illegal. Also banned could be any challenge of social injustices such as caste oppression and women’s inequality.
Opposing the Hindu caste system — now technically illegal in India, but still rampant — would be illegal since the constitution prohibits activities that offend “religious feelings.”
Christian leaders are seeking further information and legal advice in an effort to ensure that they are allowed input in to the process from now on.
Some Nepalese Christians fear that the new restrictions are being patterned after “anti-conversion” legislation in some states of neighboring India. Those laws have been misused against Christians — where it has become illegal to give away Bibles or provide free medical services. Such actions are ruled as “bribery” paying Hindus to become Christians.
Nepal became a secular state when the Hindu monarchy was abolished and the country was declared a republic in 2008. Under its transitional constitution, “proselytising” is already banned but Nepali citizens are currently ”free to express their faith,” including through charity work.

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Rogers Aircraft Co Arrow
The Airline Arrow was a 1922 major modification of a Standard J-1 by (John W) Rogers Aircraft Co, Los Angeles, for this aspiring LA-Imperial Valley airline proved unsatisfactory. Seating 8 inside the cabin, it was the second commercial airliner design, after Lawson Air-Liner. It and the fledgling company flew into obscurity in the Depression Era.
Engine: possibly 300hp Hall-Scott
Cruise speed: 100 mph


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Tackling C. diff
Here’s a troubling statistic: Over 165,000 patients will acquire Clostridium difficile (“C. diff’) infections while in US hospitals this year. This organism has become a top hospital-acquired pathogen in the US.
“Clostridium difficile,” is a spore-forming bacterium that can live in the lower gastrointestinal tract of some humans and is shed in feces. Persons hosting C. diff may have no symptoms and be unaware that they are contagious. Other persons will become infected under specific circumstances. A C. diff infection may produce watery diarrhea, fever, loss of appetite, nausea or abdominal pain and tenderness. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), patients who are at increased risk for infection include those who:
- are taking antibiotics
- have had gastrointestinal procedures
- have had a prolonged stay in a healthcare institution
- have a serious underlying illness
- are of an advanced age.
Any surface or medical device that becomes contaminated with feces may serve as a reservoir for C. diff spores including toilets, bathtubs, or electronic rectal thermometers. In the healthcare setting, the spores are thought to be transferred to patients mainly via the hands of healthcare personnel who have touched a contaminated surface or item. Dr. Robert Orenstein, of the Mayo Clinic Arizona, calls C. diff infection “a significant threat to our public health”. His goal is to reduce the risk of C. diff infection by reducing environmental contamination and he has a strategy that just might work.
A Tale of Two Hospital Units
In a 2011 publication Dr. Orenstein describes a study in which two high-risk hospital units were targeted for daily cleaning of high touch surfaces with germicidal bleach wipes (in addition to terminal cleaning after a patient is dismissed). The researcher chose bleach wipes because a 10 percent solution of hypochlorite bleach destroys the spore form of C. diff. The study showed that over a six-month period the units experienced a 92 percent decline in hospital-acquired C. diff infection! This result was achieved without any other interventions, such as increased attention to hand hygiene. Further, Dr. Orenstein reports, the results were sustained for over one year with only two infections in 12 months. Meanwhile, infection rates in other units in the study hospital remain high.
To implement these effective risk reduction measures, environmental service staff were trained in proper use of bleach wipes. Housekeepers worried about the irritating effects of bleach were given plain surgical masks and ventilation was ensured. As the study progressed, patient and employee tolerance of the wipes was monitored and found to be satisfactory. Orenstein notes no reports of equipment damage; keyboard covers, however, “often had a haze after the product dried on them.” A wet cloth applied to the covers removed the haze, which is a salt residue.
Dr. Orenstein’s study provides importance evidence to help destroy C. diff—a significant hospital public enemy found on surfaces in healthcare settings. Healthcare officials should consider adopting a bleach disinfection strategy for daily and terminal cleaning, a step that could help decrease the risk of serious infection.
Barbara M. Soule, R.N. MPA, CIC, is an Infection Preventionist and a member of the Water Quality & Health Council.

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Two much-requested road construction projects are set to begin in the Cambridge-Isanti area beginning on May 4.
The smaller of the two projects is along South Main Street in Cambridge. The stretch from 3rd Avenue SW to 24th Avenue SW will be milled and overlaid to eliminate the persistent pothole problem of the road.
This project was added by the council as part of the 2020 street improvement plans back in February due to the rapid and repeated deterioration of South Main Street over the last few years.
According to the city, the project should take approximately two weeks to complete, weather permitting. The project will not require any detours, but will require traffic to switch lanes intermittently.
Highway 65 and Cajima Street
It might be a year later than originally expected, but a dangerous intersection in the City of Isanti is about to get a makeover.
Also beginning Monday, May 4, construction will begin on changing the intersection of Highway 65 and Cajima Street to a Reduced Conflict Intersection (RCI), otherwise known as a “J turn” intersection. Several of these RCIs have been constructed along Highway 65 south of Isanti, with the one at Viking Boulevard also including stoplights.
The premise of the J turns is traffic on Cajima Street will only be able to make right turns in order to get onto Highway 65. They will no longer be able to cross the two lanes of traffic in order to make a left turn or to continue driving straight on Cajima. In order to do this, drivers will make a right turn, merge over two lanes into a third lane, then make the “J turn” in order to head in their preferred direction.
The purpose of this type of intersection is to prevent high-impact, “T-bone” collisions as cars attempt to get over to the median. Over the years, there have been many collisions or near-misses at that intersection, including ones involving school buses.
According to the Minnesota Department of Transportation, the construction will require median and lane closures at various times through June.
The project is being jointly funded by MnDOT and the City of Isanti.


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Some of the summer camps offered include the following:
Young Artists Studio (YAS)
Students ages 8-13 can participate in this month-long, visual arts-intensive workshop and have the opportunity to sculpt, paint, draw and create in a variety of media. Each session ends with an opening of an art exhibition of student work. Session I is May 31-June 23; Session II is June 27-July 21. $180 per session.
Young Actors Theatre (YAT)
Actors ages 8-13 learn the basic skills of acting and improvisation through theatre games and exercises. Work on a script and learn about set, costume, makeup and other technical elements of theatre while getting ready for the final production at session’s end. Session I is May 31-June 23; Session II is June 27-July 21. $180 per session.
Youth ages 5-13 can participate in arts and crafts, sports, computers, cooking, science, swimming, guest speakers and field trips. The eight-week camp runs from 8:15 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, June 6-July 28, at the Escalante Community Center. $240.
Camp Challenge & Camp Action Kids
These summer day camps are for children and adults ages 5-22 with developmental disabilities. Campers will enjoy arts & crafts, games, swimming, music, field trips, bowling and more! Camps are $90-$110, and will be held in two sessions from 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays in June and July, at Bustoz Elementary School.
And many more.
For more information including all the available summer camps CLICK HERE to find the official full listing.

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William & Glen | SDE Those long stares. Slow background. Lips starting to smile. Heart beating million times at once. It felt like a movie. Right then and there I knew that you are the one. Coordinator: Rhed Sarmiento Photographer: Team Benitez Photo Location: Tagaytay Highlands Invites: Made by Lai Gown: Micah Lacap Designs Florist: Manukraft William & Glen | SDE from Treehouse Story on Vimeo.
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Paranormal spy drama The Rook premieres tonight on Crave and Starz, and it’s going to be a fun mystery to follow over the summer. If you haven’t heard about it yet, it tells the story of Myfanwy Thomas, “a woman who wakes up in the rain beside London’s Millennium Bridge with no memory of who she is and no way to explain the circle of latex-gloved dead bodies splayed around her. When Myfanwy discovers she is a high ranking official in the Checquy, Britain’s last truly secret service for people with paranormal abilities, she will have to navigate the dangerous and complex world of the agency to uncover who wiped her memory – and why she is a target.”
I sat down with The Rook stars Emma Greenwell (Shameless) and Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck) during their recent stop in Toronto to discuss the series and their roles. In part two of the interview, we’ll get deeper into the relationship between their characters — Myfanwy and Lady Farrier — as more is revealed.
How much did you know about the book before you started filming?
Emma: It’s no secret that we were quite quickly told not to read the book. For me, they didn’t want me knowing any information. Apart from the premise, the narrative is different. It takes a much darker, more adult-themed [path]. It’s supernatural but more based in reality. Daniel [O’Malley], the author, is very happy with the show [and] it’s amazing to see what his book has inspired. It’s a very different story, which is amazing when you think about how things are adapted. The show was inspired by the novel, but it is its own thing.
Daniel wrote a second book and he’s currently writing the third. He has the most incredible mind. I have since gone back to the book — I had read a bit before they told me to stop — and the level of detail that goes into it is actually amazing. He really creates the whole world and the history of it.
One of the key differences between the book and the series is that Myfanwy, Farrier and Monica are more fully developed characters who take centre stage in the story. Were you pleased with those changes? And how did working with a primarily female team behind the camera affect your experience?
Joely: It was quite fun the day we did the photo shoot of me, Emma and Olivia [Munn].There was something quite cool about the image of these three women [who are] all different ages. Usually you’re on the arm of a guy, and it was the three of us there in our trench coats. I’d actually like a copy of that picture.
Emma: People keep asking what’s the difference having all these women behind and in front of the camera. It didn’t feel different and it wasn’t run differently, but I felt very supported. As women, we champion each other and we’re all very aware of the times that we’re in. It was exciting to be part of this movement and heading in this direction where there is that opportunity. People want to see shows about women. They care about the feminine point of view. Myfanwy could’ve quite easily been been a male character. The fact that she’s a woman doesn’t really change anything in terms of the topics and themes that the show explores.
While there is a supernatural element to The Rook, the spycraft aspect is very much rooted in reality. Did you look to any stories from women who have worked as spies or private investigators for inspiration?
Joley: Yes. Stella Rimington was the head of MI5 [from 1992 to 1996]. It’s really remarkable that a woman was the head of the secret services. [In watching] the interview she does on Youtube as she’s talking about marrying the different aspects of her life, I was amazed that she could be so open and vocal about it. I had imagined her as this Margaret Thatcher-type character that you couldn’t get a read off of. Whether it was a very clever technique she learned or a manipulation, she was so personable that she immediately engaged you. She explained later in the interview that it was one of the techniques that she was taught. You have to ease into a situation to enable [your target] to hand over more information than they would have.
Emma: I had a friend who who worked for private investigator straight out of university. He exclusively hired young girls because they’re inconspicuous. No one thinks they’re being followed by a young girl, so it’s easier for them to infiltrate. She ended up quitting because it was absolutely terrifying and it got a bit dark. Most of the girls who worked at the agency for this guy were young women. No one gave them a second look. It just looked like they’re having a drink with their friends.
There is something about [women] not being as threatening, so people open up to them a bit more. As stranger, I can talk to someone and they probably feel less threatened. You can use your gender to your advantage occasionally, for good or bad. This is the whole idea of the show. That’s why it’s interesting to have these three female leads, and especially to have Joely as the king of this organization.
For both Myfanwy and Farrier, it’s not clear if they’re on the side of “good” or “bad” in the episodes I’ve seen so far.
The Checquy is for the “greater good,” but [Farrier] is totally in charge of manipulating not only the people that work for her, but the media. One of my favourite things about [The Rook] is this idea of the media being manipulated by government agencies, and if what you’re seeing on the news is being reported as fact.
Do you have any final thoughts or teases for viewers before the premiere?
Emma: Pay attention to everything that Myfanwy touches. Everything she touches is a clue, and you have to really stay aware. It all circles back. These are little pieces of a puzzle that we’re putting together. I hope that when you’re finally shown what happens, you get it.
Joely: It’s a mystery. Nothing’s a random choice. I would also say just trust whilst you’re watching it that you will understand what’s going on. It is the kind of series that when you get to the end of it, it’d be really interesting to go back to the beginning with what you know.
Emma: Kari [Skogland], the director, and the showrunners discussed it, but I was unaware of it all until Episode 7 when they [told me]. I didn’t know anything. I was guessing the whole time. It’s very clever of the showrunners, the writers and the directors to create this whole world where every little detail adds up. Enjoy the puzzle.
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The outfit has lifted the kimono on a hardware accelerator that can encrypt or decrypt media content using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithms.
The chip can process up to 53Gb/s of data while only needing 125mW of ‘lecky.
AES is a good encryption system, the only problem is that it takes up a lot of the brains of the computer. This causes power and performance bottlenecks within the CPU which would rather be doing something else, like reading a nice book.
However Intel has been showing off an energy-efficient reconfigurable special-purpose hardware accelerator targeted for on-die real-time encryption/decryption of media content, It uses 45nm high-K/Metal-gate CMOS technology.
The prototype is capable of performing AES-128, AES-192 and AES-256 encryption and decryption standards. It also showed off an all-digital variation-tolerant true random number generator for secure encryption key generation. This managed to go at 2.4Gb/s when running downhill with the wind behind it.
However, it seems to be just another thing that Intel wants to take away from the core and outsource to another chip.


Learn to Shoot – My First Time at the Rifle Range
Updated: Dec 8, 2020
Growing up I had plenty of experience with BB guns, air rifles, and bows, but barely any experience with actual firearms. Fast forward to 2010 and I was graduating anesthesia school, and excited to branch out into the outdoors. I slowly fished my way through various different species and in 2017 I began to have a desire to harvest my own meat. It started with a traditional bow, which inevitably progressed to rifles and shotguns. In 2019 I shot my first rifle at the range and got proficient enough to harvest two deer that fall with a Ruger American Predator rifle chambered in 350 legend. However the first weapon I shot on my own at the range was a Mossberg 500 with a slug barrel. And despite ending that season with a yearning for more adventure, my start on the range was anything but “gung ho”.
For as long as I can remember I have always hated loud abrupt noises. Balloons are a great example. Well, not that shockingly my first time at the range was full of apprehension. I would have worn three pairs of hearing protection if they would have fit on my head, and I was very uncomfortable even looking at my own gun let alone shooting it because I was too busy starring at everyone else wondering when they were going to shoot. When I finally took a shot I realized I was fine when I was the one shooting. I was able to settle enough to get some practice with my gun but was eager to be done. I enjoyed shooting the gun and working on accuracy with targets, but I wouldn’t say that I enjoyed the range during my first experience.
Safety, as it should be, was constantly at the forefront of my mind and it was probably overly evident to the range officer on duty because I had about 5,000 questions and only fired about 5 shots. The best part about going to a shooting club or hunting club with a good reputation is that these people are on duty to help. He helped me sight my scope, gave me some hold pointers, operated a spotting scope for me, gave me some tips on racking my shotgun, and countless other beginner type lessons.
I learned several very valuable lessons that first day:
Wear foam earplugs under your over-the-ear protection muffs.
Inline (in your ear) hearing protection is typically better for any gun you use a cheek rest
If you can afford them, use electronic over-ear hearing protection (These allow you to talk at a normal level but block out sound when it goes above a certain decibel.)
Shotgun slugs are extremely accurate inside 50 yards
Shotgun slug barrels will donkey thunder punch the crap out of you if you are not properly positioned
It is possible to “blow” your hearing muffs off with a shot from a gun with a raised check comb
An unprotected ear placed on or very near to the stock of a shotgun deer slug when discharged will produce ringing in the ear close to a high E pitch. Don’t worry you will have plenty of time to determine the note if you are unlucky enough to experience it.
Despite the shaky start, I did get my gun sighted and I left feeling good that I challenged myself by learning something new and putting myself in a situation that made me uncomfortable. I had great help from the staff, and I have been back numerous times since with different firearms and now thoroughly enjoy the experience. Safety is still extremely important along with situational awareness, but I have fun and learn something new every time I hit the range.