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Yeah so I spent way too long proofreading this and procrastinating to have anything interesting to say above hello and goodbye.
No seriously, really happy with Cur, could be better, I think it needs another going through before an edit. Gonna rope in Chrissy again for that when it’s good and ready. The story is reaching the apex, it’s about to get really good. I was considering putting this next bit earlier on but my good buddy that got me into the witcher which I know hate (the witcher not my polish pal) convinced me to put it later on for more of a reveal.
I didn’t really want an ‘epic reveal’ because I wanted the story to sort of stand on it’s own. I’m still not 100% I’ll need to come back to and decide, I’ll have some other people read it and give me a general feel. I just need to set aside some time to really do a deep dive on it and get some feedback from everyday plebs haha.
But I like what’s there, I think it’s solid, it’s got a good foundation. I loved writing it, I loved getting into celtic folklore, it was really like a journey for me. I loved every minute of it, I literally have like 80+ pages of notes I took from all over the place, no not just from wikipedia.
So yeah, Diana aside this one caught me off guard and is probably the most ambition and most exhilarating project I’ve done and I can’t wait to keep it going. I’m predicting like five books but we’ll see, there may be more because there are massive gaps in the actual folk lore. It doesn’t really have an ending so that’s going to be the big thing for me. Finding a place to end is hard because the folklore is written like real history and history has no end.
But that’s about it, didn’t get a lot of Diana editing done because of irl shit and I’m staring down the barrel of a lot of day job drudgery leading up to christmas, so that should be fun. Unironically of course.
So yeah now I want to make sweet french toast that I saw on a facebook ad, bye now!
They fled Slaghtaverty before daybreak, taking a steep path out of the valley. Cur walked silent and solemn in front of the cart with Tuan at his heels in the form of a dog once again. Birog trailed behind on the cart her side lighter without the sword but her heart heavy. She looked back at Slaghtaverty and over the other side she saw smoke coming from Newgrange.
The streets of Slaghtaverty were bare and made a hollow ringing sound as the horses hooves struck the cobbles.
“Where is everyone?”
It was midday now and the streets were barren and silent as the grave. The only sound heard was the occasional shutter slamming as presumably a dweller locked their house up tighter than before.
“Some kind of peasant holiday perhaps” Bres joked atop his elegant horse. His men laughing nervously as their eyes darted here and there.
“I smell magic in the air” Dian said led along as their prisoner on the back of Ogma’s horse.
Ogma himself had a bandage over his ear that Dian Cecht saw fit to administer with a sly grin at the corner of his mouth.
Their procession continued through the empty streets slowly. Cautiously looking at every window and door frame until they came upon a stream that flowed adjacent the outer wall.
At that stream was an old washer woman on her knees furiously scrubbing something in the water.
Their processions stopped with a clattering of hooves and chainmail hauberks. Bres motioned to one of his men to approach the hag by the stream.
He did so with an air of caution which seemed puzzling even to him. Everyone felt it, a sense of distinct and terrible foreboding, they could smell it.
The old woman began to hum over the sound of her thrashing the clothes in the water.
Bres and his men approached her but she didn’t seem to notice, continuing to wash her clothes in the stream unburdened by their presence.
The soldier approached close enough almost to touch her rags and then he saw the water, red and thick with blood. “Hag, who’s clothes do you wash?”
Her humming sank low and then stopped. “I wash the clothes of those fallen in battle.” She muttered flatly.
“What battle? Who’s clothes?” The soldier craned his neck to try and see the clothes and stood stunned and frozen at the sight of the crest emblazoned on them. For it was their own.
“I wash your clothes sir knight” She said. “The one you seek, the broken king, he waits for you in the glade- blood and bone and death he wears as his mantle.”
The hag turned, her face hideous, ravaged by age and twisted by evil. She let out an ear piercing shriek which made all clutch their ears in pain.
Ogma acting quickly covered his remaining ear and with his free hand clubbed the hag from his saddle. With a sickly thudding crunching sound felled her in one blow.
The soldier fell back gripped by fear “It’s an evil spirit, a tide of ill omen sire! We must abandon this quest!” He screamed. “We shouldn’t have burned the newgrange! We’re damned!”
“Silence, superstitious nonsense, some mad old woman means nothing of our luck, now away with you!” Bres realigned himself in his saddle and spoke softly “We’ll find somewhere to recoup, a bit of rest will do us all good.” His words felt practised and empty, his eyes fearing to rest on any of his men.
Despite the initial summation, the town was not empty but sealed and covetous. Bres and his men stole away to an inn of which they made up the majority patron.
The inn was dark and cold and squalid and smelled of ash and dried blood. The barkeep a skinny potmarked man with a round gut greeted them sheepishly. His hands shaking and his skin ashen.
“We seek food and drink for me and my men” Bres stated.
“Oh” He said shakily. “And how will sire be paying may I ask?”
“You speak to the king of Inish veil, that is payment enough.” Bres bellowed.
“You’re pulling my leg, Bres, the king of inish veil would never set foot in-.” The man took aside the events of the past evening and gazed at their crest and at the visage of Bres the beautiful himself. “R-right away my lord, forgive me my king, I should’ve known by the crest, by your face, your noble voice alone! It’s just we’ve had somewhat of an upset here-“ The barkeep as if forgetting something paused and darted into the back to prepare viddels for the troop.
He returned shortly with a caske of ale, some bread and cheese and dried meats of which the men took of without hesitation.
Bres approached the cleanest looking bench and prepared to sit when a strange man slipped into his path.
“Good day sire” The man said calmly.
“Good day” Bres said with a puzzled indifference.
The stranger was slight and had a flowery way about him with brightly coloured clothes, wearing a goose feather cap.
“It is I Coirpre, I was on my way to Dun Bresse but as you yourself reside here, noble King Bres. I see no point in making the journey, I ask only the price of an ale and a good meal”
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Gonna keep it really short like super short because I feel like total garbage which is why there was no poem yesterday, I was too focused on not throwing up and trying to sleep than being creative.
I guess I ate something that didn’t agree with me because my stomach is in hell and I haven’t slept very good the last two days.
Then I start to try and so some work and the internet doesn’t work for some reason and would you guess I’m banned on facebook again but this time it was literally for nothing. Like I haven’t even been using that account very much since I got the alt account. But I get a message saying I had a picture removed because it goes against our “Community standards” you know that thing we keep specifically vague so we can decide literally anything goes against it. Yeah that thing. But get this, I go to see what it was they removed and it was nothing, like it wasn’t that it was a harmless picture, it was literally nothing. Where the thing they removed usually appeared it was just blank.
I haven’t even uploaded any pictures recently on that account, so not only could I not see what it was to contest it, I sent it for review, still banned, surprise surprise. Facebook is a fucking joke. This is either a fuck up in the algorithm or there’s literally someone just banning me for fun and I wouldn’t be surprised if either one was true. Someone at facebook hates me. It’s fucking ridiculous.
Anyway I managed to get some proofreading done today, thankfully it was a short chapter but it needed a lot of work and I really need another go over this book in depth when I finish the first proofread because I sense some structural and continuity problems I need to rectify.
Ok that’s your lot.
The tavern hummed with activity, drinking, games of darts and singing songs and merriment. The light of the warm fire danced along the dark wooden beams and the cobbled stone floor. On the walls made of stone not daub were exquisite paintings and tapestries depicting maids bathing by a lake like wood nymphs. The room swelled with a carefree indulgence rarely seen in these hard times. Coirpre of course, savoured every moment of it. How lucky he felt to be in the bohemian city of Slaghtaverty, to be in Ulster away from the pig farmers and yocals who couldn’t hope to appreciate his poetry. To smell fine wines and ales in the air instead of pig shit and misery.
Here it was different, the people were cultured and open minded and what’s more they knew his name and treated him as his position would dictate. Bard’s were of course revered as much as princes for the power they held could make kings and heroes alike out of common folk and vice versa.
They could bring to life ancient battles and mighty sea voyages, they had the power to create and destroy reputations a power few sneered at.
“Please sir Coirpre, one more ballad, the lusty maid of Sliabh an Iarainn perhaps?” A women in a fox felt hat said, her comely face slackened by the ale in her cup. Her dress even more so.
“No no, I must go to bed” Coipre jested.
“But who would you take with you noble Coirpre” The woman cued shamelessly, moistening her eyes and clutching her breast wantonly. The tone of her voice flat and monotone, her eyes doughy and expressionless. A small crowd of similarly inebriated women gathering at her heel.
“My lady please, I beg you-.“ Coirpre taken aback by this proposal turned clumsily and bumped face first into the warm stone wall of the tavern. In doing so spilling the remainder of his flagon on his tunic.
Looking up from his stupor he regarded that it was not in fact a wall but a man, a man in which he recognized.
“Are you all right sir Coipre” The drunken maid asked the downed bard as he picked himself back up.
“It’s you!” He sputtered attempting to dust the bear off his jerkin. “The one who saved me from those bloodthirsty peasants in Killaloe?”
Cur didn’t even look down as he said in his guttural fashion “Out of my way fool!” pushing the minstrel aside like a common beggar.
“Yes well, thank you all the same” He muttered tugging at the bottom of his sodden tunic, his face turning red.
“What are we doing here?” Birog whispered as she dusted off a chair to sit at a table near the fire. “Isn’t it dangerous to come here, I think the fewer people we encounter the better, what if a thief were to-“
“We have business to conclude here with the Chieftain Abertach.” Tuan said as he sat down looking around at the women who encircled the bard Coirpre like a bird of prey picking a mouse.
“What business? We have a mission that will decide the fate of the whole kingdom and you want to run errands?” Birog tittered folding her arms scournfully.
Cur eyes scanned the small inn looking at every local in turn. There was Coirpre the bard fending off a coven of flat faced wenches with fat arses. A potbellied bureacrat with a bulbous nose drinking himself red in the face leering at those around him. Some merchants sat at a long table drinking and playing some sort of card game, taking it very seriously as if their lives depended on it.
No denizen of the inn stood out but one. A strange cloaked figure whispered in the ear of the barkeep who was not as subtle as the cloaked figure stopping to gawp open mouthed in Cur’s direction.
“Good evening gentle folk.” A melodious voice said over his shoulder.
Coipre bowed cross legged at the edge of the table smiling tentatively. “I believe we got off on the wrong foot and I’d very much like to apologise.” He said speaking clearly looking at Cur who did not meet his gaze. “And of course buy you all a drink, perhaps perform any ballad or song you’d like.” He smiled looking at Tuan and Birog and then as if about to take to song he lifted his head to look at the wall behind them. “As on the morrow I depart to be received by none other than Bres king of Inish Veil himself at Dun Bresse.” Coipre boasted tossing a glance at the druiddess who seemed to recoil at hearing the name.
“Go” Cur groaned.
Tuan laughed and said “But haven’t you heard, Bres isn’t home.” He smirked and watched the puzzlement circle the bard’s face before releasing him. Tuan licked his lips and put both his hands on the table. “But a drink and a ditty will do nicely, anyone else?”
“Oh yes” Birog said “I’d love to hear a song.” She smiled seeming almost giddy to forget about Dun Bresse.
“She doesn’t get out much” Tuan smirked. “Three honey meads I think”
“Speak and it is done- oh barkeep!” He snapped his fingers at the barman. The cloaked figure who whispered to him skulked away almost without foot steps. He seemed even to float out of the door and under the crest of Ulster hanging above it.
The barkeep was a skinny sweaty looking fellow with a bulging beer gut and a potmarked faced. “Yes of course honorable Coipre sir!” He said bending and scraping like he was paying some sort of debt working here.
He returned swiftly with their drinks but under the one meant for the firbolg was a folded note. He he took it and unfolded it regarding it nonchalantly. He looked up at the barkeep who seemed hesitant, waiting for a response, his mouth slightly open as if he forgot to breathe.
“He’ll see you now” He said trying to whisper but his throat was too hoarse and it broke almost instantly.
Cur said nothing and slowly rose to his feet. Tuan and Birog did the same instinctively feeling as if the mood had changed drastically.
“The gentleman must go alone” The barkeep said putting out a pale thin hand to bar them with only the ghost of a threat.
“No, they come to” Cur growled.
The barkeep let his hand drop to his side as if it were made of wet rags “If you’re certain”. He swallowed painfully, his gaunt throat visibly contorting.
The barkeep nodded thoughtlessly, looking off into nothing.
Tuan looked at Coipre who held his loot about to play, a bemused expression on his face. “Be a good chap and mind our drinks won’t you” He smirked.
They left the table and followed the barkeep up a short set of steps beside the bar and around a corner into the back. There was an ordinary looking door, that seemed like it might lead to a cellar or cold room. The barkeep approached it and rapped on it three times.
“He’s here sir, the stranger” The barkeep said his head tilted forward waiting for a response.
With that the door opened and the barkeep moved aside and watched them as they went inside as if waiting for a pat on the head.
The door closed behind them. Before they knew it, they were boxed in on both sides by a couple of dwarf heavies in thick leather jerkins who padded them down for weapons. Going about it with the cool disinterest of a farmhand patting a sack of grain.
Cur grabbed the hand of the first that tried for his blade. A young but strapping dwarf with a pale beard but no moustache. An impish expression on his face as if he was caught stealing a bun from a market stall.
“I keep my weapon, you keep your fingers.” Cur hissed.
The dwarf froze, sweat dripping from his forehead he looked off at the other end of the smokey dark room. A large desk and the figure sitting behind it, waiting for some sign.
The figure at the desk waved some pipe smoke away and in so doing made a gesture. The dwarf heavy with permission retracted his hand scournfully, glaring at the side of Cur’s head.
Birog started a slap fight with her molester, ending in a red face for both of them but her attacker looked far more embarrassed. An older dwarf with a cue bald head and small boxed in ears, a long beard plated at the corners of his mouth. His ruddy face and beard made him appear more like a goat herder than a hired thug. Despite Birog’s protestation he succeeded in separating her from her sword belt and spiriting it away with him back into his corner. A dismayed look on his face as if he expected an apology.
Tuan rarely carried a weapon and thus did not object to the search. Merely tutting then rearranging his coat.
“Sit” The figure behind the desk said. Two more diminutive but stocky bodyguards stood behind him. Their arms crossed in front of them, large crossbows cradled on their tattooed forearms.
There was only one seat purposefully dwarfed by the desk, the Firbolg took it. Tuan and Birog were expected to be invisible, standing between the desk and the door.
“He might have thought you were jesting.” The dwarf behind the desk said as he stubbed out he rapped his pipe dumping the embers into a wooden tray.
“New boy, Abbertach?”
Abhertach didn’t take his eyes off Cur as he repacked his ornate hand carved bone pipe. One of the archers lit the pipe with a candle held in a hand missing most of its fingers. Abhertach let out a tight little laugh as he realised his mistake. The bodyguard missing the fingers growled under his breath. His face frozen in a bitter grimace. “Yes, he is.”
The dwarf with the missing fingers was completely bald and so clean shaven it looked like he could not grow hair at all. He scowled at the Firbolg as if somehow that would grow his fingers back.
“I should have told him not to search you but you see it’s a force of habit, no harm no foul, this time. I didn’t know you were coming.” Abhertach tried to smile warmly but under it was a cold clenching of teeth and sharp inhale of breath.
“The great Abhartach, spy master and thief, didn’t know we were coming” Tuan chimed in.
“And who are you sir that you know me enough to call me a thief?” Abhertach’s demeanor was jovial but barbed with a clear threat.
“No one” Tuan shrugged.
Abhartach was a gristled dwarf with shrewd rodent like eyes. The physique and shoulders of a warrior with a barreled gut of a chieftain. But the cheeks and soft wrinkled face of some sort of blood thirsty merchant who’d sell his grandmother for a higher cushion.
Abhartach twirled his enormous moustache which he wore with no beard which was uncommon for dwarfs. They were usually full bearded or clean shaven.
“Now that the formalities are out of the way, what is it you want here?” Abhartach said leaning back in his chair looking down his nose at them slowing his breathing.
Cur looked about the room which was grand in it’s relative squalor. A small secretive office with extravagant furnishings, a mix between a thieves hideout and a whore’s boudoir. The desk was high and he undoubtedly sat on a raised chair and made sure the guests chairs were shorter so he could look down on them.
“I paid you for the last job and I have no further use of you”. He said as he leaned forward clasping his hands dismissively in front of him as if discussing rug sales.
“The woman” Cur said.
“Ah yes” Abhartach said scratching the side of his nose with his pinky. “Well-“
“You set us up, there was a witch in the woods waiting for us” Tuan said merrily, no hint of accusation, he remarked on it as if finding a penny in mincemeat pie.
“I have no idea what you’re talking about, who is this?” He asked the Firbolg.
Tuan without reservation jumped across the table transforming in mid air into the from of a wolf taking the dwarf chieftain by the throat.
The young dwarf who tried to frisk Cur put his hand on the Firbolg’s shoulder and pressed down trying to stop him from rising. Radiating his will downward.
Cur took the lads hand and pulled him down so he could take him by the scruff of the neck. Cur smashed his face smashed with a vicious indifference against Abhatach’s high desk, flailing a few of his teeth across the blotter. The unbridled and unwarranted cold savagery of it froze the room in amber for a few moments.
The bodyguards readied their cross bows.
“Wait” Abhartach strained lifting a hand.
The crossbow men lowered their aim.
Tuan took human form again and hopped off the desk smiling as if it was a little show he put on descending the high stage with a click of his heel.
“Out with it Abhartach, you work for Bres?” Cur scolded.
Abhartach rubbed his neck and smiled trying to laugh but only coughing. “Bres? You could say he works for me”.
“What fantasy is this?” Birog said.
Abhartach looked at her for a moment puzzled then back to Cur as if she hadn’t said anything at all.
“Surely he order you to kill the chieftains of the villages that wouldn’t pay his taxes?” Birog said almost to herself. Now in the dim darkness of this smokey room those words sounded so feeble and childish coming from her.
Abhartach became grim and started to breathe heavily. His face draining of colour and his eyes becoming long and hollow staring at nothing as he rubbed his neck. His face locked and expressionless as if he pictured himself somewhere else as he spoke in hollow tones. “If only that were the case” He said hauntingly.
“What do you mean” Birog asked.
He looked at her and saw nothing and licked his dry lips. He started breathing heavier and his neck became red as he rubbed it. “You don’t understand, the taxes aren’t Bres’ at all” He said almost whispering his eyes looked scared even thinking about it.
“Who left here?” Cur said.
Abhartach let his mouth hang open.
“If it isn’t you then- where are the children?” Birog asked.
Abhartach slammed his fist on his desk and screamed “I DON’T KNOW!” He calmed himself and said again “I don’t know, oh goddess save me I don’t know.”
He went on shyly “They just wanted me to choose, they knew of me, knew I would know the right villages to- I had no choice. They said they’d, they’d do the same to Slaghtaverty.” He breathed heavier and heavier and seemed to sink into his chair as if he were deflating.
“Who?” Cur asked.
“They didn’t want to do it like last time, they’re smarter now, they have a new king, they rule from the shadows. They wanted me to choose and cover it all up for them.” He spoke faster seemingly rambling.
“You used us” Tuan said.
“Yes, I thought if I could spread a rumour of a vampire or some such monster I could distract people from the truth. You just had to go there and cause a ruckus, kill a few elves and then they’d come for the rest but the blame would fall on the mysterious stranger.”
“Who are they?”
“It didn’t occur to me that I chose villages that refused to pay their tax, its just a coincidence, I had no choice- they wanted the children.” His eyes reddened and he spoke quickly as if it all had to come out at once, as if every word unburdened him somehow.
“You sent a messenger to meet us with our bounty, he lured us out to a witch, lured us into the woods.” Tuan mused.
“I sent no messenger, I always paid you here, it was them, don’t you understand, they were done with you, you were a loose end they had to tie up. Do you understand?”
“WHO?” Cur stood and slammed his massive hand on the desk towering over Abhertach his voice booming over the sounds of merriment below.
The night was darker than pitch, cold and moist. The cloaked figure could still hear the dampened merriments of the folk inside. He looked up at Abhartach’s office window and grinned.
He took something from the sleeve of his cloak and started to sprinkle it on the ground muttering some sort of incantation.
He then started to walk the street of the town, all in their beds but the tavern folk. Their chimneys slowly dying as the children slept soundly their mother pecking them on the forehead. Their fathers tucking them in.
The figure continued to walk, humming to himself as a bluish fog started to cover the town of Slaghtaverty.
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Spirit is willing
Cur certainly needs that, I’m thinking of almost rewriting it entirely before I even hand it over to an editor because I dunno along the way I think I let it wonder off the mark a little bit. And I haven’t too clear headed these last couple of months what with the sleep experiments which are sort of working but also not because I keep fucking them up and on top of that the weighlifting messes with my sleep even more. So a lot of the time it’s like I can’t even think straight or I’m too tired to put it together and make sense of it.
In other news, thinking about the new Diana book has already begun, implying I don’t have a plan/have it half written in my head already. I’ve been thinking about it for awhile waiting for the mood to be right and for lightning to strike.
Bit of a chill one today, its raining outside and I’m feeling gently melancholic – but in a good way haha.
I really do love the rain, sometimes I can’t sleep without hearing it. Don’t know what I’d do if I left the country to some hotter climb. I think I’ll only truly be happy when I move somewhere where it rains all the time haha.
It really doesn’t rain in England as much as people think.
I dunno, I don’t like going out in it but I could spend hours just watching it. Something about knowing that someone else is doing the exact same thing somewhere. Or that outside the world is bare of people, just all huddled around inside watching as it comes down. The steady rhythmic metronome of the rain hitting the ground and trees. Something about that really gets me.
I don’t have much to say other than that, not been up to much except proofreading. I think I really need to go over Cur a couple of times because it’s just too big of a project not to. It only worked out around 50k words but when I say big I’, referring to the scope. I tried to make a little fantasy story but the source material is unrestrainably epic.
I did borrow my brothers ps4 to try out the new spiderman game, I think the last spiderman game I played might have been spiderman 2 haha. It’s pretty good but it has some serious flaws, I might write a review when I finish it.
Down to this latest chapter of Cur, probably the most pivotal chapter up to now in terms of the lore and the backstory for the characters as well as the main themes for the story overall. No action unfortunately but *in Bain voice* ‘That comes later’.
This is sort of where the main story really takes off in terms of an actual quest and some epic duels will follow on from this. This is basically the end of this part and the next will all be about the actual task that Birog is to be given. The main story is of course about Cur but Birog is the character that carries the driving force of the plot.
Ok so enough rambling about that haha. I’ve been too knackered to finish Plunder Squad recently, that’s the name of the Parker book I’m reading, please don’t judge them by the titles haha. Thankfully kept away from the witcher. Not sure I’ll return to that honestly, just a chore to read.
That’s all for now, hope you like this excerpt and if you do, head on over to inkitt to read the rest and my other stories.
Hear- could hear nothing but the sound of the lapping sea and the gulls circling overhead with their monotonous chatter. The sea roared at his feet, the sky swirling with black and grey clouds. His mouth was open and dry and he could feel the sand under him but nothing else and he couldn’t move, couldn’t think.
He stared up at the clouds unable to move his head or close his eyes or feel any of his extremities whatsoever. Not the cold of the wind, nor the spray of the sea, only the sand below him shifting and the little things crawling beneath it.
There was no pain, or pleasure, or sense at all, just the sea’s endless roar.
Underneath him and he could feel his hair knotting in the sand, damp and being pulled by something. His feet too were being tugged by something out of his line of sight.
“We want the dead one’s boots” A little guttural voice said.
“We wants his eyes” The harsh voice tugging at his hair said. “Whats you need boots for under the waters anyways?”
“To trade” The affronted one said.
“You already have your trophy for the king of the deep, begone with you!”
The two figures continued to bicker and pull at the dead man lying on the beach.
“What’s that?” One of them said.
“Leg it!” The other said accompanied by the sound of skittering little feet.
And then by his feet a splashing sploshing noise as the waves swallowed one of the little things pulling at him and the other darted into a bush.
“What do we have here?” A new voice said, one that sounded like a bear and a bird talking at once. “There is life left in this one yet”
Time passed as the dead man watched the sky roll over him without care. The sun seen through the clouds turning orange as he felt himself being dragged on what sounded like wooden plank along the ground.
The sounds of the waves then replaced with the sound of a campfire and the blanket of clouds replaced by the blanket of night. The stars like pin pricks in the roof of the sky beaming down on his lifeless inert form. Only remnants of his consciousness left to stare out of a blank face for eternity as the rest fell away.
Cur awoke from his dream, his neck feeling stiff after being trampled by the black mare. He hushed himself as he heard quiet conversation and the melodious playing of a harp and the light of another fire.
“It’s quite alright, I’d probably rob me too if I met me” The druidess laughed.
“Our time on the road has hardened us, I beg forgiveness my lady” Tuan tittered like a bard.
“And the other one?”
“He fell out of his mother hard as a rock” Tuan chuckled.
The druidess giggled “However did you meet him?”
“It’s a long and very embarrassing story.” Tuan said.
“Well? Do tell shapeshifter” She fawned
“You see I was caught short, let’s say, a mating ritual -interrupted.” He smiled and waited for a response.
“I was, how do you say, conducting myself in an indecent manor when some loutish fishermen caught me with my trousers around my ankles should we say. They bound me before I could change into something more formidable. There was nothing I could do, I was at a loss” Tuan said with a waiffish arrogance.
“Fisherman, in their nets, I’m sorry I’m not following.” The druidess balked as she talked into her cup.
“Forgive me, I forgot to mention I was transformed into a salmon at the time.” Tuan said absentmindedly staring off into space.
“Oh I see, Oh I see” She giggled.
“Yes, so these idiots were planning on cooking and eating me, I tried to talk to them but they wouldn’t have any of it. I tried to tell them I wasn’t a fish but that just made it worse. You see they were convinced for some damned reason that eating me would give them all the knowledge in the world. I have no idea why.” He said as he took a sip from his cup.
“Why didn’t you change into a Wyvern or a crocodile?” Birog said wide eyed, listening intently.
“I was already confined in the pot, and I couldn’t think of anything, I get terrible stage fright, all animals fall out of my head when pressed.”
“So what happened then?” She said shaking her as if the drink was getting to her a little bit.
“Well all the noise of me shouting and arguing with the fishermen drew out the ogre. Who I suspect was trying to take a shit in the woods at the time and he came out and scared them off.”
The druidess burst into laughter spilling her wine over her shoulder.
“I only suggest that as his trousers were around his ankles as he chased them.”
She tried to catch her breath and sputtered “What happened after that?”
“Well I pledged my life to him as he inadvertently saved it. But of course sour one as he is, he didn’t take kindly to it at first but I was sure to follow him to one day return the favor. But as you might have guessed saving the life of a dead man is quite impossible.”
“What an interesting story, I don’t think I’ve heard anything like it in all my life.” Birog gaped. “But can I ask- why is he so-?”
“I’m not sure that’s the right word for it, I’m not sure a word exists to describe what he is. He’s cold but inside burns something truly- monstrous, something I couldn’t envision even in my dreams”.
“I know little of him but of his people, I have seen much.”
“What have you seen?” She said intently as bit from a leg of succulent roast pork which turned on a spit over the fire.
“I have seen Connacht in ruins as a crow sees it.”
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Hello hello again,
Greetings on this fine tuesday coming from my shack in the middle of murky nowhere to bring you more weird stories and general musings on life (or the lack thereof).
Been getting on with some decent writing and a lot of slacking off, still trying to get back into the swing of things with the 2k a day word count, not quite managing it but saying that the stuff I’ve been putting out imo isn’t too bad. It’s taking shape, it’s getting there.
Is it as good as the start, I don’t but I’m reaching the tipping point now, the story is peaking and I like the way it’s shaping up.
And tbh I’m looking forward to doing something more silly and fun again, so as soon as I’m done here gonna get straight back into 3 ring for the next instalment of that and then maybe start thinking about a sequel to Diana after dark if the time is ready for that. Been wanting to write that one for a while.
But the moon and the stars have to be aligned for that, it has to be perfect and if you’ve read the book you’d know that is pretty topical haha.
Not that I don’t love writing serious stuff and intense stuff, it’s just a little draining being in that head space constantly, you have no idea how worked up I have to get to write stuff like this. It’s like I meditate but not to get calm and serene but to get the complete opposite. I get so worked up it’s like I’m trying to rip the keys out of my laptop haha.
It just takes up a lot of energy to run that hot, I’m literally trying to make myself feel like I’m in battle flinging a battleaxe into someone’s face haha.
Talking about battleaxes in the faces I haven’t been reading or listening to the witcher much, I just don’t care enough to follow the story honestly, the characters are boring and unlikable and I feel like I was cheated out of the witcher series I should’ve have gotten. I keep lamenting to my polish buddy at work that if the series had been like the first story it would have been perfect. If Sapkowksi had kept it a tight almost pulpy action packed terse tense fantasy thriller it would have been my favourite fantasy series hands down.
But it just gets lost in the weeds with this generic crap and shitty characters I just lost interest. I mean most of the books are just about Ciri and completely unrelated stuff honestly. For a series about a monster slayer it just uses his monster slaying as like a character trait, it’s not what the story is about at all and plays no part in the narrative whatsoever.
Geralt being a witcher is just something he likes to tell people like he’s on a speed date but he never actually does any ‘witching’. It’s just astounding that CD projekt red can get it so right with the games but the creator of the character can get it so wrong. It’s weird because it’s usually the opposite for adaptations like it’s the total reverse with Dexter. Sure they hired a great actor to play Dexter but they completely fluffed the story and the character after season one. If the show had followed the books religiously it would have been amazing.
But it’s equally amazing that CD projekt red (jesus I sound like I’m doing marketing for these guys haha) could turn a cool shorty story (which could be a rip off of elric, I need to read elric) and turn it into one of the biggest game franchises in history.
I also finished that Parker book it was taking me ages to get through and yeah it kinda goes nowhere like I thought it might. They kill the only interesting villain off halfway through and replace him with an old guy on a golf cart who doesn’t do anything except shout at people. And the whole book is about Parker trying to escape this amusement park while getting besieged by this criminal organisation and spoilers yeah at the end he escapes and then goes home and makes himself a sandwich. That’s literally the end, I’m not making that up. The last line is him eating the sandwich and then thinking about getting the money he left there.
He doesn’t even get the money, or even try for it there’s no tension at all. He just escapes and thats it, no epic show down because the person he would have had the showdown with he already killed, he was literally the first guy he killed, it was pathetic. I mean why the fuck couldn’t you just have killed off the guys buddy and continued the story with the interesting villain instead?
That tiny change would have changed the entire plot and made it ten times more interesting and it would have been so easy to do. You just have the other guy walk into the hall of mirrors. Why would this smart villain be the first to walk into a trap like that? It made no sense and basically destroyed all the tension in the book.
I complained that the last book was kind of small and uninteresting and the heist was a little boring because everything went right. But that still had tension and interesting characters and a more dynamic story, it had legs. This book is just lazy and hacky honestly.
But still this is like I dunno the 14th book in the series and it’s the first real stinker, so that’s amazing. I’ve been burning through these books and loving each one more than the last. I just hope the next one returns to form a little.
Oh and I’m really excited because I just found out that someone turned all Stark’s books into graphic novels so that’ll give me a reason to read them all again which is great. I can’t wait for that.
I didn’t think the book was shit, I think if it had a few tweaks it would have been decent. Just have that interesting villain you spent all that time building up live til the end and have this awesome battle of wits of which I expected. And maybe have a little more set up to the actual job and the park itself. Just to give the story a little more breathing room and not be this claustrophobic almost like stage play set in one room.
Yeah so that’s my rant for the day probably be back for a poem tomorrow, I don’t know yet, been feeling a little up and down about that. I definitely have material let’s leave it at that.
Oh that reminds me I finally got to the part of the story where my bardic poem is used in Cur, so that’s cool. It is kind of a pivotal point in the story and the lore, the celtic mythology. Bards are held in high regard in that culture, their power to influence people is quite literally seen as a form of powerful magic and curses.
Anyway gotta go and do some proof reading as usual, finished the Diana pitch chapters but I’m gonna start working on the whole book soon enough. But I will put out another Cur chapter soon enough.
They came for us at night.
Me and my friends watched from our rooftops as they snaked through the back alleys. That bookish one with the moustache behind them fiddling with a tiny pencil and paper trying to write in some kind of journal.
They crept quickly and quietly to the centre of town. The town was so quiet you could hear the sand moving in their boots. A ghost town silently watching as they worked their way closer to the saloon they hoped Gage was sleeping in.
I could see on the hill where they set up camp, those weird pods were still there closed up and not moving, just sitting there like warts on a frogs ass.
They had strange weaponry and stalked the alleys ways watching every corner as they went. Feeling the eyes on them, slits of boarded windows following them as they passed holding their breath.
They must have felt us watching, the big one with the beard looked up at us but we ducked too quickly for him to see. They hurried along passing us off as curious birds.
He was waiting for them.
Just standing so tall, alone in the centre of main street, a cold wind blowing. His shotgun hanging loose at his side.
The men fanned out in formation and surrounded Gage in a semi circle in front of the saloon.
The man with the moustache shouted and tried to push past the men.
“Ryan, we have to take him alive.” He shouted as he approached the man with the white hair.
The man at the front said nothing, he just spun around and hit the pudgy moustache guy in the guts dropping him flat to his knees. Then he turned back to Gage and shrugged his shoulders.
The man on his knees tried to get up as the other men attempted to keep him down.
“If you kill him and others hear about it, he’ll become a martyr”
The man with the white hair, he must have been the leader turned to each of his men and he pointed, first at the woman. He said “Are you gonna tell anyone about this?”
She shook her head.
Then to the large man with the beard “You?”
“Not a soul.”
Then to the mexican.
“You?” He said to the younger man.
“No sir” he grinned.
“Well that’s everyone.” He said looking at the man with the mustache and quickly shooting him in the head with his strange alien weapon. There was just a quick flash of light and a strange noise and the man’s head was gone and his body became dead weight in the arms of the men carrying. Stained as they were with a light dusting of pink mist.
Disgusted, they threw his body down like a sack of potatoes in the dry loose top soil.
Gage watched the dust settle around it as it stopped being a person and just became scenery.
Ryan stopped and looked Gage up and down and scoffed. “We travelled all this way for this” He sniffed and spat on the dirt next to the mustache man’s body and said “I can’t tell you how long I’ve been waiting to do that.” He smirked and put his e-cigar in his mouth and sucked on it looking at Gage. “I know you” He said.
Gage tossed his gun out in front of him on the ground. It landed with a heavy thudding noise.
Ryan let out a laugh and said “Well that was easy.”
Gage didn’t move or say a word, his one eye burning staring through Ryan who tried too hard to hide a boiling fear in his gut. Destiny staring him right in the face, looking at the bare pit where his soul was supposed to reside.
Gage took his duster off of his shoulders revealing a mountain of man in a stained grey longsleeved under shirt that was once white. Ripped and torn and bitten and stretched with the sinewy muscles underneath forged through nothing but hard work and sweat and toil. The work horse bitten and turned sour and vicious and lame biting back at the hand of his master and running madly and wild and free to it’s own doom.
He took his suspenders off his shoulders and clenched his fists.
Ryan scoffed again “Oh so you wanna do it the old fashioned way.” He took another suck on his e-cigar and put it back in his pocket. He took his gun out of it’s holster and lifted it over his shoulder at which point the younger guy with the shaved head took it off of him.
He was wearing some kind of weird skeleton suit over his body that went over his arms and legs and connected at the hips. Under it he was just wearing a fitted shirt and a pair of pants.
Ryan didn’t take a stance he just smiled with his cocky smile and said “Well what are you waiting for?”
He let out a mocking breathy laughter and said “Ok, I guess I’ll be the one to lead”
He moved so fast I thought I was dreaming at first. I’d never seen a human move like that, it was like he was there one minute and then there was just dust and dirt and he was barrelling at Gage. He didn’t throw a punch he just launched himself right into him like a cannonball and swept him off his feet with enough force to kill a horse.
I couldn’t believe my eyes. He couldn’t have been more than six foot nothing this guy but one minute he was standing there the next he was on top of Gage. He toppled the gigantic man in two seconds flat, felled him like a great oak tree in a single strike.
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December 22, 2004
WASHINGTON -- The use of marijuana and other illicit drugs declined slightly among teenagers in 2004, but dangerous inhalants and the highly addictive prescription painkiller Oxycontin are becoming more popular, a new national drug survey says.
The percentage of 12th-graders who reported using any illicit drug during the past year fell to 38.8 percent in 2004, compared with 39.3 percent the previous year, according to the study done by the University of Michigan for the National Institute on Drug Abuse. That continued a decline in teen drug use that began in the 1990s.
But the study also points out ominous trends in teens’ drug use. The use of inhalants such as paint thinner, glue and gasoline increased sharply among eighth-graders in 2003 and continued to rise this year, a sign that inhaling, or "huffing," is rebounding in popularity after many years of decline.
Oxycontin, which emerged in drug-abuse reports in 2001, is gaining ground among high school seniors, the report says.
See what prohibition brings us? See what student drug testing brings us? Now instead of ingesting a harmless herb to get high kids are huffing paint in order to get high, so they can still pass a piss test and stay in the band.
I say THAT'S ENOUGH!!!!
If you love your kids then you need to get involved in ending prohibition TODAY!!!

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From the manual these are the protection circuits.
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Any one of them will trip the fuel relay closed. What you may be able to do is disconnect one at a time each protection circuit and see when the fuel relay opens. (Make sure to reconnect each one if it had no effect on the fuel solenoid)
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The Arizona Diamondbacks signed veteran infielder Daniel Descalso and, to make room for the addition, designated utility man Phil Gosselin for assignment, the team announced Tuesday.
FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal reports the deal is worth one year and $1.5 million with $1.35 million of that guaranteed.
Formerly of the Colorado Rockies, Descalso is coming off a season where he slashed .264/.349/.424, all career-high numbers. The 30-year-old lefty hit eight home runs to go with 56 RBI. Since 2010, he joins only Mike Aviles as MLB players with 95 or more starts at all of second base (132), third base (97) and shortstop (141).
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La Rêve Festival festivalBoris Brejcha, Joris Voorn, Reinier Zonneveld, Worakls, Stephan Bodzin, Monkey Safari, Joachim Pastor, Colyn, Noir, Giorgia Angiuli, Einmusik, Gui Boratto, Oliver Schories, George FitzGerald, Notre Dame, Âme, Patrice Bäumel, Solee, Marek Hemmann, Guy J, Marc Romboy, Lexer, Dominik Eulberg, Satori, Dirty Doering, Gabriel Ananda, Robert Babicz, Mees Salomé, Teho, Henry Saiz, Trikk, Konstantin Sibold, Musumeci, Matthias Meyer, Paji, Lehar, Rose Ringed, Lake Avalon, Seth Schwarz, Beatamines, Boss Axis, Coloray, Nicky Elisabeth, Polynation, Miss Melera, Olivier Weiter, Olympe, VNTM, Arjuna Schiks, Beswerda, Nuno Dos Santos, Applescal, Lövestad, Tsepo, Olaf Stuut, Dialoque, Formel, Ninsa, Hubert Kirchner, Bas Dobbelaer, Illesnoise, Some Chemistry, Kjeld Langeveld, Jørgen, Field of DunesNLD, Amsterdam
Dockyard festivalHelsloot, Mathame, Anfisa Letyago, HI-LO, La Fuente, Chris Liebing, Rebekah, Kolter, Ilario Alicante, East End Dubs, Yves Berendse, Mees Salomé, Archie Hamilton, Dax J, Prunk, Hollt, Hunter/Game, Secret Cinema, ONYVAA, Deeparture, Daria Kolosova, Cleric, De Sluwe Vos, Olympe, Benny Rodrigues, Joran Van Pol, Fafi Abdel Nour, Wax Wings, ROD, Tifra, Afra, Pelsko, Kyra Khaldi, Noumé, Alamaison, Vuur, Invictim, JAMIRO, HITMASJIEN, GNOOM, Lange Frans & Baas BNLD, Amsterdam
Mystic Garden Festival ADE festivalHelsloot, Mathame, Anfisa Letyago, HI-LO, La Fuente, Chris Liebing, Rebekah, Kolter, Ilario Alicante, East End Dubs, Yves Berendse, Mees Salomé, Archie Hamilton, Dax J, Prunk, Hollt, Hunter/Game, Secret Cinema, ONYVAA, Deeparture, Daria Kolosova, Cleric, De Sluwe Vos, Olympe, Benny Rodrigues, Joran Van Pol, Fafi Abdel Nour, Wax Wings, ROD, Tifra, Afra, Pelsko, Kyra Khaldi, Noumé, Alamaison, Vuur, Invictim, JAMIRO, HITMASJIEN, GNOOM, Lange Frans & Baas BNLD, Amsterdam
Nora En Pure at Electric BrixtonNora En Pure, Mees Salomé, Just HerElectric BrixtonGBR, London
Helsloot at Beachclub FuelHelsloot, Mees SaloméBeachclub FuelNLD, Overveen
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Overview of Deep House musician Mees Salomé
Deep house is a particular area of expertise for Mees Salomé, an electronic music producer and DJ located in the Netherlands. His distinctive sound blends organic and electronic components to produce a sound that is both driving and melodic. Rich textures and complex rhythms, drawn from a variety of musical styles, from jazz to techno, are what define Salomé's music.
Each song on Salomé's album tells a story that is both specific to the listener and a universal one. His use of field recordings and other sounds gives his songs an additional degree of depth that allows listeners to fully immerse themselves in the world he creates. Salomé has a devoted fanbase in both his own Netherlands and other countries thanks to his commitment to his craft, and with each new album he releases, he pushes the boundaries of electronic music further.
What are the most popular songs for Deep House musician Mees Salomé?
Mees Salomé, a Dutch electronic and deep house musician from Eindhoven, has a number of well-known songs that have attracted a lot of attention in the electronic music sector. They are "June - Mees Salomé Remix," "Fool's Paradise - Joris Voorn Remix," "Toyger - Mees Salomé Remix," "Magnolia," "Ya Amar," "Wardenclyffe - Mees Salomé Remix," "Ryo (Mees Salomé Remix)," "A Simpler Time," and "Ignorance Is Bliss."
Popular tune "June - Mees Salomé Remix" displays Mees Salomé's distinctive brand of electronic music. The song's appealing pace and melody have drawn praise from listeners and established it as a favorite among people eager to dance and have a good time. Another well-liked song is "Fool's Paradise - Joris Voorn Remix," which has a more laid-back and soothing vibe. The tune is a popular among fans of electronic music due to its smooth rhythm and beats.
Other songs by Mees Salomé including "Toyger - Mees Salomé Remix," "Magnolia," "Ya Amar," "Wardenclyffe - Mees Salomé Remix," "Ryo (Mees Salomé Remix)," "A Simpler Time," and "Ignorance Is Bliss" have also become well-known because of their distinctive tones and styles. These songs have contributed to Mees Salomé's reputation as a gifted and forward-thinking electronic music producer.
In conclusion, Mees Salomé has a number of well-known songs that exhibit his own electronic and deep house musical style. These songs have become well-known in the electronic music sector and have positioned Mees Salomé as a gifted and creative musician.
What are the latest songs and music albums for Deep House musician Mees Salomé?
The 2018 release of "Big Thoughts Like Elephants" by Eindhoven, Netherlands-based Electronic and Deep House musician Mees Salomé. His musical approach, which combines melodic techno with deep house sounds, is perfectly captured in this album. Some of the album's songs include "Big Thoughts Like Elephants," "Equivalence," and "Maybe." Mees Salomé has received accolades for his capacity to produce immersive experiences that hold the listener's attention throughout.
Mees Salomé has recently published his most recent album along with a number of new tracks. With a powerful bassline and intricate percussion, his remix of "Me&Youphoria" (2023) is a remarkable track that best represents his music. "Fool's Paradise" (2022), "I Still Think of You" (Mees Salomé Remix) (2022), and "Wardenclyffe" (Mees Salomé Remix) (2022) are a few other noteworthy releases. Each of these songs displays Mees Salomé's dedication to creating top-notch, genre-defying music that breaks down conventional barriers.
Fans eagerly anticipate Mees Salomé's upcoming release as he continues to rise in the Electronic and Deep House music scenes. In a crowded field, his distinctive voice and capacity to slickly meld several genres set him apart as a performer. Mees Salomé's most recent album and singles are absolutely worth a listen, whether you've been a fan for a while or are just getting into his music.
Which are the most important music performances and festival appearances for Deep House musician Mees Salomé?
Having performed at some of the most well-known festivals and venues throughout the world, Mees Salomé has had a significant impact on the electronic and deep house music scenes. Tomorrowland Belgium, Into the Woods, Ame Laroc, Kingsland Festival - Groningen, and Loveland are a few of his best festival appearances.
Mees Salomé had a spectacular set at Tomorrowland Belgium that left the crowd clamoring for more of his musical prowess. His performance at the Into the Woods Festival was equally enthralling, with the ideal fusion of lively and deep melodies that kept the crowd dancing all night.
AME Club, Basis, Watergate, De Marktkantine, and Atelier Schinkel are just a few of the world's most renowned places where Mees Salomé has performed. He gave a remarkable performance at Watergate, showcasing his extraordinary talent and distinctive voice. His performance at De Marktkantine was equally amazing; it featured a diverse selection of deep house and techno beats that kept the crowd dancing all night.
In conclusion, Mees Salomé has established himself as a major player in the deep house and electronic music scenes. His reputation as one of the most sought-after musicians in the world has been solidified by his appearances at prestigious festivals and venues. Mees Salomé is unquestionably an up-and-coming star with huge potential because to his excellent talent and distinctive sound.
Which are the most important collaborations with other musicians for Deep House musician Mees Salomé?
Mees Salomé is a Dutch electronic and deep house musician who has worked with a variety of great musicians. On the song "June - Mees Salomé Remix," one of the most notable partnerships is with Amy Root. Amy Root's hypnotic vocals and Mees Salomé's distinctive sound are featured on the tune, which is a mesmerizing fusion of electronic and deep house music. The already gorgeous track has more depth and emotion thanks to Mees Salomé's remix.
On the song "Ryo (Mees Salomé Remix)," Joris Voorn and other notable artists collaborated. The tune is a deep dance music masterclass, with Mees Salomé's atmospheric soundscapes and Joris Voorn's intricate beats providing a really immersive listening experience. The song's remix by Mees Salomé elevates it to a new level by giving the already outstanding original his own special touch.
These two stand out as some of Mees Salomé's most stunning collaborations, even though all of his work is outstanding and demonstrates his skill for making nuanced and moving deep dance music.


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At the CES show this year, Honda’s humanoid Asimo robot was one of the big hits. He didn’t just walk and trot up and down stairs. He ran. He played football. He danced. And through it all, he cracked jokes like a Vegas pro. You can watch our videos of it here.
Naturally, Honda isn’t pumping millions of dollars into Asimo’s R&D to get a few cheap laughs. The company uses the bot in its TV ads for starters. But in the long-term, Honda wants Asimo to become a genuinely helpful companion for us humans. I talked to Stephen Keeney, North American Asimo project leader at Honda, to find out more.
CES seemed to go well. Was it a big deal for Honda?
Yes, it was a huge event for Asimo, as it was the first time we’d demonstrated it running outside of Japan. The reaction we received from everyone was so overwhelmingly positive too. First, they could not believe that a robot could actually run.
In fact, for many people Asimo is probably the first time they’ve seen a real humanoid robot outside of TV and the movies. And they start to realise that maybe someday this will be part of their life. People tend to say ‘Wow, I can’t wait until I can have one of my own!’
And he didn’t fall over…
That’s true! It doesn’t hurt that the people who attend CES are very technically inclined, so they wanted to see what the robot was capable of doing. Asimo is still very much a work in progress, and like all new technologies, once in a while we do have problems with it. But we’ve found it to be very reliable, and will get even better as time goes on, so we can get ready to introduce it to a home environment.
So what is Honda’s aim for Asimo in the long term?
Our goal is that one day it will be helping people maybe in their homes, although it could be working in a hospital or some kind of care facility for disabled or older people. So it’ll be able to get their medicine, answer the door, or provide them with a means to communicate through the internet.
That’s in the home. But maybe someday it will also do work that’s dangerous for humans, like fighting fires or working in unhealthy environments. The potential is only limited by our imagination, so if we can think of something we want it to do…
Is Asimo quite important for getting people interested in robotics too, or even just to persuade people that they shouldn’t be scared of robots?
Yes, definitely. We want to use Asimo today to try to inspire young people to become excited about the potential for science in their lives. We hope some of them will look at Asimo and say ‘wow, that’s so cool, I want to build robots like that in the future’.
The message is very simple: study any science you want: mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, software development, even chemistry to help build lightweight materials.
We also want people to understand that robots are not what they have seen on TV or in movies like The Terminator. These are machines that will really make our lives better in the future. We’ve conducted two national educational tours with Asimo so far, and it’s a wonderful opportunity to improve the image of science among young people. Too often, kids want to play their video games, but don’t want to understand the science behind how a computer is made, for example.
Yes, younger people are very receptive to a robot being part of their lives. They’ve grown up in a culture of videogames and computers, so they don’t think it’s strange that a robot will help them do their homework or clean up their room. In fact, what they usually ask is whether he can go skateboarding with them! They have some amazing creative ideas about how Asimo can be a part of their lives.
Older people are not as comfortable, but they look at him from a utilitarian viewpoint, about it doing the vacuuming or going shopping. They can see the value of having something to do things for them and make their lives easier. We’ve designed Asimo to be very friendly looking, like a small child, so he’s not imposing in the home environment. But its big enough that it can do things, and it even has a smile on its face! People aren’t really scared of it.
So being humanoid will be important for these kinds of domestic helper robots? They couldn’t just be a box on legs?
It is important for the perception. Humans have a natural tendency to feel comfortable around other human beings, or things that look somewhat human. But also, it’s an important factor if we want Asimo to be truly capable of helping us.
Think about our world: it’s created to accomodate humans with two arms and two legs. Stairs, steps, doorknobs, lightswitches… Everything’s been designed to accomodate our physical being, so if we want a machine to work efficiently in our world and carry out the tasks that we would do, it needs to be created like a human body.
That’s why we didn’t work on a robot with wheels or treads. Of course, in the future, your home might have Asimo as a general helper, then other robots doing specialised work like vacuuming. But we view Asimo as a multi-dimensional robot capable of carrying out many different activities, rather than being specialised. So that’s why he’s more of a human shape.
What are the key technical improvements that lie ahead, now you’ve got Asimo running?
The big challenge now is to enhance the artificial intelligence. We need to make Asimo truly smart enough to understand what we want it to do, and then carry out that command on its own. It’s incredibly complex, getting Asimo to understand when we’re talking about a bottle of medicine or the TV remote control, where you’d find it and what it looks like.
We’ve perfected the mechanics of movement and mobility. Now we really need to work on Asimo’s smarts, so to speak. That’s what we’re focusing on now.
How important is connectivity – Asimo being hooked up to the internet and so on?
It certainly will be important in the future. Asimo can already connect to the internet, but someday we will need an incredibly large and complex database of information from which Asimo will pull information to carry out particular tasks. It would be most efficient if it could connect to some large server system or data bank to, say, look up medicines. Or if it’s fighting fires, it could retrieve information from a database of what other firefighters have seen. That kind of connectivity will be very important.
Since Honda started work on Asimo, there’s been an explosion in entertainment bots – the cheaper models that are a step up from remote-controlled toys, but are still made to play with, rather than as home helpers. How much crossover is there between the entbots and something like Asimo?
We are committed to creating a complete humanoid robot that’s really capable of helping us in a multitude of ways. Our first objective is a robot that can help people who can’t really help themselves, if they’re in a wheelchair or a sickbed. So it’ll move through their environment for them and carry out different tasks.
We’re not really focusing on entertainment bots or the lower end of the market. There are a lot of other companies focusing on that, and some are doing it quite well. I think it’s good for the field of robotics in general for all these companies to be involved. Roomba, Lego Mindstorm… all of these robots help make people more comfortable with the idea that robots will be a part of their lives one day.
This is an important step as we move towards the day when humanoid robots will be in our world helping us. But Honda is working on the higher end robots. There’s quite a big leap between entertainment robots and the ones that are really going to help us.
We want to take our engineering and technical expertise that we’ve developed through everything from motorcycles and jet airplanes through to Asimo, and build a very complex machine that will truly be a useful helper to us.
So, the big question. When can I have an Asimo in my house? When will these robots be on sale to the general public, and will they be prohibitively expensive?
It’s one of the questions I get all the time! A lot depends on the speed or progress of development in general technology, like processing chips becoming smaller and faster, and memory becoming more powerful and cheaper. So a lot depends on how quickly the technology can improve.
We think within about 10 years, we’ll see the first version of Asimo helping people in the home. It’ll be a gradual process though. Look at the first people who owned cellphones, which were pretty clunky at the time, but now everyone has one.
Asimo is a new technology that will continue to evolve, but we hope in about 10 years we’ll start to see versions working in homes or hospitals. I just hope by the time I retire, I’ll be able to have an Asimo!
As for cost, if you think about it, a lot of older people need help on a daily basis, so they have a healthcare provider coming in. If a robot could do some of those tasks, they would only need a person to come in once or twice a week. So even if the robot were the cost of an automobile, if you think about the savings you’d make over time, that might be a reasonable alternative, and health insurance might cover some of the costs. We think there will be a huge demand for it as the population ages around the world.
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Assisted living continues to be the fastest-growing segment of membership for the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living, NCAL said Wednesday in newly issued annual report for 2018.
A 20% business income tax deduction under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act could be awaiting some assisted living communities, according to final regulations issued by the federal government on Friday. Skilled nursing facilities, however, appear to be ineligible.
The National Quality Forum for the first time has endorsed a set of assisted living customer satisfaction measures, the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living, developer of the measures, said Thursday.
Assisted living communities can breathe a sigh of relief now that Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler has signed the agency’s final rule regarding the disposal of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals.
Workforce issues will continue to be a dominant challenge in the senior living industry in 2019, according to leaders of several organizations representing providers. But they are entering the new year with plans to address these and other issues.
Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.
A bipartisan bill that authorizes $100 million in funding over five years to create a new public health infrastructure to combat Alzheimer’s disease is headed to the president’s desk after being passed Wednesday night by the House of Representatives.
The Senate has unanimously approved the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act.
A story appearing in Thursday’s New York Times delivers a largely unflattering assessment of the nation’s assisted living communities. The piece suggests that the sector is growing too rapidly for adequate regulatory oversight to keep pace.
NCAL’s Scott Tittle talks about the legislative challenges and opportunities that await in the new year.
A bipartisan bill that would authorize $100 million in funding over five years to create a public health infrastructure to combat Alzheimer’s disease was passed unanimously by the Senate Health Committee on Thursday.
Bipartisan legislation introduced Friday aims to protect Medicaid payments for home- and community-based services, including those provided in assisted living communities, that otherwise would end Dec. 31 with the expiration of a provision known as Section 2404 of the Affordable Care Act.
Medicaid payments for assisted living services could be in jeopardy in some states if Congress does not renew a provision in the Affordable Care Act that is set to expire on Dec. 31, according to a new issue brief.
The outcome of the federal midterm elections makes it less likely that Medicaid funding cuts will be on the agenda for the next Congress, organizations representing senior living operators believe. Concerns remain, however.
The Long Term Care Community Coalition released recommendations for best practices for the assisted living industry on Wednesday, citing an “urgent need” given the findings contained in a February report from the federal Government Accountability Office.
Ashley Blankenship of Arkansas was re-elected to chair the National Center for Assisted Living Board of Directors on Wednesday at the AHCA / NCAL annual meeting.
If the response of attendees at a Tuesday session at the AHCA / NCAL annual meeting is any indication, bullying is prevalent in senior living.
Times may be challenging for long-term care providers right now, but opportunities exist to help determine the future of the industry, leaders of the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living told annual meeting attendees Monday.
Senior living operators and association officials discussed major trends facing operators Monday at the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living convention, and it didn’t take long for clear themes to emerge.
NCAL Day speakers think something other than occupancy should be operators’ top priority.


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Best Foods For Vitamin C
One scientific editorial suggests that 200 mg per day is an optimal amount for most adults. One serving of any of the foods below contains more than 20 percent of the recommended daily value of vitamin C. This makes these foods “excellent” sources of the vitamin, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
1. Kakadu Plums
Just one plum packs 481 mg of vitamin C, which is 530% of the DV (3).
Just one plum delivers around 530% of the DV.
These include: helping to protect cells and keeping them healthy
maintaining healthy skin, blood vessels, bones and cartilage
helping with wound healing Lack of vitamin C can lead to scurvy. Good sources of vitamin C Vitamin C is found in a wide variety of fruit and vegetables.
Good sources include: citrus fruit, such as oranges and orange juice
How Much Vitamin C Do I Need?
Taking large amounts (more than 1,000mg per day) of vitamin C can cause: stomach pain
flatulence These symptoms should disappear once you stop taking vitamin C supplements.
What Does The Department Of Health And Social Care Advise?
You should be able to get all the vitamin C you need by eating a varied and balanced diet. If you take vitamin C supplements, do not take too much as this could be harmful. Taking less than 1,000mg of vitamin C supplements a day is unlikely to cause any har.
Ed: July 28th, 2021
Vitamin C is an essential nutrient required for the maintenance of skin, blood vessels, bones and cartilage, and wound healing. (1,2)
Vitamin C also helps protect cells against oxidative stress, which in turn provides protection against certain diseases, including cancer. (1,3)
Vitamin C, like zinc and vitamin A, also helps support your immune system.
The current daily value (% DV) for vitamin C is 90mg. (7)
Below is a list high vitamin C foods ranked by a common serving size, use the nutrient ranking of over 200 foods high in vitamin C to see the foods highest in vitamin C by nutrient density (per gram), or see rankings of fruits high in vitamin C, and vegetables high in vitamin.


A short while ago at its "Unveil the Shadow" event in Berlin, Razer unveiled the "Shadow," which turned out to be the Blade Pro. The new machine is a 17.3" laptop that stuffs a Core i7-6700HQ, RAID-ed PCIe SSDs, and a desktop GeForce GTX 1080 into a package less than an inch thick.
Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan insistently referred to the Blade Pro on-stage as a gaming desktop. His confusion is forgivable, as there aren't many laptops packing the kind of hardware the Blade Pro has outside of massive Eurocom machines. Besides the quad-core Intel chip and top-end GeForce, the new laptop supports up to 2TB of PCIe storage in a RAID-0 configuration. There's no room for memory expansion, but the standard configuration with 32GB of DDR4-2133 memory should probably suffice.
The Blade Pro's 17.3" screen is an LED-backlit IGZO panel with a 3840×2160 resolution. It includes G-Sync support, as well as capacitive multi-touch capability. Networking on this desktop replacement is provided by Killer, of course. Both Wireless-AC and Gigabit Ethernet come standard. Razer also includes a triad of USB 3.0 ports and a Thunderbolt 3 connection, as well as an HDMI 2.0 port.
Min-Liang made a point of highlighting the Blade Pro's unique keyboard, which the company refers to as an "ultra low profile mechanical" design. The keys are individually backlit and can be configured using Razer's Chroma system, like the rest of the machine's lighting. Unusually, Razer includes a hardware scroll wheel above the multi-point touchpad.
Razer doesn't give any details about the battery life of the Blade Pro, but the company's emphasis on the desktop-like nature of the machine probably tells the story there. The Blade Pro will be available worldwide in November starting at $3499.


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Santi Cazorla has been identified as a major target for Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger in this summer’s transfer window.
The Malaga winger is wanted by the Gunners chief, who is thought to be ready to pay £15.5 million to bring him to the Emirates Stadium.
Despite being owned by wealthy Qatari backers, Malaga are keen to cut costs this summer and will listen to offers for one of their star players.
Caught Offside noted AS has reported Arsenal’s interest is strong and that the fee would not be a problem for the London side.
Cazorla has 45 caps for Spain to his name and has also been a target for Tottenham in recent times, but he is thought to be against the idea of moving to a club that cannot offer him Champions League football.
Arsenal have funds at their disposal – despite already signing Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud this summer – and their budget could grow significantly in the coming weeks if Robin van Persie’s high-profile move away from north London is confirmed.
The Dutch striker has been the subject of bids from Manchester United, Manchester City and Juventus, and his departure will create money and space for new attacking talent.


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Next-generation Mazda 6 sedan planned for 2014 model year
Mazda says the next-generation Mazda 6 sedan will take its styling cues from the Takeri concept, shown.
The new Mazda 6 will benefit from a "full suite of Skyactiv technologies," Mazda said. Skyactiv is Mazda's brand name for gasoline and diesel engines and multispeed transmissions engineered to reduce fuel consumption.
Mazda said the design of the new sedan "will be strongly influenced by the Takeri concept," according to a press release.
The Takeri concept was first shown at the 2011 Tokyo motor show.
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