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Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young starcrossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays.
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In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, a long feud between the Montague and Capulet families disrupts the city of Verona and Romeo and Juliet, the tragic play by William Shakespeare, centers around the love story between Romeo, the young heir of the Montagues, and Juliet, the daughter of the house of Capulet. Because of In this essay Im going to discuss how Shakespeare builds the tension Romeo and Juliet, specifically concentrating on act 3 scenes 1.
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Monday, 5 January 2015
12 Beers Of Xmas - Day 12
The Twelve Beers Of Christmas
Goose Island Beer Co. - Pere Jacques 2009 8.0%
And so that was Christmas, to paraphrase John Lennon if you will allow me this indulgence, and what have we done?
As the dying embers of the yule log fade for another year and we shake off that Christmas magic it's time to look forward to the new year, 2015, and all the beery delights that await us there.
But, before we start afresh I just want to take a moment to reflect on the last year, and particularly the last thirty-six days blogging, through the season of Advent and on to the #12BeersOf Xmas. I could venture that it was a journey, but in reality the journey was from the bottle to the glass to my mouth, and if we're honest that is generally the kind of travelling that we don't mind at all. Even though it might appear so, I haven't drunk alone over the festive period, far from it, but I have always made sure that I had a beer lined up to right about before I went out, even catching after giving myself the luxury of both Christmas Day and New Years Eve off.
I have plenty of things planned, or certainly in the planning stage for the coming year and I know that some of you have too, but now is not the time to discuss them as they will all be revealed, or not, in the fullness of time. With more breweries exploring what beer can be and pushing it beyond the limits of our expectations, 2015 promises to be a very good year indeed.
And so, beer review aside, for those of you who have been with me throughout, those who dipped in and out, and even those for whom this is the first piece of mine that they have ever read, I would just like to raise a glass of good beer and wish you all a very happy new year.
When you finish a series of reviews it is traditional to finish on a high, usually it's a beer with a high abv, a special release or something that's absolutely super new or super different, and who am I to turn my back on tradition? I have after all followed beers in Advent, a seasonal observation that dates from the sixth century, with the twelve days of Christmas, an older observation but also a song first published in England in 1780. That's tradition for you, sometimes you just have to go with the flow.
Today's beer from the Goose Island Brew Co. in Chicago, Illinois is a Belgian Dubbel-style ale, brewed with Saaz and First Gold hops, and is a limited release. I'm sure you've all heard of Goose Island and know a few things about them, particularly as some of their beers, notably the Honkers Ale and India Pale Ale are relatively easy to get hold of in the UK. You may have had the excellent Bourbon County Stout, a beer that ages extremely well, and you may also know that they are owned by Anheuser-Bush InBev, producers of Budweiser, target of much of the tasteless mass-market beer vitriol.
This beer however pre-dates the A-B Inbev purchase by some two years, and was brewed in the brewery's twenty-first year of production. The label states that it will continue to develop in the bottle for up to five years although this is nearly a year over that, being bottled on the 11th March 2009, I have kept it cool and dark for most of that time, I didn't buy it until the October of that year, so I'm hoping that it will still be very drinkable.
There is, as they say, only one way to find out. Time to open that bottle, we have reached the conclusion, it's the Twelfth Night (another sixth century tradition) beer.
It pours a dark amber with some beautiful ruby red highlights and a surprising amount of carbonation considering its age, leaving a thin beige head on top of the beer. The aroma is rich and seductive, freshly sliced brown bread giving way to raisin giving way to blackcurrant wine gums giving way to burnt toast giving way to some merlot tannins then back around again like a heady beery whirlwind. The body is erring on the full side of medium and it pushes across the tongue quickly with a soft fizz of carbonation which astonishes me as I really had expected this beer to have gone a little flat by now. There are raisins aplenty up front slipping easily into a combination of blackcurrant and red berry wine gum flavours, fruity and sweet with a chewy edge, and this in turn develops into a lightly toasted port-soaked plump sultana flavour and this rounds out main body of the beer beautifully. The finish starts with some lightly toasted bread and butter pudding, but this is remarkably brief as a light tawny port character emerges before it dries slowly but definitely leaving a delicious apricot jam topped raisin pudding flavour right in the middle of the tongue, and this spreads up the sides of the palate and filling the mouth for a long long time. It is simply amazing.
I can say without any shadow of doubt that this beer has benefited from careful ageing, and if you have a bottle of this stashed away then you should definitely bring it out now. Even as I type these final words my head is still filled with its majesty. I am privileged to have tasted this beer in this condition and feeling very satisfied right now. That is what great beer is all about and that is why we love it so much. I don't need to add any more than that.

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(TRENTON) – Assembly Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver (D-Essex/Passaic) on Wednesday released the following statement after attending a rally with toll collectors concerned about the administration’s plan to privatize toll collections:
“It’s outrageous that toll collectors are being demonized as the ones responsible for the economic problems facing our state, when in fact they’ve contributed to the state’s success through their commitment and dedication to their difficult jobs.
“I applaud the toll workers for offering $35 million in painful concessions to help the state fight through this difficult economy. The workers know they must share in the sacrifice and have offered a plan to save money and jobs.
“It was the right thing to do.
“What concerns me deeply is the administration’s continued refusal to negotiate seriously to find a way to help taxpayers while saving jobs. Their refusal to do so can only mean they place conservative ideology over the well-being of taxpayers and toll workers.
“That is the wrong thing to do..
“The toll workers are not pawns. They’re real people with families, homes and responsibilities who have devoted their working lives to this state. They’ve offered a plan to save money and jobs. Their plan deserves consideration.”

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A growing body of work by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and partners points to challenges that "legacy cities" face in extending economic opportunity to all residents. This article reports findings from a series of focus groups conducted around the 7th District to better understand what city leaders are doing to advance positive labor market outcomes for residents.
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It’s out on June 10
At this point, Wizards of the Coast has plenty of IP under their belt to send to the planes of Magic: The Gathering with Hasbro running things. And whatever they don’t own, they can likely lock down a deal for: like the upcoming Lord of the Rings set, and the recent Street Fighter crossover. So when Dungeons and Dragons or Baldur’s Gate is involved, people perk up. That includes the Baldur’s Gate Commander set, which we were given a brief look at recently.
The next Commander Legends set is Battle for Baldur’s Gate, and it’s out on June 10 (with a pre-release session from June 3 through June 5). The big focus this time is features from past sets, like the “dungeon” mechanic from Forgotten Realms (with just the Undercity dungeon card, with the intent to possibly share one across the table), backgrounds (like “raised by giants”), and more legendary creatures: to funnel into the RPG theme of the Battle for Baldur’s Gate Commander set.
Corey Bowen, leader designer for Magic and on the Battle for Baldur’s Gate Commander set, had the theme of heroic adventures and teamwork in mind when their team crafted the set. The gist was to lean into the social aspect of Commander as well as some of the larger-than-life elements of the universes they’re drawing from. You can really see that in some of the cards below, many of which are legendary and are pulled directly from D&D classes, like a halfling knight, devil noble, and a human wizard. Lightning bolt and fireball were something the team “had to include,” because of the flavor involved, as two of the most recognizable cards in the game’s history.
Without further ado, card previews/spoilers!

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Kwesi Yankah is the author of Speaking for the Chief (winner of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences Gold Book award) and The Proverb in the Context of Akan Rhetoric (winner of the Ghana Book Award) and co-editor of African Folklore: An encyclopedia. He was Associate Director of the African Humanities Program (2009-2017) and Ghana’s Minister of State in Charge of Tertiary Education (2017-2021). He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Folklore Society.

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Two of the Game of Thrones LCG playmats shown at Gen Con 2015 have been added to the Fantasy Flight Games online store. They are currently OUT OF STOCK listed at $19.95 each. The choices are “Knights of the Realm” and “Stormborn”. I suspect the others will be added soon as they were sold at Gen Con.
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idle opinion? Do not you know,” said he, “ that Jupiter is represented to have Justice and Law on each hand of him, to signify that all the actions of a conqueror are lawful and just?” With these and the like speeches, Anaxarchus indeed allayed the king's grief, but withal corrupted his character, rendering him more audacious and lawless than he had been.
ALEXANDER'S FEAST; OR THE POWER OF
AN ODE ON ST. CECILIA'S DAY.
BY JOHN DRYDEN.
[John Dryden: An English poet; born August 9, 1631 ; educated under Dr. Busby at Westminster School, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. The son of a Puritan, he wrote eulogistic stanzas on the death of Cromwell ; but his versatile intellect could assume any phase of feeling, and he wrote equally glowing ones on the Restoration of 1860. His “Annus Mirabilis” appeared in 1667, and in 1668 he was made poet laureate. His “Essay on Dramatic Poesy” is excellent ; but as a dramatist, though voluminous, he has left nothing which lives. His satire “ Absalom and Achitophel" is famous; and his “Ode for St. Cecilia's Day” is considered the finest in the language.]
'Twas at the royal feast, for Persia won,
On his imperial throne:
So should desert in arms be crowned.
Happy, happy, happy pair !
Timotheus placed on high
Amid the tuneful quire,
With flying fingers touched the lyre:
The song began from Jove;
When he to fair Olympia pressed,
And stamped an image of himself, a sovereign of the world.
With ravished ears,
Affects to nod,
The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung;
Of Bacchus ever fair, and ever young;
Now give the hautboys breath. He comes, he comes !
Bacchus, ever fair and young,
Bacchus' blessings are a treasure,
Rich the treasure,
Sweet the pleasure; Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Soothed with the sound the king grew vain;
Fought all his battles o’er again;
The master saw the madness rise;
He chose a mournful muse
Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen,
And weltering in his blood:
With downcast look the joyless victor sat,
Revolving in his altered soul
And now and then a sigh he stole;
The mighty master smiled, to see
Softly sweet in Lydian measures,
Never ending, still beginning,
If the world be worth thy winning,
Lovely Thais sits beside thee,
Tako the good the gods provide thee. The many rend the skies with loud applause; So love was crowned, but music won the cause. The prince, unable to conceal his pain,
Gazed on the fair,
Who caused his care,
Sighed and looked, and sighed again :
Now strike the golden lyre again;
Has raised up his head ;
As awaked from the dead,
Revenge! revenge! Timotheus cries,
See the furies arise !
How they hiss in their hair !
Behold a ghastly band,
Each a torch in his hand !
And unburied remain
To the valiant crew.
How they point to the Persian abodes,
The princes applaud, with a furious joy ; And the king seized a flambeau, with zeal to destroy ;
Thais led the
To light him to his prey,
Thus, long ago,
And sounding lyre,
At last divine Cecilia came,
Inventress of the vocal frame;
Enlarged the former narrow bounds,
And added length to solemn sounds,
Let old Timotheus yield the prize,
ALEXANDER THE GREAT."
By J. P. MAHAFFY.
(From "Greek Life and Thought.")
[JOHN PENTLAND MAHAFFY: Irish classical scholar and historian; born at Chapponnaire, Switzerland, February 26, 1839. In 1871 he became professor of ancient history at Trinity College, Dublin. He has published “Social Life in Greece,” “Rambles and Studies in Greece,” “Greek Life and Thought," “Greece under Roman Sway,” “ History of Greek Classical Literature," “ The Empire of the Ptolemies," and other historical works, nearly all of which have gone through several editions. ]
THERE was no king throughout all the Eastern world in the third century B.C. who did not set before him Alexander as the ideal of what a monarch ought to be. His transcendent figure so dominates the imagination of his own and the following age, that from studying his character we can draw all the materials for the present chapter. For this purpose the brilliant sketch of Plutarch, who explicitly professes to write the life and not the history of the king, is on the whole more instructive than the detailed chronicle of Arrian. From both we draw much that is doubtful and even fabulous, but much also which is certain and of unparalleled interest, as giving us a picture of the most extraordinary man that ever lived. The astonishing appearance of this lad of twenty, hurried to the throne by his father's death, in the midst of turmoil within and foes without, surrounded by doubtful friends and timid advisers, without treasury, without allies - and yet at once and without hesitation asserting his military genius, defeating his bravest enemies, cowing his disloyal subjects, crushing sedition, and then starting to conquer Asia, and to weld together two continents by a new policy — this wonder was indeed likely to fascinate the world, and if his successors aped the leftward inclination of his head and the leonine sit of his hair, they were sure enough to try to imitate what was easier and harder -- the ways of his court and the policy of his kingdom.
Quite apart from his genius, which was unique, his position in Greece was perfectly novel, in that he combined Hellenic training, language, and ideas with a totally un-Hellenic thing
- royalty. For generations, the Macedonian kings had been trying to assert themselves as real Greeks. They had suc
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A true relation of a brave exploit performed by Captain Richard Dawks, in taking of the Castle of Dover for the King and Parliament, : and the safety of the whole kingdom, the quiet of the town of Dover, and all those parts of the country thereabouts, on the 21 of August, 1642. Which was never conquered or taken before, but by that worthy gent', Captain Rich: Dawks aforementioned. And set forth by Nicholas Payne, an inhabitant of Dover, for satisfaction of the whole kingdom: and by the consent of both the honourable Houses of Parliament: they have sent thither to be lieutenant of that castle, the noble and worthy knight, Sir Edward Boyse, one of the members of the House of Commons.
Printed by L. Norton and J. Field for C. A.,
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A former New York City police detective shot his two adult sons at a house party on Sunday evening, before turning the weapon on himself, authorities said.
Irvin Noak, 61, became involved in an argument with family members shortly after 11 p.m. Sunday during a party at their Bellport, Long Island, home, Suffolk County police said in a statement.
When his two sons, 30-year-old Irvin Noak III and 22-year-old Aaron Noak, then tried to intervene, the father went to his bedroom to grab a handgun.
He then shot his two sons, before also shooting himself.
"There were other family members in the home at the time of the shooting but no one else was injured," police said.
Emergency service workers rushed the three men to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in nearby East Patchogue, where the 61-year-old was pronounced dead.
The two sons were admitted to the hospital in critical condition.
A hospital spokesperson told BuzzFeed News on Tuesday that she could not provide an update on the men's condition for privacy reasons, but a police spokesperson said she understood the pair were still listed as critical.
The police spokesperson said she could not provide any further information as to what prompted the argument.
“There was never a fight in that house. The real question here is, What went wrong?” a neighbor told the New York Daily News. “The father was the nicest, kindest guy.”
According to the newspaper, Noak worked as an NYPD detective between 1982 and 2009.
The website See Through NY, which publishes payment information for state public servants, shows he stopped being paid by the department in 2010.

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1. French loaf sleeve
This clever design doubles as a menu and as a sleeve for your dinner roll.
2. Wine-bottle menu
Up for a DIY project?Print our reception menu on adhesive labels and stick them on the bottles of wine you’ll be serving with dinner.
3. French fries
During cocktail hour, serve French fries in paper bags printed with the rest of the dinner menu.
4. Tropical-leaf cocktail menu
Hosting a tropical-inspired wedding?Find some gorgeous tropical leaves and write the bar selection or speciality cocktails in gold on them.Place in a vase next to the bar.
5. Favour bags
Print the menu on unique paper bags, then fill with sweet treats, bath balls or anything, really!Guests can take the gifts (and menu) home.
6. Linen napkins
Such a swanky addition to the reception table!Get linen napkins screen-printed with the menu details, then lay them out beautifully on the tables.
7. Chopstick sleeve
Keepsake chopsticks in sleeves printed with your dinner menu – what a cute gift, and it’s super functional.

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We highlight our work on livestream and eyewitness media curation through two pilot projects carried out during the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Visit our test site where we’re experimenting with tools like Deepstream, Crowdvoice and Timeline to curate diverse eyewitness media and live video that bring to light human rights violations related to the Summer Games in Rio.
Deciding if and how to share human rights footage taken by eyewitnesses is rarely simple. A new resource offers guidance on applying ethical principles to this new form of documentation.
When WITNESS was founded in the early 1990s, we distributed cameras to activists around the world so they could direct their lenses–and international attention–on injustice in their communities. Our objective, like that of many human rights activists and organizations worldwide, was–and still is–to make an
The policies, practices, and technology that allow videos by average citizens to expose abuse and serve as a tool for justice are constantly evolving, and our strategies must keep up.


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College Junior 2013-11-02T15:06:57Z
It is a small town, possibly the definition of such with the exception that they have a University there. Everyone is really nice, possibly overly friendly but thats the small town charm. Personally I feel like I could never live in a town this small and be this far away from everything else. I thought I came from a small town, which was a village of 10,000, and I lived 10 minutes from a city and 15 minutes from a bigger city. That's what I would look for in terms of living.
College Sophomore 2013-08-12T03:41:34Z
It is an small town , the city does not have much to offer but the university plans out many activities that the students can enjoy.
If you got the time and attitude you will get the best out of every single one of them
College Junior 2013-07-17T00:58:29Z
A Family Town – I love Montevallo! I love the small town atmosphere. Everyone knows everyone here, the teachers know you by name and are always willing to help. Being a small town there isn't much to do in town but within a ten to fifteen minute ride there is a movie theater, bowling, and a ton of other stuff to do. There is a park in montevallo, Orr Park, that is known for the wood carvings in the trees done by a local artist, we also go swimming there in the summer. There are basketball, volleyball, and tennis courts as well as soccer and baseball/softball fields to play a pick up game on.
College Sophomore 2013-06-05T23:43:44Z
The City of Montevallo itself is very small and doesn't boast very much in the way of entertainment besides maybe local bands and activities sponsored by the University. However, Montevallo is located about thirty minutes outside of Birmingham, where one can find all manner of food, music, art, and many different seasonal events like a Dia de Los Muertos event in the fall, and the acclaimed Sidewalk Film Festival in the summer.
College Sophomore 2013-05-25T18:16:13Z
Montevallo is a very small town and offers little aside from the actual campus itself. It is a great place to focus on arts, however not a great school for making connections in other fields and majors.
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With chill-out music, artistic performances from Okada Manila’s resident performers World of Wonders and other live acts, Cove Manila has launched Sunset Lounge, featuring an intimate view of the Manila Bay sunset, giving guests front-row seats to this world-famous spectacular sight through its temperature-controlled dome.
Sunset Lounge – one of the main areas of Cove Manila at Okada Manila – offers an unparalleled place to unwind after a hard day’s work, with its sunset party dubbed Sunset Sessions as the best way to kick back with live music, delicious cocktails and good food.
Chef de Cuisine Paul Jean-Baptiste Cottanceau-Pocard crafted the bar menu, serving up elevated bar chow options, including the Choripán, which is Argentinian sausage, sourdough baguette, old-fashioned aioli, salsa criolla, chimichurri, and house-made pickles with French fries on the side; and Cornflake Chicken Fingers, which are marinated cornflake-breaded chicken tenders with parmesan and honey mustard dressing.
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Michael J. Totten, writing from Dream City, Kurdistan, describes a very impressive construction project in industrious Iraqi Kurdistan. He also includes pictures from architectural drawings and models.
Totten’s introduction to the Kurdish accomplishment:
ERBIL, IRAQ – Kurdistan is a place of the mind. It doesn’t exist on any maps unless the maps are made by the Kurds. Southern Kurdistan is known to the rest of the world as Northern Iraq. Northern Kurdistan is described as Eastern Turkey. Southwestern Kurdistan is Northeastern Syria. And Southeastern Kurdistan is Northwestern Iran.
In no country are Kurds closer to realizing their dream of freedom and independence than they are in Iraq. They are wrapping up the finishing touches on their de-facto sovereign state-within-a-state, a fact on the ground that will not easily be undone. And they’re transforming the hideously decrepit physical environment left to them by Saddam Hussein – a broken place that is terribly at odds with the Kurdistan in their hearts and in their minds – into something beautiful and inspiring, the kind of place you might like to live in someday yourself.
The heart of the new Kurdistan is soon to be known as the Dream City, a massive construction site going up on the outskirts of Erbil.
Read the whole thing.
I am very glad to see Michael on his latest beat. We're all lucky to have him wandering about. Our military men and women may be putting their lives on the line to make this possible, but he lays his life on the line, too, to keep the successes visible. Kurdistan is an
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Two House Democrats from Georgia are the first to buck their party and call for embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign.
Reps. John Barrow and David Scott spoke out Wednesday after President Barack Obama discussed the allegations of delayed care for ailing vets that have rocked the VA – the president's first public statement in weeks about the scandal, The Hill reports.
Praising Shinseki as "a decorated veteran who has served this country honorably," Barrow said that nevertheless "this administration has fallen short in providing the kind of care that our veterans have earned," The Washington Post reports.
"While I don't think a change in leadership will immediately solve the serious problems that plague the VA, I do think it's time to give someone else an opportunity to lead the agency and begin the rebuilding process to ensure these issues never happen again."
"Secretary Shinseki deserves the utmost respect for his service, but it's time for someone new to get to the bottom of what's happened on his watch," Barrow said.
Scott called for Shinseki to step down during debate on the VA Accountability Act. Th
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Xiaomi Announced Mi5 With 4GB RAM, Snapdragon 820 SoC And More
The Chinese Mobile giant Xiaomi announced their flagship this year, Xiomi Mi5, in China at MWC16. The good part about this guy is it is coming in different variants to pick from with different price brackets to fit into different customer bases. The price is ranging from 1999 Yuan ($306/ Rs.20,969 approx) for base 32GB variant to 2699 Yuan ($413 / Rs. 28,312 approx) for the top one 128GB). The middle variant, of course, is priced at 2299 Yuan ($351 / Rs. 24,092 approx).
If you look at specs of this device on paper, you’d see that it has got many things that would compete with Apple and Samsung high end flagships. Starting from the display, Xiaomi Mi5 packs a 5.15 inch 1080p display with curved glass on the front with 600 nits brightness. The display got spread until the edges making you feel no side bezels. On a screen sizing around 5 inches, FHD would give you great visual experience, without a doubt. The top variant features a 3D ceramic body (weighing 139 grams) while other two guys are made up of glassy ones. (weighing 129 grams). Mi5 is only 7.25mm thick, and feels lighter in hands without a doubt. High powered 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 quad core chip coupled with Adreno 530 GPU would run this device. Being equipped with 4GB LPDDR4 RAM in top variant and 3GB LPDDR4 RAM in remaining two, Xiaomi Mi5 comes in three flash storage options – 32GB, 64GB and 128GB, as mentioned earlier. No SD Card slot in this device and therefore no way to expand the storage.
Coming to the software, Xiaomi Mi5 runs MIUI 7, the company’s own customization skin on top of Android Marshmallow, v6.0. This device impresses us in the camera section too. It has a 16MP primary Sony IMX298 sensor( dual tone LED, Phase Detect Auto-Focus, f/2.0, 4-axis Optical Image Stabilization, 4K video) on the back and 4MP front side shooter (80 degree wide angle, f/2.0) on the front. Xiaomi always known for delivering sharp images even with less pixels, having this camera won’t disappoint you in image and video quality. Busy people are going to like this device as it comes with 3000mAh battery (non-removable) with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 technology which would offer 2.5 hours of talktime with 5 minutes of charge, as claimed by the Company.
There are lot of features that need to be mentioned in this device. Xiaomi Mi5 is a Dual SIM (Nano + Nano) 4G LTE enabled device with VoLTE support, and comes with Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac dual band (MIMO), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS. It also has other misc features such as NFC, USB Type-C, Fingerprint scanner (on the font) and Infrared Sensor. The best part regarding Xiaomi Mi5 is being available in different price brackets. Even though it lacks some features such as Micro SD Card slot, it has great specs in many areas. If you are a person who would bother regarding backup in your device and price, you can go for the middle one (2.15GHz chip, 3GB RAM, 64GB storage, 2299 Yuan) instead of the base variant(1.8GHz chip, 3GB RAM, 32GB storage, 1999 Yuan). But, if you aren’t concerned about money, then you can definitely choose the lightest, premium 3D ceramic build big buy (2.15 GHz chip, 4GB RAM, 128GB storage, 2699 Yuan). There is approximately 4k gap between the 64GB variant and 128 GB variant, which wouldn’t be a significant burden for many people. You can choose your favorite color among Black, White and Gold.
All in all, Xiaomi Mi5 packs top notch specs on paper that couple compete with iPhones and Galaxies. It is great to see how smartphones are getting cheap and good every year. According to the announcement, Xiaomi Mi5 is going to hit the China Market in 1st of March and we can expect it to release in other countries as well. Other details would get announced soon.


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Model Trains in Jacksonville, FL
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Great shop! They always have 90-100% of what I'm looking for. They also have an indoor track. The owner is very knowledgable.
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Hammer Hall Gaming was established April, 2011. In consideration of the gaming communityâ€™s wants and needs, the owners (Chris Bettis, Amanda Dill) decided to find a place to create a game store in Murray Hill.With the absence of War Dogs and Sanctuary and so many gamers hoping for resolution, they decided that it was due time that another game store opened and Murray Hill seemed appropriate to heed that calling. The idea of having a store that is focused around individual relationships, competitive pricing, and a feel of home away from home and not the mistaken dark â€œdungeonâ€ stereotype that has haunted gaming stores for many years, seemed overdue
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NuStar May Receive Canadian Oil at New St. James TerminalChristine Harvey
NuStar Energy LP, the second-largest independent liquids terminal operator in the U.S., may unload heavy Canadian oil at a new train terminal in St. James, Louisiana, this year.
The San Antonio-based company is seeking contracts for a second 70,000-barrel-a-day unit train terminal in St. James, which it expects to be in service in the fourth quarter. A three-year commitment has been signed with Great Northern Oil Co., which will move Bakken crude from North Dakota, the company said.
NuStar is increasing rail unloading, storage, and dock capacity in St. James as production booms in Canada and North Dakota. An additional 799,000 barrels a day of output in those areas is due to come online in 2013 and 2014, according to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers and U.S. Energy Information Administration. Canadian companies are seeking additional outlets for heavy bitumen from oil-sands formations.
“We’re trying to be accessible to as many types of crude as we can be,” Danny Oliver, senior vice president of marketing and business development, said in a phone interview. “We’re talking with Bakken producers but we’re also talking with Canadian producers about moving dilbit.”
The company is converting one dock to handle exports and adding another, both of which will be in service next year. In the past, the terminal only accepted inbound shipments of crude.
“The flow is reversing,” Oliver said. “We’ve got more crude coming in by rail and it wants to go out by water.”
At the same time, storage capacity will increase to about 11 million barrels from the current 9 million.
The influx of extra-light crudes from the Bakken and Eagle Ford formation in Texas is increasing the need for storage.
Customers are seeking more space in storage tanks as they are looking to do additional blending with the lighter crude oil, Oliver said.
The first unit train at St. James came online in April 2012 and construction of the second began early this year, according to the company.
The new terminal has a nameplate capacity of about 70,000 but may be able to offload more than two trains in 24 hours, boosting capacity to more than 100,000, according to Oliver. New contracts that are signed for the second unit train terminal may also include commitments for shipping and storage of certain amounts, he said.


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The company was founded in at the initiative of Yiannis Tsoutsos, the mayor of Potamia. Greece had no tradition in cigar manufacturing, so Tsoutsos and a group of local agriculturists travelled to Cuba in 2000 to acquire a fundamental know-how of the industry. After a period of trial-and-error, the Domenico brand was launched in 2004.
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The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors
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After scouring a large city dump for months Toronto police officers have uncovered the remains of Nathaniel Brettell— CTV News Toronto has learned. This — needle-in-a-haystack discovery has given his family peace and could give a continuing murder case a major boost.
About seven months after he went missing at his home in Toronto, Police discovered the corpse of the missing 57-year-old after searching since late June at the Green Lane Landfill near London, Ont.
“In the sense that he’s been found, it gives me peace,” revealed Brettell’s sister, Lois Brettell. “I’m thankful that my brother’s remains have been found because it gives me closure.”
However, she noted her family still suffers the anguish of his demise— and have many questions on how he died, and how his body wound up in the landfill in Sothwold, Ont., some 200 km from where they believe he was murdered.
Detective Sergeant Keri Fernandes said,
“The Toronto Police will not stop in their pursuit of evidence and the recovery of people for their family as they investigate these criminal acts.”
Fernandes revealed the search is the largest of its kind in Toronto’s history requiring hundreds of officers and several units, with some officers putting in volunteer hours.
The crucial break in the case involved the records kept by the city’s solid waste management system. The records permitted them to pinpoint the most probable location amid a landfill that sprawls over some 130 hectares and takes in about 800,000 tons of waste from the City of Toronto yearly.
“They keep meticulous records and because of that we were able to recover him and bring closure to the family and assist in the prosecution of the people responsible for this,” she stated.
Brettell, 57, suffered from Asperger’s syndrome and other disabilities, his family disclosed. He went missing in January from his Etobicoke rooming house on Westona Street.
A man attacked officers looking for him on Feb. 2 with a butcher’s knife. The officers charged the 34-year-old man called Ahmed Al-Farkh with attempted murder. Police discovered blood in Brettell’s apartment and figured that he had been murdered, however; there was no sign of a body.
In May Al-Farkh was charged with second-degree murder in Brettell’s case. In online information confirmed by CTV News Toronto, Al-Farkh narrates his time in City of Toronto homeless shelters, referring to the Freemasons and the Illuminati.
Police acquired a warrant and started searching the dump in late June.
“It’s essentially looking for a needle in a haystack. It’s not an easy job. The mere fact they’ve found a body is miraculous,” noted former Toronto homicide detective Mark Mendelson. “It’s huge, many acres in size, and it’s very deep. As they plow over the garbage it gets higher and higher and you don’t know how deep you have to go,” he revealed.
“The odds were infinitesimal when I conducted these inquiries as the record-keeping wasn’t as good as it is now. They know what trucks come in from what day and what area they’ve emptied into. From an investigative point of view, that’s very helpful.”
The next move is possibly an attempt to find the cause of death — something that may be challenging depending on how long the body was exposed to the elements, he noted.
Officers discovered the body last week and confirmed that it was Brettell briefly thereafter, his sister stated.
“Now that they have a body they will be able to properly prosecute the person who has been charged in my brother’s death.”
Now that his body has been retrieved, Brettell reveals she hopes to cremate the remains and have a funeral.

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I know an art exhibition has truly hit me when I’m willing to pay £1 for a postcard. I cannot think of a better way to start the year than with a great dose of art – as I mentioned in my previous post a few weeks ago I went to Somerset House for an exhibition that I was sure would not disappoint. I can’t quite remember when or where I first came across his haunting imagery, but Guy Bourdin has been one of my favourite fashion photographers for well over a decade.This was the first retrospective of him I ever saw and it was truly amazing, what an inspirational visit.
Guy Bourdin worked mainly throughout the 70’s for French Vogue. He also worked with the shoe brand Charles Jourdan, photographing its ad campaigns for quite a few seasons.
His key trademarks? Heels, legs and solitary, ever so slightly haunting backgrounds. I don’t think there are many fashion photographers who can truly transmit a mood in the same way Bourdin did. What I also love about his work is the subtle element of storytelling. There’s a narrative, something going on – the viewer is immediately drawn to the powerful imagery, inevitably wondering how those shoes, or that girl, got there.
Bourdin was a master in composition – he sketched a lot of the ‘scenarios’ before photographing them. He relied on Polaroids too – I love the fact that Polaroids really did serve a purpose back in the day!
One of Bourdin’s trips involved travelling around England with his girlfriend and son photographing these mannequin’s legs with Charles Jourdan shoes in unexpected locations.
As bizarrely interesting as the mannequin’s legs are, my favourite shots are the ones he did with models. I love everything about the Bourdin girls – the red hair, pale skin, long legs, black hair… There’s a touch of voyeurism and an underlying sexuality in his imagery, but it feels more fantastical than overtly sexual – probably the way French Vogue was back in the 70’s.
It was interesting to find out that Bourdin was an avid drawer and painter, often recreating his photographs into paintings and vice-versa.
There was a clear evolution in his work – much of his earlier work, though still very easy on the eye, was more like your generic kind of fashion photography. But boy, did he find his own voice.
Apparently Alfred Hitchcock’s aesthetics influenced his work – but I want to believe he must have loved the Surrealists. His use of colour and fantastical compositions feel reminiscent of De Chirico, and even Dali.
There is a strange balance between innocence and cynicism in his work – hearts aren’t as sweet as they might seem at a glance, and soft toys suddenly don’t seem so comforting after all…
Submission and domination subtly appear in his work too – I could see similarities with the master of fashion imagery and domination, Helmut Newton.
You gotta love the man’s fixation with feet, for never have feet looked so glamorous and seductive…
Hopefully Somerset House will not have me arrested for taking so many pictures – I just couldn’t not capture such amazing imagery. Unlike other exhibitions that I’ve banged on about before on the blog however, this one is still very much going – all the way up until March actually. So I suggest you lovely Londoners visit this amazing exhibition – it was pricey but oh so worth it. You did well, Somerset House.
All photographs (apart from the first one) were taken at Somerset House on January 7th, 2015.


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Blobble Wars 2
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A sequel to the 2009 Flash game "Blobble Wars". This game builds on the original adding many new levels, new tower types, and new strategic options. Through 50 varied levels your goal will be to conquer all of the towers on the map before your AI opponents can.
The controls are simple: click your tower and drag in the direction you want to aim. Hitting an enemy tower with your blobbles will capture it. Hitting a friendly tower will reinforce it.
The game has four difficulty modes. Easy mode is forgiving for a casual expereince. Impossible mode provides a challenge for even experienced players.
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What is balancing a system?
In most heating systems all of the radiators are on at the same time, and so the system must be balanced to stop the first few radiators using all the hot water, leaving those at the far end of the system from ever getting hot or taking a long time. This involves individually adjust the lock shield valve (at the opposite end of the radiator to the TRV) so water is spread out more evenly.
How does Genius Hub affects this
In many cases the Genius Hub system is more resilient to poor balancing. With the Genius Radiator Valves, instead of every room being heated now only some of them are, and the Genius Radiator Valves will adjust to just the right position individually knowing how open the valve needs to be to get hot water. However this does not negate the system being balanced properly by a heating engineer, because if some radiators are turned right down on their lock shields then the Genius Radiator Valves will not be able to compensate for that.


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Thanks to Vivian @ outsidehook, Raven @ Dreamy Addictions, Rae @ Bookmark Chronicles, Mariana @ Book is Glee and Tori @ Book Dreamer. Their blogs are really amazing and I always read them because they’re so good 😀 I’m really really sorry this post is late but I didn’t want to bombard you guys with award posts and only tags 🙂
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- Tell the world why you started blogging!
- Give advice/tips to new bloggers
- Share the picture above
- Let your nominees know that you think they’re awesome
- Share the link to Edge of Night for the original post
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I had no plans in mind to create a book blog. In fact, when I started, I thought blogs and websites were the same. (Don’t blame me, I was only 13). I wasn’t that much into reading either and I mostly only picked up Nancy Drew books from the library because I had no idea that there was a Young Adult section in the library! One day, I stumbled upon it when I was bored and found the Harry Potter books and others like The Hobbit. I can’t say I was interested from the very start, but it grew on me and now I need to read everyday because it’s just so much fun.
The blog was a bit of an accident—I wasn’t planning on it but I just wanted to experiment with it. And then I started posting some reviews on the books that I’d read (mind you, they were very bad and were basically a summary instead of my thoughts). Now, two years later, I’m doing much better because now I actually know what works best for me in terms of writing and reading. I think.
I’m going to keep this very basic, but genuine. This goes for all bloggers, not just book bloggers.
- I know most bloggers out there dream of making it big, being the one with thousands of followers, and hundreds of comments. I used to think that way too, and if I’m honest, I still do, sometimes. But you have to remember—views, comments, likes, followers, etc. are not as important. You should love what you do and what you blog about. If you’re passionate, these things will follow.
- Make your blog unique. Don’t overload your blog with memes, tags, etc. These are great, but try to do some posts where you share your ideas with the world.
- Connect with others. Come on, this is your chance! Make new friends. chat with others and help them out! They are starting out/started out from point zero too, and all of them are very nice. Comment on their posts, wish them a good day, etc. But don’t do it for the likes, follows—do it because you care for them and would like to help them 🙂
I’m going to nominate some new blogs that I’ve started following over the past couple of days because they are just so awesome! These lovely bloggers deserve to be recognized for their hard work ❤
Beatrice @ When Curiosity Killed the Cat
Bianca @ The Ultimate Fangirl
Lara @ katnisspotterbooklover


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Several UCI road teams, including the Floyd’s Pro Cycling Continental and EF Education First WorldTour teams, have indicated they will be racing gravel events this season. Floyd’s Pro Cycling and EF Education. One of the first races UCI continental teams will be targeting is Ontario’s Paris to Ancaster on April 28. Learn more about how to register and the teams you can expect to see at the race in this release.
As gravel and mixed-surface events continue to explode in popularity across Canada and much of the world, a number of world-class UCI Continental Road teams are heading off-road to start their season at Paris to Ancaster.
While the trend of gravel events is rather new, P2A has been around a long time. The race is in its 26th year and has always attracted world-class UCI-ranked individual riders from all disciplines. Race alumni include UCI cyclocrossers Helen Wyman and Jeremy Powers, and mountain bike Olympians Alison Sydor and Emily Batty.
This season though, several UCI Continental road teams are planning to bring small but strong squads to P2A as part of their international race program.
Floyd’s Pro Cycling, a brand new team featuring up-and-coming talent including Canadians Nick Zukowsky and Emile Jean, is planning to take their primarily road team to a few gravel events, starting with P2A and are ready to challenge for the win.
“P2A is an iconic North American race,” said Scott McFarlane, team rep for Floyd’s Cycling. “Our riders are in sunny Tucson now but they are stoked to line-up their Van Dessel gravel bikes on the start line to take on the thrashing weather and route.”
X Speed United, another newly-formed team comprised of riders from Canada, Australia and Hong Kong, will also be sending a delegation to ride P2A, including Guelph-native Ryan Roth, who’s been a pro at the Continental team level for 15-plus years and whose credentials include a Tro-Bro Léon win (and a 10th place finish at the 8th annual Paris to Ancaster in 2000).
Of his history at the P2A event, Roth says “Paris to Ancaster was one of the first races I heard about over 20 years ago when I began riding more seriously. Looking forward to seeing how X-Speed United does this year.”
Joining Floyd’s and X-Speed United at P2A19 is Team CCB Siclari, a U23 squad focused on developing young athletes as they attend post-secondary. The team includes this year’s U.S. U23 National Champion Spencer Petrov.
UCI teams from the world of mountain biking will be making an appearance as well. Norco, a long-time sponsor of P2A, has a squad set to challenge at P2A that includes the Disera Brothers, Peter and Quinten. Now a pro cyclist on the Mountain Bike circuit, Quinten Disera won the P2A 40km event in 2013 when he was just 15 years old.
It’s going to be a busy call-up line at this year’s event, with an impressive roster of teams featuring seasoned road and mountain champions vying for a P2A win.
“This is the first time that Continental pro teams have approached us about riding in our event as a team,” said co-race director Tim Farrar. “It shows the growing influence of gravel and mixed-surface events in the cycling world. Team sponsors and directors as well as riders are starting to take this seriously as an alternative to traditional road and mountain bike racing.”
The 26th Annual Paris to Ancaster takes place on April 28, 2019. It won’t be surprising if this year, 3-time consecutive winner Gunnar Holmgren is unseated by a UCI Team Pro.
Registration is now open for the 2019 Paris to Ancaster gravel race. The registration cost goes up on March 1.


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Made a friend while on the bus, and we reached Gokarna at 6.30 in the morning it was still a lil dark. Then my friend suggested the Kudle beach has some great restaurants and we started walking towards it. And here it was the Horizon I couldn’t took my eyes off it, it was so satisfying the wind the sound the view I can still feel that wind. As soon as you walk around the town you realise it’s a temple town. It’s also famous for it’s Mahabaleshwar Temple. This pilgrimage is among the most important places to visit in Gokarna, not only because this temple complex envelopes one in serenity but the fine Dravidian architecture is hard to miss and enraptures with its timeless beauty. Distance From Gokarna Bus Stop: 500 meters
Timings: All Days- 6am to 12.30pm; 5.30pm to 8pm
Food is delicious here and Prawn Sandwiches are the best with fresh Coconut shake. This offbeat beach vacation also turn into food heaven for me, This temple town is dotted with innumerous shacks that cater to the Indian palate as well as those who crave continental.
Trek to reach other beach adds more fun and sounds adventurous but it was so tiring i had to take an auto back to my kudle beach.


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It’s the 25th November and, after a mammoth writing session today – during which I have somehow managed to write 8,000 words – I’m firmly on the home straight towards my fifth NaNoWriMo success. And what better way could there be to celebrate this most wondrous of occasions than by posting the first chapter of this year’s NaNo novel? (I hear you ask in breathless anticipation). Well, here it is….
It was dark by the time Scarlett reached the venue for her gig. Named with either deliberate irony or non-deliberate naivety, The King’s Arms pub was the polar opposite of anywhere an actual member of the royal family would choose to frequent. At first glance she wasn’t sure the place was even open, it’s grotty peeling exterior and two boarded up windows giving the impression of a derelict building that had long since closed down. But then the door swung open and a sliver of light proved that this was, in fact, an establishment doing current trade, albeit an uninviting one.
Scarlett shielded her eyes to identify the figure that had appeared in the open doorway and was now standing silhouetted against the light. “Jake?” The figure moved a step closer. “Who were you expecting? James Dean? If so I’m sorry to disappoint.” Scarlett took a playful punch at her friend’s arm and reached into the pocket of her house coat to find her tobacco. She pulled out the packet and pressed the pads of her slender fingers together to try and generate some heat. For the beginning of November it was still unseasonably clement, but her poor circulatory system was already denying her extremities the luxury of flowing blood. “So what’s it like in there?” she asked, opening the packet and pulling out her rolling apparatus with the care and attention of a surgeon preparing for an operation. “Honestly?” Jake replied, relieving her of the packet so she could roll her cigarette. Scarlett shrugged in response. “I guess.” She took a generous pinch of tobacco and pushed it into the expectant rizla paper, noticing with disgust that she had once again bitten her nails down to the stubs. “Pretty horrendous,” said Jake. “A few coffin dodgers with one foot in the grave and a ropey looking hen party in the corner.” Scarlett rolled her cigarette and licked along its length with careful precision. She rested the finished creation between her lips and leaned into the warmth of Jake’s hand as he held up his lighter. “Great,” she said, inhaling deeply and watching as the smoke drifted out of her mouth and up into the crisp night air. “That’s just how I pictured my first gig in London town.” Jake’s boyish face screwed up into a frown. “Come on Scar,” he said, “don’t be like that. Everyone has to start somewhere.” It was true, she knew, but it did little to shift the feeling of disappointment in her stomach that had stamped all over the butterflies that had earlier resided there. She took two more long drags on her roll up, threw it to the ground and stamped it out with a studded boot. “Come on then,” she said, “show time.”
Jake wasn’t wrong about the clientele. Inside, the pub was little more appealing than outside, though it was at least warm. The tobacco-stained walls were adorned with equally yellow pictures of bygone – and, to Scarlett’s mind, also somewhat questionable – ‘celebrity’ clientele. The crimson shag pile carpet was matted in places and covered up by newer looking rugs in others. In the non-boarded up windows were dusty displays of fake flowers, and on each table a candle wilted wax onto the surface beneath. The bar itself was made of dark mahogany and bedecked with gold plated horse shoes and other paraphernalia that Scarlett assumed must have sentimental value, for it was entirely devoid of aesthetic value. Behind the bar a woman stood polishing glasses. She was nearly as brassy as the ornaments that hung above her head, her hair a tumbling cascade of bleached blonde curls and her ample bosom creeping above the confines of her tight white top. She looked up as Scarlett approached and flashed a wary smile, as if scoping out her opposition. Scarlett did her best to return the smile. “Stella,” the woman said, putting the glass down and holding out her hand. “Scarlett.” They shook hands in what felt to Scarlett an oddly business-like exchange. “Right,” Stella said, appearing to feel the same way. “So the stage, if you can call it that, is over there. The PA system’s all set up, mike, amp and all that jazz. That’s all you need, right?” Jake picked up his guitar case from the floor. “And this, obviously,” he said with a lopsided smirk. “Okay then,” Stella said with an over-elaborate clap. “I’ll leave you two to get set up.” She peered in the dim light at her diamante-encrusted watch. “There’s half an hour until kick-off. It might be quiet now but trust me, by eight o’clock all the regulars will be in and you’ll have a great audience.” Scarlett and Jake exchanged doubtful looks.
To their surprise, Stella had been right about the imminent influx of locals. Within fifteen minutes a steady stream of people had more than doubled the head count inside the pub, and though they weren’t quite the hip Camden crowd she longed to perform in front of, Scarlett was relieved to see that at least some of them were under the age of fifty and enthusiastic looking. Once they had set up the equipment they ran a brief sound check. “Testing, testing, one, two, three,” said Scarlett. “Yes, very testing,” someone shouted from a dark recess at the back of the room. Scarlett’s stomach contorted in sudden, naked fear. “Very funny,” she said into the microphone with a theatrical roll of her eyes. “That’s right love,” a second disembodied voice shouted from the same general direction as the first, “don’t let that miserable bugger put you off.” Scarlett returned the comment with a slow smile, then looked to Jake and nodded. On her cue he started to play the familiar first few chords of the new song Scarlett had composed especially for the gig. She leaned into the microphone, closed her eyes and began to sing. When, some thirty minutes later, she came up for air and broke out of her trance, the audience burst into spontaneous applause so loud it made her jump. She turned to Jake and he beamed back at her. “Wow,” she said into the microphone, finding her voice and turning back to the modest crowd. “This was our first gig since moving to London from Cornwall and, well, we weren’t sure what kind of reception we’d get. You’ve been amazing, thank you so much.” She slipped the microphone back into its stand as a second round of applause began to fade and walked over to her friend. “Great going kiddo,” Jake said with a wink. “You weren’t so bad yourself,” Scarlett replied, noticing for the first time he had replaced his normally scruffy attire with a new pair of jeans and a round-necked jumper from Gap. “New threads?” she asked, and Jake’s face flushed red. “I just thought it might be nice to smarten up a bit. First gig and all…” Scarlett leant closer and examined his head. “Have you had a haircut too?” she teased. “Okay, who are you and what have you done with my friend?” Jake took a swipe at her and she ducked out of his way. “Come on smarty pants, let’s have a celebratory lemonade. I’d say we’ve earned it.”
It was just past midnight when they returned to the flat they shared above a shop on the Old Kent Road. They picked their way through the detritus of leaflets, newspapers and empty kebab packets in the communal hallway that was also shared by three other flats in the same building and walked up to the second floor. As soon as they got in the door Scarlett kicked off her shoes and threw herself onto the sofa, which was so old it sagged under her slight weight. She surveyed the room with a sigh, its drab décor and peeling damp-filled walls dragging her spirits down from the level the gig had elevated them to. “Make me some toast will you?” she asked Jake with an eyelash-fuelled smile, “with Marmite?” Jake rolled his eyes and left the room. “And a cuppa?” Scarlett shouted after him. “Don’t push your luck,” came the response, though she knew he would do as she asked. Jake, her dear friend, without whose unswerving support she might never have had the confidence to move to London and make a go of a career in music. Jake, who had brought her back from the brink more times than she cared to admit, even to herself. Unwilling to pursue that line of thought further she sat up and switched on the ancient second hand television they’d purchased in Camden market the previous day for ten pounds. The picture flickered into life to reveal a programme about India, and Scarlett’s thoughts immediately turned to Ruby. It had been a month now since they had driven to the airport to see her little sister off on her travels abroad, and since then Ruby’s contact with her family had been sporadic at best. But then, Scarlett knew, Ruby was not the type to spend hours in an internet café Skype-ing her friends (Scarlett was not at all sure Ruby had many friends), nor was she particularly fond of lengthy telephone conversations. She was a tomboy in that respect, as well as in others. One of Scarlett’s earliest memories was of running barefoot along the beach of Trebarwith Strand in a flimsy cotton dress, arms outstretched like an aeroplane, while Ruby, clad in thick corduroy trousers, a hoodie and wellington boots, explored rock pools looking for crabs. It was true to say her sister was an introvert by nature. Bookish, was a term that was bandied around a lot when she came up in conversation. ‘That sister of yours is such a bookworm,’ old Mary in the bakery had said to her one day. ‘Always got her head in some complicated looking book or other – it’s a wonder she doesn’t bump into things.’ They had all been surprised when, over breakfast some months previously, Ruby had calmly announced her intention to go travelling before taking up her place at Cambridge where she had a place to study chemistry. Nobody, least of all Scarlett, thought she was the travelling type, but then she could well understand Ruby’s need to break out of the tiny community where they had lived all their lives and see something of the world. Scarlett herself was grateful to Ruby for providing a much-needed catalyst for her own departure from the sleepy Cornish fishing village she had called home for the past twenty three years. The thought of what her life might have been like if she had stayed there forever made her shudder even now.
“Here you go, lazy cow,” said Jake, strolling into the room and handing Scarlett a plate of toast and mug of tea. She sat up and crossed her legs, folding her long skirt into her lap and pushing the multitude of gold bangles jangling at her wrist further up her arm so she could eat. She watched as Jake walked the length of the room and sat down on the armchair opposite. He had changed out of his new clothes into his old tracksuit bottoms and school athletics hoodie, and now looked more how she had come to think of her best friend; casual, slightly foppish with his too-long brown hair falling across his face. Jake went about his life in an unhurried way that Scarlett envied, exuding a quiet confidence that things would work out in the end, no matter how strenuous the journey. He was the only child of their neighbours in Port Isaac, Pauline and Nick. Nick was a fisherman with a similar temperament to Jake’s, which Scarlett supposed was where he got it from. When she was recovering from her illness she and Jake used to spend hours in their front room, looking out to sea and playing ‘spot Nick’s boat’ as Pauline kneaded bread for that night’s supper. When Scarlett first began to cut herself Jake wouldn’t leave her side, and he had been her protector and friend ever since. It seemed only natural when she moved to London that he would come with her, not least because they shared a musical ambition. Indeed Jake’s company was a stipulation of Scarlett’s being allowed to come to London in the first place, her mother feeling that she wasn’t strong enough to go all by herself. Not yet, she said. Not yet.
Scarlett took a bite of her toast and pulled her old Nokia out of the folds of her skirt. She hadn’t thought to check it all night – why would she? – but now she saw a number of messages, both text and voicemail, demanding her attention. “Turn it down a sec will you?” she asked, and Jake duly obliged with the remote. Scarlett put down her toast and held the phone to her ear. The first voicemail was from her mum. “Darling, it’s me, Mum. Can you call me back please?” That was odd, Scarlett thought, her mum’s voice had sounded shaky, unlike the normal cheery one she was used to. She pressed the button to move onto the next message. “Darling, it’s me again. I’m sorry to call so late but there’s something I have to tell you.” Scarlett felt a prickle of fear rise up inside her. “Everything okay?” Jake, as always, sensed her mood. He stared at her across the room, his brown eyes scanning her face for an answer. “Messages from Mum,” Scarlett said, keeping her voice as even as she could, “she needs to speak to me about something, urgently. I’ll call her back.” She punched in the numbers of her home phone and waited as it rang once, twice, three times. On the fourth ring there was a click and a man’s voice answered. “Hello?” It was Phil, her stepdad. “Phil? It’s Scarlett. I just picked up Mum’s messages. Is everything okay?” There was a moment’s silence on the end of the line. Scarlett pictured Phil’s time-ravaged face in quiet contemplation. “Let me get your Mum,” he said. “Hang on a sec.” Scarlett shrugged at Jake. He stared back at her, eyebrows knitted into a frown. “Scarlett?” Her mother’s voice came on the line. “Mum?” A strange choking sound emanated from the receiver. “Mum? What’s wrong?” Her mother cleared her throat in an attempt to compose herself. “Darling,” she said with considerable difficulty, “something’s happened – to Ruby.” Scarlett tried to suppress the panic rising up inside her. “What do you mean? What’s happened?” Her mother was crying now, sobbing uncontrollably into the receiver. “Scarlett,” said Phil’s voice, having taken charge of the situation. “Ruby’s gone missing in India. And they’ve found a body.”