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Phil Withington, Society in early modern England: the vernacular origins of some powerful ideas. (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2010. Pp. xi + 298. 23 figs. 14 illus. ISBN 9780745641300 Pbk. £16.99)
This volume does something new, remarkable and important. It uses a quantitative approach to the evolution of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century language and word use as the basis for a re-analysis of the significance of corporatism and sociability in the creation of a ‘modern’, and more specifically ‘early modern’ society. In the process, it attempts to re-integrate the economic and the cultural, the linguistic and the material.
Following an extended and sophisticated account of the development of the profession of economic and social history in Britain since the nineteenth century, organised around the evolution of the phrase ‘early modern’, Withington dives into an entirely innovative form of analysis. The core of this study is a new mapping of the appearance of a series of key words in the titles of all the books that appear in the English Short Title Catalogue for the period up to 1700. ‘Modern’, ‘Society’, ‘Company’, ‘Wit’, ‘Civil’, ‘Commonwealth’, among a host of related terms, have been trawled from the full title fields of the ESTC, and transformed into frequency graphs. These graphs have then been used to illustrate, first, that terms signifying and labelling a specific kind of ‘modernity’ (based in a notion of what Withington terms the ‘sociable self’), became prominent in the latter half of the sixteenth century, and in particular during the 1570s and 80s. And second, that terms like ‘commonwealth’, which referenced an older form of social ordering, went into relative decline (particularly after the Civil Wars).
Withington’s conclusions essentially re-enforce a growing consensus among historians about the importance of sociability and forms of corporatism in creating a transitional Res Publica, (in this context a kind of beer and skittles ‘public sphere’), that contributed to and resulted from both a newly decentralised but bureaucratic state, and the development of corporate capitalism (with a remarkably sociable scientific revolution thrown in for good measure). In many respects, and in company with Keith Wrightson, Mike Braddick, Steve Hindle and Andy Wood, Withington is pushing back the origins of Jürgen Habermas’s ‘authentic public sphere’ from the 1690s to the 1570s, and attempting to articulate the relationship between ‘modernity’ (in both its statist and possessive individualist forms) and civic humanism.
As a description of early modern English and British culture, and the evolution of the state and the economy, this is entirely compelling. Habermas’ chronology, based on coffee and newsprint, has always been suspect even if his overarching analysis of the role of public debate in the history of the nation state remains compelling. More problematic is the methodology Withington uses to illustrate this new chronology.
As historians we are faced with an entirely new kind of evidence – mass digitised text - billions of words, retrievable through keyword searches. To make sense of these new resources we need new tools; and this book is a laudable first attempt at creating precisely these. Unfortunately the methodology used here is essentially unconvincing. What appears on a title page of a book, on the colophon, and end papers, changed dramatically between the late fifteenth and the eighteenth centuries – the very nature of a book changed. For all the heroic efforts of cataloguers and bibliographers to force early modern print objects into a single format, to tame their ‘slipperiness’, it is not credible to read the title of a book published in 1520 in the same way as one produced in 1690. Nor is it necessary to take this aggressively reductionist approach. Withington could, for instance, have translated the text of his titles in to a formal corpus, and used the tools of quantitative linguistics to chart the rise and fall of his ‘keywords’ against more robust measures of textual density, variety and proximity. By restricting himself to only the most basic statistical techniques we are left with a series of graphs measuring change in a way that at first sight seems intuitively reasonable, indeed common sensical, but which belie all the subtle complexity that historians have found in language through the many decades of the linguistic turn. In essence, what Withington has produced is a clear and compelling narrative of the evolution of the ‘sociable self’, and an equally clear series of measures charting the development of the language of title pages, but has not effectively related one to the other.
This will seem a harsh criticism, but it is not meant to be. As a profession we are confronted with both the real challenge of dealing with massive electronic texts (produced in half a dozen different ways, and of hugely varying quality), and the need to create usable and intellectually credible tools that can both deal with words in their billions, and at the same reflect our new understanding of the complexity hidden in a single phrase. Dr Withington has taken an all-important first step in the direction of a new form of historical scholarship and we should all look forward to the next.
University of Hertfordshire TIM HITCHCOCK

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Jacksonville, FL (October 25, 2021) – At a regularly scheduled meeting of the Southeast Citizens Planning Advisory Committee (“CPAC”), Council Member Danny Becton presented the topic of redistricting and gave an update on the efforts of the Special Committee on Redistricting. The CPAC meets on the fourth Monday of the month, except for December, at the Mandarin Senior Citizens Center located at 3438 Hartley Road.
Council Member Becton began his presentation by discussing the growth Jacksonville has experienced stating, “Jacksonville has seen rapid growth over the past decade, increasing at a rate of 1.16 percent per year to become the 12th largest city in the United States. District 11 specifically has grown from 60,389 residents to 90,767 residents, which is an increase of about 50.3 percent. Because of this rapid growth and the fact that it is the largest sized district on the Southside, District 11 is the logical starting point to begin the rebalancing process. Due to this increase and the need to reduce the district population by 16,000 to 20,000, District 11 is the key to rebalancing all other districts”, Council Member Becton concluded.
Council Member Becton also explained the process redistricting was taking. “Redistricting is an eight-month process”, Council Member Becton stated, “and the committee must develop a proposed plan within 150 days of receiving the 2020 Census data”. The Special Redistricting Committee is made up of five council members, of which Council Member Becton is the Vice Chair of the committee, and it includes two non-voting members of the Duval County Public Schools Board of Education. All who get their guidance directly from the COJ Office of General Counsel to ensure the process stays within legal requirements and precedence. Council Member Becton also detailed the procedures of the process outlined at the initial committee meeting on August 18th, 2021, which included the following guidelines:
1) To Select Bill Killingsworth, Director of the City’s Planning and Development Department, to head the effort for map modification.
2) To direct the process to use “Total Population”, not Voting Age Population in the consideration of boundaries.
3) To instruct that the process keeps the objective of minimizing river crossings.
4) To not start from scratch but use existing districts in the effort to only expand and shrink those districts, as necessary.
The committee also outlined criteria for which the committee would follow that include: districts that are compact, contiguous and will focus on Communities of Interest. Regarding the committee’s timeline and when the process must conclude, Council Member Becton stated the following:
“The deadline for the committee to complete its creation of an Ordinance is January 9th, 2022. Once the ordinance is filed, it will be delivered to the Rules Committee and then to the full City Council to be approved. The Rules Committee has 45 days to hold a minimum of three Public Hearings. Any substantial changes during that time could trigger additional meetings. At the end of the Public Hearing process, the Rules Committee will forward the plan to the full City Council for consideration, debate, and ultimately a vote for adoption. As adopted, the first General Election to use these new maps, can only occur outside of at least nine months. That means this will only affect the 2023 City Elections for Mayor and Constitutional Officers, as well as City Council, and not the School Board Elections in 2022. Now, what happens if the council fails to adopt the ordinance before the eight-month deadline? The city’s Office of General Counsel is required by the Code to refer the matter to the Fourth Judicial Circuit and a judge will draw the plan.”
Council Member Becton went on to explain that the committee is on track to complete its proposal by the end of the year, sending it to the Rules Committee and then back before the full council for a final vote well ahead of the deadline.
Members of the CPAC were also able to ask questions.
- One question asked, was it possible that more Public Hearings outside of the three required could occur? Council Member Becton stated, “Yes, the committee can hold more beyond the three required.”
- Another question asked, was regarding the school board districts and how they are drawn. Council Member Becton explained, “the School Board Districts are a combination of two City Council districts. For example, Council Districts 6 and 11 are combined to make up School Board District 7.” Asked if this process in creating School Board districts will continue, Council Member Becton responded “per the City Charter they are required to be drawn as such.”
Finally, a question was asked about how the citizens can get more involved in the process? Council Member Becton, who had experience with this during the last redistricting process as chair of the SE CPAC Growth Management subcommittee stated the following:
“The CPAC organization is an excellent forum to use to get involved by staying informed and updated and have the ability to provide input into the redistricting process. It was back in 2011, that I was sitting where you are, I got involved and made a huge difference in representing the Southside, helping redraw the lines and accomplishing a major objective to split the Beaches representation from Baymeadows. It is concerns and objectives like that for which you can play a part in.”
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Three peak Metro services withdrawn due to faults
Metro passengers are being warned trains may be busier than usual after three peak services were withdrawn.
A spokesman for Metro said: "Our core service Airport to South Hylton, and St James to South Shields, is running normally.
"Three additional peak services between Pelaw and Regent Centre or Monkseaton are cancelled due to train faults.
"Trains may be busier than normal.
"We are sorry for any inconvenience caused."
The operator has also warned that the main lift at Gateshead down to the platform is not in service

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How Does Temperature Affect Air Movement? You’re riding an elevator and suddenly you can hardly hear. You swallow. POP! Oh, much better. What caused your ears to pop? It’s called air pressure.
Air Pressure: the amount that air presses or pushes on anything You usually do not notice air pressure, but you do notice its effects Air Pressure and Wind
As you travel higher above the earth, the air pressure changes Higher=Less Pressure
Temperature also changes the higher you travel. The Earth’s surface heats the air. Farther From Earth = Cooler Temperature Temperature: 34ºF Temperature: 54ºF Temperature: 76ºF
As the air near the surface of the earth becomes warmer, the air particles move farther apart. The air become lighter and rises This is when a low-pressure area forms Low Air Pressure
Cole air s heavier than warm air. It’s air particles are packed closer together and push down harder. This is when a high-pressure area forms. High Air Pressure
Air moves from a place with high pressure to a place with low pressure. Air moving is called wind. When the cooler air from a high-pressure area sinks toward the earth, it causes wind. That’s why you will feel a cool breeze…even on a warm, summer day. Wind
What causes wind? Let’s Review! Wind is caused by air moving from a high-pressure area to a low-pressure area.
How is air pressure measured? Air pressure is measured by a barometer.
How do scientists measure wind direction? Scientists measure wind direction with a wind vane.
How do scientists measure wind speed? Scientists measure wind speed with an anemometer.
Suppose the daily high wind speeds in a place for a week are 30 kph (kilometers per hour), 10 kph, 30 kph, 20 kph, 15 kph, 25 kph, and 40 kph. What is the range, median, and the mode of the wind speeds? Range, Median, and Mode
Order the numbers! 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 30, 40 1st Step
Find the range! 40-10 = 30 Range = 30 kph 2nd Step
Find the median 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 30, 40 Median = 25 kph 3rd Step


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SARLAHI, June 1: The driver died when a passenger bus slid down an uphill road and fell into the Kyankhola river in Sindhuli on Friday morning.
The ill-fated bus (Na 3 Kha 6682), which was heading toward Bagmati from Mahendrajhadi of Sindhuli, fell into the river from the road at Morange in Hariharpurgadhi Rural Municipality at around 9 am. The deceased driver has been identified as Biru Rai, 35, of Chandrapur Municipality-1.
Police inspector Charitra Bikram Karki of the Area Police Office (APO) Kapilkot informed Republica that the driver had asked all the passengers to briefly alight saying the road section was too steep for the bus to climb. Once the passengers had climbed down he drove the bus uphill but the engine suddenly gave way and the bus slid backward and plunged into the river.
“There are two bends along the uphill section at Morange and the bus suddenly stopped and slid backward and fell into the river,” said Police Inspector Karki, adding, “As the driver had no time to jump out the window, he was crushed to death inside.”
The accident site is six kilometers north from the East-West Highway in Sindhuli district with no police stations nearby. Although the accident occurred in the morning, police learnt about it much later in the day.


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- Issued by the US Mint with a $5 (USD) face value.
- Featured Neoclassical designs from Christian Gobrecht.
- Available in Very Fine condition.
- Individual coins shipped in plastic flips.
In an effort to provide financial stability for the federal government during the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt ordered the collection of all gold coins in circulation so they could be melted into gold bars. As a result, remaining coins are sought by investors, collectors, and history buffs due to their monetary and historic value.
On the reverse side of each coin is an altogether unique design created by Christian Gobrecht. Influenced by the Omnia Vincit Amor, or Love Conquers All, painting by Benjamin West, Gobrecht created a left-profile bust of Lady Liberty. She wears a crown with the word “Liberty” atop her head, with 13 stars above her head and the year of minting below.
The obverse side of the coin features the heraldic eagle. In the image, the eagle has its wings spread wide and a shield graces its chest. Clutched in one talon are the arrows of war, while an olive branch of peace is in the other. Engravings on this side include “United States of America” and the face value.
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Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Zimbabwe in 2004
From Eddie Cross, Bulawayo 23rd December 2004
In 1999 we all thought we were in for a short sharp fight. Confidence in our ability to defeat Zanu PF at the polls was high and we thought our case to do so was sound. We were prepared for victory and when we won the referendum in March 2000 we thought the stage was set for a victory in the June elections. It was not to be and I do not want to dwell on that here. Rather to look back on the past year - four years after those heady days when we planned with great confidence for a new MDC led government.
2004 has been tough, very tough, on all of us. The statistics tell a great deal but are not the whole picture. Our total economic output slipped for the 6th consecutive year and is now only 60 per cent of what it was in 1998. Exports fell to half of earlier heights, employment to the lowest level since 1960. Life expectancy collapsed to just 35 years - down a year for every year that Mugabe has been State President. The only thing that increased was human flight and the death rate, both of which are now at record levels and reducing the population of the country by hundreds of thousands every year.
In every sector we saw a further decline in economic activity. In agriculture the wet season was about normal - certainly unusually long, starting in October 2003 and ending in April 2004. But it did not help - every sector showed further declines in output. Tobacco slipped to half what we need to stay in the market, maize production was barely 600 000 tonnes and Mugabe lied about the crop size. All other sectors showed decline - even those dominated by small-scale growers in the Communal areas. As a consequence we now have to import food on a scale we have not seen for many decades and food prices have risen dramatically. With falling incomes and rapidly declining monetary values the ordinary Zimbabwean has been plunged into a crisis that is worse than at any time in our history.
In industry we have seen activity fall by 40 per cent in four years and it shows no sign of any slow down in the downwards spiral. Factory closures are a daily occurrence and the roads in our industrial sites no longer swarm with thousands of workers at 5 PM each day. With each company closure we have seen a hemorrhage of skills and experience that will be very difficult to replace. Four years ago we employed 300 000 workers in industry, generated 25 per cent of GDP and were a threat to the industry of our neighbors. Today we are just a shadow of what we were.
In the mining sector, 2004 saw some recovery - the Zimbabwean group that took over the assets of BHP in the platinum industry turned the venture round and made a profit and then sold out to Implats in South Africa. Anglo American stopped disinvesting and started to put money on the table - platinum, chrome and diamonds all benefited. The gold industry started to recover with new pricing policies and foreign mining giants said they were seriously looking at the Zimbabwe treasure trove of base minerals and precious metals. Then the dead hand of Zanu PF entered the fray and suddenly the whole scene has gone cold. Investment plans have been frozen and exploration and negotiation activity stopped.
In tourism we all felt that 2003 was the bottom of the roller coaster - in that year only 20 per cent of our normal flow of tourists visited the country. In fact tour operators tell me the fall in 2004 has been dramatic with many operators not handling a single foreign tourist in 12 months. Hotels have closed down and operators scaled back their operations - some back to a care and maintenance level. Visiting our Parks is something else - vast swathes of empty wild life reserve. Park lodges empty and staff idle. It's great for us Zimbabweans to have the place to ourselves but we cannot maintain these areas without a steady flow of tourists.
In the service sector it has been a torrid year. 40 per cent of all commercial banks have collapsed with combined losses of over Z$2 trillion (US$350 million). The railways now operate at such a low level that their gross revenue does not cover their salary bill each month. Our Post and Telecommunications sector has been on strike for 4 months and the only response by the authorities has been to fire the offending workers - in violation of our own labor laws. Increases in service costs from water and electricity to postage and telephone rates have soared to the point where many are simply unable to pay. Water quality in all the cities has deteriorated, as have all municipal services - despite huge increases in charges.
In education we now have a minority of girl children in school for the first time in 20 years. Attendance at school has fallen to about 75 per cent of all school age children at primary schools and when they do go, the standard of education is so poor in State schools that most will leave school neither functionally literate or numerate. Hospitals are simply mortuaries where people die and are then treated as so much garbage to be disposed of. Stories of bodies piled high in cold rooms abound. Even in the private sector we have had to fight for the continued existence of private schools and the maintenance of standards in private hospitals and clinics. Some of these battles were won this year - but at great cost.
In the political arena we have also slipped backwards. We have never been so isolated diplomatically since the end of sanctions in 1980. We remain fully excluded from all the multilateral organisations and the Commonwealth. We are an embarrassment to the AU and the SADC. We have hindered the progress of negotiations with the EU for southern African states. We have intensified the control of the media and all normal democratic activity. We continued to abuse human rights and freedoms on a scale not even seen in the bad old days of Ian Smith. We are in the process of closing down all the NGO's that have played such an important part in our lives in the past decade - keeping the flame of democracy and human and political rights alight.
And in the face of all this failure we are subjected to a circus called the Zanu PF Congress at the year-end where the whole farce of "everything is normal" and "we are on the road to recovery" is played out. The scenes of frivolity and jubilation, of drinking and dining will remain with us for a long time. These were the kleptocrats at play, living it up and celebrating their survival as a ruling elite despite chronic failure and disgrace. And they are quite confident that they will win the March 2005 parliamentary elections! It is an astonishing display of confidence in the Stalinist dictum "it is not who votes that counts, but he who counts the vote."
Is 2005 going to be any better - no, I think not and we must gear ourselves up to handle this situation. At least we will go into the elections - if and when they are held, with no illusions. I do not want to go through that again - it took me 6 months to pick myself off the floor after 2002. But of one thing I am certain, in the end right will win. History tells us that eventually every despotic regime comes to the end - it may be violent like Rumania, or simply a collapse at midnight like East Germany. But the Zanu PF led government is simply no longer sustainable and has a shrinking circle of friends to help it out when needed.
In 2004 we made huge strides in building understanding of the Zimbabwe crisis and its human and political origins. In Africa we can now confidently claim a majority of countries who no longer see Mugabe as he likes to display himself but simply as a liberation hero who has lost his way and should go. They have thrown everything they have at us and we are still standing - and remember that he who is left standing at the end is the winner! When we win, putting Zimbabwe back on its feet will take time but it will also be exciting and rewarding. Like white water rafting - trust your life jacket, not your ability to swim. Just make sure it is tied tight and relax and enjoy the ride.


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Harvard geneticist and serial biotech entrepreneur George Church has co-founded a new startup that aims to develop “designer proteins” targeting a range of disorders.
The company, called GRO Biosciences, was spawned in the Harvard Life Lab and emerged from stealth mode on Thursday with $2.1 million in seed funding. The financing was led by Digitalis Ventures, a health-focused fund based in New York, and Innovation Endeavors, a venture firm created by Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Google parent company Alphabet.
Church, who is best known for his pioneering work in gene sequencing, will lead GRO’s scientific advisory board. The company says it’s found a way to recode the genomes of bacterial strains in a way that could allow them to produce proteins that are more potent — and last longer — than traditional drugs. In particular, the proteins are designed to have stronger chemical bonds that are less likely to break down in a patient’s blood.
“For decades, bacteria have been used as the workhorses of the biotech industry in the production of blockbuster therapeutics, and we believe that we can dramatically expand their utility by recoding their genomes,”
Church said in a statement.
He added that GRO’s technology could lead to the creation of “a new universe of designer proteins with enhanced therapeutic properties at commercial scale.”
GRO says it will seek to use the technology to develop treatments for diabetes, growth disorders and autoimmune diseases. The company is currently operating out of the Harvard Life Lab, a shared lab space for biotechs that are spun out of research at the university.
Church has co-founded scores of local companies, including Cambridge gene editing firm Editas Medicine and Danvers-based Veritas Genetics. Another of his startups, eGenesis, recently announced that it had used the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing tool to create virus-free pigs whose organs could potentially be implanted in humans.

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30 tigers to be relocated from Chandrapur to other parts of state: Mungantiwar
Maharashtra Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar has said that to curb the incidents of human-animal conflict in Chandrapur, a total of 30 tigers will be moved from the district to other parts of the state.
In the first phase, five felines will be moved to the Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reseve in neighboring Gondia district, while in the second phase, 25 individuals will be moved to other places in the state, he said.
Mungantiwar, Minister of State for Forestry and Cultural Affairs and also Minister of Guardian of Chandrapur district, spoke at a program on ‘Opportunities and Activities in the Fishing Sector’ at Saoli tehsil in Chandrapur on Saturday night.
“The number of people dying in tiger attacks (in Chandrapur) is increasing day by day. Therefore, it has become necessary to take measures to reduce human-animal conflict. The number of tigers in the district has increased and they are inside human habitats,” he said.
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“The tigers in Chandrapur district will be moved in two phases. In a first phase, five of them will be moved to the Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve in Gondia. In the second phase, 25 other tigers will be relocated to Sahyadri, Melghat and Sambhajinagar,” he added.
The state government has obtained the necessary authorization from the center, the minister added.
The relocation of tigers will provide relief to villagers in Chandrapur and help reduce human-animal conflict, he said.
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Oglebay Norton Relaunches Web Site
October 16, 2001
Oglebay Norton Co. has announced the redesign of its web site. The new site, which continues to be located at http://www.oglebaynorton.com, reflects the company's recent segment realignment and more accurately portrays how the company operates. In addition, the new site offers more investor and product information, including printable product data sheets. "This enhanced new site incorporates interactive options and real-time data that reinforces our commitment to providing open, accurate and timely information about Oglebay Norton to all interested parties," said John Lauer, chairman, president and chief executive officer. "Users can visit http://www.oglebaynorton.com to find updated information on the company, its management, its products and its history. The site also provides the most current financial information for investors and prospective investors."
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Calling all zombies, our Pod-Master General is back this week with his thoughts on Wayland Productions zombie-tastic Podcast 'We're Alive'
I, myself, have a lot of love to give Wayland Productions. Cross that out. Start again. I have a LOT of love to give Wayland Productions. The entire Product that they deliver, from the well crafted Podcast to the beautifully set up Webpage, is handled with verve, humour and the utmost of professionalism. The whole thing is an absolute gem. Still, let’s not get over-excited. Everybody has their faults, don’t they? Yes, even at Wayland Productions they do. I mean, sometimes it takes them a whole two weeks to bring us as Podcast of such quality. Which means I have to wait that long with baited breath for the next episode. The swines.
So. Let us take this piece by piece. The writing on their podcast is top quality story telling containing, as it does, character arcs, chapter arcs, series arcs and, above all, the complete story arc. All of these threads are woven seamlessly into, through and even beyond each other. We often find stories that we thought were over, characters that we thought were dead, situations we had considered solved re-appearing. You know, just like in real life. It is this that I find enthrals me so much, keeps me in a state of suspended disbelief and something that a lot of television shows, films and even quite a few novels would do well to learn from.
The special effect and the score are both handled with equal aplomb. From the chaos and explosive resonations that come from being in the centre of an all out fire-fight all the way down to the creepy mood music of walking the halls of an ‘Empty’ apartment block. Everything fits. Everything is right. I can now, by ear, tell the difference between certain types of guns. I do not believe that that its something I could have picked up ANY where else.
The extremely fine actors are, from day one, firmly and wonderfully entrenched in their characters. One of the problems, in the past, with anything to do with purely audio entertainment is that the characters tended to get lost in the mix and started to blend into each other after a certain amount of time. Not here though. In ‘We’re Alive’ each and every character stands out like a fire in the darkness. I hear a split second of their speech and I know who they are and in what situation the story last left them. This is partially to do with the, as has been noted, excellent writing but has far, far more to do with the sheer vocal abilities of the actors involved.
|On set with the 'We're Alive' cast|
The Webpage itself is also a whole step above average. The homepage is set out to look like a lined paper exercise scrap-book. The same lined paper exercise scrap-book that each of the initial survivors are given near the beginning of series one in which to keep notes about their lives and about the enemy. It is just as blood spattered and worn as you would expect after all of this time (’We’re Alive’ has just celebrated its hundredth episode) and from here you have access to the release schedules, News, The story so far (Which I do not recommend reading unless you enjoy all of the spoilers that they have to give) and the usual ever present Forum.
The level of detail that they have gone into is astounding. There is the Gallery with its cover art, production photos and even off-set photos. There are Promo photos of some of the characters, Fan art and even a shop where you can buy stickers, t-shirts and more. This is not just a Podcast - this is a complete, living, breathing lifestyle.
|The 'We're Alive' Team|
Sorry? What? You don’t even know what the Podcast is about yet? Okay. Lock and load. You’re gonna need it.
Wayland Productions: We’re Alive Synopsis
For Army Reserve Soldier Michael Cross, the world as he knew it ended in an instant. One minute he’s in college, and in the next, rioters are roaming the highway around him, breaking into cars, and literally tearing people apart. This is the day the dead walk. This is the world of We’re Alive.
We’re Alive: Features chapters packing performances and sound effects that rival movies and prove that modern audio drama is undead and well. Join our survivors as they band together, struggle to fortify a safe haven known as the Tower, and discover that zombies are far from the worst thing in a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles where the rules of human decency no longer apply.
Little food. Little water. Little hope. Who is lucky enough to say “We’re Alive?”
We’re Alive Review
Zombies, zombies, zombies. Whether you love them, loathe them or just enjoy unloading a twelve gauge into their giggly jiggly faces you have to admit that they are just not going to go away. Not only are they not going away, they are evolving, at least if ‘We’re Alive’ has anything to say about it. More akin to the creatures found in ‘World-war Z’ and to ‘The Resident Evil’ games and films, these zombies are faster than humans, violent in the extreme (at the beginning), and, in perhaps the greatest change yet, able to plan and execute traps. That’s right. The current thinking in the show is that smart people become smart zombies. Whether this is an actual fact or not is a different matter. We only have the survivors notebooks and stories to go on, after all, but since we are there personally when they execute one of their plans, and we see and hear the carnage it causes, we know for certain that SOME of them not only plan - they plan well.
Worried yet? Looking to your window in the hope that you WON’T see a face peering in at you? No? Well, that is not all. They evolve. Some become behemoths, some become small scuttlers. Or so we are led to believe. You see…and here I place a spoiler alert of my own. Some of the later ones are discovered to have numbers tattooed onto their skin. The tattoo is always in the same place and it is always on the toughest, fastest, smartest and most virulent of the zombies. It looks for all the world like some-one is building an army of the infected.
Seriously…if you have not started listening to podcasts yet then here is THE place to start. If you are a fan of horror. If you are a fan of zombies. (Especially those fans of ‘The Walking Dead’) If you are a fan of ANY well written story of any kind. Then get this podcast.
If you want to know exactly how confusing and worrying it is to have guns of all calibres going off in the middle of a fire-fight, if you want to feel the burn of worry as you wonder whether to hide or run, if you want to see pictures of zombies that are far better than anyone could ever re-produce for you (The pictures in YOUR mind) Then get this podcast.
If you want to give yourself THE most perfect present for the up and coming Halloween THEN. GET. THIS. PODCAST. Rating 5/5
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Review by Peter G Staff (Pod-Master General)


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