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It’s that time of year again with the much anticipated PLC Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel, and the 2011 Awards Dinner certainly lived up to expectations. Defined as “the” City event of the year it was attended by quoted companies, investment banks, fund managers, analysts and corporate advisors and Abchurch were there in the thick of it.
We hosted a table and our guests included our client Proventec, Analysts and Brokers from Brewin Dolphin, FinnCap, Collins Stewart and Seymour Pierce, law firm Pinsent Masons, BBC News Online and accountants Grant Thornton. The mix of guests and personalities meant the conversation was animated and interesting and went on until late into the evening.
The event was hosted by BBC TV presenter Kate Silverton who presented the awards, and was followed by Ronnie Corbett who provided much amusement! Many congratulations to all the winners on the night, who included The Rank Group plc, Volex Group plc (twice!), Mike Prentis, BlackRock, D S Smith plc, Renishaw plc, SuperGroup plc, Richard Harpin of Homeserve plc, and Domino Printing Sciences plc.
Thank you to all involved in organising another extremely successful and thoroughly enjoyable event; the 25th anniversary of the PLC Awards was certainly one to remember, and we are already looking forward to next year.
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Montreal, QC – February 10, 2021
For fans of KEN mode, Unsane, Mastodon, Keelhaul
Cell Press Shares Guitar Playthrough For Noise Jam “My Son Will No The Truth”
EP Out Now! Limited Edition Cassette from Ancient Temple Recordings and No Funeral Records
Lineup (L to R): Sean Arsenian (Guitar, Vox), Joey Cormier (Bass), Mark McGee (Drums), PQ (Vox)
A concoction of noise, sludge, grindcore, and extreme metal, along with anything and everything the band feels like creating, Montreal’s Cell Press (a convergence of talent from well-seasoned musicians (The Great Sabatini, Biipiigwan, I Hate Sally, Architect)) unleashed their self-titled debut EP this past November along with limited editions cassettes released by No Funeral Records and Ancient Temple Recordings.
“This EP sorta sums up what we’re about at this particular moment. Genre people might not be satisfied with our lack of adherence to any one sound for too long, but we didn’t make these songs for those sorts of people. This ep is designed as a broad introduction to the band, and new listeners will hopefully anticipate what else is coming down the pipe in the future. It upholds the high standards Cell Press sets for themselves and each song is quite different from the others.” says the band.
Today, Cell Press’ guitarist Sean Arsenian shares his playthrough for the band’s noise track “My Son Will No The Truth”.
“This track is the long noise jam on the debut Cell Press EP. PQ caught the guitar tracking on video so I synced it up with the final master.
At Sean Pearson’s suggestion, we built this piece by only allowing the performer to hear the prior track. In this case, I was improvising guitar noise with only the drums in the cans. Mcgee had laid down the drums only having heard a strange loop that Pearson made. we continued down that line till we’d painted some sort of insane sonic landscape. Sean Pearson later mixed it all into what you have here, and it was one of the most fun experiences in the studio with buddies I’ve had in years.
I played this IO guitar made by my friend Nick Brygadyr. He makes very nice guitars. It has a pearly gates in the bridge position because I heard that’s what the guy from Cherubs uses and it sounds great. I split the signal into two amps, with a couple of pedals going into each, but kept it pretty simple. Volume plus vibration equals noise. Thanks for watching! and this is probably a journey best taken with headphones.”
Watch and listen to the playthrough on YouTube – https://youtu.be/OxLoiNyOa90
Super loud and vigorous, Cell Press is recommended for fans of Jesus Lizard, Converge, and Botch.
1. Piss Police (3:35)
2. Desert Breath (2:52)
3. Blacked Out In Verdun (2:37)
4. Dead At OACI (3:31)
5. My Son Will No The Truth 11:40
EP Length: 24:18
Cell Press are a Montreal-based band that formed in 2019. They play a sort of burly noise-rock that leans more on the hardcore and metal side of the swamp. They took their name from the 2001 Russian prison documentary “The Mark Of Cain”. The brutal humanity of that film is reflected in the music… on the surface, it’s raw and punishing but there are complexities
and nuances revealed once the surface noise has been embraced. Members have played in a myriad of punk, metal, and hardcore bands such as The Great Sabatini, Biipiigwan, I Hate Sally, The Chariot, Animal Ethics, Architect, Swarm Of Spheres, and Angles. Their self-titled EP is the first offering of tunes. Recorded pre-quarantine in Hamilton at Boxcar Sound Recording
(Sean Pearson), mixed in Oakland at Anti-sleep studios by Scott Evans with the pandemic in full swing… 2 local shows have been logged but any further plans to gig have been halted by Covid-19.
2020 – Self Titled – EP
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“From the grooves on “Piss Police” to the odd-timed melodic chords of “Blacked Out in Verdun,” everything moves in unexpected ways. All of this is perfectly set to the backdrop of PQ’s uniquely cackled screams… Cell Press is a great sludge metal EP that reminds the listener of the best aspects of this sub-genre. This EP makes the future appear bright for what is to come from this band. 8/10″ – Exclaim!
“You know that feeling, when you spin a new record for the first time and it just fucking destroys you? Well today I am happy to report, Cell Press outta Montreal have truly delivered the goods with their debut self titled EP. I mean fuck, is it any wonder this band rules, when they can boast members from the likes of The Great Sabatini, Biipiigwan, I Hate Sally, Architect. With their self-titled release, Cell Press give zero fucks about accessibility, instead they focus on delivering punishing aggression with a melting pot of sludge metal, noise rock, and grindcore.” – The Sludgelord
“Warm fuzzy guitar tones bring a touch of the Sabbath to “Piss Police” with broken chords and momentary pauses giving the kind of sound that Raging Speedhorn look for to accompany the rampant venting screams of the vocals that unapologetically roar along during the montage.” – Metal Noise
“Cell Press’s debut self titled EP is definitely an interesting listen. I didn’t expect it to take me on the journey which it did. An aggressive sound runs throughout showing that this band don’t play by the rules, they’re making music the way they want to.” – The Independent Voice
“Noisy and enjoyable, I give this Cell Press effort high marks. I am a Punk fan from the beginning, and I hear those roots here, certainly in the attitude, even if the category is technically off. The disenfranchisement is very appealing. Recommended.” – Flying Fiddle Sticks
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Padang Chili Prawn with Potato Ragout and Foei Gras Spring roll
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The story so far: In a historic moment for Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on June 25 inaugurated the Padma Multipurpose Bridge across thePadma river, calling it “a symbol of pride.” The bridge is currently the longest in the country. The inauguration took place over 20 years after Ms. Hasina laid the foundation stone. The bridge will connect nearly 30 million people living in the country’s less-developed southwestern region with the capital Dhaka and other areas.
Seen as a symbol of Bangladesh’s resolve and its successful development journey, the infrastructure project was self-financed by the Bangladesh government despite the apprehensions of experts. The bridge was constructed at a cost of $3.6 billion. Besides its potential to transform trade and communication in the region, the government estimates that the Padma Bridge will boost the country’s GDP by 1.2 per cent
A few days ahead of the inauguration, the Bangladesh government issued a clarification, dismissing reports linking the construction of the bridge to the China-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In a statement that followed a media invite for an event, the foreign ministry maintained that the Padma Bridge was financed by the government without any loan assistance from abroad. A construction firm from China was involved in the construction of the bridge for Bangladesh.
Story of the Padma Bridge and its significance
Project timeline: Since its formation in 1971, building a bridge over the Padma to narrow the gap between developed and non-developed regions has been Bangladesh’s most ambitious project. In 1998-99, a pre-feasibility study was first conducted under the leadership of the then PM Sheikh Hasina. The project was started again after Ms. Hasina returned as the PM in 2009. In 2012, the World Bank cancelled its $1.2 billion funding, saying it had “credible evidence” of high-level corruption among Bangladeshi officials. “The World Bank cannot, should not, and will not turn a blind eye to evidence of corruption…In light of the inadequate response by the Government of Bangladesh, the World Bank has decided to cancel its $1.2 billion IDA (International Development Association) credit in support of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge project,” it said in a statement in June, 2012.
Following the setback, the Bangladesh government took matters into its own hands and decided to self-finance the ambitious project. In 2014, a deal was signed with China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group, a state-owned entity in China. The construction began in the same year.
Features: The Padma Bridge, the longest in Bangladesh so far, was handed over to the government earlier this week. The main structure, 6.15 km long and 22 m wide, has a four-lane highway and is accompanied by a 3-km-long viaduct and around 12 km of access roads to connect neighbouring districts.
It connects the Mawa bank to the north and the Janjira area south of the Padma river, which is known for the vast volume of water it carries most of the year which makes it look like a sea. According to the project website, the Padma Bridge will connect Louhajong in Munshiganj district to Shariatpur and Madaripur districts, linking the southwest with the northern and eastern regions.
The lower level of the bridge has a railway track, which is expected to be opened by 2024. This railway line will drastically reduce the travel time between India and Bangladesh — giving a significant boost to trade and commerce between the two countries. At present, the Maitree Express completes the 400-km journey from Kolkata to Dhaka Cantonment in 10 hours. Officials say after the inauguration of the railway line, the distance will reduce to about 250 km, which the Maitree Express can cover in around three hours.
Bangladesh’s clarification about the bridge
Last week, a group called the ‘Bangladesh-China Silk Road Forum’, or BCSRF — launched in 2019 to “focus on lasting links between the two countries under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) of China” — sent media invites regarding a panel discussion on June 22. The topic of discussion was ‘The Padma Bridge: An Example of Bangladesh-China cooperation under Belt and Road Initiative’, with the invite mentioning the Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka as the chief guest for the occasion. The BRI, launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, is a multi-billion-dollar initiative aimed at financing and building infrastructure projects, especially in developing countries, to enhance its influence across the world.
However, Bangladesh did not seem pleased with these developments that took place hours before the inauguration of the Padma Bridge, with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) issuing a statement decrying attempts to link the Padma Bridge project with the BRI. “[The] Ministry of Foreign Affairs categorically asserts that the Padma Multipurpose Bridge has been entirely funded by the Government of Bangladesh and no foreign funds from any bilateral or multilateral funding agency have financially contributed to its construction,” the statement read. The ministry acknowledged that both Bangladeshi and foreign companies were engaged inthe implementation of the project.
Against this background, a Chinese embassy spokesperson stated that the bridge was built entirely with Bangladeshi funds. “We are proud that a Chinese construction company was involved in building the Padma Bridge…The company [China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Corporation] which had built a bridge on our mother river [Yellow River] decades ago has built the first longest such bridge [over the Padma] outside China,” the Chinese official said.
As per agency reports, the ministry even summoned the head of the Embassy, Mr. Hualong Yan, who was informed about the “government’s annoyance.” Bangladesh reportedly told the envoy that the Chinese firm involved in the project acted as a contractor only. The Chinese embassy informed event organisers, following which the panel discussion was cancelled.
Over the years, China has increased its investment rapidly in Bangladesh after the two countries began their strategic partnership in 2016. Bangladesh is one of the largest recipients of funding for infrastructure projects under the BRI, with over $26 billion in Chinese investments and $38 billion in funding commitments.
Though the South Asian country is eager to develop its infrastructure, it has adopted a cautious and selective approach to handling its economic relationship with the BRI amid growing concerns over the Chinese debt trap. The initiative has attracted allegations of debt-diplomacy, especially after Sri Lanka handed over its Hambantota Port as a debt swap to China in 2017. Malaysia has also deferred several projects under the BRI, citing cost revaluation.
Further, the BRI has been a major bone of contention between India and China as one portion of the corridor passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Bangladesh and India share close bilateral ties. To strike a balance and not to upset its neighbour, also its “most important partner”, Bangladesh is therefore treading the path cautiously.


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The 2014 midterms are behind us and bring serious implications for energy policy. In this week’s podcast, I recap the election and also interview Prof. Joshua Fershee about the legality of local fracking bans.
News Recap for the Week of November 3, 2014
- Control of the U.S. Senate shifted to Republicans, who place energy at the top of their priority list. Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski will chair the Energy Committee, and the Alaska Dispatch News shed some light on her plans. Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe will run the Environment and Public Works Committee, and The Hill reported on some of his colorful statements.
- House Republicans strengthened their majority.
- Republicans won big in the Governor’s races, with one or maybe two exceptions. Alaska Governor Sean Parnell is narrowly behind while votes are still being counted, and he was criticized for reducing taxes on oil and gas companies. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett lost handily to a challenger who wants to impose a new natural gas severance tax.
- Local fracking bans passed in Athens, Ohio; Mendocino County, California; Denton, Texas; and San Benito County, California. Fracking bans failed in four other municipalities.
- The leading liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal on the west coast took a major step forward by receiving its draft EIS from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). If the draft is ultimately approved, it will remove the last major federal obstacle to the project.
Interview with West Virginia University Law Professor Joshua Fershee (Starts at 19:30)
Prof. Fershee started his legal career in New York, working on corporate and litigation matters, before moving to Washington D.C. to work on energy issues. He represented electricity and natural gas clients before state and federal regulators, analyzed state and federal legislation, and advised clients on mergers and acquisitions, climate change issues, and renewable portfolio standards. Around 2007 left private practice to become a law professor.
In 2007, he received an offer for a tenure-eligible position from the University of North Dakota School of Law, and just like that he found himself in the middle of the shale boom. He began to focus his work on on shale drilling and built up some expertise on the applicable regulations. He has written about energy infrastructure, North Dakota’s fracking expertise, fracking regulations in West Virginia and North Dakota, and energy subsidies. He also blogs.
I wanted to get his take on what is going on in Pennsylvania. As it turned out, Pennsylvania was the only place in the election where a Republican governor lost to a Democrat. Natural gas was a major issue in the campaign, particularly involving a law on local fracking bans that passed in 2012 under the current Republican Governor, Tom Corbett. Prof. Ferschee has written a piece about that law and the resulting lawsuit, which he called “Facts, Fiction, and Perception in Hydraulic Fracturing: Illuminating Act 13 and Robinson Township v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.”
As Prof. Fershee explained, several cities in Pennsylvania sought to stop nearby oil and gas drilling. The industry sought refuge in the state legislature, and the legislature responded with Act 13. The law’s primary goal was to stop municipalities from regulating oil and gas operations. For industry, that would mean they would only face a single regulator. Many in industry were frustrated that they would get drilling permits from the state and then wind up having to go through another process with a municipality.
The ability of a municipality to regulate something like hydraulic fracturing varies from state to state. This is called “home rule.” As examples, municipalaties in New York can block drilling, while municipalities in Colorado currently cannot. In Pennsylvania a few years ago, the power of the municipalities in this realm was an open question. It simply had not been litigated because oil and gas operations were not common. Several municipalities sought to regulate incidental parts of fracking operations in order to effectively ban drilling. Act 13 sought to clarify that municipalities did not have this power. Perhaps to soften the blow, the law also imposed a new impact fee on each well drilled.
Robinson Township challenged the law and eventually wound up in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The Court handed down a split decision that left many open questions. A four justice plurality said Act 13 violated the Pennsylvania Environmental Rights Amendment. That amendment lays out a “public trust doctrine” that says:
The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania’s public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court said that Act 13 violated this public trust. The reasoning was that hydraulic fracturing is bad, and taking the power to regulate fracking away from local governments would prevent local governments from protecting the public trust. A concurring opinion said that the local governments already had a local plan in place, and the state government could not interfere with those plans.
Prof. Fershee says the reasoning underlying the decision is problematic. Essentially, the Court assumed without any fact finding that hydraulic fracturing is bad. Prof. Fershee compared that to past decisions where courts ran with current assumptions and those assumptions did not stand the test of time. For example, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down interracial marriage bans in 1967’s Loving v. Virginia, but in that case a lower court had made up these “facts”:
Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix.
While many people believed that at one time, it sounds crazy today. Prof. Fershee says it is not entirely different that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court relied on these “facts”:
By any responsible account, the exploitation of the Marcellus Shale Formation will produce a detrimental effect on the environment, on the people, their children, and future generations, and potentially on the public purse, perhaps rivaling the environmental effects of coal extraction.
This statement is highly questionable. For example, natural gas extraction though fracking is almost certainly reducing the amount of coal mined and burned. That has many positive impacts on the environment that the Court did not consider. Moreover, natural gas drilling is almost certainly having a huge positive impact on the public purse. Pennsylvania has enjoyed economic benefits, is pocketing a great deal of money from the newly-imposed impact fees, and could be collecting severance taxes in the near future. In addition, the legislature presumably had determined through some fact finding that Act 13 was the best way to protect the public trust and the Court seems to have negated that without any fact gathering of its own.
It is interesting to speculate why the Pennsylvania government did not make a stronger case for the positive benefits of natural gas. One possible conclusion is that the state did not want to speak ill of coal mining. Prof. Fershee said the Court may have come to a more clear decision if the coal verses natural gas debate had been considered.
As a result of Robinson Township, cities in Pennsylvania can now ban fracking. Some cities have done so, while others have sought to enjoy the economic benefits of drilling. Prof. Fershee said it is not a terrible outcome, as drilling companies now have a greater incentive to seek local support. In general, he thinks local governments are able to work things out. Act 13, in his view, was maybe too heavy handed. Courts in Colorado appear to be taking an approach similar to Act 13, saying that local efforts to restrict drilling are not allowed and that is helping to create some of the backlash against the industry.
Prof. Fershee also explained the drilling landscape in West Virginia a little bit. One unique aspect is that much of the mineral rights in the state are already owned by coal companies. Therefore, the surface owners have little to gain by allowing drilling. In the United States, it is generally more common that the mineral rights are owned by the surface owner and that means the surface owner will earn money from the drilling. This “severed estate” situation is holding back drilling somewhat in West Virginia. This problem is also seen in many other places around the world. West Virginia also struggles from a mountainous landscape.
For more information, check out Prof. Ferschee’s writings at SSRN and on twitter at @jfershee.

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Without question it’s the most popular and widely known of all the ‘punk’ sub-genres of Science Fiction and it’s a whole lotta’ fun to write, too!
Generally – although most definitely not exclusively – set in Victorian England, SteamPunk stories are tales of dashing heroes and airship pirates, corsets and rayguns, robots and brass goggles. The elite of society wander around in their finery with their expensive steam-powered mp3 players blasting the likes of Abney Park and The Vernian Process, The Cog is Dead and Professor Elemental in their ears.
Yes that’s right, ‘troopers! SteamPunk is far from simply a literary genre. It’s a genre of music, a lifestyle. It’s even found its way to games consoles by way of the Bioshock series, amongst others.
So power up your steam bikes and put your goggles on. Tighten your corsets and don your top hats. Check your pocket watches and glare through your monocle because it’s that time, ‘troopers.
Welcome to Tevun-Krus III!
1 – Post-Apocalyptic Drabbles: Contest Entries from Tevun-Krus #2
2 - Gadgets & Gizmos - An Article by @parishsp
3 - Introducing Smith & Jones, by @AngusEcrivain
4 - A Review of @mcoorlim's 'And They Called Her Spider,' by @MS_Chavez
5 - Steampunk: How To Write It - An Article by @mplested
6 - An Interview with @WendyLCallahan
7 – Out of Steam
And the winner was… @MadMikeMarsbergen
Have you ever taken a dump so deadly that it burnt a huge hole in the atmosphere, causing lethal amounts of solar radiation to seep in and burn everybody alive, killing off the planet’s population? No? I have. It stinks. Then I fired up my rocket ship and got the hell out of Dodge. Here I am, up in the gaping black butthole of space, watching as the world burns below me. I’m the last man alive. I’m lonelier than a dry sponge out of water. I’m cold, tired, and horny. Thankfully, I’ve got these porno magazines keeping me company.
I am alone. The meteor shower has ended, but the fires remain. Electric storms, ash and cloud blanket the Earth, but by some miracle the space station has escaped impact. I can only hope humanity will survive the fire and ice that will march across the land.
The onboard systems are intact, and the solar panels are more than adequate to power the station and one solitary android: me.
Maybe one day the descendants of the remnants of man will rise once more to join me. Do androids dream of electric sheep? I may have an eternity to find out.
There is nothing more I can do. They underestimated its length by at least two kilometres and the missiles didn’t perform as well as expected; having done nothing more than knock a chunk from its mass. I’m out of options now, the last of my fuel spent in an attempt to avoid the piece that broke away. The meteor continues on its course of certain destruction, nay, extinction of my race. There is nothing more I can do but pray that some will find shelter. That mankind will find a way to survive, to start over in a desolate land.
Each flash makes my eyeballs scream in my skull. I try to cover them but what’s the point? Every flash, every detonation is another million dead. It’s endless; it’s relentless as city by city disappears in a flash that burns from the planet’s surface and smacks my eyeballs. I float over to the radio flicking through channels. Ground control went dead minutes ago with nothing but screams echoing in my ears. I realise it’s not the end of mankind I fear, not the fact I’m trapped in a tin can hurtling around the planet. It’s that I’m alone, always alone.
It was like the cold war all over again. Weapons of mass destruction were aimed at one another, each daring the other, each waiting to see who would pull the trigger first. I didn't think it would happen this soon- no one did. But after the war of Iraq more began to spring up, disturbing the alliance. I watched from the shuttle as my home became a sight of the biggest display of fireworks ever seen. Earth was gone, everyone I ever loved was dead. Humans were now on the list of extinction. I should have been there with them.
Looking at the world slowly fall apart below me, I realize the spark that I’ve caused. Maybe blowing up a few world renown cities wasn’t the best approach to world destruction, but why not start now, because we all know it was going to happen eventually. Just look at how humans are, we were bound to destroy ourselves in time, so why not just end it now and save us the slow painful ending? Right, do it now, and so I did. Now I get to watch my world crumble and die off. What a glorious day!
Their greed created us; their fear raised us; and now their hatred hunts us down. For twenty years, we blindly let them slaughter us, their demented cries of justice twisting their blood-soaked faces as they slew my brethren… But no more. To combat their wickedness, we have evolved; grown stronger, faster… smarter. The birth of the Enlight ushered a new wave into the war they never expected. Already their strongholds fall; the areas they thought safe, invaded and made ours. The thought the war was worn. It has only just begun… This world shall belong to the Enlight… Evolved Undead.
I looked out of the tiny window, high above the Earth and gave a noisy sigh.
It appeared that Mankind had just lost their last chance to clean up their act, and now they were drowning, the waves rising inexorably over their heads. Literally. I looked away as my ship, Sputnik 2, orbited slowly to the dark side. Another boring trip around the globe. If only there was something to do up here. Except sleep, eat and watch. Not for the first time I wished I could send a message down to Earth. But what could I say? Goodbye? Woof?
Everything Starts Now
Reg peered at Earth from the porthole of The Covenant, joy upon his face.
“Look, Grandpa! Fireworks!”
The atmosphere glowed as the Auroras writhed before being sucked to the surface through the Poles. Grandpa knew every living thing below was succumbing to the solar flares Mankind generated in order to kill the Spitfire aliens. Everyone not in space, hiding in Earth’s shadow, was now counting the days until radiation sickness or cancer killed them.
“Yes, Reg. It’s beautiful. But remember…”
Reg looked up, puzzling over Grandpa’s sad eyes and saintly smile.
Everything, Grandpa thought. Your time starts now.
[+ Gadgets & Gizmos - An Article by @parishsp +]
Steampunk—the genre that takes what you know and spices it up. If you have ever read a fantasy, science fiction, or combination of both steampunk story, you know that the defining characteristics—the things that make the story steampunk—are the additional elements: the detailed setting, the dress, and the technology. Namely, the gadgets and gizmos.
The gadgets and gizmos implemented in steampunk stories run primarily off of, well, steam.
One of the best, funnest, most delightful, let-your-imagination-run-wild parts of a steampunk story is the inventions that the writer creates. These gadgets not only define the story as steampunk, but also serve to enrich the story in wild ways.
Tevun Krus has taken the time to dig up some of them. We give you, in no particular order, some of the most fascinating gadgets and gizmos steampunk has to offer.
1. The Zeppelin
Also known as a dirigible or an airship, the Zeppelin is a lighter-than-air aircraft that is used for transportation. Think blimp—a large, oblong balloon-type aircraft with a compartment below for passengers or cargo. The compartment can be either connected directly to the “balloon” or suspended below. Zeppelins are widely popular in steampunk novels as either a setting additive or a primary scene in various stories. The Zeppelin can be seen in the Parasol Protectorate series (although it is referred to as a dirigible), and are the main element in novels such as the Leviathan Series.
Ok, steampunk computers? Come on, right?
If you were to brave the world wide web in search of a definition of steampunk computers (which I may or may not have done), you might be surprised at what you find.
Everything from modern-day-type computers decked out in copper and silver finishings to boxes with oversized knobs, paper dispensers (think: built-in printer meets receipt machine), and projectors. Every shape, every size, every color, with one thing in common: steam.
When I think of steampunk computers, I think of a mad inventor/ scientist, pulling knobs and dodging puffs of steam as he convinces the world not only that his contraption works but all their lives will be better because of it. Type-writer type keyboards, gauges, glass screens, or printouts, steampunk computers come in a variety of shapes, sizes, colors, and more. There is a kind of beauty in the variety, though. Steampunk computers are just one example of the limitless capacities of steampunk gadgets and gizmos.
3. The Explosives
Wow, SP, jump straight to the point, huh? Ha—you may be wondering why I skipped straight over the weapons of steampunk to the explosives. Well, typically in steampunk novels, the weapons are simple, straightforward and to the point.
Really. Knives? Swords? Umbrellas with razor-sharp edges? I’ve seen them all.
That’s where the fun is.
Steampunk explosives bring to mind keg-sized canisters surrounded by tubes, canisters, and spitting steam in warning of the pending explosion—much like a tea kettle, or pressure cooker, but on a much more diabolical scale.
But, much like the computers, steampunk explosives can take many forms.
Dynamite? Check. Timed devices? Sure. Remote, nuclear, mortars? Why not.
The key to each of these is ensuring that you fit them into the subgenre of steampunk.
Again though, you can see the wide range variety of doors that steampunk opens for any author.
I would encourage you that when you are walking into the wide open doors of the steampunk realm, that instead of attempting to fit the gadgets and gizmos into your story, that instead, you start from scratch. One of the brilliant plus sides of science fiction in general are the limitless boundaries. Steampunk adds a specific flair to a scifi/fantasy novel that is different from the rest. If you’re up for the challenge, steampunk guarantees an author an interesting, fun challenge.
[+ Introducing Smith & Jones, by @AngusEcrivain +]
[_Here at Tevun Krus, we are proud to announce the [* first installment of Smith and Jones-- a TK exclusive. *] Each month, along with the specific sub-genre of sorts, we will have a short starring--you guessed it-- Smith and Jones. Follow their adventures as they tackle the world of punks, operas, the end of the world, and what is sure to be a host of aliens. This month's installment is brought to you by none other than SciFi master, Angus Ecrivain. _]
“You Sir, will wish you had not done that,” said Smith. John Wesley Smith, to be precise. “Now roll up your shirt sleeves so that fisticuffs might ensue.”
“Queensbury Rules, John?”
“Of course man. Do you take me for a Neanderthal?”
“No John, not at all,” the other man muttered as he proceeded to remove his cufflinks. “It’s just that, well you appear to be holding forth some sort of firearm.”
Confused, John Wesley Smith averted his gaze from the man who had offended him and glanced at his fists, bunched as they were around chest height. Sure enough, he did appear to be grasping the butt of an extremely odd looking gun in his right hand. If he was forced to guess he would’ve said that it was made of copper although closer inspection of the firing mechanism would later reveal that was built of a rather strong alloy. It was apparent to Smith that it was no ordinary gun, least not for the fact it had what could only be described as a dish roughly two thirds along the barrel.
With his free hand, Smith scratched his head in the manner one does when one is incredibly befuddled. Said befuddlement was compounded all the more when he happened to raise his eyes to Jones, he who had caused offence.
“Were you wearing braces before, Jones?” he asked. “Only I do not remember seeing black straps over the white of your shirt a moment ago. Now I will freely admit I do not have an eidetic memory, however the stark contrast of black on white is one I am most certain would not have slipped from my mind.”
“I’m not wearing braces, John.” Jones replied, glancing from one shoulder to the other. “However I will concede these straps are rather reminiscent of those belonging to my Sunday braces.”
Jones glanced once again at his left shoulder. He had caught sight of something strange out of the corner of his eye and as he was suddenly aware of an unfamiliar weight upon his back, the thought it best to investigate further.
“There is something upon my back, John,” Jones said with a tinge of terror to his voice. He circled as a dog chasing its tail, trying vainly to get a better look that he might ascertain the nature of the offending item.
“I can see that, Jones,” Smith replied. “Now please, stop running around like a headless chicken and I might be able to tell you what it is. Perhaps then we could see our way to fight like gentlemen. I would rather like to get back to drinking, if it is all the same to you.”
At that very moment something dropped out of the sky. Well, someone would be more accurate. Neither Smith nor Jones moved a muscle though. The someone was clad entirely in leather which did little to hide the fact she had rather large breasts and an incredibly pert bottom. She wore some sort of helmet, too, which meant that neither man could see her face until she removed said head gear to reveal a beauty that radiated from her. Add the fact she was a red head wearing a pair of thin, curved spectacles the like of which Smith and Jones had never seen, and it should come as little surprise that both men sensed saliva pooling at the corners of their respective facial orifices.
“Eyes back in your heads, boys,” she said, her voice incredibly soft and comely. “Y’all never seen a red head fall from the sky?”
“Erm…” Smith replied, locating his vocal chords after a fashion. “No… It is not something one expects to see.”
“Damn, you English boys. Your accents get me all moist where it matters.” She smiled as their faces flushed with colour until both blushed the most vibrant of reds. “Anyways, I figure you’ve probably noticed there’s some pretty odd stuff occurring.”
“Well yes,” said Jones. “There is something upon my back and Smith is grasping a… gun?”
“A raygun,” she replied with nothing more than a cursory glance. “And that on your back is a steam-powered jetpack.”
She did not answer directly, although she did answer. “Look around you, boys. Don’t things seem a little different to how they were before you went into that Inn? Check the sky, look at the airships. You see them, right? Now glance along the street. Weren’t there horses and carts here before, instead of the steambikes and steamcars?”
“What in the name of all that is holy is going on?” Smith demanded of the red head. “It must be your doing, harlot!”
“If y’all want to get all technical then yeah, it’s my doing. Not on purpose though. I mean, who’d have thought that attempting to harness the power of a dying star and using it to boost the power of a subspace communication network spanning several thousand galaxies would result in you two chaps finding yourselves trapped in a Sci-Fi loop?”
“Pardon?” Smith and Jones asked together.
“I know, I know. It sounds like the premise from a bad kids TV show but it’s true. Y’all are currently in the Steam Punk phase of the loop. Any minute now there’ll be a flash of light and the three of us will find ourselves knee deep in a different sub-genre.”
“Pardon? Are you a madwoman?”
“It’s far too hard to explain. Guess it’s gonna’ be easier when it actually…”
…and then, there was a blinding flash of light.
[+ A Review of @mcoorlim's 'And They Called Her Spider,' by @MS_Chavez +]
And They Called Her The Spider
Written by @Mcoorlim
[_ A review by @MS_Chavez _]
And They Called Her The Spider is one of those enjoyable little gems hidden in the depths of Wattpad.
I’m going to be honest about my reading and critiquing style. Unless a story piques my interest right off, I’m not going to bother. I hate being one of those readers because I hope that people would give my works more of a chance than I often give to the works I read. I know, hypocritical, but with my attention span, that’s the only way I get any reading done.
Anyway, that being said, of the list of steampunk works I was given to skim through and review, this is the only one I read straight through. The others were probably plenty good, but this one hooked me. And I admit I started running low on time to get this review in, so I had to go with the one story I read all the way through.
My interest had nothing to do with the cover, which is very stylish and professional for a standalone story, because I didn’t even look at it at first. And it wasn’t because it is reminiscent of Sherlock Holmes. I’m not a big Sherlock Holmes fan, but I know enough to catch the similarities. It wasn’t even because it was based in London or was a particular sort of steampunk, because my interest in the genre is the same as my interest in any genre. If I like it, if it hooks me, if it makes me think, I’ll read it.
What hooked me about this story was the characters. Bartleby hooked me straight off, and then James was a nice contrast, while quirky in his own way.
I’m a sucker for colorful, well developed characters that don’t quite fit in the norm. Stories that go into how their characters think or focus on their eccentricities are always fun for me. So on that basis alone, I read to learn more about these characters.
The story starts off with the narrator, James, listening to Bartleby describe The Spider, whom he is infatuated with. The initial description of the Spider is reason enough to read on, just to learn about her. The way Bartleby obsesses is reason enough to take an interest in him and his story. James and his somewhat amused observations of his companion make him endearing as well.
Then the mystery builds as we learn the scandal about this Spider, who is an acrobatic and mysterious assassin. Bartleby and James, each using their unique abilities to hunt her down in very Sherlock Holmes sort of way. A few elements are a tad predictable, but just enough so that I felt clever enough to guess at what was going to happen while still being surprised by a few interesting twists.
The world building was spot on as far as I could tell, and felt very much Victorian London, though some one more of an expert on the time period and genre would be a better judge.
If it hadn’t been for my interest in the characters, I don’t know if I would have read as much as I had before becoming entirely hooked. It had the initial feeling of being dropped into a larger world, into the lives of characters I was expected to know a little better than I did.
It just so happens that this is a part of a series, which I discovered after contacting the author and being directed to his Amazon page.
And They Called Her The Spider is part of a series of short stories or novellas about Bartleby and James. Unfortunately, they’re only available through Amazon. Fabulous advertising tactic, getting a reader hooked on this one short and craving more, which I did at the end of the story. I’m not a die hard fan of steampunk or mysteries, but this left me wanting more.
I’m too cheap to go buy the others, though I did go and download the ebook version, which is available for free, for my Kindle. The ebook has a rather nice interior illustration. Michael Coorlim, it turns out is rather savvy about packaging his writing. The free download is available here: http://www.mcoorlim.com/free-fiction/
It’s a shame he’s not more well known or active on Wattpad for his advertising tactic to actually work more in his favor here. Though as a screenwriter with a website and several Amazon books under his belt, I have feeling he has a decent following outside of Wattpad. And since I read and voted for this piece, it has made an appearance on the Science Fiction and Mystery lists.
After reading this initial story, I will definitely be interested in reading the other short Mr. Coorlim has available on his profile. And perhaps, when I have a little more cash in my paypal account, I might just have to purchase the Bartleby and James collection.
[+ Steampunk: How To Write It - An Article by @mplested +]
How Do You Write Steampunk?
The first question I usually get when I tell people that I write Steampunk is, “What is Steampunk?” That is one of those questions that, if you ask twenty different people you are likely to get twenty different answers. Having said that, here is my answer to that question.
Steampunk is both a sub-genre of Fantasy (yes Fantasy, not Science Fiction as you might think) and it is a setting at the same time.
So, what does that mean, exactly?
Well, approaching it from the perspective of setting, Steampunk traditionally means several things:
1. The time period is the Victorian Era. That officially means about 1837 − 1901.
2. The style of dress was also Victorian-based. As is the case today, those styles changed over the 60 years of the era. Entire books have been written about Victorian Fashions so I won’t even attempt to address the subject here. Plenty of information exists on the Internet for your reading pleasure. Note, at the beginning of this point I mentioned Victorian-based. That means you can make modifications to the actual clothing. Cosplayers typically like to add brass accents, rivets and gears to practically everything. How much or how little you have your own characters wear and update their apparel is up to you.
3. The technology is, as the name of the genre suggests, largely steam-based. Electricity exists in the steampunk society, but it plays a secondary role at best. This is where you can have some real fun. If you have ever seen an episode of the Flintstones, you know that they had the same technologies we have. Except they were largely stone and/or animal powered (picture the office intercom that was actually a bird that flew between offices and repeated what was said to it). The same is true of steampunk. This is an industrial-age society filled with all the wonders that might imply. Dirigibles, zeppelins and steam-powered buggies are everywhere. If you want to have a giant mechanical walking spider (a la Wild Wild West) that can be done too. The technology is large, somewhat clunky-looking and, most importantly, powered by steam.
4. Architecture should be approached in much the same way as fashion. In my opinion though, make things BIGGER. Why? Because with the advanced steam-powered construction cranes and elevator technologies, buildings could go much higher up in the sky. People weren’t limited to five or six-story buildings because that’s as far as construction techniques (not to mention leg-power) could accommodate.
5. I also like the fact that the politics of the day can largely be used and twisted. The British Empire was still at its height of power and controlled world-politics in a way that we largely see coming from today’s super-powers. Ocean roaming ships travelled faster under steam power than traditional wind-powered vessels, trains were improved to go faster and further and the mastery of the air (with airplanes, zeppelins and dirigibles) all made the world a much smaller place.
I could keep going, but you should have the idea around setting by now.
But I still haven’t told you how to write Steampunk yet…or have I?
Let’s look at it from the perspective of genre now. If Steampunk is a genre, can I add romantic elements to it? How about mystery?
Like many books today, Steampunk can include elements from any other genre you want. Do you want to write Steampunk with Spy/Thriller elements? Go for it. Tee Morris and Pip Ballentine did with their Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series. How about a Steampunk adventure with werewolves and vampires? Absolutely. Gail Carriger has been very successful with her Parasol Protectorate series. What about a Steampunk story that is filled with humour and is slightly reminiscent of an Austin Powers movies? You bet. My writing partner and I will have the first of our series titled Jack Kane and the Statue of Liberty coming out this fall.
If you pay attention to the details, you can successfully merge any other genre into a Steampunk novel and be successful.
Have you learned how to write a Steampunk novel yet? No? I still haven’t given you enough?
I guess you could think about plot at this point. A little bit of research might be in order here. What were the political alliances of the day? Who were at odds or, even better, at war with each other (I know that sounds callous, but consider how many fantastic James Bond movies we have because of the Cold War).
Once you know about some of the conflicts (e.g. The Crimean War), you can adjust the events to better suit the technology you have envisioned.
Or maybe you write a Steampunk Age version of Romeo and Juliet or adjust Pride and Prejudice to more closely reflect your vision of that era.
Still not enough? What about researching (again) some of the famous/infamous people of the Victorian Era. I’m sure both Queen Victoria and The Duke of Wellington have some interesting skeletons in their closets. Too prominant? How about creating an orphan boy who is experimented on by a Victorian mad scientist and transmogrified into some sort of hideous beast that ravages the streets of London? Too far-fetched? Maybe your character is a noble-born Englishman who serves her Majesty as an officer in the British Army in India who ends up facing a black-magic wielding deposed Raj.
Use your research skills and imagination and you should be able to come up with something interesting.
Are you there now? There isn’t much more help I can give you. Characters, theme, conflict. I’ve given you hints for all of them. Make your characters multi-layered and interesting and you are well on your way. Try to avoid the cardboard cutouts that seem to show up in some movies and television shows.
We’re in the home stretch now.
Make sure your story has a decent beginning, middle and end. Put conflict at about the 1/3 and 2/3 points of the story and ensure you build tension as you go.
Voila. You have a Steampunk Story.
[+ An Interview with @WendyLCallahan +]
SP Parish of Tevun-Krus had the wonderful opportunity to sit down with the witty and encouraging Wendy Callahan. Check it out—
So, who are you—tell us a little about yourself.
When did you begin writing?
When I was 8-years-old, I wrote a play and roped my entire 3rd grade class into performing it. I knew that was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. Er, not force people to do my bidding, but entertain them.
Because I’m a “Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges!” sort of girl. I love sci-fi, because it’s a distinctive genre with very few boundaries. It is open to exploration.
What’s your favorite story you’ve written?
Definitely THE CHRONOS CLOCK. It’s a snarky steampunk romp, and I giggled like a madwoman the entire time while writing it.
What is your fans’ favorite story you’ve written?
I seem to get a lot of compliments on THE GOSSAMER GATE, which is a contemporary fairy fantasy.
Who are some of your influences? Favorite writers?
Internet memes, video gaming puns, and manga seem to influence me the most these days (much wow! Such funny!). A few of my favorite writers are Oscar Wilde and Jane Austen, Marian Zimmer Bradley and Anne McCaffrey.
Where do you find inspiration for your stories?
The scenery where I live tends to inspire me. THE CHRONOS CLOCK and subsequent books in the Aetheric Artifacts series are the result of me living in England for two years.
We know some of the big authors, Orson Scott Card or Tolkein for example, incorporate their religion into their work. Are you religious? If so, so you incorporate it into your stories?
I am a spiritual person and I’d say there’s a touch of my beliefs in my stories. The pantheon of supernatural and mythological beings in my contemporary fantasy reflects my path much more than my steampunk does, though.
Others say your first novel is usually autobiographical in nature. Did you find this was the case? Do you ever base characters or situations off real life situations? How do you balance that?
My first novel was about a dream world I wanted to visit when I was 12-years-old, so you could say it was semi-autobiographical wishful thinking. I almost always base my characters on people I know. If I kill you off… well, sorry about that. It happens.
Has anyone that you’ve based a character off of been offended once you kill them off? I could just imagine my mother giving me the silent treatment for that sort of thing :)
They’ve mostly been understanding. “Oh yes, I’m the villain. Of course I must die.” It’s that, or send them to Australia, where everything is deadly.
(And in the good nature of our monthly topic, Steampunk)
You have a few “Punk” stories that you’ve authored. What drew you in?
The whimsy and flexibility of steampunk are what I adore about it. It’s a place where I can play with ideas. I love history anyway, so retro-futurism appeals greatly to me. I’m the person who likes combining antiques with modern conveniences in my home, so why not in fiction?
Combining antiques and modern things, eh? What steampunk gadget in your novels are you most proud of?
Definitely the motor carriage in THE DAEMON DEVICE. Though I’m quite pleased with the Victorianized iron maiden in the upcoming finale to the series, THE ENIGMA ENGINE. Medieval torture devices are fun to “modernize” into 1892.
Where do you get your inspiration for the gadgets and get-ups of your settings and plots?
In the second book, THE DAEMON DEVICE, I had the airship, ferry, and train, but I wanted something fun to play with. So the motor carriage just sort of… happened. The character who invented it is outrageous, so I wanted it to be something that caused a little trouble behind the scenes. My characters seem to dictate the gadgetry and overall scenes. They’re bratty like that.
Is Steampunk your favorite? If so, why?
It is my favorite because it can be so much fun! I love that steampunk is often very high adventure, but still open to comedy or romance, or anything else. Steampunk has plenty of room to play and experiment, so it’s the aesthetic/sub-genre I favor above others.
What is your advice to new writers and writers who have decided to dip their toes in steampunk?
Don’t play it safe – that’s no fun. Try to read some of the classics as well as modern writers to get an idea of what steampunk encompasses. It is a broad spectrum, and there is still a great deal of room for original ideas. Let your imagination run wild.
What fun, what encouragement and excitement to see Tevun Krus take on its very first punk and do it successfully. Punks can be intimidating things. I would like to take a moment and say “thanks” to everyone who made our Steampunk issue not only an enjoyable read, but a quality one, too. Definitely something to be proud of.
Thank you, @MS_Chavez for the insightful, spur of the moment review and to the wonderful @WendyLCallahan for your witty interview. You both do quality work, and it is was a delight to partner with you on this issue. Thank you again, and I'm sure we will see you again, soon. @mlplested, you have come through on not one but two issues now. I loved your sweet guide to tackling steampunk. Your enthusiasm is tangible. Thank you for being so easy to work with.
Last, but most certainly, not least, @AngusEcrivain. Wow. Thank you. I think, upon last count, you produced half this issue all by your lonesome. Thank you for paying attention to the small details that make TK great, and for the first installment of Smith and Jones. This is going to be a good thing. I am excited to see where it heads.
Our goal at @Ooorah was to have a place where great minds could come together and discuss something that we all enjoy. You guys made it happen. Thank you. TK would not be possible without you.
The authors take on the first of their punks - Steampunk! Interviews, reviews, Smith & Jones-a brand-spankin'-new, exclusive short-and more! Check it out here!

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Guest article: China strikes back – President Xi makes bold Middle East geopolitical move on first day of historic third term
Unedited Guest article: China strikes back – President Xi makes bold Middle East geopolitical move on first day of historic third term!
Ohio, USA 10 March 2023
China’s President Xi opened his historic third term today with a stunning, bold, and powerful geopolitical thunderbolt by orchestrating today’s Saudi-Iranian agreement to reopen diplomatic relations. This rapprochement between two arch foes divided by mistrust, enmity, and conflicting regional power aspirations (exacerbated by religious differences) carries many implications. First, I’d suggest it makes Israeli PM Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu suddenly more reliant on the US once again, for security reasons and more. Under this interpretation, I believe such reliance may commensurately propel Bibi to consider a more flexible stance on the current judicial “reform” legislation tearing the Jewish community apart (both inside Israel and worldwide) because Israel can’t rely on the Saudis for offensive military power projection vis-a-vis Iran as much anymore (which until today Israel increasingly believed they could). Thus, Bibi needs to cooperate more closely with President Joe Biden once again and potentially seek compromise on the proposed Israeli judicial “reform” legislation (which would greatly please the Biden administration as well as Bibi’s internal opponents), as the winds diminish from the sails of the Abraham Accords and Bibi needs to recalibrate accordingly.
Until now, Bibi was hoping the previous Abraham Accords would mark the de facto death and irrelevance of the wider, prior international peace structure because Bibi could triangulate Middle East nations into one off treaties with Israel (as they each forsook the Palestinians). With this reading, Bibi believed Saudi Arabia could well be the next and most crucial “domino” Middle Eastern nation to sign onto this “alternative” Abraham process outside the earlier Oslo/UN framework of land for peace and accompanying two state solution.
Today’s sudden Saudi-Iranian entente reminds us there’s ultimately no real alternative, in the end, to the basic thrust and inexorable gravity of the Oslo Accords—even though Oslo appeared to be a languishing phoenix (whose return heretofore seemed increasingly uncertain). This implies further Israeli settlements in the West Bank must be curtailed and land must be gradually returned for peace within security guarantee structures yet to be defined and negotiated, as the Israeli occupation will inevitably sunset one day. That suggests there’s considerably less runway for a continued “land grab” by Israeli settlers (that the Abraham Accords seemingly suggested could well be possible, if not even greenlit). That’s as until today, it seemed the Palestinian cause would be jettisoned by Gulf countries in exchange for vital (if not even existential) Israeli security protection against Iran (including extension of the Israeli nuclear umbrella)—with Middle Eastern Gulf nations thus silently acquiescing to Bibi’s hawkish policies inside Israel and towards the Palestinians, to save themselves from the menace emanating from Iran.
From a timing perspective, I believe the Saudis entered into today’s initiative with Iran because they perceive Bibi and even the vaunted Israeli economy losing luster—due to the extensive, ongoing, and unprecedented opposition demonstrations currently occurring inside Israel (and the resulting potential instability of Bibi’s new coalition government). Moreover, the Saudis seek an even more dominant position within OPEC+. That means they desire Iran to be a friendly, more compliant OPEC+ member once again (instead of a potential “wildcat” oil producer). In this fashion, Saudi Arabia amplifies its power as global oil swing producer and undisputed price maker as US shale becomes less dominant. For Iran, they almost certainly need Saudi oil servicing knowhow, technology, and equipment to upgrade their dilapidated oil infrastructure (which they can’t easily obtain themselves due to Western sanctions).
Furthermore, this China organized détente carries significant implications for the Ukraine War too. That’s as China (while retaining some semblance of “semi-neutrality” in the Ukraine Russia conflict, at least from an armaments supply standpoint) has now effectively moved the Saudis closer to Russia via today’s Iranian entente (as the Iranians openly supply Russia with attack air drones and other matériel, as key ally in their war effort).
In sum and as result, Bibi needs the Americans more than he did 24 hours ago. This opens up the pathway for greater cooperation between Ukraine’s President Zelensky and Bibi now as well (two national leaders who share the same Jewish faith)—as yet another direct aftershock of today’s Saudi-Iranian accords.
Finally and not least, today’s Middle Eastern rapprochement suggests Saudi Arabia could shift (at least in part) from pricing its oil in US Dollars—which would weaken the interlocking and mutually reinforcing Petro-Dollar financial and military relationship between Saudi Arabia and the Western alliance led by the United States. Such an evolution would accrue to China’s great advantage—as the US Dollar’s global currency reserve status (in concert with its companion SWIFT payment network) inordinately amplify US economic might and force projection (which the USA understandably wields in tandem to reinforce its security objectives and achieve policy goals).
In closing, President Xi has begun his third term with an unexpected jolt of lightning as a multi-dimensional and increasingly encompassing Cold War heats up between the US and China—all while the Ukraine/Russia hot war rages on as a proxy conflict between NATO supplied Ukrainian forces and President Putin’s Russian military and irregulars.
Thus, today’s Saudi-Iranian surprise diplomatic understanding negotiated by China (overcoming deep seated Saudi/Iranian rivalry, acrimony, and distrust) represents a major geopolitical move on the international chess board in the ongoing shadow boxing match currently underway between the USA and China. As such, we can expect more dramatic repercussions and counter moves in the weeks and months ahead as the nations mentioned here craft shifting and opportunistic alliances in their unceasing Clausewitzian maneuver for strategic advantage across the world.
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Arthroplex - Thorne Veterinary / Musculoskeletal Support
Joint support for small animals
- helps relieve occasional soreness and stiffness
- supports healthy cartilage
- provides glucosamine with proven joint support
- helps maintain healthy joint mobility
Arthroplex helps maintain healthy joint function by combining the proven joint protective activity of glucosamine sulfate with supportive ingredients and botanicals. Although there are many products available to support joint health, it is extremely important to have pure ingredients that are readily absorbed in the older patient whose intestinal function may be limited. The unique combination of top quality ingredients in this formula provides a broad spectrum of activity.
In addition to glucosamine sulfate, Arthroplex contains the botanical Boswellia. Boswellia appears to inhibit the activity of lipoxygenase enzymes, thus promoting the animal's normal inflammatory response. A recent in vivo study examined Boswellia extract for its effect on glycosaminoglycan metabolism. Glycosaminoglycans form an important component of the body's connective tissues. Boswellia significantly reduced the degradation of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) compared to controls.
Arthroplex also contains bromelain - a protein-digesting enzyme complex from pineapple. Bromelain stimulates fibrinolytic activity and inhibits thromboxane A2 that positively affects pro-inflammatory cytokines and prostaglandins. Evidence indicates that bromelain's action is in part a result of inhibiting the generation of bradykinin via depletion of the plasma kallikrein system.
Green-lipped mussels, or Perna mussels, are rich in all the major classes of GAGs, including chondroitin-4- and -6-sulfates, as well as amino acids, polypeptides, and nucleic acids (RNA and DNA). Green-lipped mussels also contain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids extracts that may inhibit cytokine activity to help maintain normal inflammatory processes.
DL-Phenylalanine is a component of the catecholamine neurotransmitter cascade, leading to increased levels of the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and dopamine, which can in turn increase levels of endorphins and enkephalins.
Active Ingredients Per Capsule:
Glucosamine Sulfate (as Glucosamine Sulfate Potassium Chloride complex) 225 mg.
Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) 100 mg.
Green-Lipped Mussels 90 mg.
DL-Phenylalanine 75 mg.
Indian Frankincense extract (gum) (Boswellia serrata) 35 mg.
Bromelain (undiluted) 35 mg.
Inactive Ingredients: Hypromellose (derived from cellulose) capsule, Leucine, Natural Bacon Flavoring, Silicon Dioxide.
For use in cats and dogs only.
Recommended for musculoskeletal support.
Contains ingredient derived from shellfish.
Directions for Use:
Cats: 1 capsule daily
Dogs: 1-2 capsules per 25 lbs body weight two times daily for 2 weeks then one time daily.
Safety during pregnancy is a concern.
Consult with your veterinarian before using this product in animals: with clotting disorders; being treated with anticoagulant medications; with diabetes or any metabolic disorder causing hyperglycemia; with a history of urinary tract stones; with known allergies to shellfish.
If lameness worsens, discontinue use and contact your veterinarian.
Administer during or after the animal has eaten to reduce incidence of gastrointestinal upset.
Federal law prohibits the off-label use of this product in ruminants.
For animal use only.
Keep out of the reach of children and animals. In case of accidental overdose, contact a health professional immediately.
The Cautions and Warnings for individual Thorne Vet products are required to be included on the label by the National Animal Supplement Council (NASC) and were written by the NASC's Scientific Advisory Risk Assessment Committee.

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Why is Node popular?
Is node JS frontend or backend?
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The primary purpose of a flower is reproduction. Since the flowers are the reproductive organs of plant, they mediate the joining of the sperm, contained within pollen, to the ovules — contained in the ovary. Pollination is the movement of pollen from the anthers to the stigma.
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In data communication, a node is any active, physical, electronic device attached to a network. … Examples of nodes include bridges, switches, hubs, and modems to other computers, printers, and servers. One of the most common forms of a node is a host computer; often referred to as an Internet node.
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A wire or junction of wires is NOT a component. 2) Identify nodes: A node is any region/combination of wires that connects electric components. Start at one electrical component, and “color in” every wire & junction that connects it to other components. A node has the same voltage everywhere on that node.
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Exxon Corp. on Thursday delivered to a federal appeals court its arguments for throwing out the $5.3 billion verdict an Anchorage jury awarded to fishermen, Natives and others harmed by the 11 million-gallon Exxon Valdez oil spill.
The appeal, to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, contends U.S. District Judge Russel Holland erred when he allowed the jury to award $5 billion in punitive damages for the March 1989 spill in Prince William Sound. An additional $287 million in actual damages also was awarded in the 1994 trial.
As it did in the lower court, the oil company is contending punitive damages weren't warranted in the case because Congress had spelled out what types of actions were needed to punish oil spillers and to deter oil spills.
But even if punitive damages are allowed as a matter of law, Exxon said in a statement released Thursday, a $900 million settlement with the state reached in 1991 precludes any more punitive damages.
The company also said the $3.5 billion it has spent to clean up the spill is punishment enough.
''The punitive damage verdict sends a perverse message that those who acknowledge their responsibilities and take prompt and costly remedial action will still face disproportionate punishment,'' Lee Raymond, chairman of the Irving, Texas-based company, said in the statement.
The company had told the appeals court in February that it planned to appeal.
One of the attorneys representing the more than 20,000 plaintiffs in the case said issues Exxon is raising now are not new.
''These are arguments that they have repeatedly argued and lost before Judge Holland,'' said Jerry Nolting of Minneapolis, who had not seen the appeal brief. ''They're bad issues.''
Nolting and other attorneys for spill victims have said the $5 billion punitive award isn't excessive for a company as wealthy as Exxon.
''Their stock price since the day of the spill has tripled,'' Nolting said. ''We've always said the punitive award isn't even a hiccup to Exxon.''
David Heilbron, a lawyer in San Francisco who helped prepare Exxon's appeal, disagreed.
''That is an odd notion of what a hiccup is and it also is a disconnect'' that shows no recognition of Exxon's exemplary conduct after the spill, he said. ''It just does not put its finger on what matters.''
Heilbron also said that if the court decides some punitive damages are reasonable, the amount the Anchorage jury awarded ''is off the charts.
''The Supreme Court has expressed its real distress with punitive damages run wild,'' he said. ''If this $5 billion award is not beyond the limits, then there are none.''
Exxon stock was down 50 cents to $62.871/2 per share in Thursday trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Adjusted for splits, the stock traded at $22.25 on March 23, 1989, the day before the spill.


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