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A chat with Michael Giacchino on Star Trek, Live in Concert
SYMPHONY Orchestras have been blessed with an abundance of Sci-Fi franchises asking for their help with live shows lately.
While the relationship between the far-out fantasies of the future and orchestral music is an old and celebrated one, being able to experience your favourite show as a symphonic arrangement live is becoming a trend.
Now it's Star Trek's turn as Star Trek, Live in Concert tours Australia.
Kieran Bicheno and Matthew O'neill were lucky enough to have a light-hearted chat with Michael Giacchino, mastermind behind the score for the latest JJ Abrams Star Trek Reboot and composer of some of the biggest scores in showbiz.
Michael's resume includes composing the music for Lost and Alias, games such as Call of Duty, and films such as, The Incredibles, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Cloverfield, Ratatouille, Up, and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
It's an impressive list and it's netted him an Emmy, multiple Grammys, a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award.
KB: Some of us were joking earlier that everyone in the Anglosphere who has ever owned some form of electronic entertainment has heard your music. Between the games, television, and movies, is that something you were going for or did it just happen?
MG: No, I didn't plan it that way. I was working in production in the early days of Disney's Interactive division and was able to write the music for some of the video games.
From there I moved to the same position at Dreamworks where I was asked to write the temp music for a meeting my boss was having with Steven Spielberg for the video game of LOST WORLD. Steven happened to like it, hired me to write for that game and then for his Medal of Honor games.
I was just doing the best job that I could and fortunately, someone played the video games who made television shows, and well, see the next answer.
KB: You first met JJ Abrams through his show Alias - is that how you started your involvement with Star Trek? What kind of significance does the franchise hold for you?
MG: Yes, J.J. played the Medal of Honor video games and apparently was a fan of the music.
One day I got an email from him introducing himself and saying that he was developing a new TV show called Alias and was wondering if I would be interested in meeting and talking about the possibility of doing the music.
I actually thought it was one of my friends playing a prank, but it wasn't. We met, and immediately hit it off.
I worked on Alias, and then LOST. During that time, J.J. got his first feature directing job, Mission Impossible 3, and I worked with him on that, and so on.
I was a huge fan of the original series, having watched it in reruns when I was a kid. I was so excited when I was asked to be involved with the project.
KB: Was there a Star Trek marathon involved in putting the score together? Was there some kind of high level of saturation and immersion or did you try come into it tabula rasa?
MG: Not really, as I said I was a fan of the original series, and had seen a few of the first films.
I knew that while the reboot would be about the same characters I knew from the past, I wanted to approach this as a new adventure, a new version. In fact, my familiarity with the series was actually an impediment at first. I had a difficult time getting the tone right.
At first I thought I was finally getting a chance to compose a great space opera, but nothing along those lines satisfied me.
Finally Damon Lindelof, one of the producers suggested that I forget the space opera idea and think of it as a story of two young men who meet and become life long friends.
KB: Say there's a die-hard trekker sitting in the audience who has never been to hear live orchestral music. What should they be listening for? How can they get the most out of it?
MG: I just think they should enjoy themselves, nothing to look for, just take it all in.
We have a terrific tech team who created a new mix for the film so that you can enjoy both the picture and the music in a whole new way.
They may find themselves absorbed in the film, and then realize that there are live people on stage actually playing the music…and they will easily bounce back and forth between the two.
At the concerts that I've been to, people didn't sit quietly in the audience like they were listening to classical, it tends to be an enthusiastic crowd reacting to the excitement, action, humor and emotions on the screen.
I would say cheer for the heroes, boo the bad guys, clap and laugh as loud as you want!
MO: How do you feel about the increasing trend of electronics/orchestral fusion in the vein of The Dark Knight/Inception/Hans Zimmer and do you still personally have an interest in making electronic style music?
MG: I'm open to anything. It's a pretty exciting time in music because we have all creative avenues open to us.
Some use them well, some don't - but I think organic music isn't the only way to go for sure.
I do take exception to synths REPLACING the sound of an orchestra, but outside of that I love to hear what people do with the blend of the live and the synthetic.
MO: Related to that, film music has briefly shifted away from melodies and themes to textures/tones/sound design. Some people take issue with that. What are your thoughts?
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I think a blanket discussion that bemoans the use of themes in film is not very productive.
Artists use many different techniques to express their stories.
And all of them are valid. It's up to us as an audience and consumer of art to decide what we connect to and what we don't.
KB: There's a tale about an unpaid internship at Universal that came up while you were still at school and you were the only person interested. Was that true and if so, do you think something like that could happen these days?
MG: It's true. I was the only one who raised their hand. I don't think it would happen today since internships have become such a large part of a young person's experience.
What was interesting about it though was that this was a class full of aspiring filmmakers and the internship was for a marketing position.
A lot of kids in the class probably thought that working in marketing would never help them learn to make movies…thinking an internship as a PA on a film would serve them better.
However, it was a huge help to me that I worked took the job and went on to work in marketing and then producing for several years before I really started writing music.
It enabled me to get a broad perspective of how the industry worked, who the players were, and what was involved in the business of film. Having that knowledge has been a great benefit to me.
KB: Is music education a necessity or a luxury for children in your opinion?
MG: Necessity. Just for pure joy.
I support a wonderful organization called Education Through Music LA who provide music classes to children in underserved school districts. It is as important to have an education in the arts as it is in math and science.
KB: Your Star Trek concert was performed at the Royal Albert Hall. That wasn't a question, just reminding you of how awesome that is.
MG: Totally awesome.
I still can't believe it and always have to go back and look at the photos.
What also made that event special was that everyone from Bad Robot was in London working on Star Wars, so they all could come to the show.
It was like the premiere all over again, but with a live orchestra and the Royal Albert Hall!
KB: Do you, as a composer, have any other 'bucket list' type aspirations along those lines?
MG: Hmmm, maybe playing the Acropolis in Greece? Is that possible?
KB: Have you been to Australia before? If so, how'd it strike you and if not, have you learned how to avoid drop-bears?
MG: Never! And I was disappointed that the concerts for Brisbane and Melbourne were scheduled during a time that I couldn't get away from work. I want to go there someday.
KB: Did JJ Abrams ever ask if you could put lense flare in your score?
MG: Ha ha.
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The “obstinate resistance” of Woolf’s short stories
Le texte qui suit a été écrit par Christine Reynier en guise d'introduction au numéro 50 des Cahiers de la nouvelle (printemps 2008), consacré aux nouvelles de Virginia Woolf. Ce texte est mis en ligne sur La Clé des langues avec l'autorisation des Presses de l'Université d'Angers, éditeurs des Cahiers de la nouvelle / Journal of the Short Story in English.
I have often wondered why, although I have regularly gone back to Virginia Woolf's short stories, I still feel I do not know them very well. This is of course no other than the secret charm of Woolf's short stories: they are so hermetic or puzzling that one cannot help re-reading them; they are so varied that one keeps forgetting them; they are so challenging that one feels bound to delve into them again and again. They offer the "obstinate resistance" (Woolf 1988: 158) of the text that Woolf loves in Sir Thomas Browne's writings and that she analyses in her essay "Reading". The military metaphor of resistance might suggest that once the fortress of the text has been assaulted, it will surrender to the reader. However, the author makes it clear that such is not the case. The reader she depicts in her essay is not meant to "strip a whole page of its sentences and crush their meaning out in one grasp" (158); on the contrary, "the obstinate resistance" of Urn Burial "at first trips us and blinds us" (158); so that reading may not be synonymous with deciphering the text which does not yield its meaning easily: "[w]e must stop, go back, try out this way and that, and proceed at a foot's pace" (158). The type of reading Woolf advocates is a difficult, slow and demanding process comparable to "mounting only a solemn and obstinate donkey instead of going up to town by an electric train" (158). It the very type of reading Woolf's own short stories require.
The route the reader must follow when reading Browne and Hackluyt is a long and circuitous one in which his or her "attention wanders. [...] It floats far out at sea. It is soothed almost to sleep" (148).What Woolf describes here is what Roland Barthes calls "reading looking up" ((Barthes writes about « lire en levant la tête » (Barthes 33).)), letting the reader's imagination go on with the writer's work, letting the reader enter the text through its loopholes. Such creative reading can only be induced by a text "rich [...], with more that one can grasp at any single reading" (149); and instead of being linear, it consists of "repeated shocks" (152) that come at irregular intervals, like "[t]he little irregular beam of light" that shows the children their way during the moth-hunting scene evoked in the same essay. Reading has thus to do with seeing rather than meaning, with overcoming blindness and seeing at intervals an "unknown world" (150), a world of magic such as the one the children discover at night with great "excitement" (151) in the story embedded in the essay and which functions as an allegory of reading while enacting, through its apparent unrelatedness to the reflections on the subject, the "obstinate resistance" of the text to reading. Reading therefore also means to have access the "glory of the moment" (152) in which one experiences the writer's gift and generosity ((On this subject, see (Reynier 2007b).)): "[o]ne is conscious all the time that Sir Thomas was never paid a penny for his prose. He is free since it is the offering of his own bounty to give us as little or as much as he chooses" (159).
Woolf's short stories certainly require the type of reading the author evokes in her essay. Confronting the "obstinate resistance" of the text, reading through a series of irregular shocks that call for a "shock-receiving capacity" (Woolf 1981, 83) akin to the writer's, is undoubtedly a demanding process, all the more so since the texts are short and offer little narrative help, and this may account for the relative critical neglect of Woolf's short stories. Yet for those who are ready to play the game and submit themselves to the experience of reading these short stories, they may well find it rewarding. Indeed, if writing is, as Woolf tells us about Thomas Browne, a generous process, an "offering" made by the writer to the reader, it induces a similar desire to impart the reader:
But why beauty should have upon us the effect that it does, the strange serene confidence that it inspires in us, none can say. Most people have tried and perhaps one the invariable properties of beauty is that it leaves in the mind a desire to impart. Some offering we must make; some act we must dedicate, if only to move across the room and turn the rose in the jar. (159)
This is at least what all the contributors to this special issue have experienced and the gifts they make are the essays presented here. Some break new ground, some exemplify enduring trends in Woolfian criticism; some are the work of distinguished scholars, others of younger readers. They all shed a different light on Woolf's short stories, which they analyse either in group or separately, illuminating them and thus bringing to the fore texts that tend to be relegated to the margins of Woolf's work.
In "Reading", Woolf further shows in a metaphorical way how an English reader, solitary as he or she may be in his or her private library, necessarily reads a book with the English literary tradition in mind: "If I looked down at my book I could see Keats and Pope behind him, and then Dryden and Sir Thomas Browne - hosts of them merging in the mass of Shakespeare, behind whom, if one peered long enough, some shapes of men in pilgrims' dress emerged, Chaucer perhaps" (142); and the English history as well, thoughts of "the red coats of the invincible British soldiers" (141) and Empire never being far from his or her mind. In other words, Woolf's reader is unavoidably grounded in a specific literary tradition as well as steeped in a specific socio-historical context. Such a conception of reading implicitly suggests that the reading of a text is never fixed and is bound to be renewed with every reader, his or her nationality, his or her sociological or historical background. It indirectly begs for the "cosmopolitan" readings of Woolf's short stories that are offered here and which come from readers scattered all over the world and living in different geographical, cultural and historical contexts, those of England but also France, Italy, and Belgium, of he United States and Taiwan - all of them entering at times into a dialogue with each other.
In several articles, Woolf's short story is analysed not as experimental ground for her novels as has too often been done, but as a form of many commitments, whether ethical or political, feminist of historical. Elke D'hoker, in an exploration of imagination in some of Woolf's short stories, shows that, although it has rarely been used so far, ethical criticism is particularly relevant to Woolf's writings. She thus asks new questions and follows a new trend that I also illustrated in a recent article, "Virginia Woolf's ethics of the short story". Reading "Holborn Viaduct" - a hardly ever mentioned sketch - "The Man Who Loved His Kind", and "Solid Objects", and basing his analysis on Adorno, Charles Sumner provides a most challenging analysis of Woolf's use of literary beauty as a powerful socio-critical form of commitment. Kate Henderson offers an extremely perceptive and innovative analysis of Woolf's writing and reading praxis in "The Duchess and the Jeweller" and shows that this short story, so often analysed as an anti-Semitic one, deals in fact with the consumers' practices that are the readers' of Harper's Bazaar in which it was initially published.
Anne Besnault-Levita offers a most rigorous and stimulating reading of "The Introduction" and "Together and Apart", two of the Mrs Dalloway's Part short story cycle, in terms of conversation and in the light of pragmatics and feminist narratology. Drawing on Woolf's own experience and on the historical exclusion of women from university, Ann McClellan examines five short stories trying to appraise Woolf's solutions to the problem of women's education. Her cultural studies and feminist methodologies offer a good example of a type of reading that has been prominent in Woolfian criticism and which is here applied to Woolf's short stories. In a challenging reading of "The Journal of Mistress Joan Martyn", Leena Kore-Schroder takes us away from a feminist reading of the short story to questions of land and ownership in the Middle Ages, unearthing unexpected connections between Rosamond Merridew and a major historian of the time, and delineating in the end in perfectly new terms the type of history in which Woolf grounds her characters.
The second set of articles, which offers genetic readings and readings based on philosophy or scientific theories, also takes us beyond experimentalism. Comparing first 1919 edition of Kew Gardens with the typescript and reading the short story in the light of the early diaries and Deleuze, Oliver Taylor comes up with a stimulating and challenging analysis of Woolf's imagination as nomadic while Frank Stevenson, who focuses on Woolf's aesthetics of disproportion and discontinuity, offers a reading of "Kew Gardens" in the light of both informative and chaos-complexity theory and especially, of Michel Serres's writings, which renews our understanding of the short story. In an innovative genetic analysis of the different draft versions of "The Searchlight", Laura Marcus shows that the telescope scene lies at the center of a network of connections both with Woolf's art and life and argues that it is central to Woolf's understanding of memory, to her self-representations and above all, to her "scene-making". As for Teresa Prudente, she renews the reading of Woolf's short stories by looking atthem through the lens of Ricoeur's concept of duration.
Finally, interart analogies are examined in the last three papers which focus on music, painting, cinema, and Woolf's short story. Illustrating Woolf's saying that "All great writers are great colorists, just as they are musicians into the bargain" ("Walter Sickert"), Liliane Louvel goes on with her exploration of the sister arts and in a fine analysis of painting and writing in Woolf's short stories, redefines the visual as a critical tool with which to open "the eye of the text" while Emilie Crapoulet, in an attempt to understand the relation between language and music, gives an innovative reading of "The String Quartet" as an assessment of the power of music and an exploration of the way in which it makes meaning. While one of the first critics to have written on Woolf, Winifred Holtby, remarked on the cinematic qualities of Woolf's short stories, few critics have followed suit ((See especially chapter VI : « Cinematograph » (Holtby 116-136))). This is what Abbie Garrington begins to explore in her analysis of "The Lady in the Looking-Glass" which draws a parallel between this text and "The Cabinet of Dr Caligari", a film Woolf analyses in her essay "The Cinema".
Because Woolf' short stories offer an "obstinate resistance" to reading, they keep haunting the reader and lend themselves to endless renewable readings, as the essays presented here testify. It is true that quite a number of articles have been devoted to individual short stories but they are scattered in various journals, except for those collected by Benzel and Hoberman in Trespassing Boundaries. Virginia Woolf's Short Fiction, "the first collection of essays to be published that is devoted solely to Woolf's shorter fiction" (Benzel and Hoberman XV) and a most valuable addition to the only two full-length studies of Woolf's short stories published so far, Baldwin's Virginia Woolf. A study of the Short Fiction and Skrbic's Wild Outbursts of Freedom. Reading Virginia Woolf's Short Fiction. In such a context, this special issue of the Journal of the Short Story in English, the second collection of essays to be published that is devoted solely to Woolf's short stories, is particularly welcome.
Christine Reynier University of Montpellier III, France
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Reynier, Christine. "Virginia Woolf's ethics of the short story", Etudes Anglaises 60/1 (Janvier-mars 2007): 55-65.
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Skrbic, Nena. Wild Outbursts of Freedom. Reading Virginia Woolf's Short Fiction. Westport, Connecticut; London: Praeger, 2004.
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Sherawat said, “I want to send a birthday wish to the most eligible bachelor of India.’’
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According to fashion historians, women wore anklets as early as 6,000 B.C.-3100 B.C. These early people constructed anklets from precious stones and metals found in nature and wore them to denote status and social rank. Slaves wore leather anklets, while affluent brides and wives flaunted lavish anklets made of precious metals and gemstones. The different types of anklets are merely a preference for the wearer.
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Ghanaian musician, Eugene Kwame Marfo, known in showbiz circles as Kuami Eugene vowed to take off the Rasta he has been growing for over a year in solidarity for Akuapem Poloo. Other twitter users also believed that Kuami Eugene was just using Akuapem Poloo as an excuse to take off the rasta he has on. The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress(NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has also joined the majority of Ghanaians pleading Akuapem Poloo's sentence.
Internationally renowned choreographer, Liam Scarlett dies aged 35
Choreographer Liam Scarlett has died at the age of 35, a year after leaving The Royal Ballet over allegations of inappropriate behaviour. Scarlett also worked with the English National Ballet, the New York City Ballet, the American Ballet Theatre, and the Norwegian National Ballet, among others.
Meet G-Migos: The young Kumerica rappers taking over the internet with their viral superb rap freestyle [Wtach] » GhBasecom™
G-Migos is a group of two young Ghananain rappers based in Kumasi who has taken the internet by storm with their new rap lines. The rap freestyle which has shared and reshared on Twitter has received mad traction from music-loving fans. The freestyle is your ideal hip-hop rap which has a lot of energy interlaced with heavy punchlines and flawless flow.
It's wrong to see role models as generalists
Entertainment Pundit Jesse Agyeong is cautioning Ghanaians to not look at role models and/or celebrities as generalists whose whole lives are worth emulating. Mr Agyepong said that children should be urged to pick or emulate the good characteristics they see in someone they consider a role model.
Abena Korkor takes down completely naked photo, goes off social media
The former TV show after deleting the photo also announced that she was taking a little break from social media for a while. This might be a decision Abena Korkor took before yesterday but the coincidence of her decision and the sentencing of Rosemond Brown aka Akuapem Poloo by an Accra Circuit Court after she shared a nude photo with her seven year old son online can not be overlooked. Mind you, the photo was on the page and getting some serious reaction until it emerged in the news space that Her Honour Christina Cann has sentenced Akuapem Poloo.
Akua GMB and Stacy Amoateng Finally Reunite As Daughters Celebrate their Birthdays Together
Despite being sworn enemies, it turns out daughters of Stacy Amoateng and Nana Akua GMB both celebrate their birthday on the same day! Stacy took to IG just like Akua did to celebrate her kid. Despite previously being tight, Akua GMB and Stacy Amoateng fell out after Akua's divorce and sack from Angel TV. Rumour had it that her so-called friend betrayed her to her husband, leading to her divorce.
I advised Akuapem Poloo to change plea from not guilty to guilty because our case was bad
Rew Kudzo Vortia, the lawyer for actress, Rosemond Brown, widely known as Akuapem Poloo, says the latter's case before the court was bad.In view of that, Vortia explained the actress was advised to plead guilty. Vortia argued that the actress' plea change from not guilty to guilty played a critical role in mitigating a harsher punishment. On Wednesday, April 14, Poloo was convicted by an Accra Circuit Court after she pleaded guilty to the charges of publishing obscene material with two counts of domestic violence over posting a nude photo of her son in 2020.She was sentenced to three months in jail for those charges on Friday, April 16.According to a TV3 report, before handing the sentence, Christina Cann, the judge of the Accra Circuit court that handled the case highlighted her worry about the proliferation of nude photos and video on social media.
I can't imagine the devastating effect on her and her son
Moesha stated in an Instagram post that she believed the purpose of the whole court trial was to ensure that Poloo and her ilk are taught some lessons. Akuapem Poloo was on Friday, April 16, 2021, condemned to 90 days in jail on three charges of publication of obscene material, domestic material, and misdemeanor. Poloo was convicted after she pleaded guilty to the charges two days earlier.
Hajia Bintu flaunts her raw chest in hot swimwear as she goes swimming ▷ Ghana news
Tiktok star Hajia Bintu has dished out a steamy video of herself in a swimming pool. In the video, Bintu showcases her raw chest and beauty. The new video of Bintu swimming in a pool in tight swimwear has gathered reactions underneath the clip on social media.
Meet 8 Ghanaian celebrities who served jail sentences for various reasons ▷ Ghana news
On Wednesday, April 14, Poloo was convicted by an Accra Circuit Court after she pleaded guilty to the charges of publishing obscene material with two counts of domestic violence over posting a nude photo of her son in 2020.On Friday, April 16, she was sentenced to three months in jail for those charges. Gh has compiled the list of some eight personalities in the showbiz industry who have served jail sentences for various crimes committed. Kwaw Kese paid the fine and served the one-day jail sentence.
Akuapem Poloo Jail: Afia Schwar Reveals Why She Is Not Sympathising With Actress ▷ Ghana news
Afia Schwar has responded to criticisms over comments she made about Akuapem Poloo's jail sentence. Comedienne Afia Schwarzenegger has finally revealed why she does not pity Akuapem Poloo over her jail sentence. Responding to the criticisms, Afia Schwar went live on Instagram to explain that Poloo has got to this stage because she refused to take her advice.


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Food production and packing, manufacturing, agriculture and cleaning services are the main directions of the holding divisions activity. We develop in this branches and try to expand our presence in the European market. Already existence capacities are every time developed and updated. Thanks to new contracts conditions for extension of our activities are created.
The main direction in food branch include meat processing, fish processing, production of the frozen vegetables and fruit, processing of agricultural raw materials.
Agricultural activity includes cultivation of vegetables and fruits for their further sale or processing.
Our holding also take part in manufacturing. This concerns sewing and machine building branch.
The holding divisions provide private permissions as house and flats cleaning, as well as offices, supermarkets, trade centers and production locations.
The separate the cleaning on trip ferries and vessels. Also we are engaged in windows washing cervices.

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UND prof. vows to call cops on ROTC drills
A professor at the University of North Dakota (UND) has pledged to call the police every time she sees a gun on campus, even if the gun is unloaded and fake.
“It’s not my job to decide whether people carrying guns at school are an actual threat. It’s my job to teach and to get home to my family,” Professor Heidi Czerwiec wrote in a letter to the Grand Forks Herald.
Last week, Czerwiec called her local police department to investigate an alleged gun threat on campus. The threat, however, was two ROTC students carrying guns on their way to a routine training exercise.
“I look up from my office computer to see two figures in camo with guns outside my window,” Czerwiec wrote when describing the incident. “My first thought is for my students’ and my safety: I grab my phone, crawl under my desk and call 911. The dispatcher keeps me on the line until someone can see if ROTC is doing maneuvers.”
The dispatcher confirmed with Czerwiec that she had likely just seen a standard training exercise. Rather than responding with relief, however, Czerwiec wrote that she reacted with “fear” and “rage” because the university had the audacity to allow such an outrage to occur.
“I can barely talk—first, with fear, and then with rage when the dispatcher reports back that yes, in fact, I’ve probably just seen ROTC cadets, though they’re going to send an officer to check because no one has cleared it with them. They thank me for reporting it,” she said.
She then explained that a university police officer called to tell her that ROTC has permission to conduct practice drills on campus.
“A few minutes later, a university officer calls me back—not to reassure me, but to scold me for calling 911. He says ROTC has permission to do this exercise. When I tell him that this was news to 911 and that they encouraged me to call whenever I see a gun on campus, he seems surprised,” she wrote.
The officer then warned Czerwiec that ROTC will be conducting training exercises on campus for the next several weeks.
“So I reply that I guess I’ll be calling 911 for the next couple weeks—and I will. Every time,” she said in response. “It's already highly inappropriate to conduct unnecessary military maneuvers in the middle of the quad. But with school shootings on the increase and tensions at UND running high, it's especially irresponsible.”
The university has now said it will send a campus-wide notification before each exercise, and will personally notify Czerwiec before each drill.
“We did send an email notifying all students, faculty and staff that ROTC would be holding exercises throughout the spring in the Quad portion of campus. But we recognize that the notification wasn’t sufficient,” UND spokesmen Peter Johnson said. “We provide a safe environment for our students, faculty and staff but in this instance we could have done a better job of helping students and employees know that this was a safe training exercise.”
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Molecular Diagnosis of Vector-Borne Parasitic DiseasesCarolina Hernández1 and Juan David Ramírez2*
- *Corresponding Author:
- Juan David Ramírez
Red Chagas Colombia, Group of Parasitology
National Institute of Health, Bogota, Colombia
Received Date: June 21, 2013; Accepted Date: July 24, 2013; Published Date: July 26, 2013
Citation: Hernández C, Ramírez JD (2013) Molecular Diagnosis of Vector- Borne Parasitic Diseases. Air Water Borne Diseases 2:110. doi:10.4172/2167-7719.1000110
Copyright: © 2013 Hernández C, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Vector-borne diseases still represent a serious problem in public health despite of the efforts of the surveillance and public health systems to mitigate these pathologies. Among these infections, those diseases caused by parasitic protozoa such as Chagas disease, malaria, leishmaniasis and African trypanosomiasis still represent serious issues in public health. These diseases are also named as neglected diseases affecting vulnerable populations around the world. One of the main goals in the basic research of these diseases is the deployment of accurate, reliable and feasible methods for the diagnosis of the etiological agents. Due to the rise of DNA technologies, several researchers have been able to develop rapid methods for the molecular diagnosis of vector-borne parasitic diseases. Herein we conducted a systematic review about the old-fashioned and current methodologies for the diagnosis of Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, sleeping sickness and malaria with special emphasis on molecular diagnosis to update the reader about their availability and feasibility. One of the purposes of this review is to encourage the researchers to deploy new methodologies that can be easily applied in endemic countries with no sophisticated methodology. This is imperative since an early diagnosis will enhance an early, rapid and appropriate treatment for populations that suffer these complex diseases.

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The city of New Orleans is in need of a symbol of stability and hope. The design proposal is for a New Orleans Water Treatment Facility that focuses on purification, reclamation and desalination processes. The facility will create a pure water supply that will be distributed into public circulation as well as be made readily available during natural disasters. A public works building such as this is important to the growth of the ever rebuilding city. In 2005, New Orleans was hit by Hurricane Katrina causing flooding and destruction to a great majority of the city. Once the hurricane subsided the excess flood waters, full of pollutants and sewage, were pumped into Lake Pontcharain, adjacent to the city, contaminating this water resource and killing much of its wildlife. The city needs a feeling of security for the future; its residents need a feeling of comfort while rebuilding.
Thornton, Nicholas, "Community Infrastructure: a transformation of the New Orleans industrial canal" (2010). Architecture Theses. 55.


The 10th Workshop on Infrared Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Accelerator Based Sources will be held September 23rd-27th
The international event WIRMS 2019, promoted by the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS) located at the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), will highlight the latest advances in experimental techniques in the infrared range in synchrotron light sources and free electrons lasers. In addition, the meeting will bring together about 100 experts in the field, including users and researchers.
Sirius, the new source of Brazilian synchrotron light, is planned to be one of the most advanced facilities of its kind in the world, opening new research perspectives in a wide range of areas. In this way, WIRMS 2019 aims specially to motivate the community around the various possibilities that will soon become available.
The event will be held at Itamambuca Eco Resort, in Ubatuba, Sao Paulo state, from September 23 to 27, 2019.
PRESSYNC is taking place between July 31st and August 2nd, 2019
Submissions are open from December 10th, 2018, to May 10th, 2019. This call is intended only for complementing proposals evaluated and executed over the last two years.


text: Fenfushi Giri is a breathtaking dive site located in the Maldives. This dive spot offers a unique experience for divers of all levels. With crystal clear waters and vibrant coral reefs, Fenfushi Giri is a paradise for underwater enthusiasts. The site is known for its diverse marine life, including colorful tropical fish, turtles, and even the occasional manta ray. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced diver, Fenfushi Giri is a must-visit destination for an unforgettable diving adventure.

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KATHMANDU: The top leaders of five opposition parties including Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, CPN-ML and Rastriya Janashakti Party on Wednesday urged President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav not to approve the budget that the prime minister, who they said was already relieved from his responsibilities as per the Interim Constitution, intended to bring through an ordinance.
Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala, CPN-UML Chairman Jhala Nath Khanal, RPP Chairman Pashupati Shumsher Rana, CPN-ML General Secretary CP Mainali and RJP Co-Chairman Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohani jointly met the head of the state at his office in Sheetal Niwas today and informed him that the opposition parties held a joint meeting yesterday and concluded that the caretaker government did not have any authority to bring the budget through ordinance in the absence of consensus among the political parties.
Referring to the media reports, the parties said the government, instead of taking an initiative to build a national consensus government, was preparing to issue the financial ordinance (budget) such that the country would be pushed to a political and constitutional crisis at the time prime minister was relived from his post after May 27.
“At this situation, it is inappropriate to bring the budget through a financial ordinance to stop the country from being pushed to further differences,” the five leaders said in a handwritten missive submitted to the President.
Mentioning that the Article 88 of Interim Constitution has let the President to decide whether or not to promulgate any ordinance as per his discretion, they said, “Thus, we request the honourable President not to approve the financial ordinance (budget) recommended by the government led by Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, who is already relieved from his position.”


EU mission to observe the rescue and marine pollution operations
Upon the invitation of the Italian Civil Protection authorities, an EU mission to observe the rescue andmarine pollution operations on the Costa Concordia cruise ship is going to be deployed today.
The goal of the six-member expert team will be to observe the rescue and marine pollution operations and to issue a report with its main findings in order to share lessons learnt with all Participating States in the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
The EU team deployed today by the Commission’s Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC) combines expertise in the fields of civil protection, marine pollution and search and rescue. The team is joined by a colleague from the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and from the Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit.
The team will produce a report to be shared with the 31 European countries which belong to the European Civil Protection Mechanism and with partners in the UN.
Source: European Commission News


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CommunityScale worked with the Town of Dedham’s staff and planning board to craft MBTA Communities compliant zoning. The zoning has been adopted and submitted to the EOHLC for approval.
Dedham is one of the 175 communities subject to the law, due to the location of three MBTA commuter rail stations within its border. As with every other MBTA community, Dedham is subject to specific requirements based on the existing number of housing units, the type of MBTA infrastructure to which it has access, and the percentage of land within a half-mile of stations that EOHLC has determined to be “developable”.
Over the course of five months, our team members worked from a broad range of options to develop several specific scenarios in GIS that investigated the implications of different zoning options. Together with the client, those scenarios were refined and vetted until a preferred option was selected.
The proposed scenario was presented to the Planning Board on January 11, 2023. It uses two overlays to achieve the required capacity. The higher density overlay uses dimensional and density requirements similar to residential developments already built or entitled near Corporate Center, at a density of roughly 30 units per acre. The lower density overlay has a density of roughly 15 units per acre.
Following adoption of the zoning, CommunityScale worked with the Town to complete EOHLC’s compliance calculator and other materials for compliance submission. More information is available on the Town’s website.

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Shiru: Been busy but I have an extra day off on Monday so here’s one chapter… For now. I was planning on doing two but I ended up going out for most of the day and attended a family dinner as well. Another chapter coming tomorrow.
The dark night sky was now dyed vermilion by the sunrise.
The sun in this world wasn’t any different from the one in my previous world. It was one of the few things that the two worlds had in common with each other. I was outside of Neah’s house and looking at the scenery. As I did so, I got ready to start today’s training.
As for why I was training so early in the morning… I just got into the habit of doing so and because it was the most convenient time for me to train while we were traveling.
After finishing my warm-up exercises, I turned my attention to a nearby tree that was about 3 meters tall. I lightly struck it with my fist, to confirm that it was sturdy.
Yup, seems fine.
I kicked off from the trunk of the tree to elevate myself and caught onto a large branch. I inverted myself and hooked my legs over the branch. From there, I started doing sit-ups.
Due to Amako’s premonition, I felt it was necessary for me to strengthen my abdominal muscles. That’s why I’m training like this but I don’t really know if it would be effective. But it’s not meaningless.
Furthermore, even without Amako’s warning, I now had another reason to train hard.
“Please… Save us… Huh…”
As I continued to do sit-ups, I thought about what happened last night.
We heard directly from her about the state of affairs. As for our decision and how we would deal with this problem…
“The village, everyone here… Please save us.”
Upon seeing the girl tearfully plead us, I was initially perplexed, but I felt an unpleasant feeling overtake me shortly after.
However, I wasn’t astonished because of the village’s dire circumstances. For someone living here to plead like this just shows that they were at their wits’ end. It was more in the sense of whether or not it was really alright for me to easily take responsibility and accept her words… ‘Save us’.
We weren’t exactly going on this journey to save people on the way. We were on a mission to save a country, and all the people living on this continent. If we saved everyone we met without exception, and we don’t achieve our initial object, it would be fine if I’m the only one who has to take responsibility for it.
As someone who has been entrusted with these letters, I must refuse this girl’s plea to save everyone here.
But as someone from the Rescue Squad— It was part of my duty to save the lives of other people, I must save her and the villagers here.
“Why don’t you tell us everything first? So that we can understand and think about what to do from here.”
In response to my suggestion, Neah-san wiped her eyes and nodded.
“The zombies suddenly made an appearance about two years ago. They emerged from a cemetery in the outskirts of the village… The villagers that were buried there had suddenly revived as zombies.”
“And the revived zombies…?”
“They caused a lot of harm, threw the village into disorder, lots of villagers were injured and… Some have left the village as well.”
If they showed up about 2 years ago, then that should be around the time that the Demon King revived. It might be something related to the awakening of the Demon King.
In addition, the zombies were people who were once a part of this village.
It was poor taste. Even if they needed corpses to reanimate, did they have to specifically choose the dead villagers and cause so much chaos to the same village?
“They have continued to indiscriminately attack traders and travelers who pass by. As a result, almost no one stops by here anymore. Also… No one in the village smiles anymore. Not knowing when the zombies will attack next has replaced happiness with fear.
“I wonder how these zombies are made to move…”
“I’m not sure about that.”
Neah-san shook her head in response to Ark-san’s pondering.
But after pausing for a few moments, she said ‘However…’ and looked at a specific spot outside the window.
“I know that the person controlling these zombies lives in a fancy-looking house not too far from here.”
The place she was looking at was shrouded in darkness. I suspect that the house was beyond that.
“But there are zombies roaming around that house day and night. Moreover, we can’t… Defeat him.”
The person controlling these zombies was a male?
Neah-san looked at the three of us for a moment and gathered her resolve to say,
“Necromancer. The ruler of the dead… The monster that controls corpses and lives in that house.”
Also known as a specialist in undead magic, it’s the monster closest to a human being. They are resurrected from the dead and had the ability to manipulate other undead— As long as they had corpses around them to control, they were a dangerous monster.
There were a lot of characteristics describing Necromancers, one of them is their large amount of magic power to control the undead at will.
Ark-san sighed for the nth time today as he finished summarizing the explanation in his own head and spoke,
“If you have a Necromancer here, then it’s obvious that the villagers would be having a hard time. The Necromancer could easily command all those loitering zombies to attack us if we were to charge in, it’s a very annoying and troublesome opponent.”
“Ark-san, just about how strong is a Necromancer by itself?”
“If you were to face its real body, it’s not very strong. But the strong point of Necromancers is their ability to command hordes. These zombies, so to speak, will be under its control until their very limits— With the exception of someone who has excellent physical ability like you, Usato-dono, it’s a difficult enemy for most. Even for someone like me that uses fire magic, I don’t have an infinite source of magic power. If the fight is drawn-out, we would certainly be at a disadvantage.”
……To put it simply, the Necromancer would be the king in Shogi, and the zombies that won’t go down would be the pawns.
What an annoying opponent. We didn’t know how many zombies there are either.
If it were just some bandits, I would be more enthusiastic. But I didn’t think that I would be up against a dangerous entity like a Necromancer. The main point was our limited amount of time in a fight against the zombies. If we defeated zombies little by little to reach the Necromancer, we wouldn’t last for very long. It was probably impossible to settle it immediately too.
Neah-san spoke, breaking the silence.
“We’re fine. I’ve been saved by you already, despite that, I’m shamelessly asking for you to save me again… That’s why… It’s fine already.”
Seeing the sorrow on her face and how she spoke in broken sentences, I realized that my cheeks had become tense.
T-there’s no way I could neglect this… If you show me a face full of despair, wouldn’t I be crushed by the guilt and immediately answer ‘Yes, of course I’ll help.’?
Just as I looked toward Ark-san, he spoke, answering the question I was about to ask.
“I will leave the decision to you. I will abide by your choice.”
You’re leaving it up to me…
I guess it was to be expected since Ark-san was accompanying me as a guard but this was difficult.
“Do we have any chance of succeeding?”
“More or less. But it’ll be essential for you and Amako-dono to play an active part…”
Amako and me?
I didn’t know what was up with this strange pairing but perhaps there was some sort of plan to raise our chances of success.
But before that, I had to confirm what Amako wanted to do…
“Amako, what do you think is the best thing to do?”
“…I’ll follow along with what you decide, Usato. But personally, I want to save them.”
Despite saying you would follow along with what I’ll decide, you smoothly added that you want to save them… You are just…
While the two of them looked expectantly at me from both sides, I sighed.
In front of me, Neah-san was looking at me with uneasy eyes. It was impossible to choose the option of abandoning her. In fact, it felt like I would regret this decision for the rest of my life when I look at her like this.
“Neah-san, are physical attacks effective against that Necromancer?”
“Eh!? I-it does have a real body, so it should be effective… I think.”
My sole concern disappeared.
I made eye contact with Neah-san. I raised my hand towards my chest and grasped tightly.
“It’ll be settled if I just knock him out. I should quickly beat up this Necromancer that’s causing a nuisance to everyone in the village so that it can be peaceful again.”
It made me feel sick to think that there was someone who would control the dead villagers to cause trouble for the same village.
Neah-san held her hand against her mouth once she heard my words. The village’s situation must be really bad. I was looking at her in concern because she was deeply moved, to the point that her body was trembling.
“Thank you, very much… I was, always anxious… Afraid…”
“Ah, don’t cry, don’t cry.”
It’s fine if you are delighted but please spare me from the tears.
Neah-san held both of her hands against her face to conceal her tears. Then, an unexpected voice greeted us.
“I’ve heard everything.”
Tetra-san wiped her hands as she entered the room.
Neah-san, whose eyes were now a little red, looked astonished at Tetra-san who sat next to her.
“It looks like you’ve talked quite a bit during the time I wasn’t present. But I have a good grasp of the contents. Thank you. Whether it is this child or the strangers in this village you would save… However, we just can’t leave everything to your group.”
“In other words?”
I thought it would just be me and Ark-san, along with Amako and Bluerin for support. But it looks like Tetra-san won’t just make us do everything.
As I asked, Tetra-san lifted her head and gave a gentle smile.
“I’ll talk with the village chief tomorrow. Maybe get some young men to accompany your group and take down the monster dwelling in that dark mansion…. It’s probably better to have more people, right?”
“Yes. It would actually be better to have more numbers for this plan to succeed.”
Nevertheless… Zombies and a Necromancer, huh. For an event that we happen to come across in a village, it was a fairly ‘dangerous’ one.
Afterwards, we all went into our respective rooms to rest.
It’s been a while since I’ve slept on a soft bed so a lot of the fatigue I’ve accumulated is now gone. With Amako’s identity as a Beastkin, it was difficult to find a safe place to rest. It might have been the correct choice to receive Neah-san and Tetra-san’s kindness.
I continued with my training, feeling grateful for the two of them.
“Fuh…… Fuh…… Fuh.”
As I’m up against a Necromancer, I should do whatever I can and make the proper preparations.
For the time being, it’s muscle training.
Diligently forging my muscles like this, only training won’t betray me.
To achieve the results I desired, I continued to train my own body.
“Wait, aren’t I immersing myself a little too much into training…?”
Well, there was no point in questioning it now.
Without taking any breaks, I did sit-ups, then healed myself for about 30 minutes.
My body felt warmed up now, so I carefully descended from the tree.
“Yeah… It’s gotten a lot brighter now.”
Before I noticed it, my surroundings were much brighter and I could observe the village in greater detail.
“From the appearance alone, it looks like a peaceful village, but…”
If I didn’t know anything, I would think it’s just an ordinary village.
But someone was disturbing the peace and putting this village in danger.
……This wasn’t good. I shouldn’t think too much about this or more violent emotions might overcome me.
“Anyways, I guess I should start again.”
After taking a deep breath, I jumped and grabbed the large branch again. I was going to do chin ups with one arm this time— Or that was my intention, but I noticed someone’s silhouette behind the door and dropped back to the ground again.
Who would be up this early? I tilted my head to the side and faced the door. It looked like the other party realized that I had noticed them and opened the door with reservation.
The person who appeared was Neah-san.
Why was she up at this time…?
“Ah, sorry. Did I wake you up?”
“Eh, ah, that’s not it! I always wake up at this time, so I noticed that you weren’t in your room, Usato-san… Because of that…”
“Hahaha, calm down. I understand.”
So that’s why she realized.
From her personality, she was probably hesitating and didn’t know when it would be a good time to step out from the door to greet me.
She took slow breaths and calmed down. Then she looked at me with eyes full of curiosity.
“Do you always train?”
“Umm, I’m sorry if I’m wrong but… Usato-san, you operate your healing magic as you move your body, right?”
“Hmm, that’s a little off.”
When I first started, that was certainly the case. But recently, it’s been different.
It was right after the battle against the Demon King’s army that I wanted to change how I used healing magic.
“It’s a good thing that healing magic can heal my fatigue which causes me to not feel tired but… There’s a big problem with using my healing magic all the time. It’s just not efficient. Furthermore, it’s not effective to train like that.”
“In that case, how do you train…?”
How I would normally train is… I would push my body to its very limits and use healing magic. Then continue to endlessly repeat this process.
A continuous cycle of destruction and restoration. Something like that? That sounds a little too cool though.
“I push myself to my very limits and use healing magic. Then I push my healing magic itself to its very limit, until I can no longer use it. I repeat this over and over.”
“I didn’t think you could use healing magic like that…… No wonder you’re superhuman…”
Hearing her uneasy voice, I asked if something was wrong. But she just waved her hands in panic and told me it was nothing.
I felt like I heard a voice from her I shouldn’t have. Don’t tell me.. that was bloodlust? She looked like a quiet and obedient girl but maybe her real personality was harsher? …..I shouldn’t think about it too much.
I made sure to not show the disturbance I felt in my gut, and pretended to be calm.
“That reminds me, what country are you from, Usato-san?”
“Eh? What country I’m from?”
I’m from another world… No way I could say that.
Unlike Kiriha and the others who I trusted to a certain extent from our time together, it was probably a better idea not to involve a girl I had only met yesterday and tell her I was from another world.
“The Kingdom of Lyngle.”
“It’s quite a distance away from here… But why are you traveling? Since you are going past this village, I understand that the place you’re heading to is Samariel but… You don’t look like traders…”
Just how much could I tell her…?
It probably isn’t necessary to tell her about Amako’s foresight and how I’m on a journey to save her mother. It’s enough for me to talk about how I’m a journey to deliver these letters to inform about the danger of the Demon King’s army.
I gave a simple explanation to her about the fight with the Demon King’s army, the letters, and my time in Luquis.
Of course, I omitted some parts.
“It seems like a difficult journey…”
“That’s right. Even so, we have to do it. At any rate, the entire continent might be at risk due to the Demon King if nothing is done.”
“The Demon King, an existence that was defeated by a hero long before I was born…”
Before she was born… It was several hundred years ago, so obviously she wasn’t born yet.
However, I really wonder what the previous hero, before Senpai and Kazuki, was like. I didn’t know anything except for the fact that they’re a legendary person who took down the Demon King. I wonder just how strong they are.
In the present, they were like someone from a fairy-tale so there was probably no real way of knowing.
“In addition, thinking that the Demons will come and attack in large numbers… It’s frightening.”
“The Demonkin aren’t as scary as you imagine them to be, you know? At the very least, the Demon we’re looking after is a sore loser and useless.”
Which reminds me, I wonder how she’ll react when she meets Nack.
She might abuse her senpai status and tease him… Nack was Nack, he had an oddly serious personality. He might overwork himself. I could also imagine him crumbling under Rose’s intimidation.
I wryly smiled as I dwelled on these thoughts.
“It’s not a Beastkin like Amako, it’s another acquaintance of yours? It might be rude of me to say this but I really think that’s unusual.”
“I’m aware of it. Leader, or the person who taught me, had already told me at that time that I’m a peculiar person.”
It’s a little sad for me to say it myself.
What do you mean, peculiar person…
“But I’m envious.”
It seemed she secretly felt down on the inside, as she looked troubled, and her gaze wandered off into the distance.
Hm? The weather looked like it might change. The clouds were covering the sky.
“From the time I was born, I lived here all my life. It’s gotten to a point where I’m tired of seeing the same scenery. I even remember all the faces of the few villagers that live here. That’s why I can only learn about new things from people I don’t know. I have a thirst for knowledge and want to satisfy my curiosity…”
“Tetra-san didn’t teach you anything?”
That person looked like she had plenty of life experience.
She lost her smile when she heard my careless words. Her eyes were no longer bright as she looked at me and she spoke without any expression,
“……Since I became old enough to understand what was happening around me, Tetra-san, who had picked me up, had taught me countless, valuable things. However, there’s a limit. The thing known as knowledge is continuously flowing throughout the world… Since you’re bearing an important mission, you’re allowed to freely visit other worlds. That’s why, I’m… envious of you.”
After Nack, this time it was Neah-san. I’m not a counselor so why do I keep getting acquainted with people that have problems?
I mean, she was born without knowing who her parents are and she was actually envious of me.
Is this how the youngsters felt in the rural areas? Just what do you want me to do? Healing magic won’t heal the pain in your heart, you know?
“Ah……. Eh, I’m sorry for saying something weird! You didn’t do anything wrong, Usato-san…”
“No, I was too insensitive. Sorry.”
It seemed like she had come to her senses as her face went pale and she bowed her head to apologize.
This was really unpleasant… This was all that Necromancer’s fault. It was possible that he and the zombies he was controlling was the cause for the mysterious disappearances.
“…Well then, I’m going to continue training.”
It seemed like she needs to prepare breakfast since she bowed again and quickly retreated back into the house.
Because of her, those words slipped from my mouth.
There certainly wasn’t a good place to study properly in this village. She could probably only gather information about the world outside from the gossip of traders and travelers.
She couldn’t just easily say, ‘can I go outside?’ either.
She was a girl that wasn’t too far apart from me in age. It was too much to ask for an ordinary girl like this to travel. She could encounter bandits and monsters along the way.
“For the time being, I should focus on the problem of the Necromancer.”
As I murmured to myself, I grabbed the large branch once more and resumed my training.
During lunch time, Ark-san and I were invited by Tetra-san to head over and talk with the village chief.
I didn’t want to make Amako wear her hood every time we go out so she was staying at the house with Neah-san. The talk began with 5 people—me, Ark-san, Tetra-san, the village chief, and a young man.
It seemed like Tetra-san had already mentioned that we had intended to defeat the Necromancer since the village chief didn’t explain anything, but—
“…We are all very grateful for your intentions but… Honestly, it’s very difficult for me to agree to fight that monster.”
The Chief stroked his grand beard and spoke harshly.
“Why is that the case?”
“We don’t want to carelessly invoke the Necromancer’s anger. It’s possible for this village to be destroyed. But more importantly, we don’t know how strong all of you are.”
In other words, they didn’t want to make the situation any worse.
What should we do, Ark-san? I glanced at Ark-san who was beside me. It seemed like he had expected this response from the Chief and started to speak in a gentle tone.
“We have someone capable of using fire magic in our group, which is something the zombies are weak to. In addition, Usato-dono, the person beside me, can single-handedly crush a group of zombies underfoot. In terms of fighting strength, you can think of him as a very dexterous magician.”
“This young man can single-handedly defeat those zombies…”
Ark-san… I don’t think it’s a good idea to use a term like ‘crush underfoot’. It’s very easy to misunderstand.
Look, the Chief and the person behind him were both gazing at me with their eyes wide open…
“Tetra-san, is it really true?”
“I didn’t see it myself but, it seemed like that’s what really happened according to Neah.”
“…I can’t imagine that child lying…”
The Chief was puzzled when he heard Tetra-san’s words and folded his arms.
“Hmmm, you two… How do you plan to defeat the Necromancer?”
“Using diversion tactics.”
“Yes, we’ll act as bait for the zombies. During that time, Usato-dono will slip through the wall of zombies alone. Without being aware of his existence, he will infiltrate the mansion. It will depend on if he can find the Necromancer but once he does, he’ll defeat him… The plan is something like that.”
It was an unexpectedly simple plan.
It was easy to understand what to do.
“Will you really be able to easily enter that mansion like that…?”
“There’s no problem with that part. Within our group, we also have someone who excels in detection magic.”
So this is where Amako’s magic will play a role…
If we used her foresight, we could easily find a hole and slip past their detection. We’ll be able to know the movements of the zombies inside the mansion as well.
Then I’ll appear right behind the Necromancer and give a ‘bang!’ with my punch and immediately settle everything.
“What do you think? I think it’s a plan with a good chance of success…?”
After Ark-san spoke, the Chief didn’t say anything. After 30 or so seconds passed, he opened his mouth to break the silence.
“We are powerless… Even if we can defeat the zombies, nothing will change as long as we don’t defeat the Necromancer. The Necromancer might just retaliate against us, causing a great number of people to be injured…”
“Besides that, some of those zombies… They were our family and friends. It’s painful for us to face them… But above all this, what I fear the most is that once I pass away, I’ll be revived as a monster that will attack my grandchildren, son, wife, and friends that I’ve tried to protect.”
The person behind the Chief showed a sorrowful expression once he heard the Chief’s depressing words.
To be unable to comprehend after your death that your own body is attacking the people you once knew…. It was a scary thought. It was likely that this person had seen the zombie of someone he once knew… And had to take care of it with his own hands.
“I’ve already had enough. I can’t let that monster do whatever it wants… The deceased should rest in peace. Usato-dono, Ark-dono, let me personally request this. Please let us cooperate.”
“I warmly welcome it. However, if it’s dangerous, please withdraw.”
The Chief put his hands on the table and gave a deep bow.
That’s true… Seeing people you once knew being manipulated like puppets and having to fight against them was very demoralizing. As expected, the Necromancer’s power was in really poor taste.
Anyhow, we obtained the cooperation of the villagers. There was one more thing that was on my mind.
“Ark-san, when will I infiltrate the mansion?”
“Not yet. The zombies are more active in the day time so it would be best to start the plan at night. Also, it should be easier for you to sneak in when it’s dark.”
Looks like I’ll be going at night, huh. Even if it was unlikely for me to be spotted by the zombies, there was no guarantee.
Moreover, a western-style mansion like that is usually affiliated with the horror genre. The fact that I know a Necromancer is dwelling within that mansion… Spooky things really are scary.
“In that case, we’ll be attacking tonight?”
Once the Chief saw Ark-san nod, he turned to address the person behind him.
“Gather all the young men in the village. Tell them that we’ll subjugate that vile Necromancer tonight. But don’t pressure them. Only get the ones who have the resolve to fight. Naturally, you’re no exception. Don’t force yourself.”
“Yes, but Chief, you…”
“I don’t have much longer, I will be accompanying them and overseeing the battle.”
“……………I understand. I will inform them.”
The villager nodded at the Chief’s words. He then gave a bow before running out.
With this, we would have help from the villagers. I just had to make preparations until night time…
I turned towards the window and looked outside. I couldn’t see it—the forest blocked my view—but beyond the treeline was the mansion where the monster manipulating the dead dwelled. We would be blocked by zombies, all of which possess a tremendous amount of physical strength and endurance.
“Just you wait, Necromancer.”
I’ll leave the zombies to Ark-san and the villagers. Amako and I— Will use a cowardly and unfair method to reach the person controlling the dead and beat him up.
Although I could feel fighting spirit welling up within me, I feigned calm and raked my fingers through my bangs.
“…What a look on his face… It looks reliable…”
“He really has become similar to Rose. As expected of Usato-dono.”
The Chief and Ark-san voiced their thoughts, seeing something in my expression. The Chief sounded afraid while Ark-san was enthusiastic.
What do you mean… Reliable look.. Similar to Rose?
There’s no way I could make such a dreadful face…… Probably.

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Here is a PPSh-41 variant from Vietnam via red China. It is the K-50M version of the PLA K-50 smg which itself is a chinese PPSh-41.
This smg is a cool "manchurian kandidate" for a pistol. K-50M parts kits are not available so you would use a "regular" PPSh-41 as a starting point. An AK pistol grip and shortened front sight must be added. The barrel jacket is cut back and squeezed down to a small bushing (washer ??).
As a pistol the wire stock (a copy of the French MAT-49) is deleted. If used it would be a SBR and require registration as an NFA item. The action etc is of course altered for semi-only operation as is done with other PPSh-41 builds.
MAN THAT LOOKS BAD ASS I WANT ONE
I think you should market them!
Well I have not worked in quite sometime now and the price of kits just keeps going up so unless I can luck up on one of these kits cheap from someone NOT trying to put their three kids through college AND retire on the sale of that ONE kit, then I will have to let it go, BUT, should one of you fine folks build it, PLEASE post some pics!
Thanks for the input from you guys, I really appreciate it, now back to the Uzi and AMD-65 pistol builds.
Yup, this economy really sucks and crimps cool builds but so has the gov't with its' BS import restricting.
For an econo approach to a semi K-50M pistol build you can squeeze by with just a PPSh-41 bolt and lower frame. All the other parts can be scratched out of barsock, sheet metal, and recycled AK bits. The barrel can be from a .308 blank rechambered or what ever you can find in 7.62x25mm Tokarev. The PPSh-41 mags are avaiable as well as drums. Drawings are available for many PPSh-41 parts.
A mill, and welder will be needed as well as lots of spare time.
Last May when this thread was evolving these parts were available. Today will require serious shopping to find them.
Some more K-50M info for econo builders...
Bolts = $45.oo from MGS
lower frame (Chinese) = $35.oo from Omega Weapons Syst.
toasty barrel = $25.oo from Omega Weapons Syst.
complete PPSH-41 kit (less barrel) = $169.95 from MGS (Military Gun Supply, TX).
Hope this shines some light.


Sheriff Elder to Receive National Alliance on Mental Illness Advocate of the Year Award
Sheriff Elder will be recognized as the the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Advocate of the Year at NAMI's Eight Annual Fundraising Breakfast on Thursday, May 3, 2018, 7:30 AM, at the Broadmoor International Center, located at 21 Lake Circle in Colorado Springs.
Since being elected Sheriff in 2015, Bill Elder has shown a great commitment to ensuring his Office responds responds appropriately to mental health-related calls. Under Sheriff Elder, every Patrol and Detentions Deputy is completing eight-hour Mental Health First Aid training.
Four Deputies have gone through another week of training to become certified Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) teachers. The El Paso County Sheriff's Office also sends Deputies through Crisis Intervention Training (CIT), a 40-hour program it organizes and manages with the Colorado Springs Police Department.
Sheriff Elder has worked with El Paso County Public Health to secure a grant bringing a “Co-Responder” policing model to rural and unincorporated areas of the county. Beginning in July of 2018, Elder’s Office will be able to respond to mental health-related calls with a special team that includes a mental health professional.
"Addressing mental health issues is a priority for the El Paso County Sheriff's Office. Mental health issues affect every aspect of law enforcement from encounters on the street through to incarceration. I am committed to making sure our workforce is well prepared to respond and deal with the segment of our population."
~Sheriff Bill Elder


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Pound Ridge native Fleischer, former White House press secretary to President George W. Bush, turned 55 Tuesday.
Former press secretary to several Republican candidates and office-holders, Lawrence Ari Fleischer was born Oct. 13, 1960, to Martha, and Alan Fleischer.
These days, Fleischer works in sports media, representing various organizations and athletes. Past clients include Tiger Woods, Mark McGwire and the Green Bay Packers.
His company Ari Fleischer Sports Communications is based in White Plains.
A graduate of Fox Lane High School in Bedford and Middlebury College in Vermont, Fleischer got his start as press secretary for Jon Fossel, a Republican running for Congress from New York. In 1985, he worked as the field director for the National Republican Congressional committee before going back to being a press secretary in 1988.
He worked as deputy communications director for George H.W. Bush's 1992 re-election campaign and as communications director for Elizabeth Dole's 2000 presidential bid. Then he joined the younger Bush after Dole dropped out of the race.
After Bush's election, Fleischer became Bush's first press secretary until he left the job in 2003.
In 2005, Fleischer published a memoir titled, "Taking Heat: The President, the Press and My Years in the White House." He was portrayed by Rob Corddry in Oliver Stone's 2008 film "W."
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Shakti Mohan Biography :
RealName: Shakti Mohan
Profession: Dancer, Actor
Physical Stats & More
Height – 5feet 4 inches
Weight- 52 kgs
Eye Colour: Black
Hair Colour: Black
Personal Details :
Date of Birth: 12th October 1985
Age(as in 2019) : 34
Zodiac Sign: Libra
School: Birla Balika Vidyapeeth, Pilani, Rajasthan, India
Presently staying: Staying in Mumbai since 2006.
College: St.Xavier’s College, Mumbai
: Terence Professional Training Institute(TLPTI)
Education Qualification: Master of Arts (M.A) in Political Science
: Diploma in Dance Foundation Course (DILFC)
Debut: As Actress in Tees Maar Khan(in 2010)
: In Tv in Dance Reality Show Dance India Dance Season 2 (2009-10)
Family Details :
Father: Brij Mohan Sharma
Mother: Kusum Mohan
Sisters: NeetiMohan, Kriti Mohan, Mukti Mohan
Hobbies: Dance is a profession and hobby also
Favourite Things :
Favourite Hero: Hrithik Roshan, Sharukkhan
Favourite Actress: Madhuri Dixit
Favourite Cusine: Indian
Favourite Food: Roti and Dal
Favourite Dessert: Honey noodles with icecream
Favourite Colour: Red
Favourite Film: Andaz Apna Apna(1994)
Favourite Musician: A.R.Rahaman
Favourite Destination: Maldives
Personal Life, Boyfriend, Affairs and More
Marriage Status: Unmarried
Affairs /Boyfriend: Kunwar Amar (Actor & Dancer)
Interesting Facts :
- Sakthi Mohan is a well trained Contemporary Dancer.
- Sakthi has a dream of IAS officer in childhood.
- Shakti Mohan is a Professional Indian dancer and television personality.
- Sakthi Mohan had big Achievement after winning Dance India Dance season 2(zee tv)
- She acts as Captain for Dance Plus show from 2015 season.
- Sakthi is also part of dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 2014 and she is one of the finalists.
Sad Incident: In Childhood Sakthi met with an accident badly. Doctors declared she can’t walk any more. But by gods grace, Family and Friends Support she recovered and we are seeing a good dancer.
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- Twitter: https://twitter.com/mohanshakti
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mohanshakti
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NrityaShakti


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COLLIN COUNTY, TX -- An Oklahoma man was arrested in Collin County, Texas Tuesday night for first degree murder.
OSBI agents say former Cordell resident 36-year-old Ronnie Denny Junior was arrested in connection with a several year old murder case.
Because the arrest warrant is based upon a sealed indictment, OSBI cannot release any information at this time about the case.
Denny was booked into the Collin County jail and is expected to be extradited to Washita County soon.
That indictment will be unsealed once Denny is extradited.


Superstar Kamal Haasan has found himself in the cross hairs of a fringe group in Tamil Nadu, reportedly due to his role as host of the reality show Bigg Boss Tamil.
Kamal Haasan on the sets of Bigg Boss Tamil. Screengrab
This is the first-ever season of Bigg Boss Tamil, which was launched on 25 June 2017 on the Star Vijay channel.
As per a Times Now report telecast on 11 July 2017, the fringe group — which goes under the moniker Hindu Makkal Katchi — has asked for Haasan's arrest on the grounds of 'tarnishing Tamil culture' by hosting a show like Bigg Boss.
Veeramaanickam Siva, the secretary of Hindu Makkal Katchi, has filed a complaint against the makers of the show and Kamal Haasan with the Commissioner of Police, Chennai.
"People of India are paragons of virtue. Indian television channels, nowadays, are acting in a way to wreck the Indian culture. The Bigg Boss program in Vijay TV overthrows every other show on television in tarnishing the Indian culture and Tamil traditions. People who don't know each other wearing slinky clothes and using crass language erode our social values and are a threat to our culture. We are in the times where television is accessible from kids to elders, and these kind of programs are a menace to our society. Even the respectable Tamil anthem was subjected to disgrace in the show and contestants made a mockery of it. This has deeply hurt the sentiments of 7 crore Tamilians. The host Kamal Hassan and the participants Namitha, Oviya, Gayathri Raguran, Julie, Raiza, Haarathi, Vayyapuri, Shakthi, Ganja Karuppu, Aarav, Snehan, Bharani, Ganesh Venkatraaman should be arrested immediately and I seek legal action from the police department. The reality show should be immediately banned to save the Tamil culture and values," read the letter addressed to the police commissioner.
Haasan has been a vocal opponent of the 30 percent local tax imposed by the Tamil Nadu government on the state's film industry over and above the newly implemented Goods and Services Tax (GST). He hit back and promptly responded to the accusations in his interview to the news channel Republic sometime back.
"I don't mind being arrested. It would make a point in proving how silly these accusations are. Why didn't they call for a ban on cheerleaders dancing in the stadium during a cricket match?" said Haasan.
Asked about why he's being targeted by the fringe groups time and again, he said, "I'm mistaken to be a Communist by Hindutva groups. The truth is I'm a rationalist. I am willing to accept any good ideas coming from either side as long as it works along with the world logic."
When he had taken on the anchor's gig for Bigg Boss Tamil, the actor had said, "Bigg Boss is a social experiment. That's the reason I came on board", further quoting Tamil philosopher Kaniyan Poongundranaar's famous saying: "To us, all towns are one, all men our kin" as the crux of the show's concept.
It was just in March this year that the HMK had targeted Haasan, ostensibly for making 'derogatory' remarks about the Mahabharata. The right-wing group had then filed a PIL against the actor.


Resident’s dismay after Alperton street is stripped bare by Brent Council
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Leaves and branches of trees in Stanley Avenue chopped off
This time of year normally see trees across the land rediscover their leaves and blossom into life, a welcome sign that the warmer weather has arrived, unless you happen to live in a certain Alperton street.
Residents in Stanley Avenue were left perplexed when they discovered council officials had hired workers to go down the street and chop the leaves and branches of the road’s trees.
Shirley Mephan, who lives on the street, told the Times it was done completely without warning and she returned from a week away to find they had been stripped bare.
She told the Times: “They have completely cut the tops off at least eight to 10 trees just as they were flourishing. It seems like a very unnecessary thing to do.
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“Me and other residents used to enjoy looking at them but now it looks horrible. I cant see why they have done it.”
A council spokesman told the Times: “There are a number of mature trees in Stanley Avenue which need to be managed as part of this year’s tree maintenance programme to ensure they remain healthy and stable.
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“Heavily pruning or pollarding trees is part of the management process and may look extreme but allows new growth which doesn’t undermine the stability of the tree.
“We can also confirm that tree has been felled on the junction of Ealing Road and Stanley Avenue because it was dying.”
last months residents in Kempe Road, Queen’s Park narrowly avoided having 20 trees felled along the street after complaining to the council who binned the plans.