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Collaborative care models – optometrists and ophthalmologists working together on patient care – are emerging as a way to reduce some of the strain caused by growing patient volume. This could also be the tonic for declining reimbursements and a boon for premium intraocular lens options.
Looking at some of the numbers – 76 million baby boomers needing cataract surgery but only about 431 new ophthalmologists joining the ranks each year – shows collaborative care is the prevailing paradigm for meeting that need. Here’s how some leaders in optometry and ophthalmology imagine this care model.
No Longer an Option
To William Wiley, MD, of the Cleveland Eye Clinic, collaborative care is no longer an option. “In the past, I think it was sort of an option and maybe a unique business model that certain practices were using,” he said. “But going forward I think it truly is key.”
The collaborative care model can consist of optometrists and ophthalmologists co-managing patients either within the walls of the same practice or across separate practices, but Dr. Wiley said the traditional model of an ophthalmologist seeing the patient for every preoperative visit or for primary care for years and then doing cataract surgery won’t save the patient base. Optometry and ophthalmology have to work together to serve patients, he said.
Most of the patients William Trattler, MD, sees who come in for cataract surgery aren’t quite ready for it. He may inform some of these patients that they have a form of pathology – for example, dry eye disease or meibomian gland dysfunction – and that those conditions will need to be treated before the cataract surgery.
Dr. Trattler, director of cornea at the Center For Excellence In Eyecare in Miami, pointed out that he agrees with Dr. Wiley: “I think collaborative care, working together as a team, is the key for being successful.”
No Longer Outliers
Thomas Chester, OD, clinical director at Cleveland Eye Clinic, said he is heartened to hear these opinions from progressive ophthalmologists. Progressive optometrists have been saying this for years, he said.
“Twenty years ago it was that the progressive OD/MD practices were outliers,” he said. “But now I think out of necessity, in order to provide good patient care, we’re going to have to do that.”
A specific area where ODs and MDs can collaborate is on patient education, particularly when it comes to premium intraocular lens (IOL) options. That could help make up for drops in reimbursements, which have declined 15%, said Paul Karpecki, OD, of the UPike College of Optometry/Kentucky Eye Institute.
The opportunity exists. He noted that as premium IOLs have continued to advance, their market share hasn’t; only 6% to 8% of patients look at some of the premium technologies. This isn’t a financial decision. Dr. Karpecki cited a study that showed 24% of patients have the disposable income needed to choose premium IOLs. “Is that just a lack of education in optometry, on these premium IOLs? Is it fear?” he asked. “What could we do in terms of education?”
Overcoming the Cost Issue
Dr. Chester pointed out that for years great effort was put into educating optometrists about co-management of refractive cases, but that not much attention has been paid to educating patients about refractive and cataract options.
But he also brought up a second point. “There is a cost issue,” he said, “but I think it’s not necessarily the patient; it may be the provider. I think we look at it as the cost of a procedure, as opposed to a perceived value, a lifestyle change. I think perceived value is something that we need to address, instead of thinking of it purely from a cost standpoint.”
Added Elise Kramer, OD, of the Miami Contact Lens Institute: “I think we’re afraid to talk about money with our patients, and I think that’s our non-entrepreneur side, our more medical side.” But patients are probably willing to pay, she said. “It’s a onetime surgery; it’s their eyes.”
That education should start in the optometrist’s office, said Dr. Kramer. That’s often where the cataract is first detected, leading to the referral for surgery. “If we tell them this is the highest technology available, the best out there, then they walk into their ophthalmologist’s office with that already in mind,” she said.
How optometrists and ophthalmologists think about collaborative care also needs to change, added Dr. Chester. “I think the big fear is that it’s a pay for referral,” he said. “But I think what we really need to look at is the provider that’s performing the service is being paid for that service. So if there’s perioperative care on the front end, whether it’s managing the ocular surface, postoperatively fine tuning the contact lens refraction, etc., then that provider is being compensated for their time.”
Necessity for that collaboration is going to come from the financial side, Dr. Chester stated, “because they’re being paid for the work that they’re doing.”
These comments were provided by the speakers during a panel discussion at OIS@SECO 2020 in Atlanta.

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The customization period for this coming Wednesday's (November 30th) farm share is now OPEN and will remain so until midnight tonight, Sunday (11/27). If you'd like to review or edit the items in your harvest NOW is the time to do so. Once again, we have a robust list of crops available for this week's harvest , so if you do want to delete, swap, or add items you have some choices available to you. If the link in this email doesn't connect you to your customization page, you can always log directly into your Harvie member account and customize from that location.
This Week's Photo: Alas, all good things, especially those subject to frost and seasonal decline, must come to an end. Lauren, Arden, and Ashley begin the dusty and melancholy task of removing the spent tomato vines from one of our greenhouses. It was a bountiful year for this most esteemed of vegetables, in no small part due to the consistent and thorough attention the vines received from our able and tomato loving crew. We hope you enjoyed the color, variety, and flavor of this year's crop as much as we did.
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The term ‘material handling equipment’ might be of immense help if you own a production environment. Because you will need the right piece of equipment for moving heavy objects in your warehouse. Any piece of equipment that helps you with this process is better known as material handling equipment. The equipment assists you in your business-critical tasks from handling the transportation to storage to control at any stage of the processing of materials.
Different Types of Material Handling Equipment
The four commonly used material handling equipment include engineered systems, storage, and bulk material handling and industrial trucks.
Engineered systems units refer to the Automated Storage and Retrieval System that work cohesively to enable storage and transportation. These systems can perform fully automated functions for example: locating a storage item’s location and retrieve it at the same time for other uses. Generally, it involves racks, aisles and shelves accessible by a “shuttle” system of retrieval.
Conveyor systems – depending on what they need to transport, they come in a variety of types such as vibrating, vertical, chain, apron and overhead conveyors.
Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGV) – meant to be independent computer-operated trucks that transport loads easily along a predetermined path, with sensors and detectors to avoid suspected collisions.
Storage and Handling Equipment
Storage equipment fits best non-automated examples, which are coupled with engineered systems. Storage equipment hold or buffer materials during times when they are idle. These temporary pausing periods are observed in long-term transportation or long-term storage due to the excessive buildup of stock. Storage equipment includes shelves, pallets or racks onto which materials are stacked to endure transportation or consumption while being in inventory.
- Stacking materials like blocks and crushable pallets of inventory, like containers of liquid, to be stacked in an orderly manner to save space.
- Good for bins, shelves and drawers, to keep materials and products stored and organized. Typical types include cantilever, boltless, revolving, and tie-down.
- Used for mezzanines to enlarge floor space in a warehouse or other storage building for corporate sectors. Common types are modular, movable, rack supported, building supported, free-standing etc.
Bulk Material Handling Equipment
Bulk material handling equipment caters to transportation storing, and control of materials available in bulk form. These materials can be food, liquid, or even minerals, and to move them safely, often material handling equipment such as conveyor belts or elevators are designed.
Conveyors – accommodate different types of bulk material.
Automated stackers – that usually look after pile bulk material onto stockpiles, for moving them between two points along rails in a yard.
Grain elevators – refers to tall buildings designed for storing grain. They carry the grain to the top of the elevator, where it is sent ahead for processing.
Silos – large storage structures mainly for bulk materials such as bunker, tower, and bag silos.
Industrial Material Handling Trucks
These are items and vehicles used to move materials and products for different purposes. These trucks employ a variety of characteristics to make them eligible for multiple operations. Some trucks come in forks, as in a forklift, or a flat surface while other trucks house a separate piece of equipment for loading. Trucks, depending on the requirement, can be manual or powered lift and notably, an operation can range from walk to ride.
- Hand trucks feature a small platform to set the edge of a heavy object on, and a long handle that gives leverage. The material to be transported rests on the handle, and is carried at a tilt to its destination.
- Walkie Stackers come in both powered and manual versions and transport and lift pallets similar to a forklift. Point to be noted, they don’t carry a place for the operator to ride in.
- Sideloaders, also known as VNA (Very Narrow Aisle) trucks, are optimal for narrow warehouse aisles and can load objects from different directions.
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Rochester voters hit the polls yesterday to choose their democratic candidates. The winners will head to the November ballot and compete against candidates from other parties.
A couple of standout facts about this election? The turnout was higher than Rochester’s last mayoral election year, according to the Democrat and Chronicle. This may be because of all the discussion drummed up by the debate in the last few days or the amount of new energy generated by challengers to City Council. For the most part, incumbents stayed in office but there were a couple challengers who managed to fight their way in. Check out the full list of winners:
Mayor: Lovely A. Warren
This was perhaps the biggest race in the area. Challenged by James Sheppard, a former police chief, and Rachel Barnhart, a former journalist, the mayor pulled off a large victory, taking more than 60 percent of the vote. Sheppard pulled roughly 22 percent and Rachel Barnhart just 16 percent.
“We had a positive message,” said Warren in a speech after her victory. She said her challengers tries to distort that message but ultimately her campaign prevailed.
City Council: Loretta Scott, Malik Evans, Willie Lightfoot Jr., Jackie Ortiz, and Mitch Gruber
City Council was another hot race all summer, if only because there were so many challengers. By Primary Day there were 13. There were also big issues like Parcel 5, police accountability and future development looming, which kept City Council in voters’ minds.
Gruber managed to grab a seat, though other popular challengers Shawn Dunwoody and Mary Lupien did not. Former Councilmember Dana Miller lost his seat.
School Board: Van White, Cynthia Elliot and Natalie Sheppard
This low-key race impacts the future of Rochester students. Incumbents Van White and Cynthia Elliot were able to keep their seats and they’re now joined by newcomer Natalie Sheppard.

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I have the same blood pressure as you – but I have had it all my life – boderline hypertension some say but I have led a very normal life and not done anything to fight high blood pressure. I am 63 and have done moderate exercise all my life – BMP is about 26. I think this article is excellent. Medicine will kill you eventually – seen it happen too often.
Certain groups of people—the elderly, African Americans, and those with a family history of high blood pressure—are more likely than others to have blood pressure that's particularly salt-sensitive. But because there's no way to tell whether any one individual is at risk, everyone should consume less sodium, says Eva Obarzanek, PhD, a research nutritionist at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Meditate or take slow, steady deep breaths to calm the nervous system, relax and your dilate blood vessels. Breathing exercises help calm your sympathetic nervous system and your fight-or-flight response. This technique also encourages blood flow to your body’s tissues and causes your diaphragm to move up and down, which eases blood flow to your heart.
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A study published in the American Journal of Hypertension looked at how olive oil might affect blood pressure in young women with mild high blood pressure. Spanish researchers compared a diet of polyphenol-rich olive oil to a diet that didn't contain any polyphenols and their effects on blood pressure over a period of four months. The results: The polyphenol-rich olive oil was linked with drops in systolic and diastolic blood pressure—especially among women with higher blood pressure to start.
Very curious to see if Chris has any thoughts on this; I have had similar experiences with over 400 mg of magnesium in any form.. I’ve tried various chelates versions. I’m also wary of mega-dosing with supplements. My father has tried all kinds of mega-doses of all these things over the last decade to get off meds and still ends up with scarily high bp after a month or so off meds. Everything in moderation and I think sometimes that has to include conventional medication. Side effects at this late stage in his life can’t be as bad as a potentially debilitating stroke 🙁
6. Cultivate stress management. You don’t need a meta-analysis of cohort studies to prove stress can raise blood pressure, but they exist. You can’t eliminate stress, but you can minimize its impact. Research shows yoga and meditation create effective strategies to manage stress and blood pressure. If those aren’t your thing, consider other stress-relieving tactics including deep breathing or practicing mindfulness.

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"Trauma is the great human equalizer"(Baranowsky, 2016). The reality is that exposure to trauma is more common than most realize and can leave an individual confused about their symptoms. YouTube Video

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In 2014 I was swept away by the sweeping, romantic French classic The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. Skipping the lesser known D’Artagnan romances, I decided to continue my journey with D’Artagnan, and his friends Aramis, Porthos and Athos in the later and better known The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas.
Our new tale opens some three or four decades after the adventures of the Three Musketeers, who have now all retired leaving only D’Artagnan, as Captain of the King’s Musketeers, in loyal service to the corrupt King Louis XIV. However unbeknownst to D’Artagnan his old friend Aramis, with the help of trusting Porthos, is the instigator of a treasonous plot to bring about the replacement of the inept king and an audacious break out from the Bastille of a mysterious young man; who has been secretly imprisoned most of his life with no known charge or reason.
The plot is both complicated and thrilling, and yet the actually mystery of ‘the Man in the Iron Mask’ is resolved within the first half of the novel. But it is to have long reaching consequences that ripple out through the rest of the novel. Which will send D’Artagnan out first in hot pursuit of former financier Fouquet and finally against his own friends, Aramis and Porthos, who are held out at the heavily fortified Belle Isle. Now at this point you may be wondering where is Athos?! Athos’ part in this story is a sad and lonely one, as he faces the departure and longs for the return of his only son, Raoul, who has journeyed to North Africa with the Duc de Beaufort. Which leaves him separated from his old friends and sorely missing from the action.
As with The Three Musketeers, this is a highly detailed tale with wordy, eloquent speeches and many interesting characters and threads which again swept me back to 17th century France for more adventures and intrigue. I did feel though there was less of the romance about these adventures and more of the cold, hard realities, such as: death, disgrace, ruin and heartache. This is a powerful, gripping read but the sadder tone and the fact I missed my favourite character, Athos, made this not quite as an enjoyable read as The Three Musketeers.
Overall, The Man in the Iron Mask is a gripping historical adventure full of political intrigue, betrayal and loyalty. There are other D’Artagnan romances by Dumas, which I am seriously tempted to go back to now. Good read.
Have you read this? Or any of the other D’Artagnan tales?

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This band hails from Canada, and in case you’re wondering, they’re from the French speaking area. This explains the songs with French lyrics. I’ll leave it at that before my hereditary dislike of French people kicks in (England!). Regardless, this is some pretty potent Black/Death Metal with some Thrashier moments that I’m inclined to say has a lot more in common with older German Thrash than either Norse Black Metal or Death Metal in either the Swedish style or the American Florida/Buffalo style. The vocals are mostly in the traditional “raspy shriek” with the occasional Death growl thrown in. I personally thought that the inclusion of the Death growl was a good idea that just wasn’t implemented enough. I think they only do it for one or two songs and the rest are just raspy Black Metal styled shrieks. The guitar is pretty loud but I noticed that though it was louder than the bass, the drums were still the dominant instrument here. And the snare is kind of annoying too. I think the biggest problem Anhkrehg faces is musical diversity. Many of the songs were similarly structured and though the riffs were different, the drumming was pretty much the same - and when the drums are the loudest instrument, that’s not good. Lands of War is intense and brutal, which is always a plus when playing Black/Death, and since this is their debut album, I’m hoping that these guys experiment with their sound and mix things up a bit more on their next release.
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Wrestler of the Week – Cesaro
It’s easy to overlook Cesaro because he is so dependably excellent. What he has done over the last several weeks in the process of becoming a fan favorite is distinctive and exciting. While Cesaro minimized some of the most fan friendly parts of his offensive arsenal as a heel, he has been uncaged. The result has been an assortment of new moves every week. Cesaro is using moves that we have never seen him execute in WWE. It’s almost as if he sees a move and automatically knows how to execute it in the ring. On Raw, he finished Big E with the Dos Caras Clutch. Obviously, a lot more goes into wrestling than an impressive set of moves, but Cesaro is amazing in how many different ways he can work a great match.
Match of the Week – Neville def. John Cena by DQ
The latest installment of Cena’s U.S. Open Challenge was quite possibly the best. Given the list of submissions to date, that’s high praise. After Sami Zayn answered the challenge in his home town of Montreal last week, his NXT compatriot Neville took his turn this week. Neville and Cena both broke out moves we have not seen them use in WWE- a Phoenix Splash by Neville and a Michinoku Driver by Cena, among other things. More impressively, Neville withstood Cena’s attack so well that it often felt like h had a chance to win, storyline limitations be damned. He even hit the Red Arrow to presumably beat Cena when Rusev interfered. Fans often complain about the effect of outside interference in wrestling matches, but this was an instance where it added to the drama and made both wrestlers look outstanding for the finish.
Quote of the Week – HHH
“Daddy’s home,” HHH’s ominous warning to his feuding Authority faction. It also served as a symbolic transition out of the post-Wrestlemania break as WWE starts preparing for SummerSlam.
Must See Wrestling
- Lucha Underground Delivers its Highest-Profile Matchup
Ever since Alberto El Patron arrived in LU, American wrestling fans have anticipated when he would face Johnny Mundo. They finally crossed paths this week to see who would face Hernandez in a #1 Contender’s match. While there were little bits of sloppiness (Mundo hooking the wrong leg and then re-hooking the other on a late cover, for instance) the storytelling and athleticism were first rate. Patron eventually got the win with a big superkick, though it’s likely that we’ll see these two in a LU ring again in the future.
- Daniel Bryan Relinquishes Intercontinental Title
First, the bad news. Continued uncertainty over Bryan’s long-term health forced him to give up his Intercontinental Title on Raw. His pursuit of the title and ultimate win in a great ladder match at Wrestlemania helped make the title feel more important. The elevated stature for the belt makes it worthy of a match in the Elimination Chamber. That non-PPV WWE Network special has as much promise as some of the lesser PPVs on the schedule, and the match for the vacant title could be the headliner. Although it’s not how anyone envisioned it happening, Bryan’s pursuit and win made the Intercontinental Title the semi-main event feature WWE hoped it would.
- ROH Features All-Star Showcase
On the subject of dream matches for Alberto El Patron, ROH fans have waited to see him face Jay Briscoe since his debut with the company. Although ROH didn’t book that fantasy matchup, it did pit them on opposite sides of a six-man tag. El Patron sided with ACH and Matt Sydal against Mark Briscoe and Roderick Strong. They shared the ring briefly, but the story of the match was ACH, who overcame his recent losing streak to pin Mark Briscoe. ACH is a wrestler on the rise for ROH and wins in matches like this one help him gain credibility in the fans’ eyes.


What is the driving method of stepper motor?
The driving method of the stepping motor mainly includes a single voltage driving method and a high and low voltage driving method. The single voltage driving method mainly refers to the process of the motor windings, and only one direction voltage is used to supply the windings. The high and low voltage drive is used to enable the windings to quickly reach the set current during power-on. When the power is turned off, the winding current quickly depletes to zero. At the same time, the high-low voltage drive also has a high efficiency, and a high-low voltage drive method appears.


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Azadi Retreat offers a unique location for our Bali yoga teacher training. Surrounded by tropical jungles, rice-fields, rolling hills and temples, the location was chosen for its tranquil atmosphere and rich culture. The views are stunning and peaceful but only a short distance from central Ubud. Our peaceful open air yoga shala is facing the jungle and will provide perfect environment for your yoga teacher journey. Our spacious villas are made from recycled wood with touches of European styling offering organic hand made bath products, daily cleaning service, ac, fan and a safe. The facilities include luxury accommodation, a yoga shala with teak wood floor, yogic food, on-site spa and an infinity swimming pool. Our open lounge invites you to relax, socialize and dine.
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The first Bob Coles' Minorities in Media Hall of Fame dinner and awards ceremony will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. today in Pettibones Grille in Dunn Tire Park, 275 Washington St.
Dwight Ellis, a former vice president of the National Association of Broadcasters, will speak.
The inductees are:
Ron Atkins, who started out at WBLK-FM and is now the vice president of entertainment for American Urban Radio Networks.
Ron Baskin, who retired from ABC Radio in New York City in 2003. He also worked for WBLK-FM and was host of the talk show "Express Yourself."
Frank Mesiah, president of Buffalo Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and host of community affairs television shows for 20 years, including the "NAACP Hour" on WUFO radio every Thursday.
Criterion Newspapers, the oldest black newspaper in Buffalo.
John Smith, one of the founders of the Black Media Coalition in the 1970s, who has been instrumental in hiring of minorities in local broadcasting.
Ted Kirkland, creator and host of "Kirkland's Korner," heard every Tuesday on WUFO-AM.
Bill Ransom, president and general manager of WKBW-TV.
Sara Norat-Phillips, president and general manager of WDWB-TV, better known as WB20, Detroit's Warner Bros. station. In the 1980s and early 1990s, she also was host of the public affairs show "Buffalo Beat."
Darryll Green, president and general manager of the Gannet-owned WUSA in Washington, D.C., and former president and general manager of WGRZ.
Simba Mlee, who has taken pictures in the African-American community for five decades and currently works for the Buffalo Challenger.
Donald K. Boswell, chief executive officer of WNED-TV.
The late George "Hound Dog" Lorenz, who founded WBLK-FM in 1964.
The hall is sponsored by the Western New York Minority Media Professionals. Tickets are $35 per person.


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Union County- The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the Union County Performing Arts Center are pleased to announce the return of the Sensory Friendly Theater Series with The Teacher from the Black Lagoon and Other Story Books. The show is scheduled to take place on Sunday September 22nd at 2:00pm at the Performing Arts Center in Rahway.
“Last year’s program was a huge success,” said Freeholder Chairman Linda Carter. “The Board is excited to support the series for another season, and to continue to provide events of this caliber to our residents with special needs.”
As part of former Freeholder Chairman Alexander Mirabella’s “Putting People First” initiatives last year, the series was designed according to guidelines that help to reduce disturbances for youngsters who experience heightened sensory sensitivity due to autism and related disabilities.
Union County worked with Autism Friendly Spaces, LLC to design the series and Paper Mill Playhouse and the Children’s Specialized Hospital assisted in making the program possible.
The Teacher from the Black Lagoon and Other Story Books is an exciting new musical revue based on favorite contemporary children’s books. In addition to The Teacher from the Black Lagoon, the performance also includes stories like Dogzilla, Grumpy Bird, and Love Splat, Splat the Cat among others. All seats are $8 per person and performances begin promptly at 2 p.m.
Upcoming performances in the Sensory Friendly series include Justin Roberts and the Not Ready for Naptime Players, New Jersey Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty, Aesop’s Fables starring puppeteer Jim West, and The Little Orchestra Society’s Things that go Bang!
For further information on ticketing, or the any of the performances in the series, contact the Union County Performing Arts Center at 732-499-8226 or visit them online at www.ucpac.org
The Union County Performing Arts Center is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation operating in the historic Rahway Theatre. Conveniently located in downtown Rahway at 1601 Irving Street, this historic landmark is the cornerstone of the Rahway Arts District. The theater is a beautifully restored 1920’s era former vaudeville house and movie palace owned by the County of Union and managed by the nonprofit Union County Performing Arts Center.
For more information on any Union County press release, please contact Sebastian D’Elia, Communications Director for the County of Union, or a designee listed at the top of this press release. Please join the County of Union online at www.ucnj.org, on Facebook at www.ucnj.org/facebook, and on Twitter athttp://twitter.com/countyofunionnj.


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EA confirms Battlefield 6 is coming in 2018; Battlefield 1 is getting Esports Mode and GOTY Edition this Fall
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All Articles: Mighty No. 9
When I was eight years old, there was only one place I wanted to go after school on Fridays: Gas City. Yes, a gas station. Not that I enjoyed the place or anything… rather, it was what was inside the station that intrigued me. See, back in the 80s, movie and game rental stores were everywhere. Pizza places had their own rental corner, grocery stores had theirs, and yes, even gas stations. The reason I kept going back to Gas City was because they had one game that no other rental store had: Mega Man. I remembered the exhilaration of staying up all night playing the game, and the sadness of having to return it on Sunday. I was never able to find the game for sale, so renting it was my only means of playing it.
I also distinctly remember having a meltdown once at the Record Town in the mall. My birthday had just passed, and my grandma gave me a check. To a small child, that was all the cash in the world. I was at the mall with my family, and we stopped so my dad could look at cassettes. But behind the clerk’s counter, stacked up to the ceiling, were Nintendo games for sale. I remember just staring at the games until one caught my eye: Mega Man 2. I had to have that game, and with a fresh $20 check in my pocket, my young mind figured that was all I needed. My mom had to break the news to me that I couldn’t just hand the check over to the cashier and get the game. Oh man, did I lose it. Here I was, about to own one of the greatest NES games ever made, only to be shot down by something as meaningless as financial insolvency? That did not sit well. Luckily, my mom took me out to cool off while my dad got it as a Christmas present, so all was not lost.
Point being, I’ve been a diehard Mega Man fan for as long as I can remember. Thus, when I heard that the Blue Bomber’s creator, Keiji Inafune, was making a spiritual successor to the franchise that I adore so much, I felt like a kid again. I could not wait until I was able to get my hands on another game, even if it was just Mega Man-ish. With the exception of Mega Man 9 and Mega Man 10, Capcom has been mind-baffling stingy with releasing proper titles for this game. So even though I wasn’t getting an actual Capcom game, I was happy enough to get something similar. Unfortunately, Mighty No. 9 is not the robot I was looking for. (more…)
Nintendo Download: Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE, Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Mighty No. 9, more
It’s a big day for the Nintendo eShop as three major new releases are joined by four classics of yesteryear through the storefront’s Virtual Console section.
Leading the way is Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE, an RPG for the Wii U that drops the medieval adventurers from a Fire Emblem-like adventure into a present-day version of Tokyo inspired by the Persona series. It’s joined on the Wii U eShop by Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the latest athletic battle royale between the two mascots, and Mighty No. 9, Keiji Inafune’s side-scrolling spiritual successor to Mega Man.
Also available this week on the Wii U eShop is a trio of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games. The three roguelike RPGs including Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team (originally released for the Game Boy Advance in 2006), Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (originally released for the DS in 2006), and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (originally released for the DS in 2009).
Finally, Capcom will add the Super NES classic, Super Ghouls N Ghosts, to the 3DS eShop. Chivalrous Arthur will battle demons, devils, and giant beasts to rescue his Princess from the evil Emperor Sardius. Still just as great today as it was in 1991.
More information on all of these games (and a few other new releases) can be found after the break. (more…)
Today’s Xbox Games Store update will look very similar to anyone who has already studied up on this week’s PlayStation Store additions. But school’s out for the Summer, so stop your studying and start playing more games…
This week’s first new release is Mighty No. 9, Keiji Inafune’s spiritual successor to the Mega Man franchise. The side-scroller has had a very troubled development cycle with multiple delays, but it’s finally ready to go for the Xbox One and the Xbox 360. Inafune previously warned fans that the Xbox 360 version of the game would be delayed, but it’s available to download through the Xbox Game Store right now.
Also available this week is Pac-Man 256, an isometric “infinite mazer” from Crossy Road developer Hipster Whale. Previously available on mobile devices, the Xbox One launch comes compete with a co-op multiplayer mode for up to 4 players and several new themes.
Finally this week, Tequila Works has launched their side-scrolling zombie game, Deadlight: Director’s Cut, for the Xbox One. Originally released four years ago for the Xbox 360, the Director’s Cut adds enhanced graphics, improved gameplay and controls, and extra game modes.
More information on all these games (and a few others) can be found after the break. (more…)
With most of the world still recovering from the E3 Expo, Sony dropped a big batch of new games onto the PlayStation Store yesterday.
First up is Capcom Resident Evil-themed team shooter, Umbrella Corps. Available to download now for the PS4, players will battle it out with a second team of mercenaries, all the while avoiding the shambling undead who are also in the arena.
Speaking of the shambling undead, Tequila Works has brought their side-scrolling zombie, Deadlight, to the PS4 as Deadlight: Director’s Cut. In addition to enhanced graphics, the Director’s Cut will include improved gameplay and controls, and extra game modes.
The retro vibe of Deadlight carries through to another pair of new releases this week, Mighty No. 9 and Pac-Man 256. After more than three years in development, Keiji Inafune’s Mighty No. 9 is ready for release as a PS4 + PS3 Cross-Buy title, and fans will finally get the chance to see if his Mega Man successor can live up to the hype. Meanwhile, Pac-Man 256 brought the infinite maze of the mobile hit to the PS4 for the first time.
Finally this week, Grand Kingdom is NIS America’s latest strategy RPG and it’s available to download for the PS4 and Vita.
More information on all of these games (and a few other new release) can be found after the break. And don’t forget, a complete rundown of new add-ons and discounts is available at the PlayStation Blog. (more…)
New Retail Releases: Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE, Mighty No. 9, Mario & Sonic at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, More
The major game publishers clearly didn’t want to compete with the annual E3 Expo last week, but a number of them are back this week with a handful of intriguing new titles.
Leading the way is Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE, an Atlus/Nintendo collaboration for the Wii U that mashes together characters you’d find in a Fire Emblem game with the mood of a Persona title.
Nintendo is also getting ready for the Summer Games this week with the release of Mario & Sonic at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games for the Wii U. Players will get to try out 14 Olympic sports including soccer, track, and rugby.
Another highly-anticipated title this week, though for very different reasons, is Mighty No. 9 for the PS4, Wii U, and Xbox One (it’ll also be available digitally for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360). Keiji Inafune’s tribute to the Mega Man franchise has been facing development woes since the very beginning, and it’ll be interesting to see how the final product came together.
Elsewhere on store shelves this week will be The Technomancer, an action RPG for the PS4 and Xbox One from Spiders; and MXGP 2, the latest motorcycle racer from Milestone, for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Finally, Microsoft will re-release Minecraft: Xbox One Edition in a special “Favorites Pack” bundle that includes the base game and seven additional add-ons (Battle & Beasts Skin Pack, Battle & Beasts 2 Skin Pack, Natural Texture Pack, City Texture Pack, Fantasy Texture Pack, Festive Mash-up, and Halo Mash-up).
We’ll be back later this week with a look at all the new additions to the PlayStation Store, Xbox Games Store, and Nintendo eShop.
UPDATE: The release of The Technomancer was pushed back a week to June 28.
Prospective fans of Mighty No. 9 are understandably upset that the game has taken so long to go from Kickstarter campaign to finished product. But game development takes time, and creator Keiji Inafune started work on Mighty No. 9 with little more than an idea and a dream.
So here we are, less than a month away from its launch, and publisher Deep Silver has delivered a new “Masterclass” trailer that focuses on Beck’s many special abilities. Narrated by the same goofy announcer as last November’s “Features Trailer,” it has a similar retro vibe, and probably would have felt right at home on Nickelodeon in 1992.
Will this kind of advertising fly in 2016? It’s too soon to say, but we do know that Mighty No. 9 will be released for the PC, PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, and Xbox One on June 21. The game will also appear on the 3DS and Vita later this year.
After a seemingly neverending series of delays, Keiji Inafune and his team at Comcept have announced that Mighty No. 9 has finally completed development and officially “gone gold.” The side-scrolling platformer, which Inafune designed as a spiritual successor to his long-running Mega Man series, will be released for the PC, PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, and Xbox One on June 21. Portable versions for the 3DS and Vita will launch at a later date.
In addition to the release date announcement, Inafune also delivered a message for fans on Mighty No. 9’s Kickstarter page, where he once again apologized for the many delays and confirmed that its June 21 release date is “set in stone.”
Inafune’s complete statement has been reproduced after the break. (more…)
The Spring and Summer months are currently less dense with new releases than the first three months of the year, but that should change fairly soon, especially since publishers have staked a claim to every week from the beginning of April to the end of June with at least one big new release dropping every seven days.
Are you ready? Because here… we… go… (more…)

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The leader of the election monitoring team in the Papua New Guinea province of Bougainville, Fiji's Ratu Epeli Ganilau, says the polling has been a great achievement with few hiccups.
Voting in the last constituency is expected to be completed on Saturday with the counting due to start next Tuesday.
Ratu Epeli says the overall impression is one of widespread enthusiasm among voters to take part in the historic election of the first autonomous government.
"There are hiccups like hiccups in normal elections - the same thing has happened here. But those hiccups are really minor, compared to what has been achieved."
Ratu Epeli confirms that some people have been left off the rolls and that this is a matter to be sorted before the next election.
He says voters have been philosophical when confronted with the news they are not on the roll and have said they will ensure they are enrolled next time.


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Veterinarian administration fee is $10.00 per vaccination.
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Disaster movies are fun to watch while managing to be scary at the same time. They present us with situations where the world is potentially ending and humanity has to fight for survival. However, the common underlying theme of most disaster movies has been the fact that humanity continues existing, managing to flourish in their own way after facing apocalyptic situations. Unfortunately, ‘How It Ends’ turns the entire premise on its head.
The 2018 Netflix action film comes from David M. Rosenthal and shows an America that seems to have been hit by some inexplicable disaster. It is unclear if someone or something is behind the sudden disasters, or if it is natural. Against the backdrop of this confusion, a man must travel back from Chicago to his pregnant girlfriend in Seattle, hoping to start a new life with her.
Upon release, the movie did receive negative reviews, which would normally mean that a sequel would be out of the question. However, considering the ambiguous tone of the movie and the open-ended conclusion, we cannot help but feel that a sequel to ‘How It Ends’ is needed to clear things up. Therefore, we bring you everything we know about ‘How It Ends 2’.
How It Ends 2 Plot: What Can It Be About?
‘How It Ends’ has an extremely ambiguous plot and an equally open-ended conclusion, leaving much to the imagination. In fact, a lot of the film is held together by intrigue about what might actually be happening. That being said, towards the end of the movie, we see the couple at the center of the story finally united after several hardships. They are seen driving away from Seattle, which is almost destroyed by this point. As they escape an all-engulfing cloud, they promise to stick together and love each other no matter what happens and drive north.
This raises some pretty interesting questions. Firstly, the couple’s survival is not assured. However, for the sake of the sequel we should assume that they have made it out and are somehow still continuing north. This is definitely where ‘How It Ends 2’ is going to pick up. Once the survival of the central characters is established, we hope that the sequel will finally shed some light on why these disasters are taking place.
As far as the first movie is concerned, there are plenty of inklings at various sources. The couple’s neighbor Jeremiah seems to suggest that a war is about to break out. However, we are unsure if the enemies are mere terrorists or if they are extraterrestrial in nature. There are also some Biblical images used, which hints at an oncoming apocalypse. All communications seem to be down and the flight of pigeons suggests that other natural disasters are on the way.
The sequel will definitely clear up the cause behind the disasters, and the movie could go with either choice. What we really liked in the first part is the show of lawlessness that erupts when disasters like this strike. Therefore, the sequel could take on the tone of a ‘Mad Max‘-like postapocalyptic movie where the couple has to try and survive in a land where might is right. Alternately, if the film does plan on continuing to show us the apocalypse as it unfolds, it will surely turn the focus to a global scale than just keeping it tied to what is happening locally in America.
The first movie insinuates that all the satellites around the world are down, which means whatever is happening in America is affecting the world as well. It would be nice to see the bigger picture, now that the first film has acquainted us with the characters who will help to keep the narrative grounded. Once we see the bigger picture of the disaster unfolding, the sequel could show us how the world comes together in surviving and how the central characters are instrumental to it somehow.
There are several directions that a potential sequel could take, but one thing is for certain, ‘How It Ends’ does not provide too many answers while raising far too many questions. It is up to the second movie to give the viewers answers that will help to understand what has unfurled in the film.
How It Ends 2 Cast: Who Can Be In It?
In the event that a sequel to ‘How It Ends’ is made, Theo James will be back in the role of Will, who was shown to be a lawyer. Some character traits were offered to the viewers, but we look forward to knowing more about Will in the upcoming movie. Another character who is bound to return is Sam, Will’s pregnant girlfriend who he intends to marry. Sam and Will profess their love to one another by the end of the movie. Kat Graham plays the role of Sam but very little was offered up about her character except for the fact that she was pregnant. Hopefully, the sequel will help unpack more details about Sam.
Grace Dove appears as Ricki, an auto mechanic, in the first film, and though she leaves Will midway on his journey to find Sam, Ricki remains an extremely fascinating character with immense potential. Thus, we hope that the sequel brings back Ricki somehow and we see her teaming up with Will and Sam.
How It Ends 2 Crew: Who Can Be Behind It?
‘How It Ends’ has been helmed by David M. Rosenthal with a script from Brooks McLaren. Since Brooks is a Hollywood Black List scriptwriter, we expect him to be back for the sequel and Rosenthal should be back in the director’s chair as well, seeing as how he held the movie together in the first part.
How It Ends 2 Release Date: When Can It Premiere?
‘How It Ends’ was announced in 2011 but came out in 2018. The sequel will not take as long, of course, since the cast and crew are more or less in place. That being said, it will at least be 2021 or 2022 till we see ‘How It Ends 2’ if the project gets greenlit.
How It Ends 2 Trailer:
‘How It Ends 2’ does not have a trailer yet, but you can check out the trailer for ‘How It Ends’.
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The other day, I got a little package in the mail from Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching.
Nestled inside was one of her new fine-tipped iron-on transfer pens.
You know me – I’m always game to try a new embroidery product, especially one intended to make the transfer process easier.
So I set about playing with the pen, thinking I’d eventually write a review of it.
The more I played with it, the more I thought I better write a review sooner, rather than later. After all, it’s always better to be aware of things ahead of time, than to wish you had known before it was Too Late.
The embroidery transfer product industry is a funny thing. There are, after all, heaps of specialty pens, pencils, printable interfacings, films, plastic grids, and so forth that have been marketed with the express purpose of making the design transfer process for embroidery easier. They all practically promise the perfect solution.
The fact is, though, that few of them actually work with a high level of satisfaction. They all have their drawbacks in some form or another.
For me, the perfect solution would be the Think System – that is, the ability to wish the design right onto the fabric, and voilá! There it is!
Since that’s neither possible, probable, or in any way attainable, instead, I gravitate towards transfer solutions that give satisfactory results with the least amount of grief or risk.
The cons of iron-ons
I’ve shied away from iron-on transfer pens and pencils for several reasons:
1. When it comes to pencils, they rarely transfer a nice line that’s easily visible.
2. When it comes to pens, the design line is too visible – it’s usually thick, heavy, and dark, making it difficult to cover well with stitches.
3. The iron-on process is more reliable with small designs; the larger the design, the more difficult to get a really accurately placed and transferred design.
4: If you mess up on an iron-on transfer, you’ve pretty much wasted a piece of fabric, because the lines are permanent.
There’s always a but…
All that being said, I’m open to exceptions! So let’s look at the Sublime Stitching iron-on transfer pens and see how they work.
To use the pens, you trace a design onto tracing paper. In this case, I didn’t have any tracing paper right on hand, but I had some drafting vellum, which is the same thing, only with a blue grid on it. I used the back of the drafting vellum (or the unprinted side).
Notice that the lines are, in fact, nice and fine! If you were tracing the same lines with another popular iron-on transfer pen out there, you’d not end up with lines so fine.
In addition to the line width, there’s another Big Difference with the Sublime Stitching pens. They’re a continuous flow pen, like a regular micron pen or fine tipped marker or the like. There’s no shaking or depressing the point to get the ink flowing. You use the pen just any other pen, and it writes just like any other pen.
So those are two jolly points in favor of the pen.
I know, I know! But how does it transfer? Because that’s what it’s all about, after all.
To test the transfer, I started with a high-quality cotton muslin.
Following the directions, I pre-heated the fabric. The instructions aren’t super-specific, but I just ironed it using a dry iron on the cotton setting until the fabric was good and smooth and hot.
With the fabric hot, I placed the transfer ink-side-down onto the fabric and held the dry iron on it for (again, the instructions aren’t specific) about 10 seconds, counting 1-mississippi-2-mississippi, up to 10.
When I removed the iron and the paper, I felt that little tinge of gratification. Well done, Jenny Hart! said I.
Above, you can see the results of the first transfer, which I think it came out really well. The lines can easily be covered with two strands of floss.
More than one transfer
According to the description on the pen, you should be able to get several impressions from one drawing, so I tested that.
I re-pre-heated the fabric and tried a second time. Since this was a second impression, I held the iron on for 12 seconds.
The second impression was not so good, but I think the blank spots are from the little steam holes in my iron. Overall, it’s not that bad of an impression – I can still see the lines enough to stitch over them.
Let’s try a third time.
The third impression, held for 13 seconds, was a little worse (on the far right), but in fact, I can still see the lines. I could stitch them, if pressed.
How about four?
While the fourth impression, held for 15 seconds, seems to be a little darker than the third, it’s also very blurry. The lines are no longer sharp; they’re fuzzy, like ink on damp paper.
But still, the fact that it managed four visible impressions is pretty…impressive!
Let’s try linen!
Cotton is not my fabric of choice for embroidery. I’m more of a linen gal, myself.
So, I figured I should try the pen on linen.
On a new sheet of paper, I traced out the pattern again, so I was using a completely fresh transfer.
I pre-heated the linen for a while until it was good and hot, and made the first impression, holding the iron on for 10 seconds again. The photo above is the result.
The top part of the design did not transfer so well, but such is life when dealing with iron-on transfers. They’re not always consistent. I have a very good iron, so it’s not necessarily the iron. It could also be my technique, I suppose. I held the iron in one spot the whole time, as the design is small, but I didn’t give any particular weight to it. And it could be that the iron had moved into a cooling cycle, so the top part of the plate was not as hot as the base… whatever the case, that’s the first impression on linen.
The second impression on the linen (on the right) was not as good as the second impression on cotton. The lines are much softer, not nearly as sharp and clear.
And the third impression on the linen (on the right, above) is not really usable.
Pros and Cons
The pros for this particular brand of iron-on pen are numerous:
1. The tip is very fine.
2. The flow system is like a regular pen – no shaking required!
3. The first transfer is crisp and clear, and getting a second transfer (and even a third, depending on the fabric) is feasible.
4. The lines are fine enough to cover easily with two strands of floss.
5. The lines are not dark-dark. Even with the dark blue color I’m using (the pens come in different colors), the blue ends up being kind of a grayish-blue on the transfer. It’s a nice, all-purpose color for iron-ons.
1. Like any iron-on, it works best with small designs; large designs can be difficult to place and transfer accurately all over.
2. Like most iron-on solutions, it is permanent, so if you make a mistake in the transfer process, you can’t undo it.
3. The pens are a bit pricey, at $6.50 each, though you can purchase a combo pack of all five colors for $25, which gives a little bit of a break on the price.
Yes, these are a pen I’d have on hand for quick transfers. I think they’re worth getting, especially if you do lots of small projects with a fair amount of detail.
I’m probably not one to go for the colored varieties (I can’t see the point of the green or orange, for example, though I think the red might be nice for redwork). I think the blue is a nice color and would work as a general all-around color for most projects.
I don’t know (I’m curious, though) how the colors work on dark fabrics. For example, I wonder if the orange works on black? I sort of doubt it, because the ink doesn’t transfer entirely opaque, but that’s something I may explore further.
If you’re keen on the idea of iron-on transfer pens, these are definitely the ones to go with!
Before it’s too late…
Last time Sublime Stitching had these in stock, they sold out lickety-split. If you’ve been seeking an iron-on transfer solution worth getting, then I’d get one sooner rather than later.
You can find the pens available here on the Sublime Stitching website. No affiliation – just letting you know they’re available!


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ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – India’s batting coach Sanjay Bangar has criticised the pitch at the Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium but says there was no excuse for his side failing to overhaul the modest 189 set by West Indies in Sunday’s fourth One-Day International here.
What appeared to be an easy run chase for the Asian powerhouses turned into a quagmire as they were bowled out for 178, to lose by 11 runs as West Indies kept the series alive ahead of Thursday’s final ODI in Jamaica.
“It (the pitch) kept getting slower and shot-making wasn’t really easy. Those have been the nature of wickets we have seen so far,” Bangare told reporters following the defeat.
“But we didn’t really bat to our potential. It was a gettable score. I just felt the batsmen let the team down.
“We encountered this situation even in the previous game when we lost a couple of wickets in the first 10 overs but we still managed to get 260 on a wicket which was very, very damp. Suffice to say we have been playing on wickets which have been difficult.”
He added: “Credit to them (West Indies). They executed their plans really well but I just felt it was a very very gettable score.”
India faltered early, slumping to 47 for three in the 13th over with the in-form pair of opener Shikhar Dhawan (5) and captain Virat Kohli (3) perishing cheaply.
Opener Ajinkya Rahane (60) struck his fourth straight 50-plus score and seasoned campaigner MS Dhoni (54) his second consecutive half-century but the innings collapsed late on with the last four wickets falling for five runs in the space of 13 deliveries.
“The plan was for somebody to bat deeper into the innings. That’s what Ajinkya did till he got out,” Bangar pointed out.
“Till that time we were on course but suddenly we lost couple of wickets. Those wickets in the middle overs actually pushed us back. The run rate just kept on creeping higher and higher.”
Dhoni, usually an attacking player, was uncharacteristically sedate with a single four in his 114-ball innings before he was eighth out in the penultimate over.
But Bangar defended the former skipper, arguing that Dhoni had been forced to be patient because of the clatter of wickets around him.
“You need to assess the conditions. At times you need to play according to the demand of the situation. MS is batting higher up the order,” Bangar explained.
“The kind of depth we have in our batting order at number six, seven and eight when they can’t really come off, he (Dhoni) can’t play with the freedom that he should.
“It all boils down to how the batsmen at the other end are batting, how many wickets we have in hand.”


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From far and wide, some HBCU students are saying Beyonce’s routine was the main topic on their campus this week — even over finals. The singer’s high-energy festival set over the weekend involved a black college marching band, dance troupes and step teams along with her singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” known as the national black anthem.
“It’s what everyone has been talking about. All my friends were gushing over it,” said Cierra Johnson, 22, a senior at Clark Atlanta University. The journalism major watched Beyonce’s performance online with her friends (though the superstar’s second performance this weekend at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival will not be streamed for fans).
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There are various cunning stratagems that a publisher can employ in order to get me to read their book. One that is fairly infrequently employed, but highly effective, is to fill the book with stories about my favorite goddess: Ishtar. If you add to that by having all of the stories written by Australian ladies whom I happen to know, that’s another big plus. And then if you get a story from the book nominated for the Shirley Jackson Awards, well, how can I resist?
Ishtar, then, is a short anthology of three novellas. All of them feature the goddess Ishtar. The first story, “Five Loves of Ishtar”, is by Kaaron Warren and is set in the remote past when our heroine was still worshipped. Our award nominee, “The Dead Shall Outnumber the Living”, is by Deb Biancotti and sees Ishtar return in triumph to present day Sydney. And finally Cat Sparks provides “The Sleeping and the Dead”, which is set in a near-future, post-apocalypse Australia. I’ll have more to say about each story shortly, but first a few words about the star of the show.
We don’t know a huge amount about the religion of the ancient Mesopotamians, but enough of their writing has survived to give us an introduction to their pantheon. Crucially we have the Book of Gilgamesh, and the Descent of Inanna into the Underworld. Both of these stories feature the Sumerian goddess Inanna. As was the case with Greece and Rome, the Sumerian pantheon was passed forward to the Akkadians (Assyrians and Babylonians) with a number of cosmetic changes. Inanna became Ishtar.
As is generally the case with young goddesses, Ishtar’s provenance was love. However, she was no simpering Aphrodite. Ishtar was one bad-ass goddess. Indeed, she was also goddess of war, and rode into battle standing on the backs of two lionesses. And she had a bad reputation with the men. When she tried to seduce Gilgamesh he turned her down on the grounds that all of her previous lovers have come to a bad end when she tired of them. Some versions of the Descent into the Underworld story tell of Ishtar murdering her husband, the farmer god, Tammuz.
Kaaron Warren’s story does a fine job of introducing us to this distinctive personality. Kaaron has chosen to do this in a very clever way: though the eyes of Ishtar’s washerwomen. Because the goddess is immortal, the story of her lovers (including Tammuz and Gilgamesh) stretches through many centuries. The washerwomen are mortal, but Ishtar arranges for each to be succeeded by her daughter. The relationship between the wealthy, arrogant goddess and her poor mortal servants is very nicely done.
Eventually, however, mankind loses interest in Ishtar and her fellow deities. The power of the gods wanes, and they vanish from our world. But they have not forgotten us, and they are always looking for a way back. Guess who is the first one to succeed? Deb Biancotti introduces us to Adrienne, a Sydney policewoman tasked with investigating a very unusual serial killer. Someone is murdering male prostitutes, and Adrienne’s enquiries lead her to a mysterious religious cult worshipping a long-abandoned goddess.
So far so nutty, but it soon becomes obvious that Ishtar really is back. And she hasn’t picked on Australia because it is a hot bed of neo-paganism. She has chosen it as an easy starting point for her conquest of the planet. She fully intends to have the whole place subdued by the time any of her fellow deities gets back. What’s more, she has an army. This is a wonderful story, and I’m not surprised it is picking up award nominations.
Well, the use of the trans character is a bit of a cliché, but I’m prepared to be generous here because I loved the story so much.
Deb never finishes the story of Ishtar’s return. The best horror stories always leave it to the reader to imagine what happens at the end. But by the time of the Cat Sparks story it is clear that the world has been through a pretty rough time. Australia is left in a sort of Mad Max scenario with small groups of survivors eking out an existence as best they can. If the planet is to recover, it needs fertility. That means that it needs Ishtar and Tammuz, if they can be found. The story is most notable for a coven of adorably nutty and extremely dangerous nuns.
One of the things I really like about this book is that it was planed as a whole. Each author knew that she was writing a part of Ishtar’s story, and that she would need to take account of what her colleagues had written before her. It is a lovely project, and I’m delighted that it has turned out so well. It is, I think, the sort of thing that only a small press would ever do. I’m glad that people are around who are willing to do such things.
Now if only I could persuade them to let me stock the book in my store. Sadly there are all too many small presses who just don’t reply to my requests to do business with them.
Possibly I should have a quiet word with my goddess. She’s good with threats.
“If you do not give me the Bull of Heaven,
I shall smash the gates of the Netherworld down,
I shall bring up the dead to consume the living,
I shall make the dead outnumber the living.”
Ishtar, from The Book of Gilgamesh
Told you she was bad-ass. Then again, she does have a tendency to go over the top. Let’s leave destroying the world to fiction. These Aussie ladies do it so well.
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ROCKBRIDGE Co., Va. (WSET) - State Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run that happened in Rockbridge County Friday morning.
According to police, a vehicle was stopped on the right shoulder near mile marker 205 on the northbound side of the interstate.
State Police say the driver was out of the vehicle and was hit and killed just before 1:30 a.m.
Police don't have a description of the vehicle, but believe it may be a freight-line tractor trailer.
According to state police, the vehicle involved should be missing part of a plastic bumper on the side of the road and have headlight damage.
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The crash caused the right lane to be closed until about 7:12 a.m.
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Every year in Russia recorded about thousands of poisonings by mushrooms, about thirty of which are fatal. The CPS has published on its website recommendations for the collection of mushrooms, which will help fans of silent hunting to protect yourself.
“Most food poisoning related to the fact that people are unfamiliar or about the mushrooms in places where they accumulate salts of heavy metals, pesticides — along roads, in city parks. In addition, can be toxic and edible mushrooms in the dry season or after the place of collection of mushrooms were treated with pesticides or chemicals for control of insects and pests,” — said in Rospotrebnadzor.
So, should collect only the familiar types of mushrooms and always away from roads, highways and populated areas. The area should be environmentally friendly. Each mushroom to cut the whole leg, and at home in the same day to sort out the trophies, sort by type and throw all the rotten ones, are old and flabby instances.
“don’t forget that the mushroom is a protein, and any protein is very perishable. Therefore, mushrooms need to be cooked on the day of collection, pre-sorted them by species,” — the experts of Rospotrebnadzor.
Experts of Department are reminded that the hardest part of mushroom poisoning carry people with poor health and children. Mushrooms are indigestible product, which has a lot of fungal cellulose — chitin. That is why all the mushrooms before cooking should boil for 10 minutes, drain the water and rinse them. This will reduce the content of toxic substances in the product. However, in children, there is no required amount of enzymes to digest mushrooms and give them to children under 14 years are not worth it.
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In recent weeks several local hockey players have participated in the Hockey Night in Boston (HNIB) Summer Tournament. The HNIB Tournament, which is actually a series of tournaments among different age levels for both boys and girls, is one of the most prestigious summer hockey tournaments in the country, bringing together some of the best players in the country and particularly in the Northeast.
HNIB alumni include NHL players such as Jonathan Quick, Brian Boyle, Chris Kreider and the Boston Bruins Noel Acciari, among many others.
Both Tewksbury and Wilmington were well represented in this year’s tournaments, and perhaps no more so than in the Boys Northern New England High School Festival which from June 7th-9th at the Haverhill Valley Forum. Wilmington’s Conor Peterson, a junior defenseman at Austin Prep, was part of the Mass Kelly Green team which won the championship with a dramatic 4-3 shootout victory over Northern New England Forest.
Peterson was not the only local to see his team have success, however, as three Tewksbury residents helped lead their team to a third place finish. Shawsheen Tech junior forward Sean Murphy, Westford Academy junior defenseman Nathan Brown, and Shawsheen Tech junior goalie Jared Palmer helped lead Mass Royal Blue to an 11-2 win over Northern New England Black in the third place game.
Tewksbury High junior forward Paidric Green, meanwhile also participated in the tournament as a member of Northern New England Teal.
Several locals also took part in the 18th Annual Junior High Festival, which was held at the Haverhill Valley Forum from July 7th - 11th. A pair of Wilmington residents, Wilmington High freshman defenseman Brian Barry, along with freshman defenseman James Caples, both played for Team Atlantic, while another Wilmington resident freshman goalie Griffin Carr played for Bay State, helping his squad to a 3-2 record.
Lowell Catholic freshman forward Nicholas DiCioccio of Tewksbury helped to lead Essex County to a 5-1 record and a first place finish in the Red Division.
Both towns were also well represented in the 39th Annual Sophomore All-Star Tournament, which was also held at the Haverhill Valley Forum from July 7-11. Wilmington forward Ryan Ackerly, a sophomore at Austin Prep, along with Tewksbury residents Caden Connors, a sophomore at Tewksbury High and Nich Theodos, a sophomore at Hebron Academy, helped lead Team New England to a 4-1 record and a second place finish in the North Division.
Wilmington’s Dillon Bloom, a sophomore goalie at Bishop Fenwick, helped lead Essex County to a 3-2 record and a third place finish in the North Division, while Tewksbury High sophomore forward Jason Cooke and Lowell Catholic sophomore defenseman Daniel Kierce of Tewksbury led North Shore to a 1-3-2 record in the West Division.
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Efforts by Denison to incorporate Loy Lake Park into the city concluded this week as city leaders formally annexed the property into the city. The Denison City Council quietly formalized the annexation during a meeting Monday night as a part of the consent agenda with no individual discussion.
The annexation came nearly four months after the city and Grayson County announced plans to transfer the park from county to city ownership in an effort to make best use of the 200-acre site.
"Loy Lake Park is in the center of our community and it sets directly in our path for our growth. We are going to grow organically moving west from Highway 75 and quite frankly, we couldn't stop it if we wanted to. As it sits right now, Loy Lake has very little opportunity improvement but so much potential to become a point of pride in our region," Mayor Janet Gott said late last year.
The park was originally built in the 1930s through the Civilian Conservation Corps as a part of New Deal work programs. In the years since, the park has become the home for the Grayson County Frontier Village and Texoma Exposition & Livestock Show, among other uses.
The move to transition the park to city ownership centered on discussions related to the best use for the property as the region is experiencing a period of growth and development.
In December, county officials said the transfer would allow Grayson County to save about $80,000 a year on costs for the park through the transfer. Despite this expense, Grayson County Judge Bill Magers said this wasn't enough to finance improvements and needed upgrades at the park.
Denison Mayor Janet Gott said last year that multi-use trails, parks and green spaces are a growing desire of residents in Denison and a common request shown in city plans and resident surveys. With the growth coming to Denison, it made sense for the city to pursue ownership.
"I share that with you because we have a demographic now that is becoming larger and larger that want to practice healthy lifestyles for themselves and their families outdoors," Gott said in December.
Since the announcement, the city has taken steps to integrate the park into the city's system, including trash pickup, park maintenance and road work. However, more extensive projects and improvements will be added in the years to come, Interim City Manager Bobby Atteberry said.
"It will just be the day-to-day maintenance that starts taking place now," Atteberry said. "As the TIRZ starts adding up funds over the next few years we can start adding in projects."
Atteberry referred to a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone that was put in place over the park and nearby areas as a way to raise funds for the park improvements. A TIRZ sets aside a portion of property taxes raised in the zone for the purposes of financing projects and improvements within the zone's border. The theory behind a TIRZ is that more funds will be contributed as projects are financed and property values increase. This in turn will be used to finance future improvements.
The city has not listed any specific projects that are in store for the park in the future, but Atteberry listed equipment repairs and dam work as possibilities this week.
"Now if we just had some money growing in that TIRZ, we would do some things out there," he said.
The city spared no time in approving changes at the park. In the same meeting, the council approved a change to the city's ordinance regarding alcohol consumption to allow it at the park. The request was made initially for the likestock grounds, however representatives for Frontier Village asked that their property also receive the same exception. The amended request was approved unanimously.
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