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Nikita Jotwani
New York, NY
Who am I?
Hi there! My name is Nikita, and here are a few things you should know about me:
I recently moved to New York City after eleven years in DC.
I have a dog, Sadie. She is my life.
I love dancing. Especially in the rain.
I occasionally rant at nikitajotwani.me
I work in Events and Graphic design so enjoy anything creatively stimulating.
What do I listen to?
Mostly Pop/ hip hop and of course, Bollywood music!
Why I Dance?
My love for dance began at the age of 10 while studying a particular classical Indian dance form known as "Odissi". Later it developed into a much greater passion and then there was no stopping. Having spent my core years in India, a passion for Indian (more specifically Bollywood) dance is in my blood. I have choreographed and danced to various Bollywood tunes since my college days and have since performed at various events and platforms including Doonya dance flashmob DC and the Born2Dance semi annual galas. After deep introspection, I have found that my deepest passion lies in exploring new styles of movement and creativity with dance, which is why I am really looking forward to this new chapter in my life called BollyX - A bollywood inspired dance workout to unleash your inner rockstar! I am so stoked to meet each one of you and can't wait to have a blast at each class - See you soon?
Blog at: http://www.nikitajotwani.me/?p=306
Swag Se Swagat Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv1emhwwvi4
BollyX member since June 2016
Contact Info
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nikita.jotwani
Twitter: okSnickers
Instagram: https://instagram.com/oksnickers
No classes at this time.


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The OptiLife cradle cushion provides the feeling of a traditional triangle cushion with minimal pressure. The cradle cushion comes in four different sizes in order to provide you with the proper fit, allowing you to rest easy throughout the night.
Reviewers Tip:
Respironics has 4 different cradle sizes to choose from, select the proper size for you to ensure proper results .
Does this cushion have any latex?
No, all Respironics products are latex free

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Fillings are typically used to repair a tooth that's been damaged by a minor dental fracture or a small cavity. While they are meant to endure the daily rigors of chewing food for many years, it is possible for oral hygiene inconsistencies to affect the integrity of the filling. When this happens, bacteria can compromise the tooth enamel anchoring the filling in your mouth.
In a situation like this, you might notice a slight graying in the tooth as well as increased sensitivity or discomfort while chewing. If the filling is on the side of a tooth, it might have a noticeable change in texture when you touch it with your tongue.
To treat a tooth in this condition, Dr. Thomas Anglemire might recommend a crown restoration. This will perfectly replicate the tooth enamel layer of the tooth with a bad filling by using a material like porcelain, gold, or a metallic alloy.
The restoration process starts by examining the tooth and taking some X-rays. It's important to make sure the sensitive internal structures of the tooth are healthy. If new decay has compromised the pulp of the tooth, Dr. Thomas Anglemire will present you with other potential treatments, such as a root canal.
Once Dr. Thomas Anglemire has numbed the tooth with Novocain, he will remove all remaining tooth enamel. This leaves behind a small post called an abutment. This will eventually anchor your new crown.
Dr. Thomas Anglemire will make a detailed impression of the abutment and surrounding teeth. It will then be sent to our dental lab, and your new crown will be created. Then he will protect the abutment by securing a temporary crown over the abutment.
A member of Dr. Thomas Anglemire's staff will call you to schedule the second appointment once your new crown is ready. We will then remove the temporary crown and your permanent crown will be cemented in place.
If you live in the Granger, Indiana, area and you suspect one of your fillings is going bad, you should call 574-277-5406 to have it treated by Dr. Thomas Anglemire.


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The Community
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Elven Runes
Elven Runes is the big MUME community. It features a forum, rateable logs, and other things.
Please note ER is not managed by MUME management, so we cannot create you accounts there. Please ask the ER-staff via email for support, administration, and accounts.
Check out our official Wiki for tipps, hints, and all sorts of useful information. Feel free to make the Wiki even more useful (as that is what a Wiki is for).
Offical Forum
Our Official Forum for questions and more. Most other activity of the community these days happens at elvenrunes.com.
You can log into the forum with your existing MUME-characters, no registration is required.
Check out the other big community site for MUME. It has a forum and also logs. It's not moderated.
Mapping programs let you play MUME with a visibal representation of the game as layered 2D-map. It's pretty impressive and some mappers allow you do show more information as well, as water sources, shops, and whatnot. They allow instant mapping while you play as well! Please note these programs are neither written nor maintained by MUME management.
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I Love Macarons, yet I have not mastered making them myself. I love macarons so much that I have been coveting this Carolyn Tille bracelet.
Although I have tried macarons at Sucre in New Orleans, Sarah's Pastries and Candies in Chicago, Cafe de La Creme, Split, and Saduharu Aoki in Paris, I have never been to Laduree or Pierre Hermes. Blasphemy.
In August 2011, Laduree arrived in the Upper East Side and it will be in Soho this April.
A couple from Latin America mentioned how much they love the creativity and combinations of Pierre Hermes. Some of Hermes' flavors include Milk Chocolate and Passionfruit, Hazelnut praline, Olive Oil with Mandarin Orange and Chocolate & Yuzu. During our conversation, they suggested to preorder at Pierre Hermes via telephone and pickup versus wait in line.
Fifteen minutes wait and a line 25 people deep was what was between a beloved macaron and myself. Fortunately, the manager passed out samples of the macarons on a silver tray to the waiting patrons. Dainty halves of lemon, vanilla, orange blossom and coconut went flew from the tray to my taste buds and my favorite was the pure citrus flavor of the lemon one.
Macaron trees with gold leafed macarons
Then Laduree men were in blazers and the women wore all black, cupcake aprons and their pink bow ties.
Laduree sells stickers, but also candles with aromas such as Orange Carrot,Tomato Basil and Ginger Pumpkin.
Teas, jams and fillings such as salted caramel spread
Chocolate covered Macarons, Souris Cheries and other chocolate bonbons
Pear and chestnut macaron, black forest macaron (chocolate ganache with cherry jam and bursts of cherry-flavored Kirsch), seasonal flavors such as praline and raisin cinnamon. Unfortunately, pistachio was sold out.
Light green, gold embossed Pampille of 8 macarons for $25
Caramel with salted butter, Raspberry, Chocolate, Blackcurrant Violet, Coffee and Praline macarons
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Our 100% pure copper Hibiki Cup rain chain.
Measures 8.5 feet in length (with included hanger attachment).
Consists of 19 cups.
Each cup is 2.75" wide x 2.5" long.
Each cup has a bottom opening of .75".
Copper sheet thickness is 23 gauge.
Comes with installation instructions and an attachment piece allowing you to easily connect them to your existing gutter system.
As with all of the copper rain chains we sell, they will develop a beautiful rustic patina over time.
This item is not recommended in areas that get a lot of snow and ice.


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When the Phillies lost Sunday afternoon to the Chicago Cubs, they did something that they haven't done in five years: Have a losing record in April.
Since their current streak of running the table in the National League East began in 2007, the Phillies haven't been plagued with the early-season doldrums that more or less buried them in the division in the middle of the last decade. Aside from 2007, when they went 11-14 in April, they've had winning records in the month's first season during their current run.
That streak ended on Sunday, when the Phillies went two games under .500 with one to play in the month. And even with a win on Monday night, the Phillies still exited the month of April with a disappointing 11-12 record.
Of course, the sub-.500 record in April is really where the similarities between those two teams end. Quite frankly, they couldn't be more different. The 2007 club could rake -- they led the National League in runs, on-base percentage, slugging, triples and OPS+. They finished second in home runs. Their lineup consisted of MVP Jimmy Rollins, prime Ryan Howard and Chase Utley, the criminally underrated Pat Burrell, the contract-yearish Aaron Rowand, and a breakout hitting Shane Victorino.
This team? Quite the opposite. They are below the league average in homers, doubles, triples, runs, batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging. Their only saving grace -- if you can call it that -- is that they have only been caught stealing twice, which leads the NL.
What this team can do, however, is pitch. It's no surprise, given that they've got Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Cole Hamels, Vance Worley and Jonathan Papelbon. Their 2.99 team ERA is fifth in the NL, their 126 ERA+ is fourth, and their walks/per nine innings is second.
The 2007 team was not so fortunate when it came to pitching. Their 4.73 team ERA was the fourth worst in the National League, and the highest among any team to make the playoffs. They were below average in just about everything else, too: hits per nine, walks per nine, strikeouts per nine. You name it, the Phillies were bad at it. And if you look at their rotation, you can see why. Aside from Hamels, they were a wreck. Adam Eaton was their big free agent signing. Freddy Garcia came over via trade and was hurt almost immediately. Brett Myers, who was an above average starter, was the setup man. Bad times to be a pitcher in Philly.
This season, if the Phillies have a lead, they are likely to hold it. In 2007, they were likely to give it away. And if you put up a six spot in the first inning on the 2007 Phillies, you better not let up, because it might not be enough. And if you did the same to the 2012 team? Well, let's just say that you could let your third-string shortstop pitch the remaining eight innings.
The most interesting thing about all of this, I think, is just how far the Phillies have come in order to be a team that is built around great pitching. It used to be that they had to slug their way to wins, while hoping that their starting pitchers gave them just enough to get the win. Nowadays, it's about quality starts and collecting all of the Aces you can muster, and hoping that the runs follow. Needless to say, it's a weird feeling, watching a Phillies team that seems to be incapable of scoring runs.
What does the rest of the season hold for the Phillies? Honestly? Probably more of the same. Unless they do something drastic with the offense, they are going to need to scrape together runs as best they can until Utley and Howard return.
Most importantly, if there is one thing that that 2007 team taught us, it's that a losing record in April doesn't mean you get buried in September. It just makes it a whole lot harder to dig out of that hole.


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If you're jonesing for some whimsical outlaw techie culture in your life - and who isn't? - then you need to start reading Cory Doctorow's new novel Makers, which is being serialized pre-publication on Tor.com.
I was lucky enough to score an early copy of Makers from Cory a few months ago, and it's a fun, smart thought experiment that basically asks the question: What if the people who read MAKE: magazine became activists who wanted to subvert more than licensing agreements? In a near future of economic collapse, unemployed hardware hackers start setting up guerrilla amusement park rides and making the good kind of trouble that earns people a little more freedom. And of course, sinister representatives from major entertainment corporations are hot on their tails . . .
Here's an excerpt from today's chunk, only the third out of 81. I love this speech, from one of the makers in the book, because it's a perfect blend of engineering nerdery and declaration of independence. The engineer Perry is explaining to his friend why he makes weird robots:
"It's like this: engineering is all about constraint. Given a span of foo feet and materials of tensile strength of bar, build a bridge that doesn't go all fubared. Write a fun video-game for an eight-bit console that'll fit in 32K. Build the fastest airplane, or the one with the largest carrying capacity... But these days, there's not much traditional constraint. I've got the engineer's most dangerous luxury: plenty. All the computational cycles I'll ever need. Easy and rapid prototyping. Precision tools.
"Now, it may be that there are is a suite of tasks lurking in potentia that demand all this resource and more-maybe I'm like some locomotive engineer declaring that 60 miles per hour is the pinnacle of machine velocity, that speed is cracked. But I don't see many of those problems-none that interest me.
"What I've got here are my own constraints. I'm challenging myself, using found objects and making stuff that throws all this computational capacity at, you know, these trivial problems, like car-driving Elmo clusters and seashell toaster-robots. We have so much capacity that the trivia expands to fill it. And all that capacity is junk-capacity, it's leftovers. There's enough computational capacity in a junkyard to launch a space-program, and that's by design. Remember the iPod? Why do you think it was so prone to scratching and going all gunky after a year in your pocket? Why would Apple build a handheld technology out of materials that turned to shit if you looked at them cross-eyed? It's because the iPod was only meant to last a year!"
There's an implicit critique of planned obsolescence here, as if the way something is engineered has a social meaning (which it does!). Making something that lasts is simply more socially beneficial than making something that bricks in 10 months.
Once again, Cory is at his best when sussing out the hidden social meanings in our technology, and bringing to life the hackers who challenge a system devoted to bad engineering.
Now you have lunchtime reading for the next few months!
via Tor.com (also, a friendly maker reading the book has created special feed just for the novel, which you can subscribe to here).
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For the last 60 days I have been trying out a set by Crepe Erase*, said to erase all crepe lines from your skin leaving you with younger, youthful skin.
In this set I had a facial skin treatment, eye gel, facial scrub, body scrub, body lotion and an intensive body butter.
This is supposed to be a big breakthrough product that as I said would remove dull, crepy skin, but is it any good? After seeing before and after photo's with women having brighter, plumper skin I was rather excited to start my 60 day trial. It is recommended that you rub the product into your skin for 60 seconds - this added up to spending rather a lot of time rubbing my skin with all these products.
The list of ingredients range from shea butter, cocoa butter, coconut oil and olive oil.
So after 60 days of rubbing scrubs, lotions and gels into my skin, did it work? No not really!
My skin definitely felt softer and more moisturised but as for the little wrinkles around my outer eyes, the crepy skin on my elbows etc it really didn't change them at all.
The intensive body butter makes your skin feel velvety once it sinks in, which takes quite a while, but when applying it, it is rather on the greasy side. The body lotion actually wasn't to bad that wasn't too greasy but aside from keeping my skin moisturised there was no other difference.
The body scrubs where in my opinion just ok, they worked I did notice my skin was brighter but only slightly and I prefer a scrub that you can actually feel working on your skin. These ones just felt like you were using shower/face wash to be completely honest.
The facial treatment I wasn't to impressed with, before my trial I was using a facial oil with clear skin. Since using this my skin has felt a bit greasy but this is due to the treatment as it is rather on the greasy side and I have had a breakout of acne again which I am not really to happy about either.
The eye gel actually does feel nice on the skin and rubs in well and quick but the wrinkles around the outer eyes have not changed at all so due to that part again all rather disappointing.
So after all that I have come to realise that this is really good if you want super moisturised skin but if you are looking to combat wrinkles personally I think you are better off sticking to using products with retinol. These products all together in total would cost you £119.97 - so rather a lot of money for something that didn't really deliver for me.
Have you tried this set? If so what were your thoughts, did they work for you?
*These products were sent to me for free in exchange for my honest review


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Americans who watched President Barack Obama's address to the nation on Tuesday said they were split on whether the president made the case for military action against Syria, according to an instant poll.
More than half of those questioned in an exclusive CNN/ORC International survey of speech-watchers conducted immediately after Obama's address also said the speech did not change their confidence in the president's leadership on military and international issues.
Six out of 10 said they favor the approach to Syria that the president spelled out in his speech
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A couple of urban mandalas. A pocket park, for those of you who aren't married to an urban planner, is a little park (often as small as one residential lot) nestled in the middle of an urban area.
Archive for February, 2008
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2.28.08February 28, 2008
2.27.08February 27, 2008
2.26.08February 26, 2008
2.25.08February 25, 2008
The Oliver Sacks article got me thinking about historic patterns, and I started drawing more of my circular designs. Then my spouse walked by and said, "Holy mandala," which got me thinking about consciously drawing modern mandalas. Here's an excerpt from the Wikipedia entry for mandala:
"Mandala has become a generic term for any plan, chart or geometric pattern that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically, a microcosm of the Universe from the human perspective….The psychoanalyst Carl Jung saw the mandala as "a representation of the unconscious self." …In the West, mandala is also used to refer to the "personal world" in which one lives, the various elements of the mandala or the activities and interests in which one engages, the most important being at the centre of the mandala and the least important at the periphery. Depicting one's personal mandala in pictorial form can give one a good indication of the state of one's spiritual life."
I've always drawn circular patterns, ever since I was a little kid. My About page has some examples of circles done for various projects over the years.
Here's a modern nature-inspired mandala. Is it meaningful that the center is empty, if that's supposed to be the most important element? I'll have to try to imbue my next set of mandalas with more conscious meaning.
Oliver Sacks article about migraine patternsFebruary 25, 2008
Oliver Sacks has an article in the NYT that talks about the patterns that are associated with migraines. Here's a little excerpt:
"In my own migraine auras, I would sometimes see — vividly with closed eyes, more faintly and transparently if I kept my eyes open — tiny branching lines, like twigs, or geometrical structures covering the entire visual field: lattices, checkerboards, cobwebs, and honeycombs. Sometimes there were more elaborate patterns, like Turkish carpets or complex mosaics; sometimes I saw scrolls and spirals, swirls and eddies; sometimes three-dimensional shapes like tiny pine cones or sea urchins.
Such patterns, I found, were not peculiar to me, and years later, when I worked in a migraine clinic, I discovered that many of my patients habitually saw such patterns." — from Patterns, by Oliver Sacks
Sacks discusses how many other physical conditions can produce geometric hallucinations: sensory deprivation, low blood sugar, fever, delirium, or the hypnopompic and hypnagogic states that come immediately before and after sleep.
I've experienced some of these patterns, particularly when I'm drifting off to sleep. I've seen some beautiful patterns, interesting enough that they almost pushed me to full awakening. I've thought, "What a great combination of colors. I'll have to remember that tomorrow." And of course, I can never remember.
Sacks then ties the migraine patterns to patterns that have been represented in art across cultures, times and disciplines–painting, weaving, tile work, basketry, architecture–and wonders whether these similar geometric patterns could have all been inspired by internal brain organization.
It's a fascinating article. I've always been drawn to organized forms, repetitive images, patterns of shape and color. Perhaps I've been tapping into a larger historical or biological system of organization, made tangible by artists throughout time.
[Note: I copied this entry over from my Vox blog, which unfortunately is unable to export comments. So I also copied the comments because they were particularly interesting and I hated to leave them behind.]
Then in an act of philosophical reification, big thinkers (like Jung) push the global accounts of local phenomena to the max, saying all the stuff observable in every local place and time is all connected.
Connected why? How?
In the mind of the observer with a prejudice.
Meanwhile, the alternative explanations are out there waiting to be pushed. Maybe instead of archetypal, similarities are not as similar as the observer wants them to be, and instead, each moment expresses itself uniquely.
2.24.08February 24, 2008
2.23.08February 23, 2008
2.22.08February 22, 2008
Houses Not PatternsFebruary 22, 2008
It's a little like Love Not War but less impactful. I've been drawing the five houses for the Steele School Washington Park Home Tour, a little pro bono job I do every year for my kids' elementary school. I'll post my favorite house for this year's tour. It actually looks really nice…it's a modern house that still looks like it fits into its neighborhood and surroundings. Nice scale, interesting materials. I guess to do it justice I have to post the photo that I was working from, in addition to my sketch, since the sketch doesn't really show the materials or colors.


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After 5 years of absence from the live scene, CULT OF LUNA returned strong in 2013, with a new album and an EP, Vertikal and Vertikal II, inspired by Fritz Lang's science fiction classic Metropolis.
The Eternal Music is the music-only part of audio book / DVD Eviga Riket, which was originally released independently by the band in 2010. Eviga Riket continues the story of Holger Nilsson, who lived in the 1920s and who first lost his family and then his mind. This story was already at the core of 2008's studio album Eternal Kingdom.
While the DVD that came with the book was oscillating between text readings and music, the vinyl release of The Eternal Music is excluding the readings, and emphasizing the music - laden with sadness and melancholy, these rather quiet tunes are closer to soundtrack-music then to the band's usual sonic realms. While Eviga Riket was without doubt a fascinating, listening to the music in one go, without interrupting text readings, is a new and entirely different experience.
The Eternal Music will be released as a 12" vinyl record (180 gram), along with silk-screened cover art, printed in metallic inks on thick 500 gsm rough-surface cardboard. The artwork consists of new illustrations that have not been used in the original audio book.
500 copies on plain black wax, and 500 copies gold/black a-side/b-side effect.
The spring of 2014 will see Cult of Luna co-headlining Europe with GOD SEED, and curating Beyond The Redshift Festival, which will take place for the first time on May 10th in London.
1. Gingin
2. Jämmerdalen
3. Varken dur eller moll
4. Valsen
5. Mors tema
6. Elddansen
7. Maran
8. Harälgen
1. Skogens häst
2. Petterssons ackord
3. Om igen
4. Gitarrarpeggio
5. Ekokammarn
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yall know I have some major Noonday Collection love in my heart.
It helped bring C+A home, it's given me a VOICE to speak on behalf of these precious artisans all over the world to make a FAIR living wage and create a pathway out of poverty, and it's fueled my addiction to "goodies that give" accessorizing.
I've gotten to VISIT and get to KNOW our artisans in Uganda, Ethiopia + Rwanda [I actually took the picture on this image in Ethiopia!]
It's been an amazing to be a part of this community of world changing women [over 240 ambassadors all over the US!]
SO if YOU'VE been thinking about joining the family….this is your month! $299 to get started this month.
If you have any questions, feel free to email me [wynne dot elder @ gmail.com] It's been an amazing 2+ years and I'd love to tell you about it!
Visit my Noonday Collection site here.
PS – there is a HUGE SUMMER SALE going on RIGHT NOW!!!! Visit my site to get anywhere from 13-50% off!! HERE.


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Applications for Mutant Vehicles are being accepted starting today! This determines if we get approval to be on the playa this year. We are excited and humbled that this dream actually becoming reality. JSend us good juju and cross your fingers!
Jeepney Eagle Art Car will also submit an application for camp placement. We'll post really soon about our camp theme and the different ways we will be participating at this year's Burn.
If you're interested in participating in our camp, please let us know! Even if you're still on the fence about attending this life-altering social experiment, it's a good idea to sign up for a Burner Profile, and set your alarms for the first round of regular ticket sales. The form to submit your Burner Profile opens TOMORROW, FEB 25.
STEP ONE Burner Profile Sign Up
STEP TWO Purchase Ticket, at 12PM PST, Wednesday, March 9, 2016


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A limited-time promotion by Aurora, Ill.-based Lord & Essex Homes gave home buyers at threee separate communities the chance to win up to $5,000 in upgrades.
A limited-time promotion by Aurora, Ill.-based Lord & Essex Homes gave home buyers at three separate communities the chance to win up to $5000 in upgrades. The promotion, called Spin to Win, ran during October to extremely positive consumer reaction.
"This promotion helped us close some sales when the buyers realized they could get a few little extras they thought were out of their reach" says Kathy Revelas, sales manager at the Highlands at Ogden Falls, one of the participating communities. "We had a phenomenal October in terms of sales, and this promotion really helped."
Before buyers went to contract on any new home at the participating communities, they were given two spins on a giant money wheel. The wheel had ten spaces: two indicating "Dinner for Two," and two spaces each devoted to dollar amounts of $1000, $1500, $2000 and $2500. Buyers were able to apply the total amount of both spins, up to $5000, toward upgrades on a new Lord & Essex home. The three Chicago-area communities involved in the promotion were The Highlands at Ogden Falls in Oswego, The Townes of Ogden Falls in Oswego and Parker Ridge in Lockport.
Taylor Johnson Associates of Chicago, who is in charge of advertising and media relations for Lord & Essex Homes, devised the promotion. The three communities closed 21 sales during the promotion.
"Almost every buyer has the experience of falling in love with one or two features in a model, and then the features wind up being just out of reach in terms of price," says Kari Harrison, director of sales and marketing for Lord & Essex. "We want to send that buyer away with a smile. Fortunately, because of some year-end supplier incentives, we were able to offer this promotion."
Harrison adds that buyers can use the bonus on any option or upgrade at the communities. Depending on the result of the spins, the bonus might pay for all or part of a fireplace, hardwood flooring, a three-car garage, a built-in entertainment center, an oak trim package, an extended dinette with bay windows, upgraded appliances or an upgraded elevation. Lord & Essex offers a variety of home styles ranging from the low $110s to the low $180s in these three communities.
"Some builders don't offer promotions, and some do. Lord & Essex Homes always likes to pass our savings along to customers because we think it makes the home buying process fun and exciting," says Harrison.
Also See:
California Housing Grows Less Afordable


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Lincoln, Lincolnshire pub history index
Directory of Pubs in the UK historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Lincolnshire. The Lincolnshire listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1872/Harvey Rossington/shopkeeper & beerhouse, 4 Victoria Street/../../Whites Directory ****
1881/James Foster/Inn Keeper/39/Hull Bridge, York/Census ****
1881/Elizabeth Foster/Wife/38/Billesdon, Leicester/Census
1881/Martha Day/General Servant/16/Blankney, Leicester/Census
1881/Frank Edwards/Visitor, Draper/23/Lincoln/Census
1897/Charles Reeve/Joiners Arms, 4-6 Victoria street/../../Ruddocks Directory ****
1919/Mrs Florence Snell/beer retailer, 4 & 6 Victoria Street /../../Kellys Directory ****
1946/William Smith/../../../Lincoln Directory ****
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Friday, 25 December 2009
Monday, 21 December 2009
Vote Magnusmog!!
Someone, my mum actually, has nominated me for a blog award with a breakfast cereal company.
Scroll down the page to the Blog competition and add your vote if you fancy.
I'm in there somewhere under the Lifestyle blogs. If I win I'll let you share my mueseli!
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Saturday, 19 December 2009
Dizzy, Grumpy and Puggled.
Is a description of the state of me, rather than the names of Santa's new reindeer. Too much excitement has taken its toll and my energy reserves have run out. I've been confined to barracks for most of the week, bumbling around the house like a bee with a defective flight plan.
When not lying on the sofa playing a furry game of Russian Roulette with Magnus ( he sleeps on my chest, I try not twitch in my sleep and cause him to strike with all claws ) I have been knitting simple things to keep me sane. Two scarves of the Baktus persuasion have been finished off and the sainted Mary Jane came to my rescue with her Cabled Chullo pattern which is super easy but looks really impressive. It is finished and blocking on a balloon in my window, much to the confusion of the neighbours who mistook it for me when they walked past. I say the hat is finished but in reality I have still to rustle up the energy to make two pom poms. Any day now.
I have been entertaining myself by taking pictures of the cat 'helping' with my craft endeavours. Here are some of my favourites. The project on the ironing board is in fact my very first ever patchwork quilt made from rectangles of denim. It has been sent upstairs to Knitting Headquarters for Christmas and I confidently anticipate that it will be finished in January just as soon as I have taught myself how to make a border.
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Saturday, 12 December 2009
Winter sunlight on my toes.
Time for a fibre update. The cold weather has made the knitting of bedsocks imperative and I used my beautiful Fyberspates green to make these chaps. I had thought of teaming the green up with some hand dyed purple yarn but the more I knitted the less the sock looked like a chic take on the urban goth look and more like the work of a knitter who was colourblind. Or completely lacking in taste. Thankfully I had an emergency supply of sensible white yarn which did the trick.
Our little weeping willow tree gets pruned every six months or so otherwise the branches get so thick that they deny light to the surrounding plant life. Last pruning I rescued the trimmings and soaked them in a bucket of water till they grew mouldy and fragrant. The resulting dye is a subtle warm peach, spun into a thick-ish single ply. Imagine my smugness, fibre spun on a Friday, yarn washed and dried over the weekend and a shawl knitted by Thursday night. Only the yarn was too thick for the pattern and there really wasn't enough of it. The teeny shawl that was the result of all that effort made me look like Jemima Puddleduck
This afternoon I will be listening to the football on Radio Scotland and turning a too small shawl into a just right scarf using only some 5mm needles and a strong sense of hubris.
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Monday, 7 December 2009
New Views of London
View number one: Distinguished artist Grayson Perry, view obscured by fawning fan who had made him some hand-spun wrist warmers and was in the process of handing them over. Mr Perry kindly noted that he looked forward to having warm wrists.
View number two: Empty plate, Carluccio's restuarant, Richmond. Very fine food and good company.
View number three: The view from our first hotel, the Euston Travelodge. It is fair to say that the Travelodge chain is not renowned for its love of the picturesque.
View number four: Knitter near Euston Square finds that pointy sticks are no match for urban flying monsters. Subject is relieved to look slightly less like the back of a ( London ) bus than in view number one.
Thank you to Archie for taking views one and four.
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Thursday, 19 November 2009
Rain warming.
Its raining today. It rained yesterday. There's fair chance that it will rain tomorrow. The builders working on the roof across the road are wearing oilskins and every photo I take is edged with grey. A person has to try hard to find colour in this dripping world.
But I am trying. A chum brought me some of her Japanese Quinces, enough to fill one and a half tiny jars with jelly. As a time and motion exercise it fails at every turn but the smell of the kitchen and the pale orange glow of the jelly, shining like a weak winter sun made every minute count.
It was raining on Monday morning when I walked to the Doctors to get my (not swine) flu injection and as I stuffed my hands into the pockets of my coat I found two ear plugs and a crumpled gathering of paper streamers. The reason? A Sunday night adventure with The Flaming Lips. Joyous, openhearted and absolutely colourful. Have a look at the little Youtube clip for details. The sound quality is rough but the images are perfect.
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Thursday, 12 November 2009
In between Soctoberfest and Mousecapades, I went on a trip.
First of all was a visit to London and the delights of Bethnal Green
( thank you very much Sammy Leigh.) I visited Grayson Perry's tapestry which was an overwhelming delight. Next to be seen were Anish Kapoor's grey worm casts and red wax cannons. It was half term and the gallery was filled with children trying to get their hands on the red goo.
The BFI film festival was on at the Southbank and I spent hours in darkened rooms watching films. The absolute highlight was nearly three hours long, black and white and silent. It was also set in Norway and filmed in 1929. If you ever get the chance to see Laila, grab it, especially if there is a real silent film pianist to help you along.
I was thrilled to find Prick Your Finger, a yarn and spinning emporium which sells all sorts of glorious things. When I visited the fibre being prepared in the shop was given the title Paris Hilton and it was as pink and sparkling as it's namesake.
Off I went to Kent for the weekend and the company of two small girls and their lovely mum. I learned all about High School Musical and the potential perils of chicken flying into beds. It was fabulous to spend time with small people whose every sentence begins with; " Imagine if....."
* embiggen the pictures of Grayon Perry's tapestry to enjoy the detailed beauty and Anish Kapoor's shiny sculpture to see the wee face peering out of the bottom layer.
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Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Sometimes it is better if the cat loses.
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Monday, 26 October 2009
With one lousy pair of socks.
I'm just about to head out of the door for a week of friends and culture in London, followed by a weekend of children and more friendliness in Kent. Probably followed by a further week of sleeping while I recover from the excitement.
I've been lying low, gathering my energies and getting a new haircut, ( a fringe! a fringe! ) Not much to report then except some very tasty eating and my puny contribution to Soctoberfest. I do have another pair on the go and have packed some sock possibilities to knit along with the culture. I'm planning to sit in the BFI cafe knitting and people watching. I can't wait.
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Tuesday, 20 October 2009
The peanut that tasted like Halloween.
I ate a peanut this week and was immediately reminded of the taste of the nuts that we would eat from their shells on Halloween evening as we wandered around the neighbourhood. Scottish kids of my generation didn't know anything about the dangerous sounding Trick or Treat activities of children across the pond. We went guising instead and tried the patience of those we visited with half remembered rhymes and bad Knock Knock jokes.
I have a terrible memory for dates, names, places but give me a taste or a smell and I'm transported to another time. And if that wasn't Proustian enough, on Saturday I made madeleines.
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Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Long shadows.
It's getting dark at around 6.30pm and that's before the clocks go back. Time to settle in with the instructions for my new sewing machine - it's a Janome something or other. Sewing seems a lot more complicated than knitting even before I get down to thinking about patterns and fabrics. Even the Beginners guide I took out of the library today jumps stright into seams and interfacing and all manner of fiddly things. I think I may have to sit down with the machine and just practice going in a straight line for a while. That's a lot harder than you might think.
One good thing about the new machine is that it gives me a great excuse to go to the charity shops hunting for cotton and prints. I bought the most amazing dress yesterday that can only be described as a muumuu. I have plans to turn it into a skirt and use the rest for patchwork. I would take a photo but, as I said, it is already growing dark.
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Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Sewing is dangerous.
I've been trying to coax my grandmother's old sewing machine out of retirement but after days of fiddling around I have decided that it is beyond me. Some essential parts are broken and if I knew more about sewing machines I might be able to work around them but as a novice, I fear it may be time to give up and buy a new one.
Not that I haven't had fun trying. I made a bag out of a lovely old apron that I bought from a charity shop and it is now the holding bay for socks awaiting handwashing. And this lovely pin cushion rectangle that should have been a square had I followed the directions properly. I've been trying to improve on my hand sewing too with the result that I now have about four squares of crazy patchwork that I don't know what to do with. Maybe when my new sewing machine arrives I'll have learned enough to make them into some semblance of a quilt.
Its dangerous stuff this sewing. I've kitted myself out with a special quilters' ruler, a cutting mat and a rotary cutter. I was warned to be very careful of the rotary cutter on account of the deadly accuracy of the blade. No-one warned me to be careful of the packaging and I still managed to cut myself - on the box.
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Saturday, 19 September 2009
This is what I sound like!
My mother, the unflagging competition enterer has won me a tiny little video/dvd camera. I had no trouble finding a subject to focus on.
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Friday, 18 September 2009
A last hurrah.
Summer is fading wrote Phillip Larkin in September 1959. Its fading here too fifty years on. The swallows have made their arrangements and left after a week of checking their plumage on the telephone line outside my window. At the front door this morning the air smells colder than yesterday.
The garden is hanging on to the colours of summer, the french beans and mange tout are refusing to give up hope, still producing enough to turn into soup. Me? I've started wearing cardigans and spinning thicker yarns.
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Wednesday, 9 September 2009
The Grantchester Walnuts.
One of my fellow Pilgrims has a tree in her garden. It's a walnut tree and it sheds many nuts. Now walnut hulls - the fleshy green outside part which decomposes gently into black mush if you leave it alone long enough, makes the most beautiful natural dye. You can imagine my glee when I came home one night last week after a long and tiring day, to find a box at the top of my stairs. I shook the box, the box rattled with a satifying walnut-like rattle. Sheer bliss.
I have commenced my dye experiments with this bounty and so far have discovered that walnuts dye skin a light brown, (bad idea) latex gloves go bright bright yellow, ( much safer ) and alum mordanted white fleece turns a glorious multi-layered dark brown, like a glamorous brunette.
Thank you Elspeth - I'll post photos of the yarn when the sun cooperates.
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Thursday, 27 August 2009
My day looked like this.
Today was a day for noticing a change in the seasons.
A walk in the woods with my young man, basket filled with chanterelle mushrooms and plans for dinner. The fields around the village are turning gold and yellow, the hum of the Combine Harvesters working all night long. Blackberries are ripening and I can imagine pots of jam and apple crumble. Cosy thoughts.
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Friday, 21 August 2009
The Pilgrimage Film festival that I attended is raising money (probably to pay for the extra transport after Bus Number One broke down on the first day. ) So they have added this page to their website. And look - my hat is one of the stars! It's a Felicity hat made with Blue Faced Leicester handspun and dyed with silver birch bark from my back garden. If that isn't wonder enough, the picture of the snazzy young man on the bottom right hand side was taken by me. So much excitement for a Friday morning.
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Thursday, 20 August 2009
Home again and all's well.
It's very different from the Pilgrimage but I found a lot to welcome me home. Magnus had reclaimed the tartan blanket before I had a chance to unpack and the garden had saved up some of it's bounty to share. Back to the more peaceful rythms of life and some homemade bluberry and coconut muffins.
I returned full of good memories and inspiration. You can't ask for more than that!
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I enjoy making an ethnic recipe from time to time. This enjoyable street noodle dish is simple enough to make once you have the ingredients prepped and the whole family can enjoy it.
A few weeks ago I was in a cooking rut. We were eating the same things over and over and I never knew what I was going to be cooking for supper, until five minutes before I started. I somehow convinced myself that the solution to this dilemma was to plan my menus for a month and then do a big shopping trip based on that menu plan. Since I don't really like to plan menus, I decided to make it more interesting by choosing a recipe from each continent, excluding Antarctica, every week.
About two hours into the menu-planning session, I realized that I was insane and decided to just do a week's worth of menus. This was an incredibly good decision since the grocery bill for the one week was what I would normally spend for three. However, many of the recipes were really good and I am now officially out of the cooking rut and back to my normal methods of not planning and shopping from a pantry list.
One of my favorite meals from that week was a knock-off of P.F. Chang's Singapore Street Noodles. Gluten Free Singapore Street Noodles is one of my favorite dishes at Chang's and I was super excited to find a recipe that tastes and smells exactly like the real thing. This recipe has been floating around the web for a while, but I've added a vegan option, eliminated/changed a few ingredients to make it gluten free, and revamped the cooking instructions.
Be very, very careful of the sriracha sauce. We used the full two tablespoons that were in the original recipe, and we had to douse our noodles with rice vinegar, chase every bite with soy milk, and even then we could just barely stand to eat it.
P.S. For those of you who were waiting for it, this is the second recipe using the shredded red cabbage
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Photo Flash: Steppenwolf's FIRST LOOK REPERTORY OF NEW WORK
Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents its 6th annual First Look Repertory of New Work-three developmental productions of new plays presented in rotating repertory playing October 27 - November 14, 2010 in Steppenwolf's Merle Reskin Garage Theatre, 1624 N. Halsted St. The 2010 festival will also include three free readings by emerging playwrights presented November 5-7, 2010. Tickets for all productions and readings are currently available.First Look 2010 Productions:The Etiquette of Vigilance
A new play by Robert O'Hara
Directed by Timothy Douglas
Featuring ensemble member Alana Arenas with Alfred H. Wilson
Wednesday, October 27 - Sunday, November 14, 2010Over 50 years have passed since Travis and his parents became the first black family to integrate Chicago's segregated Clybourne Park neighborhood. Now Lorraine, Travis's only daughter and the first in her family to attend college, is buckling under the pressure of her family's long deferred dream. In this contemporary reconsideration of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, O'Hara's poignant new play imagines what might have happened to the beleaguered Younger family-and asks us to consider the wounds still healing from the days of city-sanctioned segregation. Robert O'Hara won the 2010 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play for Antebellum, produced at the Woolly Mammoth Theater Company. His Insurrection: Holding History received the Oppenheimer Award for Best New American Play in its world premiere at the New York Shakespeare Festival, which he also directed. His other widely produced works include Good Breeding, Brave Brood and American Maul. He also rewrote The Wiz for its revival at LaJolla Playhouse, directed by Des McAnuff.Dramaturg: Rebecca Rugg
The Old Masters
A new play by Sam Marks
Directed by Daniel Aukin
Featuring Anne Adams, Natasha Lowe and Jay Whittaker.
Thursday, October 28 - Sunday, November 14, 2010
A new play by Jason Wells
Directed by Kimberly Senior
Featuring Jennifer Engstrom, Tom Hickey, Timothy Edward Kane, Brian King, Dorcas Sowunmi and Will Zahrn
Friday, October 29 - Sunday, November 14, 2010In the not-so-distant future, America is at the mercy of unchecked martial law after a massive government breakdown. Wells' dark comedy centers on Carlton Berg, a government employee imprisoned in a small-town Missouri jailhouse who claims to possess a giant database containing the names of every American citizen slated for persecution by the new regime. His only hope comes in the form of fellow inmate Tanya, an abrasive drunk driver, and Shonda, the jail's law-abiding administrative assistant. Jason Wells' first play, Men of Tortuga, had a critically-acclaimed debut during First Look 2005 and went on to a successful run at the Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota and returned to Chicago for a production at Profiles Theatre. Jason's second play, Perfect Mendacity, debuted at First Look 2008 and also went on to its official world premiere at the Asolo.Dramaturg: Joy MeadsThe designers for First Look 2010 include Scott Neale (sets), Elizabeth Flauto (costumes), Marcus Doshi (lights) and Rick Sims (sound). The Stage Managers include Angela M. Adams (The Etiquette of Vigilance) Jonathan Nook (The North Plan) and Adam Ganderson (The Old Masters). Polly Carl is the Festival Producer, Whitney Dibo is the Program Assistant.Performance schedule:
The 6th annual First Look Repertory of New Work plays Wednesdays through Fridays at 8 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays at 1:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Note: three-play marathons are available every Saturday and Sunday during the run. The complete First Look schedule is as follows: The Etiquette of Vigilance The Old Masters The North Plan
Wednesday, 10/27 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday, 10/28 at 8:00 p.m. Friday, 10/29 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, 10/30 at 4:30 p.m. Saturday 10/30 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, 10/30 at 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, 10/31 at 8:00 p.m. Sunday, 10/31 at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, 10/31 at 4:30 p.m.
Friday, 11/5 at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday,11/3 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday, 11/4 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, 11/6 at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, 11/6 at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, 11/6 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, 11/7 at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, 11/7 at 8:00 p.m. Sunday 11/7 at 1:00 p.m.
Thursday, 11/11 at 8:00 p.m. Friday, 11/12 at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, 11/10 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, 11/13 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday 11/13 at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, 11/13 at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday 11/14 at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, 11/14 at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, 11/14 at 8:00 p.m. Individual tickets to First Look Repertory of New Work cost $20 per performance. A First Look Pass to all three plays is available for $45. Tickets are available at www.steppenwolf.org or by calling Audience Services at 312-335-1650. To reserve tickets for the First Look free readings, contact Audiences Services at 312-335-1650. First Look 2010 Free Readings:The Kid Thing
A new play by Sarah Gubbins
Directed by Joanie Schultz
Featuring Sean Cooper, Park Krausen, Kelli Simpkins, Wendi Weber and Sarah Welborn.
Friday, November 5, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.Lesbian couples Lee & Darcy and Nate & Margot are the closest of friends - that is, until a dinner party announcement brings major change. It's all fun and games until someone mentions "the kid thing" in this new play about attraction, maternal instinct and parenthood.Sarah Gubbins is a Chicago playwright whose play Fair Use was developed and produced during First Look 2008. Her plays have also been read or developed at The Public Theater, About Face Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, Next Theatre Company and Collaboraction.4,000 Miles
A new play by Amy Herzog
Directed by Matthew Miller
Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.
Featuring Rob Fenton, Deanna Myers, Kathleen Romond and Mary Ann Thebus.After losing his best friend, 20-something Leo seeks refuge in his feisty 91-year old grandmother's New York City apartment. A sharp-witted play about becoming unstuck, 4,000 Miles examines how we move forward in today's world-when we're not, or don't want to be, part of the mainstream. Amy Herzog's After the Revolution is being produced at Williamstown during summer 2010 and she recently completed commissions for the Yale Repertory Theatre and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. She received the 2008 Helen Merrill Award for Aspiring Playwrights.Bethany
A new play by Laura Marks
Directed by Krissy Vanderwarker
Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.
Featuring Brenda Barrie, Mica Cole, Julie Ganey, Levi Holloway, Lia Mortensen and David Pasquesi.Crystal, a single mom who works at a struggling car dealership, will do anything to get her life back together. A timely meditation on recession-era morality, Bethany explores the lengths to which we'll go for both family and finances.Laura Marks' previously produced works include Unbound and Hypothesis, both at Prospect Theater Company. She is also a member of The Public Theater's 2010 Emerging Writers Group and will be entering Juilliard's playwriting program.Note: all readings will take places in Steppenwolf's Upstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St.First Look also includes First Look 101, a unique three-month experience from September 25 - November 14, 2010 that takes enrolled participants on a backstage journey through all aspects of the new play development process - from the first rehearsal to the final performance. The program is open to anyone interested in the process of creating new plays. First Look 101 costs $100 ($75 for students with valid ID) and includes access to all First Look 101 events, plus tickets to all three First Look Repertory productions. Enrollment is currently closed. The mission of First Look Repertory of New Work is to develop plays for future production at Steppenwolf and other theaters across the country. Since its inception in The Garage, nine of the fifteen plays presented during First Look's first five seasons have enjoyed subsequent world premieres at other theaters, including: Sarah Gubbins' Fair Use produced at Actors' Express in Atlanta; Jason Wells' Perfect Mendacity produced at Asolo Repertory Theatre in Florida; Wells' Men of Tortuga also at Asolo (followed by a second production at Profiles Theater in Chicago); Butcher of Baraboo by Marisa Wegrzyn produced by 2econd Stage Theatre in New York; 100 Saints You Should Know by Kate Fodor produced by Playwrights Horizons in New York; Spare Change by Mia McCullough produced by Stage Left Theatre in Chicago; Gary by Melinda Lopez produced by Boston Playwrights' Theatre in Massachusetts; and When The Messenger is Hot by Laura Eason produced by 59E59 Theaters in New York. Eason's Sex with Strangers, produced in last year's First Look Rep, will be part of Steppenwolf's upcoming 2010-2011 season. The Garage is dedicated to new plays, new artists and new audiences. It provides artists the opportunity to present their work with the scale, space and resources it merits. For audiences, it creates another opportunity to build a multigenerational conversation about the new, provocative work emerging from Chicago's diverse and vibrant theatre scene. The Garage offers programming featuring new voices for the American theater - directors, writers, designers and actors.
Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting new American plays at Steppenwolf Theatre Company and for their sponsorship of the First Look Repertory of New Work.
Steppenwolf is located near all forms of public transportation and is wheelchair accessible. Street and lot parking are available. Assistive listening devices and large print programs are available for every performance.Committed to the principle of ensemble performance through the collaboration of a company of actors, directors and playwrights, Steppenwolf Theatre Company's mission is to advance the vitality and diversity of American theater by nurturing artists, encouraging repeatable creative relationships and contributing new works to the national canon. The company, formed in 1976 by a collective of actors, is dedicated to perpetuating an ethic of mutual respect and the development of artists through on-going group work. Steppenwolf has grown into an internationally renowned company of 43 artists whose talents include acting, directing, playwriting and textual adaptation. For additional information, visit www.steppenwolf.org, www.facebook.com/SteppenwolfTheatre and www.twitter.com/SteppenwolfThtr.
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Jen McGowan studied directing in the MFA program at USC and also studied acting at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts under David Mamet. Her first feature, 'Kelly & Cal', starring Juliette Lewis and Cybill Shepherd, premiered at SXSW where she won the Gamechanger Director Award. She is a Film Independent Fellow, was a finalist for the Clint Eastwood Filmmakers Award, recipient of the Alliance of Women Directors Breakout Award for Excellence in Directing and was included on Vulture's list of Women Directors Hollywood Should Be Hiring.
Prior to directing, Jen also worked in commercial production for RSA, Radical and Propaganda and worked on features including Oscar-winning 'Boys Don't Cry'.
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Today was the final day of this project. It's bitter-sweet, for sure. In fact, it still hasn't hit me completely. I was excited yesterday about crossing the finish line today, but I listened to the final version of today's song while I was packing all my guitars away...and it made me sad. Carly and I are moving, so Threebynine(TM) recording studio will be relocating also. I've already packed a large portion of the studio (mics, stands, guitars, cables, drums, etc)...it looks pretty empty already.
I took a pay cut this past year, and I (we) made some other sacrifices in order to make this project possible. I continued working my job throughout this project, but my job was only 30 percent of my week (about 15-20 hours/week), and 70 percent being music (about 40 hours/week). Now, unless someone is willing to pay me a fair salary to continue recording, my focus will shift back to 90 percent work and 10 percent music. Anyone? Anyone?
I'm very excited about the prospect of forming a band to play a few songs from this project. The 6 people that I've contacted have already expressed interest, so I'll let you know if it works out.
Thanks for your interest and support! If you haven't already, please join the Mailing List at www.anewsongeveryday.com to get updates on future projects.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Song366_When We Meet Again (FINAL DAY!)
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Authorities in Los Angeles report that 457 marijuana dispensaries have filed tax renewals with the city this year. That is more than three times the 135 pot shops legally allowed to operate under 2013's Proposition D ballot initiative, and represents a minority of the 1,100 medical marijuana collectives thought to exist in the city, according to the Los Angeles Times. Many active dispensaries may not have filed to pay their taxes.
Marijuana is only legal in California for medicinal reasons, though the state's Democratic Party added full legalization to the party platform last month, over the objections of Gov. Jerry Brown. In some parts of the city, there are more marijuana dispensaries than the otherwise ubiquitous Starbucks coffee shops. Despite the flourishing of the marijuana industry, the city remains last nationally in job growth, after bankrupt Detroit.


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Worcester County on Maryland's Eastern Shore has issued a burn ban, and officials in nearby Talbot County are asking residents to avoid burning because of increased risk of fire during the current heat wave.
Worcester County Fire Marshal Jeff McMahon says all burn permits have been rescinded until further notice.
Issued Thursday, the ban applies to all outdoor burning, including ground-based sparkling devices. Exceptions include properly used gas and charcoal grills, campfires at commercial, state and federal campgrounds, and permitted Ocean City bonfires.
Talbot County officials say the area has had a number of ground cover fires recently started by controlled burns or fireworks, including two brush fires in the Tunis Mills area this week.


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I recently attempted to extend my XP drive from 127gig by a further 50gig on my PC's 500gig HD. I used "Partition Magic" to screw it up but all seemed well until after reboot - Now it fires to the point of the XP logo and momentarily follows with a BSOD and back to square one.
I gather that the possible cause is that the volumes are no longer recognized - I have looked at the the Partions from inside Linux Ubuntu that dual boots on the same 500gig dive It works fine using "Gparted".......it still shows the 127gig with the 50gig attempted extension sitting separately and not as one block.
Sorry so long, but before i make things worse i'm hoping one of you might know whether running the windows "R" repair/recover consul has a chance of fixing this problem without making matters worse..........also is "repair" & "recover" the same thing???????
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You didn't post the make/model of your computer. If it's an OEM rather than a custom build, running the recovery or repair might result in the hard drive being wiped & the loss of all your files & programs. Doing a recovery should be the last resort, not the 1st.
Why did you want to extend the partition in the 1st place? another 50GB isn't a heck of a lot, but 127GB is a lot space for XP. I can only guess you're not using the drive space "wisely" & have all your files & programs on the C-drive rather than a separate partition.
Anyhow, the 1st thing you should do is troubleshoot the error message on the BSOD. Press F8 at startup to bring up the Advanced Boot Options menu, then select "disable automatic restart" - that will allow you to view the blue screen.
Also... Is your data (all that personal stuff you don't want lose) safe elsewhere - off the system as is?
If not perhaps take serious steps "now" to recover it from the drive as is, and save/copy to dvd at least. Check the copies are accessible too on at least one other working system
You can boot with Linux style cd/dvd and access and save data that way.
Ubuntu.com is where to find, download and burn (to a dvd) an ISO. Boot with that dvd.
Ubuntu will load into RAM only, and will allow you at least see and hopefully access the hd and contents; which can then be copied to external media.
Then set about resolving your problems with PM.
This link may be useful to read, which although referring to Gpart, may offer possible resolution?
And this discussion seems a little more your actual situation?
Thanks riider, i've done the disable and can now see the BSOD issue "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME"
It suggests "Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing" then "Safe Mode" however can't seem to find a way into safe mode.
So......I opened the dual boot of Ubuntu on that same 500gig drive and found an error message below when attempting to access my windows files through the home folder of Ubuntu.
>>>>>>Unable to mount 137 GB File system
Error Mounting: mount exited with exit code 12: Failed to read last sector
(2684413956):invalid argument
HINTS:Either the volume is a RAID/LDM or wasn't set up yet,
or was not set up correctly(e.g. by not using mdadm -build...),
or a wrong device is tried to be mounted,
or the partition table is corrupt (partition is smaller than NTFS).
or the NTFS boot sector is corrupt (NTFS size is not valid).
Failed to mount'/dev/sda1': Invalid argument
The device'/dev/sda1' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disc instead of a partition(e.g./dev/sda, not/dev/sda1 Or the other way around?<<<<<<<
I'm no expert and a bit lost with all this but obviously my hashed attempt at resizing the windows partition was no smart move!!!.......However, i did note that the Error Message referred to 137GB but when i go look in GParted it shows the /dev/sda1 partition as 127.98GB
Sorry if i have lost you guys - Many thanks for your help so far.
ATB BongoFury.
What, if any, service pack do you have? The original version of XP only supported 137 gb partitions - 48 bit LBA support came along in SP1
Hello Dan
Yeah my XP disc goes back to around 2002ish so had had all three service packs added since......that is why i thought with the updates i could enlarge the partition........daft really as it was ok as it was but hey i did it.
First off, i think i know the reason for the 127.98GB - 137GB issue.....
I think it must be, the sum total of GB is 137 and the 127.98GB refers to how much of the drive has been used up. These totals were showing in Ubuntu with the aid of GParted.
As it is, I discovered a guru in our local PC World this afternoon.......like the geekyest bloke i ever did see that told me this afternoon that i should download "Windows XP sp3.iso" from Digital River onto a CD.....NOT a DVD and run the repair feature.......NOT recovery (as that would trash the existing setup that was) and that should pick up the lost stitches and any file issues all at the same time????? He sure looked like he meant what he was saying!!!
Any comments welcome
When you run xp setup and there is evidence of a previous version "around" setup will "usually" find it. It will then offer to repair it or to run a fresh installation.
Key issue initially - do NOT allow any reformat to occur; simply leave the drive and partitioning as is.
If you opt for a new installation it can go in alongside the one found (same partition); and will go in with different folder name. If the original installation was windows, then this second one will usually go in as winnt (or something like that). The boot files will be rewritten and the previous version added to the newly created boot-menu, and there by its current folder name. The new installation will be set as default OS to boot; the previous one can of course be selected etc. to boot (if it's ok). What I can't recall just now is whether or not new installation will damage (as in lose) your personal stuff; which typically is in c:\MyDocuments folder - as during its installation it will seek to create that folder afresh. My distant memory is that "it will" damage/lose the current contents of that folder. So not the best option to pursue if personal stuff isn't safe elsewhere beforehand.
If you go repair... there are two versions of that. One will attempt it via Recovery Console - and that may lose personal files in the process... So best avoided - personal stuff isn't safe elsewhere at this time...
The other repair approach is a repair installation; in which the OS is installed "over" the current one. This is NOT done via Recovery Console. Instead one declines to repair initially and goes a step or two further. There will then be the option to install it over the current version; and barring accidents... it will preserve (not damage) current MyDocuments folder contents. But again always better to have files safe elsewhere first if possible.
If one can access that MyDocuments folder via say an Ubuntu dvd boot up, one can copy its contents to external storage at least; and it "may" be possible to rename it to something other than its current folder name. After-which any subsequent installation can safely (re)create a new MyDocuments folder; and you can copy the contents of original back later?
This chap/link covers it all with suitably more detailed "how to" info - and the clear warnings of the Recovery Console approach.
The Recovery Routine (aka factory reset/restore) will, as advised by your local techie..., wipe the disk fully and restore it to as it was when the system was delivered; erasing "all your stuff" in the process... Last resort and to be avoided at all times... To be resorted to only when all else has failed; and again ideally when personal stuff has somehow been safeguarded first as above...
Also the image you download (XP with sp3) must be an OEM if your original installation was such; or a non-OEM if it wasn't. You cannot install a non-OEM over an OEM and visa-versa - if you wish to use your current XP key for validation of your installation. OEM and non OEM (retail) keys are different and won't work with other' version (disk/installation).
Again I would take steps to safeguard your personal "stuff" first - regardless of how you set about rebuilding/repairing a working OS. Safer than sorrier rule...?
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Perhaps you created the Recovery Disks through Partition Magic before you actually resized the partitions? If so, you can follow the Recovery procedure.
Failing that, take a look here; might help explain...not knowing the make/model of your computer, I can't say for sure.
Which version of Partition magic did you use? If you used an older version such as version 6 or earlier, it won't work on the NTFS version that XP uses. Older versions were meant to work on NTFS version 3.0 and earlier, XP uses NTFS version 3.1.
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Yup there were issues between PM and XP that did cause grief for more than a few... and it did take some effort on the part of PM (and possibly M$) to both acknowledge and resolve it...
I thought it was with a version of PM that was around version 3 or 4... that created the problems. Usual consequence of the problem was a lost installation... It really did cause much grief a the time for those not aware of it. The issue emphasised even then the wisdom of safeguarding/copying all personal data etc. somewhere safe and off the system entirely - just in-case. Sadly many didn't and of course still don't... before doing anything to a working (or attempting to recover a damaged) system - when possible.
Gees guys thanks for all the advice - I will try to keep this short.
Rather than attempting to directly answer all suggestions that have come my way i will summarize where i am with this:
I can't be certain but I'm now beginning to wonder if i only ran the service pack 3 disc as i was under the impression that it featured all previous updates to XP???? (my XP Home copy is circa 2001/2). I set up this installation about 18 months ago when fitting the 500GB Sata HD and was somewhat puzzled at the time when it only configured 137GB but just left it at that..........presumably this is why the adding of another 50GB went belly up!
As for the guru's suggestion - that is a non starter, as M$ have pulled the plug on the Digital River option anyhow. With regard to data, I do have 99% of it saved on a 500GB USB drive so not all is ever going to be lost - I'm just determined to fix what I have if possible.
With regard to Ubuntu's ability to get into the Windows file - Ubuntu can see the folder in the "Home Folder" but it can't open or do anything as mentioned in "Post 3". Furthermore with regard to PartitionMagic I'm fairly certain the version used was the latest "6" as I got it from "Cnet" only a few weeks back.........So, seeing as I only have that 137GB and presuming that means service pack 1&2 are not present, then if i'm reading your info right then it is no wonder the process failed.Y/N?!?!
I have been slow to run the XP installation disc for fear of wipe out but again if i don't have the updates from packs 1&2 installed i should........I hope be ok to try the "repair option" thus picking back up the 137GB partition........Hmmm.
Try EaseUS Partition Master Free instead.
One other option too...
Create your own XP-sp3 installation disk. Slipstream sp-3 into whichever version of XP installation disk you have?
Takes a wee bit of time and effort to do it all; but once you have it dun... usually works fine.
Incidentally if you know anyone who has the appropriate OEM or non-OEM/retail disk you could borrow/use that; as you will not be using "their" key to register/activate afterwards. You could also (legally) make a copy of that disk, and also use it to create your own slipstreamed SP3-version. You would use "your" XP key with the disk - again providing it is the same type of disk (OEM or retail) as used to install XP originally on your system.
XP disks are turning up for very few pennies nowadays at computer fairs and clearance houses... They're also on eBay of course and even Amazon too - all seemingly legally sold - OEM at least. I have at least 3 (I think) unused/still sealed OEM or retail installation disks... All you need is the disk - you already have legitimate key?
Afternoon Team,
I am downloading EaseUS as I type - good reviews I see.......I presume that is for when I solve the issue of getting into Windows and resorting the partitions in future?......Thanks there.
With regard to slipstreaming "trvir" I still have the original disc - not sure why I would want another copy? When you say about the OEM I presume you mean a disc specific to the Packard Bell machine - the copy I have predates the 2005/6 PC.........I'm sure it must be obvious but I've missed that one?
A BIG issue I have is this.........If as I say i'd run service pack 3 after my initial XP installation from what you say it covers the previous packs 1 & 2 do I have that right?????? If so I presume when I attempted the addition of the extra 50GB that should not have been a problem! Again, if i have this right the problem was with PartitionMagic not seeing eye to eye with my dear old windows XP disc.
Hope I'm making sense.......I know what I mean.......Ha Ha.
PS. Off to suss out this slipstreaming & dig out the Service pack 3 disc.
You have a Packard Bell branded disk - which is thus an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) disk. Slipstreaming that with sp3 ought to work fine; and resolve the whole 137Gig issue for you.
So no need of another disk; wasn't fully aware you still had the original OEM disk.
Each sp includes the previous sp (if they existed) and usually any updates close/upto to the arrival of that latest sp.
Can't recall clearly now what exactly the problems were with PM and XP; but they were very evident at the time and caused more than a little grief. And the M$ input was a consequence of it too.
I think you're correct in that if you successful recover (re-install or repair etc.) the current version, and include sp3 either during the rebuild or add it later, then the 137Gig issues will disappear and allow you to "safely" extend the partition over that barrier (with EaseUS).
My fault trvir when I said "original" i meant as in the installation that has run on the Packard Bell this past 18 months - i.e the version that died on encounter with PM.
The XP disc i own has run on a variety of my machines since 2001/2 and was not of the OEM variety.
I Definitely had service pack 3 in the program list........which is why I find it strange that when Pack 3 was added that the 137GB issue was not taken care of.
I trust this makes sense.
As long as the disk type you have uses the same style key that is currently in use on the system, albeit broken just now... :-( - you can use that disk as a slip stream starter to either repair/re-install etc.?
As best I understand it... the "phyx" for 137Gig barrier (present in sp-1, 2, and 3, has to be present at time of installation; rather than applied afterwards if wishing to go over that barrier at time of installation. i.e. install using XP with at least sp-1 included... (and as per first statement in the link immediately below ensure lba is enabled).
If you install XP without at least sp-1 included then you are stuck at the barrier; as applying the sp-1 (or later) after installing XP without "any" sp merely reveals balance of the drive - as unused space... How you use that is of course up to you.. Partition tweakers/managers of course will allow you to extend into it... - if things don't go
awry/wrong... This Western digital article discusses this aspect too:
Incidentally if you do a quick google trawl using:
xp 137gb limit
as the search string/term..., you will get a whole slew of useful discussions and more erudite/qualified explanations and so on about it all. Might be worth a quick look-see?
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"I am downloading EaseUS as I type"
They do have a recovery program as well.
EASEUS Partition Recovery
Another very good tool.
TestDisk was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally erasing your Partition Table).
Documentation is available here
TestDisk Step By Step
Hi, that list seems to cover a bit of ground John, so will go have a good look.
I did start a thread a few days back with regard to using TestDisk and was warned that all existing data would be lost or scrambled around and not to use it if I wanted to restore my folders.
I wonder has anyone on here heard of Hirens Boot CD to download - it has been suggested but the links i have tried seem to be compromised.......any ideas welcome.
Hiren's BootCD
Tutorial Hiren Boot Cd 15.2
Here is another choice BongoFury.
Active@ Partition Recovery
This is a demo version, follow these instructions to use.
1: Run SuperScan, APR should ID the faulty partition & restore it.
2: The partition will appear to be empty.
3: Reboot Windows.
4: chkdsk should run automatically during boot, it will take a very long time, but should eventually reboot with files intact.
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Another tool.
Partition Find and Mount
Good Morning John,
I have had a good look at "Find and mount" I have not tried running it yet as i see it says that info will become read only - do I presume correctly that this ap would not actually help get Windows up and booting for itself???
Are the listed above just data recovery/ - i'm just a tad confused by the ambiguity some of these fix it programs rely on having read their spiel.
Most grateful for all your effort
Good morning BongoFury. I'm here.
"I did start a thread a few days back with regard to using TestDisk and was warned that all existing data would be lost or scrambled around and not to use it if I wanted to restore my folders"
As you have found out, using any program to modify your hard drive is high risk. User error is the most common cause of problems.
I have used TestDisk about a year ago, but did a backup of the drive first & a lot of reading/googling, most of which I included in the links.
The programs that have been listed are for you to try, just a matter of finding one that does the job & suits your skill level.
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Howdy John, I'm up here!
Yeah Thanks for all the links, I'm going to have another poke around with your links to "Hirensboot" I was trying to download it last night when Avast jumped outa the chair and proclaimed to have saved me from a certain viral death. The guy that recommended it on the M$ forum had it down as a big shot and supposedly had a fix for just about everything.....i think it was about 500MB of various tools.
" I'm up here!"
Just had a phone call from the wife's cousin in Plymouth. They took us to Portsmouth on one of our trips over there.
"i think it was about 500MB of various tools"
Yep, I see Find and mount is there as well.
What we need to do is recover your partition.
"Yep, I see Find and mount is there as well"
That's ironic as from all the links you suggested that looked about the least commercial let alone ambiguous of the majority. Don't get me wrong I'm not complaining about the quality of your links! - just an observation of how we are led in for free until you want something to actually work.......now cough up!!!
I see that i'm nearly finished Downloading part 54 and counting to be followed by my "Fastagain PC boost scan" for free.......lucky me!!!
Hirens bootdisk has been around for years; and safely used by many. Avast and other similar useful ant-virus apps often declare multi function disks utilities to be suspect etc. when they're perfectly ok. If Hirens has any form of anti-virus util included might causing Avast (in this case) to panic. Todate I've never heard of Hirens being other totally safe to use.
Links posted here at CN are usually well tried and regarded. Similarly if pholks here suggest a freebie it is just that - a freebie. Likewise if there are try before you apps., again most here will advise they are. There often freebie (limited or no support) versions and pay for (full support etc.) versions of the same app.
Thanks trvir
I sure hope no one thought i was having a pop or ungrateful of everyones help but one really does have to keep your eye on the game, or as i have discovered I ended up with the "FastAgain scanner" on my laptop.....not a problem as i don't plan on paying up to have the 696 faults it found with my registry fixed although i guess there must be many who do.
Not to worry off to get Ccleaner to deal with the beastie!
I think it was that Windows XP (before SP1) only supported hard drive volumes till 128 GB. To have XP installed and recognize larger hard drive sizes from the start, the XP CD needs to be slipstreamed with at least service pack 1. I discovered long ago I couldn't install with my old 2002 disc, 'cause it couldn't read those drives.
No-one was thinking you were being ungrateful...
Many of those "helpful" utilities and that includes many an anti-virus utility too - often flag false hits... And many of the so called "helpful" utilities (tune ups, checkers, clean-outs etc. will flag all manner of "alleged" issues and almost panic the unwary into falling for their line - and spending cash they don't need to. And some of those utilities cause more problems too anon...
CCleaner is one that doesn't do that (false flags and come-ons...); neither do any of the other utilities mentioned at CN.
Cheers for that trvir
Don't know if you can help?.........Twice I have Downloaded the Hirens Boot CD but i can't get it to save to desk top or anywhere for that matter. I presume it has to be burned as an .ISO image. However, the moment the downloaded folder is closed it vanishes.
As for CNet brilliant.
mmm - odd.. if you know the file name as downloaded can you perhaps do a search for it?
I've occasionally found downloads end up in odd locations for reason beyond my limited gray cell's comprehension...
Typical - the moment you ask - all becomes clear..................as mud!!!!
Have finally got it onto disc - All 594 MB's using CDburnerXP - had planed on using Power-Iso but turns out that it is limited to 300MB's unregistered - I guess that means paid for!?!?
Now to break the problem PC ;o}} ..........I hope not.
Fingers crossed.
Hallelujah, I now have Hiren's on disc - operational - and featuring its list of programs as long as your arm, but quite where I go next who knows???
Perhaps a visit to the tutorial land of "Slipstreaming XP & Service Pack 3"
I'll wait to see if any of you guys have made of todays ramble - maybe i just need refocusing on the task in hand?!?!
It's beginning to look like it's time to take a holiday!
At least the sun is shining!
Data recovery/safeguarding if possible - and XP slip stream etc. immediately thereafter If data recovery'/safeguarding is a non-starter... (hopefully not) or not a serious need at this time (you have most of it already secure elsewhere?) then Slipstreaming is next step...!


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Mutiny is the act of conspiring to disobey an order that a group of similarly-situated individuals (typically members of the military; or the crew of any ship, even if they are civilians) are legally obliged to obey. The term is commonly used for a rebellion among members of the military against their superior officers. During the Age of Discovery, mutiny particularly meant open rebellion against a ship's captain. This occurred, for example, during Magellan's journey, resulting in the killing of one mutineer, the execution of another and the marooning of two others, and on Henry Hudson's Discovery, resulting in Hudson and others being set adrift in a boat.
While there have been cases in which mutinous actions were justified, due to the leader acting in self-centered ways that endangered both the goal and the lives of the group, in many cases the self-centeredness was on the part of the mutineers, and thus mutiny was unjustified. As humankind develops, overcoming the nature of selfishness, and learns to live in harmony working for the benefit of the whole, mutiny becomes unnecessary.
The Royal Navy's Articles of War have changed slightly over the centuries they have been in force, but the 1757 version is representative—except that the death penalty no longer exists—and defines mutiny thus:
Article 19: If any person in or belonging to the fleet shall make or endeavor to make any mutinous assembly upon any pretence whatsoever, every person offending herein, and being convicted thereof by the sentence of the court martial, shall suffer death: and if any person in or belonging to the fleet shall utter any words of sedition or mutiny, he shall suffer death, or such other punishment as a court martial shall deem him to deserve: and if any officer, mariner, or soldier on or belonging to the fleet, shall behave himself with contempt to his superior officer, being in the execution of his office, he shall be punished according to the nature of his offence by the judgment of a court martial.
Article 20: If any person in the fleet shall conceal any traitorous or mutinous practice or design, being convicted thereof by the sentence of a court martial, he shall suffer death, or any other punishment as a court martial shall think fit; and if any person, in or belonging to the fleet, shall conceal any traitorous or mutinous words spoken by any, to the prejudice of His Majesty or government, or any words, practice, or design, tending to the hindrance of the service, and shall not forthwith reveal the same to the commanding officer, or being present at any mutiny or sedition, shall not use his utmost endeavours to suppress the same, he shall be punished as a court martial shall think he deserves.[1]
The United States' Uniform Code of Military Justice, Art. 94; 10 U.S.C. § 894 (2004) defines mutiny thus:
- Art. 94. (§ 894.) Mutiny or Sedition.
- (a) Any person subject to this code (chapter) who—
- (1) with intent to usurp or override lawful military authority, refuses, in concern with any other person, to obey orders or otherwise do his duty or creates any violence or disturbance is guilty of mutiny;
- (2) with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of lawful civil authority, creates, in concert with any other person, revolt, violence, or other disturbance against that authority is guilty of sedition;
- (3) fails to do his utmost to prevent and suppress a mutiny or sedition being committed in his presence, or fails to take all reasonable means to inform his superior commissioned officer or commanding officer of a mutiny or sedition which he knows or has reason to believe is taking place, is guilty of a failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition.
- (b) A person who is found guilty of attempted mutiny, mutiny, sedition, or failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.[2]
Most countries still punish mutiny with particularly harsh penalties, sometimes even the death penalty. Mutiny is typically thought of only in a shipboard context, but many countries' laws make no such distinction, and there have been a significant number of notable mutinies on land.
The military law of England in early times existed, like the forces to which it applied, in a period of war only. Troops were raised for a particular service, and were disbanded upon the cessation of hostilities. The crown, by prerogative, made laws known as Articles of War, for the government and discipline of the troops while thus embodied and serving. Except for the punishment of desertion, which was made a felony by statute in the reign of Henry VI, these ordinances or Articles of War remained almost the sole authority for the enforcement of discipline.
In 1689 the first Mutiny Act was passed, passing the responsibility to enforce discipline within the military to Parliament. The Mutiny Act, altered in 1803, and the Articles of War defined the nature and punishment of mutiny, until the latter were replaced by the Army Discipline and Regulation Act in 1879. This, in turn, was replaced by the Army Act in 1881.[3]
Section 21(5) of the 1998 Human Rights Act completely abolished the death penalty in the United Kingdom. Previously to this, the death penalty had already been abolished for murder, but it remained in force for certain military offenses, including mutiny, although these provisions had not been used for several decades.[4]
United States military law requires obedience only to lawful orders. Disobedience to unlawful orders is the obligation of every member of the U.S. armed forces, a principle established by the Nuremberg trials and reaffirmed in the aftermath of the My Lai Massacre. However, a U.S. soldier who disobeys an order after deeming it unlawful will almost certainly be court-martialed to determine whether the disobedience was proper.
While many mutinies were carried out in response to backpay and/or poor conditions within the military unit or on the ship, some mutinies, such as the Connaught Rangers mutiny and the Wilhelmshaven mutiny, were part of larger movements or revolutions.
In times and cultures where power "comes from the barrel of a gun," rather than through a constitutional mode of succession (such as hereditary monarchy or democratic elections), a major mutiny, especially in the capital, often leads to a change of ruler, sometimes even a new regime, and may therefore be induced by ambitious politicians hoping to replace the incumbent. In this fashion, many Roman emperors seized power at the head of a mutiny or were put on the throne after a successful one.
Mutinies are dealt with harshly because of the emphasis on discipline and obedience in most militaries. Soldiers are often punished by death for disobeying orders to set an example to others. The underlying fear is that soldiers will disobey orders in the heat of battle, thereby jeopardizing entire groups of troops. On board a ship at sea the safety of all depends upon the united efforts of the crew, and the captain is the agreed upon leader. Disobeying the captain's orders thus risks the life of all. Preventing this occurrence is considered paramount, justifying the harsh penalties.
Although committing a mutiny is seen as being on par with treason, mutinies can sometimes be justified. Soldiers are typically only obliged to execute orders within the scope of law. Soldiers ordered to commit crimes are entitled to disobey their superior officers. Examples of such orders would be the killing of unarmed opponents or civilians, or the use of rape as a weapon of war.
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