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Month: December 2016
Rulers of Darkness
Date Published: 12/29/2015
Read 3 sizzling, dark, paranormal romance novels and fall in love with the Rulers of Darkness.
Passion can be lethal…
Caressed by Moonlight
Dorian Vlakhos is no ordinary aristocrat. He is a vampire king, who will do anything to save his clan from complete annihilation, before an ancient curse can claim his immortal life.
Penniless and orphaned, Victoria Kingston has nothing to bring to a marriage, yet she must shackle an unsuspecting gentleman into marriage by the end of the month or forfeit her rights as guardian of her younger sister. With the help of her dearest friend, Victoria begins her hunt, and vows to stay far away from the dark, mysterious, Dorian Vlakhos.
After meeting the beautifully innocent Miss Kingston, Dorian had to have her. He would do absolutely anything to make Victoria his. One sweet stolen kiss would bring them together while a force, more powerful than any vampire, would bind them for all eternity, but treachery, war, and death rule Dorian's dark world and Victoria would be fortunate to survive.
Caressed by Night
Dimitri Arsov, the last remaining pure vampire, was thought to be dead for the past four hundred years. Now, he is back and has a score to settle with the traitor that had tried to kill him centuries ago. But as he waits for his prey to blindly step into his carefully laid trap, his overwhelming hunger for blood is triggered when he saves a beautiful art historian.
Kerstyn Ingmar's life was normal and straight up boring until the night she is rescued by the dangerously sexy, powerfully mesmerizing, Dimitri. Unable to resist his diamond blue eyes and intense kisses, she is drawn into his world of darkness and closer to her impending doom.
While their desire consumes them, Dimitri is haunted by images of a bloody and deadly future. As his enemies draw near, he must find a way to save his mate from her destiny before fate destroys them both.
Caressed by a Crimson Moon
Consumed by madness and tormented by dark memories of blood and death, Hadrian Lucretius, King of the Validus Clan, has returned after living in self-imposed exile for nearly three hundred and fifty years.
To maintain peace with the vampires, Eva Maldonado is offered as a sacrifice to the crazed vampire king by her father, the alpha of the Silveria Shifter Pack. Hadrian's reputation is both legendary and lethal; he is ruthless, bloodthirsty, lusty, and soulless. When Eva arrives at the ancient fortress high in the Carpathian Mountains, she is shocked to find a ravaged man with dark burning eyes filled with loneliness and dangerous desire.
Would she be his lover…or his prey? His savior…or his victim? Would Hadrian lure her into madness or would their perilous passion be their redemption?
Caressed by Moonlight (Rulers of Darkness #1)
The cabin was in complete disarray. The fine hand carved desk was toppled on its side, the armchair before the window was upside down, paper acted as rugs on the floor, and deep claw marks marred the walls. Victoria traced the gouges with the tip of her finger.
"What are you doing here?"
Victoria reeled around to find her husband huddled in a corner, his knees to his chest with arms wrapped tightly about them. His eyes glowered up at her as his hair fell disheveled across his face.
She slowly crossed the floor to stand just out of his reach knowing that if he wanted to grab her he easily could. She had witnessed his speed before.
"I didn't summon you," he said, his voice gruff.
"You tried."
"Falcon saved you," he snapped, his lips curling back over his teeth. "Why are you here?"
"I want to help you."
"You want to help me?" He snorted. "Leave Victoria, I don't want your help."
"But you need it," she countered.
He laughed, the sound was chilling, but she ignored it and began to unlace the ties of her robe.
"What are you doing?" he rasped, his eyes fixed on her hands at her breasts as she loosened her laces.
"Removing my robe."
"Don't," he begged on a whisper as the silk fell to a pile on the floor.
"It is stifling in here."
Her lavender scent was overwhelming and the sound of her steady heartbeat was maddening. She had to go.
"Get out!"
"No," she protested.
"You don't know what you are…" his words stopped as her thoughts drifted through his mind. "Or perhaps you know exactly with what you are dealing. But," in a flash he stood behind her, "can you handle it?"
"Yes." She would not let him scare her off.
"No," he whispered, his breath tickling her ear. "You can't possibly know. My dear friend, Falcon, even leaves the room every time I change."
"I want to help you, Dorian. Let me," she pleaded, "I need to help you." She wanted to scream the words. She had felt so useless the past two weeks. He was her husband and he needed her even though he would not admit it. Knowing he was in pain and being unable to aid him had been insufferable.
"I will kill you. Leave!"
She did not move. He roared, snatching her by the shoulders, he spun her around and slammed her back against the wall, trapping her with his body. He held her arms over her head, his fingers like shackles about her wrists. His eyes burned black, his fangs stood long and prominent. His voice was low and hard. "Is this what you want to help?"
She could not speak. Her voice was gone, vanished. He shook her.
"Answer me!" His black eyes captured and held hers as his grip tightened.
"Yes," she squeaked.
He snarled and spun away from her. She brought her hands down and began rubbing the pain away. Dorian sighed and ran his hands through his hair as desperate exasperation washed over him.
"What can I do to make you understand?" The question was directed to himself. In that brief moment, he was again the man she had married and not the vampire she'd just faced seconds before. But his eyes were still clouded black and those fangs still flashed. He looked so vulnerable and she wanted nothing more than to wrap her arms around him.
He must have heard her thoughts for he turned his deadly gaze back to her and snapped, "I don't want your pity. If that is why you are here, I suggest you leave before I throw you out."
His threat was empty she knew, his voice did not hold any menace and neither did his eyes. She shook her head stepping away from the wall.
"Then why do you insist on helping me?"
"Because I care for you," she confessed. "And because it pains me to see you like this, suffering when there is no need."
"No need?" he laughed. "I could kill you if I took your blood."
Victoria shrugged. "You could, but I know you wouldn't."
He took a threatening step toward her. "How can you be so sure?" he challenged.
"The man I married would never allow it."
"If you hadn't noticed," he advanced again, "he is not here."
"Maybe not," she conceded, closing the remainder of the space between them. She brushed her fingers along his knuckles. "I want you, Dorian."
His eyes sparkled with devilish delight.
"Those are bold words, kitten," Dorian warned.
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On her way to Nashville to try her hand at a singing career, Alyssa Collins meets Logan Ambrose, her soul mate in every way. Not only is he a great singer and guitar player, he has a down-to-earth personality to die for. Soon, he proposes and they make plans for the future, but everything changes in an instant. A month later, she wakes from a coma only to learn that her life has changed forever.
Lost and distraught, Alyssa tries to make sense of her life. Needing to make a change, she puts her singing career behind her and finds herself in law school. Ten years later, she is a lawyer at a prestigious firm.
When Alyssa goes to New York for a political fund raiser, something happens that changes her life again. With more questions than answers, can she find it in herself to go on with her life … if tomorrow never comes?
If Tomorrow Comes, Part 1:
"The hell with it," I said as I screwed up my courage and pulled the door abruptly open.
The music immediately rushed to my ears as I stepped in and shut the door gently behind me. The lead guitarist's fingers flew over the neck of his electric guitar, sending a thrill through me as the music penetrated my soul. Beside him, the bass and rhythm guitar players kept time with the beat of the drummer, as if it were no effort. They were good. Really good.
The drummer looked up. Eyeing me from across the room, he immediately stopped. "May I help you?"
The others stopped and looked up. It was only natural that they didn't know me.
"It's nice to meet you," I said, setting my guitar case onto a nearby table. I pulled out my guitar and slid the strap across my shoulders. Then, I picked up a pick.
"So, you're part of the band, too?" the lead guitarist asked, laughing without humor. "Craig told me that it would just be us." He ran his fingers through his shoulder-length blond streaked hair and shook his head. The rhythm guitarist rolled his eyes at the blond, as if used to his objections.
I suppressed a smile and let my fingers fly down the neck of my plugged in acoustic guitar.
The bass player nodded his approval. "Well, you've got to hand it to her. She's good."
The rhythm guitarist suppressed a smile.
The blond laughed as he turned back to me. "Do you sing, too?"
I nodded, but didn't say a word as my fingers flew over my guitar. But this time, I found a rhythm. I looked over at the drummer, and he bit his lower lip, suppressing a grin, having recognized me. I gave him a wink as I shook my head slightly, and then looked back at the lead guitarist.
"So, let's see what you got."
He laughed so hard that he dabbed at the tears in his eyes. "Really?" he asked in disbelief, gesturing down the length of my guitar.
I let my fingers run up the neck of my guitar as it screamed in answer.
"Okay," he said, nodding his head as his fingers flew over the neck of his guitar and came abruptly to a stop. "Let's see what you've got, little girl."
I raised an eyebrow, taking him in. Behind him, the brunette drummer bit his lip and lowered his head as he shook his head, as if knowing that the blond would soon regret his actions and comments. He didn't say a word.
One corner of my lips curled into a sly smile. Then, I turned back to Blondie. "You first."
He nodded his gratitude, and the others laid out as Blondie's fingers flew over the neck of his guitar and then down to the base. A moment later, his rift came to an end as a self-satisfied smirk spread across his face.
"Impressive!" I said, and, without missing a beat, immediately launched into an impressive rift of my own. When my rift came to an end, the other musicians clapped loudly as they whooped and hollered.
The rhythm guitar player laughed as he shook his head and smoothed back long strands of light brown hair into his ponytail. "I think she smoked you, man," he said with a pronounced Irish brogue.
Blondie's lips formed a straight line. And, without saying another word, he launched into another rift, this time mixing in a little rhythm and blues in with his lead line. A moment later, his rift came to an end. He folded his arms across his chest. "Now, beat that."
I lifted my eyebrows. "Well, it'll be hard. That's for sure," I said, matter of fact, as I set down my acoustic. "Mind if I borrow your guitar?"
He handed it to me with a self-satisfied smirk. "Go for it."
I played around a bit with his electric guitar, getting a feel for it first. Although I preferred playing my own guitar, there are certain things that you can only do on an electric guitar. "As I said, that'll be hard to beat, but here it goes." I launched into an intricate rift, including some old-school rock, followed by jazz, and then launched into some contemporary rock. Then, I played the guitar behind the back of my head. After a few bars, I brought the guitar down in front of me and played a contemporary country rift and ended with a high-pitched note at the base of the neck. I jumped into the air and landed, bringing our battle to a close.
Silence filled the air. When I looked around, their mouths were open as I handed his guitar back to him.
"It's a great guitar, but you need a new G-string. Probably because the key nozzle is a bit loose. You can have that tightened up and it'll save you from using so many strings. Also, the nut bar at the end needs tightening, too. But, all in all, I like it." When I handed it back to Blondie, his mouth was still open.
A slow clap came from behind me. Craig had entered the warehouse, dressed in a leather suit coat and black leather pants, instead of his usual business attire. He still wore his signature white dress shirt, but he looked good with it unbuttoned at the neck. I turned away, trying not to notice.
"Alyssa, that was truly impressive," he said after he stopped clapping.
If Tomorrow Never Comes, Part 2:
"Just as the song came to an end, it felt as if eyes were watching me. I looked over Curt's shoulder and someone who looked like Logan was watching me from across the room, bringing me back to reality.
"Oh my God!" I said as I backed quickly away from Curt. "I'm sorry, but I can't do this!"
A crease formed between Curt's eyes. "What? Dance?"
I bit my lower lip. "I'm sorry, but I have to go." I started backing away toward the stage. "It was nice to meet you."
"May I have your number?" he asked, holding out his hand as he watched me hurry away.
Casey was still going strong on the stage and the crowd was in the palm of her hands.
I bit my lower lip and turned to one of the four bodyguards standing in the wings as tears welled up in my eyes. "I hate to do this, but can you make sure that Casey gets back to our hotel safely? Something has come up and I have to go."
"Sure," the leader said. "No problem at all. We'll make sure that she gets back safely."
"Thank you," I said as I pulled my clutch under my arm. "Please apologize to her for me and tell her that I'll see her back at the hotel."
He nodded. "I will." He took a step closer and looked into my eyes. "Is everything okay, miss?"
I nodded, suddenly feeling the need to escape, to run. "Yes, I'm fine, but I must go."
Without another word, I hurried down the steps and out the side emergency door, trying to wrap my head around what had just happened as tears streamed down my cheeks. It couldn't have been Logan, could it? This guy was a dead ringer for him, but a little older, more attractive—if that was possible—mature. My heels clicked against the sidewalk when I realized that there was another set of footsteps behind me.
"Alyssa, wait!"
Sophie Slade is the author of Erotic Romance. She started writing TOUCHED BY A VAMPIRE, never intending to publish it. However, her husband read it, loved it, and encouraged her to finish writing the book. Now, she is the author of TOUCHED BY A VAMPIRE and CROSSROADS, books 1 and 2 in her ETERNALLY YOURS SERIES. The next book in the series, TO LOVE A VAMPIRE, is coming soon. The stand-alone book IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES, Parts 1 and 2, is coming in January. Sophie has a Bachelor of Arts in Communications, News Editorial sequence, from the University of Tennessee at Martin, and a minor in English. Sophie is a full-time author and resides in Florida with her husband and children.
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Date Published: 11-15-2016
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Sometimes you fly. Sometimes you fall.
A dream at Olympic gold in ski jumping. It's a dream that's been the exclusive property of male Olympic athletes.
Until now.
For seventeen-year-old Ellie Engebretsen, the 2011 decision to include women's ski jumping in the Olympics is a game changer. She'd love to bring home the gold for her father, a former Olympic hopeful whose dreams were blown along with his knees on an ill-timed landing. But can she defy the pull of gravity that draws her to Kate Moreau, her biggest competition and the girl of her dreams?
How can Ellie soar through the air when all she feels like doing is falling hard?
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Juliann is the author of four young adult novels: CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE, SEARCHING FOR GRACE, TAKING THE STAND, and GRAVITY (forthcoming in November, 2016). She writes character-driven books about young adults who are bound to discover their true selves and the courage to create an authentic life…if the journey doesn't break them.
Juliann is the 2014 recipient of the Emerging Writer Award from The Saints and Sinners Literary Festival and lives with her husband and an adorable but naughty dachshund named Bella in a 1920's brownstone she is lovingly restoring to its original beauty.
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Palm Partnership Training Announces Appearances at the 2017 FEI World Cup Finals
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Lynn Palm of Palm Partnership Training is honored to participate with American Quarter Horse, Larks Home Run, at the 2017 FEI World Cup Finals in Omaha, NE March 29-April 2, 2017.
In addition to the world's best horses competing for championships, the Omaha Equestrian Foundation is offering a first-class lineup of live entertainment. On Friday during the Dressage Showcase, Palm will display the artistry of Western Dressage in a one of a kind Freestyle with her partner, Larks Home Run. Homer, as he is affectionately known by so many, is a shining example for Western Dressage. Owned by Dr. Elizabeth Stauber-Johnson while trained and shown by Palm, the pair holds a record 7 Western Dressage Association America World Championships and was first to earn the WDAA Registers of Merit and Achievement.
As Western Dressage continues to grow by leaps and bounds, the international stage in Omaha will only add to that. From its inception just a few short years ago, the Western Dressage Association of America has grown in its membership and exponentially in its World Championship Show. 2016 saw more than 5 times the amount of horses entered as in its first show in 2013 and the World Championship Show's increase in participation from 2015 to 2016 was an astounding 34%.
Palm's Dressage Principles training for all breeds and disciplines is a natural fit for Western Dressage. She is proud to support this growing sport as a trainer, instructor, judge and competitor. She believes that "following dressage principles can be a real asset to western training. The gradual progression through the levels allows for a clear path to follow when training horses and developing rider's skills. Along the way, we have more willing partners in our horses who are happy in their work and eager to please."
In addition to entertaining, Palm will lead two educational clinics in the Demonstration Arena. These presentations will appeal to all ages and levels of riders and horse lovers attracted to Western or English disciplines. Thursday's session will show How Trail Obstacles Can Benefit Any Horse's Training and Saturday's session will demonstrate How Western Dressage Benefits All Western Riders and Their Horses.
Lynn is delighted to participate in an event of this caliber and looks forward to meeting spectators from all aspects of the equine world.
Tickets and the complete schedule of events can be found online at www.omahaworldcup2017.com. To learn more about Lynn Palm and Palm Partnership Training visit www.lynnpalm.com. For more about Larks Home Run, including breeding information visit www.LarksHomeRun.com.

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After the exhilarating experience of exploring the streets and marketplaces of New Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore, India in open-air "tuk-tuks", Buzz Rides founders Joey Skavroneck, Parker Draughon, and Chris Jones conceived a business model that they wanted to bring back to the United States. Thus in September 2013, Buzz Rides was launched at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Buzz Rides is a late-night transportation service for college students as well as a mobile marketing platform for businesses looking to promote their brand to the college demographic. Joey (CEO), Parker (President), and Chris (CFO) have been overwhelmed by the response Buzz Rides has received at its first campus. Servicing the student body by giving over 20,000 safe, free rides in 100% electric vehicles that cut down on over 50,000 lbs. of CO2 tailpipe emissions a year, Buzz Rides is looking to expand to other universities, including ECU, Duke, UGA, and USC.
It has been an exciting year for Buzz Rides. Milestones include receiving a federal Clean Air Fuel Technologies (CFAT) Grant for $15,000 to purchase a Fast Charger that will allow Buzz Rides to charge vehicles faster and operate more vehicles at once. Buzz Rides is working to install this device now. The Buzz Rides website has long been up (http://www.buzzrides.com) and is currently undergoing upgrades, and the Buzz Rides App can be found in the Apple App Store. The app will be launched during the 2014-2015 school year, and it will help to streamline the Buzz Rides pickup/drop off process. Buzz Rides has competed and placed in several entrepreneurship competitions such as the Carolina Challenge, and has been showcased by the University in events such as the Kenan-Flagler Business Symposium and shuttling the UNC Board of Governors around campus. Buzz Rides is in the final stages of securing a contract agreement to receive support from the University.
In early 2014, Buzz Rides was accepted into the Cube. The Cube has offered resources such as weekly mentorship from entrepreneurs Alan Fenwick and Alec Guettel, working space, and access to pro-bono legal and accounting support that have been invaluable to Buzz Rides. The partnership with law-school student Chris Bryant of the Duke Startup Ventures Clinic has yielded fantastic legal support for Buzz Rides, including the write-up of several IP Agreements and Logo Trademarking.
By establishing a list of short-term goals and long-range objectives, the Cube pushes Buzz Rides everyday to be the best it can be, incentivizing the organization to work hard with much needed seed capital.
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MAHOPAC — Ryan Cary glanced at Matt Marquis in the huddle, Marquis looked back — and it was on — time for a big play.
MAHOPAC — Ryan Cary glanced at Matt Marquis in the huddle, Marquis looked back — and it was on — time for a big play.
Marlboro certainly needed one.
The Iron Dukes were trying to put away a Pleasantville team that seemingly wouldn't ever take the hint in the fourth quarter of Saturday's Class B state playoff quarterfinal game. Even worse, on a third-and-12 play, Cary was about to get sacked.
But wait ...
Cary broke free from a Pleasantville defender clinging to his jersey and found Marquis up the middle for a 23-yard catch to midfield. There would be more Cary-to-Marquis magic during the drive, including a 29-yard pass play. Cary took it from there.
His 5-yard touchdown run with 3:50 left produced the final points in Marlboro's 23-14 win at Mahopac High School.
"Me and Ryan talked a little bit, looking at each other," Marquis said. "We are both athletes and I just wanted to find a hole. We're all trying to help each other. I always got Ryan, I always want him to know he can trust me."
With the win, Marlboro, the second-ranked Class B team in the state, advanced to the state semifinals for the second year in a row. Before last season, no Class B team from Section 9 had won a state playoff game since Rondout Valley in 2000, en route to its historic state championship win.
Marlboro beat Our Lady of Lourdes, 23-20, in overtime in the state quarterfinals last season, before losing to Glens Falls, 28-17, in the semifinals. In its return trip to the final four, Marlboro (11-0) plays Albany-area champion Schalmont at 3 p.m. Saturday at Dietz Stadium in Kingston. Schalmont beat Beekmantown, 60-0, in the quarterfinals Saturday.
After the gutsy Pleasantville win, Marlboro coach Rich Ward told his team: "Let's get to the Dome." The state championship games are played at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse.
For Cary, who rushed for 99 yards and two touchdowns, he is happy to start with a shot in the state semifinals. An integral part of Marlboro's team as a running back/defensive back, he missed the last few weeks of last year with mononucleosis. Down about 15 pounds, Cary watched on the sideline as Glens Falls put away previously undefeated Marlboro in the semifinals in 2012 at Dietz Stadium.
"This was my goal, to get in this position, to redeem myself," said Cary, who has rushed for 1,982 yards and 25 touchdowns this season. "This is where I want to be. I want to make an impact. I couldn't do anything last year. That was the worst feeling I could ever feel."
Marlboro took a 7-0 lead on a 7-yard pass from Cary to Marsallis Faircloth on the Iron Dukes' first possession of the game. The 15-play drive ate almost nine minutes off the clock. A safety put Marlboro up 9-0 early in the second quarter.
Cary's 1-yard run just 2:18 into the second half put Marlboro, which had three turnovers, up 16-7. Pleasantville (8-2) pulled to within 16-14 on a 2-yard run by hulking fullback Enrico Routolo with 9:22 remaining. That set the stage for Marlboro's final scoring drive. The Iron Dukes then stopped two desperate Pleasantville drives in the last 3:40.
"It was a sloppy game," Cary, a senior, said. "But in the end, a win is a win. We're moving on. We have to learn from our mistakes and prepare for next week. This is still a big win; there is no feeling like it. We can't wait until next week."


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Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring was first performed a hundred years ago this week, a ballet that caused outrage for "throwing off the tried and the true". The Paris audience thought it was too difficult, with its violent discords and incomprehensible message for the future. It was "a crime against grace".
Nicholas Roerich's famous stage backdrop was to explain the ballet's adoration of the earth in another age, the sudden end of winter and the beginning of spring.
But then Stravinsky played a trump card, the flight of fear and finality by a young woman, celebrating the birth of a new life. The sacrifice of that old way of life is necessary for life to continue on Earth: "I am man, not a beast. I am man not a god. I am the Earth."
A leading critic of the time was Jacques Riviere who saw the Rite as "a biological Spring, looking at life from the inside, with its spasms and fissions". Catastrophe and tragedy were inevitable parts of the earthly life, events that naturally followed intervals of calm and quietness. That same pattern of change is what biologists now see as being necessary to drive evolution. Catastrophic events in the environment or in an organism's cells, what Riviere called "spasms and fissions", move life forward to the next stage of nature.
As if to confirm Stravinsky's inspired analysis, that greatest of all human catastrophes, the First World War, began the following year.
This cemetery for graves of soldiers from the Somme is one new environment to replace Roerich's stage backdrop. Similarly, an earlier catastrophic event changed the world 65 millions years ago. That one caused extinction of the dinosaurs and a new era in the evolution of animals and plants.


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I've been writing too much about economics, politics and the class system recently, so I'll keep this brief to avoid repeating myself. Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, by the rising author, columnist and commentator Owen Jones, takes a unique look at the British class system. He presents his theory that class is not a redundant issue in modern society, particularly as we enter this 'Age of Austerity'. His main focus is to condemn the demonization working class people face by the media and politicians, of 'benefit scroungers' living on council estates – all of whom can supposedly be described as 'chavs'. He also goes into the reasons for a political shift from working to improve working class conditions to helping people escape working class conditions.
The book is a very thorough examination of the issues. It is extraordinarily well researched – on every page you can expect a a newspaper, politician or campaigner to be quoted, alongside several statistics. I can't imagine how much effort it must have taken to compile the evidence. This accumulates to build an worthy case for Jones' beliefs, which I was mostly convinced by at the book's end. What makes the book truly admirable is that it attempts to understand the reasons behind poverty and antisocial behaviour. In the updated preface, Jones mentions differing reactions to the 2011 England Riots, from "lock up the mindless criminals!" to "maybe we should look at why this happened." Jones opts for the second, and rightly so; unfortunately there does not appear to be a consensus among politicians over the riots – our leadership seems to be pretending they didn't happen and, likewise, pretending they won't happen again.
Despite my deep praise for the book, there are a few points I wasn't entirely convinced by. Jones argues that Margaret Thatcher's policies as Prime Minister (1979 – 1992) were terrible for the UK, through her victories against the unions, thus limiting the power of workers to contest their working conditions, the destruction of traditional industries like mining – which have left countless communities shattered, broken and lost – and depleting the council housing stock through the "right to buy" scheme whilst not building any more. On each of these points I mostly agree, but I would question his narrow approach to Thatcher's policies. Far as I am from a supporter of Conservative policies, I don't think it's fair to put the blame for the decline of traditional industries solely on Thatcher. Depletion of core resources, international competition and the loss of a ready-made market through the British Empires had also been causing a decline for many decades; between 1913 and 1970, for instance, the number of coal mines in South Wales had already dropped from 630 to 54. Thatcher's policies may have finished these industries off, but they by no means caused the decline.
He also seems to glorify the traditional industries. I can accept that industries like mining and manufacturing did form the heart of communities, and that their destruction has helped to cause the social problems of unemployment, drug use, depression etc. that we see today; that holes exist in communities which service-based jobs such as supermarkets have failed to adequately fill. Yet, perhaps this was not his intention, but the book seems to lament the loss of a time when there were pre-made jobs for men to go into, jobs which were passed down from father to son, jobs which generally were not seen as jobs for women. That, to me, seems no better than the state the country is in today.
I am glad, however, that Jones takes a balanced view towards the political parties. Despite being a member of the Labour Party, he is perfectly willing to condemn its policies during its time in power (1997 – 2010). Not as devastating as the Conservative rule, but certainly made no real effort to reverse the changes.
Overall, Chavs is a highly successful book at making you think, and consider things you may have previously thought nothing of. It paints a terrifying view of Britain, a view which is actually quite foreign from my own experiences. Living in Shetland, where we're sustained by the generally unchanging (for now) oil and fishing industries, I really haven't witnesses the social deprivation seen in other parts of the UK. I hope the book is at least slightly an exaggeration


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Let's take a stroll into the catacombs of Google. This is where the Internet lives, in servers so big, they call them farms. Google Street View is holding an exhibition of sorts, showing a collection of their coolest data centers around the world.
We've all wondered at one point or another how on earth Google handles all our queries. It's mind boggling when you try to conceptualize the Internet. Who runs these gigantic servers? Where are they? Google answers all your questions in a fascinating photo gallery showing the man (men) behind the curtain, the pure tech of it all and the beautiful physical spaces the Internet inhabits.
Google was so kind as to allow more than pictures: a video. Check out this crazy tour of a data center in Lenoir, NC:
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Wine Lover's Box – 16pc Box
The perfect gift for wine lovers, and ideal for sharing at tastings, this 16-piece collection features Mollydooker Shiraz truffles, Vanilla truffles, and traditional-style dark chocolate truffles. As beautiful as they are decadent, this Wine Lover's Box is an unforgettable treat for giving – or keeping.
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Best-selling "Nightingale" author comes with new saga
"I'm thrilled to put into your hands the most honest exploration of both human frailty and resilience that I have ever read," St. Martin's Executive V-P and Publisher, Jennifer Enderlin says about Kristin Hannah's novel, "The Great Alone." The publisher is betting the bank on this one. …Continue
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Dom Flemons, Grammy Award Winning Banjo Player, Jan. 25
Dom Flemons, legendary banjo player and co-founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops performs 7 p.m., January 25th, at Blue Ridge Community College's Thomas Auditorium.
The show is the latest "Keeping the Fires Burning" series, produced by The Center for Cultural Preservation to celebrates the heroes of Southern Appalachian culture.
Dom awakened Americans to the rich…Continue
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Two Big Cultural Events in December in Hendersonville & Asheville
from press release
The Center for Cultural Preservation, WNC's cultural history and documentary film center, presents, Cherokee Music and Dance on Thursday, December 7, 7 p.m., Blue Ridge Community College's Thomas Auditorium. Tickets are $5.
The screening of A Great American Tapestry will be held on December 2, 2 p.m., at the Osher Lifelong Learning…Continue
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Writers in UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program (GSWP)
read at
Malaprop's Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., Asheville, 3 p.m., Sun.,
Oct. 15
Elizabeth Lutyens, editor of the GSWP's Great Smokies Review, leads the…Continue
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For a monument in a parking lot
How might an artist portray a Plott?
The Forga family owns the only downtown parking lot in Hazelwood and wants a statue of a Plott Hound, the N.C. State Dog, put at its center in honor of the late Robert Forga and his wife, Viola. The family engaged the Waynesville Public Art Commission to find an artist, and now the decision's down to three
There's a…Continue
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Chautauqua Alive! Becky Stone Presents Maya Angelou
Wednesday, May 24 at 6:30pm
Pack Memorial Library
67 Haywood Street
The Buncombe Chautauqua Committee and Pack Memorial Library will present a pre-Chautauqua special event in Lord Auditorium at Pack Memorial Library at 6:30 Pm on May 24. Renowned storyteller Becky Stone will present "Becoming Maya Angelou." Ms. Stone will be appearing as Maya Angelou in the opening…Continue
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Fundraiser for Literacy Council & Book Launch Marcus Sedgwick
Tuesday April 25th 5:30-7:30 p.m., Twisted Laurel, downtown Asheville, 130 College Street
COST: $45 per person (ticket includes hardcover book, food, and non-alcoholic beverage) All proceeds go to Literacy Council
from press release
Marcus Sedgwick, author…
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Historic rescue
New York artists have stepped in to rescue the Tryon childhood home of Eunice Waymond, who gained fame as the singer, pianist and civil rights icon, Nine Simone.
The report is in the March 2, 2017 New York Times.
The article is good, but it did say the home had been little known. However, a 2005…Continue
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Wayne Caldwell and Eric Nelson at "Writers at Home," Feb. 19
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Wayne Caldwell and Eric Nelson read at the Writers at Home series, presented by UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program (GSWP), 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, at Malaprop's Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood Street in Asheville. This monthly series of free readings is hosted by GSWP director and novelist Tommy Hays.
Caldwell, an Asheville native, is the author of two…Continue
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Wayne Caldwell and Eric Nelson at "Writers at Home," Feb. 19
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Wayne Caldwell and Eric Nelson read at the Writers at Home series, presented by UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program (GSWP), 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, at Malaprop's Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood Street in Asheville. This monthly series of free readings is hosted by GSWP director and novelist Tommy Hays.
Caldwell, an Asheville native, is the author of two…Continue
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Center for Jewish Studies 35th Anniversary Events
from press release
UNC Asheville's Center for Jewish Studies (CJS) will celebrate its 35th anniversary with a series of special events on and off campus March 23-26.
Rick Chess talk and reading
UNC Asheville Professor of English Richard Chess has been director of the CJS for the past 25 years and will deliver the 2017…Continue
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Gospel music, a lecture, an exhibition, a discussion for Black History Month
Feb. 1-26 – An Expose of Fashion, photography exhibition by Micah MacKenzie – This exhibit opens Black History Month with fashion photos featuring models from Asheville, seeking to capture the lingering legacy of the persons of color who have contributed to the architecture, rhythm and tone of the city. Viewing hours weekdays from 8…Continue
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Doris Betts Fiction Prize
Submit an unpublished story of fewer than 6,000 words by February 15.
The final judge is the fiction editor of the North Carolina Literary Review, Liza Wieland, who will award one winner $250 and publication in NCLR. Finalists will also be considered for publication.
Submit here: …
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The Writers' Workshop is offering contests and classes for beginning or experienced writers. Classes meet at 387 Beaucatcher Rd., Asheville. Registration is in advance only, at www.twwoa.org. For more info, contact firstname.lastname@example.com or 828-254-8111. Financial assistance is available for low-income writers.
Feb. 4: Creating Fictional Characters, Dialogue &…Continue
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Creative Nonfiction Competition
from press release, December 16, 2016
The 2017 Rose Post Creative Nonfiction Competition is now open for submissions. This contest awards $1,500 in prizes to a piece of lasting nonfiction that is outside the realm of conventional journalism and has relevance to North Carolinians. Subjects may include traditional categories such as reviews, travel articles, profiles or interviews,…
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Day-long writer's retreat in West Asheville
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Flatiron Writers has opened up the Flatiron Writers Room at 5 Covington Street, West Asheville, and hosts a day-long retreat that includes communal writing, time for yourself, an individual session with novelist Heather Newton and fellowship with other participants.
You can also add on an optional neck and…Continue
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Is Carden's Kephart play controversial?
Gary Carden's play, "Outlander," receives a "staged reading" in the Reuter Center, UNC Asheville, 2 p.m., Sun., July 31. Carden will be on hand to discuss the play with the audience.
It is a controversial play in that it has been criticized by the descendants of Horace Kephart who felt that the play "demeaned" Kephart. "Ironically," Carden says, "my original purpose in writing…Continue
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Saluda Grade From Top to Bottom Presented at Saluda Train Tales
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Matt Bumgarner will share the research behind his newest release, Saluda Grade From top to Bottom at Saluda Train Tales on Friday, May 20, 2016, at 7pm at the Saluda Historic Depot.
Matt is an award-winning writer and the regional publisher of Tarheel Press…Continue
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UNC Asheville Offers Creative Writing Summer Camps in June and July
from press release
UNC Asheville will offer two creative writing summer camps – Write Now for high school students, and All Things Writing for middle school students – with separate sessions for each age group in June and July. These week-long programs are designed for writers of all skill levels and offer instruction and experience with many different…Continue
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Author of key book of our times comes to Asheville
Andrea Wulf makes Malaprop's Bookstore one her stops, Sun., May 1, 5 p.m., in talking about her thrilling work of non-fiction, The Invention of…Continue
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It seems the Italian music scene is alive and kicking right now, with a host of great new rock bands popping up. This week we discovered the superb, expressive music of Milanese rockers ANEWRAGE, who've been busy honing their awesome sound since they began playing music together 11 years ago, when they were just 14.
We spoke to the quartet of Axel Capurro (vocals and guitars), Manuel Sanfilippo (guitars and backing vocals, Simone Martin (bass) and Alessandro Ferrarese (drums and backing vocals) this week and first up asked them to give us their view on the local Italian scene.
They told us: "There's a lot of bubbling going on! The underground scene is alive but in this country it's really hard to get noticed; Italy is not a metal country. We have a lot of great bands along, some not-so-good bands too, as usual! We think that this is a country where you get to hear a lot of international pop and just a tiny bit of everything else, just in case you are really interested in discovering new music."
The band is set to release second album Life-Related Symptoms next Friday (7 April), and it's safe to say they're excited about it. They told us: "We're almost shaking! We just cannot wait to have this album released, it's the biggest effort we've ever done and it took a lot of hard work. We tried not to stick to a precise formula and experimented a lot with instruments, electronics and vocal melodies. This makes this record stand out from everything we've ever done and we're so happy about the result!"
As they allude to in that comment, one of the most exciting things about ANEWRAGE is it's really difficult to pinpoint a particular genre. They're heavy, rocky and have a mass of awesome guitar riffs supporting the big vocals of frontman Axel Capurro, a la the likes of Alter Bridge, but they're much more complex than that.
Life-Related Symptoms is testament to this, leaping between alt-rock and metal with big chunky riffs one second, to segments of djent-esque heavy bass and pure experimentalist rock the next. This is personified by opening track Upside Down, which opens up with a funky riff, then some big vocals which continue into the chorus with only a light guitar riff in support as Capurro laments "Upside down I hang myself." It's superbly catchy, with some really cool riffing, but soon descends into all manner of experimentalism and electronic noise before flowing back into the chorus.
Second track My Worst Friend is much more classically rocky in style, with some cool, catchy vocal delivery, hooky riffs and some really interesting atmospheric ambiences before the final rendition of the choppy chorus.
Tomorrow is a fascinating track that builds on an experimental intro with some really cool rhythmical mixes, there's all sorts going on but it's really fun to listen to as the track gradually builds into a big chorus.
It's followed by the really cool Evolution Circle, which opens up with a funky bassy riff then a heavier version of it before the vocals enter with a heavy bass in support. The track builds into a big chorus with the cool riff under much heavier vocals, then a funky musical interlude before it all gets super-heavy and intense with some big, almost screamed vocals. The funky riff throughout is superb, and that combined with the vocals make this a superb track
The pace drops temporarily in the intro to Floating Man, but is soon ramped straight up with the huge screamed chorus. The contrast between the chilled, laid-back verses and massive chorus is hugely addictive, and the technical guitar work throughout is superb.
There's yet another shift in sound for The 21st Century, which opens up with a funky little clean riff, then a burst of heavier riffing that you can't help but bounce along to.
It all gets very technical for a while, but in amongst the cool expressive rock stands out an absolute pearler of a track in Insight. It opens up with a bit of guitar noise and huge drums, then giving away to just a drawn-out guitar riff and Capurro's big vocal in verses filled with tension, which is soon expelled by a scream and a big singalong chorus.
This album is much more expressive in style than their debut effort, which the band admit based on the influences they drew from bands that mix powerful music with anthemic landscapes, such as Karnivool, A Perfect Circle and Arcane Roots. It's well worth a listen for the band's amazing ability to effortlessly fuse multiple styles, impressively diverse technical and rhythmical sections and make really catchy music – just go into it with an open mind and don't try to pigeon-hole them to a certain genre.
With that in mind we asked the band themselves to describe their sound. They told us: "This is always a tough question! We can start saying that we don't like labels and closed boxes in which a band can be put; what does 'alternative metal' mean? We try to let different genres flow into our style to make, hopefully, something new. This band's sound reminds of different musical styles such as progressive metal, hard rock, post-grunge, alternative whatever, and a lot of others. We think that the listener should enjoy (or not) what they're listening to, without thinking to much about how it is called."
Not content with creating great music ANEWRANGE have also dipped their toes into the art world. The album art for their debut album was nominated for the SXSW Design Award, of which the band said: "Yes! The ANR album trailer has been nominated in 2014 among huge names. We were really excited to see something related to our little world in such a great context! We owe this honour to the crew that worked with us, The Jack Stupid."
ANEWRAGE will be touring their new album in Italy and will then be on British shores in June and July, so keep your eyes posted for a chance to see them live.
You can follow ANEWRAGE on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.


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English asparagus, simply cooked and served with soft polenta and a roasted pepper, basil, caper and olive oil sauce.
Preheat the oven to 200'C.
Cut the bread into small pieces. Drizzle with olive oil and bake for 10 minutes or until crunchy and golden brown.
Place the peppers onto a baking tray and drizzle with olive oil. Place in the oven for 20 minutes until blackened. Remove from the oven and whilst the peppers are still hot place them in a heat proof bowl and cover with cling film. Allow the peppers to cool and this will loosen the skin. When the peppers are cool enough to handle remove the skins and the seeds and cut the flesh into small dice.
Cut the cherry tomatoes into quarters.
Finely dice the chilli and garlic. Pick and shred the basil leaves.
Make the dressing whisk together the red wine vinegar and garlic and add the olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Pour half of the dressing over the chunks of bread and pour the rest over the peppers and tomatoes. Add the chilli, capers, olives and basil to the peppers and the chopped tomatoes. Keep to one side.
Grate the parmesan.
Bring the milk to the boil and whisk in the polenta. Season with salt and pepper and cook for 5 minutes. Stir in the creme fraiche and the parmesan cheese. Add more milk if the polenta is too thick.
Break the asparagus to remove the tough stem and then peel the remaining stalk. Keep the tip intact.
To cook the asparagus: Bring a large saucepan of salted water to the boil and then add the peeled asparagus. Blanch for 2-4 minutes until the asparagus are tender but still have a bit of crunch in the centre.
Drain from the water and season with a pinch of Maldon sea salt and a drizzle of olive oil.
Place a large spoonful of the polenta in the middle of the plate, place the asparagus on top and finish with the panzanella dressing around the plate and over the fish.
Dress the rocket leaves with the olive oil and balsamic vinegar and place a few leaves on top of the asparagus.
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Issue number two of the bi-annually published periodical F.R. David. Edited by Ann Demeester, Will Holder and Dieter Roelstraete. Designed by Will Holder. Essays "The Plastic and the Poetic Form," by Goethe; "Ian Hamilton Finlay, an Illustrated Essay," by Stephen Bann; "Poetry as a Means for the Structuring of a Social Environment," by Eugen Gomringer; "Ici, le langage brille par son absence," by Jérôme Peignot; John & Yoko meet Experimental Jetset meet Marinetti; "Essex," by Matt Mullican; "Voiceless Alters of Flesh," by Steven Shearer; "Rundschreiben," by Martin Bormann; "A Lot of Searching Went into these Words," by Marc Nagtzaam; "The Location of A Circle," by Sol LeWitt; "Untitled," by Scott Myles; "The Votes Under My Bed," by Barry Johnston; "Bourgeois Poetry," by Kasper Andreassen; "What a. ... [details]
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Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Staatgsalerie Stuttgart , February 1 - May 19, 1997. Writing by Karin v. Maur, Ina Conzen, Dietmar Guderian, Stefan Heinlein, Helga de la Motte-Haber, Jérôme Peignot, and Karl Riha, with essays by the following artists Johannes Molzahn, Max Bill, Bernar Venet, Mel Bochner, Roman Opalka, and Rune Mields. ... [details]


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Ricky Smith is one of my talented woodcarving students. He is currently working on a carving of a blacksmith. He provided some photos of his progress and I thought I'd share them with you all. I think these pictures show a nice progression through the rough out stage into starting the detail work. I'm eager to see it continue to develop and hopefully we will have more pictures of the blacksmith to share in the future.
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Google Art Project
Some readers of this site may remember my post about ultra high resolution images of masterpieces from the Uffizi Gallery. Well, Google has taken this idea to the next level with their Google Art Project. The site lets you explore famous museums and zoom in on the details of many works. You can see close up the fantastic details in a painting like The Ambassadors. Following are a few videos that give you an idea of what you can see and do at Google Art Project. Have a look and let me know if you think this will be an aid to your art creation and appreciation.
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The Renegade Daleks were a faction of Daleks opposed to Davros and his faction of Imperial Daleks during the Imperial-Renegade Dalek Civil War. The Renegade Daleks remained loyal to the Black Supreme Dalek, based on the planet Skaro (TV: Revelation of the Daleks) which the Imperials would later take over. (COMIC: Emperor of the Daleks!, TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)
As well as fighting the Imperials for political reasons, the Renegades loathed the Imperials because, like the Imperials, they adhered to a xenophobic and racist ideology. Davros had altered his Daleks, physically fusing them into their shells and giving the mutants themselves bionics. The Renegades found this unacceptable and believed themselves superior which was proved when — despite being outnumbered — they defeated Imperial Daleks with ease during the battle at Foreman's yard, forcing the Imperials to call reinforcements in the form of the Special Weapons Dalek to swing the tide of the battle. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)
By the Shoreditch Incident, the Renegade Daleks were fragmented, with certain factions not engaged in the conflict with the Imperium. The Supreme Dalek at the time hoped to rally them by killing the Seventh Doctor. (PROSE: Remembrance of the Daleks)
Appearance Edit
In stark contrast to the radical white-and-gold livery of the Imperial Daleks, the Renegade Daleks wore more traditional grey-and-black casings - albeit in a lighter shade of grey, with narrower base units and a white band running underneath the weapons platform's slats. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)
Technology Edit
While the Imperial Daleks could hover and fly, the Renegades could only hover a short distance off the ground. (COMIC: Emperor of the Daleks!)
While the Imperials utilised time corridor technology for travelling through time, the Renegades used a compact Time Controller device. The Renegade faction also utilised a mental link that slaved a young, imaginative mind to both the Dalek battle computer and the Black Dalek. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)
The Special Weapons Dalek originally belonged to the Renegades, but later changed sides to the Imperials. (COMIC: Emperor of the Daleks!) The Renegades later created their own version of the Special Weapons Dalek. (PROSE: War of the Daleks)
History Edit
The so-called "Renegade" Daleks were formed between the events that transpired on Necros (TV: Revelation of the Daleks) and the events in Shoreditch, (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks) but the war may have begun with the events of Davros' cryogenic revival. The Supreme Dalek ordered the destruction of Davros and the Daleks that serve him, and him with it, sparking a rivalry between Davros and the Daleks. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks)
A Renegade Dalek ship with three Renegades defeated the Prototype Imperial Daleks on Necros and took Davros back to Skaro to stand trial. (TV: Revelation of the Daleks)
En route to Skaro, the ship carrying Davros crashed on the planet Lethe. Davros was rescued. He set himself up as "Professor Vaso", altering the perceptions of the humans on the colony so they would not recognise him as the "Great Healer". He attempted to create a new machine, a Juggernaut based on a Mechanoid design.
Lethe's atmosphere prevented the Supreme Dalek retrieving Davros directly, but its forces intercepted the Sixth Doctor's TARDIS, forcing him to serve as an agent of the Daleks and stop Davros' researches and manipulations. The Doctor discovered two of Davros' Necros Daleks had survived the crash, but were destroyed following Davros' final gambit on the colony and the Supreme Dalek's intervention. (AUDIO: The Juggernauts)
The Renegades declared war on the Imperial Daleks who were led by Davros, posing as a Dalek Emperor. Despite their greater battle experience, the Renegades appeared to be losing the war; they were driven off Skaro, which the Imperials had completely occupied.
Learning that the Hand of Omega was hidden on 20th century Earth, the Renegades and Imperials travelled back through time to 1963, each seeking to claim the Hand for their own. Having discovered that the Imperials had established a Transmat device in the basement of Coal Hill School, Shoreditch, the Supreme Dalek captured and brainwashed a young girl, using her both as the main component of the Renegades' battle computer, and as an "inside agent" at the school. During this time, one of the Renegades came into conflict with a human military group, which in turn drew the attention of the Seventh Doctor, who helped them to destroy it. The Renegades had already made contact with some members of "The Association", and formed an alliance with them, due to their mutual ideas of fascism, and falsely promising to help them "cleanse" Britain of foreigners in return for their assistance.
Through the girl, the Renegade Daleks managed to locate the Hand of Omega and bring it back to their base. The Imperial Daleks followed, and attacked the Renegades. During the battle, the Renegades' human allies, learning that they had been deceived, stole the Time Controller and fled, followed by the girl. The Supreme Dalek was the only member of the Renegades to survive the battle, but, upon learning from the Doctor that Skaro had been destroyed, initiated its self-destruct mechanism, at the same time releasing the girl from its control. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)
- For a more detailed account of these events, see Shoreditch Incident.
The Renegades survived this battle and began calling themselves Imperials. They were based on Skaro, with their leader, the Dalek Prime, claiming that the planet the Doctor had destroyed was actually Antalin. A civil war broke out within the Dalek ranks, and the last renegades were apparently wiped out, although at least one may have survived. (PROSE: War of the Daleks)
Some Renegade Daleks survived and were classed as insane and taken to the Dalek Asylum. The insane Daleks died when the asylum was destroyed by the Parliament of the Daleks. (TV: Asylum of the Daleks)
One Renegade Dalek ended up on Skaro, where its mission was to protect Davros until his death. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice) This Dalek (with the other Daleks) was destroyed by the rejuvenated Daleks in the sewers. (TV: The Witch's Familiar)
Alternate Universe Edit
In one timeline, the original Daleks simply abandoned Skaro and Davros rather than try to kill him. These Daleks, which went on to carve out an interstellar empire, were called Renegade Daleks by Davros. (AUDIO: Masters of War)
Behind the scenes Edit
Renegade Daleks are absent in The Curse of Davros, making it the first piece of Doctor Who media to feature Imperial Daleks without the Renegade Daleks.


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Sikkim Police Notification Details
|Name of The Organisation
|Sikkim Police Department
|Total Posts
|Name of the Post
|Police Constable Driver, Mechanic, Followers
|Application Start Date
|on 09 May 2018
|Application Last Date
|on 06 Jun 2018 4:00 PM
|State Govt Jobs
|Job Location
|Application Mode
|Official website
|@ www.sikkimpolice.nic.in
All job seekers from Sikkim are currently looking for Latest Sikkim Govt Jobs in 2018-19. An immense number of aspirants have already applied for this Sikkim Police 2018 Recruitment. If you didn't start to apply for this notification, then make hurry to appeal Sikkim 54 vacancies notification registration process. The registration process was started on 09 May 2018 and the application submission process will be ended on 06 Jun 2018 4:00 PM.
Sikkim Police 54 Police Constable Driver Posts
Catch Sikkim Police 54 Police Constable Driver, Mechanic Posts: Applicants, in case you are the undergraduate candidate, don't worry about that. Because this recruitment was only for the undergraduate candidates and the education qualification is X class pass. So don't drop this opportunity. Enroll your name in Sikkim Police Recruitment 2018. This recruitment was the totally offline mode process.
For this notification, the Screening Procedure involves the Physical endurance/ Efficiency Test/ Written Examination. Candidates, who have qualified these secessions, those candidates are promoted to the next level in the Sikkim Police Constable Driver Recruitment. Download the Admit Cards for the Sikkim Police Recruitment here before 10-15 days. In this Police Constable Driver, Mechanic, Followers have the different educational qualifications and selection processes. So once check the Sikkim Police Official Notification for detailed information.
Eligibility Criteria
What type of Education Qualifications are suitable for the Sikkim Police Department Notification?
Education Qualification For Police Constable Driver: Candidates who have Class X pass certificate recognized by the board/institution and also Valid Driving License Transport (T), those candidates are suitable for these vacancies.
Education Qualification For Police Mechanic: Are you completed your Class X pass Valid Driving License Transport ITI Certificate from Govt. of Sikkim / equivalent course, start the application process as early as possible.
For Followers: Those applicants completed their VI class in recognized board.
What is the Age Limit for the Sikkim Police Constable Driver, other Posts?
For Police Constable Driver: Who wish to apply the police driver vacancies, those candidates maintain the minimum age 20years and the maximum age was 25 years.
For Police Mechanic: The board of Sikkim Police Department mentions the age limit for the applicants. The minimum age is 18 years and the maximum age is 22 years.
For Followers: Applicants should maintain the age limit on 18-22 years.
Which Type of Selection Process was prefer for the Sikkim Police Mechanic vacancies?
The Recruitment selection process was based on the Physical endurance/ Efficiency Test/ Written Examination. Who have completed these selection process, those candidates are selected for the vacancies.
How much salary packages are offered by the Sikkim Police board officials?
Police Constable Driver: PB 1 of Rs.5200-20200 & GP of 2400
Police Constable Mechanic: PB 1 of Rs.5200-20200 & GP of 2400
Followers Post: PB 1 of Rs. 5200-20200 & GP of 2200
How Much Application Fee Issued by the board officials For the candidates?
In the Sikkim Police Department, an application fee is same for all candidates like General/ OBC/ backward classes etc. For all category candidates: Rs.70/-
Physical Requirements:
|5′ 3″ minimum
|Minimum 32″ with Minimum 2″ experience
|Minimum 50 Kgs
Postal Address: Aspirants, post your documents on the given postal address. Because this is an offline mode process.
Asstt. Inspector General of Police,
Police Headquarters,
Gangtok and Offices of the District Superintendent of police (East-west, North & South)
Documents Required:
- Sikkim Subject Certificate/ Certificate of Identification
- Educational Qualification Certificate/ Mark sheet
- Valid Local Employment Card
- ST/SC/OBC/Primitive Tribe Certificate
- Birth certificate
- NOC from the head of Department/ Office in Case of Govt. servant
Apply Sikkim Police Recruitment In Online
Catch Sikkim Police Recruitment @ www.sikkimpolice.nic.in: Aspirants, use the official site for the information about the Sikkim Police Constable Driver, Mechanic, Followers. If you want to apply for it refer the postal address and submit your registration form to the given postal address. The Sikkim Police Official Notification and application form links are mentioned at the below page. If you have any confusion in the applying process, follow the below instructions at the bottom of the page.
The Downloading Instructions Are:
- Candidates, are you wish to apply for the Sikkim Police Department Police Constable Driver, Mechanic posts, first go to the official site @ www.sikkimpolice.nic.in
- Visit the home page and find the Recruitment Notifications.
- Click on the home page and find the Sikkim Police Recruitment 2018 notification.
- Check the eligibility criteria for Education Qualifications, Age Limit, Selection Process, Pay Scale, Application Fee, Vacancy Details etc.
- In case you are suitable for these vacancies, refer the official notification and clearly understands the notification.
- After then enter the candidate details on the registration form and once again check the entered details are correct or not.
- In the mentioned details are correct and then pay the fee as per the norms of the Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection board.
- Finally, take the hard copy of the submitted registration form
- It may be used in the future, so keep it safe.
Important Dates & Links
Application Starting Date: on 09 May 2018
Ending Date: on 06 Jun 2018 4:00 PM
Sikkim Police Recruitment 2018>>>> Click Here
Sikkim Police Application Links


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Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 in F Major celebrates its 200th anniversary this year. What better way to recognize the work by the iconic composer than to attend the annual fall concert of Buffalo State's Philharmonia Orchestra?
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Hip hop originated in the South Bronx in the early 1970s and has expanded to include many different genres and regions. Different regions have different hip hop movements. The South alone has Miami bass, bounce music, chopped and screwed and trap music. Beefs in the industry have torn the community apart like when Tupac and Biggie divided the West Coast against the East Coast. Before the industry became homogeneous, styles varied greatly with Californians donning chucks and flannel shirts while New Yorkers wore bubble vests and Timberlands. The debate of G.O.A.T, Greatest of All Time, has always included rappers from one of the fifty states. Many outsiders have tried but besides those who moved to the United States at a young age, making it and being international comes with many hurdles. So it raises the question, does hip hop have borders?
Hip hop can be found all over the world. Debates about whether Lil Wayne has reached his peak or if Kanye West is still great or just hyped can be heard in any country. World tours are only possible because of the vastness of the genre. Rappers are born in the United States but are heard throughout the world. Nicki Minaj and J. Cole were born outside of the United States but rarely do either rapper mention their birthplace. The struggles that these rappers endured are related to their childhood homes in Queens, NY and Fayetteville, NC, respectively.
The struggles in the United States are broadcasted throughout the world and when rappers state their cocaine connects and dealings with brutal cops, it does not sound farfetched after hearing reports about the War on Drugs and the surge in awareness of police brutality faced by minorities. The lyrics match the headlines.
Drake, a Toronto native, has rapped, "born in Toronto but sometimes I feel like Atlanta adopted us" on the remix of Migos' track "Versace" and that statement holds truth. Canadian rappers have a tough time being taken seriously like any other foreign rappers. This is because the United States leads in the largest markets for recorded music worldwide with nearly five billion dollars in revenue. Making it in the United States is the crème de la crème but Americans are particular. The main selling point is the perception of rappers. Young Jeezy, Nas and Eminem have different perceptions about them but without the credibility of their rough backgrounds, their careers would be nonexistent. Atlanta, New York and Detroit will give you a bit of credibility. However, Canada is seen as a friendly country with free healthcare so what worthy everyday struggles could a Canadian have to share outside of running out of syrup. Another hurdle involves Americans liking American sounding music. OMI's "Cheerleader" made it after Felix Jaehn, a German music producer and DJ, remixed it and gave it a universal sound at which point it became an international hit. The key point here is selling ability and universality.
Though having a cosigner does not hurt either. Drake was consigned by Lil Wayne and was paired with Nicki Minaj when he first stepped on the scene. Iggy Azalea was consigned by T.I. and her southern drawl accent hid her Australian decent well. Drake's whole stint with Degrassi: The Next Generation and lack of street credibility has been completely brushed under the rug as his raps get more aggressive and have trap music elements with features with Migos, Future, and the Game. Azalea story involves cleaning houses in order to leave Australia, arriving in Miami at sixteen and struggling until she eventually found a permanent home on T.I.'s label, Grand Hustle. This has not stopped Azalea from accused of fakery for her rapping voice that. According to a linguist hired by Vice to analyze if she is faking her voice, her song "Fancy " shows that "she obviously has a good ear and is a good mimic – her accent shifts in several directions, all US rap-influenced, especially in the last minute of the song." She has been accused multiple times of using a ghostwriter and some speculated that Nicki Minaj was referring to her when Minaj stated "that when you hear Nicki Minaj spit, Nicki Minaj wrote it" during her acceptance speech for her fifth consecutive win for BET's "Best Female Rap Artist." Either you get a pass or you do not and you just go really pop. Nonetheless, Azalea had a great year in 2014 by becoming the female rapper with longest-leading number one single on the Billboard Hot 100.and breaking another record with Billboard by having ranking at number 1 and 2 simultaneously with her first two Hot 100 entries, a feat only done before by the Beatles.
Commercially, hip hop, any other genre, has boundaries. Without a few peers giving you a nod of approval and universality, being a foreigner can be a hard selling point in rap. Hip hop is full of different genres that touch base on different issues but on the radio, mostly bubblegum hip pop or strip club anthems raps are played with a few sprinkles of rap with some substance. It is no different from listening to the Top 40 that diminish the existent of more soulful, in-depth artists. The numerous charts that display the most critically acclaimed albums and mixtapes differ greatly from the Billboard Hip Hop/R&B Songs Airplay Chart. The genre itself does not even get a rounded perspective so coming in as an out-of-towner makes fitting in harder with choices being hip pop, party music or being underground for a good chunk of your career and all you have is New Zealand sorrows.
Chip, a British rapper who sounds like a British rapper, is also cosigned by T.I. and is still signed to Grand Hustle but has not established himself like Iggy Azelea has in the United States but he is quite big in the United Kingdom. The borders are dependent on perspective. Chip may very well be trying to get out of the UK and make it big in the US while Euroz is happy to have a fan base outside of Nevada. Hip hop came to be as a form of expression and later as a form of rebellion. Dances, struggle and call to actions have been communicated through the synergy of melody and rhyme. No one can limit expression and anyone who feels they can spit has the freedom to do so. In the end, borders are based entirely on perspective and getting out of that particular box is dependent on their specific circumstances. So yes, commercially hip hop borders revolve around the United States but personally, music has too much freedom to be constrained by frivolous lines.


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Denise Jaeckel lives in Indiana and graduated from IU Bloomington with a degree in Telecommunications. She is a professional actress and member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA).
Kathy Byrne is the Director of TV/Theatrical Contracts at Chicago SAG/AFTRA. Previously she worked for the Chicago Film Commission.
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