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International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
ISTSS and its affiliated organizations form a partnership of professional societies with the aim of advancing the field of traumatic stress worldwide. ISTSS also has active collaborations around the world with professional organizations, corporations, and nonprofits that aim to protect those who have been traumatized and/or advance knowledge about traumatic stress.
ISTSS and the affiliated organizations form a partnership of professional societies with the aim of advancing the field of traumatic stress worldwide. A representative of each affiliate organization can serve as an ex-officio member of the ISTSS Board of Directors, and a representative of ISTSS likewise can serve on the Board of each affiliated organization. Members of these societies enjoy a number of benefits with regard to ISTSS membership dues, conference registration, and access to ISTSS publications. In turn, reciprocal benefits are made available to ISTSS members by the affiliate societies.
More information for current and prospective affiliate organizations can be found in the Policies and Procedures for ISTSS Affiliation.
Daniel L. Mosca, MD
SAPsi President
Journal: Revista de Psicotrauma para Iberoamerica
Prof. Humbert Boisseaux
Journal: Revue Francophone du Stress et du Trauma
Jane Shakespeare-Finch, PhD
ASTSS President
Paul Frewen, PhD
Journals: Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science; Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology; Canadian Psychology
A. Univ. Prof. Dr. med. Astrid Lampe
DeGPT Chairman
Journal: Trauma and Gewalt
Ingo Schäfer, MD, MPH
ESTSS President
Journal: European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Keiji Iwai, MD, PhD
JSTSS President
Journal: Japanese Journal of Traumatic Stress
ISTSS has collaborations around the world with professional organizations, corporations and nonprofits that aim to protect those who have been traumatized and/or advance knowledge about traumatic stress. The official collaborations are listed below.
AsianSTSS was founded in 2005 as a fully incorporated limited company registered in Hong Kong for professionals to share information about the effects of trauma. They aim to advance knowledge about the nature and consequences of highly stressful events and to provide a forum for the sharing of research, clinical strategies, public policy concerns and theoretical formulations on trauma around the Asian region. For more information, visit the AsianSTSS website or email.
Journal: Psychological Trauma
Contact: Diane Elmore, PhD
Division 56's mission is to initiate proposals for projects and working groups, develop products, and to form coalitions to address the pressing issues of trauma that are growing ever more frequent today. With the establishment of Division 56 within the American Psychological Association, they champion trauma issues. ISTSS has established a liaison who is a member of both ISTSS and APA's Division 56. For more information contact APA's Division 56 or contact Dr. Danny Kaloupek at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Dart Center is a global network of journalists, journalism educators and health professionals dedicated to improving media coverage of trauma, conflict and tragedy. The Center also addresses the consequences of such coverage for those working in journalism and is involved in the ISTSS Annual Meeting activities. Contact the Dart Center, Elana Newman or contact Bruce Shapiro for more information.
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) serves as the central forum for discussing international economic and social issues, and for formulating policy recommendations addressed to Member States and the United Nations system. It is responsible for promoting higher standards of living, full employment, and economic and social progress; identifying solutions to international economic, social and health problems; facilitating international cultural and educational cooperation; and encouraging universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It has the power to make or initiate studies and reports on these issues. It also has the power to assist the preparations and organization of major international conferences in the economic and social and related fields and to facilitate a coordinated follow-up to these conferences. With its broad mandate the Council's purview extends to over 70 per cent of the human and financial resources of the entire UN system.
ISTSS is in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. ISTSS has three member representatives involved in the work of the United Nations. Contact Dr. Yael Danieli with any questions.
The Institute's mission is to improve the quality of life for individuals on a local, national, and international level by sharing and disseminating vital state-of-the-science information, improving networking among professionals, and assisting with program evaluation, consultation, and training to promote violence-free living. ISTSS and IVAT have mutual annual meeting marketing coverage. ISTSS has established a liaison who is a member of both ISTSS and IVAT. Contact IVAT or more information.
The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation is an international, non-profit, professional association organized to develop and promote comprehensive, clinically effective and empirically based resources and responses to dissociation and to address its relevance to other theoretical constructs. ISTSS has established a liaison who is a member of both ISTSS and ISSTD. Contact the ISSTD or Christine Courtois for more information.
The NPEIV is an overarching group of organizations, agencies, coalitions, and groups that embraces a national, multi-disciplinary and multicultural commitment to violence prevention across the lifespan. The newly-formed organization is committed to reducing interpersonal violence and its consequences through scientific research and application of empirical findings. Through its many partnerships and collaborations, the NPEIV is beginning to make great strides in pursuing this goal and achieving its of becoming an umbrella partnership of the many organizations, agencies, and advocate/victims working to end interpersonal violence in the US.
Sidran helps people understand, manage, and treat trauma and dissociation. The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) refers persons seeking a therapist to Sidran. Sidran offers a service which assists individuals at no charge with locating appropriate trauma resources. They are one of the nation's leading providers of education and resources on traumatic stress; training and consulting on treating and managing traumatic stress; information and advocacy on current issues related to trauma; publications on traumatic stress; and assessment and research tools. Contact the Sidran Institute for more information.


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Tech Research
HP exec asks for input on the issue of whether indie tech research houses should committ to standards of transparency, neutrality, governance and liability.Heather Green
David Gee, an exec at HP, is asking over at his blog for input on some thoughts he's mulling over about tech research.
Anyone in the tech industry knows the influence that research houses can have in determining perspectives--whether companies are buying tech, what kind, who is winning, who is losing.
So Gee is asking for people's views on whether this industry, like Wall Street analysts, should have "standards for transparency, neutrality, governance and liability."
Of course, one question to bring up in this kind of discussion might be what influence companies like HP, which buy the research, have in determining its direction. Anyway, if you have some thoughts on this, the door at Gee's blog is open.
Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal. LEARN MORE

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From behind me!
I twirl around, all senses alert, spraying freshly-fallen snow everywhere. My face quickly switches to a determined, fierce expression, though inside my heart is hammering away – I hope no one sees the slight trembling that has nothing to do with the cold. My forepaws go to my muzzle in a fighting stance, ready to beat the living daylights out of –
- no one. No one.
No one?
No one at all – who, then, could have snuck up behind us and then left without eve-
I blink once, twice, stare at Pichu, who had fainted and fallen backwards onto the snow.
"Pichu." I bend down, lifting up one of his oversized ears. "Piiiichu." No effect. Perfect; all I needed on my hands now was an unconscious mouse. "Wake up," I urge, slapping his face lightly.
And then, remembering our previous spar in the graveyard, I slap him a little less lightly.
It does the trick, though; Pichu blinks and murmurs and staggers to his feet.
"Uh?" He wonders blearily. "What?"
"What?" I hiss, dragging him close. "I'll tell you what – I had a fainted rodent on my paws, Navy-Blue's dead in that factory, Hitmonlee's after our blood and we can't find him, and this grave was empty this morning."
Pichu takes one look at said grave and steps away, shuddering. The grave is filled, very not-empty-at-all, a rock placed mockingly on top of freshly-turned soil and snow – just like in Gardevoir's vision. Some distance away is a battered trolley we had seen earlier in the factory – in the same room which we knocked out Hitmonle-
Both of us freeze. Maybe – simultaneously, a single thought enters both our heads.
We had left Hitmonlee bleeding and out cold in the factory, hoping he would stay that way until we returned. We left, and encountered one problem after another – Navy-Blue was dead, the murderer invisible and undetected, and Hitmonlee gone, hiding somewhere, waiting to pounce on us.
Maybe Hitmonlee isn't hiding somewhere, waiting to kill us both. Maybe Hitmonlee isn't at the police, giving a detailed account of how I appeared to be the murderer of the group (and of Navy-Blue). Maybe – just maybe –
I turn to Pichu and I mouth No.
I make a move, as if to go. I reach for Pichu's gun, but suddenly, a paw lands heavily on my shoulder. Wincing from the sharpness and the coldness of the touch, I turn around. "What?"
"Y'know…" breaths Pichu, "maybe we should – you know – check."
A pause.
"Check." I say the word slowly, not quite fully daring to believe what he had just said.
"Check. Check the grave. We could be jumping to conclusions too soon."
"Alright, Pichu, the cold's finally gone to your head and made mush out of what once was your brain. Might I remind you that there's a dead officer in the factory, and we're the only ones with a gun?"
"It's a toy, remember," Pichu argues. "Look, I'm every bit as scared as you, but I really, really want to know."
I sigh exasperatedly. "Look, every minute we spend here, we increase the risk of being caught. Who knows, Navy-Blue might have already called for backup! Do you really want to spend the rest of your short little life living on mouldy bread and stale water?"
"Which is why we have to dig up the grave as quickly as possible."
I stare at him, his face intently scrutinizing mine. Where did the cowardly Pichu I know so well go? Ever since the murders, a lot had changed in the little rodent. I had expected him to want out, as quickly as possible; like that day we went to explore the cliff.
…but now, he's starting to call the shots. He's starting to become a little bolder. I can still taste the fear coming out from him, but mixed with a slight tinge of exhilaration. At a different time, I might have felt kind-of-proud, but right now all I can think of is how this is inching us closer to getting caught by Navy-Blue's cronies.
"Alright." I breathe out, a long sigh, watching my breath make swirls in the air and die away. "Just make it fast."
Despite everything, Pichu grins darkly. "Alright then."
Silently, we scratch away at the earth. It comes away very easily – too easily – and soon Pichu and I are throwing up heaps of soil and snow. Very soon, however, my paws become tired and aching, and pretty soon they're practically screaming for relief. Panting with the effort, I pause for a while, forepaw to my heaving chest.
"Strange." Pichu comments between digging. "Thought you were stronger than that, Riolu."
I jerkily wave a paw at him, too concerned with catching my breath to make a witty comeback.
"The old you could have done this, no problem."
I turn to glare at him. He doesn't respond, but continues his silent digging, occasionally glancing back at me with one eye. In the perpetual winter of Snowpoint, the dark falls fast, and shadows are already starting to creep up Pichu's face.
It's dusk already? I wonder. Only a few hours ago we were sitting in the Inn, eating breakfast. Now, we're suspects on the run, and Hitmonlee –
Gritting my teeth, I double back and scratch away on all fours, suddenly very aware of Pichu's suspicious glances over my shoulder. Faster and faster, till it was a continuous shower of grit and dirtied slush. I hear Pichu's breath beside me – he's tiring out too, the hypocrite – and my own ragged breaths – and then suddenly –
"YYYyyyeeeesh – " I reel back, clutching my paw, biting back a bark of pain.
While I painfully pull a splinter out from my throbbing paw, Pichu examines the spot where my paw once was. Dusk was advancing in all earnestness, and I could barely see his expression past the veil of increasing darkness, much less what I had just hit.
"Can't see a thing…" he muses, then –
Pichu squeezes his eyes shut in full concentration, to the point of burying his head in his paws. I look at him, slightly amused, and also even more thankful that no one's around to see us digging up the grave (let alone standing around in awkward positions). A few seconds pass, which is enough for me to go "You know, Pichu, if you really need the washroom –"
Crkkzzz –
Some short-lived sparks crackle from Pichu's cheeks, throwing a smoky light around us and pushing back the approaching darkness. Gradually, they become a soft glow from his cheeks, intermittently sending small sparks flying in my direction with a soft zinging sound. He smirks. I don't bother to return the gesture, but stare ahead at the grave. His arrogant look melted away as he, too, looks into our newly-dug hole.
A square of familiar wood stares right back at us.
"What, scared?" I whisper.
"No." The sparks intensify.
"Good. I think," I add under my breath.
We continue digging around the container, carefully moving around the now-open grave. As soon as we unearth the four corners, we pause, our breath coming thick and fast, oddly loud in the silence of the night.
"So, uh," Pichu begins.
I scratch my head awkwardly, hindpaw tracing a circle in the snow behind me.
"Do we lift it up?" he offers helpfully.
"It was your idea," I reply. "But if you wake me up in the middle of the night with your nightmares, I swear I'll kill you in your sleep."
Pichu laughs mirthlessly.
We grip the edges of the box, struggling to search for the locking mechanism. My tiredness comes back to me in a rush, causing my knees to tremble and threaten to buckle. I grit my teeth, feeling Pichu's glare, and force my weakening paws to continue grappling with the lid.
Out of my field of vision, I hear a triumphant grunt from Pichu.
"Got it."
The container unlocks, Pichu involuntarily shoving the lid upwards with his body weight. There was an ominous moan and a whiff of long-rotten Poffins as the container yawned open. Both of us are forced to dance along the grave's edge, desperately holding on to the lid, trying not to fall in. Instinctively, I turn my head away, burying my snout and eyes in my paws.
An inarticulate, muffled scream from Pichu, and the dim light gives an agonized whine and fizzles out in a shower of sparks.
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Chapter Five: Hidden Waltz
"Step by step, beat by beat / dance, dance your invisible dance"
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I stifle back a yelp as the weight on my paws double. Pichu had staggered away, leaving me to hold up the heavy lid by myself. I curse inwardly as I struggle to hold the lid overhead, feeling my already weak paws giving way.
"Pichu!" I hiss.
The rodent spins off into the darkness, yammering gibberish and half-gargled whimpers. I don't think I'm going to get any help from him tonight –
With the last of my strength I heave the lid back on the container, barely avoiding slipping in and falling in myself. The coffin booms shut, sealing the body of Hitmonlee within.
Reeling backwards, I glimpse the shadow of the disappearing Pokémon on my left and the dull glimmer of the gun on my right. Feeling exhaustion creep up on me, I curse inwardly and stumble to my side.
I swipe the gun from off the ground and turn to start running after Pichu, a combination of fatigue and dizziness sending me spiraling left and right in my pathetic attempt to walk in a straight line. Wait up, you idiot, I plead inwardly.
Both of us begin a mad half-run, half-drunken totter across the silent town. No shouts, no screams, just a mindless dash to nowhere. The silence was only broken by the crunches of snow beneath paws and our heaving breaths, the two of us leaving a path from of vapour from our gasps.
"Pi - chu," I gasp, as soon as I catch my breath and catch up to him. By now, his adrenalin rush has run out, and just as I approach him, he collapses on all fours, breathing hard. His heavy breaths are punctuated by loud, dry coughs that sound oddly loud in the night.
"Where – in this Arceus-forsaken place – are we?" he asks tiredly.
"How would I know?" I shoot back hotly. "I was following you all the time – after you left me alone in the cemetery!"
Silence from Pichu, just the sound of his breathing slowly but surely returning to normal.
We study our surroundings, trying to piece together some idea of our location. The answer was quite obvious, as the weak moonlight winked at us across a large area of water. Or was it ice? I move forward, right towards the edge where the land disappears into a mirror.
Lake Acuity.
We ran all the way to the lake? I wonder.
Pichu pants "Seems like it," and flops down into a sitting position.
"So, who do you think did it?"
The question out of nowhere shocks me. Pichu glances at me sideways, face unreadable in the dark night. We are currently plodding along in the snow, trying to find some shelter for the night, and we are no closer to it than we were ten minutes ago.
"Me?" I murmur. Honestly, I've given the question a lot of thought the past couple of nights. Who could I say the most likely suspect was? Snowpoint appears to be the perfect getaway from all the city hullabaloo, but it seems even the specter of murder takes his vacation in this sleepy town in the middle of absolutely-bloody-nowhere.
"I dunno." Mumbling, I choose my words carefully, circling my paw in the air in a wait-I'm-thinking gesture. "Hitmonlee, maybe?" I shrug. "Isn't he the one we voted 'most likely to commit multiple murders'? But ever since tonight, I've found a little bit of a problem in that theory."
"Mmm." Pichu nods thoughtfully.
I rack my brains a little more. "You know, that Pokémon in the Center… he gave me the creeps."
Pichu tilts his head to the side. "In the Center? Aren't you letting your Center-phobia get to you?"
"No, no," I shake my head once, feeling my sensors bounce tiredly. "There was this Mightyena in the Center. Did you see his grin?" Thinking back to the awkward encounter in the Center made a little shiver run through me. "All that teeth, I swear, his aura felt a little off – "
"Aura!" Pichu suddenly blinked awake. "Can you use Aura yet?"
I remember his great experiment, trying to see whether I could mind-read or transmit thoughts. Despite myself, I let loose a soft chuckle. "Look, Pichu, if I could, I would have mind-wiped Navy-Blue while I had the chance."
Pichu hmms. I shoot him a stare.
"You know what? I take that back – I'd scramble your brain first."
"Hah." Pichu glances downwards, and we resume our silent trek. Mushmushmush went the snow as we tiredly plowed through it like a very inefficient half-mile-an-hour lawnmower.
"You aren't gonna ask me about my thoughts?" Pichu's voice breaks the silence.
I blink. "You can think?"
I admit, I wasn't aware Pichu could have had such complex thoughts, but then again, my theories have been proven wrong a couple of times already. I knew that Pichu was having one of those grins on his faces, the ones before he announced his stupid theory of the day. Shrugging, I decide to let him speak, if only for some comic relief. Arceus knows I need to laugh right now.
"Alright, I give up. What's your big theory?"
Heh heh. Pichu snickers deviously. It's insanely creepy, hearing the sound coming from nowhere in the middle of the night. I half-expect a relatively sound theory now.
I stop dead, and Pichu shuffles his snout into my back.
"Hoi! Don't stop like that."
"Don't make stupid theories like that!" I round on him. "Have you gone completely nuts? This is even worse than all your other theories." I emphasize the point by jabbing a finger into his chest, only to miss and poke his eye. "Combined."
"Look, look, I know it sounds incredible…" Pichu tries his best to calm me down while fending off more eye-related attacks, "but don't you think Gardevoir has been behaving rather odd lately?"
"Definitely. Because, you know, her lover was found dead at the bottom of a cliff."
"Don't you find it odd that they never found any scratches on Gallade? There was no physical contact whatsoever. And I can't exactly imagine Gallade jumping off a cliff himself."
"Yes. In fact, I remember telling you that. So?" I raise my eyebrow (if I have one). I think I see where this is going...
"There's only one Pokémon who can get close enough to Gallade to lure him to the cliff, and only one Pokémon who doesn't rely completely on physical attacks." Pichu joins imaginary dots in the air. "Gardevoir."
I sigh. "Good idea, Pichu: you've got the who and the what, but do enlighten me why Gardevoir would kill her own lover? You know, I was half-expecting you to have a good idea. Are you saying that she killed everyone else, too?"
"Didn't she seem too... enthusiastic in tackling Hitmonlee? You were there, you saw the sparks fly. If Magneton didn't step in when he did Hitmonlee and Gardevoir would have literally killed each other."
I sigh, slapping a paw to my forehead and dragging it slowly down my muzzle. "Once again, Pichu, I might remind you that this concerned her lover, and as far as emotions are concerned, just about anything could happen. You'd go berserk if it was your loved one lying face-down in the snow."
"Hmph." Pichu folds his arms with an air of a stubborn child. "I'm not buying that; doesn't seem likely that anyone would do that kind of thing."
"Ah, Pichu," I clasp my paws to my heart exaggeratedly. "You have never loved."
"Neither have you," he shoots back, then a sly grin slowly spreads itself across his face. "Unless you count your bunny friend…"
I wince. Touché. "No. Now do carry on with your very interesting theory."
Pichu gives a little snort of triumph and a look that seems to say: now, listen. "Out of all of us, Gardevoir was probably the one closest to the Trainer: and yet she didn't seem too upset about it… She even went out for a romantic stroll with Gallade after that."
I think back; it was true, even if it seemed more likely that Gallade was the one who made the suggestion first. Pichu and I had tried to sneak up on the lovers' conversation, only to be, ah, discovered by Gallade, no thanks in particular to a too-loud rodent. Meanwhile, in real life, the too-loud rodent continues:
"Hence, either herself or her loverboy must have done the deed, so – "
"Hold it," I pause, "so maybe she killed the Trainer, but she killed Gallade too? Pichu, wake up and smell the roses."
"There aren't any roses, stupid," Pichu argues, the figure of speech flying over his head and hitting an unfortunate bird passing by, "But anyway, my point is that maybe, just maybe, she didn't kill Gallade."
"No? But you were just saying how she could have k-"
"I said she might have killed Gallade – and if she did, it's still very possible," argues the little rodent. "But I believe she didn't kill Gallade, someone else did. It could have been Magneton, or Hitmonlee, or it might actually have been an accident. Remember that there weren't any signs of a physical struggle."
"But in any case, she went on a rampage, killing Magneton and Hitmonlee who she thought were the murderers," I finish Pichu's train of thought for him, trailing off into silence. Strange, could the mouse have actually come up with a workable theory this time round? What happened to the Pichu I used to know and love to prank?
I glance back at him. "But why should she frame us?
The rodent shrugs. "Dunno. Maybe she wants us gone too. Or we were just unlucky enough to be in the way."
I point out a large tree that could possibly be used for shelter, and Pichu – not wanting to be completely at the mercy of Snowpoint's bizarre and unnecessarily cruel weather – gladly agreed.
"Anyway," he continues, three mushmushmush shuffles later, "it's creepy how the evidence piles up. Heavy metal beams that are too hard to lift? No other footprints other than our own around the factory where Hitmonlee died? And a floating, Psychic suspect?"
"Hold that thought," I bring up a paw to halt him. "How do you think she actually killed Magneton and Hitmonlee? The trainer was obvious: 'Gardevoir, in the Bedroom, with a knife', but those two aren't explained so easily."
Pichu shudders: from the wind or from memory I do not know.
"Do you remember Magneton?"
Hitmonlee and me picking our way through wreckage that resembled a metal scrapyard left to rust and die. Crushed steel on steel. A beam must have toppled straight through his Magnemite-components, splitting the metal monster cleanly into two. Or three. Split and smashed without even allowing instinct to kick in. We had arranged him as neatly – as dignified as you can arrange blasted pieces of metal that used to be alive – on the Inn floor.
Only his eyes were the same as they were in life.
Staring. Forever drilling straight into you.
Except this time when the pieces were moved, they rolled in their sockets. All three eyes ended up fixing Gardevoir with their stony, monotone, dead glare.
I shall forever remember the look on Hitmonlee's face when he first pulled a sixth of his Teammate out from the wreckage. It wasn't morbid curiosity; it wasn't the snarky undercurrent he had when he pretended to be serious in front of the Trainer.
It was something that I had not seen, a new emotion flickered across his face. He tried to quash it under his half-hearted attempts to put on a brace face, but I saw it for what it really was. It was truly a rare creature that invaded Hitmonlee's mind that day.
It was fear.
Involuntarily, I shudder too. "Yeah. That kind of death? How do you think Gardevoir, who had her hair fried by a single Zap Cannon, could have killed Magneton?"
Pichu's voice is dark. "Have you seen a TM Shop around?"
I pause. "Yeaaaahh, there was one in town. We went there together, didn't we?"
He nods. "And there's powerful TMs in there, right?"
I nod slowly, seeing where his train of thought is going. "But wait, hold it, hold it – even if Gardevoir really wanted to learn a TM, how would she get it? We Pokémon have no money, it's not like she could just – what, – walk right in and – "
" – and steal it," completes Pichu. "Remember the Earthquakes you felt? Or what kind of attacks could have brought down the steel poles? Giga Impact, that's what – or Earthquake, I dunno, it doesn't really matter which she stole. Brought down the poles like toy blocks."
"But – "
"Before you say anything, Riolu," Pichu interrupts, bringing his voice down to a dark whisper, "remember what Gardevoir's been telling you? About her… visions?"
I nod slowly. I had been idiot enough to share some with Pichu, and now I'm starting to regret it.
"What if –" Pichu continues, "in her visions she sees the murderer? She sees the murders taking place, how they take place, how they could be concealed? She might have seen our deaths, Riolu! And what if she sees that the murderer – is herself?"
"Pichu, don't be an idiot," I plead with him. "Gardevoir isn't going to snap simply because she had a dream of herself hacking your head off. In fact, I have those sort of dreams myself, if you must know – I've killed Gallade and Hitmonlee in a variety of gruesome ways and I admit that I enjoyed myself immensely."
"Seriously, Riolu," Pichu's tone takes on the desperate tinge that stops my jokes dead. "What if that's really the case? And after the fight with Hitmonlee, she just might want to make those things become reality. You know how you can't tell a dream from reality when you just wake up, no matter how ridiculous or frightening that dream is? That's why we're scared even after we wake up, that's why we huddle up and shine lights around to tell ourselves we're back in good old solid reality. Who knows what those vivid Psychic visions are like?"
"Did the vision take place in the night or day?"
"Oh." She closes her eyes as she seemingly tries her hardest to recall. "I… I don't know…"
My eyes narrow slightly at her words. "Couldn't you see if it was dark or light in your vision?"
"You've never had these visions – you wouldn't understand," she retorts.
Observing my stunned silence, the mouse goes on. "I don't even think I need to tell you how plausible it is that Hitmonlee could have been done in by her…"
I nod, Pichu's line of logic clear in my head.
Gardevoir, floating over the white snow, drifting into the factory like a ghost. It would be the simplest of tricks to camouflage herself amongst all the machinery and rubbish in that factory, after all, we had did it, didn't we? The loud crashes and shouts that came from our fights and flights probably only helped her to locate us – or more specifically, a bleeding, unconscious Hitmonlee or a surprised Navy-Blue…
The body of Navy-Blue was left on the ground. The body of Hitmonlee, however, would be placed into the container on the trolley, pushed out – that would explain the trolley tracks – all the way to the graveyard.
Psychic attacks. We saw their devastating power on the snowy field over Gallade's body – this was power; not attacks used for mere battling or proving one's strength, but fuelled by something deeper, darker, and more powerful. It would have been so easy to throttle an unsuspecting, unconscious Pokemon, or even –
It would have been absurdly simple to just bundle the knocked-out Pokémon into the waiting trolley and ship it over to the graveyard, just like a ready-made coffin. Gardevoir wouldn't even have had to lift a finger; the unfortunate victim would have suffocated to death in a Poffin-container.
...which would make us accomplices, since we were the ones who knocked Hitmonlee out in the first place. Pichu seems to realize this at the same time as me, shooting me with a gaze that veered between frightened and terrified. I wonder if he imagined Hitmonlee's blood on his hands, and couldn't help wonder at how happy we were, grinning and patting each other on the back when we knocked that big bully out cold.
Navy-Blue wasn't even a consideration. If she could have killed her powerful Pokémon nemesis in cold blood, an overweight human police officer that should have long given up the security business and gone into the doughnut industry should not have been a threat to her at all. I wouldn't care to think about how bloodlust would get to one's head – even if she didn't need to kill him, there's no saying that she didn't.
The chain of possible and impossible events swirl about in my mind, causing me to screw my eyes tight and clutch my head. "Unbelieveable…"
"Suit yourself, if you want to argue with the facts."
"Okay, okay, okay," I throw up my paws in defeat. "So you're right. So what? Everyone else has bit it, Gardevoir's snapped, and might be coming after us next. What do we do now?"
My companion's response was nothing short of illuminating.
"…nothing?" I echo, incredulous. After all that he had said (and it's starting to make some sense, too) this response was the last thing I had expected to hear. Then again, I hadn't expected to hear this at all…
"Look, pal, I've gotten a little bit of respect for this – this crazy idea of yours, because it's actually believab-." I check myself. "Slightly believable. Very slightly." I place a paw on his shoulder, and am surprised at how suddenly icy cold he is. "So don't destroy that respect by suggesting our best course of action is to lie down and wait to die."
But by now Pichu's gone a little overboard, his ideas chaining together in his head, whispering and mumbling to himself and shrugging off my grip. "Butterfrees in a net… stumbled into it ourselves, and before you know it, wham!" He pounds his fist into a palm, and turns to me abruptly. "We'll be pretty trophies for her growing collection soon enough."
"Stop right there," I halt him. "There's a couple of flaws with your Theory of the Day. One," I say, counting off my paw, "…you're not pretty. Two, you're not much of a trophy, either, I'm afraid. Three, I – "
"Riolu, this is serious!" There's something in his whine that makes me stop dead for a moment and stare at him. Pichu is fixing me with a look that I have never seen from him, a kind of determined and pleading glare that looked eerily out of place on his features.
"We're trapped, right where she wants us. We've no one to run to, no place to hide, nothing to eat, and – and – " As if on cue, the hunger pangs strike up a new fervent drumbeat in my empty belly. I realize that I haven't eaten since – since…
"A-and then we'll go to her, 'cause she's the only living soul we know here," Pichu continues, breathless.
"…and then?" I prompt after a couple of seconds of silence. "And then what?"
Pichu attempts to find words but fails, settling for a resigned shrug. "And then whatever she wants, I suppose," and an icy wave of fear dances across the crisp winter air. We become silent for a while, the crunch-crunch of our footsteps surprisingly loud in the night.
The snow continues to fall.
"…come on, you're imagining wayyy too much, pal," I finally say, gently. "C'mon, let's go." My paw on his shoulder, I slowly guide him out of the snow. He doesn't resist, but shuffles shivering, sniffing, but not from the cold.
We're shuffling towards a large, blackened tree. Dusk had fallen quickly, leaving us with precious little time to find suitable shelter if we didn't particularly want to freeze to death. The tree is partially hollow, with a hole smashed into its side, revealing a surprisingly big area inside that must have once been a birdnest. To the two of us – desperate, depressed and cold – it looks like heaven on earth.
We quickly clamber into the abandoned hollow, just as the snow and the wind kick up a tantrum outside. I shake off the flecks of ice that had caught onto my fur, and place the gun by my side. Too fatigued to even look around for any hungry predators that might have been lurking in the shadows, we collapse into a sitting positions, inching away from the biting wind that blows into our newfound shelter. For a time, no one says anything, both of us opting to listen to our breathing blend into the whistling of the wind outside.
"Riolu?" Pichu's voice is muffled.
"I don't wanna die."
"…mm. Me neither. Look, just keep moving on, before you catch your death of cold and exhaustion, okay?" I gently pat his paw. "We'll think of something tomorrow, I promise. It'll be all better in the morning."
I blink.
Sunlight filters down from above the branches, leaving splotches of brightness on the ground. A gentle wind rustles through the crisp morning air, twisting its way into my little hollow, feeling surprisingly good against my dirtied fur. I realize that I haven't washed since who-knows-when, and guiltily rub the back of my head. Ahh, that's the spot.
I breathe in deep. The cold air fills my lungs and wakes me up fully. Another day, another sunrise.
I stretch, feeling my bones and joints creak and pop a little. It occurs to me that Pichu and I have slept the last night in a tree – holed up like some sort of mere animal. I shake my head. It might be fine for the birds, but for me this delightfully splintery hole just can't beat the Inn's beds.
Hm. For once, humans 1, nature 0.
"C'mon, Pichu, we gotta get moving," I call out.
Moving where? I wonder again.
The serene environment doesn't seem so serene after all.
"Pichu!" I call out impatiently. He's nowhere to be found – he isn't where he was sleeping the night before, he wasn't anywhere in the branches – the twit has probably gone to the police station to make a full confession, the idiot.
And I was the bigger idiot if I was just going to sit there and wait for the search-and-arrest party to arrive and promise me kibbles. Come here, little Riolu, the nice uncle's just gonna give you a ride around town in the police van.
Poking my head out of the hole, I peer around at the snowy environs. Reluctantly touching down, I shiver at the cold snow – it crunches delicately beneath my paw – and break into a run.
Two and a half crunches later, I stop dead.
Beautiful crimson blossoms had spread around the base of the tree overnight, in irregular splashes. They stand out wonderfully against the bleakish dirty-white ground. In the middle of Snowpoint's endless winter, the red flowers are a wondrous sight to see. Coupled with the refreshing breeze that's still nipping at my ears, it almost seems too good to be true.
Probably is.
'cause the rodent had to go spoil the pretty picture, what with lying in the middle of it all with his brains blown clean out of his head. The gun lies two paces away.
I breathe in deep and the metallic smell of blood rushes into my lungs.
"Gardevoir!" I hiss.
The Psychic Pokémon doesn't hear me. She disappears from the window, seemingly pacing the room, lost in her own thoughts.
I curse under my breath. There's still the hole Magneton's final demolition exercise had left; and it's testament to the human builders' complete incompetence and laziness. The hole is larger than it was before, and it commands an excellent view of what used to be my room.
She reappears in the window a few seconds later, appearing to count on her fingers and murmur distractedly to herself. She stops suddenly, eyes shut and squeezing her temples, massaging them slowly with a curious expression on her face.
"Look, look, I know it sounds incredible… but don't you think Gardevoir has been behaving rather odd lately?"
I'm taking this stupid, stupid risk, coming back to the Inn like that. I don't know how much the police know about Navy-Blue, or about Pichu. Granted, the factory and the lake are very far from the city center, but that's only a vague comfort.
Calling Gardevoir looks like a last resort, doesn't it? It's a sobering thought to think that out of the six Pokémon that trouped into Snowpoint, only two are left alive. You might think it's the old sense of familiarity, trying to pick up the pieces, but at this point I really, really need to see Gardevoir.
But if anyone else sees me, I'm dead.
She jerks her head up, her concentration gone. She stares around the room, then outside, then – she spots me, and her eyes grow impossibly large. Gardevoir mouths my name, and bolts for the door.
A couple of seconds later, a perplexed Gardevoir stalks her way across the snowy lawn, stepping out daintily through the hole in the wall. With a quick glance over her shoulder, she gently nudged me to a corner, wary that no one saw the two of us together.
Wordlessly we dash around the corner, into a slightly more secluded area. The way Gardevoir is staring at me, I presume that word about Pichu's and my heroic exploits had made their way into the local press, or at least was told to the Innkeeper and Gardevoir. Who knows what they're spreading about us.
We duck behind a closed shop. The smell of yesterday's food attacks my snout, but I keep quiet. Gardevoir, however, doesn't.
"Riolu! What in the world – I – " she pauses for a moment, looking truly flustered for an instant. A second later, the calm mask is back on her face as she composes herself. "What have you done?"
"Why?" I enquire innocently. "What have I done?"
Gardevoir sighs. "…nothing, really." She sits down on an upturned box nearby, obviously exhausted somehow, kneading her forehead with her paws. She suddenly seems to have aged significantly since the last time I've seen her.
I'm a little concerned now, not quite understanding what's going on. Was Pichu really correct, and is this some elaborate façade meant to throw me off? Or – or, given Pichu's long history of outrageous theories – is Gardevoir innocent, and am I doing something horribly, horribly wrong? I start to place my paw on her shoulder, then hesitate. She doesn't notice for a while, then eventually looks up and stares blankly at me.
"You shouldn't be here," she whispers in a tone of concern. "The Innkeeper's gone crazy after you guys failed to turn up for dinner last night, and she threatened – I was worried sick! Where were you guys? – she threatened to call the police and get them down to haul us back there for questioning, and –"
"Well…" I trace a circle in the snow with a hindpaw. "Things got complicated on my side, too."
"Complicated? As in?"
"…as in, complications occurred."
"What – kind – of complications?"
"…uh, complicated ones."
"No, Riolu, I – look at – no, Riolu, look at me. Look at me." Gardevoir holds my face with a grip gentle enough to be an ally and yet strong enough to stop me from looking elsewhere. She forces me to look straight into her eyes.
"…what happened? And where's Pichu?"
I breathe in deeply, and slowly clap my paws to Gardevoirs, pulling them away slowly. I feel her pressure slackening, then releasing as her paws slip off my fur. This time, without her telling me to, I fix her with a gaze to rival her own, till I detect the scent of anxiety clearly emanating from her.
"Pichu's dead, Gardevoir."
The revelation is met by stony silence.
"But why should she frame us?" Pichu shrugs his nonchalant shrug, oddly out of place, I remember thinking, on such a matter like this. "Dunno. Maybe she wants us gone too. Or we were just unlucky enough to be in the way."
"Aren't you going to kill me now?" After a couple of seconds worth of silence, I figure this is as good a way to break it as possible.
"What?" Gardevoir suddenly flicks her head to me, and I must admit the effect is startling. Then, her features relax, the rigid, tense tone gradually replaced by one of dawning comprehension. "Ohh… you think – you actually think that – Pichu – I – I was the – "
"Ah, but you are, aren't you? You've been knocking us out like flies, haven't you?" I reply bitterly, right to her face. "Bet you're counting down. Four down, one more Riolu to go."
"Four? What happened to Hitmonlee?"
"Don't play anymore, Gardevoir," I whisper tiredly. Truth be told, I am exhausted. Even after the refreshing sleep in the hollow, somehow my mental limits are still at breaking point. I'd like for nothing more than to just fall back into the snow and stare at the sky; though if I did that now –
"You're crazy, Riolu…" she whispers back, equally tired. She's wearing a hurt expression, the how-could-you-think-it-was-me card. Seeing it suddenly made me snap back into reality, out of my fatigue-induced haze of smoke and snow.
I blink, and suddenly the world seems a little more in focus. Shaking my head, I fix Gardevoir with a look, enough to make her feel nervous. "Maybe you should see it for yourself, hm?"
Ten seconds later we are running, helter-skelter through the deserted streets of Snowpoint, making our way back to the clearing where Pichu's taking his eternal morning nap. By Mew, I swear it's like no one's living here anymore; it's persistently quiet in the early morning. The eternal snow probably makes everyone want to sleep in late. Can hardly blame them; if I had my way I'd be snoozing in bed right now, under the warm covers, mm…
"Whaa – " A wrong step and a sideways stumble onto the pavement bring my wandering mind back to the situation at paw very, very quickly. Out of sheer instinct, I hit the ground rolling and get back up soon after, picking myself up and stagger-running forward with Gardevoir still following me. I hear her concerned shouts but ignore it, deciding to focus my energies on the road and the path I must take.
I glance behind. Her face still bears the look of shock, either from learning that Pichu's dead, or from me accusing her, or simply as part of an act – maybe all three. Wait, that doesn't make sense. Either she's guilty, or she's not – and we'll soon see in time.
And as I continue to glance behind, I notice that her feet are several inches off the ground.
"It's creepy how the evidence piles up. Heavy metal beams that are too hard to lift? No other footprints around the factory? And a floating, Psychic suspect? We're trapped, right where she wants us. We've no one to run to, no place to hide, nothing to eat… and then we'll go to her, 'cause she's the only living soul we know here."
We dash past abandoned shops – well, they look abandoned – down the snowy streets of Snowpoint, undoing all the distance I've done running from our hollow to the Inn, the entire way across town.
It hits me that I'm not going to have Pichu around to prank anymore. I almost miss the daily tricks I used to spring on him on every possible opportunity. Turns out that when I promised him everything was going to be okay, it would be fine in the morning – that was my last joke to him.
Instead of waiting for us to come to her, why not lead her to us?
We stumble into the clearing, right on the other side of Snowpoint. Pichu's body's still there, thankfully – I'd imagine flocks of Pidgey or something – the gun still lying right by the side and the lovely red flowers a little duller, a little more dilute, but still no less red and no less everywhere.
"What – "
Gardevoir drifts across the scene like she was in a dream, eyes glassy and staring-but-not-looking at the remains of Pichu smeared across the snow. Her head twitches involuntarily to one side – a sign that she's consciously trying to look away – but like what I experienced the first few minutes, there's an uncontrollable, fantastic magnetism that holds your head there between its paws – just like Gardevoir – and keeps it there.
"That's the gun, I think," I pipe up. She gives a start, looks down – the magnetic connection broken for now – and stares at me as if she doesn't know what I'm saying. She slowly bends down as if to pick up the gun, then suddenly thinks better of it and resumes staring at it, as if hoping it would spontaneously burst into flames if she glared at it long enough.
The sound of footsteps reaches the clearing - Gardevoir whips around, snow billowing around her feet. I, however, am nowhere to be seen.
"Riolu? Riolu?"
The footsteps increase in their fever and frequency, until out of the clearing bursts what must be the remainder of the Snowpoint Police Force and a couple of half-trained Growlithe. Both Pokémon and handlers are panting heavily, mist clouds swirling at their gasps.
Pichu would have laughed – it seems like ice really has gone to their brains.
But the handlers have their pistols out and the Growlithes are literally breathlessly pawing at the ground, waiting for the command to attack. In a short span of seconds, they've fanned out, surrounding Gardevoir in a yawning three-quarter circle of man, gun and Pokémon. Suddenly, the Snowpoint Police Force seem a whole lot more threatening than Navy-Blue was, back in that factory –
Gardevoir's looking around, frantically, either for me or for a road of escape. She can't see either, reason being I, being one with foresight, have long since scampered off to the relative safety of a tree beyond the police perimeter. Staying high up among the branches, the view I'm getting looks pretty much like the one I saw when Gallade took Gardevoir out for a romantic stroll.
…except, of course, there's no Gallade.
…and no romance. And a lot more police. And blood. And –
Okay, you know what? It's just the snow, I swear the snow makes everything look the same.
While I contemplate this from the safety of my tree, Gardevoir's being forced into a corner, yelling my name and getting growled at by two overeager Growlithes. I see her summoning up enough power to take out both of them, mentally calculating the time she would have before the police start firing. I nearly couldn't believe it; Gardevoir actually willing to fight? I suppose these were special circumstances, but still –
And while she's still thinking there was a blur of orange and blue and suddenly, before I even have time to blink Gardevoir's on the ground, being held fast by the couple of Growlithe while the police hurriedly train their guns in her general direction. Gardevoir yells, surprised, attempts to struggle to a sitting position, but the Growlith grrr and bare their fangs at her neck.
I could see Gardevoir's torn expression – she could easily defeat the two out-of-shape Pokémon, and maybe even some of the men, but stopping a speeding bullet was never one of her specialties. For what it was worth, Psychic barriers at this level could only slow down things by so much and over so long a distance. A bullet fired at this distance would simply overpower the Psychic field.
The leader of the police group, another navy-blue wearing chap, advances forward, gun still pointing dead ahead.
I hear that's how they do it for dangerous Pokémon suspects, quite the change from dealing with humans. I suppose it's necessary precaution against beings who can conjure up fire or Psychic you till your brain bubbles out of your ears.
"You are hereby under arrest for one count of alleged murder," he intones. "You ha-"
He motions to his team, not taking his eyes off the Pokémon. "No point tellin' 'im the 'right to remain silent' jazz, right?" There's a slight pause as the other policemen exchange quick glances with each other. A mumbled chorus of "No", "Uhm, nope," and "I'm not really sure, actually" wafts around the clearing.
The leader sighs, wipes his forehead with the back of his free hand. He nods, a signal – a colleague comes in and handcuffs Gardevoir's wrists together with a sharp click.
"Look, I – you know what, let's jus' get 'im back to the station, we'll settle 'vrything else there. Go on already, git!" The last sentence is directed to the Growlithe escorts, who then roughly stands Gardevoir up, marching her off in the direction of a distant police van parked somewhere out of our lines of sight. If she moves a little slower, one of her escorts growl and nudge her a little, forcing her to pick up the pace.
As luck would have had it, they walk away from me, such that I only see their retreating backs. Gardevoir tears her head backwards, as if to scan the area for me, a look of utter bewilderment and anxiety etched on her face. She doesn't look back long, though; the Growlithe guards push her forwards and she stumbles, regains her footing, and disappears from sight behind the trees.
I stare at the retreating shadows, until the last navy-clad policeman is gone from sight. Only then do I climb down from my perch, still looking in the direction of their footprints while standing in knee-high snow.
Huh, I wonder to myself. That was quick.
It seems so surreal: could it be that the Snowpoint nightmare was over? I shuffle forward a step or two, feeling the cold ice bite into my fur. No, it's real – it's real alright, and I've just seen the police handcuff Gardevoir and lead her away with my own eyes.
Quickly, quietly, I follow behind them, sure to keep my distance from the last policeman in the group, and making sure there's always a tree handy to dive behind. I trail them all the way to the edge of the clearing, where I'm just in time to see Gardevoir being pushed onto an intimidating-looking prison van as I peer out from behind a tree.
"…gratulations, I think we're gonna wrap up this case soon," one of the burly policemen chortles to their leader. He swings the back door of the van shut with a resounding CLANG, the noise vibrating in the air. Taking off his cap, he dabs a little at the perspiration that stars to form on his forehead.
"Mmhmm," the leader nods as they get on the van. "High time someone wrapped up this. Too many bloody murders already, what with th-" The sentence was cut off mid-way by the slam of the van doors, and the vehicle rumbled off on the narrow dirt road back towards the city.
I come out from my hiding place, still staring mutely at the disappearing van. Really? Could it be? Is this really the end of the case?
And was the mad killer who had led us a demented dance all around Snowpoint – was it really none other than –


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An army of artists across the world, including Chris Ofili, Frank Auerbach and Chuck Close, now pay tribute to her influence and the extraordinary power and uncompromising honesty of her portraits. So it is remarkable that the retrospective opening next week at the Whitechapel Gallery is the first major show dedicated to her in Europe.
Neel's relative obscurity in Britain is inexplicable, since there has always been an appetite here for her brand of stark realism and visceral expression, as the huge popularity of Lucian Freud testifies. Though often lighter in tone than Freud, Neel matches him in her unflinching focus, which is at its height in her best known work, a 1970 portrait of Andy Warhol.
Neel was not seduced by the glamour that surrounded the pop icon and persuaded him to sit for her naked from the waist up, revealing his corset and the ugly scars across his pudgy abdomen left by the near-fatal shooting by radical feminist Valerie Solanas two years earlier. Neel captures the vulnerability and isolation of Warhol, which were rarely presented at that time, but which countless diaries, memoirs and films have since reflected.
At the time of the painting, Neel, who was born in 1900, had just begun to achieve some recognition in her native US. From the early Sixties onwards, she regularly attended exhibition openings in her hometown, New York, and would use these social occasions to propose that she painted portraits of figures in the art world. She had met Warhol as far back as 1963, so it clearly took some time to persuade him to sit for her. When he did, she claims it was his idea to pose half- naked.
Despite being in close contact with the ultimate art world superstar and his Factory crowd, many of whom she painted at the same time, Neel was still largely ignored by the art establishment but in 1974 she was finally awarded a retrospective at New York's Whitney Museum of American Art. After that, fame was assured, and she even appeared on Johnny Carson's chat show in 1984, the year before her death.
For most of her life, though, she struggled alone, pretty much unrecognised. Even when New York became the centre of the post-war art world, success escaped her — in making figurative paintings and looking to Van Gogh, Cézanne and Munch for inspiration, she failed to chime with critics and galleries in thrall to successive American movements such as Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art and Minimalism. There was no place in that modernist canon for her disarmingly frank portraits of the poor immigrant communities surrounding her in Spanish Harlem, of underground artists and writers (often naked), or of the family that accompanied her through her troubled life.
And as Frida Kahlo, another powerful, psychologically perceptive female painter, discovered, being a woman was a huge disadvantage — Neel was shunned by the male-dominated art world of the day. Her determined commitment to that lonely artistic path was remarkable given the difficult circumstances in which she worked.
Santillana, her first child with Cuban painter Carlos Enríquez, died of diphtheria before her first birthday in 1927, and her second child, Isabetta, was left by the errant Enríquez with his family in Havana. Neel then attempted suicide and spent several months in a Philadelphia sanitorium. Later, she became essentially a single mother to two children, Richard and Hartley, by two fathers, largely dependent on welfare to survive and to continue painting.
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difficulties of the early stages of motherhood.
In depicting Nancy's embrace of Olivia, Neel captures her love for her child but Nancy's wide eyes and exhausted appearance betray desperation.
It has been suggested that we should see Neel in all her portraits, that the fears and anxieties in her paintings were as much her own as those of the people she portrayed. When she painted an actual self-portrait in 1980, she did so with the same devastating candour she had shown for others. She sits naked on a blue-striped armchair, paintbrush in one hand, rag in the other. Her posture is hunched and her 80-year-old body, its contours outlined in blue paint, sags and bulges.
Particularly arresting are her eyes, which directly meet our own — we catch the ruthless gaze that led to so many dramatic portraits.
The attraction of Neel for feminists is obvious and she was hailed as an icon by a new generation of women artists in the Seventies, even though most of them were not figurative painters. Her influence has continued to grow. In the Whitechapel exhibition catalogue Frank Auerbach is quoted. "As I get older," he writes, "I feel, increasingly and dauntingly, that artists have to be heroes. Alice Neel is one of mine."
In an intriguing complement to the show, Victoria Miro Gallery is presenting one of its own, In the Company of Alice, with Neel's paintings displayed among works by artists she has inspired, from Ofili to Grayson Perry. Among those on show most clearly indebted to Neel is painter Chantal Joffe, who told me that, in painting naked pregnant women and naked men, Neel had given her a licence to create her own uncompromising, intense portraits, and given her the confidence to be a figurative painter in an age when the discipline has been derided as unfashionable or worse, dead.
As Joffe confesses, she initially felt a certain fear of Neel's garish, almost comic directness, and this is what makes the paintings enduringly fascinating. So much about them appears wrong or awkward — the floppy hands and feet, the eyes set at different angles, the strange blue outlines, the patches of bare canvas. But once they click, their acute frankness makes it almost impossible to take your eyes off them.
Francis Bacon once said that he preferred to work from photographs rather than real life.
"[Sitters] inhibit me," Bacon said, "because, if I like them, I don't want to practise before them the injury I do to them in my work."
Neel nearly always worked in front of the model, and had no such qualms. That fearless commitment to capture the truth led to some of the most vivid portraits of the 20th century, and now, at last, we have a chance to see them.
Alice Neel: Painted Truths runs July 8–Sept 17 at Whitechapel Gallery, E1 (020 7522 7888, whitechapelgallery.org); In the Company of Alice is until July 30 at Victoria Miro Gallery, N1 (020 7336 8109, victoria-miro.com)
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Super-fast service and delivery
Ordered one day and was delivered the following day and hey presto I have heat for the first time in a car I have owned 6months. Cheers boys.
Mr Karl 23/12/2016
Purchased: Heater Motor
Excellent Seller
Pristine item, well packaged and delivered quickly
Mr george runcie 16/12/2016
Purchased: battery tray
Fast delivery and product as described
Thanks you- item was well packaged and arrived in a matter of days.
Mr Shelley 16/12/2016
Purchased: Door Seal
Responded quickly to my questions and parts arrived on time.
There was a bit of going back and forth for me so that I made sure that I had the right part ordered but the seller was quick to answer my questions although I found it easier to phone.
Mr janice stringer 15/12/2016
Purchased: front long arm wiper linkage and wiper motor for Mk3 Renault Clio Extreme 2006. Thanks
Very good service.
We had a courtesy phone call to check that it was the large glass required, and it duly arrived the next day. Thank you.
Mr BENNETT & DEAN LTD 13/12/2016
Purchased: Wing Mirror Glass
Very good service
Good communication and speed of delivery
Mr Tricia Joyce 31/10/2016
Purchased: Alloy wheel
Excellent service. Received correct part the following day.
Placed order through Parts Gateway. Was called within minutes by Cit Ren to confirm requirements. Received correct part by post the following day.
Mr P T Draper 14/10/2016
Purchased: Window Regulator
Very quick and positive service
I ordered on Monday and the item was delivered on Thursday . I am well pleased all round, thank you peter
Mr peter 06/10/2016
Purchased: SPAVESAVER SPARE WHEEL
fast delivery
seat is in great condition. Excellent comms and fast delivery - many thanks
Mr fleet 04/10/2016
Purchased: driver seat
100% happy
it did the jog
Mr DAVID 29/09/2016
Purchased: FUEL FEED SENDER UNIT
perfect, could not get one anywhere else for two to three weeks
brilliant cheers works perfect
Mr mr steven brown 27/07/2016
Purchased: break light high level
Excellent service.
Unlike some they asked for more details to make sure part was correct, quick delivery and great priced.
Mr Nick 16/06/2016
Purchased: ABS Pump
part in good condition + fast delivery
part in good condition it turned up fast and in good working order. have now used this company a few times now, never been let down
Mr Stephen 11/05/2016
Purchased: Gearbox
Keep up the good work you were so much better than than My local Renault Dealer
Mr Neil Smith 09/05/2016
Purchased: Door Seal
good company
part arrived on time , could have been packed better as sensor switch plastic connector was broken, luckily the old one was okay, bit of fuel leaking out as well, delivery driver not happy
Mr STEVE 21/04/2016
Purchased: Fuel Pump
Awesome Service & Part
I would highly recommend this company to everyone. The part arrived on time and was in the best condition expected. A big thank you for your professionalism.
Mr Kris Johnson 21/04/2016
Purchased: Parcel Shelf
Very fast, efficient service
Very competitive price and extremely fast delivery
Mr Geoff lancaster 15/04/2016
Purchased: Cylinder Head
Price was very reasonable and delivery was great!
Mr Jessica Lemoine 05/04/2016
Purchased: Steel Wheel
good company to deal with
Fast delivery as promised part as described
Mr matthew law 21/03/2016
Purchased: EGR Valve
very reliable company, value for money.
Very pleased with the level of service. My order was quickly processed and arrived just as quick. Very pleased with the part ordered. I would highly recommend this company.
Miss ANNE-MARIE 16/03/2016
Purchased: seat belt drivers side front
good service
fast delivery
Mr kevin gillespie 15/03/2016
Purchased: gearbox
Quick service & item worked
Correct part delivered promptly
Mr paul sheppard 10/03/2016
Purchased: Window Switch
Great reliable company
Came when said and worked as said saved me £270 from the new original price I was quoted all I did was put in registration and hay presto they have the right part fantastic!
Mr Alastair Reid 07/03/2016
Purchased: Alternator
Great service and perfect part
Thanks, works great
Mr Peter wells 01/03/2016
Purchased: Window Motor
Excellent, speedy service, thank you
What more can I say?
Mr D. Evans 18/02/2016
Purchased: Rear View Mirror
excellent service
good price,quick delivery ,good part in top condition big saving on new price highly recommended
Mr charles reppke 16/02/2016
Purchased: Throttle Body
Superb Communication, Super Fast Delivery, Exactly As Required
Superb Customer Service, Best Price, Next Day Delivery, Well Packaged, What more can you ask for. Will definitely recommend and use again.
Mr Paul 11/02/2016
Purchased: Headlight
Excellent - delivered next day
Good price
Mrs june 05/02/2016
Purchased: drivers seat runners
excellent price & delivery
I was worried about ordering used parts online, but I am extremely happy and will definitely be a repeat customer. Thank you
Mr leroy 30/01/2016
Purchased: key card reader
All parts arrived very quickly and in good condition.
What we found to be very rewarding was, we always received a reply to our questions, very few parts suppliers do this these days. Well done, hope to deal with Cit-Ren in the future!
Mr Trevor 27/01/2016
Purchased: Air conditioning pipes
Very quick service
I would like to thank you for thè quick service from your company. My husband can now finish his car, I would definitely recommend your company to family and friends. Thank you
Mr Denise Coundon 17/01/2016
Purchased: Door
Prompt delivery at an excellent price.
The correct items were delivered the day after I placed the order.
Mr John Fisher 13/01/2016
Purchased: Bootlid Button
very happy with purchase
good efficient service
Mr Brian stocker 11/01/2016
Purchased: Sun Visor
brilliant service, thank you
Good competitve prife and fast delivery.
Mr shayne 07/01/2016
Purchased: Headlight
Made sure of the right part for the right model
Had emails from Cit-Ren asking for clarification of the part I was after. Brilliant customer service, part arrived next day and I have since fitted it and had no problems. Will use again.
Mr glyn howard 01/01/2016
Purchased: rear windscreen wiper motor and spindle (2 seperate parts) for opening rear windscreen
Great service
Got the part on time thanks
Mr Paul Cliff 22/12/2015
Purchased: Door
fast delivery and everything ok
Mr Odwald 14/12/2015
Purchased: Engine
exact part requested
part arrived in good condition thank you
Mr david govan 20/11/2015
Purchased: nearside rear plastic cover above top hinge
excellent quality, prompt delivery!
Ordered a replacement alloy wheel & delivered in less than 2days to my door ! Very impressive ! Good quality replacement complete with centre cap,( which l wasn't expecting). 5 stars ! Thanks !
Mr Gordon 19/11/2015
Purchased: 1x alloy wheel
ordered gearbox on wednesday, and delivered on friday
just fitted gear box. works perfectly thank you. would definitely use cit.ren again.
Mr derek gunn 17/11/2015
Purchased: Gearbox
Very good follow up of my order.
Had a phone call on Tuesday to check on my order and the part arrived on Wednesday Excellent! Will definitely use them again.
Mr John Collins 12/11/2015
Purchased: Outer door handle
Delivered next day, very well protected. fitted & works
Mr David Blackwell 03/11/2015
Purchased: steering rack
works well
fast delivery
Mr David Blackwell 25/10/2015
Purchased: ABS Pump
great service and great quality
would definitely buy from you again.
Mr caroline smith 15/10/2015
Purchased: sun visor drivers side
Great to buy from, no problems
Great people to buy from part was sent on Tuesday and I got it on Wednesday and it was the right part as well will be buying from you again so please keep up the good work and thanks again. Ivor
Mr Ivor 15/10/2015
Purchased: Alternator
great service - part arrived the following day.
Will definitely use CIT-RON again.
Mr Phillips 14/10/2015
Purchased: side loading door contacts
Brilliant service
Very quick and a phone call to check if right part ordered.
Mr MARTIN BUNNING 13/10/2015
Purchased: HIGH PRESSURE PIPE FROM PUMP TO RACK
Brilliant 24hr delivery, even a spare! job done - thanks!
Told me mechanic to add you - u the only megane parts with warranty.
Mr dee 11/10/2015
Purchased: crankshaft pulley and bearing
Excellent service from order to delivery
The van part was ordered and delivered in a matter of days.
Mr D Small 02/10/2015
Purchased: Roof Bars
quickly dispatched, packaged well
spoke with company, knew part I required and confirmed that I was buying correct part.
Mr terry mcguire 30/09/2015
Purchased: Heater Motor
Got exactly what I ordered and delivered within the time they said 1st class
Mr william 23/09/2015
Purchased: center rear high 3rd brake light
Mr PHIL 23/09/2015
Purchased: Wiper Linkage
Got more than I paid for
I ordered a glove box lid but was sent a complete glove box.
Mr Geoffrey Irving 21/09/2015
Purchased: GLOVEBOX LID
very good
Said the parts would be delivered in 1 to 2 days and they where.The part was not for me but the person I got it for was very happy with the service and would recommend it to others
Mr raymond 15/09/2015
Purchased: Steel Wheel
Great service
Excellent service. Ordered the part Thursday and it arrived Friday afternoon can't ask more than that. The part was in good condition and more importantly the correct part for my car. Recommended
Mr Stuart Bell 15/09/2015
Purchased: Wiper Motor and linkage
Very quick, reliable and competitive pricing.
I placed the order in the early hours of the day and these guys got back to me straight away with a great price. The part I ordered was exact and they're very easy to talk to
Mr Chris 15/09/2015
Purchased: Sun roof clip
An absolutely brilliant service all round
When I purchased this door handle for my Trafic on Wednesday afternoon I was very pleasantly surprised to have it at my front door on Thursday morning, that's what I call service.
Mr Stephen 11/09/2015
Purchased: drivers door handle
quick service
too many questions
Mr paul 11/09/2015
Purchased: NS Sliding door bottom Roller assembly
Fast delivery, fantastic condition parts, very pleased.
Alloy arrived really fast even through it was a bank holiday. Packed really well and great customer service. Will be my first port of call for anything else.
Mr Keven butler 04/09/2015
Purchased: Alloy Wheels
high quality company.
These people really understand that you need a par quick.i have made an order in the afternoon and courier was at my door next morning!!! Amazing
Mr kornel krasowka 30/08/2015
Purchased: Wiper Motor
excellent service
superfast despatch good company will use again
Mr paul 27/08/2015
Purchased: Cylinder Head
fast delivery, good price.
Mr Colin Ash 27/08/2015
Purchased: NEARSIDE REAR DOOR LOWER HINGE
Brilliant. Ordered n evening & arrived in morning
Best price by far
Mr liam 21/08/2015
Purchased: FRONT WIPER MOTOR & LINKAGE
Great service and price
Great service and price.
Mr john 17/08/2015
Purchased: Wiper Motor
Very fast delivery and one credit to them
Mr Keith 15/08/2015
Purchased: Cooling fan
marvellous service.
It was delivered the very next day, very well packed and the shelf in very good condition. very well done.
Mr Ted Liddle 07/08/2015
Purchased: rear parcel shelf
Excellent dispatch time with no hassle
Will be recommending this site to many people
Mr Kris 31/07/2015
Purchased: Water pump fitting
fantastic service
ordered onfri arrivedmon what more can you ask for
Mr bob chambers 30/07/2015
Purchased: Door speaker grills
Fantastic service
Wasn't quite sure if part was right so I contacted them and they were so helpful. I received the part the next day. I will be using their services again in the future.
Mr Joanna hamasalih 28/07/2015
Purchased: Wheel Hub
part was slightly damaged
the wheel arch had a crack in it and 2 of the fixing holes were damaged,but can sort them out.
Mr brian atkinson 23/07/2015
Purchased: drivers side inner wheel arch
From part order to arrival, a faultless service.
Mr Dave 16/07/2015
Purchased: Power Steering Pump
Value for money and very fast delivery
Had the part I needed I paid and it was with me in 2 days. Excellent service. Thankyou
Mr John 08/07/2015
Purchased: Spare wheel carrier
Used you twice now, good service
Last order was ordered on a Saturday and delivered on Tuesday morning the part was just what I wanted,
Mr Bob Drew 08/07/2015
Purchased: Rear near side light surround
Very good service part well packed and fast delivery
Product was as discribed great help with getting the part
Mr Russell slater 25/06/2015
Purchased: Air bag clock sping
Excellent service, very prompt supply.
One minor thing , hight adjustment had been messed with but easy to sort out. Once again thank you for your service. Will keep your number for future reference.
Mr A E THOMPSON 10/06/2015
Purchased: front left window regulator
Fast delivery super cheap what more could you want
Mr Simon Richards 04/06/2015
Purchased: Glove Box
Very reliable
Parts arrived exactly on time and was in perfect condition.
Mr Richard Parker 26/05/2015
Purchased: Parcel Shelf
A very efficient and helpful company
I needed two rear head restraints for my daughters 53 plate C2 - not easy things to find it turns out! I contacted Cit -ren and within two days the head restraints were installed in the car.
Mr LOUISE HIGGS 22/05/2015
Purchased: rear headrest
Right part, on time at a reasonable price.
Well packaged, and clean.
Mr 21/05/2015
Purchased: Sun Visor
Excellent service
Received part within one day, well packaged and in good condition Thanks
Mr Doug Russ 21/05/2015
Purchased: n/s/r door lock solenoid
Fast reliable service provider
Supplied exact required part, no fuss, well priced. Will use again
Mr Peter Roberts 18/05/2015
Purchased: Delphi Injector Wiring Harness
easy to use
parts arrived within 2 days. unable to leave feedback about quality as part will not be fitted for another 3 weeks.
Mr michael 16/05/2015
Purchased: rear o/s passenger door lock mechanism
Fastest reponse, quick delivery, good price
I've used them beofre for both Renault and Citroen parts. I Look for parts thru Parts Gateway, cit-ren are always cometing for my business. They are so quick and such good value.
Mr Kevin 15/05/2015
Purchased: Catalyst support brackets
good service and parts that work well
delivery time good parts the right one for my model car well pleased
Mr paul maloney 14/05/2015
Purchased: instrument
excellent fast service
there was no hassle in ordering the part , we was kept informed so knew when the item had been dispatched.
Mr chris 07/05/2015
Purchased: Exhaust Back Box
Quick service and goods as described, it's all you can ask.
Quotation was very fast, not the cheapest, but I prefer to support local businesses. Order was dispatched quickly in quite adequate packaging. Part now fitted and working = happy!
Mr Chris 27/04/2015
Purchased: Washer Pump
excellent part & fabulous customer service
Older part sent first phoned them they couldn't of helped me any better new part quickly dispadispatched, well done to your team for excellent customer service
Mr Paul kirk 17/04/2015
Purchased: Passenger Side Wiper Arm
Excellent service.
Part arrived on time as described.
Mr Mark Craig 26/03/2015
Purchased: carminat tomtom centre console
Efficient and reliable
Quote received on day of request, item received 2days after order was placed, as advised. Main dealer would not supply the part I wanted. They would only supply the complete light unit.
Mr P Willcocks 20/03/2015
Purchased: Left rear light bulb holder
speedy, well priced quote
decent usable carpart.
Mr ray roberts 13/03/2015
Purchased: Shock Absorbers
Very happy thank you :)
u***u (ebay) 04/04/2017
Purchased: RENAULT CLIO 1.2 16V D4F 712 CYLINDER HEAD
very helpful friendly good trade
d***d (ebay) 02/04/2017
Purchased: CITROEN C3 PICASSO REAR LIGHTS
Great ebayer. 5 star all around *****
e***u (ebay) 01/04/2017
Purchased: RENAULT TRAFIC/VAUXHALL VIVARO DRIVERS SIDE O/S FRONT WING
Wow! What fantastic service. Very impressed
o***o (ebay) 01/04/2017
Purchased: FORD FIESTA VAN MK7 MESH STYLE BULKHEAD / DOG GUARD
Perfect. Thanks!
c***t (ebay) 01/04/2017
Purchased: RENAULT TRAFIC / VAUXHALL VIVARO MOTORISED THROTTLE BODY 2.0 DCI 8200330812
Brilliant thanks
5***8 (ebay) 29/03/2017
Purchased: PEUGEOT GENUINE 17" ALLOY WHEEL 207 307 4 STUD FITMENT
great seller ,fast delivery
c***e (ebay) 29/03/2017
Purchased: VAUXHALL COMBO / FIAT DOBLO 2014 REAR LIGHT
Excellent item as described. Great communication.
r***a (ebay) 27/03/2017
Purchased: RENAULT CLIO 172 PH1 HEADLIGHTS
Great seller :)
r***m (ebay) 22/03/2017
Purchased: FORD FIESTA ST STYLE SIDE SKIRTS REMOVED FROM A 2012 CAR IN VERY GOOD CONDITION
Prompt and efficient delivery
e***p (ebay) 17/03/2017
Purchased: RENAULT TRAFIC VAUXHALL VIVARO RADIO 281155444R
A1 seller recommended thank you
s***t (ebay) 16/03/2017
Purchased: RENAULT TRAFIC VAUXHALL VIVARO TOWBAR
super fast delivery and item as described would recommend.
r***t (ebay) 15/03/2017
Purchased: VW T5 TRANSPORTER DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW MOTOR 6Y1959801
great transaction good communication thank you,will deal with you again A++++
y***h (ebay) 13/03/2017
Purchased: RENAULT LAGUNA MK2 HATCHBACK WITTER TOWBAR AND ELECTRICS
Great service
n***d (ebay) 12/03/2017
Purchased: GENUINE RENAULT MEGANE LOUXOR 17" ALLOY WHEEL
Nice easy trans
l***i (ebay) 10/03/2017
Purchased: AUDI TT GENUINE MK1 18" ALLOY WHEELS RS4
recieved today as described many thanx A+++++
6***r (ebay) 07/03/2017
Purchased: RENAULT ESPACE MK4 ROOF BARS SPOILER
Great ebayer fast .item as described
o***n (ebay) 06/03/2017
Purchased: RENAULT MEGANE RS 250 / 265 18" ALLOY WHEEL
Good seller ! pleased to have done business
o***0 (ebay) 06/03/2017
Purchased: RENAULT MEGANE GT STEERING WHEEL
Good seller ! pleased to have done business
o***0 (ebay) 06/03/2017
Purchased: RENAULT MEGANE GT STEERING WHEEL
absolute excellent thank you
e***l (ebay) 05/03/2017
Purchased: RENAULT TRAFIC / VAUXHALL VIVARO HEATER FAN BLOWER MOTOR AIRCON
Many thanks superb service,nice to DEAL with
m***a (ebay) 05/03/2017
Purchased: RENAULT KANGOO MPV LOAD COVER PARCEL SHELF
great service very quick *****
-***d (ebay) 03/03/2017
Purchased: FORD FIESTA MK7 MK8 HEATER CONTROL PANEL
Awesome service super fast delivery and fast communication as described ðŸ'ðŸ'ðŸ'ðŸ'
3***r (ebay) 24/02/2017
Purchased: AUDI TT MK1 DRIVERS SIDE O/S/F XENON HEADLIGHT COMPLETE
Good seller ! pleased to have done business
o***3 (ebay) 24/02/2017
Purchased: CITROEN C2 GT FRONT BUMPER
Fast delivery
r***i (ebay) 23/02/2017
Purchased: RENAULT MEGANE ESTATE TOWBAR AND ELECTRICS
Great service speedy delivery recommended *********************8
8***y (ebay) 23/02/2017
Purchased: RENAULT CLIO 1.2 16V 8V STARTER MOTOR
Super Ebayer
l***s (ebay) 22/02/2017
Purchased: AUDI A3 8P GLOVE BOX S3 TDI S LINE BLACK EDITION
Thank you all good
l***4 (ebay) 15/02/2017
Purchased: BREAKING CITROEN C4 PICASSCO 2008 1.6 HDI AUTOMATIC / PASSENGER SIDE REAR LIGHT
Brilliant 100% perfect. Great Coms, wound recommend
a***g (ebay) 14/02/2017
Purchased: CITROEN C4 GRAND PICASSO DASH TOP LID GLOVEBOX O/S DRIVERS SIDE
as desceibed.cheers.. have you anymore clio v6 parts ?????
w***t (ebay) 13/02/2017
Purchased: RENAULT CLIO V6 REAR WING PASSENGER SIDE REMOVED FROM A MK1
a1 service
n***g (ebay) 07/02/2017
Purchased: CITROEN C4 GRAND PICASSO DASH TOP LID GLOVEBOX N/S PASSENGER SIDE
Spot on 5*****seller fast delivery 5 * communication
g***a (ebay) 06/02/2017
Purchased: GENUINE PEUGEOT 17" ALLOY WHEEL PEUGEOT 207 / 307
Great ebayer .. Great product
x***s (ebay) 01/02/2017
Purchased: BREAKING CITROEN C4 PICASSCO 2008 1.6 HDI AUTOMATIC / DRIVERS SIDE REAR LIGHT
Prompt delivery as described thanks
y***p (ebay) 01/02/2017
Purchased: RENAULT KANGOO OVERHEAD STORAGE LOCKERS
Smooth transaction NIce stuff! Thanks
3***7 (ebay) 01/02/2017
Purchased: VW T25 CAMPER SPEEDO SPARES OR REPAIR
Very smooth transaction-Fast delivery-Item as described-Thank you
_***o (ebay) 29/01/2017
Purchased: BREAKING CITROEN C3 PICASSO 2012 / SPARE WHEEL FOAM AND AIR PUMP
Item received many thanks very helpful seller A+++++
y***a (ebay) 29/01/2017
Purchased: RENAULT SCENIC RX4 SPARE WHEEL AND MICHELIN TYRE
great item
6***r (ebay) 28/01/2017
Purchased: RENAULT CLIO 1.2 16V D4F 712 CYLINDER HEAD
Very happy with towbar
n***o (ebay) 27/01/2017
Purchased: RENAULT ESPACE MK4 TOWBAR AND ELECTRICS 2004-2010
perfect fit thanks 10/10
a***i (ebay) 26/01/2017
Purchased: not available
Great seller many thanks will use again very fast delivery
9***z (ebay) 25/01/2017
Purchased: not available
great service and fast delivery
e***a (ebay) 25/01/2017
Purchased: not available
Very good seller would def recommend helpful and honest
2***g (ebay) 24/01/2017
Purchased: not available
Excellent ebayer A1
l***u (ebay) 20/01/2017
Purchased: not available
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b***2 (ebay) 19/01/2017
Purchased: not available
b***c (ebay) 16/01/2017
Purchased: not available
Excellent service thanks.
d***2 (ebay) 13/01/2017
Purchased: not available
superfast delivery!AAA+++
d***a (ebay) 05/01/2017
Purchased: not available
will shop agin +++++
9***9 (ebay) 04/01/2017
Purchased: not available
Great seller, fast delivery
s***2 (ebay) 02/01/2017
Purchased: not available
quick delivery
4***2 (ebay) 31/12/2016
Purchased: not available
Unfortunately first parcel went missing but second one turned up
1***a (ebay) 24/12/2016
Purchased: not available
Great eBayer!, pleasure doing business a+++
t***t (ebay) 24/12/2016
Purchased: not available
A+. Thanks for item
t***6 (ebay) 23/12/2016
Purchased: not available
Very pleased. Helpfull seller.
1***9 (ebay) 22/12/2016
Purchased: not available
Very fast delicious very, thank you. Great ebayer!
e***9 (ebay) 20/12/2016
Purchased: not available
exellent ebayer
o***a (ebay) 15/12/2016
Purchased: not available
excellent seller, a pleasure to deal with
9***y (ebay) 15/12/2016
Purchased: not available
Item as described, quick delivery very pleased customer thank you
f***. (ebay) 14/12/2016
Purchased: not available
0***c (ebay) 14/12/2016
Purchased: not available
3***m (ebay) 14/12/2016
Purchased: not available
speedy delivery
4***a (ebay) 10/12/2016
Purchased: not available
Quick service
a***f (ebay) 08/12/2016
Purchased: not available
Item as listed, 5* service, could'nt have been more helpful, Thanks
o***1 (ebay) 07/12/2016
Purchased: not available
very good
f***a (ebay) 07/12/2016
Purchased: not available
Item exactly as described, worked as expected, great transaction
a***t (ebay) 06/12/2016
Purchased: not available
Everything as described.Thanks
a***n (ebay) 06/12/2016
Purchased: BREAKING AUDI A3 2.0 TDI 60 REG / PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR
very prompt dispatch, well packed and accurately described,good item many thanks
t***r (ebay) 04/12/2016
Purchased: not available
A+ Fast delivery works great
l***1 (ebay) 03/12/2016
Purchased: not available
6***b (ebay) 01/12/2016
Purchased: not available
Fast delivery
u***m (ebay) 30/11/2016
Purchased: not available
Item as described & well packaged. Good item, thanks.
e***l (ebay) 30/11/2016
Purchased: not available
Great seller received fast
3***9 (ebay) 29/11/2016
Purchased: VW T5 TRANSPORTER HEATER CONTROL PANEL
4***t (ebay) 28/11/2016
Purchased: CITROEN C4 GRAND PICASSO TOWBAR AND ELECTRICS
Very happy with item. Fast delivery. Thanks!!
h***l (ebay) 27/11/2016
Purchased: RENAULT TRAFIC/VAUXHALL VIVARO AIR VENT
Thanks A+++++++++++++++
f***f (ebay) 26/11/2016
Purchased: CITROEN C4 GRAND PICASSO DASH TOP LID GLOVEBOX O/S DRIVERS SIDE
Nice one thanks
h***d (ebay) 26/11/2016
Purchased: VW T5 TRANSPORTER SUBFRAME
Amazing service and delivery A+++++++++++++
p***3 (ebay) 24/11/2016
Purchased: BREAKING FORD FOCUS 2010 / SPACE SAVER SPARE WHEEL 16"
Fantastic Ebayer. Thanks again! Awesome service! Highly recommended.
b***i (ebay) 24/11/2016
Purchased: RENAULT CLIO SPORT 197 200 JACK PACK KIT
As described,many thanks,perfect ebayer
a***c (ebay) 22/11/2016
Purchased: CITROEN C4 PICASSO HEATER BLOWER MOTOR AND RESISTOR NIPPLE TYPE 9654652480
Thank you, A+++++
p***a (ebay) 21/11/2016
Purchased: RENAULT TRAFIC / VAUXHALL VIVARO HEATER FAN BLOWER MOTOR AIRCON
Great service would use again a +++
9***b (ebay) 20/11/2016
Purchased: AUDI A3 HEATER CONTROL PANEL DIGITAL 2010 8P0820043BM
good ebayer
2***g (ebay) 20/11/2016
Purchased: RENAULT MEGANE 1.6 16V CYLINDER HEAD K4M
10 out off ten fast postage
.***f (ebay) 19/11/2016
Purchased: VW TRANSPORTER T5 1.9 TDI STARTER MOTOR
Arrived on time and as described
r***i (ebay) 19/11/2016
Purchased: VW TRANSPORTER T5 2.5 TDI POWER STEERING
Top item fast delivery cheers
8***c (ebay) 18/11/2016
Purchased: RENAULT LAGUNA ABS PUMP
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Jeremiah, Hear the Word of the Lord" reminds readers that the message from God in Jeremiahs book is for Christians and not just for the Israelites. (Christian)
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If you've been to the movies in the last twenty years or so, you've probably seen the Dolby and THX name on the screen and heard their signature sound, letting you know that you are about to be entertained with the ultimate sound experience in movie theaters. The hallmark of this sound system technology developed by Lucasfilm and THX, the introduction begins with what sounds like a single tone. It starts relatively soft, and then builds as it moves from one bank of speakers to another until it feels like the whole theater is going to shake apart from the sound. And then they bring up the words, "The audience is listening." In a time of crisis for God's people, God uses Jeremiah to try to get them to pay attention. This message Jeremiah delivers really is the same message - the same tone - that prophets before him had delivered. It is the message proclaimed by Moses in Deuteronomy. It is the message of Samuel, Elijah, and Hosea: Love the Lord your God with all your heart. Jeremiah wants desperately to get their attention. He calls out repeatedly, "Hear the word of the Lord," but the people stubbornly refuse to listen. To them, nothing is wrong. God steadily cranks up the volume, bringing the Babylonians against Jerusalem to destroy it. Their whole world is shaking apart, but the line that appears on the screen is, "The audience is not listening." The book of Jeremiah continues to speak to people in Babylonian Exile, preserved so that future generations of believers can have the opportunity to hear the message. Perhaps they will listen. God is hopeful. God is optimistic. He is waiting for the audience to listen. "Jeremiah, Hear the Word of the Lord" reminds us that the message from God inJeremiah's book is for us (Christians) and not just for them (the Israelites).
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