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- Place of origin:
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- Date:
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Carved walnut with chased and engraved silver, brass
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Air guns were possibly late medieval in origin although the earliest to survive dates from the mid-seventeenth century. They were largely used for hunting and target shooting. When sold in 1817, this gun was described as having been 'formerly in the possession of George II'.
Air guns used compressed air as a propellant. In the buttplate of this gun is a silver hatch giving access to a pump. This operated in a cylindrical cavity bored through the butt. The metal reservoir had to be pumped full of air before the gun would fire. A spring mechanism opened and closed a valve to release the air. This example, like many others of the period is fitted with a flintlock, possibly to make the gun look like an ordinary firearm.


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Chapter 9 |
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Guide, Wave Controller(possibly secondary specialisation) | |
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화련 |
Hwa Ryun - Part 2 | |
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- "As promised, all that you seek, all that we desire, is prepared up there. On top of the Tower."
- - Hwa to Baam
- "In FUG, there are those who have a grudge against 10 Families and Zahard, those who envy what they possess, and those who want to change the tower. A Slayer is a GOD who fulfills their wishes. ... Hang in there, my God."
- - Hwa to Baam
Hwa Ryun (화련, Hwaryeon; or "Hwaryun") is a Guide.
NOTE: She may be a Ranker (not confirmed) arranged by Yu Han Sung, but her true affiliations are unknown.
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Hwa Ryun is a Red Witch Guide and a member of FUG. Evan Edrok seems to recognize her, and is shocked to see her, leading one to speculate that she might be someone important. Beyond that not much is known about her past yet.
Appearance & PersonalityEdit
Hwa Ryun has red hair and red eyes. She is usually depicted wearing a pink sweatshirt with a hood, a black skirt with red legging and some type of a mask covering half her face (due to losing one eye). She is a quiet person who says little and she has a gloomy and ominous aura. She is also quite manipulative, considering she was able to trick Koon Agero Agnis into falling for Yu Han Sung's plan to "push" Ho into taking some action against Rachel.
In Part 2, she's depicted as mischievous and teasing, as she clearly mocked the Viole Impostor and repeatedly called him 'Pig'. She almost always smiles in mischief, and probably a little bit of arrogance. Yihwa sees her as creepy when they meet.
Tower of God: Part 1 Edit
Hwa Ryun entered the tests on the Second Floor posed as a Regular (A job given to her by FUG) so she could better accomplish her objectives without suspicion. She teamed up with Yung Changsoo and Goon in the Crown Game where she refused to ally with the other teams instead wiping them all out until she was stopped by Androssi. She then got past Androssi and attacked Rachel (perhaps her objective from the start of the game), and as a result she was wounded in the face by Baam who somehow attacked (or perhaps caused her to be attacked) with Shinsoo despite him not having made a contract with the manager.After the game she was assigned the Wave Controller Position. This is the same group Baam was assigned to which is probably not chance. Later she is part Yu Han Sung's plan to "push" Ho into taking some action against Rachel. During the final examination she is seen passing by Evan causing him to have a shocked expression, making one wonder how Evan knows her. After the final examination, in a flashback to before the crown game, she is revealed by Yu Han Sung to be a guide and told to assist Rachel. After the final examination at night, she asked Rachel: "How is it? The feeling of having walked this path?(Ch 77)" She apparently knew Baam was still alive and left her for the boy(Ch 77). This was after she had finished teaching Rachel, how to walk her chosen path(Ch 3).
Tower of God: Part 2 - The Return of the Prince Edit
She is seen in Part 2 in a non conversational flashback (with purposely empty speech bubbles) of Viole when he is faced with Wangnan begging (blackmailing) him to help and even the odds against Lurker.
Viole goes to meet her on the 21st Floor, at a karaoke box which was being extorted for money by a Viole impersonator. Hwa Ryun provokes the Viole impersonator, having fun with the situation. Viole easily takes care of them. Yihwa bursts in, thinking that VIole was causing trouble. Ha Jinsung enters the scene and is confused about the additional person to their FUG meeting. Yihwa attempts to attack them for being FUG so Viole knocks her out in order to prevent her from getting herself killed. They all end up going to Viole's house where they introduce themselves to Viole's team. Eventually each of them make their own excuses to leave until it is just Wangnan and Hwa Ryun. Hwa Ryun reveals that Viole was an irregular who was being threatened into doing what FUG wanted. Wangnan is outraged by this and resolves to help Viole.
After the Flower of Zygaena test, Hwa Ryun easily manipulates Yihwa into helping Viole by saying that an elite would attempt to correct her family's wrongs. Wangnan later approaches her for guidance, knowing that she was a guide. He realizes that she told him that Viole was an irregular because he was able to reconnect Viole to his friends. Hwa Ryun makes a remark that implies that his motives could be altruistic or selfish, calling him the "Prince of the Red Light District." She tells him that if he wants to reunite VIole with his friends, they must climb to floor 30 and participate in the Workshop Battle.
Powers & AbilitiesEdit
She fights using Shinsoo to enhance her strength and speed, and also uses a gold staff that can fly and attack using Shinsoo. Her staff might be made of high purity Suspendium, so it can float. However, she is a Guide so her fighting skills are quite low([1]).
Notes & TriviaEdit
- In one of the chapters of the flashback, Chapter 77, she is shown with both her eyes intact. And when she was among the Regulars waiting to take Lero-Ro's barrier test, she was depicted as having covered her whole face with a jeweled mask. However, after her eye was injured by Baam, she covered it with an eye patch. It's unknown if her eye has since recovered.
- Hwa Ryun's species is Red Witch known for their bright red hair and for being Guides


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Haslam is returning to his role as CEO of Pilot Flying J, his Tennessee-based truck-stop empire, a move the Browns say will not affect his involvement with the rebuilding NFL franchise.
Haslam, who bought the Browns for $1 billion from Randy Lerner in August, had stepped down from Pilot Flying J in September when he hired former PepsiCo president John Compton. Haslam wanted to devote his energy into fixing the Browns, who have made just one playoff appearance since 1999 and have undergone numerous coaching and front-office changes.
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It's using the money to expand the student center. When it's done, all of the main offices and services will be under one roof. It's something school leaders say will make your first days here a lot easier.
"The way the community college has been built, we have services all over our campus that make it difficult for new students to navigate what they need in order to get started off on a good foot."
The state says it's a small investment into Illinois' future. The project will create new jobs, plus help better prepare its students for life after school.
"It's important that we have our community colleges at the ready. Ready to train students so they can do those jobs and help feed the world, heal the world and fuel the world."
Construction should get underway soon. The new space should be ready for the freshman class of 2014.


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WASHINGTON — The potentially massive cuts in federal spending that could cascade through federal and state agencies beginning in three days were conceived a year and a half ago as Washington's own version of a game of chicken.
The across-the-board reductions in everything from military spending to aid to the poor would prove so politically unpalatable, the thinking went, that the political parties would be forced to agree on a more sound plan to bring the deficit under control.
I am waiting for the first person to blame this on Bush. It is time for Congress to put on their Big Boys Pants and justify the faith their constituates granted them
Potlemac, that wasn't the question. No rational mind will debate the fact that we were overdrawn at the end of his term and Tim didn't even remotely give the former President a free pass. Given the way you won't let go of history, why don't we dig up the graves of men who took us off the Gold Standard and mock them for what they did?
Not one word mentioned that there have been no buggets passed since Obama took office. That is the real problem yet the Globe failed to acknowledge that.
The last 4 years have been more of a fiscal disaster than the previuos 8 years. Obama created a game of political chicken that he cannot out manuver on. His failings are about to come home to roost!
This wasn't an opinion piece. It was a straight up new article. However, as usual the comment section is already had its share of partisan shots by folks who just can't stand reality. Is Warren Rudman some kind of "liberal" big spender, not hardly. But he recognizes the complicity of both parties.
An unwillingness on the part of Repubs. to face the realities of shorfalls in revenues, the unwillingness of Dems. to address the issue of entitlements have led us to this point in time. Now some folks are in love with the idea of smaller government and that is fine. But these folks including those who sit in Congress need to come to grips with the fact that at their core the public has already and on numerous occasions rejected the idea of smaller govt. They want their SS, Medicare, educational funding, infratructure, unemployment and all of that good stuff govt. provides. Certainly when one makes the argumet, wasted money, blah, blah, a nice generalized argument people will agree with you. But they don't want govt. out of their lives, they like it.
So until both parties recognize what they see before their own eyes and man up tell the public what needs to be done we will continue along the clown path until you create quite a mess or the public moves en masse to one party or another. I don't think they will move to an austerity party. So get to work boys.
Turk, whoa, whoa, whoa. You make some false assumptions.
"the public has already and on numerous occasions rejected the idea of smaller govt. They want their SS, Medicare, educational funding, infratructure, unemployment and all of that good stuff govt. provides"
The "public" is not one large, single minded entity. If it were, there would be no question about taxing until we ran off the tracks. Some people want some programs, some want more programs than others. But not everyone wants "all that good stuff".
This whole excercise is about reigning in the tax and spend habits of democrats who like to get their votes by promising the moon, stars and planets to their constituents (typically the big city dwellers) at the expense of everyone else. We all know that the dems really strong base is the large cities.
The dems cannot move to cut "programs" or it will the end of their party. Telling the reps to move more to the middle only serves to weaken theirs. There is a serious division going on among the people how govt is viewed and its role via programs and such, and it is being reflected in the congress.
This whole excercise is about reigning in the tax and spend habits of democrats-----Thet's not the whole exercise. Tht's one sided. It is also about the big moneyed interests that own the government (billionaires, corporations , banks) who like the 60 years of continually reduced taxes the got and do not want any changes.
Yea lets shut it down We do not need policeman, fireman and schools anyway. We need to go back to the colonial days when each family taught their own children what they needed to know. Eliminate traffic lights, stop paving roads. We could save a lot by going back to dirt roads. Stop providing water to people. Everyone should pay the same amount as it costs to buy a gallon in the supermarket.
Meaning what exactly? I take it to mean that Rep's cannot play chicken with Dem's, since democratic voters have no skin in the game, they are typically the ones who receive all the benefits of the wonderful govt giveaways.
Since the dems just keep promising more and more to their base, and their base keeps sitting in the big cities watching TV, they will definitely need to raise taxes, loopholes are just a first step. But since their base pays very little in taxes, the money is going to have to come from somewhere, isn't it? MORE TAXES. No one has successfully put the inner city deadbeats to work in my lifetime, so all this talk about creating jobs is to make sure the rest of America goes to work to pay for the deadbeats.
Since when is 2% "massive". And uncle sam is still spending more then last year. So when it happens and there is not real effect. comrade oblunder shuts down things to make his point. The adoring media will point the camera at someone that now professes to have to eat cat food ( and not the gourmet cat food). This will be the second comming of y2k.
Ever since the radical right took control of the republican party they've been playing brinkmanship with the American economy!
The OPIONATED Globe Headline says it all. Globe headlines are always opinionated. ..You don't even have to read the article to know that the Globe article will attempt to shift blame from Obama to those unnamed evil people of yesteryear (or even yesterday). As far as the Globe is concerned, Obama gets credit for anything good that happens. And that includes situations when Obama either opposed the good result or had nothing to do with it. And, of course, as in the current situation, Obama can't possibly be responsible for anything bad that happens. Even if the bad result occurred partly or all from Obama's domestic or foreign policies or agenda...And the article could have pointed out that in the Senate, the Majority Leader can prevent most bills from coming to a vote if he wishes.
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I wonder if they would play chicken if they were about to be layed off and lose their healthcare. My solution- the first cut would be to have all congressmen work without pay or benefits until a budget compromise is worked out!
"History" No I would hold that you make the gross assumption.. We can have these debates regarding the size of govt. but the fact is you want a reduced role. But every time the public is asked cut SS, Medicare, educatinal funding, the answer is a resounding no. You and those like you simply say - no isn't the right answer - we have the right answer and that answer is cut these programs. You're fully entitled to that opinion however when I commen I am merely commenting on what is possible. You don't have majority support, you do not have electoral. I am just saying be rational, be political you go for what you can get not what ideology says what you must stand for. Stand for it all you want but you'll lose.
Even now pragmatic Republicans are coming out for gay marriage, immigration, even Repulican Governors such as Brewer and others are saying, "cut a deal". This is called politics. Now the Republican Party of which I was once a member has a choice that I presented. Face the reality, the public wants certain things. Tell the public the truth regarding the cost of those things, don't oppose those things merely express the truth regarding cost. If the public still desires those programs at their cost of increased revenues then you must deal with that position. Otherwise the conservative position isn't, "we want a balanced budget", it becomes we don't want the programs that the public wants. You want to run on that, knock yourself out, but we already know what the result will be. You lose.
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attaturk is on target. It's more or less an everyone is to blame situation. I don't like the rhetoric from either the left or the right. President Obama should have been more aggressive at the end of 2010 when his own bi-partisan financial commission, Simpson-Bowles, tqht he appointed gave their time, service and expertise to the President and our country. President Obama simply didn't lead on any part, as in none of their recommendations. In my opinion and in the opinion of some very fair minded people throughout the country it was the single greatest failure of his first term. He could have at least cleaned up the corporate tax code and as such lowered the corporate rates for the growth engines of our economy businessess with fewer than 500 employees, businesses with fewer than 50 employees, and knock out the ridiculous tax loopholes the mega corporations have mined into our tax code throug highly paid lobbyist, that's a fundamentaql fairness issue. We need economic growth, we have all the innate and natural resource assets to be the most dynamic and best place to do business and create jobs in the world. We'll never get to where we need to be without sensible, fair, commonsense pro-growth economic policies. How about applying means testing to folks who are doing quite well and are still receiving full social security benefits and pay the same premiums for Medicare as someone, and they are many, who have a social security check as their only source of income, that's insane. No one with a half a brain blames President Obama for the fiscal crisis nor at least 60% of the new debt in his first term which is already basked into the cake with the built in entitlement payments for the important life sustaning programs that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are, throw in Military Spending and Interest on the National Debt and that's 85% of the Federal Budget. But please don't tell me that the Federal Government is not replight with waste, fraud and abuse and 2.5% of the rate of growth in spending can't be cut. Was the sequester, that was the President's advisors idea poorly crafted, yes, give the power to make these cuts back to the agencies, stop demagouging, stage crafting and trying to scare people and start getting the greatest country in the world, that still has the most potential, in every possilble way, to remain the greatest most open,innovative, free and prosperous economy in the world. It's all here, we have it all and we can run down both tracks, have a dynamic economy, that continues to reward hard work, innovation, ideas and success, while also having a compassionate society that helps lift up and provide a stable safety net for our brothers and sisters, young, old and all ages in between who are struggling and less fortunate and they are many. I know President Obama is a compassionate man who cares about people. I like many of his ideas and things he's achieved. The Stimulus did a lot of good, it did, but it should have simultaneously been followed up with his leadership on the implementiton of a few, some of the Simpson-Bowles recommendations and there's no excuse for that.


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How well do you know your Janis Joplin facts?
It's a mystery, and all we can do is examine what we do know about her and the music she left behind. In her memory, take this quiz and see how much you know or never knew about Joplin.
1.Name the song composed by legendary blues singer Big Mama Thornton, which became Janis Joplin's first signature song:
A. Hound Dog
B. Black Mountain Blues
C. Turtle Blues
D. Ball And Chain
2. What was the name of the hit single from "Cheap Thrills"?
A. Piece Of My Heart
B. Summertime
C. Combination Of The Two
D. Ball And Chain
3. Name the singer that a hit recording of "Piece Of My Heart" before Janis recorded it with Big Brother & The Holding Company"?
A. Etta James
B. Dusty Springfield
C. Tina Turner
D. Erma Franklin
4. In 1970, Janis purchased a tombstone for a blues singer. Name this singer.
A. Robert Johnson
B. Ma Rainey
C. Bessie Smith
D. Leadbelly
5. What was the name of the group that Janis performed with at Woodstock?
A: The Waller Creek Boys
B. Big Brother & The Holding Company
C. The Kozmic Blues Band
D. Full Tilt Boogie Band
6. There was only one song in the movie "The Rose" that was in Janis' repertoire. What was it?
A. When A Man Loves A Woman
B. Stay With Me.
C. Fire Down Below
D. Let Me Call You Sweetheart
7. What was the name of the first single released in 1971 after Janis death?
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B. Cry Baby
C. Get It While You Can
D. Me And Bobby McGee
8. What was the name of the San Francisco group that Janis Joplin joined in 1966 when she moved to California?
A. 13th Floor Elevators
B. Big Brother And The Holding Company
C. The Grateful Dead
D. Jefferson Airplane
9. Which band member played in only one of Janis Joplin's professional bands?
A. John Till
B. Sam Andrew
C. Peter Albin
D. Brad Campbell
10. In what part of Texas was Janis born?
A. Austin
B. Port Arthur
C. Houston
D. Dallas
The answers are below this video. But first enjoy watching Janis make fun of Dick Cavett's shoes and charm him at the same time.
Answers: 1–D. 2-A. 3-D. 4-C. 5-C. 6-B.7-D. 8-B. 9-C. 10-B.
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Thurston Moore has been freshly profiled for New York news channel NY1's One on 1 with Budd Mishkin. While you can't watch the thing without a Time Warner Cable account, they've put up a written-through version of the piece that includes a few revealing quotes from the former Sonic Youth frontman and current Chelsea Light Moving mastermind. He spoke on his frustration in regard to his public marital woes, which Kim Gordon aired in April.
"I don't dignify it with a response even though I feel like writing a screed about it: This is what you need to know. You don't need to know that. [But] to talk about my personal life with family? No, that is so private." He went on, seemingly referring to Gordon's decision to share their sordid story as a bid for personal attention. "A lot has to do with narcissism. I'm as narcissistic as the next person. I'm a Leo, and I understand what that is. But I do draw the line."
He took a similarly hard line in a recent interview with Rolling Stone when asked about his silence on their (and hence, the band's) split. "I wasn't doing any press whatsoever — I kind of embargoed that," Moore said. "Personal issues are not something I talk about. I don't want to even think about it when it comes to media. It's not the place for it." Of course, if what Gordon says is true — his "double life" with another woman — he has every reason to stay quiet.
Nowadays, Moore takes solace in his fans, he told NY1. "When I'm at my downest, when I'm just sort of like, 'What am I doing? Where is my life going? What have I done?', somebody will come up to me and say, 'Hey man, I just want to thank you for all you've done, for those records and for getting me through college.'" Regarding his new band, "One part of me doesn't really want to be doing this again, but another part of me is just sort of like, 'Well, why not?'"
On the upside, he said nice things about his mom. He remembered that in the early days of Sonic Youth as a recent transplant to New York City, "I could escape. I could go to this little rural area of Connecticut where my mother lived, and it was not that hard to get to." He remembered an early gig. "My mother came to CBGB and she saw how the audience reacted, and she said it completely touched her in such a way that she knew this was really special."
Listen to a live track from the L.A. band's debut
You can see a bunch of other performances in the "At: Guitar Center with Nic Harcourt" series here
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Young singer starts anew with a strong debut
You've not heard of Anna Bergendahl because you're not in Sweden. There she's as well known as the biggest superstars here, having starred on two "Idol"-type music shows and covering songs by her heroes such as Bonnie Raitt.
Here's a sample in "I Hate New York" (and don't get in a knot, New Yorkers, it's not a diss to your city – it's about feeling generally lost and alone so much that even the things you love don't appeal to you at the moment).
How did she end up surrounded with such a crack crew? She discovered that the singers that most touched her heart had all worked with producer Klein – and he took an interest.
He lived and died consumed with the Doors music and history
Manzarek loved to talk about The Doors -- and why shouldn't he? He co-founded the group with Morrison, his keyboard work is the signature sound of their biggest hits -- "Riders on the Storm," "Break On Through," "Hello, I Love You," "Love Her Madly" and of course "Light My Fire."
But his detractors -- including fellow bandmate John Densmore -- felt he at times crossed the line from proud to exploitative, especially when he went out with Robby Krieger touring as The Doors or The Doors of the 21st Century.
Funny -- no one had a problem when The Doors released two Morrison-less albums after his death or endlessly repackaged the catalog with live albums, remasters, 5.1 mixes, outtakes, alternate mixes, studio dialog etc. But fights ensued when Manzarek was in favor of licensing Doors music for a commercial. Yeah, that was a crime once upon a time. But that was a long, long time ago.
Granted, Densmore has had his say, with a 2002 essay in The Nation where he takes Manzarek to task for greed (apparently a recurring theme in his new book as well).
And no one but the band members and people around them are privy to the details. But back in the '90s I ended up spending an inordinate amount of time talking with Manzarek as some Doors reissues and other projects were on the table. He gave me his home phone number and we chatted a fair amount about his history. Rather than brag about himself, he constantly invoked what a genius he felt Morrison was -- a poet, a performer, and a tragic loss to the world on all levels.
As much as Densmore feels he's protecting Morrison's heritage by turning down commercial offers, Manzarek felt the opposite -- that getting the music to as many ears as possible was the best tribute, especially young ears (it was an Apple computer commercial offer that sparked the 2002 rift between the two).
So Manzarek talked about The Doors. And talked and talked and talked. Anyone who has ever interviewed him or just been in his general vicinity knew that he loved to talk about what The Doors had done and what their music had meant to fans.
Myself, I can see both sides of the argument. That doesn't make Manzarek the evil opportunist fans make him out to be.
During those chats back in the day I knew a middle-school student who was doing an essay on the historical impact of music in the '60s. So I asked Manzarek -- hey, would you do an interview with an 8th-grader for an essay that will be read to her history class? The thought of his words going to 25 teenagers in a classroom somewhere thrilled him. He immediately said yes and had me pass on his phone number.
The essay got an A. Manzarek got to find a new audience to hear his thoughts. And I'll bet more than a couple of kids in that class are Doors fans to this day.
Rest in peace, Ray. You did your best.
Chester Bennington joins Stone Temple Pilots - for the moment
But most of the time trying to replace your lead singer is the kiss of death for a band. Alice in Chains was disbanded for years before finally getting a fill-in for Layne Staley. Sublime and The Doors both famously feuded with the families of the late Brad Nowell and Jim Morrison over the rights to continue using the band names after those singers died.
And now the story with Stone Temple Pilots gets weirder and weirder. They fired lead singer/constant news story Scott Weiland in March without even telling him; he found out through the media, and at first denied the reports until he found out that, yes, he had been sacked.
STP turned up at KROQ's annual Weenie Roast concert this past weekend with a new frontman in tow -- Linkin Park's Chester Bennington. The band has apparently taken a page from David Bowie and Daft Punk, keeping everything a secret until they sprung it on the crowd. They've even recorded a new song, "Out of Time," that they're making available as a free download or you can stream it below.
It looks to be a temporary thing as Linkin Park takes much of the year off; the band has only one show planned for L.A. on Aug. 3, noting that it will be their sole performance of 2013. And Bennington does a pretty fair version of Weiland. Check the performance below before it gets yanked from YouTube again.
Singer airlifted to hospital to treat head injury
Yesterday, pop singer George Michael was airlifted to a hospital after he was involved in a car crash. According to the BBC, the 49-year-old singer suffered a head injury, though his spokesperson insists he's doing "fine" and only suffered "superficial cuts."
Details on the crash remain unclear, but Michael's rep, Connie Filippello, stated that he was a passenger in a Range Rover that crashed on the M1 motorway near St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. "No third party was involved. We have no further comment at this time," she said. No arrests have been made following the crash, though police are still investigating what happened.
This marks another in a long line of driving-related incidents for the former Wham! singer. In 2010, he was sentenced to eight weeks in jail after driving his Range Rover into a Snappy Snaps photo store while stoned, which also resulted in a five-year driving ban. The year before that, he was detained on suspicion of driving under the influence after he crashed into the back of a truck. In 2006, police found Michaelslumped over the wheel of his parked Mercedes, and he pled guilty to driving under the influence of drugs the following year.
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Origin and Rise of Compulsory Medicine
by Melchior Palyi
hat tip: Mises Daily
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
[Excerpted from chapter 2 of Compulsory Medical Care and the Welfare State (1950)]
Obligatory health insurance started moderately enough — in Prussia. Compulsion under a law of 1845 was left in the hands of municipal administrations, with no government subsidy involved and no contributions from employers. The antisocialist law of 1878 suppressed many of labor's voluntary associations for sickness benefits. The next step was the governmentalization of the associations' functions.
Bismarck's Objectives
It was no mere accident that the ideological forefathers of Nazism, Adolf Wagner and Eugen Dühring, happened to be the "brain trusters" behind Bismarck's "nationalistic socialism to end international socialism," using his own terms. When, on January 1, 1884, his compulsory sickness scheme went into operation it literally started a new era — a new age in the history of welfarism.
Bismarck's role in modern history is rarely spoken of nowadays. Undoubtedly, his political and administrative "genius" has shaped history down to our times. His revolutionary innovation in welfare policy was preceded five years before, in 1879, by the imposition of a protective tariff that started Europe's internecine commercial warfare which endures to this day. And it was followed by the introduction in 1889 of universal military service covering even the middle-aged manhood. This started a rearmament race leading into total wars with the objective of annihilating entire nations.
The shrewd Iron Chancellor — the dictator in constitutional disguise, quoting M.J. Bonn's epigram[1] — meant to kill several birds with one stone when he embarked on his program of appeasing labor. The reason, announced in the November 17, 1881, message of Kaiser Wilhelm I, to offer something positive to labor, not merely the repression of socialists by police force, may have been born of genuine worry over the unrest of the working classes due to the long depression that had engulfed Europe since 1875. But the true motive has been pointed out in the penetrating Bismarck biography (Vol. III, pp. 370–71) of Erich Eyck:
To his mind the State, by aiding the workers, should not only fulfill the duty ordered by religion, but it should obtain in particular a claim on their thankfulness, a gratitude that was to be shown by loyalty to the government and by loyal progovernment votes in elections.
In other words, it was the old-fashioned attempt of the monarchy to ally itself with the plebs against the "aristocracy" in between the two. However, the social-insurance legislation did not stop the Marxists from returning in increasing parliamentary strength. The attempt to subdue the socialist movement by appeasement ended in a political fiasco.


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On February 14, 2013, the Albany Tech Foundation accepted a $500 scholarship donation from the Emerson Electrical Foundation. The Emerson Electrical Foundation is made up of about a dozen former Albany Tech students and faculty members who studied electrical systems under former instructor Willie Emerson.
They asked for the scholarship dollars to go to deserving industrial electrical, air conditioning technology or electrical construction and maintenance students. The scholarships will pay for tuition, fees, books and tools.
"We gladly accepted the generous gift," said Dr. Parker, President of Albany Tech. "The scholarships will allow students, who may not have had enough money to attend college, to learn a skill that is in high demand in southwest Georgia. There's a critical shortage of electricians and air conditioning techs, and the students who receive this scholarship will surely find employment as soon as they graduate."
Emerson taught at ATC from 1961 to the mid-1990s. He also founded the college's first basketball team.
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Author: Shadowdemon137
Description: Pinkie Pie has loved Rainbow Dash ever since they met. But when Applejack gets in-between them, Pinkie Pie won't stand for it.Split Love
Additional Tags: Insanity, Death, Love, Apples, Party
Description: Pinkie Pie has loved Rainbow Dash ever since they met. But when Applejack gets in-between them, Pinkie Pie won't stand for it.Split Love
Pinkie, you should be happy for them.. plus you can always ask for a threeway :3
I really enjoyed the idea, but the writing fell a bit short for me. Everything happened too fast, and it felt a bit like you were summarizing a longer fanfic. According to the author tag, it's your first fic submission here, and you definitely have potential. If you didn't, consider tossing a link on /co/ or ponychan first, and take some critique in the docs chat.
Hope to see more of your work soon :)
Needs work. Stop telling us what's happening and show us.
Alright, it's official. No matter what other tags it has, as long as it's shipping, I'll read it.
I'm scared.
This felt like it progressed WAY too fast. The party, the relationship between AJ and Dash, Pinkie Pie's snap, the revenge... There wasn't any pause, any tension, any time to consider how serious things were getting. Still pretty good, though.
WAIT A MINUTE! Saddlesoap, you're supposed to be working on Twilight Sparkle: Spellbound!
SPOILER: so PP just kills AJ and nopony cares at all?
"Everypony thought it was raining, but it was only Rainbow Dash."
And you were doing so well...
@Narwhals' Bend
I was kinda hoping that people would think that every otherpony besides PP and RD would be mourning AJ. That's why SugarCube corner was deserted besides Pinkie Pie.
Oh god.
I love PinkieDash
But I can't stand AppleDash
Eh... I ain't gonna read this till I see some better reviews
I felt that leaving it just as "Rainbow Dash cried," wouldn't put enough emphasis on it. Also, the ending was pretty rough for me to think of.
I AM working on Spellbound!
This story is incorrectly tagged - I had no part in it!
Incorrect tagging is the fastest way to confuse the readership...
I give it 2/5 stars for a clumsy writing style, poor pacing, and lack of consideration for character development:
Pinkie Pie kills AJ and nopony except RD cares, nopony even bothers to put Pinkie in an Asylum, why does Dash love PP even after she killed AJ, SHOW DON'T TELL.
So there's no punishment for murder? and RD got over the murder of her lover pretty quick.
Phew, crisis averted! Sort of, I mean; tag's still there.
I'm very glad I'm getting so much criticism. This was my first published story, and all these comments will definitely help me in future projects.
Great story, you wrote each character really well. I found the fact that Rainbow would forgive Pinkie Pie so easily a bit ridiculous, but I suppose the whole 'murder' things about misunderstood by cartoon horses. Now if you'll excuse me.
*the whole 'murder' thing is understood by cartoon horses
How did I mess that up?
Hmm... I'm glad you're being tough. I guess I need more viewing on this story before I submit it, so more than just my view is seen.
It's kind of hard to take this fic seriously because it's Pinkie Pie with a generic yandere template applied to her. Crazy Pinkie Pie may be Crazy, but she should still also be Pinkie Pie at the same time; that isn't the case here.
Loved the concept, but the story seems rushed. Really really rushed. It's in a hurry to deliver dialog, but it never settles into just painting a scene.
Most of the scenes need more color, and the bulk of it reads like a police report. How is pinkie walking, talking, and holding the knife above her head? Prehensile tail? No that wouldn't get over her head.
Murder aside... Umm... I think Twilight might be involved at some point. Rarity and Fluttershy might be fine in the long run, but Twilight wouldn't take the removal of half her social network well.
She is Twilight Sparkle, student of Princess Celestia, incarna of magic. A little thing like murder-suicide isn't enough to stop her.
It's a good concept, but I really didn't enjoy the story.
There was great potential here, and the setup was very nicely done. Around the time Twilight showed up, I was beginning to conjure up fears for where the story was going to go next.
But, to be frank, as soon as Pinkie confronted AJ the entire story fell apart. Things started moving far too quickly, none of the ponies were acting in character (not only the fact that the murder appeared to go completely ignored by everyone but Dash who almost instantly forgot, but Pinkie wasn't even really being like Pinkie), you started telling the story rather than letting it happen, and the closer it got to the end the more the story started to seem like unconnected plot points that were sewn together rather than having any flow (almost as if there were scenes that bridged them that were cut out).
Thank you for seeing the potential. Unfortunately, I do agree with you. The ending, after the stabbing, was first going to have Applejack surviving, which might explain the forgiveness part. I didn't really try to think of a different way to put it. I'm still new to this writing fanfics thing, so thank you for the criticism.
Agree with most of everyone else's criticism. A lot of potential in the story, but some poor execution killed the mood.
Particularly "show don't tell." Don't tell us that Pinkie is "going insane," that's very immersion-breaking. Wherever you can, you should express the characters' feelings and motives through their actions and demeanors, rather than just stating them.
The ending was very rushed and ineffective. With such a strong story as that, you really need a very strong ending to pull it all together.
Thank you for describing what "show don't tell" meant. I was a bit confused at what they meant.
I don't really care about what everybody says. I think is was pretty damn good because while I was reading it. It sure as hell gave me this really cold feeling.
That was some crazy shit. Good job.
let me guess, you're one of those people who think that "Cupcakes" was a masterpiece
To anyone who wants to contact me about my story, future projects I will do, things I can work on, or just normal chat/becoming friends, you can either email me, or contact me on Yahoo Messenger or AIM.
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If there is one thing that one would have made this story much better it would be...uh... a sort of environmental cogency, I guess. Ponyville itself seems so incidental to the plot that halfway through the story I kept imagining that the background was completely featureless. It was even worse because even the rest of the mane cast, who had so much invested in each other felt so pointless.
Maybe I should take animation and make episodes for my fanfics. Would be easier to make, and put my point out.
Beside the point. Hmm... I think I see what you mean, but could you describe it a bit more? Just so I understand better and I can translate it to my story.
Mmmm... That was awesome, I assume, but still disturbing and... illogical, maybe? Everypony... or maybe not exactly everypony, but some part of this everypony thing, already mentioned, that it was just too fast and - awww, come on, that's not how you react to the fact, that one of your best friends just killed another your best friend (which is your fillyfriend at the same time). I reaaally doubt that I will immediately go and try to make peace with my best fillyfriend's murderer. Though, I'm not exactly Rainbow Dash...
PS: There are also some grammatical mistakes like "Pinkie was headed to Rainbow Dash's home," but who really cares? At least not me, I'm not a grammar nazi.
Stating the obvious, your
The Most Evil Pony.
Thank you. I will agree that this might have been a bit rushed. I finished this in about a week, and I'm not real good at slowing down and getting every single drop of detail out of something. I am starting another fanfic soon, and I will definitely try to get more detail and have things happen more slowly.
I think he is referring to how the setting that the events happened in didn't seem relevant outside of eye candy, because the characters who were moving to story just happened to show up when they needed to be.
Applejack was attacked at Applebuck Acres, and while the attack was happening Rainbow Dash randomly showed up to witness it.
Pinkie has no idea where Dash was due to her seclusion (and the idea of a "one day seclusion" is just a weird concept to insert into the story, and it also makes Dash's reactions when Pinkie shows up incredibly out of character), and Dash just happened to be in the first place she looked.
And, at the end, Dash not only basically stumbled across Pinkie immediately after deciding she needed to look for her, but she also found Pinkie right after she committed suicide.
The characters are more-or-less randomly running into the events of the story, and there is no explanation for why they were ending up in the locations that they were. For that reason, the actual locations that the events take place in seem almost meaningless.
Rushed? This didn't seem rushed at all, and I ended up reading it twice just because I liked it. This made me cry, and I really don't cry that often. I'm looking forward to your next one for sure :3
Ohh, that makes a lot of sense. And I noticed how your examples were towards the end, where I started basically running out of details and just trying to get it done. Thanks for explaining :)
Ehh... I'm kind of split on the rushed part. Like you, it doesn't seem rushed to me at all, and I love it personally. But I will agree I could have given a bit more detail and stretched things a little more.
I got five pages in and ragequit.
If you want to make episodes, then you should be doing script writing. I have absolutely NO PROBLEMS with scripts. I think they're fun; I goddamn read Hamlet for fun when I was bored a month ago. Dialog is a powerful method of moving a plot and providing action, and if you want a dialog-heavy story, scripts are fine. I'll read them and enjoy them.
But when I'm reading prose... my jove please exposition. Describe a setting, describe what a pony feels. Here are two excerpts that REALLY annoyed me, to the point of sharing them in MSN as an example of bad writing:
'Applejack walked slowly up to Rainbow, then planted her lips onto Rainbow's. Rainbow
was shocked at first, but feeling the warmth and caress of the farm-horse's kiss soon
melted her, and returned the kiss. They stayed like this for a couple of minutes,
enjoying the embrace, but little did they know a certain pony was watching from behind
a tree.'
'Rainbow reluctantly agreed, and walked with Applejack back to the farm. What the
ponies didn't realize was that Pinkie was already dashing for home, darker and flatter
than usual.'
As explained, these are prime examples of Show us more, tell us less. don't just read off what happened like it was a history book. Explain their feelings, what they looked like, where they were, what was happening. It doesn't matter that the ponies didn't realize it. Sure, pinkie is hiding behind a bush, but them not knowing doesn't matter. Just say she's there. Just write that pinkie pie is heart broken, she's sad, she's in pinkemina mode, something, as she leaves. It doesn't necessarily have to link to the others not knowing.
As everyone has said, the pacing is ridiculously fast and I had trouble painting anything that was going on in my mind, because all I had were entities talking. Even parts that were emotion driven or had inflection in speech were awkward and difficult to read.
You have had this proofread right?
Let's be fair here, so I will say what I liked and what I didn't like of this story.
- I really liked the idea. It's a really good concept and it brings to my head the term "Greek Tragedy" with ease.
- I liked some of the dialogues. Undoubtly this could've worked as an episode.
- I liked the portrayal of Rainbow Dash, but of course, that's because she's my favorite.
- I didn't like certain parts of narration. Some segments were fairly good described, but others didn't give enough detail.
- I think there could have been even more violence, or how about Rainbow Dash flying to the highest point she could reach and then letting herself froze to death? That could have been glorious.
Anything else I was okay with. This calls for either a sequel.
It does sound a lot like a script, and I guess that was what I kinda aimed for. I'm sorry I made you ragequit.
About the proofreading, I technically did have it proofread, but not to the proofreading that this story could have gotten. Mainly my proofreaders (My friends on Facebook) just checked for spelling/grammar/etc, and not really on what was described here in the comments. I shall make sure to have it more proofread next time.
@James Corck
Thank you for doing both like and dislike. Helps with knowing what I'm doing right as well as wrong. I agree with the narration part, I could have done much better in that area.
A sequel? Hmm... Might consider. I am writing an alternate ending to this, as well as writing a new fanfic atm. I'm confused on how to make a sequel of this however. Half of the mane cast is dead, where would I sta... Just got a partial idea.
Well I just decided to read the rest of it because I probably owe you that much.
Unlike some people complaining here, I don't think it was a big deal to have Rainbow Dash flying by and seeing what happened. Coincidences happen all the time, and being so soon after AJ kissed RD, it isn't remotely a stretch that she'd be there a lot, or just that next day. I also think that if PP was that obsessed with RD, and she was already losing her sanity (though that is never explained, though her being nonchalant about AJ dying was kind of oddly in-character), then that was done just as well.
What DID bother me was, as everyone else has said, is the lack of police. The lack of action by anyone else in the entire fic. I remember where, just before you transition (sloppily) to the orchard on page 1-2, you have TS meeting Rarity. There was literally no reason for this meeting to happen because you barely use TS and Rarity goes without mentioning. The rest of the story was Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash and Applejack. Even in prose, most of the things involved should be what move a plot forward, just like in a play.
More descriptions besides the violence for the love of god. It's almost insulting that you never describe the orchard, sugarcube corner, the party in-depthy, how anyone appears, you transition "this pony was doing this in this direction," and suddenly there's a paragraph of PP stabbing AJ. Gore is fine but it makes it look like you almost intentionally didn't do anything else.
When you're writing, even fanfiction, never let the subject matter carry you. Treat the story as something that stands alone, EVEN if it obviously doesn't. Read all of the best fanfictions on this site, and you will see a few patterns: Ponies are given descriptions, even though everyone already knows what they look like from 26 episodes of a fantastic show! They describe emotions, even though we know what the ponies look like and how they react to most situations in general! When you write fanfiction, all you are doing is taking a fictional universe that already exists and writing into it. Therefore it is still your own creation you are writing. You can't expect the reader to do everything. Emotional Investment is necessary for the story, describing locations is necessary for painting the imagery and characters in our heads, real transitions and describing actual motions and actions instead of announcing intentions.
Eugh, I'm sorry but there is just a LOT wrong with this fiction.
To end on a happy note, the subject matter IS pretty interesting, but for something like this to happen it would probably take a lot longer. Seeing PP go actually insane would be an interesting development, especially the murder. I don't see the need for a sequel though, just 2-3 more pages about the rest of the three, and how RD lived on that mountain.
Don't. Just Don't. 12 year olds shouldn't be attempting to write. I don't know if there's a lower rated story anywhere on this site.
I'm grateful and sorry that you read it again.
Thank you for realizing that. I guess I should look at it outside of my own mind, but I was kinda hoping that one was self apparent.
The transition was the point of having that scene with Rarity and TS. As you've stated, it was sloppy, so not seeing the point of having that scene is understandable.
Descriptions, which my excuse is basically answered in your next paragraph, was that I assumed everyone would know what each place/character did/looked like. I didn't intentionally try to do it, I just didn't think outside the demographic.
This paragraph helps me a lot. It tells me to think less about my knowledge and more about no knowledge (if you catch my drift). I really have no excuse for this.
Hmm... After all of these outside views and opinions, would you want me to try rewriting this story?
I'm thinking about the subject of a sequel, if I make one. I could make a totally 'nother story that follows this, but idk.
Just wanted to thank you once again. This will help me in anything I plan to write in the future.
Glad I'm not a 12 year-old. And when you can't find another one on this site, then tell me so I can think about it and continue writing anyways.
Wait until you hit puberty, then try rewriting it.
Good sir, I think you are trolling. Please refrain from doing so.
Probably mentioned already
but I think the scene where Dash comes in to the Sugar Cube Corner was bad.
Dash just got in there like if nothing had happened, then she saw "punch" stains.
I think that Dash would have recognized the blood, I mean, she saw how Pinkie was killing Applejack, then carried her to the hospital.
So if Dash had to guess, she would be alert "She might have killed some other pony!" instead of "oh it's just punch"
It was like if Dash had forgotten EVERYTHING that happened before.
If it was a character like Twilight, Fluttershy or Rarity, it would be acceptable since they don't know anything
That's exactly right! The narrator must operate on the assumption that the reader has absolutely no knowledge, and it is your job to give necessary information. Obviously, the goal then becomes not describing every single little thing that ever happened ever, and narrowing down the story to necessary events to drive the plot.
Yes, I do like helping you, even if I can honestly say I didn't like this. I've seen more than one writer redeem themselves on this blog, so I hope you do to.
You do have a point. I wasn't really thinking much about details, and the ending from when Pinkie walks to Rainbow's house was edgy for me to write.
That makes sense.
Hmm... You wouldn't mind if I asked if you wanted to be my pre-reader/proofreader/whatever the hell else I need, would you? You can say no if you want haha.
Sure, just be sure to send me something. Some authors have said I can proofread for them and nothing has come up from them in a while...
email@example.com; just shoot me an email sometime.
Alright thanks. I don't know when I'll write/rewrite atm, but I'll send you something when I get it.
Alright, I'd like to make things clear. I am not giving an excuse to make this look like a masterpiece. I agree that it is a bit rushed. I agree that it could have had more detail in all factors of it, including character, locations, and emotions. I agree that it was more "tell" and not "show". I agree that it could have been less sloppy. I agree that I was focusing a little too much on the main three. BUT I will not agree on quitting. This is my first fanfic (and my first actually published work) that I have made, and I'm the type of person that goes off examples. I enjoy writing these (as do a few of the people that read this). I enjoy writing what comes to mind and being creative. I enjoy doing something I like. I am still learning, and hoping that I can someday make an awesome story. That is all.
Jesus, I thought it was good. I get the feeling that you guys dislike something other than the writing. Too many hardcore Pinkie Pie fans here?
Don't let bad reviews get to you.
Everyone here seems to be so critical, I just think it's the lack of new pony episodes.
It seemed as a great start, and the only thing you can say is that it's going to be a learning expirience.
I think you did beautiful for a first time, and even though others can't admit that even though they are too nervous to post/make their own, you still did.
Congrats on your first. Hope it teaches you, and remember, it's all what you make of it.
@So many
I know. Also, I pretty much noticed that I have gotten more ratings and comments than the normal new story.
It'll only help me in the future.
Hey, if it works it works.
Nothing like knowing what people don't like.
Holy fudge, that's way to dark for mlp. This coming from an amateur author who just finished a scene about a psychotic intoxicated serial killer...
Ok. so this story was enjoyable, but I gotta say I'm not a fan of this being so... soooooo Grimdark. I mean, there's like no silver lining, whatsofuckingever.
Maybe I'm just too new to the whole Grimdark concept but I feel like there was more middle grounds.
Like after the horrific stabbing AJ lives but is like paralyzed. Still allows RD to have intense anger towards PP, but allow for some room for more plausible forgiveness. PP still dies, and both RD and AJ have to deal with causing the suicide of one of their best friends.
my favorite part of this fic was how almost literally nopony gave a shit about the fact that applejack was MURDERED
I didn't think about it much. My mind made the impression that everypony would be mourning for her, or Rainbow was in so much shock she never said it was a murder. I'll be sure to think outside the box next time.
On page 10: Ohhh... Pinkie is dead, no more parties... Then my mind said: is that ya single problem???
For some reason lesbian pony lvoe is cuter than real life XD
Personally, I think the story should have chosen either Grimdark or Shipping.
Now it's being somewhere in an uncomfortable place in between, where at the end a hasty try is made to redeem Pinkie. But as mentioned a lot, having her kill AJ and Rainbow barging in on them providing a witness, it's weird pinkie even gets to stay unquestioned another day. Or perhaps it's a dark society where murder is socially acceptable.
But as the story provides an extra filler to while away until season 2, I don't begrudge it being written.
@Sunflower Seed
After I finish this new story I have been writing up, I will decide whether or not to rewrite this. More than likely I will, but we'll see.
You had me until the ending, when Rainbow's response to Pinkie's murder is simple anger, not vengeance, not call-the-police, just pissed off telling her to go away. Then willing to forgive later. She's willing to forgive murder. That's messed up. There's something very wrong with that. Actually, now that I think about it, how could anyone think that would be normal? Perhaps if no one saw the perpetrator was Pinkie, it would make slightly more sense. But even then...
I'm sorry I must continue, the ending is really terrible, and it disturbs me that someone would write something like that. It's as if it was written by someone who read about emotions and motivations in a book, but never actually experienced them. I understand that originally Applejack was going to live, and maybe that would have worked, but even then, there's a reason attempted murder is treated the same as murder in a court of law.
I agree the ending sucked terribly. Heck, I was very skeptical about the ending and how it sounded. Rest assured, I will think more in my stories, and I should be rewriting this after I finish my next story.
I'm sorry, I understand, I know you are planning to edit it. It's just the ending alone disturbs me more then Cupcakes. It still does, I was at the hardware store today thinking: 'What the hell was that? Who would forgive murder!?'
Here's a tip I remember from my old J-School prof. Read aloud. Though that's mostly for grammatical errors. Just keep writing, you'll get the hang of it, and I'll be here to continually tear you a new one every time you screw up on motivations...because I care. :D
That was depressing. How did I manage to choose three incredibly depressing stories in a row? Jeez, I must be a glutton for punishment.
Anyway, Good idea for a story, even if it was a bit out there. Dash seemed out of character a tad throughout. Also, pacing and all that good junk that the previous people commented. I did notice that it seemed a little rushed. Keep up the good work, I look forward to more from you.
at first it was funny, but i guess i should have guessed that when the story says grimdark, it MEANS grimdark.
I would love to see this in a longer, more complex and well paced version, I can see potential oozing.
With that said, the pacing and the undeveloped characters sucked for me.
It felt out of character that RD just went a ok with AJ loving her and then being brutally murdered and she just went "meh" and then to "omg I loved you both so much".
As i said, if you were to rewrite this story with more twists, more characterisation, feeling and well deserved pacing I think it could easily make for 5 stars!
And use their friendship more, I find it hard to believe that none of their friends would care sbout that..
I liked the story, but I just didn't get sad or anything from this one as I do with others, so I can't give any constructive criticism. Sorry. It was still a good read. But aren't there laws in Equestria? Pinkie should have went to jail. Lots of evidence against her.


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