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|Neal Cassidy
|Land Without Magic Character
|Biographical Information
|Physical Description
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Dark Brown
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|Current Allies
|Portrayed By
|First mentioned
|First appearance
|Latest appearance
|Latest mention
I wanted to look for you, but I was too afraid that you wouldn't forgive me because I never forgave myself. There hasn't been a day that's gone by that I don't regret having left you.
—Neal to Emma Swan
Neal Cassidy, formerly known as the Mysterious Man and also known as Baelfire, is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. He débuts in the first episode of the second season. He is portrayed by starring cast member Michael Raymond-James, and is the Land Without Magic alias of Baelfire.
During First Curse
At at unknown time frame, Baelfire escapes the world of Neverland and ends up in the Land Without Magic where he grows up under the name Neal Cassidy.
Neal and Emma meet in Portland when they are both trying to steal the same car. They quickly fall in love and began travelling through the country together and running cons to make money. Planning to retire from their life of crime, they choose to build a life together in Tallahassee, but Neal gives Emma the bad news he is currently wanted for stolen watches that are now hidden in a train station. Emma retrieves the watches back and they decide to meet up at a specific location after Neal finds someone to buy the watches. While doing so, Neal is confronted by August, who claims Emma is meant to do something greater rather than live a life of a thief. He shows knowledge of Neal's past persona by opening a typewriter with the words, "I know you're Baelfire" written on them. Afterwards, August tells Neal about Emma's magical history and convinces him to turn her in to the police so she can fulfill her destiny. After Emma is arrested, he runs away to Canada where he sells the watches. He asks August to send all the money plus their car to Emma, and asks August that if she ever fulfills her duty to let him know by sending a postcard. ("Tallahassee")
At an older age, Neal begins residing in New York City. August pays him another visit to inform him of his plans to help Emma break the curse. Neal dislikes the idea of his father coming to look for him when the curse is broken. Even though he and Emma can possibly reunite then, Neal doesn't think she would want to see him. Neal watches August ride off on his motorcycle and upon turning to leave, he accidentally bumps into a woman, Tamara, holding a cup of coffee, which spills all over her. He offers her his scarf to cover up the stains. They exchange numbers, start dating and then become engaged. ("Selfless, Brave and True")
After First Curse
When Emma breaks the Dark Curse, Neal resides in New York City, where he receives a postcard delivered by a dove. One side of the postcard reads, "Broken", and the other is a photo of the Storybrooke Clock Tower with the phrase "Greetings from Storybrooke", which is sent to him by August. ("Broken")
Neal receives a call buzz for his apartment room one day. When the person on the other line says there is a UPS delivery for him, for an unknown reason, he flees out the window and down the ladder escape. He runs away from his pursuer until they both careen into each other and knock heads. Neal is stunned to see the person chasing him is Emma. She accuses him and his father, Mr. Gold, of deceiving her. Not wanting a confrontation out in the open, Neal succeeds in getting Emma to a nearby bar where he reveals that he is, in fact, Baelfire and they discuss their past. Neal makes note of the fact she is still wearing the necklace he gave her, but Emma takes it off just then and hands it back to him. He suggests that they go their separate ways and that she tell Mr. Gold she lost him. Although Emma agrees, Neal decides to go back to his apartment as he knows what his father does to people who break deals with him. He stops Mr. Gold from threatening Emma and commands him to leave, but feels confused when he sees Henry, who he does not recognize. When Emma states Henry is her son, Neal admanantly demands to know how old he is. Henry shouts back he is eleven years old, which is the exact amount of years since he and Emma were together. He realizes the boy is his son. Mr. Gold blackmails Neal into talking with him as that is the only way to fulfill Emma's bargain. Neal tells Mr. Gold that since he himself as an abandoned boy never got closure, neither will his father. Emma allows Neal to get to know Henry, but warns not to break his heart. ("Manhattan")
Some time later, Neal is building a quick relationship with Henry by introducing him to New York-style pizza and promising to take him to a museum. Neal tries to tell Emma something important, but their conversation is interrupted. Neal and Henry head back up to the apartment room to fetch a camera for the museum visit only to rush back to see Mr. Gold has been stabbed by Hook, who Emma has already knocked out. To everyone's surprise, Neal admits he is already acquainted with Hook. Mr. Gold tells Emma the wound inflicted on him by Hook contains poison and the only way to cure him is with magic in Storybrooke. Realizing that Hook's ship is the fastest way to get back, Neal offers to steer the ship and arranges to borrow someone else's car to the harbor. Emma curiously asks how he knows Hook and how to pilot a pirate ship, though he evasively says the land without magic is not the first world he arrived in, because if it had been, he would been over three-hundred years old by now. When they arrive next to a large car, Neal prepares to use the keys when the owner of the vehicle, his fiancée, Tamara, walks up to greet him, and he introduces Emma to his future wife. ("The Queen Is Dead")
With Henry's help, Neal pilots the Jolly Roger from New York to Storybrooke. While en route, Emma telephones David and Mary Margaret, to fill them in on what has happened. David explains to them Cora and Regina have possession of the dagger which can be used to control Mr. Gold. They arrive at the pawnshop, and once inside, Mr. Gold gives a piece of magic invisible chalk to Emma and tells her to draw a magic barrier across the door with the chalk. Neal jokes that he did not know she could use magic, and Emma chides at him for not telling her about Tamara or who his father is. When Cora and Regina reach the shop, they use magic to break the barrier, and end up battling Neal, Mary Margaret, David and Emma. Regina ejects David by throwing him out of the shop. After distracting Cora and Regina, Emma proceeds to draw another barrier outside the shop's back room to protect herself, Neal and Mr. Gold for a little longer. After hearing Mr. Gold's emotional phone conversation with his girlfriend Belle, Neal realizes that his father has changed. As father and son share a close moment, Cora breaks through the barrier. Though Neal and Emma rise to defend Mr. Gold, she teleports the them to the town forest. ("The Miller's Daughter")
After Cora's death, Mr. Gold visits the apartment to warn Emma and David about what Regina has planned for Mary Margaret. Henry is horrified about his family's possible intent to kill Regina to end the feud. Emma takes an upset Henry to the diner where Neal hangs out with him. He orders him a nice dessert, but Henry knows Neal is in on trying to sweeten him up so he does not try to get involved with Regina. Neal asks Henry to move to New York with him where he will be safer. Henry agrees, and then goes to the bathroom. Emma comes back to check up on them, and is incredulous that Neal fell for the "I'm going to the bathroom" trick; especially since Henry took his backpack with him. They try to catch up with him, and get to the mines with help from Ruby and realize Henry took dynamite to blow up the wishing well to get rid of magic. They hurry off to the well, and nearly have a heated battle with Regina, but Henry manages to get everyone to stop. Henry convinces Regina to not use the spell on him, and she willingly burns the paper. ("Welcome to Storybrooke")
Deciding he wants to stay in town for Henry's sake, Neal phones Tamara and asks her to come as well. At some point, he returns to New York alone and discovers Hook missing from the storeroom. While he is staying at Storybrooke's inn, Emma and Henry visit him. Sending Henry to grab three hot cocoas from the diner, Neal tells Emma about Hook's disappearance, and then reveals Tamara will be arriving shortly. She dislikes the idea of another outsider in town, and pushes Neal to tell Tamara about his true identity. The foursome have an awkward breakfast in silence, but the conversation picks up when Henry asks how the two of them met, to which Tamara briefly relates the story. Once Henry and Emma head out, Neal shows Tamara the book and tells her about his life in the Enchanted Forest; stating all the fairytales in the book are real. Perceiving this is a ploy to drive her away so he can be with Emma, Tamara angrily berates his story, and storms out. Later, in front of the sheriff department building, he witnesses a wooden August die with his last words warning Emma about "her". After Mother Superior arrives and transforms August back into Pinocchio, Tamara arrives to see the workings of magic. Unknown to Neal and the others, moments earlier, she was the one who killed August since he was trying to expose her to Emma. Feigning surprise at witnessing actual magic, Tamara decides to stay in Storybooke for Neal. ("Selfless, Brave and True")
In the park, Neal and Henry have fun playing with wooden swords. At the end of the day, he brings home a worn out and asleep Henry. Emma tucks him into bed and then the two sit down to talk. She casually asks him if he would go back to the Enchanted Forest if there was a way, but Neal states he spent his whole life running from it. ("Lacey")
On a rainy day, he and Tamara huddle under an umbrella as they are leaving the bed and breakfast. He returns to the guest room to find Henry waiting outside. As Henry struggles for a reason for his appearance, Neal notices that he is kicking the door. Recognizing the door tactic as his own, he bursts into the room to find Emma prying open a loose floorboard. Emma explains her suspicion of Tamara as possibly being the person August was warning them about. She also harbors doubts since Tamara has a list of everyone in town and their fairytale names, though Neal replies he gave that list to her so his fiancée can come to grips with Storybrooke and his identity. Neal goes out on a limb and allows Emma to open the floorboard, but nothing incriminating is found in it. He asks Emma whether her reluctant behavior is due to Tamara being in Storybrooke. She strongly denies it and leaves with Henry. ("The Evil Queen")
Awakening in bed, Neal sees Tamara is preparing to go out on a marathon training run. Later, Emma informs him Regina is missing, and she strongly believes Tamara is responsible. While he continues to be skeptical, Emma notices sand on the floor left by Tamara's shoes, which indicates his girlfriend has not recently been running in the woods as she claimed, but near the beach. As they comb the beach, Tamara casually jogs up, explaining her reasons for changing her jogging spot, before heading off again. Believing Emma's behavior is influenced by Tamara's presence, he expresses sympathy for her difficulty, but she denies being jealous. When Emma tries to walk away, he admits wanting to go back for her when she went to jail in his place. Neal admits he truly wanted to, but was too scared to face Emma; thinking she might never forgive him as he never forgave himself for leaving her. After learning Regina is trapped in the cannery, the pair head inside the building. David, who rushed ahead to find Regina, warn Emma via phone to be on the lookout for Greg as he is trying to escape the building. Overhearing the exchange, Neal is relieved to hear Tamara is not involved, but his ease turns to horror when Emma is knocked out unconscious by her. To his shock, Tamara confesses to lying about everything since the day they met, and though she thinks he is a good man, her job is more important. Tamara then shoots him in the abdomen and apologizes before Emma kicks the pistol of her hands. To distract them further, Tamara opens a portal, almost causing Emma to fall in until Neal grabs hold of her, while she herself flees the cannery. After Emma is pulled up, he ends up clinging to her to keep from falling into the portal. Neal urges her to let him go, but Emma fears he'll die from the gun shot wound no matter what world he lands in. Terrified of losing him, she confesses her genuine love for Neal. He reciprocates his love for her and then disappears into the portal. ("Second Star to the Right")
Through the portal, Neal focuses his thoughts on the Enchanted Forest, to which he is transported there. Unconscious, he washes ashore at a beach where three strangers, Aurora, Mulan and Prince Phillip, tend to his injuries at a palace. He wakes up to the watchful stare of Mulan as Aurora and Phillip rush to check on him. Aurora thinks he as a native of this land, but Mulan dutifully notices his clothes are foreign and similar to Emma and Mary Margaret's. At the mention of Emma's name, Neal urgently mentions he must save her and Henry. Aurora, having previously met Henry in the Netherworld, promises to look for him there again. Aurora's attempt at contacting Henry is unsuccessful, so Neal goes to his father's old castle to find an item for locating Emma and Henry. Mulan, accompanying Neal there, asks about his relationship with Emma as the blonde never mentioned him. He confesses to breaking Emma's heart by letting her go so she could break the curse, and after this, fear of rejection kept him from going back to her. At their destination, a man, Robin Hood, has already claimed the fortress for himself. However, when Neal explains that the castle once belonged to the Dark One, Rumplestiltskin, and he is his son, Baelfire. Robin Hood decides to trust Neal's words and mentions being indebted to Rumplestiltskin for sparing his life in the past. After looking around for a bit, Neal picks up his father's old walking stick, which is enchanted with blood magic, and swings it around to activate a hidden door. From within, Neal discovers a crystal ball and attempts to activate it by touch, which causes no change. Mulan suggests thinking about how he feels about Emma as a guide. Neal follows her instructions, and the crystal ball shows him an image of Emma in Neverland. ("And Straight On 'Til Morning", "The Heart of the Truest Believer")
Panicking over finding another pathway to Neverland, Neal searches all over for something that could be of use, but to no avail. Just then, four of Robin Hood's allies from their group, the Merry Men, enter into the castle. From beneath the leading man, Little John, a four-year old boy, Roland, crawls out and runs into Robin Hood's arms. He finds out the child is Robin Hood's son, to which he suddenly comes up with the idea of how to traverse worlds. Neal suggests Roland can use a summoning incantation to call the Shadow so he himself can gain a pathway to Neverland. Once Robin Hood learns the Shadow is notorious for snatching away young boys and whisking them away, he is extremely resistant to the idea. However, Neal reminds him how his father saved Robin Hood's wife, which allowed her to give birth to Roland, and as such, this makes him in Rumplestiltskin's debt. Robin Hood finally relents in his decision. Roland summons the Shadow, who attempts to pull him away, but Mulan severs one of its arms. Neal quickly latches onto the Shadow and is flown back to Neverland. After a rough landing, he is greeted by Felix. The Lost Boy welcomes him home, and promises Pan will be very happy to see him. ("Quite a Common Fairy")
With his wrists bound, Neal walks behind Felix through the jungle, but undoes his restraints without the Lost Boy noticing. At the right time, he knocks Felix unconscious and then flees. Neal runs straight into Mr. Gold, who thinks he is an illusion to remind him of his failures and attempting to sway his decision to save Henry. Mr. Gold then tries killing Neal, who pleads by calling him Papa, which makes the latter realize his son is not dead. As they talk, Neal learns his father is serious about giving up his own life for Henry, however, he decides to kill a squid so Mr. Gold can extract squid ink, which they will use to paralyze Pan. After Mr. Gold puts all the Lost Boys as well as Henry to sleep, Neal shoots an arrow coated with squid ink at Pan, who catches it in his fist and becomes paralyzed. As the father-son pair make off with a slumbering Henry, Pan tells Neal of a prophecy that Mr. Gold wants to keep from happening by murdering Henry. Once they leave Pan's camp, Neal demands an explanation. With reluctance, Mr. Gold acknowledges that the prophecy spoke of a boy, presumably Henry, who will help him find Neal, but ultimately is his own undoing. His father insists this was before discovering Henry is his grandson, but Neal asks for proof he's changed by handing over the Dark One's dagger. Mr. Gold swears it's hidden a place even he doesn't know where, which sounds like another empty excuse to his son. Afraid his father will go back to his old ways, Neal tricks him into being paralyzed by squid ink. On his own, he leaves Mr. Gold and carries Henry away. Arriving at a deserted camp, Neal suspects Emma was recently there, and as he is examining the snuffed out fire, Pan and the Lost Boys surround him and take Henry. Pan reminds him that no one walks off the island without his leave, to which Neal boasts he once did. To this, Pan smugly implies he allowed it to happen, and everyone is exactly where he wants them. When Henry begins waking up, Neal is dragged off by the Lost Boys on Pan's orders. ("Nasty Habits")
Drugged and placed in a cage, Neal slowly drifts into unconsciousness when Pan arrives to check up on him. On his orders, the Lost Boys hang the cage up next to another confined prisoner. ("Good Form")
At another time, Neal, while still in the enclosure, is brought into an Echo Cave as bait for rescue on a platform. He awakens to see David, Emma, Hook and Mary Margaret standing at the other platform end of the cave. Separated by a gaping space between the two sections, Hook, Mary Margaret and David all satisfy the requirements of the cave by revealing a guarded secret about themselves, causing a bridge to form, allowing Emma to cross over to Neal. Emma attempts to cut Neal free, which is all in vain, when he implies that she, too, must also follow the cave's requirement. With reassurance from Neal, Emma tearfully acknowledges that she still loves him since the day they met again, but had hopes he wasn't alive because their relationship has given her a lot of pain and she just wanted to move on. The cage bars melt away as she and Neal embrace each other. When they reach the outside, they decide to regroup with Tinker Bell first and then continue the mission. Left alone with Neal, Emma is sorry about what she said to him earlier, though her feelings cannot be changed. Neal doesn't believe she has anything to apologize for, but affirms he won't stop fighting for her. ("Ariel")
Neal familiarizes the group on a tactic for flying off the island using Pan's shadow. Since the Shadow is mostly solitary, they can capture it without going near Pan. Emma steps up on "shadow duty" with Neal as Hook enlists himself as well. They all agree to meet back at Tinker Bell's tree house once the Shadow is nabbed. Neal, Emma and Hook revisit the Lost Boy cavern. While Emma goes off to fetch the star map, Hook accidentally discloses the kiss he shared with her, which Neal was unaware of until now. This causes some uneasiness in Neal, but he excuses it as something Emma must've forgotten to bring up. Next, they go in search of Dark Hollow, which is home to all captured shadows. On the way there, Emma lends Neal a weapon to cut through tall grass. Neal recognizes it as his old cutlass, and after learning Hook gave it to her as a memento, he angrily snips at the pirate before walking away. After heading into Dark Hollow, Neal briefs on drawing the Shadow in by lighting the candle and trapping it by putting the lid on. He and Hook end up fighting over the lighter when three shadows show up to attack just as Emma grabs the coconut halves. Both men are thrown against trees as their shadows are almost ripped out, but Emma saves the day by using magic to light the candle and entrap the Shadow inside. On the journey back to Tinker Bell's tree house, Emma settles the competition between Hook and Neal by stating the only person she is choosing is Henry. After showing Tinker Bell proof of the Shadow as their ticket off the island, she agrees to do her part in taking down Pan. Emma stays behind with Neal, who calmly accepts what she said earlier and thinks of Henry as the best thing that came out of them being together. She agrees. ("Dark Hollow")
While moving ahead to Pan's camp, a rustle from the jungle causes the entire group to assemble for battle, but it turns out to be only Regina and Mr. Gold. Regina tells them about the power of Pandora's Box while Neal's distrust reaches a pinnacle. He blurts out Mr. Gold's objective to kill Henry and prevent a seer's prophecy from coming true. Subsequently, Emma and everyone else turns against Mr. Gold by drawing their weapons. To keep him at bay, Neal forces his father to hand over the box and warns him against using magic. As they all file past to continue on, Neal cautioned by him about underestimating Pan's power. He tries for an answer concerning his father and Pan's history together, but Mr. Gold remains silent. Later, Mr. Gold offers his services to make an elixir so David can be out of Neverland's waters without dying. The catch is, as usual, his father wants a favor out of the deal, which Emma is willing to partake, but Neal can't stomach it. He strikes down the asking price by pushing Mr. Gold to help for the right reasons rather than for his own personal gain.
After Tinker Bell gains access into the perimeter of the encampment and the Lost Boys are put to sleep by Regina, neither Henry or Pan are found there. Instead, Neal frees an old friend, Wendy, and brings her back to camp to inquire about Henry. Forced to act on Pan's wishes, Wendy lies to them. Mr. Gold calls her out for not telling the truth. With some encouragement from Neal, Wendy opens up about Pan's real reason for needing Henry's heart, which is to save himself from dying and then become immortal. As a trade, Pan lives, but Henry will die. By rowboat, Neal, Emma, Mr. Gold and Regina ascend onto Skull Rock to stop Pan. Instead, they are stopped by a barrier, enacted to keep out anyone with a shadow, blocking their path up the stairs. As Mr. Gold is the only one without a shadow, he is able to enter through. This fact surprises Neal, who had previously thought he was lying about ripping away his shadow. The box is handed over to Mr. Gold, but while he is gone, Emma and Regina use magic to block out the moon as well as their shadows. The trio rush up to the upper level to witness Henry pulling out his own heart. All three attempt to dissuade him from the sacrifice, but through Pan's manipulations, Henry chooses to give up his heart. They cry out in horror as he plunges the heart into Pan's chest, causing all of them to be thrown back from the impact, and Henry collapses. As they rush over to check up on his unmoving body, Pan rises into the air. ("Think Lovely Thoughts")
Before Pan flies off, he reveals Mr. Gold is now powerless and trapped in the box. Neal proposes they look for Pan at the Lost Boy camp, though Regina lashes out over the ridiculous idea since their nemesis wouldn't risk going back there. Unable to come up with a plan, they bring Henry's body back with them to the Lost Boy camp where Regina casts a preservation spell on him to last one hour until they track down Pan. Emma manages to get some of the Lost Boys to open up about Pan's current location at his "thinking tree" in Pixie Woods after promising to bring them off the island. While Emma, Mary Margaret and Regina go to find Pan, Neal and the rest of their party plan to regroup aboard the Jolly Roger. The three women come back in time to place the heart back in Henry as he gasps to life. Additionally, the box has also been retrieved and given to Neal. He is astonished by find out Pan is actually Mr. Gold's father. After releasing his father from the box, the two make up over their past differences and problems. Neal sees his father truly cares about the well-being of Henry, and feels badly for not believing in him. Mr. Gold expresses fears that he turned out just like Pan by leaving his own son and being selfish. Though Neal has always held a grudge against his father for that abandoning him, he now recognizes Mr. Gold has changed for the better. Home bound, Neal releases the Shadow over a lit cannon, firing the creature into the air, to which Regina projects it into a sail to fly everyone home. ("Save Henry")
Following a safe journey out of Neverland to Storybrooke, Neal is given a shot to court Emma after Hook resigns himself to step back for Henry's sake. Immediately, he uses the opportunity to ask Emma out for a low-key lunch at the diner. The following morning, Emma doesn't show up, to Neal's disappointment. Trouble once again arises in town when the Shadow kills Mother Superior. After regrouping with the others, it is suspected Pan is behind the attack. Neal, Hook and Tinker Bell go to fetch the lighter and coconut halves from the ship in case they need to catch the Shadow again. They attempt to enter the vault where Regina took Henry to keep him safe, but the door is locked. Belle, Emma, David, Mary Margaret and Mr. Gold bring back Pan, who is actually Henry, since the two switched bodies. When Mr. Gold breaks open the vault, they discover Pan took the spell for the Dark Curse. ("The New Neverland")
Mr. Gold shares with everyone of the only viable way to stop Pan's curse is for Regina, as the original caster of the Dark Curse, to undo it by destroying the scroll, though there will be a steep price for this. They plan to switch Henry back to his own body so he will be in possession of the scroll and bring it to Regina. Mr. Gold can perform the spell, but needs a strong outlet in order for it to work. Tinker Bell has knowledge of a powerful Black Fairy wand that Mother Superior kept. Neal, David, Hook and Tinker Bell ask the convent nuns for the item just as the Shadow attacks. On Neal's urging, Tinker Bell uses her vial of pixie dust to light a flame on the coconut half and flies into the air to trap the Shadow; disposing the being for good by burning it in a fire. With the Shadow gone, Mother Superior returns alive and hands the Black Fairy's wand to them. The three men arrive at the pawnshop with the wand. Once Henry's spirit returns to his own body, everyone except Mr. Gold runs off to find the boy. With Granny's tracking skills, they reunite with him. Regina passes out after taking the scroll and awakens with knowledge of the price for stopping the curse. They are accosted by Pan as he steals back the scroll and freezes them in place. Pan chooses Neal as his first kill when Mr. Gold shows up. Mr. Gold summons the dagger and stabs Pan as well as himself with it, killing both of them, while Neal watches in shock. After learning the price of stopping Pan's curse is all former Enchanted Forest inhabitants must return to their old world, Emma and Henry will leave town together while Regina crafts new memories for both so they forget everything. Before this, Neal says goodbye to them with the promise they will see each other again. As the two cross out of Storybrooke, Regina stops the curse from taking over as everyone inside the town is sent back to the Enchanted Forest. ("Going Home")
Before Second Curse
After Regina takes magical preventive measures to undo Pan's casting of the Dark Curse, all the inhabitants of Storybrooke pay the price by returning to the Enchanted Forest, and reverting to their prior personas. In a group, they manifest in the land of Princess Aurora and Prince Phillip. A plan quickly assembles for everyone to make their way to the Queen's old palace. Before they set out, Neal mentions to Prince Charming that he wants to go to his father's castle to find a way to reach Emma and Henry. Snow White persuades Neal that there is no way to cross the realm again without another curse while Prince Charming believes even if a way is breached, Emma and Henry will not remember anyone. During the trek to the palace, Belle expresses hopes to Neal that he will see his family again. She also thinks Rumplestiltskin is not truly gone since they did not see where his dagger went. Later, Friar Tuck, Little John, and Robin Hood of the Merry Men join their party. Baelfire has a cheerful reunion with Robin Hood as does Belle. Upon arriving at the outskirts of the palace, Regina discovers a protection spell, cast by whoever is currently residing inside, is keeping them from going in. For the time being, Robin Hood suggests everyone can take shelter at Sherwood Forest. ("New York City Serenade")
As they depart for Sherwood Forest, a flying monkey attacks, nearly knocking into Neal, but he manages to dodge in time. The creature is quickly dispensed of when Regina turns it into a stuffed animal. In a group discussion, Belle shares knowledge about the flying monkey's origins in the land of Oz, so Regina determines the person in the palace is the Wicked Witch. A plan is set up to wait for Regina to bring the shield down and then mobilize the whole group into the palace. Once night falls, Grumpy gives the signal when he spots the dissipating barrier, meaning Regina was able to lower it, so everyone begins assembling towards their destination. ("Witch Hunt")
Hoping to defeat the Wicked Witch, Neal scours Rumplestiltskin's old castle with Belle for a way to resurrect his father. In his possession, he reveals the swan necklace that once belonged to Emma and represented their life together. While Neal is unsure how it is still intact since leaving Storybrooke, Belle believes it's because the necklace was born out of true love. Intending to gloss over books for information, Belle lights candles, accidentally summoning a person trapped inside, who calls himself Lumiere. He claims to be imprisoned due to a broken deal with Rumplestiltskin and only helps them when Belle promises they can free him. After being directed to a book, Neal and Belle obtain a key hidden inside that can lead them to the vault of the Dark One where they can revive Rumplestiltskin. On the walk to the vault, guided by Lumiere, Neal talks to Belle about relating to Rumplestiltskin since they are both willing to do anything to be reunited with their sons. Arriving in a clearing, Neal, with Lumiere's instruction, brushes away the snow on the ground's center to reveal a vault seal. Before Neal fits the key in, Belle figures out Lumiere is lying, after he states having lived in Rumplestiltskin's library for two-hundred years, though the room wasn't built until prior to the Dark Curse. Caught in a lie, Lumiere admits he is confined due to the Wicked Witch, who had him manipulate them into bringing back the Dark One so she can control Rumplestiltskin with the dagger. Though Belle warns Neal about the consequences should this happen, he ignores her and places the key into the seal. The key burns a triangle tattoo in his palm, resurrecting Rumplestiltskin, but at the cost of his own life. On the brink of death, Neal is saved, temporarily, when absorbed into Rumplestiltskin's body. ("Quiet Minds")
As affirmed by the banished Good Witch of the South, Glinda, only Emma is capable of defeating Zelena. Thus, Snow White, armed with this knowledge, secretly casts another Dark Curse, but Zelena interferes by adding a potion to erase everyone's memories of the last year in the Enchanted Forest. After taking a potion to retain her memories, she passes the vial to Rumplestiltskin. Left alone, he prepares to ingest the liquid, but suddenly passes out after Neal temporarily breaks free from his father's body. Using his last bit of strength, he writes a note, without disclosing himself as the sender, to Hook asking him to give the potion to Emma, and he then attaches it to a messenger bird. Afterwards, Neal returns to his father's body. ("A Curious Thing")
During Second Curse
During the new curse, Mr. Gold escapes the confines of Zelena's prison. Within Mr. Gold's body, Neal helps him resist Zelena's orders, which she uses via the dagger. Neal later regains control, though unaware he and his father are in the same body. He passes out after breaking into the pawnshop and is taken to the hospital where his palm is discovered to have a strange marking. Neal also learns his father may be alive. In a talk with Emma, he is saddened to know that Henry doesn't remember him. Afterwards, Neal attempts to leave the hospital, only to be blocked by Hook, who hugs him. The pirate recounts, with a sentimental affection, of his memories of Neal as the boy he cared for. In turn, Neal recalls the same about him. Hook is apologetic for the mess they got caught in because of Emma, and allows Neal to go. While in the forest, Mr. Gold returns in his body while Neal becomes dormant. Emma chases after a fleeing Mr. Gold, but doesn't see when he reverts into Neal, who then runs into her. As they comb the woods together, Neal admits to still caring about Emma, but wants her to be happy, even if it's not with him. In a phone call, Emma is notified by Belle that Neal's palm marking is a symbol from a key which opens the vault of the Dark One; meaning he must have used it at some point to bring Mr. Gold back. However, only the Dark One can be restored while the latter will perish. Soon, Neal collapses in agony while hearing his father's voice in his own head. He persuades Emma to use her magic to separate them, despite that it will cause his inevitable death. Emma cradles Neal during his last moments, in which he returns the swan necklace and implores her and Henry to find happiness without him. He thanks his father for teaching him what it means to sacrifice for his loved ones and passes away shortly after. Neal's body is later put to rest in a funeral ceremony, in which the townspeople pay their respects to his passing. ("Quiet Minds", "It's Not Easy Being Green")
Character Notes
- The name "Neal"[1] is of Irish Gaelic origin derived from the name "Niall" that possibly means "champion" or "cloud".[2]
- The surname "Cassidy" is of Irish Gaelic origin derived from the surname "Ó Caiside" that means "descendent of Caiside". By itself, "Caiside" is a given name that means "curly haired".[3]
- His name is similar to Neal Cassady, an infamous thief who served eleven months in prison for possession of stolen goods; just like Emma did when Neal let her take the fall for his crime.
- The song playing on his iPod during the walk to his apartment is "Charley's Girl" by Lou Reed. ("Broken")
- Has many vintage items in his apartment such as an array of old radios, old microphones, classic cameras, records and record player, old pencil sharpener and old telephone. ("Broken")
- There is a sign in his apartment that reads "Cleaner & Hatters". ("Broken")
- He has a large collection of clocks, just like his father, Mr. Gold, and his son, Henry. ("Broken")
- The dream-catcher hanging in Neal's apartment was given to him by Emma. ("Broken", "Tallahassee")
- According to his wanted poster, he was born on March 23, 1977 in New Jersey.[4] Since Neal and Emma met in 2001, he would have been twenty-four while she was seventeen or eighteen at the time. ("Tallahassee", "There's No Place Like Home")
- His wanted poster reads as, "Neal Cassidy has a scar on his left arm from a knife wound."[5] ("Tallahassee")
- The address of his apartment is 89 Wooster Street, New York, NY, 10012.[6] ("New York City Serenade")
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by Tom Utescher
Following a number of successful outings against non-league tennis opponents, Germantown Friends launched its 2011 Friends Schools League season with back-to-back bouts last Monday and Tuesday.
In the first of the two home court contests, the Tigers clawed out a 3-2 victory over Moorestown Friends, a team they hadn't beaten in at least five seasons. Tuesday's match was not nearly as challenging, with GFS watering down its line-up but still posting a 5-0 shutout against the Academy of the New Church.
The twin wins in the league lifted Germantown's overall record to 6-1, with lone setback coming against Agnes Irwin. When they faced two traditional Girls Inter-Ac League opponents on this side of the Schuylkill, the Tigers toppled Penn Charter, 6-1, and Germantown Academy, 5-2.
"Even our practices are really competitive this year," related GFS coach Jessica Smith. "There are a lot of strong girls vying to play the highest position they can on the team."
By facing Moorestown in last week's FSL debut, GFS was picking up where it left off at the end of the 2010 season. With the last available spot in the Friends League playoffs up for grabs, the New Jersey squad edged the Tigers, 3-2, ending their season.
Last week, wins at first and second singles helped lay the foundation for a Germantown victory over the Foxes. The Tigers' scintillating freshman number one, Joanna Booth, turned back the visitors' top player, and at number two sophomore Olivia Fiechter frolicked, 6-0, 6-0. The third GFS win came at second doubles, where sophomores Hannah Ceisler and Emma Clark triumphed in a pair of 6-1 sets.
The following day Clark and Ceisler were split up and played second and third singles, respectively. Each won 6-0, 6-0 against their ANC opponents, as did the Tigers' regular first doubles team of senior Haley Abbott and junior Lauren Shinn.
Booth and Fiechter were given the day off, while Bezahler moved up to first singles and cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 win. Emma Greenstreet joined forces with Savannah Smith to wrap up the second doubles match, 6-1, 6-0, completing a sweep for GFS.
"Joanna is still undefeated this season," pointed out Coach Smith, "and so are Emma and Hannah, whether they played singles or together at doubles."
Describing the assets of her freshman standout, Smith said "She's got a great forehand and serve, and she's not afraid to go all over the court. Just her on-court presence is impressive; she has a great deal of confidence.
"It's kind of inspiring for everyone to have her around," the coach continued. "In our intra-squad scrimmages and at practice, I think she's making all the other girls hit harder."


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Not having any time to further develop CASCADE, I have published the source code and a free, unlimited Windows build. Few functional changes have happened since:
- Handle invalid ROM data mappings without crashing (fixes Daewoo Matiz Engine 0.8l)
I am willing to accept patches. There is a lot to be discovered by developers, such as a Linux desktop and embedded version, and the horrible lengths one has to go to to emulate a real-time system on a non-real-time PC operating system. Also the often-requested ELM327 support already exists, although it is debatable how useful it is. 🙂
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My favorite part is when Oddyess got trapped because when he got trapped the One-eyed Giant tried to kill Oddyess but Oddyess escaped. This book reminds me of a time I was alone with my sister. Also when I saw a sleeping person on the street. I love this book because it is funny. I like his men. Oddyess has 48 funny, big and buff men. Once they were on an island and Indians were attacking them. Oddyess' men used bows and arrows to kill the Indians.
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A new study shows the average household in 24 of America's 25 largest metropolitan areas cannot afford to pay for the average priced new car or truck.
"Just because you can manage the monthly payment doesn't mean you should let a $30,000 or $40,000 ride gobble up such a huge share of your paycheck," said Mike Sante, managing editor of Interest.com. "Many people are spending money on a car payment that they could be saving."
For the second straight year, Interest.com calculated how much the median household in America's largest metro areas could afford to spend every month on car payments and auto insurance.
(Read more: Car buyers commit to longer auto loans)
Once again, Washington D.C. topped the list with the median household being able to afford a maximum monthly payment of $641.
The study showed that Tampa and Miami are the only two cities where car affordability declined over the past year.
The biggest jump was in San Antonio where affordability increased 7 percent compared with last year.
Interest.com makes its calculations assuming buyer's put down 20 percent and take out a 48-month auto loan.


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A quilt buddy called and said "Hey, I talked to Cathy and she was making a pot of chili. I said why not bring it over to my house tomorrow and we can have a sew day. She said let's ask Karen and Betty to come too. I said let's call Bellaboo, oh I forgot she's babysitting her grandson, let's go to her house. So we will be there at 10 am with food. See you tomorrow".
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CHICAGO (AP) — Put Yadier Molina down for four more hits. Four RBIs, too. Add another clutch hit to Allen Craig's total.
The majors' last game before the All-Star break sure had a familiar feel for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Molina hit a three-run homer in St. Louis' four-run ninth inning, and the Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 10-6 on Sunday night.
BOX SCORE: Cardinals 10, Cubs 6
"We never give up," Molina said. "Whatever happens in the game or the inning before we're going to come after you."
Craig lined a tiebreaking RBI single into left field before Molina drove an 0-2 pitch from Kevin Gregg (2-2) over the wall in left for his seventh homer. Pete Kozma added three hits and two RBIs as St. Louis finished with a season-high 21 hits.
Chicago went up 4-3 on Darwin Barney's three-run homer off Adam Wainwright in the sixth, and pinch hitter Cody Ransom had a tying two-run double in the eighth. But the Cubs' bullpen was unable to hold off the NL's highest-scoring team.
ALL-STAR AMBASSADOR: Humble David Wright in spotlight
"Obviously we lost, but I mean we showed a lot of fight," Barney said. "We showed maybe what kind of character we have in those kind of games."
The Cardinals won for the seventh time in nine games to salvage a split of the four-game series. Edward Mujica (2-1) had his second blown save opportunity in 28 chances, but managed to get the win on the same day he was chosen to replace Wainwright on the NL All-Star team.
Despite injuries to key pitchers Chris Carpenter, Jaime Garcia and Jason Motte, St. Louis heads to the All-Star break with baseball's best record at 57-36. It leads the NL Central by one game over surprising Pittsburgh, which lost 4-2 to the New York Mets earlier in the day.
NL WEST: Dodgers like their chances
"I can't express how proud I am the way these guys play the game," manager Mike Matheny said. "It was a very fitting way to end before the break."
A big reason for St. Louis' success is the play of Craig and Molina, who are both headed to New York for Tuesday night's game at Citi Field. Craig is batting .489 (44 for 90) with runners in scoring position and leads the team with 74 RBIs. Molina leads the NL with a .341 batting average while playing his usual strong defense behind the plate.
Wainwright, who allowed four runs and eight hits in six innings, said he thinks Molina is baseball's best all-around player.
"What can you say?" Wainwright said. "He gets the big hits when he needs to and he calls great games."
YANKEES: Limping into break as home fans boo them
Barney also had a run-scoring single for the Cubs, who went 6-4 on a 10-game stretch in Chicago that included a makeup game at the crosstown White Sox last Monday. The four RBIs for Barney matched a career high set in a 14-4 victory against Pittsburgh on July 30, 2012.
After a slow start, the Cubs (42-51) are a respectable 24-21 in their last 45 games. It's good enough for a four-game improvement compared to last year at this point, when the North Siders were 38-55 on their way to their first 100-loss season since 1966.
"It's a half that could have gone a lot different, but I think a lot of guys have progressed, kind of taken strides in the right way," said first baseman Anthony Rizzo, who committed a mental gaffe in the eighth when he cut off a ball that might have got a runner at the plate.
Travis Wood, who will represent the Cubs at the All-Star festivities, allowed three runs and a season-high 10 hits in 5 2-3 innings. It matched the shortest outing of the year for the consistent lefty, who pitched at least six innings in 17 of his first 18 starts.
Molina was out of the starting lineup for St. Louis' 6-4 loss on Saturday night and began the night in a 1-for-19 rut covering his previous seven games. But he singled in each of his first two at-bats, hit a leadoff double in the seventh and forced Bogusevic to make a leaping catch against the wall in center in the eighth.
"Tonight was me," Molina said. "Tonight I saw the ball pretty good and I made contact pretty solid."
NOTES: Cardinals OF Matt Holliday (right hamstring tightness) missed his third consecutive game. "We need to be real careful so we can continue to progress, make sure we are aiming for that first day after the break," Matheny said. ... OF Cole Gillespie joined the Cubs, and reliever Henry Rodriguez was designated for assignment to make room on the roster. Gillespie was claimed off waivers from San Francisco on Saturday. He had a pinch-hit single in the eighth. ... Cubs RHP Scott Baker allowed four runs and six hits in three innings in his first rehab start with Class A Kane County. Baker missed last season with Minnesota after undergoing elbow-ligament replacement surgery. "Today was a big hump, to pitch against hitters and getting in a real game and the whole atmosphere and everything," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said.
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Monday, December 31, 2007
My Mum begged me not to go to Edinburgh's new year celebrations in 2003, because the police thought terrorists would attack us. As it turned out, the entire plot was utter bullshit and I was attacked instead by a six-foot-four-tall Glaswegian whose deranged girlfriend mistakenly believed I was selling drugs.
So my message this new year must be, don't worry about crazy Islamists - they're highly unlikely to attack us on any given day.
Mental Glaswegians, however, will try to smash your face in on the slightest pretext, and should be shot on sight.
Happy New Year!
Sunday, December 30, 2007
My New Year's Resolution
I think it's time I stopped mocking Britain's mad reactionaries, and tried to empathise with their concerns. To this end, I've done a little bit of Christmas shopping and I'd like to talk you through my purchases so that you can benefit from my experience.
For convenience, versatility and stopping-power, I can heartily recommend the AK47u, which is compact enough to keep in your bed but ferocious enough to kill an entire crew of crack-addled gangsters through up to two walls. This protects the homeowner from the potential dangers of investigating suspicious noises in the night - why trust in the mercy of junked-up thugs?
Simply take aim and hose the entire room down without even getting out of bed.
You might also like to invest in a combat shotgun, some of which can cut a man in half through a door... very handy for OAPs, who can fall prey to bogus callers whose only desire is to rifle your house for the biscuit tin you keep your life savings in. When you hear that knock at the door, simply aim and fire.
Of course, these weapons are only effective at close range. For those with extensive grounds around their property, a Barrett M82 50.cal sniper rifle is deadly at a range of up to a mile and is easy for amateurs to use.
Should you find that your burglars arrive by armoured car, there really is no substitute for the Javelin missile, a fire-and-forget system with lock-on capacity and top-attack capability. My neighbour swears by the RPG-29, which has taken out the heaviest tanks in the world, but this is one occasion where it's worth spending that little bit extra for quality - the Javelin may be steep at £40,000 per missile, but nothing's too expensive when it comes to protecting your family.
Finally, those of you who live in top-floor flats have no reason for complacency. It's perfectly conceivable that burglars may descend onto your roof from helicopters, rabid with desire for your daughter or your DVD player.
It's always worthwhile investing in a decent surface-to-air rocket launcher, but a good budget option is a high-powered assault rifle. Simply take aim at the tail rotor, and that chopper will be toast in no time.
So a happy and safe new year to one and all, and remember - if in doubt, open fire.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
For Me But Not For Thee
"What's profoundly frightening about this is that we in America could find ourselves subject to the UK's libel and privacy laws, which throw free speech to the wolves in defense of privacy."
The UK's libel laws are absurdly unbalanced, and Jeff is correct to decry the effect such suits will have on freedom of speech in other countries. The story gets a heh-indeeding link from influential dipshit the Instapundit, provoking a perfect storm of outraged wingnuttery in comments, to the effect that foreigners can't be trusted to protect fundamental freedoms.
But wait...
While we're on the subject, I seem to recall a lawyer acting for the U.S. Government asserting that the Americans had the right to "kidnap" any person in Britain suspected of criminality, on the authority of the U.S. Supreme Court.
All of which is fine, if you trust the American government to act impartially, without abusing its powers to pursue its own agenda.
And then I recall - didn't the Americans refuse to sign up to the International Criminal Court because it would infringe on their sovereignty?
After all, it's the ICC that's kept Dr. Kissinger perched atop his pile of skulls in Connecticut these past few years, rather than picking up fat cheques for delivering dull policy speeches in Europe.
If there's a point to this extended bit of whataboutery, it's that what's sauce for the goose ought to be sauce for the gander. The Americans (i.e. the Bush Admin) look to have been entirely consistent in promoting the idea that they can do whatever they like, and everyone else can whistle.
To which I can only say, nuts.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
It's Only Just Occurred To Me That...
Some were idiots, but I was struck by how confident and competent others were. To someone who gets much of their information from politician-hating internet loons, I was surprised by their intelligence, their wit and their candour.
And tonight it's occurred to me - of the impressive politicians I've met, I've never voted for any of them, and as good as never voted for their parties... and I like to think I'm a reasonably intelligent person.
This should bang a nail through the myth of the rational voter, and not before time.
And, Merry Christmas and that.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
If It's Good Enough For The Hacks, It's Good Enough For Me
And an eventful year it's been, with terrorist attacks in Glasgow, a new Prime Minister and about five million excuses for outbreaks of brown-trousered panic.
It's the last of these that's gradually become the theme round these parts, as I've followed the British belief that no problem is too trivial to cause an outbreak of national hysteria.
Causing a stink this year - relations with Iran, gay adoption, capital punishment, stupid terrorists, MI5, "Islamic fascism", resurgent European fascism, smokers, Cuddly fun with Hamas, Iraq, Melanie Philips, President Bush, and asylum seekers.
Common sense prevailed, thankfully, with the lowering of the national pants.
In sport, I ran a quiz on Shakespearean refereeing and presented Scottish football fans with a gallery of nostalgia, before introducing Winnie Tha Pimp.
On religious affairs, I mused upon the fate of Libertarian Jesus, and in the world of work I offered tips on getting the most out of civil servants. I also reflected thoughtfully on the creation of a computer that thinks it's a mouse.
This year also saw my first attempt to attempt at liveblogging on the night of the Scottish Parliament elections, my first stab at the advertising business and some thoughts on BBC bias.
And finally, some thoughts on reclassifying the political pantheon.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Up Against The Wall, Motherfuckers
"...This would be like cutting the word 'Christmas' out of Wham's 'Last Christmas..."
"baa baa black sheep have you any wool has been banned but I doubt we'll have that printed or played on radio one..."
Hopefully, those outraged by this trivial non-story will be just as broadminded when they find their teenage daughters sexy-dancing to my upcoming Christmas single Ho Ho Ho, Bitchez (Y'All Muthafuckin' Reindeer Betta Step Tha Fuck Off).
Still, this seems to be a recurring problem - group x take whining, mewling offence at toss all, prompting group y to jerk themselves into a furious, priapic rage like an engorged orchestra. Meanwhile, newspaper conglomerate z laughs all the way to the bank, cackling with maniacal glee, twiddling its moustache and stroking its inflated profit as if it were a purring white cat.
So, what to do next time this sorry spectacle rears up? Should we all undertake sensitivity training, to better understand each others' viewpoints? Or should we perhaps take anger management courses, and learn to let such inane fads slide?
Or, and this is my personal preferance, should we just beat them all with spiked baseball bats?
Well, what do you think? Should we...
a) Beat group x with spiked bats?
b) Beat group y with spiked bats?
c) Beat newspaper conglomerate z with spiked bats?
d) Beat everyone involved with spiked bats?
It's over to you...
Monday, December 17, 2007
In Which The Author Finds Reality Too Hideous To Satirise
One would imagine that the Iraqis would be grateful that we have freed them from the tyrannical, arbitrary rule of Saddam and handed them over to the tyrannical, arbitrary rule of the mullahs, but no dice. I've just read a poll that says just 2% of Basrawis believe the British forces had a positive effect since the overthrow of Saddam.
I guess there's just no pleasing some people.
Now, I know my readers - I'm aware that a good percentage of you might've thought that the whole Iraq war was a bullshit enterprise from the get-go, argued for in blatant bad faith by a shower of crooks.
Some of you might also believe that those Vietnam analogies have turned out pretty accurate, and that the crustiest hippy banging a tambourine in 2003 had a better grasp of international politics than the cream of our political punditry.
In fact, you could be forgiven for believing that the last few years have seen a blizzard of mendacious, duplicitous horseshit about Basra.
But I implore you to consider this - had our army pulled out of Basra within months of the invasion, we would've been abandoning the Iraqis to fascists. Such a move would have meant a disgraceful dereliction of our duty to the people of Basra.
Now, not so much. The families of all those dead soldiers can be glad we've really accomplished something there, although we'll have to wait to see exactly what it is.
(P.S. If anyone can tell me how those last two paragraphs differ from the official position of the British government, I'd be very, very grateful).
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Royal Rumble
For some reason, the paper seems to think this is a bad thing, but I beg to differ. In fact, I've sent the Beeb an email begging for a crack at the old bitch.
Obviously, I've planned this out. I'd aim to get the drop on her and knock her flat out with the first punch, but I have a contingency plan if I miss the chin and she's only stunned.
I'm aiming to dominate her from the outset. I reckon if I work the ribs on her left side, she might drop her elbow enough for me to come over the top with a right cross and knock her fucking block off.
Still, forewarned is forearmed, so if any of you have ever seen any of Her Majesty's previous fights I'd appreciate a bit of tactical knowledge. Just because she's royalty doesn't mean she's above fighting dirty, and I, for one, don't want my first televised bout to end with me shrieking for mercy with the Queen hanging off my testicles.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Courage Under Fire
Since I've always liked the cut of his jib, I'm glad that Brown has shown his inner bravery and come out in support of British troops in Afghanistan. This shows great political nous, and I, for one, see a bright future for the Brown administration.
I've spoken with a friend who has recently returned from Basra, and he reckons that our boys out there would've been a bit narked if he'd decided to throw his weight behind the Taleban. Perhaps he was tempted, but his tacticians have obviously advised him that such a risky gambit might do more harm than good.
So good on Gordon Brown, I say. It's good to see a Prime Minister who's prepared to bite the bullet and take a stand.
Everybody Knows That You're Insane
Don't ask how I managed to stumble across the personal website of Colonel Gaddafi, north African fashion icon, spiritual leader and full-time hooting mentalist.
The Brother Leader (for it is he) is keen to share his thoughts on war, peace and religion, and turns his remarkable intellect to the great challenges facing the modern world.
In his deranged life, he has fought a great many battles, losing the vast majority. I fear that he has once more bitten off more than he can chew by launching a devastating two-footed tackle on FIFA, the world football federation...
"Why not make the champion host the following World Cup finals? This way, the competition in the World Cup will have some meaning namely; that the champions will have an undisputed right to host the following World Cup...
...Otherwise, the World Cup should be abolished in view of the mortal danger it poses to the world physically and morally. It leads to problems, difficulties, disorders, hatred and enmity. It causes the spread of degenerate behavior and collective recklessness and irresponsibility. Socio-psychological studies have proven that the manic, fanatical addicts of the World Cup are below normal in intellectual capacity and psychological development."
Surely it is but a matter of time before the Colonel awakes in the night to find three Adidas-clad FIFA hitmen preparing to show him the red card for his persistent foul play, before sending him for an early bath.
Protest as he might, the referee's decision is final, and no higher authority is going to rescind FIFA's judgement on video evidence alone.


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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Free settlers in the Antipodes
The following chart presents the family context of Thomas Rose:
Thomas's parents were married at Sturminster Newton. The four offspring were born and/or christened there, and Thomas and Jane were also married there. Here is the church of St Mary's at Sturminster Newton:
Let me turn now to my direct Skivington and Rose ancestors:
Elizabeth Rose, my 6-times-great-grandmother, was the eldest child in the Rose family.
Her father William Rose was christened in Sturminster Newton. Later, he moved to the nearby village of Okeford Fitzpaine where he married Repentance Ridout [1708-1774], and where their four offspring were christened. In the map near the top of this article, other neighboring villages associated with my Skivington ancestors are highlighted: Belchalwell, Shillingstone and Iwerne Courtney.
Comparing the two Rose charts, I would imagine that the respective grandfathers of the Antipodean settler Thomas Rose and my ancestor Elizabeth Rose—that's to say, the elder Christopher Rose and James Rose—were brothers in Sturminster Newton. In one branch of the family, an audacious grandson, Thomas, decided to leave for Australia in 1793. In the other branch, a granddaughter, Elizabeth, stayed in Dorset and married a local fellow named Charles Skivington [1728-1778].
Over a century later, one of their descendants—my grandfather Ernest Skyvington [1891-1985]—would venture out to Australia. After becoming interested in genealogy, I discovered (through the Internet) that we Skyvingtons had an 18th-century ancestor named Elizabeth Rose. More recently, I heard about Elizabeth's second cousin Thomas during an excursion to Blandford Forum in August 2007, described in my article entitled Dorset ancestral anecdotes [display].
The name Sturminster means "monastic church (minster) on the River Stour", while Newton means "new town". There's a beautiful old stone bridge over the Stour at this place.
An ancient sign on the bridge warns that vandals found "injuring" the bridge might be transported.
So, out in New South Wales, Thomas Rose could have run into former adolescent friends from Sturminster Newton who had traveled there in rather different circumstances to those of the free settlers.
Today, I'm tempted to compare the quiet and beautiful environment of England's West Country with the somewhat dramatic lifestyle in Australia… expressed famously by Dorothea Mackellar [1885-1968].
She was a romantically-minded lass… but I haven't always shared her enthusiasm for the Down Under landscapes, climate and meteorology.
I often wonder which of the Rose cousins got "the better deal": those who left for the exotic Antipodes, like Thomas, or those who stayed in the traditional Old World, like Elizabeth. My personal reaction to that interesting question is betrayed by my current address…
There's another intriguing anecdote, in a quite different context, concerning my discovery of ancestors named Rose. In Israel, in 1989, I visited the splendid Billy Rose Sculpture Garden in the Holy City, near the Knesset, funded by a US philanthropist.
After this memorable visit, I had imagined that Rose was surely a Jewish surname. I discovered much later that the full name of the famous showman Billy Rose [1899-1966] was in fact William Rosenberg. Meanwhile, I had started to write my Israeli novel, which would finally become All the Earth is Mine (published as an iBook).
The hero of my novel is an Australian-born engineer, resembling myself in certain ways. Since he was Jewish (which is not my case), and since his professional and human destiny would coincide with that of the modern state of Israel, I thought of the above-mentioned Jerusalem benefactor and decided to name my hero Jacob Rose. He would arrive in the Holy Land and perform various engineering miracles there. So, I liked the expression "Jacob Rose in Israel", which evoked the Biblical-sounding declaration: "Jacob arose in Israel". Later, having completed my tale of Jacob Rose, I was surprised to learn that I actually had ancestors named Rose. But all this is purely anecdotal and coincidental, and I'm not suggesting that my fictional character has anything in common with my English Rose ancestors.
Today, I'm thrilled and proud, of course, to realize that a member of my ancestral Dorset family named Rose was the first free settler in the land that would become Australia. I was equally enthusiastic about having my fictional Australian alter-ego named Jacob Rose settle in Israel. Between genealogical facts and imaginative fiction, the differences are of little significance. Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose (Gertude Stein). And by any other name would smell as sweet (William Shakespeare). That's how I see this celebration of our past and present: Australia Day.
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Another excellent post! What a great way to spend Australia Day.ReplyDelete
Carole: Thanks for your comment. I believe that Shelley has hit onto a great idea in launching her Australia Day blog challenge, which will surely become a regular and significant annual event for the blogging community concerned with Australia. The contexts in which our earliest ancestors were brought into contact with Australia are questions that every Australian surely thinks about on this national day. And I say "contexts" (in the plural) because many of us had quite a few distinct ancestors who reached Australia in different circumstances, at different epochs. In any case, we bloggers have probably participated in a pioneering happening.ReplyDelete
Thanks for your contribution, and for your enthusiasm for the idea.ReplyDelete
I wonder what drove them to become the first free settlers at a penal colony? It can't have been an easy life.
Thanks again for participating.
Shelley: You ask why free English citizens might have decided, at the end of 1792, to abandon their homeland in Dorset and move to a penal colony on the other side of the planet. It's a good question… and we only have to look at the European political situation in 1792 to find a plausible answer. The French Revolutionary Wars can be thought of as having started in April 1792, when France declared war on Austria. Meanwhile, England was still being ruled by the clinically-insane monarch George III, who persisted in believing that the French Revolution of 1789 had been "divine punishment" meted out to the Bourbon dynasty for their role in supporting rebels in the French colonies of the New World. There were several major French military victories starting September 1792 (Battle of Valmy against the Prussians). With the thud of French military boots sounding on the horizon, I can well imagine that Thomas Rose and Jane Topp (who were probably relatively prosperous rural folk) were tempted to dream of moving away to a distant island. Even today, countless Europeans continue to imagine Australia as a place where all is calm and beautiful. Besides, we know now that Thomas and Jane made a wise decision because, just a few months after their arrival in New South Wales, England was dragged into the war with France. And this conflict continued, on and off, for over two decades, up until Napoleon's final defeat at Waterloo in 1815. It was a good period not to be hanging around in Europe.ReplyDelete
Shelley: While typing my blog reply mentioning the French Revolutionary Wars, another part of my computer was tuned permanently to the video news coming out of Egypt. It's a great atmosphere in which to reflect upon social history. When examining genealogical situations, we must never forget that many big decisions were made against terrible backgrounds of warfare, poverty, famine, etc.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 10, 2011 at 5:40 PM
Stuff one finds... My Mum's Father left Sturminster Newton in Dorset & settled in {Old} South Wales. Such a small village, surely they're related to the family mentioned on this page? Interesting to see Thomas Hardy lived & wrote there for a while too.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 28, 2013 at 3:10 PM
Hi there, Just thought you might be interested in helping me trace more of my family. The Elizabeth Rose mentioned above is my 1st cousin 9x removed. would be very keen to find out any info you might have on her or the family. Thanks Michelle Spawforth.ReplyDelete
Hi Michelle. My 6-great-grandmother Elizabeth Rose [1728-] is one of my Dorset ancestors presented in chapter 3 of my document They Sought the Last of Lands. This chapter can be downloaded from this web page.ReplyDelete
I am a direct line of Thomas and Jane my grandmother was Mary Elizabeth Rose is my grand mother her father George rose his father Alfred, his father Thomas, his father William, his father Thomas the son of Thomas and Jane toppe. And of course I love learning my family history. I have just learnt Christopher's Mother and father and am currently going through to find his father, but at this point I am just happy to have found Christopher's Father. I just want to thank you for showing me these photos living on the central coast near rose cottage I have never seen anywhere outside of Australia. it helps me to understand why I find the english country side so appealing. It is truly beautiful. I am so interested in your 6th great grandmother and will downloading I am hoping to have the Rose family So big so my many children know where they come from. When I download your document I am hoping it would be okay to add it to Ancestry.com as well as my own person tree as a reference. I must say that I was very surprised to find out that I am a Lancaster as I love the. King Edward is a personal favorite as was his wife Elizabeth. apart from that shock I must say that everything else is as I would expect. again thanks so very much for these pictures they are stunning.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 15, 2015 at 1:50 AM
I am a direct descendant of Reuben and Hannah Rose who were free settlers in the Free Colony of South Australia. Reuben is the son of Benjamin and Sarah Fish, and Benjamin is the son of Robert and Sarah Nott/Knott.Benjamin was a farmer on Hill Farm Belchawell. Okeford Fitzpaine is mentioned in many of their records as is Sturminster Newton. I'm having difficulty sorting out the many Roses with the same first name and who were born around the same time and area. My mother amused the locals when she went into the post office in Sturminster Newton and asked if anyone knew any Roses. We visited Okeford Fitpaine church and stayed in Hinton St Mary. On arriving in South Australia,ReplyDelete
Reuben and his family worked as farm laborers for a wealthy landlord, Sir Samuel Davenport in the Mount Lofty ranges. before long they moved to Moonta where the copper mining industry was being established.
I am sure your Roses are connected to mine. I tried to open Chapter 3 but was unable to do so. Very interesting topic. Jennifer Harris, nee RoseReplies
If you're interested in my two family-history books or my novel on Israel, you can purchase them rapidly through an Amazon web site, anywhere in the world, or you can browse through them on your computer screen at the following addresses:Delete
— http://issuu.com/gamone/docs/last
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— http://issuu.com/gamone/docs/earth
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Crochet Question & Answer Session - November 2008
For those of you familiar with html, you are welcome to post a link to your sites, pictures, wip, reference material etc. This is how you post links in the comment section on blogger. The web address goes between the quotations where it says "link_of_site". You put the name of the site where it says NAME OF SITE.


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It happened again.
I caught the Coachella Crud and weekend one of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is only just winding down.
After nearly a decade coming to the mega music festival in Indio, I thought I had it down. I brought a bandana, Emergen-C packets, drank plenty of water, bought saline nasal spray and even used those light-weight safety glasses I got from a friend who is a construction worker to save me from the wind storm Saturday.
Then I woke up Sunday morning with a cough and sore sinuses.
Maybe there is really nothing you can do — other than opt for #couchella — to stave away the sickness that is inevitable after spending three full days in the desert with more than 70,000 fans who sacrifice their skin under the hot sun and ear drums to the amazing music by such acts as OutKast, Muse and Pharrell.
And I guess there's really no complaining when I can say (cough cough) I got to ride down to the festival with AlunaGeorge, got down with Samuel T. Herring, front man of Future Islands and David Letterman's favorite dancer, and had a brush with Jared Leto while watching Julian Casablancas.
OK… yeah, remembering those moments and getting pumped to catch Beck, Arcade Fire (for the second time at the festival) Little Dragon and more may just do the trick — at least temporarily — because all of a sudden that headache that was settling is has disappeared. Oh, the magic of Coachella.


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NEA's Read Across America Reading Resource Calendar App
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Find guidance on building and strengthening kids' reading skills, as well as tips for making reading fun. While suggested activities may be linked to a specific date on the calendar, the app is a wealth of resources to connect kids with books and meaningful experiences every day.
Available for iPad and Android tablet computers, our app will deliver reading resources for January through July 2014. Each month includes:
- A selected Book of the Month with related activity ideas, discussion guides, lesson plans, and themed booklists for further reading
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In the case of some client applications, however, the number of consumers may be indeterminate, depending on choices made by end users. In those cases, you can still manage memory using connection-level flow limits.
Connection-level flow controls limit the total number of messages buffered for all consumers on a connection. If this number exceeds the value of imqConnectionFlowLimit, delivery of messages through the connection stops until that total drops below the connection limit. (The imqConnectionFlowLimit attribute is enabled only if you set imqConnectionFlowLimitEnabled to true.)
The number of messages queued up in a session is a function of the number of message consumers using the session and the message load for each consumer. If a client is exhibiting delays in producing or consuming messages, you can normally improve performance by redesigning the application to distribute message producers and consumers among a larger number of sessions or to distribute sessions among a larger number of connections.


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For the couple looking to really make a splash, choosing a venue that's a little out-of-the ordinary may be the way to go.
For the couple looking to really make a splash, choosing a venue that's a little out-of-the ordinary may be the way to go.
Love music? Why not try the Narrows Center for the Arts. Love history? The Fall River Historical Society offers a lovely setting. Have a military background? Maybe the Battleship Massachusetts is the place for you.
"The greatest thing about working at unusual locations is that there is no set way to do things so the bride and groom can really make the day their own," said wedding planner Andria Medeiros of Infinite Events. "It often forces them, and us, to think 'out of the box' which usually enables us to create an extremely creative and memorable day. Most brides don't want a cookie cutter wedding anyway, they want something unique and personal to them."
Medeiros has planned weddings in such out-of-the-ordinary venues as the Whaling Museum in New Bedford and the New England Aquarium in Boston. "We recently did a candy station at The Whaling Museum and offered chocolate lollipops in the shapes of whales, gummy sharks, etc.," she said. "Parks and gardens, libraries and museums are growing more and more popular these days. Today we're actually heading to Fort Getty in Jamestown, R.I., where the bride is — weather permitting — having her ceremony overlooking the water and her reception inside the tent there."
And while weddings at more unusual locations can be exciting and fun, Medeiros admitted that they can require some extra legwork — and perhaps a sense of humor. The wedding at the aquarium just happened to be the same day as the Boston Bruins' Stanley Cup victory parade. "We had over 1,000 people outside the church an hour before the wedding!" said Medeiros. "I do love working at unusual venues and I don't think it's more difficult if we have enough time to plan the logistics. There is always a way!"
Here's a look at some local spots that have hosted weddings for some creative couples.
Battleship Massachusetts
"We certainly do make ourselves available for weddings, but they don't happen very often," said Brad King, executive director of Battleship Cove. "A great venue of course, especially if there is a service background with awesome sunsets, etc. There's also the carousel of course."
Fall River Historical Society
"We chose the Historical Society because we both loved the history of the house and the beauty of its architecture," said Deborah Allard, of Fall River. "Also, the wonderful stories about the lavish garden parties thrown there in its hey day when women dressed in all their finery and sipped tea by the roses. With so many beautiful plants and flowers there, many of them heirloom, the garden was the perfect setting for a June wedding."
Allard said the walking gardens made for a special retreat for guests and, were great for on-site photos. The couple used the gazebo as their own personal wedding chapel. And Allard said she has, and will continue to recommended it. "They can really have a very classy outdoor wedding close to home and for a small expense."
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
"We definitely, definitely do weddings," said Liz Martins, assistant director of conferences and events at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. "Chartwells is our dining partner and they can accomplish anything."
The university is a member of Unique Venues, which helps prospective couples looking for wedding locations find places that are a little out of the ordinary.
Martins said a wedding reception of up to 240 people can easily be accommodated at Woodland Commons. Any more than that, and the university would have to do some special arranging and scheduling, but it would still be possible. The university has the capability of hosting a full liquor bar at several locations on campus.
Martins said they've done weddings for former students, employees and even area residents who are looking for something a little different. "For people who are looking for a competitive rate, especially in this economy, we offer a good value," Martins said, adding that they've even hosted outdoor ceremonies in addition to the indoor receptions.
Lizzie Borden House
In 2005, Lisa Ferry and Michael van Brunt were married in a ceremony on Halloween. The couple, from Bensalem, Pa., settled on the venue after conducting an online search for sites that would suit their Halloween nuptials. In a Herald News article detailing the event, the bride said she was loved the idea of marrying at the murder site, as she was "obsessed with unsolved mysteries and serial killers." And she added that the groom wanted to be married at Halloween so he could always remember his anniversary.
The Narrows Center for the Arts
Tim Comeaux and Rebecca Pye's first date was at a local open mic at the Narrows Center for the Arts, where Tim sang some of his original songs, so there's no surprise the venue held special meaning for the couple.
"We wanted an affordable and unique wedding that was centered around love, family, and music. Tim and I live in Fall River and have enjoyed attending concerts, open mics, and art exhibits at the Narrows," said Pye. "The open floor plan, killer sound system, and beautiful sunset were the perfect backdrop for our celebration. In addition, we were pleased to support a non-profit organization in Fall River."
Music is very important to the couple and they managed to work it in throughout the day in sing-alongs, dancing and even supporting a local band by hiring them to play the reception.
"We look back on our wedding day and remember all the happiness and revelry that we shared with each other and our guests," said Pye. "The Narrows Center for the Arts is truly an ideal wedding venue for couples wanting something different."


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|"The Dome" is aimed to protect players from head trauma. (Courtesy of UNEQUAL Technologies/)
Michael Vick continues to attempt to protect his body with new equipment as his ailments stack up.
According to a spokesman for UNEQUAL Technologies, the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback will don a prototype product under his helmet to ward off concussions if or when he is cleared to return to the field. The cap is called "The Dome," and it's similar to the helmet liner that players such as Ryan Clark of the Pittsburgh Steelers wear.
Vick has missed the past two games with a concussion suffered in the Eagles' loss to the Dallas Cowboys. His status is uncertain for this week's rematch in Dallas. Backup quarterback Nick Foles has started the past two games.
The company says Vick's neurologist recommended the fitting, which occurred Tuesday. Vick is a paid endorser of UNEQUAL Technologies, which also fitted him for rib and chest protection in 2010.
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