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Hellooo lovelies! I know I've been off in the ethernet once again….but I have been making way for a new website that will better integrate some of my interests, provide a better service and be more informative, leaving this one for my personal blogging. I've had so many people ask me, "where's good to go for alternative music & culture in Japan/Singapore/Malaysia/India/Cambodia?"etc and usually I cobble together a facebook reply with lists, and point them towards my blog and certain tags.
I had a lightbulb moment a few weeks ago (drinking beer and watching something like Nat Geo or or TLC on foxtel), that there ought to be a website that alternative type people can check out, to look up where's cool to go in each city. Now, there certainly exist numerous websites that cover their own city or country and in great depth, along with other sites that do all of Asia but with only glancing references to the alternative scenes there (like Lonely Planet or certain parts of CNN).
There are also those wesbites dedicated to their music style, such as Punk or Dark Alternative, and they cover off artists, gigs and scenes all over the world – but only in their genre. But how to bring these into the one place? While necessarily sacrificing the detail and depth of a genre-specific website, I believe there is value in putting together on one site, posts that link people to the sorts of places they'd like to visit when travelling in Asia, of course providing links to those more detailed sites for those who want to read more.
Anyway, that's the vision, and that's where Alt Scene Asia comes in. I'd like to cover alternative music scenes such as punk, post-punk, goth, deathrock, rockabilly, psychobilly, maybe industrial and just weird shit, as well as fashion, food, art & culture. In some places, just finding a place that plays *rock* is a battle, where everywhere you go you hear mainstream pop, R&B, urban, and artists like Rihanna blaring at you from every shop or bar. I do not want to cover off that stuff, or mainstream asian genres like K-pop and J-pop. There are enough sites serving them already 😉
So, AltSceneAsia. I'm gathering together a team from various cities and countries to write, because local knowledge is key, and also hoping to have a lot of guest writers. So if you know about a certain city, or know people who do, please drop me a line.
So that's the place where I'll do more informational posts, not that there won't still be some here, but this blog will more be my personal experiences while travelling (as it always has been), alternative events etc here in Sydney, and my fashion and style inspirations.
In other exciting news, I'm off to Japan again! I haven't been there since last November, and really need an update to stay current. Plus, I just can't wait to go back 😉 It also looks like I'll have a quick mini-vacay to Myanmar with hubby the month after…so will hopefully get some local knowledge of the punk scene there, as well as just holidaying.
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More than half of people with cancer are treated with some form of radiation therapy. Hundreds of thousands of these patients are cancer survivors, whether they received radiation therapy alone or in conjunction with other cancer therapy. Radiation therapy is sometimes combined with chemotherapy, which is a systemic treatment that reaches all parts of the body through the bloodstream. Radiation therapy is sometimes combined with surgery. Radiation can improve the outcomes of chemotherapy by providing another means of reducing tumor size. Chemotherapy can improve the outcome of radiation by sensitizing cancer cells to radiation effects. To learn more about chemotherapy, visit The Center for Hematology-Oncology at www.centerforhemonc.cancercenter.cc/
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Ah, the Summer of '05! William Rivers Pitt was the Pied Piper of DUmmieland, prolix prog blogger supreme, leading an army of psychophants enthralled with the Pitt and the Ponderous. True, a chink had emerged in his armor through the Andyscam scandal, but Pied Piper Pitt had recovered nicely and was back to leading the anti-Bush hatefest at the DUmp. Yes, it was a young, vigorous, 33-year-old William Rivers Pitt back then, a rising star in the ranks of the barking moonbats. And William had his eye set on higher things still: talking headness, punditry, a paid position on a political staff--the sky was the limit in the Summer of '05.
Meanwhile, down at the Bush Ranch in Texas, a woman named Cindy Sheehan was making a name for herself by standing in a ditch outside the President's ranch as a form of protest. Gazing down from his barstool in Boston, the aspiring young Pitt saw all the attention Cindy Sheehan was getting and decided to glom on. Thus, donning his Midnight Cowboy gear (pictured above), Journo-activist Pitt, reporting for truthout, set out to stand with Mother Sheehan in her ditch and get the scoop. As he went, Pitt was singing this sanguine song:
Tune: "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
Almost hades, Crawford Texas
Bush Ranch protest, Sheehan doin' talk shows
Press is out there, underneath the tree
Lookin' for some talkers, might as well be me
Country road, make me known
To the place I belong
Guest opinion, TV pundit
Make me known, country road
All my DUmmies rally round me
Mindless, lazy, looking for a leader
Read my bloggings, written on the fly
Boring waste of bandwidth, glazing of the eye
Country road, make me known
To the place I belong
Guest opinion, TV pundit
Make me known, country road
I wear a hat, in the mirror I see Eastwood
The ladies on DU think that I'm hot when I pose
But sweatin' in the sun I get the feelin'
That I should have worn some lighter clothes, lighter clothes
Country road, make me known
To the place I belong
Guest opinion, TV pundit
Make me known, country road
Country road, make me known
To the place I belong
Guest opinion, TV pundit
Make me known, country road . . .
Ah, the Summer of '05! Those were the glory days, the salad days, the halcyon days for young William Rivers Pitt. But then came the Spring of '06. Fitzmas. Freudenschade. The Rove indictment scoop. 24 business hours. Pitt's fate was sealed vs. sealed. No more dreams of TV punditry. No more chance of working on a political staff. Now Mumsy would have to support Wee Willie in perpetuity. Bouncer at Bukowski's, free-blogging for truthout--that would be about as high as the Pitt star would rise. From the penthouse to the outhouse. From sensation to laughingstock. And so it was that, just a year after bravely standing in the ditch, Pitt was in the pits, and he was singing a different tune:
Tune: "Everybody's Talkin' at Me"
Everybody's talkin' 'bout me
I don't hear a word they're sayin'
Only the hands held on my ears
People mock and laughin'
I can't see their faces
'Specially in case I disappear
I'm goin' where I stand with Sheehan
In a roadside ditch
Goin' where the weather suits my clothes
Headin' off to my happy place
Even if in my mind
And skippin' over the dancepad in my home
Now it is 2012, and at 40 years old, an older and sadder William Rivers Pitt must desperately cling to those memories of when his star was on the rise. A sad spectacle now is this pitiful Pitt. Like a paunch-gutted, cauliflower-eared prizefighter recalling the days when he was young and fit and in his prime, a long-ago memory is all he has left.
"And then there are these young whipper-snapper 'Occupy' johnny-come-latelys! Claiming the spotlight, are they? Kids these days! They don't know what we grizzled veterans went through back in the days of Bush! Why, we stood in a ditch, uphill, braving ferocious fire ants for two, three hours at a time! And we liked it! They owe us a debt of gratitude! And if they don't give it to us," Pitt says, "by gum, I'll give it to myself!"
Which is what Pitt does, here in this THREAD, "It just occurred to me: Cindy Sheehan was the first #Occupier."
So let us now join William Rivers Pitt as he tries to claim glory for himself by going from--see if you can follow this--from Occupy to Sheehan to himself, in Fire Ant Red, while the commentary of your humble guest correspondent, the wag tailoring the doggerel, Charles Henrickson, still wondering if the 40 Year Old Insurgent will ever get off his Barcalounger long enough to go to an Occupy protest, is in the [brackets]:
It just occurred to me: Cindy Sheehan was the first #Occupier.
[Yeah, I was trying to figure out a way to take some credit for something, and this just occurred to me!]
I know some here are done with her, and that's fine; everyone is entitled to their opinion.
[I know some here are done with ME, and that's NOT fine.]
But remember 2005. . . .
[I sure do. I've got a whole 2005 shrine here in my apartment: my old dancepad; a "V For Vendetta" poster; a George W. Bush matching dartboard and spittoon; and "My hump my hump my hump my hump my hump" playing in the background.]
the war had been raging for three years, but the media basically hid the war, so it wasn't part of the public consciousness.
[Gee, you're RIGHT, Pitt! There was NOTHING in the newspapers or TV about that Iraq business! We had never even HEARD about it up to that point!]
Until Cindy Sheehan sat down in the mud outside George's ranch in Crawford and refused to leave until she got some answers.
[And no one would have heard about Cindy Sheehan, and thus about the war, until . . . wait for it . . . until . . .]
I was there. . . .
[Yes, there it is, folks! Until WILLIAM RIVERS PITT was there. William Rivers Pitt, the Ernie Pyle of the ditch.]
I was there, and it was a privilege to be a part of.
[Even though I had to leave my motel room that afternoon and spend a couple of hours actually at the ditch and it was hot and I got sweaty a little bit and those d*mn fire ants were biting at my ankles and then when I got back to the motel I couldn't find a sports bar to watch the Red Sox. . . .]
When she was done, the war had a face...and from that point on, support for the war went into the tank.
[Nope, no other factors. Just Cindy and me.]
She was the first one.
[And I . . . was there.]
[The DUmmies respond . . .]
she rubbed me the wrong way. . . . Sorry, I just think she took advantage of a situation.
[What about the guy who took advantage of the woman taking advantage of a situation? How does he rub you?]
Nobody ever had a sit in before her?
[Nope, she was the first. The OWSies owe everything to her--and to Pitt, of course. Pitt explains . . .]
I suppose I'm speaking of the 21st century Bush/post-Bush phenomenon of Occupy, dealing specifically with the issues of these days.
[Time is divided into Pre-Pitt and Post-Pitt. Pre-Pitt doesn't count.]
I didn't say she was the first "sit-in." I said she was the first #Occupier. A fine hair to split, but there it is.
[William doesn't have many hairs to split these days, but if he can find one, he'll split it.]
[Another DUmmie chimes in . . .]
I was there too. Met at the house then headed out to the ranch; Code Pink was there, so were Iranian dissidents; lots of comraderie, music and free food.
[Tofuburgers, Dixie Chicks, Iranian dissidents, Medea Benjamin in pink tights--what more could you want?]
Cindy was antecedent and inspiration to Occupy, no doubt.
[And all those anti-war protests that took place after Bush left office and Obama the Bomber took over and continued the illegal wars. Yes, all of those massive anti-Obama protests that . . . that . . . hmmm. . . .]
I had not thought of Cindy in a while.
[The question is: Had you thought of Will Pitt for a while? That is the reason for the post.]


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Grants Roundup: Deadlines for the Week of Nov. 14
SCAC Deadlines and Coaching Opportunities
Though not the only way, grants are among the main ways the SCAC accomplishes its work.
Because of their importance to that, and what they mean to so many of you, The Hub wants to help keep Arts Commission grants top-of-mind and reduce the number of times we hear people say, "If only we'd known about (X or Y) grant!"
We can't reach everybody, but we can try. On Mondays*, "Grants Roundup" highlights:
- what grants are due that week, then what's due later (in increments) before
- providing a rundown on open grant opportunities and then
- upcoming grants coaching sessions.
*The Roundup might run on Tuesdays when state holidays occur on a Monday.
SCAC Grant Deadlines
The state of South Carolina and South Carolina Arts Commission fiscal year runs July 1-June 30 each year. We are currently in FY23.
These are to serve mainly as final reminders to finish in-progress applications. Most grant applications simply cannot be undertaken well in this short a time frame. Consult an appropriate member of our team with questions.
- Artists' Business Initiative grants (letter of intent deadline November 15)
- Emerging Artists grants (application deadline November 15)
- Emerging Arts Leaders grants (letter of intent deadline November 15)
- Individual Artist Fellowship grants (application deadline November 15)
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These grants offer convenient deadlines, but you are advised to apply at least six weeks before your project for some. Always consult the guidelines for specific instructions.
- 4K Arts Integration grants*
- Accessibility grants*
- Arts Project Support grants*
- Rural Libraries Public Engagement grants*
- School Arts Support grants* (formerly Arts Teacher Support grants)
*The deadline to apply for FY23 funding is Monday, March 6, 2023.
- n/a (all listed above)
Important Notes
- Consult the SCAC grants page for up-to-date information on all grant deadlines (subject to change) and deadlines for non-grant programs.
- Always read the grant guidelines in full.
- For next steps, grant guidance, and more information, consult the appropriate member of our team if you are an artist or represent local organizations, an educational institution, or a non-arts business or organization offering arts programming.
Grants Coaching
Learn the ins and outs of the South Carolina Arts Commission grant application process and how to manage one of our grants from the professionals on the Grants Team and program directors! Monthly topical sessions are held the first Thursday of every month. Up next is…
- Next call TBA
The free topical discussion is held via Zoom. Registration is required. Need to get some assistance with something else? Try a one-on-one call. The Grants Team is available to answer your questions about the grants process with 15- or 30-minute sessions, Tuesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Wednesdays from 2-4:30 p.m. Advance registration required. Visit the Grants Coaching page for further information and registration links.
Deputy Director Ce Scott-Fitts and the SCAC Grants Team are using Zoom to host open coaching calls on artist development grants to better enable artists to make competitive applications for our competitive grants. The sessions are free, but you must register in advance.
- Next call TBA
SCAC program directors are hosts of periodic informational sessions using Zoom about currently-available grant opportunities. Each session reviews a grant's guidelines and application and includes a Q&A session. Sessions are free, but you must register in advance by visiting the link below to a grant's guidelines page.
- Next call TBA
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Sugden Nature Trail
May 17, 2023 @ 8:30 am - 10:30 am
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An event every week that begins at 8:30 am on Wednesday, repeating until December 27, 2023
Our Volunteer Gardeners will be on site at Sugden Regional Park, in the natural trail on the backside of the lake, 4284 Avalon Dr. in East Naples tending to this beautiful garden. You are invited to come by and enjoy the nature trail, birds, water views and the company. If you'd like to volunteer in with our trail team, please visit our Volunteer page.


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Your visit begins at Sprague Station, at the end of River Street in East Haven, where you purchase your tickets and learn about trolley history and technology in the indoor exhibit rooms. Then proceed outside and board one of our restored historic trolley cars for a trip down the scenic Branford Electric Railway!
It's a journey back in time you will not soon forget! Hear the sounds of steel on steel as you smell the sweet aroma of the shoreline salt marsh and view wildlife such as the majestic osprey. Children help the Motorman prepare the trolley for the trip. During the trip, your trolley operator will show you restored trolleys in our collection and explain how they shaped America as we know it today.
This leisurely adventure takes you away from the hustle and bustle of modern day life. Bring a picnic lunch to our picnic grove. This wonderful nearby attraction is fun for Motormen and women of all ages. Your ticket is good on all trolley cars for the entire day, so ride as much as you like! We recommend that you arrive at least 10-15 minutes before your desired departure time. Trolley cars depart the station building regularly throughout the day, beginning at 11AM. Last car departs at 3PM.
We are a volunteer staffed organization. Due to the nature of our working railway, maintenance and other operations may dictate that we deviate from the posted schedule from time to time. We appreciate your understanding.
A note about accessibility:
Our railway operates with historic trolley equipment, all of which dates from an era long before the Americans with Disabilities Act. As authentic historic artifacts, the trolley cars have not been modified. Passengers board the trolleys knowing they will need to climb 2-3 steps to get aboard each car. Visitors with mobility disabilities who choose not to ride the trolley may still enjoy the indoor exhibits, restrooms, and other facilities in our fully-accessible Sprague Station building.


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Real estate investors are back on the road
Cross-border investment hits a quarterly record as deal volumes recover
Real estate investors are looking outside their own borders again amid a hunt for diversification and easing travel restrictions.
Cross-border investment reached its highest quarterly level on record at US$126 billion at the end of last year, according to JLL data. It's a marked contrast from just half a year ago, when investors staying closer to home dampened cross-border deal flow.
"While travel restrictions have impacted investors' abilities to deploy capital between regions, we're now seeing interregional investment volumes accelerate," says Sean Coghlan, global head of capital markets research and strategy at JLL.
All regions attracted significant inbound investment. Outperforming was the Americas, where cross-border investment represented 29% of volumes in the final quarter of 2021. Overall, US$124 billion of cross-border capital was deployed in 2021 in the region, a record high.
In EMEA and Asia Pacific, inbound investment is rebounding but remains modestly below pre-COVID norms. Global investors were active in EMEA, investing US$36 billion in 2021 – a 2% increase from pre-pandemic levels. U.S. and Singaporean firms drove interregional volumes in the region, specifically targeting office and logistics assets in the UK. And in Asia Pacific, the return of intraregional capital – particularly Hong Kong and Singaporean firms acquiring in China and Australia – supported the recovery.
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"The appetite for logistics, living and alternatives assets has bolstered the return of cross-border capital flows, and large investors are investing at scale. This trend and sustained, elevated acquisition activity from global investors, highlights the resilience of capital markets in real estate," says Coghlan.
Living and logistics continue to lead recovery
Cross-border investors continued to increase their exposure to the income stability offered by living assets, with US$50 billion invested in U.S. living alone last year. Larger-ticket logistics portfolios, such as GIC's US$6.8 billion purchase of a portfolio from EQT Exeter in the U.S., represented over half of interregional investment in the Americas.
"In all regions, there's strong appetite for logistics real estate among cross-border investors. Investment in offices, while improving quickly, has lagged, although as pandemic restrictions ease and the return to the workplace accelerates, activity will increase in the sector," Coghlan says.
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Cross-border investment in offices in the Americas nearly doubled in 2021, and office transactions are now driving investment in Asia Pacific, where the sector accounted for 43% of interregional purchases – up from a 19% a year ago.
"The world's most mature and diversified markets have so far led the recovery, but less established geographies are building momentum," says Coghlan. "The same may also be said for more disrupted sectors."
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Organic Eden Sauerkraut is made from the finest cabbage grown in nutrient rich organic soil, carefully tended, harvested, and fermented by USA family farmers. They tend hundreds of acres of vital soil enriched by years of sophisticated, on farm composting operations. They take tree leaves, their own organic production by-products and skillfully make rich organic compost. Soil thus enriched retains moisture, does not require irrigation, and produces sturdy high Brix plants. Brix is a measurement of the natural sugar content in foods. This intelligently managed soil, and the hot days and cool nights of a Northern summer produce highly nutritious and delicious cabbage.
Organic cabbage is hand harvested at the peak of its flavor, cored, washed, and shredded. The cabbage is then placed in stainless steel vats with the finest sea salt and fermented for at least six weeks. During the fermentation process the vats are managed in a manner similar to a fine winery. Over eighty years of experience, traditional methods, and family processing from soil to the jar gives Eden Sauerkraut its homemade, old-world character.
Researchers in Finland have found that the process of fermenting cabbage produces isothiocyanates, a class of antioxidant-like compounds. "We are finding that fermented cabbage could be healthier than raw or cooked", said Eeva-Liisa Ryhanen, Ph.D., research manager of MTT Agrifood Research Finland. The fermentation process also produces other healthy compounds and enzymes not found in raw cabbage. Organic acids such as lactic acid that makes cabbage easier to digest, also aid in digestion of food in general. This research adds to the growing number of studies that show cabbage and other cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, kale, cauliflower, and brussel sprouts are the best source of nutrients called indoles.
Organic Eden Sauerkraut is fat free, cholesterol free. Its pH is between 3.1 to 3.5.
Jim from Pennsylvania had this to say about Eden Organic Sauerkraut, "I am 100% Pennsylvanian German and come from a family of 8 children and two of the most wonderful parents a guy could ever ask for. We were all born during, or just after The Great Depression, and during WWII. Like so many families of that time, we were very low income and assisted in the task of survival by growing vegetables in a large garden and a 1/2 acre truck patch. Of primary importance in the truck patch was the cabbage crop that eventually became Knauss Sauerkraut. My father, 'Pappy' Sam's sauerkraut was renowned throughout the area as the best there was! We made the kraut every year on a particular day using earthenware crocks and with equipment that was my grandfather's, handed down to my father. The kraut supply allowed us to have our pork, sauerkraut, and mashed potatoes once a week for 9 months. What a glorious dish it made, and believe me there were no leftovers. I am now 69 years old and have finally found in your Eden Organic Sauerkraut, a kraut that measures up to my dad's. I wanted you to know, it is the best store bought kraut that I have ever tasted. And I know Kraut! Thanks for the wonderful kraut and for stirring up those precious memories of more simple and wonderful times."
Enjoy the superb benefit, delicious flavor, and fine texture of traditionally made Eden Sauerkraut. Use it to make soups and casseroles, in our recipe Sauerkraut Guacamole, on sandwiches, in salads, and vegetable dishes, or simply enjoy it as a snack or side dish.


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Vice City Beach
Vice City Beach is the more affluent part of Vice City in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. Vice City Beach has three districts; Vice Point, Ocean Beach and Washington Beach. The beach, which takes up almost half of the island's landmass, shares the same name. To the south there is a lighthouse and a breakwater.
As the manual for the game suggests, Vice City Beach is where Vice City's millionaires and models hang out for recreation. In-game, pedestrians in beach attire crowd the streets and roller-skaters ride on the boardwalk. The buildings in the area are of an Art Deco design, much like the real-life Miami Beach.
Tommy Vercetti's first safehouse, the Ocean View Hotel, The Pole Position Club, Lance Vance's apartment and Collar and Cuffs are located in Ocean Beach. The Malibu Club and the North Point Mall (Vice Point Mall in GTA Vice City Stories) are located in Vice Point.
- Leaf Links - Bayshore Municipal Golf Course, La Gorce Country Club and Normandy Shores Golf Course in Miami Beach, and others as Indian Creek Country Club and Haulover Park in Florida.
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(A recipe from How to Bake a Perfect Life. )
These are actual texts from my sister a few days ago:
Feb 5, 2011 7:13 pm
Making sunshine fruit and honey bread 🙂
Feb 6, 2011 12:36 pm
OMG OMG OMG. That bread is soooooo good I could prolly eat the whole thing!!!
Feb. 7, 2011 12:26 pm
I can't stop eating this bread ! I feel like the guy in the window in Chocolat. LOL
I can't promise you will like it as much as she does, but it's one of my favorites, too. It would be an excellent offering at a book club.
Sunshine Fruit and Honey Bread
Sometimes a recipe is born from a moment, and this is the recipe that I came up with after my first night with Jonah. Filled with light and juice and tenderness, it is one of my favorite things. Try it with a cup of sweet chai.
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp kosher salt
½ cup butter, softened
½ cup raw sugar
½ cup dark honey
½ tsp vanilla extract
½ tsp orange extract
2 tsp grated orange zest
2 eggs
1 cup raspberries, whole
1/3 cup slivered, toasted almonds
Juice of one orange, mixed with enough powdered sugar to make a thin glaze
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 9 x5 inch loaf pan
Whisk together dry ingredients. Cream butter, honey, and extracts and zest. Add eggs one at a time. Mix in the dry ingredients just until moist, then gently, gently fold in the raspberries and toasted almonds.
Bake for 55-60 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
Cool for 20 minutes, then tip bread out to a wire rack and cool thoroughly, then drizzle the top lightly with glaze.


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Union Covered Bridge, built in 1871, is the only one of the four remaining covered bridges that represents the Burr-arch truss design. It served travelers in Monroe County for 99 years and is a peaceful spot to visit or stop and relax. The bridge is located in picturesque northern Missouri and is a perfect place for pictures.


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Since Filecoin launched its main net in October last year, lots of miners turned into the Filecoin blaze. Just in April, Filecoin reached the all-time high after a price skyrocket, setting off another mining fever in the market. The supply went urgent. Therefore, many blockchain tech firms were there to play, including LuckyHash, who launched their official website on Sep 1st, 2021 at 5:08 a.m. CST and made available their Filecoin mining service. However, unlike what the majority do, LuckyHash combined globalization & localization to respond to the local Filecoin mining needs. Their one-stop solution on offer, as LuckyHash claimed, is to stabilize virtual assets and help users reach a higher investment return, and they firmly believe it would make the top-one choice as cryptocurrency products get increasingly complicated.
It is worth mentioning that LuckyHash is the first provider to save the troubles of Filecoin pledge and Gas fee payment when mining. That is to say, users simply purchase mining contracts or shares to get the mining run. It ensures great confidence as some world-class mining service providers participated in LuckyHash product development. LuckyHash recent data reveals their system is 4 times the mining speed of ordinary mining machines and it is largely down to the upgraded mining farms (T3+ IDC room as newly named) and the computational power they improved to 1 PH/s.
In addition, LuckyHash is building computing centers around the world, so the users could mine from the nearest node that is as close as to their hometown, greatly reducing the common concern of hashrate fraud. As to provide a price-friendly mining experience without levering up the cost, all the IDC rooms are maintained 7*24 and set where electricity supply is cheap and stable. Their robust infrastructure exerted great effects when developing premium crypto products, simultaneously, signifies their resolution to root in every country.
When it comes to problems in the crypto mining community, the most common complaints are unstable cloud server, insecure asset management systems, outdated tech support and terrible aftersales. To conquer all the difficulties, LuckyHash launched a one-stop mining platform that undertakes all the previously necessary workload: select and set up mining machines, manage and update the rigs. By doing so, they can give anyone interested in mining an easy ride despite his/her insight to it. Besides, LuckyHash has all teams it takes to start a cloud mining business from machine manufacturing to IDC room construction, and to hashrate marketing. This all-in chain authentically connects the hashrate supplier and the end users so the miners can get the block reward at the least cost. LuckyHash was to complete a tech-demanding and capital-consuming task from the very start, but they've done a great job. Being a new face though, LuckyHash in terms of corporate strength, is already among the tops in this space.
The outfit is working hard to achieve their final goal: to create a transparent, global-scale, highly-efficient, and stable cloud mining network. They have 3 main strategies. First, set mining bases in multiple countries/districts to maintain a stable hashrate supply. Second, develop a new crypto asset ecosystem for high efficiency and market share. Third, upgrade the mining system to keep pace with blockchain network development. On the way to Web3.0, LuckyHash will be an influential revolutionist who helps the investors make their wealth in the new age and continues adding fuels to Filecoin/IPFS growth.
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I'm Cheesed (Pizza) - Kids Tee
Kids Tee
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
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Please see image of Size Guide on this listing for reference when choosing your size.
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This item is for personal use only and may not be transferred or sold in any way. Copyright is retained by the artist following the sale of the item.


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District 51 Board members voted unanimously in April 2017 to approve the following Vision Statement for District 51:
Engage, Equip, and Empower each and every student, each and every day.
What does it mean? • Engage learners where they are individually and guide them on a challenging path at their own pace. • Equip learners with the educational tools they need to succeed as lifelong learners and community members. • Empower learners to find their own place in life and feel their education has prepared them for every stage of life. "Our learning community" encompasses everyone and everything involved in learning – students, educators, parents, school environment, etc. What we do today should pave the way for future graduates to leave school prepared for any challenge. How was the vision created? The vision was created through a year-and-a-half-long process that involved gathering input from 16 groups, including service clubs, business people, and parent meetings. The district hosted two community meetings in Fall 2016 with nearly 50 attendees. A subgroup of school staff and community members from those two community meetings created a draft vision by condensing input from the gatherings into one statement: "Engage, Equip, and Empower our learning community today for an unlimited tomorrow." How was the vision vetted by the community? The survey was sent in an email to all district parents and staff, and 30 paper copies were delivered to all D51 middle and high schools for students to complete. The survey link was also shared on social media and in newsletters. The final vision, which changed "unlimited" to "limitless" came from the input offered by the survey's 2,143 respondents. Students in particular preferred limitless over unlimited. How will the vision be used? The vision will serve as a reference point when any decision is made in the district. Already, the vision has inspired five core behaviors every educator should use to help achieve the goals of the vision. These behaviors are:
We Lead by Example Our D51 Learning Community members lead by example, display personal integrity, make tough decisions, and gain the respect of others through a united approach to learning. We Focus on What Can Be Our D51 Learning Community focuses energy not on what is, but what can be. We strive to improve our Learning System by pushing boundaries in order to affect change and accomplish our D51 Vision. We champion district initiatives with team members and other stakeholders. We Champion a Culture of Continuous Growth Our D51 Learning Community members help each other learn and grow. We embrace the ability to make mistakes as part of our learning process. We invest in our team members to attain the knowledge and skills required to exhibit personal, professional, and organizational vigor. We Foster Interdependency Our D51 Learning Community members work together, forming effective partnerships with stakeholders in schools and in the community. We consider and respect similarities and differences as we work with individuals and groups across our Learning System to achieve shared goals and advance our D51 Vision. We Ensure Transparency Our D51 Learning Community communicates with a culture of transparency. We live our D51 Vision by openly demonstrating our values through our words and actions.


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The ancient Egyptian civilisation has captured the imagination of many people in different times and from different philosophical viewpoints and some fairly incredible claims have been made regarding their origins and the extent of their knowledge. Please Email Ancient Egypt Online if you have any theories that you would like us to investigate.
Building and Technology
What are the "air shafts" in the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Perhaps it is not surprising that there are a huge number of rather speculative theories regarding the meaning and function of the pyramids, and in particular the Great Pyramid of Giza. One of the most mysterious features of the Great Pyramid is the four shafts built into the body of the pyramid; two emanating from the "Kings Chamber" and two from the "Queens Chamber".
Although they are commonly referred to as "air shafts" their true meaning is the subject of much speculation. So what are the "air shafts" in the Great Pyramid ?
Who built the Nabta Playa stone circle?
In the Sahara Desert, west of Abu Simbel, archaeologists found a stone circle and a number of other megalithic structures which they believe were constructed by Neolithic People around seven hundred years ago. However, the precise alignments of the stones, and their purpose, have been the subject of much speculation.
Some have suggeted that they represent a map of the stars at around 17500 BC and may have been constructed with the knowledge gleaned from Aliens. So, who built the Nabta Playa Stone Circle?.
Did the Ancient Egyptians understand electricity?
Some writers have suggested that a carving in the temple of Hathor at Denderah depicts an ancient light bulb. They suggest that this proves that the Ancient Egyptians had an understanding of electricity. Is the Denderah Light Bulb proof the Egyptians understood electricity?
Famous Egyptians
Who was the pharaoh of the Exodus?
One of the most famous, and contentious, stories about Ancient Egypt is that of the Exodus of the Jewish people. The Bible story is rejected in its entirety by some commentators, while others try to interpret Ancient Egyptian history to fit the biblical tale. Who was the Pharaoh of the Exodus from Egypt?
The parting of the Red Sea
The story of the Exodus of the Israelites includes the parting of the Red Sea by Moses, but even those who accept that the exodus is historical fact have pointed to alternative translations of this section of the tale. Did Moses part the Red Sea?
Who were the Hyksos?
During the second intermediate period the Hyksos had a profound effect on ancient Egypt. Referred to by Manetho as a "blast of God" they are often claimed to have been scornful of the Egyptian gods. Yet contemporary evidence suggests that they adopted many Egyptian customs and may not have simply been a band of armed raiders.
Who was Smenkhare?
The events following the death of Akhenaten have been the source of much speculation and many outlandish theories. Was Ankhkheperure Smenkhkare Djeser Kheperu actually Nefertiti in male garb, or a short lived male co-regent of Akhenaten. If the latter, what was his relationship to Akhenaten and Tutankhamun? Was he the ill-fated Zannanza, a Hittite prince despatched to Egypt in response to the Letter to King Suppiluliuma by an unnamed Egyptian Queen.
Curse of Tutankhamun's tomb
Since the death of Earl Carnarvon, there have been persistent stories about the curse of Tutankhamun's tomb. The legend has been the basis of at least one movie and numerous books. Was there a curse on Tutankhamun's tomb?
Was Tutankhamun murdered?
Tutankhamun's mummy has been x-rayed on three separate occasions but controversy still rages regarding the cause of death of the young king. Was Tutankhamun murdered?
Cleopatra: Strong, Intelligent Politician or Manipulative Seductress?
Cleopatra is often depicted as an incredibly beautiful woman who manipulated and seduced powerful men. Her detractors paint her as a harlot, but other contemporary sources describe her as charming and intelligent. Was Cleopatra beautiful and what do we know of Cleopatra's character?
When did the Old Kingdom start and finish?
The term "Old Kingdom" is a modern invention which would have meant little to the ancient Egyptians themselves. Still, it is useful to break the huge span of Egyptian history into more manageable sections and in doing so characterise each period. However, there is some debate as to whether the Old kingdom should start with the third dynasty or the fourth dynasty and whether it ended at the end of the sixth dynasty or with the demise of the eighth dynasty. What are the dates of the Old Kingdom?
Was the First Intermediate Period a "Dark Age"?
The period at the end of the Old Kingdom known as the First Intermediate Period was long considered to be a low point in Egyptian history when centralised control broke down leaving civil war, famine and poverty in its wake. However, this characterisation of the period has been questioned by modern scholars who have pointed out that the increase in regional power may not have been entirely negative, and in fact that local diversity may have enriched Egyptian culture. Was the First Intermediate Period a "Dark Age"?
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Generally held on the third Wednesday of the month, these rounds are hosted at one of the fully-affiliated hospitals and videoconferenced to the other fully-affiliated hospitals plus various community-affiliated hospitals and clinical practice sites. City Wide Medical Grand Rounds (CWMGR) are also generally available live or on-demand as a webcast, at the presenter's discretion. Beyond traditional approaches to integrate interactivity such as soliciting questions from attendees in the room, our CWMGR encourages a broader dialogue through its use of social media and the #CWMGR Twitter hashtag and emailed questions.
One CWMGR event each year is named after former Sir John and Lady Eaton Chair of Medicine, Dr. Wendy Levinson. The Levinson Lecture recognizes a senior member of the University of Toronto, Department of Medicine, for his or her outstanding career contributions to medicine, encompassing research, education, leadership or extraordinary contributions to patient care.
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However, following Rahm Emanuel's widely reported maxim that "Rule one: Never allow a crisis to go to waste...They are opportunities to do big things", here are some bold ideas that would probably never fly or even be seriously considered in normal times in Canada about using IP and IP policy to help fix up the economy. Some of these would require legislation or regulations. Some would not and would only require sufficient leadership, will and skill at the political level - which are not necessarily any easier to come by:
Will any of the above see the light of day? I doubt it - but these are strange times and Canada should "never allow a crisis to go to waste."
1. A real and really "high speed" (> 200km/h and preferably 300 km/h) train system from Windsor to Quebec, including Ottawa, Edmonton to Calgary, Vancouver to Seattle and maybe even Montreal and/or Toronto to Boston and/or New York. This is a huge undertaking, to be sure, and was rejected by a previous government as recently as 2002. However, that was then and now is now. It is long overdue and has been studied many times over and had several false starts. This would be an űber IP intensive project, if Canada were to make a commitment to take the opportunity to push the technology beyond what even far smaller countries and economies have used for a long time and go for state of the art. This would:
a. Help Canada to catch up with and hopefully leap beyond the USA, Europe, Japan, China, Russia, Finland, Norway Korea and South Africa where high speed trains have long since proven to be an essential and bountiful investment. Even Russia, which has a very "cold climate" and notorious economic, political and technological baggage, has scheduled trains that do better than 200 km/h. Canada is the only G8 country without high speed rail. And we are behind several small and developing countries, some of which have very cold climates.
b. Provide countless high tech R&D, engineering, management and other high paying IP related and other white collar jobs in Canada
c. Generate many important patents
d. Provide many skilled manufacturing jobs in Canada
e. Replace many lost skilled jobs in the automotive and manufacturing sector in Windsor, Oshawa, and other depressed points right along the main rail route, such Prescott, Cornwall, etc.
f. Provide many semi-skilled labour jobs that would be far more productive than filling potholes and patching bridges, which should be done anyway as basic maintenance - but is simply a necessity and hardly a visionary investment that would constitute an FDR "New Deal" order of magnitude stimulus.
g. Reduce pollution and save energy
h. Stimulate commerce and tourism in Canada's business and cultural cores
i. Enable Canada to develop leading edge technology for cold climate high speed rail transportation - which could be sold to other countries
j. Teach a major and essential competitive lesson to Air Canada, which sorely needs improvement.
2. Provide a tax break, like Ireland, to artists though reduced or eliminated taxes on copyright royalties. This would:
a. Relieve that public purse, at least to some degree, of its obligation (as seen by most current governments outside of Canada) to provide direct subsidies
b. Encourage successful Canadian start to return home or remain at home
c. Stimulate artistic activity in Canada, which has a huge multiplier effect throughout the economy.
3. Reform the patented medicines regime so as to:
a. Stimulate more actual R&D in Canada
b. Result in lower drug prices in Canada - both for patented and generic drugs
c. Reduce the immense amount of litigation that benefits lawyers but not consumers and is tying up the federal court system
d. Allow the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal to get back to more productive work.
4. Reform the copyright collectives and Copyright Board regime (though which almost $500 million a year now flows) so as to ensure that:
a. Canada has smarter and more efficient collectives than other countries, and not simply more and more inefficient collectives than any other country
b. Canadian collectives serve the interests of their members and not just their managers, lawyers and consultants
c. Canada's Copyright Board - the largest such tribunal anywhere - holds hearings and renders decisions sooner
d. The costs of objecting to copyright tariffs are more affordable
e. Copyright Board decision are not unreasonably retroactive.
5. Revive competition law and enforcement in Canada so as to ensure that:
a. Canada's ISPs do not throttle everything from bandwidth to overall innovation due to vertical integration, conflicts of interest and lack of antitrust enforcement
b. Restart serious oversight and enforcement at the Competition Bureau and move beyond the Bureau's apparent attitude that the mere exercise of IP rights will almost always be efficiency enhancing and rarely, if ever, should be subject to scrutiny. It is time to recognize, as has Judge Posner and many other great jurists and economists , that IP rights can be and are frequently leveraged well beyond the legitimate economic interests of owners and can become harmful to economic efficiency
c. Ensure that the CRTC better serves the public interest, if necessary, through better legislation
d. Canada has competition and innovation in wireless and ISP technology, instead of allowing the CRTC and Competition Bureau to bless a duopolistic regime that has put Canada behind countless other countries in terms of cost and quality of service.
6. Protect Canadian consumers through:
a. Anti-spam legislation
b. Serious do not call legislation and not the current "do no hesitate to call" regime, as Michael Geist calls it
c. Clarification of copyright law to ensure that parallel imports of products not themselves protected by copyright cannot be prevented and free trade thereby seriously compromised by means of a paper exercise involving the assignment of copyright in some element of a package or label or logo, which is a possibility touted by some law firms since the Supreme Court of Canada's 2007 Kraft decision.
d. Balanced copyright reform that will expand users' rights, protect consumers from excessive DRM and TPM, eliminate statutory damages against individuals and non profit institutions for private activity and increase them for real commercial piracy.
7. Ensure that the billion dollar plus a year subsidy to the CBC is used for the purpose intended in the Broadcasting Act and not for the purpose of embarrassing, incompetent and unnecessary attempts to compete with commercial radio and television, which will, incidentally, result in additional payments of millions of dollars a year in additional royalties to the commercial music industry at taxpayers' expense. This does not mean privatizing the CBC, but rather fixing it from the top down.


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Chef-Driven Dining in Uptown Tour – CXL COVID-19
Join us for an exclusive opportunity to go in-depth with the innovative chefs shaping Charlotte's cuisine on their food and beverage menus.
- March 21, 2020
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- There are 6 spaces left
Uptown Charlotte has a new rank of talented chefs and culinary artisans gaining national exposure. They have represented Charlotte around the region and across the country with participation in acclaimed Food + Wine festivals and James Beard Foundation events.
Experience first-hand how these chefs use masterful techniques and a bounty of high-quality ingredients provided by local farmers and international culinary artisans to create the flavors which define Charlotte's culinary culture. Along the way, enjoy beverage samples selected to pair with each dish: explore examples of the city's burgeoning craft beer industry, learn about wine and food pairing, or discover craft mixology with cocktails that mix new and traditional flavors. This food tour includes:
- Chef's choice food items at five upscale Charlotte restaurants*
- Tastings of local beer, unique wines, and/or craft cocktail samples*
- Cooking demonstrations with chefs
- Opportunities to interact with the key players at each restaurant and hear their stories about their businesses, personal journeys, and specialties
- Introduction to Charlotte landmarks and their history
- Chartered transportation for a portion of the tour
*Note: Due to the chef-driven theme of this tour and the seasonal nature of ingredients, all food and beverage offerings are determined exclusively by each culinary team and are subject to change. As a result, we are unable to accommodate dietary restrictions (with the exception of non-drinkers) on this tour.
Fast Facts
- Saturdays at 3:00pm
- Approximately 3 hours
- Distance covered: about 0.5 miles
- Group transportation for part of tour
- Small group with 12 guests or fewer
- $85 per person
How To Prepare
- Dress appropriately for the weather.
- What to bring:
- Water
- Sunscreen
- Cash for any desired purchases and/or tour guide gratuity
- Camera to capture any food memories
- Government-issued ID if you plan to participate in alcoholic beverage tastings. Any guest consuming alcohol on the tour must be 21+ years of age.
Answers to any other questions can be found on our Frequently Asked Questions page, or by contacting us.
Cancellation Policy
If written cancellation occurs within 5 days of the tour start time, the ticket price is non-refundable. Monies will be refunded in full if cancellation notice occurs more than 5 days before your tour.
We reserve the right to cancel tours due to insufficient enrollment, tour guide emergency, or extreme weather circumstances. We strive to find a suitable substitute in these cases to avoid any inconvenience to tour registrants.
Tour Procedures
- Advance ticket purchase required.
- Please read our Waiver & Release before registering.
- We are unable to accommodate dietary restrictions on this tour. Guests with dietary restrictions can be accommodated on our other tours with advance notice; guests who are non-drinkers can be accommodated on any of our tours. Please contact us with questions, and thank you for your understanding.
- Tours run rain or shine. If we have to cancel the tour due to extreme weather, we will refund your money in full.
- Specific tour stops and inclusions are subject to change without notice.
- Tours start at our meeting location for a minimum of 20 minutes. If you are running late, you can catch up.
- If you enjoyed your time on the tour, tips are appreciated by your tour guide.


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New Islamic criminal laws that took effect in Brunei on Wednesday, punishing gay sex and adultery by stoning offenders to death, have triggered an outcry from countries, rights groups, and celebrities far beyond the tiny Southeast Asian nation's shores.
The penalties were provided for under new sections of Brunei's Shariah Penal Code. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah instituted the code in 2014 to bolster the influence of Islam in the oil-rich monarchy of around 430,000 people, two-thirds of whom are Muslim.
Even before 2014, homosexuality was already punishable in Brunei by a jail term of up to 10 years. The first stage of the Shariah Penal Code included fines or jail for offenses such as pregnancy out of wedlock or failing to pray on Fridays.
But under the new laws — which apply to children and foreigners, even if they are not Muslim — those found guilty of gay sex can be stoned to death or whipped. Adulterers risk death by stoning too, while thieves face amputation of a right hand on their first offense and a left foot on their second.
"Living in Brunei, we already knew that our sexual identity is taboo and should not be expressed. We already felt belittled before the law came to place," said a 23-year-old member of the LGBTQ community who wanted to be identified only as Kun out of fear of reprisal from the authorities.
"Now with it, we feel even smaller and the ones who could potentially oppress us have more opportunity to harass us to say and do what they want," he said.
Celebrities including George Clooney, Elton John, and Ellen DeGeneres have voiced opposition to the new laws, and have rallied a boycott of nine hotels in the U.S. and Europe with ties to Sultan Hassanal.
"Are we really going to help fund the murder of innocent citizens?" Clooney wrote Thursday on Deadline Hollywood.
Clooney said that while you can't shame "murderous regimes," you can shame "the banks, the financiers and the institutions that do business with them."
There has been no vocal opposition to the new penalties in Brunei, where the sultan rules as head of state with full executive authority. Public criticism of his policies is extremely rare in the country.
Hassanal, who has reigned since 1967, has previously said the Penal Code should be regarded as a form of "special guidance" from God and would be "part of the great history" of Brunei.
On Tuesday, the United States joined the United Kingdom, Germany, and France in urging Brunei to halt its plans.
"The United States strongly opposes violence, criminalization and discrimination targeting vulnerable groups, including women at risk of violence, religious and ethnic minorities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons," State Department deputy spokesman Robert Palladino said in a statement.
Brunei's Southeast Asian neighbors, some of whom have laws banning sex between men, were silent.
But LGBTQ citizens of other nearby Muslim-majority countries were concerned about the broad penalties.
"I am very worried that Indonesia or Malaysia may follow the lead," said a 24-year-old man from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital, who wanted to be identified only by his first name, Ludwig. "I think people nowadays, especially the younger generation, are quite okay with LGBT, but those who are not make the loudest noise and they are the reason why it seems like everyone is against it."
Nearly two-thirds of Malaysia's 32 million people are Muslim. They are governed by Islamic courts in family, marriage, and personal issues. Last year, two Malaysian Muslim women were convicted under Islamic laws and caned for attempting to have sex with each other.
Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, urged Brunei's government to "stop the entry into force of this draconian new penal code."
"Any religion-based legislation must not violate human rights, including the rights of those belonging to the majority religion as well as of religious minorities and non-believers," she said in a statement on Monday.
Phil Robertson, the deputy Asia director for Human Rights Watch, called on the sultan to "immediately suspend amputations, stoning, and all other rights-abusing provisions and punishments."
"Brunei's new penal code is barbaric to the core, imposing archaic punishments for acts that shouldn't even be crimes," Robertson said in a statement on Wednesday.
Rachel Chhoa-Howard, Brunei researcher at Amnesty International, decried the "vicious" laws and asked the international community to condemn them.
By Annabelle Liang for The Associated Press.


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We are so excited to bring you Today is the release of Heather Lyons' BEYOND FATE.
BEYOND FATE is a Fate Series novella and is written in Jonah's point of view. It is his side of the story from A MATTER OF FATE.
And that's not all! BEYOND FATE has gotten a cover makeover! This amazing new cover was created by Carly Stevens!
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Release Day Excerpt:
I remember Joey telling me once that, of all the big waves he's ever ridden in his life, the one that got his blood pumping most was Mavericks. "It's sick," he said as we waxed our boards at one of his favorite breaks near his house in Australia. "Cold as all hell. Gotta be careful of the Boneyard nearby. There's a reason they call it that, you know. The reef below loves nothing more than to welcome you to stay forever. But," his easy grin slid out, "when conditions are right, and you can take off in the hollow and traverse the long wall before finishing in white water, your life flashes before your eyes. You're flying through hell like a slingshot, only to come out in paradise."
Obviously, it made me want to surf Mavericks so bad I could taste it.
When Kel and I first got to California, we'd wanted to come here together. Ride these waves in Joey's honor. But that never happened.
He's with Chloe right now, after yet another attack during which she walled both him and me inside a building and took off toward San Francisco in an effort to lead what we now know as Elders away. I know why she did it. I felt it the moment her resolutions within hardened—she believed she was protecting the people she loved. In a weird way, I was incredibly proud of her for it, even as I tore my hair out, trying to get the hell out of the tomb she sealed us in so I could get out there and protect her myself. Karl and I searched for her for hours . . .
And then she decided to gut me once more by calling my brother to go and get her.
So here I am, in the back of a boat, tugging the hood of my wetsuit over my head in the pursuit of some kind of nirvana high amidst the hell I've found myself in lately. Raul Mesaverde's questioning my sanity for wanting to go out into the monster waves we're heading toward, but I do my best to ignore my temporarily assigned Guard. We're accompanied by one of Joey's Wave colleagues, who's come along upon Astrid's insistence. I tried to assure her I knew what I was doing, but considering she pretty much had an anxiety attack after researching Mavericks and learning people have died here, I figured this was the lesser of two evils.
"You're loco," Raul yells at me over the boat's engine.
I laugh. This? Coming from a Cyclone? Especially one who agreed to chauffeur Chloe on her crazy attempt to lure the Elders away?
The Wave we're with turns away from the wheel and smiles. He's crazy, too—because he's got that same look in his eyes that Joey always had. Like the ocean is his temple. "Nah, bra," he tells Raul. "Maverick's all about enlightenment."
Raul white knuckles the side of the boat. I completely tune him out and let myself slide into that place Joey taught me about so long ago.
"When you let yourself go," he'd told me as we'd sat out beyond the breaks, "when you put yourself out there and really just let yourself go, knowing any second you could be swallowed whole by the ocean, you'll realize that all of that shit you worry so much about—girls, school, parents, grades, work, responsibilities—they're meaningless. Because it's just you and the waves. They don't give a rat's ass what kind of day you're having. They don't care if you've just bagged the hottest girl in the worlds or if your dad thinks you've failed him. They're gonna rise up and fall no matter what. Let yourself go along that ride, J. There's worry enough for later."
This is what I'm thinking as I'm waiting for my set to come.
When it does, I paddle hard. Anticipation and fear is just as strong on my tongue as the salt water surrounding me. I let my worries go.
This one's for you, Joey.
I gladly fling myself into oblivion.
BEYOND FATE (Fate Series #1.5) Synopsis:
There are always two sides to every story . . .
His whole life, Jonah Whitecomb has strove to meet everyone's expectations of him: the perfect student, dutiful son, loyal twin, accomplished surfer, and powerful Magical. But behind his carefully composed façade hides the truth of how his family has fallen apart, leaving Jonah more often than not feeling adrift. To complicate matters, he fell in love long ago with a girl in his dreams, one he's never told anyone about, including his twin brother.
Just when life seems its bleakest, Jonah discovers that Chloe is real. Wanting to finally reach out and grab happiness for himself, he embarks on a journey to track down the girl of his dreams, only to find that happy endings aren't always guaranteed, the best laid out plans can go horribly awry, and sometimes, you have to simply let yourself go along for the ride.
* Beyond Fate is Jonah's point-of-view of the events of A Matter of Fate, and is a companion novella for the YA/NA crossover urban fantasy/romance Fate series.
And don't miss the first books in the Fate Series!
A MATTER OF FATE (Fate Series #1)
BEYOND FATE (Fate Series #1.5)
A MATTER OF HEART (Fate Series #2)
A MATTER OF TRUTH (Fate Series #3)
A MATTER OF FOREVER (Fate Series #4)
Heather Lyons writes epic, heartfelt love stories and has always had a thing for words. In addition to writing, she's also been an archaeologist and a teacher. She and her husband and children live in sunny Southern California and are currently working their way through every cupcakery she can find.