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"Awesome! said Gert Butler of the barbecue beef-on-a-bun that was a specialty of Le Bayou, the eatery that was once at Lafayette Street and Little Bayou Black Drive.
Gert, sister of late Courier editor Whitney Belanger, called to reminisce after the place was mentioned here last Sunday. In the early 50s, when they were still dating, Gert and her husband Jack Butler enjoyed barbecue at Le Bayou.
Two names? Gert does not recall who operated the eatery, but she is clear about the name, Le Bayou. Other readers also remembered the spot.
Oh, I remember that place, announced my resident column critic. I expected her to repeat the name supplied by Gert. Instead she said, It was the high-school hangout, Kings Drive-in. From other responses I am guessing it must have changed names or owners at least once in the 50s, but more about that and other vanished eatery responses later.
The palace? Gert also remembers a dance hall and barroom built on a barge and moored near the old Bayou Dularge Intracoastal crossing. She and Jack would drive to Dulac for boiled shrimp and crabs served spilled onto the table, then drop by the floating palace afterward.
There was a piano bar and a dance floor, she said, but she does not recall who ran the palace in those days, or who played the piano. More about that later.
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Also, thank you for all the kind reviews with the many great ideas for an ending. I'd like to credit Sydney Lynne for the way I ended the story. It was her idea and I used it in my own way (hopefully to her satisfaction!). She really inspired me.
Lastly, I'd like to thank all of you for staying loyal to this story, even though I didn't always update all that fast. You have no idea how much it means to me and I had a great time writing this!
Now, enjoy the final chapter!
Chapter 10
For the next two weeks they worked together at Luke's. Jess stayed out of her way, refused to even say as much as 'hello' to her in the morning and pretty much pretended like she didn't exist. It was painful. To say the least. She tried to talk to him, but he seemed to look right through her. Rory never felt worse.
After the two weeks, when Lorelai and Luke came home, Jess disappeared without a word. No goodbye, no nothing. Rory hadn't expected him to. She had lost him. Again. Maybe forever now.
She liked her new place. It was small, but cozy and it really felt like a fresh start. She was okay now. Everything was okay. He was still on her mind though. A lot. After the first month she had tried to call him. Once, twice, three times. After all, it had been a month, right? How much time did he assume they needed? He didn't answer, didn't return her calls.
After the second month she called again. More than three times now. One time someone had answered. It wasn't him. She asked for him, but the guy on the other end of the line said he couldn't come to the phone and asked if he could take a message. She had told him no. A letter followed. It took her ages to write it. Nothing happened.
Now three months had gone by. She had picked up the pieces of her shattered life. She was working her butt off, but had managed to make some new friends. Friends that didn't have anything to do with her former fiancée. Things were great. She felt happy. She still missed him though. She was done chasing him and was willing to give him time to come to her. She didn't think it was going to happen anytime soon. She knew him. He would be back in her life eventually, but it was probably going to be years. History had proven that much. It was okay though. She'd wait. She'd give him time.
One day, three months after they last spoke, the doorbell rang. She opened it and accepted what the messenger handed her. She signed for it and investigated the package with curiosity. It was sent from Philadelphia. Her heart skipped a beat.
Inside she sat down on her fluffy couch and found her hands shaking as she carefully opened the package. She took out the bundle of papers wrapped inside.
'Enlightment' by Jess Mariano.
Chapter 1.
No note. No nothing. But it was enough. She spent a week and half editing it. Every day a few pages. She sent it back the same way it had come her way. She didn't include a note either. It was okay like this.
More chapters followed. She edited them all as she got caught up in the breathtaking story. She cried sometimes. It was all too familiar, came to close. For another three months this continued. He sent them her way and she sent them back when she was done. It was all the contact they had. She wished for a note or a letter, but it never came, so she never sent one either.
Eventually the day came when she had to sent back the epilogue. It hurt because she wasn't sure what would happen now. Was this the end of it?
Barely two months later she got the invitation through the mail. She smiled as she read it. The printed words were formal and cold, but as she turned the card around she was greeted by his familiar, messy handwriting on the back.
I'm gonna need you there.
Rory nervously walked up to the big building where one of the hosts stopped her. He smiled at her friendly.
"Name, please."
"Gilmore." She answered.
He checked his guest list.
"Lorelai Leigh?"
"I doubt you have any other Gilmores on there. I'm the only one he can remotely stand."
The guy smiled a sincere smile as he stepped aside to let her in.
"Have fun."
"Thank you."
She couldn't believe how upset her stomach was as she stepped inside. She remember a certain conversation she and Jess had had a while back where he thought everything in her life was fancy. Apparently now it was the other way around. The place was so formal and unlike Jess. She knew he was hating all of this. He was probably proud of his book and was happy about publishing it, but he didn't need all this around it. He probably resented the entire idea of a booklaunching party.
A woman in red took her coat and escorted her through the big hallway to the gigantic ballroom. Huge posters featuring the cover of the new book graced the walls, waiters were handing out glasses of champagne (he hated champagne!), soft classical music was playing and everything from the curtains to the table cloths were a soft color of pink that Jess no doubt despised. On her left side was a big table with tons of copies of the new book. It's the first place she went. She took a copy from the table and stared at the cover. It was a drawing of a bridge, with water around it and two figures that couldn't be made out on top of it. They were obviously a boy and a girl and the bridge obviously wasn't just any bridge. The bridge was their bridge. The bridge where they not only had their last heartbreaking moment, but also shared some amazing ones. The same bridge was featured in the book numerous times and Rory smiled. This was amazing.
She read the back of the book for the first time and really liked the description of the story. Her eyes were drawn to the left corner.
Edited by: Lorelai Leigh Gilmore. Rory.
She loved how he had included her full name, but didn't forget to just keep it simple. She was just Rory.
She opened the book on the first page was surprised by the words of dedication. No longer R.G.
Dedicated to my girl. It'll always be you.
She couldn't wipe the smile of her face.
About an hour and three glasses of champagne later , Rory was getting insanely bored. And still no sight of the reason she was here in the first place. A few people had come up to her to make small talk so far. They talked about Jess mostly. About his books at first, but the conversation quickly turned to the mystery that surrounded him. Nobody knew anything about him. They didn't know where he came from, what his life had been like up to now. Jess the author had surrounded himself with mystery. Which really wasn't all that different from Jess the person, Rory thought. It intrigued people and it was basically all they talked about. Rory didn't tell them anything. She played along. She knew Jess would want her to. One man recognized her as the editor of this latest book as she introduced herself. He praised her, but Rory didn't take it too seriously, since she knew the man couldn't have read the book yet anyway. She had just smiled politely and thanked him for his kind words.
Then it happened. She felt a hand on her shoulder and she immediately knew. She turned around and came face to face with him.
"Hey." He said, smirking.
"Hi." Rory said, softly.
He hadn't changed a single bit. He was still the same, old Jess and she loved him for it.
"You having fun?"
She nodded.
"Yeah. Great party."
She chuckled softly as she looked around.
"Who are all these people, Jess?"
He shrugged.
"Not sure. I think I know about ten people here. And that includes you. Four others I know by face, two by name and two I do know by both face and name, but the one I refer to as Jim might also be a Tim and Sally might very well be a Kelly."
She smiled shyly.
"So it's safe to say you didn't plan this party yourself?"
"You did see the salmon pink table cloths, didn't you?"
"Enough said."
Jess nodded.
"Wanna go some place quiet?"
"You sure?" Rory hesitantly asked. "Can you just leave your own party?"
"If you put me in a line-up, 99 of these people wouldn't recognize me as the author of the book whose party they are attending, if their life depended on it."
"Good point…" She smiled and she tried not to blush as he took her hand and guided her through the big crowd of people.
They entered a small room and as soon as Jess closed the door behind them, it blocked out all the sound from the party. It became quiet. It was just the two of them. The room was dark and Jess searched for a light switch, but didn't find one. All the while he was still holding on to Rory. He guided her to one of the corners and switched on a small table lamp. They sat down on two chairs that Jess had taken from the big, old table that was in the center of the room. He immediately took her hand back in his, since he had to let go of it to get the chairs. They looked at each other. They both had a large shadow over their faces because of the small light. It made Rory smile a little.
"So, written any good books lately?" Rory broke the silence.
"You tell me."
She smiled at him. Then she nodded, but wasn't sure if Jess was able to see that. Another silence fell.
"It's been a while." She continued, desperate to start up a conversation, since she wasn't so comfortable with the silence as Jess obviously was.
Jess wasn't about to co-operate though and he didn't say anything. He just looked at her, which made her even more uncomfortable. She shifted in her seat, not sure where to look or what to do. Her eyes landed on their entwined fingers and she felt his firm grasp around her hand.
"You look good." She continued, not willing to give up. "Wearing a suit and everything. A tie even."
Still no response. Just Jess looking at her. Every now and then she would look up at him too and their eyes would meet, but then she would look away. Simply because she didn't know what else to do. She was nervous, without even knowing what she was nervous about and Jess wasn't a big help.
"Okay, Jess…please say something." She now pleaded, looking him straight in the eye. "I know you're not a man of many words, but I can't keep this conversation going all by myself."
A sly smirk appeared on his face. She then smiled back. An uncomfortable smile, no doubt.
"You look beautiful." He then said.
"Thanks." She blushed.
"How's everything?"
"It's good."
He nodded.
"Been on any bad dates lately?"
Rory smiled.
"You cut right to the chase, huh?"
He simply shrugged, looking at her expectantly.
"Just one." She confessed and didn't miss the slight disappointment in his eyes. "Somebody from work set it up. I couldn't really say no."
"And? Did you have fun?"
She nodded slightly.
"So now you're engaged to him and I'm too late again?" He joked, but the expression on his face serious as ever.
She chuckled a little.
"No, don't worry. I had a fun night, but that's all."
"Tell me."
"He took me to dinner and then a movie." She started.
"How original." Jess teased.
"It was sweet." She smiled. "He was real polite. Brought me flowers and opened doors for me."
"Sounds like a real gentleman."
"You wouldn't think so if you saw him though. He was kind of a bad boy. Dark and mysterious. Inseparable from his leather jacket and he'd had his fair share of run-ins with authorities. He got his life back on track though an now he paints. And becoming kind of successful at that too."
"Sounds like your type." He joked.
"He was." Rory confirmed, smiling at him teasingly.
"So how come it ended after one night?" Jess asked, slowly moving his thumb up and down, stroking her warm and soft hand and leaning in just a little, a sly smile decorating his pretty face.
"There was something missing." Rory shrugged. "I couldn't put my finger on it, but…"
He wouldn't even let her finish the sentence. He cut her off by softly kissing her. He let go of her hand now as he moved it to her cheek. Rory smiled as she started kissing him back, surprised by how natural it felt, even though it had been almost six months since their last kiss. It's been argued that it's impossible to pick up where left off, but Rory was starting to doubt that now. She was giggling just a little when he broke the kiss. He looked at her.
"Did that help at all?"
"Yeah. " She answered. "I think that was it."
"The missing ingredient?" He joked.
She nodded.
"Glad I could be of service."
He rested his hand carefully on her left knee, still staring at her.
"So how about you?" Rory asked.
"What about me?"
"Bad dates?"
He shook his head, the smirk never leaving his face.
"No dates." He explained.
"Wow. Not a single date. Impressive."
"That's the difference between you and me, Gilmore. I don't need to go on a date with a beautiful, on the surface innocent, bright blue-eyed girl first to realize that there will always be something missing."
"Were you always this smart?"
"I think it comes with age." Jess answered, matter-of-factly.
"Really?" She asked as she carefully leaned in and placed another soft kiss on his lips.
"Yes, really." He murmured with her lips still on his.
"I can't believe we're sitting here." Rory said as she pressed her forehead against his and stared into his eyes.
"Not fancy enough for your taste?"
"No." She answered firmly as she playfully hit him on the arm, causing him to chuckle. "That's not what I meant! I meant that this has been such a long time coming and now…for the first time….there seems to be nothing in the way."
"Except you living in New York and me living in Philadelphia." Jess immediately said.
"Right. Leave it to you to suck the fun out of everything." Rory laughed.
"I'm just saying…"
"You could move." Rory offered.
"So could you." He tossed back.
"What would be the point in that? Then I'd be living in Philly and you'd be in New York. Don't see how that'd help us."
She stuck out her tongue at him and he chuckled.
"We'll figure it out." She then said, serious as ever.
"We will." Jess agreed, searching for her hand and once again entwining their fingers.
Jess nodded.
"So now what?"
"Now we have a party to attend." Jess decided.
"You really think I'm letting go of this hand tonight?" He winked, causing her to blush.
"Please welcome, the man who's inspired us in so many ways: Jess Mariano."
Jess' eyes grew wide as he looked up at Rory who immediately started laughing.
"How come I did not know about this?" He asked as the crowd started clapping and the woman on stage looked at him expectantly.
"Maybe you should get involved in the party planning just a bit more next time." Rory advised him as she took his hand and guided him to the round stage.
"I don't have anything prepared."
"Is tough Jess Mariano nervous?" Rory teased him.
Before Jess even had a chance to respond to that Rory pushed him on to the stage and the clapping got louder as he appeared. The woman stepped away from the microphone and the crowd grew silent as Jess took her place and nervously scanned the big crowd. It was endearing to watch and Rory smiled.
"Thank you." Jess stammered. "Uhm, I…just want to thank all of you for coming out tonight and supporting me and…the book."
It remained eerily silent in the big ballroom. Jess took a deep breath and suddenly recovered as he regained his confidence and searched for eye contact with Rory.
"For a man who has been told that he's got his way with words on paper, I really suck at speaking in public like this. Mostly because I don't have a lot to say. However, there is one person that I need to thank. Most of you probably only know her because you've read her name on the back of my book tonight, but the truth is that doesn't do her justice at all. I met her when I was just a teenager and didn't know anything about life and love. But since then everything I've done and accomplished has been about her. We never really got out timing right and I had to let her go far too many times, even though many of those times it was my own fault. A few months ago I left her behind on a bridge, even though all I wanted to do was hold on to her and never let go. Without her my books wouldn't exist. Not just because the books are about her, about us, but also because without her it never would've occurred to me to put my thoughts on paper. For the longest time I was just a screw-up. I was heading nowhere and my last resort, even though I didn't see it like that, was Stars Hallow, Connecticut. A town with the craziest people you will ever meet , but also the two people that got me here today. She was the town princess. Beautiful, smart, funny. Pairing her up with this bad boy was more than the town could handle. Yet she's here tonight, because even after all this time we still haven't let go. She's always been a part of me even when we weren't talking. Tonight, however…I got her back. And I think this time it's for good. At least I know I'm not letting go. So I would like to dedicate this night, the book and my life to the most beautiful woman in this world, miss Rory Gilmore."
With that Jess stepped away from the microphone and stepped off the stage, making his way back to the woman he spoke so highly of. The crowd suddenly burst into cheering and clapping, surprising both him and Rory. When he finally got to her, he grabbed her waist and pulled her closer.
"That was…" Rory started, not hiding the tears that had formed in her eyes.
"Clichéd as hell." Jess finished the sentence.
"Well…yeah, but…"
They laughed, not noticing that all eyes were on them as Jess leaned in and kissed her with all he had. The cheering got even louder as Jess wrapped her arms around Rory and their kiss got more passionate. She broke the kiss after several seconds, as he still held on to her.
"I think this is the part where I tell you I love you." Rory whispered so only Jess would hear.
"I've already addressed every cliché in the book, so one more probably won't hurt." Jess shrugged.
"Well, I love you Jess Mariano."
"I love you, Lorelai Leigh Gilmore."
Rory burst into laughing.
"How lame are we?!"
"I don't care." Jess said, truthfully.
Her laughter became a wide smile before she leaned back in and kissed him again. The crowd was still applauding them and it actually felt kind of nice. This time Jess lifted her off the ground just a little bit and she couldn't help but laugh while kissing him. Sure, they were one those clichéd couples now, but the important part was that they were a couple. It had been a long time coming and she doubted it had ever taken two people this long to find their way to each other, but here they were. Even after all this time, their love hadn't died.
One year later
Jess nervously shifted from one feet to the other, a stern expression on his face.
"Would you just stand still for a second?" Luke ordered him, trying to fix Jess' tie.
"I doubt it would do any good, because you just suck at this."
"Well, do you have anybody else around to do it for you?"
Luke let go of the tie just a second as he and Jess looked at each other first, before turning to the big sofa in the room. TJ sat in it going through a bowl of M&M's eating some, but throwing the brown ones over his shoulder. Luke raised his eyebrows at Jess. Their gaze moved to Jimmy who was standing in front of the big mirror trying to get a suspicious stain out of his pants using his own tie. Luke gave Jess another look.
"Fine." Jess sighed. "Point taken. I'll stand still."
"You sure?" Luke continued. "I mean, I could step out for a second and get Kirk for you. I'm sure he's a pro at this."
"I said I'd stand still, didn't I?" Jess responded. "No need to kick a guy when he's already down."
Luke smirked as he went back to fixing the tie.
"You enjoyed that way too much." Jess murmured.
"I can't help it. It's always fun to annoy you, but now that you're nervous it's just too easy."
"Well, I'm glad somebody is having a good time."
"You'll enjoy it too, trust me. Once the 'I do's' are out it's all a piece of cake."
"I'd like to fast forward to that then, please."
"Miss Patty has prepared a song." Luke suddenly said.
"Not kidding."
"Did she do that for you and Lorelai too?"
"Nope. You're special." Luke teased.
"Could this day get any more fun?"
"The rumor goes she's stripping too."
"Ah, geez…"
"And Taylor's prepared a speech. I heard it includes a part about 'deflowering' a woman."
Jess took the tie from Luke's hand and tried fixing it himself.
"Now you're just messing with me."
"Taking your mind off things." Luke explained.
Jess walked up to the mirror and then turned back to Luke.
"Is this right?"
"You look good."
Jess took a deep breath.
"How long?"
Luke checked his watch.
"Ten minutes."
"That leaves enough time to throw up, right?"
"Her morning sickness is rubbing off on you?"
"Shut up."
When the big doors opened and she appeared, Jess felt how he stopped breathing for just half a second. She was wearing a somewhat sparkly, strapless, off-white dress that showed off her barely there bump. Her hair was up and the long veil was hanging loosely over her shoulders and down her back. Her gorgeous, blue eyes stood out and they locked with his dark pools. They smiled and at that moment everything was just perfect. Even after all this time.


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Delegates in Cleveland answer a nightmare question: Would they take four more years of Barack Obama over a Hillary Clinton presidency?
CLEVELAND—It was a question no Republican here wanted to contemplate.
The query alone elicited winces, scoffs, and more than a couple threats of suicide. "I would choose to shoot myself," one delegate from Texas replied. "You want cancer or a heart attack?" cracked another from North Carolina.
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have each been objects of near histrionic derision from Republicans for years (decades in Clinton's case), but never more so than during the four days of the GOP's national convention. Republicans onstage at Quicken Loans Arena and in the dozens of accompanying events have accused President Obama of literally destroying the country in his eight years in the White House. Speakers and delegates subjected Clinton to even harsher rhetoric, charging her with complicity in death and mayhem and then repeatedly chanting, "Lock her up!" from the convention floor.
Biology textbooks tell us that lichens are alliances between two organisms—a fungus and an alga. They are wrong.
In 1995, if you had told Toby Spribille that he'd eventually overthrow a scientific idea that's been the stuff of textbooks for 150 years, he would have laughed at you. Back then, his life seemed constrained to a very different path. He was raised in a Montana trailer park, and home-schooled by what he now describes as a "fundamentalist cult." At a young age, he fell in love with science, but had no way of feeding that love. He longed to break away from his roots and get a proper education.
At 19, he got a job at a local forestry service. Within a few years, he had earned enough to leave home. His meager savings and non-existent grades meant that no American university would take him, so Spribille looked to Europe.
It's known as a modern-day hub of progressivism, but its past is one of exclusion.
PORTLAND, Ore.— Victor Pierce has worked on the assembly line of a Daimler Trucks North America plant here since 1994. But he says that in recent years he's experienced things that seem straight out of another time. White co-workers have challenged him to fights, mounted "hangman's nooses" around the factory, referred to him as "boy" on a daily basis, sabotaged his work station by hiding his tools, carved swastikas in the bathroom, and written the word "nigger" on walls in the factory, according to allegations filed in a complaint to the Multnomah County Circuit Court in February of 2015.
Pierce is one of six African Americans working in the Portland plant whom the lawyer Mark Morrell is representing in a series of lawsuits against Daimler Trucks North America. The cases have been combined and a trial is scheduled for January of 2017.
Why Millennials aren't buying cars or houses, and what that means for the economy
In 2009, Ford brought its new supermini, the Fiesta, over from Europe in a brave attempt to attract the attention of young Americans. It passed out 100 of the cars to influential bloggers for a free six-month test-drive, with just one condition: document your experience online, whether you love the Fiesta or hate it.
Young bloggers loved the car. Young drivers? Not so much. After a brief burst of excitement, in which Ford sold more than 90,000 units over 18 months, Fiesta sales plummeted. As of April 2012, they were down 30 percent from 2011.
Don't blame Ford. The company is trying to solve a puzzle that's bewildering every automaker in America: How do you sell cars to Millennials (a k a Generation Y)? The fact is, today's young people simply don't drive like their predecessors did. In 2010, adults between the ages of 21 and 34 bought just 27 percent of all new vehicles sold in America, down from the peak of 38 percent in 1985. Miles driven are down, too. Even the proportion of teenagers with a license fell, by 28 percent, between 1998 and 2008.
Fractured by internal conflict and foreign intervention for centuries, Afghanistan made several tentative steps toward modernization in the mid-20th century. In the 1950s and 1960s, some of the biggest strides were made toward a more liberal and westernized lifestyle, while trying to maintain a respect for more conservative factions. Though officially a neutral nation, Afghanistan was courted and influenced by the U.S. and Soviet Union during the Cold War, accepting Soviet machinery and weapons, and U.S. financial aid. This time was a brief, relatively peaceful era, when modern buildings were constructed in Kabul alongside older traditional mud structures, when burqas became optional for a time, and the country appeared to be on a path toward a more open, prosperous society. Progress was halted in the 1970s, as a series of bloody coups, invasions, and civil wars began, continuing to this day, reversing almost all of the steps toward modernization taken in the 50s and 60s. Keep in mind, when looking at these images, that the average life expectancy for Afghans born in 1960 was 31, so the vast majority of those pictured have likely passed on since.
A crop of books by disillusioned physicians reveals a corrosive doctor-patient relationship at the heart of our health-care crisis.
For someone in her 30s, I've spent a lot of time in doctors' offices and hospitals, shivering on exam tables in my open-to-the-front gown, recording my medical history on multiple forms, having enough blood drawn in little glass tubes to satisfy a thirsty vampire. In my early 20s, I contracted a disease that doctors were unable to identify for years—in fact, for about a decade they thought nothing was wrong with me—but that nonetheless led to multiple complications, requiring a succession of surgeries, emergency-room visits, and ultimately (when tests finally showed something was wrong) trips to specialists for MRIs and lots more testing. During the time I was ill and undiagnosed, I was also in and out of the hospital with my mother, who was being treated for metastatic cancer and was admitted twice in her final weeks.
Narcissism, disagreeableness, grandiosity—a psychologist investigates how Trump's extraordinary personality might shape his possible presidency.
In 2006, Donald Trump made plans to purchase the Menie Estate, near Aberdeen, Scotland, aiming to convert the dunes and grassland into a luxury golf resort. He and the estate's owner, Tom Griffin, sat down to discuss the transaction at the Cock & Bull restaurant. Griffin recalls that Trump was a hard-nosed negotiator, reluctant to give in on even the tiniest details. But, as Michael D'Antonio writes in his recent biography of Trump, Never Enough, Griffin's most vivid recollection of the evening pertains to the theatrics. It was as if the golden-haired guest sitting across the table were an actor playing a part on the London stage.
"It was Donald Trump playing Donald Trump," Griffin observed. There was something unreal about it.
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The reason for the throwback to golden-years Comedy Central fake news probably lies in politics itself. Stewart's and Colbert's original heydays were during the George W. Bush era; their entire personas are based not on indiscriminately satirizing the entire world's absurdities but rather the particular absurdities of America's right wing. Under Obama, that meant a certain amount of punching down. Donald Trump's Republican National Convention, though, offered an even more unvarnished display of popular conservative thinking, attitudes, opinions, and bluster to hold America's attention than, well, the last RNC. Colbert's retitled program this week conveyed his glee at the prospect: "The 2016 Trumpublican Donational Conventrump Starring Donald Trump as the Republican Party* *May Contain Traces of Republican." (His comparatively deflated DNC title: "The 2016 Democratic National Convincing, A Technically Historic Event: Death. Taxes. Hillary.")
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"The spread is dead," Global Hunter proclaims, as WTI crude (USO) rises above Brent (BNO) for the first time in nearly three years two days after the EIA reported a third consecutive weekly supply decline. Some analysts say a WTI premium may be here to stay, supported by a relatively better outlook for the U.S. economy and falling stockpiles. Brent meanwhile, may struggle amid receding geopolitical risks and global macroeconomic weakness. Refiners: ALDW -0.34%, CVI -0.22%, TSO +1.64%, HFC + 3.29%, MPC +1.32%, NTI -0.41%, DK +3.36%.
"The spread is dead," Global Hunter proclaims, as WTI crude (USO) rises above Brent (BNO) for...
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From my understanding it mainly harms those refineries closest to the (until recently) cheaper inland sources of WTI crude, as opposed to the coastal states where transportation issues had forced them to use higher priced Brent (or equivalent). either way gasoline still sells for the same price so the inland refiners were essentially buying low, selling high, and pocketing the difference. I still can't figure out why HFC is up today though.....
I did a little digging and found this article:
Your not alone. I can only see it hurt gas exports when they have to compete with Brent. Not even sure if ALDW. CVRR or NTI even export gas. I think we all agree they can raise the price at the pump to maintain the same margins. So what is the deal? Does anyone really have a grasp on this? My only concern about having MLP's is tax issues. I have a number of articles that left my head spinning. I hope to hell Turbo-Tax has got it covered.
do these analyists think the G.P.are all that dumb if crude costs more
the price at the pump goes up spread is the same this is true
for $NTI more so than any other refiner as they refine and do retail both i almost think they down grade a company so some one they know can make profit from it i am holding $NTI & $ALDW at least for another year or more
The US demand is DOA, so where is the WTI going? The new FAT pipes now move WTI to the GC, so I figure LLS should be under pressure when crude distillates exports drops due to all the global refining capacity starting to ramp up big. without compensating exports, it is just moving the WTI discount problem to LLS. This should get worse as the Permian (et. al.) ramp up and dump more volume into Cushing. Sounds crazy for anyone to say the Brent/WTI spread is gone for good...
I think the fact that the US is exporting over 3 million bls per day of refined product plus the switch from Brent to domestic crude has pushed the crude prices higher. However, I can't understand how most refiners are exposed to the price increases and are not covered for the majority of their current input at much lower prices. If I owned a refiner I think I would have covered at 94 or less for this year and into at least first QTR of next year.
The issue is looking at each refiner and determining what the source of crude is and looking at the price differential between what they pay for the crude and how they can market it. There have been some major price differentials between different crude products (spread), which have allowed a number of refiners to buy cheap (relatively speaking) crude and sell it as a variety of refined products, taking advantage of the spread.
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Raise minimum wage? Almost everyone already makes more
The President called for a raise in the minimum wage during his State Of The Union speech and elicited the predictable cheers from Democrats and head shaking from Republicans.
I wondered just how many people actually work for the minimum wage to better understand the effect it has on workers. The results were nothing short of eye opening.
According to the Bureau Of Labor Statistics from 2011), there are 73.9 million Americans who work for an hourly wage, making up 59.1 percent of the labor force. Of those, 1.7 million earned the exact federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, which works out to 2.3 percent of hourly workers are paid "minimum wage."
This begs the question, why on Earth do 97.7 percent of employers OVERPAY their hourly workers?
I mean, the minimum wage is there to prevent slave labor and "evil" business from taking advantage of the "working man/woman," so why aren't they taking more advantage? Do you mean to tell me that some (read 97.7 percent) of employers voluntarily choose to compete for workers' labor and skills and do so by offering increased wages? You mean capitalism works, without government interference? Try telling that to President Obama and the Congressional Democrats who are trying to save the 2.3 percent of you being taken advantage of.
And if you are one of the 2.3 percent making $7.25 an hour, might I suggest asking your co-workers how they managed to create value for themselves in your employer's eyes, as opposed to waiting for government to save you.
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Determining the Emissivity of Roofing Samples: Asphalt, Ceramic and Coated Cedar
Date: December 2015
Creator: Adesanya, Oludamilola
Description: The goal is to perform heat measurements examine of selected roofing material samples. Those roofing materials are asphalt shingles, ceramics, and cedar. It's important to understand the concept of heat transfer, which consists of conduction, convection, and radiation. Research work was reviewed on different infrared devices to see which one would be suitable for conducting my experiment. In this experiment, the main focus was on a specific property of radiation. That property is the emissivity, which is the amount of heat a material is able to radiate compared to a blackbody. An infrared measuring device, such as the infrared camera was used to determine the emissivity of each sample by using a measurement formula consisting of certain equations. These equations account for the emissivity, transmittance of heat through the atmosphere and temperatures of the samples, atmosphere and background. The experiment verifies how reasonable the data is compared to values in the emissivity table. A blackbody method such as electrical black tape was applied to help generate the correct data. With this data obtained, the emissivity was examined to understand what factors and parameters affect this property of the materials. This experiment was conducted using a suitable heat source to heat ...
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Laser Deposition, Heat-treatment, and Characterization of the Binary Ti-xmn System
Date: August 2013
Creator: Avasarala, Chandana
Description: The present research seeks to characterization of an additively manufactured and heat-treated Ti-xMn gradient alloy, a binary system that has largely been unexplored. In order to rapidly assess this binary system, compositionally graded Ti-xMn (0<x<15 wt%) specimens were fabricated using the LENS (Laser Engineered Net Shaping) and were subsequently heat-treated and characterized using a wide range of techniques. Microstructural changes with respect to the change in thermal treatments, hardness and chemical composition were observed and will be presented. These include assessments of both continuous cooling, leading to observations of both equilibrium and metastable phases, including the titanium martensites, and to direct aging studies looking for composition regimes that produce highly refined alpha precipitates – a subject of great interest given recent understandings of non-classical nucleation and growth mechanisms. The samples were characterized using SEM, EDS, TEM, and XRD and the properties probed using a Vickers Microhardness tester.
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Effect of Alloy Composition, Free Volume and Glass Formability on the Corrosion Behavior of Bulk Metallic Glasses
Date: December 2015
Creator: Ayyagari, Venkata Aditya
Description: Bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) have received significant research interest due to their completely amorphous structure which results in unique structural and functional properties. Absence of grain boundaries and secondary phases in BMGs results in high corrosion resistance in many different environments. Understanding and tailoring the corrosion behavior can be significant for various structural applications in bulk form as well as coatings. In this study, the corrosion behavior of several Zr-based and Fe-Co based BMGs was evaluated to understand the effect of chemistry as well as quenched in free volume on corrosion behavior and mechanisms. Presence of Nb in Zr-based alloys was found to significantly improve corrosion resistance due to the formation of a stable passive oxide. Relaxed glasses showed lower rates compared to the as-cast alloys. This was attributed to lowering of chemical potential from the reduced fraction of free volume. Potentiodynamic polarization and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) techniques helped in quantifying the corrosion rate and polarization resistance. The effect of alloy composition was quantified by extensive surface analysis using Raman spectroscopy, energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy and auger spectroscopy. Pitting intensity was higher in the as-cast glasses than the relaxed glasses. The electrochemical behavior of a Zr-Ti-Cu-Ni-Be bulk metallic glass ...
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Corrosion Protection of Aerospace Grade Magnesium Alloy Elektron 43™ for Use in Aircraft Cabin Interiors
Date: August 2013
Creator: Baillio, Sarah S.
Description: Magnesium alloys exhibit desirable properties for use in transportation technology. In particular, the low density and high specific strength of these alloys is of interest to the aerospace community. However, the concerns of flammability and susceptibility to corrosion have limited the use of magnesium alloys within the aircraft cabin. This work studies a magnesium alloy containing rare earth elements designed to increase resistance to ignition while lowering rate of corrosion. The microstructure of the alloy was documented using scanning electron microscopy. Specimens underwent salt spray testing and the corrosion products were examined using energy dispersive spectroscopy.
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A Study of Mechanisms to Engineer Fine Scale Alpha Phase Precipitation in Beta Titanium Alloy, Beta 21S
Date: August 2013
Creator: Behera, Amit Kishan
Description: Metastable b-Ti alloys are titanium alloys with sufficient b stabilizer alloying additions such that it's possible to retain single b phase at room temperature. These alloys are of great advantage compared to a/b alloys since they are easily cold rolled, strip produced and can attain excellent mechanical properties upon age hardening. Beta 21S, a relatively new b titanium alloy in addition to these general advantages is known to possess excellent oxidation and corrosion resistance at elevated temperatures. A homogeneous distribution of fine sized a precipitates in the parent b matrix is known to provide good combination of strength, ductility and fracture toughness. The current work focuses on a study of different mechanisms to engineer homogeneously distributed fine sized a precipitates in the b matrix. The precipitation of metastable phases upon low temperature aging and their influence on a precipitation is studied in detail. The precipitation sequence on direct aging above the w solvus temperature is also assessed. The structural and compositional evolution of precipitate phase is determined using multiple characterization tools. The possibility of occurrence of other non-classical precipitation mechanisms that do not require heterogeneous nucleation sites are also analyzed. Lastly, the influence of interstitial element, oxygen on a precipitation ...
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Nanohybrids Based on Solid and Foam Polyurethanes
Date: May 2015
Creator: Bo, Chong
Description: Polymer nanocomposites are a going part of Materials Science and Engineering. These new composite materials exhibit dimensional and thermal stability of inorganic materials and toughness and dielectric properties of polymers. Development of nanocomposites become an important approach to create high-performance composite materials. In this study silica, fly ash, silica nanotubes and carbon black particles have been added to modify polyurethane foam and thermoplastic polyurethanes. It has been found that the addition of silica can diminish the size of foam bubbles, resulting in an increased stiffness of the material, increase of the compressive strength, and greater resistance to deformation. However, the uniformity of bubbles is reduced, resulting in increased friction of the material. Fly ash added to the foam can make bubbles smaller and improve uniformity of cells. Therefore, the material stiffness and compressive strength, resistance to deformation, and has little impact on the dynamic friction of the material. Adding nanotubes make bubble size unequal, and the arrangement of the bubble uneven, resulting in decreased strength of the material, while the friction increases. After the addition of carbon black to the polyurethane foam, due to the special surface structure of the carbon black, the foam generates more bubbles during the foaming ...
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An Assessment of Uncommon Titanium Binary Systems: Ti-Zn, Ti-Cu, and Ti-Sb
Date: May 2015
Creator: Brice, David
Description: The current study focuses on phase stability and evolution in the titanium-zinc titanium-copper and titanium-antimony systems. The study utilized the Laser Engineering Net Shaping (LENS™) processing technique to deposit compositionally graded samples of three binary system in order to allow the assessment of phase stability and evolution as a function of composition and temperature the material is subjected to. Through LENS™ processing it was possible to create graded samples from Ti-xSb (up to 13wt%) and Ti-xCu (up to 16wt%). The LENS™ deposited gradient were solutionized, and step quenched to specific aging temperature, and the resulting microstructures and phase were characterized utilizing XRD, EDS, SEM, FIB and TEM. The Ti-Zn system proved incapable of being LENS™ deposited due to the low vaporization temperature of Zn; however, a novel processing approach was developed to drip liquid Zn onto Ti powder at temperatures above β transus temperature of Ti (882 ◦C) and below the vaporization temperature of Zn (907 ◦C). The product of this processing technique was characterized in a similar way as the graded LENS™ depositions. From measurements performed on Ti-Sb it seems that Sb could be a potential α stabilizer in Ti due to the presence of a mostly homogeneous α ...
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Development of a Novel Grease Resistant Functional Coatings for Paper-based Packaging and Assessment of Application by Flexographic Press
Date: August 2004
Creator: Brown, Robert W.
Description: Recent commercial developments have created a need for alternative materials and methods for imparting oil/grease resistance to paper and/or paperboard used in packaging. The performance of a novel grease resistant functional coating comprised of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), sodium tetraborate pentahydrate (borate) and acetonedicarboxylic acid (ACDA) and the application of said coating by means of flexographic press is presented herein. Application criteria is developed, testing procedures described, and performance assessment of the developed coating materials are made. SEM images along with contact angle data suggest that coating performance is probably attributable to decreased mean pore size in conjunction with a slightly increased surface contact angle facilitated by crosslinking of PVA molecules by both borate ions and ACDA.
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Atomistic Computer Simulations of Diffusion Mechanisms in Lithium Lanthanum Titanate Solid State Electrolytes for Lithium Ion Batteries
Date: August 2014
Creator: Chen, Chao-Hsu
Description: Solid state lithium ion electrolytes are important to the development of next generation safer and high power density lithium ion batteries. Perovskite-structured LLT is a promising solid electrolyte with high lithium ion conductivity. LLT also serves as a good model system to understand lithium ion diffusion behaviors in solids. In this thesis, molecular dynamics and related atomistic computer simulations were used to study the diffusion behavior and diffusion mechanism in bulk crystal and grain boundary in lithium lanthanum titanate (LLT) solid state electrolytes. The effects of defect concentration on the structure and lithium ion diffusion behaviors in LLT were systematically studied and the lithium ion self-diffusion and diffusion energy barrier were investigated by both dynamic simulations and static calculations using the nudged elastic band (NEB) method. The simulation results show that there exist an optimal vacancy concentration at around x=0.067 at which lithium ions have the highest diffusion coefficient and the lowest diffusion energy barrier. The lowest energy barrier from dynamics simulations was found to be around 0.22 eV, which compared favorably with 0.19 eV from static NEB calculations. It was also found that lithium ions diffuse through bottleneck structures made of oxygen ions, which expand in dimension by 8-10% ...
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Processing and Characterization of Polycarbonate Foams with Supercritical Co2 and 5-Phenyl-1h-Tetrazole
Date: May 2015
Creator: Cloarec, Thomas
Description: Since their discovery in the 1930s, polymeric foams have been widely used in the industry for a variety of applications such as acoustical and thermal insulation, filters, absorbents etc. The reason for this ascending trend can be attributed to factors such as cost, ease of processing and a high strength to weight ratio compared to non-foamed polymers. The purpose of this project was to develop an "indestructible" material made of polycarbonate (PC) for industrial applications. Due to the high price of polycarbonate, two foaming methods were investigated to reduce the amount of material used. Samples were foamed physically in supercritical CO2 or chemically with 5-phenyl-1H-tetrazole. After thermal characterization of the foams in differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), we saw that none of the foaming methods had an influence on the glass transition of polycarbonate. Micrographs taken in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed that foams obtained in physical and chemical foaming had different structures. Indeed, samples foamed in supercritical CO2 exhibited a microcellular opened-cell structure with a high cell density and a homogeneous cell distribution. On the other hand, samples foamed with 5-phenyl-1H-tetrazole had a macrocellular closed-cell structure with a much smaller cell density and a random cell distribution. Compression testing showed ...
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Ok so I though I would put this page to some good use, Im going to be posting my thoughs on the Gaming News. Starting with the next big thing that happens, i'll post it. Do note that you will not find undercover gaming news, you might hear rumors only if im talking about a rumor in which ill state its a rumor. I'll sometimes agree with you and you'll like me, sometimes i'll disagree with you and you'll hate me. Just know that Im a Huge Xbox 360 fan(though not a Xbot) I like the Wii and im so-so with PS3(more likely I hate some of the decisions Sony has made).
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Nick Kew wrote: >>So, lets change the VERSIONING file/policy. Experimental Modules will >>be included in the stable branch. Majority Agree? > > +1, qualified by: > > Let's *prune* /experimental/ actively. Any module that's attracting bug > reports/trouble that aren't getting fixed goes out. Modules that are > getting used and properly maintained get promoted. Wrong again - once it has shipped as 2.2.0, it will stay in 2.2.x, no matter if it's getting any better or not. This is solidly codified in our VERSIONING policy. The confusion here, is that there should be no more /experimental/, period. If it isn't gone, I'll svn rm it myself on friday, after moving each module living under the long abandoned /experimental/ tree into the proper categorical modules/xxx/ home dir. Then, we can decide which modules, based on the already-rolled alphas, just aren't ready for prime time and should be axed before beta. Bill
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Saying "We cannot rewrite the history of comics," organizers of the Angouleme International Comics Festival nonetheless announced today that they will add women creators to the longlist of nominees for this year's Grand Prix d'Angouleme. None of the creators already on the list will be removed.
The original list of 30 nominees for the festival's prestigious lifetime achievement award contained only men, sparking a call for a boycott by the French women creators' organization BD Egalite. As of today, 11 of the nominees, including Brian Michael Bendis, Chris Ware, Milo Manara, Daniel Clowes, Bill Sienkiewicz and Joann Sfar, had withdrawn their names from consideration for the prize.
A rough translation of the statement statement from Angouleme organizers can be found below:
"The Official Selection of the 2016 Angouleme Festival does not include a single woman this year? How can such an omission be possible?"
That, in summary, is the object o the discussions and polemics that have been developing since yesterday.
Except that… except that we should look at it more closely, or rather, higher and further away.
What are we talking about? About the list of creators nominated for the title of "Grand Prix of the Festival."
What is the "Grand Prix"? A prize that crowns a creator for all of his work and his contributions to the evolution of comics. In this sense, it resembles the inductions of rock bands into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or a César Award [the national film award of France].
The winners of the last three years embody the nature of this prize. They are Willem, Bill Watterson, and Katsuhiro Otomo. These artists created comics for many decades.
When we go back and look at the places of men and women during that time, in the field of comics creation, it is clear that there are very few recognized authors. If we look at Franco-Belgian comics, which are the closest to us, and when we look at the generational markers, such as the magazines Tintin, Spirou, Pilote, A suivre, Métal Hurlant, Fluide Glacial, it is objectively faster to count the female creators (almost on the fingers of one hand) than the males.
The Festival cannot rewrite the history of comics.
If you want to judge the actions of the Festival with respect to present-day creators, look at the Sélection Officielle (which is made up of books published in the preceding year). For the 2016 Festival, women creators are are in a significant proportion (25% of the books, while the representation of [women] among creators is lower, at 15%). The Festival does not merely select authors, it also promotes them.
Although they owe everything to their own talent, the Festival has played an important role in the emergence of creators such as Marjane Satrapi and Julie Maroh (whose works met with success when brought to the screen). It also promotes creators through exhibits, contests, events, meetings (at the 42nd Festival, Lisa Mandel, surrounded by her sisters [in comics] successfully organized a panel on the theme "The place of men in comics"; for the 2016 Festival, we plan on events titled "Women in French and Swedish comics" and "Women's traits, men's traits, guess who designed what?"
The Festival constitutes a space, therefore, for debate where this question is regularly discussed. [The Festival] itself is a a willing actor in the cause of women creators, which nonetheless is not well served by categorizing or by positive discrimination, which are not artistically meaningful.
Therefore, two years ago, when we changed the method of selecting the Grand Prix by allowing all professional comics creators (a group of about 3,000 voters) to vote, we introduced women creators: Marjane Satrapi and Posy Simmonds. As it turned out, they received very few votes and came in last. Therefore, they were removed from the list (conforming with the rules).
Even though the Festival regrets that its relationships with creators is being viewed, in this circumstance, through the narrow prism of the Grand Prix, it understands that men and women today are sensitive to the presence of women creators in comics. It also understands the symbolic dimension that is attached to it, as a sometimes powerful beacon for [women and men] as an opportunity to understand this concern and the defense of this cause.
And if finally, today's debate allowed concrete progress and set a marker for the years to come, the Festival has brought a contribution.
Consequently the Festival, without removing any names, will introduce the names of women creators in the list of nominees for the Grand Prix.
Although creators like Marjane Satrapi and Posy Simmonds have been nominated in years past, only one woman — Florence Cestac — has been awarded the Grand Prix in the festival's 43-year history.
Such strangeness.
You can have THIRTY freaking nominees for one award?
Bendis has been in the business for like twenty years, but it still seems too soon to give someone like him a "lifetime achievement award".
Oh, and I'm sure that the women nominees they tack on at the end will feel really appreciated.
But honestly who would they even add? I guess if Bendis is "old" enough to get a lifetime achievement award then Jill Thompson or Amanda Conner do?
Maybe they should just not do awards anymore since everyone gets upset.
Were any people of color nominated?
And the pandering continues!!
Great thing about the French is they'll cave in to just about any demand placed on them.
Internet: we demand more kittens be nominated!
Angouleme: Mon Dieu! Put more kittens in zee list!
Internet: we demand more Toyota Corolla's be nominated!
Angouleme: Mon Dieu! Put more Toyota Corolla's on zee list!
Internet: we demand more lava lamps be nominated!
Angouleme: Mon Dieu! Put more lava lamps on zee list!
So, kind of a hollow victory at best.
This is hilarious! I bet they will forget Mary Wings, Trina Robins, Melinda Gebbie and a whole bunch of others for their contributions to comics (without Mary and, later, Howard Cruse gay comics wouldn't be a thing and Alison Bechdel probably wouldn't have produced any comics, let alone her graphic novels) – and that is just America.
Japan has lots of interesting longtime women authors
In other countries i could also throw in Brazil's Laerte who was very significant in the country's own underground scene. You could also add Rutu Modan who is an Eisner award winning Israeli cartoonist, one of the first from the country to break into the international sphere and is doing her part in pushing comics forward in Israel.
(and these are just off the top of my head)
Yay Tokenism!
It's not tokenism or pandering if said group makes up slightly more than 50% of the entire worlds population.
"The winners of the last three years embody the nature of this prize. They are Willem, Bill Watterson, and Katsuhiro Otomo. These artists created comics for many decades."
Many decades?
Watterson: 10 years.
Wait… what? I'd rather someone won the award through the merit of their work rather than because people got pissed they wren't considered.
Bande Dessiné fans in France should be especially sensitive to those who perpetuate acts in the name of an entire group… reflecting badly on the entire group. The acts of a few shouldn't mean that ALL adherents share the same sentiment, right?
The Angoulême Festival Grand Prix honoring ONLY men for the award is so out-of-touch on the contributions of female comics creators in the past year. It seems willful that whatever criteria was used has resulted in this sexist conclusion. And it's no wonder that some people so chosen for the honor are 'boy'cotting the event for not being more egalitarian in its choices…
Frankly it makes Angoulême seem as much of a 'Boys Club' as the American comics scene of yore. (Along with the xenophobic commenters of today?)
Making the cut because the judges decide they have to have a woman… If I were one of the creators they decide to select, I'd be insulted. My pride couldn't handle it. A lot of people will see this as a victory but they should understand that things like this do not further the cause of feminism. Instead, they hinder the cause by reinforcing the idea that women cannot achieve when held to the same standards as men, and must be given a handicap.


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