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Hodgdon Meadow Campground is located in breathtaking Yosemite National Park in Central California's rugged Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. The site is 25 miles from Yosemite Valley at an elevation of 4,875 feet. Within Yosemite, visitors can gaze upon waterfalls, sheer granite cliffs, deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, vast wilderness areas and much more. Yosemite National Park's reservable campsites are available up to five months in advance on the 15th of each month at 7:00 a.m. (PT) or 10:00 a.m. (ET). For example, on January 15, the time period May 15 to June 14 becomes available to reserve, and therefore, the full booking window would be from January 16 to June 14.Yosemite National Park Campground Reservation Dates
Yosemite's trails, cliffs, roads and rivers provide endless recreational activities for any kind of visitor. Hiking, biking, rock climbing, fishing, horseback riding, rafting, auto touring, cross-country skiing and photography are all very popular activities within the park.
Hiking the 2.5 to 3-mile roundtrip trails to the Tuolumne and Merced Groves of Giant Sequoias are a popular activity at Hodgdon Meadow. The White Wolf area on Tioga Road also offers many hiking opportunities.
Hodgdon Meadow Campground offers family and group sites. Roads and parking spurs are paved, and flush toilets and drinking water are provided. Each campsite contains a picnic table, fire ring and a food storage locker. A gas station and small general store are eight miles away at Crane Flat.
Natural Features
The area is forested with mixed stands of Red fir, incense-cedar, Ponderosa pine and Lodgepole pine, offering a pleasant combination of sun and shade. Vibrant wildflowers fill the open meadows each summer.
Nearby Attractions
Just 45 minutes away is Yosemite Valley, an awe-inspiring landscape containing many of the famous features for which Yosemite National Park is known. Hiking trails and bike paths are abundant in the valley. Rafting the Merced River is a fun way to cool down on a summer day when water levels are sufficient. Yosemite Valley also offers numerous guided bus tours, educational programs, museums, ranger-led activities, and an art center with workshops. The Tioga Road offers a 39-mile scenic drive past forests, meadows, lakes and granite domes. Tuolumne Meadows embodies the high-country of the Sierra Nevada, with its broad sub-alpine meadows and granite domes and peaks. Other sites of interest include the beautiful Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. It's home to spectacular scenery and numerous wilderness trailheads. Glacier Point has sweeping views of Yosemite Valley, Little Yosemite Valley, Half Dome, Vernal and Nevada Falls and Clouds Rest, among other notable landmarks. Wawona and the Pioneer Yosemite History Center is like stepping back in time.
Charges & Cancellations
Cancellation of individual site reservations will be charged a $10 service fee. If the cancellation is within 48 hours of the arrival date, the first night's fee will also be charged. Cancellation of a group site reservation will incur a $10.00 service fee plus the first night's use fee when the reservation is cancelled within 14 days of the scheduled arrival date. Cancellations for a single night's use will not be assessed a service fee. No-shows for any type of reservation will be charged a $20 service fee and the first night's fee.
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The campsite was on a slant but not that bad. Bathrooms were clean, check in was seamless. Felt lucky to snag a reservation here!
I stayed in the group camp part of this campground, which was right by a clean pit toilet and a short, slightly uphill walk to the bathrooms that had running water. This is on the outer part of Yosemite National Park, so it's not as crowded as Yosemite Valley. There are hiking trails around. When I was there, there were warnings about a mountain lion being spotted in the campground, so just be aware.
This place was ok. Not much to it and not a lot of amenities. If you need something make sure you bring it with you, it's a 40 minute drive to the valley. The sites are very close together. We felt like the bathrooms were fine. As long as you're cool with being close to your neighbors you'll be good. Rangers come during the weekend mornings to bring coffee and info which was nice. Overall decent experience.
Spacious camground for big or small group, plenty of benches already there. Bear boxes on each designated area to store food and scented items when Area not attended or at night, it is required. Facility with flushing toilets and water for washing dishes/boiling are within few minutes walking distance, so are outhouses. Lovely place with many trees. In terms of getting the permit, you do have to get online and hit the button on the dot of the hour.
camped at site 1 and 97, 1 was out of the way and quiet and 97 was back to back walking through other campsites to get to the car and right next to the bathrooms, had an amazing time, good central location in yosemite that isnt too crowed, free coffee with rangers some mornings, and lots of deer roaming around
This campground is good enough – it was the other campers I didn't like. We were there on a weekend which likely impacted our experience. It is conveniently located just a couple of miles from the junction of Tioga Rd and the road into Yosemite Valley (about 25 miles), and also a good location if you want to go to Hetch Hetchy.
The sites are a little tight so not much privacy. There was no peace and quiet due to other campers many of whom have no camping etiquette as far as night time parties and noise. Ear plugs were needed. Several walked right through our site (practically through the tent) to get to the bathroom. Ugh. That will startle you up in the middle of the night. If I stay there again I will try something on the outer loop or a week day.
Roads are paved which is nice. Flush toilets, drinking water, picnic table, fire ring food locker. A gas station and small general store are eight miles away at Crane Flat which is a plus for a longer stay. Showers are in the valley and there is typically a wait on busy days.
I recommend in the spring that you visit Hetch Hetchy, which also has spectacular waterfalls and is not so crowded. If you can handle a longer day hike – go all the way to Rancheria falls. Otherwise to Wapama falls and back is about 5.5 miles.
Campsite was nice, close to the entrance. Gives you access to the valley and the northern part of the park. Facilities were decent.
Stayed here on the last day of a trip to Yosemite. Campsites were nice and clean. A bit close but that seems to be the norm. Quiet campground and close to the park entrance. Would stay here again.
We were lucky to have booked a good spot on this camp. It's very lively with other campers laughing and playing music. Would recommend!
we got this spot unexpectedly. there was a time when bots grabbed up all the sites in yosemite and you'd have to deal with scalpers and high prices. then the rangers caught on and put an end to that nonsense. we happened to catch this site just as they released them after the bot battle. score! this campground worked out perfectly for us. just inside the park, big spaces, nice facilities, hikes. we had no idea what it would be like but it was really nice. our site backed up to the meadow and we would stroll there in the morning light and it was beautiful! i slept in the hammock one night and just as the light broke through a small group of deer meandered by. it was a small, quiet, magical moment.
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I'll admit, I'm {slightly} green with envy because this family is planning their trip to Disney and we just got back from ours. I'm a Disney girl all the way! Just stow me away in Cinderella's castle and I'll just live there forever. I'm like a giddy little girl through all the little shops on main street, and I'll stand in a line for 3 hours to ride a banshee…..twice. {maybe that happened} My husband, on the other hand, is like a Disney grinch. Is there a Disney grinch? If not, there should be and he would be the perfect character for that part. Have fun Alford family, and think about me while you are soaring away on a banshee…..yes, the three-hour wait is worth it 🙂
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'At 21 weeks pregnant an asthma attack left me on oxygen'
Jill, 35, struggled for every breath in the months before giving birth to baby Declan at 31 + 5 weeks in an emergency caesarean…
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I was so excited when I discovered I was pregnant with our fourth baby on Christmas Day. Then I got severe morning sickness, excruciating migraines; and I was exhausted. But that was just the beginning…
At 21 weeks I had a severe asthma attack
It was frightening, I was in hospital for a week. With my other pregnancies, I'd just get a little breathless at 30 weeks, I'd take my Ventolin and everything was fine. To top things off, three times that week I thought I was going into early labour! My second labour was only 1 hour 10 – that was the biggest shock in the world after having a 35-hour labour with my first, and my third labour was only 45 minutes. But thankfully my baby stayed put.
At 25 weeks I had another severe asthma attack – and the doctors also discovered a 15cm gastric bubble pushing up on my left lung. I ended up having the equivalent of 17 x-rays, and a scan. They discovered later that during one of my pregnancies, my stomach got pushed up into my diaphragm, which got pushed up into my lungs, so my stomach inside is in a distended weird shape, that makes it look like a gastric bubble. I'm ok, but if I eat too much or get tired it feels like there's an elephant standing on my chest!
Jill on oxygen in hospital. Picture: supplied.
I was shifted around to three different hospitals
They didn't know what to do with me, I had a team of eight doctors working on me, sharing their expertise, and they decided I had to stay in hospital until my baby was born.
It was getting harder and harder to breathe – I'd walk to the toilet and it would take me half an hour to recover. I tried to keep my spirits up, and my husband Brad helped. Every week we'd celebrate with cake - we'd even write 28 weeks, 29 weeks in icing as my pregnancy progressed.
Eventually, I had to wear an oxygen mask, I couldn't sit up properly because I couldn't breathe, and I could barely eat. The kids popped in to see me regularly, I think that saved me.
When I look back now, most of that year I was in survival mode, it was one tsunami after another. But the good news is, throughout all this, my baby was fine. With all this craziness going on around me I always felt that while Declan was in my stomach he was in the eye of the storm – he was always safe, there was never any question that he was doing well.
Declan after birth. Picture: supplied.
For me, every day was a massive struggle
I said to my obstetrician, "the day you tell me I can have my baby will be the happiest day of my life!" There was a lot of concern that we get as far as we could for Declan's sake, but at the same time – breathing is a fundamental part of life and I was beginning to struggle for every breath.
I ended up having an emergency caesarean at 31+ 5 weeks. I'd never had a c-section and I was a high risk because the drugs could trigger an asthma attack. I couldn't have a natural delivery because I was past the point of being able to breathe through it, and I didn't have the energy to push him out.
Having the c-section was like this beautiful calm place in all the craziness. When Declan was born I got a couple of quick cuddles, but he had trouble breathing so he went to NICU at another hospital for a week. It was surreal, being on a maternity ward without a baby, but then he was transferred back and we had four days together before I was sent home after 62 days in hospital, 10 of them in ICU.
Beautiful baby Declan. Picture: supplied.
After 56 days, Declan came home too
It was super exciting. But 24 hours later, my eldest daughter Leilani ended up in hospital with influenza A – then we all got it, thankfully Declan's was only mild. He's been diagnosed with asthma too – there are now four of us in the family with it.
Declan is going great now, he's growing well and hitting all the milestones. He's learning to walk and is climbing on everything, and trying to talk, he is a very happy little chappy.
As a result of everything that happened to me, PTSD kicked in when I got home – I started having flashbacks and nightmares. Anytime I hear one of the kids cough, my whole body goes into massive high alert. I've been there and experienced what it's like to fight for every breath, you don't want your kids to go through that.
Declan is now a happy and healthy boy. Picture: supplied.
My recovery has been slow
Fifteen months after delivery I can now do 1 minute twice a day on an exercise bike, I do physiotherapy, hydrotherapy and I see an exercise physiologist. I had to learn how to walk and sit up again, my husband had to shower and dress me. It was really hard letting go and accepting help and support, but the medical teams and our family and friends have been amazing.
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The month includes World Prematurity Day on 17th November and Thank U NICU Day on 30th November. www.miraclebabies.org.au
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So, I hear a little of the Glenn Beck show this morning and he's talking about Kanye West and how he might be a racist. I'm thinking, "Who?" Later I hear a few minutes of the Rush Limbaugh show and he is saying that Obama is racist for calling West a jackass. It occurs to me, what do people think a racist is? I think there are a lot of misconceptions out there about what constitutes a racist.
First this notion that Limbaugh was illustrating, that only white people can be racist, is wrong. Also the idea that West is a racist may also be wrong. I have never heard of the guy and until today I have never even heard him speak, but the audio that I heard sounded like a guy who was, as he stated, drunk, and truly thought that his candidate was the better choice. I don't think he was operating under the assumption that one race was superior to another only that one entertainer was superior to another. I could be wrong, as I said, I don't know anything of the guy.
According to Webster's, racism is "a thought or belief that one race is better than another race". This is the true and honest skinny on this. Anybody can be a racist. I believe that Jesse Jackson is extremely racist, I believe that he has based his livelyhood on promoting racism. I believe that everyone is somewhat racist. Everybody has that deep dark thought now and then and that is the key. Thought. If you had the thought, no matter how fleeting you are racist. The idea is to get past it and get over it. We all live together here and getting over it is key. How do you see this?


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I've decided that in addition to the long, opinionated blog posts, I will also start doing shorter, less serious ones. Take this one, for example. It is the first in a series I plan to post pertaining to my secrets that I will be letting out. Guilty pleasures, embarrassing moments – its all going here from now on.
So…my first confession. I love music. (That's not the confession, it's building up to it.). I love music, but generally not the girly, pop-ish type. I'm more into hard hitting drums and long haired dirty men shredding guitars or singers clad in skinny jeans and ugly sweaters. However…I must confess that I utterly and absolutely adore…Vanessa Carlton.
I can't explain it. Nobody can deny that she's good. Even if you hate everything about her music, you still can not say that she doesn't have talent. I normally do not enjoy that kind of music, but there is just something about hers. Maybe it's the piano. I've always loved pianos and keyboards (and unsuccessfully attempted to learn, myself, several years ago). Pianos can sound so serene and beautiful one second, then turn demanding and frantic the next, all the while maintaining that regal quality – its mind boggling. And Vanessa Carlton does that do well, with the intensity of her playing increasing through the songs so it builds and builds into something wonderful.
Maybe it's her voice. I've always preferred singers with an unusual quality to their voices or an unusual way to turn the phrases and words of the songs. Her voice isn't too terribly different, but it has a quality to it that other young female singers don't. It's soft and sweet and she sounds so young, but she also has the ability to round it off and make it sound thicker and almost huskier. And the way her voice tone and intensity matches the rise of the piano throughout the songs is amazing.
Maybe it's her lyrics. I haven't heard every song she's ever made, but the ones I have heard are real, relatable. Her lyrics are simple compared to some of the obscure songs out these days, but still evoke an emotion because they are telling a story about things that almost every person has been through in their life. But then again, without the right music and vocals, the lyrics could lack on impact.
Vanessa Carlton's music makes me happy and reminds me of when I was younger, for some reason, when I was carefree and still somewhat innocent of the world. It reminds me of the changes in my life, the big moments and mile markers that a person never forgets and all the people that have come into and out of my life as I've gone through these cents and changed. Maybe that's why I'm so drawn to it, because I'm nostalgic. Maybe I can't really explain why I am drawn to it. Either way, I'm okay with.
…and I just realized that this isn't much shorter of a post. Oh well. 🙂
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Tuesday, May 14 2019
Foxtrot Liv could have a shot at Classic glory after her six-length romp in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Fillies Race at Killarney.
The Paddy Twomey-trained filly went to post a 4-7 favourite and was produced to lead a furlong and a half out by Billy Lee in this mile contest. She opened up inside the final furlong to stretch clear.
Twomey said: "It went as expected, I was hoping she'd have a confidence boosting run there and it went according to plan.
"Her owner (Martin Schwartz) is very keen to run her in the Irish 1,000 Guineas and it will be hard to stop him now.
"We'll have a think about it, but her owner is keen to run. We have an eye very much on the Sandringham at Royal Ascot after, that so we'll see what happens."
Pensylvania Avenue (2-1 favourite) got the better of a final furlong battle with Carefully by a head in the Celtic Steps Handicap to give Declan McDonogh a double.
After this mile race, McDonogh said: "He's a grand horse and I'd say he's only doing what he has to. I'd say he might get 10 furlongs.
"He had the right man (Gordon Elliott) training him – I hope he gets more Flat horses!"
McDonogh also scored by a length on Frankel colt Eminent Authority (13-2) in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C&G) Maiden for Joseph O'Brien.
Shakespear'sgalley relished a step up in trip for the two-mile-one-furlong BetVictor Handicap to bring up O'Brien's brace.
He shot through a gap a furlong out to win by three-quarters of a length at 8-1 with 7lb-claimer Alan Persse in the saddle.
Another son of Frankel, Mujid, delivered in the Killarney Racegoers Club Maiden under Conor Hoban. The 5-4 favourite made virtually all and raced enthusiastically as he hit the line four lengths to the good.
This was Hoban's first winner for Dermot Weld.
Five years after being beaten by a nose in this race, Arctic Fire swept through to win the Betvictor Race by half a length at 11-1.
The 10-year-old, a former Grade One Hatton's Grace Hurdle winner, took the honours for Denis Cullen and Mark Gallagher.
A combination of stall one and first-time cheekpieces saw Solomons Seal dominate from the front under Gary Halpin in the Irish Examiner Handicap.
The five-year-old gelding scored by three lengths at 13-2 for trainer Joseph Murphy.


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Another awesome book in the Dragon's Breath series by Susan Illene, looking forward to reading it.
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Chairman of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh speaks during the funeral of Palestinian teenagers Louay Kahil and Amir Al-Namara, who were killed in an Israeli air strike at a mosque during their funeral in Gaza City on 15 July, 2018
Senior Hamas leader Mohammad Nazzal has revealed that his movement is preparing for an international tour for its chief Ismail Haniyeh.
Nazzal pointed to arrangements with Egypt to facilitate this, Al-Ray News Agency reported yesterday, reiterating that Egypt has pledged not to close the Rafah Crossing – the only civilian exit point from the besieged Gaza Strip – because Egypt is keen not to punish the Palestinian people.
He also confirmed previous reports that Hamas is following up on the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Egyptian jails, stating that the issue of four Palestinians kidnapped after while travelling through Rafah Crossing a couple of years ago is on top of Hamas' agenda.
"There are important promises to release Palestinian prisoners from Egyptian jails and Hamas is following up the issue of all Palestinian prisoners in Egypt, not only those affiliated with Hamas," he said.
Israel's Lieberman: Next confrontation with Gaza must be the last
Regarding the truce with Israel, Nazzal said that there have been clear understandings but Israel continues to violate them "due to the internal Israeli conflict". He noted that Hamas' efforts to stabilise the truce would not stop until an agreement was reached and enforced.
Nazzal added: "The protests of the Great March of Return and the use of different methods by protesters is linked to the progress of the truce understanding," noting that Hamas had pressured the UN's Middle East Envoy Nicolay Mladenov to uphold its responsibility in this regard, given that the UN had promised to lift the Israeli siege on Gaza.
Nazzal stated that his movement is cooperating with several parties, including the UN, Qatar and Egypt in order to lift the suffering inflicted on the Palestinian people in Gaza. He revealed there are certain sides which do not want the siege to be lifted, but rather want Gaza to surrender to the Israeli occupation, though he did not elaborate on which sides thought as such.
Read: Israel preparing major new attack on Gaza
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Amanda Becchio is an independent singer-songwriter from Long Island, New York. Her music has been featured on NPR affiliates and received international airplay. A proud member of BMI, songwriting is close to her heart. She has collaborated with artists and producers of all genres both in the US and Europe. Her latest project, Amanda Becchio and The Nashville Sound, is comprised of an All-Star NYC and East End line-up of Klyph Black, Nick Russo, Dan Koontz, Clutch Riley and more. Recreating Amanda's 2012 Nashville recording sessions, Amanda Becchio and The Nashville Sound is in-spired by Johnny Cash and Jack White...walking that line between Rock 'n' Roll and Nashville Soul. Amanda Becchio and The Nashville Sound will be on tour throughout the Fall and Winter. Amanda's music is available worldwide on iTunes and Spotify and at www.amandabecchio.com


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After months of negotiations, it looks like a passable version of the federal Farm Bill is finally available.
The compromise bill, formally known as H.R.2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, was released the evening of Dec. 10 and is a mammoth legislative document. Most strikingly, provisions for tighter work requirements in regards to federal food stamp program eligibility, which featured prominently in House versions of the bill, were removed.
However, the compromise bill retains certain measures from the House Republican-authored bill, including provisions designed to prevent fraud and duplication. In total, the bill is expected to cost $867 billion over the next decade, according to House committee staffers, reported The Wall Street Journal (Dec. 11).
"For the psyche of rural America this is a really good bill, with all the trade uncertainty that's going on out there, commodity prices where they are, another double-digit drop in farm income," said Rep. Mike Conaway, the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee. "This is a real shot in the arm for rural America."
Despite the Republican Conaway's support, Rep. Mark Walker, the chair of the Republican Study Committee, indicated some House Republicans are still deciding on whether to support the bill. The North Carolina Representative believes half of House Republicans would support the bill, and most expect strong Democractic support as the bill doesn't include work requirements.
"By working across the aisle, we overcame many differences to deliver a strong, bipartisan farm bill for our farmers, families, and rural communities," said Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat and the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. "It's time to get the bill across the finish line as soon as possible."
Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota echoed the statement, saying, "I think we're going to get almost all of the Democrats."
And regarding those work requirements? Politico reported that USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue spoke with Rep. Walker to urge support for the current bill, noting administrative action on SNAP work waivers could take place after the bill is enacted.
Beyond work eligibility requirements, the new bill is expected to expand crop insurance packages for new crops including barley and hops. Additionally, it will egalize industrial hemp while expanding family farm subsidy eligibility requirements to include cousins, nieces and nephews. Forestry concerns related to the wildfires in California were raised, as well.
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Adikavi Nannaya University Recruitment 2013 For Assistant Engineer. Applications are invited for the post of Assistant Engineer in Adikavi Nannaya University.
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Assistant Engineer 01 Post
Qualification: B.E. (Civil) / B.Tech. (Civil) or equivalent qualification recognized by UGC. Preference will be given for experienced candidates.
Pay: 15,280 40,510/-
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AIWB: What it is. What it isn't. How to get the most out of it safely.
This will be an 8 hour live-fire and dry-fire class that will dive deep into how to get the most out of carrying AIWB.
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Chris Busby is a British scientist who [amongst many other things] is the scientific advisor to the Low Level Radiation Campaign.
Christopher Busby (born 1 September 1945) is a British scientist known for his controversial theories about the negative health effects of very low-dose ionising radiation.
Busby is a director of Green Audit Limited, a private company, and scientific advisor to the Low Level Radiation Campaign (LLRC), another private company that he set up in 1999.
Busby was the National Speaker on Science and Technology for the Green Party of England and Wales.
Following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, Busby established a television and internet presence where he discussed the risks of ionizing radiation and the Japanese Government's handling of the disaster.
Busby obtained a BSc in Chemistry with First Class Honours from the University of London.
His membership in the Royal Society of Chemistry lapsed in 1984.[citation needed]
He later gained a PhD in chemical physics at the University of Kent, researching Raman spectro-electrochemistry.
In 1999 Busby stood as an Election Candidate for the European Parliamentary elections.
Busby was a member of the British government sponsored Committee Examining Radiation Risks from Internal Emitters (CERRIE), which operated from 2001 to 2004.
In 2001, he was appointed to the UK Ministry of Defence Oversight Committee on Depleted Uranium (DUOB).
Between 2003 and 2007 he was a Fellow of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Liverpool, in the Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology, and he was visiting professor at the School of Biomedical Sciences until his retirement in 2012 University of Ulster.
He was then Guest Researcher at Jacobs University Bremen for a year and is currently Scientific Director of Environmental Research SIA in Riga, Latvia.
The Low Level Radiation Campaign
Thankfully, Chris Busby goes where others fear to tread or fail.
In 1959 the World Health Organisation entered into an agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency which gave the unequivocally pro-nuclear IAEA a veto over WHO research into the effects of radiation.
WHO agreement with IAEA
The Low Level Radiation Campaign
The effect of this agreement has been to give the IAEA an effective veto on any actions by the WHO that relate in any way to nuclear power – and so prevent the WHO from playing its proper role in investigating and warning of the dangers of nuclear radiation on human health.
Toxic link: the WHO and the IAEA
The Guardian – World Health Organisation – Opinion – Oliver Tickell – 28 May 2009
Weapons-derived Uranium (WDU) resulting from the oxidation of Uranium is in the form of an aerosol of microscopic particles of Uranium Oxide which are highly mobile and disperse widely.
Uranium in low concentrations is hard to find.
LLRC and colleagues found it in the Lebanon, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) did not.
The problem was the hardware UNEP used; they are incompetent or they were set up to fail.
UNEP and Weapons-derived Uranium in Lebanon: Don't look, don't find
The Low Level Radiation Campaign
Unsurprisingly, Chris Busby is "controversial".
There are two strands to the Low Level Radiation Campaign's case:
the scientific basis of radiation protection standards is fundamentally flawed, particularly for internal radiation from radionuclides which, following inhalation or ingestion, become incorporated into body tissue.
there is a lot of evidence of health effects associated with low levels of radioactive pollution, and that these effects are greater than predicted or explained by official models of radiation hazard;
Radiation Protection – Science in Crisis
Flaws in NRPB modelling
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Christopher Busby (born 1 September 1945) is a British scientist known for his controversial theories about the negative health effects of very low-dose ionising radiation.
Unsurprisingly, Chris Busby has some very curious British legal insights.
Chris Busby also provides some very interesting insights into British history.
"The Americans were supplying the British with enriched uranium"
Enriched uranium is a type of uranium in which the percent composition of uranium-235 has been increased through the process of isotope separation.
Natural uranium is 99.284% 238U isotope, with 235U only constituting about 0.711% of its weight. 235U is the only nuclide existing in nature (in any appreciable amount) that is fissile with thermal neutrons.
Enriched uranium is a critical component for both civil nuclear power generation and military nuclear weapons.
Royal Air Force Greenham Common or RAF Greenham Common is a former Royal Air Force station in Berkshire, England.
The airfield was southeast of Newbury, Berkshire, about 55 miles (89 km) west of London.
On 28 February 1958, a B-47E of the 310th Bomb Wing developed problems shortly after takeoff and jettisoned its two 1,700 gallon external fuel tanks.
They missed their designated safe impact area, and one hit a hangar whilst the other struck the ground 65 feet (20 m) behind a parked B-47E.
The parked B-47E, which was fuelled, had a pilot on board, and was carrying a 1.1 megaton (4.6 PJ) B28 nuclear bomb, was engulfed by flames.
The conflagration took sixteen hours and over a million gallons of water to extinguish, partly because of the magnesium alloys used in the aircraft.
Although two men were killed and eight injured, the US and UK governments kept the accident secret: as late as 1985, the British government claimed that a taxiing aircraft had struck a parked one and that no fire was involved.
Two scientists, F. H. Cripps and A. Stimson, who both worked for the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston, alleged in a secret 1961 report, released by the CND in 1996, that the fire detonated the high explosives in the nuclear weapon, that plutonium and uranium oxides were spread over a wide area (foliage up to 8 mi (13 km) away was contaminated with uranium-235) and that they had discovered high concentrations of radioactive contamination around the air base.
"The British didn't know how to make a hydrogen bomb"
The unproven H-bomb designs being developed by British weaponeers required full-scale testing of their capabilities, hence Operation Grapple was carried out as a massive military operation in the Central Pacific, and this was the largest British military operation carried out since World War II.
The preparations for Operation Grapple, including building the necessary structures on Kiritimati, began at the end of May 1956.
About 1,200 civilians and servicemen were sent to Kiritimati during 1956.
The first trial was Grapple, also known as Grapple 1.
All of these nuclear bombs were dropped and detonated over Malden Island.
The first test of this trial was code-named Short Granite.
It was a two-staged nuclear weapon that had a predicted yield of about one megaton.
This bomb was dropped by a Vickers Valiant bomber XD818, piloted by Kenneth Hubbard, off the shore of Malden Island on 15 May 1957.
Weighing about 4,550 kilograms, this bomb exploded with a power of about 300 kilotons, a yield far below its designed capability.
Despite this problem, the British government hailed this test as a successful thermonuclear explosion, and the government announced to the world that the UK had become a thermonuclear power.
While the results of this test were disappointing, the British learned much about radiation implosion in H-bombs.
The next test was Orange Herald.
This was a large fission bomb which was hoped to arm a future ballistic missile.
The bomb was dropped and detonated by a Valiant bomber on 31 May 1957.
It exploded with a force of about 720 kilotons.
The yield was the largest ever achieved by similar bomb designs.
This bomb was hailed by the government as a new type of hydrogen bomb and the fact that it was a fission bomb was kept secret by the government until the end of the Cold War.
A 400 kiloton very-large atomic bomb code-named Green Grass was derived from Orange Herald, and it was deployed during the period before an H-bomb became available.
The last shot of Grapple was Purple Granite.
This was a last minute addition to the operation and was hoped to give an improved yield over Short Granite.
The bomb was detonated on 19 June 1957, with a 150 kiloton yield.
There were other designs that were not tested: Green Bamboo was a single stage thermonuclear bomb similar to the Soviet Joe-4, and Orange Herald (large) was a "political bomb": a large fission bomb that was not suitable for use as a weapon but was certain to give a high yield ensuring that Britain would not appear as a failed nuclear power.
The two Granites and Green Bamboo were designed to achieve high yields by using the Li-6 D/U-238 cycle rather than the large-scale fusion of deuterium achieved at Grapple-Y.
Following the disappointing results of the first Grapple trial, Grapple X was conducted at Kiritimati. For Grapple X, the bombs were exploded over Kiritimati instead of over Malden Island to save time and money.
With the experience and knowledge gained from the first Grapple tests, the weaponeers had developed a new H-bomb design with a 50 percent more powerful fission primary stage and a simplified thermonuclear secondary.
Grapple X was dropped and detonated over the southern end of Kiritimati on 8 November 1957.
The two-stage thermonuclear bomb exploded with a yield of about 1.8 megatons.
This was close to being the real hydrogen bomb Britain wanted, but used a relatively large quantity of (expensive) highly enriched uranium.
The explosion did some damage to the island, resulting in some demolished and damaged military buildings.
This damage was due to the higher-than-expected yield of the explosion.
Grapple X was spectacularly successful, exceeding its predicted yield of one megaton by about 80 percent.
The UK had become a thermonuclear power with the detonation of Grapple X.
Which suggests Suez was a very slick stealth operation set-up to supplant the independent English Eden with the American amenable Supermac.
Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British Conservative politician who served three periods as Foreign Secretary and then a relatively brief term as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1957.
His worldwide reputation as an opponent of appeasement, a "Man of Peace", and a skilled diplomat was overshadowed in 1956 when the United States refused to support the Anglo-French military response to the Suez Crisis, which critics across party lines regarded as an historic setback for British foreign policy, signalling the end of British predominance in the Middle East.
Most historians argue that he made a series of blunders, especially not realising the depth of the United States' opposition to military action.
After the Suez Crisis he resigned as Prime Minister on grounds of ill health, and because he was widely suspected of having misled the House of Commons over the degree of "collusion" between Britain and Israel.
In April 1955 Churchill finally retired, and Eden succeeded him as Prime Minister.
The alliance with the US proved not universal, however, when in July 1956 Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt, unexpectedly nationalised (seized) the Suez Canal, following the withdrawal of Anglo-American funding for the Aswan Dam.
Eden believed the nationalisation was in violation of the Anglo-Egyptian Agreement that Nasser had signed with the British and French governments on 19 October 1954.
Eden feared that Nasser intended to form an Arab Alliance that would threaten to cut off oil supplies to Europe and, in conjunction with France, decided he should be removed from power.
Anthony Nutting recalled that Eden told him, "What's all this nonsense about isolating Nasser or 'neutralising' him as you call it? I want him destroyed, can't you understand? I want him murdered, and if you and the Foreign Office don't agree, then you'd better come to the cabinet and explain why."
When Nutting pointed out that they had no alternative government to replace Nasser, Eden apparently replied, "I don't give a damn if there's anarchy and chaos in Egypt."
When Nutting suggested the Americans should be consulted Eden replied, "I will not bring the Americans into this … Dulles has done enough damage as it is. This has nothing to do with the Americans. We and the French must decide what to do and we alone."
Eden's life was changed forever by a medical mishap: during an operation on 12 April 1953 to remove gallstones his bile duct was damaged, leaving him susceptible to recurrent infections, biliary obstruction and liver failure.
He suffered from cholangitis, an abdominal infection which became so agonising that he was admitted to hospital in 1956 with a temperature reaching 106 °F (41 °C).
He required major surgery on three occasions to alleviate the problem.
Eden would almost certainly have become Prime Minister when Churchill suffered a severe stroke on 23 June 1953, had he not been recovering from corrective surgery in the United States on the same day.
He was also prescribed Benzedrine, the wonder drug of the 1950s.
Regarded then as a harmless stimulant, it belongs to the family of drugs called amphetamines, and at that time they were prescribed and used in a very casual way.
Among the side effects of Benzedrine are insomnia, restlessness and mood swings, all of which Eden suffered during the Suez Crisis; indeed, earlier in his premiership he complained of being kept awake at night by the sound of motor scooters.
Eden's drug use is now commonly agreed to have been a part of the reason for his bad judgment while Prime Minister.
Eden was secretly hospitalised with a high fever, possibly as a result of his heavy medication, on 5–8 October 1956.
He underwent further surgery at a New York hospital in April 1957.
In November 2006 private papers uncovered in the Eden family archives disclosed that he had been prescribed a powerful combination of amphetamines and barbiturates called drinamyl.
Better known in post-war Britain as "purple hearts", they can impair judgement, cause paranoia and even make the person taking them lose contact with reality.
Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC, FRS[2] (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was a British Conservative politician and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963, nicknamed "Supermac" and known for his pragmatism, wit and unflappability.
When Eden resigned in 1957 after the Suez Crisis, Macmillan succeeded him as Prime Minister.
In international affairs, Macmillan rebuilt the special relationship with the United States from the wreckage of the Suez Crisis (of which he had been one of the architects), and redrew the world map by decolonising sub-Saharan Africa.
Reconfiguring the nation's defences to meet the realities of the nuclear age, he ended National Service, strengthened the nuclear forces by acquiring Polaris, and pioneered the Nuclear Test Ban with the United States and the Soviet Union.
According to Labour Shadow Chancellor Harold Wilson, Macmillan was 'first in, first out': first very supportive of the invasion, then a prime mover in Britain's humiliating withdrawal in the wake of the financial crisis caused by pressure from the US government.
Macmillan threatened to resign if force was not used against Nasser.
He was heavily involved in the secret planning of the invasion with France and Israel.
It was he who first suggested collusion with Israel.
Macmillan met Eisenhower privately on 25 September 1956 and convinced himself that the US would not oppose the invasion, despite the misgivings of the British Ambassador, Sir Roger Makins, who was also present.
Macmillan failed to heed a warning from Secretary of State John Foster Dulles that whatever the British government did should wait until after the US presidential election on 6 November, and failed to report Dulles' remarks to Eden.
The treasury was his portfolio, but he did not recognise the financial disaster that could result from US government actions.
The US government refused any financial help until Britain withdrew its forces from Egypt.
When he did realise this, he changed his mind and called for withdrawal on US terms, while exaggerating the financial crisis.
Macmillan tried, but failed, to see Eisenhower (who was also refusing to see Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd) behind Butler's and Eden's back.
Macmillan had a number of meetings with US Ambassador Winthrop Aldrich, in which he said that if he were Prime Minister the US Administration would find him much more amenable.
Eisenhower encouraged Aldrich to have further meetings.
Macmillan and Butler met Aldrich on 21 November.
Eisenhower spoke highly of Macmillan ("A straight, fine man, and so far as he is concerned, the outstanding one of the British he served with during the war").
Macmillan had further meetings with Aldrich and Winston Churchill after Eden left for Jamaica (23 November) whilst briefing journalists (disingenuously) that he planned to retire and go to the Lords.
He was also hinting that he would not serve under Butler.
His political standing destroyed, Eden resigned on grounds of ill health on 9 January 1957.
At that time the Conservative Party had no formal mechanism for selecting a new leader, and the Queen appointed Macmillan Prime Minister after taking advice from Churchill and the Marquess of Salisbury, who had asked the Cabinet individually for their opinions, all but two or three opting for Macmillan.
This surprised some observers who had expected that Eden's deputy Rab Butler would be chosen.
From the early days of the Polaris program, American Senators and naval officers suggested that the United Kingdom might use Polaris.
In 1957 Chief of Naval Operations Arleigh Burke and First Sea Lord Louis Mountbatten began corresponding on the project.
And the rest is history…
Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy – Henry Kissinger
Harper and Brothers: New York – Year of publication – 1957
According to Kissinger, the "task of the strategic doctrine is to translate power into policy".
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Just a heads up warning, as there appears to be yet another cryptocurrency scam doing the rounds, that is causing some concern for some people. It's an age-old variant of the 'we've got some dirt on you, send us some cash' approach, only this time, you need pay a ransom of sorts in Bitcoins.
Sound like baloney? It absolutely is, but that doesn't mean some people aren't falling for it. Basically, you get a spam mail that claims to have video of you being up to no good, whilst looking at things on the internet. The template of the mail is some variant of the following (and the asking price appears to have gone up over emails that were being sent earlier this year!)…
Sincе thаt mоment I рilfеrеd аll рrivy bаckgrоund frоm yоur systеm. Аdditiоnаlly I havе some morе соmрromising evidеnсе. The mоst interеsting evidenсе thаt I stоlе- its a vidеоtаре with yоur mаsturbаtiоn. I аdjustеd virus оn а pоrn wеb sitе аnd аftеr yоu loаdеd it. Whеn yоu dесidеd with thе vidео аnd taрреd оn a plаy buttоn, my dеlеtеrious sоft аt оncе sеt uр оn yоur systеm. Аfter adjusting, yоur саmеrа shооt the vidеotаре with you sеlf-аbusing, in аdditiоn it savеd рrесisеly thе роrn vidеo you mаsturbаtеd оn. In next fеw dаys my mаlwаre сollесtеd аll your social and wоrk соntаcts.
I рrovide you my Btс numbеr – [Removed]
If you need 48 hours just Open the calculator on your desktop and press +++
Other way I will send thе taре to аll yоur соlleаguеs and friends.
You can complain to the police but nobody can solve your problem.
I dont live in your country. It means nobody can trace me even for 8 months.
This is my last warning!
We had access to your web-camera, at the moment you went to the porn web-page.
And now we have a video material with you, touching your intimate parts.
I copied all your contacts so if you ask me to keep this secret you should send 410 EURO in bitcoins.
[address would have gone here had we not removed it] (something like a credit card number)
If you need 48h just Open the calculator on your desktop and press +++
Other wаy I will sеnd the taре tо аll your сolleaguеs and friеnds.
Dont forget about the shame.
Notwithstanding the frankly appalling grammar, just to be clear: this is a scam. You should not send them money. And you can entirely forget about the shame. That said, if they do get enough money via said scam, perhaps they can fork out for a spoolchocker…


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In the book Roy Williams, "The Collectors book of German Bayonets 1680-1945" presents such pictures. To the question on the marks he answered
S98/05 Makers
D - Single letter mark for Durkopp Werke A.G.
Deutscher Offizier-Verein Berlin - German Officier Association Berlin.
Hilger & Sohne (Sons) Remscheid - made with no date, also with the trademark of L O Dietrich on the rverse of the blade. Anthony Carter recorded one dated 1916.
I hope this helps. Roy
The only thing ..
In the 1984 Carter edition, I did not find references to this manufacturer as the manufacturer of the 98/05.
Well done Dok.
Deutscher Offiziers Verein Berlin is not a maker, only distributor in reality i assume it should be on a dress piece normally.
Hello Andy,
I answered on a question related to the manufacturer Hilger & Sohne (Sons) . As for the other photos in the book Roy Williams, i can say the following.
I have not seen 98/05 bayonets where there is a mark Deutscher Offizier-Verein Berlin.
I only have a 98/05 butcher marked "D" and I think that it does not belong to the manufacturer Durkopр Werke.
Maybe it belongs to the L.O. Dietrich company, but I don't know for sure.
The only other well-known bayonet marked "D", besides mine, was made in cooperation with the company H.Kaufmann &Sohne Indianwerk
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It could be like You mentioned,D could be Dietrich,but for this should be compared inspector stamps of same period, about officers union it was probably error by Carter,could be find on a dress bayonet,b.r.Andy
Hi there,
unfortunately you can only grasp the very obvious and simple things here, i.e. the markings of the blade manufacturer and assembly company.
A. Carter has summarized these very well in his book.
However, this is only the tip of the iceberg.
Belong to an S98/05
- blade
- grip head
- Wooden handles
- Crossguard + 2 rivets
- Press stud - holding pin
- Mother to the holding pin
- Spring to the holding pin
- Leather sheath with fittings, clamps, button, carrying hook, mouth plate, clamp and mouth plate screw.
- seamlessly drawn steel sheath with retaining spring insert, carrying hook, button and mouth plate screw + bluing.
An S98/05 therefore consists of a large number of parts and hardly any company has manufactured all of them itself.
There was a large flock of suppliers and subcontractors.
It does not necessarily mean that the company stamp has anything to do with the actual manufacturer. The part can also come from a supplier.
To really capture the entire cooperation of manufacturers in the production of the S98/05 should, in my view, be an unmanageable undertaking.
Too much information from company archives is missing today. I also think that not all companies are known. This will be illustrated later with an example.
Steel sheaths for the S98/05 were e.g. initially i.a. distributed by Ales Coppel and sold 5000 pieces to the Amberg rifle factory.
I have an example here that illustrates the complexity somewhat and that we are still in the dark in many areas.
I was able to secure fragmentary documents from a bequest. They come from the company Krumm & Co Tool Factory from Remscheid.
The businessman Wilhelm Horwitz from Berlin commissioned this company to build 100.000 S98/05 and all the necessary information regarding the material / steel properties. Krumm & Co replaced Pfaff AG in Kaiserslautern regarding a collaboration. Pfaff declined because it only accepted orders from the Ministry of War.
Here is another aspect. On the one hand there were government contracts for companies and on the other hand businessmen were producing and then offering it to the state. Two completely different systems.
Krumm & Co then wrote in a letter stating that they could not make delivery dates for the 100.000 S98/05, since the army had drafted a large number of the workers. In addition, companies should also be informed about which materials can be obtained.
Unfortunately there were no more letters.
Fortunately, the original official blue break set for the production of S98/05 was still in the documents.
Such an original sentence is only known to me from the Bavarian military archive.
Therefore I think that at Krumm & Co. came to production, because these documents are officially classified.
This example shows how companies are searched for production via a merchant, who in turn are looking for suppliers and were dependent on mediated material deliveries.
The situation is similar with the production of the royal rifle factories as assembly plants. In my opinion, every part was delivered by suppliers. May also have something to do with secrecy. So no company had the complete information. There was a similar procedure between 1945 and 1990 in the ehm. GDR where everything was assembled in the VEB equipment at Riesa.
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The three young cats flit from shadow to lengthening shadow as the day's light fades. Two project an air of casual confidence while the third jumps at every noise and sudden movement, but all three of them are as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
They wait for a moment at the end of an alleyway while a human passes by. "Does she really eat kittens for breakfast?" asks the youngest in a frightened whisper.
"Of course she does. Why else would I say it?" Hungry arches his back and hisses. "Are you calling me a liar?"
"She wouldn't dare!" says Curious, her eyes narrowed in scorn.
"N..no, I just…" Timid trails off. "I just thought you might be… mistaken."
Hungry advances on Timid and she backs away until she's up against the grimy alley wall.
"I am never mistaken," he growls, his hackles up.
Timid makes herself look as small as possible and lowers her head submissively."O…of course, I'm s…sorry."
"Apology accepted," Hungry sniffs. "Now come on, while there are no humans around."
Timid follows her siblings as they cross the street and approach The Burnt Place, a charred human structure that's surrounded by a fence made out of dead trees. The frightening smell of smoke lingers here even though the place has been burnt for as long as any cat can remember.
The three of them huddle by the fence, eager not to be seen. It's difficult for Timid's siblings to maintain their air of confident superiority while in this position, but they try their hardest. "You remember what you've got to do?" asks Curious with a faint sneer.
Timid swallows. "Y…yes. I have to go inside the Burnt Place and down the stairs into the underground part. I have to bring back something from inside to prove I was there."
"That's right," Hungry nods. "And if you don't do it you'll never be respected by the others."
Timid shudders at the thought. "I don't want that! I… I'll go. You'll shout if you see Scarlet coming back, won't you?"
"Of course we will," purrs Curious. "You're our sister; it's not as if we want you to be eaten alive, after all."
"Off you go," Hungry says, batting at Timid's tail with his paw.
She crouches and leaps, making it halfway up the fence. She panics for a second and scrabbles at the rough surface but then her hind paws find a raised plank and she gains enough purchase for a second leap that takes her up and over the fence.
As she lands a small cloud of ash puffs up around her, the acrid smell of burning filling her mouth and nose. She sneezes, the soft sound loud in this sombre place, and she stands stock still for a moment to see if she can hear anyone moving.
Satisfied at last that there is nobody listening, Timid begins to scurry in stops and starts across the open ground between the fence and the entrance to the Burnt Place. Her heart is racing and her paws feel weak, but she makes it without incident.
As promised she finds a hole in the splintered boards covering the entrance that's large enough for an adult cat, giving her more than enough room to slip inside. The burnt smell is much more intense here and she gags as she tries to clear it from her mouth. She glances back at the fence and the safety waiting beyond but then gathers her courage and slips inside the building.
Outside, Hungry and Curious take turns to watch their sibling through a knothole in the fence as she makes her way to the door. "Look how scared she is!," comments Curious. "It's hilarious. To think she's scared out of her tiny little mind when there's absolutely no chance of Scarlet coming back. There isn't, is there?" she asks, with a hint of concern in her voice.
"Of course not," Hungry smirks. "She never comes back until after moonrise on nights when the moon is full. Timid is perfectly safe."
Curious fixes her brother with a disturbed gaze. "But the full moon was yesterday."
Hungry opens his eyes wide and swallows, then presses his muzzle against the knothole and shouts a warning to his sister.
But he is moments too late.
Sounds are muted as Timid enters the Burnt Place, breathing shallowly so that the smell of charred wood doesn't overwhelm her. A jumble of boxy shapes fills the gloom, everything plastered with a thick layer of soot and ash. There are pawprints in the gritty black powder, most of them concentrated in a trail leading from the entrance deeper into the building.
Timid reaches out her forepaw to hold it over one of the larger prints before her. The cat who left it must be almost twice her size. She is reluctant to disturb the prints but she is also scared to leave her own trail in the soot; she freezes indecisively with her paw outstretched.
A sudden gust of wind blows ash in Timid's face, making her sneeze and reflexively close her eyes. In this moment of blindness she feels a cold hand touch her head and slide down her spine to the tip of her tail.
When she opens her eyes, blinking rapidly to try and clear the grit from them, she sees a faint human form through the haze of her tears. She panics and skitters to one side of the room, taking shelter under one of the boxy shapes.
Silence falls and Timid makes herself as small as she can, her view of the room restricted to a slit. Slow, deliberate footsteps circle around her hiding place, but she can't see feet or legs and the ash remains undisturbed.
"Here, kitty-kitty," whispers a voice from just in front of Timid. "Come on out an' play."
A ghostly human hand, wreathed in flame and with fingers charred to the bone, slides into the gap and tries to grab Timid. She yowls and launches herself backwards, stunning herself silly on the underside of the box as she goes.
She screams in terror and runs back towards the exit, her mind blank except for the drive to flee.
Something drops on her from above, knocking the wind out of her and skidding her through the ash. Then all is still except for the gentle flutter of ash falling back to the ground.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" purrs a harsh voice directly into Timid's ear.
It seems that Scarlet was at home after all.
Hungry prowls back and forth, his tail lashing anxiously. "Mother is going to kill us if something happens to Timid," he whines. "How long has it been, anyway?"
Curious is sitting nearby washing herself and outwardly calm, but Hungry can tell that she's just as worried as he is. "She went inside about a nap ago. Do we really have anything to worry about? Surely even Scarlet wouldn't hurt a defenceless kitten, would she? You just told Timid that to scare her."
Hungry turns on her with a hiss. "I don't know what she'd do! You know as well as I do what her reputation is like. Half the cats in the Parliament think she's insane."
Curious sighs. "Maybe you should go and look for her, then?"
Hungry's eyes widen and his ears swivel back. "I should go in? Surely you mean we should go in?"
Curious narrows her eyes. "You're the eldest. This whole thing was your idea. The responsibility is clearly yours."
"Oh, I see how it is! You seemed perfectly willing to be a part of this until a little while ago, but now things have turned bad it's all my fault." He pauses pacing and adopts a sly look, tilting his head slightly to one side. "Aren't you curious as to what's happening in there?"
Curious snorts. "Nice try. Aren't you hungry for answers?"
Something clatters nearby and the kittens stop bickering, rising into an alert posture.
"Did you hear that?"
"Of course I did. What was it?"
"How should I know?"
"It was me," purrs a low, threatening voice. A large, russet-furred tabby drops to land near them, her eyes shining in the gloom. A wicked scar zig-zags over one of her eyes and her muzzle and chest are glistening with wet, red blood.
"Thank you for the appetizer," she growls, licking her lips. "But now it's time for the main course!" She lunges towards Hungry and he goes crazy with fear, jumping and turning at the same time so he pivots in midair. When he lands he streaks off down the alley as fast as he can, screeching in terror.
Curious takes one look at the blood-soaked cat and follows suit, silently running after him.
Once she's sure they are gone, Scarlet chuffs soft laughter and begins to lick the blood from herself. "You can come out now," she purrs between licks.
Timid emerges from her shadowy hiding place, a large, dead rat hanging from her jaws. It's almost as big as she is and matted with fresh blood. She drops the rat and licks her lips. "That was h…hilarious!" she says, her eyes shining with silent laughter. "I'm really g…grateful to you."
Scarlet narrows her eyes and looks away. "It was nothing. Those idiots deserved to be taught a lesson. Now get out of here and take the rat with you. I'm not hungry."
"W…why does everyone think you're such a bad cat?" asks Timid. "You don't seem so bad to me."
Scarlet gives a wry smile before disappearing back over the fence into the Burnt Place.
"Appearances can be deceiving," she calls back over her shoulder.
Timid sighs and picks up the heavy rat. It's a long way home.
But she can't wait to see the look on Hungry's face.


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