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By Jeff Maisey
Indie-pop group Feral Conservatives took home three trophies in Veer Magazine's annual Music Awards program held at the Naro Expanded Cinema in Norfolk. The band's "Here's to Almost" was named Album of the Year, while their hooky, melodic "Last Light" earned "Song of the Year" honors. They were also top choice in the Indie Pop genre category.
Winners were selected as a result of a 50/50 mix of popular vote conducted online and a panel of judges that included an impressive array of local music industry professionals: Paul Shugrue (Host of WHRV-FM's "Out of the Box"), Kyle Bloom (Producer of Fox 43's "Hampton Roads Show), Crizti Walsh (Host of 96X's "The 757 on 96X"), Dr. Barry Graham (Host, WHRV-FM's "Acoustic Highway"), Jerome Langston (Veer Magazine pop culture writer), Jim Newsom (Veer Magazine music writer/musician), Jeff Maisey (Veer Magazine), Shannon Jay (Veer Magazine pop culture writer), Cristin Pond (Norfolk Festevents, Director of Programming/Entertainment), Josh Coplon (LAVA Music Festival), Tyler Warnalis (Musician/TBA Productions), Josh Whitener (Veer Magazine urban music writer), Mitch Kirsner (Owner, Fantasy), Bobby Philips (Electroganic) and Mike Hotzclaw (Reporter, The Daily Press).
A bonus to this year's winners: Festevents will be producing an outdoor festival/concert on Thursday, May 11 at Town Point Park featuring 20-minute sets from Veer Magazine Local Music Awards category winners. It'll be a live sampler of some of the region's finest bands and musicians.
Following is the list of this year's winners by category.
Album of the Year
Feral Conservatives, "Here's to Almost"
EP of the Year
Roosterfoot, "Roosterfoot"
Song of the Year
Feral Conservatives, "Last Light"
Music Video of the Year
K'bana Blaq, "Black Trash"
Producer of the Year (2016)
Jacki Paolella
Feral Conservatives
Heretics in the Lab
- Flax & The Heart Attacks
Galaxy Dynamite
Russell Scarborough Trio
The Fuzz Band
Hip Hop
Brackish Water Jamboree
Gina Dalmas and The Cow Tippin' Playboys
Dustin Furlow
Anthony & the Conqueroos
DJP & MrT
Night Shark
Cover Band
The Deloreans
World Music
Buddha Council
The Chosen Few
Open Mic Night
Cozzy's w/Vaughn Deel
Live Performer
Anthony Rosano & the Conqueroos
Online Source
Media Program (TV/Radio)
Out of the Box, WHRV-FM
Local Music Venue
Shaka's Live
Outdoor Festival featuring Local Music
Stockley Gardens Arts Festival
Local Music Series
Sunsets on the River @ Hermitage Museum
Music Instrument Retailer
Russell's Music World
Local Music Photographer
Beth Austin


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Audition Repertoire for Composition
A prescreening is required of all composition applicants. Those that pass the prescreening will be invited to interview. All applicants residing in North America and all DMA and Harvard/NEC applicants must interview in-person here in Boston. Composition applicants residing outside of North America who are not applying to the DMA or Harvard/NEC programs may interview by Skype if they cannot travel to Boston.
Applicants should submit their portfolio and accompanying recordings via our online application. Portfolio scores can be uploaded as PDF files and recordings may be uploaded in several file formats. Please refer to the recording guidelines section of our general audition requirements page for information about uploading your prescreening files to our online application.
Prescreening Process
All applicants must submit a composition portfolio by December 1. After a prescreening review, qualified applicants will be asked to interview with composition faculty members at NEC. Applicants who are not selected for a live interview will be notified that they have not been accepted for study at NEC.
Composition Portfolio Requirements
Submit three scores of original compositions. If available, please also include recordings (live or computer-generated) of the submitted compositions. Please submit scores and recordings through the online application.
In addition, applicants should show proof of theoretical study through transcripts or other supporting documents.
DMA applicants should submit at least three scores and recordings of recent works. It is helpful if works are chosen to demonstrate a variety of ensembles and forms, including at least one larger work.
If invited, applicants are required to interview with the composition faculty. Interviews will last 20 minutes and will give our faculty the opportunity to learn more about applicants and their work and simultaneously allow applicants to learn more about NEC and our Composition program. The interview does not include an entrance exam or demonstration of instrumental proficiency. Applicants to the DMA, however, are required to take the standard DMA entrance exams while in Boston.

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Sarasota Weekend Events of April 22, 2016
Posted by See Sarasota Live on
Take a look at some of our featured events in Sarasota for the second to last weekend in April.
April 22, Van Wezel - Cirque Mechanics Pedal Punk, Sarasota
Enter the world of Pedal Punk, where cycling is the way to escape the technology-obsessed society. Experience the excitement, artistry and thrill that occurs when a wacky bike shop mechanic interacts with cyclists and bikes, and repairs more than broken pieces. This new production showcases Creative Director Chris Lashua's innate passion and fascination for all things bicycles and cycling. The New York Times calls it "exceptional, evocative, eye-catching and grossly entertaining…in a word, excellent. For more information visit http://www.vanwezel.org/boxOffice/event.cfm?eveID=1617#.VxU_WXqULgl
April 23, Sarasota Farmers Market, Sarasota
This popular hometown market has been going strong for 37 years and features over 70 vendors and 5,000 square feet of plants and produce. It's a great way to start your weekend with a fresh coffee, beautiful flowers, and a healthy array of locally grown produce for a true farm-to-table eating experience. For more information visit: http://www.sarasotafarmersmarket.org/
April 23, The Brian Bill Foundation 1st Annual Navy SEAL Golf & Dinner Benefit, Sarasota
The 1st Annual Navy SEAL Golf & Dinner Benefit on Saturday, April 23 2016 at the Ritz Carlton Member Golf Club will be like no other event in Sarasota. Along with a round of golf, a delicious dinner and unique Navy Seal auction items, the keynote speaker is highly decorated Lieutenant Michael Thornton. He received the Nation's highest award, the Congressional Medal of Honor, for his heroic actions during his tour of duty in Vietnam where he saved the life of a fellow Seal. Sandy Buchanan is the honorary chairwoman and PGA and NFL players will be in attendance. For more information visit http://www.brianbillfoundation.org/events/
See Sarasota Live now has two Sarasota Events calendars
Sarasota County Events Calendar
Sarasota Sports Events Calendar
If you would like to submit an event please visit: Submit Event


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Cats are pets that are favored by many good people from children to the elderly. That makes people love this one because cute animals and can also be a friend to play.
Health in cats of course should be maintained properly so that the cat does not get sick. How to keep the cat in order not to get sick of course have to do things that are useful for these pets. As for who should do that is by keeping the animals, cleaning animal cages, and provides nutritious food. If the pet hospital, of course, makes you feel sad is not it? Therefore, you must take care of the cats immediately. Additionally, if your cat was ill, then you should be quick to provide help so that existing disease in cats does not worsen and the risk to the soul. For that, you must know that there are various diseases in cats, as below.
Sore eyes
Cats are funny animals, but he will not play with his owner when he was sick. The first disease that can occur in cats is an eye sore. If the cat has a problem in the eye, it can cause a cat's eyes became watery. If your cat is experiencing it in his eyes, then immediately for treatment. If not treated immediately, can-can make a cat's eyes closed and eventually become blind. Therefore, immediately perform the treatment on your cat. How to care for ailing cat eye is cleaning in the eye and give eye pain medication for animals that can be bought in drug stores. Also, do not mix the ailing cat eye that is not contagious to other cats by separating the cat cage.
Skin disease
Cats may also suffer from skin diseases as well as humans. As for the cause of skin disease in cats is the presence of tick bites and fungal skin. Perhaps the disease is on the cat's skin is not dangerous, but if it does not quickly take action will certainly be sorry for this cute animal. Therefore, you must keep the cat's skin properly so that the cat does not have this disease. Bathe your cat using the shampoo and also keep the cleanliness of the animal enclosures so that no germs. Germs can also cause skin rashes.
Infections of the ear
A disease that should be known by your cat is an infection of the ears of a cat. Usually this disease will infect cats due to the cleanliness of the cat's ears are not awake. If the bacteria or germs in the ears of a cat, of course, will make the infection in the ear leaf. To minimize the occurrence of ear infections in cats, then you must keep the cat by ridding on the ears regularly. However, if the cat had the infection in the ear, then you should give the medicine.
Cat flu
If humans are in unstable weather conditions such as rain certainly can cause flu. Well, neither in cats exposed to rain water can make the cat have the flu. Therefore, you have to find a place for cats to be cats do not feel cold and also injecting vaccination to make the cat's body becomes thick.
That is some disease in cats that should be known by you. In essence you have to maintain the health of the cat by keeping the cat.


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The whiff of another oil and natural-gas boom is wafting around southern Kansas, but it's too early to tell whether it will become a reality.
But something serious is afoot. Energy companies have entered the state, leasing large swaths of land and starting to drill on some of it. In places such as Barber County, where the buffalo roam at a ranch owned by media tycoon Ted Turner, out-of-state license plates are more common because of the drilling.
Entrepreneurs sensing an opportunity have plans, including building motels for workers who are expected to come. In some small communities, housing is already in short supply.
The attention stems from the possibility that Kansas will be the latest state to gain an economic advantage from fracking — the use of water and chemicals under high pressure to retrieve oil and natural gas that were once out of reach. The state has millions of acres of underground rock that appear to be good candidates to provide oil and natural gas.
And companies are making some big bets that there are vast amounts of energy to recover in what is known as the Mississippian Lime play, a seam of rock under roughly 6.5 million acres of land stretching from Oklahoma into southwest and central Kansas.
Read the complete story at kansascity.com


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A Post From Irvine Lake Dental:
A visit to the dentist is one of the things that people fear most, although dental visits are key to dental health. It is important to be aware of what is preventing you visit your dentist and skip your dental appointments so that you can start overcoming your dental anxiety.
Do you fear that you will receive bad news about your dental health? Do you fear dentists because of painful past experiences? Whatever your reasons, you are not alone since many people skip dental visits. However, about 65 percent of people still visit dentists regularly in America.
Failing to visit the dentist is not only unfortunate, but also dangerous, since dental visits are critical to your overall dental health. Teeth take on a lot of abuse and dental visits provide the ideal opportunity to assess any changes that can be addressed easily.
If dental problems are caught early on, solutions are usually quick, easy, and inexpensive. However, problems that are left undiagnosed can grow into bigger problems that require more expensive and extensive treatments.
Why Do People Fear Visiting the Dentist?
1. Cost
High costs are one of the main factors that prevent people from getting dental checkups regularly. A lack of dental insurance is one of the main reasons why people don't visit the dentist according to a recent study. However, the reality is that dental visits won't cost a lot of money if you take proper care of your mouth and teeth. Simple additions to your routine such as rinsing your mouth with therapeutic mouthwash and flossing regularly help keep your mouth healthy.
2. Anxiety
People are generally afraid to visit the dentist's office, but there are several things you can do to minimize this anxiety. One of the most effective ways to have a positive experience is to talk to the dentist about your fear or even listening to pleasant music that provides a positive and soothing environment like a spa. The best way to develop a positive dental experience is only through communication.
3. Fear of Requiring Dental Work
For most people, the actual cleaning is not what they fear, but rather hearing bad news about their dental problems. Denial and avoidance tend to be very strong human emotions, which can be a powerful motivation for people not to visit the dentist as regularly as they should.
4. Fear of Instruments
People usually fear hearing bad news about their dental health because they fear that treatment might be a frightening or painful procedure that involves scary dental instruments. Fortunately, this is hardly ever the case today. Dental care has made many new advances including the introduction of lasers, which does not require Novocain. The drills used today are also highly advanced that there is only minimal discomfort or noise.
5. Bad Memories
Even the advanced dental techniques used today are not enough to get rid of bad memories from dental visits of past years. People usually fear dentists because they were told not to be afraid of dentists when they were children. However, this only served to instill the fear that has lasted a long time. Today, dental visits are very different with many dentists actually offering TVs, music, and advanced procedures that help erase any bad memories.
6. Being Lazy or Busy
People sometimes have a lot going on in their lives or simply don't want to make the effort to visit the dentist. Humans are creatures of habit and if you don't build dental visits into your routine, they will become some of the things that you always tell yourself that you will get around to doing. After skipping an appointment or two, it becomes more of a habit. It is the reason why dental offices work very hard to remind people about their appointments.
7. Fear of Lecturing
Nobody ever likes being lectured about dental health. If you have been neglecting your flossing or even brushing, you might fear that the lecture will soon be coming. Dentists recognize this fact and will hardly ever reprimand or lecture their patients. Such comments are counterproductive since the patient's discomfort is enough of a reprimand. However, the fear of a lecture is a thought that crosses the minds of many patients. In many cases, it is due to the guilt since they know better and just want to hear any more about it.
The Bottom Line
People often fear visiting dentists for varied reasons as shown here. If you are a person that fears visiting the dentist, the best way to address your reasons for this is to voice them to him or her. Give your dentist the opportunity to provide reassurance so that you can get back on course for good oral health. It will be the best decision that you ever make not only for your oral health but also your overall health too.


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If a spin class is your idea of a good workout...
Then you've been missing out.
At Bowery CrossFit we're reinventing the gym experience to be more fun and more effective. Through our training programs you're able to quantify your results, so you're able to monitor your progress each and every day. Not convinced? Check out what our members say on Yelp.
"First learn stand, then learn fly. Nature rule Daniel-san not mine."
Your first step with Bowery CrossFit is our Foundations Program. In the program you'll learn the movements you'll do in class and you'll gain a deeper understanding of our training philosophy in a PRIVATE 1on1 setting.
The program is a series of 5, 1on1, personal training sessions. Each 1on1 session is 30 mins and the investment for you is just one payment of $299. This program is appropriate for most adults and no baseline level of fitness is required.
In each session, we will teach you new movements and end with a workout that can be adjusted to meet your fitness level.
Ready to get started?
Fill out this form and we'll give you a call to set up your free No Sweat Intro and answer any questions you might have.
Life after the Foundations Program
Once you graduate the Foundations Program, you'll be ready to hop into any of our group CrossFit classes.
Each class is 1hr long and starts with our a warm-up and is usually followed by a strength segment and finishes with a workout. Exercises and programming are carefully explained by our coaches and each class includes lots of hands on help to ensure you're both working out safely and progressing quickly.
Here is our schedule:
CrossFit Group Class Pricing
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To sign up fill out the form above or call us at 212.226.6503 or email firstname.lastname@example.com


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There was much for urban, blue-state conservatives to enjoy in the left-wing freakout over Whole Foods CEO John Mackey's comparison of Obamacare to "fascism" earlier this week. It was almost too much for National Public Radio, where Mackey first made his remarks, and whose audience overlaps considerably with Whole Foods' customer base. (Many will be going without their wheat grass and spelt flakes in protest this week.)
Mackey soon walked back his remarks in an interview with NPR's New York affiliate, saying that he had chosen his words poorly, though he stuck to his specific criticisms of Obamacare in a post on Whole Foods' blog. In a review of public reaction to the controversy, NPR's Morning Edition read comments critical of Mackey–but failed to include any that supported him, of which there were many at Whole Foods' website (one Leslie Davison, for example, wrote: "I thought that your word choice was right on, true and accurate. Don't apologize.")
Was Mackey correct about "fascism"? There are always perils in the use of historical analogy. Some terms translate well from their countries of origin into different situations; others do not. The Afrikaans term "apartheid" is specific to South Africa; the Norwegian Quisling has become the "quisling" we all know and scorn.
There are those who argue that "fascism" ought not apply outside of its original European context. But fascism was not uniquely Italian or Spanish or German; though historians and political scientists still dispute its precise definition, it was an ideology that, among other things, prescribed a state control of the economy without state ownership thereof. Perhaps Mackey could have used the word "corporatist" instead, which refers to the economic system without all the emotive connotations.
And indeed, Obamacare directs individuals to purchase insurance and dictates the terms under which private companies shall provide it. It does not actually run the health insurance industry–that would be socialism, the end goal of many Obamacare supporters–but controls it.
Regardless, what irks the left is not so much Mackey's choice of words but his continued opposition to Obama's signature domestic achievement. Furthermore, Mackey has gone further than saying "no" to Obamacare–has actually proposed an alternative based on the model Whole Foods uses for insuring its own employees. That led, Mediaite reminds us, to protests and boycotts by the organized left, most of which amounted to nothing.
What is so remarkable about Mackey's continued dissent is the ideological journey behind it. In an interview with Greta van Susteren on Fox News last night, Mackey described how he began as a leftist who hated corporations and could not see himself as a businessman. He changed his views over the course of his quest to bring healthy food to the American consumer, and developed a vision of socially conscious capitalism that combines libertarian skepticism of the government with communitarian relationships with customers, employees and suppliers.
Mackey is a specimen of that peculiar generation that came of age, and founded enterprises, in the 1970s. We remember that decade as an era of big government, stagflation, international crisis and personal excess. But a handful of pioneers–particular in the new world of computers–took a risk on the old American entrepreneurial dream, and laid the foundations for the prosperity of the decades that followed, enabled by the rise of a new conservative politics whose intellectual currents had been flowing just beneath the service the whole time.
What NPR and its listeners could not bear, apparently, was the conviction that to be truly socially conscious, one must first be free to succeed. Mackey's plain talk–with or without the dreaded "f" or "s" words–is an antidote to the doublethink of blue state liberals, who despise the very system that has allowed many of them to succeed.


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Fair Trade Fortnight- NSW Events
May 13th Every Purchase Matters
6.30pm - 715pm Paddington Uniting Church 395 Oxford St Paddington
Join the Fair Trade Association celebrating Fair Trade Fortnight this May with the event "Every Purchase Matters", to be held at Paddington Uniting Church, Sydney.
Every Purchase Matters will be a multi-faced event featuring Fair Trade markets, a screening of the powerful documentary 'Black Gold' and a Q and A session with leading figures in the Fair Trade Movement in Australia and the Pacific.
Come along to learn why every purchase you make matters.
Tickets: General Admission ($15)
Concession ($10)
For tickets go to:
May 16th Fair Trade Day
9:00am - 3:00pm, 2A / 490 The Entrance Road, Erina, New South Wales
Enjoy African street food and learn about Fair Trade. learn how you as a customer play a big role. Become a friend of the Fair Trade Association and try your hand at making paper beads. Everything in the Gallery on that day is 10% off. For more information go to https://www.facebook.com/events/458937344270531/
May 21st Fair Trade with Africa
5.30 – 7.30pm, 2A / 490 The Entrance Road, Erina, New South Wales
Learn about Fair Trade and its impact and importance today. Carina shares her insights and experiences gained during 10 years of doing business with Africa. Find out about the Fair Trade network and how it works towards promoting Fair Trade in NSW. Enjoy refreshments for a gold coin donation towards HOPE Tanzania Australia. For catering purposes please RSVP at
May 21 Black Gold Documentary Screening
Food Coop, ACT, 8-10pm
The documentary screening will be accompanied by sample products and information, and talks by local fair trade business owners. RSVP via http://www.meetup.com/Meaningful-Movies-Canberra/events/222500059/ or via email email@example.com


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Two charged for drive by shooting just outside McAllen
Thu, 06 Mar 2014 21:26:00 GMT —
Two men have been formally charged for their roles in a drive by shooting that ended in a fatal auto accident just outside of McAllen.
Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested both Armando Loya and Heriberto Villalpando on deadly conduct charges early Wednesday morning.
The two are accused of participating in a drive by shooting at 11116 North Mayberry Road just north of McAllen.
Witnesses said four men fled the scene in a vehicle but got into an accident just south of Highway 107.
Deputies confirmed that 23-year-old suspect Omar Lucio Zuniga died in the accident.
Both Loya and Villalpando tried to flee the scene but were arrested walking away from the accident.
Paramedics rushed the driver to a local hospital where he remains in custody.
The driver's name has not been released but he's expected to face a deadly conduct charge for the drive by shooting and a murder charge for Zuniga's death because the accident happened while fleeing a felony.
Deputies reported find a handgun and an assault rifle at the scene of the accident.
An exact motive for the drive by shooting is not clear but court records show that Loya had threatened to kill the homeowner and his family.


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Sessions for folks interested in learning about the game development process, how to start developing on their own, and what making a game is about.
Game U Introduction:
Date: Saturday, October 5th, 10 AM- 12 PM
Location: Foshay Lodge, 9635 Venice Blvd, Culver City
Game U:
Date: Sunday, October 6th, 10 AM - 5 PM
Location: IndieCade Village, 9400 Culver Blvd, Culver City
Game U is a special conference at the IndieCade Festival of Independent Games that focuses on pulling back the curtain on the game development process, and the work that game designers do. Specially designed for a diverse audience from entertainment and media professionals who want to learn about the game development process to amateur game creators who are considering trying to become professional.
Game U sessions start Saturday and Sunday, October 5-6th, and will cover an introduction to game development tools, processes, and roles, as well as opportunities to meet working professionals in the game industry. Game U is chaired by Jeremy Gibson.
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Where have I been? Well of course, life on a farm and trying to work at school keeps a gal busy. Then you throw grandbabies visiting and trying to take care of the garden into the mix and you get BUSY! Then add a Breast Cancer Diagnosis in on top of that and that's when things just don't get done.
So now, our saga takes a turn. We were just a retired couple enjoying ourselves and the farm, fishing a little now and then and socializing with the neighbors. On July 18th, 2014 (my husband's birthday) I received the diagnosis of Invasive Ductal Carcinoma. Our world flipped upside down. Our emotions were on a roller coaster. It was difficult to grasp the diagnosis. It is such a slow process to move through.....you feel as though your feet are being sucked in mud. Denver and I determined that Breast Cancer isn't a medical emergency, but a mental emergency. You just can't get anything done quickly! It's always hurry up and wait. You make an appointment with a Dr. but it's not for another 2 weeks. Or you have a procedure scheduled and it's a week and a half away. All the time you're waiting you go to the world wide web and begin searching for anything related to your diagnosis. You literally flood your mind with information and it soon becomes an overload. You have to walk away and take some healthy time for yourself. Go do something that you enjoy and don't think about the dreaded cancer.
Things are better now...we're progressing. In another post I'll give you more information and perhaps it will help someone else. God has been with us all the way and it's evident in the minimal treatments I've needed compared to some in our community. It's just difficult for me as I've always been in control of everything in my life and with this.....I'm not! I just don't like it!!! In face, I HATE CANCER!!!


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Review time! with Pàng the Wandering Shàolín Monk volume 2: Winter Worm, Summer Grass
"They were chopping them up / They were chopping them down / It's an ancient Chinese art / And everybody knew their part"
A few years ago, Ben Costa was nice enough to send me his first comic, volume 1 of Pàng the Wandering Shàolín Monk, which was quite good. He contacted me recently and asked if I'd like the second volume, and I'd be a fool to say no, so I'd like to thank him for it. He self-publishes Pàng under the delightful name "Iron Crotch University Press," and this book costs a mere $19.95.
As always, you can keep up with the comic on-line, but of course I'm one of those old-timers, so I dig the book!
I enjoyed the first volume of the book but felt it was front-heavy with exposition – Costa kind of had to do it, as he's writing about China in 1674, not exactly a time period many Americans are familiar with – and it got better as it went along. With volume 2, he doesn't have that problem, and we get a faster-moving book, which is nice.
In the first volume, we met Pàng, who arrives in a small village searching for two of his brothers, and he meets an innkeeper and the innkeeper's attractive niece, Yang Yang, who becomes his friend and to whom he tells his story. The emperor ordered the destruction of the Shàolín temples because he believed they were conspiring with ethnic Chinese who were sympathetic to the Ming dynasty, which the Qing dynasty from Manchuria displaced in 1644. Pàng escaped as part of a small group who were trying to save the sacred texts of the monastery, but he became separated from Jian and Bó, his companions. In volume 1, he was forced to leave the village because he got in trouble with the local authorities, but he had heard rumors about where his brothers had gone, so he followed. That's where we find him in volume 2.
As the middle volume of this story, Costa can assume we don't need the history lesson that began volume 1, which means he can move right along with this, which helps get us right into the story.
Pàng is hurt, sick, and lost, and he comes across a tiger, from whom he barely escapes, and then gets into a kerfuffle with a man who has studied some of the Shàolín precepts and doesn't believe that he's a monk. It turns out that the man, Yíng Jié, was attached to a different temple, and he's living in the woods with Rú, one of the monks whom he helped escape when the army came to burn the monastery. Yíng Jié believes he knows where Pàng can find his brothers, so he goes with the young monk. Of course, nothing goes as planned, and Pàng ends up in the hands of a bounty hunter, and then, at the end of the book, he finally finds his fellow monks, but that isn't as satisfying a reunion as he thinks it will be. Costa does a nice job with the mystery of the disguised man who has been searching for Pàng since the first volume, whose identity we finally learn late in this book. We still don't know why Pàng or the books he carries are so important, but we get a clue at the end of this volume. Costa does a good job leading us to that point, with the coincidences in the book feeling less like coincidences and more like fate. It's fiction, so of course there's going to be an actual plot rather than just random occurrences, but the way Costa brings the plot threads together is well done, because he takes his time and gives us good reasons for the way these people find each other. He also does a nice job with the different characters. Pàng remains somewhat terrified of his own shadow, but as we saw in volume 1, he's perfectly capable of taking care of himself, and he gets to do a bit of that in this volume. Costa is slowly making him a stronger person as the events around him force him to do so, but he's also trying very hard to be compassionate, like the Buddha, and that helps him in other situations, too. It's refreshing to see a hero who wants to do the right thing without fighting, even though Pàng can fight rather well.
Meanwhile, the other characters are interesting because while they represent different factions of the civil war in China at the time and different kinds of Buddhists, they're not stereotypes. Yíng Jié appears to be completely unreasonable, but after we get to know him, his paranoia becomes very understandable. Wàng, the bounty hunter, is moved by Pàng's compassion, but he also needs to make a living, and Costa does a nice job with his internal battle as he tries to justify keeping Pàng a captive even though the monk has shown him a better way to live. There's a lot of that in this book (and volume 1), and it makes Pàng's journey more interesting, even though it's plenty interesting on its own.
Costa's art, I think, benefits from him not having to exposit so much in this volume, because he used a lot of panels in volume 1, making his artwork a bit more cramped. Part of that was because the book took place in a small, cramped village, and Costa did a nice job with the claustrophobia of a medieval-type town. In this volume, the action mostly takes place in the wild, and while Costa still packs each page with a lot of panels, but it doesn't feel as crowded – I didn't count the panels-per-page, but even using one fewer opens things up a bit more. His art is very cartoony, but fluid and dynamic, which helps the action scenes quite a bit. There aren't quite as many emotionally charged scenes in this volume as in volume 1, but at the end, Costa is able to wrench quite a bit of emotion out of the scenes, and he does a good job even with the relatively abstract faces he draws. As in volume 1, he draws action very well. He gets in close so the fighting feels more brutal, but he choreographs it very well, so that it's always clear what's going on. We feel the characters' physical pain, as Costa doesn't skimp on the bloody details, and that means we also see the psychic pain it causes to the characters, especially Pàng. Costa's coloring is wonderful, too – far better than in volume 1, but that might be just because he's putting his characters in different colorful places.
The early scenes, in which Pàng wanders in a bamboo forest and encounters the tiger, are amazing – the lush green contrasts wonderfully with his drab clothes, and the dull orange-yellow tiger leaping out of the ocean of green is a marvelous image. He uses blues and pinks later in the story really well to indicate time of day, and at the end of the book, he makes the sky gray to indicate the storm gathering for Pàng and his companions. As we saw with the first volume, he does a good job with flames, too, as he uses smudgy paint to make the fire look less solid. It's a smart choice.
Costa is taking a break from Pàng for a while, as he's working on something else and he wants to finish writing the final volume before he starts drawing it, so it might be a while before it's finished. Despite it being the middle chapter of a three-volume set, Costa manages to get a pretty good plot into it – if you haven't read volume 1, he catches us up on Yang Yang (briefly) and gives us a bit of information about the mysterious person following Pàng. The problem with second volumes of a three-volume set is that we don't get the beginning of the story and we don't get the end, so it might feel like too much of a bridge. That's a bit of an issue here, but Costa gives us enough of a plot that it's interesting on its own. I would still recommend getting volume 1 and volume 2, though – they're both pretty cool comics.
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Crossrail's ambitious Community Investment Programme is the first of its kind for a major infrastructure project. It requires Crossrail construction contractors to donate their skills, time, money and expertise to bring lasting benefit to the communities in which they are working.
Crossrail remains committed to investing in local communities along the route through opportunities that arise from the construction programme. Community investment takes the form of a donation of skills, time, money and expertise to help bring lasting benefits to the local communities where Crossrail contractors work.
Each contractor working on Crossrail is required to provide a community investment plan customised to each specific community and their local stakeholders. Particular focus areas are education, renovation and refurbishment, social welfare, economic development and jobs.
In addition to contractor community investment programmes, Crossrail has its own programme targeted at local primary school children and their parents, through the Young Crossrail programme.
A key piece of work this year has been the development of a community investment toolkit. This has been in response to an observation that community investment has most benefit when it identifies and contributes to the main concerns and needs of the community that it is trying to help and support. There is also a need to provide consistency in the approach to identifying these needs and quantifying their value. It is expected that the toolkit will be used to inform future investment in local communities and it will be an important part of Crossrail's learning legacy for future projects.
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Founded in 1995 as an NBA expansion team into Canada, the Grizzlies spent six seasons in Vancouver before relocating to Memphis, Tennessee in 2001. In 2012, Robert Pera became controlling owner of the team.
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FRANKFORT — Since Kentucky passed its first human trafficking law in 2008, more than 100 victims of human trafficking have been identified, but fewer than 20 of those cases have been prosecuted.
Advocates hope that if House Bill 3 passes the Republican-led Senate this legislative session, more of those cases will be prosecuted and more victims of human trafficking will be identified and treated rather than prosecuted.
The Democrat-led House unanimously passed HB 3 on Friday and it now heads to the Senate. The House approved a similar bill last year but it failed in the Senate.
Rep. Sannie Overly, D-Paris, told the House on Friday that human trafficking is not just an international issue or an issue in big cities. Since 2008, there have been at least 18 state and federal human trafficking court cases in Kentucky. The vast majority of those cases involve Kentucky teens — mainly girls — who have been trafficked for sex by a relative.
"We need tougher laws in Kentucky to address this situation," Overly said. "For those who think that human trafficking only happens in big cities ... in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, it does. But it is also going on in our backyards. The time is now and the time is right."
HB 3 would strengthen punishments for violating human trafficking laws, increase police training on how to deal with human trafficking, allow prosecutors to take assets and cash from those who are convicted of human trafficking, and allow that money to be used to treat human trafficking victims. The bill would also allow victims of human trafficking to receive services through the Cabinet for Health and Human Services rather than face criminal prosecution.


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Index Astartes: Space Wolves
The Great Crusade
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Index Astartes: Space Wolves
Benedict Arnold
- January 22, 2008 02:24 AM (GMT)
Since the Imperium came into being, the Space Wolves have fought tooth and nail for the cause of the Emperor. Among the most famous of the Legions of the Adeptus Astartes, their name and actions are known from one side of the galaxy to the other. As headstrong as they are fierce, the Space Wolves are experts at close-quarter fighting, and their warriors compete keenly for glory on the battlefield. The Space Wolves live to fight, and death holds no fear for them.
The cornerstones of the Imperial creed are related across a hundred thousand worlds. Although the details vary, it is widely acknowledged that, millennia ago, the Emperor of Mankind walked upon the face of Terra. His mighty deeds unified the race of Man in a spiritual golden age, and legends of his greatness have been told across the galaxy for countless centuries. The vaults of the Library Sanctus contain many truths such as these, held sacred by the Librarians of the Adeptus Astartes since the birth of the Imperium. One of the most coveted and respected of these legends concerns the creation of the Primarchs.
The Emperor, at the height of his powers, was virtually omnipotent. Yet the Emperor of Mankind could not be in every place at once, the blinding beacon of his light could not illuminate all the dark corners of the galaxy. And so the Emperor created the Primarchs, sons born from his holy blood, each a paragon of humanity that surpassed Mankind in every way. Each of these first-born were brought into being as leaders, warriors whose might was tempered by serenity and wisdom.
There are no records as to how the Primarchs became so widely spread across the galaxy. The prevalent theory maintains that as the Primarchs were still incubating in their nascent state in the laboratories of Luna, they were scattered to the far corners of the galaxy. One certainty to arise from this foundation of mystery is the fact that the Emperor subsequently used the lost Primarch's gene-seed as a template for a genetically engineered species of superhumans, the Space Marines.
Every one of these enhanced warriors were many times more powerful than an ordinary human soldier, and it was with these elite troops that the Emperor intended to unite the galaxy. Legion upon legion of the Legiones Astartes were created in their Primarchs' image. One of the greatest of these legions would become the Space Wolves.
Many of the Imperium's records concerning the Space Wolves' heritage owe much to the life's work of Gnauril the Elder, a contemporary of the ancient Fenrisian king Thengir. His sagas have been retold word for word across continents where possessions are scarce and the written word completely unused. That such records remain, even after millennia had passed, is a testament to the awe that the Fenrisians reserve for their mythology. Gnauril tales, many of which detail the early years of Leman Russ' life, have passed into the folklore of Fenris itself.
In the far north-west of the galaxy, on a remote and frozen ice world named Fenris, one of the infant Primarchs came to rest. Given the harshness of the climate, it is safe to say that a lesser being would have died almost immediately. It seems highly likely that the Primarch was adopted by a Fenrisian she-wolf; Leman Russ himself mentioned his lupine parentage on more than one occasion. Russ' wolf companions, Freki and Geri, are widely believed to have been his original pack-brothers, growing to maturity at much the same time.
Gnauril's saga, 'The Ascension of the Wolf-King', tells of one fateful Helwinter when the young Primarch joined his pack in a raid on a nearby settlement. Running into the village on all fours, a pack of lean, howling wolves behind him, he smashed his way into the village storehouse and gorged on great shanks of salted meat. The wolves were attacked by the villagers before they could carry the spoils to their starving kin, and the Primarch fought with unfettered ferocity to allow his fellow wolves to escape. The villagers had not seen the like, and petitioned their liege, King Thengir of Russ, to rid them of this menace. Within the week, a hunting party was sent out 'with drake-poison on their arrows and knives sharp enough to slice through oak.'
Many of the Primarch's pack died as a result of this action, pierced by the spears and arrows of the hunters. Even the venerable she-wolf that defended the litter was impaled through the throat, ending the lives of five hunters before she finally succumbed to their poisoned arrows. But the wolf-child was spared as he crouched growling over the she-wolf's corpse, the poison slowly affecting his iron constitution, barbed arrows sticking like quills from his face and back. The wolf-child was bound and gagged tightly with strips of gut and sinew cut from the corpses of his pack, and thrown before King Thengir himself.
The saga continues in detail, telling of the Primarch's first contact with the royalty of Fenris:
"In the evening the wolf-man was ungagged, and the King demanded that the feral creature grovel for his life like a dog. The strange beast drew itself up to its full height and roared so loud and so long that some of the younger men had to leave the hall. The wild-eyed creature spat a great gobbet of blood and poison at King Thengir, his golden eyes shining with regal pride."
Over the next few years, the wolf-child was taken into the care of the King himself. He was taught how to use a battle-axe, how to fish and, soon after that, how to speak. The Primarch matured quickly, absorbing knowledge at an incredible rate. He also showed a natural aptitude for weaponry, in addition to being unmatched in unarmed combat. Quick to roar with laughter or bellow tunelessly in song, the Primarch slowly realised that he was more human than wolf, and that he was far greater than either. When Russ handed the Champion of the King's Guard his battle-axes during their third sparring session, Thengir admitted to himself that the young man was destined for greatness. The Primarch soon spoke with powerful eloquence, and one evening, King Thengir deemed him worthy to receive a true name.
Thus it was that Leman of the Russ was truly born.
Much of what is known of Leman Russ's early years is borne of hearsay and legend as his fame quickly spread throughout the land. The legends of Fenris cite him as being able to pluck an oak from the earth and snap it in twain over his back, facing armies of the King's enemies and sending them running without sustaining a scratch, wrestling a Fenrisian Mammoth to the ground and roasting it whole for his meal that evening. When Thengir died, there was no question as to the succession. King Leman Russ took his place on the throne.
Each Allwinter's Eve, in the halls of the Fang, the Space Wolves' Fortress-Monastery, the Rune Priests recount in great detail the saga of Leman Russ. Every one of the Space Wolves knows the tale by memory, and the legends are passed down from solemn Priest to naive cub with the greatest of reverence. In this way the saga of Leman Russ is kept alive to this day.
Due to their oral tradition, the following legend has not been written down in any form by the Space Wolves. However, the clandestine introduction of a vox-corder to the Feast of the Wanderer by Inquisitor Chalfont, a guest at the table of Cormack Wolftongue, has provided Imperial scholars with the following transcription:
"Thus it came to pass that Russ was hailed as King of all Fenris, his judgement as strong as his sword-arm and his authority indisputable. No man nor beast could best the Wolf-King,
No tribe could stand against his armies. Within Russs kingdom a truce existed between man and wolf. His court was attended by the fiercest of warlords and the most beautiful of maidens. Tales of his mighty conquests spread like forest fires, and it was not long before the eyes of Terra turned upon his deeds.
Such was Russ's fame and so great were his accomplishments, The Holy Emperor of Terra did take it upon himself to meet with the Wolf-King. He believed, in the core of his soul that this mighty warrior was one of his true sons. He knew well that Russ would not bow to his rule without being beaten in a contest. The Emperor was convinced of his own power, and knew that such a challenge would be as nothing to him. Who could best a living god? Who could stand firm in the presence of Humanity's king? And so it was that the great, sky-spanning ships of the Emperor Travelled to the centre of the sea of stars Settling on the hard, cold skin of Fcnris scant years after Russ s ascension to the throne.
The Emperor, clad in a long, plain robe, entered King Leman Russ court Through a yawning cave mouth in the south of Fenris he came. His divine aura was hidden from the curious eyes of the King's court And his towering physique was cloaked with runes of disguise and confusion. Half his face was within the shadow of his hood. In his hands he carried the oaken staff of the wanderer, But to the sharp-eyed and sober, his nature was clear: The great wolves of Fenris slunk away at the strangers passing.
Slouched on his oaken throne sat Leman Russ, A flagon of fine mead in one hand and the leg of a roast bear in the other. Freki and Gcri, the Kin-Wolves, lay curled about his bare feet, and a great pool of blood glittered in the torchlight around the base of his throne. The court had been hunting, and did not take kindly to the interruption of their feast. The wanderer approached the gnarled wood of the throne and its gargantuan occupant, and stood firm, staring hard at where Russ was presiding over the feast. The court grew silent as the Wolf-Kings growl reverberated around the walls. Freki stood at the sound, baring his fangs, Geri, old beyond his years, proved wiser than his brother. The stranger was meeting their masters gaze unflinchingly.
It was then that the stranger offered his Challenge. The nature of the contest was for the King to decide. If he won, the stranger asked for nothing but to be allowed to drink at the right hand of Russ during the feast. The shouts of the household rang against the shields strung around the roof, the laughter at this preposterous suggestion shared by all present. Russ demanded that should the wanderer fail, he would serve at the King s behest for a year. Grimly, the stranger accepted.
The Wolf-King did not wish to spoil a good feast; His first challenge was to an eating competition. The food was brought forth on vast brass shields, and the stranger ate well indeed, consuming many times more than the stoutest warriors present without pause. But by the time he looked up from his platter, Russ was finishing his third Auroch. The vast, red bones lay around him, not a morsel of meat to be seen. Giving voice to a thunderous belch, Russ grinned at the wanderer. Fangs glittering red in the torchlight. The stranger bowed his head.
But the King was enjoying his sport. He realised that the brown-cloaked traveller had the spirit of a Fenrisian. And so challenged the newcomer to a drinking bout. The second contest began, sounded by a clarion horn. But by the time the wanderer had reached his sixth barrel of strong Fenrisian mead, there was no more to drink. The Wolf-King had drained the entire feast dry. Consuming enough to fell a whole Great Company. The light of anger appeared in the wanderer's eye.
If he was not to be given the chance, how could he prove his mettle? If all that would greet him was derision and scornful laughter. How could he welcome this warrior, so fond of his mead, as his lost child? Driven by disappointment, the wanderer called Leman Russ a drunkard and a glutton, Able to achieve nothing more than filling his face and bellowing hollow boasts.
At this, the court fell silent. None even dared to breathe as the Wolf King drew himself up to his full height. The bloodied carcass of his meal crunching beneath his feet. Russ drew his greatsword and stepped onto the banqueting table, a growl rising in his throat. The Wolf-King calmly laid down the consequences of his last challenge, and his court backed away as one.
Time seemed to stop as the Emperor of Mankind threw away his cloak, the hood falling from his face, his true form revealed. Standing far taller than any man present. swathed in light and clad in baroque golden armour. The God-Emperor stepped onto the banqueting table. His sword shimmered as it was drawn from its gem-encrusted scabbard. With a roar that shook the walls of the court, the Wolf-King leapt. Battle was joined between the two titanic figures.
The Emperor fought gracefully and with precision. His every act like liquid fire, his swordsmanship faster than the eye could follow. The Wolf-King attacked with the force of pure fury. Tempered by years of living by his skill and wits alone. The lustrous gold of the Emperor's burnished armour Reflected the glimmers of torchlight and the eyes of a thousand onlookers. The Wolf-Kings skin glistened with sweat and blood, His matted hair flying around him as he roared and howled.
The speed and passion of Russs attack A perfect fusion of martial prowess and a focus that was nothing less than total. Convinced the Emperor without doubt that this was one of his lost sons. Swinging his power fist around in a blurring golden arc The Emperor struck Leman Russ full in the face."
(It has been noted in the transcription that at this point in the recording a great cheer erupts from all present. This part of the legend seems to be the cause of much mirth amongst the audience, all of whom have evidently heard the tale before).
"It is testimony to the fortitude of our Lord Russ That within the hour he was able to think clearly once more. Recovering quickly from a blow that would have destroyed any mortal man. Russ made little show of his headache. It was as a result of ingesting mighty quantities of Fenrisian mead Rather than the result of the duel. But nevertheless, with bloodied smile and broken fang, He swore fealty to the Emperor of Mankind."
It is well known among Imperial scholars that, when given proof as to his origins, Leman Russ did indeed pledge his sword to the Emperor. His teaching and training went swiftly; it was a matter of weeks before the Emperor judged Russ worthy of leading his armies in the holy war across the galaxy. Leman Russ was introduced to the warriors who bore his mark within their very genes. And so it came to be that Leman Russ became the father, progenitor and Lord of the Space Wolves of the Adeptus Astartes.
Leman Russ settled into his role as the Primarch of the Space Wolves. He was gifted with a great suit of armour blessed thricefold by the Emperor himself. His greatsword was replaced with the legendary Frostblade Mjalnar, whose teeth were fashioned from the maw of the Great Kraken Gormenjarl and whose blade, it was claimed, could cleave the very ice mountains of Fenris in twain. It was without question that the Space Wolves Legion accepted the towering Wolf-King as their Primarch and leader and, over the next few years, they became as sons to Leman Russ.
In time, all of the Primarchs were united with their respective Legions; the records of that time speak of a golden age of conquest and success. The forces of the Imperium were unstoppable in their quest to unite the galaxy in the worship of the God-Emperor. Russ plunged headlong into the fighting at the forefront of every battle, vanquishing all before him. Throughout the long and various battles of the Great Crusade, the Space Wolves and their lupine allies were at the front line. Russ strode at the head of his Legions, slaughtering all who dared stand before him, his coming announced by the howling of the pack.
Benedict Arnold
- January 22, 2008 02:27 AM (GMT)
The Horus Heresy
Russ's actions met with such rampant success that his conquests led him into the far corners of the galaxy, many light years from the Segmentum Solar. Thousands of worlds were reclaimed in the Emperor's name, and it seemed that the Golden Age would never draw to a close. Until, in an act that would scar the galaxy forever, Russ's brother Primarch Horus, the progenitor of the Luna Wolves, turned from the light.
The Horus Heresy was a time of total war, a great schism rent across the Imperium in the wake of the Great Evil One's folly. Horus' trickery and deceit ensnared no less than nine Space Marine Legions, whether by coercion, misdirection or corruption.
The Space Wolves, although not present for many of the final battles when the forces of Chaos laid siege to the Emperor's Palace itself, were heavily involved in the foundations of the Horus Heresy. It was in the disastrous beginnings of this time that the Sons of Russ began their ages-long blood feud with the Thousand Sons Space Marines Legion.
In contrast to the Space Wolves, the Thousand Sons Space Marines were fixated with the pursuit of lore and, as a result, much can be gleaned from the tomes recovered since their fall. There are even accounts of the ruination of the Legion; most notably the Fall of Prospero, but all are tinged with the bitterness of defeat. Within these rotting texts, the Space Wolves are painted in the worst light imaginable. However, with the careful integration of the legend of the Space Wolves that portrays this time, and the collation of events that appear in both accounts, it is possible to put together a fairly accurate picture of what truly started the blood feud between these two Legions.
Magnus the Red was a giant of a man, standing far taller than even his brother Primarchs, his hair and complexion a livid red. Most remarkable of all was the enormous cyclopean eye set deep into the Primarch's forehead; where normal men have two eyes, Magnus had one. His strength was lauded as rivalling that of Russ, but he preferred to expend his energies learning and pursuing ancient arcana than the art of battle. His physical peculiarities were never remarked upon by the other Primarchs; after all, Sanguinius was blessed with wings and Leman Russ himself bore the sharpest of fangs. Nonetheless, the Wolf-King feared that the taint of Chaos was ingrained within the giant's soul. But the Emperor would not hear of his suspicions, as Magnus was one of his own sons.
As the events leading up to the Horus Heresy ripened into terrible fruition, Magnus the Red sent a psychic message to the Emperor. No records exist as to what the message was, but more than one source theorises that it was a warning against the treachery of Horus. Although the message was said to be of great import, it inadvertently revealed the true extent of the practices of the Thousand Sons. The Emperor refused to believe that Horus, his favoured son, would betray him, and he rose in anger against Magnus's warning. As the flame-haired Primarch opened a psychic connection to the Emperor, the Emperor was aghast at the extent of the research Magnus had conducted into heretical and blasphemous arts. In the Emperor's eyes, the Thousand Sons had probed too deeply into mysteries better left alone, willingly walking into the lair of the beast. Magnus' explanations did not pacify the Emperor, and Russ' worst suspicions were confirmed. At Russ' insistence, the Emperor was persuaded that Magnus was the traitor, not Horus. Horrified, the Emperor commanded Russ to leave immediately for the Thousand Sons' home world. The Wolf-King mustered his Legions about him, and prepared once more to go to war.
Prospero was once the very image of paradise. Great towers of ice and ivory studded the landscape, and beautiful gardens and peaceful lakes were abundant. Russ believed that this veneer of civilisation and culture hid a roiling foundation of evil. In his eyes, every scholar, scribe and sorcerer had delved too far into the mire of Chaos, had drunk too deeply from the blasphemous waters of forbidden knowledge. There was no option; the Wolf-King knew that he must follow the Emperor's command to the letter: cast down the Thousand Sons.
After a lengthy and punishing series of bombardments, the legions of the Wolf-King fell upon the inhabitants of Prospero in an avalanche of howling fury. The savagery and ferocity of the Space Wolves' attack enabled them to strike through to the heart of Prospero's capital, but the Thousand Sons had prescience enough to prepare their final defences. By the time the Space Wolves had slaughtered their way to the gates of the largest citadels, the Legions of Magnus the Red were waiting for them.
The ensuing battle raged day and night without pause, the Space Wolves fighting with furious zeal, the Thousand Sons battling for their very home world. By all accounts, although there is little in the way of specifics, the war between the Legions took many days and cost thousands of lives.
Ultimately, for all their wisdom, the Thousand Sons could not stand against the fury of the entire Space Wolves Legion in the field of war. At the forefront of the Space Wolves' battlelines, led by Jorin Bloodfang, was the Thirteenth Great Company. They were those who adopted the form of the Wulfen, their bestial souls transforming them into nightmarish half-wolves in the heat of battle. The sheer scale of the carnage the Thirteenth Company caused opened a massive hole in the lines of the Thousand Sons, and soon the verdant pastures of Prospero ran red with streams of blood. Magnus' brave warriors were slowly but surely culled, their numbers melting under the intense fire of the Space Wolves' assault. Although they did not fear for their lives, they fought to their last breath to protect their lore and their home world.
The loss of each and every Space Marine is recorded in Prospero's Lament, and although its veracity is in question, it remains the only account of the cyclopean Primarch's horrifying bargain.
"Magnus, squatting in his vast tower, watched in agony as his sons were torn to pieces by the barbarian Wolves of Russ. The howls of the pack resounded in his ears, destroying his concentration, breaking his psychic wards and driving him to the edge of madness. Bounding from his ebony throne, he flung his arms in the air and roared a plea for help, to save his Legion and their great works. As if something malign had been waiting for the Cyclops call, the sky grew dark and the air boiled with energy. Magnus was infused with eldritch power, his frame buckling as vile changes were wrought upon his body and his soul. He gazed out from the parapets of his citadel at the landscape of pain stretching before him, and screamed.
Hundreds of the Sons of Russ lost their minds completely as the magicks of Magnus took their toll. The skies cracked open, kaleidoscopic lightning blasting apart squad after squad of the savage Space Wolves. The very soil of Prospero sprouted ten-fingered hands like obscene fungi, clutching at the legs of the beast-warriors. And yet, they fought on regardless, sheer bloodlust inuring them against the numerous terrors now defending the citadels."
It can be presumed that this tale is continued from the Space Wolves' perspective of the titanic battle between Russ and Magnus, as related by the legend 'The War of the Giants', committed to memory by Inquisitor Bastalek Grim (1087345. M4I/5586741. P12).
"Magnus the Red took to the field of battle. The ravaged ground liquefying under his mighty strides As he cut a swathe through the ranks of the Space Wolves, Crushing everything in his path. Where his gaze fell, even the stoutest Long Fang turned white and died. The single orb in his forehead pulsed with an unnatural light. And his red mane stood on end with the energies coursing around him. Truly, this was an abomination in the eyes of the Emperor.
Leman Russ leapt from the thick of the melee to intercept the rampaging giant. As he turned, Russ grabbed one of the traitors by the throat and flung it at the giant's face. Magnus s petrifying gaze was blocked for a moment, and with celerity unheard of, Russ charged bodily into the crimson behemoth. And yet he did not fall.
The giant moved far faster than a being of such size might. Smashing his fist into Russ s chest with force enough to splinter his breastplate, pushing slivers of ccramite into Russs heart. But the Wolf-King was undaunted. Crabbing the giants arm as Magnus reared back for another blow, Russ was brought near to the giants face, and kicked him squarely in the eye. Magnus's roar of pain shattered the sky above, and thick black blood began to rain from the heavens.
Russ took his chance, and grabbed his blinded foe about the waist. Lifting the Cyclops clean off the ground, teeth grinding in a grimace of pain, The Wolf-King broke the Cyclops' back. The Thousand Sons, seeing their Primarch broken and cast down, turned and fled. But as Russ raised the Frostblade Mjalnar to deliver the killing blow. Magnus gasped a word of power and sank into the iridescent ground."
As for the conclusion of this epic battle, the accounts vary wildly. Some sources maintain that the sorcerers of the Thousand Sons opened a gate into the warp, fleeing into the jaws of Chaos rather than face the fury of the Space Wolves. Some claim that as his quarry escaped, Leman Russ swore an oath that he would destroy the legion to a man. Some claim that the traitor Legion became as ghosts, their diabolic patron protecting them from further harm.
But there are certainties about the flight of the Thousand Sons. They were not destroyed, and they salvaged much of their knowledge and arcane literature. Magnus himself was not killed, as he and his minions have plagued the Imperium for thousands of years since that day. Also, however they escaped, the Thirteenth Company, the Wulfen-Kind, were in pursuit. They have vanished from Imperial records since that time. The Space Wolves honour their loss by a blank stone in the Grand Annulus, and the Thirteenth Company has never been replaced.
Benedict Arnold
- January 22, 2008 02:28 AM (GMT)
Home World
Fenris is a world of pain and hardship, swathed forever in freezing ice or unforgiving fire. It drifts in the far northwest of the galaxy, perilously close to the Eye of Terror, and yet its denizens remain pure. From space it is apparent that the vast majority of Fenris is covered in ice-cold water, and what little land mass there is floats as small islands of frozen earth and snow. Imperial scholars have wondered at the fact that, in the dark, long days of the Fenrisian winter, the oceans freeze over completely, swathing the planet in a hard, white skin.
One small continent is the only area of land that remains stable throughout the years, the land of Asaheim, which sits atop the crest of the world. The planet orbits its sun in a pronounced ellipse; as a direct result, the climate on Fenris ranges from ice cold during the most part of the year to searing heat in the summer. Even at the time when Fenris reaches its perigee, the primary continent remains intact, although it is ravaged by blazing lava and rivers of magma. Tectonic plates grind, mountains are thrown up, and chasms rend deep gashes in the skin of the planet. Yet somehow, amongst the shifting ice floes and fierce tides, the men of Fenris thrive.
As the constant ravages of a cruel and constantly changing climate harden its people, so too does it harden the native species. The prey, such as the herds of giant Fenrisian elk with their majestic and razor-sharp antlers, and the hulking mammoths that can crush a man's body to a pulp, are dangerous indeed. However, extensive observation has revealed the predators of Fenris to be among the most ferocious in the galaxy.
Ancient drakes and wyrms soar on the thermals above the shifting islands, thriving in geothermally heated caves. Sea serpents and kraken haunt the deeps, terrifying tentacled leviathans that can grow thousands of yards in length. The respected Magos Biologis Anatole Leviticus has theorised that these 'kraken', one of which is said to have been caught by Russ himself, are remnants an unsuccessful Tyranid invasion from the past.
Great white bears, raging beasts that weigh as much as an ice shark and are almost invisible in a blizzard, can be found prowling the frozen tundra, fully capable of smashing apart the strongest buildings to feed on the unwary occupants. But most dangerous of all, a predator so advanced that it is known throughout the galaxy, is the Fenrisian wolf. These iron-furred monsters range from the mass of a small horse to that of an armoured personnel carrier, and are possessed of a singular cunning. A brief series of studies proved that their jaws can leave impressions in plasteel. Perhaps the most terrifying thing about these beasts is that they live in packs and, when they are hunting, their prey has little hope of escape.
Given that many Space Wolves wear the pelts of these vicious creatures, having killed one such beast with their bare hands, the warriors of Fenris can be surmised to be mighty indeed. Born into a world of such omnipresent danger, only the toughest can thrive. Few worlds in the breadth of the galaxy hold any fear for the Space Wolves.
Benedict Arnold
- January 22, 2008 02:30 AM (GMT)
The Space Wolves Legion is split into twelve Great Companies. Each of these is led by a Wolf Lord, who answers only to the Great Wolf himself . Each Great Company has its own headquarters or 'lair' within the Space Wolves' Legion-fortress, the Fang. This mile-high edifice of steel dominates the mountain ranges of Asaheim, and is said to be the most steadfast Imperial fortress outside of Terra. The Fang serves as headquarters, cathedral and fortress to each of the Great Companies. In almost all respects, each of the twelve Companies is a free-standing body of troops, with its own weapons, spacecraft, forges, customs and heroes settled within the depths of the Fang.
These Great Companies take much from their current Wolf Lord, including his name. When the Wolf Lord dies in battle another is chosen to replace him, and so the Company will reinvent itself. This provides a fluid command structure within the Legion (the mortality rate of Space Wolves is unsurprisingly high, given their yearning for close-quarter fighting). Each Wolf Lord chooses a symbol from the mythology of Fenris as his personal sigil, and it is this symbol that adorns the Company's banner.
Presiding over the twelve Great Companies is the household of the Great Wolf himself. This is comprised of all the Chapter's most venerable heroes; the Rune Priests, Iron Priests, Wolf Priests and Dreadnoughts. Their badge remains constant; the Wolf that Stalks the Stars, the personal emblem of Leman Russ himself.
Benedict Arnold
- January 22, 2008 02:31 AM (GMT)
The Space Wolves' gene-seed is as unique as it is deadly. The frightening potency of the first gene-seed to be implanted into an aspiring Son of Russ is legendary, and has accounted for the lives of hundreds of Fenris's warriors; those it does not kill, it transforms into a slavering monster.
The Canis Helix is necessary, however, as without this essential part of Leman Russ' heritage the other gene helices cannot be implanted at all. Unfortunately the genetic coding of the Canis Helix contains a number of acids that are not synthesised by the human body, and they have a dramatic effect on the physique of the potential Space Marine. The ravages of this unique gene first take effect during the aspirant's indoctrination. Ultimately, he is cast out into the wilderness to make his own way back to the Fang. The gene works hideous changes on the warrior's mind and body; he reverts to a primal state where his bones split and buckle, thick hair sprouts from across his body and his only desire is to gorge on fresh meat and glut himself on hot blood. His body mass grows by up to eighty percent, many of his bones fuse, and vestigial fangs sprout from his gums as he undergoes the transformation. Whilst his body is wracked with pain, the warrior must overcome the gene lest it overcomes him. It is common knowledge that the nights of Fenris are prowled by giant, feral creatures, known as the Wulfen, who failed to overcome the curse. To become one of the Wulfen is to fail, and truly become a monster.
If the aspirant manages to find his way back to the Fang across chasms and glaciers populated by snarling predators and blasted by freezing winds, he is implanted with the remainder of the Space Wolves' gene-seed, stabilising the Canis Helix and completing his genetic indoctrination into the ranks of the Sons of Russ. A minority of these warriors do not completely conquer the gene-seed's original effects, however, and in times of great stress, they revert to the hulking, bloodthirsty state that haunts their genetic structure like a ghastly shadow. This is the Curse of the Wulfen, and it is rightly feared.
Benedict Arnold
- January 22, 2008 02:32 AM (GMT)
The warriors of Fenris are brought up on tales of monsters and heroes, sky-straddling wolves and world spanning sea-beasts. They have a proud tradition of storytelling, and value a good tale almost as much as a good fight. The mythology of Fenris is crowded with the deeds of heroes, and many of their legends stem from the Fenrisian Wolves that prowl Asaheim. These pagan beliefs are looked upon with scorn by the Ecclesiarchy, but the Sons of Russ refuse to give up their beliefs even when their fangs are long and their skin weather-beaten and wrinkled. Superstition is rife, and the Space Wolves regularly enter battle festooned with totems and talismans to bring luck and ward off evil spirits.
Central to their belief system is Leman Russ, who they look upon as more than just a man, and to whom they attribute the deeds of a god. Heroes are held in the highest esteem, and none more so than their Primarch.
Benedict Arnold
- January 22, 2008 02:33 AM (GMT)
Combat Doctrine
The forces of the Space Wolves have a very different approach to martial strategy from their brother Space Marines. There are several distinct types of squad, or pack, in each Great Company, and each fulfils a different role in battle. As a Space Wolf progresses through his life, he may rise through the ranks until he is old and his fangs are long. If his bravery and might are without question, he will be asked to join the Wolf Guard, or even become a Wolf Lord himself.
Most Space Wolves begin their careers as Blood Claws, hot-headed young warriors who cannot wait to prove themselves, charging in howling packs at the front lines of the enemy in their efforts to garner personal glory. The Blood Claws are the shock troops of the Space Wolves and spearhead the majority of assaults. If they survive to become mature and capable warriors, they will be elevated to the ranks of the Grey Hunters, tempered by battle but nonetheless ready to give their lives in the name of honour. When the Space Wolves are fully mature, their hair grey and their canines pronounced, they are likely to be inducted into the Long Fangs, veteran soldiers who are disciplined and steady even in the heat of battle, and hence are entrusted with the Company's heavy weapons.
The bravest and strongest of the Space Wolves, after proving themselves in a feat of exceptional valour or martial prowess, may become Wolf Guards. The Wolf Guard either lead less experienced packs of warriors into battle, or form a retinue for the mightiest warrior of the battleforce, the Wolf Lord. Few can stand against these heroic warriors, equipped as they are with the best wargear in the Company's armoury, making them virtually unstoppable in close combat.
The Space Wolves' combat doctrine is unfortunately nowhere near as organised as their brother Legions. Given that they live for the honour of battle, it is almost certain that the younger Space Wolves will abandon a standard tactical structure in favour of simply rushing headlong at the enemy, howling at the tops of their voices.
However, far from being uncontrolled berserkers, the Space Wolves as a Legion simply relish the thrill of close combat above all else. Nonetheless, their battle tactics are undeniably effective; the Space Wolves have fought in a similar manner on a hundred thousand battlefields since their conception, and are unlikely to stop merely to conform to the precepts of the Administratum.
Benedict Arnold
- January 22, 2008 02:34 AM (GMT)
The battle-cry of the Space Wolves varies from Great Company to Great Company. However, it is certain that when the assault is launched, every member of the attacking force will raise his voice in a blood-curdling howl.
Benedict Arnold
- January 22, 2008 02:36 AM (GMT)
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Nancy Rounsefell tries to attend the Yom HaShoah Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony in Baton Rouge every year.
Rounsefell, a member of Congregation B'nai Israel, said her reasons for participating in the annual event extend beyond remembering the 6 million Jewish lives lost in the Holocaust.
"This is a world tragedy," she said. "It's not just the Jewish people who feel the tragedy. There were other people who were not Jewish who were killed also. We include them in our remembrance."
Rounsefell and about 60 other people gathered Sunday at Congregation B'nai Israel for a Yom HaShoah ceremony co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Baton Rouge and The Advocate's Educational Services Department.
"It's important to remember the people who passed away, who were killed, and how much they contributed to their community, to the world," Rounsefell said.
Jonathan Kaplan, president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Baton Rouge, said the service teaches messages of tolerance of all people so a Holocaust won't happen again.
Originally, only the Jewish community would participate in Yom HaShoah, Kaplan said.
However, Kaplan said, the Jewish community later realized that the lessons learned from the Holocaust are "pervasive throughout the entire community."
"That's why we started incorporating the non-Jewish community to come and be part of it as well, so that they can learn from the importance of diversity and tolerance so that the Holocaust or a similar type of thing doesn't happen again," he said.
Congregation B'nai Israel and Beth Shalom Synagogue rotate hosting duties each year for the Baton Rouge ceremony, Kaplan said.
The commemoration began Sunday with a speech about bullying from Donald Hoppe, a clinical and forensic psychologist who studies bullying culture.
The theme of the Jewish Federation's Yom HaShoah student essay and art contest was bullying as it relates to the Holocaust.
Hoppe spoke at length about recognizing bullying and ways to prevent it.
Hoppe said bullying isn't limited to schools. It can extend to families, corporations, societies and countries.
"We find that kids that come from families that are non-traditional or have different values or different religions or cultural backgrounds — those kids are more likely to be bullied, because somehow they appear to be different," he said.
After Hoppe's speech, members of the congregation lit six yellow candles in honor of the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust.
"As we light these candles, try to imagine 6 million candles, each one with the name of another Jew," one of the candle lighters, Michelle Levy, read aloud from a prayer.
Rabbi Jordan Goldson, of Congregation B'nai Israel, and Rabbi Tom Gardner, of Beth Shalom, then led the crowd in a series of prayers and chants about the Jews' struggles during the Holocaust.
"Let a new light shine on our people," Goldson said. "May the survivors of the Shoah find peace, no longer plagued by nightmares."
At the end of the event, Advocate Educational Services manager Steve Fitzgerald announced the Jewish Federation of Greater Baton Rouge's Holocaust essay and art contest winners.
Local elementary, middle and high school students wrote essays and created pieces of art about the dangers of bullying.
The essay winners were Annabelle Poissot, a third-grade student at Oak Grove Primary School, and Rachel Yura, an eight-grader at Runnels School.
Georgia Neka White, a Westdale Middle School student, won the art competition.


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Phase II Features Completed at the "Green Library in the Park"
October 19, 2012
New environmental and landscaping additions recently completed at the Garfield Park Branch of The Indianapolis Public Library will enhance its role as the "Green Library in the Park," leading to greater public education opportunities and more efficient library operations.
President of the Friends of Garfield Park and Master Gardener Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp visits the new rain garden on the grounds of the Garfield Park Branch
The 6,400-square-foot Garfield Park Branch, located at 2502 Shelby Street, sits adjacent to and is named after the oldest and one of the most revered parks in Indianapolis. Following a four-month renovation in 2011, the branch reopened as a showcase of modernized services and environmental innovation that focuses on energy and resource conservation. Features in place following the renovation include a storytelling garden, rain barrels, butterfly and wild bird garden with native plants, two electric vehicle charging stations, and an attractive sculptural bicycle rack.
Phase II features include:
Rain Garden – Features native plantings nourished by overflow rainfall collected in rain barrels along with runoff from surrounding areas which is transported through irrigation systems to support the local ecosystem and its wildlife.
Garfield Park Conservatory Walkway – A porous walkway from the library's grounds to the Conservatory leads visitors through adjoining nature areas and provides easy access to each institution, enhancing a partnership for shared programs and services.
New Library Entrance Walkway – Visitors can access the library from the parking lot along a scenic walkway that leads them through the beautiful storytelling garden and new rain garden.
Plant and Donor Identification Signage – Attractive signage describes approximately 25 native plant varieties and their common and scientific classification names. Also, community donors are recognized for their valued contribution to the project.
Within the Garfield Park Branch itself, a number of energy-saving installations have proven effective in reducing operational costs for the Library. Electricity costs have been reduced by 38% from their 2009-2010 averages (prior to the branch's closure in 2011 for renovation), and natural gas costs have been reduced by 57%. Installations include a new condensing type boiler, computerized building controls, retrofit fluorescent fixtures, occupancy sensors, roof dormer for natural daylight, low-flow faucets, and energy star appliances.
Future plans at the Garfield Park Branch include installation of a solar water heater and photovoltaic cells, as well as an enclosure to an improved bus stop.
Phase II improvements in the amount of $75,900 were made possible through the generous support of Friends of the Library, The Friends of Garfield Park, Inc., United Water and Deborah and Michael Williams. The Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation, Inc., AT&T, ERMCO, Inc., Indiana State Association of Power Engineers, Indianapolis Parks Foundation, Indianapolis Power & Light Company, Indy Parks & Recreation, Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, Target and Worm's Way contributed to earlier phases of the project.
More information about the Garfield Park Branch and Green Library in the Park project is available at www.indypl.org or via Facebook.


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Penneys are Psychic? Possibly.
In 1969, one of the biggest Irish retail narratives began to unfold with the founding of Penneys on Dublin's Mary Street. The initial store was developed by Arthur Ryan on behalf of the Weston Family, proprietors of Associated British Foods and by proxy, Penneys. In 1974, Arthur Ryan brought Penneys to the United Kingdom, began trading under the alias of Primark, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Since those humble beginnings, nearly fifty years ago, Penneys has expanded almost beyond belief. The company has opened over 290 stores, with two stores in the US this year alone, and employs over 60,000 people. All of which began on a small, relatively quiet street on the north-side of Ireland's capital city.
However, whilst the rhetoric of Penneys is inherent in the vernacular here in Ireland – "Thanks, Penneys" – that is not true for the brand's emerging customer base within the US. Opening in Boston and then Philadelphia, the brand collaborated with Refinery 29 and celebrity ambassadors, Emily Ratajkowski and Keke Palmer. However, the migration also required Penneys to refine the pillars of their ethos and the tenets of their branding. A difficult task for most conglomerates, but a more significant challenge for a fast-fashion retailer who disobeys convention and doesn't advertise within traditional media.
The company embrace social media and effortlessly continue to strike the balance of personalised content and professional customer service online.
They exhibit aspirational content to their youngest audience through Snapchat and shamelessly promote their consumers who upload images wearing their latest Penneys purchases using the hashtag #Primania. With a Facebook following of almost 4.4 million, that's a reach and a platform which every prospective fashion blogger dreams of.
Today though, Penneys take to Twitter to launch #MysticMotherChristmas, a campaign which Olly Ryzsko, Head of Digital Communications for Primark, told me is "inspired by Advanced Style and Iris Apfel".
With today being 'National Christmas Jumper Day' in the UK, the brand is asking customers to take a selfie in their Christmas jumper and tweet ot using the hashtag #MysticMotherchristmas. Then, Penneys' own Mystic Shelagh will respond with an individual and personalised gif or video to predict your success for the oncoming year.
How does it work?
Ryzsko said "We're shooting live in a studio for every response with a great team of prop and set designers along with a script writer. We've got support from Hootsuite, Giphy and also Twitter. We also have an incredible social media team who are crowded round a conference table co-ordinating all of the replies."
This is by no means Penneys' first jaunt into the digital innovation, Ryzsko admits that, "In two years we've built an audience of 7million across our social channels and we continue to grow and make that experience better every day. We've just put Snapchat geo filters on some of our key stores and we'll continue to innovate and create fun experiences throughout 2016."
As for #MysticMotherChristmas, Shelagh has already predicted fortunes in French today whilst simultaneously engaging with market rivals, ASOS. The campaign celebrates Penneys' collaboration with Unicef Ireland, with €2 of each jumper sold being donated to the charity.
Selfie, Shelagh, sustained success. What more could you ask for on a Friday?


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News Release
Clatsop County District Attorney's Office:
Alejandro Escalante-Franco SentencedMay 29, 2009
On Friday, May 29, Clatsop County Circuit Judge Phil Nelson sentenced 35-year-old Alejandro Escalante-Franco to a prison term of just under three years under the new and tougher Measure 57 sentencing law.
Escanatle-Franco had been arrested after an investigation by the Clatsop County Inter-Agency Drug Task Force, after they served a search warrant on his home in Astoria on April 7 and recovered 105 grams of cocaine and 27 grams of methamphetamine, and over $2,000 in cash. He also was in possession of a forged social security card and was originally charged with Identity Theft as well. That charge was dismissed and Escalante-Francio pled guilty to charges of Delivery of Cocaine and Methamphetamine.
District Attorney Josh Marquis commended the Drug Task Force led by deputies from Sheriff Tom Bergin's Office. "Meth and cocaine continue to be the scourge of our North Coast community," Marquis said. "This arrest of a mid-level dealer is a good start to making our county an unfriendly place for drug dealers. If it were not for Measure 57, the defendant's sentence would have been 16 to 18 months in prison instead of the 34 months to which he pled guilty."
Measure 57 was one of two "get tough on property and drug crime" initiatives on the November 2008 ballot. Voters chose Measure 57, which had been backed by a broad coalition of district attorneys, unions, and defense attorneys, as a more balanced reaction to Oregon's high rate of property crime. Measure 57 creates mandatory sentences for dealers of large amounts of drugs and gives judges the authority to sentence repeat property offenders (burglars, car and identity thieves) to prison time, and mandates treatment.
Marquis pointed out that, under Oregon law before Measure 57, a man with a prior felony record who stole and cut up the bronze statute of Sacagawea at Fort Clatsop National Park could only receive a maximum of 20 days in jail. If that crime were committed today, the judge could give up to three years in prison.
"More than 70% of felons do not go to prison, and first-time property offenders never go to prison in Oregon." Marquis said. "We should give people struggling with drug addiction who commit non-violent crimes the chance to get clean, but need the stick of possible prison if they refuse to co-operate with probation and treatment."
For more information, call 503-791-0012 or 503-338-3614.