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Wot I Think: Crusader Kings II
Of Uncles and Antipopes
I've counted my plots before they hatched, I've duked it out with my brothers and sons, and I've lorded over an entire continent. Now, having lost more than I've gained and suffered more than I've succeeded, I'm finally ready to share Wot I Think about the majestic Crusader Kings II.
Did the word majestic give it away, or did my previous bursts of excitement already give you an inkling of how I feel about the strategic role-playing grandeur of Paradox' latest?
It's more than a bit good at what it does so rather than immediately talking about how much I've fallen for its brutish charms, I'm going to try and summarise exactly what that is first. What does Crusader Kings II set out to do?
The most important difference between this game and the vast majority of grand strategy titles is that it's all about characters. There are thousands of the blighters populating the world at any one time, with skills, traits, personalities, jobs and relationships. You are one of them. You're not a country or a culture, you're a bloke, or less frequently a blokess, with a family, some friends and a huge gallery of foes. When you die, you'll take control of your heir following the lines of succession in your locality.
There are big players, like kings, the Pope and his antis, and the occasional emperor, but mostly there are courtiers, waiting to be plucked from relative obscurity, landed with position and maybe even some land, and then cut back down to size when they start bulging out of their boots. There are children to marry off for political gain and there are children to quietly dispense with because do you really want your entire dynasty to be in the hands of Reginald whose jousting ineptitude has left him with a few splinters of lance in the amygdala and a severe case of being an absolute moron?
No you don't because he'd need someone else to do the job of running your disintegrating duchy for him and the brains behind his brains are likely to be your spymaster, who has been a little too chummy with that cousin you never liked who has a claim on your most fertile parts, all based on an ill-advised, lust-fuelled marriage that your grandfather made forty years ago. Best, then, to make sure Reginald dies before you do or you'll have to change the laws of succession and that's going to piss off a whole other group of people, weaken your stability and bring the walls crashing down around your ears.
Does it sound like a soap opera? A particularly violent soap opera, laced with infanticide, religious warfare and sexually transmitted unpleasantries? Maybe the religious warfare and disease weren't clear in the above example but believe me, somebody in the story has almost definitely contracted a case of genitirritation and most of them have definitely killed people for not reading the same books as them.
It sounds like a soap opera because it's a bit like one. It's also a historical epic, a bloody tale of intrigue and even a sort of sit-com. In fact, when you find yourself playing a four year old count caught up in the collapse of the Kingdom of Wales, ordered to defend your lands against the suddenly and, to your childish understanding, inexplicably pissed off Bishop of Rome, it's hard not to laugh. If you'd been an adult and a master theologian you'd understand that your king had decided to believe that the three in one is actually the one made three and therefore everybody had to kill everybody else and mutilate their corpses so badly that they wouldn't be allowed into Heaven, which runs a no trainers, all innards policy.
One of the reasons that Crusader Kings II is brilliant is because it understands that losing is fun. In fact, I don't think winning is as much fun. Better the slow and noble decline than the bloat of victory and expansion. I'm sure it's possible to learn exactly how the game works and be better than it but there's so much happening with every minute that passes (the game is real time but can be paused) that I can't be bothered to understand half of it and I certainly don't want to decipher it because I'm not viewing the world as a machine but as a collection of minds.
When gluttonous, heavingly overweight Count Peter, well into his sixties, was given the choice of turning his mind to God in his dotage, he said "sod that and pass the boar's cheeks". A bit of piety might have been good for him and the prestige would certainly have cheered up his soon-to-inherit son, but you should have seen the size of the man. He was gargantuan, like a medieval Jabba with sixteen bastard children off fighting the battles he was too corpulent to partake in. I could have snaffled up the good stats but I'd never have forgiven myself; Peter was snaffling nothing but a county's worth of wild animals with a side of eggs.
There are times when I've been a man of influence, particularly when starting on these British isles, where I always find myself more in control. It's not because I know the lay of the land or believe that roleplaying an Englishman requires a striving for excellence, it's because it's a lot harder to be surrounded by murderous landgrabbers when you're on an island.
In fact, I'd suggest that anyone starting out who is afraid of being bewildered by the amount of things happening around them gives Scotland or Ireland a shot. They're both good starting points and you can go through a couple of generations struggling over control of that little corner of Europe before you even glance across and realise that –
Oh my sweet pajamas, what in the name of God has happened to the continent? Judging by the number of Muslims in Spain whatever happened was definitely in the name of God, although it may not have been the Scotch one. And is France really supposed to be that big? And why is Italy entirely comprised of men hitting each other in the kidneys with swords?
My absolute most favourite thing about Crusader Kings II is that the world will happily continue without me. Maybe if I play my kids right I'll be the centre of attention for a couple of years over the centuries covered, but most of the time this is one of the games that suffers least from Truman Show syndrome that I've ever played. In that respect, Crusader Kings II is up there with Football Manager and Dwarf Fortress. It's a strategy game, it's an RPG but it's also a simulator. Yes, it's not a historically accurate simulator, with plenty of alterations to reality made for balance and to sustain dynastic evolution, but it is a remarkable study of alternatives, a playground of 'might have beens'.
My most memorable game to date didn't involve forging a mighty kingdom. I was playing a count on the borders of the Kingdom of Hungary. I was, by necessity, mostly passive. That's when speeding the game up comes in useful. At its fastest rate, the years tick by fairly quickly, with automatic pauses when decisions need to be made. My king would occasionally call me into service, usually when he himself had been called into service, and my armies would dutifully chop their way through infidels or vulnerable neighbours. Other than that, I made marriages for my children, attempting to make something out of them so that when I passed on I wouldn't have a total incompetent in charge of my tiny realm.
It was sometime around 1100 that everything went wrong. The young king called up all his levies and took us off adventuring into the east. As soon as the troops had marched out of earshot, the dastardly duke of Transylvania, one of the king's vassals and possibly a vampire, began to assault all of Hungary with armies of his own. He declared independence and chipped away at the lands surrounding him, and Hungary, for the first time since 1066, was fractured.
But then, but then. An exchange of the mighty cash reserves I had built up in my passivity allowed me to hire mercenaries, raise my personal levy and march on Transylvania. I, the forgotten and the subservient, made Hungary intact once more.
I'd like to say the story ends with me being granted titles and bounty on the king's return but that's not what happened. I faded back into obscurity even as the borders of Hungary eventually expanded. There have been times when I've received thanks for noble deeds and times when I've received greater thanks for committing atrocities, but mostly Crusader Kings II doesn't pander to the player.
And that is precisely why it isn't an impenetrable mess of a game to the uninitiated. The game is not overwhelming, not in any way whatsoever, because it lets you get on with things, never forcing you to balance imponderable digits against one another. There is a great deal of information but you don't ever need it all, and it's only when at war or engaged in particularly complex plots that you'll need to repeatedly pause the game to make sure your strategy isn't failing spectacularly.
Most of the time, things will continue to happen and it's very hard to find yourself in a dead end that isn't logical and based around the readily understandable actions of people. This isn't Victoria or Europa Universalis where having a slider in the wrong position can lead to severe punishment; Crusader Kings II is about people and what makes them tick.
The interface is simple as well, even though it may look daunting. You'll only ever have to click the right button to interact with people and move armies, and the left button to bring up information, whether cycling through map overlays or selecting tabs. And there may seem to be a lot of them, but don't be daunted. Ignore what you don't understand until the need arises to understand it. Context may help when an event occurs, or you can dip into the dry but useful tutorials.
If you're not terrified of maps then you can play and enjoy Crusader Kings II. It's that simple. Do you like pondering alternate histories and creating grand narratives? That's what this game is about. Do you enjoy courtly interplay and elaborate plots of succession, marriage and murder? That's also what this game is about.
Heck, do you like A Game of Thrones? This is the best Game of Thrones game you will probably ever play, unless you really need the fantasy element and if you do, then for God's sake just pretend that pagans are riding wolves and French people have six eyes or whatever it is you need to do, but play this game. There's incest and intrigue aplenty and isn't that what GRRARGH Martin is really all about?
There have been so many strategy games in recent years that have made me wish I was playing Crusader Kings instead and when Sengoku was among them, I was worried. It seemed like a poor foundation on which to build a sequel to one of my favourite games, lacking the complexity of interaction that I craved.
I needn't have worried. Crusader Kings II is everything I wanted from a sequel and it's a sequel that I hadn't expected to ever see. The interface is improved, it's visually far more attractive and the simulation model seems to create more interesting alternate realities. It's also (for me and by most reports) almost completely stable and although I can imagine what will be added in the expected (and I've got to admit, hoped for) expansions, there are no features missing that I expected to be included. I haven't even dabbled in multiplayer yet, which is also a thing that exists.
The biggest complaint appears to be the inability to play as Pagans or Muslims. It's easily fixed with mods and I for one am glad those characters haven't been crudely forced into the hereditary models followed by the dynasties of Christendom. If they are playable in the future, I hope the experience is quite drastically different, otherwise the brilliant emphasis on culture and people that is the game's core would be compromised.
Now, what did they get wrong? Levies seem to replenish a little bit too fast.
There's so much I haven't written about but my initial draft was the typed equivalent of a man waving his arms and making incoherent sounds of delight and excitement. It's such a huge game that people will find different ways of enjoying it and, of course, some people won't find anything to love at all. Those people are dead inside. Anyone interested in emergent gameplay, dynamic narrative and the humanising of strategy would do well to spend a few days in the company of Crusader Kings II.
For me, the genius of Paradox' best grand strategy titles has always been that they don't tell you what to do or how to win. Instead, they give you the tools to find your own way through history and let you live with the consequences. When the consequences are so human they mean all the much more and this is probably the most human strategy game I've ever played. If it doesn't wind up being among my very favourite games of the year, spectacular things will occur in the next ten months.


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- Thin, sleek design
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- Intuitive, icon-based menus – no manual needed
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- Available in classic Piano Black and Pristine White, as well as other exciting designer colors
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Do you sell the door to go with the sliding door hardware?
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Do you have every product in stock?
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For a wall-mounting, do I need to purchase any additional items than what is included in your kit?
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If you have Irish ancestors, please join us this Wednesday for A Treasure Trove of Irish Websites - the 5th in a series of Ireland-specific genealogy webinars presented by Accredited Genealogist, Judith Eccles Wight.
Webinar's Description
Julie Andrews sings about raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens being some of her favorite things. Judy will sing (not literally) the praises of some of her favorite things found in Irish genealogical websites. This will be an interactive class where you'll be able to visit many of these websites. You are invited to join the choir!
Join us for the live webinar on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 2pm Eastern U.S. Register today to reserve your virtual seat. Registration is free but space is limited to the first 1,000 people to join that day. Before joining, please visit www.java.com to ensure you have the latest version of Java which our webinar software requires. When you join, if you receive a message that the webinar is full, you know we've reached the 1,000 limit, so we invite you to view the recording which should be published to the webinar archives within an hour or two of the event's conclusion.
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Santa Claus is a cute little town. About 2,200 population, with street names befitting the town's theme: Snowbell Lane, Sled Run, even Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (I swear! I'll post a photo of the very long street sign someday).
When a new road appears, it's a bit startling
And when the road is improved from a dirt lane to lovely white gravel, it's a sight to behold!
Your intrepid reporter decided it was important to put the location of … let's call it the Snowy White Gravel Road … into perspective for you. Grabbed the digital camera, hopped in my car and drove over to the site.
Once again, I risked life and limb (and this time — chigger bites!) to get the proper photo. The hillside, I've discovered, is remarkably steep. And full of colorful flowers interspersed with mean, scratchy weeds.
So steep, in fact, for a split second, I thought I was going to fall over backward. At that point I realized if I moved ten yards or so to the south, the angle would be better and the tangly weeds were not quite as thick.
In the lower foreground, you'll see the entrance to the Snowy White Gravel Road:
And to the upper far left, squint a bit and you'll see the top of Liberty Launch. Working your way to the right, you'll see the water towers and then the top of The Legend's lift hill.
Got it?
Hopped back in my car and carefully meandered up the Snowy White Gravel Road.
Please note: Do not try this at home. Seriously, as a park director, I have access. This is definitely an "Authorized Personnel Only: No Trespassing" area.
At the top of the hill, I wanted to head over toward the piled-up wood. If you are a faithful reader, you already know about this. If not, please go back and read this and then this.
Luckily, with no recent rains, it was no problem moving from the "improved" Snowy White Gravel Road to Proceed With Caution Lane.
Apparently, we've had several more deliveries since we last took a look.
Not sure, but this looks to me like some sort of fancy roofing material:
What do you think?
I glanced up after taking that photo and got rather spooked.
There was a gigantic bird hovering overhead. With a huge wingspan.
Looked rather threatening, actually.
First I thought it was a hawk. But maybe it was one of those wild turkeys that hang out around here. Whatever it was, it wasn't worth waiting around for a proper introduction; I snapped this and headed back to safety:
As much as I'd like to stick around and speculate with you, I'm heading home.
There's a big bottle of Calamine Lotion waiting for me!
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Predictit is a real-money prediction market, registered as a research project run by Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Predictit has one market at which participate trade on the popular vote margins in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
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- calculating the margin across contracts as a weighted average, weighted by the last closing price
- converting the margin to Trump's two-party vote share as follows: VS(Trump) = (Margin+100)/2


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Tim Horntrich and Jens Wunderling. Work from self.detach. ""self.detach" is a monolithic object, not serving the purpose of analyzing the data by quantity, but following a critical design approach. The Flickr live photo stream is constantly downloaded, all currently posted images moving through the beholders' field of vision on a small display.Those images tagged with […]
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The international driving license is a translation of the national driving license into many languages. The first ID cards appeared in 1926 after the Paris International Convention relative to Motor Traffic. The international driver's license was also influenced by two other conventions in 1949 and 1968. The international driving permit is the same as the international driving license.
Getting an international driver's license in New Caledonia while you are in New Caledonia if you have a valid New Caledonia national driver's license. If you are only planning to visit New Caledonia, you can contact the competent authority in your country. If you are already traveling and do not have an IDL, the only option is to have your national driving license translated online. This is a faster, more convenient and easier way to continue to drive when you travel.
We remind you that an international driver's license is valid only with a valid national license.
According to the Vienna Convention of 1968, international driving permit are authorized to be issued by national governments or organizations to which these functions have been delegated. In most countries, this is done by automobile associations affiliated to the AIT/FIA, the police or other organizations. To get an international driving license in New Caledonia, you must have a local license and apply to the authorities responsible for this (we try to keep the information up to date, let us know if the link does not work). The cost and timing of issuance differs from country to country.
If you have a national license not issued in New Caledonia, you need to check if you have the right to drive with your license and if you need an IDP. If you do, the only way out is to order a translation of your driver's license with delivery or an electronic version (check with the rental car company if the electronic version will work), for example with us.
If you are a U.S. citizen and only have a U.S. driver's license when you travel, you can get an IDP from AAA - but you have to do it before you travel to New Caledonia!
How to get an international driver's license in New Caledonia?expand_more
If you have a local license and want to travel contact a competent organization. If you are an American and plan to travel in advance, you can get an IDP from AAA. In other cases, you can have your driver's license translated into the required languages so that you can travel with your national license and its translation.
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A Chris August Winning Wednesday
Our prize for Winning Wednesday, June 26th, is Chris August's new CD "The Upside Of Down". Tune in all day long for chances to call in and win. And keep an ear out for "Restore", the latest Chris August song on the top of WJTL's Top 40 chart! (Here's our number to have close by: 717-392-3690.)
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Perched on an exam table at the doctor's office watching the clinician type details about their medical problems into their file, what patient hasn't wondered exactly what the doctor is writing? As many as 50 million patients may have a chance to find out in the next few years, following the announcement this week of $10 million in new grants to expand the OpenNotes project, which works with medical providers to expand patient access to clinician notes.
OpenNotes started in 2010 as a research project to examine what would happen if patients had easy access to their doctor's visit notes, which may include a summary of their conversation, the symptoms patients describe and their doctor's findings from a physical exam. Although patients have a legal right to their medical records, getting those documents is often difficult and expensive. In that experiment, 100 primary care doctors volunteered to open up their notes to 20,000 of their patients at three medical institutions: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
At the end of a year, according to survey results published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, more than 90 percent of patients said they thought open visit notes were a good idea. More than two-thirds of physicians who participated in the program agreed, though more than half said they thought opening up their notes to their patients would cause them more worry.
Since then, the project has expanded to other institutions and medical specialties and to more than 5 million patients.
The grants, by Cambia Health Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Peterson Center on Healthcare and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will enable OpenNotes to expand as much as tenfold over the next three years.
"Our goal is basically to make fully transparent medical records the standard of care across the country," says Dr. Tom Delbanco, OpenNotes co-founder, who is a primary care doctor at Beth Israel Deaconess and a professor of medicine at Harvard University. The project works with providers, patient groups and electronic health record vendors, among others, to encourage the use of OpenNotes, and evaluates the impact of OpenNotes on health outcomes and costs.
In addition to improving communication between patients and their providers, some research suggests OpenNotes may improve patients' ability to stick with their medication regimens, called medication adherence.
A study published this fall in the Journal of Medical Internet Research found that 80 percent of primary care patients at Geisinger Health System who participated in OpenNotes took their blood pressure medication as prescribed compared with 75 percent of patients who didn't have access to their doctor's notes. There was no difference, however, in patients' adherence to cholesterol lowering drugs.
Despite participants' general enthusiasm for the project, it's not a slam dunk for doctors, says Delbanco. Institutions vary in how they implement it. Some make clinician participation voluntary while others mandate it.
But every time they introduce the program to a new institution, "we can almost predict that there will be one group that will be recalcitrant," Delbanco says, whether it's the urologists or the oncologists, primary care physicians or another group.
Patients generally love the program straight off, but with doctors, Delbanco says, "It's a little bit like oysters, an acquired taste."
Please contact Kaiser Health News to send comments or ideas for future topics for the Insuring Your Health column.


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Amy Johnson Crow of No Story Too Small has issued a challenge: write one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor. It can be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem – anything that focuses on one ancestor.
Last time I mentioned another Jollett family living in Culpeper County, Virginia, James and Gracey. While it looks like they would be likely candidates for the parents of my confirmed James Jollett, "Gracey" as mother defies logic considering all the marriage records on which "Mary" is listed as mother of the bride. Instead I have tricked myself into assuming they are an aunt and uncle, but I do realize they need more attention than I have given to their research.
What I do know for sure is that there was a James JOLET who obtained a land patent for 61.5 acres in Spotsylvania County in 1748. That puts him in the time frame of Thomas and William Jollett.
In exchange for the land, James Jolet was required to pay one shilling for every 50 acres of land on the Feast of St. Michael the Arch Angel. "Michaelmas" fell on September 29, the beginning of autumn when harvest was done. In addition, he was expected to cultivate and improve 3 acres for every 50; failure to do so would result in revocation of the patent. (I do not know for sure whether the payment was to King George II or to the governor of the Virginia colony.)
Then in 1760, James JOLLY purchased 127 acres along Little Crooked Run in Culpeper County from Joseph and Mary James. I have transcribed the indenture, but to avoid a snooze-fest of legal jargon, I have isolated the description of the property because metes and bounds are just fun to read:
. . . Grant, Bargain Sell Enfeoff and Confirm unto the said James Jolly his heirs and assigns forever all that Tract or Parcel of Land Situated lying and being in the County aforesaid and on little Crooked Run and Bounded as followeth. Beginning at two Maples and Red Oak on Little Crooked Run in Beverlys line thence with his line North Twenty seven Degrees East One Hundred and Sixty eight poles to a White Oak and Two Pines Corner to the said Beverly and Henry Field, thence with the said Field's line North Seventy two Degrees West one hundred and four poles to a White Oak and Pine thence South Twenty seven West one hundred and Sixty eight poles to two Pines on the North side Crooked Run thence South Six Degrees West fifty poles to three Pines on Kirtley Road thence East Sixty Pole to a White Oak on the South side the said Road thence North Seventy Degrees East Seventeen pole to a Maple and White Oak in the Little Crooked Run thence down the Several Meanders of the Run to the Beginning. Containing One hundred Twenty seven acres of Land . . . .
Seventeen years later, James and Gracey JOLLETT sold 127 acres along Little Crooked Run to Alexander Newman. Let's compare those metes and bounds:
. . . one hundred twenty seven acres of land in County aforesaid on Little Crooked Run bounded beginning at two Maples on the aforesaid run in BEAVERLY's line thence with his line North to two pines Corner to said Beaverly and HENRY FIELD thence with said Field's line North to a white oak on the North side of Crooks Run thence South West to KIRTLEY's ROAD thence East to a white oak on the South side of the said road to a Maple in Little Crooked Run down the several courses of the run to the first beginning. . . .
Yep, sounds like the same property to me. I wonder if those maples and white oaks are still standing. Seriously, obviously this Jolly and Jollett are the same person. The difference in spelling might indicate a pronunciation, perhaps French.
(LIGHT BULB moment: maybe James and Gracey were Thomas's parents – it makes sense for Thomas to name a son after his father, little James's grandfather).
To do list:
- Look for wills, marriage records in Culpeper County using variant spellings Jollett, Jolet, Jolley, Jolly
- Look to see if Newman sold the land


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NEW YORK — Piper Kerman sits next to Taylor Schilling, the woman playing Kerman's younger self on Netflix's new original series, "Orange Is the New Black."
The two could pass for cousins. They're both impeccably dressed for media appearances, their blond hair styled, their smiles genuine. They order the same salad for lunch (tuna Nicoise). Kerman is relieved to wear flats to her interview, while Schilling slips her heels off as soon as she sits down at the table.
If you get them talking, they'll tell you they also have geography in common. They both have parents who live around New Bedford. Schilling grew up in Wayland and West Roxbury, while Kerman graduated from Swampscott High School and Smith College. They both reside in New York.
The biggest difference between the two, besides age (Kerman is 43, Schilling 28), is that one of them served time in prison and the other just pretends she did.
"It's the best female character that I've read, period," Schilling says of playing a fictionalized Kerman in the drama, which was picked up for a second season before the first was even released to Netflix subscribers.
"Orange Is the New Back" — which became available for viewing this month — is based on Kerman's 2010 memoir about her 15-month sentence in a Danbury, Conn., correctional facility. She started serving time in 2004 after pleading guilty to criminal conspiracy for carrying money for an ex-girlfriend, who was part of an international drug ring. Kerman had met the woman in Northampton after graduation and committed the crime years before she was implicated.
Kerman's time served inspired her to write her memoir, also called "Orange Is the New Black," which chronicled her life in prison and relationships with fellow inmates. Soon after the memoir's release, it was optioned by "Weeds" creator Jenji Kohan, whom Kerman met on her book tour. By 2012, "Orange" was being filmed as an original series for Netflix, with Schilling playing the renamed Piper Chapman, Jodie Foster and Andrew McCar-thy on board as episode directors, and a supporting cast that included Natasha Lyonne, Laura Prepon from "That '70s Show," and Jason Biggs of "American Pie," who was cast as Kerman's fiance, Larry Smith (now her husband), who was Kerman's regular visitor in prison.
The show debuted to rave reviews, and Schilling and Kerman have been traveling internationally to promote the series, with stops in London, Toronto, and most recently for Kerman, Brazil. On Thursday, Netflix garnered 14 Emmy Award nominations, which can only fuel further interest in its original programming. ("Orange" will be eligible next year.)
For Schilling, this is a dream gig. Her first significant on-screen acting job was on NBC's hospital series "Mercy," which was canceled after a season. After that, she was cast in the Nicholas Sparks adaptation "The Lucky One" opposite Zac Efron ("High School Musical"). That film exposed her to a wide audience, but, as she puts it, "It did not change my life by any means."
More recently, she appeared in Ben Affleck's "Argo" as his character's wife. It was a coveted role, but most of her screen time was cut during editing. All that was left was a short, wordless scene in which Affleck greets her at the end of the film.
Schilling has no hard feelings and said it was an incredible experience. Affleck's wife, Jennifer Garner, even sent her a handwritten letter to make her feel better, and Affleck was instructive and kind during the process. "He's such a good director," she said.
After that, Schilling looked for her next big step. And despite her focus on movies, she found an ideal television role, one that would have her playing a well-educated New Englander whose one big mistake in her 20s landed her in prison.
"I read the script almost a year ago. I was in Maine at my grandmother's, and I was on a hammock," Schilling says, remembering her first look at the meaty part, which she says opened her eyes about prison life. "I could get my foot in the door through prison, through her character."
Kerman, who works in communications for nonprofits and serves on the board of the Women's Prison Association, became a consultant for the series and brought her husband to the set. She and Smith, founder of SMITH magazine, were led to the filming area, which was a loose replica of Kerman's prison packed with actors and extras in jumpsuits. "Both Larry and I had this sort of crazy stomach drop," Kerman says, remembering her first impressions of the set.
For Smith, who had "never made it past the visiting room" in Danbury, he explained, the visit was an awakening. He saw what Kerman calls the "chow hall," as well as a replica of the area where she slept for those 15 months. "We had chills," he said. "It was a pretty emotional moment. The phrase 'out of body' experience' has never been more apt."
Kerman, who'll return to the set with Schilling later this summer, says that even though the show deviates from her life, showrunner Kohan is keeping it real in the most important ways.
"What I really wanted to do in the book is for people to come away with a different sense of who's in prison, why they're there, and what happens to them — which I think is very different than conventional wisdom, and the show absolutely does that," Kerman said, adding with a sarcastic laugh, "Things get a lot worse for Piper Chapman after the first episode."
Meredith Goldstein can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The A-Z Body Aches and Pains in Pregnancy
Even the smoothest-sailing pregnancy comes with its share of pregnancy body aches and painful conditions. Luckily, some of these discomforts will go away as your pregnancy progresses, while other aches and pains can be easily soothed. From back pain to varicose veins, read on to find out more about the most common aches and complaints you may have during your pregnancy, and what you can do to make life more comfortable and ache-free.
Back Pain
The most common cause of back pain comes from the strain put on your back muscles as your baby gets heavier. As your weight shifts to the front of your body, you may try to maintain your balance by leaning backwards, which puts additional pressure on the back muscles and can result in pain, stiffness, and soreness. Your abdominal muscles also stretch and weaken over the course of your pregnancy, so you may find your back and spine don't get the support they need. Pregnancy hormones also contribute to pregnancy-related back pain by relaxing the connective tissue holding your bones in place, especially the ligaments in the joints of your pelvis, in preparation for birth.
The good news is you can take measures to reduce the pain, like maintaining good posture when you stand, sit, or move. You can also:
wear low-heeled shoes with good arch support
invest in a firm mattress to support your back
lift from the knees instead of bending
sleep on your side, and place a pillow between your legs or under your tummy for extra support.
Regular exercise may not give you immediate pain relief, but strengthening your back muscles can help support your back and legs and ease your back pain in the long term. Talk to your healthcare provider about finding the right exercise plan for you while you're pregnant, but for some inspiration, you can check out our exercising while pregnant tips. Don't forget that once your little one is born, you won't be putting that same degree of strain on your back anymore, and you'll probably start to feel better.
Cramps During Pregnancy
You may experience cramping during pregnancy, whether it's toward the end, when your body launches into practice contractions, or in the first month, during which you may experience mild cramps.
Approximately two weeks following conception, you may feel some light cramping accompanied by light bleeding when the fertilized egg burrows into the lining of the womb. This is known as implantation bleeding. You may also feel a sharp pain, or what feels like a muscle spasm, in your pelvis due to the stretching ligaments around the uterus. You can read more about round ligament pain here.
Toward the end of the second trimester and into the third, you may experience practice contractions, known as Braxton Hicks contractions, which can get stronger as you approach your due date. Braxton Hicks contractions usually stop when you take a walk or a rest, but if they get closer and stronger together, look out for any other signs of labor, and consult your healthcare provider if you're concerned. Braxton Hicks may hurt a little, but they're perfectly normal, and you can just take them as practice for the big day.
Dental Pain and Sensitivity
Around the second trimester, your gums may feel more sensitive while you're flossing and brushing, and perhaps even bleed slightly. Pregnancy can affect your teeth with issues like pregnancy gingivitis, which is a mild form of gum disease. You can also experience swelling, redness, and bleeding while brushing, as well as inflammation around the gums. You'll also want to look out for periodontitis, a gum infection that damages the soft tissue and the bone that supports your teeth, and tooth erosion or cavities due to vomiting in your early pregnancy.
Even if your gums are feeling tender, it's important to keep on brushing twice a day and flossing daily. If you haven't seen a dentist in the past six months, or if you notice any issues, like tender gums or pain, book an appointment with your dentist. In the meantime, you can alleviate discomfort by rinsing with salt water or switching to a softer toothbrush.
As pregnancy hormones soar, estrogen and progesterone may affect headache-related chemicals in your brain. Although it might be tempting to simply pop a painkiller, discuss your options with your medical provider. Generally, aspirin is not recommended during pregnancy, but your provider might recommend acetaminophen (such as Tylenol or others) or another medication to help relieve headaches. You might also want to try the following strategies to manage headaches:
Use a cool compress
Try a few relaxation techniques
Avoid headache triggers, like food or odours that have triggered headaches or migraines in the past
Get more sleep
Do some light to moderate exercise
Manage your stress
Eat regularly.
Heartburn and Indigestion
In your first and third trimesters especially, your pregnancy hormones will relax the valve between your esophagus and your stomach, allowing stomach acid to leak back and cause heartburn. Try to avoid lying down after a meal, ideally for three hours, to help prevent heartburn. This is why it's a good idea to have dinner earlier in the evening and not just before bed. However, if you find you still suffer from heartburn at night, you can elevate the head of your bed with a wedge between your box spring and your mattress; pillows alone won't be as effective.
You can also help prevent heartburn by avoiding certain foods that can trigger your heartburn, like those that are fried or spicy, citrus fruits, chocolate, and by eating small, but frequent meals.
Leg Cramps
Leg cramps are one of the most common body aches experienced around the second trimester of pregnancy and in the third trimester as well. These muscle contractions in the calf or foot often strike at night, and their cause is unclear.
However, you can help prevent leg cramping during pregnancy by doing a few stretches before bed, and also by staying physically active and getting plenty of fluids during the day. Comfortable shoes with support help, too. If you find you're waking up with leg cramps, stretch your muscles by flexing your foot upward, and then back down, to ease the discomfort. You can also have a warm bath or shower, or massage the muscles, and you'll feel much better.
Lower Abdominal Pain
As your uterus grows during pregnancy, the ligaments that hold it in place will stretch. These are known as round ligaments, and as they stretch, they can cause a sharp, short burst of pain that feels like a muscle spasm in your lower abdominal area. Sometimes, the pain can even linger with some residual soreness, and it can occur on either side. This pain is nothing to worry about; it's just a kind of "growing pain" you'll feel as your baby grows. It just means your baby is getting bigger.
You can prevent and relieve these pains during pregnancy by moving more slowly than usual and by not rising too quickly from the bed or a chair. Try to avoid sudden movements. You may find that taking the weight off your uterus a bit can help ease the pain and discomfort, so try a warm bath or simply get into a swimming pool for a bit. You can use a maternity belt or an abdominal support garment, too.
Pinched Nerve
The weight gain in your body as your baby grows, along with water retention, may cause the nerve pathways to swell and compress your nerves. This can result in a pinched nerve, which occurs when surrounding tissues, like bones, tendons, muscles, and cartilage, apply pressure to the nerve. A pinched nerve can happen in various parts of your body and may feel different, depending on the location. Carpal tunnel syndrome is when the nerve is pinched in your wrist, which can lead to your hands and fingers feeling numb, whereas a nerve under pressure around your spine, as in the case of a herniated disk, can make you feel a sharp pain instead. There's not much you can do about it except rest. Talk to your healthcare provider if the pain persists.
Swollen Ankles and Feet
Swelling in the feet and ankles is common during the later months of pregnancy. This is because your body retains more fluid, and your growing uterus also puts pressure on your veins, which can cause fluid to leave the blood and move into the surrounding tissues, causing swelling. Add pregnancy hormones into the mix, and you'll find yourself with puffed up feet and ankles. This swelling will go away after you've given birth, but you can make things more comfortable if you:
stay off your feet, and keep your legs elevated
sleep on your left side to take pressure off the large vein that returns blood to the heart
wear compression stockings
stay physically active every day
wear loose clothing
soak your feet in cool water
stand or walk in a pool to help compress tissues in the legs.
Swollen and Tender Breasts
In your first trimester, hormone changes may make your breasts feel sore, sensitive, and swollen. Fortunately, this discomfort will likely subside after a few weeks, once your body has adjusted to the surge of pregnancy hormones.
Varicose Veins and Hemorrhoids
Some women develop varicose veins while pregnant. During pregnancy, your overall blood volume increases, while the blood flow from your legs to your pelvis decreases, which puts pressure on your veins. Progesterone also causes the veins to become more dilated or open, which also contributes to varicose veins.
Varicose veins can also appear in the vulva, making it feel sore or swollen, or around your anus and lower rectum, more commonly known as hemorrhoids. Although you can't control your hormones or your circulation during pregnancy, you can lessen the effects of varicose veins if you:
sit down, and put up your feet whenever you get the chance
change positions while standing
keep an eye on your pregnancy weight - you can read more about healthy pregnancy weight gain to learn more
wear support hose that do not constrict at the knee or thigh
drink plenty of fluids, and add fiber to your diet to avoid hemorrhoids.
When to See a Doctor: Abnormal Pregnancy Aches and Pains
Many of the pregnancy body aches and pains you'll experience are perfectly normal, but there are a few symptoms that could point to a more serious condition. For example, if you have upper abdominal pain or shoulder pain coupled with headaches, you may want to see your medical practitioner to make sure it's not preeclampsia. Or, if you have severe abdominal or pelvic pain accompanied by vaginal bleeding in your first trimester, it could be the sign of an ectopic pregnancy. If you're in doubt, consult your practitioner for further advice.
Aches and pains may strike at some point during your pregnancy, perhaps more than once, but usually they're perfectly normal, and will go away once your baby is born. Pregnancy is the first step in your journey with your little one, which will come with ups and downs, but will be worth it in the end.


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Photo by Dave Ma As excitement for Alice in Chains ' 2013 as-yet-untitled album continues to build, fans have been gifted with more good news from the band. Alice in Chains have just announced a month-long U.S. tour beginning in Miami Beach, Fla., on April 25. Alice in Chains haven't ventured on a comprehensive tour for well over two years, having last performed a lengthy string of dates in 2010 to support their most recent album, 'Black Gives Way to Blue.' The legendary grunge rock band recently unveiled a music video for the new track 'Hollow,' which was put together by acclaimed director Roboshobo ( Metallica , Mastodon , Green Day ). Accompanying the hypnotic and tripped out song, the video for 'Hollow' adds a visual dimension to the song's protagonist losing himself in an empty repetition of daily tasks until his last thread stitched into reality finally snaps away. Check out Alice in Chains' upcoming tour dates below and stay tuned for more news on the band's 2013 album as further information is revealed. Alice in Chains Spring 2013 U.S. Tour Dates: April 25 – Miami Beach, Fla. @ Fillmore April 30 – Birmingham, Ala. @ BJCC Concert Hall May 01 – Augusta, Ga. @ William B. Bell Auditorium May 05 – Norfolk, Va. @ Norva May 07 – Bethlehem, Pa. @ Sands Events Center May 08 – Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Benedum Center May 14 – Sioux Falls, S.D. @ KRROfest – Lyons Fairgrounds May 15 – Milwaukee, Wis. @ Eagles Ballroom May 18 – Philadelphia. Pa. @ WMMR – Susquehanna Bank Ctr May 21 – Ft. Wayne, Ind. @ Embassy Theatre May 22 – Evansville, Ind. @ Aiken Theatre May 24 – Lincoln, Neb. @ Pinewood Bowl Amphitheater [button href="http://loudwire.com/alice-in-chains-hollow-video/" title="Alice in Chains Release Music Video for 'Hollow'" align="center"]
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The rich really are different from the rest of us, scientists have found — they are more apt to commit unethical acts because they are more motivated by greed.
People driving expensive cars were more likely than other motorists to cut off drivers and pedestrians at a four-way-stop intersection in the San Francisco Bay Area, UC Berkeley researchers observed. Those findings led to a series of experiments that revealed that people of higher socioeconomic status were also more likely to cheat to win a prize, take candy from children and say they would pocket extra change handed to them in error rather than give it back.
Because rich people have more financial resources, they're less dependent on social bonds for survival, the Berkeley researchers reported Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. As a result, their self-interest reigns and they have fewer qualms about breaking the rules.
"If you occupy a more insular world, you're less likely to be sensitive to the needs of others," said study lead author Paul Piff, who is studying for a doctorate in psychology.
But before those in the so-called 99% start feeling ethically superior, consider this: Piff and his colleagues also discovered that anyone's ethical standards could be prone to slip if they suddenly won the lottery and joined the top 1%.
"There is a strong notion that when people don't have much, they're really looking out for themselves and they might act unethically," said Scott Wiltermuth, who researches social status at USC's Marshall School of Business and wasn't involved in the study. "But actually, it's the upper-class people that are less likely to see that people around them need help — and therefore act unethically."
In earlier studies, Piff documented that wealthy people were less likely to act generously than relatively impoverished people. With this research, he hoped to find out whether wealthy people would also prioritize self-interest if it meant breaking the rules.
The driving experiments offered a way to test the hypothesis "naturalistically," he said. Trained observers hid near a downtown Berkeley intersection and noted the makes, model years and conditions of bypassing cars. Then they recorded whether drivers waited their turn.
It turned out that people behind the wheels of the priciest cars were four times as likely as drivers of the least expensive cars to enter the intersection when they didn't have the right of way. The discrepancy was even greater when it came to a pedestrian trying to exercise a right of way.
There is a significant correlation between the price of a car and the social class of its driver, Piff said. Still, how fancy a car looks isn't a perfect indicator of wealth.
So back in the laboratory, Piff and his colleagues conducted five more tests to measure unethical behavior — and to connect that behavior to underlying attitudes toward greed.
For instance, the team used a standard questionnaire to get college students to assess their own socioeconomic status and asked how likely subjects were to behave unethically in eight different scenarios.
In one of the quandaries, students were asked to imagine that they bought coffee and a muffin with a $10 bill but were handed change for a $20. Would they keep the money?
In another hypothetical scenario, students realized their professor made a mistake in grading an exam and gave them an A instead of the B they deserved. Would they ask for a grade change?
The patterns from the road held true in the lab — those most willing to engage in unethical behavior were the ones with the highest social status.
One possible explanation was that wealthy people are simply more willing to acknowledge their selfish side. But that wasn't the issue here. When test subjects of any status were asked to imagine themselves at a high social rank, they helped themselves to more candies from a jar they were told was meant for children in another lab.
Another experiment recruited people from Craigslist to play a "game of chance" that the researchers had rigged. People who reported higher social class were more likely to have favorable attitudes toward greed — and were more likely to cheat at the game.
"The patterns were just so consistent," Piff said. "It was very, very compelling."
Piff, who is writing a paper about attitudes toward the Occupy movement, said that his team had been accused of waging class warfare from time to time.
"Berkeley has a certain reputation, so yeah, we get that," he said.
But rather than vilify the wealthy, Piff said, he hopes his work leads to policies that help bridge the gap between the haves and have-nots.
Acts as simple as watching a movie about childhood poverty seem to encourage people of all classes to help others in need, he said.
By Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times
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Snow Job in the Desert
In February 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell, addressing the United Nations Security Council, claimed to have proof that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. He did not, in fact, present any actual evidence, just pictures of buildings with big arrows pointing at them saying things like "Chemical Munitions Bunker." But many people in the political and media establishments swooned: they admired Mr. Powell, and because he said it, they believed it.
Mr. Powell's masters got the war they wanted, and it soon became apparent that none of his assertions had been true.
Until recently I assumed that the failure to find W.M.D., followed by years of false claims of progress in Iraq, would make a repeat of the snow job that sold the war impossible. But I was wrong. The administration, this time relying on Gen. David Petraeus to play the Colin Powell role, has had remarkable success creating the perception that the "surge" is succeeding, even though there's not a shred of verifiable evidence to suggest that it is.
Thus Kenneth Pollack of the Brookings Institution -- the author of "The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq" -- and his colleague Michael O'Hanlon, another longtime war booster, returned from a Pentagon-guided tour of Iraq and declared that the surge was working. They received enormous media coverage; most of that coverage accepted their ludicrous self-description as critics of the war who have been convinced by new evidence.
A third participant in the same tour, Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, reported that unlike his traveling companions, he saw little change in the Iraq situation and "did not see success for the strategy that President Bush announced in January." But neither his dissent nor a courageous rebuttal of Mr. O'Hanlon and Mr. Pollack by seven soldiers actually serving in Iraq, published in The New York Times, received much media attention.
Meanwhile, many news organizations have come out with misleading reports suggesting a sharp drop in U.S. casualties. The reality is that this year, as in previous years, there have been month-to-month fluctuations that tell us little: for example, July 2006 was a low-casualty month, with only 43 U.S. military fatalities, but it was also a month in which the Iraqi situation continued to deteriorate. And so far, every month of 2007 has seen more U.S. military fatalities than the same month in 2006.
What about civilian casualties? The Pentagon says they're down, but it has neither released its numbers nor explained how they're calculated. According to a draft report from the Government Accountability Office, which was leaked to the press because officials were afraid the office would be pressured into changing the report's conclusions, U.S. government agencies "differ" on whether sectarian violence has been reduced. And independent attempts by news agencies to estimate civilian deaths from news reports, hospital records and other sources have not found any significant decline.
Now, there are parts of Baghdad where civilian deaths probably have fallen -- but that's not necessarily good news. "Some military officers," reports Leila Fadel of McClatchy, "believe that it may be an indication that ethnic cleansing has been completed in many neighborhoods and that there aren't as many people to kill."
Above all, we should remember that the whole point of the surge was to create space for political progress in Iraq. And neither that leaked G.A.O. report nor the recent National Intelligence Estimate found any political progress worth mentioning. There has been no hint of sectarian reconciliation, and the Iraqi government, according to yet another leaked U.S. government report, is completely riddled with corruption.
But, say the usual suspects, General Petraeus is a fine, upstanding officer who wouldn't participate in a campaign of deception -- apparently forgetting that they said the same thing about Mr. Powell.
First of all, General Petraeus is now identified with the surge; if it fails, he fails. He has every incentive to find a way to keep it going, in the hope that somehow he can pull off something he can call success.
And General Petraeus's history also suggests that he is much more of a political, and indeed partisan, animal than his press would have you believe. In particular, six weeks before the 2004 presidential election, General Petraeus published an op-ed article in The Washington Post in which he claimed -- wrongly, of course -- that there had been "tangible progress" in Iraq, and that "momentum has gathered in recent months."
Is it normal for serving military officers to publish articles just before an election that clearly help an incumbent's campaign? I don't think so.
So here we go again. It appears that many influential people in this country have learned nothing from the last five years. And those who cannot learn from history are, indeed, doomed to repeat it.
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June 6th, 2015.
Michael Collins Piper Rest in Peace.
A very short note to commemorate the work and life of the sadly deceased US author Michael Collins Piper this week.
Michael Collins Piper was an excellent author and a very entertaining presence in his radio appearances and he will be deeply missed. MCP has left behind a wonderful legacy of written and oral material with the most prominent work being the brilliant book on the assassination of John F. Kennedy Final Judgement.
I did not know MCP and others are in a far better position to write about his life but I do have a high degree of appreciation for the work he did and it seems important to celebrate his life and achievements at this sad time.
Along with the quality of his work one of the most notable things about MCP was his generosity of spirit. He was not wealthy yet he encouraged people to download his work for free and spread the word.
MCP was not a Jew hater or anything close although he was at times perhaps provoked into making statements designed to upset his critics within the Israel lobby. Piper had many Jewish friends and contacts, his opposition was to the Israel lobby, pure and simple.
People often assume that Final Judgement solely blames Israel for killing Kennedy, this is not the case, Final Judgement posits that the Israeli involvement is the MISSING LINK rather than the entire plot.
A number of conspiracy theories have, perhaps somewhat fittingly, arisen in the wake of Michale Collins Piper's death in at the age of only 54. I have no idea what has happened but my understanding is that Michael had serious health problems for some time including a heart attack in 2013 and the most likely cause of death is natural.
Michael's final media home was the Ugly Truth and Mark Glenn has generously made the subscription only archives of Michael Collins Piper freely available in the wake of this sad loss.
Michael Collins Piper Archives | The Ugly Truth
Right up until the end, Michael Collins Piper was highly entertaining and a real educator and he still had much to teach us. Happily the vast body of work he created remains. Thanks for all your work Michael and it can only be hoped that you have now adjourned to a better place.
Michael Collins Piper: FINAL JUDGEMENT lecture [Mossad connection to JFK Conspiracy]


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UnBooks:Diary of a Monkey Lover
There I was, laying half dead in the middle of a forest. What had my life become? I had gone from a decent family man to a sick pervert. A monkey pervert. I came out to the forest because I thought I was missing something. But I found her. I found true love true in someone completely unexpected. But it all came to nought. I will tell you of the events that have lead me to this point, although it is a tragedy, I feel there is much to be learned.
Chapter 1: Need for Change
My life was quite normal. I had a steady job, two young kids, and a wife. But soon I realised that I needed a change of pace. Ever since my wife shaved her batcave, it... Well it never worked out for me any more. I craved that fuzzy feeling of hair, the warm wavy fur that protects the skin. I just lost interest in my wife, and, by extension, human beings in general. But I didn't want to be asexual. There was – there had to be something out there that I had feelings for.
So I told my wife I was going to New York. On business. But instead I went on one of those "escape tours", with a guide and a bus with no AC. The first one available was one to Africa. Without reading the description, I signed up and I was on my way for the change of a lifetime.
Chapter 2: Lost
What it turned out to be was four weeks of a bunch of old people in underwear (and the occasional diaper) yelling random gibberish and cutting off chunks of their own skin (I found out later that I'd escaped with refugees, fleeing from a retirement-home in Florida). Of course I was nervous but I muddled through until they all started committing suicide. I think it was a competition. Every night, one person would stand by the campfire and perform their last act, each trying to out shine the previous. So one night, before I was due to perform, I snuck away and ran as far from the tribe as I could. It was late and I couldn't find any sign of civilization. Eventually I ran so far that for some reason I couldn't see the moon or clouds and the ground became soft. In the darkness I tripped over something, cracked my head against a tree and then passed out.
When I woke up sometime later, I found myself in a jungle. It was very warm and smelt like... trees. I looked down at my feet to see what had tripped me. It was the slightly elated looking remains of Mr Bedford, the fourth performance. He'd done something interesting with dynamite and we'd all presumed he'd been blown to bits. Apparently he'd flown several miles, though.
I decided to explore for a bit. I began to notice the echoing monkey noises and bird screeches and I suddenly felt very calm and at peace. But not yet complete. Then out of nowhere a chimp fell out of a tree and damn near hit me! She got up and stood with a slight, forward curve. Like a hunchback but with far more grace.
I thought it would just run away, scared of getting poached, but instead it came up to me, and touched my hand. We shared a look and she grinned at me. Just a cute little smile and it was then, and only then, my heart felt completely whole. And I knew this monkey was something special.
Chapter 3: True Love
A strong connection formed and we went on a lovely date. She held my hand and took me around the jungle. She showed me the very edges of the forest. We splashed around in a spring, and watched bugs (she ate a few). Then we climbed up a tree. I was really out of practice, but she helped me. She laughed when I slipped but she never let me fall. I had decided to name her Matty.
I watched her as she caught a cute little lion (I thought of it as Simba) and bashed its head in with a rock. And ate it. Raw. It was beautiful! She offered me some of her cold lion feast. I didn't particularly care for it, but I didn't want her to feel bad so I ate it anyways.
Next, we walked to a particularly floral clearing. The flowers here were especially beautiful, but not as beautiful as my flower. As we sat among them, I picked one, and gave it to her. Matty smiled and giggled a little, or the monkey equivalent of a giggle, which actually scared me at first, it sounded like an angry sewage pipe (as it turns out this simile is much closer to the truth than I'd expected). Then she gave me a kiss on the cheek, or the monkey equivalent of a kiss, which is actually quite gross. But I couldn't care, it was Matty after all.
I walked her back to her tree, and she gave me another (better targeted) kiss on the cheek before smiling and climbing up her tree. I watched her until she disappeared into the canopy. I already missed her.
Chapter 4: Monkey Business
When Matty left and I was certain no one was around to see me, I spun around for a bit and danced around the trees. I had never felt so happy in my entire life. I had found what I had been looking for, and life simply couldn't be better (excluding winning the lottery).
I began to look for some sort of bed or place to rest. During my search and after disregarding the clearing Matty took me to (I have terrible hay-fever) I came to the pond where Matty and I had swum. There, I found another monkey. She was bathing and wrapped up in her own little world.
I watched in awe as I saw this even more beautiful monkey splash around. It was hot, sexy, stunning and so terribly, terribly wrong. But I couldn't take my eyes away. I wanted to jump in and splash around with her, without heed of Matty. But I couldn't be unfaithful amongst another species. So instead I watched. My penis stirred and grew steadily into a full on erection – I couldn't control myself! Then, like some horribly sexy, wet, monkey-demon, she came out of the water and walked towards me.
She had strut on her that just oozed with sass and the water was dripping off her glorious fur. She grabbed me and wrapped her legs around me, she didn't mess around and I was powerless with lust. She screeched monkey sounds and got really rough. Then, we did things that shall forever go unexplained, because everyone I have told so far has thrown up. Except for my dad; who ran to the bathroom before I could finish...
Chapter 5: Complications
My eyes fluttered open and I was staring at a sleeping monkey. I spazzed and almost fell off the branch before I realized where I was. Everything last night had happened! I was excited and disgusted at the same time. I was in a committed relationship with Matty, I couldn't go monkeying around like this! I didn't even name this monkey! I quickly named her Stacy. Then I decided not to name her at all. I decided it would be best to just leave without a word. So I tried sneaking out of the tree without waking her up. I was just starting to climb down when I heard a screech behind me. It was Stacy, looking very confused. Well at first she was confused. Then she understood what I was doing and threw the alarm clock at me. She started going ballistic and screeching and jumping up and down absolutely trashing the treetop.
I was frozen. She did a loud call and I panicked – what if she was calling the cops? – I didn't rape her! If anything she raped me, I'm in a relationship! Down on the ground, I saw a gorilla – a fucking gorilla! He ran to the tree and started climbing it. He got to where we were and I prepared for my death. I closed my eyes and braced myself but the gorilla ran past me. He and Stacy screeched at each other for a bit and then she pointed at me. He turned around very angry and started beating his chest. He charged me.
I jumped out of the tree, grabbed a vine, and swung down. The gorilla was right behind me as I ran. I kept running as fast as I could to Matty's tree. I might be safe there. The gorilla was catching up to me amazingly fast - I was done for. Then all of a sudden a hand grabbed me out of nowhere and pulled me up to safety. The gorilla didn't see where I went and ran around looking for me. I looked back around to see who had pulled me up. It was a very old looking monkey, sitting on a roughly hewn chair. There was another facing him which I took. Behind him, I saw Matty, I couldn't tell what sort of mood she was in – she couldn't know already could she? The old monkey stared at me for a while before beginning.
"Ooh Oooh AH" he pointed at Matty. I had only a notional grasp of their language but I think the gist of it was, "What are your intentions with my daughter?"
I had no idea how to respond though, so I just made some childish zoo noises, I think I accidentally broke into Giraffe at one point. I must've offended the old monkey because he stood up and gave me an open palm slap across the face. I stammered quickly trying to come up with something else.
"Aah Aaah Oh Ah Oh". I bellowed. He stared at me, and gently nodded his head. I said the right thing. He asked me other things and I continued to blag my way through the conversation. I did get slapped a few more times but after that he let Matty and I go. It was time for our crucial second date.
Chapter 6: Second Date
Matty again held my hand, and took me to some of the familiar spots. We went to see the flowers again and I picked a bunch for her when she wasn't looking (I think she's still puzzled about where they came from). She put one in her hair and it looked adorable. Then we went to the treetops. She taught me to swing among the vines and climb around trees easier.
Then she took me for lunch. She brought an assortment of fruit mostly bananas. She took off the peel and ate them in one bite. It looked like she was deep throating them! and again my pant began to tent. She smiled then took me to meet some of her monkey friends. They all liked me. Or they seemed to, they were picking flies off of me and eating them while hugging me. I think that's a good thing, or maybe they're just using me. When I was almost settled in with her circle, Matty looked around confused, like one was missing. She wandered off and I followed her.
We walked around to familiar spots and didn't find this mystery friend. We ended up going to the pool where we first swam and there was Stacy (well, That Other Monkey With No Name Because I am Too Ashamed is too much of a mouthful.). I quickly hid behind a tree.
Matty kept walking and gave a hug to Stacy. Apparently ''she'' was the missing friend! They screeched for a while before Matty noticed I was missing. She quickly found me and dragged me out into the open. She pointed at me, beaming with pride, and Stacy went from happy to angry.
Stacy screeched a few times and Matty looked very confused. Stacy kept screeching. I could pick out the odd word or phrase; "pig" "tiny cock" and "disease ridden". She was telling Matty what we had done! Matty looked worried, maybe she'd go into denial, we could move to another part of the forest and forget this whole affair happened. But Stacy wouldn't let up! She screeched and insulted me some more before turning around and crossing her arms, sticking her nose in the air.
Matty looked at me with nothing but heartbreak in her eyes, "Ooh Ah oh?" she asked but I had no answer (mostly because I didn't understand why she was talking about insurance at a time like this).
She turned around and walked away. I think she was crying.
Chapter 7: Patching Up a Broken Heart
My heart had broken in two, and I felt horrible. I followed her but she started running. I chased after her. She turned a corner and before I could see where she went, I'd lost her. I decided that I had blown it. My one true love had come and gone in just a few short days. It was all over and I sank into the same deep depression I was in before I even came out here.
I went to the place where all the flowers grew, and I twiddled one in my hand. Then I went and sat on a tree top and ate a banana, just like she used to. Then I went to the pond and stared at my reflection. This was the lowest point in my whole life. We could've gotten married. Had some kids and grown old together, but now that was all ruined. No, it couldn't be. It simply couldn't be over! Not yet! I would have to go tell her how sorry I am. Tell her how I truly feel.
I ran to her tree and climbed up it. I shook the branch (actually is quite dangerous if somebody is already on that branch but it works for them) and she looked at me. Long and fierce. I decided to try and say a few things. "Ohh..Ahh, Ooh Ahh OOh Ah Oh AAh AHh Oh," I firmly stated. There was a moment of silence. She turned around, before screeching really loud and charging me. She pushed me off the tree and I fell to the ground. Winded, I couldn't get up. She jumped on the ground and dragged my body to a rock. She grabbed my head and started slamming it into the rock (just like she'd done with poor little Simba). I must've said something really bad – she was trying to kill me! But before I lost all consciousness, she stopped, shat on me, and climbed back up her tree.
What had my life become? I was a wreck! I lay here now about to die, when I had a family and a good job. Then I come out here and screw it all up. I am a total wreck. I mean I have MAJOR problems. Seriously, who the hell gets turned on by a monkey eating a banana?
Well that's it. The story of my death. I had a good life, as twisted as it may seem, but I die semi-content. Well...what is that? Oh I hear something. Is that a gorilla? Oh shit! It's Stacy's gorilla coming to finish the job! Fuck! What is he doing? He just threw me in the air! AHHH! OOOWWW!
I pass out.
Chapter 8: Maybe Something Less Aggressive
I woke up and every inch of my body was in severe pain, especially my rear end, for reasons I care not to think about. You know what? I thought to myself, Maybe this isn't for me. I mean, if I were to ever marry Matty she would have the pants in the relationship because she can obviously kick my ass. Maybe I should just go back home. Go back to my wife and kids...my normal life. No... I can't do that. I could never be satisfied with her after Matty.
I started to hear monkey noises and freaked out. I had to get out of there! I started to stand up but the pain in my ass kept me from running properly and eventually I collapsed. I started thinking to myself again, I got it! I will go back to my old job, but not the wife. I'll buy an apartment and a dog as replacements! Ya! That'll work. Dogs're all furry and stuff. Problem solved.
I was determined to live now. I started crawling my way out of there little by little towards the metaphorical light. Until I finally made it out of that horrible jungle and away from that nasty gorilla.
I found a small airport and joined the group of people boarding the plane. It took me a while to notice that they must be what was left of my old tribe. I felt satisfied knowing that I'd had more fun than them.
On the plane I began to think, maybe I will miss Matty. Maybe I will always have a hole in my heart. I decided, as a tribute to the one I loved, to name the dog I was going to get Matty... or Matt if it was a boy... no... I couldn't have sex with a boy dog. And at nights, when we're snuggling I can just close my eyes and pretend it is her.
The imagination is a wonderful thing.
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We Wish a Fish—or Seven
If you've missed the Insider's reporting on the Italian Christmas Eve tradition of the Feast of The Seven Fishes, book a table at Piccolina Toscana in Wilmington for Dec. 24. A mere $59 buys you the best meal of the year. Start with an amuse bouche
 of hearth-baked lobster and crab crepe
with lemon and tarragon. Share pancetta- and thyme-stuffed clams, fennel- and spinach-stuffed oysters, and grilled octopus. Your second course is a pan-fried salt cod cake
with celery root and horseradish purée and chive-caper gremolata oil. Course
three: scallop and local Swiss chard ravioli
with Verjus garlic butter sauce, and crispy leek-arugula salad. Finish with a cream cheese-frosted gingerbread doughnut
with lemon curd. You could make it at home—maybe—but why not let someone spoil you? 654-800, piccolinatoscana.com
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The Year in Dining
Delaware Today publishes 10 monthly dining reviews a year. A review of reviews from 2013 reveals a stunning crop of great new places. In case you missed any, here's the compendium:
Peruvian rotisserie chicken is the star of the show at—where else?—The Chicken House. Read the December review here.
The flavors—and the clever craft cocktails—are otherworldly at 14 Global. Read the November review here.
Bryan Sikora brings casual sophistication to Wilmington in the form of La Fia—a bistro, bakery and gourmet shop rolled into one. Read the October review here.
While some authentic Italian dishes remain from its original incarnation, Mona Lisa Euro Bistro's overhaul includes exotic ingredients and European classics. Read the September review here.
Flavorful, carefully prepared pub grub rules at the Rose & Crown in Lewes. Read the July review here.
Pochi Chilean Cuisine and Wine Bar's wine-centric approach—along with its flavorful Chilean cuisine—refreshes the downtown Wilmington dining scene. Read the June review here.
It might not be the most innovative ticket in town, but Taverna is certainly the hottest. With a straightforward menu, bold flavors and fresh ingredients, there's plenty to love (and devour) at Platinum Dining Group's newest venture. Read the May review here.
Jay Caputo brings the heat—and some top-shelf tequila—at Cabo Modern Mexican and Tequila Bar. Read the April review here.
Café Scalessa has been a part of the Wilmington restaurant scene from 2002-2011. Now home again in his former spot, Don Scalessa delivers solid Italian fare to returning and new clientele. And yes, the disco ball is still there. Read the March review here.
Chef Tom Hannum brings a taste of the Green Room to the legendary gathering spot known as Buckley's Tavern in Centreville. Read the January review here.
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How Did We Miss It?
We're excited about Sabor restaurant at the beach. Fusing the flavors of Mexico, Central America and Spain, the place offers all hand-crafted foods prepared according to original, traditional recipes. The guacamole is made fresh, the tortillas are made on the premises, and the maragraitas are mixed with fresh squeezed fruit juices. Check it out on Del. 26, just less than a mile from Bethany Beach. 616-1957, sabormexicana.com
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The Party Night of the Year
If, like your Insider, you're still wondering what you're going to do for New Year's Eve, here is a smattering of dining specials:
The Café Napoli family of restaurants rings in 2014 at Bella Vita of Cavaliers Country Club with a premium open bar, heavy hors d'oeuvres such as shrimp cocktail, roasted pork loin with sautéed broccoli rabe and pesce alla Florentine; three food stations; a three-course sit-down surf-and-turf dinner; a buffet table loaded with sweet treats and a champagne toast. Deja Groove plays the music. The breakfast buffet opens right after the ball drops. Call 731-5600 for rezzies.
At 16 Mile Taphouse in Newark, book a four-course dinner for $40, $50 with beer pairings and $60 with wine pairings. Seatings are 5 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. When the ball drops, champagne all around. Call 266-8111.
Harry's Savoy Grill in North Wilmington will serve a three-course dinner starting at 5 p.m. and continuing until 9:45 p.m. Enjoy an appetizer, entrée and dessert, with price determined by your entrée selection. Live music by Jackie Greggs starts at 9 p.m. The champagne flows at midnight. Call 475-3000.
Victoria's in the Boardwalk Plaza Hotel of Rehoth Beach offers a $75 dinner as follows.
Amuse bouche: Stuffed sweet cherry pepper with herbed cheese, prosciutto and balsamic
First course: Prime beef tartare with cornichons, Dijon and quail egg or smoked salmon blini with vanilla crème fraiche and caviar
Second course: Virginia oyster chowder with smoked bacon, hominy and limas or baby mache with persimmons, chèvre, balsamic and crispy parsnip
For dinner: Pan-roasted lamb loin with farro, hazelnut, cranberries and creamed spinach, or dry-aged New York strip with ruffle butter, lobster mushrooms, purple fingerlings, or free-range poussin with fig-almond stuffing, baby carrots and romesco, or pan-seared crispy-skinned rockfish with Brussels sprouts, smoked bacon, smashed new potatoes and black garlic beurre blanc. We'll leave the dessert choices a mystery. They're stunning. Call 227-0615.


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