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City of Silver: A Mystery
by Annamaria AlfieriIn Potosí, the richest city in the Western Hemisphere, Inez de la Morada, the bewitching, cherished daughter of the rich and powerful Mayor, mysteriously dies at the convent of Santa Isabella de los Santos Milagros, where she had fled in defiance of her father. It looks as though the girl committed suicide, but Mother Abbess Maria Santa Hilda believes her
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Alfieri effortlessly recreates 17th-century Peru in her impressive debut. In 1650, concerned that counterfeit silver coins originating in Potosí, the largest city in the Western Hemisphere, threaten to undermine the Spanish empire's economic supremacy, Spain's Felipe IV sends an emissary to Potosí to investigate. Meanwhile, the apparent suicide of Inez Rojas de la Morada, a high Potosí official's daughter, offers an inquisitor the chance to declare Mother Maria Santa Hilda, the abbess of the convent where Inez died behind a locked door, a heretic, because the abbess violated religious law by permitting the deceased a church burial. In her effort to refute the charge by proving Inez was murdered, the abbess turns up several secrets within her own community, some of which may be connected to the counterfeiting plot. The author nicely balances action and deduction in a mystery that works as a political thriller as well as a historical whodunit. (Aug.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.In her vibrant debut thriller, "City of Silver," New York writer Annamaria Alfieri resurrects Potos?''s 17th-century heyday, when "even their maids wore gold on their chests and pearls embroidered on their sleeves. . . . Wealth was the reason for this city''s existence, and its citizens flaunted all they had. . . . Their city had dominated the economic life of the planet for nearly a century." Chief among the hedonists is de facto mayor Francisco Morada, who disdains his louche wife, Ana, but dotes on their wild-child daughter Inez. After the girl absconds to the Convent of Santa Isabella de los Santos Milagros and begs the skeptical abbess to admit her as a novitiate, Morada threatens the order with ruin.
Mortality, ever obliging, soon interferes: On Good Friday, with the Morada household still riven by her flight, the nuns discover Inez''s pristine corpse on the floor of her cell, flail and rosary coiled beside her, a shattered carafe near her hand. The abbess dismisses the notion of a natural death: "Otherwise-healthy young women do not drop dead of heart failure," she observes. What about suicide? But if Inez "destroyed herself," her body cannot rest in holy ground; interment there would endanger the abbess''s standing with the local commissioner of the Inquisition. A perfect murder, then? "Who in this convent would take another''s life?" the nuns wonder. Meanwhile, the king of Spain has dispatched an emissary to investigate impurities in the Potosino currency, a mission that could render Potos? "nothing but an imitation Spanish city in the most desolate spot on earth."
Densely brocaded with period detail, "City of Silver" reads like an El Doradan "Name of the Rose," all cloistered intrigue and New World decadence; it recalls too Ron Hansen''s lyric masterpiece, "Mariette in Ecstasy," in which a gorgeous young postulant bewitches her fellow brides of Christ. Yet Alfieri evokes a past, place and people that are altogether sui generis. Her Potos? is replete with virgins and voluptuaries, political rivalries and caste tensions; her stately, wrought-iron prose paces galloping action sequences and intimate exchanges alike; her solution, though lifted wholesale from Umberto Eco, is no less ingenious for it. As both history and mystery, "City of Silver" glitters.
Daniel Mallory
"In this nail-biting debut thriller set in 1650 in a little-known Peruvian city where no one is exempt from the wrath of the king and the cruel hand of the Church, an intriguing era in Latin American history comes alive under Alfieri's sure hand. Highly recommended for historical fans."Library Journal (Starred Review)
"Alfieri effortlessly recreates 17th century Peru in her impressive debut. The author nicely balances action and deduction in a mystery that works as a political thriller as well as a historical whodunit."Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
"Alfieri's debut is a vividly rendered historical soap opera, replete with political intrigue, church scandal, feuding families, illegitimacy, lovers past and present and women fabulously gowned and jeweled."Kirkus Reviews
"An engrossing, fast-paced mystery packed full of historical fact illuminates the story but never overshadows it; a great read, highly recommended."Historical Novel Society
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SANTIAGO YANA APPROACHED the mine by night. He had climbed the steep, winding path worn smooth over a hundred years by the hooves of llamas and mules and the barely shod feet of thousands of Indians like himself. Up the Cerro Rico in the weak gray light of the waning moon. His barrel chest heaved. He gulped the icy, rarefied air. Below, the great stone-and-stucco city of Potosí sprawled out at the base of this silver mountain, like the train on a Spanish woman's gown. On the near side of the river, an occasional torch flickered in the yards of the refineries. Across, in the grid of streets surrounding the central plaza, dull candlelight glowed in the windows of the many rich houses. Spaniards burned wax as if it were cheap as stones.
Santiago paused at the mouth of the mine. Always before, he had gone down in daylight, with his comrades. Standing shoulder to shoulder among them, he sensed himself as part of one large animal, a beast courageous enough to descend the deep main shaft. At the bottom, he became a digit on that powerful creature's hand, making it possible for him to thread himself through the tight, dusty tunnels and, in the gloom and the din of iron banging on stone, to tear away chunks of silver to be refined and sent to the King of Spain.
Alone here in the night, he was riveted, bound by terror to the entrance. Dank air rose from the main shaft and froze his back and legs.
He blessed himself thirteen times and whispered a prayer to the Virgin of Candelaria. He drew from his pocket a wad of coca leaves and lime and chewed them reverently as he prayed.
He stepped out of the wind onto the top barbacoa, the wooden platform at the mine's entrance. As he struck his flint to light a candle, his callused hands trembled, and it took four tries to get the flame. How the other miners would tease him if they could see him frightened like a child, like a white woman. When the candle was finally lit, it cast grotesque shadows against the rocks. He placed it in its holder on his black felt hat and grasped the ladder's heavy ropes of twisted hide. With his foot, he felt for the first wooden rung and immediately slipped. "Madre de Dios!" He had forgotten to take off his sandals. He scrambled back up and left them. He repeated his prayers and began again the descent.
When the captain first gave Santiago the package for safekeeping, he promised that if Santiago would hide it where no one would find it and return it when asked, he would give Santiago ten pesos, equal to a month's wages. The mine was the only place Santiago Yana knew where surely no one would find the package.
He reached the bottom of the first ladder—ten estados down—the height of eleven men. There were seventeen more. He prayed again and descended.
Ten days ago, when he had hidden the canvas-covered package in the mine, he had expected—when it was called for—to bring it up at the end of his next shift. But tonight the captain had demanded to have it before dawn.
As Santiago descended, the air grew even colder and sudden currents made the candle flicker. He felt in his pocket to make sure he had his flint. "Dios mío." He had left it at the entrance. Too far to go back. He moved more cautiously, trying to keep his head still so the candle attached to his hat would stay steady. If it went out, blackness would envelop him.
This mine was cursed. Every Indian knew the story. Their ancestors had found silver here before the Spanish came, but when the Indian people tried to take the silver from the mountain, a great god voice had boomed out from within, "Stop. This silver is not for you. It is for someone else." Some miners believed the gods had been keeping the silver for the Spanish, but some said it belonged to the gods themselves and that it was sacrilege for any mortal—even a Spaniard—to take it.
Santiago shuddered as he descended from the twelfth barbacoa. It was no darker in the mine at night than during the day, yet he felt the blackness more. Water dripped. Strange rumbling noises echoed in the stones. "Pachamama." He spoke the name of the old Indian goddess. Her image and the image of the Virgin converged in his mind. Both protectors. But Pachamama could also be cruel. He concentrated on the Virgin. The priest said she was more powerful than Pachamama and never cruel.
At the bottom of the last ladder, his lone candle gave him only a small circle of light. Traces of silver glinted in the reddish brown walls of the tunnel. Santiago longed for his comrades, even for the brusque orders of his Spanish masters, anything not to face this darkness alone.
Rubble left by the mining slid beneath his feet. He crashed into a pile of hammers and picks that awaited the next shift. "Mierda!" They clattered, and the noise echoed off the stones. He held his breath for a moment. The sound died.
He limped to the back of the tunnel, past the filthy place where the men relieved themselves, and held his breath until his chest ached. He inhaled and wanted to retch. At the end of the tunnel, where the stench was worst, the sloping ceiling forced him to stoop more and more until he was snaking along on his belly. There, under rocks he had carefully arranged to look as if they had fallen, he groped and grasped the packet.
He scampered back to the ladder and bound the packet to his leg with a leather thong, as he would have bound heavy sacks of ore if this had been a work shift. In his daily climbs with the ore tied to his legs, he paced himself to be able to bear the weight to the top. Without the burden, he was as light as smoke.
Tonight, climbing was like dancing. What worries the ten pesos would remove. Debts weighed on him as heavily as twenty bags of ore. With the money from hiding the packet, he would pay them all and still have enough to buy maize, potatoes, charqui, chilies, maybe even a bit of fresh meat for the feast of Easter, if Rosa would allow such an extravagance.
Rosa did not believe in the religion of the Conquistadores. She said no one should believe in a religion that required people to fast during the harvest. Santiago had asked the priest about this strange rule. The priest had explained that in his country it was the end of winter now, not the end of summer. What a magical place that must be, that it could exchange the seasons. But the priest also said the fast was not about making sure there was enough food, but to prepare the soul to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ. Rosa did not believe a man could come back from the dead.
By the fifth barbacoa, Santiago's chest constricted. Every breath hurt. He had climbed much too fast. A pain in his side doubled him over. He lay back on the wooden platform to rest. Then it happened. His hat! His candle! He felt them go, grabbed for them. He yelled as he watched the light stream away until the candle went out and the glow of the wick died completely. He groaned. The darkness was total.
He lay trembling so violently that he thought the spasms would throw him off the platform to his death. In the thunder of his thudding heart and the creaking of the mountain, he heard Pachamama laugh.
"Madre de Dios," he whispered over and over. "Help me."
He groped for the ladder leading up. "Oh, Virgin Maria, please. My children. My wife. Please."
He scrambled onto the next barbacoa on his belly and slithered across until his hands found the next ladder. Disoriented in the dark, he could hardly tell which way was up. Water rushed somewhere near, coming to wash him away. He panted and struggled to grasp the leather ropes with his sweaty palms. Air. He felt a current of air. Oh, gods, be merciful. The top! The entrance must be near. He scrambled up to the next platform. But there was another. And another.
He had lost track of how many were left. When he worked, he always counted as he climbed, always knew exactly how far he was from the air.
Now he began to weep. What shame he would feel if his comrades could see him.
Before bringing the package to the mine, he had let Rosa convince him to look at the contents, even though the captain had warned him not to. He had scolded her for being too nosy, but he was curious, too. She carefully removed the thick blue thread that had bound it, keeping it in one piece and laying it across his knee. He had been disappointed. The parcel contained only papers, with writing they could not read. She had sewn it back up again with the blue thread, stitching the canvas in the same holes, pushing the needle in backward for the last stitch because the thread was so short. No one would ever know they had opened it.
At the next level, a weak shaft of milky moonlight floated before his eyes. He blinked, bit down again on the wad of coca leaves in his mouth. Yes. Yes. He scrambled up the ladder now, panting, wheezing.
He arrived, covered with sweat, at the mouth of the mine. A blast of frigid wind froze his skin but gladdened his heart. He untied the packet from his leg, slipped his feet into his sandals, and began to grope around for his flint.
He smelled the horse before he heard the man approaching. The captain must have become impatient waiting at the inn.
"Señor, I have the package here," Santiago said to the figure in the black cape who approached him in the gloom. He held out the packet and his palm, waiting for the feel of the coins.
The man snatched the package from him and stuffed it into a bag. He laughed. A familiar laugh. But this was not—
The man grabbed him, lifted him as easily as a baby. The world spun. "No. No!" Santiago cried.
With a grunt, the man flung him down the mine shaft.
Santiago Yana did not even hear his own scream of terror as he fell to his death.
AROUND MIDNIGHT THAT same night, Inez de la Morada prepared to go out to collect the packet of papers that would bring her heart's desire. She had no fear of being discovered by her father, Francisco—the Alcalde, head of the City Council and the richest, most powerful man in Potosí. He had left the house at eleven, as he had done every night for many weeks, to oversee the departure of a mule train. Many believed that Francisco de la Morada was, little by little, sending his enormous fortune out of Potosí to hide it in the vast, desolate high plain that surrounded the city.
Friends and enemies alike speculated on the reason for the removal of his wealth. Some said he expected another war—like the one fought between the Basques and the other Spaniards twenty–five years ago. Others said he foresaw that the dams, which held water in lagoons above the city, would break again and that the ruination would be even worse than the last time. The rational laughed at these fears. How could anyone, even one as powerful as the Alcalde, predict such events?
His daughter Inez knew the reason and the false impressions behind the mule trains. But tonight she would take possession of her own fate, and what her father did or desired would mean nothing.
The first time Inez stole out of her parents' house at night, her heart had nearly stopped with fear. She wished she could slip out unnoticed as effortlessly as she would brush an errant dark curl from her forehead, but tonight her breathing fluttered once again. On this second Sunday in Lent, she was leaving this place forever.
She dressed in heavy velvet clothes and light slippers that made not a sound as she walked through the darkness. She glided down the wide corridor and entered her father's study. In the flickering orange light from the torches in the courtyard outside, she opened a secret drawer in the tall desk near the window. She withdrew a bag of silver and hefted it. More than enough. The papers she was about to reclaim would bring her all she longed for. Until then, these coins would pay for what she needed.
Silver, she had learned from infancy, was the most powerful substance there was. Everything in Potosí depended on it. The city's whole existence, the importance of its citizens individually and collectively, stemmed from silver and only silver.
Her father had taught her this, as he had taught her so many things. She felt a small pang for him. She had loved him so when she was a little girl. But seeing him through her mother's eyes, she had grown to scorn him. Briefly, when she was thirteen or so, she had openly mocked his pretentious manners, his vanity about his clothes, the lumbering way he walked. Rather than evoking his ire, her barbs wounded him. She learned then that she could get whatever she wanted by giving and withholding her love. His weakness for her only made her despise him more. By now, she had pretended to love him so often that sometimes she almost did.
She made her way noiselessly back down the corridor, dragging her fingertips along the smooth plaster wall until she felt the jamb of her mother's bedroom door.
She hated her mother. Only for a few months—when she had been threatened by a fever—had she cared anything for her. But she was not worth a daughter's notice. Even the servants mocked her. Not when they knew their mistress was listening, of course. In her presence, they feigned respect. Away from her, in their own language, they freely criticized their weak, self-indulgent padrona in front of the smiling little girl they thought did not understand. Everything they said was true. Her mother was a pig. She had been so drunk once that she had vomited in the central plaza, in front of half the nobility of the town. Inez could not walk in the Calle de los Mercaderes with her without seeing the other shoppers whispering behind their hands. Never again. tonight Inez would collect that packet of documents, her passport to freedom.
Holding her breath, Inez gently turned the latch of her mother's door, entered, and in a flash exited again by the servants' door opposite. The stairway led her quickly through the kitchen and out to the silent, stone-paved street.
BEHIND THE DRAPERIES of her disarrayed bed, Ana Rojas de la Morada smiled. Her daughter probably assumed she was asleep when she stole through the room. But Ana waited each night to see if she would hear the faint click of the latch and to sense, not quite to hear, her daughter moving through the room, to revel in this betrayal her husband so deserved.
Husband and daughter both despised her. And she had learned to despise them in return.
She giggled, like the lovely, lively girl she had been when her bankrupt noble father gave her to Francisco Morada in marriage. Morada, the commoner who dragged her from her elegant, benign Lima to this money-grubbing Gomorrah with its intolerable society and unbreathable air. From the first, she had loathed her boorish clown of a lowborn husband—his coarse speech, his rough manners—everything about him, except his sex. On her wedding night, Francisco had taken his pleasure of her without regard to hers. But even as a girl she had learned to find her own satisfaction alone behind the curtains of her virgin bed. With him, she discovered that the same fantasies that had served her before their marriage brought her to ecstasy as he moved within her. Each night, when she lay down and drew the finely embroidered marriage linen over her, she welcomed the only part of him that interested her—what he thrust through the slit in the sheet.
He was intense. He believed that true vigor in their coupling would give him a son. To her enormous gratification, he had kept at it nightly for almost a year before he impregnated her.
She brought forth Inez.
When he returned to her bed three months after the birth, he came with increased energy and stamina. For more than two years, she did not conceive, but she had him nightly, giving her pleasure beyond her imagining and, as was seemly, completely without his knowledge.
When she gave him Gemita, another daughter, in return, he gave up.
At first she had tried to persuade him to return to her, reminded him that it was their duty to procreate as God had ordained. She had even said she wanted to give him a noble son. Noble was a word that she thought would entice him, since noble was what she was and what he longed to be. But that common worm of a social pretender had had the gall to reject her.
"I want no other child but Inez," he had said, as if the second dainty pink infant in the cot were nothing to him. Inez was then barely four years old, yet father and daughter were bound in a potent rapport that was to grow and blossom and make Inez dearer to him than any son could be. Or any wife.
Ana grinned. Weakling that he was under all his bluster, he adored his daughter. He thought he knew her.
The mother rose and glanced through the shutters at the shadowy figure disappearing down the deserted street. When he discovered Inez had gone out into the night, it would wound him worse than the knife Ana dreamed of plunging again and again and again into his flesh.
Excerpted from City of Silver by Annamaria Alfieri.
Copyright 2009 by Annamaria Alfieri.
Published in August 2009 by Minotaur Books.
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Meet the Author
A lover of South American history, Annamaria Alfieri lives in New York City. This is her first novel.
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By Josh CatonecomScore said today that US Internet users viewed 12 billion videos in May up 45% year-over-year. As expected, Google's video properties dominated with 35% of the video market, 98% of that due to YouTube.
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Even though Hulu, a joint venture between Fox and NBC that streams full-length movies and television shows, debuted on the list in 10th place with 88.2 million streams, short form remains the most popular type of online video. The average video length, according to comScore, was 2.7 minutes. The popularity of short clips online has been one of the reasons that web video has been so hard to monetize — pre, mid, or post-roll advertisements just don't work well with videos under 3 minutes long.
comScore's report paints a vastly different picture than a similar online video market report from Hitwise a couple of weeks ago. The May US video market numbers from Hitwise indicated a 9% year-over-year decline in the overall video market. That's a significant difference from the large category growth that comScore reported. The only thing consistent between the two reports is Google's dominance (though YouTube controls a whopping 75.43% of the video market according to Hitwise).
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Posted on 02/08/2013 4:28:30 PM PST by Kaslin
We didnt get to this yesterday, but its definitely worth watching especially for the skill shown by Lindsey Graham in his examination of Leon Panetta and General Martin Dempsey. The headline takeaway will be what is remembered most: the revelation that Barack Obama never bothered to keep in touch with his chair of the Joint Chiefs and Secretary of Defense after being informed that an American consulate was under attack from terrorists.
But if thats all you hear from this, youre missing the big picture. Graham managed to elicit a number of damaging statements from the two. Not one aircraft had been deployed during the attack; not one boot left the ground outside of Libya. As far as the 281 concurrent threat reports that Panetta and Dempsey claimed kept them from considering Benghazi a special threat, Graham asks how many of those cables came from US Ambassadors stating specifically (as Stevens did) that an American installation was incapable of defending itself against a sustained attack and that government buildings nearby were flying al-Qaeda flags because I want to know about them, if they do, Graham adds. Dempsey tries to push that off to State, at which time Graham informs Dempsey that Hillary Clinton claimed never to have seen that cable, even though Dempsey clearly had, which he admits is surprising.
Graham then circles back to the lack of action from the White House once the attack was under way:
Lindsey Graham Hammers Leon Panetta & Gen Dempsey on Benghazi and not getting troops there
SEN. GRAHAM: Are you surprised that the president of the United States never called you, Secretary Panetta, and say, hows it going?SEC. PANETTA: I you know, normally in these situations
SEN. GRAHAM: Did he know the level of threat that
SEC. PANETTA: Let well, let me finish the answer. We were deploying the forces. He knew we were deploying the forces. He was being kept updated
SEN. GRAHAM: Well, I hate to interrupt you, but I got limited time. We didnt deploy any forces. Did you call him back wait a minute
SEC. PANETTA: No, but the event the event was over by the time we got
SEN. GRAHAM: Mr. Secretary, you didnt know how long the attack would last. Did you ever call him and say, Mr. President, it looks like we dont have anything to get there anytime soon?
SEC. PANETTA: The event was over before we could move any assets.
SEN. GRAHAM: It lasted almost eight hours. And my question to you is during that eight-hour period, did the president show any curiosity about hows this going, what kind of assets do you have helping these people? Did he ever make that phone call?
SEC. PANETTA: Look, there is no question in my mind that the president of the United States was concerned about American lives and, frankly, all of us were concerned about American lives.
SEN. GRAHAM: With all due respect, I dont believe thats a credible statement if he never called and asked you, are we helping these people; whats happening to them? We have a second round, and well take it up then.
Graham just demolished the entire White House defense on Benghazi in less than ten minutes of cross-examination.
Obama knew precisely what was happening, that is why he distanced himself. Has anyone gotten to the question of who gave the orders to the potential rescuers to stand down, or is that off the table?
Still doesn't work -- the attack was over well before midnight. The timeline doesn't hold together. What is he telling us -- he went to bed at 5 P.M.? For a rally event midday the next day in Vegas, or 2-3 P.M. Washington time?
This stinks of lies. Obama closed the door on those guys and told everybody not to answer any phones or e-mails or send any help. He cut them off. He did worse than abandon them -- he threw them to the wolves.
He did some crazy good lawyering, that's for sure.
Nothing's going to happen. The media is going to continue to brazenly, openly cover his azz. They know that no one can do a thing about it. They learned a lesson in Rather-gate—all they have to do is ignore what they choose to ignore, and the sheeple will be none the wiser. The sheeple don't utilise the power of the internet, the world at their fingertips, to inform themselves and control their own destinies, their own government. They use it to see what Kardashian or the flavor of the minute is doing. As long as the only time this invader in the White House speaks to them, it's to promise them more gibmes, and harangue "the enemy" (their fellow Americans) on their behalf for not wanting to fork over to deadbeats the fruit of their labor, they're content. The media just shrugs its shoulders and says to those of us who are frustrated at their lack of ethics and fairness, "What are you going to do about it?"
This is all about the Blind Sheik. This is about Obama building the Caliphate, and rescuing its terrorist leadership from the claims of American justice.
Obama was probably on the phone with his muslim and al-qaeda buddies directing the terrorists attacks and had no time to put on an act like he was trying to stop it.
Thanks Kaslin.
This traitor Obama makes me want to vomit! What a disgrace he is!
What were these people doing there.
The ones that died were CIA, and yet no one asks why they were there.
Though I haven't lived "forever", he was never qualified to lead this country. He was elected by feel-good leftists and biased blacks, IMO. The rest of us pay the price.
Is your 70 year old mother interested in being Secretary of Defense? It sounds like she has more on the ball than Panetta.
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"SEN. GRAHAM: It lasted almost eight hours. And my question to you is during that eight-hour period, did the president show any curiosity about hows this going, what kind of assets do you have helping these people? Did he ever make that phone call?"
"SEC. PANETTA: Look, there is no question in my mind that the president of the United States was concerned about American lives and, frankly, all of us were concerned about American lives."
"SEN. GRAHAM: With all due respect, I dont believe thats a credible statement if he never called and asked you, are we helping these people; whats happening to them? We have a second round, and well take it up then."
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Thank you, gonzo. I appreciate the ping.
Obama and the left hates the American military, it's been that way since. Vietnam. After 9/11 they became experts at faking sympathy for the troops. But here the mask slips as it sometimes does.
He'll be on every talk show after he says the magick words, he knows the game, free air/campaign time and probably a pat on the back when election time comes from the O or not depending on how he wants it!
As far as I know, graham is still a JAG officer in the USAF. I actually think he takes military matters seriously. I don't like him much otherwise, but in this, just maybe.
If the mainstreams don't report it, it's like it never happened. The world may laugh at us, but our citizens are clueless.
Damn, I wish Americans cared about this. They'd be giving laser-like focus if this happened during the Bush Administration... But on this, like everything else, Obama gets a pass.
The power not to report is the most frightening of all. If the masses don't see it on the tube, it doesn't exist. There isn't even a debate, it just never happened. Talk to someone about it and they say you are just crazy.
"JFK would've been on every second"
He'll, even CARTER would've been on this continuously. Obama doesn't view issues through an American prism. After all, why would he? He despises America.
If nothing else, I use these "revelations" to force some Dim co-workers to think. One is a rabid Dim and has been looking a bit "twitchy" lately as he tries to reconcile the baseness of his hero with what he wants to believe.
I remember Graham being one of the better House Impeachment managers during the Clinton mess.
1. Let's trade Stevens for the blind sheik. Send in a bunch of our terrorists friendlies,under our control, pick him up. No one will offer any resistance and then make the trade after the election.Lets kidnap him.
2.Stevens has been shipping weapons allover the mid-east,from RPG's to shoulder fired man-pads to AKs' to you name it and he knows waaaay too much about the Mid-east. He's better connected than we are plus he's gay. If all this gets out,politically, we look bad. He must die.
I guess either one is a potential.
As far as any leadership qualities for ozero you can forget it.He has none. Was never supposed to have any and remains a Manchurian Candidate. He's there just to raise money and repeat passages from the prompter,nothing new here. He's been voting present for years.
ANd... plausible deny-ability which I don't think he got. Which is why this story will die if not already dead. Unless we are successful in keeping it alive.
We shall see tonight if Judge Jeanine can bring it back from the dead. She's one of our best hopes.
I'm betting this is a CIA op.
It would have been their call.More plausible deny-ability. Make it CIA. We don't have to talk bout it by law.Let the front men,Panetta, Hillary other losers take the heat for not talking. Who is in charge of the CIA. Oh yeah he's gone......what was his name....Betray us?
We know what the regime has on Petraeus--his affairs,Hillary--2016. What do they have on Panetta--whatever it is you can bet its big.
We need to catch and expose these basturds every time they slip.
Stakes must be high for him to remain in office.We have got to have a better conservative in SC than this clown!!
"I can never remember a president being so totally unconcerned that he was completely disconnected to his dept of defense during such an attack."
Thats what you do when you are a puppet. You get out of the way of the puppet masters.
Thread BUMP!
R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods. Condolences to their families and friends.
SEN. GRAHAM: It lasted almost eight hours. And my question to you is during that eight-hour period, did the president show any curiosity about hows this going, what kind of assets do you have helping these people? Did he ever make that phone call?
SEC PANETTA: Look, there is no question in my mind that the president of the United States was concerned about American lives and, frankly, all of us were concerned about American lives.
SEN. GRAHAM: With all due respect, I dont believe thats a credible statement if he never called and asked you, are we helping these people; whats happening to them? We have a second round, and well take it up then.
Anyone remember the "Message: I care" snafu of George Herbert Walker Bush? The press elected Clinton on its back .... that and the grocery checkout scanner. And of course during the debate he looked at his watch while Crinton was lying.
So how 'bout it, MediaLiars? Linda asked Lenny The Tool a direct question and Lenny pops this "Message: We care" b.s. that flopped back in 1992.
Panetta is covering for Obama. Its like giving an alibi for a murderer by saying he was with you committing a drug transaction. Obama is going for the lesser of the evils here. He was fully involved but had no intention of saving anyone. All he wanted was all witnesses gone, anyone else killed and all evidence cleared and destroyed.
Obama had to order the "stand down". He sure wasn't walking around the WH before going to bed. He was in the Situation room giving orders for the RECON teams to "scrub the scene". Remember the news org. found some documents. Obams team couldn't even clean up the scene correctly. Was Stevens raped? Who really knows. Could be a smoke screen. Supposedly, several militants were killed. Who were they? Who cleaned it up. How many were killed and where were they located(two scenes). I think Panetta is stringing this out. There is more to this than "Obama was aloof".
That's been his mo for years now.
His job responsibilities are always managed by someone else.Someone who actually has a clue what they are doing or Chicagoed their way in to the job.
If we find out who was really in charge which will be a musical chairs affair, we will find out who was really calling the shots that night if anyone.
If you don't order anything and are not there to contact,....did the tree really fall in the forest? MOre deny-ability. How plausible will be the result of the New Media vs. the Old Media. Who can do a better job of truth telling vs. hiding the truth.
Exactly. If nbcabccbscnnpmsnbc never reported it, it simply never happened. This is how Obama apparently went to bed, played golf, got drunk or take your pick while Bengahzi was going down, the worst dereliction of duty case in modern history by a US president, and won re-election. It didn't help that the repubs fielded a weak RINO candidate who wouldn't bring this up for whatever reason (fear of being labeled a racist).
As long as the media propagandists are disseminating their version of events and suppressing the truth, why should we hope there will be change?
Where are the 30 survivors of Benghazi? Are they ok?
It will never happen....we're stuck with this SOB....And these old s(ummy b@stards in Congress....No one crokes???? There gonna outlive us all!!!!!
Exactly. Look back through the thread (and previous threads) at the questions and relate them to their responses, these hearings, coverage, representation. Control. Control. Control.
Questions not asked, answers not forthcoming.
TREASON...continuous, in real-time, agency-abetted, on display, in-your-face, unchallenged, pre-meditated, unquestioned, ongoing...
Not even questions from Al Gore/Jazeera...(from aljazeera article)...
...David Petraeus, who stepped down from his post as CIA director after the revelation of an extramarital affair, testified on Friday morning at a closed-door congressional hearing about the attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi.
He told lawmakers that he believed all along the deadly attack was "a terrorist attack," according to Peter King, a Republican representative on the House intelligence committee.
"He also stated that he thought all along he made it clear that there were significant terrorist involvement, and that is not my recollection of what he told us on Sept. 14," King said.
Lawmakers say Petraeus told them that CIA talking points written after the attack in Benghazi that killed four Americans referred to it as a terrorist attack. But Petraeus said that reference was removed by other federal agencies that made changes to the CIA's draft.
The attack killed the US ambassador and three other Americans.
His testimony came one day after intelligence officials showed legislators a real-time film of the deadly attack and discussed a timeline of events in sometimes heated closed-door exchanges. The intelligence committees heard from intelligence, FBI and State Department officials.
More questions...not asked.
Source: Al Jazeera And Agencies
Source: Agencies
Some good investigative reporting, eh?
Side note: Quite a scene in Tripoli recently. Check out the fireworks video on this blog...(better than the movies)...
Page 2 of the above bloglink...
An emotionally charged day
I'm deeply saddened by the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi that resulted in the death of the American ambassador, and other staff members as well as ten Libyans. My condolances to all their family members and friends. All of Libya is grieving. Dismay just isn't a strong enough word to describe how I felt upon hearing the news.
We spent the day watching the news, keeping up with twitter and facebook, and listening to the sound of drones overhead. In the evening my husband and I took a long walk around the farm, about five kilometres. Drones buzzed above us while in the distance we could hear gunfire from time to time - possibly a wedding?
When we came inside we watched the vote count for the new prime minister. At one point they stopped because someone had put two names on the ballot instead of one. After an argument they started the count over. Exciting to watch, it was a close count! Mustafa Abushagour, Libya's first democratically elected prime minister won by only two votes.
What a day! It was a day full of emotions; dismay, anger, sadness, disbelief, followed by hope for a better future.
we went to bed,
only to toss and turn,
the sound of drones continued
all night long.
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I thought this true on first glance TM, thought you had had a real breakfast, my half awake witless mind was happy for you. A quote even crossed the mind, you can resist anything but temptation, and this breakfast could not be resisted, think I will take my witless brain and shuffle back to bed, pretend I was not here.
ReplyDeleteLOL @ Ann,
Well TM I gotta agree with much you said but .... Baked beans on a breakfast plate, American as it might be, is an essential ingredient on my Full Monty. You can keep that tomato too :-)
Well what shall I have for breakfast? Not decided yet. Hope your Orange juice is freshly squeezed and chilled to 2 deg. C.
bets o' luck ol' chap.- Anonymous11 October 2009 at 09:11
Ann, Do not feel too bad, I at first though WTF? Did TM get a special breakfast as I know the NHS would blow its food budget serving this as a regular food lol.
I agree with Dave, baked beans are part of the Full Monty, I love a big cooked breakfast with sausage, egg, bacon or ham steak, tomato, mushrooms and some offal (kidney or liver)..
It is currently 4pm and I am starving, these thoughts of food are making me worse :( I am holding out for dinner, good ole BBQ :)
If I knew where TM was I would fly over, and BBQ him an Ozzie meal (steak, sausages, zucchini, potato, onions, garlic bread, and a cold beer to wash it all down (none of that fosters crap either, something like a good bitter) Oh! :-(
I had hoped that was a picture of your actual breakfast this morning.
I have been reading Loren Cordain's book on the Paleo Diet. It makes very interesting reading. It is based on the theory that our digestive systems are the same as when we were hunter gatherers and before the agricultural revolution. It follows from this that lean meat, fruit and veg are good for us, but cereals and dairy although cheap are not so good for us nutritionally.
The conclusion being a full English breakfast is better for us than cereal and milk.- The Nurse11 October 2009 at 10:45
Mmmmmm!!! Fried Brekkie! YUM!
I remember the days when cooked brekkies were available in NHS establishments and not just for staff!
Might have to go and grill some bacon and fry a couple of eggs now I have seen that pic!
Shame it is all just a dream at the mo TM! Don't give up! One day soon all that can be yours.
Did I read that your chances of staying anonymous were fading? Hope you can keep blogging as this is a really important issue you are highlighting here is a fabulous way. - Anonymous11 October 2009 at 12:13
Given the awfulness of the food (fodder?) served up on this website, I didn't think it would happen...but reading this today has made me drool - been a long time since I've had sauteed lambs kidneys..yum. I really wish you'd had that for your brekky Mr TM.
Chin up
Mich - Anonymous11 October 2009 at 17:57
NHS food was like this picture all those years ago when I had my children in hospital. Those were the days when you were able to follow a lovely meal like that with a cigarette (in hospital, not having to creep outside). Now when you want a fag break you have to go off premises!
from "she who has to remain anonymous - at least for another 500 odd effing days" but as anyone from work would suss it's probably me because I have a dirty great countdown clock above my desk I shall sign myself Gill
PS keep up the good work TM - whether "they" discover who you are or not Oh look! Gasp! ... a cooked breakfast! Oh how marvellous, all that good protein and a nice gooey egg, that will buck up TM's spirits in a big way, it's good to se ....... what say? It's what? It's not? Is it? What!
Hopes dashed ONCE again. Sigh.
Ah well, not long til lunch. Oh, wait .... (oh but you have secret stashes of delights brought to you by your lady wife .. thank GOD.) We still want to poke fun and make rude remarks about the lunch though, so stand by. Batteries charged. Upload facility primed.
:-)- Anonymous27 March 2010 at 08:01
As commment from a hospital dietitian - we are not all members of the food police! I have the ability to supply cooked breakfast items to those who need the extra nutrition - but probably not for long in these cut back times! I'm sure the staff will continue to be provided with this food - at a price.


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We asked traders whether the Fed will raise rates this September By Caroline Vakil | August 31, 2016 To help us sort through the Fed's remarks in anticipating its next moves, we asked traders, Will the Fed tighten rates at the upcoming September meeting in your opinion? Why or why not?
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Phony civil war among Republicans rages on By Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg | May 19, 2014 The prominent conservatives who met last week to try to ensure that Republicans will be on board with movement conservative orthodoxy in 2014 and 2016 published a platform full of platitudes and generalizations.
Derivatives changes blocked by Senate resistance, Himes says By Cheyenne Hopkins | April 25, 2013 U.S. House derivatives legislation designed to roll back some Dodd-Frank Act requirements will face resistance from Senate Democrats.
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What is Acne?
Acne is a term generally applied to eruptions on the skin like pimples, pustules, papules, nodules and small cysts etc. of varying characteristics. It is of various types but acne rosacea and acne vulgaris are more common. Each type has its own characteristics. Some types are painful to touch some are not. The eruptions may or may not have puss formation. Blackheads and whiteheads are also broadly categorized as acne. Most of the young girls with defective menstrual cycle can get it. If the periods are delayed and bleeding is less than normal with dark and clotted blood, the ground is ready for acne to appear.
Acne is not a life threatening eruption but is quite troublesome and has great cosmetic value particularly if it occurs on uncovered parts of the body like face and neck. At times, particularly in severely aggravated cases, it may leave permanent scars on the skin.
Acne Rosacea is a chronic form of acne seen in adults occurring especially on nose, forehead and cheeks. It is characterized by small pimples on cheeks usually below the cheekbones accompanied by redness. This type occurs mostly in the adults and is at times called adult acne.
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If your menstrual cycle is not regular, you are a prospective candidate for acne. So do not take it lightly; have it treated. Also avoid using various concoctions to improve the complexion. Better remain away from poor quality cosmetics.
Homeopathic Treatment of Acne
Homeopathy has large number of medicines that are used for different conditions of acne and are capable of curing it permanently but there is no "cure all" remedy. For homeopathic treatment detailed case taking is required covering the symptoms of disease and the personal symptoms which may have (apparently) no direct relationship with the disease but play an important role in the selection of proper homeopathic remedy. Remember that timely treatment of acne can save you the discomfort and possible scarring of the skin.
General Care
- Do not scratch, pick or squeeze the pimples. This is to prevent the scars.
- Follow the advice of your doctor and use only advised medicines.
- Do not use external applications unless you are sure of their safety.


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Exmouth to Exeter So the the Tour of Britain was in town today. I took a trip down there with camera in hand, to see if i could capture part of the international road race, that takes place over eight days in eight stages. About 760 miles in total. It's the UK's largest professional cycling race.


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Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways, unsettles her decisions and complicates her life, and tragedy ensues, threatening the stability of the whole community. The first of his works set in Wessex, Hardys novel of swift passion and slow courtship is imbued with his evocative descriptions of rural life and landscapes, and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships.
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Lost in Translation Review
By Rachel Gordon
The recently wed Charlotte (Johansson) lazes around her hotel room, waiting for her photographer husband (Giovanni Ribisi) to return from another crazy day of shooting. She spends some of her days wandering into cultural parks and entertainment, but finds herself stifled by a lack of direction. Her path converges with Bob (Bill Murray), a famous actor from America who is stuck in filming commercials because the money is just too darn good to turn down. Both are experiencing an estrangement from their spouses and get caught in reflection of where they are headed, leading to a powerful camaraderie that seeks enjoyment and solace.
Beneath the soul-searching of the central duo is a sense of humor at life's little troubles. They laugh at themselves, they laugh at others, and because they can do both, their roles are easy to relate to, whether or not you've been through a similar situation. Charlotte learns to appreciate the openness her youth can offer, while Bob is able to find that he wouldn't return to those previous stages of his life if given the chance. Their dialogue remains surprisingly natural despite the philosophical principles that are being wrestled with.
Though it's a credit to Coppola (who also penned the script) that she can effortlessly combine struggle with laughter, it is often too bent on making fun of how stupid Americans act overseas. The language barrier Bob experiences on set constantly feels fresh and funny, but the continual blonde actress joke (Anna Faris) gets old fast, slowing the emotional progression of Lost considerably. This may also have more to do with the talents of Bill Murray far exceeding those of Faris (big shock there), who can work any quirk with the right facial expression.
There is other fat besides the inclusion of Faris that could have been trimmed without losing the effervescent feeling of the story. The wonderfully energetic camera is not quite matched by the seemingly haphazard editing. The pacing of information of the key characters is organically well-structured, but scenes either extend further than needed, or cut away too quickly at a particularly engaging moment.
While Lost in Translation is flawed, it's still a joy to watch. The friendly chemistry between Johansson and Murray builds with a rare subtlety and their adventures, both physical and mental, are truly moving without ending up heavy-handed. It's also a great diversion, in the current realm of special effects blockbusters and the slew of horror films being released, to sit through a simple tale of two very different people having such a positive effect on one another.
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Facts and Figures
Year: 2003
Run time: 101 mins
In Theaters: Friday 3rd October 2003
Box Office USA: $44.6M
Box Office Worldwide: 9
Budget: $4M
Distributed by: Focus Features
Production compaines: American Zoetrope
Contactmusic.com: 3.5 / 5
Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
Fresh: 211 Rotten: 11
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Director: Sofia Coppola
Producer: Sofia Coppola, Ross Katz
Screenwriter: Sofia Coppola
Starring: Bill Murray as Bob Harris, Scarlett Johansson as Charlotte, Anna Faris as Kelly, Giovanni Ribisi as John, Akiko Takeshita as Ms. Kawasaki, Kazuyoshi Minamimagoe as Press Agent, Kazuko Shibata as Press Agent, Take as Press Agent, Fumihiro Hayashi as Charlie, Hiroko Kawasaki as Hiroko, Daikon as Bambie, Catherine Lambert as Jazz Singer, Daiamondo Yukai as Commercial Director
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News Release: New Population Health Tool-SocioNeeds Index
New Population Health Tool Uses Social Determinants of Health to Identify High Need and At-Risk Populations
Healthy Communities Institute launches SocioNeeds Index™ to direct population health strategy where it is most needed
PHILADELPHIA–November 13, 2014–All communities can be described by various social, economic, personal and environmental factors that are well known to be strong determinants of health outcomes. The underlying data is extensive and cumbersome to systematically apply to geographically targeted population health initiatives led by hospitals, community health collaboratives and public health departments. Now, the SocioNeeds Index™ from Healthy Communities Institute (HCI) provides a beautifully simple way to identify those living in the highest risk zip codes that can benefit most from supportive health and social programs.
Speaking at the Population Health Symposium from VHA and the Jefferson School of Population Health, Deryk Van Brunt, PhD, President of HCI, addressed these obstacles by introducing the SocioNeeds Index as "another innovative way we're enabling health improvement initiatives to prioritize their efforts through easy-to-use data visualization tools." He added, "It is becoming increasingly clear that 'micro community health intelligence', offered through tools like this, is critical for identifying adverse underlying neighborhood factors and developing strategies to improve care and outcomes for at-risk populations. The Index identifies zip codes in the region you care about, which statistically will have the highest rates of premature death and preventable hospitalizations and are worthy of focus."
The HCI SocioNeeds Index combines a set of socioeconomic factors–ranging from poverty to education–for all zip codes in the US. The determinants were standardized, averaged, and weighted to arrive at one composite index value for every zip code in the US. The Index formula maximizes the correlation to poor health outcomes, based on premature deaths and preventable hospitalizations.
"Organizations can use the SocioNeeds Index to set a perimeter around their geographic service area at the zip code level, then rank order the zip codes on a scale of 1 to 5 to identify the most vulnerable populations," said Leslie Safier, an epidemiologist and Director of Research for HCI. "Access has never been this easy and comprehensive for analyzing, at a very localized level, social determinants of health to guide strategic planning processes," she added.
The SocioNeeds Index™ is available to all Healthy Communities Institute clients immediately as part of the HCI Platform.
"The Index will be critical to our efforts to use socioeconomic data to map vulnerable communities," noted Ian Grant, Rural Health Program Manager at the Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization. "As we build coalitions, design initiatives, and apply for grants we are leveraging the entire suite of HCI data resources to do focused population health improvement and community engagement."
About the Healthy Communities Institute
Headquartered in Berkeley, Calif., the Healthy Communities Institute (HCI) provides the leading web-based platform to support health departments, community collaborations, hospitals and health systems with population health and community health improvement strategies. The web-based HCI Platform provides health indicator dashboards, access to thousands of nationally recognized promising practices, analytic and reporting tools and other features that support planning, evaluation and reporting. The platform is now used in over 35 states and covers over 100 million lives across the United States. The company's multi-disciplinary team is comprised of healthcare information technology veterans, academicians, health informatics experts, epidemiologists, urban planners and Internet developers. HCI began its work in 2002 in concert with the growth of the Healthy Cities Movement co-founded at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Todd FalkI took the Xenograg sketch and applied my computer graphics to it, which was my intent from the beginning. The Scene: At the bottom of the Imperial School, an ambitious sorceror opens the wrong path to enlightment. Xenograg leads the physical defense backed by the higher trained wizards. The gate falters and fails from the counter attack. Xenograg is trapped inside, touching off the Jinzaggin Epic - twelve years of roleplaying in three books. I might have to open and Wyvern section to tell it.... ....or perhaps Xenograg: the Comic Book!
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The Nine Castles Marathon – La Maratona dei Nove Castelli
The Nine Castles Marathon – La Maratona dei Nove Castelli will be held in April 4-6, 2014 that is being organized in co-operation with the Marche Region Tourism Office and the Mayor of Arcevia, Italy.
The Marche Region Tourism Office and the Mayor of Arcevia are very happy to say that the event is on. This will be very exciting, the inaugural course of the Nine Castes Marathon (La Maratona dei Nove Castelli) that will take you on a journey through fascinating history and an area of Italy little known internationally … and even somewhat in Italy, too. With a base in the beautiful hilltop town of Arcevia in the region of Marche, the event will consist of an easy 10K run on the Saturday and a "marathon-distance destination run" on the Sunday. Together, the two events will take you to all nine of these hilltop, walled villages that during the medieval era were ruled and controlled by the town of Arcevia and today stand as wonderful places waiting to be discovered.
The onus will not be on gaining your fastest marathon time (although you never know!) but on enjoying a unique area and a weekend of running, making friends, seeing spectacular countryside, poking around medieval villages and towns (the nine castles during the runs, and plus Arcevia, with a guide), staying at local hotels and agriturismos and no doubt sipping some good wine. Pasta evenings will lead to more camaraderie and chances to further enjoy this region's unique atmosphere.
An official website full of information is here http://wizardsportsevents.com/marathon.html and being finalized is a secure entry form that should be up and running by the first weekend of October.
Right now there are some details on our Facebook page, so please add New Italian Marathon to your Likes list (https://www.facebook.com/NewItalianMarathon), and please feel free to share that link and this email with your running friends.
Terence Baker (race director)
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Fender 50's Roadworn Precision Bass Guitar
Fender 50's Roadworn Precision Bass Guitar
The original was born in the '50s and produced the sound of bass. On the road, the more you punished a Precision Bass guitar, the more it gave back as a virtually indestructible bass that took a beating and laughed while it asked for more, becoming even cooler looking and more comfortable-feeling than when it was brand-new. Fender's Road Worn '50s Precision Bass delivers that aged look and feel. Designed with '50s specs, including a nitrocellulose-lacquer finish, and built to look, sound and feel like it's got more than just a few miles on it.
Body: Alder
Finish: Lacquer
Neck: 1-Piece Maple
Fingerboard: Maple 7-1/4" (184mm)
Frets: 20, Vintage Style
Scale Length: 34" (864 mm)
Nut Width: 1-3/4" (44.5 mm)
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Tuning Keys: Vintage-Style Reverse Tuning Machines
Bridge: American Vintage Precision Bass
Pickguard: Gold Anodized Aluminum
Pickups" 1 Precision Bass Split Single-Coil Pickup
Controls: Volume, Tone
Strings: Fender Super Bass 7250ML, NPS, Gauges: (.045, .065, .080, .100)
Accessories: Deluxe Gig Bag
Unique Features: Distressed body, neck, and hardware, creating aged appearance
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17 March 2017
The Hero Quest Hero Quest: The Fourth Orc
Orcs are green things that live in holes and eat humans for fun. They like working for bad guys with loads of treasure because humans like treasure and Orcs like to eat humans for fun.
Did I mention that orcs like to eat humans for fun? They do.
Here is a picture of a cleaver.
One time a silly human was wandering around the forest (probably looking for treasure) when he ran into this orc. The human took out some white dice and threw them at the orc. He laughed a silly human laugh when the dice showed three silly shields.
The orc cut off the human's arms and laughed. His joke was better.
The human didn't scream for long because he ran out of blood. Humans are so silly.
This orc was painted with green paint because green is the best color. His tunic is blue because this orc sometimes like the color blue. Did I mention green is the best color? The cleaver is covered in human blood.
Humans are silly.
Hero Quest HeroQuest,
A loyal citizen of Mega-City One moonlighting as a war game hobbyist. I enjoy long walks along the corpse-laden fields of victory, consuming the warm flesh of my enemies, dancing merrily to the lamentations of the women, and painting little lead men.
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