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Looking for a new television show to watch in July 2018? Here's our four top UK TV picks.
S.W.A.T (Sky One) - Series begins on Sunday 8 July
Launched in America, Sky One won rights to broadcast S.W.A.T. on UK television. Based on the 1975 show of the same name, it is made by the team behind The Shield and Timeless.
What happens when a white cop accidentally shoots a black teen? Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson is promoted to try and calm things down, but it is a difficult task.
Expect division between police and civilians - can Hando sort it out?
Drama starring Shemar Moore, Stephanie Sigman and Alex Russell
Keeping Faith (BBC One) - Series begins on Thursday 12 July
The most popular show in Wales for over 25 years is to debut in the UK. It was also the most downloaded non-network show on iPlayer - so there's no suprise to see it dropping on BBC One.
Keeping Faith follows a long list of Welsh series to appear on the BBC - including Gavin & Stacey, Hinterland and Torchwood.
A new mother and solicitor is shocked when her husband bizarrely disappears. She now will fight to find the truth behind his sudden disappearance, finding out some dark secrets that threaten her family.
Thriller starring Eve Myles, Hannah Daniel and Matthew Gravelle
Harrow (Alibi) - Series begins on Tuesday 17 July
Originating from Australian channel ABC, Harrow is set to premier in the UK.
It follows Dr Harrow, an unusual forensic pathologist - who doesn't play by the rules and is very unconventional.
Though his drive to solve cases has taken a big toll on his personal life. So when a dark secret from his past is on the verge of being exposed, Harrow has to use his skills to keep it hidden forever.
Drama starring Ioan Gruffudd, Mirrah Foulkes and Remy Hii
Knightfall (History) - Series begins on Tuesday 17 July
After appearing on History US in December, it finally drops on the UK channel this month.
The show takes a detailed look into the Knights Templar, a secretive order who used to be the best warriors in the world.
Knightfall will tell the story of brotherhood, faith and loyalty. We will also learn the dark events that would forever mark the date Friday the 13th into people's minds.
Historical fiction starring Tom Cullen, Jim Carter and Padraic Delaney


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Ladies Book Club
1st Wednesday of the Month
September - May
Each month we gather to discuss a particular work or book, along with having a great time of faith and fellowship! All are invited to join us—feel free to bring your suggestions for upcoming selections!
For more information, please email Susan
Leader: Susan Spencer
Location: Off-Site

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Windows remake of a DOS Roguelike
While the content of the game is exactly the same as the content of the earlier release Xaskazien, this one is playable on later Windows OSes, Win 98 and later. Therefore, if you don't want to play Xaskazien in a DosBox, you can play it directly (with the correct compatibility options checked) and have pretty much the same experience. And, all in all, the experience that is afforded by this game is a totally interesting, and very Rogue like in spirit. With each new play session the world gets renewed. The location of the enemies is changed, the location of the loot also gets mashed about and so, each new play is slightly different than the last one. What will take a little to settle with you is the pervasive use of the fog of war, which keeps you from seeing the entire map, unless you've traversed that portion before. This adds both mystery but also another layer of unknown to the game, as you might end up too near an enemy too strong for you, because you weren't able to see it. Weirdly enough, there is also humor to the game, which arises from the use of really interesting names for objects, monsters and locations, which add depth to this game. Also, this Windows port is much cleaner than the original game, not only did it make the game work under Windows, but it also cleaned a lot of the bugs and glitches. Similarly, download NetHack for a similar roguelike game, just as good if not better than this one.


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What's For Lunch?
Lunch Schedule:
6th Grade Lunch - 10:27 - 11:07
7th Grade Lunch - 11:31 - 12:11
Did you know we serve BREAKFAST at school every morning beginning at 7:05? Breakfast is free for students on a free or reduced lunch and costs $1.35 for full pay students. Also for your information, if your student is on free or reduced lunch, did you know they can purchase fruit, veggies and milk for cheaper than just buying the milk by itself? This way they are sure to get their daily serving of Fruits and Veggies even if they choose not to have a full lunch at school.
Click here to see if you qualify for Free or Reduced Lunch
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Channel Partners Conference & Expo, the gathering place for technology services community has chosen two subject-matter experts from Business Continuity Technologies to present at its upcoming conference, April 10-13, at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. This year thousands of agents, VARs, MSPs, integrators and service providers converge to share ideas and drive discussion on the topics shaping our industry. This will be the 20th Anniversary of Channel Partners and over 5,500 industry peers will be in attendance.
Rory Jackson, Senior network Engineer with BCT will present-"From Learning to Earning: How Partner's can Profit From Education Reform". Specializing in a vertical industry can help partners distinguish themselves from their competitors and become the go-to business for their customers. For partners, the push for education reform that includes the use of technology in the classroom is opening doors for new business.
For over 10 years BCT has been specializing in the educational vertical, with particular emphasis in the rural Nevada county school districts, transforming the learning process from the analog age to the digital age. BCT was quoted in the Wall Street Journal as helping to revolutionize education in the North American Channel.
Lester Keizer, CEO of Business Continuity will present on Disaster Recovery-as-a Service (DRaasS). Gartner says the disaster recovery-as-a-service market will grow from less then $1.7 billion this year to more than $11.1 billion by 2021. That's about a 46 percent compound annual growth rage (CAGR), and it's all monthly recurring revenue. If your DRaaS numbers aren't growing by double digits, you're dong something wrong. In 2007, BCT was one of the first technology resellers in the Las Vegas area to sell DRaaS) to its clients. This business evolved into the creation of a new company called XiloCore, which was recently sold to a publically traded international company.
"I am honored to have 2 subject-matter experts, present at the upcoming Channel Partner Conference & Expo. It is a testimony to the professionalism and expertise of our team members", said Earle Keizer, President and COO of Business Continuity Technologies.
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Here's Rep. Deutsch's full statement after Gov. Daugaard vetoed H.B. 1008 @KDLTNews pic.twitter.com/gHlkw0F188
— Sydney Kern (@s_kernKDLT) March 1, 2016
Here's the actual statement if you don't want to squint at the picture:
The 2016 South Dakota legislature should be proud of the difficult but necessary decision to increase taxes to increase our teacher's salaries. And that is what South Dakota should be known as: cautious to raise taxes but practical when confronted with a problem.
We will continue to have the lowest tax burden in the country, BUT we will no longer by 51st in teacher pay.
HB 1008 was intended to be a practical solution to our evolving social values on gender issues. Unfortunately emotions on both sides of this issue have dominated the news coverage and the recent debate. I still believe an objective reading of the proposed law is consistent with my intent to be non-discriminatory and fair to all students and parents.
However, because I think the national focus on South Dakota should be on our positive business environment, strong labor market and the excellent work our schools do, I am going to ask my legislative colleagues to concur with the Governor's veto. Further focus on this issue will detract from the other significant accomplishments of the legislature this session.
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Help students identify and analyze the key characteristics of the three most common types of news articles.
Help students identify and analyze the key characteristics of the three most common types of news articles.
Learn about people who have taken action to make the world a more just and compassionate place, and consider the ways we can participate as caring citizens of the world.
Explore the efforts of leaders and activists advocating for indigenous rights and culture, including young people using their history and culture to build bridges toward others and the future.
How does our society shape the way we define ourselves and others? Explore some of the dilemmas people experience when others perceive them differently than they define themselves.
Discover how societies throughout history have defined membership based on ideas about human similarities and differences, such as race, religion, and nation.
As students take action after Florida's school shooting, introduce a framework for civic participation in your classroom. Facing History has also created suggested discussion questions to help you have the difficult conversations that follow traumatic violent events. Use these questions as a starting point to spark a dialogue around the ways youth can get involved, be Upstanders, and make their voices heard in their own communities.
Provide students with an opportunity to explore their understanding of democracy and to make meaning of current events about democracies at risk in the world today.
Use this teaching idea to help your students draw connections between the long history of black women's activism against sexual violence and gender discrimination with the #MeToo movement today. The questions and activities focus on the experiences of Recy Taylor, Rosa Parks, and Essie Favrot.
This Teaching Idea features Google Slides with activities that prompt students to reflect on the difficult ethical questions we're all facing during the coronavirus crisis.
Explore how dress codes can unfairly target the appearance of certain groups of people and help students consider what fair school dress codes look like.
This Teaching Idea invites students to think about the "tools" they have access to during the coronavirus outbreak that can help them take care of themselves, others, and their wider community.
Inform students about the Trump administration's family separation policy and help them emotionally process the human side of this news story.


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Star Trek: Phoenix-X
Into Harshness
Space station Starbase 78 sits out in deep space, with several Federation starships in and around it. Admiral Parsons enters Operations, where his crew is hardly at work. One officer glues kal-toh pieces together.
Parsons: "What the hell is going on here? You all should be running on anxiety and adrenaline!"
Greg: "Sir, we are so bored. There is never anything to do."
Harvey: "Yeah; we tried a baseball match against the crew of the T'Kumbra, but their unemotional Vulcan expressions just made a boring sport even more boring."
Parsons: "That is merely opinion, Lieutenant, and I order all of us to restart this conversation!"
Greg: "Hmm. That would eat up some more time. I think we should."
Harvey: "--Admiral! Interruption is imminent-- as in now! Three alien ships have dropped out of warp! They're firing on the Jenova and the Crucial!"
Parsons: "Well, it's about time --I mean, load station defences! Also, disregard my previous statement."
Greg: "Seriously, we have no idea which control panel does that."
Three Hirogen escorts swing around and fan subnucleonic beams across several Federation starships. The ships are disabled and then hit with torpedoes.
Reikn: "Pitiful Humans; this is the Kassak. You do not stand a chance against our kind. I'm just pointing it out. No need to respond."
#Parsons: "This is Federation Starbase 78 to Hirogen warships. We do not condone this attack. In fact, we do not condone attacks on us in general."
Reikn: "Why did you hail us? I specifically said not to!"
Tungst: "That was my fault. I kind of wanted to hear our prey squirm. It is sooooo satisfying."
Reikn: "Deactivate this communication link immediately!"
Tungst: "Wait, just one more from the Humans."
#Parsons: "Hirogen hunting vessel, you are currently destroying the Federation starship Crucial. Please stop this at once. We do not like it."
Tungst: "Hm. It's good. Not great. And why is he so relaxed? Have they been that sedentary? That is no way to live."
The Hirogen cruisers blow a few more ships apart, causing escape pods to be launched out into space. Starbase 78 gets its defences online and fires a spread of three quantum torpedoes into the Kassak, breaking through its starboard shields and piercing its hull. The Hirogen cruisers then jump to warp, out of there.
Parsons: "Excellent! We got 'em good. Plus, they made that bad judgment call in not hitting us with their subnucleonic beam."
Harvey: "Several starships have been destroyed, sir. Now receiving casualty reports from all over."
Parsons: "Why did we create a team to just report casualties? Seems like we should have pooled our man power to the medical divisions."
Greg: "They are lacking if anyone was wondering."
Parsons: "Well, whatever the circumstances, the casualties team is doing a great job. A round of promotions after this!"
Later, the Phoenix-X drops out of transwarp into normal space, after having another weekly adventure.
Seifer: "The Sky Spirits of the Delta Quadrant were interesting, but they kept treating us like we were their pets--- by petting us."
Cell: "Remember, no matter how comforting they were, we are to never speak of this encounter again."
Armond: "I, um, need a few hours to recover, mentally."
He runs off to the tubolift and Kayl takes his station. Meanwhile, a shuttlecraft approaches the Phoenix-X.
Kayl: "Captain. I'm picking up a Class 2 shuttle; the Dracon, which is from the starship Hijinx."
Cell: "What? We don't consort with our own kind! Quickly, destroy it."
Seifer: "Let's hear them out. We should break our patterns every now and then."
Cell: "Fine; for behavioural reasons-- but only for those."
The screen clicks on.
>Andrea: "Shuttlecraft Dracon to Phoenix-X. We need your help!"
Cell: "That all depends on how much effort will be required of us. FYI, any amount is too much."
>Andrea: "Captain-- Starbase 78 was hit by Hirogen hunters, and several ships were destroyed. Before they could finish, they picked up the Hijinx and Dropzone on long range sensors and destroyed them as well!"
Red: "Ah, the kill-hunger. I get that in the afternoons. A live Genesis worm usually fixes that right up."
Seifer: "Hmm. Are the Hirogen due to reach the Alpha Quadrant by now?"
Cell: "If not; at least the Beta Quadrant-- the edges of it anyway."
Kayl, tapping at panels: "According to Starfleet patrols, there are no more signs of them, and rescue ships are picking up Federation survivors."
>Andrea: "That report must've come out during my frantic search for any nearby ships. Well, this is embarrassing."
Suddenly, two more shuttles approach.
Kayl: "It's the Chaffee-type shuttlepods Edward and Tengu from the starship Dropzone."
>Mika: "This is shuttlepod Tengu to Phoenix-X. --We're all gonna die!!!"
Later, Armond enters the Mess Hall and sits at a table with a group of Klingon Defense Force officers, Doctor Lox and Lieutenant GoyCho.
Targon: "And then she pulled her hair out. Hahahaha!"
Grath: "We will laugh at anything, won't we?"
Zang: "Pretty much."
Armond: "What is the deal with you guys? How is it you're able to work on a ship with classified transwarp technology such as the Phoenix-X?"
Targon: "It's odd that you'd ask such a question, when you've clearly been here from the very beginning."
Armond: "Truthfully, I've been focusing a lot on my trombone playing."
Zang: "The Exchange Program has been in effect in an effort to improve relations between the Federation and Klingon Empire; half the crew, here, were traded for half of us from the B'Chnah. We're all given clearance levels and kept in check through regular psych and loyalty tests."
Targon: "You'd think those would annoy us, but there is no greater battle than that of the mind!"
Zang: "Especially since our last actual battle led to the deaths of more than three quarters of the B'Chnah's crew, and twenty-four Klingons of our own."
Lox: "Ah, my genetically altered killer-Tribble. I miss them."
GoyCho: "Dammit, Doctor. Will you stop with the illegal genetics?? Fifteen years ago, you turned me into a Nausicaan for a week!"
Lox: "I made you a Bolian that same year too."
#Cell: "Captain's log, stardate 67632-point-8. It seems Section 31 wants us to murder exiled ex-Empress Sela from the broken Romulan Empire. They say she looks too Tasha Yar-y."
He exits his Ready Room and enters the Bridge. The Phoenix-X is approached by another shuttle.
Seifer: "It's a Type-11 shuttlecraft. Sir, firing on my mark."
Cell: "Belay that! We only have 38 photon torpedoes and no way to replace them after they're gone!"
Red: "We get new ones every starbase-stop, from Ferengi scalpers just outside said starbases. Besides, it is not like we cannot stretch them out to an additional 85."
>Aeris: "This is the shuttlecraft Haruko to the Phoenix-X."
Cell: "Captain Aeris! What happened to your ship? That modified Galaxy-class monstrosity?"
>Aeris: "A little skirmish with the Hirogen; we weren't damaged too bad or anything, but our ship stood no chance against the resulting Level 2 diagnostic."
Ensign Dan: "One of those exploded all our bio-neural gel packs a month ago. We were gunking data-goo out of our eyes for weeks."
Cell: "Why do you have to keep telling people that? You're relieved!"
>Aeris: "Enough! I'm here on other business. You see--- the Hirogen."
Cell: "First of all, you already mentioned them; and second, just saying their name doesn't negate an explanation."
>Aeris: "Oh yeah, smart-guy? Well, who mis-printed your ship's registry? Phoenix-ships are supposed to be NCC-65420-letter, but it looks like you have NCC-7-something, something-4-8 and so on."
Cell: "Wait. They are??"
He drops to his chair and checks his arm-computer.
Cell: "This also says our ship-class was mislabeled. It's supposed to say Prometheus-class! --Dammit, Seifer. You said everything the opposite of this!"
Seifer: "Well, it was all in the Starfleet database; unless, of course, the mislabeling happened during production, before Starfleet. --Of course! That Pakled engineer!"
Cell, advances, threateningly: "I don't shapeshift my arm into a shiv often---"
Kayl: "Captain! According to long range sensors, a Hirogen force just attacked Starbase 55! The attackers are gone now."
>Aeris: "You see? Hirogen!"
Cell: "Well, now it works; but only after Kayl elaborated with context. Dramatic, one word-cutaways are way too over-played and I will not have them on my ship!"
Seifer: "Docking!"
>Aeris: "Anyway, before I was so rudely interrupted by that attack, Starfleet was ordering us on a mission-- to attack-- but, maybe not as rude. They want us to assemble our Task Forces."
Cell: "Ugh. I haven't seen mine since a year after the Dominion War, and they had sooooo many daddy issues. Anyway, you're out a ship?"
>Aeris: "There are plenty of more letters in the alphabet."
Cell: "What an arrogant philosophy. Wow."
Red enters his Quarters, which has bat'leths all over the floor.
Red: "It is a good day to clean."
#Armond: "Armond to Red; you're receiving an anonymous, secured hail from somewhere in Klingon space-- the middle, I think. Well, bye."
>Brok: "I am Brok! Do you remember the Hobus star incident, three years ago?"
Red: "Yes, something about a type of matter that coincidentally had the same name as me. I took no offence, even though it would have been fully within my Klingon rights to."
>Brok: "Before that, Worf led a fleet of Klingon ships against a jilted Romulan named Nero; a fleet which Nero was able to annihilate easily. As your vessel is privy to classified information, I believe you can acquire secret transmission logs from Starfleet that tell the High Command to execute such a fool-hearty attack."
Red: "If you're saying I know which file folder to look in for such things, then the answer is yes; but it always means I have to open the viewer window, and that spinning hour glass gets on my mighty Klingon nerves."
>Brok: "Does it not boil your Klingon blood to know that Starfleet would send all those Klingons to their deaths? Just like a Q would snap his or her frail fingers? Those incessant petaQs!"
Red: "You are right. And here I have been working with them for the past thirteen years, when I could have been spitting on their daily-shined-in dress shoes!"
>Brok: "Good. You are nice and riled-up, and easily so, like a delightful bouquet of Talosian singing plants. --The House of Tochi will be very grateful for your assistance."
Red: "That's the House that attacks orphanages on Qo'Nos every year, to give the children free combat experience."
>Brok: "Yes, we are comparable to the Bajoran Prophets, only less floaty."
The Kassak drops warp and meets up with several more Hirogen attack ships.
Reikn: "Very well done, everyone. Your murdering was superb. Especially you, Durone. I will be keeping an eye out for your progress."
>Durone: "Aw, shucks."
>Carng: "I dropped my port side; I really need to improve in that aspect."
>Visca: "You made a perfect draw for fire. That's what you do best!"
>Carng: "A Hirogen should not like that, but a part of me just wants to be accepted."
Reikn: "Has anyone seen Wiken from the attack ship Yeijyn?"
They all look over and see the Yeijyn drop out of warp.
>Wiken: "Sorry I'm late! Was out making a non-agression pact with the Gorn."
Reikn: "What? Why would you do that? Also, you were supposed to be attacking the Federation with us!"
>Wiken: "Gah. You're right. I totally dropped the ball on that one. Sometimes my mind wanders and-- I'm really sorry."
Everyone blinks at their view screens and could have sworn there weren't a group of Gorn on Wiken's Bridge a minute ago.
>Visca: "Where did those come from?"
>Wiken, turns: "Yeah, no worries. I brought em aboard from the thing. I'll kill em. --Oh! You guys want Gorn bones as souvenirs? My treat, you know, to make it up to you."
>Carng: "I'll take a femur."
Reikn: "Uggh. Wiken, you are very odd. I don't get you. Anyway, everyone, let's prepare for the next attack. There are a group of ships congregating in the Tandar sector. You know, rotate your weapons and re-energize your shields and such-- Also, I want a murder count in my inbox by 0500 hours! None of this 0530 like last time."
>Durone: "You are such a slave-driver, Reikn."
Reikn: "I do it because I care. Alright? Kassak out."
Later, the Phoenix-X drops transwarp in the Gamma Hydra sector and approaches the Steamrunner-class starship Tsunami and the Defiant-class starship Dropzone, which are repairing a communications relay.
Cell: "Phoenix-X to Dropzone; it is good to see you again. Not that I didn't have the opportunity to over the years."
>Samya: "You weren't there, Captain. You didn't see the Hirogen destroy my ship! You're never there!"
Cell: "What?"
>Samya: "Sorry; just needed to get that out of my system. On the plus, side I received this new Defiant-class vessel, which, I must say, is a tough little ship."
Aeris: "Little?"
>Samya: "Wait. I was supposed to say that. Never mind. I gather you are here to recruit me into your task force? Well, I refuse, based on my previous experiences and exclamations."
Cell: "Oh yeah? Well, we'll just see what the Tsunami has to say!"
They hail the other ship.
>McCary: "Yeah right! We were the only ship to not be destroyed at Starbase 78 with that short-tempered Admiral Parsons; mostly because of the running away. Besides, our actions have no bearing on Captain Samya's."
Cell: "What about peer pressure to do what everyone else is doing?"
>McCary: "That attitude is so 23rd century, you don't even know."
Later, the Phoenix-X drops transwarp in the Alpha Onias system, where the Akira-class starship Hijinx and the Centaur-type starship Jenova are patrolling.
Cell: "I see you've got new star-vessels, ladies and gents."
>Iviok: "Hmph! They're new, but they do not have the added letter '-A' to their names, like some continuing ships around here."
Cell: "What? But that's the whole point of getting a new ship!"
>Iviok: "It does not apply to all of us because we obtained new registry's, which was accidental in cause by a Level 2 diagnostic at Utopia Planitia shipyards."
Cell: "Dammit. It strikes again. Can't you just go back and fix it?"
>Iviok: "And waste precious minutes? Impossible! Anyway, are you not here to recruit me for something?"
Cell: "I don't even know anymore?? Phoenix-X out."
He is then hailed by the Hijinx.
>Reynolds: "I'll join you, Captain. Those Hirogen are going to have to pay for what they've done. Just allow me to stay wayyyy back during the fight."
Cell: "Subtle; but the best we can get. This is the vengeful Starfleet we all learned about on Deep Space 9."
>Reynolds: "Just don't bother with trying to recruit the Ixion. After their old ship got stolen ten years ago by leaving the control panels unlocked, they've been under Captain Aeris' command."
Aeris: "That's me! We mostly have them make coffee runs from nearby starbases for us."
Cell: "But replicators??"
Aeris: "We disabled all of ours in favour of more power to the weapons. Oh, I can't wait for you to see my new ship! We also disabled all the synthehol dispensers. They're not alcohol, so no one cared."
The Phoenix-X and Hijinx drop transwarp in the Hanoli system, which is completely empty. The Intrepid-class starship Crucial scans it.
Hatcha: "Still nothing, huh? Well, keep scanning I suppose."
>Cell: "Commander, you are wasting your time! This place was wiped out by a subspace rupture centuries ago. It was the Vulcan's fault, but they don't like to talk about it."
Hatcha: "You never know. There could be two-dimensional lifeforms sifting about-- anything to avoid the Hirogen! The Hirogen caused Captain Menrow's death-- via control panel explosions-- Granted, Starfleet control panels are more dangerous than photon grenades."
>Cell: "I did lose five Starfleet crew members to control panels this year."
Hatcha: "Exactly! Plus there's something different about these Hirogen; they're not the avid rip-off game-style hunters described by that one vessel of the same class as ours from the Delta Quadrant."
>Cell: "Hey now. At least you got a new ship out of it. All you need now is to get it partially assimilated by the Borg and it'll be up to standards."
Hatcha: "Perhaps. But there would still be the issue of the jammed Aeroshuttle. None of the Intrepids have solved the Mars-dust-caught-in-its-crevices problem."
Barley: "Commander! A task force in the Cordian system has been engaged by the Hirogen!"
Aeris turns to Cell on the Bridge of the Phoenix-X.
Cell: "Captain? You rotated to face me in a purposeful and aggressive manner?"
Aeris: "That's my task force! --Not including my new ship, which is still at Starbase 01. You see, we've been preparing for our joint-attack with you against the Hirogen."
Armond: "Long range scans indicate all ships have been badly damaged, and the starship Rune has been destroyed."
Aeris: "We discovered an antithoron burst can disable their subnucleonic beams for 60 seconds. It's given us a chance to fight back-- you know, after the high-fives and such."
Armond: "The Hirogen are veering off; they've jumped to warp in the way that starships do in our universe. Heh, heh. Not like that other popcorn-way from the bulky Enterprise-alternate reality-- no, definitely not."
Cell: "Ugh. That's it. --Armond, hail the Tsunami, Dropzone and Jenova on long range. Tell them a Bolian freighter crashed into us and spilled two dozen creates of Class 2 Risian horga'hns all over the system."
Armond: "But sir! You want me to tell a lie? Very well. You are just lucky that I am not a Vulcan, as they are incapable of lying-- or so they say."
Meanwhile, Kortos makes his way to Red's quarters and bangs on the door.
Red: "Go away! I am engaging in a one man painstick ceremony."
Kortos opens the doors with his hands and steps in. He finds Red on the computer.
Red, covers it: "It is not what you think! I am not looking at Orion slave girl catalogues!"
Kortos: "No, you are not. You have acquired a classified file from one of the Klingons on this ship; something you believe is highly classified transmission logs."
Red: "My folder search was taking too long. But then I remembered that a handful of Klingons on the Phoenix-X know how use a computer also."
Kortos: "Through gossip, I have learned of your contact with Brok who says he is from the House of Tochi. I am here to tell you he is not! He's from the House of Groth!"
Red: "All houses are alike to me now. It is not something I admit freely."
Kortos: "The House of Groth has long been suspected of possessing anti-Martok values, siding with people like High Council member J'mpok and the House of Torg."
Red: "Seriously, I have not been keeping up with Klingon politics. --Anyway, because of that, I am only able to conclude that you are misguided! The Humans betrayed us to the Romulan mining vessel Narada, three years ago! And, as we are Klingons, holding a grudge is allowed."
Out in space, the Federation starships Tsunami, Dropzone and Jenova drop out of warp and approach the Phoenix-X, Crucial and Hijinx.
Cell: "Well, it's about time. And here I was just about to abort and go climb Yosemite National Park's El Capitan."
>McCary: "What is the big deal here? There is no Bolian freighter and no horga'hns to be found anywhere!"
>Samya: "Yeah, I was going to go to Risa and have the time of my life."
Cell: "Listen to me; all of you-- You are prioritizing your fears and negative experiences over the greater issue, which is the safety of Starfleet officers. The Federation is being attacked and it is up to us to un-attack them."
>Reynolds: "The Hirogen are just striking people who have already taken an oath that includes death as a possible consequence, so it's okay-- in theory."
>Iviok: "Teach me how to rationalize like that."
>Hatcha: "Perhaps if we stop the Hirogen, we can have one of their bones as trophies? I think they were on to something with that."
>McCary: "It is kind of like validation; but with the need for so much more."
Cell: "What are you saying? This is the opposite of Starfleet Captains!"
>Samya: "Okay, okay. What if we fight them for the greater good, and if there just happens to be Hirogen bones resulting from the battle, we collect a few for our Captain's Ready Room shelving units?"
>Iviok: "Agreed. It's not wrong if our purpose is to use empty space more efficiently. I'd say the psychological effects of a well organized display far outweighs the needs of the many."
>Reynolds: "Then it's settled. We attack. And if one of us screams 'For Cardassia', let's just go with it. You know, don't be afraid to join in. --Hijinx out!"
Meanwhile, in the Vissia system, the group of five Hirogen attack ships battle two Federation starships. The Kassak swings around and blows a hole into one of them; an Akira-class ship.
Reikn: "Now death will be immanent!"
#Wiken: "Yeijyn to Kassak. Are you about to make a kill? Are you?"
Reikn: "Yes; don't interrupt! It's kind of ruining the mood."
#Wiken: "After that, can you assist us over here? Seems our sister ship, the Tetain, has taken a lot of hits by this very large Federation starship."
Reikn: "Ugh. The Tetain is YOUR sister ship. You brought her into our divergent group. They are just as annoying as you."
#Wiken: "Hm. I guess I did bring them in. Can you believe how weak they are, though? Look at them. Ha! Well, we should help them anyway. They're our own people, after all."
The Kassak destroys the Akira-class starship Cedar, and turns to view the Hirogen attack ships Yeijyn and the Tetain being bombarded with photon torpedoes by the other ship.
Tungst: "Shall we intercept?"
Reikn: "And set us up to endure more of Wiken's ineptitude? I'd rather be immersed in a pit of Krallinian eels! Wait. That actually sounds pretty good. Put that on our to-do list."
The Tetain is on the brink of destruction, but instead of blowing up, the attacking starship Bautista explodes; sending pieces of hull and nacelles flying.
Reikn: "What the hell?? They weren't even close to death! Why are those two Hirogen vessels so oddly and unrealistically fortuitous??"
Tungst: "Do Hirogen believe in things like luck? Also, I'm Hirogen, so why am I asking from a third-person perspective?"
Reikn: "--Hold that thought. Sensors indicate a disturbance nearby. Like out of nowhere! Also, why am I yelling?!"
Just then, a transwarp aperture opens and six Federation starships exit, including, and led by, the Phoenix-X. The ships then take positions facing five Hirogen ships.
Cell: "Hirogen ships; this is Captain Cell of the U.S.S. Phoenix-X from Task Force Epsilon. Surrender yourself for crimes of murder and acts of war against the United Federation of Planets."
>Reikn: "So, we finally meet, Captain; as if two weaving story lines converged into one basket-like end-thing."
Cell: "You knew about me?"
>Reikn: "No, I just assumed that a confrontation was the way things were going. We were attacking ships like mad men, after all. But I assure you, Captain we are not like the majority of Hirogen from the Delta Quadrant-- that blissful portion of the galaxy many of your ships go to, for vacation, I assume."
Cell: "Obviously! According to Voyager, Hirogen live for the hunt. But you seem to just kill at random. You do know there are less murderous things you can do at random, right? Ever heard of chaos theory? You could leave a mess in your quarters like Crewmen Daniels' bunk mate from the NX-01 Enterprise 239 years ago."
>Reikn: "I do not follow. But you are right about our methods. We abandoned the ways of the other Hirogen, except our blood thirst remained. It's more of a by-product than anything... a delicious one!"
He checks the computer.
>Reikn: "Um, why is your starship Crucial requesting our skeletal diagrams?"
Cell: "Just ignore them. But don't ignore our intentions!"
>Reikn: "Of course not. Despite our revelations, we will digress to our murderous ways, thanks to the thirst, and sync up with your vengeful, anti-utopian-like desires."
The screen clicks off and ten more Hirogen attack ships drop out of warp to assist. The now fifteen ships open fire and engage the task force. Meanwhile, Red taps at a console in Main Engineering.
Kortos: "Shouldn't you be on the Bridge, piloting the ship; the very same ship that's in battle currently?"
Red: "I took a sick day to continue investigating the Klingon-situation."
Kortos: "You know, as Klingons, we just call them situations."
The ship shakes from torpedo hits.
Red: "I've been attempting to hack the file I acquired, in an effort to prove that it is, in fact, transmission logs of the Federation telling the High Command to foolishly attack Nero on the Narada! Which, I assume, will also include post-tell Federation laughter."
Kortos: "Excellent; my seeds of doubt were not planted in vein, like the many botanists of the 24th century who are in denial of replicators."
Suddenly, two more Klingons enter Main Engineering to confront Red and Kortos.
Zang: "What are you doing, you fool? Those records should have been transmitted to the House of Tochi hours ago!"
Kortos: "He pulled out the 'fool' card so early."
Red: "It has been three years, I do not see how a few more hours will make a difference? Unless-- Computer-- how much longer until the encryption is cracked?"
#Computer: "Warning. Klingon-hacking algorithms taking longer than expected-- additional encryptions being added as a consequence."
Red: "What am I thinking? Computer, use a Human-hacking algorithm!"
#Computer: "File hacked in under 0.0047 seconds."
Red, reads: "Just as my subconscious mind suspected--- This is all technical data on classified Phoenix-X technology!"
Zang: "The House of Groth thanks you for your indulgence. Join us, for you know the Federation is a frail and conniving organization!"
Red: "It's true, that is what I was thinking; but that was under false pretenses."
Zang: "Oh, pshaw; as long as you thought it. Am I right?"
He turns to the other Klingon, Fugreth.
Fugreth: "Yep."
Zang: "More than half the Klingons on this ship are ready for today's migration. If you will not take part, then you are an enemy of the House of Groth. And enemies don't get invited to parties. We always have the best blood-margaritas."
He slams his wrist communicator.
Zang: "Begin the crippling actions! And where's my blood-latte??"
On the Bridge, the crew get wind this, in mid-battle. The ship shakes from more torpedo hits.
Cell: "Damn those Hirogen for making us compromise our peaceful values; not that we weren't going to anyway --Fire the Transphasic torpedoes we acquired from Section 31. That should take care of them, and pretty much anyone else opposing us from now until forever."
Seifer: "We depleted those during the Mudd incident, last month."
Cell: "He was clearly really old and more than easily handled. What were we thinking??"
Seifer: "I guess we just had a lot to prove."
Armond: "Captain! I am getting reports of Klingons leaving their posts all throughout the ship!"
Cell: "You are to be reporting starship battle updates, Lieutenant Commander. Is the Dropzone still doing those loopty-loops? Tell Samya it's making me dizzy."
Armond: "The circular patterns are preventing me from establishing a communications lock. Also, the Klingon K'Vort-class bird of prey Roku has just de-cloaked off the port bow!"
Cell: "Son of a bitch--- what? Tucker said it all the time."
#Yogh: "Federation vessel, we thank you for your participation in the Officer Exchange Program, but many of your warriors are done with the Federation."
Cell: "Are you here in an official capacity?"
#Yogh: "If our anti-Martok agendas facilitate a legitimate role, then, yes."
Cell: "They do not. Also--- Hirogen."
#Yogh: "What? You can't just say a thing without context. That's irresponsible!"
Two Hirogen of ten remaining attack ships swing around and fire torpedoes onto the Roku. The Roku turns and blasts disrupter fire in return. Red enters the Bridge of the Phoenix-X.
Armond: "Klingons are beaming over to the Roku in static shield-drop bursts, made allowable due to Hirogen torpedo impacts."
Red: "They've changed sides! Which is not hard to imagine considering the Federation has been soooo pro-Romulan lately."
Cell: "The Romulans are scattered and helpless now! Our emotions get evoked."
Red: "Because their planet was destroyed by a hyper-active super nova? Oh, cry me a river."
The Phoenix-X shakes under another hit, knocking down the forward shields and allowing the remaining Klingon separatists to transport.
Armond, checking: "They certainly did a lot of damage on the way out-- the interphasic cloak; our token Talaxians; those alien attack ships we were using to prop up our miniature scale model of the Alamo..."
Kayl: "--The Hijinx, Dropzone, and the Crucial are offline and adrift. The Jenova and Tsunami are moving away to regenerate their shields. Wait. More ships are dropping out of warp. Screw our ships! The new ships arriving-- the Shark, the Rune, the Atlantis, the Ixion..."
Aeris: "Those are my ships!; Task Force Zeta, if you will. The new classes of the ones destroyed earlier were probably going through those bottle-smash launch ceremonies; you know how long those bottles take to hit the hull. Ugh. --Captain, may I join my new beauty, considering your embarrassing front-shield exposure?"
The Soveriegn-class starship Zephyra drops out of warp and opens fire on a Hirogen ship, blowing it to pieces.
Cell: "Um, we weakened that one for you; also, no fair! What the hell; it's like you won the Federation lottery."
Aeris: "Money doesn't exist in the future. Unrelated-- two bars of latinum says I destroy more Hirogen than Task Force Epsilon."
She beams off. Captain Cell then clenches his fist.
Cell: "Alright, she's on. --Attack pattern Shinzon theta!"
Armond: "Um, you do know that's the one where a saucer-section-crashes into you?"
Instead, the Phoenix-X splits into multi-vector mode and separates into three. It fires phasers into and weakens the aft and fore shields of the Hirogen attack ship Tetain. The Luna-class starship Rune flies by and hits the Tetain's aft hull with two photon torpedoes.
Armond: "Enemy's hull integrity down to 20-percent! It's beautiful; just beautiful. Thankfully I had a tissue dispenser installed next to this flame-prone tactical console."
The Saber-class starship Ixion passes over and fires a quantum torpedo into the Tetain's hull. Instead of the Tetatin exploding, one of the Ixion's nacelles explodes, sending the ship spinning away.
Seifer: "That was odd. But then again, anything can happen out in the far reaches of space. We learned that from Captain Kirk-- the right Kirk; not one of those duplicate re-hashes."
The Galaxy-class starship Atlantis breaks through the starboard shields of the Hirogen attack ship Yeijyn, and the Zephyra passes by with a quantum torpedo into the Yeijyn's starboard hull. Instead, the resulting explosion happens on the Zephyra's saucer section.
As the Phoenix-X reassembles, eight surviving Hirogen attack ships regroup. They watch as the Roku jumps to warp and they are hailed by the Kassak.
>Reikn: "You fight well, Starfleet. Perhaps we can discuss battle techniques over a coffee sometime? We Hirogen drink a different kind of coffee; one filled with the finger bones of our enemies."
Cell: "That sounds so unappealing, I have to wonder if you're being sarcastic."
>Reikn, disappointed: "Oh-- uh, yeah... yeah; sarcasm."
Cell: "Also, what is going on with some of your ships. They won't die??"
>Reikn: "Ugh. Don't get me started. I wanted the Yeijyn and the Tetain to be destroyed long ago. Thanks for not accommodating, by the way."
Armond: "I'm reading a quantum flux coming from the Tetain. That may explain why our energy weapons have been having no effect?"
>Reikn: "I knew it! They have new technology and aren't sharing. I would have investigated, but, as you can see, our ship compliments are two people each vessel and I need Tungst, here, to make the coffee every morning-- Of which, by the way, the offer still stands? Hey? No? Fine. Then prepare to be destroyed."
Cell: "Wait! I think we should check out the Tetain. There may be an explanation for all of this, including your unusual behaviour."
>Reikn: "How rude of you to say!"
>Tungst: "Oh, you know he's right."
>Reikn: "Yeah, but he didn't have to say it."
Cell, Aeris and Reikn beam over to the Tetain. There, a Hirogen is at the flight controls while the other Hirogen is tied up and extruding flowing energy currents from his-self.
Mork: "What is the meaning of this? I thought we were fighting! It is all I know, so continuing would help me out a great deal."
Reikn: "You people aren't normal. Explain yourself!"
Suddenly, Wiken beams in.
Wiken: "Very well. You see, this man, tied up here, is not Hirogen. He is a being of higher power, who imparted said powers unto the Hirogen on the Tetain and Yeijyn."
Qu: "That's right. I'm from the Q-Continuum, and you can call me Qu!"
Cell: "Q!"
Qu: "No, it's Qu. It sounds the same, but is spelled differently-- And I assure you, I am all about spelling and grammar. You see, I departed from the Continuum a few years ago, by mortal standards, after that other Q, you know who I mean, and his son attempted to fix Continuum woes by merely just existing!"
Cell: "Aw. But Janeway became an aunt and everything. It was adorable with a hint of retirement."
Qu: "Well, if you've ever met those two, you'd know they were merely trying to be something they're not; and as such, they weren't the perfect solution to maintain a status quo."
Cell: "I see, and that's how you were able to diverge and be separate in omnipotence-- Well, you and others."
Qu: "Ugh; the M's, that 0, Wesley, Them, X's, that Telarian named Rein-- The annoying list goes on. But I assure you, I am Q, through and through. I represent the mischievous nature lost upon the Continuum, and in doing so, created my own henchmen by turning these Hirogen part-omnipotent."
Wiken: "Right! And we, in turn, tied Qu up with our omnipotent-bonds and made Reikn and his group go all anti-hunter to straight killer!"
Aeris: "Why??? Sorry; it's just that I've just been following along so intently."
Wiken: "Like Qu said-- the mischievousness. Only, we've taken it to a more intense, by-the-book, rule-oriented level. Our goal is to divide the year into quarters, do one random thing per, and measure results."
Qu: "Yeah, no. We're supposed to be having fun! Why do you humanoids always think you can organize chaos into some kind of chaos-order-thing? That's the opposite of nature."
Cell takes out his phaser and blasts the bindings holding Qu's wrists behind the chair. Aeris takes out her phaser as well and fires too. The bonds destabilize and break, and Qu gets up; transforming himself into Human form.
Qu: "This form is much better! You have no idea the unwarranted crevices those Hirogen pressure suits gain access to."
Cell: "I've released you so you may be able to grant me three wishes."
Qu: "That's not anything."
Cell: "Oh. Well, you at least appeared to be against the half-Q's. Will you destroy them or something? You can't just have all this revelation and no change in someone's status."
Qu: "I'll do you one better! I'll stare at them, sharply."
He turns his gaze.
Wiken: "Ugh. His eyeball is doing that wiggle thing again. Let's get out here!"
Mork: "Agreed-- and before he does the Spock-eyebrow raise; it's just all-the-time with that raise."
They quickly beam Cell, Aeris and Reikn to the Phoenix-X. Qu transports himself onto the Bridge in a flash.
Armond: "Captain, those two Hirogen attack ships are going to warp!"
Qu: "Ah, maybe it's for the best. You ever spend too much time with a person and they get so needy that you go nuts and tell them you need time apart? Well, it's like that, only the Hirogen don't live in their mother's basement."
Reikn: "Well, thank you mister Qu, for all of your insanely unwarranted interference in everyone's business."
Cell: "As for you; you're off to jail-- futuristic jail! It's just jail with force-fields, and since the present is the future, we just call it normal jail-- also, the brig."
Qu: "Whoa now, Captain. These Hirogen did nothing bad. They were only following their instincts-- nature, if you will."
Aeris: "They killed hundreds of Starfleet officers!"
Qu: "Oh please. Is killing a crime? I haven't read your Federation laws, but I doubt it."
He snaps his finger and Reikn and the six left over Hirogen cruisers disappear in a flash.
Seifer: "That is literally just as bad as a temporal reset button. Why can't there be consequences for people's actions anymore?"
Qu: "I just sent them a few parsecs away, to give them a running chance. Me doing something good for a mortal was the consequence. As a Q, it's like running to Earth's moon and back-- it's doable for you, but unpleasant on a whole."
Seifer: "Then you're saying the cause of contention here was you."
Qu: "How dare you clarify things!"
He snaps and sends Seifer to the Brig.
Aeris: "The Hirogen are going to have to deal with issues of free will, as it is now obvious they were never the ones to choose to leave their hunting-principals to begin with."
Qu: "And I'm off to a Q seminar with the other Q, you know who I mean, on French military-recreation science. It's not as easy as it looks, you know."
He flashes away. Aeris beams back to the Zephyra and has Task Force Zeta warp away, leaving Task Force Epsilon behind. The Captain's from all the ships hail the Phoenix-X.
>Samya: "Well, that was very touch-and-go-y. I did not expect my Defiant-class starship Dropzone to be knocked out like it was the second Borg battle, at Earth, all over again."
>McCary: "To be fair, that whole Borg-attack thing was a big veruul-off to the Defiant. As for us, it appears the Hirogen vessels and Klingon ship are nowhere to be found on long range sensors."
>Iviok: "Damn! ...I'm sorry, it's just that-- our efforts."
Cell: "In thankfulness of all your great work, I've asked several dancers from Argelius II to come over and meet with you. Though, since we're in space, that might take a while."
>Reynolds: "Well, I got what I came for; a good murdering and some souvenirs. Though, you think we're no better than the Hirogen for enjoying what we do?"
>Samya: "Only if that enjoyment isn't justice, and is the killing part. But it's your head, so grey areas and all that. My question is, why did our name change? Weren't we Flame Squad or Fire Bunch or something horrible like that?"
>Hatcha: "I believe a group of over-zealous Starfleet cadets took those names, hijacked the starship Ahwahnee and are still out there trying to be 'free'."
Cell: "Ew, is that one of those Cheyenne-class ships? They can keep it."
>Iviok: "Then it is settled. We will meet on a regular basis to improve our battle strategies as a Task Force!"
>McCary: "That was not the conversation we were just having."
>Iviok: "It was now. See you in two weeks. Jenova out!"
Commander Seifer meets with Cell and Red in the conference room, where they open a long range communiqué from Klingon space.
Seifer: "Um, why did no one get me from the brig? I had to knock out a guard and make a run for it. There was a fight in the corridors and I literally jump-kicked a guy to get here."
Cell: "What? I called Wallace over comm an hour ago to free you!"
Seifer: "He left the ship with Mayhem last week during our undercover investigation at Sigma Iota II. They got caught up in the Fizzbin Championships, so Section 31 had them stay for a long-form study-slash-gambling."
Cell: "Gah. Of course; I nodded off during that post-mission briefing-- a thing that Changelings don't do, but I adopted anyway."
Red: "Sir, I must apologize for my behaviour; in thinking the worst of Starfleet against the Klingon Empire without any direct evidence."
Cell: "Hah! We think the worst of Starfleet all the time; even more so now because of your misgivings. It's us that should apologize for your awkward-fitting B-story which seems to not have any relevance what-so-ever to the A-story-- except for crippling the Phoenix-X at a critical moment."
Red: "Story?"
Cell: "It's just a way I interpret everyday things--- never mind. Why did you not leave with the other Klingons?"
Suddenly, they realize Menchez on Qo'Nos has been on screen the whole time.
>Menchez: "I'll take that personal and hard-to-answer question. You see, Captain, not all Klingons are anti-Federation, despite all the attention you've been giving the Romulans, some of us do not forget the battles we've fought together."
Seifer: "Menchez! I thought you'd be patrolling the Gamma Orionis system, since you like belts so much, and they have a high-belt trade-commerce there."
>Menchez, under his breath: "Well, there was this Gorn attack--- ship destroyed--- lost the whole crew-- including Starfleet Exchange Officers--- pet targs--"
Cell: "Sorry, we didn't get any of that? Are you mumbling?"
>Menchez: "What? Oh, as I was saying, I was transferred to the High Command for personnel assignment coordination; and despite deteriorating relations between our peoples, I'd like to keep the Exchange Program going, with whoever's remaining there, in an effort to maintain positive accords."
Cell: "Agreed. --Commander, what's the crew status?"
Seifer: "Seems that thirty-nine KDF officers left during the Hirogen fight, and killed an additional fourteen Starfleet officers on their way out."
>Menchez: "Ugh. And you guys never get new officers because of your classified engine, do you? Well, this is awkward. Got to go!"
The screen clicks off and Red returns to the bridge. Seifer then approaches Captain Cell.
Seifer: "Wait, were you and Red talking about the Worf/Nero fight before the Hobus star explosion? Yeah, Section 31 was totally the masterminds behind that-- the fight part, I mean. That star explosion was likely a plot device for a different thing."
Cell: "Damn! I'm sure Qu would like to say it was in Section 31's nature. But I'm supposed to meet Captain Data for a Sherlock Holmes re-enactment tomorrow. I know-- I'll just behave wildly and erratically and hope he doesn't catch on."
Seifer: "Sounds good! And if that's what that omnipotent rebel, who I hate, would say, then perhaps we all should stop trying to limit our behaviours."
Cell: "Perhaps."
Seifer: "Well, I'm off to see if my attempts at contacting Species 8472 for belt trade was successful-- I'm hoping the belts will lead to them wanting pants."


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Nothing says summer more than a delicious salad! Here at Natural Balance Foods, we are big fans of the green stuff and love trying out new recipes. Well, our friends at Hillmotts have done it again and sent us an awesome summer salad recipe.
- 75g Couscous
- 100ml hot low salt vegetable stock (from a cube is fine)
- 1/2 spring onion
- 1/2 red pepper
- 1/4 cucumber per person
- 1 tbsp pesto
- 1 tbsp toasted pine nuts
- Tip couscous into a large bowl, pour over stock.
- Cover, then leave for 10 mins, until fluffy and all the stock has been absorbed
- Meanwhile, slice the onions and pepper and dice the cucumber
- Add these to the couscous, fork through pesto, then sprinkle over the pine nuts to serve
- Thats it! Serve and enjoy!


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LONDON — On a night intended to celebrate one of the greatest athletes of all time, someone crashed Usain Bolt's farewell party.
But it wasn't Andre De Grasse. The Canadian wasn't at London Stadium on Saturday night, instead somewhere else nursing heartbreak and a torn hamstring, and surely wondering: what if?
On two good legs, the 22-year-old from Markham, Ont., who'd unabashedly stated he wanted to beat Bolt before the Jamaican legend retired, could well have done just that Saturday night at the world track and field championships in Bolt's final individual race of his unparalleled career.
Instead, it was American Justin Gatlin, five years Bolt's senior, who dethroned the global sprint king, winning gold in a shocking men's 100 metre final.
"It's just so surreal right now," Gatlin said. "Usain has accomplished so much in our sport and inspired others."
A couple of hours after the race, the Canadian team was hit with more bad news, when reigning Olympic and world champion high jumper Derek Drouin pulled out with an Achilles tendon injury.
Bolt, meanwhile, was punished for a poor start, his 30-year-old legs on his giant six-foot-five frame taking seemingly forever to hit top speed. And there'd be no sensational finish this time, instead just a stunned crowd of some-60,000 at London Stadium, who booed Gatlin loudly for his doping-tainted career.
Gatlin won in 9.92 seconds. American Christian Coleman, who won this year's NCAA championships in the 100 and 200 before turning pro, was second in 9.94. Bolt got bronze in 9.95.
"No regrets," Bolt insisted. "It was always going to end, no matter what happened — win, lose or draw. It doesn't change anything in my career."
Gatlin let out a mighty roar when he crossed the line, then, staring into a television camera, put a finger to his lips in show of shushing the crowd. He was gracious to Bolt, bowing down before a man who'd roared to 11 world titles.
"Usain has accomplished so much in our sport. . . Usain said 'Congratulations, you deserve it,' and that's from the man himself," Gatlin said.
De Grasse was intent on playing a starring role Saturday night, and if anybody was to beat Bolt in his finale, the Canadian was the consensus favourite to do it. But all chance of that evaporated when he strained a hamstring in training Monday night and shelved his season.
In the year since De Grasse gave Bolt a run for his money at the Rio Olympics, pushing him in a 200-metre semifinal made famous by De Grasse's precocious grin— and Bolt's "not so fast" finger wag back — anticipation of a rematch had been sky-high.
While De Grasse wasn't in the race, he was trending on social media as Canadian fans took to Twitter to voice their regret.
Crazy to think (Bolt) probably doesn't medal if De Grasse is healthy.
"Crazy to think (Bolt) probably doesn't medal if De Grasse is healthy," pointed out one poster.
Both are big-game competitors who are at their best when the lights are brightest, De Grasse proving that at the 2015 world championships when, running out of Lane 9 and in his 52nd race of an excruciatingly long season, captured bronze.
"To not have this opportunity is unimaginable to me," De Grasse said in a statement on Wednesday.
His coach Stu McMillan added the inability to race Bolt one last time will be "the thing that haunts him most."
Bolt still has the 4x100 relay next weekend, but won't race the 200, a second race De Grasse had a legitimate shot at winning.
Bolt said he wasn't in shape to run the 200 this season, adding that result "probably would've been even worse."
Bolt said he wasn't in shape to run the 200 this season, adding that result 'probably would've been even worse.'
One of Bolt's most memorable early moments actually came in Sherbrooke, Que. Sixteen years old, and already a head taller than his competitors, he cruised to an easy win in the 200 metres at the world youth championships there, and likely would have won the 400 as well if he hadn't withdrawn after the semis with an illness.
But 14 years later, he'd looked susceptible all season, racing only a handful of times. He lost to Coleman by a hundredth of a second in the semifinals. And when the camera zoomed in on his usually playful face before the final, Bolt looked nervous.
"It is just one of those things," he said. "It has been brilliant. I did it for the fans. They wanted me to go for one more season. I came out and did the best I could."
One of sport's most entertaining icons, and most dominant athletes on the planet — in any sport — took a 10-minute farewell lap, making a beeline into the section of Jamaican fans to pose for selfies. He knelt down on the finish line in Lane 4 and kissed the track, then turned and gave his famous "To the World" pose.
And if De Grasse's absence wasn't enough bad news for Canada, the team is left reeling from another massive blow with Drouin's withdrawal.
Coach Glenroy Gilbert had stated the team's intention was to top the record-eight medals won two years ago in Beijing. De Grasse and Drouin, however, accounted for three of those medals — De Grasse also led Canada to bronze in the relay. And the duo won four of Canada's six medals at last summer's Rio Olympics.
Natasha Wodak and Rachel Cliff, both of Vancouver, were the only Canadians to compete in a final Saturday night, in the women's 10,000 metres. Wodak was 16th in 31:55.47, while Cliff was 20th in 32:00.03. Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana won gold in 30:16.32.


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April 10, 1990, Section D, Page 20Buy Reprints
John Henry Faulk, a Southern humorist and raconteur whose successful libel suit against Aware Inc. in 1962 broke the stranglehold of McCarthy-era blacklisters on the entertainment industry, died of cancer yesterday at his home in Austin, Tex. He was 76 years old.
In 1949 Mr. Faulk was the host of a radio program in Paterson, N.J., when a CBS executive, who had heard him tell one of his country tales at a party, invited Mr. Faulk to create a radio program for the network. The show, ''Johnny's Front Porch,'' featured stories based on characters he had met on his travels through the South. Soon Mr. Faulk, who extended the ingratiating folk philosophers' tradition of Will Rogers, was seen regularly on game shows and other television shows and became an unlikely, if willing, fixture on the New York social circuit.
Lawsuit Against Aware
Aware was formed in 1953 to ''combat the Communist conspiracy in entertainment communications.'' The group published the names of entertainment-industry figures suspected of having Communist ties in pamphlets that were distributed to advertising agencies, network executives and others. Those named found themselves banned - always without explanation - from employment in the industry.
In 1955 the prominent CBS News correspondent Charles Collingwood, Mr. Faulk and several other entertainers ran for office in the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists on an anti-blacklist slate. Mr. Faulk was among 27 on the slate who won seats on the 35-member board. In February 1956 he was listed in an Aware pamphlet, in part because he had once attended a dinner at the United Nations for Andrei A. Gromyko, the Soviet foreign minister. Two months later, Libby's Frozen Foods withdrew its sponsorship of ''Johnny's Front Porch.'' The following September, CBS dismissed him, saying his ratings were poor.
In an extraordinary step, Mr. Faulk sued Aware and two of its founders, hiring Louis Nizer to plead his side. The case took six years to go to trial. During that time Mr. Faulk, unable to find employment as an entertainer, returned to Austin to run a small advertising firm with his first wife, and deliver commentaries on a local radio station.
The highly publicized trial began in the spring of 1962 and ran for 11 weeks. On June 28 the jury awarded Mr. Faulk a record $3.5 million. A few weeks later, Mr. Faulk returned to CBS for a week as a guest on the game show ''To Tell the Truth,'' whose host, Bud Collyer, had been an outspoken anti-Communist and one of the union board members defeated by Mr. Faulk and his colleagues seven years earlier.
Because Aware was virtually insolvent by the end of the trial, Mr. Faulk personally received only about $75,000 of the libel award. Though he was seen occasionally on the other networks, he never again worked regularly for CBS. But in October 1975, the network broadcast ''Fear on Trial,'' an acclaimed dramatization of the story featuring William Devane as Mr. Faulk and George C. Scott as Mr. Nizer. Mr. Faulk was a consultant to the project, which was based on his memoir of the case, also titled ''Fear on Trial.''
'Hee Haw' and the Constitution
Mr. Faulk later became a regular contributor to the country-style music-and-comedy television show ''Hee Haw.'' In recent years he frequently lectured at colleges and universities on the Constitution. He wrote and performed a one-man show, ''Pear Orchard,'' featuring the characters whose long, tall tales he loved to spin. The show was recently filmed by Bill Moyers and Studs Terkel for the Public Broadcasting Service and is to be shown this spring.
Mr. Faulk, the son of an independent Texas judge, held a master's degree in folklore from the University of Texas, served in the Red Cross and the Army in World War II. His friends, who included Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite and many other prominent journalists, regarded him for the strength of his convictions, for his outspokenness against injustice and on behalf of First Amendment freedoms, and for his self-effacing high spirits.
Norman Lear, the television producer who founded the First Amendment advocacy group People for the American Way, and who was a longtime friend, said of Mr. Faulk, ''His was the most eloquent voice we had on the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights.''
While others, including Mr. Nizer, called him a hero for his stand against Aware, Mr. Faulk never thought of himself as one.
A glimpse of his character was reflected in a letter published in The New York Times in 1953, in which he responded to an admiring editorial about the mockingbird.
''The mockingbird, as far as I am concerned, has no peer as a singer, and for that I love him dearly,'' Mr. Faulk wrote. ''However, he also sets a record of a very different sort - namely, he is one of the most independent and cantankerous fellows in the feathered world. . . . As a songster he is seemingly from heavenly climes - as an ill-tempered neighbor, he is surely from the opposite regions.''
Mr. Faulk is survived by his third wife, Elizabeth; two sons, Frank Dobie Faulk of Toronto and John Henry III (Yohan) of Austin; three daughters, Cynthia Ryland of Austin, Dr. Johanna Faulk of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Evelyn Faulk of Toronto. He is also survived by his brother, Hamilton, of Georgetown, Tex., and three sisters, Martha Stansbury, Mary Faulk Koock and Texana Conn, all of Austin.


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Friday, March 14, 2014
Fragile: Handle With Care
"I think I got it. I should find out tomorrow or Monday."
Her face lit up. A wide smile stretched from ear to ear. Her spine straightened as she leaned forward and exclaimed, "That's fantastic!"
"It is." Neither the tone of my voice nor the shift of my body matched the enthusiasm coming from her chair.
"And did you have a date?"
"I did. Really nice guy. He's originally from Connecticut so we bonded over lobster rolls."
"Are you seeing him again?"
"I believe so," I answered before reaching for my cup of water and taking a small sip.
"Do you want to see him again?"
My therapist settled back in her chair, let her mouth fall slightly open, strained to find the words to summarize her thoughts.
"Yeah, I know," I said. "I'm looking at how excited you are right now and my response, it's like I'm talking about Brussel Sprouts."
"Nailed it."
We danced around this lack of enthusiasm. I was being cautious about work because it seemed reasonable. She agreed. I was being cautious about love because history dictated such.
"But you can still be excited."
We dug deeper. We discussed this sense of preservation masquerading as caution.
"Like I've said before," she started. "This approach served you well during your childhood. But you're still acting guarded without evidence of needing protection."
I took another sip of water, this time using the liquid to help swallow down the lump lodging itself in my throat. I glanced out the window, as if shifting my gaze would help stave off the tears. Then I admitted that no matter how much I rationally knew I wasn't defective in my physical appearance, I couldn't fathom a man embracing it without hesitation. Clearly he'd someday determine my cellulite wasn't worth tolerating. My soft stomach would eventually become unbearable. At a certain point, my larger two front teeth would morph from cute to unsightly.
"Rationally I get it. Veneers won't fix the problem. This runs deeper than cosmetic dentistry."
"Yes, it does," she said.
"Except it's so ingrained at this point, embedded in my bones....." I paused.
"We're going to tackle this," my therapist said, her voice confident yet warm. "Here, in this space.You'll tell your mom to fuck off. You'll hold your dad accountable for not protecting you. By getting the anger out, you can stop internalizing it. You can stop turning that anger on yourself."
I took in a deep breath, exhaled with a slight huff. I considered what she said.
"You see, I can't connect those dots. For me, that process won't lead to embracing my flaws. And I apologize for dismissing your approach."
She smiled. "You're being honest. I'd rather you be honest. But I still think we should try it."
I nodded in agreement, refraining from admitting fear of failure. This wasn't my first time sitting on a couch, trying to tackle this demon. While strong on the outside, I felt fragile on the inside. Unbelievably fragile. As if my heart was made of delicate glass. And if this effort didn't work, I feared it just might shatter.
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when i first started dating daniel, i was the definition of noncommittal. so much so that it became a joke. i was so scared of putting myself out there that i told everyone we weren't dating, even when we were. i said it was just a "thing" even though there was no telling what it was. and things just went on that way until you forget why you did all that and realize you do actually stay there every night even though you like to pretend you don't live there. and he wants to see your butt every day, no matter how much you hate it.
and just so you know, when [sarah] showed me a picture of you from her wedding, my first and only response to her was "gah she's so pretty!!"
- 11:02 AM, March 26, 2014
- Patricia Carter said...
Well, i think you should give it a try. It may fail. But it might just work.
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As some of you know, or perhaps heard, Microsoft released the latest operating system – Windows 10 on July 29 in the US. We were able to access it on July 30, hence the past few days were spent with downloading the software and getting our computers ready to accept this Windows 10 upgrade.
Microsoft made the decision to give this upgrade free to current owners of Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1. However, there is a minor catch. Windows 7 owners must upgrade to Service Pack 1 and run Windows Update to pick up the required patches and updates. Windows 8 owners must get the free upgrade to Windows 8.1 and also run Windows Update to get up to date on patches. Once this is done, we will see the GWX icon (Get Windows 10) in the taskbar, which we can click and we will be told if the computer is compatible with Windows 10 with respect to its hardware or if there is perhaps some incompatible software.
The past few weeks were spent getting our Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 updated. Quite a few Windows 7 machines needed over 200 updates, so it was a case on each machine, run Windows Update, Check for Updates, then install – basically install every update. Then wait for the icon to appear. On one Windows 8.1 machine, this icon appeared early and I had used it to reserve my Windows 10 upgrade. Many GB of updates were tying up our internet connection. I hate to think of the cost or time taken if our internet plan was not unlimited.
So, on July 30, I wasn't going to wait for everything to download onto the computers, so went to the Microsoft Windows 10 site https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 and downloaded and ran the Media Creation Tool. I chose Professional and also to create an ISO for both 32-bit and 64-bit. Unfortunately, that was the wrong choice because the ISO turned out to be 5.5GB which was much too big to fit on my DVD's and I didn't have any dual layer dvd disks, so had to download again, individually, the 64-bit and 32-bit versions. The reason is that you can only upgrade 32-bit Windows 7/8.1 to 32-bit Windows 10, and 64-bit Windows 7/8.1 to 64-bit Windows 10. Anyway, another 6GB internet download later, that was done. Then it was a simple matter of burning the ISO images to DVD-R, and now we were ready, except it was getting late.
Friday was spent getting things ready, deciding which computers to upgrade first, i.e. the non-critical ones should be the guinea pigs, and if this went well, follow up with others and eventually the more important ones.
August 1, a great day – finally I will install Windows 10. Not only that, I will go out to play badminton, so in the meantime, my computer can upgrade itself, so popped the DVD in, and ran the Setup, waited while it did its thing, asking what I wanted to keep, so left it to do whatever it needed to do and went out to play badminton. On returning home, I was expecting it to be completed, but alas, that was not to be. The computer was asking for a product key – strange, and none of the my keys would work, so decided to skip it – then it wanted to know what I wanted to do, Upgrade or Custom install – I thought I already answered this before I went out. I chose Upgrade and then it told me to run it from within Windows.
The penny dropped, the computer must have rebooted and because the DVD in the drive was bootable, it had booted from the DVD drive and started the process over again. Note to oneself, set the bios to boot from hard disk, and not from optical drive first. It was easy to solve – pop out the DVD and press the reset button, and then the computer booted up from the hard disk and the upgrade continued. Eventually I was able to log in and it set up my profile for me – great. It didn't seem too difficult and seemed to go reasonably well, except for the hiccup with the DVD booting.
I started another upgrade, and this time it was taking a long time – why. A moment of head scratching came with the result of recollection that the first computer had a solid state drive (SSD) as its hard disk. This would be much faster than the standard Sata hard disk in the second computer – so no wonder, it was slower this time.
At this point, my son started to get involved, once I explained that we need to prevent the computer from booting from the DVD – he wanted it on USB, why? Ok, a couple of his computers didn't have DVD drives, so obviously USB is the simplest way – although he does have a external USB DVD drive. I ran the media creation tool again for USB, after I found a suitable USB – a little Toshiba 16GB one that I formatted first as FAT32. Interestingly, the media creation tool seemed to want to download everything again, even though much of the download would also have been on the hard drive from the previous download and ISO creation – no matter, just more internet usage.
Everything was going well, wasn't it? By Sunday evening – yesterday, we had a total of 10 computers all upgraded to Windows 10, with no problems – not! I had a couple of laptops, HP ProBooks actually that would not shutdown. That was strange, why is this happening – we choose Shutdown and we see the Shutting Down message briefly, then the screen blanks out and that hard disk activity increases. I check a HP Pavilion laptop that had been upgraded – that one shuts down ok. Another Fujitsu Lifebook, the second to be upgraded also shuts down fine.
A check on the internet shows some reported problems during the initial beta testing – and maybe a BIOS upgrade is needed. I found the ProBook 4510s had a BIOS upgrade available, F.20 – great. This was downloaded and run to upgrade the BIOS, but still the problem persisted. The ProBook 6450b also had a BIOS upgrade done and this also continued to not shutdown. The only way both of these could be shutdown was to reboot, wait for the BIOS screen to come up and then press the power button which will turn off the laptop.
After dinner, I did some more "google'ing", this time for "Windows 10 cannot shutdown" and found something that worked! It turns out there is a hybrid shutdown feature that came in with Windows 8, which in Windows 10 is enabled by default – it allows the PC to start up faster after shutdown, however may cause problems with some BIOS's and hardware. Hybrid shutdown from what I gather is partly hibernating and partly shutdown, or rather some parts of the Windows operating system will hibernate hence it will start up much quicker.
On my laptop, this is accessed by choosing Power Options in Control Panel, then go to Choose what the power buttons do, then Change settings that are currently unavailable – down the bottom you will see Shutdown settings, and the first one is Turn on fast startup. I unticked this on both ProBooks, and problem solved – both ProBooks now will shutdown properly – thew! All 10 computers now working – or is it? My son reported an issue with remote desktop, since he traditionally uses remote desktop to access one of his machines, being connected to a Samsung TV in the sunroom, and not at his desk. I will have to look at this with him, but that is another episode.
I also had a Compaq Presario laptop that I had been using to run the Windows 10 Technical Preview, i.e. a beta testing machine. I thought, I should install the Windows 10 upgrade on it and at least get it up to date, so did this last night. To my surprise, the installation went well, and Windows is activated! That is good news, since I wasn't expecting it to be activate but I really didn't want it activated on that laptop because it has older hardware much of which is not compatible. The graphics adapter inside is a nVidia Geforce Go 7600 for which there are no drivers.
Anyway that is for me to play with now, to see whether I can get some older drivers to install, or perhaps I downgrade it from 64-bit to 32-bit. Yes, apparently we are allowed to do this – as long as the machine has been activated already, we can do a clean installation again. If I cannot get 64-bit drivers working with the graphics adapter, then I will do a clean install to 32-bit Windows 10 and then try the 32-bit graphics drivers. This will kill two birds with one stone, since 32-bit drivers were more readily available than 64-bit drivers, and my ProBook 4510s currently has 32-bit Windows 10 on it, and I really want 64-bit Windows 10 – if my downgrade of the Presario works as Microsoft indicates it should, I would do the upgrade or crossgrade on my ProBook to 64-bit, great – now to continue on with the Presario.
[P.S.] Should I see if I can install the Technical Preview on another desktop and then try the Windows 10 upgrade – but then I would end up with too many Windows 10 machines – we have 10 running right now, 11 counting the Presario and my son has another Plex machine waiting to be upgraded if we can resolve the remote desktop problem – that would be 12, oh well, we have plenty of time…


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I don't know to what degree our names shape our personalities, but my nickname –Gaily– pretty much sums up the way I motor through life.
The Gaily Planet is so named not only because it mirrors my take on what's happening in film, fashion, politics, sports, popular culture and headline-making news; but because I've wanted to work at The Daily Planet ever since I was a kid and deduced that Lois Lane's perfectly-tailored suits were probably a job perk.
Welcome to my world!
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Hi Gail, I hope that you will write something on the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday evening. I like to watch the event on C-Span, including the arrivals and red carpet. It's amazing what DC folks wear to a black tie event. I know that it's not New York or Hollywood, but geez! It's very nerdy to watch but supremely entertaining. Anyway, I wondered what your take on it would be. I have plans Saturday evening so I won't be able to watch it live. But, C-Span usually replays it early the next morning.
Hi Gail. Why did you pop us when I was researching my old TV favorite Flip Wilson? I like your space here. Zillions of great topics. I'm bookmarking! Cheers, friend!


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Unknown I am
Sabuj is walking with an unknown man on an unknown path. He even doesn't know where their destination is. Sabuj has left no dear ones in this earth. While Sabuj was moving towards an uncertain future, new people began to come to his life that changes him a lot. He seems to sink in the sea of white smoke like fog of winter and hears the ugly outcry of his dear ones…… Only because of family problems, many youth are becoming detached from their family. Then they make new friends or build new relationships which are not always right. But in these circumstances, proper solutions should be found instead of taking wrong decisions and the parents should give more time to solve the family problem if needed.
Helen Sarker
I have a big dream, one day I will give shelter or home to many street children who have no dreams, no food.
Personally I am a happy person. I have a happy family & my surrounding people love me.
My personal likings are: reading book, handicraft, watching movie, cooking.
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Wiscasset, ME – For the third of nine times in the 2015 season, the Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour competitors travelled up the coast for a date with the fastest track in Maine, Wiscasset Speedway. After a week off, the drivers were eager to tear up the track once again, and finish out the month of May on a positive note. 15 cars lined the pit area for a chance to take home the trophy in the 25 lap main event.
Under the new format, heat race lineups have started to take shape, in an effort to make the feature more competitive and exciting for the fans.
For the first heat, current 9th place points man Tylar Braunschweig in the 70 started out on the pole with Terry Kirk in the 17 to his outside. The wiley veteran Kirk got a great jump on the start to lead the field into turn 1, but Braunschweig came right back on the preferred inside line to regain the top spot, and held that lead for the first several laps. The 38 of Mathew Bourgoine sliced his way from the 4th starting position to take the lead away from the 70 machine, bringing 6th and 7th place starters, the 84 of Matt Grant and the 19 of Kevin Girard Jr., with him. The top three drivers in the points standings raced bumper to bumper the remainder of the race, as the 3-time champ Bourgoine held on to win the caution-free 10 lap heat, over Grant and Girard.
Heat 2 was paced by a pair of Masters, the 8 of multi-time New Hampshire state champion Matt Chagnot, and the 399 of local favorite Bob Weymouth. Weymouth hustled on the high side to put his blue and white sedan on point, and began to pull away from the field. Chagnot settled into second and ran there uncontested, while the the best battle on the track was for the third spot, as the 92 of first year pilot Colby Meserve battled hard with a pair of fellow rookies, the 29 of standout kart racer Austin Teras and the 7 of former Beech Ridge Wildcat driver Steve Benincasa. With a couple laps to go, Teras made his move under Meserve to snake away the third spot, bringing Benincasa with him to 4th. The caution free event saw Weymouth comfortably cruise to the checkers, with Chagnot holding on to 2nd over Teras.
With the top 3 finishers from the Speedway 95 race headed to the back of the pack, the front row for the feature was left in the hands of Kevin Girard Jr. and Tylar Braunschweig. Right off the get-go, Girard put his Mainely Plumbing & Heating coupe out front and began to distance himself from the field. Behind him, things spread out a bit as the field ran single file for the most part. There was an exception to this however, as Matt Grant and Mathew Bourgoine took turns leading a furious charge from the rear, bringing the 33 of Alan Smith with them. With 10 laps remaining, the pair of Matt's cracked the top 5 and began to track down Braunschweig who had dropped to 3rd, and Weymouth who had climbed to 2nd after starting 5th. On lap 19, the caution flew for a spin in turn 2 by the 80 of sophomore driver Dylan Varney, erasing Girard's seemingly insurmountable lead with 6 laps to go. It now became anyone's race to win with the mad dash to the checkers ahead. On the restart, Weymouth got a big jump into turn 1, but couldn't quite close the door on Girard, as the driver of the 19 was able to regain the lead with Weymouth sliding into 2nd. Grant took over the 3rd spot after a slip by Braunschweig, and went to work in pursuit of the runner up spot.
The race finished clean and green, and at the checkers, Kevin Girard Jr. was able to step away from all challengers to take his 3rd win of the season, and remain perfect at Wiscasset in 2015! Bob Weymouth held on to post his best finish of the season with the Tour, earning the second place trophy, Matt Grant rallied his #84 machine from the 13th starting position to finish 3rd, remaining the only driver to finish on the podium at every race, Tylar Braunschweig brought home another solid finish in the Wedgewood Motorsports 70 with a 4th place effort, and Mathew Bourgoine rounded out the top 5 with his Corinna Auto Body coupe after starting shotgun on the field.
With race #4 in the books, the Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour will look forward to another visit with Wiscasset Speedway next weekend, before shifting gears to race twice on most weeks during the summer stretch, as the popular, 10-race Thursday Thunder series at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway begins on June 11th!
Special thanks to our Tour Sponsors for all their contributions, Amsoil Four Season Synthetic, Puzzled Racing for Autism Awareness and New England Legends Sales and Service.
For more information on how YOU can get yourself involved in legends or just simply want to keep tabs on your favorite driver, check out our website, www.NELCAR.net, Like us on Facebook, and see us at the track!
Feature Finish
1-19 Kevin Girard Jr. – Old Orchard Beach – S
2-399 Bob Weymouth – Topsham – M
3-84 Matt Grant – Windham – P
4-70 Tylar Braunschweig – W. Newfield – P
5-38 Mathew Bourgoine – Newport – P
6-33 Alan Smith – Lincoln – M
7-17 Terry Kirk – Durham – M
8-10 Ed Getty – Gray – M
9-8 Matt Chagnot – Derry, NH – M
10-29 Austin Teras* – Windham – Y
11-92 Colby Meserve* – Buxton – S
12-80 Dylan Varney – Windham – Y
13-49 Pete Cannell – S. Berwick – M
14-67 Zachary Godbout* – Mt. Vernon – S
15-7 Steve Benincasa* – Buxton – M
Heat Finish
Heat 1
1-38 Bourgoine
2-84 Grant
3-19 Girard Jr.
4-70 Braunschweig
5-17 Kirk
6-10 Getty
7-33 Smith
Heat 2
1-399 Weymouth
2-8 Chagnot
3-29 Teras*
4-7 Benincasa*
5-92 Meserve*
6-49 Cannell
7-67 Godbout*
8-80 Varney
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In Memory of Grayson Hund
In Memory of Grayson Hund
It's been a little over a year since our beloved Grayson passed. Our family misses him terribly, and not a moment goes by that we don't think of him and our focus is keeping his spirit alive! One effort is working together with the UC Davis MIND Institute in launching the BEARS program. BEARS stands for Brain Endowment for Autism Research Sciences. What we've learned through the process, is in the past three decades less than 100 donations have been made. Not nearly enough to help science determine the causes of autism.
On Thursday, February 16, 2012, Tony and I are their honored guests to share at this community forum our heartfelt and insight to having lost Grayson and why we made the decision to donate. Below is a link to the website and video (bottom right hand corner) they will present to the community forum along with their distinguished panel and scientist to review their efforts, and they've asked me to speak from a parent's perspective.
UC Davis MIND Institute BEARS Program
Grayson's other contribution is his Memorial Scholarship fund @ Las Positas Community College. Eligibility requirement: ''Must be intending to earn a degree with the career goal of working with special needs children or adults OR for a student on the autism spectrum who intends to earn a college degree". Enrollment is February 1 - March 15. Scholarship for $1,000 For more details, go to:
Grayson Hund Memorial Scholarship at Las Positas
We want to thank everyone for their generosity including their prayers and support. It is a beautiful reminder of the inherent goodness in the human spirit that gives us hope for a brighter future.
Regards, Tony, Valerie, Ashley & Vanessa
To Infinity and Beyond!
A message from Grayson's Family
The Grayson Hund Memorial Scholarship Fund
Your contribution is tax deductible
P.O. Box 3149
Livermore, CA 94551
ENN is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization


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National Security Journalism Initiative
Unique to Medill, our National Security Journalism Initiative offers you the experiences, connections and training to report on this vital topic.
Prepare to cover national security
Many students in our Politics, Policy and Foreign Affairs master's specialization participate in the special opportunities offered as part of the National Security Journalism Initiative.
As part of the specialization, you can take several courses on national security reporting and related issues. Outside class, you will learn from mentors who are leading journalists and national security experts. Extracurricular activities have included embedding in a U.S. Army training camp and visiting the National War College, a government-operated institution that offers senior-level courses in national security strategy to civilian and military leaders.
The initiative also provides scholarships to 10 graduate students, who work in teams to conduct three-month, in-depth investigations with media partner organizations. Past projects have addressed climate change, the military reserves, energy security, food aid programs, the use of landmines and other important topics. NSJI is supported by the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.
"During my time in the program, I was mentored by Pulitzer Prize-winning national security journalists, stood feet from Howitzers during training exercises at Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base and traveled through the Thai countryside with the country's leading scientists to report a story on emerging zoonotic diseases," said Lydia Randall (MSJ16). "The National Security Journalism Initiative not only prepared me to look at every issue with a critical eye, but it drilled in me the value of good research, credible sources and a well-reported story. These are not only the skills of a good national security reporter, but core tenets of solid journalism. They are skills I use every day."
The Medill National Security Journalism Initiative provided me unparalleled mentorship and concrete experience reporting from a conflict zone. The experience directly led to my current position reporting on military affairs straight out of the gate."
Matthew L. Schehl (MSJ15) Staff Reporter, Marine Corps Times