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Lori Foster is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author with books from a variety of publishers, including Berkley/Jove, Kensington, St. Martin's, Harlequin and Silhouette. Lori has been a recipient of the prestigious RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award for Series Romantic Fantasy, and for Contemporary Romance. She's had top-selling books for Amazon, Waldenbooks and the BGI Group. For more about Lori, visit her Web site at www.lorifoster.com.
About UNDER PRESSURE:
He can protect anything except his heart
Leese Phelps's road hasn't been an easy one, but it's brought him to the perfect job—working for the elite Body Armor security agency. And what his newest assignment lacks in size, she makes up for in fire and backbone. But being drawn to Catalina Nicholson is a dangerous complication, especially since it could be the very man who hired Leese who's threatening her.
What Catalina knows could get her killed. But who'd believe the sordid truth about her powerful stepfather? Beyond Leese's ripped body and brooding gaze is a man of impeccable honor. He's the last person she expects to trust—and the first who's ever made her feel safe. And he's the only one who can help her expose a deadly secret, if they can just stay alive long enough…
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What's your favorite romantic comedy, book or movie?
I'm not really a romantic comedy type of person. I like action and kick-butt characters, so with that in mind… Deadpool. Right!? You have Ryan Reynolds showing off his gorgeous body, an amazing love story that conquers all, an outrageous action hero, and the comedy is off the charts. Doesn't get much better than that. ☺
First celebrity crush?
I don't think I'd call it a crush, but I've admired Timothy Olyphant in Justified, Deadwood, and Perfect Getaway – just to name a few. I think he's an amazing actor, and he's hilarious and of course, gorgeous!
First author hero?
I had a set of author heroes that inspired me to become a writer. Catherine Coulter, Johanna Lindsey, Stella Cameron, Linda Howard and Julie Garwood…
I still reread their earlier books that got me hooked, and then I love them all over again. It's funny that my fave things to read are historical romances, yet I write contemporary. It was their handling of the story, the pacing and characterization that drew me in.
Favorite color?
In clothes, black and denim. ☺ I rarely wear bright colors. If we're talking seasons, green! I'm a big fan of warm weather. Decorating would be very neutral with brown, tan and cream.
Favorite cookie/dessert?
Warm sugar cookies straight from the oven are heavenly! In the summer, I also love Rally's banana split sundae. So delicious! It's a calorie-heavy treat with ice cream, pineapples, chocolate sauce, strawberries, whipped cream and a cherry on top, so I usually make it a treat if I get on a bestseller's list. ;-)
Favorite thing a reader has said/done?
Many readers have told me that my books helped get them through difficult times and that means the world to me. The idea that I might be able to make someone's day a tiny bit better, or offer just a little escape from a hardship, is a gift too great to measure.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
To keep children and animals safe and make them feel loved, cherished and protected.
If you could be a Disney princess, who would you be?
Merida from Brave. She has GORGEOUS hair, doesn't worry too much about how she looks, and kicks butt. ☺
What makes you smile?
So many things! Family, animals, sunrises and sunsets, happy readers – actually, waking up each day is such a gift that it makes me pretty chipper. ;-) I love being on or near the water, going to the movies (it's the only time I'm not plotting) and reading a really good book.
Favorite junk food?
Little Caesar's crazy bread. Oh the buttery, garlicy doughy goodness!
What is your perfect Valentine's Day date?
Hubby & I aren't the fancy-date type, so dinner at a place like Longhorn or Texas Roadhouse where I can get grilled chicken and veggies, followed by an action or horror movie, would be perfect!
What are you doing for Valentine's Day this year?
Probably writing. Lots of deadlines! But I'm sure we'll at least sneak in a movie, if not dinner out.
My favorite thing about Valentine's Day is…
Having an excuse to spread the love around a little more enthusiastically. I always make up packages for my grandkids and a few other kids I'm close to, and I mail them off. Candy, cards, little gifts… Kids love getting things in the mail! (I do the same for Easter, Halloween and Christmas.)
About Rhenna Morgan:
A native Oklahoman with two beautiful girls and a fantastic husband, Rhenna Morgan is a certified romance junkie and has a resume that reflects her passion for new experiences. Since graduating with a Bachelors in Radio, Television, and Film at Oklahoma State, she's racked up positions ranging from on-air radio talent, skip tracer, and promotions director, to real estate agent, project manager, and business analyst.
Like most women, she's got obligations stacked tight from dawn to dusk. To combat the crush of reality, she's turned to romance as her primary source of escape ever since she cracked the spine on her first Christine Feehan book years ago. Whether it's contemporary, paranormal, or fantasy you're after, Rhenna's stories pack new, exciting worlds, and strong, intuitive men who fight to keep the women they want.
About ROUGH AND TUMBLE:
"Gritty, raw, and a side dose of sweet lovin'. Rough & Tumble by Rhenna Morgan will warm your heart and melt your panties." —#1 New York Times bestselling author Audrey Carlan (Calendar Girl series)
Live hard, f*ck harder and follow only their own rules. Those are the cornerstones the six men of the Haven Brotherhood live and bleed by, refusing to conform to society's expectations, taking what they want and always watching each other's backs.
A self-made man with his fingers in a variety of successful businesses, Jace Kennedy lives for the challenge and he always gets what he wants. From the start, he sees Vivienne Moore's hidden wild side and knows she's his perfect match, if only he can break it free. He will have her. One way or another.
Vivienne's determined to ditch the rough lifestyle she grew up in, even if that means hiding her true self behind a bland socialite veneer. Dragging her party-hound sister out of a club was not how she wanted to ring in the New Year, but Viv knows the drill. Get in, get her sister and get back to the safe, stable life she's built for herself as fast as humanly possible. But Viv's plans are derailed when she finds herself crashing into the club's clearly badass and dangerously sexy owner.
Jace is everything Vivienne swore she never wanted, but the more time she spends with him, the more she starts to see that he loves just as fiercely as he fights. He can walk society's walk and talk society's talk, but when he wants something, he finds a way to get it. He's proud of who he is and where he came from, and he'll be damned if he lets Vivienne go before showing her the safest place of all is in the arms of a dangerous man.
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First celebrity crush?
God, this is going to date me big time, but…David Lee Roth. I had Van Halen pictures all over my apartment in college and nursed more fantasies about being swept away by him than I care to admit.
Favorite cookie/dessert?
Cannoli dipped in chocolate (or with milk chocolate chips—I'm not picky). (Note I used cannoli which is plural, because a gal cannot have just one cannolo.)
If you could be a Disney princess, who would you be?
Easy—Merida. Not only is she a badass with a bow and arrow, she's got a wicked accent and to die for hair.
What makes you smile?
Catching a guy putting the moves on a young girl in a public place. Especially when he's trying to be smooth about it, but is still obvious as hell. Makes me giggle every time.
What is your perfect Valentine's Day date?
Well, Vivienne's already scored Jace, so I guess I can't say a date with him. (My heroines have all the luck.) So, a close second would be dinner and drinks at my favorite sushi place, In The Raw. Favorite drink – Their Flirtinies. Favorite entrée – Macadamia Halibut. (No, it's not sushi, but it's still lick-the-plate-good.) Oh! And no hangover. Those Flirtinies throw a mean left hook if you don't watch it.
My favorite thing about Valentine's Day is…
CUPCAKES! My husband long ago figured out how sad I get watching flowers die, so he always brings me at least a dozen designer cupcakes in lieu of battling it out for roses or stargazer lilies at the florist. I can't wait!


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Chelsea Clinton Pregnant — Why Is This News?
Chelsea Clinton pregnant. This was just announced. Why is this news? I mean, I know why it's news. But why is it really news?
Here is NY1's tweet about Chelsea's announce:
Report now on NY1 RT @courtneycgross Chelsea Clinton expecting her first child later this year
— NY1 News (@NY1) April 17, 2014
Are the Clintons the new Kennedys? Definitely not, if only because there aren't enough of them. There are/were a LOT of Kennedys, and Chelsea is an only child. I suppose she could be the start of a dynasty, but I have a feeling that that days of political dynasties are over.
I've always been fascinated by Chelsea Clinton. Bill Clinton was the first President I voted for, and I remember how Bill and Hillary tried very hard to keep her out of the spotlight. They succeeded for the most part, largely because she was so young, but also because this was before the explosion of social media made it more difficult for First Kids to have private lives. Then again, remember Amy Carter, daughter of President Jimmy Carter? She made headlines way back in 1977 for reading during a state dinner; Art Buchwald praised her, but she was the subject of much scorn… at the tender age of 9. I remember that one as well, albeit less vividly because I was younger.
My point is, it has to be weird to grow up in the White House. Sasha and Malia Obama seem to handle the role of First Daughters very well, perhaps in part because they are media savvy kids. Digital natives, if you will. And perhaps the White House press corps showed some restraint, although I can't say that with total confidence. I can say that whenever I've seen the current Presidential daughters they appear to be happy, well-adjusted, and very normal. I'll go out on a limb and attribute this to good parenting by the President and First Lady, as well as Michelle Obama's mom, who moved into the White House to help out, which to me made a lot of sense. (Not sure if she's still there.)
Back to Chelsea Clinton being pregnant. I guess it seems a little… sexist? Maybe? To make this a big news story?
You know what? I'm not sure why it bugs me. But it does. It isn't the most egregious example of news that maybe shouldn't be news.
Maybe it's just that, as a parent, I have a general feeling of protectiveness when it comes to somebody's child's privacy. Not that Chelsea is a child. She is very much a public figure, and an adult. But I think that's the root of my troubled mind here. Over-protective parent, even of someone else's kid. Go figure.
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Weiner Stuff Not About His Wife – There Is No Carlita Danger
Juliana Margulies was asked about the Weiner stuff, which makes sense because of the character she plays on "The Good Wife." (For the record, I have nothing against Juliana Margulies. At all. Happen to really like her a lot.) My point is, when politicians do what Weiner did (and seriously, let's hope that isn't very often because WOW IS CARLOS DANGER CREEPY), nobody should make it about his wife.
Weiner's wife isn't running for office. She is not Carlita Danger. How is this about her? Seriously. She can do whatever she wants as far as I'm concerned. Do I wonder why she'd stay with him? Sure. But that's between the two of them. It's silly to blame or attack her in any way.
There's also a doofy bit in the comments section of this story (which I should put in air quotes because it's not really news, but whatever) knocking Hillary Clinton for "standing by her man" like Huma is. A commenter going by the moniker Beer Goggles (can't make this stuff up) writes that he/she/it has "no empathy towards Power Hungry, TAMMY WYNETTE robot, Huma." For our younger readers or those with poor memories, here is what Hillary actually said back in 1992.
Sorry, Beer Goggles. Not quite accurate. Good try though.
'Good Wife' star empathizes with Weiner's spouse – WTOP.com.
It Takes a Village, 10th Anniversary Edition, Only Six Bucks
Remember when it was a big deal that Hillary Clinton wrote a book about kids? Read more »

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Carpet in the dining room doesn't have to equal a stained carpet. You don't have to hound every human or animal that may eat there, running around with a glove to intercept any morsel before it drops to the ground.
Spilling happens to everyone.
After touring a recent listing, we've found a genius idea: Interlocking foam squares on the floor.
The residents have young children, one still in a high chair, and beige carpet in the dining room. They flipped them upside down so the smooth, black side was face up, which might be better than the colorful option and might be easier to clean.
This solution might also work for pets whose food/water dishes are on carpet.
We work with many buyers who have concerns about carpet in that particular room because they don't want to have to worry about spilling, stains and cleaning.
Makes sense. I don't want to have to get down on my hands and knees to clean/scrub the floor after every meal. I'm usually too much in a food coma to think of much else.
When buyers come across cosmetic details they don't like (carpet in the dining room, paint color, etc.) we often try to find a simple solution like this. Why pass up on a house because of something you can change?
Yes, you can put in hardwood floors or just remove the carpet later on, but a short-term solution is nice.
Seeing the squares on the floor induced a forehead slap moment. Why didn't I think of that?
After learning the hard way, the residents came up with this simple solution. Just a few squares later, and accidents weren't hard to clean up. The squares are easy to wipe up with a wet washcloth and for larger messes, the individual squares can be removed for easier clean up.
Liquids don't soak in, wet foods don't stain and dry foods don't need a vacuum for removal.
If one square gets ruined or chewed up by the dog, they are easy to repair, whereas the carpet would need to be replaced.
When the squares are no longer needed, it won't take an entire afternoon to remove them.
Those foam squares can save many headaches and its one I'm going to remember.
If you like this idea, feel free to share it.
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Sunday, November 21, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
3 Shot On Addison
Why would I want to see a band that affiliates with George?
The building between Irish Oak and Tryst is being built by non-union labor. That's why it's almost done and that hotel 5 yards away will NEVER be done.
and last but certainly not least:
3 people were shot in front of the Taco Bell on Addison and Clark this morning (11/10/10) at 4am. All survived. The shooting is believed to be connected to a fight that occurred at the Wild Hare.
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This healthy dish works as a light lunch or a side dish. Mediterranean salads are light and fresh and full of healthy unsaturated fats and fiber.
How to Make It
Combine tomatoes and water in a small bowl; let stand 10 minutes. Drain and chop; set aside.
Place rice in a large bowl; cover with water to 2 inches above rice. Soak 30 minutes; stirring occasionally. Drain and rinse.
Combine rice and 2 cups water in a small saucepan; stir in salt. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring frequently. Boil 5 minutes or until water level falls just below rice. Cover, reduce heat to low, and cook 10 minutes. Remove from heat; let stand, covered, 10 minutes.
Spoon rice into a bowl; cool completely and fluff with a fork. Stir in tomatoes, feta, and next 4 ingredients (through pepper); toss well to combine. Sprinkle with pine nuts.


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The Jakarta Post
Aug. 21 will forever be a day of reckoning for Prabowo Subianto.
Exactly 16 years to the day that an Officers Ethics Council issued an order dismissing him from military service for his alleged role in the abduction and torture of political activists, the Constitutional Court just before 9 p.m. Thursday ended Prabowo's protracted legal challenge of the electoral victory of president-elect Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo.
The court's final verdict marked the definitive end of a poorly presented legal dispute filed by the losing ticket of Prabowo and Hatta Rajasa claiming widespread fraud in the July 9 election that resulted in a margin of victory of 8.4 million votes for Jokowi. It puts beyond any doubt the legitimacy of the current Jakarta governor who on Oct. 20 will be sworn in as Indonesia's seventh president.
The historical coincidence speaks volumes about a man who on both occasions ' 16 years apart ' came to the fore with such ballyhoo yet left with a whimper.
As commander of the Army Strategic Reserves Command, then Lt. Gen. Prabowo was at the height of his military prowess but was powerless when the council of generals on Aug. 21, 1998, issued him a dismissal letter.
Over the past week, as a defeated presidential candidate, Prabowo had insinuated resistance and chaos if the court rejected his dispute. Yet as court chief justice Hamdan Zoelva struck his gavel to end the five-hour reading of the unanimous nine-judge verdict rejecting every single charge filed by Prabowo's lawyers, the former son-in-law of Soeharto was nowhere to be seen or heard.
In fact, both Prabowo and Hatta were not seen in public at all on Thursday as the court read out 300 of the verdict's 4,392 pages.
Prabowo continued to sequester himself and left it up to his coalition partners to enter the humiliating public spotlight in the immediate aftermath to read a joint statement reacting to the verdict. Spokesman Tantowi Yahya stopped short of conceding defeat but 'acknowledged the ruling of the Constitutional Court'.
He added that even though the court's decision was final, 'it does not reflect the substantive justice'.
In a statement that was itself filled with platitudes rather substance, Tantowi said the coalition would 'continue the struggle' and carry on with legal measures already being pursued along with future political ones. There was no suggestion of reconciliation from the Prabowo camp.
Fadli Zon, deputy chairman of the Gerindra Party, said Prabowo for now plans to rest 'and does not want to think about politics, including whether to run in 2019'.
Later in the evening, both Jokowi and vice president-elect Jusuf Kalla appeared together, thanking the court for its work.
Jokowi toned down any animosity with his rival, saying that he and Kalla were 'good friends' with Prabowo.
Kalla praised the court for its impartiality and handing down a unanimous decision despite several judges having been political members 'from the other side'.
Hamdan was a member of the Crescent Star Party (PBB), while justice Patrialis Akbar was part of the National Mandate Party (PAN). Both parties are key members of Prabowo's coalition.
Trimedya Panjaitan, the head of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) legal office, conceded that initially there were some worries as to the court's consistency in reviewing the case.
'However, the court was able to elaborate on its arguments in a structured and systematic way, clearly and thoroughly,' he said.
There is little recourse the fallen candidate can now pursue.
'Prabowo and Hatta can do nothing to change it,' constitutional law expert and Center for Electoral Reform (Cetro) senior researcher Refly Harun told The Jakarta Post.
Refly called on Prabowo to accept the ruling, saying that any further efforts, including filing a lawsuit with the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) or setting up a special committee at the House of Representatives, would be futile.
'It will be to no avail because it won't change the court's ruling,' Refly said.
A member of Prabowo's legal team, Elza Syarief, has suggested the court's ruling would not end Prabowo's efforts to vindicate himself.
Constitutional law expert from the Bandung-based Parahyangan Catholic University, Asep Warlan Yusuf, further stressed that any other legal recourse pursued would change nothing.
'That's the end of Prabowo and Hatta!' he emphasized.
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What happens to my luggage?
On some trips you will have a driver with your group in addition to your leader, who will be transport your luggage in the support vehicle while your leader rides with you. Often on our France cycling vacations your leader will also be your driver, and they will transport your luggage between accommodation while you cycle. On these days you will be provided with maps to get you to the next stop.
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by simon baird
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
New Buffalo
I was in the front row. It was nice. She mostly did new songs but a couple of older ones, She did "Yes", which she described as being about sex, and this one: Sally played piano mostly with a couple of songs on a classical guitar, She was accompanied by Jessica who played percussion, a little keyboard, cello and backing vocals. She seemed a little nervous but that's kind of her style. The crowd gave her a pretty good response I think. The new songs went pretty well. "I'm the drunk and you're the star" was very memorable as was "You've gone my friend". "Cheer Me Up Thank You" is my new favourite. There were some sampled vocals (the ah ah ahh part) but Jessica sang the bom bom bom part and it was super sweet. I didn't record that sadly but here is the video:
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007
me in london kinda
see here. you can see my coffee table, Jeremy Ruston, Robbie, and a little bit of the london skyline. weirdly I am mirror reversed - I think due to the coriolis effect.
Also check out this, it's Saq and Phil interviewing Jeremy.
Also check out this, it's Saq and Phil interviewing Jeremy.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007
summer heights high = pure genius
watched ep 2 last night. this show is utterly brilliant. best
australian tv ever.
australian tv ever.
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grinderman pt 2
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grinderman = awesome
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Monday, September 17, 2007
TV tip: Summer Heights High
Download here. It's like a Christoper Guest mockumentary but set in an Australian school with one very talented guy (the writer) playing: a. camp drama teacher, b. tongan(?) tough kid, c. private school exchange girl.
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
this deserves part marks, right?
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automatic mario
if you like mario and you''re bored or can't sleep you can watch these
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Thursday, September 06, 2007
It's a very cool flash puzzle game. bloxorz.
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Arf, arf, do the doggy bounce
Heh heh. A great episode. Better than last couple of episodes. Sadly it was the season finale ... :( so no more Flight of the Chonchords for a while.
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can the world get enough of 1234?
First it was my blog ;), then ebay. Now it's the new ipod nano. What next? Coke? I am picturing monster royalty cheques coming the way of Sally Seltman, who by the way I have tickets to see on Wednesday. She's supporting Paul Kelly. And, next Friday, Milly & I are seeing comedian and Flight of the Conchords star, Arj Barker in Thuringowa!. I am happy as a clam in chowder.
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Shekhar is in the midst of all the action inside the hotel and his team is infiltrating all the floors of the hotel and rescuing the hostages by area. As Shekhar and Suraj heard about Kareem and his fellow terrorists being scattered across floors from 5th to 8th floor of the Hotel, there is a lot of exchange of bullets and bloodshed. Amidst all the chaos, Suraj is keeping a close eye on 5th floor proceedings through Jennifer's secret cam.
Going with his inner belief, he has chosen to go to 5th floor only after the rest of the hotel area is made terror-free. Jennifer and Kareem are still in conversation in the midst of a high intensity fight between the rescue team and terrorists on different floors.
"This is what the almighty wishes?? Bloodshed and violence? We need to Love all and serve all and every blood drop here in this hotel is a string attached to a life of others tears. It can be your own family too who would face the similar situation, We need to end this right now and start afresh, Turn a new page in our life." Ahana keeps her voice loud enough to be heard by Kareem with all the chaos.
Kareem is adamant and hell bent on achieving the mission with all that takes to do it and just snuffles Ahana aside as if her last few sentences disappeared in thin air.
"Let's do it together, you are the brave princess warrior and we shall emerge victorious." , Kareem says in a last attempt to take her on his side.
Shekhar's walkie beeps continuously in this all-out attempt for triumph over the evil.
"Chief, 6th floor is under control."
"Bravo, 4th floor man is down in a shot. All people on the floor are being taken through service lift under our cover." And there is a huge sigh of relief from Shekhar. However, now that every other space was under control, it was time to make way to 5th floor. Upon reaching 5th floor, he could not find both Jennifer and Kareem on that floor. He connects to Suraj to get an idea of their location through secret cam, but to his dismay, Suraj informs that they are somewhere in a closed space and no further idea of their location can be made out through the images from the cam which are only showing up a wall since a considerable amount of time.
Just about then, Jennifer feels struck by a lightening as a little while back, she was thinking of the school principal and just then remembered that he is the one person on Earth who Kareem looks up to and would honor his words and decisions. She feels this is the only chance left for their way to a peaceful life and more importantly, LIFE.
Jennifer walks far away from Kareem and immediately picks the phone. She calls the school principal Mr A Nair and in all haste, her heart beats rise in sync with the ring and finally an aged man with stern and authoritative voice speaks at the other end. Jennifer fills in Mr Nair with the activities and the current situation and the need of his help being the most important which otherwise would led to dire consequences. Jennifer shares the number of Kareem to principal as he promised to have a word and make him see light of the situation. Suraj was all ears into this conversation and the conversation really made him believe that they would see a blood-free end to the terror siege and Kareem may be captured alive. He informed Shekhar of this latest happening and he was also relieved that letting Jennifer in was not a bad decision. Still he was also a bit puzzled over the fact that Aryan was nowhere in the hotel.
"Has he fled? How could he flee amidst all this tight secure setup?" However, he chose to concentrate on his priorities, which was the lives of the hostages. He immediately gets back into action.
As Ahana reaches back, Kareem is already over phone. He first thought it would be Aryan sharing his whereabouts and was shocked to see His School principal Mr. Nair name blinking in the display screen and this was the last person Kareem would expect to have a word with, especially in a situation of this grade.
The Principal and Kareem have a quick chat for 2 minutes which is even faster than making Maggi noodles but long enough for Kareem to make up his mind. Kareem turns towards to Ahana and says, Mr Nair wanted to see him as he has just returned from US and wanted to meet and discuss something very confidential and important. Kareem immediately takes stock of the situation and starts making some calculation in his mind. It seems Mission Principal to convince Kareem has been a success.
"Shekhar, I believe I have not breached your trust. We are off to our new world." In a weak moment, Jennifer gets rid off her earrings before passing on the last message. By the time she gets back, Kareem is already running towards the service area.
"Kareem! Kareem! Wait for me?"
"Ahana, you happen to be my biggest weakness. Whatever we had planned over the years, it has all got ruined. We will meet soon, but not now."
The sound of firing has reduced and the anxiety level has decreased in the atmosphere. Shekhar realizes that Operation R has been successfully completed with all the terrorists in sight shot down and the hostages being rescued. As Shekhar assesses the situation, he looks around to find if Kareem is one among the terrorists who were shot and doesn't find him and he is disappointed as he wanted to catch him alive and as per the current status, he is missing and immediately alerts his team in walkie talkie to continue the hunt for Kareem but the inner conscience is telling him, that Jennifer has been successful in rescuing Kareem. Things at the hotel are a lot settled and is finally back in control, though 2 of the Most important people of the operation , Kareem and Aryan are missing and Shekhar wouldn't rest till he catches them.
Jennifer calls Mr Nair again and checking on his location and plans to meet him in a few minutes as Kareem has already left the place. Mr Nair said he was meeting Kareem in 30 minutes in Old Delhi, since it would be tough to spot any suspicious person in a busy street. Jennifer conveys Mr Nair that she will also be there but Kareem should not be made aware of that. She also requests him to help Kareem to leave his past and start afresh.
Back at the Hotel, Shekhar walks out of the hotel with all media trying to hound him. He immediately steps back since his identity is not the one to be disclosed. He is supposed to be an undercover agent and he has to remain anonymous. Still, he tries to have a glimpse of his biggest strength, Tara to have his inner belief gain strength again.
Just then, Suraj comes running towards Shekhar and conveys a messages that turns Shekhar face turns to red and hurries towards his car and then asks Suraj to repeat the message again.
"4 journalists have been kidnapped near the Hotel. Two are from C TV and one is from Bharat News." Suraj says in a tone that dims off as the message progresses.
"But that's just 3! Who's the 4th one?" Shekhar is stressed.
"Sir, that's your wife." Suraj replies back, knowing fully well that this one sentence could break away his boss.
Shekhar takes a deep breath as his task gets tougher minute by minute. Two Terrorists are on the run and his wife is Kidnapped. What's Next?
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Characteristics of the Early Catholic Church in Korea
1. Context of Acceptance of Catholicism
Catholicism was introduced into Korea in 1784 by Koreans. The spontaneous acceptance of Catholicism by Korean people without assistance of foreign missionaries was a consequence of the social change at that time. For Korea, the 18th century was a transition period leading to a new era with the significant innovations and reforms in socio-economic thought. Commerce, manufacture and mining were developed in the country that, up till then, was an agricultural society. With the challenge of the times the traditional class system was beginning to collapse.
Though the Neo-Confucianism had still dominated thinking of the times, people's way of thinking was beginning to change. Some scholars were convinced that Neo-Confucianism was unable to promote the progress of society and sought a new way of thinking that could transform and lead the society. Thus they turned to the 'Practical Thought' which was a revision of Neo-Confucianism on the lines of the Early Confucianism.
The scholars of the Practical Thought had an alternative idea which could speak for the ordinary people and raise a new type of people-centered society. Also people were opened to the traditional belief and "heterodox" thoughts such as Buddhism that the ruling class considered as "profane thought" and rejected it seeking to launch a new religious movement. The ruling class condemned these ideas as heretical and tried to prohibit them but they spread widely.
In this process of social and cultural change, some intellectuals and common people spontaneously took up the study on Catholicism and practiced it.
2. Social Characteristics of the Believers
In the early Church in Korea there were two categories of people who accepted Catholicism. Those in the first category were Confucian intellectuals who were involved in the school of the 'Practical Thought.' They were critical about Neo-Confucianism and wanted to replace it with Early Confucianism. By studying Catholic books published in China by Jesuit Fathers they came to consider Catholicism as a new interpretation of the Early Confucianism and embraced it with faith. They believed the new religion complements what was lacking in Early Confucianism. These noble intellectuals became the founding fathers of the Church in Korea.
On the other hand, ordinary people had their own way to approach to Catholicism. The Church leaders translated Catholic books from Chinese into Korean and published them as block printing. That helped people who did not know how to read Chinese characters with reading Catholic books and learning from them.
Unlike the Church leaders at that time, the common people understood that the Catholic belief was different from Confucianism. They accepted Catholicism as a way to challenge the unjust social system based on the Confucianism of the ruling class. For them the gospel was not just a piece of good religious news but a good social news.
As the Church developed, people of these two categories pursued different ways. Catholics from the nobility were reintegrated into Confucianism when they were forced to give up their new religion following the government's decision, and those who thought that Christianity was radically different from Confucianism continued their unswerving belief in Catholicism. The government persecuted Catholicism considering it as a dangerous element to the social order. Soon the leadership of the Church was formed of people who had abandoned their privileged status in order to keep their faith, and lower class people who had no rights to claim any privileges.
3. Characteristics of Comprehension of Catholicism
The Catholic faith brought about the monotheism to Korean people for the first time. People who believed in the highest being from ancient times could easily come to believe in transcendent Trinitarian God. Korean people had a deep faith in a Supreme Being who created the world and governs it but had no concept of a Mediator. So they felt closer to God the Father than to God the Son at the beginning. They were deeply touched by an understanding that all human beings are created in the image of God and therefore all people are equal. From such an understanding of God they came to a new outlook on humanity and society, pursued the equality of all human beings.
The books they read contained basic doctrine of the Catholic faith, and they practiced religious virtues from what they learned. However Korean Catholics were under the influence of their own traditional culture while they practiced Christian faith. In Korean traditional culture, three observances are important: loyalty to the king, filial piety to parents and chastity of women. People learned that it was worthful to sacrifice their lives for these three ideals.
In line with this thinking, Korean Catholics wanted to offer their loyalty and filial piety to God rather than to the king who was a human being. They sought to be faithful to God with the loyalty of women who observed chastity of mind and body. It was the cultural background of Korean martyrs who got the strong faith that enabled them to give up their lives for God.


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Today's guest on Economics Detective Radio is Chuck Marohn, founder and president of Strong Towns.
Strong Towns is a non-profit that seeks to reform America from the ground up, starting with its towns and cities. It aims to promote healthy local economies by improving local governance.
The Growth Ponzi Scheme
Chuck began recognizing the problems in America's towns and cities when he was working as a civil engineer. He recounts a story of working in a little city in central Minnesota in the late 1990s. The city had a 300-foot pipe that had cracked, allowing ground water to leak in and overflow their treatment facility. Chuck proposed a $300,000 solution to fix the pipe. However, this was a tiny town with an annual budget of $85,000. So Chuck went to higher levels of government (the federal government, the USDA, etc.) to find someone to fund the project. They all said, "This feels like maintenance. We don't have money for maintenance, so you need to pay for this yourself." Since the feds would only fund expansion projects, Chuck devised a plan: He would propose the largest expansion project he could, then repair the pipe as part of the expansion. This wasn't so much deviousness on his part as it was standard practice in his profession. He designed a couple miles of new pipe, doubled their treatment facility, and as part of that he included repairs for the old pipe. This new project cost $2.6 million.
Everyone was happy about this project. The grant agencies were happy. The legislators issued glowing press releases and held a big ribbon cutting. Chuck got a big bonus from his company. The city was ecstatic. The only lingering problem was that this tiny city that couldn't afford to maintain 300 feet of pipe would now be left with a few miles more pipe and a larger treatment facility.
This is an example of one part of what Chuck calls the Growth Ponzi Scheme. This is when cities and towns expand in ways they can't maintain without further expansion.
There's a political reason why things like this happen. Building new infrastructure is very politically appealing. You can build a new highway and name it after a prominent politician, you can have a big ribbon-cutting ceremony, and you can get all sorts of good press for the project. Maintenance is less sexy; you close down a lane of some existing highway, delay everyone's commute, and then you don't have a ribbon-cutting or positive press for all the potholes you filled in. That's why higher levels of government have been paying for big projects and passing off the responsibility for maintaining them to local governments. These local governments become insolvent when the revenue from the initial big project runs out and the maintenance expenses come due.
This process leads to a form of development where the local tax base is not sufficient to pay for the infrastructure that supports it. When the expansion can't go on any longer, the infrastructure crumbles, the affluent people leave, and the community ends up locked in poverty.
What's Wrong with Big Box Stores?
Embracing this form of unsustainable growth has made our cities less dense and walkable. Instead we have heavily subsidized driving as a means of getting everywhere. One consequence of this has been the rise of big box stores.
The public debate on big box stores tends to miss the mark. The left says big box stores crowd out local businesses, which is true. The right says they pass the market test, offering lower prices and thus improving poor people's standard of living, which is also true.
What both miss is that these big box stores only pass the market test because they don't bear the costs of the infrastructure needed to support them. By subsidizing infrastructure, and by building our cities to be spread out and unwalkable, we make bringing groceries to the people unviable. Instead, the people drive to where groceries are.
In addition to the rise of big box stores, we've seen the demise of small town living. While small towns still exist, they used to have enough small businesses, shops, and grocers to allow a full and comfortable life without leaving the town. Today, small town life consists of driving to the regional hub, perhaps multiple times every week, to get many of your necessities.
What's Wrong with Hastings Street?
Chuck coined the term "STROAD" to push back against the interchangeable use of the terms "street" and "road."
A street is where value lives. Homes and businesses locate themselves along streets so that they can be connected to rest of the transportation network, but the street itself features narrow lanes, low speed limits, and good sidewalks because it's designed more for pedestrians and less for vehicles.
Roads, by contrast, are not meant to be valuable locations in themselves; they are optimized for transporting large volumes of traffic over long distances. They feature wider lanes and faster speed limits.
STROADs are an unhappy blend of both elements. Wide lanes and low speeds make them bad for both pedestrians and drivers. One example of a STROAD is Hastings Street in Vancouver, which tries to be a major thoroughfare for thousands of commuters during rush hour, while still catering to the many businesses along its ten-kilometer span.
Because of its high volume of traffic and many stop lights, motorists can expect to average just twenty kilometers an hour on their commutes to downtown Vancouver.
Gentrification as Part of an Organic System
Chuck wrote an article titled "The Gentrification Paradox," in which he argues that gentrification was actually a healthy part of urban development in the pre-automobile age:
The pre-automobile development pattern was an organic process. It was both incremental and complex... Gentrification – investment followed by displacement – was part of the natural order of things and, as with any organic system, it had a positive role in making things work for everyone.
Before the twentieth century, cities would gradually grow and change over time. But we've used zoning laws to turn our neighbourhoods into unchanging time capsules. Cities used to be antifragile, to borrow a term from Nassim Taleb.
In the past, poorer people would buy property on the outskirts of town, on which they would live and run small businesses. Over time, as the city grew, these outskirts would gradually come to be incorporated into the urban ecosystem. These properties would become more valuable and they would grow with the community, perhaps adding a second storey and expanding the business.
You couldn't do this today. Building codes and zoning laws make any new development into a million-dollar endeavor. People with very little capital can't start with a small property and gradually increase its value over time. This makes the modern form of urban development much less equitable than it was in the past.
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I somehow missed Charlotte Magazine's September feature about the Charlotte of 1968. A turbulent year for the city, the nation and the world. And for me. I was graduating from East Mecklenburg High and headed to NC State. In a nice sidebar, the principals and perhaps a bit of the principles of The Inquistion are featured. A nice picture of Lynwood Shiva Sawyer and Tom Wilkinson — Tom has his own feature this month in the same magazine (see previous post).
I missed a lot of what was going on in Charlotte at that moment, but thanks to working on and with The Inquisition a lot of it is still familiar and enduring — some in a good way, like having a context when talking with Adam Stein who was one of the founders Charlottes first integrated law firm.
In 1983, a bunch of us began to meet with poet Ann Deagon who was looking to turn her project Poetry Center Southeast into a statewide service group for all writers. By 1985, we were an official 501(c)-3 organization called the North Carolina Writers' Network. The apostrophe and its placement seemed very important at the time as I remember. Judy Hogan was the first president with Georgann Eubanks and myself serving as vice presidents. I eventually left the vice presidency and the Board of Trustees for a couple of decades and recently (2008 I think) rejoined the Trustees.
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The church of the Tender is an organisation focused around the improving the lives of the people of Acryn - a claim that all the churches would make, but the works of the faithful and priesthood of the Tender provide obvious and tangible benefits to many, especially the poorest and most needy. The tenets and teachings of the faith focus on real and tangible things that can be done to improve the city's welfare, be that learning the healing arts, maintaining and expanding farms, or simply distributing food in the poorer districts of the city. The priesthood spend their lives attending to such tasks, but lay worshippers are expected to do their part - a core tenet of the faith is that those who are able should give one day of their labour to a church run-project, or work their own profession in a charitable fashion. Obviously, it is understood that circumstances may interfere with the ability to give this time, but those who show themselves unwilling to put in the effort will receive a frosty reception at services and meetings. A similar "hands-on" attitude is expected from priests at every level of the hierarchy, from the lowest initiate to the First and Least (the church's "leader" such as there is one). Volunteers working in the church's food kitchens can and will find the same men and women who lead their services standing along side them filling bowls.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the church frowns upon unnecessary violence, but it certainly doesn't encourage its faithful to allow themselves to be pushed around by those willing to resort to it. The church uses a shield as its symbol and has a decent number of militant priests within its ranks who are skilled in their use, and do the church's work by patrolling the rough districts at night or escorting vital caravans of food to outlying villages. Where possible, such individuals train in field medicine as well as combat, and they are encouraged to minimise fatalities among those against whom they are forced to raise arms against. A small, largely condemned minority sect have spoken against this last stricture, arguing that anyone who would raise arms to a priest of the church in cold blood is someone the world is better without. Mainstream church opinion remains firmly against this, and any sympathisers to this opinion in the upper echelons are keeping quiet about it.
The church has the least in the way of official organisation among the four, its foundation being firmly at the community level, centred around local meeting halls where gatherings take place. Each of these tends to have a charitable project that is managed by its resident priests and acolytes, with which worshippers provide assistance. The church has four larger temples, scattered around the city, where acolytes are trained and from which the larger projects on which the church works are managed. The western temple, just outside the west gate of the city, manages the extensive farming operations undertaken by the church, and has also been converted to provide temporary housing for refugees arriving from outside the city while a place for them is found within. The Dock Hall, found where it's name suggests is a colossal infirmary, the largest of its kind in the city, rumoured to be rivalled only by that in Serradis on the continent. Here medical treatment is provided to any and all who need it at whatever price they can afford to pay. Located near the city centre, the building commonly known as the Bread Basket is the centre of distribution the church uses to move food around the city, sending wagon-loads out to operations run by community churches, and to larger distribution centres it manages centrally. Since the Upheaval, there has been a significantly increased requirement for the church-militant to monitor this.
Lastly is what outsiders tend to think of as the centre of the church, the extensive, walled off collection of buildings and gardens to the south of the city where acolytes and priests train in spiritual and practical matters. Almost all priests will have spent some time here at the start of their careers, and it is usually thee site of the very infrequent full-church gatherings, and thus the perception of it as a headquarters is easy to understand, but it is drilled into those who study here that the church's true heart is wherever there is a need to which it can attend.
The church's worshippers and priesthood are disproportionately (though far from exclusively) drawn from the poorer parts of Acryn, and many of its most devout are those who have benefited from its help in their lives. The church will provide training and support to as many as it can bear to at any one time, as while some who take its help depart the ranks once they are back on their feet, most will give back what they were given many times over. While devout followers among the nobility and mercantile classes are fewer, there are some who will provide philanthropic aid to the church. Sadly, a few among the rich view the church with (usually veiled) hostility, as there have always been voices among the church less than complimentary towards the established money of the city who choose not to share their wealth. Rumours have also begun to arise since the upheaval that radical priests within the church have been sheltering revolutionary elements from the authorities. No official comment has been made on the issue, but the paranoia of those feeling their position trembling after the Upheaval often centres on the church.
The official speaker of the church, who stands on its behalf on the city council and leads full-church assemblies is known internally as the First and Least. First because he or she stands as a figurehead and an exemplar, least because the duties to which they have to attend unavoidably drag them away from doing the church's work on the front line. The current incumbent (who has been in the role for six years) is a quietly charismatic man named Auln, a skilled surgeon who still works two shifts in the Dock Hall each week alongside attending the seemingly endless emergency council settings since the Upheaval. Rumours have spread out from his assistants and close associates that he has been looking increasingly drawn as time has worn on, and that he is frequently skipping nights of sleep to continue working. Despite this, he appears to be as sharp and skilled as ever, and some whisper that the Tender has interceded to sustain him during this, the city's greatest time of need.
The Leader's church is often misunderstood and maligned both within Acryn and without by those who see it simply as an organisation devoted to accumulating as much temporal power as possible. While the actions of church undeniably do build for it reserves of official wealth and power that far outstrip any of the other churches, the church is first and foremost about cultivating talent and potential. This harks back to the stories surrounding the foundation of Acryn - the church of the Leader has a better codified doctrine than any of the others, and at the heart of this is a simple statement:
"Without the Leader, the city would never have been, and without leaders, the city will fall"
This written statement has been part of doctrine for longer than any currently living priest can remember, and church records show that its meaning has been extensively debated over the years, but the current consensus is that the duty of the church is to find and nurture exceptional individuals, as they believe the actions of the one truly brilliant citizen can lead tens of thousands forward. These leaders could be literal leaders - council members or the heads of guilds - or they could be the finest alchemists and mages of the colleges, the artists who bring audiences to tears, the orators who can shape the actions of the multitudes. To this end, worshippers are encouraged to always seek any opportunity to better themselves and to improve, while priests are required to encourage this among their congregations, and to seek out untapped potential among those who listen to them.
Most faithful and priests run or own a stake in some form of business or enterprise, or if they have established sources of wealth (as a not inconsiderable number do) are expected sponsor innovative or ground-breaking work among other members of their congregation, on the understanding that payment will be given both to the sponsor and the church if the work is a success. In this fashion, the church itself and its wealthiest members tend to amass ever increasing resources as time goes on, leading to its image as a preserve of the rich and powerful.
Doctrine also makes clear that talent or a good idea alone are not enough to build greatness, and thus schools its priests (and they in turn those worshippers who wish to learn) in public speaking and debate - which are honed in the frequent internal rows over interpretation of doctrine and the relative merits of various potential projects within the church.
The church has a formal hierarchy within the priesthood, ranging from Initiate through Orator, Speaker, Demiurge and Leader. Promotion through the ranks requires demonstrating proof to those above you in the church that you have grown as an individual, and achieved great things either yourself or through the teaching and nurturing of others. While there are written guidelines regarding the requirements for each rank, there is sufficient subjectivism within them that attempting a promotion requires careful politicking among those likely to be judging your claims, and rivalries can be bitterly and gleefully played out in such settings. Some initiates baulk at the perceived unfairness of this, but the general consensus is that the upper echelons like things just the way they are, believing that forcing aspirants to negotiate such difficulties makes them better at doing the leader's work. Bribery is officially prohibited, but it is tacitly understood that the prohibition is only truly against being careless enough to get caught.
The church has a gleaming central Cathedral located across a plaza from the council chambers where massive services are frequently held - though to attend such requires a modest payment to demonstrate the worthiness of the attendee to be in such august halls. Smaller churches around the city tend to still be relatively grand buildings, often doubling as debating halls or venues for artistic performances when not in use for services or church meetings. Businesses owned by the church tend to display a sign of a jewelled sceptre, and worshippers often work this into their own crests or coats of arms. The church has an extensive administrative wing, working out of buildings adjacent to the central temple, managing the wealth and contracts flowing in and out of its auspices.
The wealthier of the city tend to favour the church of the Leader, seeing their success as a sign that they are part of the ideal of great leaders, and wishing to cultivate it further in themselves and their families. More prosaically, the church provides easy access to a wide network of potential investment opportunities for its wealthy members, and it's certainly true that a some attendees are solely motivated by increasing their own power and success - little caring for the same in others. Membership among the poorer members of society is far more slim, but it can provide a phenomenal boost for the few who manage to find a patron for their works. However, some among the wealthy of the congregation tend to be less than encouraging towards those they view as their social inferiors.
In general, in fact, the official goals of the church can sometimes be lost amongst the webs of patronage and base-building that can ensue among worshippers and priests who lose sight of potential in any but themselves and the already powerful. Since the Upheaval, the Leader of the church has launched a major drive to remind her congregation that, now more than ever, many individuals of great potential may never realise it due to lacking the privilege that those in the church tend to possess, and to lose sight of that is to deny the city its true potential. While most Initiates and Orators have been echoing this message, it is an open secret that a faction among the Demiurges and Speakers have begun questioning her interpretations of the scriptures, arguing that in times of trouble greater power must be afforded to the existing leaders of the City, trusting in those who have already proven their pre-eminence.
Faria Carver is the current Leader of the church, having joined as an Initiate some seventeen years ago and made her way up the ranks with (for the church) unprecedented speed. Only daughter of a family of carpenters, her design of several new tools for industrialising the production process allowed the family business to grow rapidly, and carve out a formidable market niche. As devout followers of the Leader, her parents ensured she saw fair personal gain from the innovations she had made, which she used to kick start a career in the church. She is well reputed as a talented engineer in her own right, as well as an excellent judge of the potential in the ideas of others, something that has served her well in the church. She remains a resolute follower of the orthodox interpretations of the scriptures, using her own life as an example in her sermons and speeches - her parents would have been legally entitled to keep all the benefits of her ingenuity, but by recognising her talent and affording her a fair chance to flourish, they ensured that she could reach for her fullest potential. As long as she is in charge of the church, she has frequently proclaimed, she will see to it that it does the same.
The church of the Warrior teaches that even the luckiest life will be beset by conflict, and that all should be ready to face adversity in defence of themselves and their city. Strength of arms is one facet of this, and certainly you'd be hard pressed to find many priests not proficient in at least one weapon, but the these days its teachings extend to a more general message of self-reliance and determination. Partially this has been forced by circumstance - for hundreds of years the church saw the maintenance and training of the city's army as its sacred duty, and its actions were focussed around recruiting and training. The revolution was long ago now that the church has adapted to the modern state of affairs. It still takes an active interest and role in assisting the city watch, and is without fail the first to respond when any external threat is sighted, but there has simply not been enough constant demand for armed men and women for this to be the church's sole purview, and thus a more generically uplifting message has been adopted.
Any worshipper who seeks training in arms will, or course, still be given it, as the church views mastery of the combat arts as a goal to be aspired to for all. The church has an extensive barracks and training ground to the north of the city where acolytes and worshippers train alongside one another. For its more pastoral duties, the less militant wing of church has adopted the idea of building "havens" around the city. These are generally converted houses or small buildings, intended to be safe places where worshippers can come to rest when the struggles in their lives become too much. The teaching in this regard is that no matter how strong anyone is, they will sometimes need rest from their troubles, and by providing somewhere secure where a short rest, a night's sleep and a talk with the priest or any others visiting the church aims to lighten the weight of its people's lives, allowing them to regain their strength to fight anew. These havens are a matter of some debate within the church, with some on the more militant wing loudly deriding them as encouraging weakness, but their supporters are just as fervent in their defence.
The church of the warrior has little in the way of official places of worship, those properties it does own being almost exclusively dedicated to training and housing those who it is training, or acting as one of the many havens. Most services are held in public, regular gatherings in the city's plazas, markets or green spaces. Those who wish to become priests are generally assigned to an existing one for training, shadowing them during services and sparring meetings, and promotion to the ranks is generally adjudged based on when a trainee is ready to conduct a service on their own.
More formal structure exists in the church's militant wing. The church has somewhere between two and four thousand devotees and priests within the city sworn and ready to take up arms at the Council's call, representing one of the more formidable military forces within the city. Within this grouping, ranks are assigned according to those in the old army of the city, and the Grand Master of the Church sits at the top of this. While it is sworn to do the work of the council, this force makes many nervous, being as it is far too reminiscent of the bad old days, not helped by the fact that every generation throws up a few Warrior priests who loudly long for the days of kings, queens and armies (though the church makes an effort to keep these from rising too high in the militant wing).
The Church of the Warrior has a true cross-section of society within its ranks. Services and meetings tend to be upbeat and social affairs, and many find that attending training meetings is a good way to let off steam. More so than any of the other churches, however, the informal meet-ups between worshippers tend to be a major focus of a devotee's interaction with the church, and such affairs are one of the places where social barriers are more likely to be ignored in the city as a whole. Such strong social bonds also provide an in-built support network for members for when personal strength isn't enough to overcome the troubles facing them in life.
Membership is highest among members of the city watch and the mercenary companies but other than this, no one group or class is disproportionately represented. Some among the nobility rather look down on those of their rank who choose to participate, joking that it's very undignified to spend one's leisure days being beaten up by peasants with wooden swords, but such jokes are rarely made to the target's face, as they tend to be among the better duelists.
The leader of the Church's militant wing is also its representative on the council, and due to the lack of structure outside the militants, generally thought of as the leader (though she has no formal authority over priests outside the ranks). The current Grand Master is Leana a formidable veteran of the city's contribution to the Junnes war. In the aftermath of the Upheaval, she has been a major driver of watch efforts to keep the peace, deploying the majority of the militant wing to assist in keeping riots from bubbling over and maintaining order in the refugee camps.
A smaller, separate administration sees to the central purchasing and maintenance of the havens, frequently working in close concert with the churches of the Tender and Builder, both of which officially endorse them and provide extensive assistance.
The Builder church has a very simple mission, one that as far as its concerned has been constant since its creation - to maintain the walls and buildings of Acryn against disrepair, and to expand the city's infrastructure to meet its needs, whatever they may be. The entirety of its structure and teachings are devoted towards achieving this, and it's fairly up-front about the fact that all it wants from its worshippers is assistance, whether in the form of labour or donations. While this sounds rather one-way, the benefits the church provides to the city are undeniable, and while it is the least popular of the four, there are still plenty willing to drop a few Acra in the coffers, or roll up their sleeves and grab a hammer.
What exactly gets built is generally the main topic of internal debate - an official accord between the church and the monarchy demanded that the royalty of old's requests be fulfilled to the best of the church's abilities, but no such absolute requirement is placed upon the demands of the council (though the church is usually diplomatic enough to be cooperative). Since the Upheaval the focus has been almost exclusively on the production of housing, with the exception of those assisting the church of the tender in clearing the land around the city walls not needed for housing in preparation for seeding and cultivation. Now that the housing and food crises are more under control, the church's hierarchy has started debating once more what it can best do for the city. In the meantime, those whose interpretation counts the city's satellite towns and villages as part of it have begun touring around, working to help the residents make the best use of what land is available to them.
Each congregation of the church is lead by a priest called an Architect, generally responsible for coordinating the efforts and resources of their flock to their best effect, with several Architects often collaborating on a project (with its initiator generally taking the lead for its duration). Larger projects are handed down from a group of five High Architects, who identify and lead projects requiring contributions from hundreds (or even thousands). The church strives to ensure that four of the five High architects are involved in a project at any one time, with the fifth acting as their representative on the council. Depending on the church's activities this position can last for anywhere from a few weeks to six months, meaning that no one individual can truly be said to be in control of the church, something they view as a strength. The disadvantage of this is that the High Architects tend to be less practised politicians than most of the council, occasionally leaving them out of their depth in the machinations of the city's elite. However, aside from the occasional voice decrying the church's unwillingness to officially serve the council, the work of the Builder faith is nearly universally approved of, and exploiting or working against them is a risky move indeed in political circles.
Architects without a flock tend to either muck in on the works of other congregations, or devote their efforts to accumulating resources for the church through whatever means available, including, since the Upheaval, adventuring.
Most members of the church of the builder are those who feel they have something to offer it - it preaches little in the way of spiritual ideals, focusing near exclusively on tangible physical goals, providing little appeal for those who do not feel they can be part of it. Among those who do, however, there is a fairly even split between manual labourers (who the church endeavours to pay for their time), skilled crafters, and the wealthy who give mostly through donations, the bulk of whom are motivated by civic pride and a desire to do their part for the city.


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