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Day Macz - Irvin Macz Funeral Homes & Cremation Center, Centralia, Odin, Sandoval, Illinois, Patoka, IL. Funeral Home in Southern Illinois, serving South-Central Illinois.
Graveside Service 11:00 A.M. Monday, October 21, 2019 at Pratt Cemetery in rural Patoka, IL
John C. Murray, age 67, of Spring Valley passed away on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria surrounded by his loving family. He was born the son Clyde and Mildred (Belcher) Murray on January 16, 1952 in Marion County, IL.
Survivors to cherish memories of John are his aunts, Patty Bland, of Patoka, Frances Belcher, of Spring Valley; several cousins; extended family; and friends.
John is preceded death by his parents, Clyde and Mildred Murray.
John was a lifelong resident of Patoka, and graduated from Patoka High School. He went on to work at BCMW Workshop; and in his spare time, he enjoyed working on vehicles. His passion was truck and fast cars.
A celebration of life service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, October 21, 2019 at Pratt Cemetery in rural Patoka, IL with a family member Sharon Murray officiating. Memorials may be made in John's honor to the family's wishes. Online condolences and memories of John may be shared with the family by visiting www.maczfuneralhomes.com and/or on the funeral home's Facebook page.
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The California Dream Fund Grant Program (CDFG or Dream Fund) was created in 2021 by Senate Bill No. 151 (Government Code Section 12100.63) to provide microgrants up to $10,000 to seed entrepreneurship and small business creation in underserved small business groups that are facing capital and opportunity gaps.
The California Small Business Technical Assistance Expansion Program (SB TAEP) was created in 2018 to expand the services of federally awarded small business technical assistance programs that provide one-on-one, confidential, free, or low-cost consulting and training to small businesses and entrepreneurs in this state. SB TAEP was enacted in Government Code Section 12100-12100.69. The Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) within the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) is charged with administering and providing oversight for SB TAEP.
The Dream Fund provides approximately thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000) in one-time grant funding to eligible small businesses (start-ups) that have completed a training program through one of the 2021-22 SB TAEP awarded centers.
To qualify for a grant, applicants must have completed an in-depth training program with participating centers through the Technical Assistance Expansion Program (TAEP). When their training is complete, eligible participants will receive a Certificate of Completion and unique application code, which will be required to apply for a grant of up to $10,000 through Lendistry. Most of the eligible training programs in the TAEP network are currently full, and training is underway.
Grantees: Small Businesses and Nonprofits
A small business or small nonprofit must satisfy the following criteria to be eligible to receive a Dream Fund grant:
Must meet the definition of an eligible small business (see Definitions on pages 4-7);
Verified completion of a business training program and one-on-one consulting with an SB TAEP funded Center ("SB TAEP Center");
Have registered the business or obtained a business license in the State of California after July 1, 2019;
Have submitted required documentation to start the business in the State of California;
Have submitted a self-certification attesting to their eligibility for the Dream Fund grant;
Have obtained a certification from the SB TAEP Center that attests to their eligibility for and completion of required Dream Fund training; and
Have owner(s) that are domiciled in the State of California.
Definitions that pertain to this Program are provided below.
A. "Small business" for the Dream Fund Program means a business with 5 employees or less and $1 million or less in annual receipts.
B. "Small business technical assistance center" includes a federal small business technical assistance center or any established 501c(3) nonprofit community-based organization the mission of which includes economic empowerment of underserved microbusinesses or small businesses and entrepreneurs and that operates entrepreneurial or small business development programs which provide free or low-cost services to California's underserved businesses and entrepreneurs to enable their launch and sustained growth. For the purposes of this grant opportunity, a small business technical assistance center must be part of the 2021-22 SB TAEP network.
C. "Nonprofit" includes an established business that has registered or intends to register as a 501c(3), 501c(4), 501c(6), or 501c(19) nonprofit that certifies that it is a mission-driven social enterprise.
D. "Dream Fund Grant" means a seed fund grant of up to $10,000 distributed through the selected third-party administrator (i.e., the contractor) to eligible small business founders.
E. "Underserved small business groups" means businesses owned by women, minorities (people of color), veterans, individuals without documentation, individuals with limited English proficiency, and business owners located in low-wealth, disaster-impacted and rural communities. The majority (at least 51%) of the business must be owned and run on a daily basis by individual(s) in said group(s).
F. "Minority/Person of Color-owned small business" means the following racial or ethnic groups: African American/Black, Asian, Native American or Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; or LatinX/Hispanic.
G. "Veteran" means an individual who served on active duty with the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard for any length of time and didn't receive dishonorable discharge or served as a Reservist of member of the National Guard and were called to federal activity duty or disabled from a disease or injury that started or got worse in the line of duty or while in training status.
H. "Veteran-owned Small Business" means a small business that is 51% or more owned and controlled by an individual or individuals in one or more of the following groups: Veterans (other than dishonorably discharged); Service-Disable Veterans; Active Duty Military service member participating in the military's Transition Assistance Program (TAP); Reservists and National Guard members; or Current spouse of any Veteran, Active Duty service member, or any Reservist or National Guard member; or widowed spouse of a service member who died while in service or of a service-connected disability.
I. "Low wealth areas" means a city and/or county within California with a poverty rate of at least 150% of the California statewide poverty rate per the most recently updated data available from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates thirty days prior to the first day of the applicable application period.
J. "Rural communities" means all territory, populations, and housing units that are located outside of urban areas (50,000 or more people) and urban clusters (at least 2,500 and less than 50,000 people). Urban areas and clusters are determined by population density and size available per the most recently updated data available from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates thirty days prior to the first day of the applicable application period.
K. "Disaster-impacted" means all territories included in a state or federal emergency declaration or proclamation.
L. "New Business Start" means a new business entity established following substantive counseling at a SB TAEP Center. This is established by the following verified conditions:
the client completed the Dream Fund participant training program;
the client obtains the necessary licenses and permits to operate their business with help from the SB TAEP Center;
the client has established a physical location for their business; and
at least one of the following qualifying events:
the client has made a first sale
the client hired at least 1 employee
the client created a business banking relationship
the client has spent money on business expenses (this may include legal and accounting fees); and/or
the client obtained third-party or owner capital for the business.
Ineligible Businesses
The following businesses are not eligible for a grant award under the California Dream Fund:
Businesses that registered prior to July 1, 2019;
Businesses without a physical location in California;
Nonprofit businesses not registered as either a 501(c)(3), 501(c)(6) or 501(c)(19);
Government entities (other than Native American tribes) or elected official offices;
Businesses primarily engaged in political or lobbying activities (regardless of whether such entities qualify as a 501(c)(3), 501(c)(6) or 501(c)(19));
Passive businesses, investment companies and investors who file a Schedule E on their personal tax returns;
Churches and other religious institutions (regardless of whether such entities qualify as a 501(c)(3), 501(c)(6) or 501(c)(19)) , other than a school, child care, or other educational business affiliated where (i) greater than 50% of the gross annual revenue is derived from the school, child care facility or educational business and (ii) the grant will be used only for eligible costs and expenses directly related to the school, child care, or other educational business, and no portion of the grant will be used for any normal profit or overhead of the church or other religious institution;
Financial businesses primarily engaged in the business of lending, such as banks, finance companies and factoring companies;
Businesses engaged in any activity that is illegal under federal, state or local law; and
Businesses of a prurient or sexual nature.
Grants to Eligible Small Businesses
(based on business industry, which may be amended at CalOSBA' s discretion)
This program will rely on the small business's NAICS code (as reported on the small business's most recent tax return if available, or the small business's attestation to eligibility from the SB TAEP) to validate business type.
Business Type for $5,000 Grants
E-Commerce/Marketplace
Childcare—Operating In-Home
Small Lab/Makers Space
Service/Professional/Cottage Industry
Brick-and-mortar business (operating under a sub-lease and not primary occupant, co-working space, etc.)
Construction Trade (unlicensed non-general contractor and other subcontractors without license)
Transportation (semitruck, towing truck, freight site dispatching, broker, etc.)
Business Type for $10,000 Grants
Childcare—Operating in a Commercial Space
Brick-and-mortar business (must have a fully executed master lease, sub-lease for which business is primary occupant, or letter of intent in a commercial space. Must be operating a storefront, commercial space, etc.)
Green Technology/Infrastructure business creating a scalable technology-based company where funds will be utilized for IP, prototype development, or to create a proof of concept through R&D
Manufacturing business (must have fully executed lease in commercial space)
Professional (non-consulting)/Scientific/Technical business creating a scalable technology company where funds will be utilized for IP, prototype development, or to create a proof of concept through R&D
Construction Trades (general contractor, major subcontractor, or other construction trade (e.g., plumbing, electrical, etc.) operating under a valid applicable license
Agriculture, Wildlife Mitigation/Forestry (either a procurement or other contracting business operating under a state or federal certification from a relevant government body (e.g., U.S. Forestry Service, CalOES, USDA, etc.) or other farming business)
Eligible Uses of Funds
A business owner who is a recipient of a grant pursuant to statute is required to self-certify that grant funds will be used for one or more of the following eligible uses:
Employee expenses including payroll costs, health care benefits, paid sick, medical, or family leave, and insurance premiums;
Costs associated with certifying and establishing the business with the State of California including all necessary permits and licenses;
Working capital and overhead, including rent, utilities, mortgage principal and interest payments (excluding mortgage prepayments), and debt obligations (including principal and interest) incurred after July 1, 2019 (i.e., in order to be an eligible debt obligation, the loan agreement, promissory note, etc., as applicable, must have been entered into after July 1, 2019);
Application for, or renewal of, a local permit including, but not limited to, a permit to operate as a sidewalk vendor;
Investment in inventory; or
Fees related to business operations and business formation not included in ineligible costs.
Ineligible Uses of Funds
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Human resource expenses for the State share of Medicaid;
Employee bonuses or severance pay;
Taxes;
Legal settlements;
Personal expenses or other expenses unrelated to the business;
Expenses for repairs from damages already covered by insurance; and
Reimbursement to donors for donated items or services.
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MainAll NewsInside IsraelBarak: Sa'ar's move is a blow to Netanyahu
Barak: Sa'ar's move is a blow to Netanyahu
Former PM calls for all the parties who oppose Netanyahu to unite in order to defeat him in the election.
Tags: Ehud Barak Binyamin Netanyahu Gideon Sa'ar
Elad Benari, Canada , Dec 18 , 2020 8:41 PM
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Friday called on all parties that oppose being part of a coalition with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to unite in order to defeat him in the next election.
Speaking with Channel 12 News, Barak also commented on Gideon Sa'ar's move to quit the Likud and establish a new party, noting that this is an important development.
"This is a blow to Netanyahu. For the first time, someone from the Likud stands up and dismantles the monolithic support for him. He says what everyone has been saying for a year, that this is a failure in management and leadership, that this is a person who just wants to evade trial, that this is a Likud that no one knew," said Barak.
"This is a good development that brings the end of Netanyahu's term closer, but at the same time Sa'ar is not the dream of most of the country. He has extreme right-wing positions, and most of the public is not there. Netanyahu's time has passed and he needs to vacate his seat so as not to get the country into more trouble. We need a government that is not headed by a person accused of bribery," he continued.
Barak called on the bloc that is against Netanyahu to unite and overcome their disagreements for the purpose of the common goal.
"I call for real unification on the other side of the map - from Liberman through Gantz, through Yair Lapid, through Yair Golan and Horowitz, we need one arc that will do well if it unites before the election. Israel needs a restart of young people, women, the energies of the protests are an excellent backbone," said the former Prime Minister.
The Likud said in response, "While Prime Minister Netanyahu is bringing millions of vaccines and historic peace agreements for the benefit of all Israeli citizens, it would be better if Ehud Barak does not interfere and certainly does not preach morality to us."
(Arutz Sheva's North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)


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11 Best Games Like Ashes Of The Singularity for Android & iOS
Ashes Of The Singularity is a real-time strategy game that has long been loved by players around the world.
This game really deserves the attention of all PC users because of its large-scale battles and other advantages. But some users prefer mobile platforms, so there is a need to create similar games for this audience.
We decided to save your time and created for you a selection of the best games like Ashes of the Singularity for Android & iOS. They are excellent representatives of the genre on mobile devices.
For all of the fans of the real-time strategy, we recommend going through this review of the best MOBA games for Android & iOS and trying the greatest one.
War and Order
War and Order is an epic military strategy with massive battles for world domination. Assemble a powerful army and take part in a war for supremacy.
Orcs, wizards, elves, fire-breathing dragons, horsemen, and other heroes are already engaged in battle. This is a multiplayer strategy where you have to stand up for the kingdom and take over new lands.
Develop your own empire, increase the number and power of the army. Fight solo or get allies and fight shoulder to shoulder. Seize enemy strongholds, destroy orcs in your path and seize rich lands. Fantastic heroes and residents of the empire are ready to follow their commander.
Upgrade your army and heroes. Seize resources and gold and unlock new lands. Become the strongest king in the land and make history. It's time to show who the true ruler of the world is.
This is an excellent smartphone game with pleasant graphics, dozens of mythical characters, and epic battles. Huge locations await you. You can attack other players, loot them, capturing gold and other resources. Expand and fortify your castle.
In this curious RTS, the action takes place in a fantasy world with a lot of amazing mythical creatures. A war has broken out between all the factions, take part in it and emerge victoriously.
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Battle of Polytopia
Battle Of Polytopia is a strategy game in which you must control an entire tribe. Choose from over a dozen tribes and start a new life.
Build relationships with other tribes, explore the game world, and defend your territory. At the beginning of the game, you need to choose an empire to rule.
Choose from over ten available and fictional civilizations: Samurai, Aztec, Viking, Roman, and many more. Once you start the game, you will have a small pixel location at your disposal, on which there are several capital cities.
In these locations, you can train different types of troops. Each type is good in its own way and is created exclusively for different tasks. For example, a horseman is suitable for quick scouting, a defender for guarding possessions, and a knight is a balanced unit.
Explore the world, gain experience points and kill enemy civilizations. For successful actions, you will receive experience as well as stars. They allow you to train different kinds of troops.
Play in single-player mode or choose specific civilizations and fight with other users online. Build your own empire in a short time and experience the role of a real leader.
Vainglory is a cool strategy game done in MOBA style. Several characters with special abilities are waiting for you here.
The goal is to attack enemy bases, where you have to come out the winner. This is an online multiplayer arena, choose your main character and start fighting right now.
Make alliances, cooperate with friends and together achieve victory in powerful battles. The main task is to sneak into the enemy's base and destroy the crystal.
However, this is a standard goal in any MOBA game, where you must seize and destroy a guarded tower in the opposing team's territory. You can upgrade your chosen characters and enhance their abilities.
Before the battle, think through the tactics of attack, because the battles are really fast and fierce. You will have no time to think and no right to make a mistake.
World at War is a first-rate strategy game where you will be the commander-in-chief of one of the three powers of World War II.
Your main task is to fight off the constant attacks of the enemy, as well as to capture territories.
To start the game you need to decide what nation you will be fighting for, and then proceed to the development of the military base. The gameplay of the World at War game is a classic of the genre.
Create production buildings on your territory, huge farms that will bring food for the soldiers. Build cement and steel factories and other structures. Once you have the resources, you should upgrade your headquarters. They will give you access to new technology and powerful buildings.
Level up and distribute the points you've accumulated by skill. Produce a countless number of combat vehicles. Capture a nuclear facility to show who's really the leader of the world. Complete tasks for which you'll receive extra experience and resources that are never in short supply.
Get the right amount of points, distribute them competently by skills. Improve the performance of buildings, pump up the storehouse of resources, develop your army.
Save the world by choosing the right time to retreat and attack, choose the time to make peace, and start a war. Become a part of history.
Clash Royale is a strategy game in which you build your own castle and attack and destroy enemy fortresses. Assemble a deck of cards and go to war.
Synchronized multiplayer picks up opponents in real-time. Clash Royale offers to take part in online duels.
Here you will meet familiar characters from the beloved game Clash of Clans, such as barbarians, archers, giants, goblins, and others. The strategy gameplay is really straightforward and clear from the first game.
You will have three towers: two on the sides and one central, the task is not to let the enemy destroy them. You must also send your troops to defeat the enemy fortress. Each battle lasts about three minutes, on rare occasions, you will be given extra time.
This is a multiplayer game with real opponents with dueling maps. At the beginning of the game, your army is very sparse, but with it, you will have to defeat the enemy to gradually unlock new cards and improve the characteristics of your army.
Badland Brawl is a popular multiplayer hardcore strategy game. you will have to destroy the enemy tower. You will fight with real players, for victories – you get trophies.
This is a fun toy based on the world of Badland with fun characters. The explosive strategy will take players to the world of Badland, where you will fight opponents from all over the world.
Enjoy the action taking place in the game. Take control of the tower and defend against enemy attacks. Go to the enemy tower, create as many clones as possible and start the battle. Develop your own tactics. Take part in duels and invite your friends.
You can become the founder of your own tribe. You can also join an existing one and invite other players. Military craft is a treasure trove of knowledge, score points, earn trophies, hone your skills and win spectacularly.
You'll also be able to watch other players fight, thanks to the built-in BadTube player. Dive right now into the world of war and emerge as the hero. Immerse yourself in epic action with crazy adventures and unrealistically cool characters. The controls are not difficult.
Badland Brawl is ready to give you emotions and an incredible amount of experience. Hurry up to take part in this madness, gather your company, travel to locations. Fight for the legendary rewards.
Be sure to think through tactics and try to outwit the enemy. The whole gameplay is based on the action of physical laws. Your opponent's towers must be crushed.
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Gods Of Arena
Gods of Arena is a multiplayer strategy game in the gladiatorial combat genre. Get a personal army of fighters and win many battles, going through enemies with the support of allies.
In the main plot, the player is Cornelius, the owner of an abandoned gladiatorial house. Previously this institution gathered crowds of plebeians.
Then the Emperor of Great Rome himself regularly visited the stands of the famous stadium. Now the hero will have to revive the former glory of the place. The path to revival will be thorny and difficult.
The player must train gladiators, earn virtual currency in battles. Then, form a powerful detachment and resist the emperor himself, who wishes to seize the territory for state purposes. The game is designed for a wide audience of players.
Developed lightweight versions adapted for older or weaker models of phones. This strategy develops analytical, economic, tactical skills. Gods of Arena captures and keeps you in suspense. Each level opens a new page of history.
Mushroom Wars 2 is a strategy game in which the player needs to control mushrooms. Fight with other characters, capture their territories, increase the number of his troops.
In the game, there are many options for the development of events. Here it is possible to constantly develop your army, consisting of mushrooms. In the opening movie, you will learn the prehistory of the game world.
The planet survived the apocalypse. After the tragic events, almost nothing was left on Earth. After a few years, plants, small organisms began to appear. Then, mushrooms appeared. They quickly assimilated and began to increase their numbers.
When they became numerous, the mushrooms began to unite in communities and feud with other settlements. The main task of the player is to manage the squad mushrooms, open new territories, maximize the number of settlements, to conquer new homes.
Once on location, the forest will appear. Initially, the characters live in small houses. On the opposite side should be enemies. In the middle are neutral buildings. It is necessary to send your units to unoccupied houses to capture them.
The main task in all battles is to gradually repopulate the empty houses, while at the same time killing the enemies. Attacking the structures of the opponent, a battle will take place. The side that has more units will win.
Simply put, in the game, everything is decided by the number of soldiers, their quality has no effect on the outcome of the battle. On the locations are protective structures that destroy the warriors. There are also blacksmiths, towers, watchtowers, and extra buildings.
By capturing them, they will increase the characteristics of the troops. In the future, it will be possible to get unique fighters with passive skills. During the battle, it is necessary to regularly improve the captured houses.
They will allow increasing the largest number of fighters and the speed of their creation. For winning battles the player receives chests. They are opened instantly with crystals or after some time, but for free.
Forge of Empires is a strategy to lead and develop a small settlement into a major capital city. The online strategy begins in the distant Stone Age.
There you will build primitive huts, try to explore the world around you, and establish trade in the settlement. After successfully managing several cities you will be able to lead an empire.
The game invites you to act as a leader, commander, city planner, economist and develop your empire, passing from era to era. Immerse yourself in the action of the game over 6,000 years B.C.
The main task of each player as a great leader is to build a powerful superpower and pass all the key eras. Battles with other players are waiting for you. There you can show your talent as a military leader and crush your opponents, thus ensuring a bright future for your empire.
Lead your city, research technology, expand your land borders, and conduct internal and external trade. The controls here are multi-component, as the game has extensive functionality. A step-by-step strategy with excellent detail looks really a masterpiece.
This is a simulation of human development, where you have to develop economically and technically. Start now, because you have a long way to go from the most primitive settlements to the megacities of the future.
Zombie Siege
Events in the game Zombie Siege take place in the year 2048. A new unknown virus has broken free and is close to enslaving all of humanity.
People begin to mutate and turn into real monsters that have a completely darkened mind. The world begins to gradually descend into darkness and chaos. The world as we knew it is close to extinction.
You are humanity's last hope with the ability to build a real military base and shelter any number of survivors. You have a tremendous amount of combat options in front of you to fight the world epidemic that has nearly wiped out all of humanity.
Build a powerful military garrison and defend against the hordes of infected. They are trying their best to turn this world into an eternal apocalypse. The wandering dead walk through towns and cities, destroying the entire infrastructure.
With each passing day, the hope of getting a vaccine and saving the rest of the healthy population becomes more pointless and impossible. Install defensive structures and powerful weapons at your base, use all man-made advances to fight the virus.
At the beginning of the game, you will be familiarized with the plot and introduced. You will have to command a large number of troops and build your safe garrison from the ground up. Extract resources to ensure the base's chances of survival.
Improve the main building, train troops in barracks, and complete various quests and interesting tasks. You'll get extra resources and currency for completing quests. They will greatly help in advancing the development of the base and changing the world for the better.
Be prepared for war with the infected, lead your mighty army into epic battles and immerse yourself in survival in a post-apocalyptic world.
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Rebel Inc.
Rebel Inc. is a fascinating simulation about politics and war, where war is not the most important action.
To stabilize the state after the war and to restore the balance between divergent military and civilian interests, you must make wise policy.
When you start the game, three buttons appear in the window: play, how to play, and progress. After clicking on the first button, the user is prompted to select the difficulty level of the game.
The easy level is suitable for beginners or for a quick game. At this level of difficulty, the locals are eager to contact the hero, the actions of the rebels are disorderly. The medium level is for those who have experience with rebels.
At this level the locals are reluctant to contact, there are more opportunities for corruption and the rebels have a fighting spirit. The hard level is for the most experienced. Here the locals refuse to cooperate, the corruption is unbeatable and the insurgents are backed by powerful sponsors.
After selecting the level of difficulty you need to select the operation, you can generate its name or write your own. After this, the game begins, where an information message introduces the user to the situation.
In front of the player a map from the height of the plane, on the map, there are rivers, mountains, different structures, and other objects. The graphics are detailed and very high quality. The player chooses a place for the headquarters in a building or settlement.
After this, at the bottom appears an information panel with information about the settlement. For example, the number of people, the situation, and other data. The green color shows the territory of influence, various areas have different trust of people, corruption, and inflation.
The further away from the headquarters, the worse the situation is. Information about each area can be viewed in detail. The information panel shows the task for that district, the governor, the annual budget, the level of corruption, and inflation.
It is also possible to look at statistics for different segments of the population. For example, civic, government, military initiatives, and others. All of them have a badge, and it is possible to buy other initiatives like intelligence to expand influence.
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Established in 1991 | Area: 1.25 acres Diamond Cay, declared a national park in 1991, is located off Long Bay, Jost Van Dyke. Like most other islands that have been declared National Parks, Diamond Cay is a bird sanctuary. The 1.25 acre nesting site is home to several species of bird, including tern, boobies, and pelicans. The island is part of a proposed protected area, which includes the privately owned islands of Sandy Cay, Sandy Spit, a portion of Little Jost Van Dyke, and the surrounding marine area. The endangered leatherback turtle nests on Sandy Cay. Two species of lizard live on Sandy Spit. The volcanic nature of the island is more pronounced on the windward side, with bare, rocky cliffs, while the leeward side is lined with sandy beaches. The area has several day anchorages close to vibrant reefs, for snorkelling, and a hiking trail on Sandy Cay. Boaters should be cautious and conscientious about anchoring in sand only to avoid damaging the reefs.


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Q: How to insert Bootstrap 4 menu in WordPress? I'm trying to setup a Bootstrap 4 navbar menu but I can't get it to work the way I wanted.
The new Bootstrap 4 navbar menu code looks like this.

  <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarNavAltMarkup" aria-controls="navbarNavAltMarkup" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">

  </button>

    Home (current)
    Our Company
    Products

    email@companyname.com
    +1-234-567-8910

Note, the nav-items are enclosed by a div with a class of navbar-nav which is also enclosed with a parent div with class of collapse navbar-collapse. It's outermost parent div is nav with a class of navbar.
The WordPress way of displaying the menu on the other hand looks like this.

      Home

      Our Company

      Our Products

WordPress does the menu using ul and li. Whereas Bootstrap does it via divs and anchor tags.
My WordPress way of coding the menu looks like this below:
<?php
  wp_nav_menu([
    'theme_location'  => 'primary',
    'container'       => 'div',
    'container_id'    => '',
    'container_class' => 'collapse navbar-collapse',
    'menu_class'      => 'navbar-nav mr-auto',
  ]);
?>

Now, when the menu gets generated, it looked like this on the site.

      Home

If that is how WordPress does it, then at least I wanted to be able to add a class .navbar-nav to the ul, .nav-item to the li tag, .nav-link to the anchor tag.
That way, it would look like this

    Menu 1

    Menu 2

A: You can integrate bootstrap navbar with wordpress by using wp bootstrap navwalker class. You can find the class from google search.

A: Sarwar Alam's suggestion worked for me!
I will put the detailed answer to my question here just in case others will experience the same scenario as mine.
1 Upvote for Sarwar's answer though.
As per his suggestion, I searched google and found the answer from this link:
https://techsolutionshere.com/implementing-bootstrap-navwalker-in-wordpress/

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*I downloaded the class-wp-bootstrap-navwalker.php file from the GitHub link provided.

*Placed the file in my theme's root directory.

*I added the code below inside my functions.php file.
if ( ! file_exists( get_template_directory() . '/class-wp-bootstrap-navwalker.php' ) ) {
    // file does not exist... return an error.
    return new WP_Error( 'class-wp-bootstrap-navwalker-missing', __( 'It appears the class-wp-bootstrap-navwalker.php file may be missing.', 'wp-bootstrap-navwalker' ) );
} else {
    // file exists... require it.
    require_once get_template_directory() . '/class-wp-bootstrap-navwalker.php';
}

*Made sure that the nav_menus is registered (in functions.php file).

*Then inserted the wp_nav_menu code into the area where I wanted to put my navbar menu on the site.
wp_nav_menu( array(
    'theme_location'  => 'primary',
    'depth'           => 2, // 1 = no dropdowns, 2 = with dropdowns.
    'container'       => 'div',
    'container_class' => 'collapse navbar-collapse',
    'container_id'    => 'bs-example-navbar-collapse-1',
    'menu_class'      => 'navbar-nav mr-auto',
    'fallback_cb'     => 'WP_Bootstrap_Navwalker::fallback',
    'walker'          => new WP_Bootstrap_Navwalker(),
) );

*Went to Appearance >> Menus and then checked the Display Location I want under Menu Settings.

Viola! Now my Bootstrap 4 navbar menu is working the WordPress way!

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Thursday ,11 April 2019
| Archbishop of Jerusalem presides over the Holy Mass in the Church of Jerusalem Association | Bishop of Qena ordains dozens of deacons | The Coptic Monuments under the Islamic Civilization in a Conference at Fayoum University | The Church of Tanta celebrates the Palm Sunday bombings anniversary | Bishop Bernaba meets with Bishop of Frascati in Italy | President Trump thanks al-Sisi for his efforts in supporting religious tolerance and freedom of worship | St. George in Dishna holds Seminar on the Constitutional Amendments | Pope Tawadros delivers his weekly sermon at St. Mark Cathedral | The construction of the first phase of St. George s Church in Luxor completed
Christine Anton
Bishop of Qena ordains dozens of deacons
His Grace Bishop Sharaubim of Qena ordained dozens of deacons at the basic rank of Ebsaluts (translated chanter) at the church of St. Demiana in Qena. This came during celebrating the Holy Mass at the church after he had ordained a number of deacons at St. Mary church in Taramsa village last week.
St. George in Dishna holds Seminar on the Constitutional Amendments
St. George in Dishna held a Seminar on the Constitutional Amendments and its importance in the presence of Dr. Khaled Flip, Secretary of citizenship in the province, and a number of senior officials and clergy. The seminar assured the importance of participation in the referendum.
Wednesday ,10 April 2019
Bishop Bernaba meets with Bishop of Frascati in Italy
His Holiness Bishop Barnabas of Turin and Rome met with Catholic Bishop of Frascati in Italy. After the meeting, he attended the Holy Liturgy at the Church of the Archangel Michael in Frascati 30 km south-west of Rome.
The construction of the first phase of St. George s Church in Luxor completed
His Grace Bishop Joaquim of Isna and Armant presided over the Holy Mass of the Feast of the Good Annunciation at st. George Church in West Luxor. The construction of the first phase of the Church was completed after the permits were issued by the governor of Luxor.
Tuesday ,09 April 2019
Friday ,05 April 2019
Qus bishopric celebrates the return of Bishop Bemen
Qus bishopric held a celebration after the return of Bishop Bemen of Qus and Naqada who returned from a two months medical journey. The congregation attended the celebration and congratulated the bishop on his recovery.
Bishop of Tima celebrate Mother's Day with 5000 mother
Bishop Isaac of Tima celebrated Mother's Day yesterday with 5000 mother of the diocese at the monastery of St. Yassa Michael. During the celebration, 5 new nuns were ordained for the ministry in the diocese. He distributed souvenirs to 5000 ladies who attended the cleebration.
Friday ,22 March 2019
Tuesday ,19 March 2019
Bishop Markos inspects a number of churches with Bishops Paisle and Gregory
His Grace Bishop Markos of Shubra Al-Khaymah inspected today a number of churches in the diocese accompanied by Bishops Paisle and Gregory, the general Bishops in South America. They visited St. Mary Church in Mostorord and St. George Church in Qalioub. The visit was recorded and covered by a number of Coptic Channels.
Coptic Bishop of Rome visits Genoa
HG Bishop Bernaba Bishop of Turin and Rome visited the Church of St. Anthony in Genoa, 500 km northwest of the city of Rome, in a pastoral care visit. Bishop Bernaba celebrated the holy mass with the congregation of the church in the presence of Father Nicolaus of St. Anthony monastery.
Wednesday ,06 March 2019
Wednesday ,27 February 2019
Spiritual Renaissance Celebrating the Feast of Pope Kyrillos in Qena
Under the patronage of His Holiness Bishop Sharobim of Qena, the Diocese is organizing a spiritual renaissance to celebrate the Feast of Pope Kyrillos IV. The spiritual program includes daily masses and spiritual gatherings lasting for one week.
Tima diocese to hold first year anniversary of the late Bishop Fam
Tima diocese announced to hold the first year anniversary of the late Bishop Fam on February 23 at the Cathedral of St. Fam, and on Gebruary 25th at the monastery of St. Yassa Michael. The shrine of the late Bishop will be opened after renovation and development on Sunday evening.
Thursday ,14 February 2019
Bishop Takla inaugurates the holy vessels of Archangel Michael Church
His Grace Bishop Takla of Dishna inaugurated today the vessels of the church of Archangel Michael in Abu Manaa, Dishna. The holy mass was attended by a number of clergy and the congregation of the church.
Bishop Tadros ordains dozens of deacons in Port Said
His Grace Bishop Tadros of Port Said, ordained dozens of deacons at the Cathedral of St. Mary and Archangel Michael in Port Said. The new deacons were ordained at the basic rank of Ebsaltus which is translated chanter.
Tuesday ,12 February 2019
Bishop Bakhoum of Suhag visits Rome
His Grace Bishop Barnabas of Rome and Turin, held the Holy Mass in Italy in the presence of Bishop Bakhoum of Suhag who is currently visiting Rome in a pastoral care visit. Later, the two bishops held a meeting with the congregation of the church of St. Mina and St. Cyril in Rome.
Tima Churches organize Carnival of the Seven Sacraments
Church of St. Philopatir and St. Mina in Tima organized a Carnival of the Seven Sacraments for the children. The shows and workshops introduced the idea of the Sacraments in the Coptic Orthodox Churches.
Friday ,08 February 2019
Bishop Makar travels to Canada in a pastoral care visit
His Grace Bishop Makar of Sharqia and 10th of Ramadan City traveled to Canada in a pastoral care visit. Pope Tawadros II had assigned Bishop Makar to supervise a number of churches in Canada.
Feast of St. Abe-Fam celebrated in Tima
Feast of the Martyr Abu Fam was celebrated by the congregation and clergy in his church in Tima. St. Abe-Fam, the Soldier, was martyred (Bifam or Phoebammon). He was born in Oseem (Awsim) to a wealthy father whose name was Anastasius, and a righteous mother whose name was Susanna. They brought him up in the Christian faith. He grew up in the fear of God, merciful to the poor, and steadfast in prayer and fasting. His parents wanted him to get married, but he declined. When Emperor Diocletian reigned and knew that this saint did not raise incense to the gods, the Emperor sent to the governor Arianus to torture St. Abe-Fam if he did not offer incense to the idols. Arianus went to Oseem and when he saw the saint he said, "Peace be with you," and the saint replied, "Why do you speak the word of peace? Did you not know that peace is only for the righteous?" and "there is no peace for the wicked, says the Lord." (Isaiah 48:22) The Governor became extremely angry and took the Saint to Qaw where he tortured him severely, then beheaded him. The Saint received the crown of martyrdom. God honored this saint by performing many miracles through his body.
Monday ,04 February 2019
Bishop of Port Said inaugurates the vessels of the altar at the Cathedral
His Grace Bishop Tadeurs of Port Said inaugurated the holy vessels of the alter of the Cathedral of St. Mary and Archangel Michael. The celebration was attended by the clergy and congregation of the Cathedral.
Bishop of Los Angeles meets with the youth of the Diocese of Rome
HG Bishop Cyril, General Bishop of Los Angeles in America, celebrated the Liturgy of the Divine Mass at the Church of the Great Martyr St. George in Rome, Italy. After the Holy Mass, HG met with the youth of the Church and gave a spiritual lecture after the Divine Liturgy and then met with the congregation of the Church.
Wednesday ,30 January 2019
Tuesday ,29 January 2019
Bishop of Port Said Concludes His Pastoral Visit to Australia
Metropolitan Tadeurs, Archbishop of Port Said, concluded his pastoral care visit to Australia by celebrating the holy mass at the church of St. Mark in Arncliffe. Later the bishop headed to the airport to depart to Cairo and return to his diocese.
Bishop of Port Said visits St. Mary and St. Pachomius Church in Sydney
His Eminence Bishop Tadeurs, Bishop of Port Said, visited the Church of St. Mary and St. Pachomius in Sydney, as part of his pastoral care visit to Australia. He celebrated the holy mass at the church and was welcomed by its congregation and clergy.
Monday ,28 January 2019
Bishop of Tima visits the church of Nag Attia Moussa for the first time
Bishop Isaac of Tima celebrated today his first holy mass at the church of St. Mary in Nag Attia Moussa. This came during the very first pastoral care visit of the Bishop to the church.
Reaching forward to things ahead
Growth is a characteristic of spiritual life in order to reach the main goal in our life, which is the eternal life. Thus, His Eminence Bishop Benjamin of Monofia, in his article 'The Life of Growth' explained that growth is a characteristic of life in general and spiritual life in particular. Man tries to overcome all what disrupts him according to the saying of St. Paul the Apostle: forgetting those things whic


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Benny Suggs received an extra-special, extra-large early Christmas present Wednesday as part of the United Way of Coastal Carolina car giveaway at the Toyota of New Bern showroom � a 2014 Corolla.
The giveaway is an annual fundraising campaign for the local United Way. To participate, contestants had to donate more than $100 to UWCC. Ten finalists were chosen over a 10-week period. There were more than 600 initial entries, and each week a drawing was held to narrow down the field of contestants.
Each of the 10 finalists drew a key and then tried it in the Corolla; Suggs was the fourth to take his turn.
Suggs said he gives to United Way every year and that he had increased his donation this year.
This is the fourth time that Toyota of New Bern has partnered with United Way and sponsored the car giveaway, according to Sandra Phelps, the executive director for UWCC.
The UWCC has been doing the car giveaways on and off since 2005, according to Phelps. The Corolla won by Suggs is valued around $18,000.
United Way of Coastal Carolina raises funds through company employee campaigns and through special events. They provide funding for programs in Carteret, Craven, Jones and Pamlico counties.


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Lemax Spooky Town
Sold exclusively by Michael's crafts, the Spooky Town miniature Halloween village has been expanding for at least fifteen years now, yet it's not a product line I've really given a spotlight before. Its focus is usually on fairly standard Halloween imagery; pumpkins, skeletons and trick-or-treaters, designed to look tasteful enough for a generally older crowd of hobbyists. For what it is, though, a fair bit of imagination goes into the series, and over the years, it's steadily built up a decent selection of things I can offer substantial opinions on, so considering this is their fifteenth anniversary, we may as well discuss some of its more interesting and unusual additions.
Spooktacular Boo-Quets
This was one of the first Spookytown buildings to ever really catch my eye, though at fifty bucks and up, none of the line's larger additions ever felt like they were really within my budget for what they were. Still, this Little Shop of Horrors homage was one of those rare pieces to deviate from the core Halloween monsters with the addition of your classic pod-faced carnivorous plants. The vegetation sprouting from human skulls is also interesting, because it doesn't look just like the skulls are being used as flowerpots. I can't help getting more of an impression that the killer plants germinate in skulls as part of their natural life cycle.
Bloody Acres
A really cute concept with even cuter execution, Bloody Acres is like a gated community for vampires, so the "units" are just glorified coffins stylized like tiny houses. I think having windows is a bit of a code violation for something a vampire is supposed to be sleeping in, but where else are they going to keep their little window boxes full of dead, rotten flowers? Also delightful are the bottles of fresh blood apparently just delivered by the local bloodman, and the "bird bath" filled with blood for vampire bats to wallow in. I also have to appreciate how it covers the major bases of vampire archetypes; you've got a Bela Lugosi vampire, a black-gowned vampiress, and a monstrous, corpsen ghoul mid-way between humanoid and bat, its tattered brown "robes" actually fleshy wings!
Mt. Gloom Observatory
I might have mentioned this in last year's review of Michael's products; it's a fairly new one, and it's prominently featured in the video I linked above. The gigantic skull with an eyeball telescope is such a great looking image, exactly what any self-respecting supervillain, evil scientist, or skeleton astronomer should want for a lair, though apparently it's inhabited by a grim reaper, perhaps even the grim reaper, unless that's just how a skeleton astronomer likes to dress.
Backlit Tombstones
The smaller figurines and accessories are often the best part of Spooky Town, not the least because they're more affordable. This is one of those items that also feels like a slightly different artistic style from the rest; the neon, menacing pumpkin and reaper have a more modern Halloween touch, and probably look awesome lit up on display.
Horror Hill Vampire Bat Aviary
Are these "vampire bats" as in animals, or "vampire bats" as in transformed vampires? It seems a little cruel for vampires to be keeping their own kind locked up like an attraction at the zoo, but maybe it's just advertised that way so tasty humans will be gullible enough to waltz right in. All those bottles of blood have to come from somewhere.
This is another one with a less human-like vampire on display; the bald, red-eyed guy with wing membranes is quite cool. One point of contention, though: this would technically be a chiroptiary, not an aviary.
Lil' Witches and Warlocks Nightcare
It's nice how many different running themes this line has at once. You could build a whole wild village of witches, vampires, skeletons and mummies, sure, but there are also more than enough items to specialize on a single subject. You can do a town of just vampires, or just skeletons, or just witches fairly easily and still have an impressive display, maybe even one that tells its own unique story. Here, we have the equivalent of a daycare exclusively for dark magic-users, with an assortment of little blasphemers playing on what are ostensibly rides in the shape of giant toads and snails, but I think we can all agree they're better interpreted as totally real and alive.
Killer Clown Trailer
I actually did review this once before. I made some sort of cheap joke about Insane Clown Posse, but years later, that still feels sadly relevant. The "evil clown" side of Spooky Town is by far its sketchiest; just look at the boarded-up windows on this rusty heap, the broken-down clown car, the barbed wire, the freshly dug grave in the back...and then there's that clown hand beckoning us inside, with promises of "KANDY." Yeah, they totally don't have a refrigerator full of dead babies. No way.
Boo-Y
Spooky Town even has a fair share of nautical items, including ghostly pirate ships, haunted islands and decrepit house boats, but I'm more drawn to this absurd buoy prison, and the fact that there appear to be skull barnacles growing on it. One of them is even larger than an actual human head. Damn those are cool.
Gurgle's Roach Coach
Great, more murder clowns. Or at least very unsanitary food service clowns. "Gurgle" appears to be serving up an actual, literal roach, as well as offering "grub(s)" and "meat shakes," which is hilarious. The "I BRAKE FOR CLOWNS" sign is particularly funny, since it implies either that it's normal for people to just run clowns over in the middle of the road, or that Gurgle does not brake for non-clown pedestrians.
Probably the single most interesting thing here, though, is the truck itself, since that appears to be a fairly real tongue it's licking its chops with.
Terror on the Nile
There aren't a great deal of Lemax items with non-humanoid monsters, so even something as simple as a giant snake feels pretty special, and it's a giant snake engaged in thrilling combat with a bunch of mummies! The only item really matching this one is a haunted pyramid, which is cool, though together, they feel kind of separate to the rest of Spooky Town, unless Dracula used his vampire magic to transport a chunk of ancient Egypt halfway across the world like he seems to have done in all the Castlevania games.
Chainsaw's Lumber Yard
The joke here is of course that this "lumber yard" is more of a front for a bunch of hillbillies to butcher people alive, which is a bit more gruesome than Spooky Town normally gets, with so many bloodied tools on display and even leatherface proxies with masks of stolen human skin. Which one of them is "Chainsaw" himself? It's obviously the owner's name.
Haunted Birdhouse
A haunted birdhouse is a really cute little concept I'm surprised I haven't seen for real. Making birdhouses its a classic craft project, right? Why don't more people Halloweenify them? Of course there's also such a thing as a bat house, so why bother spooking out something some pudgy sparrow will live in when you could make a bat house with skulls and spiders all over it instead? This is at least occupied by a skeleton bird, indicating that this really is a haunting. There's even blood pouring out of the windows. Is the house itself bleeding, as haunted houses have been known to do, or do birds move in unaware that it's inhabited by the vengeful spirit of a dead cardinal and all murder one another in a possession-induced rage?
Haunted Grove
I really like this one. It's one of the smaller, simpler displays, nothing but a single whispy phantasm hovering in an ominous forest, but it's the execution here is just killer. The way the light-up background evokes a deeper, fog-enshrouded, moonlit glen is really attractive, and the ghost itself has such a nicely wobbly, rippling design to it. It's actually attached by a spring, and it shakes and jitters when you turn it on!
Rave at Grave's
I like how this one tells kind of a story. That witch clearly isn't dead, and maybe not even a real witch at all. A lot of Spookytown items feature trick-or-treaters, partiers and other costumed humans, sometimes with no apparent "real" monsters present at all, but you can't always draw the line so easily, and sometimes the two categories cross over in ways clearly bound for disaster. This poor young woman has possibly mistaken this for a normal, mortal shindig, despite the fact that the partygoers are all green and translucent. They also appear to be vampires and other monsters in addition to being ghosts, or perhaps they're just the ghosts of other would-be Halloween partiers, still raving in their spectral costumes, after they were ground up and eaten by wolfman and his mummy friend out there.
Transylvania Zoo
This is one I actually have to critique a wee bit; it's cool looking, and I'm glad it includes a gill man, possibly the only one in the whole Spooky Town line, but a monster zoo could have been so much more, so easily. I know Spooky Town isn't meant to get outrageously bizarre or anything, but even within the realm of fairly traditionalist Halloween imagery, a zoo for monsters could have included things like giant spiders, scary reptiles, green tentacles or skeleton animals. Instead, they apparently keep humanoid monsters on display. I guess that's amusing in its own right, but it still feels like a lot of missed opportunities.
Hemlock's Nursery
Thankfully, the flower shop wasn't the last time Spooky Town visited the carnivorous plant theme, and the nursery where they're really grown is quite a bit more impressive, with a hauntingly colorful greenhouse nearly bursting with the hungry, writhing Audreys. The only thing I'd change would be the diversity of the plants; a couple of pitcher traps or sundews would have been a great addition.
Free Candy Clown
As terrifying as the other clown items are, I don't think they're quite as scary as this clown standing all alone with its "free candy" sign, surrounded by implements of hilarious murder...and a human skull for good measure, probably the last person who took a look at this scene and only thought "wow, free candy!"
They kind of got what they deserved.
Haunted Tree
This is a retired item, which is a shame, because it's not just a haunted tree monster, but a haunted tree monster with big, bloodshot eyeballs, which isn't something I see all too often. I also really like its pale green interior...this is just a very nice looking figurine all around, and another "real" monster for your Spooky Town setup that isn't just another Frankenstoid or warlock.
Paranormal Corrections
One of the line's most unusual and stylish buildings, this is literally a jail for ghosts inspired by the Ghostbuster's containment unit, its design style almost jarringly different from the rest of Spooky Town. Plugged in to the power supplies (sold separately), this thing displays a flickering, imprisoned ghost on its porthole and projects flying phantoms whirling around its containment dome. Awesome. I'd set this up all by itself just for mood lighting.
I especially like how this giant containment unit apparently produces excessive amounts of toxic waste. You might think it's just green ectoplasm bleeding out of its every nook and cranny, but some of it is haphazardously gathered up in toxic waste barrels and everything, kind of tying in with the tacked-on EPA subplot to Ghostbusters.
Hungry Treehouse
Another sadly retired item, and even cooler than the haunted tree, since this is a haunted tree with a treehouse for a head, and specifically a "hungry" treehouse, implying it eats people. This is also another one with a "free candy" sign, and even a noose trap around a pile of treats! There's only a narrow range of people who would be reeled in by promises of free candy in a tiny treehouse: adults as shameless as I am, and most kids. This is a Spooky Town decoration that inarguably feeds primarily on human children.
Night Shade Gardens
If you can't afford either the flower shop or nursery, there's one smaller, static item featuring the faux-Audrey-II, a little different in design from the yellow pods we've seen before - I guess it's not quite ripe yet. What's more, you get an unsettling green-skinned gardener, no doubt a little more botanical himself than the average human, and he's apparently killed a whole lot of people just to sell their severed hands.
Hellfire Hydrants
This is a brand new 2015 figurine set, and it might be one of the coolest and most inventive in the whole line. They seem to be demon-possessed fire hydrants, which is a strange and unique concept in itself, and the different ways they've been warped and twisted are quite a bit more monstrous and imaginative than Spooky Town's usual standards. The one with the devil skull on top is a little conventional, but then we've got a skull-faced one that spews snakes instead of water, while another flame-spouting specimen has become a howling, bug-eyed monster that would look right at home in an episode of The Real Ghostbusters. Is this a sign of Spooky Town's imagination expanding, or just a one-off surprise? There oddly isn't a hellfire truck or firehouse to go with them, but maybe they're planning that next year. For now, we've just got one more item, and you can make of it what you will...
Spooky Town Brothel Women
These are not only retired, but no longer displayed anywhere in the official Spooky Town website, perhaps because a bunch of rotting, bloodied prostitute corpses, supernaturally animated or otherwise, are quite a bit less wholesome than the rest of Spooky Town's more or less soft-PG-rated image. Of course, that's exactly what makes them so hilarious and cool, from their gory wounds to their leering expressions. It's hard to pick a favorite; I want to say the skeletal one, but all three have so much personality of their own. It's too bad there's no Spooky Town Brothel for them to actually hang out around, and there probably never will be, since just producing these Ladies of the Night of the Living Dead at all was probably pushing the boundaries of Holiday Village Figurines further than they'd ever been pushed.
I'm just glad Lemax ever even considered getting this horrifying, and who knows, maybe they will again, in some new and unpredictable way. The child-eating treehouse and skeevy clowns are already pretty close.


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Residents Demand More Slow Streets for Boston Neighborhoods
by Beacon Hill Times Staff • May 26, 2017 • 0 Comments
By Beth Treffeisen
A packed Boston City Council Chamber ensued during the budget hearing for the Department of Boston Transportation (BTD) the evening of Wednesday, May 10.
In the crowd, residents of Boston sported bicycle t-shirts and some still wore their bike helmets after attending a memorial for Rich Archer, a 29-year-old courier who was killed in a car crash on Commonwealth Ave. and Clarendon Street earlier this month.
One topic kept coming to the forefront of the Boston City Councilors questions – why can't we have more Neighborhood Slow Streets?
The Neighborhood Slow Streets is a City initiative to slow traffic speeds and improve safety on residential streets within a specific area. A typical zone consists of about 10 to 15 blocks. As part of the program, the City will work with the community to identify problems and design effective solutions.
As they are implemented, the streets will have visual and physical cues to slow drivers to 20 mph in order to make it feel more inviting for people of all ages who are walking, playing or bicycling.
The Slow Streets program will emphasize quick-install, low-cost fixes, such as signage, pavement markings, speed humps, and day lighting.
In Beacon Hill, streets that can qualify include the traffic prone areas on Cambridge Street, Beacon Street and Charles Street.
This year, the City of Boston received 47 applications for the Neighborhood Slow Streets program but only two or three applications will be selected that will be implemented within the next two years. The neighborhoods for this year's application will be selected at the end of the month.
"This is not a new request from residents," said Stephanie Seskin the active transportation director. "The neighborhoods have been asking the City for traffic calming and speed humps for a very long time."
She said Vision Zero, which is the movement to have zero pedestrian or cycling fatalities in the City of Boston, has sparked new interest from residents to make it happen.
"We're definitely surprised by the volume of applications we got this year," said Seskin. "We were expecting maybe half of what we received. It really speaks to this is something the residents really want."
Two pilot programs are in the works now for Stonybrook in Jamaica Plain and the Talbot-Norfolk Triangle in Dorchester. Both will be constructed later this year.
On Thursday, May 18, Mayor Walsh announced a commitment to increase Boston's Vision zero investment by $1 million in fiscal year 2018 to $4.1 million, dedicated to Boston's Neighborhood Slow Streets Program.
The Boston Transportation Department this year has $1.3 million to go towards Vision Zero.
City Council President Michelle Wu asked Commissioner Gina Fiandaca if money was what was restraining the department from doing more Neighborhood Slow Street zones. But, Fiandaca said it is a bit more complicated than that.
"We want to make those areas right," said Fiandaca. "We are also looking at the other applications to see if there are interventions that we can implement outside the Neighborhood Slow Streets program."
But Wu still had some concerns. She said, " I don't think it is fair to rationalize safety and I feel like every neighborhood should have the opportunity to take part."
Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson agreed, saying that the budget should be shifted to make this a priority.
"We have to move with utter urgency with implementation," said Jackson. "I don't want us to get paralysis by analysis. I want us to put these Slow Streets in today."
City Councilor At-large Michael Flaherty believes that motorists, cyclists and drivers all need to learn how to co-exist on the busy streets in Boston.
"We need to do a better job of enforcement," said Flaherty in response to the outcry after what Mayor Walsh said on WGBH radio on Wednesday May 17. "Whether it is when you can jump into the street or when you can take a right on red. We are doing a lot of work on this and we need to leave the finger pointing and blowing out of it."
During an interview with Boston Public Radio, Mayor Walsh urged bicyclists and pedestrians to exercise caution and follow the rules of the road. Flaherty agrees and believes it is more important now that the city is becoming more populated.
"Everyone needs to take a deep breath and stay in their lane, no pun attended," said Flaherty. "It's bustling and hustling and there are lot's to watch out for from drivers, bikers, skaters and skate boarders."
Flaherty understands that there is a lot of frustration and anger because changes to the streets are not happening fast enough but he said Go Boston 2030 and Vision Zero are working towards meeting those goals. He said it all really comes down to, "Can we all just get along?"
Fiandaca said that as the Slow Street program continues and accepts another round of applications next year, they will also still be implementing other fixes such as stop signs, racket flash beacons and painted bicycle lanes throughout the city.
According to WalkBoston, a non-profit that works to make walking safer and easier in Massachusetts, the number of injuries and crashes for people walking in the City of Boston has steadily gone up over the last few years.
In 2014 there were 724, in 2015 there were 789 and last year there were 904 pedestrian injuries. That is about two to three people a day getting hit by a car reporting to the Boston EMS in the City, and that only counts the people who report it.
"This really gets to the heart of a lot of people's lives around the city," said Wendy Landman the executive director of WalkBoston. "If you're scared to let your 10-year-old cross the street even if you live on a residential street it makes a difference."
Brendan Kearney the communications director of WalkBoston believes that the City isn't doing enough to ensure that these Slow Streets get implemented.
"The Neighborhood Slow Streets has definitely struck a cord with neighborhood groups across the city," said Kearney. "The staff is working incredibly hard…but they're spread too thin."
He believes that best practices that work and have been established elsewhere around the U.S. and the world is something that BTD can tap from. During the hearing they asked for the department to consider taking on more staff dedicated to Vision Zero.
"Signs don't do everything," said Kearney. "You need to make physical changes in the streets too."
Landman added, "There are many, many, projects that can come at much lower costs."
Seskin who has been working on the Slow Streets program for over year said that although it is meant to use low cost methods, it quickly adds up.
"All of the tools supported are meant to be low-cost but it doesn't mean it doesn't have no cost – it certainly adds up," said Seskin. "This project is little bit more than adding signage but less than doing an all out redesign and construction of a sidewalk."
The priority for which neighborhoods will be selected first is based off a point system that includes: community support, percentage of households with children and adults under 18 and over 65, presence of schools, parks, community centers, libraries, and public housing, and proximity to transit routes.
It also includes crash history fatal or serious injuries, geographic diversity of the selected neighborhood and the feasibility of the City to implement improvements.
"It is targeted towards the more vulnerable population and the swelling of drivers there," said Seskin.
This year Seskin says she hopes to get the pilot programs in the ground and begin the community process for the first round of applications that are accepted.
Hopefully, she said, after the second and third round BTD will get quicker at making Slow Streets a reality.
"Right now we don't have systems in place yet and we have to do a lot of configuration with Boston Water and Sewer and making sure everything is up to the City's codes," said Seskin. "Over the next two or three we will continue to learn and hopefully we will get better as time goes on – there will be a lot more soon."
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Chris Hardwick went Steampunk for Halloween on @Midnight
As a person living very far from home at the moment I am so thankful for the internet, and especially networks that post episodes of my favorite shows. It was love at first viewing of the Comedy Central show @Midnight, which is hosted by Chris Hardwick of the Nerdist podcast series. He is fabulously nerdy and a big fan of cosplayers, so it came as no surprise when he dressed up in clever costumes for several episodes of the improv comedy show leading up to Halloween.
In addition to Luke Skywalker Texas Ranger, he also got decked out by Clockwork Couture in a Steampunk Doctor Who ensemble. From a distance, you wouldn't know he was posing at the Doctor, but as he told the audience, his splendid cravat actually had his name embroidered in Gallfrayan on it. Someone photoshopped Hardwick onto a TARDIS interior and I couldn't resist posting it.
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November 9, 2014 | Categories: Entertainment, Movies and Television, Steampunk You Can Wear | Tags: @Midnight, clockwork couture, cosplay, Costume, Doctor Who, halloween, steam punk, Steampunk, The Doctor | 3 Comments
Steampunk Sourcebook: Doctor Who
If you are a Sci-Fi fan then you must have heard of Doctor Who. But just in case you haven't, the Doctor is an altruistic alien who can go anywhere in time and space, but seems to have an affinity for jolly old England all the same 🙂
Did you know that there are lots of episodes that could serve for Steampunk inspiration?
The Unquiet Dead (Episode 159, 9th Doctor)
The Doctor and Rose Tyler team up with Charles Dickens to solve a ghost story in 1869.
Tooth and Claw (Episode 169, 10th Doctor)
In 1879 The Doctor lands in Scotland and Queen Victoria is in danger from a werewolf attack.
The Girl in the Fireplace (Episode 171, 10th Doctor)
This episode would probably most accurately be called "clockpunk" because it features space-clockwork and 18th Century France.
The New Doctor (Episode 199 (Christmas Special), 10th Doctor)
The Doctor meets, well, The Doctor, or at least someone who claims to be, at Christmastime in 1851. The cybermen are at it again and together the Doctors must save Christmas.
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Vincent and the Doctor (Episode 210, 11th Doctor)
The Doctor takes Amy Pond to visit a Vincent Van Gogh exhibit, and they spy something in a painting that doesn't belong there. So they head to 1890 to find out the origin of the terrible face in the window.
A Christmas Carol (Episode 213 (Christmas Special) 11th Doctor)
The Doctor must take a page out of Dickens' book and soften the soul of a miser to save Amy and Rory.
The Curse of the Black Spot (Episode 215, 11th Doctor)
When the Doctor stumbles upon a becalmed pirate ship, he discovers a sinister force at work picking off the crew members one by one.
The Doctor's Wife (Episode 216, 11th Doctor)
Ok, this one isn't exactly Steampunk but it is my favorite episode and the old-meets-new vibe plus the junkyard in which it takes place appeals to my Steampunk side. Plus, it was written by my all-time favorite author, Neil Gaiman.
A Town Called Mercy (Episode 228, 11th Doctor)
This space-western fusion episode features a cyborg and the Doctor as sheriff of a small town.
The Snowmen (Episode 231, 11th Doctor)
It's just snow, right? Wrong! In 1892 the snow comes to life and sinister snowmen are on the loose.
The Crimson Horror (Episode 237, 11th Doctor)
The Pasternoster Gang are called upon to investigate a string of mysterious deaths in 1893. When they examine an optogram (ie, the supposed image left on the retina at the moment of death) reveals the Doctor so they bring him into the mix.
Recurring Characters: The Paternoster Gang
In A Good Man Goes to War (Episode 218), the Doctor calls upon compatriots from across time and space to aid him in rescuing Amy Pond from Demon's Run. Among they are Vastra, a Silurian (reptilian predecessors to the human race asleep in the center of the Earth), her maid/lover/badass Jenny Flint and a Sontaran (whom I call "the Mr. Potato heads of space") named Commander Strax. In Victorian times they join forces and fight crime, sometimes alongside the Doctor.
In addition to A Good Man Goes to War, they also make appearances in The Snowmen, The Crimson Horror, and The Name of the Doctor (Episode 239).
I haven't seen any of the original Doctor Who series, so I didn't include them in this sourcebook. If you are a fan and you want to recommend an episode, please leave me a comment below!
July 10, 2014 | Categories: Movies and Television | Tags: 10th Doctor, 11th Doctor, Amy Pond, Charles Dickens, Cybermen, Doctor Who, steam punk, Steampunk, The Doctor, Victorian era, Vincent and the Doctor | 2 Comments
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Cilmínár (Imperial Core)
Cilmínár is perhaps, despite all the others' uniquities, the one with the best claim to be the odd one out of of Thirteen Colonies; while the others all had their own distinctions based on their worlds, societies, technologies, or other evolved characteristics, Cilmínár was the first and only eldraeic colonial venture intended to leave the Empire.
At the time of the Deep Star program, and in particular in the years leading up to 3038, the time at which IS Potentiality Golden left the Lumenna-Súnáris System, the Empire was caught up in the final century of the Consolidation Wars. In the Senate, the Above All, One Imperium Movement was dominant, and the Imperium Bellipotent was prominent within that coalition.
These conditions gave rise to some concern in dedicated libertist circles that the Empire might be heading down the wrong path, and could possibly end up recreating the governance-by-force methods of the kórasan. A number of these groups responded by setting up the Free Colony Foundation, a private colonization venture intended to build a colony around newly prospected Cilminé faithful to the Contract but eschewing the Charter – i.e., a recreation of the Ungoverned Era. Prospective colonists agreed only to participation in the early steps of ensuring colony viability, thereafter being governed solely by the Contract.
This venture proved controversial, to say the least, in the somewhat heated atmosphere of patriotism which characterized the late Consolidation, and arguments over the ethics and legalities of the matter – lawful secession being guaranteed by the Charter even as military annexation was the practice of the day – grew in volume and vigor until they eventually reached the Court of Courts, silenced only by the Imperial Proclamation of Alphas III Amanyr after meeting with the leaders of the Foundation:
"Go in peace, cousins. Your principles are ours, and in their name, we would not hold you. Know that you will always be welcomed here."
Unsubstantiated Court gossip of the era attributed a simpler statement to Elyse II Cyprium.
"You'll be back."
As history would have it, IS Potentiality Golden arrived at Cilmínár in 3136, six years after the final act of the Consolidation and the opening of the Aeon-Long Peace, and this news – along with the recession of the Bellipotency into deep eclipse in the Senate – was among the first news the colony received when laser communication with the homeworld was established in 3160.
Nonetheless, the establishment of the colony went ahead as planned, with the Free Colony Foundation wrapping itself up and spinning off necessary functions into the private sector as the colony was established, dwindling into a registry and contract-notarization organization. As in the Ungoverned Era, PPLs, community militias, and deemsters emerged or were established to serve as guardians of citizens' rights.
However, over the centuries between the colony's establishment and its participation in the Reunification, the population of Cilmínár found itself having to address and solve many modern recensions of the same or similar issues that ancient Eliéra had been required to deal with during the lengthy transition between Ungoverned Era and Empire, and had developed its own institutions to do so, while observing over the course of its communications with the homeworld both that their fears for the future had not come true – with the Empire's post-Consolidation turn away from annexationism – and its eager adoption of various Cilmínárian institutional innovations which promised greater flexibility and were more in accordance with libertist principles.
As such, when the Reunification came calling in 4003, the Free Colony of Cilmínár needed surprisingly little persuasion to return to the Imperial fold with the Deal of 4014, while retaining its own local customs. (Conveniently, legal ground for this had already been laid by private edict of Alphas III and Elyse II back in the 3030s, placing the citizen-shareholderships of the colonists in temporary abeyance, rather than cancelling them, permitting a retroactive reinstantiation.)
The Deal, as it is known locally, uses as the colony's charter a detailed and frequently amended contract between the Imperial governance and the assortment of Cilmínárian institutions responsible for various local functions, and the Free Colony is acknowledged as a single constituent nation of individual sovereigns. Internal legal matters continue to be handled by PPLs and deemsters, although appeal is available as it would be from the Courts of the Districts, and in other matters, the planet is indeed a technologically-updated microcosm of that legendary era of pre-Imperial history.
As Elyse II predicted so long ago: they were back.
– Octavia Dalastel, The First Constellation
Tagged Above All One Imperium Movement, Alphas III Amanyr, Cilmínár (Imperial Core), Consolidation, Consolidation Wars, Elyse II Cyprium, fic-a-day, Free Colony Foundation, Free Colony of Cilmínár, history, Imperium Bellipotent, IS Potentiality Golden, Reunification, Thirteen Colonies, Ungoverned Era, writing
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Derelict Graveyard: Most major planets have one of these in high orbit, somewhere, where old habitats, satellites, starships and other space debris are lashed together in a rough mass of dead hulks waiting to be torn apart and reclaimed, or at least transported elsewhere by tugs for this purpose. The ultimate destination of most of these in or near the Empire is the wreckyard at Kathar, a planet in the Cilmínár (Imperial Core) system, which plays host to some of the largest recycling facilities around, as well as some of that specialized equipment mentioned in Landfill Beyond the Stars.
Tagged Cilmínár (Imperial Core), Derelict Graveyard, Kathar, recycling
Putting the Tramp in Trader
"It's a steel box."
"It's a fully functional – well, mostly functional, but all primary systems are functional – Hariven-class free trader. Just what you want when you're starting out in this business."
"It's a steel box with a plasma torch welded on the back."
"And a generous cargo capacity for its displacement, regenerative life support, ah – adequate crew quarters and food vats, and docking room for a single surface-orbit shuttle."
"And it's –"
"– a steel box, yes. If you wanted to pay for stylish, would you be shopping for starships in a wreckyard?"
"Show me the contract again."
– overheard in Kathar orbit, Cilmínár system
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