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It is a 1986 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It was his 22nd book and his 17th novel written under his own name. The story follows the experiences of seven children as they are terrorized by an evil entity that exploits the fears of its victims to disguise itself while hunting its prey. "It" primarily appears in the form of Pennywise the Dancing Clown to attract its preferred prey of young children.

The novel is told through narratives alternating between two periods and is largely told in the third-person omniscient mode. It deals with themes that eventually became King staples: the power of memory, childhood trauma and its recurrent echoes in adulthood, the malevolence lurking beneath the idyllic façade of the American small town, and overcoming evil through mutual trust and sacrifice.

King has stated that he first conceived the story in 1978, and began writing it in 1981. He finished writing the book in 1985. He also stated that he originally wanted the title character to be a troll, like the one in the children's story "Three Billy Goats Gruff", who inhabited the local sewer system rather than just the area beneath one bridge. He also wanted the piece to interweave the stories of children and the adults they later become.

The novel won the British Fantasy Award in 1987, and received nominations for the Locus and World Fantasy Awards that same year. Publishers Weekly listed It as the best-selling hardcover fiction book in the United States in 1986. It has been adapted into a 1990 two-part miniseries directed by Tommy Lee Wallace, a Hindi 1998 television series directed by Glen Baretto & Ankush Mohla, and a film duology directed by Andy Muschietti. Muschietti's It was released in September 2017 and It Chapter Two was released in September 2019.

Plot

1957–1958
During a rainstorm in Derry, Maine, a six-year-old boy named Georgie Denbrough sails a paper boat along the rainy streets before it washes down into a storm drain. Looking in the drain, Georgie encounters a clown who introduces himself as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Georgie, despite knowing he should not talk to strangers, is enticed by Pennywise to reach into the drain and retrieve his boat. It then rips his arm off, and Georgie disappears.

The following June, an overweight eleven-year-old boy named Ben Hanscom is harassed by a bully named Henry Bowers and his gang on the last day of school, escaping into the marshy wasteland known as the Barrens. There, Ben befriends an asthmatic hypochondriac named Eddie Kaspbrak and "Stuttering Bill" Denbrough, Georgie's elder brother. The three boys later befriend fellow misfits Richie Tozier, Stanley "Stan" Uris, and Beverly Marsh, and refer to themselves as "The Losers Club". As the summer draws on, the Losers each encounter Pennywise in terrifying manifestations: a mummy on a frozen canal to Ben, a fountain of blood (that only children can see) from Beverly's sink, a rotting leper to Eddie, drowned corpses to Stan, and a frightening phantom of Georgie to Bill. Meanwhile, an increasingly unhinged and sadistic Bowers begins focusing his attention on his African-American neighbor, Mike Hanlon, and his father. Bowers kills Mike's dog and chases the terrified boy into the Barrens, where he joins the Losers in driving Bowers' gang off in a rock fight, leaving a humiliated Bowers to vow for revenge. Mike becomes a member of the Losers Club after revealing his own encounter with Pennywise in the form of a flesh-eating bird. From Mike's historical scrapbook, the Losers realize that "It" is an ancient monster with a hold on the town. Following further encounters, the Losers construct a makeshift smoke hole that Richie and Mike use to hallucinate It's origins as an ancient alien entity that came to Earth, beginning a cycle of feeding on children for a year followed by a 27-year-long hibernation.

Soon, Eddie is hospitalized by Bowers and several of his friends, and Beverly witnesses one of the bullies, Patrick Hockstetter, kidnapped by It in the form of a mass of flying leeches. The Losers discover a message from It in Patrick's blood, warning them that It will kill them if they interfere. In hopes that silver can wound It, Ben makes two silver slugs out of a silver dollar, and the Losers enter an abandoned house where Eddie, Bill, and Richie had previously encountered It to attempt to kill It. They manage to wound It with the silver while It is in the form of a werewolf. Deeming the Losers a threat, It manipulates Bowers into murdering his abusive father and chasing the Losers into the sewers to kill them, where his accompanying fellow bullies, Victor "Vic" Criss and Reginald "Belch" Huggins, are both killed by It. This leads Bowers to become lost in the sewers, traumatized.

In the sewers, Bill performs the "Ritual of Chüd" in an attempt to face It in the Macroverse, the alternate universe where It is from, where he meets the monster's antithesis Maturin, an ancient turtle that created the universe. Bill learns that It can only be defeated during a battle of wills, and sees It's true form, the "Deadlights", before Bill defeats the monster with Maturin's help. After the battle, not knowing if they killed It or not, the Losers get lost in the sewers. To try and regain a sense of direction, Beverly has intercourse with each of the boys to bring the unity back to the group. Once they are safely out, the Losers swear a blood oath to return to Derry should It resurface. Bowers, having lost his sanity by the time he washed out of the sewers into a nearby river, is institutionalized after being blamed for the town's child murders.

1984–1985
In July 1984, three youths brutally attack a young gay man named Adrian Mellon and throw him off a bridge, where both a bully and Adrian's boyfriend see a clown then appear. Adrian is found mutilated, and the teenagers are arrested and charged with his murder.

When a string of violent child killings begins in Derry again, an adult Mike Hanlon, now the town's librarian, calls up the six former members of the Losers Club to remind them of their childhood promise to return if the killings start again. Bill is now a successful horror writer living with his actress wife, Audra; Beverly is a fashion designer, married to an abusive man named Tom Rogan; Eddie runs a limousine rental company and has married a hysterical codependent woman similar to his hypochondriac mother; Richie Tozier is a disc jockey; Ben Hanscom is now thin and a successful, but lonely, architect; and Stan Uris is a wealthy accountant. Prior to Mike's phone calls, all of the Losers had completely forgotten each other and the trauma of their childhood, burying the horror of their encounters with It. All of the Losers agree to return to Derry, except for Stan, who kills himself in terror of facing It again.

The Losers meet for lunch, where Mike reminds them that It awakens roughly every 27 years for 12–16 months at a time, feeding on children before going into slumber again. The group decides to kill It once and for all. At Mike's suggestion, each person explores different parts of Derry to help restore their memories. While exploring, Eddie, Richie, Beverly, and Ben are faced with manifestations of It (Eddie as Belch Huggins and childhood friends in leper and zombified forms, Richie as a Paul Bunyan statue, Beverly as the witch from Hansel & Gretel in her childhood home, and Ben as Dracula in the Derry Library). Bill finds his childhood bicycle, "Silver," and brings it to Mike's. In the meantime, Audra, who is worried about Bill, travels to Derry; Tom arrives as well, intending to kill Beverly; and Henry Bowers escapes from the mental asylum with help from It.

Henry confronts Mike at the library, but Mike escapes alive. It instructs Henry to kill the rest of the Losers, but Henry is killed while attacking Eddie. It then appears to Tom and orders him to capture Audra, bringing Audra to It's lair, where Audra becomes catatonic, and Tom drops dead in shock. Bill, Ben, Beverly, Richie, and Eddie learn that Mike is near death and realize they are being forced into another confrontation with It. They descend into the sewers and use their strength as a group to "send energy" to a hospitalized Mike, who fights off a nurse that is under the control of It. They reach It's lair and find that It has taken the form of a giant spider. Bill and Richie enter It's mind through the Ritual of Chüd, but they get lost in It. Eddie injures It by spraying his asthma medication down It's throat, but It bites off Eddie's arm, killing him. It runs away to tend to its injuries, but Bill, Richie, and Ben chase after and find that It has laid eggs. Ben stays behind to destroy the eggs, while Bill and Richie head toward their final confrontation with It. Bill fights his way inside It's body, locates It's heart, and destroys it. The group meets up to head out of It's lair, and although they try to bring Audra and Eddie's bodies with them, they are forced to leave Eddie behind. They realize that the scars on their hands from their blood pact have disappeared, indicating that their ordeal is finally over.

At the same time, the worst storm in Maine's history sweeps through Derry, and the downtown area collapses. Mike concludes that Derry is finally dying. The Losers return home and gradually begin to forget about It, Derry, and each other all over again. Mike's memory of the events of that summer also begins to fade, as well as any of the records he had written down previously, much to his relief, and he considers starting a new life elsewhere. Ben and Beverly leave together and become a couple, and Richie returns to California. Bill is the last to leave Derry. Before he goes, he takes Audra, still catatonic, for a ride on Silver, which awakens her from her catatonia, and they share a kiss.

Characters

The Losers Club
The Losers Club is a group of seven eleven-year-old misfit children who are united by their unhappy lives. They share the same misery and torment from being the victims of a gang of local bullies led by the increasingly sociopathic Henry Bowers and band together as they struggle to overcome It. The seven children find themselves caught up in a nefarious situation, which they cannot quite comprehend but against which they must fight.

 William "Bill" Denbrough Bill is the leader and most self-assured member of the Losers Club as well as the main protagonist of the story. Feeling responsible for Georgie's death, he seeks revenge on the monster. His parents have become cold and withdrawn towards him after the loss of their youngest son, and he secretly hopes the death of the murderer will awaken his parents to his presence again. He has a severe stutter, which has earned him the nickname "Stuttering Bill". His mother attributes the stutter to a car accident that occurred when he was three years old, but his stutter is implied to be psychosomatic rather than physical: it worsens considerably after Georgie's death, and fades during his teenage years entirely, returning suddenly when Bill returns to Derry in 1985. He is the most determined and resourceful of the Losers, although his leadership among them is unofficial. It is Bill who eventually destroys It, engaging It in the Ritual of Chüd in both 1958 and 1985, and eventually killing It's physical form by ripping its heart out. As an adult, he becomes a successful writer and marries film star Audra Phillips, who bears a strong resemblance to Beverly.
 Benjamin "Ben" Hanscom Known as "Haystack" to his friends, Ben is a highly intelligent boy who, before joining the Losers Club, often spent his free time reading books at the public library. Due to childhood obesity, he was the favorite victim of Henry Bowers, but later sheds the weight as an adult. His mechanical skills prove useful to the Losers, from making two silver slugs to building an underground clubhouse, and later contribute to his success as an internationally renowned architect. He develops a crush on Beverly Marsh as a child and the two leave Derry together after the 1985 defeat of It.
 Beverly "Bev" Marsh Beverly is an attractive and tomboyish redhead on whom each of the boys has a secret crush at some point during the story. She is the only girl in the group and comes from the poorest part of Derry. During her childhood, she is frequently abused by her father, Alvin, while her mother, Elfrida, is out working. As an adult, she becomes a successful fashion designer in Chicago, but endures several abusive relationships, culminating in her marriage to Tom Rogan, who sees her as an object of sex and frequently beats her. Following the destruction of It, she leaves Derry with Ben.
 Richard "Richie" Tozier Known as "Trashmouth", Richie is the Losers' self-appointed comic relief, always cracking jokes and doing impersonations or "voices", which prove to be a very powerful weapon against It. He is "too intelligent for his own good", which frequently leads to trouble. He is the most devoted to keeping the group together, as he sees seven as a magical number and believes the group should have no more, no less. In adulthood, he is a successful disc jockey in Los Angeles. As the DJ, he uses his once-annoying and unrealistic voices as one of his main attractions. He is extremely nearsighted and wears thick glasses as a child, but changes to contact lenses as an adult. He loses his contact lenses in an encounter with It and is forced to return to his glasses, one of several ways the Losers return to their childhood. Although it is unclear if he was the basis of the character's name and occupation, Maine Public Radio has a music program hosted by a Rich Tozier.
 Edward "Eddie" Kaspbrak Eddie is a frail and asthmatic hypochondriac, who carries his inhaler with him everywhere. His father died when he was very young, and his mother is domineering and constantly worries about his health. Later in the story, it is revealed that Eddie's asthma is psychosomatic: the pharmacist has been giving him water instead of medicine in his inhaler. The root of Eddie's problems is his mother, who has Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Her constant worrying about his health has been a way to manipulate him into caring for her. When Henry and his friends break his arm, his mother tries to prevent the Losers from visiting Eddie in the hospital and he finally stands up to her, telling her he is not as helpless as she thinks. As an adult, he runs a successful limousine business in New York City and is married to Myra, who is very similar to his mother. In his return to Derry as an adult, he also finds the strength to defend himself from Henry Bowers, killing him with a broken bottle. In the altercation, he re-breaks his arm in the same spot as he did as a child. When facing It in the sewers, his arm is bitten off and he bleeds to death, ultimately dying in his friends' arms.
 Michael "Mike" Hanlon Mike is the last to join the Losers. He is the only African-American in the group and lives with his parents on a large farm. He goes to a different school from the other kids due to his Baptist faith. Mike is racially persecuted by Henry Bowers, whose father holds a long-standing grudge against Mike's father. Mike meets the Losers when they help him fight back against Bowers in a massive rock fight. His father kept an album filled with photos that were important to Derry's history, including several of Pennywise the Dancing Clown. He is the only one of the Losers to stay behind in Derry (and thus the only one to retain his memory of the events of 1958) and becomes the town librarian. He researches Derry's history and It, and is the one who beckons the others back when the killings begin again in 1985. Though he survives, Mike is seriously wounded by Henry and is unable to join the remaining Losers (Bill, Ben, Bev, Eddie, and Richie) in the final battle against It. He later recovers from his wounds but, like the others, starts to lose his memory of the experience. It was later revealed in Insomnia that Mike continued as a librarian and was the boss of one of that book's primary characters in 1993.
 Stanley "Stan" Uris Stan is the most skeptical member of the Club. He is Jewish and is persecuted by Henry Bowers for this reason. Logic, order, and cleanliness are deeply ingrained in his psyche. He relies on logic more than anything else and is the least willing to accept that It actually exists. As an adult, he becomes a partner in a large Atlanta-based accounting firm and marries Patty Blum, a teacher. Upon receiving Mike's phone call in 1985, he commits suicide by slitting his wrists in the bathtub and writing "IT" in his blood on the wall. It is heavily implied that Stan was the only one aware that It was not only female but was also pregnant, hence he chose death over returning to Derry to face the ancient terror, despite being the one to slice the Losers' palms in a blood oath. It is also implied in the book that Stan remembers more about the children's encounters with It than the others do, sometimes commenting on the Turtle and other events from his time in Derry, though he claims that he doesn't remember what those phrases mean. It can be inferred throughout the story that he was psychic to a mild degree (accurately predicting which job his wife should apply for, a higher sensitivity to Its activities, frequent references from the other Losers to his "ordered mind"). Besides blaming It for Georgie's death, Bill also blames It for Stan's death.

Pennywise/It

Described as a mysterious, eldritch, demonic entity of evil, It is a monster of unknown origin that preys on Derry's children and humans every twenty-seven years. IT finds striking fear in children akin to seasoning or "salt(ing) the meat", "You all taste so much better when you are afraid". Among It's powers is shapeshifting into a form that tricks its victims and induce fear, but usually It takes the form of a middle-aged man dressed in a clown costume, calling itself "Pennywise the Dancing Clown" and occasionally Bob or Robert Gray, modeled after Bozo, Clarabell, and Ronald McDonald. However, It's truest form, as perceived by the human eye, is that of a giant female spider that houses It's essence: writhing orange lights (termed "Deadlights"), looking directly into which can render a person catatonic or even kill them.

It can manipulate people and use them as pawns in doing its bidding, either by assuming a form familiar to them, promising them their desires or through subliminal influence. Because of this control over what happens in Derry, many of the child murders It commits are never solved; the adults of Derry act as though either nothing is happening or they have forgotten about It.

It's awakenings from hibernation mark the greatest known instances of violence in Derry, such as the disappearance of over three hundred settlers from Derry Township in 1740–43. In 1957, It awoke during a great storm which flooded part of the city, whereupon It went on a feeding spree, starting by murdering Georgie Denbrough. However, the Losers Club forced It to return to an early hibernation when heavily wounded by the young Bill Denbrough in the first Ritual of Chüd. As the story opens, It has awakened approximately 27 years later and is first seen when three bullies beat up a homosexual couple, Adrian Mellon and Don Hagarty. It kills Adrian after the bullies throw him off a bridge.

When the adult members of the Losers Club gather, It recognizes them as a threat and resolves to drive them away both through illusions and by controlling Henry Bowers, the Losers' long-time childhood bully. Bill, Richie, Beverly, Eddie, and Ben manage to confront It's spider form after It possesses Audra. It is finally destroyed in the second Ritual of Chüd, and an enormous storm damages the downtown part of Derry to signify It's death.
In King's subsequent 2001 novel Dreamcatcher, Mr. Gray cannot put a worm in Derry's water supply by use of the Standpipe, as it is no longer there due to the 1985 flood. In its place is a memorial featuring a cast-bronze statue of two children and a plaque underneath, dedicated to the victims of the 1985 flood and of It. The plaque has been vandalized with graffiti reading, "PENNYWISE LIVES".

The character has been named by several outlets as one of the scariest clowns in film or pop culture.

The Bowers Gang

The Bowers Gang is a group of seven twelve-year-old neighborhood bullies who attend the same school as and are the worst enemies of the Losers Club after It. The gang is led by the crazed and mischievous Henry Bowers, while also being co-led by Henry's two best friends and sidekicks, the smarter and more moral Victor "Vic" Criss and the unusually larger, stronger, and more slow-witted Reginald "Belch" Huggins. Although the fates of three of them (Peter Gordon, Steve "Moose" Sadler, Gard Jagermeyer) were never made official, it is stated in the novel that the remaining child murders during the summer of 1958 after that of minor character Jimmy Cullum were of all of Henry's friends, creating the assumption that they were attacked and killed by It (possibly as means to worsen Henry's sociopathism).

 Henry Bowers Henry Bowers is the sadistic and crazed leader of the Bowers Gang who torments the Losers and other kids ceaselessly before and throughout the summer of 1958. The novel portrays him as a hateful and violent twelve-year-old boy filled with mischief and malice. Henry's sanity slowly deteriorates throughout the summer due to the influence of It and abuse from his equally crazy and abusive father, Butch Bowers, who has taught Henry to be a racist. Henry shares his father's intense hatred for the Hanlon family, the only black family in Derry, in addition to being a sexist and anti-semite. He inflicts many acts of cruelty and humiliation upon the Losers during and before the summer of '58, such as attempting to carve his name onto Ben Hanscom's stomach (though he only gets as far as the first letter), ceaselessly mocking Bill Denbrough's pronounced stutter, harassing Beverly and threatening her with sexual violence, killing Mike Hanlon's dog and bathing Mike in mud to make him a "tar baby", breaking Eddie Kaspbrak's arm, pursuing Richie Tozier through town, and white-washing Stan Uris' face in snow until it bleeds. His deteriorating sanity becomes apparent during his attacks on Eddie and Beverly: with the former, he pushed Mr. Gedreau to the ground and threatened him into going back inside the Tracker Bros. Store when the man tried to stand up for Eddie after Henry starts attacking Eddie with gravel; he kicked out an old lady's taillight when she tried to stand up for Beverly. After a violent rock fight in early July, Henry becomes increasingly sadistic until he eventually murders his father in mid-August with a switchblade provided by It, and also tries to kill the Losers. He chases them into the town sewers with his friends Vic Criss and Belch Huggins, only to encounter It in the form of Frankenstein's monster, who decapitates Vic and mutilates Belch's face. Henry fails to kill any of the Losers and manages to escape from It. When he eventually finds his way out of the sewers, the shock of witnessing his friends being slaughtered has driven him completely insane. He is convicted of the murder of his father and is framed for most of It's murders throughout the summer. He is placed in an insane asylum and remains there until May 29, 1985, when he escapes with It's assistance, and heads back to Derry to attempt to murder the Losers once more. After critically wounding Mike in the town library and being injured himself in the process, Henry then goes to the hotel where most of the Losers are staying, and finds Eddie's room first, only to be killed in the confrontation by Eddie.
 Victor "Vic" Criss Vic Criss is a bully, and one of Henry's sidekicks. Among Henry's gang, Vic is most likely the smartest and most intelligent member and is the only one who truly realizes Henry's insanity, and becomes increasingly reluctant to follow him. The novel describes Vic as having good morals despite helping Henry torment the Losers, often wanting to scare or intimidate the Losers rather than actually cause physical harm. When he makes comments and jokes, he often uses heavy profanity as well as implied or explicit violence. It is also noted that he is a more than fair pitcher during the rock fight, where he causes the most damage (partly and somewhat paradoxically because he did not want to be there). In early August, while in the Tracker Brothers store, Vic warns the Losers of Henry's deteriorating sanity. He also almost approaches the Losers to join them but decides against it. By doing this, he seals his fate and joins Henry and Belch in following the Losers into the sewers, where the three encounter It in the form of Frankenstein's monster, who kills Vic by decapitating him. Later It appears before Henry taking the form of Vic and Henry continually remembers Vic's decapitation. His corpse along with Belch's is later discovered by the adult Losers when they go to face It for the final time.
 Reginald "Belch" Huggins Belch Huggins is the other sidekick of Henry's, and earned his nickname due to his ability to belch on command. He is very big for his age, being six feet tall at twelve years old. Belch is considered stupid by most people, which he makes up for in physical strength and his fierce loyalty to his friends, especially Henry. He is believed to be a professional grade baseball batter. Belch follows Henry and Vic into the sewers to murder the Losers, only to encounter It in the form of Frankenstein's monster. After It kills Vic and goes after Henry, Belch defends him and attacks It. Henry leaves Belch behind and It overpowers him and kills him by mutilating his face. It appears as a mutilated Belch to drive Henry to the hotel where the Losers are staying. During this encounter, Belch shows a great deal of resentment towards Henry, which uneases Henry. His corpse along with Vic's is later discovered by the adult Losers when they go to face It for the final time.
 Patrick Hockstetter Patrick Hockstetter is a psychopathic and solipsistic bully who is part of Henry's gang (despite his generally low reputation, even as a bully). Patrick keeps a pencil box full of dead flies, which he kills with his ruler, and shows it to other students. Even though he is still so young he had committed multiple crimes such as stalking, sexual assault, theft, rape, animal cruelty, fratricide, infanticide, child murder, assault and arson. He makes sexual advances to Henry at one point, likely being in love with him. He also takes small, usually injured animals and locks them in a broken refrigerator in a junkyard, and leaves them there to die. Along with killing animals, Patrick has also murdered his infant brother, Avery, by suffocation when he was five years old. When alone with Henry after lighting farts with him and his gang one July afternoon in 1958, Patrick gives Henry a handjob and offers to give him oral sex, which snaps Henry out of his daze and prompts him to punch Patrick in the mouth. Henry then reveals that he knows about Patrick's refrigerator, and threatens to tell everyone about it if Patrick tells about the handjob. Once Henry has left, Patrick opens the refrigerator to dispose of the animal corpses but is attacked by a swarm of flying leeches, his only fear. The swarm sucks Patrick's blood leaving large holes all over his body, which causes him to slowly lose consciousness as he is dragged away by It. When he awakens, It begins to feed on him. His death is witnessed by Beverly, and his corpse is discovered by the Losers when they go into the sewers to face It for the first time.
 Peter Gordon A well-off friend of Henry's that lives on West Broadway, who thinks of chasing Mike Hanlon as a game, though Henry's crazed and increasingly violent behavior (such as attempting to outright kill Mike with cherry bombs and M-80s) begins to alienate him. He is also the boyfriend of an unattractive girl with heavy acne named Marcia Fadden. When school goes out for the summer, Peter (menacingly) invites Ben Hanscom to play baseball with him and while on a date with Marcia, he insults the Losers at the movies. Like Vic Criss, he also realizes Henry's eroding sanity, albeit only after the rock fight. He is never seen again after the rock fight.
 Steve "Moose" Sadler A slightly developmentally disabled and very slow friend of Henry's, whose father works on the Hanlon family farm. He joins Henry in tormenting Mike Hanlon and also helps him break Eddie's arm in the park. However, Moose is shown to be more of a minion or a follower to Henry rather than a friend and is more of a friend to Vic and Belch.
 Gard Jagermeyer A very slow and dumb friend of Henry's. He once pushed Richie Tozier to the ground, breaking his glasses. Aside from this instance, Gard is mentioned a few times throughout the novel, arguably making him the most minor of Henry's gang.

Other characters
 George Elmer Denbrough More commonly known as "Georgie". The first character introduced in the book. He is the six-year-old brother of Bill Denbrough, and he goes out to sail his boat made from a sheet of newspaper only for it to be swept into a storm drain. Seconds later Pennywise appears and tempts him with balloons and circus food. Georgie says no and as Georgie reaches for the boat, Pennywise grabs him and rips his arm off, whispering to him "they float" while he bleeds to death.
 Eddie Corcoran Eddie Corcoran is a classmate of the Losers Club and Henry's gang. Like Beverly Marsh, Eddie and his younger brother Dorsey are victims of child abuse by their stepfather, Richard Macklin. Eddie's stepfather would often beat both boys brutally and without warning, at one point throwing Eddie into a coat rack with enough force to make him urinate blood for two weeks for accidentally slamming the door while Macklin was sleeping. In May 1957, Macklin hit Dorsey in the back of the head with a hammer, accidentally killing him, which he covered up to look like an accident. Two days before summer vacation in June 1958, Eddie runs away from home and decides to rest in the park. However, using Dorsey's form, It approaches Eddie and chases after him before assuming the form of the Gill-man to kill him. Eddie is the only child who is actually shown getting killed by It besides George Denbrough and Patrick Hockstetter.
 Adrian Mellon Adrian Mellon is a young homosexual man in Derry. He grows fond of the town, despite its violently homophobic mindset, and only agrees to leave to please his partner, Don Hagarty. Before leaving, however, the two attend a town fair in July 1984, and on the way home, they are harassed by three gay-hating youths. The three attack them, Adrian especially because of a hat he won at the fair, and throw him from a bridge over a canal. When he hits the bottom, Adrian is attacked by Pennywise as It briefly pressured his ribs until he shrieked, and dragged him away to kill. Though Don and one of the bullies, Chris Unwin, witnessed this, no mention of Pennywise is made at the trial.
 Will Hanlon Will Hanlon is the father of Mike Hanlon. While dying of cancer in 1962, he tells Mike about his experiences in the Army Air Corps in the 1920s and about establishing the Black Spot, a club started by Will and his black Air Force buddies and originally meant exclusively for black members, but gradually began accepting members of other races as well. He recounts how, in the fall of 1930, the club was burned down by a group of Maine Legion of White Decency members, causing numerous deaths. He narrowly survived the fire due to the intervention of his friend Dick Hallorann, a character who also appears in King's The Shining.  He also tells Mike that he witnessed a giant bird - the same bird that nearly killed Mike in 1958 — carry off a Legion of White Decency member and fly away with him in its talons.
 Norbert Keene The owner and operator of the Center Street Drug Store for fifty years, from 1925 to 1975. The Losers dislike him, thinking of him as cruel and snide. He administers Eddie's asthma medication and later reveals to him, for unclear motives, that it is only a placebo ordered by his mother.  Many years later, when Keene is 85 and retired, Mike interviews him, and Mr. Keene tells him the story of the Bradley Gang, a group of outlaws who were hiding out in Maine after several bank robberies in the Midwest.  He tells Mike that, in 1929, a year before the fire at the Black Spot, the entire gang was murdered by Derry residents when stopping through town to buy ammunition. Mr. Keene says that, rather than covering up the event, the whole town instead pretended that it never occurred, including police chief Jim Sullivan, who even took part in the slayings. Finally, Mr. Keene mentions seeing a clown participating in the shooting, but that it was wearing farmer's attire rather than a traditional clown suit. He speculates that the clown was in fact a disguised member of the Derry citizenry or possibly a performer from a nearby carnival, but cannot explain reports out that the clown was seen at several different places at once and that it cast no shadow.
 Tom Rogan The insane, abusive, violent and sadistic husband of Beverly Marsh. Tom has a very predatory view of women, and he thrives on the control he has over his vulnerable wife. When Beverly tries to leave for Derry, he refuses to let her, whipping her with a belt. Tom is surprised when the normally docile Beverly fights back and almost kills him. He follows Beverly to Derry with the intent of killing her, but is manipulated by It to kidnap Bill's wife, Audra, instead. He later dies from shock after seeing It's true form.
 Alvin Marsh Beverly Marsh's abusive father. Although he is not an alcoholic or drug user, he abuses Bev and her mother and acts misogynistically, though there are times when Alvin is shown to be a loving and caring father to Bev. As an adult, Beverly falls out of contact with her father, and when she returns to Derry in 1985, she discovers he has died five years before.
 Kay McCall Beverly Marsh's close friend, a divorcee and an affluent writer of feminist literature. Beverly turns to her when fleeing her husband Tom. She is brutally assaulted by Tom, who successfully extracts all she knows about his missing wife's whereabouts.
 Audra Philips Denbrough Bill's wife, a famous film actress who bears a marked resemblance to Beverly. She follows Bill to Derry due to her concern over his mental state and is kidnapped by Tom Rogan, who is acting on It's orders. She becomes catatonic after seeing It's Deadlights form, but Bill revives her by taking her on a ride on his childhood bike Silver. She is the only person who has survived after seeing It's true form.
 Zack and Sharon Denbrough Bill and Georgie's father and mother. Initially loving and supportive parents, they become distant from their son and from each other in their grief over Georgie's death, and Bill's hope of regaining their love is one of his biggest motives in fighting It. Zack, an electrician for a hydroelectric firm, has knowledge of Derry's sewer system that becomes instrumental in helping Bill determine where It can be found. Both have died by the time the Losers reunite in 1985.
 Sonia Kaspbrak Eddie's mother. A morbidly obese widow, she has convinced herself that Eddie is seriously ill with multiple illnesses including asthma, despite repeatedly assurances from doctors and teachers that he is basically healthy. She uses her son's health as a way of controlling him, refusing to let him participate in physical activities (which Eddie enjoys) and limiting his contact with friends. Eddie is terrified of upsetting her, but manages to stand up to her after she blames his friends for Henry Bowers breaking his arm. She dies in 1980, by which point she weighs over 400 pounds.
 Maturin the Turtle This ancient turtle is said to have vomited out our Universe when he had a stomach ache. He is kind, wise, loving, gentle, compassionate and benevolent, having a very grandfather-like demeanor when speaking to humans. In 1958, he communicates with Bill Denbrough for a minute while he is under an illusion created by It. Bill pleads for help in defeating It and the Turtle simply gives Bill advice that he must stand by his friends and perform the Ritual of Chüd. During the second Ritual of Chüd in 1985, It tells Bill that the Turtle has since died by "choking on a galaxy", but it is ambiguous as to whether or not this is true.

Development

In 1978, King and his family lived in Boulder, Colorado. One evening, King ventured alone to pick up his car from the repair shop and came across an old wooden bridge, "humped and oddly quaint". Walking along the bridge caused King to recall the story of "Three Billy Goats Gruff", and the idea of transplanting the tale's scenario into a real-life context interested him. King was further inspired by a line by Marianne Moore—"imaginary gardens with real toads in them"—which in his mind came out as "real trolls in imaginary gardens." King would return to the concept two years later and gradually accumulated ideas and thoughts, particularly the concept of weaving the narratives of children and the adults they become. King began writing It in 1980, and finished the book five years later. King found influence in the mythology and history surrounding the construction of the sewer system in Bangor, Maine.

Themes
It thematically focuses on the loss of childhood innocence and questions the difference between necessity and free will. Grady Hendrix of Tor.com described the book as being "about the fact that some doors only open one way, and that while there's an exit out of childhood named sex, there's no door leading the other way that turns adults back into children". Christopher Lehman-Haupt of The New York Times noted that It "concerns the evil that has haunted America from time to time in the forms of crime, racial and religious bigotry, economic hardship, labor strife and industrial pollution", and that the novel's setting "is a museum filled with the popular culture of the 1950s: brand names, rock 'n' roll songs and stars, the jokes and routines of childhood in that era". James Smythe of The Guardian opined that "Pennywise isn't the novel's biggest terror. The most prominent notions of fear in the novel come from the Losers Club themselves: their home lives, the things that have made them pariahs."

Release
On December 13, 2011, Cemetery Dance published a special limited edition of It for the 25th anniversary of the novel () in three editions: an unsigned limited gift edition of 2,750, a signed limited edition of 750, and a signed and lettered limited edition of 52. All three editions are oversized hardcovers, housed in a slipcase or traycase, and feature premium binding materials. This anniversary edition features a new dust jacket illustration by Glen Orbik, as well as numerous interior illustrations by Alan M. Clark and Erin Wells. The book also contains a new afterword by Stephen King discussing his reasons for writing the novel.

Reception and legacy

It received a mostly positive critical reaction when it was released.

Christopher Lehman-Haupt perceived a lack of justification in Stanley Uris' death and the reunion of the group.

Grady Hendrix described the book as "by turns boring and shocking" and "one of King's most frustrating and perplexing books", and described the behavior of the child characters as idealized and unnatural.

The book's sexual content is controversial among critics and readers. James Smythe considered the book's descriptions of childhood sexuality to be "questionable", and was particularly "shocked" by a scene of the Losers Club engaging in an orgy. Grady Hendrix identified this moment as "in a sense, the heart of the book" and a thematic demonstration of the crossing from childhood to adulthood, and concluded that it is "a way for King to tell kids that sex, even unplanned sex, even sex that's kind of weird, even sex where a girl loses her virginity in the sewer, can be powerful and beautiful if the people having it truly respect and like each other".

The novel has been noted for its exceptional length. Publishers Weekly expressed particular indignation: "Overpopulated and under-characterized, bloated by lazy thought-out philosophizing and theologizing there is simply too much of It."

The character Pennywise has been named by several outlets as one of the scariest clowns in film or pop culture.

In 2003, It was listed at number 144 on the BBC's The Big Read poll—one of three King novels on the list.

Adaptations

In 1990, the novel was adapted into a television miniseries starring Tim Curry as Pennywise the Clown/It, John Ritter as Ben Hanscom, Harry Anderson as Richie Tozier, Richard Masur as Stan Uris, Tim Reid as Mike Hanlon, Annette O'Toole as Beverly Marsh, Richard Thomas as Bill Denbrough, Olivia Hussey as Audra Phillips, Dennis Christopher as Eddie Kaspbrak, and Michael Cole as Henry Bowers. The younger versions of the characters were played by Brandon Crane (Ben), Seth Green (Richie), Ben Heller (Stan), Marlon Taylor (Mike), Emily Perkins (Beverly), Jonathan Brandis (Bill), Adam Faraizl (Eddie), and Jarred Blancard (Henry). The miniseries was directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and scripted by Wallace and Lawrence D. Cohen.

In 1998, the novel was adapted into a television series set in India, starring Lilliput as Pennywise the Clown/Vikram/Woh/It, and Ashutosh Gowarikar (Ashutosh), Mamik Singh (Rahul), Anupam Bhattacharya (Sanjeev), Shreyas Talpade (Young Ashutosh), Parzan Dastur (Young Siddhart), Manoj Joshi (Amit), and Daya Shankar Pandey (Chandu), the series' equivalent of the Losers Club. The series was directed and written by Glen Baretto and Ankush Mohla.

The first of a two-part feature film adaptation, It, was released on September 8, 2017. It is directed by Andy Muschietti, with a screenplay by Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga and Gary Dauberman. Instead of a dual narrative, the first film is solely an adaptation of the section that features the characters as children, though the setting has been updated to the late 1980s. It stars Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise and Jaeden Martell as Bill Denbrough. Supporting roles are played by Finn Wolfhard as Richie Tozier, Sophia Lillis as Beverly Marsh, Jack Dylan Grazer as Eddie Kaspbrak, Wyatt Oleff as Stanley Uris, Chosen Jacobs as Mike Hanlon, Jeremy Ray Taylor as Ben Hanscom, Owen Teague as Patrick Hockstetter, Nicholas Hamilton as Henry Bowers, Logan Thompson as Vic Criss and Jake Sim as Belch Huggins.

The second film, It Chapter Two, adapted the "adult" section and updated the setting to the 2010s, specifically 2016. It starred James McAvoy (Bill), Bill Hader (Richie), Jessica Chastain (Beverly), James Ransone (Eddie), Andy Bean (Stan), Isaiah Mustafa (Mike), and Jay Ryan (Ben). Skarsgård reprised the role of Pennywise and the younger actors returned as well. Principal photography wrapped in 2018, and it was released on September 6, 2019.

On March 21, 2022, Variety reported that Muschietti, along with his sister and Jason Fuchs, was developing and executive producing a prequel series for HBO Max, titled Welcome to Derry. The show is said to take place in the 1960s, before the events of It: Chapter One, and will reportedly include the origin story of Pennywise the Clown. Muschietti will direct the first episode, with Fuchs writing all of the episodes for the series.

References

External links

 It at Worlds Without End
 IT Review at Illuminati Blog
 A Chapter-By-Chapter Analysis at It: An Annotated Look at Stephen King

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Despite having invested a lot of time and money on Social Media Marketing (SMM), most of the businesses do not see any growth in followers or lead generation.
The reason would be simple mistakes most of them make when promoting the social media sites. Having a clear idea on what to do and what 'not' to do is important for lead generation. Read on to see the common social media mistakes to make sure you are not doing them.
The first step for you should take is to set up a goal and decide on the audience, the potential leads, you are going to target. Get the help of an efficient team to come up with a strategy to contribute the necessary time.
No-one will be interested in a shop that has been closed for several days; similarly no-one will be interested in a page that is inactive for several days. Being active with posts on your page, give your followers the confidence to reach out to you any time they want the services.
Social Media is a platform that will help you with lead generation, but not a selling platform. Followers do not want to see posts only about "How great your business and your services are". They love to read facts about your services, to know how you do, what you do.
This social media mistake makes zero lead generation. Click farm and paid promotion for free offers and games will flood in the number of followers, but the number of people genuinely interested in your services will be low.
Seeing the same topic over and over makes one loose the interest in the particular topic, and possibly miscommunicate to the followers, that you are offering only that particular service.
When the queries/comments by the followers remain unanswered they lose the trust and interest they have on the page.
Limit the hashtags to the most relevant key words and best if it is within the caption. No-one likes irrelevant posts coming up on their search.
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Enabling people with mental health conditions to seek justice (J v K & Anor)
A man with mental health conditions attempted to appeal the outcome of an unsuccessful Employment Tribunal case. He missed the deadline by one hour and his appeal was refused by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT). He took his case to the Court of Appeal, arguing that the EAT had discriminated against him.
Making a homeless application without mental capacity (WB v W District Council)
A woman who was homeless had a range of serious mental health problems applied to the council to be housed. The council determined that she did not have the mental capacity to apply as homeless. She challenged this through the courts. The County Court had said it was bound by the outcome of an earlier case which found that people who lack capacity cannot make homeless applications.
Improving public transport for disabled people (Paulley v First Group PLC)
A disabled man was unable to board a bus because a passenger with a pushchair refused to vacate the wheelchair space. The man successfully brought a claim for discrimination against the bus company. The company appealed twice in the Supreme Court, which is where our involvement began.

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Q: keypress event not generated in Chrome on ENTER Key? My application requires an input from users, on entering a value in a textbox, users hit Enter (Return Key) and this calls a
buttons onclick event. This works fine in IE, FF  but not Chrome. On enter in chrome, keypress event is not generated
Here is my code snippet
 $('#myDiv').keypress(function (e) {
    alert("Key  pressed");
    if (e.keyCode == $.ui.keyCode.ENTER) {

     alert("enter pressed");
    }
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Could anyone provide input on this?

A: keypress is the correct event for detecting which character has been typed (although in this particular case, that of detecting the enter key, keydown would work just as well). However, how to get the character typed in a keypress event is inconsistent between browsers, so jQuery normalizes on the which property. Here's what you want:
$('#myDiv').keypress(function (e) {
    alert("Key pressed");
    if (e.which == $.ui.keyCode.ENTER) {
        alert("enter pressed");
    }
});

The definitive reference for key events: http://unixpapa.com/js/key.html

A: Cross-browsers method :
$('#myDiv').keydown( function(e) {
    var key = e.charCode ? e.charCode : e.keyCode ? e.keyCode : 0;
    if(key == 13) {
        e.preventDefault();
        alert("enter pressed");
    }
});

Tested on Chrome 24 : http://jsfiddle.net/PTauw/1/

A: This link might be helpful for you...
Api Jquery Key Press
 or try with this code
Change keypress to keydown:
$('#myDiv').keydown(function(e) {

   // your logic
   alert("Key  pressed");
   if (e.keyCode == $.ui.keyCode.ENTER) {
       alert("enter pressed");
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});

A: Chrome seems to be working with ENTER key and not 13.
this works for me on all browsers including CHROME.
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Nationals: The George Springer stock continues to rise
By James Simmons
George Springer #4 of the Houston Astros points to third base coach Gary Pettis in the box after hitting a solo home run against John Curtiss #84 of the Tampa Bay Rays during the first inning in Game Five of the American League Championship Series at PETCO Park on October 15, 2020 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) /
He is already going to be a highly sought after free agent and with every postseason long ball, George Springer is adding money to his future savings account.
For a guy entering free agency for the first time, George Springer is doing every thing he needs to make sure and squeeze every dollar out of the lucky team who signs him.
On the heels of hitting .389 with two home runs in the four game series win over the Oakland Athletics, Springer hit his second home run of the American League Championship Series against the Tampa Bay Rays. The home run was the 19th of his postseason career, moving him into a tie for the fourth most all-time.
With every clutch postseason hit, Springer adds a few more dollars to the already huge contract he is set to sign this offseason.
He is a huge reason the Astros have made the ALCS four years running. Springer was the World Series MVP in 2017, hit .296 with two home runs in the World Series loss to the Nationals last year, and carries and OPS over .900 in the 61 career playoff games he's played.
Springer is not just a postseason hero. Prior to this year he had made three straight All-Star games while earning a Silver Slugger Award two of those years. A year ago he set career highs in home runs (39) and runs batted in (96), while hitting out of the leadoff spot.
With the removal of Michael A. Taylor from the 40 man roster, the Nationals have just five outfielders remaining. Speculation says the Nationals will buy out the team option on Adam Eaton, instead of paying him $10.5M next season. Victor Robles and Juan Soto need a third partner in the outfield, and George Springer would fit nicely in the caverns of Nationals Park.
Even though Soto played some right field towards the end of they year, signing Springer and having him play right field, would allow Soto to move back to his natural position in left field. Springer is primarily a center fielder, though has made 458 starts in right field as well.
Alongside Marcell Ozuna, Springer is one of the top outfield free agents in a class which also includes Joc Pedersen, Michael Brantley, and Jackie Bradley Jr.
Next. The sad saga of Michael Taylor comes to a close. dark
The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of George Springer in a Nationals uniform. Even though he won't come cheap, the Nationals should open up the checkbook for this guy.


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Why should you see an academic adviser?
Who is your academic adviser?
Where is your academic adviser?
When should you see your academic adviser?
How can you make the most of your meetings with your academic adviser?
Academic advising is an important form of teaching that takes place outside the classroom. Through a variety of contacts and consultations, academic advisers can help you take full advantage of the phenomenal opportunities that abound at MSU.
At its most basic form, academic advising focuses regular attention on your progress towards meeting graduation requirements. But academic advising can also open doors for both personal and professional development.
Advisers are familiar with the full range of University resources designed to provide support for students outside the classroom--such as the Counseling Center, Learning Resource Center, Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities, University Ombudsman's Office, Office of Financial Aids, and Career Services Network. Advisers are also knowledgeable about University policies and procedures, so they can assist students with a wide range of special problems, such as how to arrange participation in a Study Abroad program or how to withdraw from the University due to a personal emergency.
Two heads are better than one! Students in the College of Arts & Letters have an extraordinary amount of flexibility to shape their own programs of study, and academic advising provides "active learning" sessions with knowledgeable professionals who can help you design a course of study to fit your unique needs, interests, and goals. Each meeting with your academic adviser is an opportunity to brainstorm with an expert about ways to enhance your personal and professional development.
Academic advisers can also alert you to opportunities that you might not know exist--both inside and outside the classroom. Academic advisers can help you examine your academic goals and identify classes and opportunities to help you achieve them. Academic advisers can also serve as an "early warning system" to help you stay on track in meeting degree requirements. In fact, academic advisers thrive at problem solving and can help you tackle virtually any academic issue that may arise; even if they don't know the answer offhand, they can almost certainly provide a referral to someone who does!
All students in the College of Arts & Letters are assigned to academic advisers associated with their major programs of study. Students in some majors are assigned to professional advisers in their units. In other majors, students are assigned to a faculty adviser experienced in working with undergraduates.
Your adviser is not your parent or your pal, but is a friendly professional--knowledgeable about MSU courses and curricula, and eager to serve as a mentor to undergraduate students. Most advisers in the College of Arts & Letters have advanced degrees and interesting life experiences that contribute to their ability to guide you as you make academic choices.
Some students have more than one adviser, but the adviser associated with the major should be considered the "primary" adviser, since that's the one who will be responsible for verifying completion of degree requirements. Additional advisers may be assigned to students in special programs, such as the College Admissions Achievement Program (CAAP), Honors College, the Academic Scholars Program, or Spartan Athlete Support Services (SASS). Students enrolled for more than one major have advisers associated with each major.
To identify and find your academic adviser, check the College of Arts & Letters web site or call the Department office that represents your major. The Department office can tell you how to reach the adviser by phone or e-mail and can explain how to schedule an appointment with the adviser. The College Student Affairs Office also maintains a list of advisers for all majors, so you can call 517-355-0366 for assistance in locating your adviser if you prefer. Advisers have offices within their academic units.
Be sure to see your academic adviser at least once a year, several weeks before the annual enrollment period in April that allows you to sign up for classes for the coming year. Some students like to meet with their advisers more often--perhaps once a semester--to stay in touch and confirm plans for the subsequent semester.
Keep in mind that your adviser can be a key contact for discussions about any changes in your academic plans. If you decide to drop a class, add a class, or add a major or specialization, it's a good idea to discuss the matter with your adviser so you can prepare for any consequences such a decision might have. In addition, consider talking with your adviser about long-range planning as you contemplate Study Abroad opportunities, internships, or graduate school options?
How can you make the most of your meetings with your Acadmic Advisor?
Advising meetings are most productive when both the student and the adviser have an opportunity to prepare for the meeting in advance. Ideally, you should schedule an appointment when you need to speak with your adviser, and you should explain briefly in advance (by e-mail or phone message when you make the appointment) what your most pressing concerns are. That way, your adviser can pull your record and review your academic progress before you come for your appointment--leaving you both free to focus on the questions or concerns that prompted the appointment.
If you are unable to keep a scheduled appointment, be sure to call the office to cancel--so that the appointment can be offered to another student.
Students should acquaint themselves with the requirements associated with their major by checking Academic Programs, Degree Navigator, or major checklists. By doing your homework in advance, you can use your advising appointment to discuss the different options you have and work with your adviser to determine the best possible choices.
As you and your adviser wrap up your discussion, you may wish to summarize the key action points you've agreed on--such as selecting specific courses for a cognate, beginning foreign language study, visiting Career Services, or applying for the teacher certification option. Ask your adviser when you should plan to meet again--and don't hesitate to get back in touch sooner if the need arises.


Is it better to suffocate on dry land or drown in the freedom of the sea?
Ellida is consumed by her longing for the sea. Trapped in an unhappy marriage and loathed by her stepdaughters, she is drawn to the ocean, to the promise and ecstasy of the unknown.
The startling arrival of a dark stranger awakens Ellida, stirs her desires and lures her back to the water's edge. Now she must confront both the past and a desire for freedom that could destroy her.
Frank McGuinness has been a major presence in Irish drama for the last twenty years. As well as writing his own plays, such as Factory Girls (revived on its 5th year anniversary at Arcola), he has adapted and translated to great acclaim an eclectic range of the classics including an award winning version of Ibsen's A Doll's House.


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Alsace, France
Alsace is famous for its high number of picturesque villages with their brightly painted half-timbered houses, some of the most beautiful cathedrals and churches in Western Europe and beautiful castles.
Alsace is furthermore famous for its vineyards (especially along the 170 km of the Route des Vins d'Alsace from Marlenheim to Thann) and the Vosges mountains with their thick and green forests and picturesque lakes. More information here and here.
The little Venice - Colmar
The «little Venice» is the name given to the course of the river Lauch in Colmar.
The Alsatian Vineyard Route is a mostly rural route in Alsace and goes along medieval wine producing villages situated on the slope of the Massif des Vosges.
Situated on the 'Route des Vins', between vineyards and mountains, Ribeauvillé is a charming and one of the prettiest towns in the Alsace.
The fishmonger's distric - Colmar
The fishmonger's district (Fishing Quay), is the place where most of the professional fishermen and boatmen of Colmar lived.
Maison Pfister - Colmar
Maison Pfister, built in 1537 and especially notable for its façade, with decorative balcony and bright decorations by Christian Vacksterffer, which is an exemplary work of Renaissance art in the region of the Rhine.
Saint Martin Church - Colmar
Collegiate Church Saint Martin was first consecrated as a cathedral and then a collegiate church from 1237. The Church has a strong gothic character, three naves and beautiful stained glass windows.
Colmar - old town
The old town with street after narrow street of half-timbered, half-painted houses that will show you the real Alsace as it was hundreds of years ago.
The fishmonger's district - Colmar
The fishmonger's district (Fishing Quay), is the place where most of the professional fishermen and boatmen of Colmar lived. They were in a powerful corporation. The caught fishes were stored in fish ponds or sold in the fishmonger's district.
The fishmonger's district at night.
The Alsace wine route - Riquewihr
The Alsatian Vineyard Route is a mostly rural route in Alsace. The route stretches from Marlenheim in the north to Thann in the south . The route goes along medieval wine producing villages situated on the slope of the Massif des Vosges.
Riquewihr is one of the most enchanting towns in Alsace. Parking is outside the town walls and entrance into the old town is through a series of old town gates in the large clock and watch towers. It is first of all a wine town surrounded by hills of vines.
There are old houses from the 16th and 17th centuries. Many still have wells and fountains, and their courtyards are overlooked by galleries above.
Eguisheim is ranked as one of the Most Beautiful Villages of France since 2003 and the National Grand Prix of flowering since 1989.
Eguisheim, the birthplace of winegrowing in Alsace, has 1850 inhabitants and nestles between gentle hillsides covered with 339 hectares of vines.
Thanks to its winegrowers' skill, its remarkable soils and exceptional microclimate, Eguisheim's slopes have been officially classified as "Alsace Grand Cru" vineyards.
Eguisheim is world famous for its picturesque and concentric narrow streets lined with half-timbered houses and rich floral decoration.
Kaysersberg is generally considered to be one of the most impressive of the Alsace towns, particularly in the town's medieval centre.
Kaysersberg is one of the finest wine growing areas in Alsace. The first vines were brought here in the 16th century from Hungary, and wine production is still an important aspect of the town's economy today.
A picture postcard pretty town, Obernai has lots of delightful medieval houses lining the narrow streets and small open plazas, all set within the original ramparts of the town, as well as many notable buildings and historic monuments.
Many of the houses are painted in the resplendent colours typical of Alsace. Each house is a different colour, has different patterns of beams and different shutter colours. It is one of the best and most 'traditional' of the lovely Alsace towns.
Ribeauvillé is a charming and one of the prettiest towns in the Alsace which has successfully capitalized on its heritage.
From its medieval fortifications, the town has preserved a part of its town walls and some of its defensive towers, among them is the «Tour des Bouchers» dating back to the 13th century.
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Take your time assessing what you created.
Take your time explaining the beauty of your art, so we can absorb the magnitude of your creation.
Your photograph, your book, your painting, your company, the album you just finished, the car you restored, or the software release you just finished.
Don't just move on to the next project.
Think about how long it took you (or short), how many obstacles you faced, and the crux decisions that you had to make.
How many others would have thrown in the towel if faced with the same challenges?
You see most people either do not ever start or quit before they are finished.
Since you are a finisher, a winning horse, then you earned your victory lap around the track. So take your time sizing up what you have accomplished and explaining the beauty.
As the artist you have the power to enlighten our eyes by offering a peak behind the curtain.
You will find that your creation or accomplishment is more beautiful to others once they hear the story.
Share the story, share the art, and take your time explaining them both.
@CaryPierce1 and @Thegoodrun just released a new album.
@VanceBrown just released his first book.
@Fuelpricing knocked out an epic software release.
Bluff Works just smashed their Kickstarter campaign goal.
What did you just ship?
Aaron, I love what you're saying here. I think there's also a great opportunity for people to invite people into the process of the creation of their art…to build a tribe during the building phase. That's exactly what Seth Godin & Michael Hyatt have done with their blog.
Too many artists wait until after they create their art to try to build a tribe. It's too late then…they need the tribe at that point.
Jon-say more. How would you advise others to inviting people into the process of their creation? Seth and Michael are great examples of accomplished Tribe creators. How does someone start building a tribe? Tell us more.
Love this Aaron! I don't stop and celebrate enough. It's too easy just to go start the next counseling session or blog post or house project.
I'd love to hear about some piece of your art and the process of it.
I've been chewing on your question a bit. For me specifically this blog is my most personal expression of my art. For so long I dismissed the thought or desire to write publicly. It seemed there were too many people already with opinions and rants. I did not want to be add to that rather noisy pile. The original expression began as a result of looking into a career change and using the blog as a portfolio. Today I will share specific posts with people "thought you might appreciate this". It feels presumptuous and risky at moments but I move forward trusting that time and feedback will help refine my craft.
I originally observed this "take more time explaining your Art" while watching our Software Product Manager giving a demo to a customer. He and his team had spent months and months building this new version of software. It had some really amazing advancements, big one's you could see and small one's behind the scenes that you could not. The combination was very powerful. The customer loved what they saw, but I encouraged him to slow down and take them through the peaks and valleys of how you got to this finished product. They were never going to derive how innovative these improvements were without him articulating that story very concisely. As a result they placed a higher value on the Art because they now understand all of its nuance.
Hi Aaron, Thanks for that piece! More than once, when people have asked me how's it going – whether it was in the middle of my kickstarter project, or when I was choosing my company name – I replied "it's probably more fun for everyone else than it is for me".
This is because I've been so focused either on the task, or what's next. But, I realized I could go on like this, super busy for some time – years, maybe – and I didn't start Bluff to conquer the world. So, I should enjoy more. In fact, the reasons I started Bluff are #1 as a creative outlet, #2 to possibly carve out a different – more flexible – life for me and my family, and #3 to make great things for other people.
So, I need to slow down, as you suggest. Thanks for the reminder, and the vote of confidence!
That is a great word "it's probably more fun for everyone else". I bet that is the case somedays. And from the outside looking in you are doing great work and it probably looks more glamorous and easy than it truly is. As well others are often more able to see clearly how cool our projects are. Keep going and slow down, ride that bike in the park more and enjoy your creation.


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England cricketers stunned after snake appears in hotel swimming pool
England fast bowler Stuart Meaker decided to call off his morning dip after sighting a snake in their hotel's swimming pool in Kochi.
However, according to an eyewitness the snake was not even close to being as large and frightening, as Meaker was keen to make out, the Daily Mail reports.
Dispute between Misbahul Haq and Pak selectors over Adnan Akmal inclusion
Pakistani selectors are under pressure from skipper Misbah-ul-Haq to include Adnan Akmal and an extra pacer in the touring squad for the Test series in South Africa.
According to a source, there was no consensus between the national selection committee and Test captain Misbah, and that the biggest difference of opinion came over the selection of wicketkeeper Sarfaraz Ahmed from Karachi, reports The Nation.
South Africa complete innings win over New Zealand
Fast bowlers Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel used the second new ball to devastating effect as South Africa completed victory by an innings and 197 runs on the fourth day of the second and final Test against New Zealand at St George's Park on Monday.
Man of the match Steyn took three for 48 and Morne two for 36 as New Zealand were bowled out for 211.
They needed only a combined 34 deliveries to take the last five wickets. Steyn took five for 17 in the first innings and had match figures of eight for 65.
Michael Clarke, Matthew Wade and David Warner return to Australia squad against Sri Lanka
Skipper Michael Clarke returned on Monday to the one-day squad to lead Australia after a thrashing by Sri Lanka and an ear-bashing over selection policy from former stars. Quick bowlers Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc were also brought back in after being withdrawn as a precaution to protect niggling minor injuries.
Opener David Warner and keeper Matthew Wade completed the list of big guns coming back after a rest for the third and fourth one-dayers in Brisbane on Friday and Sydney on Sunday. National selector John Inverarity also unveiled Moises Henriques as the latest newcomer to get his chance.
Mickey Arthur defends Australia's selection policy
Australia cricket coach Mickey Arthur has hit back at critics of his rotational selection policy for fast bowlers, saying those who question the system are either "naive" or "stubborn." Arthur was particularly incensed at claims that the rotation, which aims to reduce injuries among the fast bowlers, means Australian teams are being chosen by sports scientists.
The South African-born coach admitted the Australian selectors took the advice of scientists in weighing player workload but said claims they were picking teams was "so far off the mark it's frightening." Criticism of the rotational policy grew loudest when Arthur made the decision to omit the in-form Mitchell Starc from Australia's lineup for its Boxing Day test against Sri Lanka in Melbourne.
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Phuket will increase the number of hotspots for free Wi-Fi Internet connection to 1,000 around the island as part of its ambition to turn the island into a "smart city", the digital economy minister said.
The province may also develop an electronic wristband system for foreign tourists so their identity and location would be known in case of untoward incidents, said Digital Economy and Society Minister Pichet Durongkaveroj. Pichet was speaking to a group of reporters and local officials during his trip to the Phuket Command Centre at the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Centre for Zone 18 on Friday.
Pichet made the visit to be briefed briefed by deputy Phuket governor Thawornwat Kongkaew on progress in the implementation of the smart-city plan for the tourist-destination province.
During the briefing, Thawornwat said the implementation had progressed greatly to achieve the measures of a smart economy, including tourism, health, education, safety and the environment in accordance with the government's Thailand 4.0 policy.
After the briefing, Pichet said smart-city developments included the installation of 1,000 free Wi-Fi hotspots, up from the current 200 hotspots.
He said the province also has planned to develop the uses of wristbands to track tourists and to use Big Data to analyse information about tourists' habits. He said the Phuket command centre would also link to all CCTVs on the island to work with face-recognition software to guard against crimes as well as to collect the data of tourists who use public boat services.
This would be done for the sake of their safety. Pichet said the government would provide financial support to the Phuket Smart City project but the province must ensure that each project would be worth the investment. He said some work could be carried out with cooperation from private firms instead of sole investment by the government.


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My name is Keshaun and I'm a Smash Bros. Brawl player. My first HOBO was pretty far into the series; HOBO 30 I believe. HOBO was my first steps into the true competitive scene for Brawl and changing from a lower level player to a mid level player.
My name is Stone and I play a lot of fighting games, but mainly Marvel vs Capcom 3. Thanks to the TYS series, I got the chance to play against high level competition in the games featured there and nurtured myself as a player to become the strong player I am today!
My name's Christian and I play Smash Bros. Brawl. WHOBO and all the HOBOs I've been to will undoubtedly be an unforgettable experience that I'll never collectively forget. Smash 4 will have a beautiful future as long as the same leaders are behind it.
My name is Jake13 and I play Super Smash Bros Melee. As an aspiring professional player it's great to have TYS to bring together so many players and gain so much experience. Always a great tournament with tons of play guaranteed.
My name is Timothy and I play Smash Bros. Brawl. Competing competitively in the HOBO series has been one of the most exciting and fun filled atmospheres I've ever been in. So go out to a tournament, compete and most of all, have fun. You won't regret it.
My name is Justin and I play a multitude of fighting games but started in the scene playing Super Street Fighter 4. I met many new friends & had many great memories at TYS. It has helped me with tournament experience & development as a player.


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A Namibian public policy advisor, Daisry Mathias serves His Excellency Dr. Hage G. Geingob, President of the Republic of Namibia as Advisor on Youth Matters & Enterprise Development. Daisry is positive about Namibia and Africa's future and capacitating the individual to succeed. In February 2022, she established the OYAYONE Foundation, her personal work to accelerate women's economic empowerment and social progression. The Foundation works with and for underpriviledged, single mothers and their next generation.
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"I am grateful for the opportunity to serve the largest demographic segment, which makes up 37% of our population."
Appointed 29 June 2015, Daisry Mathias is Advisor to the President of the Republic of Namibia, His Excellency Dr. Hage G. Geingob on Youth Matters & Enterprise Development. In her role, she focuses on the dimensions of education and skills training; health and welfare; economic inclusion and empowerment, and civic and political engagement of young people, under the overarching goals of poverty eradication, inclusive growth and shared prosperity.
Daisry serves as an aide to the President in the discharge of his constitutional mandate, engaging and coordinating inter-governmental and national stakeholders to advance pro-Youth policy programmes, in line with the President's vision for an inclusive, united and prosperous Namibia. Daisry is dedicated to contributing to Namibia's broad-based empowerment, deepening democratic participation and accelerated socio-economic transformation.
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The remit of the Youth & Enterprise Development Advisor is to:
Serve the President administratively in the Private Office.
Assist the President in the preparation of key policy statements.
Gather timely and authoritative information concerning socio-economic trends and developments; analyze and interpret such data, and submit to the President related studies.
Appraise programmes of Government to determine extent to which they are contributing to the attainment of developmental goals and make recommendations thereto.
Embody space for young Namibians to engage the Presidency through structured dialogue mechanisms.
Convene, amplify and mainstream the voices of young Namibians into Government policy and programmes.
Amplify flagship programmes of the Government.
Promote Youth representation and participation at national, regional and multilateral fora.
Strengthen institutional and inter-governmental collaboration and exchanges among youth and youth-led organisations to deepen unity, civic and political engagement and democratic participation.
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"Building an enduring inheritance for our children's children."
The Vision of the President, His Excellency Dr. Hage G. Geingob of an "inclusive, united and prosperous Namibian House" and declaration of all-out war against poverty and inequalities, demands of every citizen to gauge within their context and uplift those at risk of being left behind.
Through the OYAYONE FOUNDATION (Association-Not-For-Gain), Daisry works with and for underprivileged single mothers in Namibia – to break the cycle of poverty by addressing basic needs and tackling asset poverty, to achieve social mobility. The Foundation is "Building an enduring inheritance for our children's children" by facilitating the ownership and management of economic assets by more Namibian women.
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Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes was once the darling of the startup world. No more.
How Much Will Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne Split Cost?
Personal finance has never been more complicated. The typical family has to make a host of decisions ranging from retirement investing to paying down debt to buying insurance. And that says nothing of credit scores, emergency funds, 529 plans, and HSAs.
To achieve $10 million from $100,000 in 19 years, you need to grow your wealth at a rate better than 27% per year compounded. You can't do that with passive investments alone.
It takes only a moment of reflection to know when and why Donald Trump will end his campaign and will absolutely not run as a third party.
As kids, we've all fantasized about growing up and becoming rich and famous. But for celebrity kids, success is something that they're born with. Thanks to their already well-known names, some of these Hollywood kids are carving out their own slice of fame.
The "Grow Your Value" bonus competition drives home the message that it is important for women to both learn their value and communicate it effectively.
It's tempting to fixate on the dollar amount of your paycheck. But the fact is: What matters far more is what you do with those dollars -- and what you allow those dollars to do for you over time. True financial freedom doesn't happen until you've put your money to work for you.


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Straus Institute Hosts San Francisco Mini Study Tour in Dispute Resolution
On September 8-10, 2022 the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution hosted a mini-Study Tour to San Francisco in coordination with the JAMS and the Weinstein International Foundation. A select group of LLM students joined the tour, along with Associate Director Sherri Sturgeon (MDR '21) and Professor Sukhsimranjit Singh, Ph.D., who serves as Assistant Dean of Graduate Program.
The first of its kind trip sought to encourage students pursuing their Master of Law degree to more broadly explore the world of dispute resolution and cultivate the unique skills and cultural backgrounds of each individual that make resolving global conflicts possible. Joined by the Weinstein International Foundation Fellows visiting from around the world, the students had the privilege of hearing from Professor Singh, on the role of mediation in international contexts and how each person can aspire to be a "Mediation Leader" in finding a way forward through many of today's most prolific international conflicts. The students had the opportunity to engage with the Weinstein Fellows, creating space for unique conversations regarding how so many of today's pressing conflicts could be resolved by the guidance and influence of leaders who guide from a mediator's skillset. Along with the Weinstein Fellows, in the room were some of the most notable voices in the international mediation space, such as former Rwandan Chief Justice Sam Rugege, Straus Adjunct Professor Leonardo D'urso, former Seventh Circuit Judge Ann Claire Williams, and Judge Rebecca Westerfield formerly of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Kentucky. In totality, the event included legal and mediation professionals from nearly 40 nations.
The trip was well-received by students and fellows alike. In the words of current LLM Student Aisha Suleiman, who hails from Nigeria, "I loved the diverse insights generated from the discussions about global issues and the practical solutions suggested on how to promote a peaceful resolution of cross-cultural conflicts." LLM Student Marcel Woitalla from Germany further stated "The discussion with the entire group of ADR experts was very inspiring."
The trip further highlighted an alumni dinner, allowing current and past students to share in their passion for dispute resolution, creating the opportunity to explore where a degree from Straus could take them in their careers. The trip concluded with an afternoon of sightseeing around San Francisco's most notable landmarks, enjoying all the metropolitan city has to offer.


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Fiona Davies: Intangible Collection
Joanna Mendelssohn
Changing Climates in Arts Publishing
Issue 29:4 | December 2009
Kulinmaya! Keep Listening Everybody!
Mumu Mike Williams
Kieran Finnane
OzAsia 2019
Adelaide Festival Centre and other venues
Anna O'Loughlin
Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art
Art Gallery of South Australia and other venues
Darren Jorgensen
Weaving the Way
University of Queensland Art Museum
Kay Lawrence
Published 11 October 2019
Julie Gough: Tense Past
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Craig Judd
Desert Mob 2019
Araluen Arts Centre
Louise Haselton: like cures like
Samstag Museum of Art
Elle Freak
Agatha Gothe-Snape: Trying to find comfort in an uncomfortable chair
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
Fiona Davies: Intangible Collection Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW 15 August - 18 November 2009
The street view of the very new, and very swish, Maitland Regional Art Gallery shows modern architecture bursting out of the side of the old West Maitland Technical College - an aggressively angular modernist newcomer showing scant sympathy to fin de siècle red brick. Inside however, there is harmony as grand old classrooms are given a fresh life as quirky exhibition spaces. The largest space holds Fiona Davies' Intangible Collection installed in the same space that housed the original gallery when the building was first diverted from teaching trades to exhibiting art.
The result of Davies' efforts is a multi-layered series of narratives, and an exhibition to engage the whole of the Hunter Valley community, an evocation of the past housed within the reassuring solidity of dark red brick. These stories provide a marked contrast to the stark white of the new spaces. The many visitors from the big city (and other states) who came to celebrate the opening of this long-fought-for art gallery may have been more impressed with the grand modern exhibition galleries, but the success of any regional arts organisation depends on its ability to woo the locals. In the case of Maitland Regional Art Gallery it must engage with the former students of Maitland West Technical College, their children, their grandchildren, their cousins and their aunts. Davies has created an exhibition that speaks to the culture of the tradies; the men in the now defunct textiles factories, the girls in the typing pool and the dressmakers who can take a picture from The Women's Weekly and turn it into a dress for a debutante. It is a tribute to both the craft and the ingenuity of the artisan classes that are the backbone of the Maitland community. By foregrounding Davies' exhibition Maitland Regional Art Gallery is keeping faith with those that fund it, and at the same time is enticing them into the gallery where they can find other pleasures.
The ethos that is so honoured here was a part of the early 20th century national program to train tradespeople, to create standards, to celebrate excellence. Which is why the original West Maitland Technical College had its own museum - a place where exemplary work could be seen by the budding tradesmen (and women) of the Hunter Valley. When the purpose of the building changed to become a modern exhibiting gallery, the old museum collection was sent down to the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (now the Powerhouse Museum) in Sydney, where the objects languished in storage. The new Art Gallery has resurrected the old museum space, and in it Davies has both rescued some of the items from the original museum, and created a loving installation in honour of trade students past.
The old timber and glass display cases have been resurrected and filled with the products of different trades. There are hats with flowers, netting and bias-cut taffeta leaves from the millinery class; artificial flowers, paper patterns and completed dresses, all hanging in a row. A case of stuffed birds includes a pink and grey galah, a tribute to the efforts of a budding taxidermist. The furnishing trades are represented by samples of stencil patterns and stains for timber.
Coalmining, the life-blood of the old Hunter. is represented by a row of miners' lamps and a Davy lamp. But, in the later years at least, many of the students here were women and it is their experiences that serve as a springboard for Davies' interpretation. Banks of white cotton simulated "typewriters" are "stored" on shelves echoing the original heavy machines, also on display. There is a well-placed contrast between these ghost typewriters, the racks of crisp white "ghost" shirts and the multicoloured multi-textured original items. Davies has added archival ephemera, including assignments, a student's school bag, a worn ruler, and photographs to recreate the ambience of the not-too-distant past. She has also modified elements of old designs, to create a background montage of images evoking the work undertaken by those students so many years ago. This evocation of times past is rounded off with oral histories collected from many of those who completed their education here. The final result is that the viewer feels they are entering a ghost world, where fragments of the past remain to haunt the present.
Don't look it might bite: censoring the visual arts
Tamara Winikoff
Executive Director of the National Association for the Visual Art (NAVA) Tamara Winikoff looks at the recent situation in Australia regarding censorship, art, politics and the law.
Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA : an architectural intervention
Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), Sydney
3 July – 26 September 2009
Measuring the footprint: dead trees vs live text
Freelance writer, author of True Green @ Work and editor Tim Wallace discusses the conflict between new technologies making everything available for free and writers and content creators needing to be paid. He quotes from on a book by Kevin Kelly called New Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World: 'The only factor becoming scarce in a world of abundance is human attention.'
Lives of the 'settled' artists
Tess Allas
Tess Allas is the Researcher of Storylines, an ARC funded project officially titled This Side of the Frontier: Indigenous Artists in Settled Australia. It focuses on biographies of Aboriginal artists from all over Australia except for the remote regions. Storylines can be found online at www.daao.org.au - the DAAO (Dictionary of Australian Artists Online - now rechristened Design and Art of Australasia Online).
Exhibitions 2 Watch: December 09 - February 2010
Stephanie Radok
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Lora Patterson , Fiona Lee, Cath Robinson, Callan Morgan, Grant Stevens
Curator: Sarah Jones
CAST Gallery, Hobart
BeginningMiddleEnd
Jenny McFarlane
ANU School of Art Gallery, Canberra
Curator: Lucien Leon
Shelter: On Kindness
Louisa Marks
Curators: Suzanne Davies with Vanessa Gerrans and Sarah Morris
RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
25 September – 25 October 2009
Wild Design - ecofriendly innovations inspired by nature by Alan Marshall and Back to the City - Strategies for Informal Urban Interventions Edited by Steffen Lehmann
Paul Downton
Copyright: Copyleft
Artlink and Zoe Rodriguez
Copyright lawyer Zoe Rodriguez discusses the implications of digitising works of literature and the contentious Google Book Settlement of 2009.
Centre of the Periphery: Three European art historians in Melbourne by Sheridan Palmer
From here to everywhere: the evolution of blogging
Andrew Frost
'The Art Life' blogmeister Andrew Frost spills the beans on the genesis of that infamous and lively blog in 2004 and its ongoing evolution in the context of new technologies and their uptake by publishing and by readers.


Late-afternoon robbery is second in three days at banks in neighboring Camden County towns. Police have not said if the heists are connected.
HADDON TWP. - Police are seeking a suspect after the second late-day bank robbery in Camden County in recent days.
A robber struck shortly before 5 p.m. Monday at the Wells Fargo Bank office on the 600 block of West Cuthbert Boulevard in Haddon Township, authorities said.
That came after a robbery at a TD Bank branch in Haddon Heights shortly before 6 p.m. Friday.
It was not known if investigators suspect a connection between the holdups, which occurred about two miles apart.
In each holdup, a white male of average build passed a demand note to a teller, then fled with an undisclosed amount of money.
No weapon was shown at either holdup.
The suspect in the Haddon Township robbery Monday had close-cropped white and gray hair, according to surveillance video. He wore a light blue shirt with a large white collar, gray slacks and dark shoes.
The suspect in the Haddon Heights robbery on Friday wore a black beanie-style hat and a dark long-sleeved shirt. He fled in a silver Toyota Scion from the bank on the 500 block of White Horse Pike, the prosecutor's office said.
Anyone with information about the Haddon Township robbery is asked to call Prosecutor's Detective Martin Farrell at 856-225-8424 or Haddon Township Police Officer Mark Pagano at 856-854-1176.


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