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Vampire Guardian Angels Q & A
Vampire Guardian Angels Q & A:
VAMPIRE GUARDIAN ANGELS
Q. How do Vampire Guardian Angels do their serial killing?
A. They come in the form of a "helpful guardian angel". They charm and pretend to help their victims before killing them. They want to shut humans up so they can stop nagging them with their prayers, and they can just put humans out of their misery so they don't have to answer prayers. They can also hypnotize a victim and make them kill themselves to make it look like a suicide. They can also hypnotize someone to kill a victim to make it look like a homicide. They cause "accidents". Their victims are humans who pray for help out of despair to, or whine to, a guardian angel.
Q. What are the Angelorum Marmore?
They are broken and resurrected life-sized marble guardian angel statues from an abandoned and devastated white marble basilica who Gabriel brought to life using Jeromos's potion. Called the Angelorum Marmore, Gabriel uses them as his bodyguards and to steal the healing potion from Jeromos. They can blend into walls and surroundings, and go through objects. They have long sharp shards for fingernails that act as blades. They can only communicate using psychic powers.
Q. How did Gabriel create the living marble angel statue army, the Angelorum Marmore?
A. He animated and replicated broken life-sized angel statues from an abandoned basilica using drops of blood from Jeromos's reliquaries that were stolen from the the lab.
Q. Why did the Inquisition use Vampire Guardian Angels?
A. They were "cheaper" than torture devices. There was no longer the need to hire torturers or builders of the mechanisms and no need to hire jailers. They just threw their victims into the dungeon that held the vampires.
Q. What kind of weapons do the Vampire Guardian Angel armies have?
A. All kinds of swords and guns.
Q. Do Vampire Guardian Angels have cell phones?
A. Yes, and SUVs and computers and modern equipment in addition to their medieval weaponry. They still prefer to make their headquarters in churches and ancient religious sites.
Q. Why don't Vampire Guardian Angels use bullets dipped in the blood of good angels to kill their enemies?
A. Bullets aren't accurate and waste the precious blood. Also, the spent bullets can be gathered by their enemies and the shrapnel used against them. It would also require a constant supply of blood from a "good" angel, and there is only one good angel left.
Q. What is Joseph's "Power of Light"?
A. It comes from an ancient prophecy that an angel would be a "bringer of light" that had the power of good meant to send bad angels back to Heaven. As a child, Joseph originally sent Gabriel back to Heaven using his newly discovered power of light. But later, as an adult, Joseph decided to use this for revenge on Cameron and to gain power for himself.
Q. Why are Joseph and Cameron called "Angel Killers"?
A. Both have the power of light since they were originally good angels. Joseph used his power of light on Gabriel, originally "killing" him (Gabriel later resurrected in Heaven), and Cameron used his to kill the rogue angels Jude, Zeke, and Anthony (Issue 3). However, their powers are diminished the more they turn evil because the light requires an angel to be "good".
Q. What is the Church's and Inquisition's role in the story?
A. The Church was the original "protector" of the Vampires. They were taken in by the Church and "rebranded" as "Angels" because they saw them as a way to scare "sinners" into conversion. The Church and the Inquisition made use of them by feeding "sinners" and "heretics" to the "Angels and used them to warn people they were trying to convert that these "Angels" would kill them if they did not obey. The Church then hid the existence of the Angels but referred to them in symbolism (eating of bodies and drinking of blood) and "Angels of destruction" passages in the Bible, which the Author Ms. Price discovered. The Vampire Guardian Angels and the Church teamed up in the modern day to create and enslave more Guardian Angel Believers to provide them with more human victims, and the Church would be spared from the apocalypse and be rewarded. The Church also abandoned and donated their Cathedrals to the Vampire Guardian Angels for use as their headquarters and to house their armies.
Q. What are the Angelorum Immortui?
A. Also known as "The Angel Undead Cleanersî, they are voiceless, animated "leftover" relics and body parts fused together from Jeromos's human and vampire "experiments" who crawl around and "clean up"the bodies of dead and dying victims from the blood-soaked floors of the monastery. Because of the power of Jeromos's potion, they cannot seem to die and constantly replicate. This is also why bodies are hung on hooks from the ceiling so they can't all be eaten by the "Cleaners". They have pelvic bones fused to them that look like ìwingsî and even move like wings but they cannot fly.
Q. Where are the Vampire Guardian Angel "Headquarters" or "Base of Operations"?
Jeromos: A Monastery in Sweden
Gabriel: A Basilica in Poland
Detective Costa: A Los Angeles Police Station
Cameron: A Cathedral in Los Angeles
Joseph: A warehouse in Long Beach, CA
Q. Why do Vampire Guardian Angels only follow Royals?
A. Their "society" is still a feudal power structure where they still serve a member of a royal family, one who has married a royal, or a King.
Q. Have they ever had a Queen?
A. Yes they actually had two. For a brief period, King Janos's Vampire Queen Leah was Queen only for 9 months until she killed herself and his heir. Ms. Price is Queen to King Jeromos, and the second and current "official" Queen to the Vampire Guardian Angels.
Q. If Ms. Price is the "Creator", why can't she destroy the Vampire Guardian Angels?
A. They had already existed in Biblical times and Ms. Price only "summoned" them. She can't " un-create" or "un-summon" them because they were only waiting for a supernatural spell to "bring them to life". She is technically called their "Creator" only because she wrote about them and because her own blood can "create" a Vampire Guardian Angel out of a Vampire or a Human, and heal them. But her role is more of a "healer" because of her royal ties to the inquisitors who "took care" of them. But if she is killed, it will only affect those Vampire Guardian Angels who had physical relations and a blood pact with. And there will still be thousands that will survive.
Q. What are "Guardian Angel Believers"
A. They are humans that the Church has converted so they can blindly believe in and pray to Guardian Angels. Vampire Guardian Angels require humans to"believe" in them so they can be "summoned". The Angels track human believers down through their prayers and either feed on them, or enslave and breed them. The act of begging a Guardian Angel for help through prayers is what summon them.
Q. What are the types of armies in the Vampire Guardian Angel Universe?
1. Jeromos's Army: Consists of Vampire Guardian Angels, Earth Vampires, and the Angelorumrabidi.
2. Gabriel's Army: Consists of broken and resurrected life-sized marble guardian angel statues brought to life. Called the Angelorum Marmore, Gabriel uses them as his bodyguards and to steal the healing potion from Jeromos. They can blend into walls and surroundings, and go through objects.
3. Joseph's Army: Consists of Vampire Guardian Angels Souls that were not killed but were trapped in the astral plane between good and evil, Heaven and Earth, who failed to ascend to Heaven but were resurrected by Joseph.
4. Cameron: Consists of a Rebel Army of Vampire Guardian Angels and Earth Vampires who were punished by Jeromos and who were destined to become his experiments and who defected and joined Cameron.
5. Costa's Army: Consists of Earth Vampires, Humans, and one Angelorum Marmore who defected from Gabriel (the one who also freed Cameron). Costa is the only Vampire Guardian Angel and there leader.
Q. What makes a sword "good"?
A. It must be infused with the blood of a "good angel", or have a piece of a good angel's sword forged into it.
Q. What is the "Healing Potion"
A. Vials of holy blood and the blood of the "creator" Ms. Price mixed with gold from saint's remains and reliquaries.
Q. What are the Angelorumrabidi?
(Art by Andrew Huerta) The Angelorumrabidi: The Angelorumrabidi (their name means "Rabid Angels") are Jeromos's experiments to create a Vampire Guardian Angel-animal hybrid to use as ground forces in his army. They are animal-like, walk on all four legs and have a thick plate of bone encircling their exposed skulls like a "halo". and their raw, bloody skin sparsely covered with black feathers. They cannot fly but they can stand up like humans and use their claws like swords. (The names of the Angelorumrabidi that appear on the cover of issue 6 are Atunoss and Adraggell.)
Q. How are Vampire Guardian Angels stronger than Earth vampires?
A. All angels in Heaven were trained to be soldiers, and have superior fighting skills. They all carry swords and know how to use all kinds of weapons. They are also immune to holy water (although it may sting them a little), crucifixes (because they are angels and holy in origin), and traditional methods such as exposure to sunlight and stakes through the heart do not affect them at all. They are also ancient immortals who can heal and regenerate (as long as they can get access to Prince Jeromosís healing potion, or holy relics such as body parts and blood).
Q. Is it good vs evil?
A. Not entirely. The story starts off with a good angel pursuing a bad one. But over time, the good angels turn bad. The heroes become resentful and tired of being protectors, and it becomes a fight between angels to see who rules over mankind.
Q. Can Vampire Guardian Angels see their reflections in the mirror?
A. Short answer: Yes.
Q. Can Vampire Guardian Angels drink?
A. Hell yes. They get quite drunk too.
Q. Are they both male and female?
A. They are only male Vampire Guardian Angels. In ancient times, only male babies that died became Angels. Male angels, however, can breed with female humans and "Earth" vampires. Their male offspring can become angels (and vampires). In addition, male babies who die on Earth resurrect in Heaven as full-grown angels, are bitten by the Vampire Guardian Angels, and become part of the Vampire Guardian Angel army.
Q. What makes Vampire Guardian Angels Serial Killers?
A. They can only target people, called "believers", who pray specifically to their Guardian Angel. They canít just kill anyone whenever they want. They have to be ìsummonedî. Humans have to believe in them.
Q. So if I don't believe in Guardian Angels, I'm safe from them?
1. Yes. But in the stories, the Vampire Guardian Angels team up with the Church to "convert" humans into believers so that human followers can be more easily enslaved. So if you believe in them, or worse, pray for help to them, you become prey.
Q. In the first book of the series, Guardian Angels couldn't touch humans to harm them. Why is that?
A. When Guardian Angels were Serial Killers before they became Vampires, they were bound by Heavenís rules of not being able to touch harm humans, but they were able to use mind control to make people kill themselves. But when they became Vampires, they could have physical contact in addition to the mind control, so they were able to physically harm humans.
Q. Are there Female Vampires in the stories?
A. Yes there are, but they are only "Earth" Vampires.
Q. Who are the "Healers"? (webcomic series)
A. They are Earth vampires who specialize in healing of energies through Reiki and psychic powers. Although they cannot heal physical wounds, but they are trained paramedics and doctors.
Q. How can evil Vampires turn a Guardian Angel evil?
Technically, something evil, such as a vampire, cannot affect something good, such as a guardian angel, because holiness supposedly cancels out or destroys evil, right?
A. Thereís a loophole. If a supposedly ìgoodî guardian angel is already resentful and disillusioned about their ìjobî of having to stay good towards humans, and if they rebel and start doing bad things to humans on purpose, then yes, they can be affected by evil. They see a way out of their 'jobs" by becoming vampires. Then yes, evil vampires can take over something holy such as guardian angels.
Q. How do Vampire Guardian Angels travel between heaven and earth?
A. They use the portals of other angels who are killed by other Vampire Guardian Angels or good angels.
Q. How do Vampire Guardian Angels control Earth Vampires?
A. They enslave humans for food and provide them to earth vampires. Earth vampires who bow down to and follow the Angels don't have to work for their food and rely on the Vampire Guardian Angels, their new masters, to feed them as long as they do what the angels want them to do, including becoming part of their army on Earth. The earth vampires fear them, since they believe the Vampire Guardian Angels to be more powerful and think that they cannot kill or harm them. However, the Angels also breed the Earth Vampires and use them and their offspring as food as well.
Q. What is the Vampire Guardian Angel society and hierarchy like?
A. Vampire Guardian Angels go by a medieval, feudalist society and system where they are ruled by a King, and all other Vampire Guardian Angels are "programmed" to obey and follow. Those with royal blood act as right-hand men and army captains, the rest are soldiers. A "fealty oath" is taken to a newly ordained ruler. Technically only a royal could become ruler, but so could a Vampire Guardian Angel who possessed great power (such as Josephís ìpower of lightî and Cameronís ability to stop angels from ascending to Heaven) and whoever possessed the author Ms Priceó the ìcreator and healerî, in combination with those powers. But if Vampire Guardian Angels see or feel that a leader is getting weak, they can defect and join another king's army, if they aren't punished for treason first.
Q. Why do Vampire Guardian Angels have to breed Humans and Vampires?
A. When a plague began to kill Angels, Humans and Vampires, King Janos ordered his right hand and heir, Prince Jeromos, to find a cure and to start a breeding program on Earth to supply fresh, safe and clean humans and vampires for the Vampire Guardian Angels.
Q. What happens if I pray for help to a Guardian Angel?
A. You attract them. Human prayers of despair act as a ìbeaconî to help Vampire Guardian Angels find their victims. In the comic book series, because they have turned into vampires, instead of helping humans, guardian angels feed on humans or enslave them.
Q. Why do prayers drive the Vampire Guardian Angels crazy?
A. There are too many prayers to keep up with, and they became tired of the constant begging and whining. They start serial-killing only the humans who pray specifically to guardian angels, and a vampires, they use the prayers to find humans for food and breeding. The prayers that used to drive them crazy, however, is now a "tracking device". But they will kill a human if they pray too much or won't shut up.
Q. What kind of prayers attract them?
A. The prayers to them MUST be desperate, whining and begging for help.
Q. What if I pray but itís not a prayer of despair?
A. They cannot target positive prayers or prayers of thanks.
Q. How do I avoid one?
A. Donít pray, whine or beg your Guardian Angel to save you.
1. Don't pray for help or in despair to one.
2. Avoid begging for help to an Angel statue ('cause that's how these Vampires hide).
3. Don't ask for an end to your suffering. (They WILL put you our of your misery)
Q. In the comics, they are seen consuming body parts.
A. Yes, they drink blood, and they can consume human flesh. Vampire Guardian Angels have a more zombie-like appetite. They are not limited to blood. They can live off bodily fluids.
Q. How do they kill?
A. They use all types of swords to slash and slice their victims. Vampire Guardian Angels prefer to slice open their victims with sharp weapons instead of bite them because biting is too much struggling and work.
Q. How does one Kill a Vampire Guardian Angel?
1. Only a "good" Vampire Guardian Angel can kill a bad one, or a Vampire Guardian Angel who has turned back to good, through stabbing a bad one with their sword.
2. The blood of a "good" angel on a weapon can kill a bad one.
Q. How does a Human or a Vampire become a Vampire Guardian Angel?
1. To become a Vampire Guardian Angel, a human or an Earth Vampire has to die, ascend to Heaven, be resurrected and bitten by a Vampire Guardian Angel, and then descend to Earth through a portal.
2. They can be ëcreatedî by the "creator", the author Ms. Price, with her own blood. One has to become "one with her" in ìbody and bloodî through a blood pact.
Q. A Vampire is undead. So are your Vampire Guardian Angels undead?
A. They are just as undead as a Vampire, because they ARE Vampires. Vampires are undead, and are immortal, and are ìmadeî by other Vampires. Guardian Angels are made when a male human dies and their soul ascends to Heaven, where they resurrect as Guardian Angels. The difference is that when a Vampire Guardian Angel ìdiesî, they can be resurrected (As long as they can get back to Heaven.)
Q. Can wounded Vampire Guardian Angels heal?
A. Yes, there is a potion that can heal them. But also the blood of the "creator", the author Ms. Price, can heal them.
Q. Can I use holy water or other methods that are traditionally used to kill Vampires to kill Vampire Guardian Angels?
A. No. Vampire Guardian Angels cannot be killed by sunlight, holy water, crucifixes, or stakes through the heart. (they are Angels, so nothing ìholyî can kill them). They can be repelled with a little holy water--it stings their faces--it will probably only give you time to run away though.
Q. Where do they hide here on Earth?
A. They hide in Churches and Cemeteries where there are life-sized angel statues. You need to look closely to see the fangs, or if the statue is breathing. They also like ancient castles, cathedrals and even dark secluded warehouses. Or they live anywhere and everywhere, you never know when they show up unless you pray in despair to one.
Q. What happens to them when they die?
A. When they die, they turn into balls of light that ascend back to Heaven.
Q. In the comic books, what is a portal?
A. These balls of light (the ìascending angelsî) leave a trail of holy light called a ìportalî. The portal is needed for ascension and descent between Heaven and Earth. There is an astral plane that separates Heaven from Earth and nothing evil is supposed to cross it. If Vampire Guardian Angels try to ascend or descend without the portal, they risk burning to death.
Q. Why do Vampire Guardian Angels need a portal? Since they are still Angels, canít they just ascend to Heaven?
A. There is an astral plane that divides Earth and Heaven and separates good and evil. The astral plane will not let evil pass into Heaven. But anything good or evil can travel through a portal of light. Vampire Guardian Angels are angels that have become evil, so they cannot pass through without the portal.
Q. Can anything stop Vampire Guardian Angels from ascending?
A. All Vampire Angels have mind control and hypnosis abilities. The strongest ones can block the ascension of Angels. If they don't ascend, they die.
Q. Do Vampire Guardian Angels have to die to use the portal?
A. No. A living Vampire Guardian Angel can use the portal of a dead angel to travel between Heaven and Earth. The more Vampire Guardian Angels are killed, the more portals are created.
Q. What happens to Angels who die and donít ascend?
A. Angels who die only have a few minutes to ascend, and if stopped, they disintegrate and die on Earth.
Q. What happens to humans who are victims of Vampire Guardian Angels?
A. Vampire Guardian Angels can kill humans for food, or they can make humans into vampires. They can also order Earth Vampires to turn humans into vampires. If a human dies and goes up to Heaven, the male souls are either resurrected as Vampire Guardian Angels, or "recycled" as food, and the weak and old are also used as food. The females are bred or used as food.
Q. Can Vampire Guardian Angels use ascending human souls to get back to heaven?
A. No, humans canít create a portal, and their ìlightî is not "holy/celestial" or strong enough. Otherwise, Vampire Guardian Angels would be killing humans to get back Heaven.
Q. Will there be a Vampire Guardian Angel Apocalypse?
A. If they take over Earth and humans, there very well will be.
Q. Were there Vampire Guardian Angels in the Bible? And how did the "Author" character find them?
A. In the stories, Vampire Guardian Angels existed in the Bible, their existence hidden by the Church. who called them ìAngelsî. The Inquisition fed ìsinnersî to these ìAngelsî to get rid of the ìhereticsî. The "Author" character, Ms. Price, had dreams of the Vampire Guardian Angels and of a prophecy that they would come to take over humans. She began reading the Bible and found passages of blood-drinking and of Angels as destroyers rather than protector, and of suspected "incorruptible bodies" of saints as secret Vampires, and began a quest to prove that they existed and that anyone who prayed to a Guardian Angel was "in danger".
Q. How did the "Author" "bring them to life"?
A. Summoning the Vampire Guardian Angels requires a power of belief so strong that they were able to come out of "hiding". They require that humans believe in Guardian Angels, and that belief brings them out of the supernatural and into the "real" world.
Q. So Vampire Guardian Angels are real?
A. Could be. Angels were supposedly real in the Bible. The Vampire Guardian Angels actually started out as Serial Killers. If a human prayed for an "end to their suffering", the Angels would hypnotize that human into killing himself or herself, or kill the humans using mind control: in other words, murders, suicides, accidents and other human fatalities were actually caused by the Angels who wanted to "shut humans up" and stop their prayers.
Q. Why do Vampire Guardian Angels need male heirs?
A. Vampire Guardian Angels can only be led by a male leader of royal blood or ancestry. (But they can take any human or Vampire female as their ìQueenî) who does not have to have royal blood and create a royal heir. If there is no royal offspring, they can choose someone who is not related to them, but he has to be of royal blood as well.
Q. What is the Vampire Guardian Angel Army like?
A. The leader has a right-hand soldier, and an army of Vampire Guardian Angels and Earth Vampires. All Angels are either trained fighters in all weaponry or have special powers such as telepathy, mind control etc. But only royal offspring can lead them, or someone who proves they are more powerful than a current leader.
Q. Are they afraid of anything?
There are two Angels called ìThe Killer of Angelsî, one who has the ability to stop ascending angels and another who has the ìPower of Lightî. This power can burn an Angel on the spot and send them back to Heaven. All Angels fear them.
Q. What do they want?
A. Vampire Guardian Angels want to take over Earth because they are tired of serving humans and they instead want to enslave humans. In the stories, humans are also bred for food. Vampire Guardian Angels also want to enslave Earth Vampires and make them work for them, in return for providing humans to them as food.
Q. Can they eat other Vampires?
A. Vampire Guardian Angels can eat ìEarth Vampiresî.
Q. Can Earth Vampires kill them?
A. Earth Vampires are not strong enough. Vampire Guardian Angels are almost invincible and can only be killed by one of their own, or by a sword with the blood of a good angel. But the bearer must also be ìgoodî.
Q. In the stories, how does the Plague kill the Vampires?
A. It is a deadly virus that kills both Earth Vampires and Vampire Guardian Angels. If they drink the blood of an infected human or vampire or eat them, they dissolve completely into a pool of blood, and ascend as a ball of light, creating a portal. The plague was unleashed on Earth for this purpose by those who wanted power and to take over the current leadership.
Q. Why are they after the "Author"
A. She is their creator, therefore her blood heals them. She is also a symbol of power and eventually, their queen.
Q. What is the Author's royal lineage?
A. She has Spanish royal blood from a noble ancestor, a Spanish Inquisitor who "protected" and fed the Angels.
Q. What do Vampire Guardian Angels smell like? (Yes, I've actually been asked this question.)
A. They smell like incense.
Q. How do Vampire Guardian Angels survive?
A. They rob, steal, and pillage. They basically do whatever they want.
Q. Are Vampire Guardian Angels among us now?
A. Probably. In the fictional stories, if you hear of a murder or suicide, it's because a Vampire Guardian Angel, being a serial killer, can hypnotize humans to do their killings for them, to make it look like an accident, suicide, or homicide.
Q. Can Vampire Guardian Angels breed?
A. Vampire Guardian Angels can breed with human women and female Earth Vampires. The male offspring are used in two ways: to be raised and trained as soldiers or designated as food, and the females are also used for food or as future breeders to increase their numbers since there are no female Vampire Guardian Angels. Any royal offspring from any Vampire Guardian Angels are automatically heirs. Vampire Guardian Angels cannibalize their own-- both male, female and even any Vampire offspring right out of the womb, sorted and thrown to be fed to both Vampire Guardian Angels and Vampires not affected by the plague.
Q. Do all Vampire Guardian Angels have weapons?
A. Itís quite common for angels to carry swords, but they love a variety of exotic weapons (such as the Haladie dagger). The main reason behind this was not just for protecting themselves, but because they wanted to deviate from the traditional biting of the neck, only because they found biting necks too much work (too much struggling), so using a sharp weapon to just slice off a body part or cut open an artery and wait for the victim to become weak and bleed makes it more convenient to feed off of is their preference. And their armies do have guns.
Q. Why did Guardian Angels turn bad?
A. Before they were bitten by Vampires, Guardian Angels were already angry, disillusioned Serial Killers who answered desperate peopleís prayers by killing them instead of helping them. They were sick and tired of human begging and whining and hated their ìjobsî of protecting humans.
Q. Why did Guardian Angels originally become Serial Killers?
A. Guardian angels were originally given "jobs" to protect humans and grew resentful of their roles. So they started to respond to prayers by killing humans. The prayers were driving them insane, so they thought that by shutting people up for good and putting them out of their misery, they wouldnít have to answer "whining and begging" prayers anymore. To Guardian Angels, humans are just mindless, cult-like, religion-obsessed fanatics who constantly nag them.
Q. How did Guardian Angels benefit from becoming Vampires?
A. They gained freedom by becoming vampires and turning evil. Even though the prayers were still a nuisance and they couldn't just turn them off and still had to respond, they found that they could use the prayers as a "tracking device" to find human prey, and so they get to feed off the "whiners" too.
Q. Why didnít Guardian Angels fight back against the Vampires that bit them?
A. Vampire Guardian Angels think that becoming a Vampire was the best thing that ever happened to them. They willingly become Vampires because they become more powerful and this power frees them from being obligated to protect and help humans. As Vampire Guardian Angels, they can shut people up for good, and eat them as well.
Q. Is there a difference between the original Lia Scott Price Vampire trilogy novel and the comic books?
A. In the original trilogy novel, Guardian Angels can make the choice of whether they want to become Vampires or not. They can choose not too. The novel version also features erotic/bondage material that is toned down in the comic books.
Q. Are all the Comic Books based on the Trilogy novel?
A. The first 3 comic books were based on Lia Scott Price's original Vampire trilogy novel. The sequels to the stories (comic books 4, 5, 6 etc.) are continued as independent stories in comic book format. (Warning, this novel contains erotic and bondage material, over 18 only. But the comic books series does not contain any of erotic material.)
Q. What inspired the Comic Book Series?
A. The author Lia Scott Price is ìan atheist and Recovering Catholicî. It was written to bring back a more vicious, disturbing, bloody and brutal vampire. It also questions ìwhat ifî Guardian Angels were Vampires. The series questions why we always rely on a higher power to save us, and why we never question who or what it is we pray to, and what if it was another evil, supernatural being.
Q. How do I know that my Guardian Angel is a Vampire?
1. He shows up with black wings and fangs.
2. You're gutted instead of saved.
3. You're enslaved to be bred or used as food.
Q. Is this a romantic love story?
A. Sorry to disappoint, but, no. These are horrifying, bloody, and quite grotesque Vampires who are not tender lovers. If you're expecting a vampire love story with vampires as heroic, romantic figures, you've come to the wrong place. They'd rather eat you than love you.
Q. How are Vampire Guardian Angels different?
A. They are a unique new breed: still holy but evil at the same time, immune to things that traditionally kill vampires. They are almost invincible. They are serial killers that can only target certain victims. They are powerful and can be healed, or resurrected.
Q. Why are there metal bands in the series?
A. There are cameos of local metal bands as "background" actors. Lia Scott Price thought it would be fun to place friends and their bands in scenes that needed a band playing in the background, as vampires, or as "victims" in the comic book series.
Q. What is wrong with the Guardian Angels in this Comic Book Series?
A. Everything. And not in a good way. My Guardian Angels are all sorts of wrong. They are complete psychopaths, sociopaths, rebels against their supposed assigned roles, and now, they are Vampires. And when you pray to one, they get angry. They get annoyed at our constant begging and whining to them. Now, they would rather put us out of our misery rather than help us, so now they can eat us as well as shut us up for good.
Q. Whatís the ìLessonî in this Comic Book Series?
A. This is a comic book that questions the role of Guardian Angels, and turns them into something no one expects, and into something evil. The concept of Guardian Angels as evil vampires pushes the envelope in a ìwhat ifî situation. The comic books force us to face the unthinkable. We always expect Guardian Angels to save, help and protect us. What we donít expect is for them to commit acts like murder, violence, and other unexpected things. But in this comic book, they do. The lesson here is that we do not know what Guardian Angels really are, and if they are even real. Pop culture insists they are, and this is where fiction and imagination comes inóto turn these ìmythsî into something else entirely. We as humans always rely on a higher power to save us, materialize and solve our problems. We put too much faith and reliance on the Supernatural. The problem is, we donít know what entities we are summoning or praying to. It could be something dangerous, something that kills instead of helps us.
THE COMIC BOOKS
Q. Where are the links to buy your books or subscribe to your webcomic?
A. patreon.com/liascottprice
Q. Who publishes the comic books?
A. The comic book series is self-published by Lia Scott Price Productions through createspace.com.
Q. Who prints the comic books?
A. The comic books are printed by createspace.com.
Q. Is there a webcomic?
A. Yes there is a digital version (webcomic). You can subscribe to it on patreon.com/liascottprice
Q. The first 6 issues were hard copies. Why has the comic book become a webcomic?
1. It's more cost-effective to publish the web comic online. Some online print-on-demand publishers have a page limit, and it's expensive to prin a 50 plus page comic book.
2. The hard copies only went up to 24 pages. With a webcomic, it could go to more than 50 pages.
3. The new art is NSFW, 18+ and not publishable on any of the hard copy issues.
Q. Is this a religious comic book?
A. Vampire Guardian Angels is NOT a ìreligious comic bookî. It is a vampire series. It is a horror-action comic book. These are not loving, helpful Angels.
ABOUT LIA SCOTT PRICE
Q. How do I get an autographed photo?
A. You must buy a hard copy of the comic book. The photos are printed on the back cover. Here's where to purchase.
Q. How do I get a signed comic book?
A. Here are instructions and where to purchase.
Q. How did you come up with the idea for Vampire Guardian Angels?
A. I was in a church listening to a priest's sermon about how Guardian Angels protect us and help us if we pray for help to them, and the hair on the back of my neck stood straight up when I thought: What if they didn't? What if they killed us instead?
Q. Are you an artist for your comic books?
A. Yes, I am the artist for Issue 6 and 7 and future issues. It is also my first time as a comic book artist and Issue 6 is my first attempt at drawing my own series.
Q. Did you take lessons?
A. Yes. My drawing instructor is Artist Andrew Huerta, and my Inking Instructor was Jim Higgins (formerly with Meltdown Comics University).
Q. What Issues to you appear in?
A. I appear as an ìauthorî character in issues 3, 5 and 6, and as ìQueen of the Vampire Guardian Angelsî in issue 7. My character is also drawn on the cover of issues 3 and 7. (See the comic book series)
Q. Is there romance in your comic book?
A. Love interests are used only as a background to the story. This is NOT a romantic vampire story where the characters live happily ever after.
Q. Is the Comic Book Series appropriate for children?
A. No. It is over 18 only. In addition, Issue 7 and future issues are NSFW.
Q. Are there good characters and bad characters?
A. Itís not set in stone. A character could start out good but certain circumstances could cause them to become evil. Itís never clear-cut. You donít know when a character will turn good or bad. I make the characters conflicted. They transform from good to bad at any point, but then guilt can set in and they can go back to good, but then they want to be bad again. It all depends on circumstances.
Q. Why did you choose to write about Vampires?
A. Itís my favorite monster. I wanted to write about vampires. Iíve always seen vampires as vicious, terrifying bloodthirsty monsters to be feared, and creating a brand new breed of badass vampire was exciting. It was one of the ultimate monsters, creating a really disturbing monster was even better. Vampires are perfect for that. And of course, I wanted my comic books to be a homage to the classic evil bloody B-movie vampire.
Q. How do you come up with the stories for your sequels to the comic books?
A. Mainly from my own dreams, locations, experiences, and nightmares. The ideas and inspiration will just hit when I least expect it, though. It requires some sort of inspiration, but I never know when it will come. Iíve written an entire comic book in one sitting from just one thing that inspired me.
Q. How long does it take you to publish an issue?
A. Anywhere from 6 months to a year depending on my writing of the storyline, and drawing and inking schedules.
Q. Can I get your Comic Books in local bookstores?
A. At this time, my comic books are only available online.
Q. Can I get your comic books outside of the United States?
A. Yes, they are available on amazon UK, amazon Germany, and as PDF downloads. Links to buy here. You can also subscribe to the webcomic at patreon.com/liascottprice
Q. Will fans get to meet you at comic book conventions?
A. Yes. These will be announced, so follow me on social media. See my social media links at patreon.com/liascottprice
Q. Do you do any booksignings?
A. Yes. I sign books at my booth at comic book and other related conventions. These will be announced, so follow me on social media. See my social media links at patreon.com/liascottprice
Q. Are the rights available for your comic book series for option for films?
A. Email me for inquiries at liascottprice@gmail.com
Q. Are the rights available for your comic book series to be licensed?
Q. Have the comic books been made into films?
A. Yes, I produced film shorts and film features based on my characters. Visit my youtube.com/liascottprice
Q. Was the comic book series based on a novel?
A. Yes, my vampire trilogy novel, you can find the link on my patreon page: patreon.com/liascottprice
Q. How did you come up with your characters?
A. I challenged the popular belief that Guardian Angels are good protectors: What if they aren't good? Why not turn them into something evil, like a Serial Killer, and a Vampire? What personalities would they have? Motives? Past and present lives? I could be inspired at any time by anyone or anything. I also assign a zodiac sign to a character and see what those traits are.
Q. Are you a character in your comic book?
A. Yes, I play a vampire queen and fighter.
Q. Can I contribute an idea to your comic book or suggest a character?
A. No. My material is copyrighted, and it is my sole creation. I do not accept contributions to my work.
Q. How did you get into comics?
A. It was the next logical step to bring my characters to life. I first published a novel, then produced films, and then comics.And out of everything I've done, I love doing the comics the most.
Q. What are the plans after the comic series?
A. Hopefully, one day, an anime series!!
Q. How did you get started in Self-Publishing?
A. My method is DIY (Do it Yourself). It's a mix of business and creativity. I run myself as a business while balancing my creative side. I became my own publisher, with my book as my "product". So in order to create the "product", like a business, I have to find the services or learn to do things myself. I wear many hats: I have to design and create my product, write my press releases, find and hire the right people or service to help me (which I do, btw. If I can't do it myself or I don't know how, I personally hire or consult with experts.), book my own events, set up production schedules, find resources, do my own promotion, market my books, create merchandise (such as stickers) , and handle sales. I use online print-on-demand publishing companies such as createspace and sell through amazon and publish on my patreon page. On the creative side, create an "author" persona. Dress the part. Decorate your house. Live the part. Live in your world. Co-splay your character. Come up with one quick line to describe your work that will draw people in. Stay posiitve, find mentors and talk to like-minded people. Avoid negativity if you can. If someone criticizes your work, see if it is constructive and learn from them. If not, it wasn't meant for them anyway. Don't try to please everyone. The ones who like your work will come to you.
Q. What is your Writing Process like?
A. I like to use a fun method using white board or poster boards and post-it notes. I write a short scene out and then move them around on the boaard- I can start in the end, the middle or the beginning of a story. I write script-style and visualize the cinematography, angles, and action shots. I allow my mind to wander using my "what-if" game but I always stay focused and organized, There is no "secret formula", just hard work and trial and error. And don't be afraid to do it. You learn something new every day and you keep learning.
Q. How do you write your stories?
A. I play a 'what if' game. 'What if' Guardian Angels were evil? What if I turned them into Vampires? What if they were sick of our prayers and wanted to shut us up instead?' And that's how I came up with the stories. Another method I use is the "letter-writing" method, where I imagine I am writign someone a letter about my day and what I saw, and then I start writing about my characters or scenes as if I am describing them to someone and I build the suspense. I can keep the letter going too. Basically I take something that's normal and ordinary and f--- it up.
Q. Do you give any Writing and Self-Publishing Advice?
A. You can read tips on this blog
Self-Publishing Tips here
Writing Tips here
Q. Do you accept manuscripts for review and publication.
Q. Can I collaborate with you on a comic book?
A. Unfortunately, no. It takes too much time away from my own projects.
Q. Do you hire artists and Illustrators?
A. You can DM me in instagram if you have a portfolio.
Q. What advice would you give aspiring comic book artists, authors etc
A. Never give up. Find a way to do what you love doing. Find resources and do your research. It's hard work and you mght have to do it yourself, but only you can make it happen.
Q. Why is the webcomic series NSFW?
A. To show that Guardian Angels, once they experience free will (in this case by becoming a vampire), can do very bad things we donít expect them to do, like murder, rape, etc. The story pushes the envelope on what they are capable of doing, in more graphic imagery. In order to do this I had to restrict the comic series to private subscriptions.
Q. Why is the comic series art black, white and red?
A. It emphasizes the blood more, and it's more a stylistic choice. The artists are influenced by Frank Miller and other black and white comic book artists.
Q. Where did you take art lessons?
A. My drawing instructor was artist Andrew Huerta, a freelancer for DC comics, IDW Publishing, Dynamite Entertainment and Boom Studios. My inking instructor was Jim Higgins who worked for DC.
Q. How did you find your artists?
A. I found my first artist (Andrew Setter, Issues 1-6) on freelanced.com. He brought in his friend, colorist Chad Hammontree (Issues 1-6) to be part of the creative team.
Q. How did you find your instructors?
A. I found Andrew Huerta online through deviantart and Jim Higgins through the former Meltdown University (classes were held at the former location of Meltdown Comics on Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles)
Q. Why did you switch from having artists to drawing the series yourself?
A. Because of other obligations and schedules, my artists took a year per issue. It was more cost-effective for me to draw my own comic book, and I had more control on when I could publish the pages without having to wait. I have always wanted to be a comic book artist as well, so it made sense for me to draw my own comic book series.
Q. How often do you publish the webcomic?
A. As soon as I finish a page, I upload it to patreon.com/liascottprice where it can be viewed by subscription.
Q. How long did it wake for you to learn to draw and ink?
A. It took about two years. And practice every night.
Q. What was the most challenging part of learning how to draw?
A. Finding the self-confidence to do it since the work was actually going to be published. I had to push myself to really practice.
Q. So this is now an "underground" vampire series?
A. Yes, because of the graphic content that can't really be published in NSFW mainstream comic book hard copies.
Q. When did the comic book series start?
A. The first issue came out in 2012.
Q. What was your first webcomic?
A. Issue 7 on patreon.com/liascottprice
Q. What issue/s did you draw?
A. Issue 6 hard copy (pencils and some inking), and issues 7, 8, 9 and ongoing for the webcomic
Q. What made you fascinated with vampires?
A. I've always been fascinated and terrified by the Hammer vampire films and wanted to bring back the B-movie, traditionally scary vampire, and make vampires scary again. Also, as a child, I used to see bats in the 500-year old, 15th-century church my family built in the Philippines and imagine they were vampires. That, along with childhood Asian vampire legends and folklore which got me into vampires. Also the creepy above-ground cemetries, old dark churches with candles and statues of bloody martyred saints I grew up with ans grandma's old radio blasting scary shows back int he 1970's.
Q. What were your vampire influences?
A. Fright Night, The Lost Boys, The Hammer Films (Seven Golden Vampires), Nosferatu, The Philippine legends of the Aswang and the manananggal (female vampires)
Q. What were your non-vampire influences?
X-Files, Twilight Zone, Twin Peaks, the movie "Seven", anime, medieval history.
Q. What vampire is the scariest to you?
A. Those from Filipino folk legends. Those vampires are creepy and scary as hell. There's one called the manananggal that's basically a woman who has bat wings and who flies out at night but leaves the lower half of her body. She has a long red tongue that she can slip in through cracks in a rooftop to suck the blood of people in their sleep. The only way to kill this vampire is to find her lower half and sprinkle rock salt on it so she can't reconnect her body.
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A million girls would kill for this tour.
The Devil Wears Prada is the Meryl Streep treasure that 2006 gave us all.
In honor of the iconic movie's 10th anniversary, we — two superfans — set out on an unofficial Devil Wears Prada crawl through the mean (and stylish) streets of New York City.
With photos of Anne Hathaway's character in hand, we embarked on our journey with only one goal in mind: to carry the essence of Andy in our hearts and souls.
Location: Andy's apartment, where we see her head off to her interview at Runway.
With dreams of hard-hitting journalism in my eyes and with the spirit of a "down-to-earth" girl whose boyfriend is a chef, I stood stoically in the doorway of Andy's Lower East Side apartment.
As I pretended to take a step onto the sidewalk, I got into the mindset of pre-Miranda Priestly Andy and thought to myself, You can do this, Casey. You are Anne Hathaway today. You're gonna get this job because you're super great and because, also, you need the money because your boyfriend can only feed you grilled cheeses. Andy mindset? Check.
Location: Bakery where Andy buys a bagel before her interview.
Ah, the bakery where Andy gets that infamous onion bagel prior to being in a room full of people who will be able to smell her breath. (Never forget Nigel's line "Did somebody eat an onion bagel?") But because the real-life bakery is too fancy for bagels, we had to leave to get one at the bodega across the street.
Attaining said onion bagel was 100% necessary because it is essential to Andy's persona: She's a woman who eats carbs in a world full of salad eaters.
Location: The subway stop that Andy gets on to get to Runway headquarters.
So, it took us approximately 14 minutes to walk from Andy's apartment to her subway stop, and Krystie, the New Yorker who guided my poor California self throughout the tour, says it's important to note that that's quite a walk to get to work. I have no opinion on that, because I drive everywhere in Los Angeles, so any walking distance longer than five minutes is long to me. All I know is that, by the time we got there, I had eaten more than half of the bagel that I promised myself I would save for the next photo.
Once we got to the station, I made sure to pose with the remainder of the bagel in my mouth because that's just the kind of on-the-go person that Andy is.
Listen, all we wanted to do was go inside this building and recreate the elevator scene a la Meryl Streep, but there was major security, guys. So we politely stood outside and pretended to cower in the presence of such a large and ominous building filled with couture designs.
Location: The restaurant Andy's boyfriend works at.
As soon as we got to Bubby's, we felt right at home (just as we assume Andy felt right at home since her bf was employed there). But mostly we felt welcomed there because the wonderfully kind hostess let us come in and sit at the table that Andy and her friends *probably* sat at.
We didn't have red wine to pour, so we pretended to be talking about ~life and love and work~ while cheers-ing each other. Andy would probably approve.
Location: Downtown 51st Street Station, where Andy emerges as a new woman.
As you might have noticed, the photo of Andy has changed. This is no longer down-to-earth Andy with a heart of gold and lofty dreams — this is fashionable Andy who has had a taste of Miranda Priestly praise and wants more of it.
So as I walked up the steps of the Lexington Avenue and 51st Street station, I held my head higher, because I'm not Old Casey anymore — I'm New Casey.
Location: The bar where Andy's friends prove that they are the worst kind of friends.
OK, you know what scene I'm talking about: It's the one where Andy comes bearing gifts for her dear friends, and all they do in return is toss around her ringing phone and make fun of her. Real friends wouldn't do that.
To really capture the mood, Krystie pretended to be all of those disapproving people rolled into one.
This is the filming location of all filming locations. This beautiful building is the pseudo home of the great Miranda Priestly. Only a woman made up of such sheer power as her can be the owner of this home. That's a fact.
We didn't try to go in — because we respect the privacy of the owners of the home, who are probably not Meryl Streep — but we did stand outside and say "so beautiful" over and over again.
Location: Smith and Wollensky, where Andy gets a steak for Miranda.
Guys, this is the restaurant where Andy began to repair all that she had done wrong — aka listening to those damn twins and going up Miranda's stairs when she shouldn't have — and bought a steak for her boss. No, Miranda didn't eat the steak, but whatever.
At this point in the tour, I was really into Andy's character. I could feel her need to please coursing through my veins. I could also feel her franticness, which is why I ran in place while Krystie took this photo.
Location: The St. Regis, where Andy SOMEHOW manages to get her hands on the Harry Potter manuscript thanks to Douche McDouche.
For starters, I can't believe we were let inside this beautiful bar. The King Cole bar is located inside the St. Regis, and it is SO GORGEOUS. Seriously, the paintings and decor were beautiful, and the ambiance was dark and mysterious. But as soon as I started to like the bar, I immediately told myself to stop thinking that way, because Christian Thompson likes that bar, and what does that say about me?
So Krystie quickly got into place for the photo — aka she pretended to be Christian Thompson waiting with the manuscript for Andy — and we got out of there.
Location: The New York Mirror's newsroom.
Can you feel it in the air? This is the location where Old Andy and New Andy come together to create an entirely transformed Andy who has learned endless knowledge, both good and bad, from the all-powerful Miranda Priestly.
She has changed, and so have we.


Strawberry cheesecake, a bowl of cereal and two hot wings.
If Dennis, a CK Products warehouse runner, could have anything to eat today, that would be it. And since it's officially Eat What You Want Day, he might as well do it.
Those of us who work here at CK Products have a wide range of passions when it comes to food. I was curious to find out exactly what some of my co-workers would eat if they could have anything today. See anything on the list that sounds good?
So, what would you eat if you could have anything in the world today on Eat What You Want Day?


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Reservists take on the Crowborough Challenge 2018
27 June 2018 Topic: PeopleReserves
On a sunny June weekend, 110 Reservists from across the southern region's Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) Units gathered at Crowborough camp in expectation of what would prove to be a highly memorable Command, Leadership and Management training weekend.
HMS President, based in London, has traditionally taken the lead role in running Exercise "Crowborough Challenge", and this year Lieutenant Rob Lisle, a recent transfer from the submarine service, took over the reins, ably supported by the Unit's vastly experienced Command Warrant Officer Tony Matthews QVRM.
Located in a Sussex forest, each of the tough training stances was specifically devised to give Reservists and junior leaders an opportunity to improve their leadership ability, in line with the Royal Navy's core management skills.
Among the physical challenges, the Reserve Diving Branch gave teams a taste of underwater working skills and the difficulties divers face in carrying out their roles.
Participants were blindfolded, then tasked to swim out to a buoy to identify objects in the water, relying solely on the verbal communication skills of their teammates to get them there.
The Media Operations Specialisation (MOS) task took participants out of their comfort zone via mock interviews on camera, media skills being essential to those serving in every operational environment.
Other challenges included a Key Leadership Engagement task run by the Information Operations specialisation, a medical exercise, and a crash course by the Royal Marines Reserve in how to run an operational observation post, which included practical lessons in field craft and tactical surveillance.
The Maritime Reservists camped overnight in field conditions, before carrying out a navigation exercise the following day.
Having recently joined HMS President and taking part in his first Crowborough Challenge, Ahmed Shaibu said: "Today we've been working a lot and there's been a lot of group tasks and leadership. It's been really good. I've really enjoyed it."
Crowborough Challenge 2018 ensured that members of the Maritime Reserves had the chance to build on their all-round military skillset, which is required in order to provide suitably trained officers and ratings to augment the Fleet.
It also boosted their self-confidence and gave them valuable experience in teamwork, problem-solving and communication, transferable skills which will benefit them in their civilian jobs.
Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS) Reserves, Captain Mel Robinson RN, attending the event, said: "Crowborough Challenge is a great opportunity to enhance leadership skills, giving all southern region units a unique opportunity to train together and build on their ship's companies' core skills."
Crowborough Challenge is a great opportunity to enhance leadership skills, giving all southern region units a unique opportunity to train together and build on their ship's companies' core skills.
Captain Mel Robinson
Maritime Reserves Royal Naval Reserve HMS President (London)

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Last week we exclusively shared the steps AMD was taking to make an evolutionary leap in Linux support with same-day support for their brand-new Radeon HD 4800 series, Linux drivers shipping on the product CD, some manufacturers showcasing Tux on the product packaging, and their proprietary Linux driver reaching a feature parity with their Windows driver. We had also shared that the Radeon HD 4850 works with open-source xf86-video-ati driver since day one. Now that we have had time to complete testing of the Radeon HD 4850, today we are sharing the first Linux results from this brand-new ATI graphics processor. Before you think the Windows and Linux performance is equal for the Radeon HD 4800 series, this isn't the case, at least not yet.
This is the much better Nvidia 9800 GTX test than the test before as now a much more powerfull cpu was used. I hope all gfx cards will be tested on that plattform now - maybe exept SLI benchmark where you need 780i or 750i. That shows nicely how bad ATI performs when the CPU is not the limiting factor like in many older tests.
Could you test also Wine/Cedega games like Half Life 2 EP2, World of Warcraft or Oblivion?
With both nVidia and ATI, because I think that many linux users are playing in Wine and for me Wine is much more important than native games.
What do you mean? The HD 3870 was never meant to be the competition to the much more expensive nVidia G92. The HD 4850 is. And as Michael stated and as it can be seen with Windows' reviews, the drivers are not optimized yet for that card.
But yes, the test platform is really nice for comparisons, because most Linux-native games are running fast enough on recent GPU's (> 100 FPS) and only need a faster CPU (only 1-2 CPU's used by most games) to see a difference.
It's a shame about the Catalyst performance in linux, but like the article said it'll only get better.
Wine is basically opengl, for the rendering.
You've got to love how the 4870 is retailing at $309 (or ?155) in america, but ?235 in britain.
I second the desire to see Phoronix test the cards in wine also, because even though I could live with a performance hit right now if I know it's going to improve soon, I can't afford to keep my old NVIDIA card around if I get the HD 4850 (need to sell it to get enough to buy the 4850). However, knowing that it doesn't work with wine means I'd need to keep the NVIDIA around and keep the 4850 as a secondary fan in the box.
Hopefully you won't find the time for your test of the HD 4870 before AMD improves its support in Linux drivers !


Many of you undoubtedly have fond or not-so fond memories of summer camp from your youth. I never got to go to one, but I sure know which one I would have chosen if I could have gone! Bobby Orr's very own sports camp for boys!
From 1966 to apparently as late as 1988, you could have gone to the Bobby Orr-Mike Walton Sports Camp on the shores of Lake Couchiching in Orillia, Ontario.
The camp, which featured 180 acres and 2 miles of sandy beach frontage at Owissa Lodge, ran nine weekly sessions of camping for boys between the ages of 7 and 14. I found an old advertisement stating the prices, although I am not sure which year it is from. Prices were $140.00 for a one week session and $270.00 for two weeks. Talk about a bargain!
Obviously hockey played a starring role in this sports camp. Orr and Walton were the lead instructors, while Bill Watters and later Tom Watt served as the camp director and Bob Haggert was the camp administrator. Several NHL players assisted the hockey program over the course of the summer, including Terry O'Reilly, Dale Tallon, Marcel Dionne, Billy Harris, Syl Apps Jr., Dave Burrows, Rick MacLeish, Jim Rutherford and John Garrett. Every camper received at least two hours of on-ice instruction each day.
When Orr and company bought the land there was a 4 sheet curling rink included. The Orr group turned that into a hockey rink.
There were also up to ten other live-in instructors were there all summer for water and land activities not pertaining to hockey. Non hockey activities included boating and water safety, including learning to operate a canoe and going water skiing. Somehow they also found time to teach tennis, golf and basketball too.
Saturday nights were for triple-header movies, while Sunday was campfire night. Busses would take the boys to church, if they so wished. Special outings were also planned, including visiting historical Native Canadian villages, taking scenic boat cruises, going to baseball games and stock car races and even going to Team Canada's practice in 1976.
This whole sports camp, including the property, was purchased by Bobby Orr Enterprises. If I am not mistaken, that was the company Alan Eagleson set up in Bobby's name and abused liberally. Walton, another Eagleson client, was said to own just 5% of the company. Apparently Eagleson sold the property in 1988 to property developers and he probably made an absolute killing on the investment. Whether Orr and Walton ever saw their proper return out the deal remains a mystery to me. Apparently the land remained untouched and was again for sale in 1993.
How cool would a summer camp run by Bobby Orr be? Well, maybe not as great as it sounds. According to Stephen Brunt in the book Searching For Bobby Orr, "Bobby wasn't all that enthusiastic about putting in the hours."
That's pretty cool Joe. I grew up at the other end of Lake Simcoe from Orillia, and had no idea Orr had a camp there..
You should check with Dennis Kane, as he lived in the Orillia area back in the day.
He may have more ads, etc.in his many scrapbooks from his time in the Sunshine City.
i went to this camp for years it was great.all the pro talent you got to meet as well as spending time with your lifelong idol bobby orr.
In Bobby Orr's hometown of Parry Sound, Ontario you can stop by and visit the Bobby Orr Hall of Fame! For all those collectors and aficionados, this is a great place to visit to view #4's memorabilia.
In 1976, 3 friends and I went to this school from New York. I was 16 and it was the greatest time of my life. I remember meeting so many wonderful, and talented people. Dale Talon, Pat Boutette, Jack Valiquette, Jim Rutherford, and so many more! Andy Olsen from the Hershey Bears was our team leader. I still have the photo with Bobby Orr and Shakey Walton!! For those who were there that summer, you can never forget our trademark, "silent cheer" we started on the ice!
A good friend of mine attended this camp in 1974 and maintained that is was awesome and the Bobby Orr was engaged and incredible with the Kids ... so there !
I had the privilege of going to this camp in 1973 . My fondest memory was while playing as a young goal tender I had to go up to Bobby Orr and tell him I needed to go to the locker room to pee! Bobby took my goalie gloves and put them on and then took my goalie stick and filled in for me while I relieved myself.
This camp offered so many activities and great memories as a young hockey player.
David Findlay, Ohio said, I went to this camp in 1974. I remember ice time in the morning and afternoon.We had to swim each day in the coldest lake water I've ever been in. Waterpollo, skiing, and sailing. That's when a company called Hobie gave the camp it's newest invention, "Wind Surfers" to demo to the campers to see if we liked them.I remember thinking they were too unstable and would never make it!Boy was I wrong! I still have my CCM wooden stick signed by Bobby and Mike along with my Lange skates with no plastic on the blades. I get some strange looks when I take my kids skating in Atlanta Ga. I too met Andre the Giant that summer! Fond memories!
Bobby Orr by all accounts was a wonderful ambassador of the sport and the camp would be full if they still had it now.
The memories we keep as children are priceless and Orr helped cement them.
In 1977 my Dad came to both my brother(13) and I(12) and asked us if we would like to go to the Bobby Orr-Mike Walton Sports Camp. We were both hockey nuts so he never had to worry about a 'no' answer. We were very surprised at the size of the camp but most different for us was when our parents dropped us off and left us in the camp for the week. They had everything there. We saw both Bobby and Mike, Darryl Sittler, Bobby Hull, Mike Palmateer, Dale Talon, Bruce Boudreau and many other. Bobby wasn't on the ice as he was a Blackhawk then and had the knee surgery. It was the highlight of my hockey career. My parents went out of their way to make this a memorable event and to this day we have the jackets, pucks, registration forms and list of who was in the camp with us, pictures with Bobby and Mike by the big puck. Wow! I never forgot the airline strike as well while we were there and we had to hang around Toronto till the strike was over and I even got to see Maple Leaf Gardens. Brings me back to 1977.
It was definitely a summer to remember….went there a couple of summers for 2 weeks each. Of course, the attraction was to get to meet Bobby, and chat with him as a group and one on one…but, the highlight was having him show up on the ice. His calmness and patience was amazing…he could give you a couple of pointers to improve your game, and he would actually watch the play and scrimmages, and even offer some feed back. The whole experience..was a bit out of sorts….since they advertised it as a sports camp….we got to experience a lot of various sports and activities, and met a lot of other kids from other parts of Canada, the midwest and northeast. Great memories.
I also went to the Orr Walton camp and still have some memorabilia.
The one gentleman Paul actually vaguely sounds familiar as I recall a person with a mask as he described from the US.
It was promoted as the "caviar camp" as I recall and despite never having any there, it did indeed live up 100% to its billing as a "summer to remember".
PS. The one unusual item to me was the lousy quality steaks, which puzzled me even as a kid, as we were generally all in quite unique positions as a kids and this was the most expensive camp - $215 a week in 75/76 as I recall. Bobby....why the poor cuts of beef?
I attended the camp back in about 1968.Being from the Boston area hockey was huge back then.I played for a few different teams every season and one year my dad asked if I wanted to go to a camp during the summer.I declined because we lived on a lake down on the Cape in the summer and I had all the fishing and water skiing I wanted.Then he said something about a hockey school with Bobby Orr and I about fell on the floor.I loved the camp and still remember it in my minds eye.I went for a few years, played down in Providence and A few years later I was in the Marine Corps and had to grow up fast.But I will never forget my time skating with the best of the best those years !
One of the best weeks of my life. The summer long campers told me I would never see Bobby Orr yet he was there 3 out of 7 days. He arrived one day in a helicopter to film a Buick commercial. The day I arrived kids where yelling and screaming about a bat. So I reached into my bag and pulled out a glove and dropped the thing and when I picked it up and throw it outside I was promptly grabbed by the neck and told to wash my hands. On the ice I was once hip cheched by Bobby himself, what a great week! Being from the Boston area this was even more special. Thanks to my parents for making this possible for me. This is something that I talk about till this day. And I need to apologize for breaking the sink off the wall.
I grew up in Lynnfield Ma. Carl Yazstemski lived three doors down the street and we played touch football in his backyard of the first house he had in the Grant as kids. I remember looking through his basement windows at his trophy's.
Many of the Bruins lived in Lynnfield, and also played golf at the Colonial where I caddied.
I attended the Bobby Orr - Mike Walton sports camp for two weeks in July of 1969. Bobby and Mike were on the Ice for every session. I remember one day Bobby sent a wrist shot from one corner of the rink to the other, and it hit a kid in the ankle-oops.
I was messing around that day on the Ice and was told to go to the locker room by one of the counselors. 15 minutes later the counselor comes into the locker room and see's me packing my gear.
Since it was mid-week he asked me what I was doing. I told him I'm going home. He got nervous and the next thing I know Bobby is sitting next to me asking me to explain why I'm packing my gear.
I told him my father was coming to pick me up early. Bobby met with my father when he arrived that day, and found out why I was really leaving.
Appropriately name "Sports Camp" because we played a lot more than just Hockey. They kept us very busy. Are days were full of activities, and we all slept well.
This would be my first plane trip, and the first time I water skied, but at the end of the day I will never forget just sitting next to one of the greatest players to play the game, just me and him.
I spent one July at The Hockey Ranch in Pickering Ont. and i have a photo of Bobby and me togeather. Was that his camp too?
Boston guy. I went there in 1971 or 72. It sucked big time. The brochure never told you it was a half rink. Curling rink turned into a hockey rink, no Zamboni. Food was terrible if you could get any, starved the entire week. We won the Orr/Walton games so we got a steak the last night, Dan and Don Maloney were awesome as was Rutherford.


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Q: On Elasticsearch, what is the required response for a directory URL of a HTTP URL repository? The official document of Elasticsearch says we can use URL as a setting of Read-only repository. The document also says several protocols, including HTTP, is supported for the URL. (refer: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html#_read_only_url_repository )
I understand that the snapshots are stored in the repository as a directory structure which contains Lucene index and some meta data.
Given above conditions, I think GET request to a directory URL of a HTTP URL repository need to return a list of files/directories inside, in a certain format, for the snapshot API to restore a snapshot. At least, I thought some sort of ls operation on the directory containing Lucene indices were needed.
Questions:

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*Is my understanding correct?

*If so, what is the required format for the directory URL? (What is the required response for HTTP request to the directory which makes snapshot API's restore work?)

A: I also asked this question in Japanese SO and got an answer.
The snapshot, when stored, generates some files which stores the names to the data files. Namely: index, metadata-THESNAPSHOTNAME, snapshot-THESNAPSHOTNAME (note snapshot-THESNAPSHOTNAME files are generated in several directories) . From these files the relative paths of the files are generated; thus no need for ls-ing to the directory URL.
So the answer to my questions would be:

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*No, my assumption was wrong

*No need for any response to the directory URL: URLs are constructed by following the specific file's content.

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Tough enough to race the Monster Triathlon?
Want a new challenge? Then why not enter the 7-day, 550 mile Monster Triathlon, which takes participants from Loch Ness to London
By Debbie Graham
Published: May 4, 2017 at 9:48 am
Are you tough enough to race the Monster Triathlon, a 550-mile event in September that sees teams and individuals swim, cycle and run from Loch Ness to London?
Open to the general public for the first time, participants will complete a 5km swim in Loch Ness, cycle 100 miles a day for five days, before finishing with a 50km run/walk from Windsor to Richmond on the final day.
The event was pioneered by charity Sabre Trust in 2016, where a team of both novice and experienced triathletes from corporate partner Tullow Oil completed the challenge in eight days.
"We are delighted to see the Monster Triathlon evolve into a full public event this year after a very successful pilot last year," said Dominic Bond, Managing Director at Sabre Trust. "We are looking forward to establishing the Monster in the challenge event calendar, and increasing the crucial work our teams do to improve the quality of education for Ghana's youngest school children."
The Monster Triathlon takes place September 17-23 and you can find out more at www.monstertriathlon.org
Debbie Graham
Debbie Graham was the digital editor for 220 Triathlon from 2016-2021.


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Таязу́ра смугаста (Neomorphus radiolosus) — вид зозулеподібних птахів родини зозулевих (Cuculidae). Мешкає в Колумбії і Еквадорі.

Опис

Довжина птаха становить 46-50 см. Виду не притаманний статевий диморфізм. Верхня частина голови чорна, блискуча, на тімені помітний синювато-чорний чуб, лоб поцяткований білими смужками. Верхня частина спини і нижня частина тіла чорні, пера на них мають широкі білуваті або кремові краї. Нижня частина спини і надхвістя рудувато-коричневі, боки кремові. Першорядні махові пера чорні, другорядні махові пера червонуваті або фіолетові, покривні пера крил пурпурово-коричневі. Центральні стернові пера яскраво-зелені, решта стернових пер чорні або темно-фіолетові, покривні пера хвоста чорні. Райдужки темно-карі, навколо очей плями голої синьої шкіри. Дзьоб зверху чорнуватий, знизу і біля основи білуватий. Лапи міцні, відносно довгі, сизі.

Поширення і екологія
Смугасті таязури мешкають в передгір'ях на захід від Анд на південному заході Колумбії (Рисаральда, Вальє-дель-Каука, Каука, Нариньйо) і в Еквадорі (Есмеральдас, Імбабура, Пічинча). Вони живуть у вологих рівнинних і гірських тропічних лісах, на висоті від 30 до 1525 м над рівнем моря. Зустрічаються поодинці, іноді приєднуються до змішаних зграй птахів разом з сорокушами і дереволазами. Ведуть переважно наземний спосіб життя. Живляться комахами, павуками та іншими безхребетними, яких шукають на землі, а також дрібними земноводними, ящірками і зміями. Смугасті таязури слідкують за кочовими мурахами і таясу, ловлячи сполоханих комах.

Смугасті таязури не практикують гніздовий паразитизм. Вони гніздяться в заростях, на висоті 4-5 м над землею. Сезон розмноження триває з березня по червень. Гніздо робиться з листя, в кладці одне округлої форми яйце. Інкубаційний період триває 13 днів, пташенята покидають гніздо через 20 днів після вилуплення.

Збереження
МСОП класифікує цей вид як такий, що перебуває під загрозою зникнення. За оцінками дослідників, популяція смугастих таязур становить від 1000 до 2500 птахів. Їм загрожує знищення природного середовища.

Примітки

Посилання
Home Range and Habitat Preferences of the Banded Ground-cuckoo.

Зозулеві
Птахи, описані 1878
Птахи Колумбії
Птахи Еквадору

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// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#ifndef SERVICES_DEVICE_GEOLOCATION_NETWORK_LOCATION_REQUEST_H_
#define SERVICES_DEVICE_GEOLOCATION_NETWORK_LOCATION_REQUEST_H_

#include <memory>

#include "base/callback.h"
#include "base/macros.h"
#include "base/memory/ref_counted.h"
#include "base/strings/string16.h"
#include "services/device/geolocation/wifi_data_provider.h"
#include "services/device/public/mojom/geoposition.mojom.h"
#include "url/gurl.h"

namespace net {
struct PartialNetworkTrafficAnnotationTag;
}  // namespace net

namespace network {
class SharedURLLoaderFactory;
class SimpleURLLoader;
}  // namespace network

namespace device {

// Takes wifi data and sends it to a server to get a position fix.
// It performs formatting of the request and interpretation of the response.
class NetworkLocationRequest {
 public:
  // Called when a new geo position is available. The second argument indicates
  // whether there was a server error or not. It is true when there was a
  // server or network error - either no response or a 500 error code.
  using LocationResponseCallback =
      base::RepeatingCallback<void(const mojom::Geoposition& /* position */,
                                   bool /* server_error */,
                                   const WifiData& /* wifi_data */)>;

  NetworkLocationRequest(
      scoped_refptr<network::SharedURLLoaderFactory> url_loader_factory,
      const std::string& api_key,
      LocationResponseCallback callback);
  ~NetworkLocationRequest();

  // Makes a new request using the specified |wifi_data|. Returns true if the
  // new request was successfully started. In all cases, any currently pending
  // request will be canceled. The specified |wifi_data| and |wifi_timestamp|
  // are passed back to the client upon completion, via
  // LocationResponseCallback's |wifi_data| and |position.timestamp|
  // respectively.
  bool MakeRequest(const WifiData& wifi_data,
                   const base::Time& wifi_timestamp,
                   const net::PartialNetworkTrafficAnnotationTag&
                       partial_traffic_annotation);

  bool is_request_pending() const { return bool(url_loader_); }

 private:
  void OnRequestComplete(std::unique_ptr<std::string> data);

  const scoped_refptr<network::SharedURLLoaderFactory> url_loader_factory_;
  const std::string api_key_;
  const LocationResponseCallback location_response_callback_;
  std::unique_ptr<network::SimpleURLLoader> url_loader_;

  // Keep a copy of the data sent in the request, so we can refer back to it
  // when the response arrives.
  WifiData wifi_data_;
  base::Time wifi_timestamp_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(NetworkLocationRequest);
};

}  // namespace device

#endif  // SERVICES_DEVICE_GEOLOCATION_NETWORK_LOCATION_REQUEST_H_

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The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum's newest exhibit offers visitors a closer look at climate change and how it affects everyday life. The exhibit, titled WEATHER TO CLIMATE: OUR CHANGING WORLD, aims to educate and engage people on a topic that's still considered controversial to some. The exhibit is the first in a series of three that will address climate change. WDCB News Reporter asked Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Chief Development Officer Marc Miller about the origins of the exhibit's concept.


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Swiss bakery creates edible wedding dress, breaking world record
21 January 2023, by Jan de Boer
When you're planning your wedding in Switzerland, you don't expect to be wearing your own cake - well, apart from when you spill some after too many sherries with your new chérie at the reception. For one bakery in Switzerland that definitely is the case after they baked an edible wedding dress, breaking a world record in the process.
Swiss wedding dress made of cake breaks Guinness World Record
Speaking to 20 Minuten, SweetyCakes, a bakery based in Thun, Canton Bern, announced that they had baked a cake in the shape of a wedding dress. The cake, fully edible and wearable, was presented at Swiss Wedding World in Bern - an exhibition showcasing the most popular things to have when getting married and starting a family in Switzerland.
During the event, the dress broke the Guinness World Record for the world's heaviest wearable dress made of cake. The whole assembly weighed 131,15 kilograms, breaking the minimum limit for an edible wedding dress, set by Guinness at 68 kilos.
To make the cake, bakers used 20 kilograms of flour, 20 kilos of sugar, 100 kilos of chocolate fondant and 600 eggs. The dress was also immaculately designed and decorated with chocolate, vanilla cookies, icing, buttercream, sprinkles and edible pearls. To ensure its stability, the bakery also employed a local metalworker to create a frame to make sure the creation didn't collapse when worn.
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Swiss edible wedding dress took 30 people to make
"In total, more than 30 people participated in our project," noted SweetCakes founder Natasha Lee Fokas. "The production was very demanding and took a long time. But it was also wildly fun, even if sometimes I wished I could close my eyes, slip away and come back to see the finished dress," she told 20 Minuten.
The creation was received to thunderous applause by those attending the event. What's more, much to the relief of its creators, the lady in the dress managed to walk a whole 5 metres without the dress being damaged.
Zurich has the best pizza outside Italy, food magazine reports
ALDI Switzerland to stop transporting fruit and vegetables by plane
Swiss authorities accused of being too lax about food hygiene
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Teaching English as a foreign language can be done one of two ways: teaching a group of students or by teaching on a one-to-one basis. It's estimated that up to 40% of TESOL teaching is done one-to-one, however teachers find it increasingly difficult to find relevant material, advice and assistance on the method. Nicola Meldrum argues that teaching one-to-one "unfortunately is not covered much in ELT discussion" and that 'It is somehow assumed that teaching English as a foreign language means organizing huge groups of students, while the reality is that one to one is a normal and significant part of our teaching lives". Teachers are in effect left to their own devices; however this doesn't stop the concept of teaching one-to-one being an effective and advantageous method for both the teacher and student.
There are obviously flaws as there are in any teaching concept, however there are more than enough advantages for the practice to have a more extensive bank of material and assistance to go with it. Nicola Meldrum argues that there is only one real handbook 'One to One Teacher's handbook (1987) by Peter Willberg and "while looking through published material on Languauge Teaching I failed to find any sections on teaching one to one, while there was lots of advice on the classroom management of groups". Being such an important concept there is certainly room for development.
A few years ago I was asked by a friend of mine if I would help her two children with English. At that time I never thought I would become a teacher, a psychologist and a friend to my students, but that is what happens when you teach one to one. Coincidently, while I was researching for this article, I found out that is how most teachers of one to one feel.
Teaching a single student can be very worthwhile or very demoralising depending on the student. At one time I had a student who treated her classes like a psychologist's sessions, but in the end she passed her First Certificate exam and resolved the problems she had had with her parents.
From doing the TESOL course I have learnt to expect different levels within a class, but with teaching one to one you teach one level at a time. In one day you can teach six or seven different levels ranging from infant to university and business English. Although teaching a class of mixed levels is difficult, teaching individually is very challenging and to a certain extent stressful. When lesson planning you need to plan for at least six different levels per day, which rarely go to plan. One student may have a surprise exam to prepare for; another student may have to prepare an article or a letter, so your carefully planned lesson goes straight out of the window. You have to be prepared for any eventuality.
I intimated earlier that teaching one to one can be a pleasure or a nightmare and this is very true. From twenty five students you may get twenty who really want to learn or improve their English to be able to pass an exam or progress within the company they work for. These classes if well prepared motivate the students to work hard, very rewarding, both for you as a teacher and the students when they pass their exams or achieve their particular goal.
The other five students can be your worst nightmare; these are usually young learners whose parents want them to have a good standard of English so they are obliged to do extra classes. You can be faced with a number of problems, for example, non-communication, no hobby interests, not wanting to write or do any exercises, or just to use you as their homework helper. At this point you have to be very ingenious and expert on nearly every sport, hobby, film, book or game.
Another problem with young learners is the parents. While you are battling to gain the confidence and interest of their child they, as parents, obviously want to see some results from the extra tuition. You, as a good teacher, do not want to loose your reputation which can prove to be very stressful.
One important aspect of teaching one to one is you get to know your students very well and the relationship becomes more of friend to friend rather than teacher/student. This could prove difficult and to a certain extent embarrassing for a teacher who prefers a definite teacher/student relationship.
Not only do you have to teach, but you have to cope with the environment you are teaching in. With the majority of one to one classes you will find yourself travelling from one house to another which means you could be teaching in any room in the house ranging from the kitchen to a bedroom. This can be very off putting or disturbing when it happens for the first time or continuously thereafter.
Some of the main advantages of teaching one to one are you get to know your students' strengths and weaknesses structuring the lessons accordingly. You can concentrate on specific problems, which is not always possible with big groups. Your students can bring in things they are interested in; therefore topics and conversations can be centred on a theme. Although you do not have the advantages that larger groups have when interacting, the students get to practice a lot more English for longer periods.
You might not get the variety of ideas and cultures when teaching one to one but your students can be varied and interesting, for example, among the students you are teaching there might be a Doctor who has to lecture in an English speaking country, a University student who is studying Tourism or Business English or a law student who wants to study European law with a need for English as a base language.
I have spent the past sixteen years teaching one to one and on the whole I have really enjoyed every minute of it. I have had to study hard and be as imaginative as I could be with my classes. You have to be an expert at every level and keep up to date with the latest news, fashions, TV programmes, films, books, politics, art, architecture; nearly every aspect of daily life. It keeps you, as a teacher, aware of what is going on in the world never getting time to become bored. It may be stressful and difficult at times but it is well worthwhile when the goals you have set yourself and you students are successfully achieved.


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A doctor or nurse practitioner can examine your skin and help you figure out a treatment plan. Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed it can, of course Information provided on this site is for informational purposes only; it is not intended as a substitute for advice from your own medical team. A sitz bath delivers warm water to any externally inflamed area and can provide relief. However, skin tags can be very uncomfortable and itch.
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Lugnuts to remain affiliated with Toronto Blue Jays
It's been a strong recent stretch for the Lansing Lugnuts in churning out major league talent.
And that stretch will continue with the Toronto Blue Jays.
The clubs announced Tuesday a two-year extension in their player development contract through the 2018 season.
"We are thrilled to extend our agreement with the Lansing Lugnuts," Blue Jays director of player development Gil Kim said in a released statement. "Owner Tom Dickson and general manager Nick Grueser are first class people who have a genuine interest in developing Blue Jays players. They operate a first class organization, which is reflected in the passionate fan base, good ballpark atmosphere and a knowledgeable front office. Our players are fortunate to benefit from the professional atmosphere in Lansing."
The Lugnuts, who completed their 21st season last month, have been the Single-A Midwest League affiliate for the Blue Jays since 2005. During that time Lansing has been a stopping spot for a number of Toronto's top prospects that are now finding success in the majors. Detroit Tigers pitchers Daniel Norris and Matt Boyd, New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard, Blue Jays pitchers Roberto Osuna and Aaron Sanchez and outfielder Kevin Pillar and Cincinnati Reds pitcher Anthony DeSclafani are among the players that have played in Lansing the last five years.
Lansing has reached the Midwest League playoffs six times and produced 36 major leaguers since beginning its partnership with the Blue Jays in 2005.
"This is terrific news for the city of Lansing," Dickson said. "The Toronto Blue Jays consistently provide high-character, high-ceiling baseball players. Our fans were able to enjoy watching great players like Noah Syndergaard, Aaron Sanchez, Roberto Osuna and Daniel Norris. Each season we are excited to see who follows in their footsteps."
Contact Brian Calloway at bcalloway@lsj,com. Follow him on Twitter @brian_calloway.


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Q: Excel Filtering through list via Formula Logic I would like to scroll through my list of thousands of email logs and find all people with the name of "Yoda" and get the ID number where Yoda is located.
I've tried formulas for vlookups and index matching but it doesn't work because I get repeated IDs. How can I filter my list as a formula so that I can just get all IDs for Yoda? I will be placing the formula for the IDs in another worksheet.
Email Logs:
Character       ID

Yoda@gmail.com  789
Yoda@yahoo.com  664
Luke@gmail.com  113
Anakin@bing.com 115
Jabba@gmail.com 998
Yoda@wired.com  446
Luke@yahoo.coom 500

What I would like to see in my new worksheet is:
Yoda    Luke   Anakin   Jabba

789     113    115      998
664     500
446

A: You can do this fairly simply with Power Query aka Get & Transform which has been available in Excel since 2010.  For earlier versions, VBA would be a good alternative.
All of the operations, except for creating the two custom columns, can be done from the User Interface.  The custom columns require entering formulas into the create custom column dialog.
In Power Query:

*

*Add a custom column to remove the @domain portion of the email.  Name the column CharName

Text.Start([Character],Text.PositionOf([Character],"@"))

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*Remove the original Characters column

*Group by CharName

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*Add a custom column that converts the resultant Table to a List

Table.Column([Count],"ID")

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*In the resultant IDs column, select the double arrow at the upper right of the column, and select to Extract Values with a comma delimiter

*Split that column by delimiter (the comma) and new columns will be created

*Remove the original Table column

*Transpose the entire table

*Promote the contents of the first row to be Headers

Here is the M-Code:
let
    Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Character", type text}, {"ID", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "CharName", each Text.Start([Character],Text.PositionOf([Character],"@"))),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Character"}),
    #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Removed Columns", {"CharName"}, {{"Count", each _, type table [ID=number, CharName=text]}}),
    #"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "IDs", each Table.Column([Count],"ID")),
    #"Extracted Values" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Added Custom1", {"IDs", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From), ","), type text}),
    #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(#"Extracted Values", "IDs", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(",", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"IDs.1", "IDs.2", "IDs.3"}),
    #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Split Column by Delimiter",{{"IDs.1", Int64.Type}, {"IDs.2", Int64.Type}, {"IDs.3", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Removed Columns1" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Changed Type1",{"Count"}),
    #"Transposed Table" = Table.Transpose(#"Removed Columns1"),
    #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(#"Transposed Table", [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
    #"Changed Type2" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"Yoda", Int64.Type}, {"Luke", Int64.Type}, {"Anakin", Int64.Type}, {"Jabba", Int64.Type}})
in
    #"Changed Type2"

And here is the final result, from your original data:

If you prefer a VBA method, you can create a dictionary of collections of ID's for each character.  You'll need to work your way through the code below to understand it, and adapt it to your particular workbook & worksheet setup.
Option Explicit
'Set reference to Microsoft Scripting Runtime
Sub charIDs()
    Dim wsSrc As Worksheet, wsRes As Worksheet, rRes As Range
    Dim vSrc As Variant, vRes As Variant
    Dim D As Dictionary, COL As Collection, sKey As String
    Dim I As Long, J As Long
    Dim V As Variant

Set wsSrc = Worksheets("Source")
Set wsRes = Worksheets("Results")
    Set rRes = wsRes.Cells(1, 1)

With wsSrc
    vSrc = .Range(.Cells(1, 1), .Cells(.Rows.Count, 2).End(xlUp))
End With

Set D = New Dictionary
    D.CompareMode = TextCompare

'Create a dictionary of collections of Id's for each character
For I = 2 To UBound(vSrc, 1)
    sKey = Split(vSrc(I, 1), "@")(0)
    If Not D.Exists(sKey) Then
        Set COL = New Collection
        COL.Add vSrc(I, 2)
        D.Add Key:=sKey, Item:=COL
    Else
        D(sKey).Add vSrc(I, 2)
    End If
Next I

'create results array
I = 0
For Each V In D.Keys
    I = IIf(I > D(V).Count, I, D(V).Count)
Next V

ReDim vRes(0 To I, 1 To D.Count)

'Populate
J = 0
For Each V In D.Keys
    J = J + 1
    vRes(0, J) = V
    For I = 1 To D(V).Count
        vRes(I, J) = D(V)(I)
    Next I
Next V

'size and fill results range
Set rRes = rRes.Resize(UBound(vRes, 1) + 1, UBound(vRes, 2))
With rRes
    .EntireColumn.Clear
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A: Use the AGGREGATE function?  You'll want Small (15) to do this in ascending order
=IFERROR(INDEX($B$1:$B$8,AGGREGATE(15, 6, ROW($A$1:$A$8)-1+POWER(10,9*--(LEFT($A$1:$A$8,LEN("Yoda"))<>"Yoda")), ROW()-1),1),"")

The -1+POWER(10,9*--(LEFT($A$1:$A$8,LEN("Yoda"))<>"Yoda")) bit means that any non-Yoda values throw an error in INDEX, resulting in =""

A: I was able to figure out my problem! I couldn't record a macro to filter my list using the "Search Filter" for Yoda (and many other names) since there were too many Yoda variations (see Error Image). Instead I recorded a macro that uses the "Text Filters" and I filtered to text that contains "Yoda". I did this for the rest of my characters and I was able to automate my filtered results onto a new worksheet.
Thank you all for your contributions!


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Abraham Marston Leavitt
photo taken 7/13/2013 - S. Dow
This interesting grave stone is located in the High Street Cemetery in Hampton, New Hampshire, and belongs to ABRAHAM MARSTON LEAVITT. He was the son of Thomas and Mary (Marston) Leavitt, born in Hampton on 6 Mar 1827 [Descendants of Thomas Leavitt, pg 150/155].
He moved to Boston, Mass, where he worked as a police officer in the 1860's. In 1868, he became a truant officer for the city [Boston Traveller, 3/31/1868], a position he held until his death in Roxbury on 7 Oct 1898.
His wife was SARAH J SANBORN, the daughter of William and Hannah (Chase) Sanborn of Seabrook, NH [death rec]. She died in Stoughton, MA on 13 Jan 1910, and was buried in Hampton, NH [MA Death Rec].
They had two sons, William Sanborn Leavitt and Alfred Marston Leavitt, both of whom lived in Boston, and were also buried in the High St Cemetery.
- Hampton, NH Cemetery page
- Boston Evening Times, 8/28/1860 (pg 4): Abraham appointed officer on 27 Aug.
stones and stories
More than just names and dates engraved on a grave stone, a look into the Leavitt families found in our cemetery photographs.
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ROBBIE KEANE says Luka Modric was right not to go to Chelsea because Tottenham are now a bigger club.
Keane will make a return to the Premier League on loan with Aston Villa tomorrow and thinks Tottenham are capable of winning it.
Chairman Daniel Levy and manager Harry Redknapp dug their heels in when Chelsea bid £40million for Modric in the summer and the player wanted to go.
But not any more, says Keane, 31, who will have a two-month spell at Villa and will play against visitors Everton tomorrow.
He is expected to be involved in six games for the club while with them from LA Galaxy.
It might be very difficult to try to convince Modric to go to Chelsea now.
But he spent last week training with Spurs, where he got an insight into the confidence of a team now third in the table, level on points with Manchester United and three behind leaders Manchester City.
Keane said: "Look at Spurs' squad strength – they have half-a-dozen players who would walk into Manchester United's side.
"You have seen Chelsea wanting to get Luka Modric. It might be very difficult to try to convince Modric to go to Chelsea now.
"It is looking like Spurs have overtaken Chelsea. Spurs have top players and they have proved that more so this year.
Keane scored 93 goals in 238 games for Tottenham in two spells and his family home is in London.
Villa is his 10th club in a 15-year career in which he has attracted some £75m in transfer fees.


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