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Half a dozen opium addicts could have run a better campaign—well, half a dozen Republican opium addicts. Then again, West couldn't admit Republican opium addicts existed. If they did, they would have run his campaign without landing him on the FBI most wanted list.
The low rumble of a Model A caught West up short. Could be the Sheriff scouring the streets for liquor violations blatant enough to require enforcement. Could be one of the many enemies he had rankled during his botched campaign.
He ducked into the shadows cast by brand new incandescent street lamps. Ironic—he had based his campaign on progress such as the street lamps. Now he wished Boise's downtown business district was pitch black. Pitch black. That gave West an idea. He exhaled with a visible puff.
Headlights rounded the corner of Bannock and headed in his direction. He had to get off the street.
He skittered across the frost-slickened surface of the street as the silhouettes of dual Tommy Guns emerged from the auto. West barked in fright and doubled his efforts to sprint clear of the bristling Model A, manned no doubt by the Irish mobsters he'd accidentally fingered in a bootlegging network three days prior.
As West reached the opposite walkway, rapid pops echoed between the downtown buildings. The spark of ricochets lit the path before him. Following the path straight through a shopfront window, West crashed down in a glittering storm of glass and slid into a rack of clothes.
Before West could respond, thereby meriting another slap, Mutton Chops tossed him into a display of trousers. Removing a pair of Levi's from his face, West marveled as the elderly man demolished a portion of the brick wall with a single haymaker. Two more punches produced a hole the size of a man.
"Out you go." Mutton Chops seized West by the collar. He heaved him into the back alley as tires screeched to a stop in the street.
"Who are you?" West managed the complete sentence before Mutton Chops slapped him again and threw him over his shoulder.
A drop of water struck the scar tissue over James' right eye. He clenched it tight. In the closeness of the tunnel's pitch black, he focused on the sound of Ebru's voice. Like the brush strokes of a painting, the silky undertones of her Armenian tongue transported him to an ancient Kingdom populated by beings of light.
She halted her story—the tale of an ancient tree sprung from the center of an ocean.
Ebru drew a ragged breath.
James couldn't tolerate her tears. He inched across the darkness.
She didn't shy from him.
The heat of her tears soaked into his sleeve.
Stone grating across stone echoed in the distance. Next came the slog of wet boots stepping out of the wash trough and down the steps. Ebru sprang to her feet.
James crouched at the ready, clenching his fists. Old man Zabiri hadn't announced the entry. That meant unwanted guests.
James threw the first punch. Eyes closed, he felt an intruder's nose flatten beneath his knuckles. He spun to catch the second man in the gut, but his fist whiffed through thin air.
James aimed a kick at what he figured to be the family jewels of a British-sounding gentleman. A talon-like grip clutched his leg and flung him heels over head.
"For the love of free silver! Cease your assault!" A muffled voice echoed off the walls as the man with the broken nose spoke through his fingers.
"Your tunnels?" The man with the British accent struck a match, lit a pipe and puffed it until its glow revealed his face—framed by wild, white hair.
The wild, white haired man puffed queer-smelling smoke from his pipe.
James jolted at the title. Before he could deny the truth, the gentle lilt of song swayed the attention of everyone in the cramped underground chamber. James focused involuntarily on the distant words.
The music echoed from deeper inside the tunnels. But James had learned to trust gut over mind when underground. Manholes, exhaust vents, shifting air currents—at times, the most intimate above ground conversation wafted through the tunnels as if whispered in James' ear.
The air current shifted and took the music with it. West Westerly flipped open his butane lighter. The flickering flame revealed the presence of all five members of their odd party. As if gripped in a spell, everyone in the chamber snapped to attention simultaneously.
James swore. "Then you left the door open!" He rushed past West toward the carved stone stairs. "Mr. Zubiri is old, but no fool." He stopped short of referring to the smarmy local politician as the epitome of fool. With the entrance wide open, there was no time for argument, nor another round of fisticuffs.
At the top of the stairs, James climbed over the stone sill and dropped into the laundry trough—ankle high with detergent-laden water. "Zubiri?" He spotted the elderly Basque watchman asleep on his stool. He also spotted two men in suits striding across the street—Irish mobsters.
"Fickly fiddle stones. And who be them?" Zubiri pointed northward up the street. A Model A equipped with an extra spot light rounded the corner.
"Police." James tugged Zubiri from his wooden stool and pushed him square into a perturbed West Westerly.
"It's him!" Earl the Irish mobster recognized West's incessant plea even through pinched nostrils. Earl dashed toward the tunnel entrance cleverly disguised as a Chinese laundry. The mobster's partner remained slower on the uptake. Or perhaps he'd been frozen in the police headlights like a bumper-slain dear.
"Inside!" West leapt into the trough. Skipping across it like a stone, he rolled over the sill and disappeared.
"But I can't besmirch me watchman's name by abandoning the post." Zubiri complained.
"What do you call falling asleep?" James helped the old man into the trough, trying not to hurry him too roughly.
"Hand over Westerly, or there'll be trouble, Moleman." Earl leapt into the trough with them.
"Hey, wait!" Earl clutched James by the collar.
Zubiri dropped the lever. A thick, stone door slid shut with a reverberating thud.
"It's best we be praying them plug-legged whimper nickels didn't spot us hoisting Irish into the laundry." Zubiri descended the smooth stairs, careful not to slip on the water sloshed into the entry.
"The police." James followed the old watchman, taking each step with certainty despite the pitch black. He heard Earl shuffling blindly about in attempt to follow them.
Forgetting the strangers, James cut a path toward Ebru based on her scent—olive oil and detergent. The pitch black would continue to subdue the others until he could deduce their next move. If the police drove on, James would open the door in minutes and force everyone to sort their business in the street.
Before he could respond, the tunnel reverberated with a dull thud.
James strode toward the watchman's voice while avoiding Earl. The mobster seemed to be searching the chamber as quietly as he could manage. Good. He'd remain occupied with his hunt for Westerly until James and the others could manage their escape.
Another thud vibrated through the floor. James heard muffled shouting. Now that they knew what to look for, the police would locate the lever any minute. James located a discarded piece of copper pipe and stashed it at the small of his back before locating Zabiri. "We've got to seal the room." James whispered.
"Pinch your cheeks. I'll be after them." Zabiri shuffled off.
James made directly for the secondary door. The precautionary measure had been his own idea. With a flywheel rather than a lever, it'd take him a minute to crank shut. He was counting on the delay and the noise to bring Earl and the Brits to him so they wouldn't pester Ebru or Zabiri.
James found the wheel in seconds. It took all his strength to break it loose. With a pop, the stubborn wheel began to turn.
"Hey!" Earl forgot his attempt at stealth.
James steadily cranked the wheel, sliding the rock wall shut an inch at a time.
James continued to crank the wheel, letting the others come to him.
"We'll see about that." Earl worked his way around the perimeter, both hands on the wall.
Monty and Kered took a direct path. The diminished glow of Kered's pipe betrayed his exact location.
James leaned into the wheel. It was stiffer than he'd hoped. His arms were already trembling.
James tried to shrug Monty off.
A distant shudder revealed the police had discovered the lever to the laundry entrance. No further words were necessary.
Earl suddenly found his boldness and pushed through the exit first.
Still puffing queer smoke from his pipe, Kered slipped soundlessly from the room.
"I'll be fetched already." Zabiri handed James a broom. "Chute is skyward." With that, the old watchman disappeared further in.
The slap of wet boots echoed from the stairs.
"In you go, lad. It's closing time." Monty said.
James broomed the foot prints left in the dirt, leapt through the doorway and put his shoulder to the wheel next to the mysterious Monty.
James ground his teeth. He didn't like being one-upped in his own home. But the Brit had helped save the tunnels. Besides, James was dying for a closer inspection of the Brit's superhuman arm.
James gripped Monty's hand with both of his own. He gasped. Now that he felt it with his own flesh, he realized the entire arm was metal. He quickly released the mechanical arm.
James cratered as if under a pallet of bricks. He braced himself against the roughly cut stone wall. He'd never spoken of the incident at the German chemical weapons factory in Reims with anyone.
No one outside of his family knew he'd served in the Great War. Nightmarish memories popped in his mind like flashbulbs. Screams, men on fire, men dissolving before his eyes. Then nothing but stinging, searing pain—and the stench of burning flesh.
The party continued another fifty yards underground before Ebru stopped them with a stern command. "We must stay together." She lit a flare and tossed it amongst them.
They stepped back from its red, chemical light.
With uncharacteristic assertiveness, Ebru continued. "There are inhumanly things alive in these tunnels. Things that feed on human souls—dark and evil. If you wish to emerge into the light of dawn then shut up and do what James and Mr. Gartzia Zabiri tell you." After finishing her admonishment in English, she continued in her native Armenian for several seconds.
When she finished, she nearly collapsed as if exhausted from the effort.
West clapped a hand over his mouth.
This time the shuffling grew to a chatter before dissipating.
West picked up his pace, one hand above his head and the other held in front. A chill shot through him. The air underground was dry and warmer than the Norther above ground. West shivered none the less. He knew in his gut someone had been tracking him for several minutes.
The obvious suspect was the foul, double-talking Earl. "What kind of self-respecting Irish mobster goes by the likes of Earl?" West spoke out loud to keep himself company, and he kept up the guessing game to occupy his thoughts.
West felt a breeze brush the backs of his hands and guessed he'd come to a juncture. He squeezed his eyes tight, then opened them. Of course he still saw absolutely nothing. He considered flipping open his lighter again, but the paltry flame only frustrated his larger desire to see sufficiently.
West jumped at the croaking voice and smacked his head on the tunnel ceiling.
"I could hardly believe my ears." Monty lagged until he and his brother were at the end of the small underground party led by Sergeant James Edwards.
Monty kept his eyes low, not wanting to stare directly at the flare as the party ventured further in. Edwards kept the girl, Ebru, directly by his side. Monty had yet to determine the nature of their relationship, but it was closely felt by him and her alike. The old watchman followed, then Earl with the flare.
"Just because you refuse to believe does not make it false." Kered puffed his pipe into a vibrant glow.
The party stopped briefly, as Sergeant James Edwards ventured a short way down a peripheral tunnel before leading the group in the opposite direction. Monty wondered at the behavior. Surely Edwards knew the tunnel layout. If he had to scout before proceeding, what for?
A sharp, blood-curdling scream echoed throughout the tunnel as if emanating from all sides or from the belly of the earth. The other members of the party sprang into full alert.
"Slow down." Ebru tugged at his shirttail.
James froze. A soft tittering faded quickly. He couldn't be sure it wasn't the echo of his own movements.
The hair on James' arms stood on end. He felt the truth of it.
James pinned her hands at her side and kissed the top of her head. Before she could argue, he continued toward the source of Westerly's scream alone. He exhaled after ensuring Ebru hadn't followed him. Good girl.
For several minutes, he prized stealth over speed, as if tiptoeing through a minefield. He knew Ebru to be a sensible young woman, not given to flights of fancy or baseless fears. That meant he faced an enemy he could't identify.
A breeze brushed past his ankle. He froze. The proximity alarm in his head triggered. Turning, he threw up his guard. He struck out at the blackness with two sharp jabs, contacting nothing but empty air. He strained his eyes and ears. He sniffed the air. Something was there, just out of reach.
James inched closer to Westerly's voice. A sour breeze washed across his face.
"Where they should be." Following a gut feeling, James searched the blackness on all sides of him.
The back of James hand struck something hairy for a split second. Before he could control his impulses, it had gone. He lunged toward its retreat without result.
James charged the politician. He shoved Westerly into the wall of the tunnel with his forearm and choked him at the neck. "The girl is none of your business." He growled, his face an inch from the tip of Westerly's nose.
James' head spun. The world lost its mooring as he grasped at gravity to anchor his feet. Westerly's voice intensified inside his head.
"I'll kill you before you touch her." James swung a blind fist. Suddenly, his head compressed from all sides. He covered his ears, as if to keep his brains inside. He dropped to his knees.
James coughed and spat. He tasted the warm salt and iron of his own blood. He felt it against the palms of his hands as the throbbing in his ears increased.
"Sure, you've experienced guilt, even self-loathing. You hate yourself for being powerless to save those around you." Westerly clapped his hands over James' hands and squeezed.
Westerly drove his knee into James' nose.
Lightning spidered across his vision as his head tossed backward and crashed into the stone floor of the tunnel.
The sour breeze returned as fine hairs crept over the entire surface of James' prone body. His insides roiled. He clenched his eyes tight.
"T'vogh astvats pahpani Dzez bolorin dem ch'ar!" Ebru's voice exploded in the confines of the tunnel.
Through James' clenched eyelids, a brilliant red light flared. Heat and shattered rock washed over him, then all memory faded.
He shoved Earl through the shrinking gap in the tunnel, just to discover his arm had stuck.
"Brother!" Kered reached back for him.
"Don't be daft!" Monty kicked his brother clear of the cave-in as the compromised tunnel released his arm and swallowed him whole.
"Bloody hell. Who turned out the lights?" Monty breathed in an acrid mixture of carbon dioxide and dust. He coughed, causing his tomb to contract. "Oh right, the tunnels." He spared a short moment to bar pain from his mind. His next thoughts were of the incantation he'd heard in Armenian the moment before an earthquake had shook them. His Armenian wasn't automatic, not like his French, Arabic or Turkish.
Another thought chilled him. The girl must have had a reason to invoke the spell that collapsed the tunnel. The evil she'd warned them of. Monty had never given such mythology any heed. Kered had always been the mystic. But whoever their enemy, he wasn't about to lose the tree for a second time.
He flexed his mechanical arm. It responded.
If the entire weight of the earth above the tunnel had collapsed, he'd already be dead. If any sudden movement were to collapse the rest, he'd soon be dead. Destiny belongs to the bold.
After a wistful longing for a swallow from his brandy reservoir, he swept his arm upward and out.
James rose onto an elbow. His head throbbed and his hair had matted with blood. The wound was no longer bleeding freely, so it could wait. "Ebru." He crawled forward on hands and knees as his mind scrambled to piece together his memory before the blackout.
Westerly had been acting strange and then Ebru had spoken something in Armenian.
"James?" Ebru breathed his name.
James waited for her to explain.
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The Disappearing Magician
Magic Shop Series (Volume 4)
Kate Egan and Mike Lane; illustrated by Eric Wight
READING BUDDIES
Mike Weiss had his eyes fixed on the classroom clock. It was 1:58. The minute hand lurched forward, it seemed, about once an hour. When would it be 2:00, then? Some people would say two minutes. Mike knew it would beforever.
Mrs. Canfield's fourth graders were gathered in a circle as she talked about different kinds of rocks. Some kids were passing rocks around the room: One had layers in it, like stripes, while another one was studded with shells. Yet another one was black and shiny.
"Who can remind me how sedimentary rock is formed?" Mrs. Canfield asked the class.
Who can remind me, Mike wondered, what that is? Or why I need to know?
His eyes wandered back to the clock. 1:59.
Eventually, the rock talk would be over and his class could go downstairs to meet their first-grade book buddies. Reading stories with pictures to a bunch of little kids ... that was Mike's kind of schoolwork. From now on, they'd get to do it once a week.
"Mike?" said Mrs. Canfield.
He blinked. "Yes?"
"Still with us?"
He sat up straight, like he'd been paying close attention.
Mrs. Canfield prompted him. "Sedimentary rock comes from..."
Mike cleared his throat. The whole class was watching.
Next to him, Emily Winston's hand shot up like a rocket. Mike didn't know the answer, but Emily did, and she could hardly wait to blurt it out.
Then there was a click from the clock. The minute hand jumped ahead!
Mrs. Canfield stood up and smiled. "We'll get back to this tomorrow," she told the class. "Two o'clock. Time to go! Our book buddies will be waiting."
Lucky break, Mike thought. Just in time!
There was a rush of activity as the kids stuffed their backpacks with folders and notebooks, lunchboxes and sneakers, so they'd be ready to go home at the end of the day. Then everyone lined up at the door to walk downstairs. It wasn't easy, but Mike managed not to speak above a whisper in the hallway. That was the rule, and he wasn't taking any risks.
Mike tried really hard not to get in trouble at school these days. If he went to the principal's office, she'd call Mike's parents. And if Ms. Scott called his parents, he'd lose an important privilege: biking downtown, all by himself, to The White Rabbit. The world's best magic shop.
The fourth graders filed into Mrs. Kavanaugh's room and stood in a row. The first graders observed them, quiet as mice, from their tiny chairs. Who would he be paired with? Mike wondered. The girl in the unicorn shirt? The boy with the glasses?
The classroom was bright and cheerful, with kids' art all over the wall. On a table in the back, Mike spotted a jumbo bag of pretzels and two bottles of apple juice. Snacks! Mike thought. The afternoon was looking even better. He clutched the book he'd brought to read to his buddy. Sometimes he liked little kids, like his cousins Jake and Lily, better than kids his own age.
"Welcome, fourth graders!" said Mrs. Kavanaugh. "Are we ready to get started?" She passed around a cardboard box, and each of Mike's classmates selected a name from it.
When it was Mike's turn, he stuck his hand in the box and read the name out loud. "Lucas?" he asked, scanning the faces in front of him. A boy with long, shaggy hair raised his hand. "That's me!" he called out. He and Mike walked to the snack table together.
Mike took charge of the apple juice, and unfolded his getting-to-know-you worksheet. This was supposed to make the first grader feel at home with him. "Do you have any pets?" Mike asked. "What are their names?"
Lucas just sat there with his mouth hanging open. His two front teeth were missing.
Can he talk? Mike wondered. It might be hard with missing teeth.
Can he eat pretzels? Mike wasn't sure what to do. Break the snacks into pieces?
"Maybe we should just start reading," he said. The book he'd brought was called The Magic Hat. He was pretty sure a first grader would like it. Mike showed Lucas the cover.
"I knew it!" said Lucas, just about jumping out of his seat. "You're the magician!"
"I do like magic...." Mike admitted.
"I saw you on the playground!" Lucas said. "When I was waiting for the bus!"
He must have seen the Great Escape, Mike realized. With that illusion, he'd tricked Jackson Jacobs, the meanest kid in school!
Lucas was really excited. "I saw you in the lunchroom, too!" he insisted. "You're famous!"
Suddenly, Mike felt two feet taller. Famous? He liked the sound of that. Too bad he didn't see what was coming next.
"Could you do a trick for me?" asked Lucas.
Mike looked around the room. All the names had been chosen and all the kids had broken up into pairs. Mrs. Kavanaugh and Mrs. Canfield were moving around slowly, making sure the getting-to-know-yous were going well.
I'm supposed to make Lucas feel comfortable, Mike thought. And nobody said I couldn't do magic.
He was trying so hard to do everything right! When magic was involved, though, Mike couldn't help himself.
As usual, he had a deck of cards in his pocket. He pulled the cards out and held the four jacks in front of him, like a fan. "See these jacks?" he said to Lucas. "I'm going to put them right here on top of the deck."
"Okay," said Lucas, watching.
Mike put the four jacks on top of the deck and lifted the first one off again. "Now, I'm going to place this jack someplace inside the deck," he said. He stuck it in with the other cards at random and continued, "I'll do that with the other jacks, too."
Next, he handed the deck to Lucas. "Can you hold these for a second?" When Lucas got hold of them, Mike said, "Now, take the four cards off the top for me, okay?"
Lucas's jaw dropped as he peeled off four jacks in a row.
"Voila," said Mike, scooping the cards out of his hands and wishing, like always, that he had a good magic word. "The four jacks jumped to the top!"
"That's sick," Lucas said in awe.
Mike looked over at Mrs. Canfield. She was talking to Oscar and heading in his direction. Mike stuck the cards back in his pocket.
"I think we should start the book now, okay?" he said to Lucas.
The story was about a wizard, not a magician. He had a hat that could make him invisible and allow him to fly. It could make stuff appear and disappear, too. But even the wizard didn't know it could shoot red-hot lightning bolts-until another wizard tried to steal it!
1. START BY REMOVING THE FOUR JACKS FROM A DECK OF CARDS AND HOLDING THEM OUT, LIKE A FAN, TO SHOW YOUR AUDIENCE.
WHAT YOUR AUDIENCE DOESN'T KNOW IS THAT YOU HAVE HIDDEN FOUR RANDOM CARDS BEHIND THE FAN. HOLD THESE CARDS AT THE BACK OF THE FAN WITH YOUR THUMB, WHILE USING THE REST OF YOUR FINGERS TO HOLD THE VISIBLE CARDS AT THE FRONT.
2. THEN, WITH BOTH HANDS, BRING THE JACKS TOGETHER, KEEPING THE RANDOM CARDS HIDDEN BEHIND THEM.
3. NEXT YOU'LL PUT THE EIGHT CARDS-WHICH THE AUDIENCE THINKS ARE JUST FOUR-FACEDOWN ON TOP OF THE DECK.
4. REMOVE THE TOP CARD-WHICH YOU KNOW TO BE RANDOM-AND TELL YOUR AUDIENCE "I WILL PLACE THIS JACK SOMEWHERE IN THE DECK." DO EXACTLY THE SAME THING WITH THE NEXT THREE CARDS. BE CAREFUL NOT TO SHOW THE AUDIENCE THE FACES OF THE CARDS!
5. WAVE YOUR HAND DRAMATICALLY OVER THE WHOLE DECK. THEN TURN OVER THE TOP FOUR CARDS TO SHOW THAT THE JACKS HAVE "JUMPED" TO THE TOP OF THE DECK! LET THE AUDIENCE LOOK THROUGH THE DECK TO BE SURE THAT YOU HAD ONLY FOUR JACKS TO START WITH.
Lucas's mouth dropped open again when the wizards met. He gripped the desk till the magic hat saved the day. "Let's read it again!" he said when it was over.
Lucas was supposed to read a book of his own, though. "Sun," read Lucas slowly. "Rain." His book had only one word on each page, but Mike didn't mind. He remembered when he was in first grade. He wasn't good at reading, either.
When their time was up, Lucas didn't want to say good-bye. "See you next week, buddy," Mike said, with a light punch to his shoulder. Lucas beamed, and for a minute Mike felt like he really was famous.
Mrs. Canfield's class trooped back upstairs just as the end-of-the-day announcements began. Mike was only half-listening, as usual. If there was anything important, his parents would tell him.
"Now for some news that will brighten the dark winter days!" Mrs. Warren, the school secretary, said cheerfully.
Why were grown-ups always talking about making the winter better? Mike wondered. He and his friends loved the winter! But grown-ups didn't play outside in the snow.
Mrs. Warren went on. "On Monday, we will start putting together our first-ever talent show!"
A talent show? The announcement was like an electric shock.
Now Mike was listening hard.
Mrs. Warren continued, "Bring your act, ready to perform, to the gym after school on Monday afternoon. This is not an audition, but an open call for acts. We will spend the week rehearsing, with the big show Friday night!" Then she moved onto another announcement about the Lost and Found.
Mike wasn't always into school activities. And okay, it wasn't like anyone was begging him to join the school clubs. But he actually had a talent, the kind he could show onstage! Chess Club kids couldn't say that, could they?
Some people, like Lucas, had seen Mike's magic already. But he could do so much more! What if he didn't have to steal time during class? What if he had a stage all to himself? Then he'd really be famous! Just like his distant relative, Harry Houdini.
Suddenly, the coming weekend was full of purpose. Mike would pick out his best magic, practice with Nora, plan his show.
It was time to get his act together!
Text copyright © 2015 by Kate Egan and Mike Lane
Illustrations copyright © 2015 by Eric Wight

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Column: Jockey Flavien Prat shifts from epic Kentucky Derby to chase for Del Mar title
Jockey Flavien Prat celebrates after being awarded the win in the Kentucky Derby on May 4 at Churchill Downs.
(Rob Carr/Getty Images)
'Flavor Flav' is on the verge of winning his third Del Mar summer riding crown in the last four years
By Bryce MillerColumnist
DEL MAR —
Horse racing lives under the radar, a niche sport followed by the mainstream masses for a couple of minutes in May as giant hats teeter and mint juleps flow at the Kentucky Derby.
For a 27-year-old French father of an infant girl, though, 22 minutes of uncertainty did more than put him on the radar. He was the radar.
When jockey Flavien Prat filed one of two rider objections in the Derby, his 65-1 long shot Country House was shockingly elevated to the winner's circle after the agonizing, unprecedented mulling by stewards. Initial victor Maximum Security became the first horse in the event's 145-year history to be disqualified for a race foul. Chaos erupted.
The president of the United States chimed in that "the best horse did NOT win the Kentucky Derby — not even close!?" as it became the No. 1 trending topic worldwide on Twitter, according to ABC. Two days later, Prat appeared on "Good Morning America" to unravel the insanity as Maximum Security owner Gary West of Rancho Santa Fe offered a rebuttal on the "Today" show.
Fewer than four months later, the frenzy has fizzled. Prat has slipped back to the more comfortable routine of riding daily races, doting over a 9-month-old daughter while reflecting on a year like no other.
In addition to the breakthrough in the most bizarre of Derbies, he's scooped up Grade I victories in the Santa Anita Oaks, Gamely Stakes and Pacific Classic, along with the Queen's Plate Stakes — the first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown. The 133-day spree came in partnership with five different trainers.
Now, Prat stands at the brink of winning his third summer riding title at Del Mar in the last four years. He won his first mount of the day Wednesday aboard Of Good Report, pushing his meet win total to 35.
That's 10 victories ahead of Drayden Van Dyke, the 2018 summer champ, who won a head-to-head matchup Wednesday in the fifth race on Palace Prince.
"I would say he's a star in the making, but he's already there," trainer Richard Mandella said. "So we're a couple years late on that."
The fact Prat landed on Country House in the Derby frankly staggers. A fascinating rundown in industry publication BloodHorse documents it all. The summary, though, offers all the perspective necessary about the bewildering route.
Prat, "after going through Gunmetal Gray twice, Extra Hope, (Derby favorite) Omaha Beach three times, Galilean, Gray Magician, Instagrand, Stubbins, possibly Improbable, possibly Spinoff, possibly Roadster, and possibly Cutting Humor, winds up on 65-1 shot Country House."
"It was luck that we were able to land on the horse," said Derek Lawson, Prat's agent. "It put us on the national map."
Luck loses the fight with skill, though, when it comes to explaining the rider's full-fledged breakout.
Prat's win percentage has gone up each of his full-time seasons, from 14 percent to 18, 20, 22 and now 24. His percentage of in-the-money finishes follows the same steady trend line, now at a robust 58. The jockey, currently No. 7 nationally in earnings for 2019, also has won the 2016 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint aboard Obviously and 2017 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile on Battle of Midway.
"He's one of the top five to 10 riders in the country," trainer Peter Miller said. "First, it's the talent. Then it's the drive and professionalism. He's no-nonsense. A consummate professional."
Coaxing a smile from the focused Prat is possible, though. Just mention Mandella's nickname for the jockey, Flavor Flav — the giant clock-wearing rapper who used to bang out beats in Public Enemy.
"I had to Google it," said Prat, lighting up at the memory. "He definitely doesn't look like me. I thought it was funny. I think it was because (Mandella) couldn't say Flavien, so he'd say Flavor Flav."
Real and lasting perspective, though, sprouted from becoming a father.
"Best thing ever," Prat said. "Being a dad, I see things differently. I used to overthink. After I'd go home, I would think about races and races and races. Now, I got home and it's a different world — no more racetrack. That's helped me a lot."
One more thing horse racing should put on its radar: The man who has pieced together an epic 2019 is only getting better.
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The cast of How To Train Your Dragon includes: Jay Baruchel (Tropic Thunder,Knocked Up) as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third; Gerard Butler (300) as Hiccup's father and chief of the tribe, Stoick the Vast; America Ferrera (Emmy award winner for Ugly Betty) as Astrid, who partners with Hiccup for the initiation; Jonah Hill (Superbad) Snotlout, a bully who thinks he should be the next chief; and Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Superbad) as Fishlegs, a Vicking big in size but small in brains.
How To Train Your Dragon is directed by two-time Emmy winner Peter Hastings (Animaniacs) and produced by Bonnie Arnold (Over the Hedge, Toy Story).
The story centers around Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, a Viking teenager who lives on the island of Berk, where fighting dragons is a way of life. Initiation is coming, and this is his one chance to prove his worthiness to his tribe and father. But when he encounters, and ultimately befriends, an injured dragon, his world is turned upside down.
How To Train Your Dragon Release Date
In Theaters March 26, 2010
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Starring: Voices: Gerard Butler, Jonah Hill, America Ferrera, Jay Baruchel, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Written By: Adam F. Goldberg, Peter Tolan
Directed By: Peter Hastings
Produced By: Bonnie Arnold
MPAA Rating: [ PG ]
Distributor: DreamWorks SKG
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Complex of the former Evangelical Church of Mount Tabor, Miejska Górka
An example of a former Evangelical church complex comprising: a church, a former graveyard, and a gate. The aisleless church, having a chancel terminating in a semi-hexagon and a tower rising above the east façade, has a timber frame structure covered with weatherboards on the outside. The complex is a testimony to the existence of Protestant culture and religion in this region in the early modern period and to the existence of an Evangelical community, established in the mid-16th century, in Miejska Górka.
Originally, the name of the town was "Górka"; it was given its present name in 1469. In the 13th century, it belonged to komes Przedpełek, a member of the Łodzia family, who later adopted the name of Górka. Górka was granted municipal rights in the 14th century. In 1428, when it was owned by Łukasz Górka, it was granted municipal rights based on German law. Miejska Górka remained the property of the Górka family until the early 1590s. During the Reformation, it was a major centre of Lutheranism. The Evangelical cemetery in Miejska Górka most likely comes from that period. In the following centuries, the town was owned successively by: the Czarnkowskis, the Kostkas, the Opalińskis, the Leszczyńskis, and the Sułkowskis.
The church was built in the years 1777-78 (the date "1777" is carved on one of the beams inside the church). It may have been founded by August Kazimierz Sułkowski. A graveyard gate was erected in 1857. In 1859, a bell tower was constructed in the graveyard and a tower was built onto the east façade of the church. The church was renovated in 1840 and in the years 1900-11. After the war, it was used as a storehouse for some time.
The complex of the former Evangelical church of Mount Tabor (comprising the church, a graveyard, and a gate) is located in the north-eastern part of the town, surrounded by town buildings. The boundaries of the complex are defined by Zacisze Street on the north side, 22 Stycznia Street on the east side, a row of private houses on the west side, and Powstańców Wielkopolskich and Kobylińska Streets on the south side.
The church is situated in the south-eastern part of the graveyard, having an irregular shape, which can be accessed through a gate standing at the end of a short path on the south side, connecting it with Kobylińska Street. In the graveyard, by the eastern and western sections of the wall, there are graves from the 2nd half of the 19th century.
The aisleless church has a rectangular floor plan. The entrance is located in the west wall. The chancel terminates in a semi-hexagon. A rectangular porch adjoins the church on the south side.
The main body of the church, made up of cuboids, has one storey. The nave and the chancel are covered with a gable roof. The porch by the south wall of the nave is cuboidal in shape and covered with a separate dual-pitched roof. The tower rising above the east façade, taller than the nave, has a quadrangular base and is topped with an onion-shaped roof surmounted by a lantern.
The church has a timber frame structure with clay infill, covered with weatherboards on the outside and plastered inside. The roofs above the nave, the chancel, and the south porch are covered with roof tiles and the tower roof is covered with sheet metal. The nave has a false barrel vault. The sections of the nave below the galleries are covered with beamed ceilings.
The church façades are covered with vertically-positioned weatherboards. The three-sided west façade has a door opening headed by a basket-handle arch at the ground floor level. The symmetrical side façades have the same design — the windows are arranged into two rows: at the lower levels, there are smaller, square windows, and at the higher level, there are rectangular, round-arched windows. The porch adjoining the central section of the south façade has an entrance on the south side. The central part of the three-sided east façade, surmounted by the tower, has the form of a pseudo-avant-corps. The windows are also arranged into two rows, just like the side façades.
The church has one nave with no aisles. Two-storeyed galleries, supported by four pairs of posts, run along the longer side walls and the shorter west wall.
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The historic monument is inaccessible.
compiled by Anna Dyszkant, Regional Branch of the National Heritage Board of Poland in Poznan, 30-11-2015.
Katalog Zabytków Sztuki w Polsce, t. V: Województwo poznańskie, z. 21: Powiat rawicki, oprac. T. Ruszczyńska, A. Sławska, Warszawa 1971, s. 18.
Werner A., Geschichte der evangelischen Parochien in der Provinz Posen, Posen 1898, s. 94-97.
Zgodziński B., Województwo leszczyńskie, Warszawa-Poznań 1989, s. 257-260.
Type: industrial architecture
Chronology: 1777 - 1778
Address: Plac Powstańców Wielkopolskich 7, Miejska Górka
Location: Voivodeship wielkopolskie, district rawicki, commune Miejska Górka - miasto
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Zeeshan Ahmed
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Roshan Shetty
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Orville D'Souza
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@Aditya_k168
Yes. Rohit Sharma can be the ideal opening Test batsman. I mean he has got all the qualities required to be an opener because of his stellar run as an opener in ODIs over the past few years. He has the reliability, languid, effortless stroke-play and the ability to score big 100s.
@vlp1994
Indeed! I have been rooting for this move for a long time. He has shown his class in the limited overs format and now it's time for him to shine in the Test format at the top. He has it in him to take on the new ball and give India a solid start.
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This is a tale of old, of long long ago, in the 7th century. It is the tale of the legendary beauty, Lady Kogo and her music, and the man who was Emperor of Japan at the time. This Emperor was a good and kindly man, much revered by all his subjects. But nevertheless, he was a sad and lonely man. In all his vast and beautiful palace, he had but one friend, the good and faithful Nakakuni, who had been his tutor when he was a boy.
There was a wicked and evil influence abroad in the palace so that even his Empress and their children loved him not. The powerful Taira No Kiyomori, the father of the Empress, hated and despised him because he was so jealous, wanting himself to be Emperor. And so, it the Emperor lived in lonely isolation, spending most of his time alone in his chambers. Often, he would sit by the window looking out on his gardens, the vast expanse of flowers and trees, and think to himself that all of this mattered not without others to share it with warmth and love. Often, he wished he were a simple man, a peasant, and wondered what life would be like with work every day, and a family to come home to at night.
He took to sitting at the window long into the dusk after he had watched the sun go down on another sad and empty day. And one evening, at this time, he thought he heard in the distance music very faint, but nevertheless beautiful music. He listened for a while, and then it ended. The next evening, at dusk, it was the same, sweet music coming to him from a distance, bringing him comfort, and a feeling of contentment.
Finally, after many days of hearing this music every evening, he decided he must know where it came from an who made it. So, he sent the good and faithful Nakakuni to seek it. Nakakuni followed the sound of the music, which led him to the river. He walked along its edge until he saw, in the distance, a lady sitting at the banks of the river with her Koto—Japanese harp—and then he knew from whence came the music.
This was Lady Kogo, she of great beauty. Her hair was like black satin, and her skin like the petals of a magnolia blossom. She was playing a sweet, sad melody. As Nakakuni approached her, she had sad thoughts in her mind and was thinking now of going into the river where, for a while, her robes would bear her up, and she would drift on the waters and look into the skies and into the blossom and the trees for the last time. Her robes, having become heavy with water, would take her underneath where her life would end, she would be tormented no more by her sad thoughts, and her terrible loneliness which had become unbearable since her brave and noble husband had lost his life in battle. Though mortally wounded and in great pain, he had led his men to victory, vanquishing a formidable and dangerous enemy.
Nakakuni, the Emperor's emissary, approached her slowly and gently, for he could see she was indeed very sad, and he could hear that the music she was playing was 'inori' (a prayer). He spoke to her softly of the beauty of her music and how it drifted on the winds to the Emperor in the palace, and how he, sitting by his open window every evening, was brought great peace and comfort. And so, the Emperor wished her to come to the palace and play for him there. And Lady Kogo knew that if the Emperor so wished she must accede to his command.
And thus, it was that the Lady Kogo went from her home in Kyoto to the palace every evening at the hour of sunset and played her music for the Emperor through the dusk until nightfall. The Emperor had at last found peace and happiness in the music of Lady Kogo, and she was relieved of her terrible loneliness and unhappiness which she had endured ever since the death of her husband.
One day, after many, many moons of playing for the Emperor as she finished her last melody, she slowly raised her head and looked into his face. She had not done so before because of the awe and reverence in which she kept him. Her head was always bowed, but this time she felt compelled to raise her eyes and look into his, and their eyes spoke to each other of love. And this love for each other was expressed by her through her music as it became sweeter and more intense, and the Emperor received it with great joy.
As time passed, this was perceived by the evil and wicked Taira No Kiyomori, and he became more consumed with hatred and jealousy of the Emperor than ever before—not only because he craved to be Emperor, but because he was jealous of the Emperor and Lady Kogo. And so, in revenge, he plotted to take her away from the Emperor. He would capture her and lock her in the darkest of dungeons where she could never be found. Now, word of this terrible plot came to Nakakuni, as he had spies among the followers of Taira No Kiyomori, and he warned the Lady Kogo. She fled from Kyoto to go into hiding, no man knew where.
Now, the Emperor was distraught and overcome with grief at the loss of Lady Kogo and her music. So horrified and angered he was at the wicked Taira No Kiyomori for his dreadful plot that he banished him to the Isle of the Great King Cobr, far out on the old and windswept sea, inhabited only by snakes and scorpions. It was said that the combined venom of a snake with that of a scorpion caused a long and agonizing death.
Seventeen long years passed as the good Nakakuni searched the land for Lady Kogo, and never found a sign or trace of her. The Emperor grew more and more distraught, and his health was failing and worsened daily by the loss of his loved one, and the good Nakakuni vowed to himself that though very old and weak and frail now, he would never give up his search. He was determined to find the Lady Kogo and restore her to his Emperor. So, he traveled around and around the countryside, always hoping, always believing that one day he would find her.
And, indeed, one day he heard the strings of a Koto—and no one played the Koto like the Lady Kogo herself. And once again, as he had done many years ago, he followed the sound of the music, and once again he found her at the edge of a river playing a favorite song of the Emperor called 'Tsuioku' (Remembrance). She was older now, of course, but still very beautiful. Yet, once again, very sad as she had given up hope of being reunited with the Emperor and was going to go into the river, where her robes would become heavy with water and take her below.
Once again, the good Nakakuni approached her slowly and gently and saw that though older and sad, she was more beautiful than ever. She was like a slightly faded rose, being more delicate and subtler than in the full bloom of youth. As she saw him, her face showed such joy that the good Nakakuni's mind wandered and thought of her as the young woman he had encountered many years ago at the edge of a river. But then, recovering, he assured her that Taira No Kiyomori was gone forever that she could return to the palace in great safety.
They returned to the palace where the evil was no more. Taira No Kiyomori and his daughter, the Empress, whose mind he had poisoned against the Emperor had also died. The Emperor was soon restored to health, and his happiness was greater than ever. The Emperor's children were restored to him, and all those who now inhabited the palace became his faithful followers. The good Nakakuni, so very old and frail, and wearied to the point of death from his long and grueling travels, was nursed back to health by Lady Kogo. He was given a high and honored place in the palace, many precious gifts, and the rest of his days were filled with joy and happiness surrounded as he was by the love and devotion of all who knew him and his great good deed.
The enchanting music of the Lady Kogo, forever more, was a blessing to the place.
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Jay helped establish B Lab, a nonprofit organization serving a global movement of people using business as a force for good. Its vision is to change the operating system, culture and practice of business so that all companies compete to be the best FOR the world, and as a result, society will enjoy shared and durable prosperity for all. Prior to B Lab, despite having no game, Jay co-founded and sold AND1, a $250+ basketball footwear and apparel company based outside Philadelphia. Jay is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute and former board member of Investors' Circle and Social Venture Network, leading national networks of impact investors and social entrepreneurs. For more than a decade, Jay has co-taught a class about the role of business in society at Westtown School, a 200-year-old Quaker school. Jay grew up in New York City and graduated from Stanford University with a degree in East Asian Studies in 1989.


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Bridges to/from Cuba
Saturday, November 21, 2015 @ 9:00 am
Chapman Conference Center (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210)
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States
As the invisible Berlin Wall across the straits between Cuba and Florida begins to crumble, the more subtle and poetic voices of those who have been experiencing Cuba for a lifetime — loving, grieving, and dreaming in Cuban — are being shut out. In response, writers Ruth Behar and Richard Blanco joined their minds and hearts to create a blog, "Bridges to/from Cuba: Lifting the Emotional Embargo," to serve as a forum for sharing their apprehensions and hopes in this new era of U.S.-Cuban relations. Behar and Blanco will be joined by journalist Liz Balmaseda, book artist Rolando Estévez, and historian Orlando García Martínez, for a wide-ranging discussion of a new era of U.S.-Cuban relations and their hopes and dreams for the Cuba of tomorrow.
Tickets for this event are no longer available online. Please visit the ticket booth at the venue for more information on availability of tickets.
Free tickets will be required for admission to this presentation. Seating with a ticket is on a "first come, first served" basis. Seats will only be held up to ten (10) minutes before the start of the session. Tickets for unfilled seats will be distributed to the standby line on a first come first served basis.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Liz Balmaseda is food editor and dining critic for The Palm Beach Post. She has worked as a foreign correspondent, magazine writer, television news producer and metro columnist. It was as a columnist for The Miami Herald that she won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary and later shared a second Pulitzer for breaking news in 2001. She has authored and co-authored books that include the memoir of Miami's doctor to the homeless, Pedro José Greer (Waking Up in America), the memoir of television anchor María Elena Salinas (I Am My Father's Daughter), and a novel (Sweet Mary).
Orlando Felix García Martínez
Born and residing in Cienfuegos, Cuba, Orlando Felix García Martínez is a historian and writer. He directs the Cienfuegos branch of the UNEAC (Writers and Artists Union) and is a founding member of the Unión de Historiadores de Cuba (UNHIC) in Cienfuegos. He teaches history and sociocultural anthropology at the University of Cienfuegos and is a prolific and highly respected author of numerous major articles and a dozen books about the history of slavery and slave emancipation in Cuba. He has lectured about his research at prestigious universities in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America, and has been a Visiting Scholar at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University. He has been honored with the Distinción "Por la Cultura Nacional" de la República de Cuba.
Richard Blanco is the fifth inaugural poet in U.S. history—the youngest, first Latino, immigrant, and gay person to serve in such a role. Born in Madrid to Cuban exiled parents and raised in Miami, the negotiation of cultural identity and place characterize his body of work. He is the author of two acclaimed memoirs: The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood a poignant, hilarious, and inspiring memoir that explores his coming-of-age as the child of Cuban immigrants and his attempts to understand his place in America while grappling with his burgeoning artistic and sexual identities; For All of Us, One Today: An Inaugural Poet's Journey; three awarded poetry collections: Looking for the Gulf Motel, Directions to the Beach of the Dead, and City of a Hundred Fires; and a children's book of his presidential inaugural poem, One Today, illustrated by Dav Pilkey.
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Born in Matanzas, Cuba, where he still lives, Rolando Estévez is a visual artist and poet who works in multiple mediums, including drawing, painting, installation, performance, stage design, and handmade book design. He is the author of La vena rota, a volume of poems about his memories of his exiled Cuban family, and is the recipient of major honors, including the Cuban National Book Design Award and the Distinción Hijo Ilustre de la Ciudad from the city of Matanzas. A co-founder of Ediciones Vigía, he created over 500 handmade artist books between 1985 and 2013, which are collected by the British National Library, MOMA, the U.S. Library of Congress, as well as numerous universities in the U.S. Estévez now directs his own imprint, El Fortín, at which he is creating limited edition and one-of-a-kind artist books that are rapidly gaining recognition for their unique beauty and cultural poetics.
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Ruth Behar is a MacArthur Award-winning writer and a cultural anthropologist known for her work about the search for home in our global era. She was born in Havana, Cuba, and frequently visits and writes about her native Cuba. Among her books, she is the author of The Vulnerable Observer: Anthropology that Breaks Your Heart, An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba, and Traveling Heavy: A Memoir in between Journeys. She is the editor of the pioneering anthology, Bridges to Cuba/Puentes a Cuba, which will be reissued this year in a 20th-anniversary edition. Her poetry is included in The Whole Island: Six Decades of Cuban Poetry and in several handmade books designed by Cuban book artist Rolando Estévez.
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Forsyth County School Superintendent Jeff Bearden, left, has been visiting various campuses around the county to get to know faculty and students. He stopped by Forsyth Central High School on Tuesday. - photo by Micah Green
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Updated: Sept. 22, 2014, 12:05 a.m.
FORSYTH COUNTY — The new superintendent of the Forsyth County school system is quickly getting up to speed on the district's 35 schools.
Jeff Bearden, previously superintendent of Rome City Schools, started in Forsyth on Sept. 2. Over the past three weeks, he has been visiting various campuses to do "a lot of listening and a lot of learning."
"I've had the chance to get into 15 or 16 of our schools now," Bearden said. "I'm trying to visit a couple schools every single day until I get into every one of them."
While he hopes to bring experience to the system, Bearden said he isn't going to try to immediately change anything in what could be "the best school system in the state of Georgia."
"I'm not coming in armed with any brand-new initiatives, because I don't think our school system needs any new initiatives," he said. "I'm not really coming in here to bring something new. The board of education didn't hire me to come in and fix something. It wasn't broken. It's an outstanding school system."
Bearden succeeded Buster Evans, who left Forsyth in July after nearly seven years to become assistant commissioner of education with the Department of Corrections.
Former Dawson County School Superintendent Keith Porter, a longtime Forsyth resident, served as interim school chief between Evans and Bearden.
Prior to serving in Rome, Bearden served for two years as superintendent of Fayette County Schools, a system to which Forsyth often is compared.
For his new post, Bearden said the short-term goal is to learn about the challenges facing the school system, which boasts some 42,000 students, and community and proceed from there.
"My goal over the next three months is to do what I've been doing for the last three weeks, meet as many people as possible, learn as much as I can about the community and the school system, learn what really our strengths are," he said. " … Then take all of that information and start really putting together a plan for the future."
While the schools aren't cookie cutters, there are some similarities, according to Bearden.
"The theme has been the same — you have outstanding schools with a strong sense of community, a strong sense of family, a strong sense of purpose and it's incredibly impressive," he said. "The schools are … all very, very high achieving. It's not only impressive, it's very inspirational."
Bearden said he and his wife have been enjoying the county and its dining, shopping and entertainment options.
"It's a very hospitable place to live. People are very friendly here," he said. "We're finding it to be an outstanding place to live and work."


Loud Silents is a festival that shows silent movies accompanied with live music. I did an identity for them that included a logo, print materials and a typeface for headlines.
My main idea for this project was to play with the opposites loud and silent. With that came the idea of maximum contrast and heavy usage of only black and white.
I wanted also to bring the musical aspect to the identity somehow. In my mind I connected all the aforementioned opposites to the thick and thin lines of staves.
In the briefing we did not discuss the need of a custom typeface but when thinking about the logo and the identity in the beginning I got this idea of a really stark, in-your-face typeface for the headlines that must be accompanied with something neutral and readable.
An example of Loud Mono. At first sight it might look like an graphic element more than type or writing but one'll get the hang of it pretty soon. Loud Mono has super strong contrast between the lines, thin and thick.
At first I tried to use Loud Mono in the logo but soon found out that it would be too much if the logo and the relatively crazy headline typeface would be too similar. I continued with the idea of having a logomark but as we discussed the different ideas we settled on with the clean and partly "glitched" logotype in a rectangular box.
Final logo and few of my logo sketches with different ideas.
Some finished print materials: A2 poster, two A3 posters and a festival brochure.


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OEM Goodness: The Factory-Sponsored Trucks of SEMA 2017 – #TENSEMA17
SEMA Isn't Just About the Builders Anymore
Mike GrassoPhotographerBrett T. EvansWriter
In the past, SEMA was an aftermarket-only affair, focusing on the kinds of things you could do to a truck after it left the dealer, scrapyard, or classified ads. But as the show grew, so did OEM interest. Today, many automakers get in on the game, using SEMA to sponsor shop builds or show off their own parts and accessories.
As usual, Ford had a massive presence at SEMA 2017, with a huge booth inside the central hall and a second display in what is usually the Las Vegas Convention Center's front parking lot. And like always, it was chock-full of custom trucks and SUVs. Among our favorites was the 2018 Expedition built by LGE-CTS for overlanding, with extremely subtle underbody protection that preserves the SUV's clean lines.
We also loved the custom shortbed Ford Super Duty "Project SD126" (pictured at top). Starting with a regular-cab truck, SD126 gets chopped with a 6.5-foot bed, giving it a 126-inch wheelbase. Awesome fender flares impart a distinct Raptor vibe, and Ford says it's a great example of the Super Duty's potential off-road performance.
Inspired by Vaughn Gittin, Jr.'s "Ultimate Fun Haver," the Ford F-150 RTR Muscle Truck previews a suite of dealer-installed modifications that will be available on the 2018 F-150. Key among those upgrades are a long-travel coilover suspension, a sinister grille illuminated with LED accents, and an attractive wide stance from the RTR wheels.
Chevy surprised us at the 2017 SEMA Show, debuting a wild AEV-optimized concept of the Colorado ZR2. Equipped with the ZR2's available 2.8L Duramax diesel I-4, the AEV also incorporates long-travel Multimatic DSSV shocks, a 1.5-inch body lift, 35-inch BFGoodrich Mud Terrain tires, lots of auxiliary LED lighting, a bed-mounted ARB refrigerator/freezer, and onboard freshwater and air tanks. It shares some of its design with the ZR2 Race Development Truck (those Saguaro Trail stickers brought back some happy memories).
Also at the Chevrolet booth is a very cool Luke Bryan–designed Suburban idealized for outdoor activities. The rear-facing third-row seat sits in an open area that's now separated from the rest of the cabin, making it great for fishing excursions. And the Bow Tie also highlighted its trucks' 100th anniversary with Centennial Edition versions of the 1967 Chevy C-10 and the 2018 Colorado and Silverado, replete with vintage-look Chevrolet emblems and Centennial Blue paint.
Mopar paid most of its attention to the 2018 Jeep Wrangler JL and its associated lineup of Jeep Performance Parts. But in addition to the 200-plus accessories that will be available for the new Wrangler, Mopar also took the time to announce it would offer the Hellcat engine as a new crate option for hot rodders who want one of the fiercest supercharged V-8s available.
And although the "Hellcrate" is the halo engine, Mopar also highlighted the rest of its powerplant lineup with a very slick restored 1937 Dodge pickup. Fit with a 345 Crate HEMI Engine Kit, this Dodge sports a factory-parts-delivery exterior wrapped around a totally custom interior, with a gorgeous bighorn ram hood ornament leading the charge.
Also found at the Mopar booth were the Jeep Shortcut, CJ-66, and Switchback concepts from Easter Jeep Safari. We still can't get enough of the Shortcut's throwback dimensions and plaid interior, and the CJ-66 is pure early-80s retro style too. The Switchback, however, is 21st-century all the way through, with icy-cool paint and cutaway doors.
Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai
Keen to publicize the popular Camry, most of Toyota's booth space was occupied by celebrity-designed iterations of the midsize sedan. The company did bring one non-Camry model to the show: the C-HR. Our favorite was obviously the R-Tuned, which sports a 600hp turbocharged I-4 and five-speed manual. We liked it enough to give it some respect when judging the 2017 Gran Turismo Awards.
Honda's booth was also a little skimpy on trucks, but we didn't mind seeing the Ridgeline Baja Race Truck on the floor. Sporting a twin-turbocharged engine that takes its block, heads, and crankshaft from the production Ridgeline, the Honda race truck makes more than 500 hp, perfect for all-out runs across the desert. We wouldn't kick it out of the garage.
Hyundai's booth featured two decidedly different SUVs. The Rockstar Energy Moab Extreme Off-Roader Santa Fe Sport (say that five times fast) features a remarkably un-Hyundai suspension setup: King coilovers with 2.5-inch internal bypass shocks and remote reservoirs. It's lifted high over 35-inch Mickey Thompson Baja MTZ tires, and Yukon Gear & Axle supplied drivetrain components (Hyundai wouldn't say which). A Nitrous Express wet-nitrous system seems incongruous with the off-road design, but the Cascadia Vehicle Tents habitat on the roof doesn't.
On the other side of the spectrum is the Vaccar Tucson Sport. Fit with a Boostec GTX turbocharger and related components, significant engine enhancements, massive front and rear brakes, and sticky Continental ExtremeContact Sport tires, the Vaccar Tucson Sport would be a really, really fun way to get to the grocery store. It's also dipped in BASF Blue Metallic, a coat of paint so deep we could swim in it.
Since SEMA is intended to show off what the aftermarket is capable of, we're glad to see those OEMs tap such talent to build their vehicles. And while few of those show trucks and SUVs will end up in customers' hands, it's still fun to dream of what's possible, and the SEMA Show allows us to do just that.


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Football rumours from the media
Manchester United are reportedly still hoping to prise Harry Maguire away from Leicester
Manchester United are confident a compromise can be reached with Leicester in their pursuit of Harry Maguire, according to The Sun. But they have dropped their interest in Newcastle's Sean Longstaff after being quoted £50million for him.
Virgil Van Dijk: Barcelona enquired about the possibility of signing the former Celtic player from Liverpool, the Mirror reports. But they were quickly given short shrift by the Dutch defender's representatives.
Bjorn Engels: Aston Villa manager Dean Smith is targeting the Belgian centre-back to boost his side's defensive options, according to the Mail.