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Karl Heim, ab 1868 von Heim, (* 20. Dezember 1820 in Walddorf bei Tübingen; † 8. April 1895 in Ulm) war Jurist, Oberbürgermeister von Ulm und Mitglied des Deutschen Reichstags.

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Karl Heim war das dritte von neun Kindern des Walddorfer Schultheißen (1824 bis 1837; am 16. April 1835 Verleihung der goldenen "Civil-Verdienst-Medaille") Johann Georg Heim (* 1791 † 1837) und dessen Ehefrau Maria Barbara geb. Heim (* 1793 † 1840), einer Tochter des Walddorfer Ochsenwirts Carl Heim.

Leben
Heim besuchte die Lateinschulen in Nürtingen und Tübingen. Nach der Konfirmation arbeitete er als Notariatsgehilfe bei Notar Wiedersheim in Walddorf. Am 11. November 1840 erfolgte die Immatrikulation an der Universität Tübingen, wo er inklusive seiner Referendarzeit bis 1846 Rechtswissenschaften studierte. Im Mai 1846 bestand Heim die zweite Justizdienstprüfung, im Anschluss wurde er zunächst zum provisorischen Gerichtsaktuar in Weinsberg bestellt, am 18. Juni 1846 in diesem Amt bestätigt 1849 war Karl Heim Oberamtsgerichtsverweser in Langenburg, 1850 in Oberndorf am Neckar. In Oberndorf erfolgte am 30. Januar 1851 die Ernennung zum Oberamtsrichter. Am 23. Februar 1854 wurde Karl Heim schließlich zum Oberjustizrat am Gerichtshof in Ulm ernannt.

Am 21. April 1863 erfolgte die Wahl Karl Heims zum Stadtschultheißen von Ulm (2.080 Stimmen). Die erbetene Entlassung aus dem Staatsdienst wurde am 28. Mai 1863 erteilt. Die Amtseinführung erfolgte am 27. Juli 1863. Am 27. September 1864 verlieh der württembergische König Heim den Titel Oberbürgermeister. Von 1863 bis 1890 war er Oberbürgermeister von Ulm. Herausragende Leistung seiner Amtszeit war die Fertigstellung des Münsterausbaus. Wichtiger war aber wohl die Verbesserung der Kanalisation und der Trinkwasserversorgung.

Von 1877 bis 1881 war er Mitglied des Deutschen Reichstags für den Wahlkreis Württemberg 14 (Ulm, Heidenheim, Geislingen) und die Deutsche Reichspartei.

Am 24. November 1890 bat von Heim auf Grund seines angegriffenen Gesundheitszustands um Versetzung in den Ruhestand zum Jahresende. Zu seinem Nachfolger wurde 1891 Heinrich von Wagner gewählt.

In der Nacht vom 8. auf den 9. April 1895 starb Karl von Heim in Ulm und wurde am 11. April in Ulm bestattet (Trauerrede durch Dekan Bilfinger). Das Grabmal auf dem "Alten Friedhof" in Ulm existiert noch.

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Karl von Heim erhielt unter anderem folgende Auszeichnungen und Ehrungen:
 1864: Ritterkreuz des Friedrichsordens
 1868: Ritterkreuz des Ordens der Württembergischen Krone, wodurch er in den persönlichen Adelsstand erhoben wurde
 1871: Olga-Orden
 1871: Ritterkreuz 1. Klasse mit Eichenlaub des Badischen Ordens vom Zähringer Löwen
 1871: Ritterkreuz des bayerischen Verdienstordens vom heiligen Michael
 1888: Ernennung zum Ehrenbürger Ulms anlässlich des 25-jährigen Dienstjubiläums
 1889: Kommenturkreuz des Ordens der Württembergischen Krone
 1890: Kommenturkreuz des Friedrichsordens
 preußischer Kronenorden II. Klasse
 Am 5. Juli 1897 wurde auf dem Ulmer Karlsplatz das Karl-von-Heim-Denkmal eingeweiht (das Denkmal steht inzwischen beim Justizgebäude am Hafenbad)
 1900: Benennung einer Straße (Heimstraße) nach dem verstorbenen Oberbürgermeister
 Außerdem war Karl von Heim Ehrenmitglied des Veteranenvereins "Prinz Hermann zu Sachsen-Weimar" und des Kriegervereins "Königin Olga"

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Reichstagsabgeordneter (Deutsches Kaiserreich)
Politiker (Württemberg)
Bürgermeister (Ulm)
Ehrenbürger von Ulm
Kommentur II. Klasse des Friedrichs-Ordens
Träger des Ordens der Württembergischen Krone (Komtur)
Träger des Ordens vom Zähringer Löwen (Ritter)
Ritter III. Klasse des Verdienstordens vom Heiligen Michael
Träger des Olga-Ordens
Träger des Preußischen Königlichen Kronenordens 2. Klasse
Absolvent der Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Nobilitierter (Württemberg)
Deutscher
Geboren 1820
Gestorben 1895
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As advocates against bullying, we are always excited to hear of children and youth involvement in prevention. A recent program in Maryland proved that Kids Artwork Fights Bullying. With involvement from various schools, the Diverse Expressions project has become a great way for victims of bullying to speak out in art or poetry to share their experiences with others.
The art of story telling has long been one of the greatest ways to communicate a point to those around us. Diverse Expressions was an excellent contest that allowed children to share their experiences in the form of stories, images or poetry. Not only were they able to share their own experiences, they were able to share ways to prevent or stop bullying.
Sadly, even our youngest students can face bullying in their classroom and peer groups. By drawing pictures of the incidents or writing a short poem about how they felt, they can reach out to their entire school or community in hopes of preventing it from happening to others. Some of the students who submitted works as spoken about in this recent article about children fighting bullying, had experienced bullying that left them feeling alone and afraid. By creating artwork that told their individual bullying story, they were able to express themselves in a way that was easy to understand by all around them.
As we continue moving forward in our fight against bullying, the involvement of our children at all ages is very important. Not only should we begin teaching our kids early about what bullying is and how to spot it, we should be teaching them about how to not be a bully. Artwork fights bullying because it is something everyone can do. Art is not specific to just paint, coloring, drawing, poetry or music. To create is art. Kids artwork fights bullying, because it is so obviously their own story. A child who cannot verbally express themselves with ease can readily do so with crayon, paint or music.
In what ways do you think kids artwork fights bullying? Have your children ever created anti-bullying art?


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If you're looking for some food for thought on game mechanics and game writing, the spitfire at game-isms discusses (with spoilers) this relationship. It's some fun little thinkin' for a Friday evenin'.
The following is a handy list of software resources designed to make writing video game dialogue easier. Each has its general benefits and drawbacks, so please evaluate them based on your own criteria. The applications are specifically designed for writing games, so you will note that Final Draft and other general scriptwriting applications are left off the list. This is strictly video game scriptwriting.
Chat Mapper is a new, high quality, easy to use tool for writing and testing nonlinear dialogue, especially for video games. Built from the frustration of trying to use Final Draft, Word, or even Excel to write complex branching game dialogue, Chat Mapper was built from the ground up with usability in mind.
SimDialog is a visual editor for dialog in computer games. The system creates dialog as a directed graph. This allows for play using the dialog with a state- based cause and effect system that controls selection of non-player character responses and can provide a basic scoring mechanism for games.This paper presents the design of SimDialog, illustrating how script writers and non-programmers can easily create dialog for video games with complex branching structures and dynamic response characteristics.
This paper introduces a Reusable Scripting Engine to automate the generation of cinematics and cut-scenes in video games. This approach allows storytellers to provide their stories in a well-defined, structured format, which is then interpreted by our engine, along with supplemental graphic and audio content, to produce an animated presentation of the story in an automated fashion. This paper presents the design of our Reusable Scripting Engine, and discusses a prototype implementation of this design, as well as initial experiences with using this prototype system to date.
The state-of-the-art in game scripting is to manually script individual game objects that interact in the game. Thousands of non-player characters (NPCs) and props need to be scripted before they play a part in a game adventure. This situation introduces serious concerns about programming effort and reliability. We demonstrate ScriptEase, a tool to facilitate the game scripting process. It is based on generative design patterns for automatic code generation of scripts associated with game objects. ScriptEase is intended for a broad audience, from programmers to game designers and users without programming experience. Game designers can use commonly occurring patterns to generate scripting code without any programming knowledge. This demonstration illustrates the entire process of creating and scripting game props and NPCs.
The Cold War produced publishing ventures across the globe. Post-revolutionary Cuba became for a time a hotbed of avant-garde publishing, sponsoring the Afro-Asian-American journal Tricontinental, which included foldout posters promoting a solidarity-of-the-month club with oppressed guerrilla movements the world over. Copies were door-dropped on college campuses across the Third World, including Beirut, where Bidoun acquired some thirty-odd copies for fifty cents each. In "Revolution by Design," Babak Radboy considers the aesthetic legacy of Tricontinental and its visionary art director, Alfredo Rostgaard.
informed by insights of the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
walking to the symposium location.
9:30-10:30am: Vadim Bulitko and David Thue, University of Alberta, Canada.
10:30-11:30am: Jichen Zhu, University of Central Florida.
1:00-2:00pm: Mirjam Eladhari, Gotland University, Sweden.
2:00-3:00pm: Michael Young, North Carolina Statue University.
expressive range of computational narrative.
methods we use to achieve them.
to encourage physical activity for middle school students.
writing poetry, reading philosophy and playing video games.
from McGill University in Montreal.
Interactive Institute in Sweden where she was technical lead (2004).
State University, where he leads the Liquid Narrative Research Group.
editor-in-chief of the Journal of Game Development from 2007 to 2008.
Intelligence and AI in Games.
The point – there may be plenty of potential in game writing, but it seems we don't like to stray too far from home. Just to spice things up, consider reading Epic Game plots made simple, – you may find that when you boil things down, many games tell the same stories.
Freeman suggests the use of character diamonds to help generate effective characters. This character diamond generator creates character diamonds easily and quickly. They are not perfect characters, but are good characters ever perfect characters?
This is a list of games with interesting stories. It is not a complete list, just a little bit about each game and what makes it interesting.
"Set in 2072, the game casts the player as a computer hacker caught while attempting to remotely access files concerning Citadel space station, which is owned by the TriOptimum Corporation, the largest corporation in the world. The hacker is taken to Citadel and brought before Edward Diego, a greedy TriOptimum executive who offers to drop all charges against the hacker in exchange for a secret hacking job on SHODAN, the artificial intelligence (AI) that controls the station.
The story unfolds in four episodes, each set a year apart on the Day of the Dead. It is from this festival that much of the game's imagery is drawn — most of the game's characters are skeletal calaca figures (based on the work of Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada). Various flowers are also used as tools of murder, in the form of a substance known as "Sproutella", which reacts with bone, destroying it by causing flowers to grow in it extremely rapidly. Characters refer to this manner of death as "sprouting". There is also unique fauna scattered throughout the game, such as bone-eating fire beavers and gigantic cats used for racing.
Unusually, the game combines this mythical underworld with 1930s Art Deco design motifs and a dark plot reminiscent of the film noir genre. Manny, whose job combines the roles of Grim Reaper and travel agent, turns detective when he discovers that deserving souls are being denied their rightful post-mortem reward of direct travel to Mictlan, bypassing the four-year trip that all other souls must take. Manny's investigations draw him into a tangled web of corruption, deceit, and murder.
The second part of the game, when Manny is running a nightclub, is inspired by Humphrey Bogart films The Maltese Falcon, Key Largo and Casablanca. In the game, the gambler Chowchilla Charlie is extremely reminiscent of Peter Lorre, and the town's corrupt police chief is based on Claude Rains's Captain Renault. Despite this, Tim Schafer stated that the true inspiration was drawn from films like Double Indemnity, in which a weak and undistinguished man (an insurance salesman, not a detective) is involved in murder and intrigue.
New digital technologies and mediums are informing, challenging and reinventing our notions of narrative structures and storytelling. Non- linear, virtual, artificial, interactive, and cyber culture have become common terms and concepts when describing the emerging integration of science, art, and sociology. The Digital Narrative explores ideas of how storytelling and communication is influencing and influenced by new and emerging technologies.
The conference will have an art exhibit which should be interesting too. Although I'm not sure how you show digital narratives that aren't screen based in an art gallery setting. I'm sure they will figure it out.
We are looking for position papers of colleagues with either an expertise, or experiences (good or bad!), in teaching Interactive Digital Storytelling in either artistically/creative or technically motivated seminars. We are also interested in industrial or other practical experience reports of the knowledge exchange necessary in interdisciplinary projects.
The last 10 years of research in the domain of Interactive Digital Storytelling have led to several advanced systems, which have been demonstrated on stories usually created by the systems' inventors themselves. To leverage the potential of these systems and to create more and particularly more compelling interactive narratives, it is essential to involve experienced story creators as authors.
A key difficulty is that these authors may lack the technical and conceptual knowledge that is necessary to grasp the complexity of the systems produced by research groups. On the other hand, current storyworld creation by engineers often lacks the conceptual knowledge of creative principles for narratives and drama. Therefore, it is critical to find ways of education across the disciplines.
Within advanced University courses, video game schools, interactive writing curricula, art schools, digital storytelling training sessions etc., students are currently taught in narrative writing and future interactive story technologies for games and digital media. However, there is limited opportunity of sharing experiences and also of reusing educational material across disciplines.
This workshop aims at sharing knowledge, approaches and experiences in teaching Interactive Digital Storytelling, and will be structured by participant presentations and discussions. At the conference ICIDS 2010, it takes place after a tutorial(*) in the morning, "Introduction to Interactive Story Creation", for authors who want to gain insights into the state of the art in story creation principles for highly-interactive storytelling.


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Carman Lee's Dark Days Filled With Suicidal Thoughts
By su July 29, 2013
Carman Lee (李若彤) makes her television comeback in Eric Tsang's (曾志偉) new drama, M Club. Absent from screens for years, Carman had suffered from mood disorders since her father's death. After five years of this torturous illness, Carman finally returns to the entertainment scene.
Many people remember Carman from the 1995 hit series, The Condor Heroes <神雕侠侣>, as Little Dragon Girl alongside Louis Koo (古天樂). During the peak of her popularity, she also starred in Stephen Chow's (周星馳) movie, Forbidden City Cop <大內密探零零發>, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils <天龍八部> and Operation Zero < G4特工>. Coming from a family of 10 children, she took part in her first commercial at the age of 17 and worked as a stewardess prior to her official acting debut. In 2003, after she started dating her businessman boyfriend, she slowly made her way out of the entertainment industry. However, after many years of dating, Carman revealed that she has no plans for marriage and wants to live life as it comes and go with the flow.
Dark Days and Suicidal Thoughts
Carman stated that after her breakup in 2008, she began suffering from mild mood swings and hints of depression but it was not until her father suffered from a stroke in 2009 did the world seem to fall apart. Carman shed tears when talking about her past and cried, "Those couple of years were the darkest times of my life; I just got out of a relationship and my dad was in terrible health. My emotions were all over the place. I've even thought about suicide! But God blessed me with a niece who comforted me the entire time. I don't know what I would've done without her."
Carman then received treatment for her depression and was on medication to combat against her mood disorders too. Over the past year, her condition has slowly improved thanks to the medication and she is still learning how to control her emotions properly. She bravely stated that as long as she has her family's support and acceptance of the illness, it does not matter if the public finds out.
After being out of the entertainment loop for so long, Carman admitted, "Before bumping into Chow Yun Fat (周潤發) last year, I was still in the stumps. I wasn't filming or doing anything. After talking to him, I finally realized that I should restart my life again! So now, I'm aiming to get my fitness trainer license!"
New Chapter In Life
After taking advice from Chow Yun Fat and receiving encouragement from her niece, Carman rediscovered her passion for acting and decided to start fresh again. When asked about her love life, Carman openly responded, "Nope! I don't have anyone right now. If this were two years ago, I'd probably have thoughts on wanting a stabilized marriage but nowadays, my own happiness is more important!"
At age 39, Carman still looks relatively young despite having gone through mood disorders and depression. However, Carman does not mind being called old and emphasized the importance of being optimistic and enjoying life with the ones you love. M Club will be Carman's first drama since her return. Even though she does not have high hopes due to high competition, she feels no pressure because the process and experience is more significant.
M Club Cast's Woeful Stories
Although the rest of the veteran cast does not suffer from mood disorders and depression like Carman, they all have their own woeful stories. Gloria Yip (葉蘊儀) suffered from a disastrous flash marriage and infidelity while she was younger and finally filed for divorce in 2000.
Rachel Lee's (李麗珍) marriage also ended in shambles after four years and ended up being a third-party in another relationship. After widespread negative publicity, she finally decided to return to acting and accepted Eric's offer to be star in M Club.
Flora Chan (陳慧珊), who was a top actress in the nineties at TVB, had to tend to her family due to her husband's bankruptcy last year.
Elvina Kong's (江欣燕) divorce with her husband of 12 years shocked viewers as the pair was seen inseparable for the past decade with no indication of their troubling marriage.
Angie Cheong (張慧儀) was a third-party to Nat Chan (陳百祥) and Cecilia Wong's (黃杏秀) relationship and was the victim of physical abuse by her fiancé in 2003.
Fennie Yuen (袁潔瑩) suffered from anorexia in the 1990s and ended up weighing a mere 77 pounds before getting help. Then in 2005, it was said that she was romantically involved with Yuen Ka Yan (阮嘉欣) leading the public to think that she has changed her sexual preferences. This year, Fennie and Ka Yan ended their long-time relationship.
Source: Apple Daily via ihktv.com
This article is written by Su for JayneStars.com.
Tagged: Aerobic Girls, Angie Cheong, Carman Lee, Elvina Kong, Fennie Yuen, Flora Chan, Gloria Yip, M Club, Rachel Lee
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Lisa C July 29, 2013
She still looks as beautiful as ever!!! Hope she will live a better life in the future 🙂
pandamao July 29, 2013
She's aged quite a bit. Something with her eye make up that bothers me …
I know i may be a minority in thinking she's a bit on the older side.
Raymond July 29, 2013
I thought so… i thought she is in her 40's… something about the eyes…sloping down???
Nick July 29, 2013
She's so beautiful why would she get depressed over a guy? That's nuts! Must've been a millionaire or something!
sky July 29, 2013
b/c he took all the money with him….won't give her anything..
Cleo July 29, 2013
well unless he swindled her, it was never her money so who cares? He's just someone that she used to know, right?
Man, that Gotye video is really repulsive. Bleurghhhh.
bizzybody July 29, 2013
@Cleo, lol… Gotye – loved that song and the music goes round and round. Until the fateful day I saw the MV.
Now I have to listen to this version to get my mind off the original – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwPHy17Iu6E
EXACTLY! plus she must be prettier in reality than in photographs so she must get flattering attention every time she leaves the house – I bet Lom Geet Ying still does as well – so WHY and HOW could she possibly be depressed in HK if she was still pretty – it's currency after all!
Hannah July 29, 2013
Perhaps she truly loved him? It was a 5-year relationship, which showed she was committed to him. I don't know what happened, but it's always hard to move on after the break up.
happybi July 29, 2013
She's still beautiful imo.. Always a fan of her so really glad she's coming back to TVB! looking forward to this drama!
Puff July 29, 2013
Yeah, she's beautiful. Very well maintained for a 39-er.
I think she has suicidal i.e. waxy looking eye sockets – even if her claim of being suicidal is false – I always found those hybrid eye sockets to be very nihilistic looking.
I remember her well from her movie with Stephen Chow where she put on a fake moustache. Since her role there was to seduce, she looks beautiful there.
@Cleo, what do you mean by nihilistic looking? I did look-up the word, but still don't understand what it means.
wow, this and the old tactic by TVB putting actors on ice really have me wondering what is UP with HK culture – maybe it's a just too much Blood Elf, right?
Is her dad the hybrid or is it her mom?
I mean you don't see Anita Miu committing suicide (died of cancer) after her childhood poverty and suffering, you would THINK that she would just be happy to be rich.
j00ky July 31, 2013
Everybody handles things differently…
bbfanny July 29, 2013
I'm not sure how the HK audience will accept all these middle aged has beens who weren't not even the top fadans during their time. TVB should've invited Marianne Chan, Kenix Kwok, Jessica together for a series.
GD July 29, 2013
Angie was the third party in Nat Chan's relationship? Didn't know that. Can't imagine it.
Funn Lim July 30, 2013
Her niece sounds like a supportive sensible girl. And I do think will probably stand to inherit whatever Carmen's has from the looks of it.
Woot July 30, 2013
007!! That's the movie and omg, she was fantastic in that role. And that's with a moustache, lol…
Shrimpboat July 30, 2013
If TVB does it right, this could become a successful drama about these women who've gone through hardship and emerged a stronger, successful person. That should appeal to HK audience.

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Kingdoms Call
The Adventure Is Just Beginning
The final three books in the riveting Kingdom series are an unforgettable parallel to the New Testament! Sir Gavin, a young and rising Noble Knight, has devoted his life to eradicating the followers of the stranger claiming to be the King's son from Chessington. But when he's saved by none other than the Prince himself, he accepts a new name and mission in Kingdom's Call. Now Sir Gavinaugh in Kingdom's Quest, he's a new man who is taking the Prince's message to everyone in the kingdom of Arrethtrae. The ultimate clash between good and evil climaxes in Kingdom's Reign. When the Dark Knight, Lucius, and his Shadow Warriors lose to the Prince and his army, they are imprisoned in the Wasteland. But years later they escape and initiate the final battle with the King himself.
Kingdoms Quest
Kingdoms Reign
The final three books in the riveting Kingdom series are an unforgettable parallel to the New Testament! Sir Gavin, a young and rising Noble Knight, has devoted his life to eradicating the followers of the stranger claiming to be the King's son from Chessington. But when he's saved by none other than the Prince himself, he accepts a new name and mission in Kingdom's Call . Now Sir Gavinaugh in Kingdom's Quest, he's a new man who is taking the Prince's message to everyone in the kingdom of Arrethtrae. The ultimate clash between good and evil climaxes in Kingdom's Reign . When the Dark Knight, Lucius, and his Shadow Warriors lose to the Prince and his army, they are imprisoned in the Wasteland. But years later they escape and initiate the final battle with the King himself.
Kingdoms Edge
A Riveting Medieval Parallel to the Bible Good and evil clash. Leinad and Cedric are determined to not only survive, but claim hope and victory! In Kingdom's Dawn , Leinad and Tess, along with all the king's people, must escape slavery by the powerful Lord Fairos. Kingdom's Hope finds them free and arriving in the Chessington Valley . But when they forget the king, will Kergon and the Kessons capture them for good? After many years, Kingdom's Edge finds Cedric living a hopeless life until a stranger appears with powerful words of a new kingdom and a grand army. Finally, Kingdom's Reign marches you through the danger of earth's last days as the evil dark knight threatens to defeat the prince once and for all. Swords, knights, and battles define these captivating tales that parallel biblical events from Genesis to Revelation!
Kingdoms Hope
Kingdoms Dawn
Perelandra
The second book in C.S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy continues the adventures of the extraordinary Dr. Ransom. Pitted against the most destructive of human weaknesses, temptation, the great man must battle evil on a new planet – Perelandra – when it is invaded by a dark force. Will Perelandra succumb to the malevolent being, who strives to creat a new world order and who must destroy an old and beautiful civilization to do so? Or will it throw off the yoke of corruption and achieve a spiritual perfection as yet unknown to man? The outcome of Dr. Ransom's mighty struggle alone will determine the fate of this peace-loving planet.


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Yours Forever
You Say It Too
Goose & Gander
Dirty Mister Dirty
Tell Me Now
Please Be It
U Say It 2
Feeling down and need something to pick you up.
It's pretty simplistic, it's not bad but not my favourite.
Look, I'll square with you, Generationals are not making music that is incredible, it's not all too original or musically impressive, but damn it if it's not catchy as all hell. Actor-Caster is such a great album to listen to while going for a walk on a hot sunny day, there's little else I can picture while listening to the glittery tunes and I guess that's why I love it so much, it's simple and happy, and every once in awhile it's nice to put on something that makes you happy without making you concentrate too much on the actual music itself. I've seen these guys live and it wasn't great, honestly, but man, between headphones these guys are a lot of fun. Generationals aren't shaking things up or making you stretch much musically, it's a fun candy coated album for those days you just need something happy on.
Generationals-Alix (2014)
Gold Silver Diamond
It Took A Minute
Reading Signs
Welcome to the Fire
Heart In Two
Now Look At Me
Would You Want Me
Driving with the top down on a hot day.
Yeah, nothing special, but it does make me think that they musicians are just normal people.
Put On A Light was the first song I heard from these guys and I'm stoked to hear what else they can make. This album is just delightful! Is it original or show-stopping? You know, probably not. But it's really enjoyable and dammit, I like it! It's also really chill, I found it really easy to just turn my brain off and let this album do its thing, which is a nice change of pace with some of the other albums I've been listening to (Aesop Rock comes to mind). Generationals aren't anything new, but they've perfected their craft and are a great listen for a nice day!


Drive for stable finances drove planning for proposed county budget, says county manager.
In a brief presentation Saturday morning, County Manager Ron Carlee unveiled his proposal for a $713 million county budget for the county.
Carlee's proposed budget grows by 7 percent over this year's nearly $666 million budget, an increase driven largely by a steady tax rate and an 11.8 percent increase in revenues due to real estate assessments.
The budget is based on continuing fiscal health for tthe county, Carlee said. To that end, there are no new initiatives proposed in the budget and the number of county employees would actually drop.
"There's not a lot of latitude there to cut, or to shift things around," County Board Chair Barbara Favola said. Still, she said, there are reasons to look for ways to cut down on county spending.
"My biggest concern is, I've got assessments that have grown in the double digits again, and I don't have much discretionary funding at all," Favola said.
Carlee's proposed budget of $712.7 million does include some breathing room — under the current tax rates, the county will collect $715.8 million in tax revenues.
That $3.1 million difference is a contingency fund in the proposed budget, Carlee said, allowing board members to fund three initiatives based on ongoing programs, and to consider cutting taxes. The initiatives are dedicated to ongoing county priorities, and mostly fund programs already in place.
One allocation would increase the number of housing grants available, a program already in place in the county that is intended to make housing in Arlington more affordable to low- and middle-income families. Carlee's budget includes $510,273 for that program.
Another initiative, funding changes in the county's public health and safety programs, would budget $403,221. That would allow the county to hire more county health inspectors and sheriff's deputies.
A third initiative would fund staff for the county's planning department to coordinate public art programs, and to supervise development in the county, to ensure that builders construct buildings according to plans.
Overall, those programs account for almost $1.2 million, leaving another $1.9 million available to fund a county tax cut - only enough money for a half-cent cut in the rate, which would still mean the average property tax bill would go up by $500.
THE BEST HOPE for a tax cut lies getting more revenue opportunities from Richmond, said Favola. One proposal in the tax reform package presented by Gov. Mark Warner (D) would raise the state tax on sales of cigarettes from 2.5 cents to 25 cents a pack.
That proposal would also give Virginia counties the authority to levy their own tax of 50 cents a pack. Currently, Virginia cities can levy a 50-cents-a-pack tax, but counties in the Commonwealth are limited to a tax of 5 cents a pack.
That tax has netted Arlington about $650,000 over the last two years, with Carlee's proposed budget projecting the same amount.
If cigarette sales in Arlington remained the same, a 50-cent tax would bring in about $6.5 million next year. "It would be wonderful if the state passed its own tax increase, and then allowed counties to tax up to an additional 50 cents," said Favola. That increase, along with the $3.1 million contingency, would give board members the option of cutting the county tax rate 2.7 cents, to $0.951 for every 100 of a house's assessed value.
KUBICKI QUESTIONED the numbers - $650,000 in revenue means that the county sells 13 million packs of cigarettes a year, or more than 35,000 packs a day.
Some of those packs are sold in bulk at Costco, but a higher cigarette tax could also cut into the number of packs sold in Arlington, and in Virginia in general.
Losing sales is unlikely, said Favola. "We just don't see that kind of behavior," she said, pointing to steady sales in Alexandria when that city increased its cigarette tax to 50 cents a pack.
If Arlington could raise its cigarette tax, there would be few cheaper options nearby, she said, so a higher tax would not mean a drastic loss of cigarette sales.
But the option of raising cigarette taxes would only come at the end of the Assembly, and still depends on a change of heart by enough Assembly Republicans, who went into the session vowing to oppose tax increases.


Where is our solidarity? We invoke the language of brotherhood incessantly — when does it manifest itself?
Current and former NFL players have addressed these questions in the aftermath of a group of Hall of Fame players' recent demands for increased pensions and improved health care. Former running back Eric Dickerson, who has become a spokesman for this fledgling movement, says he wants every Hall of Famer to get $300,000 a year along with comprehensive health care coverage. After securing that goal, the group promises to work to improve pensions and health care for rank-and-file players. He told Bob Ley during ESPN's Outside the Lines that retired players require "a seat at the CBA table" to fulfill the mission.
Therein lies the problem. Current NFL players don't adequately represent their interests. They should.
NFL players, for whatever reason, seem to lack solidarity, which hinges on the ability to see one's self in another's shoes. We often observe strong levels of solidarity in some racial contexts. Black people react to police shootings so viscerally because we can imagine ourselves or someone we love in the place of, say, Botham Jean, the man killed by Amber Guyger, an off-duty Dallas police officer.
NFL players seem averse to thinking that way.
The NFLPA should have fired Upshaw for uttering that remark — the current players at the time should have understood that one day they would be retired players. If they didn't take care of those who came before them, why would those who come after take care of them?
We see this lack of solidarity reveal itself in other ways. Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman Ramon Foster, for example, complained to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about running back Le'Veon Bell's refusal to sign a $14.5 million franchise tag offer.
Those remarks, and others from disgruntled Steelers, ignore the principle that people should be able to set the cost of their own labor. If Bell refuses to work for $14.5 million, he should be free to make that decision without fielding criticism from other players. The reason is obvious: Foster wouldn't want someone else telling him what amount he should be satisfied to earn. In other words, he should have imagined himself in Bell's shoes and behaved accordingly.
Maybe the NFL players failed an even bigger solidarity test when some stood on the sidelines as the league owners blackballed their supposed brother, Colin Kaepernick. NFL players know better than anyone that he deserves an NFL contract. Perhaps players don't feel in a position to speak or act publicly. But that's the beauty of solidarity — the 32 NFL teams can't punish them all if they join together.
Dickerson's own movement to take care of Hall of Famers suffers from a lack of solidarity. Why delay justice for the non-Hall of Famers? After all, the success of this endeavor will likely hinge on gaining public compassion. The players who never made that many coins but still ache from the physical and mental horrors of the game are the most sympathetic. Dickerson, while criticizing a lack of solidarity, revealed he suffered from the same ailment.
Players do appear to appreciate the power of solidarity — but seemingly just when pertaining to guaranteed dollars. When Kirk Cousins signed a three-year, fully guaranteed $84 million deal with the Minnesota Vikings, players understood that would benefit them all.
But until they absorb how their lack of solidarity undermines the totality of their interests, NFL players, whether current or retired, will remain in their predicament and endure suboptimal working conditions.


In the era of globalization and the development of the Internet, the production on demand and import of products from China is getting easier. However, the best option for a foreign buyer is to focus on developing a business on their own territory, and leaving Chinese professionals to complete their orders in China.
Our company has been handling foreign importers for almost ten years. For the past seven years we have also been working on a full-scale implementation of dropship. We sell wholesale quantities of products according to customers' orders. We found the best and most interesting products for our customers.
We organize the whole process from selecting the manufacturer, by supervising the production, collecting the finished products, preparing for the shipment and sending to the destination country.
We operate in two of the world's major wholesale markets. The first is the Guangzhou-Shenzhen zone, the global center for electronics, fancy goods, clothing, machinery, equipment and plastic products. The second is the world's largest Yiwu Wholesale Market. In Yiwu there are over 100.000 wholesalers with all kinds of products.
We invite importers and traders from all over the world to cooperate.
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Guangzhou is one of the most advanced cities in China due to the reform and opening-up policy. It is famous for the China Import and Export Fair, or in other words the Canton Fair, which supplies so many domestic manufacturers and buyers in and abroad to communicate and cooperate. What's more, the wholesale markets, scatterring in the whole province, are also known far and wide. You can buy commodities here with good quality and good price. The commodities are as follows: clothing, shoes, glasses, watches, funitures, hangtags, belts, decorative materials, lights, toys, tiles, wedding dress, fabric and accessories, hardwares, electronics, electric appliances, cosmetics, gifts, motor accessories, office supplies, artifical flowers, jewelry, plastics, cultural and sports goods, etc.


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Art World Darling Lucien Smith Can't Wait to Escape the Art World
By Elien Blue Becque
We've curated the must-see exhibits and events from around the globe, including a solo show for Lucien Smith, playground photography, home-design porn, Kenneth Branagh as Macbeth, and more.
Lucien Smith: "Tigris"
Skarstedt, New York
Through June 27
New works by the 25-year-old art-world darling Lucien Smith blend themes of water, movement, and nature in the form of huge camouflage works on gigantic canvas. The show brings a downtown sensibility—and its attendant observers—uptown to this venerable gallery.
Smith studied at the Cooper Union and shot to fame with his Rain paintings in 2011—the rain splatterings were created using paint-filled fire extinguishers. There was something playful and mischievous about them, like a water gun filled with Kool-Aid. But being called an "art-world darling" might not be what Smith has been aiming for. He told us, "I took the thing [I] loved to do and I made it into what I do for a living. And that's a really tricky thing. It's perverse, and it becomes conflicting, because the thing that you used to use to escape reality is now just your reality."
After a blur of shows, interviews, and, well, attention, Smith is embarking on a photography project in the fall, documenting extreme weather events in North and South America and India. We asked if he would miss the New York art scene while he's away. "Every month, there's another 12 [shows]. You're going and going and going—and what is it? Is it another ritual now that we go to see art, pass judgment, and commoditize the artwork? Or are we actually learning something?" Smith is also breaking from his living space, which he used to share with his studio. "It's just nice to understand that I can be Lucien Smith the artist and also just Lucien. And to remember that is a healthy way of doing things."
Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid
Through September 22
Three hundred works including photography, sculpture, painting, and video celebrate the vital role of playgrounds and public space in civic life. From Marseilles to Brooklyn to Barcelona, these spaces of innocence, subversion, and political undertones are captured by masterful photographers, including Le Corbusier, Palle Nielsen, and Louis Sciarli.
That boat bathtub would fit perfectly in your new ark., Courtesy of Galerie kreo.
Galerie Kreo, Paris
Through July 26
This self-described "research laboratory for designers" in the heart of Paris has been a treasure trove for contemporary design lovers since the late 90s. This group show is presented as an open-plan apartment, with combinations of pieces arranged together as they would be in a home. The work of young designers—including David Dubois, Julie Richoz, and Joschua Brunn—is presented alongside gorgeous vintage lighting.
Leo Gabin's "All Facts," 2014., By Adam Reich/Courtesy of Journal Gallery.
The Journal Gallery at Venus Over Manhattan
Venus Over Manhattan, New York
This group show celebrates Journal Gallery's role (with much credit to its founders, Adam Lindemann and Michael Nevin) over the past decade in advancing the careers of many now-celebrated contemporary artists. Spray-paint paintings by Rita Ackermann, cryptic oil stick graphics by Joe Bradley, and acrylic and glitter dreamscapes by Chris Martin, among others, are on view in Lindemann's somehow-always-hip space.
Kenneth Branagh in Macbeth., By Johan Persson.
Wade Thompson Drill Hall, Park Avenue Armory, New York
"It's impossible to get tickets, it must be good." Solid logic for almost any show, and in this case, it seems to hold. Kenneth Branagh's first Shakespearean performance in more than a decade has audiences and critics alike in ecstasy. What better setting for a military drama than the Park Avenue Armory, decked out as it is with coats of arms and antique weapons. Tickets are going for $350; recommend being spontaneous and trying for the $19 rush tickets.
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My career path isn't straight.
Back in the day, I was miserable in event planning and I had my sights set on higher education, specifically advising. I knew NOTHING about the field beside the results that populated from my Google search terms. How did I proceed?
I emailed a COMPLETE STRANGER who was an academic advisor at a local university and asked her to lunch. I inquired about her career story and what I needed to do to get the job she had. And you know what? She HELPED me…over said lunch! She even gave me feedback on my written statement for my graduate school application (per her advice to apply to grad school)…A STRANGER!!
So, how do you request an informational interview? Let lunch (or coffee) lead the way.
- Be curious. Request to learn about their company and/or career story. Know a bit about the person to explain why you are asking for their time (flattery never hurts!).
- Be specific. Ask for 20-30-minutes of their time via phone or in-person. Include possible days/times as options.
- Be professional. Avoid grammar and spelling errors in your email request. Be conscientious and grateful for their time in advance.


Dear Abby: I will be spending a couple of months visiting my daughter, who is a single mom. She has asked me to help her wake her 8- and 11-year-old kids in the morning and have them ready for school.
Unfortunately, she works some distance away from her home. The kids attend private school and are involved in sports. The problem is, they eat and go to bed later than they should. In the morning, they can't wake up or get out of bed. She reminds them repeatedly to get ready, but when it's time to leave and they're not dressed or haven't eaten breakfast, my daughter begins raising her voice. Leaving late means the kids arrive at school late, and my daughter is late for work.
Dear Rise and Shine: I'm surprised the teachers haven't complained about your grandchildren's constant tardiness, or that your daughter's boss hasn't warned her about her constant lateness. It's time you and your daughter had a private chat.
The obvious solution would be for her to get the kids to bed at an earlier hour, with lights off and no electronics.
Dear Abby: For the past five years, I have been using the (very small!) exercise room in my apartment complex every day after work. It's an important part of my routine. A couple of weeks ago, a new girl started coming into the exercise room shortly after I start my workout (it's a little crowded, but no problem).
Last week, she started coming in just a few minutes before I get there. She puts her TV show on (very loudly), uses the machine I always use, and when I walk in at my usual time, I must use an old machine I don't like and watch her horrible show.
Dear Worked Up: One of the sometimes unwritten rules of gyms is that the person who arrives first gets to choose which machine to use and whatever television show he or she prefers. If you can't make it in before the new girl arrives, then you will have to adjust your schedule, or reach a compromise with her.


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Croft Ambrey (camp)
Aymestrey
Croft and Yarpole
Small multivallate hillfort, Romano-Celtic temple and medieval warren, 670m NNW of Croft Ambrey Cottage.
Small multivallate hillforts are defined as fortified enclosures of varying shape, generally between 1 and 5ha in size and located on hilltops. They are defined by boundaries consisting of two or more lines of closely set earthworks spaced at intervals of up to 15m. These entirely surround the interior except on sites located on promontories, where cliffs may form one or more sides of the monument. Earthworks may consist of a rampart alone or of a rampart and ditch which, on many sites, are associated with counterscarp banks and internal quarry scoops. Access to the interior is generally provided by one or two entrances, either simple gaps in the earthwork or inturned passages, sometimes with guardrooms. The interior generally consists of settlement evidence including round houses, four and six post structures interpreted as raised granaries, roads, pits, gullies, hearths and a variety of scattered post and stake holes. Evidence from outside numerous examples of small multivallate hillforts suggests that extra-mural settlement was of a similar nature. Small multivallate hillforts are rare with around 100 examples recorded nationally. Most are located in the Welsh Marches and the south-west with a concentration of small monuments in the north-east. They are rare and of importance for understanding the nature of settlement and social organisation within the Iron Age period.
Romano-Celtic temples were built to meet the spiritual needs of the communities they served by venerating the god or spirit considered to dwell in a particular place. The temple building was regarded as the treasure house of its deity and priests rather than as a congregational building and any religious activities, including private worship, communal gatherings, sanctuary and healing, took place outside. Romano-Celtic temples included the temple building and a surrounding sacred precinct or temenos which could be square, circular, rectangular or polygonal in ground plan. The temple building invariably faced due east and was the focus of the site, although it did not necessarily occupy the central position in the temenos. It comprised a cella, or inner temple chamber, an ambulatory or walkway around the cella, and sometimes annexes or antechambers. The buildings were constructed of a variety of materials, including stone, cob and timber, and walls were often plastered and painted both internally and externally. Some temenoi enclosed other buildings, often substantial and built in materials and styles similar to those of the temple; these are generally interpreted as priests' houses, shops or guest houses. Romano-Celtic temples were built and used throughout the Roman period from the mid first century AD to the late fourth/early fifth century AD, with individual examples being used for relatively long periods of time. They were widespread throughout southern and eastern England, although there are no examples in the far south west and they are rare nationally with only about 150 sites recorded in England. They are rare and important for contributing to the complete picture of Roman religious practice, including its continuity from Iron Age practice.
A warren is an area of land set aside for the breeding and management of rabbits or hares in order to provide a constant supply of fresh meat and skins. Although the hare is an indigenous species, the tradition of warren construction and use dates from the 12th century, following the introduction of rabbits into England from the continent. Warrens usually contain a number of purpose-built breeding places known as pillow mounds or rabbit buries, which were intended to centralise the colony and make catching the animals easier, whether using nets, ferrets or dogs. The mounds vary in design although rarely exceeding 0.7m in height. Earlier monuments such as burial mounds, boundary features and mottes were sometimes reused as breeding places. The mounds are usually surrounded by ditches and contain underlying channels or are situated on sloping ground to facilitate drainage. The interior of the mound may also contain nesting places constructed of stone slabs or cut into the underlying subsoil or bedrock. A typical warren may contain between one and forty pillow mounds or rabbit buries and occupy an area up to c.600ha. Many warrens were enclosed by a bank, hedge or wall intended to contain and protect the stock. Warrens continued in use until fairly recent times, finally declining in the face of 19th and 20th century changes in agricultural practice, and the onset of myxomatosis. Warrens are found in all parts of England, the earliest examples lying in the southern part of the country. Approximately 1,000 - 2,000 examples are known nationally with concentrations in upland areas, on heath and in coastal zones. The profits from a successfully managed warren could, however, be considerable. Although relatively common, warrens are important for their associations with other classes of monument, including various forms of settlement, deer parks, field systems and fishponds. They may also provide evidence of the economy of both secular and ecclesiastical estates.
The small multivallate hillfort, Romano-Celtic temple and medieval warren 670m NNW of Croft Ambrey Cottage survive well and although much is already known will contain further archaeological and environmental evidence relating to the settlement of this hill and its territorial, strategic, agricultural, economic, ritual and political significance through time, the interrelationships between these monument classes and their overall landscape context.
This monument includes a small multivallate hillfort with an annexe containing a Romano-Celtic temple and a medieval warren of up to five pillow mounds situated on the summit of a prominent steeply sloping spur overlooking Yatton Marsh and the valley of a tributary to Allcock's Brook. The hillfort survives as a roughly triangular enclosure defined to the north by two scarps with a medial berm – possibly a buried ditch – to the west by three rampart banks and a larger internal ditch and to the south by three rampart banks with two medial ditches and a wide internal ditch which may have been used to store water. There were two complex entrances which through time had 20 successive gateposts and were further enhanced with guardrooms, corridors and bridges of which the south western was the principal entrance and the north eastern was complex and inturned. The enclosure originally covered approximately 2.2ha, but this increased through time to 3.6ha and eventually a southern rectangular annexe was added. This is defined by two slighter concentric banks.
The hillfort was excavated between 1960 and 1966 and was found to have been in use from the 6th century BC up to AD 48. It contained closely set rectangular buildings which had been rebuilt up to six times. The population of the hillfort was estimated at 500-900 individuals. Finds included metalwork such as iron tools, weapons, sickles, blades, nails and a spade, shale and glass objects, bone and antler artefacts, spindle whorls, loom and thatch weights, saddle and rotary querns, hammer stones and Iron Age pottery.
The annexe was found to contain a temple which was built over two phases. The first was a terrace with evidence for fire pits and stake holes with pottery including Samian found amongst the ashes from fires. This was replaced by a square mound defined by a drystone built kerb and seems to be a ceremonial centre or sanctuary based on other similar temples. Also within the hillfort and annexe are up to five rectangular pillow mounds with associated ditches which formed a warren. These vary in size from 9.1m up to 73m long from 6.4m up to 7.3m wide and up to 0.8m high.
The whole is contained within the Grade II* Registered Historic Park and Garden of 'Croft Castle' (1875).
PastScape 108422, Herefordshire SMR 177, 7089 and 7090


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Paranormal Lockdown visits haunted Shepton Mallett Prison
MJ Steel Collins
MJ Steel Collins is an independent publisher and writer based in Glasgow. She owns the small press Beul Aithris Publishing and is Spooky Isles Deputy Editor for Scotland.
MJ STEEL COLLINS reviews Paranormal Lockdown's visit to Shepton Mallet Prison in Somerset, England
Paranormal Lockdown is an American paranormal investigation TV show, featuring Nick Groff (previously Ghost Adventures) and Katrina Weidman (previously Paranormal State), now in its third series, broadcast on Quest Red. Much of the new series was filmed at haunted locations in the UK. So, what do Nick and Katrina make of the centuries old spirits that reside in Blighty?
Shepton Mallet Prison Location Background
400 Years of Death
The first port of call is Shepton Mallet Prison, Somerset, which closed down in 2013 after 400 years in operation. This is a place with a very grim history indeed.
Thousands of prisoners died in what were fetid conditions, with 14 prisoners crammed into one tiny cell. These ranged from hardened adult murderers, to four-year-old children put inside for scrumping an apple.
From Apple Scrumping to Reggie and Ronnie
Prisoners enjoyed a life expectancy of three months upon entering the cells, and could expect to be buried in whatever available space was found within the prison grounds after death. Thousands of prisoners are buried on the site.
During World War Two, the prison was taken over by the US military, who constructed what is known as the Hanging Shed; hundreds of US personnel were executed here during the War for a variety of crimes. The prison reverted back to UK civilian use in the 1960s. In 1962, it was home to the infamous Kray Twins.
Notable Ghosts
The Lady in White, an entity that has put the rise up prison guards more than the scariest inmate, is believed to be the spirit of a woman sentenced to hang for murdering her fiancé. Her last wish was to be executed in her white wedding dress, but on the day of her planned hanging, she was found dead in her cell. A cause of death couldn't be found during the post-mortem and is was suggested that she died of a broken heart.
Ghostly Emily and her haunted doll
The Hooded Lady has been seen in the Victorian courtyard, dressed in a black cloak, looking somewhat perplexed and asking those who see her where the ferns are.
Shepton Mallet Prison in Somerset
Paranormal Lockdown
The spirits certainly give Nick and Katrina a warm welcome at the start of their 72 hours locked in the prison. Both were already feeling uneasy as soon as they entered, and were treated to the sight of shadow figures lurking around. There was lots of activity in the A Block, with a cell door slamming by itself and were guided about the Block via ITC using a Geoport.
Afterwards, they investigate the Victorian courtyard, where Katrina felt as if something gripped her arm. The room with the darkest history of all, the Execution room, was the quietest.
That night, Katrina choosse to sleep in Condemned Men's cell, whilst Nick spent a restless night in A Block. Disembodied footsteps and the sounds of something banging in a cell keep him awake, from which, he also hears a voice. EVP captured on digital recorder sounds like something saying "Nick! Help!", whilst the noises that kept Nick awake were also recorded. Katrina, meanwhile, barely slept, as it was so cold in the Condemned Men's cell.
Nick and Katrina investigate where the Kray twins were held, picking up "British Army" and "Kray" on Echovox. A cell door slams itself shut on the second floor.
That night, the investigation returns to the courtyard, where both Nick and Katrina witness the shadow figure of a female in a dress moving around, before vanishing. A voice on the Geoport answers that the spirit is "Underneath", leading to Nick investigating the recently uncovered 1600s era cell below, and Katrina covering the courtyard. In the cells, Nick feels uneasy. Both sleep in the locations they investigate.
England's 5 most haunted and creepy Victorian piers to visit
Further investigations in the courtyard, trying to track down the mysterious female shadow figure seen the previous night. Voices coming through on the Geoport say "Underground" and "Hanged".
This leads to Nick and Katrina investigating the Execution Room, where a couple of experiments are set up. The Angelus runs through a series of images and footage, which spirits can use to communicate, whilst Katrina continues to use the Geoport.
It leads to a colourful night. Loud noises are heard, culminating in Katrina asking the spirit to communicate via knocking, using one knock for no and two knocks for yes. They then turn to the Angelus, where the name Cassandra comes through. On the Geoport, it is said that she is a thief, with a very clear voice coming through saying, "I don't want to die." It appears that the spirit of Cassandra resides in the cells dating back to the 1600s. Nick and Katrina ponder if this is the shadow figure they saw in the courtyard the night before?
A very enjoyable episode. It was interesting to see what two investigators, more familiar with the locations of the USA that are usually not much older than a couple of hundred years made of a location as old as Shepton Mallett. However, by the standards of a UK haunted hotspot, the prison is still comparatively new!
Sep 1, 2018 MJ Steel Collins
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Sammi 5 September 2018 at 10:27 pm
Visited the prison a while back and sure there were camera crews stood outside when we'd finished our self tour which we all enjoyed!! I'm recording the shepton mallet prison episode and cannot wait to watch it all xx
Spooky Isles 6 September 2018 at 6:32 am
Sounds like an interesting place, Sammi – look forward to going there one day
M 11 October 2018 at 6:45 pm
wondering why they didn't ask from Cassandra what was the year when she died or were executed?
I would always like to hear some accurate information that can be checked out of the archives.
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The End Of My Pliocene Project
A blog by MikeR
Entry posted by MikeR · February 23, 2013
When I began this blog late in 2010, my intention was to report on recent field trips however, with the exception of one excursion each into the Upper Miocene, Lower Pliocene and the Calabrian Pleistocene, all of my posts have concentrated on the Upper Pliocene of the US Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains. I already had an extensive collection of Florida Upper Pliocene invertebrates that I had collected while a resident of the state in the late 80s and early 90s. The fossils from these beds are contemporaneous with the Zone 2 Yorktown beds of Virginia and North Carolina that I began collecting in the early 2000s, the Duplin Formation that I collected in 2010 and several trips to Jackson Bluff localities in the Florida panhandle in 2011. These more recent collecting endeavors required a reassessment of the identification of my Florida collection due to a better recognition on my part of modern thoughts on speciation and from working with paleontologists who research these deposits. Also I began rejecting non-peer reviewed books and guides geared toward amateurs which exhibited sloppy and unsubstantiated research. In an effort to free display space I began cross-referencing species from different formations to compile at least what I believe is very accurate species identifications and to place the best example of each species regardless of formation within my display cabinets (fig. 1 & 2).
Figure 1. Upper Pliocene (Piacenzian) Bivalvia Eastern United States.
Figure 2. Upper Pliocene (Piacenzian) Gastropoda Eastern United States.
The attached species list represents the completion of my Pliocene project. Unlike my previous lists which concentrated on the mollusks from particular sites and formations, the 16 page document below is a compilation of all Eastern United States Piacenzian fossils in my collection both vertebrate and invertebrate. The ability to observe different species geographically has led to changes that can be seen if comparing mollusks in the list below to those noted from my previous posts. I have eliminated species which were obviously the same but named differently based upon the regional description of the molluscan fauna by earlier research. The list is not meant to be comprehensive of these deposits, but more of a guide of what can be found. Although my collection is strong in Sarasota area Pinecrest, Jackson Bluff Formation and Zone 2 Yorktown, it is very weak in Pinecrest fauna from the coral reef facies near Miami and the Kissimmee River area, weak in the Duplin Formation (only two localities sampled), and almost absent other than a few trades from early Piacenzian faunas from the Raysor and Goose Creek Formations of the Carolinas. For a more extensive list of species from this period of time I would refer those interested in mollusks to Campbell (1993) and for Florida vertebrates to Hulbert (2001).
Piacenzian Fauna List_Reagin.pdf
The systematics of the specimens listed are by those fields that I find the most useful in query searches within my Access database and for the most part are as follows: Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, and Subspecies. In stating the distribution of each species, only the formation is noted not the individual members of the Yorktown and Tamiami Formations. Abbreviations used are Yorktown (Y), Duplin (D), Jackson Bluff (J), Tamiami (T) Chowan River (C ), Goose Creek (G) and Raysor (R ). For those taxa which are near to another cf. (similar to) was used. Less specific affinity (aff.) as well as species undetermined (sp.) are designated.
The reasoning behind classification I used is addressed in the notes section below.
Algae. A single species of calcareous algae was found in the limestone facies (Ochopee) of the Tamiami Formation which could not be identified to genus or species.
Bryozoa. The identification of bryozoa is highly specialized requiring microscopic identification of various feeding structures. Due to a lack of references and interest I identified most as bryozoa species.
Anthozoa. Eleven species of coral were collected; almost all of which are from the Pinecrest. The exception is the ubiquitous Septastrea marylandica which led a commensal lifestyle by growing on hermit crab inhabited gastropod shells. The other coral outside the Pinecrest was Septastrea crassa found near Williamsburg, Virginia which I obtained with a collection of Zone 2 Yorktown fossils in a trade from the 80s. Since I did not collect it personally and have not found this particular species at any of the numerous Zone 2 sites that I have collected over the past decade I have designated it as questionable from the Yorktown (Y?).
Brachiopoda. Only a single Upper Pliocene brachiopod is listed. Discinisca lugrubris is a geologically wide ranging species found from the Lower Miocene to the Upper Pliocene colder water Bed 11 of the Pinecrest Member of the Tamiami Formation and the Jackson Bluff Formation.
Mollusca. Since Piacenzian deposits are known world wide for their shell beds, it stands to reason that mollusks should dominate. The list contains 244 species and subspecies of bivalves, 370 of gastropods and 6 scaphopods. In general, the warmer the water, the higher is gastropod diversity. The list shows that bivalves are wide ranging and less so with gastropods where many more were found only in the warmer water Tamiami Formation. Aragonitic shells do not preserve well in carbonate environments and are often difficult to identify to species. Those shells from the Ochopee Member of the Tamiami Formation that were preserved as internal casts that I felt were probably represented in Pinecrest were not listed separately (i.e. Ficus sp. Internal cast from the Ochopee is probably Ficus jacksonensis from the Pinecrest). I followed the systematics of Turgeon et. al. (1998) which Roger Portell Director, Division of Invertebrate Paleontology of the Florida Museum of Natural History uses for the mollusks in the Florida Paleontology Society publications. This has led to some interesting changes in classification of gastropods within my collection. In a previous post to the forum, I had mentioned that at some point the subgenera of the family Turritellidae had been reclassified to genera. As stated by Turgeon concerning several recent species that were reclassified in this manner "We do not know the source of this reclassification nor have we seen evidence of subsequent acceptance..." therefore I reclassified all genera in Turritellidae back to Turritella with the exception of valid Vermicularia. The most drastic change in classification had to be with members from the families Turridae, Drillidae, and Conidae. I originally classified all turrids in Turridae by older systematics based solely on shell characteristics. I have known for awhile that at some point the family had been split based upon internal structure of the animal itself and DNA studies. What I did not know was that some of those species had been reclassified as Conidae. Turgeon noted that the study was controversial but was supported by anatomical and radular data and also stated that the affected subfamilies would be better suited in their own family. It was difficult for me to classify genera Glyptostoma and Cythara as Conidae, but I did so since I committed to using Turgeon.
Cirripedia. Barnacles were more diverse in the Eastern US Upper Pliocene than today but much like bryozoa their specific identification is difficult. Factors for species id include the tubular structure of the outer wall and the internal plates that protect the animal. I feel that most of my identifications are correct however some are based upon morphological features of the outer shell and geographical range and thus might not be accurate.
Decapoda. Crabs are a common component of shell beds, however due to the formation of the beds by winnowing, crabs are rarely preserved intact. The majority of crab finds are as isolated legs, claws, and occasional carapaces. Very little study has been made of Pliocene crabs, but most notable are publications by Rathbun (1935) who identified a wide geographical range of species and those of Florida by Portell and coauthors (2002, 2004). The crabs of the Yorktown Formation are not characterized and in many cases at generic level I used similar to reference (Cf.) which like Cirripedia does not follow proper identification rules.
Echinoids. Much like crabs, disarticulated echinoid remains can be common in shell beds. In limestone however, because of their calcitic tests and gentle conditions in carbonate environments, echinoids can be preserved intact. I have not collected in the Raysor and Goose Creek Formations but I did receive echinoids from these deposits in trades from the 90s. At one point both of these units were considered members of the Duplin Formation. This has led to designation in the list (D/R) meaning that the original label listed Duplin Formation but due to the attached calcareous matrix, I believe that the specimens are from the Raysor.
Vertebrates. Those collectors who have been fortunate to collect at the PCS/Lee Creek Mine are well aware of the rich vertebrate fauna found in the Yorktown Formation. The Yorktown however is divided into two different units—Zone 1 Lower Pliocene (Zanclean) and Zone 2 Upper Pliocene (Piacenzian). One of the distinguish features of these two zones is the richness of vertebrates in Zone 1 compared to their very sparse nature in Zone 2. Vertebrates during this interval are only common in Pinecrest Beds 4 and 11 and a bone layer in Bed 3 consisting of a mass die off of cormorants during a red tide which I never collected. Marine vertebrates can also be found within the Jackson Bluff Formation but not as plentiful as the previously described beds. Redeposited vertebrate remains are found in the Upper Pliocene of the Carolinas and Virginia and are not included in my list. These include teeth of the Cretaceous sharks Squalicorax kaupi and Scapanorhynchus texanus that I have found in the Duplin Formation and vertebrates from the lag deposit found at the contact between the Upper Cretaceous Black Creek Group and Zone 2 Yorktown Formation at my locality 1012 which probably represented concentrated bones and teeth from the Lower Pliocene and Upper Miocene. Upper Pliocene vertebrate remains besides bony fish, shark and ray in my collection include one marine turtle, one land tortoise, a capybara, a walrus, and a dugong. I classified large whale remains as Mysticeti and smaller remains as Odontoceti dolphin although there could be crossover.
Numerous references were used and I have them listed according to those for identification or taxonomy and those that I used in writing about the geology or ecology of the deposits described within my blog. In addition to the below publications, I found Greta Polites Fossil Muricidae Website (http://glpolites.us/murex/index.htm) to be invaluable in eliminating synonymous species. My only deviation from her list was with Ecphora which I only recognized two species, E. quadricostata and bradlyae.
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RichW9090 347
A very well curated and stored collection!
Auspex 3,914
We are honored that you chose to share your incredible project here on this Forum! Thank you!
cowsharks 47
Very well done. You certainly put a lot of time into this magnificent project. Give me motivation to do something similar with my own collection.
Plantguy 667
MikeR, we can see the passion! Nice Job! Regards, Chris
Mike, I am very impressed. Excellent!!!
DE&i 395
Fantastic collection I've just started delving into Pleistocene gravel's here in the UK.
MOROPUS 23
Really good job! Museum quality project! By the way; if you have some spare specimens, I will be very happy if you send some to me! Hehehe! Only joking!
DugBug 0
Way cool collection! You might consider assembling a photographic field guide for tourists who pick up these shells all over the region. Could sell a few thousand copies. The scientific guides are hard to obtain and use. Current popular guides that I have seen are lame.
matgerke 13
Incredible work.