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Brand New Book By Maurice Sendak Has Been Found in the Late Author's Archives
Charles Pulliam-Moore
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Last year, Maurice Sendak Foundation president Lynn Caponera stumbled across something weird while going through the late Maurice Sendak's collection of unpublished work. While she'd never heard of Presto and Zesto in Limboland, she'd found a manuscript for the unpublished book complete with illustrations.
The book, which Sendak co-wrote with Arthur Yorinks, began as a series of pictures Sendak drew for a 1990 London Symphony Orchestra performance of Czech composer Leoš Janáček's Rikadla—a symphony paired with traditional Czech nursery rhymes.
Initially, Sendak, Yorinks, and their editor Michael di Capua contemplated getting translations of the nursery rhymes to pair with Sendak's illustrations, but according to di Capua, the translations read "like Edward Lear squared" and convinced the trio to shelve the project in favor of others. Years later, Sendak came across the illustrations again and Yorinks proposed that they write a story of their own to complement them.
"It was a hysterical afternoon of cracking each other up. But after a few hours a narrative thread began to coagulate," Yorinks told Publisher's Weekly of the book's beginning. "The story became an homage to our own friendship so we named the characters after ourselves—Presto and Zesto."
According to Yorinks, the book's titular Presto and Zesto are nicknames that he and Sendak used in reference to how close they lived to one another in their Connecticut homes. After betting that Yorinks had to have lived at least 30 minutes away from him one day. Sendak was shocked when his friend arrived on his doorstep a mere three minutes later and from then on, referred to Yorinks as "Presto," which Yorinks returned by calling Sendak "Zesto."
Sendak's most famous for Where the Wild Things Are, but he was a prolific writer and illustrator and his loss was a blow. It's nice to know we'll get one more book—one that he had mostly finished, rather than one cobbled together from what he left behind as a cash grab. We'll see it when Presto and Zesto in Limboland hits stores in the fall of 2018
[Publisher's Weekly]
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When we first hooked up our Clearstream 2 Complete from Antennas Direct, we could get about 39 channels, but we couldn't get NBC (9.1) from Denver. However, about 6 months later, 9.1 suddenly started coming in perfectly. It didn't coincide with anything like leaves falling off a tree in the way (there isn't one), so that was a mystery to us.
About 2 weeks ago we started getting interference in 9.1 and 7.1 (ABC) from Denver. It got worse, and as of yesterday we have neither of those channels. Again, nothing's changed on our end. We still get 4.1 (CBS) perfectly and it's nearly identical in power, path and dB to 9.1 and 7.1.
We'll go try adjusting the antenna in the next few days, but can someone explain why this might have happened for the curious?
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Maryam Rokhideh is a PhD candidate in the joint Peace Studies and Anthropology Program. She holds a Notre Dame Presidential Fellowship and was awarded a Fulbright for her dissertation research in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda.
Maryam's research focuses on regional security, women's economic empowerment, and well-being in the Great Lakes region of Africa. As an anthropologist, Maryam is interested in developing methodology to measure resilience and well-being during conflict. Her dissertation research examines how conflict-affected populations navigate daily insecurity and seek alternative livelihood strategies to improve their well-being. Her dissertation builds on several months of ethnographic research in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda with generous support from the Kellogg Institute, the Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures, USAID, NSF, and Fulbright.
Maryam has served as a consultant for the United Nations, USAID, and the World Health Organization on peacebuilding and development projects. She has published on gender, health, and post-conflict recovery. Maryam holds an MA in Conflict Resolution from the University of Bradford and graduated with honors from the University of California, Irvine with a BA in International Studies.
My research looks at the strategies and resources individuals and communities use to move beyond survival and resilience towards the pursuit of a good life and long-term decision-making in post-conflict settings. I ask how people find creative and active ways to gain a sense of control and normalcy in situations of violence and uncertainty?
Thanks to the support of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies I was able to collect quantitative and qualitative data, helping to lay the foundation of my dissertation research. After analyzing the data, I intend to publish my results this year. In addition, I was also able to develop relationships with Congolese scholars at the Bilingual Christian University of Beni as well as the Free University of the Great Lakes, which will help to form future research and collaborations.


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The way my oily skin becomes all the more oily and difficult to manage in the hot and humid monsoon season.
While I can't really do anything about the first four things except rant a little , the skin problem is something that I can manage with a little help of some ingredients available in my kitchen.
This is the most simple and effective face pack for oily skin. Just mix 1-2 tbsp. of chickpea flour, 1/4th tbsp. of turmeric, 1 tsp. of yogurt and juice from 1/2 a lemon to make a smooth paste. Apply it for 15-20 minutes and wash off with cold water.
The chick pea flour or besan helps in getting rid of dead skin, turmeric or haldi helps in getting rid of acne and pimples, yogurt moisturizes the skin and lemon acts as a natural bleach and helps in getting rid of tanning and also prevents the secretion of excessive oil.
Oats are really good for oily skin. It not only helps in getting rid of the excessive oil produced by the skin but also acts a mild exfoliating agent. Take 2-3 tbsp. of oats, grind them to make a oat flour which has slightly coarse texture. Mix this with 1 tbsp. of yogurt, the neem leaves and 2-3 tbsp. of lemon juice to form a thick paste.
Apply it on your face and let it dry. When you are washing it of, exfoliate your skin by moving your fingers in small circular motion.
The catechins present in green tea have anti-bacterial properties which help in preventing the most common problem of oily skin- acne. Sugar on the other hand is another great exfoliating agent for the skin. I also add lemon for that extra glow.
Take 1 tbsp. of green tea leaves, add half cup of hot water to it, and let the the tea rest for 10-15 minutes. Once the tea has cooled down a bit, take another bowl and take 2 tbsp. of sugar in it, now add 2-3 tbsp. of the tea to it. Mix them together to form a thick mixture, now add another 1/2 tbsp. of sugar, mix again and then add 1 tbsp. of lemon juice.
Take a cotton pad and take a small amount of this thick mixture on it and slowly exfoliate your skin with it. Make sure you are not to harsh.
Neem needs no introduction when it comes to its benefits but it is the beauty ka khazana for oily skin. Just boil a 9-10 neem leaves in water for 10-20 minutes and let it sit in the water for a 2-3 hours. Take 1-2 tbsp. of yogurt and 1 tbsp of honey and grind them together to form a smooth paste. Apply this on your face and let it sit for 20-30 minutes and wash it off with cold water.
Do try them and let me know how they work for you.


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#WF151 – Brawl In The Family
Lee Maughan: Although Coliseum Video continued to distribute WWF pay-per-view events through 1997, and released the Shawn Michaels: Heartbreak Express Tour tape that same year, this is the last compilation featuring various different wrestlers ever released under the Coliseum banner as part of the regularly numbered series of tapes, so you can bet it'll be mind-blowingly good. Right? Hosted by Todd "Awaaah, it's-ah aaawwul great matches, Archie!" Pettengil. Ugh.
The Undertaker vs. King Kong Bundy
Maybe not. This tape is less than sixty seconds old and already Pettengil's been outed as a liar. Great match my ass. Bundy was back in the WWF at this point owing to the problems the promotion had faced in direct relation to the steroid trials of 1994. Size-fetishist Vince McMahon had suddenly felt the pressure of the government to crack down on the usual muscle-bound meat heads of the mat, so with guys like the Ultimate Warrior and Davey Boy Smith on the outs, he had to rely on freaks of nature like Diesel, who could maintain his physique whilst clean, and blubbery blobs like Bundy and Yokozuna for his more gargantuan grapplers. The problem is, Bundy can barely move, and he looks like a giant baby. And how did things work out for McMahon during these dark, dark ages? One look at the crowd on hand for this one should tell you all you need to know, as the WWF was relegated to taping its TV in a New York high school gymnasium in front of just 1,400 fans, a crowd that Ring of Honor would have been disappointed with in that market. Undertaker wins a plodding match with a flying clothesline off the top, since Bundy is too bulbous to get up for the tombstone.
Owen Hart & Jim Neidhart vs. Men on a Mission
New Foundation reunion! And speaking of Vince McMahon's flirtation with fatties, here comes Barney the Dinosaur! Oh, sorry, that's Mabel, later to be known as Viscera, "the World's Largest Love Machine", and Big Daddy V, dressed up in a purple and gold bodysuit, being rapped to the ring by Oscar, a guy McMahon once heard performing a rap in a lift, resulting in an on-the-spot hiring. Seriously. I mean, having a babyface manager rap his team's entrance theme isn't the worst idea in the world, but you should at least hire someone who's, you know, good at it. Obviously, since Mabel can barely move, it's egg on legs Mo who works the early part of the match with Owen Hart, though the following period with Mabel vs. Neidhart isn't half as rotten as one might (possibly unfairly) expect. And then play-by-play man Stan Lane describes a bodyslam with the evocative words "Planted down hard, like a… plant!" I hope Owen kicked Stan's leg out of his leg for that one. Whoomp, der it is! "Roll over one Mo time!" barks colour man Gorilla Monsoon. Gorilla, Jamaican me crazy! "Whoomp, der it is! Whoomp, you get one too!" Good lord, this commentary is the pits. Mabel avalanches Owen in the corner and Mo gets a small package, but Neidhart rolls Owen on top and Owen grabs the tights to take the pin. Whoomp, you deserved it. Match was alright if a tad too long, and Owen's clowning around was a great laugh, but I wish Owen and Neidhart could have had some better babyface teams to work against than Men on a Mission. Owen would win the tag titles a few months later with the returning Yokozuna, since Neidhart clearly wasn't fat enough for the gig.
Diesel (c) vs. Jeff Jarrett
Some people might not realise this, but Jarrett was actually "Clique-lite", in that Diesel, Razor Ramon, Shawn Michaels and the 1-2-3 Kid would travel together from town to town, but when the group were split onto two different house show touring loops, Jarrett was always first in line to hitch a ride with one of the pairs. And in fact, he's got Shawn Michaels accompanying here, as well as the Roadie (Road Dogg), who both spend the entirety of the match running around on the outside, jumping in the ring, and causing distractions. It's like they somehow found a way to have three guys split the workload in a singles match. Shawn does the old "give chase" bit, with Diesel trying to catch him on the outside, which you would think would be the spot that turns the advantage over to Jarrett once Diesel rolls back inside, but Diesel just paintbrushes 'Double J' off like a watered down coat of emulsion. How odd. Suddenly, all three heels jump in the ring and stalk around Diesel, poised to attack, but somehow that doesn't draw a disqualification, I guess because Diesel's still dominating these three clowns. I know this is just a silly little dark match, but surely the intent alone is just cause for a disqualification? I mean, if three of you run into a bank brandishing shotguns and oversized novelty sacks with the word "SWAG" emblazoned on it, clearly there's intent to rob the bank there, and you don't avoid arrest if the lone security guard powerbombs you all into oblivion first. Pedantic maybe, but it's already difficult enough to suspend your disbelief watching the grand pantomime that is professional wrestling without having the slim line between nonsense and credibility completely erased. Amidst all the confusion, Michaels takes the turnbuckle pad off one of the corners and Diesel goes back-first into it, which the camera almost misses and the commentators do entirely. Ladies man Lane instead prefers to talk about how he met Pamela Anderson at the Royal Rumble, which technically hasn't happened yet since this match was taped prior to the Rumble, even if the commentary was dubbed on afterwards. Shawn then gets involved again, clobbering Diesel with a plastic chair, basically doing the Roadie's work for him. And then Roadie gets involved again, blowing his interference badly enough for Jarrett to get Jacknifed and pinned. Roadie then gets one too, but Michaels thinks better of it and bails. The action was good enough here, but the liberal amounts of blatant interference really played free and loose with the rules, and the match at times was on the verge of descending into complete face.
Jerry Lawler vs. Doink the Clown
Doink has Dink with him, so expect shenanigans. And indeed, he sprays water out of his flower into Lawler's eyes before the bell even rings. Now what if that had been pure acid? These WWF referees in the mid-90s sure were lenient. Gorilla declares there are "two kings too many right now in the World Wrestling Federation" which gives Lane yet another chance to spew some absolute nonsense: "Kings everywhere! 'King of Harts', 'King' Jerry Lawler… king fish." Stan, I love your in-ring work, but you were a ROTTEN announcer. Uncle Gorilla does get in a good line about Lawler's talk show segment, the King's Court, saying Lawler "knows a lot about court." Lane tries to cover that by suggesting Lawler had to go to traffic court. What? You go to traffic court on false allegations of rape? Gorilla then moves on to exposing Dink's French heritage and strenuously sets the record straight that Doink and Dink bear absolutely no relation to one another… just in time for a close-up shot of Dink in which he tells the camera how proud he is of his father, referring to Doink. And if you thought the interference in the Diesel-Jarrett match was over the top, here comes Dink crawling between Doink's leg on a test of strength to stamp on Lawler's foot, Doink giving Lawler a boot up the arse as he hops around on one foot. From there, Doink slaps on a short-arm scissors, and Dink comes scuttling back in to do roly polys over 'the King.' That's still not a disqualification, so he comes in for a third time and squeezes Lawler's nose as Lawler sits in a chinlock. And then, just to ramp up the ridiculousness of things, Dink bites Lawler's backside, which you could smell from a mile away. The spot you could smell I mean, not Lawler's backside. And then all the clowning around backfires as Lawler moves out of the way on a charge and Doink collides with Dink on the apron, sending the micro prankster crashing to the floor and giving Lawler the chance to roll-up Doink for the pin. Well, you can't say they didn't deserve that. Anyway, this was a great match for anyone under the age of three, and all served to set up the abominable Clowns R' Us vs. Royal Family elimination match at Survivor Series '94 with Doink, Lawler, three teeny clowns and three little princes all running around.
Final Rating: ½*
Lex Luger vs. Bob Backlund
This was during the period that Luger came to the ring with an "official flag bearer", here identified as Amanda. I wonder if she's the same Amanda as Amanda Ultimate Warrior? What, you don't remember Amanda Ultimate Warrior? Well, it's probably for the best if you don't, and at any rate, Gorilla identifies her as Amanda White, speculating that she might be the daughter of WWF referee Timmy White in a rather wink-wink kind of way, so it's quite probable that's who she actually is. As far as the match itself goes, it's not quite the clash of styles you might expect, although most of it sees Luger grind a side headlock on Backlund, so there's not a whole lot of opportunity for any potential awkwardness. There's also a really fun spot where Backlund, in trying to escape the headlock, climbs over the ropes to the apron, forcing the break, only for Luger to grab the headlock again immediately and drag him back in over the ropes, limbs flailing. That's actually not a spot you see all that often, and it's ripe for the pickings for someone to bring it back since it's not overplayed like everything else. Then again, working a side headlock seems to be a thing of the past generally speaking, so unless you can work it with a chinlock then I guess it'll remain dormant for years to come. Shame. Backlund eventually gets a cheap shot then goes for the cross face chicken wing, but puts his head down on a charge after Luger escapes and gets a "Rebel Rack" (a renamed torture rack during Luger's short-lived, barely-remembered 'Rebel' phase) some thirty seconds later. Wow, what a heat segment that was! Way to go Bob! To recap, they had a seven minute match, it took them a minute to lock up, they did a thirty second heat segment leading into the finish, and the rest of it was built around Luger working a side headlock. Man, talk about taking it easy out there. Not a *bad* match necessarily, just an odd one.
Mabel vs. Tatanka
You know, it's like I always say – Why have one Mabel match on a tape when you can have two? I'm sorry, that's actually a lie. I've never said that. And how many matches has Tatanka been in where he's the better worker? Not too many I'd wager, but lo and behold, here's one. And here's another appearance from Oscar, garbling incomprehensibly into the microphone as Mabel wobbles his way down to the ring. Seriously, when you're worse at rapping than PN News, it's time to give it up. Tatanka's manager Ted DiBiase just looks horrendously bored and un-enthused by all of this on the outside, and I can't say as I blame him. What a dreadful choice it was to turn Tatanka heel when the naturally smug Lex Luger would have made a much better centrepiece for the Million Dollar Corporation. He had experience as a heel, more credibility as a top level player, and he had a built-in gimmick as the All-American hero, now the embodiment of Corporate America. But no, they went with Tatanka. What a waste, and what an insult to the great character that was the Million Dollar Man that whole stable was. And it always annoyed me how when Tatanka returned to the WWE in 2005, he came back as a babyface. I mean, I know it had been ten years, but he was last seen as a heel, why the change of heart? What happened during all that time away? Where had he been? It certainly wasn't WCW, which is pretty amazing since they signed practically everyone with a modicum of WWF fame attached to their name. Not that you could reasonably expect any explanation from the history-deficient WWE.
Like the old adage about an infinite amount of monkeys with an infinite amount of typewriters eventually producing the complete works of Shakespeare, Lane finally gets in a good line about how "Mabel's used to pain… he's been married twice!" but it's too little, too late, especially in this boring, plodding battle. And then it's time for a chinlock! Whoomp, der it is! Why bother with that? Why not just go home? They've clearly got nothing left in the tank, adding a chinlock to stretch things out is just torturous. Mabel finally breaks free of that, but just when you think it can't get any worse, they go right back to it! Good grief. Look, it's obvious that Mabel can't work a long match, so don't have him work one! Nor should a guy his size ever really be expected to work a long match; just accentuate the positives! He's a big blob dressed in purple and gold so let him dance, let him splash someone, then let him bog off. Don't have him out there long past the point where it looks like he might have a heart attack sitting in a rest hold as strenuous as a chinlock! The camera keeps panning to DiBiase and he looks beyond bored every time, throwing only token words of encouragement. His heart just isn't in this at all. Mabel breaks free of the chinlock a second time and nails a capo kick, Jushin 'Thunder' Liger style. And I'll bet you weren't expecting a Jushin Liger comparison in a match involving Mabel! Also, I have to ask, why did all these big fat guys get put in matches with opponents who couldn't do their finishers on them? How was anyone supposed to believe Tatanka could give Mabel the fallaway slam, or Undertaker could give Bundy the tombstone piledriver? Seriously, where's John Cena when you need him? "I hope this doesn't go to the bell, we might have to have a replay! We might have to have a rematch of this!" says Monsoon. Oh. My. God. No. Just NO. NOOOO! Mabel inevitably ends up completely gassed and looks like a deer in the headlights with no idea of what to do next, so he just does a big splash off the middle turnbuckle. And then DiBiase pulls him out of the ring for the disqualification! What an AWFUL finish for all of that! And all just to protect Tatanka! TATANKA! Good God. All I can say is they really did try out there, but neither guy had anything to give. "What a classic!" Oh, sod off, Gorilla. I love you, but please, just take a day off, will you
No Holds Barred
Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart
FINALLY this wretched tape produces a match worth sinking some teeth into, and about time too. This comes from the same television taping as the earlier Diesel-Jarrett match, and it's kind of a shame because I think a crowd from a house show or a pay-per-view event might have been a lot more fired up for it, particularly since they wouldn't have been besieged with three hours of TV-level squash matches first. It's not that they're dead or anything like that, but it just doesn't have that "epic" feel of their more important bouts. They WWF was actually running Bret vs. Owen no holds barred matches pretty regularly around the loop during the early part of 1995, another one of which you can see on the Super Slams video release, lifted from a March edition of Monday Night RAW. The interested but not overly excited crowd atmosphere isn't really helped by Bret coming to the ring with a local country and western radio station DJ who cheerfully smiles and waves to the fans in a manner that totally belies any concerns you might expect someone going into a no holds barred match to have. It's one thing to bring out a minor local celebrity to valet for a happy-go-lucky babyface gearing up for a run-of-the-mill match, but it just looks weird when you have them come out with someone about to dish out a serious ass kicking. Perhaps I'm just making too much of things, especially considering the odd lack of intensity on display from the two combatants. Owen does wave around the same towel he used to screw Bret out of the WWF Title with at Survivor Series '94 though, so there is that. The WWF remembering continuity from as far back as six weeks prior? Will wonders never cease?
Everything about the match is as technically sound as you'd expect a Bret Hart/Owen Hart match to be, but aside from an early round of fisticuffs and a low blow, there really aren't an abundance of ordinarily illegal holds on display. Owen does slap on a camel clutch and yanks back on Bret's singlet for added leverage, but Gorilla completely kills the psychology of it by saying the hold would be much more effective if he used his hands. That might be true, but it really doesn't help things. Gorilla by this point had become a lot more grating to listen to in terms of all those little traits he had that some observers tended to criticise him for, but having lost his adopted son Joey Marella to a car crash in July 1994, you can hardly blame him for his growing disinterest in the business. And then the Hart brothers bring Stampede Wrestling to Texas by way of New Japan with Owen throwing off a sweet belly-to-belly suplex, tilt-a-whirling into a tombstone piledriver, then heading up top for a flying headbutt. Sadly for him, the last of those moves misses, and Bret mounts a quick comeback, finishing with the sharpshooter before reapplying it after the bell. Here though, unlike his match with Jerry Lawler at SummerSlam '93, there's to be no reversal of the original decision.
And now for something entirely similar, as Stan Lane plummets to new depths of play-by-play incompetence:
He declares that since this is a no holds barred match, "Even international objects can be used!" Surely that's just nonsense? In a no disqualification match perhaps, but isn't the clue in the word "holds"? Or is smashing someone with a chair considered a "hold"? And I bet this was the only appearance of the ridiculously PC WCW term "international object" on a WWF release.
He calls a regular, standing front suplex a "belly-to-back suplex" which is impossible to comprehend. I guess you could reason that they're stood belly-to-belly and land on their back… but then the idea of "belly-to-belly" suplex as a term becomes complete nonsense. I mean, how can you wrestle for as long as Lane did and not be able to correctly identify a basic, run-of-the-mill suplex, of all things?
He claims that Owen stole the Sharpshooter from Bret which, in the context of the WWF's storyline might well be the case, but in actuality, Bret was actually taught the hold by Konnan sometime in 1991, and excitedly introduced it to Owen, only for Owen to laugh and inform him that he'd been doing the exact same hold during his tours of New Japan for years.
He calls a neck breaker a "neck bender!" I can't really give you an explanation as to why, but I'm still laughing about that one.
With both guys on the mat, he declares it "Ironic to see the two brothers laying there head to head, looking like they really care for each other as they should, when we know they hate each other's guts." Since when was laying head to head with someone a sign that you cared for them? Okay, I don't think too many people wind up going to sleep with people they hold little regard for, but he made it sound like they were cuddling up for an afternoon snoozy-woozy, when they were cranium to cranium, length-ways.
When Bret slaps Owen in a sleeper hold, Lane remarks "Owen looks like he's… umm… going towards Nodo City." I don't know if there's some kind of in-joke there, but given Lane's track record, I think he's just talking utter nonsense. I certainly have Nodo idea what he's on about anyway.
Razor Ramon (c) vs. King Kong Bundy
Indeed, why end things on a brother vs. brother, no holds barred battle with two great workers when you could bookend your tape with two King Kong Bundy matches instead? This is from the same taping as the earlier Owen/Neidhart-Men on a Mission bout, and Razor's even wearing gold and purple like MOM! A secret alliance perhaps? Razor takes a huge bump over the top to the floor to try and get Bundy over as Lane starts referencing Miami Vice. Nothing says "hip" like referencing a show that's been off the air for five years but hasn't even reached "retro cool" status yet. Bundy slaps on a chinlock, because it's Coliseum Video and it just wouldn't be the same without one. A bearhug follows as Bundy exhausts his wide arsenal of electrifying holds, and speaking of Coliseum Video, here comes Jeff Jarrett for the disqualification. What was the point of that? It's not like this ever aired on TV, it was basically a dark match that was exclusive to video, so it's not like it really did a lot to build the Razor-Jarrett series that dominated the Intercontinental title scene during the first half of 1995. What a crappy way to go out.
Summary: One of the worst tapes I've ever seen, with not just two matches from King Kong Bundy, but two from Mabel as well! In fact, the only real saving grace here is the no holds barred match, although I do now have a perverse desire to see Mabel vs. Bundy. In fact, I think I'd book them in a triple threat iron man match against Typhoon. Winner gets IRS for the title of WWF's Most Boring Wrestler of the mid-90s. Who knows, maybe some money mark promoter out there will cough up the funds and bankroll it for me? It could potentially make millions! Of YouTube hits that is, once it inevitably finds its way into Botchamania. So perhaps fittingly with this final compilation from the initial Coliseum Video run, it's Bret Hart saving the day, just like it always was. Too bad there couldn't have been a Shawn Michaels match too, since he was always value for money on these things, but he'd get a compilation tape all of his own in 1997, covering his run as WWF Champion. Here, Bret vs. Owen is definitely worth checking out, especially given it's relative rarity, but the rest is complete and utter drek, so hopefully that match finds its way to a better DVD or Blu-ray compilation and the rest of this tape can be left to rot.
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Thoughts/context: This is the GOAT matchup in DTOTY history (until the finals).


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In my living room, I have this little cabinet from my grandma.
It's a simple cabinet with a few little decorative details.
Although it's been falling apart on the outside, it is still useful for storage.
But it was time to cover up some of its blemishes and peeling veneer with white paint.
Using my Silhouette, I cut out a "No. 4" stencil (for me and my three guys).
After the second coat of paint & blue No. 4 was handpainted on, I sanded the edges to add some character & age and rubbed on a finishing wax.
Shelbey, I love it! A treasure from Grandma, distressed white, and a blue stencil -- that's way up there in my book.
I'm so glad that your mom told me about your blog! This way I can keep up a bit with you --'cause I miss connecting with you very, very much!
always wood under that veneer layer.
Yes, there definitely was wood of some sort under the peeling layer of veneer. I wanted the piece white so I didn't attempt to stain it to see how well it would accept the stain.


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George Clooney Addresses Gay Rumors Even Though He Shouldn't Have To
By Tanya Ghahremani
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George Clooney has always proved time and time again what a class act he is — case-in-point his response to your response about his coffee commercials — and this story only backs that up. In a new interview with Esquire UK, George Clooney managed to address any gay rumors by barely addressing them at all.
"[A headline read] 'George Clooney's Gay-Gay-Gay.' And I said, 'I'm gay-gay. The third one's pushing it,'" Clooney told the magazine. The headline that he's addressing, if you're not aware, is actually one that was brought up in a 2008 interview he did with Esquire US , in which he said exactly that. "Well now, [according to the Internet] I'm gay. You're not going [to deny it] because that's flat out insulting to the gay community."
This is pretty much the classiest, most respectful way for someone in the public eye to approach a rumor about their sexuality. Gay rumors in the case of an actor like Clooney, who is a sex icon to women across the globe, is meant to shock and sell tabloids — this is offensive, of course, because there's nothing wrong with or shocking about being gay.
This isn't the first time Clooney has given a great response to any rumors about his sexuality: In a 2012 interview with The Advocate , Clooney had a similar comment:
"I think it's funny, but the last thing you'll ever see me do is jump up and down, saying, 'These are lies!' That would be unfair and unkind to my good friends in the gay community...I'm not going to let anyone make it seem like being gay is a bad thing. My private life is private, and I'm very happy in it. Who does it hurt if someone thinks I'm gay? I'll be long dead and there will still be people who say I was gay. I don't give a sh*t."
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Legendary retired Pittsburgh Steelers coach Chuck Noll, the architect of four Super Bowl victories, passed away Friday night at age 82 of natural causes.
As the lone coach to win four Super Bowls, Noll went 209-156-1 as he coached the Steelers from 1969 to 1991.
Noll was a former Don Shula and Sid Gillman assistant who led the Steelers to a tradition of winning and hard-nosed football..
Noll was a legend in Pittsburgn and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993.
"Chuck Noll is the best thing to happen to the Rooneys since they got on the boat in Ireland," Steelers owner Art Rooney Jr. once said.
Noll had battled health issues for years.
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Vol. 54, Issue No. 50, 21 Dec, 2019
Kasturi Das
Harro van Asselt
Susanne Droege
Michael Mehling
Towards a Trade Regime that Works for the Paris Agreement
Achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change requires support from the international trade system. The ways in which international trade policy could support climate policy, including legal changes at the World Trade Organization, procedural changes in institutions and practices, and use of plurilateral and regional trade agreements, are examined here. While it may be difficult to agree upon the legal changes, the procedural changes and plurilateral and regional agreements offer a clear way forward in the short to medium term.
The adoption of the Paris Agreement on climate change in December 2015, followed by a detailed rule book for its implementation in December 2018 in Katowice, ushered in a new era of multilateral cooperation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The new regime confirms the transition towards a more bottom-up architecture for international climate cooperation, centred around a system of national climate pledges called nationally determined contributions (NDCs). These NDCs, however, differ widely in ambition, nature, and scope, and in absence of strong centralised enforcement, will likely face uneven implementation. Moreover, even if all nations deliver on their promises, current pledges will not keep global warming "well below 2° Celsius above pre-industrial levels," the limit specified in the Paris Agreement (UNFCCC 2016). The question then is how to strengthen actions so that emissions drop sharply once the Paris framework takes effect in 2020. This will require considerable reductions of fossil fuel use, widespread improvements in energy efficiency, a significant scale-up in the production of renewable energy, and enhanced access to clean energy technologies. Advancing such a multipronged agenda calls for unprecedented efforts across all areas of socio-economic activity. It also requires support from other international regimes, as rules that are working at cross-purposes may hamper climate action.
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(Reuters) - WestJet Airlines Ltd will scale back capacity growth this year to focus on more profitable routes, as it looks to cut costs and lure higher-paying customers to turn it around after a turbulent 2018, Chief Executive Ed Sims said on Tuesday.
Shares of the second-largest Canadian carrier surged more than 3 percent in late morning trading in Toronto, after it beat analyst estimates for profit in the fourth quarter by containing costs and said it anticipates strong 2019 bookings.
Calgary-based WestJet aims to broaden its share of higher-paying passengers by introducing fees for perks like priority boarding and added legroom, along with its new Dreamliner business class service.
The airline will take a "prudent approach" to capacity as it grows its budget carrier Swoop and Dreamliner business class service this year, said Chief Financial Officer Harry Taylor.
WestJet will boost capacity by between 6 percent and 8 percent in 2019, down from its previous forecast of 6.5 percent to 8.5 percent.
Investors have been concerned the airline has been overly ambitious as it introduces the Dreamliners, grows Swoop and negotiates with a unionized workforce in 2019.
Competition, higher costs and the threat of a strike by WestJet's pilots last year helped drag down the stock by 32 percent over the past 12 months.
"We know we have to earn the right to grow, particularly in our premium cabins," Sims told analysts.
WestJet is expecting revenues per available seat mile (RASM), a key industry metric, to rise 0.5 percent to 2.5 percent in the first quarter, and 2.0 percent to 4.0 percent on an annual basis, driven by demand.
The carrier has committed to reducing costs by C$200 million by 2020.
During the fourth quarter, costs per available seat mile (CASM), excluding fuel and employee profit share, increased 0.3 percent, below previous guidance 1 percent to 2 percent, Taylor told analysts.
RASM - which measures how much the airline makes from each seat on the plane - rose almost 1 percent to C$14.72 in the fourth quarter. Revenue from customers grew 7 percent, while total revenue increased 6.6 percent to C$1.19 billion ($906.39 million).
The company earned 26 Canadian cents a share in the quarter ended Dec. 31. That was double analyst estimates of 13 Canadian cents per share, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.
Net profit, however, dipped to C$29.2 million from C$47.8 million a year earlier, reflecting pressure on airlines from higher fuel costs over the past year.


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Ousting the Secret Teller- Why the Person Who Reports the Abuse Gets Banished
On how the secret teller who reveals abuse gets pushed or urged out of a group, and how to protect yourself as this happens.
Ousting the Secret-Teller: Why the Person Who Reports the Abuse Gets Banished
If you have been abused by a family member, a friend in your close friendship group, a leader or member in your religious group, or a boss or co-worker in a workplace, you have probably experienced the pain of attempting to tell or warn others in the group about the behavior of your abuser, only to have the group ice you out, tell you confidently that what you're describing didn't happen, and that, besides, you're a horrible person to make the accusation. Being the secret teller is often the most difficult role in a dysfunctional group.
I'm going to walk you through why the secret teller gets punished.
Human systems work to stay the same.
Your family, your friendship group, and your workplace are all human systems. Every person has some relationship with every other person. Each person has a role to play. The system can bend a bit to let someone new in or release someone old, but for the most part, it really prefers that there is no change at all. The system hates change, and if a harmful secret is revealed, the secret teller is a huge threat to the system.
So your abuser, Uncle Bob, or cousin Jolene, is part of that system. On some level, the system already knows about Uncle Bob's bad behavior. However, he adds something valuable to the system. Perhaps he's a source of income. He may be someone with a great deal of power and influence. He may be extremely generous to many people with his time, expertise, or money. Or he may simply be someone that someone else with power or influence is fond of and protects.
Let me go back to something here. The system already knows about Bob. There is probably a whisper network along the lines of "watch out for Bob" going on. The whisper network is created by those who are scared of Bob, but even more scared of attempting to get Bob out of the system. So they instead try to communicate with whispers and hints and nudges so that anyone new to the system or newly a target of Bob's attention. And they keep their own heads down and avoid Bob, or Jolene, as best they can to prevent damage to themselves
The person who abused you is usually important to the system.
The system has built Bob in. There are people who are assigned to watch Bob. There are others assigned to manage the damage Bob or Jolene causes. None of these assignments are written down anywhere, but when the time comes, it is always Tom that pulls Bob aside and asks him to knock it off. It is always Beth that handles those who have been harmed by Bob and convinces them that "it wasn't that bad" and "that's just the way he is."
And it doesn't matter what form of abuse Bob engaged in. Whether it was sexual, physical, emotional, or material, the pattern is the same. Bob harms someone, either inside or outside the group, and the group closes ranks to protect him while attempting to minimize the damage. Because the system is not actually protecting Bob, the system is actually attempting to protect itself. Because change, any change, is a threat. And the bigger the change, the bigger the threat that the secret teller's actions create.
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How the system betrays the secret-teller
So Bob, or his female counterpart Jolene, has done something horrible to you. Something that is wrecking your life and giving you nightmares and having you look around corners and jump at shadows. Something that has you calling up a therapist and asking to see them "as soon as possible" because you're afraid you're losing your mind, and you can't handle what Bob or Jolene is doing.
And you go to a therapist, or a friend, or a family member, or a church member, (usually someone outside Bob or Jolene's system) and that one person, with the best intentions in the world, tells you that what Bob is doing is abuse, and you need to report it or to confront it, or in some way deal with it, depending on the circumstances. They in one way or another are telling you that Bob's or Jolene's abuse needs to come out of the closet.
So you think about it, and you remember how kind Beth is. Remember Beth, the one whose role in the system is to protect the system from the harm Bob or Jolene does? You go to her, and you say "Bob did this to me" or "Jolene did this to me." You might even have dates and people who are willing to say that they remember the parts of the event that they were a part of.
You're expecting Beth, who is so very warm and kind, to immediately be outraged on your behalf. You're expecting her to jump right up and confront Bob or Jolene. Instead, she starts asking you a bunch of questions. She starts managing you. She is neutralizing the threat that you, the secret teller, represent.
"It's not that big a deal."
At first, she'll try to convince you that what he did wasn't abuse or that it was an accident, a one-time thing.
"Are you sure you didn't misunderstand?"
"I'm sure he didn't mean it that way."
"Oh, hon. He must have been very tired. I'm sure that would never happen again."
When that doesn't work, she'll start working on your credibility. Softly at first, and then, as you stand your ground, more firmly.
"You must be misremembering"
"I'm positive he wouldn't do something like that."
"Are you sure you didn't dream up the whole thing?"
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"Are you sure it wasn't really your fault?"
Next, she'll try victim-blaming. By this time, the rumor mill has done its work, so you'll probably get these lines from lots of people in the group you and Bob or Jolene share. As you listen to these examples, keep in mind that some of Bob's or Jolene's victims, the ones that Beth and her helpers are addressing, are children.
"You were drinking, weren't you?"
"You should know better than to not lock the shower door when you're showering."
"Why were you dressed that way."
"If only you hadn't confronted him about that, everything would have been okay."
"You must have made him angry."
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"You're lying."
Finally, when nothing else works, Beth, and the system she protects, will flat out accuse you of lying, even if the evidence is good, even if everyone knows that Bob or Jolene not only is capable of doing the things you're accusing them of, but that they've actually done it again.
"You're lying"
"Stop stirring up trouble"
"Why did you have to make a big deal about it?"
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How flying monkeys make the secret teller's life miserable
Beth and the rest who are accusing you of lying and exaggerating and causing trouble are called "flying monkeys" in abuse recovery circles, after the flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz that swarmed after Dorothy and her companions when they tried to end the abuses of the Wicked Witch of the West. They will attempt to hound you back into silence, and if that doesn't work, they'll attempt to hound you out of the group.
Systems with abusers in them — families, friendship groups, religious organizations, businesses — are remarkably sophisticated in the ways they protect abusers. Society has whole systems built up around protecting abusers from consequences.
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"Look at all the reasons we shouldn't believe you."
Many abuse victims, somewhere in the process of attempting to let their group know what Bob or Jolene do, go public. Attempting to protect themselves they may notify the police, human resources, or some other authority. At this point, the system will go into overdrive to protect itself from the threat of change that you represent. They will make you into a villain. They will dig through your past to find every single thing you have ever done and attempt to discredit you. Let's pretend for a moment that your name is Alex, short for Alexis or Alexander. They might say:
"You know, Alex has always lied to get what they need. Remember that time when they were 7?
"Alex likes sex. They had at least five partners last year. I bet they just changed their mind."
"I hear Alex has a drinking problem. They were at the bar last week chugging down margaritas all night long."
"If I remember right, Alex has been in and out of inpatient mental health wards four or five times in the last couple of years."
Almost every single person who reports abuse done to them goes through some variation of this process with at least some of the people who share a relationship with Bob or Jolene. It is a fact of life that going public about abuse or reporting it to authorities almost always comes with the loss of a relationship you thought was supportive.
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Protecting Yourself When You're the Secret-Teller
Before you go public
First, be aware of the "flying monkeys" phenomenon. Know that at least a couple of the people you thought would support you, won't. Plan for that and for the support you'll need to replace those relationships as best you can by building a professional relationship with a therapist or counselor or minister or friend or family member outside the abusive system.
Second, write everything down. If you don't write well, record it on video or audio. Write down the story of what Bob or Jolene did to you, with as many dates and specifics as you can remember. Write down how Beth and all the others in your system responded. Who had a duty to act and didn't? Make sure that tidbit gets in there.
Make the decision whether you think you have enough support and evidence to go to an authority and see the process through. Don't forget that your testimony is evidence. Lawyers are trained in how to find the truth in conflicting testimony and how to convince a judge or jury of it. If you decide to proceed, make sure you have a solid support system that is able to help you deal with the fallout of going public.
Finally, whether or not you go to an authority, it is very likely that you will either be ousted by the system that is protecting Bob or Jolene or that you will voluntarily choose to leave it. Strategize how you deal with the situation in such a way that you are able to keep income coming in, still have the support and a roof over your head, and take care of your physical and mental health and those of any dependents of yours that might be affected.
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After you're ousted For Being a Secret teller
As you get further from the abusive group you might want to:
Join a support group (in person or online) for survivors of abuse like the kind you suffered.
Advocate for others in similar situations, either formally or just through being a supportive person in the process.
Work to ensure that others understand how abusive systems protect abusers and help weed out other abusers from other systems.
Learn better interpersonal skills yourself so that the cycle of abuse you endured, especially if it was family abuse, ends with you.
You are strong. You were right to come forward. Being a secret teller doesn't make you a "narc" or a "snitch". You did the right thing. Your feeling of betrayal is real, because you were betrayed. You deserve safety and compassion and respect in your life. You deserve to like yourself and to build healthy relationships with others. None of it was ever your fault, and you didn't deserve the abuse, no matter how many people told you differently.
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Completed Terra Forming Part 2
The project is going slow. Time to discover what the most efficient technique is. [Skill Grind]
Terra Forming Part 2
by Kynier on November 22nd, 2018, 10:00 pm
26th of Fall, 518 A.V.
How long had it been since he last worked on the project? Five days? Tenday? Usually he gave himself a full day's rest, maybe two, in between the nights when he worked on the expansion. Unfortunately, Doler had been giving him tasks that required more than one day to fulfill. The frequency of those sort of tasks had been increasing. While Kynier was appreciative of the opportunities to expand his knowledge of things most people never learn about Sunberth, it was only annoying in the sense that it was distracting him from this project. Something he had hoped to have the first half completed by now.
The progress he had accomplished was not even close to that point yet. The inlet of the secret passage had taken several days to complete. Developing the passage beyond that was a lot slower. In the thirty days, which really was more like eighteen days, that he had been working on it, there was less than what he'd hoped for. What he needed to do was a little more experimentation on his methods. Geomancy was usesful, but it was proving difficult to believe that he had found the most efficient method of its application now. Converting Earth into Air consumed a lot of res which drained his Djed reservoir fairly quickly. So, what could he do that was different?
Kynier set the burning candle down at the edge of the inlet itself before taking the four paces worth of distance he had managed to carve out that season. With a hand, he caressed the surface of the wall he was going to work on. His eyes shift down to gaze at something that only exited in his mind. Here, he decided, was when he'd begin the descent. Where the stairs would actually begin. With the shadows dancing around at the edge of candlelight, Kynier took a deep steadying breath as he reached in for his Djed. Bringing the power to the surface of his hands, it transmuted to a gas. Gaseous res emanated from his palms and fingers to brushed up against the surface of the wall.
Then, with his will, he imbedded the gas into the stone. The mystic substance burrowed beneath the stone's surface and spread itself to be under the whole area of the wall. Kynier concentrated on the concept of solidity as the res bound itself to the stone. It felt as though his mind had a mental hold on a rock, albeit a five foot by seven foot by an inch or two rock. Then, he willed it to change. To have it crumble so rapidly that it changed into Air, to deteriorate it in its entirety. Kynier's hands had been resting against the wall, but then felt it recede away from his touch.
Candlelight danced as the new air gently blew by. The soft breeze brushed past Kynier's face for an instant before it was gone. He exhaled the breath that he had been holding as he reached out and touched the rough surface of the wall's new location. Only two inches at the most. The mage sighed and shook his head. This project would take years if it remained at this rate. But he squared his shoulders as he looked at the wall with extra determination. That was the way he had been progressing. Time to test the any other methods that he could think of.
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Location: Sunberth
Most of the shadows were chittering away in their secret language. The mage had learned how to tune out their constant chatter while he was thinking on the details of his project. He had taken the measuring rope from the handyman's toolkit that he had with him and began measuring the distance from the beginning of the inlet to how far it was to the wall that he just relocated. Approximately seventeen feet in distance from one far wall all the way to the other. Squatting down with his arms resting on his knees, he thought out what he wanted with the distancing.
The inlet itself was almost exactly five feet. A comfortable amount of space to walk into. That was something that he did not want to change, feeling that it was fine the way it was. Twelve feet was more than enough to beginning carving out the stairs. For he was likely about to be directly under the show room if he wasn't already. Kynier wanted the ceiling of the first room to be a little higher and would have to go down in order to do that. A chalk mark was set about six feet away from the inlet's edge to mark the beginning.
Kynier stood up and placed himself in the first section of the passageway. Setting the rope and the chalk aside, he scratched his chin as he though on how to apply his res this time. "I suppose I should start with something fairly basic for my comparisons," he commented aloud. The shadows formed around the mage to watch as he evoked more of his res to form. Gas drifted from him to settle on the ground, containing itself to not cross over the chalk mark and into his section of the floor. With a little push of his will, the res soaked through the earth. He felt it reaching into the ground as he willed it to cover more than a mere few inches.
Then, he focused on the solidity of the stone that his res was latched to. Kynier willed it to deteriorate, but not completely into Air as he had before. This time, he focused on breaking it down into sand. The res cut through all the hard bonds of the stone that kept it together as a solid object. A very soft rumble emanated from the place that his geomancy was working as Kynier could visibly see cracks forming in the stone. The flow of Djed felt small and steady as it converted into res. Less of the reimancy material was being consumed to accomplish this task as compared to before.
After a few chimes, there was no more stone to deteriorate, and a small pit filled with sand lay before him. Kynier took the wooden measuring stick from the handyman's tool kit and plunged it straight down into the sand. When it struck the bottom, he pinched where the sand came up to and removed the measuring stick. "Seven inches, that seems to be a considerable difference." Kynier brushed his fingers over the surface of the sandpit. "But now I'll have to remove all the sand," he commented with a little annoyance. It was an inconvenience to be sure, but nothing truly severe.
Tapping his power once again, Kynier focused on a place that was about the middle of the sandpit. With the power of his will, the mage imagined the presence of nothing. Djed fueled that sensation, an absence of everything, as he muttered a small incantation that Bourin had helped him to learn for the exercise. "In a place of nothing, there is something. The Other Side," he repeated softly as his Djed punctured through reality to form a gateway. The location was just below the surface of the sand which immediately began to pour through the small hole.
The mental effort was the same as attempting to rip a shirt apart with one's bare hands. Wider did the gateway to The Other Side grow, but not in a way that was symmetrical. Eventually, it grew to be wider than the palm of his hand in size. The mage pulled on it more to try and even it out into a more circular shape. Gradually it took more of an oval shape than anything. That would suffice for now. Kynier then affected the Pull so that it would begin to attract all the sand particles and empty them into the Void.
After a couple of chimes the last of the sand had been sucked through the gateway. Kynier ceased his pouring of Djed into the spell so that the gateway would be able to close on its own. He exhaled a little heavier than normal and felt beads of sweat forming in his brow. "Hmm," he gave thoughtfully as he watched the passage to The Other Side close. Kynier turned around and left the hidden passage that he was building. His journals about his progression in understanding his various disciplines were up in his study. Kynier hadn't thought that he would be needing them today, but now his mind had several thoughts that he wanted to put to ink before he lost them.
Sealing the door of the secret passage behind him, Kynier made his way up to the study. Digging out a quill, some ink, and two of his journals took only a moment. Observations of the Elements and From The Other Side were both set on the desk. Kynier opened the journal for Reimancy first and wet the end of his quill before he started writing.
Twenty-Sixth of Fall, in the year 518 A.V.
Converting one element into another requires a significant portion of res to be consumed. Having employed this method as the primary way of my expansion project explains why it is slow coming. Today, I tested to see how much more could be accomplished with a more basic application of Geomancy. By simply breaking down stone into particles of sand, as opposed to converting it into Air, was able to yield a little more than three times the amount of stone being removed. However, it left sand behind which then had to be removed. While manual strategies could have been employed for its removal, I used Voiding which is less time consuming and more efficient. But the combination of disciplines more than likely consumes more Djed than an element to element conversion. Will attempt other ways of accomplishing this conversion to see if there's a more efficient way that what I have been doing.
Kynier dipped his quill in the ink to refresh its supply before flipping the other, blank journal open to its first page.
Today, I had conjured a gateway in order to remove a large collection of sand that had been formed from a project that I have been working on for some time. While attempting widen the passage in order to accelerate the process, I noticed that the gateway does not keep to a, for lack of a better term, appealing geometric shape. It was warped and misshapen. While I was eventually able to stretch it into an oval form, it was not without some effort. Perhaps with continued practice, the control over the gateway's form will become easier. For now, more focus will be emphasized on increasing the size of the gateway rather than they aesthetics of its shape.
When he was done writing, Kynier placed the cork back on the vial of ink. Eyes flicked between the two open journals for a moment. Observations of the Elements would be used again today. That was a certainty. The other one was less of a guarantee. So, Kynier lifted the Reimancy Journal in a way that allowed the page to remain open as the ink continued to dry and brought it back down to the basement with him. He set it down close to the candle and settle the quill in the spine between the page in use and the next blank page. After that, he picked up the measuring stick and the chalk to make a few measurements.
Kynier placed a foot down in the small pit that he had made. His ankle rested up against the side of what was to be the first step. The measuring stick was then laid down next to the length of his foot for him to gage how large of a step he would want to make them. The seven inches of difference in height was not deep enough for his liking, but that could be addressed a little later. Kynier decided that a two-foot-wide step would be sensible. While there was no longer an Akalak present that was pursuing the advancement of their magic, he wasn't going to exclude the possibility that one would appear. Having a larger step would also be more comfortable. So, Kynier marked the two-foot mark with a line of chalk.
Then he removed his foot as well as the measuring stick and began to conjure more res for the next use of geomancy. Unlike before, he did not generate it as a gas, but instead formed it in a liquid state. As it began to coat his hands, Kynier knelt down in the pit and wiped his hands over the area he wished to sculpt out. After a chime of forming the res and spreading it across the floor, Kynier straightened himself and applied his will to the project.
Today was going to be less about progress and more about technique. Discovering which way as best for continuing the tunnel below ground was more important, because of the time and energy it would save later. With that in mind, Kynier harnessed his will and the liquid res into breaking down the stone into sand again. For an instant, the small trace of candlelight reflected off the translucent surface before the texture of the floor began to change. The once smooth surface turned porous as cracks and divides formed and the molecular bonds were forced to occupy less space.
The liquid res appeared to work like an acid. It sank through the surface and the change could be heard. Almost like water sinking through sand. Through his mental will, Kynier was able to feel its progress as it burrowed deeper into the stone. After a few chimes it ended. The mage took the measuring stick and pushed it down through the sand to find the bottom. Once it connected, he pinched the stick at the place where it was level and withdrew it. The area was smaller than the two previous uses of geomancy, so when he saw that the measurement was ten inches deep, he was less than surprised.
His hazel eyes wandered over the surface of the new sandpit as he tapped his chin with the end of the measuring stick. When using Reimancy this time it did not feel as though he had used as much Djed to accomplish what he had. So then, using the liquid state of res for sculpting passages out of stone was more efficient than gas soaking through the stone's surface. But did combining it with Voiding make it more, or less, cost-effective than the less simple elemental conversion? Kynier sat down on his rump as he focused on harnessing his Djed to find out. "In a place of nothing, there is something. The Other Side," he repeated to himself. As the words quietly echoed in the small passage, a small rip formed in reality's fabric. The gateway to The Other Side formed to be a circle about the size of a gold miza before Kynier willed it to stretch and be larger.
Now, he worked on increasing the Pull in order to accomplish the task in less time. The grains of sand were drawn into the gateway to the cold abyss the rested on the other end. The increased Pull of the The Other Side did not require much more Djed to manifest or maintain. But from one previous experiment of Voiding, Kynier was very hesitant to push the boundaries of his abilities with the discipline too far. Unlike all his other knowledges, Voiding was much easier to lose control of, while also being much harder to sense when control was being lost. When the last of the sand had been removed, Kynier ceased his Voiding and allowed the gateway to collapse on itself.
Kynier gave a disgruntled sigh as he realized that he did have another note to add to his journal about Voiding. He stood up, retrieved his quill from the book that he had brought down, and made the journey back upstairs to the study. The second journal was still laying open on the desk. Kynier did not bother to sit but just started writing his thoughts down as he leaned over the chair.
I do not know if it is simply a natural affinity, or something that all Voiders share in their experience. Increasing the Pull of the discipline did not require much more use of Djed. This allowed for what I wished to be sent to The Other Side to be taken there more quickly and with less effort. Although, I did not apply a very strong Pull, simply a stronger one than I had done previously. It is not my intention to be self-Voided like many foolish people have done before. Perhaps a Pull that is strong enough to take a person requires a notable amount of Djed to be applied. Time and practice will tell.
As before, he did not think that he needed to bring the journal down with him. Yet he did, in case he was wrong a second time. Kynier set the Voiding journal down by its Reimancy counterpart and stepped towards the end of the passage that now had two steps developed. They were of different lengths and heights, but the uniformity was something that could be worked on later. For the time being, he was mainly working by sight. There was no reason to not sit down and draw out a design for what he intended. But as he knew from other endeavors, it never turned out how you intended. So, Kynier was just working on it and it would unfold naturally.
Cool subterranean air filled his lungs as the mage took a deep breath. He was beginning to feel tired. It was not physical from exertion. Nor was it mental from an over abundance of thinking. It was a spiritual exhaustion caused from the repetitive use of his Djed by the two more taxing disciplines that he knew. Kynier suspected that he had enough for just one more application of both before he needed to rest. He could reflect on his findings of his experiments tonight and return after a few days knowing what method was best for the project.
Kneeling, he grabbed the tools that he had been using. On the second step, the marked the next two-foot increment for the next step to be formed. There was not a lot of space left to sculpt before running into the wall. Tunneling out the next step would not allow for an accurate comparison for Djed usage, since it was just a step down and would take a lot less out due to the smaller space. Digging further south was going to be required first before the next step could be formed. So, he marked the corners where the side walls met the end wall, as means of measuring how far he progressed with his next experiment.
Kynier closed his eyes and stilled his mind to meditate. The mage imagined that his body was a dam and his Djed the water that it held. A slow flow was needed to regulate what was left to avoid overgiving. Filling himself with relaxation and peace, Kynier began to open the channels of the dam. Warmth filled his body in a way that generated sweat on his skin as Djed coursed through his limbs. His power seeped through the surface of his skin, creating a brilliant white mist to form. Transmuting res into a solid state was more comfortable when done outside the confines of his body. The mist condensed and lost its color, changing into a solid of a translucent nature. With his mind, Kynier pulled on the solid to stretch it out as he fueled it with more Djed to keep its consistency the same. Sweat droplets ran down around his eyes as the res was stretched to cover the width of the wall as well as the height.
With the solid res pressed against the wall, Kynier willed it to break down the stone into sand. The process sounded like a blade being sharpened at a grindstone except deeper in tone. It felt more like a brute force method as stone was pulverized into sand. Grains showered onto the ground as the solid res pushed its way through. The wall was not the only thing deteriorating. The coat of solid res was also gradually wearing down as the process continued. Kynier felt his forearms being coated in sweat as he concentrated his will on the experiment. When the last of the res had been used, he took several deep breaths as though he had just run a mile.
Before he had caught his breath, he raised the measuring rope and checked on how much he had managed to accomplish. To his surprise, he had carved out just under a foot from the wall. But it had been very taxing on him. So much so, that he knew using solid res for geomancy was definitely not the most efficient usage of Djed. Kynier looked down at the sand covering the floor and tucked his lips between his teeth in thought. He stepped away from the results of his experiment to stand beyond the area that the sand had fallen to. Closing his eyes, he meditated, using breath regulation and calming image of Leth over the river.
After several chimes of deep breathing in the dark, Kynier felt calm enough for one last use of Djed for the day. Opening his eyes, he stared at the bottom edge of the wall. "In a place of nothing, there is something. The Other Side." Djed concentrated at a point of his choosing and the air began to ripple. A small sheer formed in reality, one that expanded in size as the mage forced it open even wider with his will. Once he activated the Pull, sand was drawn to the rift and sent to the Void. Kynier had to gradually increase the intensity of the Pull in order to affect the grains of sand that had fallen further away. Before the last of the sand had been drawn into the rift, Kynier closed off his flow of Djed. The gateway continued to Pull on the sand in the absence of his will and after a chime it collapsed on itself. The mage arched an eyebrow with interest. He went over to his journals to write down his notes and observations of his last experiment.
For my experiments with Geomancy, I performed four tasks in total. The first was the elemental conversion of Earth to Air which is the most advanced technique of the four I performed. For the second, I created res in a gaseous state and had it soak through the surface of the stone and break it down from the inside. Thirdly, I coated the stone with liquid res which broke it down like an acid. And lastly, I formed a solid wall of solid res which pulverized the stone. The solid res method is definitely the most demanding method of the non-conversion techniques. While it does yield more, it does not feel the most efficient.
At this time, it is difficult to determine if Gas or Liquid is more efficient. However, using Voiding or manual efforts to clean up afterwards does counteract the benefit of non-conversion. Making Earth to Air conversion the most efficient use of Djed when tunneling out passages from stone.
Kynier then turned his attention to the other journal.
An unintended discovery has been made. Having utilized a lot of Djed, I was beginning to tire and rapidly while a passage was open. To avoid undesirable consequences, I ceased the Djed input before the task was completely finished. However, the Pull remained in effect long enough to send the last of the waste through before the collapse. This is something that is worth knowing as it can assist in reducing the consumption of Djed. It will take lots of practice to understand the timing and will likely not always be successful in its practical applications. Yet, for situations that lack the sense of dire peril, it will be a most helpful trick to employ.
NaNo Post: 1,217
by Kynier on November 23rd, 2018, 12:07 am
Grades!
Skill Rewards
Architecture +2
Logic +1
Mathematics +2
Planning +2
Reimancy +5
Research +5
Voiding +4
Writing +3
Lores Learned
Reimancy: Using Geomancy with Gaseous Res
Reimancy: Using Geomancy with Liquid Res
Reimancy: Using Geomancy with Solid Res
Voiding: Gateways are not always symmetrical
Voiding: Much easier to lose control of


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