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COAL ASH – Need for Safer Disposal to Protect Health and Environment
Promoting institutional change - Energy
- The Westminster Schools
environment, health, safety
Coal ash is industrial waste left behind when coal is burned, typically in a coal-fired power plant that burns coal to produce electricity. Coal ash is one of the largest industrial wastes in the United States, with coal power plants producing around 140 million tons of the toxic ash waste each year. The ash is usually disposed of in landfills or mixed with water and stored in sludge ponds. The coal ash contains highly toxic materials that can cause significant harm to health and the environment. Adequate regulation of coal ash disposal is essential to protect the public.
Coal ash is industrial waste left behind when coal is burned, typically from a coal-fired power plant. According to the EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), coal ash includes:
powdery ash known as fly ash
heavier coarse ash called bottom ash which forms in the bottom of a coal furnace
molten bottom ash called boiler slag
flue gas desulfurization material which can be wet or dry
https://www.epa.gov/coalash/coal-ash-basics
http://www.atl.semtechsolutions.com/node/74/coal-ash-reference-page
Dangers of Coal Ash
According to the EPA, coal ash contains toxic contaminants such as mercury, arsenic, and cadmium, and without proper disposal, these contaminants cause pollution to waterways, ground water, drinking water and the air. The Physicians for Social Responsibilities, a Nobel Prize winning organization of physicians, has pointed out that coal ash can also contain additional toxic heavy metals, such as lead, chromium and selenium, as well as aluminum, antimony, barium, beryllium, boron, chlorine, cobalt, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, thallium, vanadium, and zinc. The toxicants in coal ash cause cancer, neurological damage, heart damage, lung disease, kidney disease, and birth defects. The EPA in a study found that people living near an unlined ash pond may have as much as 1 in 50 chance of getting cancer from drinking arsenic-contaminated water.
http://www.psr.org/assets/pdfs/coal-ash.pdf
Disposal of Coal Ash
Coal ash can be disposed of or recycled for use in making cement, concrete, and cinder blocks. Coal ash can be disposed of in a dry landfill or in coal ash ponds where coal ash has been mixed with water to form a sludge stored within retaining walls in impoundments.
Coal Power Plant Boiler, Coal Ash Components, and Ash Disposition
https://www.epa.gov/eg/steam-electric-power-generating-effluent-guidelines-2015-final-rule
Coal Ash Ponds
File photo of Duke Energy's coal-burning plant and the adjacent coal ash ponds by the Dan River. RIVERKEEPER FOUNDATION
https://www.facingsouth.org/2012/10/scientists-find-high-levels-of-coal-ash-contamination-in-north-carolina-rivers-and-lakes.htm
Recent Coal Ash Catastrophic Spills
Kingston, Tennessee Spill: On December 22, 2008, a retaining wall collapsed on the side of a coal ash pond for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Kingston Fossil Plant, a coal power plant located in Harriman, Tennessee. This pond wall failure released 1.1 billion gallons of coal ash sludge over approximately 300 acres of land, resulting in one of the largest ash spills in history which destroyed homes and roads and contaminated land and water.
Dan River, Eden, North Carolina Spill: On February 2, 2014, a breakage at Duke Energy's Dan River Steam Station in Eden, North Carolina, caused a coal ash spill which released approximately 39,000 tons of coal ash and 27 million gallons of contaminated water into the Dan River. Duke Energy has been fined over 100 million dollars in connection with the spill.
Closing Coal Ash Ponds
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, coal power plants have decreased in number from 619 in 2005 to 427 in 2015. As coal power plants are closing and as requirements for managing coal ash impoundments increase, some power companies are closing old coal ash ponds. Closing a coal ash pond involves dewatering it, disposing of the ash left behind by sealing it in a land pit or sending it to a landfill, and disposing of the water in a water source. There is serious danger to the public health and to the environment when water filled with toxic contaminants is emptied into the waterways.
http://wrganews.com/common/page.php?feed=31&id=78681&is_corp=1
Georgia Power announced in June of 2016 its intention to close all of the company's 29 ash ponds across the State of Georgia and remove the ash from 16 ponds adjacent to lakes or rivers.
I live in the state of Georgia and am an avid catch-and-release angler with a strong interest in the protection of the environment and our waterways. I regularly fish in and hike near the Chattahoochee River which runs through Atlanta, Georgia, and provides the source for drinking water for about four million people in the state. My high school is located about three miles north of Georgia Power's Plant McDonough-Atkinson. Plant McDonough-Atkinson is located adjacent to the Chattahoochee River and was originally built in the 1960s as a coal-burning power plant. Two coal-fired power units were closed at the plant in 2012 and replaced with three natural gas power units at the same location in 2012. Georgia Power plans to dewater the ash ponds at this location and discharge wastewater into the Chattahoochee River. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) approved the Coal Ash Pond Dewatering Plan from Georgia Power Company on January 10, 2017 for the discharge of treated wastewater from its coal combustion residuals ponds (ash ponds) at Georgia Power Plant McDonough-Atkinson.
https://epd.georgia.gov/coal-ash-pond-dewatering-plans
One of Georgia Power's coal ash ponds, at Plant McDonough near Smyrna, in a 2011 photo. Bob Andres bandres@ajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/state–regional-govt–politics/wells-detect-high-levels-heavy-metals-near-georgia-power-plants/XiQiJndmIBCxyxJY78h9qL/
Need for Adequate Regulations
Numerous studies show the dangers of water contamination from ash pond leakage. Researchers at Duke University at The Nicholas School for the Environment published a study in June of 2016, in which they showed the results of their research of groundwater and surface waters near 21 coal power plant ash ponds in five states. The study found evidence of leakage at all ash pond sites tested and found high levels of contamination of toxic heavy metals including arsenic in the groundwater and surface waters at all the sites.
Evidence for Coal Ash Ponds Leaking in the Southeastern United States, Barry Sulkin and Avner Vengosh. Environmental Science and Technology, online June 10, 2016. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b01727
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.6b0172
Lack of Adequate Legal Protections for Water Supply and Public Health and Safety
There were no federal regulations on coal ash disposal prior to 2014. Almost six years after the catastrophic Kingston TVA spill in Tennessee, the EPA promulgated its first rules establishing minimum standards for coal ash. The rules did establish some requirements for landfill and ponds in terms of stability and groundwater monitoring but failed to classify coal ash as hazardous waste. Environmental advocates and scientists strongly objected to the EPA's classification of coal ash as "non-hazardous waste" because coal ash indisputably contains highly toxic metals including arsenic, lead, and mercury which can cause extreme harm. In 2015, the EPA set limits on liquid discharge into waterways. Remarkably, these are the first federal rules to control toxic fluid discharges into waterways from power plants.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Coal Ash Rules (2014)
Regulates coal ash only as a non-hazardous solid waste
Establishes structural stability requirements and inspections for new and existing coal ash landfills and ponds
Requires waterproof linings under new coal ash landfill and ponds
Requires groundwater monitoring of coal ash landfills and ponds, public disclosure of results, and cleanup if groundwater contamination is found
EPA Steam Electric Effluent Limitation Guidelines (2015)
Guidelines attempt to reduce amount of pollutants that have been transferred from air pollution technologies to the wastewater (toxins removed from air emissions end up in water)
Set limits on the levels of toxic metals, including arsenic, mercury, lead, and selenium, that can be discharged in wastewater from power plants.
State of Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) Coal Ash Rules (2016)
Incorporates most EPA rules and goes further to apply rules to a broader set of coal ash storage and disposal sites
Requires landfills that accept coal to ash submit coal ash management plan and to test groundwater for coal ash contaminants
Requires all coal ash storage and disposal sites to be permitted by Georgia EPD
Proposed 2017 laws in Georgia State Legislature that did not pass (2017)
Would end dumping of coal ash in unlined coal ash disposal sites and close all existing unlined sites
Would require management plan and proof that coal ash disposal sites will not leak into groundwater
Would require notice of exact date of dewatering in advance to public
Study of power plants in 5 states found that toxic materials can leach out of the unlined coal ash storage pits to surface waters and shallow groundwater. Credit – Duke University http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.6b0172
Call to Advocacy Action to Promote Institutional Change
1. Urge Congress to implement stricter protections against coal ash contamination and toxic effluent discharge.
Efforts by the new EPA Administrator or Congress to delay required compliance with the EPA's long awaited Coal Ash Rule or Steam Electric Effluent Limitation Guidelines which provide minimal protections to the public would be devastating to public health and the environment.
Urge Congress not to undermine rules relating to coal ash.
Write a letter to your U.S. and local senators and legislators urging greater protections.
Use the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives database:
https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Directories_vrd.htm
Dear Senator or Representative,
I am highly alarmed about the dangers to our waterways from coal ash ponds and coal ash dump sites. Arsenic, lead, mercury, and other neurotoxins and carcinogens in coal ash threaten our health and safety. Safe water is non-partisan. Please take action to protect communities by voting to uphold and strengthen coal ash and effluent regulations, not delay enforcement or undermine these protections.
Join environmental groups by signing their existing petitions. For example, the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy has a coal ash petition. Go to:
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50500/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=18236
2. Contact your local Riverkeeper or Waterkeeper organization for information and to partner for safe water and safer coal ash disposition. Go to Waterkeeper Alliance and find Waterkeeper and Riverkeeper organizations around the world.
Waterkeepers
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.6b01727
http://pubs.acs.org/appl/literatum/publisher/achs/journals/content/esthag/2016/esthag.2016.50.issue-12/acs.est.6b01727/20160615/images/medium/es-2016-01727f_0007.gif
http://www.powermag.com/epa-to-withdraw-obama-era-effluent-limitations-guidelines-rule/
https://www.georgiapower.com/environment/ash.cshtml
http://www.southeastcoalash.org/
https://www.southernenvironment.org/cases-and-projects/coal-waste
https://chattahoochee.org/
http://waterkeeper.org/epa-seeks-to-dismantle-regulation-of-americas-largest-source-of-toxic-water-pollution/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/14/epa-moves-to-undo-tougher-pollution-limits-on-coal-plants.html
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/annual/html/epa_04_01.html
http://content.sierraclub.org/coal/disposal-ash-waste
http://waterkeeper.org/
http://www.protectgeorgia.org/#/33
https://www.georgiapower.com/docs/about-us/2016-plant-mcdonough-info-sheet.pdf
https://www.epa.gov/coalash/coal-ash-rule
http://www.ajc.com/news/state–regional-govt–politics/georgia-approves-new-coal-ash-rules/DTo1TNgPjIL1RCE9ndlJGI/
http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20172018/HB/387
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_t4eH6hUN8
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Anti Corruption Nepal
Nepal's underground economy
COVID19, Development, Gender, Health, Human Rights, Identity, Media, World
A shadow economy has been flourishing amid unchecked corruption, money laundering and rampant impunity
HARI PRASAD SHRESTHA • April 23, 2020
On 15 February, 2019, Raj Narayan Pathak, a commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), resigned amid allegations of corruption. CIAA consequently sued Pathak for taking a bribe of Nrs 8.7 million to settle corruption claims at the Nepal Engineering College.
CIAA is an apex constitutional body for corruption control in Nepal and has the authority to investigate cases against persons holding public office as well as their associates who have indulged in the abuse of authority by way of corruption. With CIAA's own commissioner embroiled in bribery, the effectiveness of the commission in its mission to curb corruption comes under considerable doubt.
This is of special concern as we investigate Nepal's economy where, in the atmosphere of unchecked corruption, money laundering and rampant impunity, a shadow economy has been flourishing for a while.
In 2018, Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the country's central bank, revealed a set of findings with serious implications. As per its report, foreign direct investment (FDI) worth a total of Nrs 137.68 billion had been endowed to industries currently operating in Nepal. More than 60 percent of the FDI share, amounting to Nrs 82.65 billion, came from tax haven countries, of which only 17 have been approved to invest by the Nepal government, according to the report. Investments from the British Virgin Islands and nearby countries in the Caribbean alone comprise Nrs 62.78 billion.
Additionally, the report also reveals that Nepal has received FDI from the Cayman Islands and Brunei, two tax haven countries that do not have approval from Nepali authorities for investment in the country. Nevertheless, according to the report, Nepal has received Nrs 160 million from the Cayman Islands and Nrs 30 million from Brunei.
A number of renowned businesspersons have been involved in bringing FDI from tax haven countries. But no investigation was initiated by the government, neither was any action taken to stop illegal investments. Given this, NRB's report recommends that laws must be strictly implemented and institutions established to effectively combat money laundering and corruption before Nepal's evaluation by the Financial Action Task Force in 2020-21.
Although the Department of Money Laundering Investigation (DMLI) was established to investigate such cases, due to weak legal compliance, poor governance and rampant impunity, it has failed to be effective, making the country even more vulnerable to money laundering. So far, only a small number of small-scale money laundering cases have been filed in courts through the DMLI.
According to an earlier report by FATF, if Nepal's involvement in money laundering and terrorist financing is not curbed, the country's credibility for investment will fall, deteriorating its investment climate, limiting opportunities for the expansion of global trade, and affecting its financial stability. Even amid threats by the FATF that Nepal may be blacklisted, this trend has not stopped, and seems unlikely to do so with many high profile individuals involved as key players in the shadow economy.
To look at just one example of the direct involvement of such individuals in corruption, money laundering and black marketeering in Nepal, let's look at the recent case of Sulav Agrawal. On 7 April, 2020, the police arrested Agrawal, owner of Shanker Group and the honorary consul of Kyrgyzstan for Nepal, on charges of black marketeering thermal guns. Shanker Group, with its stakes in several industries, including cement, steel, textile manufacturing and hospitality, recently obtained 20,000 thermal guns from China through a chartered flight, according to the police. While Nepal was facing an acute shortage of medical equipment amid the coronavirus pandemic, Agrawal was selling the infrared thermometers, which cost between Nrs 3,000-3,500 per unit, at Nrs 16,000 each.
It is difficult to detect the exact scale of Nepal's underground economy as so few cases of money laundering have been investigated by competent authorities. Nevertheless, this trend is increasing, mostly due to factors including the informal nature of Nepal's economy, the predominance of cash transactions, an open border with India, an unstable political climate, and rampant instances of predicate offences such as corruption, bribery, smuggling, tax evasions, human and drug trafficking, use of counterfeit currency, and, of late, extortion, looting and arms trading.
While Nepal is one of poorest countries in the world, with one of the smallest economies, it has the highest percentage of underground economy in the world. Based on a 2018 study by Medina and Schneider, the average value of Nepal's shadow economy was at 37.5 percent of the total economy whereas the world average in 2015 based on 158 countries was 27.78 percent.
Additionally, the corruption perception index developed by Transparency International ranked Nepal 113 out of 180 countries in 2019 and the World Bank's government effectiveness database alloted Nepal 16.83 out of a 100 points in 2018. Some studies have shown that corruption in Nepal is so pervasive and deep that it influences high level policymaking. Additionally, the shadow economy allows for much of the corruption to go beyond the radar of anti-graft bodies.
The shadow economy comprises all currently unregistered economic activities that nevertheless contribute to the officially calculated (or observed) Gross National Product. All transactions that are of a criminal nature, including trade of stolen goods, drug dealing and manufacturing, prostitution, gambling, smuggling, and tax evasions go unreported, distorting the accuracy of key economic measurements, such as the Gross Domestic Product.
According to the economist Friedrich Schneider, the shadow economy also includes all market-based legal production of goods and services that are deliberately concealed from public authorities, chiefly to avoid paying income, value added or other taxes, to avoid making social security contributions, to avoid having to meet legal labour market standards such as minimum wages, maximum working hours and safety standards, and to avoid complying with administrative procedures such as statistical questionnaires or other administrative forms.
Arun Kumar, author of The Black Economy in India, argues that the shadow economy in India is worth almost half the size of India's official economy. Given Nepal's open border with India, this has an influence on Nepal's shadow economy as well.
An open border combined with the easy accessibility of Indian currency have made it impossible to control the smuggling of Indian goods into Nepal. This dumping of cheap smuggled goods has killed off budding domestic industries while the government continues to lose billions of import duty.
The blockade initiated by India in 2015 created a favourable climate for unscrupulous traders to make more transactions off the official radar by importing goods through illegal channels without paying import tax. Illegal trading grew not only in border towns, but also in urban areas where demand for essential goods was relatively high.
Corruption and shadow economic activities are prevalent around the world. It is very difficult to get accurate information about the relationship between corruption and the shadow economy because all individuals engaged in these activities wish not to be identified.
According to a 2010 World Bank Policy Paper, in countries where the rule of law is upheld and financed by tax revenues, shadow economies are considerably smaller. A nation's shadow economy is comparatively larger in the absence of high quality state institutions or benefits. Transition countries tend to have higher levels of regulation, leading to a significantly higher incidence of bribery. High taxes on official activities and a large discretionary regulatory framework also help the shadow economy expand.
In countries like Nepal, this is exacerbated by chronically low wages, high taxes and the lack of control exercised by authorities. The prevalence of cash payments also allows for the low risk of detection of illegal exchanges.
Various rules and regulations exist in Nepal to regulate economic and financial crimes, including Acts with adequate provisions to penalise corrupt authorities, tax evaders and money launderers. The CIAA has extraordinary powers to investigate and file cases related to corruption in the special court, except the policy decisions of the council of ministers, judiciary and the army. The DMLI has the authority to investigate and prevent the commission of money laundering as well as the financing and proliferation of terrorism in the country while the Department of Revenue Investigation has been entrusted to discharge the functions and responsibilities under the important Acts of Nepal. Track record, however, shows that, these provisions notwithstanding, illegal activities have not declined.
The CIAA, DMLI, and DRI as well as the Police and other concerned institutions must be very strong and effective in their investigation of illegal activities. Moreover, there must be zero unwarranted government interference in these organisations.
In a thriving official economy, people have more opportunities to earn a decent salary as well as bonuses through formal means. This is not the case in an economy facing a recession; more people try to compensate their income losses from the official economy through additional shadow economy activities.
The World Bank emphasises that the fight against the shadow economy is not all about enforcing laws and punishing offenders, but also about making the formal sector more attractive and changing social norms for paying taxes. Building trust in the government is a key factor in convincing citizens that paying taxes is useful.
Our present single rate of 13 percent in Value Added Tax (VAT) has put all commodities in a single bracket whether they are primary products or luxury items. Multi rates in VAT must be introduced with lower rates for primary and intermediate goods and higher rates for luxury items. Additionally, lower individual income tax rates can encourage higher transparency and some activities that are currently deemed illegal could be legalised to include them in the formal economy.
On the one hand, an open border with free movement of people between India and Nepal makes it impossible for illegal activities and the smuggling of goods to be eliminated completely. In the least, both countries must manage border movement better by introducing some sort of digitised identification methods. On the other, duty evasion by fudging accurate details about imports continues to undermine transparency and ought to be automated through strong information technology.
Sadly, the constitution and law of Nepal provide immunity to policy decisions of parliamentarians and lawmakers, which has been conducive to increased instances of corruption. Every decision of the cabinet has been beyond the scope of the CIAA's investigations. This has only resulted in all kinds of proposals, big and small, being sent to the cabinet, thereby making them immune against investigation. All decisions made by the cabinet cannot be regarded as policy decisions which offer this kind of immunity. They must be separated from real policy decisions and be included within investigative parameters.
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Hari Prasad Shrestha
Hari Prasad Shrestha is former undersecretary at the Ministry of Finance and a UNDP specialist in Africa
COVID19, Health, History, Human Rights, Journalism, Labor, Media, World
Covid19 Roundup, 23 April: Two more tested positive for Covid19 as govt weighs risk over lockdown
A daily summary of Covid19 related developments that matter
Constitution, COVID19, Development, Economy, Human Rights, Identity, Indigenous Issues, Journalism, Politics
Swindled sugarcane farmers stage protests in the Capital amidst Covid crisis
After suffering injustice for years, the farmers have finally descended on Kathmandu to press their demands
Culture, Development, Economy, Environment, Health, Journalism, Media, Natural Disaster, Politics, World
Corona quandaries
AYUSHMA REGMI
We cannot protect ourselves if we don't protect others. And the time to act is now.
Let us now stop praising famous men (and women)
DAVID V. JOHNSON
Being critical of the famous and wealthy can help rein bad behavior.
We toiled day and night to rebuild our house after the earthquake, and K.P. Oli took all the credit
SARITA TAMANG
On April 24, 2016, exactly a year after the 2015 earthquake, Prime Minister K.P. Shama Oli launched the reconstruction campaign by laying the foundation stone for the house of Sarita Tamang in Chautara, Sindhupalchok. Sarita Tamang talks about the media spectacle that surrounded Oli laying the foundation stone, and the subsequent absence of government support during the actual construction work
COVID19, Health, World
Covid-19 infections cross the 200,000 mark in Nepal
With 202,329 cases, the country has reached a new milestone in the coronavirus pandemic
Reading a poet during lockdown
SHREYA PAUDEL
Binod Bikram KC's poems offer a sobering perspective on the times we live in
Journalism, Politics, World
Bailed out by blood money
DEWAN RAI
The state's practice of paying out compensations to protect its personnel from prosecution prevents actual justice from being delivered and helps promote a culture of impunity

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Enzo Coloni Racing Car Systems, conocida simplemente como Coloni, es un equipo de carreras y constructor. Luego de unos años en Fórmula 3 y Fórmula 3000, en 1987, entra al Campeonato Mundial de Fórmula 1.

Historia

Fórmula 1

inicios (1987-1989)
Después de no tener éxito en Fórmula 3000, Enzo Coloni decide inscribir su equipo en Fórmula 1 para algunas carreras de la temporada 1987. Como transcurría la temporada. su primer auto fue el FC187 con motor Cosworth DFZ V8, diseñado por el exdiseñador de Dallara, Roberto Ori, El equipo aparece por primera vez en el Gran Premio de Italia de ese año con el italiano Nicola Larini, donde no consiguió clasificar para la carrera. Después de saltarse la carrera siguiente, el equipo aparece de nuevo para el Gran Premio de España donde lograron clasificar y disputar la carrera pero solo dieron ocho vueltas por una suspensión rota. luego el equipo decide no correr las carreras restantes para prepararse mejor para el siguiente año.

Para 1988, el equipo disputó la temporada completa con Gabriele Tarquini logrando entrar 8 de las 16 carreras, logrando un octavo puesto en Canadá como mejor resultado con el FC188, sin puntos.

a pesar de que el dinero era escaso, el equipo inscribe dos coches para 1989, con los pilotos Roberto Moreno y Pierre-Henri Raphanel. El equipo uso una evolución del FC188 para las primeras carreras. En Mónaco, el equipo logró clasificar por primera, y única vez, los dos monoplazas en carrera, sin embargo ninguno de los dos lo lograron terminar. En Canadá fueron remplazados los FC188B por el nuevo Coloni C3 diseñado por Cristian Vanderplyn. El nuevo C3 era un buen diseño y tenía algo de potencial según analistas, pero la falta de fondos para su desarrollo lastro el rendimiento del coche. Moreno clasificó y corrió la carrera pero Raphanel no precalificó. El brasilero clasificó tres carreras más, pero Raphanel fue remplazado por Enrico Bertaggia quien no logró precalificar en las últimas 6 carreras. El Gran Premio de Portugal de 1989 sería la última vez que se vería un Coloni en carrera.

Coloni-Subaru (1990)
Afines de los años 80, Subaru planea ingresar a Fórmula 1 como proveedor de motores, al no tener experiencia, Subaru recurrió a Carlo Chiti de Motori Moderni quien diseñó y construyó el motor bóxer de 12 cilindros que fue bautizado como Subaru 1235F12. El motor fue probado por Minardi pero al ver desempeño del motor, Giancarlo Minardi perdió el interés, A pesar de que había un preacuerdo de utilizar los motores gratis para la temporada 1989. Después el CEO de Subaru, Yoshio Takaoka decide adquirir un equipo pequeño, ya que resultaba más rentable para empezar desde 0. Meses después, Subaru se hace con el 51% del equipo Coloni y fue renombrado como "Subaru Coloni", pagaron las deudas del pequeño equipo y la empresa de Fuji Heavy Industries impulso económicamente al proyecto.

A comienzos de la temporada 1990 el equipo se presenta con el Coloni C3B con los colores de Fuji Heavy Industries, una variante del modelo del año anterior para acomodar el motor Subaru y sus accesorios. Según fuentes extraoficiales, la potencia motor era de 550-600 HP a 12500 RPM y un peso de 159 kilos, es decir, casi 100 HP menos y 35 kilos más pesado que el motor Honda V10 de McLaren. En la primera carrera del año, (apenas montaron el auto por primera vez cuando llegaron a Phoenix) con el piloto Bertrand Gachot no pudo preclasificar ni en ninguna en de las siguientes por el sobrepeso del auto provocado del motor, la poca fiabilidad del mismo y del mal manejo del auto (solo el Life W12 resultó peor que el motor Subaru), desarrollaban poco el coche y apenas mejoraban. A pesar de que acordaron con Chiti para construir un nuevo motor y un nuevo chasis, se desarrolló poco el nuevo coche en la sede del equipo y el motor nunca se construyó. Además, hubo una disputa de propiedad del equipo por los desentendimientos entre los dirigentes Yoshio Takaoka y Enzo Coloni lo que llevó al japonés comprar todo el equipo y desplazar a Enzo Coloni del equipo en mayo, pero las prestaciones del coche no mejoraron. Habían quitado peso del monoplaza pero no había forma de "adelgazar el motor", el auto tenía un lastre insalvable. En julio, Subaru decide abandonar la categoría por los malos resultados y el equipo fue devuelto a Enzo Coloni sin deudas, sin patrocinadores y sin motores.

Vuelta a motores Ford (1990-1991)
Después de la negativa alianza con Subaru, el equipo aparece para la ronda en Alemania con el Coloni C3C (segunda variante del auto de 1989, con pequeños cambios en la aerodinámica) con los motores Ford Cosworth DFR preparados por Langford y Peck. El coche era más rápido y Gachot paso las precalificaciones hasta la última carrera de la temporada pero nunca clasificaron para las carreras. Coloni no corrió ninguna carrera en ese año.

Para 1991, el equipo tenía escaso personal técnico y pocos recursos. El coche para temporada 1991 es el Coloni C4, que el cual era otra variante del Coloni C3 de 1989 con algunos cambios diseñados por los estudiantes de la Universidad de Perugia. Se esperaba que Andrea de Cesaris manejara para el equipo, pues era patrocinado por Marlboro, pero el italiano llevó su dinero y experiencia al debutante equipo Jordan. Entonces Coloni contrató al portugués Pedro Chaves como único piloto y el equipo cambia de preparador de motores por Brian Hart. El auto era frágil, lento y difícil de manejar. Chaves nunca pudo precalificar ninguna carrera, causando la renuncia del portugués después de la carrera en su país. Para las últimas dos carreras de la temporada, el equipo contrata a otro debutante, Naoki Hattori, un piloto japonés sin experiencia en un F1 quien tampoco logró preclasificar.

A finales de 1991, Coloni vendió su equipo a Andrea Sassetti, quien cambió el nombre por Andrea Moda Formula; pero el nuevo equipo no duró mucho ya que fue expulsado de la Fórmula 1 a finales de la temporada 1992.

Resultados

Fórmula 1

Referencias

Véase también
 Coloni Motorsport

Equipos de Fórmula 1
Equipos de automovilismo de Italia
Constructores de Fórmula 1

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Ganthalawa railway station (, ) is a railway station in the town of Ganthalawa in eastern Sri Lanka. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is part of the Trincomalee Line, which links Trincomalee District with the capital Colombo.

The station was officially opened on 5 May 2008 by the Minister of Transport, Dullas Alahapperuma, as part of the government's "Eastern Reawakening" program.

Services

See also
 List of railway stations in Sri Lanka
 List of railway stations by line order in Sri Lanka

Railway stations in Trincomalee District
Railway stations on the Trincomalee Line

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City of Bones: Chapter 19 - Abbadon
Rating: N
Written by Apep.
18 September 2013, 3:06 PM.
Okay, so the last chapter wasn't all that bad, and we are heading towards the last quarter of the book. With any luck, this chapter won't suck too bad.
Plus, we have a great moment from Simon to look forward to.
This chapter picks up where the last one left off. Everyone's staring at the Cup in silence. Despite CC's insistence to the contrary, I'm pretty sure Clary expected to be praised for this, and she's not getting any. And then we get a moment of actual comedy from Jace.
"Somehow, I thought it would be bigger."
I think I'm seeing what the problem with Jace's 'jokes' is. Most of them have been targeted at other people, particularly Simon. Jace isn't being funny, he's just being mean. He comes across as a bully. And it doesn't help that Simon is far more likeable, and Jace bullying him just makes Simon look more sympathetic.
Anyway, Clary defends the MacGuffin Cup, and apparently Jace was expecting it to be about the size of a house cat. I think Isabelle nicely sums up my response to this idea:
"It's the Mortal Cup, Jace, not the Mortal Toilet Bowl," said Isabelle. "Are we done now? Can we go?"
Yes, please, let's not drag this out any longer. We have half a book's worth of plot to get through, and a little over a quarter of a book to get through it.
But no, them just grabbing the Cup and leaving quietly wouldn't be interesting, now would it?
Dorothea says that the Cup's been damaged. When Clary starts handing it over so Mme. D can show her, Jace suddenly moves between them, ready to draw his weapon, and completely kills the mood.
"No offense," he said calmly, "but no one touches the Mortal Cup except us."
Yeah, wouldn't want Dorothea to get her filthy mundie hands all over the Cup, now would we?
Dorothea tries to calm things down, but Jace just whips out his sword (not sure if I wish that were a metaphor or not) and starts threatening the woman.
I'm just going to spoil this now – there is something wrong with Dorothea. But this is just like when he chucked a knife into Raphael's chest back in chapter fourteen. I'm sure that both situations were to demonstrate just how awesome Jace's instincts or whatever are, but the fact that he just reacts instead of getting any evidence, and that he always reacts violently doesn't make me think he's awesome. It makes me think he's a violent, paranoid sociopath.
Back to the book. Dorothea offers to let them use her magic door, which completely throws Jace for a loop. When Mme. D yanks the curtain, revealing a weird red cloud-thing, with something moving through it. Everyone ducks for cover and the thing hits Dorothea, who proceeds to do the standard possession act, stopping just shy of spitting pea soup.
And in the middle of all this, Alec and Jace have a wonderful little conversation.
Next to him, Alec in a choked voice said, "But you said there wasn't much demonic activity – you said the levels were low!"
"They were low," Jace growled.
"Your version of low must be different from mine!" Alec shouted.
It's really nice to see Jace get called out for stuff. And honestly, I'm not sure what I find more entertaining – that Jace might have read his Sensor wrong, or that the thing might just be totally useless.
Jace makes his first intelligent decision in the whole book, and they all book it. Unfortunately, the door is magically locked. Jace asks for his wand back, though given what we've seen of his lock picking skills, he'll only make it worse. Luckily for the door, the former Dorothea bursts into the hall to attack them.
Alec stares at the thing in horror. It seems that, without his bow, laying there like a slug is his only defense. But yanks his ass to safety before anything can happen.
Things are looking pretty grim for our heroes. But then the Dora-thing makes the same mistake all the other demons have made – it starts talking.
It starts out just demanding the MacGuffin Cup, but then Jace demands it identifies itself, things rapidly spiral downward.
The thing inclined it's head. "I am Abbadon. I am the Demon of the Abyss. Mine are the empty places between the worlds. Mine is the wind and the howling darkness. I am as unlike those mewling things you call demons as an eagle is unlike a fly. You cannot hope to defeat me. Give me the Cup or die."
You know, it is really hard to take these things seriously when they'll just start babbling at the drop of a hat.
Isabelle helpfully informs us that this a "Greater Demon", and no, I did not capitalize that.
Weird Word Choice: 1
Clary again gives a surprising demonstration of humanity (i.e. any at all) and asks what happened to Dorothea. The demon, ever accommodating, informs her that Dorothea is effectively dead, nicely avoiding any moral quandaries that might result from killing the demon.
Not that I doubt Jace or Alec would have any problems killing it if Dorothea were still alive, though. I mean, she is a filthy mundie, after all.
And then Jace does something possibly even worse than threatening the innocent old lady – he starts snarking at the monster.
"By the Angel," Jace said, looking the demon up and down. "I knew Greater Demons were meant to be ugly, but no one ever warned me about the smell."
The demon, rather than squashing him like the bug he is, instead hisses menacingly at Jace. Not since the Cullen family have I been so intimidated.
And Jace responds with yet more snark.
"I'm not sure about this wind and howling darkness business," Jace went on, "smells more like a landfill to me. You sure you're not from Staten Island?"
Okay, it's not that I don't like snarky characters. I love them – I can appreciate a character that looks a monster in the eye and cracks a joke. Heck, the Dresden Files are some of my favorite books.
But those characters don't come across as being arrogant the rest of the time. Plus, those books are usually written in first person, so the reader knows that the hero is just managing to not piss themselves in terror.
I don't get any of that from Jace. To me, he's just pissing the thing off, which will make both his death and those of his companions all the more painful.
Oh, and points.
Rapier Twit: 2
Jace leaps at the Dora-thing, somehow manages to stab it twice before getting thrown into a wall, and yet manages to get up completely unharmed. I am really getting sick of how Jace just shrugs off getting hurt like that.
There's an extended fight scene, with all three Shadowhunters participating, and Clary just sitting there like the proverbial bump on a log. Unfortunately for the three would-be demon slayers, they are way under-level for this encounter (maybe they should have spent more time grinding and less time going to parties and having teenage drama).
The demon gives Clary the standard "give me the thing or I kill your friends" speech, with Jace doing the standard "no don't do it" stuff. But just before Clary can decide who to listen to, something awesome happens.
Simon makes his entrance.
But before I get to Simon being awesome, I need to share Clary's reaction to this:
She had forgotten he was outside, had almost forgotten he existed.
So, yeah, Clary's back to her old ways. It's been, what, five minutes since she left Simon's company, and not only has she completely forgotten that he's there, she almost forgot that him entirely.
Bitch: 1
And this is even more egregious considering what Simon does next.
Remember the bow and arrows that Alec left in the van like an idiot? Well, Simon's got them, and he intends to use them. Specifically, use them to shatter the skylight, bathing the demon in sunlight and killing it deader than disco.
Oh, god, that was awesome. So much so, in fact, that even CC feels we need a breather after that.
Random Scene Break: 1
We come back about half a second later, and even Simon's impressed with what he just pulled off. Unfortunately, Jace groans, so Clary comes running so she can fret over him. Maybe he'll learn something from this, like "don't taunt the monster when you have nowhere to run".
But Jace tries to act all tough and only shows concern for Alec. Yeah, somewhere in that fight scene that I skipped over, Alec got hit pretty bad. Clary briefly comes to her senses and acknowledges that Simon just saved all their bacon, but Jace again interrupts her. I guess when he talked about how he and Alec are "like brothers" he only meant "from a dysfunctional family", because only now is Jace showing any real concern for Alec.
Alec is acting pretty loopy, but getting the shit beaten out of you will do that. But he's conscious enough to ask if he got the kill. Because that will prove that he's a real man or something.
God, Shadowhunter society is messed up.
Clary tells Alec that the demon is dead, which is apparently all he needed to make him happy and willing to undergo the excruciating pain of being healed. Seriously, what is up with this guy's priorities?
And on another note, why is this such a big deal? It's not like using Shadowhunter healing magic (sorry, "runes") has really been treated with such severity before. I mean, is it a particularly painful process? I mean, yes, I could infer that, but honestly these people seem to whine about the tiniest little things, so they might be overreacting.
They actually get around to inspecting Alec's wounds, and it turns out he got scratched by the demon's claws, which is apparently a Big Deal. Simon suggests they take him to a hospital, but Jace and Isabelle put the kibosh on that because a regular doctor wouldn't know how to treat these kinds of wounds.
They get Alec into the van, and just before they drive off, Jace says this to Simon.
"Drive fast, mundane," he said. "Drive like hell was following you."
Jace? Come here for a second.
Simon literally just saved your life, and those of your "friends". Would it kill you to refer to him by his name? Oh, wait, he's a mundane, so it's not like he's not a real person or anything.
Thank you, CC, for reminding me that, at the end of the day, Jace is still a racist prick.
Scene break to a few minutes later, and they're still in the van.
After we're told the route they take (because that will be so useful to non-New Yorkers), we then move to Clary's head, and she's feeling all sad about Alec being hurt. Isabelle asks how much longer it's going to take (ten minutes because, again, New York isn't a car-friendly city), and then she does this:
"Simon – what you did, that was incredible. You moved so fast. I wouldn't have thought a mundane could have thought of something like that."
… Okay. On the one hand, thanks for finally acknowledging that Simon did something awesome. But Isabelle, you really should have stopped after "incredible". Because everything after that just reeks of this ingrained, unintentional racism. And what makes it worse is that it's coming from Isabelle, the one who so far has been the nicest of all three main Shadowhunters.
But what makes it even more obnoxious is the fact that apparently Clary/the narrator seems to think Simon should be amazed that one of the almighty Shadowhunters has deigned to bestow praise upon him. It reminds me of this bit from the Justice League cartoon. Yes, the praise is there, but the racist undertone makes the whole thing really uncomfortable. To quote one Amazon review (via tvtropes) it's like "Simon's mundane status [is] a crippling retardation he managed to overcome; apparently mundanes are incapable of dexterity, motor skills, or strategy?" So yeah, I can get why he isn't fawning over Isabelle's comment – it was a backhanded complement at best.
But rather than having Simon point all this out, CC has him explain that, because it took him so long to remember that there was a skylight in Clary's building, it really wasn't all that amazing. Don't try to force him to be all humble, CC – Simon has once again proven to be more of a hero than your Draco knockoff. Leave him be.
Simon's comment about the skylight does get Clary thinking, though – namely, that she did know about the skylight, and yet was totally useless. Just like she's been since the very beginning. If this is an attempt to gain my sympathies, CC, you're failing.
Even Jace complements Simon's mad demon slaying skillz, and he has the decency to leave it as a simple "good job". We then get into explaining what really happened, because once again, CC apparently thinks that if something isn't explained to the audience, then they won't understand it.
No Shit Sherlock: 1
Short answer that you've probably already figured out: Dorothea got possessed, and the demon hid most of itself in her magic door. Hence why they didn't get any demon radio – it wasn't technically in the building. This segues into Jace talking about the demon, and just how nasty it really was.
"Abbadon – one of the Ancients. The Lord of the Fallen."
"Well, it looks like the Fallen will just have to learn to get along without him from now on," said Simon, turning onto the street.
"He's not dead," Isabelle said. "Hardly anyone's ever killed a Greater Demon. You have to kill them in their physical and ethereal forms before they'll die. We just scared him off."
Goddamnit, Isabelle, stop raining on Simon's well deserved parade. And what do you mean, "we" scared him off? Last I checked, the three "trained demon hunters" were out for the count when Simon busted in and took it out with one shot. So, yeah, fuck you.
!http://ajikaslafma.wikispaces.com/file/view/fuck%20you%20(2).gif/355958548/fuck%20you%20(2).gif!
What is up with Isabelle this chapter? It's like CC realized that she was too likeable and decided to crank Isabelle's Scary Sue levels up to eleven.
Also, I'm not counting some of those capitalizations, because those probably are proper nouns.
Alec starts making choking noises because that's what wounded people do, which gets Jace all pissy and demanding when they'll get there. But no need to worry, because they've arrived.
Plot Hole: 1
That was either the shortest ten minutes I've ever seen, or Simon's driving is so good he managed to bend space. Seriously, all that talking should have taken maybe two minutes, tops. Maybe Simon drove through the plot hole.
Jace and Isabelle take Alec inside while Clary and Simon talks some more. Or to more accurately phrase it, Simon reassures Clary that she wasn't completely useless on this trip, even though most of what she did was take up space and convert oxygen into carbon dioxide.
One scene break later, and Clary's inside.
Clary goes upstairs to the Infirmary (because having to carry wounded people up a flight of stairs is such a wonderful idea), and Alec's already being treated. Hodge is playing doctor, with Isabelle serving as nurse. Meanwhile, Jace, who is "like a brother" to Alec, is standing out in the hall.
Now, I'll admit that it's hard to have someone you care about in the hospital. I've been though it a few times myself. Not everyone responds the same way – some might be overly comforting, some might go into denial, and some might just go into a kind of shock. But still, unless Jace was specifically told to stay out of the way, he should at least be in the room.
When Clary looks over at Jace, he opens his eyes, and his pupils are really dilated. Like, really, really dilated. They're described as "all gold swallowed up in black."
Um, dude? What's up with your eyes? Are you high or something? Or is this just CC not understanding how eye dilation works?
Clary asks about Alec's condition, and it seems that, in addition to losing a lot of blood, he's also been poisoned, because apparently demons can do that. Go figure. Clary tries to sympathize, but Jace is having none of it, declaring Alec being wounded to be entirely his fault, and even quoting Catholic Mass (either because Christianity is Catholic or so we can have more Gratuitous Latin), specifically the phrase "mea culpa, mea maxima culpa", which he translates as "my fault, my grievous fault."
And yes, it is all in italics, because LATIN.
And now, a few quick fun facts regarding that phrase.
First, if you want to get technical, the phrase is "mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa". Second, since it's in the ablative case, it more accurately translates as "through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault."
Back to sporking. Clary actually calls him on his quoting Catholic Mass, and Jace starts going off on how Shadowhunters don't buy into religion, but they're super serious about stuff like honor and guilt and penance. I don't quite buy it, though, because as we've seen, Jace doesn't quite seem to grasp the concept of taking responsibility for his actions. So him going on about how all this stuff is just ingrained in him comes across as really disingenuous.
Oh, wait, this time it's Alec who's laid up, not Simon. Never mind.
Jace goes on about how he should have noticed Alec's behavior, and how he should have done something, and how during the fight he should have been thinking about his buddies instead of about the useless lump whose pants he's trying to get into.
Yeah, CC really wants me to feel sorry for Jace, but it isn't working. Again, for me to feel sorry for him, I actually have to kind of like him in the first place. So here, it feels less like he's sorry, and more like he's trying to turn this situation to his advantage.
And it works. Clary starts being all nice, saying that it's totally not his fault, and thankfully Hodge shows up before this can get any sappier. He's pumped enough drugs into Alec that the kid can sleep, but otherwise, there's nothing he can do. They all start moving towards the library so Hodge can send a note to the Creepy Psychic Monks, because apparently this sort of thing also falls under their bailiwick.
(Hehe. I just got to use the word "bailiwick". Awesome.)
Along the way, they explain that, yes, they did in fact find the MacGuffin Cup, something that Jace didn't feel necessary to mention when he brought Alec in. Okay, yes, his priorities were in the right place, but you'd think he could have mentioned it somewhere along the line.
Hodge freezes up at this, so Clary pulls it out of her pocket to prove it. Then he starts acting really weird, talking about how Jace looks like his father, and then has his bird attack Clary.
Yeah, turns out that Hodge has been Evil All Along and, now that the Cup has been retrieved, is making his move.
I'm a bit iffy on this plot development. The usual problem with reveals like this are that there's no evidence to back it up, or that it's so obvious that the characters come off as stupid for not seeing it. This twist somehow manages to do both.
On the one hand, this feels like a complete ass-pull from CC. Yes, it's a dramatic reveal, but you have to plant evidence for this kind of thing. For example, Prof. Quirrell being revealed as the real bad guy in the first Harry Potter book was a big twist, but in retrospect, you can see the clues. Here? Not so much. Hodge is around, but there's really no reason to suspect him. At all. Which only supports the fanfic-like nature of the book – "Oh, I've written myself into a corner! What will I do? Uh… this guy is secretly a villain! Yeah!"
But on the other hand, we did learn that he was a member of the Deatheaters Al Qaida the Circle, so we know that he's worked with Valentine before, and have no real proof that he's repented his actions. So really, he shouldn't have been let free in the first place, but as I said back when we learned this, the Shadowhunters are run by a bunch of morons.
So yeah, it's bad writing versus idiotic world building.
After the commercial break
Clary flails around a bit before falling on her ass, where she will remain for some time. There's some indication that Hodge poisoned his bird's talons, but let's be honest – Clary's been worthless for almost this entire book so far. Why should that change now?
Oh, and somehow Hodge has managed to incapacitate Jace as well. Wow. The Big Bad Demon Hunter just got taken down by a guy who's got to be at least in his forties. My hero.
Unfortunately for us, Clary is still conscious, so of course she starts explaining exactly what's been going on, presumably for the audience because Hodge already knows all of this. And then she accuses him of working for Valentine.
And then Hodge falls into the same trap that all the other villains of this book have.
Yep. He starts talking.
"I do not work for Valentine," Hodge said […] "But I am Valentine's man, it is true."
Hey moron, why don't you just sign a confession while you're at it?
Hodge does something with Jace's ring, has a brief talk with a voice from nowhere, and suddenly Valentine appears.
Yep. Three quarters of the way through the book, and the Big Bad finally makes an appearance. And immediately falls into the talking trap with Hodge. During their little chat, Hodge's motivations are revealed (in detail), the reason why Alec and Isabelle's parents got off so lightly despite being known terrorists (friends in high places), and then Hodge finally hands the MacGuffin Cup over. And the whole time, no one even mentions the fact that Clary's right there and can hear everything.
I swear, if the villains in this book would just learn to keep their damn mouths shut, the heroes would be completely clueless.
Valentine grabs Jace, slaps Hodge on the chest and somehow removing the curse on him, and then departs, bringing our chapter to a close.
So that was chapter nineteen. It was mercifully short, and did contain one of the most awesome parts of the book, but my god did it bring the stupid. Yes, I skimmed over a lot of the text, but only because there's not much to it beyond what I told you – a fight scene isn't worth sporking, and villainous dialogue isn't all that impressive.
As for the chapter title, well, it is pertinent to what happens. Unfortunately, it only applies to about half the chapter. Maybe something like "Revelations" would have been more appropriate.
On another note, after checking the archives, I note that it's been of a year since my first sporking of this book posted. I really should have finished it a long time ago, but, well, I got lazy. But now we are only four chapters and an epilogue away from the end.
And with just shy of one quarter of the book left to go.
So here's the goal – finish this book before November. I'm pretty sure I can do that.
Happy anniversary, everybody.
Weird Word Choice: 2 (Total 92)
Rapier Twit: 2 (Total 65)
No Shit Sherlock: 1 (Total 38)
Plot Hole: 1 (Total 72)
Random Scene Break: 4 (Total 19)
Both Hands, Ma'am: 0 (Total 28)
Bitch: 1 (Total 23)
Tagged as: Cassandra Clare, The Mortal Instruments (series)
Resistance on 18 September 2013, 17:45 said:
All I could think about when I read the chapter title was Maradonia.
Epke on 18 September 2013, 19:11 said:
And all that poisoning going on… BUT WHAT ABOUT POISON?
I absolutely hate how Simon's accomplishment is just brushed to the side. "Oh, well, it wasn't killed, so it's not anything," while NONE of the Shadowhunters did anything.
And love the subtle (or not subtle, in this case) racism, as usual.
@Epke – Exactly. Hehe. I think that Hodge should have just poisoned Jace and the lot of them in the first chapter and kept Simon on as an apprentice or something. That would have been an enjoyable book.
Master Chief on 18 September 2013, 19:36 said:
I would substitute both of the punch Jace Gifs for one of the beatdown scenes from Goodfellas/Casino.
And yes, resistance, ALL HAIL ABADDON AND THE CLUB OF EVIL!!! Lets sing the mother earth song.
Maybe if Jace sings the Mother Earth song, he'll change his Shadowhunter ways and instead join the Club of Evil and help track down/kill Maya and Joey.
swenson on 18 September 2013, 21:09 said:
That's how Spider-man works too. Peter snarks because he's either having fun or he's terrified, and he's pretty well never snarky otherwise, because he respects and is decent to regular people. And Harry Dresden's kinda the same way. But Jace? He's just rude to everybody, so it's not particularly more notable when he's doing it to a bad guy.
WHAT A SURPRISE.
Unfortunately, Jace groans, so Clary comes running so she can fret over him.
As opposed to swooning over the guy who just saved all of them with brilliance and ingenuity.
Jace simply cannot accept that anybody else could ever do anything decent, can he? Only he is allowed to do things.
Simon's comment about the skylight does get Clary thinking, though – namely, that she did know about the skylight, and yet was totally useless.
Yet again the characters do the spork for you. Why yes, Clary. You were and continue to be useless. Will this change your character? Not in the slightest!
Yeah… she started off kind of nice in this chapter, and then took a left turn into demeaning compliment land.
they're super serious about stuff like honor and guilt and penance.
This is actually something I like in books—perhaps because I'm from a culture that makes less of a big deal out of personal honor, but I find characters that are like this very interesting. Unfortunately, Jace is not one of them, and the Shadowhunter culture doesn't make much of it either, from what we've seen.
wait what.
I figured he was the Chiron or Dumbledore type this whole time… you know, the permanently good mentor who's conveniently shows up for exposition or whatever but could never go bad. (Unless Dumbledore went evil in a part of the books I haven't heard of?) That… really surprises me. I was definitely Wrong Genre Savvy there.
I hate monologuing villains. I hate heroes who only figure out what's going on because of monologuing villains even more.
Also… happy sporkaversary!
@Master Chief – alternately (because there can never be too many postings of this gif):
swenson, that works too. Actually makes a bit more sense in contact.
dashery on 19 September 2013, 13:05 said:
Couldn't they have just gone through the portal door thing in Madame Dorothea's place. I mean, the demon's gone so it should be safe now. And if Alec really is that hurt and needs attention NOW you'd think they'd risk it.
Rachel on 19 September 2013, 14:24 said:
Wait a second. Tesch said that "the Powers of Evil believe in teamwork." Abaddon may have lost the Cup, but Hodge and Valentine won it. And with all the poisoning going on in this chapter….
Gloria Tesch was right!
Asahel on 19 September 2013, 14:37 said:
Well, I guess that explains why Dorothea was laughing so hard at Jace's… well, I'll say jokes for lack of a better word.
@Rachel – you're right! It all makes sense now!
@Asahel – that also makes an awful lot of sense.
Ziggy on 19 September 2013, 17:30 said:
Wait, if Valentine knew that the Shadowhunters were just going to bring the Mortal Cup directly to Hodge (ie they were going to bring the Cup directly to Valentine!) why would he waste a (presumably valuable) resource like a Greater Demon? Either way he has the Cup, right?
I suppose it has something to do with Clare's fanfic roots. Remember how in GoF, Voldemort had Barty Crouch, Jr. in Hogwarts the entire time he was waiting to make his move at the Triwizard Tournament? Honestly, it would have been simpler (to me, and I might be missing something) to just have the fake!Moody nab Harry in the middle of the night or when he was on his way to the bathroom or something, instead of going through all the rigmarole of getting Harry's name in the Cup, getting him through the first two challenges, and then getting the Portkey Cup in the maze without anyone noticing.
Fanfic writers tend to fall into two camps: They either see the flaws in the source material and address them, or they don't notice the flaws because they're too obsessed with shoehorning in their OTP. Clare, rather than seeing the flaws in that (admittedly fun) book, just copied the plan wholesale and changed just enough to avoid copyright infringement so she could write an overlong series about her precious OTP.
Deborah on 20 September 2013, 10:00 said:
Actually, I thought the main point of getting Harry in the Tournament was to make his death look like an accident. Since the Triwizard Tournament had had fatalities before, his death in it wouldn't be so out of the ordinary. Not nearly as strange as it would be if he got kidnapped off the school grounds or something like that.
True, I'd forgotten about that. But still, having him vanish right when he reaches the end would be a bit suspicious, what with everyone watching.
But still, having him vanish right when he reaches the end would be a bit suspicious, what with everyone watching.
Technically, that wasn't an issue, but the reason it wasn't an issue is much more odd than the issue itself would be. Recall that the final challenge took place in an overgrown hedge maze. No one would've actually seen him killed (just as they didn't see how Cedric died, either). Of course, that makes a really odd spectator sport when the audience can't actually, you know, spectate.
Of course, that makes a really odd spectator sport when the audience can't actually, you know, spectate.
"Well, folks, it appears that the hedges are….um….still hedges. Yes, they're still….um….branches…..and a few brambles….with leaves growing on them…..dear Merlin, why didn't I go into Muggle Relations when I had the chance?"
Juracan on 20 September 2013, 20:52 said:
This plan seems to be the product of the opposite of Voldemort's need for complexity, as it relies on the Shadowhunters being completely moronic. Here's a guy who used to be a member of the occult Nazi party, and so to punish him the Shadowhunters bind him to a large building where he watches over their children?
Seriously, what the hell?
Apep on 20 September 2013, 21:02 said:
That's what I've been saying. The fact that said children are also the offspring of other members of the occult Nazi/Al-Qaeda organization makes them look even stupider. For all they know, Hodge and the Lightwoods could have been reforming the Circle this whole time.
And it's not like with Papa Malfoy – at most, the authorities had suspicions regarding him, and he had very high connections in the wizarding government. These people? They are known terrorists. They should be locked up.
But they're not. Because the Shadowhunter leaders are a bunch of morons.
Pryotra on 20 September 2013, 22:30 said:
And yet, somehow, we're supposed to support them, and think that they're the best defense against demons. As far as I'm concerned, they all deserve for Valentine to take them over since they're all so stupid.
I mean, the Ministry of Magic really had some dumb people in it, but at least they had the sense to lock known terrorists, or even people they were pretty sure were terrorists up, rather than let them run around free or in an area where they could, you know, hurt someone.
I kind of think that Clare needed something to happen, so she just made Hodge evil and thought that it might be a shocking twist in line with some of the earlier Harry Potter books.
I almost feel like I'm looking at the second draft and it needed at least two more…
That makes sense. Except here I feel like this is even more confusing since the Shadowhunters were essentially working for Valentine the whole time. They were going to bring the Mortal Cup to Hodge who was going to hand it to Valentine. Hodge didn't really have to do anything; you could come up with a handwavey excuse for Barty Crouch that it was unsafe to break into a dormitory and grab a student and smuggle him off of the grounds (on foot?) It would still be a plot hole but it wouldn't be this huge.
Here though, Valentine already has a more or less flawless plan to get the Shadowhunters to hand him the Cup, and he risked ruining it by having some random demon (doesn't he hate demons??) swoop in and attack them before they can get him the cup. What if there's some kind of trick that makes it so that only Clary can get the cup out of the card or something? If she dies in the apartment, then it is lost to him forever.
Honestly, I think that she just wanted to shoehorn another fight scene in there. The bit with Abaddon has no effect on the remainder of the plot; if Abaddon had won, he would just bring the cup to Valentine. And if the Shadowhunters had won, they would… just bring the cup to Valentine. If Clare's editors told her to another fight scene, she could just had Hodge sic Abaddon on the Shadowhunters after he leaves with the cup, or have Hodge actually be Abaddon in disguise, or anything else. I don't mind some plot holes but Clare really went out of her way to underline this one.
Okay, I'm going to play Devil's advocate for a minute.
Yes, Valentine's could be viewed as overly complicated. But I'm going to give CC the benefit of the doubt just this once.
Maybe, just maybe, Hodge was the backup plan.
I know, shocking, but stay with me.
So, somehow Valentine finds out that Mme. D has the cup, but is unaware of it (presumably Jocelyn told him), and Clary is the only one who can get it (because Jocelyn won't cooperate). So he sends Abbadon to possess Dorothea, with orders to get the Cup if the opportunity presents itself – note that Abbadon only revealed him(it?)self after Clary got the Cup.
But what if the Shadowhunters had left Clary behind, or waited until they were in a safe place to pull the Cup out of the card (like they should have)? Well, then Hodge grabs it, and Valentine gets it anyway.
But things didn't quite go according to plan – Simon showed up and used his awesomeness to take down Abbadon. Well, now it's like the escape from the Death Star in Star Wars – if it had been too easy, then one of the Shadowhunters (probably Jace, because he's a paranoid psycho) would have pointed this out.
If the way things went was the original plan, it is stupid and needlessly complicated, but we don't know what Valentine's actual plan was. I don't remember Valentine gloating about how it was all going exactly how he planed or anything.
And to be totally honest, I didn't even consider how stupid this plan was until you guys started talking about it, and I'm the one sporking it. Maybe I've just been over-exposed to this stuff.
Right, serious face.
When the rival to your protagonist is both more likeable and funnier than said character, you've got an issue.
and starts threatening the woman… there is something wrong with Dorothea.
And here's something that always bugged me: Dorothea isn't possessed yet. Not yet. When Jace goes all threatening, Dorothea is still Dorothea. Abaddon hasn't started wearing her like a fleshsuit… so Jace? Paranoid, racist twatwaffle.
it starts talking
<rolls eyes> How Downworlders have ever been a threat to the world, I don't know. Shadowhunters are all morons, the Downworlders are all picked from the cast of every Saturday morning cartoon and ordinary humans show more prowess than either.
"I am Abbadon. I am the Demon of the Abyss. Mine are the empty places between the worlds. Mine is the wind and the howling darkness. I am as unlike those mewling things you call demons as an eagle is unlike a fly. You cannot hope to defeat me. Give me the Cup or die."
Proper spelling would be "Abaddon" – unless it's Clare trying to be speshul. And it should "You cannot hope to defeat me… so give me the Cup." and Abaddon proceeds to take the Cup. None of this talking business.
The demon, ever accommodating, informs her that Dorothea is effectively dead, nicely avoiding any moral quandaries that might result from killing the demon.
I hate this. I really do. It's something Supernatural does all the time as well: the heroes kill demons left, right and centre, but to do so they have to kill the bodies they inhabit: bodies that are people who can be saved. And they never feel bad about it. It's a cheap way of going "oh, this demon has to die, but I don't want the moral implications to get in the way, herp derp".
Is the reader supposed to laugh or find Jace cool? If I'd been Abaddon (properly spelled and everything), I would have turned Jace's skin inside out for even saying anything other than "Here's the Cup".
and Clary just sitting there like the proverbial bump on a log.
Haha! Well, that's Clary in all books, really.
Specifically, use them to shatter the skylight, bathing the demon in sunlight and killing it deader than disco.
Simon's awesome and everything but… uhm… when and where is it stated that demons are weak against sunlight? It might just have slipped my mind, but where?
I mean, is it a particularly painful process?
I seem to recall that being healed by the One Power in The Wheel of Time series was painful as well? Maybe it's something like that here as well.
Know the best part? Simon's debt (if we can call it that) to Jace is paid. In full. And he did it way, way better than Jace did.
Twilight all over again. "Great scot, humans can think?" Hey, Isabelle? YOU ARE AN ORDINARY HUMAN WHO JUST HAPPENS TO KNOW THAT THINGS DO GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT. It does not give you super-special brain powers 1.
You can't Apparate or Disapparate inside Hogwarts the Institute doesn't have some anti-teleportation defense? You suck.
1 A line from Fullmetal Alchemist came to me here when reading this. When Edward Elric, a genius alchemist offers up his own alchemy powers to save his brother, Truth asks him if he's fine becoming just an ordinary human who can't use alchemy. His response? "I'm not going to 'become' anything. I've always been an ordinary human. Someone who caught a glimpse of of the 'Truth' and started over-relying on its gift only to fail again and again… Even if I lose alchemy, I'll still have my friends."
That leads me to this other bit. Jace, Alec, Isabelle, Hodge, Valentine… all Shadowhunters define themselves and others as Shadowhunters or non-Shadowhunters. Being a Shadowhunter defines them, it makes them who they are. They don't see themselves as ordinary humans who knows how to make a difference: they see themselves as more than humans and that humans should be grateful to them: their knowledge has made them arrogant and inflated their sense of importance… and that is why they fail.
Actually, she was already possessed when they showed up – the smoke cloud thing hiding in the portal was only most of the demon.
Proper spelling would be "Abaddon" – unless it's Clare trying to be speshul.
It's either the latter, or CC got her info wrong. I checked my copy, and it's spelled "Abbadon". Maybe he/it the cheap knock-off version or something.
I hate this. I really do. It's something Supernatural does all the time as well: the heroes kill demons left, right and centre, but to do so they have to kill the bodies they inhabit: bodies that are people who can be saved. And they never feel bad about it.
Not true. On several occasions, the Winchesters did exorcise demons (and did at least one mass-exorcism), so they have at least tried to avoid killing possessed people whenever possible. And the whole "he who fights monsters" thing is kind of a theme in the show.
It was on the drive over, in the last chapter. No, it still doesn't make sense, but at this point, who cares?
Yes, but in Wheel of Time, it's also explained (healing uses energy from both the healer and the one being healed, IIRC). Here, it's not, so I'm left wondering what all the fuss is about.
Yeah, but as near as I can tell, apparating teleporting isn't as ubiquitous as in some other series. I think you need one of those handy magic tesseract doors that Dorothea has to do it. (Side note – why is it a "five" dimensional door, anyway? Is four not enough?)
Potatoman on 22 September 2013, 03:52 said:
Why can't Simon have more focus in the books?! He's a gazillion tmes more epic than the other characters.
Why can't Simon have more focus in the books?!
Because Clare doesn't think that he's as hot as Jace, and only the prettiest are worthy of her Sue.
Which is sad, because Simon has all the makings of a protagonist…
Ah, crud.
Mass-exorcism in season three, at the police station? Where Ruby asked for the heart of a virgin? That, imo, was because they couldn't kill them all. I've found that on most occasions, both brothers are very, very happy with plunging a certain knife into people. It's like when Meg Masters' spirit, the real Meg, lays the truth on Dean (and calling out Sam for his shit) in the fourth season: the Winchesters shoot first, chants in Latin later.
Good. Had it been an pulled out of hammer space, I'd be so annoyed. As it is now, it just shows that Simon pays attention.
Side note – why is it a "five" dimensional door, anyway? Is four not enough?
We got the three spatial dimensions, then time which is the fourth. Five… <sneakily googles> Particle physics? Gravity and electromagnetic force? Uhm… I got nuttin'.
Too close to Harry Potter, I guess. Bespectacled young boy with dark hair in a supernatural setting?
Space, if you're Susan. But I tend to ignore most of the specifics from the first season of Doctor Who anyway. Some good episodes—some really weird stuff implied about the Doctor and the TARDIS.
I don't watch Dr Who, so can't comment :(
Space, if you're Susan.
You mean the horse that wants you to respect his life choices? :P
Jade on 16 July 2016, 17:48 said:
Jace's ring? Why does Jace have a way to summon the evil dude? (or at least a beacon for him) I'm assuming this gets explained since you didn't comment?
Apep on 16 July 2016, 19:03 said:
There is something "special" about Jace's ring, but no, it doesn't allow him to contact the bad guy.
If you run across stuff like that, it's pretty likely that I started doing quick summations because I wanted to be done with the chapter/section. This stuff can get exhausting, especially when I have to describe and comment on what's happening.
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The location is almost entirely surrounded by private gardens. The adjacent properties are partly houses descended from the 20th century and partly terraced houses descended from the '50's.
The area is arranged in such a way that the existing urban structure will be completed by the proposal. A central formal public space is created where the main entrances of the apartments and facilities are located also. The current alley leading to the core center of the village will be used to slow traffic down and to implement new buildings. The building structure is intersected by an existing water stream which runs diagonally through the project area and connects formal as well as informal public spaces. This stream is extended to the communal courtyard of the apartments. Along the water, a pedestrian path is created with an informal route containing a sequence of several atmospheres.
The assignment concerns an urban proposal, for the implementation of care apartments, family houses, a new-built parsonage, a physiotherapy practice and a library for the village of Nieuwe-Tonge in the Netherlands.
The proposal suggests to orientate the entrances of the care apartments towards the street to give formal and vibrant quality to the public space. By doing this, a traditional elderly care facility is transformed into an apartment building where residents largely remain independent and are still able to make use of care provision. To encourage the liveliness in the central public domain, new connections are made on a logistic level to intertwine the location with its surroundings.


WASHINGTON, July 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Legion has reacted strongly in support of legal action that alleges unlawful religious discrimination against America's veterans on the part of the Houston National Cemetery.
On Tuesday, June 28, Liberty Institute in Dallas filed court papers alleging that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the director of the Houston National Cemetery, Arleen Ocasio, are engaging in "religious viewpoint discrimination" in violation of the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The American Legion will support the case as an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") as soon as possible.
It is claimed that on at least four separate occasions, government officials told Legion and VFW post burial teams in Houston that prayer and religious speech could no longer be included in burial rituals unless the family of the deceased submits a specific prayer or message in writing to Director Ocasio for her approval. One government official reportedly also told the VFW Honor Guard Commander, Junior Vice Commander and Chaplain that use of the word "God" is forbidden in unapproved ceremonies.
Keith Ethridge, director of the VA's National Chaplain Center, responded: "VA values and respects every veteran and their family's right to a burial service that honors their faith tradition. VA employs nearly one thousand chaplains who, every year, preside over thousands of religious burial services representing veterans of all faiths in VA national cemeteries across the country.
This past month, Federal District Judge Lynn N. Hughes granted a temporary restraining order stopping cemetery director Ocasio in her attempt to prevent Houston pastor Scott Rainey from praying in Jesus' name during a Memorial Day ceremony.
Judge Hughes ruled that such censorship and religious discrimination violate the free speech guarantees of the First Amendment.


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During World War I, the U.S. Army conducted chemical warfare research at the site of the present Spring Valley neighborhood in Washington, DC. Chemical weapons were detonated in several areas during research and training operations. Chemical agents, including hazardous substances, ordnance, and explosive waste, were buried in parts of the area, which has since been developed. It is now occupied by residential homes and the American University campus.
In December 2000, contaminated soil was identified at the child Developmental Center at American University. Surface soil samples collected from the center's playground were found to be contaminated with arsenic at an average concentration of 57 parts per million (ppm) and at a maximum concentration of 498 ppm (ATSDR, March 14, 2001). ATSDR conducted an exposure investigation (hair analyses for arsenic) at the center on February 1-2, 2001. Hair samples from 28 children and 4 adults indicated no elevated arsenic exposure in children or workers at the center. The property subsequently has received remedial actions to reduce arsenic levels in the soil (ATSDR, March 8, 2001). Detectable levels of arsenic were measured in hair samples from 8 of the participants at concentrations, ranging from 0.10 to 0.14 ppm, which is within the range reported for unexposed populations.
On February 10 and 15, 2001, Washington Occupational Health Associates, Inc. (WOHA), collected hair and urine samples at American University. The target population for this exposure investigation consisted of Child Developmental Center staff and children (who attended the center for the prior 12 months), maintenance and grounds workers, and university athletes who play on the intramural fields near the daycare center. Sixty-six people (39 adults and 27 children) provided hair samples. Urine samples were provided by 4 adults. WOHA concluded that results of its exposure investigation indicated no elevated levels of arsenic in the population tested (WOHA, March 26, 2001).
Testing of residential soils in the Spring Valley neighborhood has shown composite soil levels of arsenic ranging from background (an amount normally found in soils in the region) to approximately 202 ppm. The maximum background level of arsenic in Spring Valley soil is approximately 17 ppm, which is well within the background levels for arsenic in soils of the United States. Residents of Spring Valley have expressed concern about possible arsenic exposure they might have received from soils at their residences.
The Army Corps of Engineers began removal of arsenic-contaminated soil from residential yards in July 2002. As of March 2016, all properties in Spring Valley identified by the Corps for arsenic removal have now been remediated. This update and other information, including progress at 4825 Glenbrook Road, can be found on the USACE websiteExternal. ATSDR's work in Spring Valley can be found on this website including the 2005 Public Health Evaluation for the Spring Valley community and the Public Health Evaluation for 4825 Glenbrook Road.
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Surface Book vs MacBook Air vs Dell XPS 13 vs HP Spectre x360 13t: Specs Shootout Of Thin Laptops
Microsoft, Apple, HP, and Dell are the PC market's long-running rivals, Microsoft's Surface Book, which launched last year and the MacBook Air is the most inexpensive laptop in Apple's lineup, HP's Spectre x360 3 keeps getting better and the XPS 13 is Dell's best laptop so far. Each laptop brings new innovative features set to impress its users.
Microsoft Surface Book 2016
This is the work of the new Microsoft, an organization that has changed a lot on the grounds that Satya Nadella took over as CEO. It comes with a towering price but the Surface Book is an impeccable piece of technology with a mix of excellent design, top-end build quality, and high-end specifications. Battery life is amazing and there's a lot that you can do with the Surface Book model with the Nvidia GPU. Equipped with a sixth-generation i7 processor, its graphics cards may not be the best playing high-end video games, but, it may be good enough for RTS titles and Source video games like Counter-Strike.
The MacBook Air is the cheapest notebook in Apple's lineup, especially now that the 11-inch $899 MacBook Air has been retired. It has something else big going for it, promising 14 hours of battery life which makes it the longest running MacBook by far. That kind of endurance and pricing makes the Air a good option for students. It's standard definition, however, not a high-definition Retina display like the ones in MacBook or MacBook Pro. That means, from a normal viewing distance, still, you can be able to see the individual pixels on the screen, almost like you're looking through a screen door. For the Speed, MacBook Air uses Intel Core processors, currently of the previous Broadwell generation.
HP Spectre x360 3t
The HP Spectre x360 3t weighs less than three pounds and fits easily inside a bag. It is powered by the fastest processor allowed in this class of laptop, a 7th-generation Intel Core i7 dual-core CPU-with an equally blistering fast PCIe-NVMe storage drive to go with it. Alongside, you'll get a comfortable keyboard, a great trackpad, and even a set of worthwhile speakers. The Spectre x360 comes with a good set-up integrated IR camera which supports Windows Hello. Also, it comes with crisp IPS panel with 10-point touch which costs less than most other thin-and-light laptops with similar configurations.
Dell puts a stunning InfinityEdge, nigh-zero bezel in a 13-inch laptop into the body of an 11-incher. The outside is still brushed with aluminum and the keyboard deck, carbon fiber.The Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 price tag starts at $999 for a full-HD touch screen and fueled by Core i5-7Y54 processor, equipped with 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD. Although with $1,199 configuration, that comes with the latest 7th-generation Intel Core CPUs (Kaby Lake)and offers truly epic battery life.
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Fall prevention systems allow safe access to roof areas for maintenance and inspections to be carried out by workers. Users of the fall arrest systems wear full body harnesses and attach to the cable / fall arrest system via a lanyard and shuttle device which allows them to walk the full length of the system without having to detach from the system.
The KeeLine horizontal cable system provides safe access to the roof surface by allowing workers or other personnel to be attached to the cable at all times, providing free movement. It contains inline shock absorbers in order to minimise loads which would be applied to the building in the event of a fall.
KeeLine has been fully tested for use on a wide range of roof types, including membrane, metal profile or standing seam and is fully compliant with current EN 795:2012 regulations. It is designed to ensure that the worker can move around corners and glide over brackets, without the need to ever detach from the system.
Of course, having the correct fall prevention system in place is only the first step. The correct PPE needs to be used and all personnel who are required to use the system should be trained up to ensure that they apply the equipment correctly. In the case of Fall Arrest, a rescue plan needs to be in place to get the victim back to a safe location as soon as possible.
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'There Will Be Stars' is a part of a series of books by Billy Coffey, resident of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It proved to be an unexpected treat with sympathetic characters, heart-breaking moments and a nice warm feeling inside at the end.
For Bobby, every day is the day he dies. He wakes up, gets drunk before breakfast, plays with his twin sons and drives at night into the mountain to his death. Every morning, until he feels that 'French thing', déjà vu, a heaviness that makes him realise he has done it all before. It's then he meets the other residents of Mattingley in the United States, who are all on the Turn and finds out that he is very likely in Heaven.
Written from a position of faith, this book is still accessible who don't believe in the great rabbit in the sky. It's a story about people, an eclectic group who all flock to 'Ma' Dorothea Cash, in life a bitter twisted woman who has now become their unlikely pack mother.
The group that Bobby Barnes finds himself increasingly part of includes Billy abandoned by his real mum; Junior Hewitt, a dangerous thug and a few sandwiches short of his picnic; Juliet, the preacher with no flock and the sweet Lara Beth who hides her pain behind her sunshades. Every day, they take their place in the town where all the other people continue to live their lives, except every day is the same day and every day the same people die.
It seems like it is only Bobby who can't bring himself to believe that this is it. For if this is Heaven it sure makes Hell seem an attractive proposition.
'There Will Be Stars' takes an idea that is occasionally over-used and puts a grim and meticulous twist on both events and people. You might not be satisfied by the end but the story itself is a great yarn, knitting up the characters and plot to satisfying effect. I really liked how the group of individuals were put together and the gradual reveal of the circumstances of their deaths. There were at the end, I thought, some untied threads, some mysteries not revealed but, overall, I enjoyed the story and thought it was a worthwhile read.
'There Will Be Stars' is part of a series of novels set in the same geographical and philosophical area and I would be interested to read others.


Your first semester at USC is a crazy one, but Freshmen Academy is here to help you!
ENGR 102 is known as Engineering Freshmen Academy, and it is a 2-unit course that aims to help you settle into USC during your first semester, see perspectives on other majors offered in Viterbi that you may not have thought about, and meet other freshmen in engineering.
I am a Coach for this course, meaning I help the professor with lectures, organize out-of-class activities, and mentor students in the course. The Coaches are already starting to plan for fall semester (yes, this far ahead of time!) so that we can be sure the course runs smoothly and that you benefit as much as you can from the course.
Part of the course requires students to attend two out-of-class activities. During my semester of coaching, my Co-Coach and I planned a few activities: game night and pizza, a trip to the Getty Villa and Venice Beach, and a food-filled study night during finals week. These activities help you meet freshmen in other Viterbi majors and give you a study break.
One of my favorite parts about being a Coach is organizing 2-on-1 sessions for students. My co-coach and I met students at a coffee shop and checked in with them to make sure everything was running smoothly during their first semesters, and if it wasn't, we discussed how we could help. These sessions helped us get to know each student on an individual basis, and we touched base regularly after these sessions were over.
About three times a semester, Freshmen Academy hosts alumni to come talk to students, and pizza is always provided! This year, we had individuals working in fields ranging from Biomedical Engineering to Business, and I think it's a great way for students to look up to adults that were once in their shoes.
One of my favorite duties as a Coach was sending a weekly newsletter to my students. I shared campus resources, internship application opportunities, and small pieces of advice I wish I had known when I was a freshman.
There is a designated 2-hour time slot for ENGR 102 each week, where a professor teaches the first half of the lecture and the coaches host activities for the second half. The activities are usually designed around working in teams. The ENGR 102 lecture is not your typical lecture; it gets you up out of your chair and always keeps you on your toes!
I hope you're looking forward to taking Freshmen Academy! I know I'm looking forward to another great fall semester with the incoming class.


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