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Pacific leaders sign pacts on climate, security, fishing
By Nick Perry
Published 1:04 pm PDT, Wednesday, September 5, 2018
NAURU — Pacific leaders meeting in Nauru signed a security agreement Wednesday that addresses climate change and crimes such as drug smuggling and illegal fishing that cross borders.
Leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum said they considered climate change their nations' biggest security threat, since low-lying Pacific islands would cease to exist as sea levels rise.
The signing of the security declaration, which also addresses cyber-crime and health concerns such as communicable diseases and pandemics, is the centerpiece of the three-day meeting.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrived Wednesday to attend an all-day leader's retreat and the signing ceremony. Ardern, 38, in June became just the second elected world leader in modern times to give birth while holding office, after Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto gave birth to daughter Bakhtawar in 1990.
Earlier Wednesday, Pacific fishing and community groups signed an agreement with the European Union to improve sustainable fishing and ocean governance in the region. Under the Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership, the EU will provide $41 million and Sweden will provide $12 million over five years.
Tensions over China and refugees have been running high at the forum after Nauru on Tuesday accused a Chinese official of bullying and temporarily detained a New Zealand journalist.
Nauru President Baron Waqa said a Chinese official had demanded to be heard when other leaders were due to speak, and had been "very insolent" about it.
"Maybe because he was from a big country he wanted to bully us," Waqa said.
Nauru recognizes Taiwan and doesn't have diplomatic relations with China.
Nauru police detained New Zealand journalist Barbara Dreaver for about three hours after she was spotted interviewing a refugee outside a restaurant. Nauru has been eager to limit discussion during the forum of the more than 600 refugees who live on the tiny island under a controversial agreement with Australia.
Nick Perry is an Associated Press writer.

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When Drug Users Aren't People
Posted on June 10, 2015	by Luther Blissett
By Ryan Calhoun
Source: Center for a Stateless Society
Judge Katherine Forrest's decision to lock up Ross Ulbricht for the rest of his life is a momentous tragedy. There were other tragic circumstances on display during Ulbricht's trial, however. Submitted as evidence against the integrity of the Silk Road were stories of drug overdoses that were allegedly tied to products bought on the darknet drug market. The loss of life in these cases is something we should never look at as unimportant, but their use in condemning Ulbricht's market are seriously problematic.
"I have no doubt in my mind, that if Preston had not taken that drug which one of his friends had purchased off the internet Silk Road, he would still be alive today," wrote one grieving mother from Australia. Her son had jumped to his death after purchasing what he may have thought was LSD, but was actually a synthetic known as NBOMe. First please let us take note of where such synthetics come from, a need to produce new designer chemicals which are often more unstable, untested, and easily passed off as what we know to be much safer psychoactive chemicals. The parents and siblings grieving in these cases misplace their ire. What truly led to many people ingesting dangerous chemicals was in fact the laws that are now being used to send Ross Ulbricht to prison. Also worth recognizing is that at the time of ingestion, there was no federal ban on these substances and, at least in America, they could be found or sold discreetly in wholly legal forms of exchange.
Notice also the subtle dehumanization of drug users masquerading as compassion. When someone overdoses people do not recognize the choice of the individual. They do not talk about these people as individual agents, but as symptoms of the individual. In the Silk Road case, parents condemn what Ulbricht's venue provided for their children — a safe and discreet way to obtain psychoactive chemicals. They would have never sought out these drugs had it not been for Silk Road. This is doubly dehumanizing. They characterize their son's purchase as somehow inevitable, that he was too weak to help himself and too ignorant to know the dangers inherent in hard drug use. But what compounds the dehumanization of drug consumers in this treatment is that they declare that drug markets OUGHT to be unsafe, ought to be insecure. Their son is a mere exception to the scummy and disposable drug world, he was corrupted by looking through a window to a drug trade which didn't pose enormous risk to his safety. Drug users, drug distributors, they don't deserve safety to these people.
Many who are involved in drug subcultures aim to make consumption safer for those who choose freely to consume these substances. Along with being able to read customer reviews that keep merchants within these bazaars held accountable by reputation, there is frequent encouragement to buy test kits for these chemicals. Across the internet you will find no shortage of FAQs on how to prudently go into an experience with drugs, especially for psychedelic experiences which are often delicate and require a good deal of coaching to ensure the best set and setting. At raves across the country people are encouraged by their peers to consume judiciously, to stay hydrated, and most of all to enjoy their experience — which is a frame of mind directly hindered by drug laws and cultural taboos.
These are all voluntary, spontaneous modes of behavior, many born out of a genuine concern for one's fellow drug users. They are treated as individuals, not addicts. They are met with care, compassion, and resources both physical and mental. What drove these markets underground, what made them more dangerous than they ever needed to be is the intention behind these laws and tragically behind the condemnation of Ulbricht and others as "psychopaths" from people who lost those they loved. It is this legislation, this judicial process, and these cultural norms that must change. We must recognize drug users not as inherently sick and lascivious, but as people who come from the same world as we do, who sought these chemicals not out of an alien urge that overtook them, but because drugs come with a great deal of reward to the user. We can't let that reward go unchecked from the dangers that are there for those who choose willingly to accept it. We must abolish not only the laws, but the puritanical attitudes which make us see our neighbors and our loved ones as fraught with illness for wanting to get high. It's time. We must step out of the shadows, break the back of the system that has kept us there, and bring this enormous wealth of human experience into its proper social context. Free Ross Ulbricht, free all drug criminals, and end this dehumanization campaign once and for all.
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Why Novak Djokovic's visa was canceled — and what it means for the Australian Open
D'Arcy MaineESPN.com
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic's hopes of winning his 10th Australian Open in 2022 were all but dashed on Thursday after he was denied entrance into Australia. Djokovic arrived in Melbourne late on Wednesday night, just a week-and-a-half ahead of the year's first Grand Slam. The 34-year-old had been granted a medical exemption for the country's COVID-19 vaccination requirements to compete in the tournament, but on a bizarre day in which he was detained for eight hours at the airport, his visa was ultimately denied.
"Mr. Djokovic's visa has been cancelled," Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison tweeted. "Rules are rules, especially when it comes to our borders. No one is above these rules."
In an interview on Thursday morning, Australia's Minister of Health Greg Hunt said Djokovic failed to provide "appropriate standards of proof" for his exemption to border officials.
For months there has been speculation about Djokovic's status for the year's first Grand Slam due to his presumed reluctance to get the vaccine. He has never publicly stated whether he is vaccinated but has repeatedly called it a "personal decision" and a "private matter."
Finally, earlier this week he announced he would be playing in the tournament and was on his way to Australia. But after days of public criticism over the exemption decision and a night full of confusion, it remains unclear if he will immediately leave the country or try to appeal the ruling and stay in a quarantine hotel nearby.
So, how exactly did this happen, and what does this mean for Djokovic and the tournament? Here's what we know so far.
First thing's first, are vaccines required for players at the 2022 Australian Open?
The short answer is yes. All players — as well as everyone on the grounds at Melbourne Park — must have completed the full dosage of the COVID-19 vaccine (meaning a series of at least two shots in most cases) in order to participate.
One could apply for an exemption if they met any of the guidelines suggested by the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, which includes proof of a COVID-19 infection in the past six months, a "serious adverse event" from a previous dosage of the vaccine or an acute major medical condition.
Tournament director Craig Tiley said 26 people associated with the event — including Djokovic — applied for an exemption and only a "handful" were approved.
Why was Djokovic given an exemption?
Due to privacy laws, we don't know for sure. Djokovic did test positive for the virus in June 2020, but there have been no reports of a further infection.
Tiley said Djokovic received no special treatment and each application was reviewed by two independent panels with the names redacted for privacy. Tiley called it "completely legitimate application and process."
Djokovic had previously withdrawn from this week's ATP Cup in Sydney, leading to speculation he would not compete at the Australian Open. But on Tuesday he revealed on Instagram he was heading to Australia for the tournament. "Today I'm heading Down Under with an exemption permission," he wrote.
It sounds like Djokovic was given approval by the tournament, so why can't he play?
Djokovic was granted an exemption by Tennis Australia (not the Australian government), but the wrong type of visa was filed for his border entry, and it was not valid for an unvaccinated person. As a result, he was stopped upon arrival at the Melbourne airport around 11:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday night. According to Djokovic's father, Srdjan, Djokovic was isolated in a room by himself overnight while he spoke to Australian Border Force officials.
"Novak is currently in a room which no one can enter," Srdjan told B92, a Serbian media organization. "In front of the room are two policemen."
Goran Ivanisevic, Djokovic's coach, posted a picture in the early morning hours from what appeared to be the airport, alongside Djokovic's physiotherapist, Ulises Badio. The caption read: "Not the most usual trip Down Under," with a series of emojis.
Per Paul Sakkal of The Age, a Melbourne newspaper, Djokovic was asked to provide documentation to prove the reason for his exemption.
"A federal government source familiar with the episode said there were question marks about whether Djokovic had adequate documentation to prove the reason for his exemption," wrote Sakkal. "This evidence is required to be presented at the border by unvaccinated people. The source said it was not clear whether a COVID-19 infection in the past six months — which is suspected to be the justification for the player's exemption — was sufficient to secure entry into Australia under federal guidelines."
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison also insisted Djokovic provide evidence.
"Any individual seeking to enter Australia must comply with our border requirements," Morrison said Wednesday in a news conference.
"If he's not vaccinated, he must provide acceptable proof that he cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons. … If that evidence is insufficient, then he won't be treated any different to anyone else and he'll be on the next plane home."
Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews clarified on Wednesday the final decision would be up to the Australian Border Force.
"While the Victorian government and Tennis Australia may permit a non-vaccinated player to compete in the Australian Open, it is the Commonwealth government that will enforce our requirements at the Australian border," Andrews said. "If an arriving individual is not vaccinated, they must provide acceptable proof that they cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons to be able to access the same travel arrangement as fully vaccinated travelers."
Djokovic did speak to Border Force officials at the Melbourne airport for several hours as a decision was made.
Victorian Sports Minister Jaala Pulford said Border Force officials reached out to the Victorian government before Djokovic's flight arrived asking if it would help sponsor Djokovic's visa application. She said it declined.
We've always been clear on two points: visa approvals are a matter for the Federal Government, and medical exemptions are a matter for doctors.
— Jaala Pulford MP (@JaalaPulford) January 5, 2022
Did anyone from Djokovic's home country of Serbia get involved?
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic spoke by phone to Djokovic while he was at the airport and vowed to do whatever the country could to help. Vucic posted about their conversation on Instagram shortly after.
"I told our Novak that [all of] Serbia is with him, and that our authorities are taking all measures to stop the harassment of the best tennis player in the world," Vucic said in a translated text.
"In accordance with all of the norms of international public law, Serbia will fight for Novak [Djokovic], for justice and truth."
According to reports, Daniel Emery, the Australian ambassador to Serbia, had been called in to help liaise with Serbian government officials in Belgrade. Officials from the Serbian embassy in Canberra have also been involved.
Isn't Djokovic called the "King of Melbourne" and beloved by the Aussie crowd? Why was everyone so mad he would be playing?
More than 90% of Australia's adult population is fully vaccinated, and residents of the country have experienced strict travel restrictions over the past two years as the country has attempted to contain the virus. As such, many are upset about the possibility of special treatment for a celebrity when many within the country still can't travel internationally, or even in some cases, domestically.
The reaction to Djokovic's exemption announcement was immediate and largely negative. In addition to the prime minister, several local politicians weighed in with their displeasure as well.
What a disgrace!
We have had 6 lockdowns – schools and small businesses closed, funerals and weddings told not to go ahead, families separated for months on end and now a tennis star gets an exemption.
A kick in the guts to every Victorian.#springst #AusOpen
— David Southwick MP (@SouthwickMP) January 4, 2022
How did other players react to the news?
Many felt similarly to the Australian public when the initial exemption was revealed.
"I think if it was me that wasn't vaccinated I wouldn't be getting an exemption," former world No. 1 doubles player Jamie Murray told reporters at the ATP Cup this week. "You know, but well done to him for getting clear to come to Australia and compete."
Other players have been more sympathetic to Djokovic.
"I don't understand why [Djokovic] is getting so much hate for his vaccine exemption," American doubles player Nicole Melichar said in a tweet before Djokovic's visa was denied. "He's within the rules, and the government could have said no but they didn't."
Two-time Australian Open quarterfinalist Tennys Sandgren, who is not playing in the event this year due to the vaccine requirement, has repeatedly voiced his displeasure at the Australian government for its treatment of Djokovic.
Just to be crystal clear here
2 separate medical boards approved his exemption
And politicians are stopping it
Australia doesn't deserve to host a grand slam https://t.co/3B6lt4u9Mq
— Tennys Sandgren (@TennysSandgren) January 5, 2022
What does this mean for the tournament?
Quite a bit! Djokovic has won more singles titles at the Australian Open than any other player in the Open Era, and was in search of his 10th trophy in Melbourne, as well as a record-breaking 21st major title. Having narrowly and devastatingly lost the elusive "Calendar Slam" at the US Open in September, Djokovic was undoubtedly looking forward to returning to his favorite Slam.
Djokovic, the three-time defending champion, was the heavy favorite to win the title, and his absence will certainly offer an opportunity to other players. For Daniil Medvedev, the world No. 2 who beat Djokovic in New York, it will be a chance to win another major title on the hardcourt, his favorite surface. For other young players, such as No. 3 Alexander Zverev or No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas, it might just be a golden opportunity for a first slam victory.
Additionally, 20-time major champion Rafael Nadal will be playing in his first major since the French Open (where he fell to — you guessed it — Djokovic in the semifinals) after being sidelined by an injury. He will now be the lone member of the "Big Three" in the draw and have a chance of his own to break the coveted major record.
Do any other tournaments or host countries have vaccine requirements? Will this become an issue throughout the season?
If there's one thing we know for certain, it's that protocols and regulations are constantly changing as the virus continues to mutate and new variants emerge. However, as of this writing, there is no word about any other tournaments or host countries requiring players to be vaccinated. Djokovic has previously stated he will not play in as many events at this stage of his career, so it's possible we won't see him compete again until Dubai in late February, or for the "Sunshine Double" in March at Indian Wells and Miami.
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October 25, 2007 Mark Boudreau Odds & Sods 0
You know, I don't know if it's just me but the rock and porn world continue to get all cozy cozy these days.
First we have Vince Neil's Off the Strip Poker Tournament taking place November 3, 2007 inside The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Vegas. Hosted by adult film stars Tera Patrick and Taylor Wayne, all proceeds from the poker tournament and charity auctions will benefit the T.J. Martell Foundation via the Skylar Neil Memorial Fund, established in 1995 by Vince to honor his daughter Skylar who passed away from cancer. Since that time, Vince's charitable efforts have helped to raise nearly two million dollars for the T.J. Martell Foundation. It's kind of hard to find any fault with this knowing that it is a fund raiser you must admit.
Continuing our tour through the rock and porn world everybody's favourite rock reality host and adult film director Dave Navarro speaks to Rock Confidential about his directorial debut with "Dave Navarro: Broken." Apparently once you've been through heroin and cocaine addiction, the murder of your mom and Jane's Addiction the thing to do is direct a porn flick. I suppose that's one way to deal with it!
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The Arts Pasifika Awards celebrate excellence in Pacific arts in New Zealand. The annual awards are administered by Creative New Zealand and are the only national awards for Pasifika artists across all artforms.

The Arts Pasifika Awards include the awards for: Emerging Pacific Artist; Iosefa Enari Memorial Award; Pacific Heritage Art Award (from 2004); Contemporary Pacific Art Award; Senior Pacific Artist Award; Special Recognition Award (from 2013); and Pacific Toa Artist Award (from 2019).

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Emerging Pacific Artist

 2022 Dahlia Malaeulu
 2021 Vivian Aue
 2020 Pati Solomona Tyrell
 2019 Tyla Veau
 2018 Leki Jackson Bourke
 2017 Tupua Tigafua
 2016 Anonymouz (Matthew Faiumu Salapu)
 2015 Ane Tonga
 2014 Grace Taylor
 2013 Suli Moa
 2012 Justin Haiu
 2011 Kulimoe'anga 'Stone' Maka
 2010 Visesio Siasau
 2009 Poulima Salima
 2008 Linda Tuafale Tanoa'I
 2007 WakaUra Dance Group
 2006 Tusiata Avia
 2005 Mīria George
 2004 Lonnie Hutchinson
 2003 Shigeyuki Kihara
 2002 Peter Panoa

Iosefa Enari Memorial Award

 2022 Joshua Pearson
 2021 Ridge Ponini
 2020 Moses Mackay
 2019 Samson Setu
 2018 Benson Wilson
 2017 Filipe Manu
 2016 Madison Nonoa
 2015 Manase Tapuaki Mei Langi Latu
 2014 No award given
 2013 Natalia Mann
 2012 Isabella Moore
 2011 Marlena Devoe
 2010 Pene Junior Pati
 2009 Elisha Na'otala Fa'I
 2008 James Ioelu
 2007 Sani Muamaseali'i
 2006 Aivale Cole
 2005 Ramonda Taleni
 2004 Bonadventure Allan-Moetaua
 2003 Daphne Collins
 2002 Ben Makisi

Pacific Heritage Art Award
This award began in 2004.

 2022 Daren Kamali
 2021 Tupumaiaga A Niue Trust
 2020 Cora-Allan Wickliffe
 2019 Louisa Humphry & Kaetaeta Watson
 2018 Sulieti Fieme'a Burrows & Tui Emma Gillies
 2017 Lakiloko Keakea
 2016 Tuaine-Nurse Tamarua Robati
 2015 Joana Monolagi
 2014 Sinakiteu Women Development Group
 2013 Ioane Aleke Fa'avae
 2012 Atafu Tokelau Community Group
 2011 Mary Ama and the Pacifica Mamas
 2010 Kalameli Ihaia-Alefosio
 2010 O Mata! Tokelau Dance Group
 2009 Falepipi he Mafola
 2008 Enuamanu Maruarua Atiu Society
 2007 Dr. Okusi Mahina
 2006 Tau Fuata Niue
 2005 Mafi Malaga III
 2004 Kepueli Vaomotou

Contemporary Pacific Art Award

 2022 Kulimoe'anga 'Stone' Maka
 2021 Tupe Lualua
 2020 Tanu Gago
 2019 Anapela Polataivao
 2018 Angela Tiatia
 2017 Kalisolaite Uhila
 2016 Karlo Mila
 2015 Lonnie Hutchinson
 2014 Dagmar Dyck
 2013 Victor Rodger
 2012 Ema Tavola
 2011 Janet Lilo
 2010 Michel Tuffery
 2009 Shigeyuki Kihara
 2008 Dianna Fuemana
 2007 Nina Nawalowalo
 2006 Sima Urale
 2005 John Ioane
 2004 Lemi Ponifasio (MAU Dance)
 2003 Filipe Tohi
 2002 Richard Shortland-Cooper

Senior Pacific Artist Award

 2022 Fatu Feu'u
 2021 Andy Leleisi'uao
 2020 Michel Tuffery
 2019 Eteuati Ete
 2018 Rosanna Raymond
 2017 Nina Nawalowalo
 2016 Dave Fane & Oscar Kightley
 2015 Neil Ieremia
 2014 Steve Ma Ching
 2013 Jonathan Lemalu
 2012 Lemi Ponifasio
 2011 Annie Crummer
 2010 Misa Emma Kesha
 2009 Sopolemalama Filipe Tohi
 2008 Igelese Ete
 2007 Justine Simei-Barton
 2006 Jim Vivieaere
 2005 Opetaia Foa'ai (Te Vaka)
 2004 Nathaniel Lees
 2003 Albert Wendt
 2002 Johnny Penisula

Special Recognition Award
This award began in 2013 to "recognise special contribution to the standing, and standard, of Pacific arts in Aotearoa and/or internationally".

 2022 Fa'amoana John Luafutu
 2022 Troy Tu'ua
 2021 Lindah Lepou
 2020 Tanya Muagututi'a
 2019 Glenda Tuaine
 2018 Iosefa Enari
 2017 Noma Sio-Faiumu
 2016 Kolokesa U. Māhina-Tuai
 2015 Lisa Taouma
 2014 Ela To'omaga-Kaikilekofe
 2013 Sean Mallon
 2013 Parris Goebel

Pacific Toa Artist Award
This award commenced in 2019. It acknowledges the "contribution of a Pasifika artist with the lived experience of disability to the standing, and standard, of Pacific arts nationally or globally".

 2022 Ululau Ama
 2021 Ronnie Tua
 2020 Pelenakeke Brown and Lusi Faiva
 2019 Pati Umaga

References

External links
 Official website

New Zealand literary awards
New Zealand music awards
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Diary of a New Chum, Paul Wenz
July 14, 2017 wadholloway Australian, Bush Myths, FrenchBook Review, Early C20th, Miles Franklin, Wenz
Paul Wenz (1869-1939) was a Frenchman who became an Australian grazier and author, contributing to the myths of the Australian Legend, in French. Diary of a New Chum and Other Lost Stories (1990) is the first collection of his stories in English. Frank Moorehouse contributes an unnecessary Preface which indicates some points of interest in the various stories, but happily there is a much more interesting Introduction by the collection's editor, Maurice Blackburn.
Blackburn describes Wenz as "a good storyteller with the right mix of wry humour and sentiment … the first, and so far the only, writer to give the French reader a true picture of Australian bush life. His stories bespeak an ambiguous feeling towards the outback, and he always seems to maintain an ironic distance from his characters." Blackburn writes for a number of pages on whether, as a writer, Wenz is Australian or French. Wenz was well-read in French and his most obvious influence was Guy de Maupassant. He was also friends and corresponded with his schoolmate André Gide. However:
Wenz the horseman and sheep farmer personally appreciated the poetry of Adam Lindsay Gordon and the bush balladists, like the rest of his class, and was a regular reader of the Bulletin… he knew well and greatly admired the stories of Henry Lawson, and recommended him to Gide; his own bush stories show that he was certainly influenced by the new Bulletin school of writing that was at its peak in the period 1890-1905.
Blackburn also detects elements of Steele Rudd, Barbara Baynton and Joseph Furphy.
Wenz's contemporary, linguist and arbiter of Australian Lit., Nettie Palmer, commented in a Bulletin article in 1929 that Wenz was able "to use the essential rhythms of Australian life", and that the bushmen whom Furphy "saw from within … Wenz draws as silhouettes with bizarre, decorative effect."
Diary of a New Chum, which is less than 40pp, and is the one story originally written in English, was first published in 1908, apparently as a book, under the pen-name Paul Warrego. Until this edition it had not been republished since the 1920s.
The protagonist attends a fancy dress ball (presumably in England) and after too much champagne falls hopelessly in love with a French peasant "displaying pretty arms and very shapely legs". The next morning he discovers that he is engaged to be married to Miss Mary Smith and that his only recourse is to flee to Australia. As a 'new chum' on an Australian sheep station he recounts his trials with understated humour, in short episodes, as he learns on the job and attempts to escape his engagement.
The remainder of the collection consists of 8 short stories, first published in the collections A l'autre bout du monde (1905) and Sous la Croix du Sud (1910), three previously unpublished texts, including an account of his meeting Jack London in Sydney in 1909 (Wenz subsequently translated London's Love of Life into French), selected letters, including to André Gide and Miles Franklin, and some photographs of Wenz and his property near Forbes, NSW, and including, again, Miles Franklin.
Most of the short stories are fairly ordinary, not up to the standards of Henry Lawson, nor even Steele Rudd. Charley for instance, notable only for being translated by Margaret Whitlam, is just a few pages leading up to the pathetic death of an old rabbiter. The story I liked the best, The Waggoner, which left me with a tear in my eye, tells of a young girl growing up as her father's companion as he services the stations out past the Darling in northern NSW, carting supplies out and wool back in, with his heavy red gum waggon and team of 18 horses.
One other story I must discuss is Picky, which is set on a station in the back blocks of Queensland. Picky is an Aboriginal girl who along with her grandmother, Old Mary, has been rescued by a station owner and his religious daughter after a massacre. Some of the racism is 'standard': "Picky made progress and showed an intelligence and memory which might not have been expected in her thick myall skull"; there is a brief moment of enlightenment in what I would have thought was an early highlighting of the euphemism "dispersed", as in:
Old Mary … recounted how her tribe, accused of having speared to death several head of cattle, had been 'dispersed' by the police; and except for herself and Picky, the whole camp, eighteen men, women and children, had been killed by the troopers.
And some of the racism is plain gratuitous, for instance: "Thompson knew the natives, and had killed two or three out of necessity, yet he wasn't a cruel man." The early part of the story recounts the efforts of Thompson's daughter to make Picky a Christian, despite Picky's clear preference for the company (and tucker) of her grandmother, and the latter part how Picky and Old Mary gain their revenge on a 'blacktracker' who had participated in the massacre of their (and his) fellows.
The letters too are interesting as Wenz discusses with Gide his writing, problems with getting published, and meeting other authors such as Joseph Conrad and JM Barrie. In 1933 Gide worries that Wenz's French is becoming too Australianized – "some errors or infelicities of expression lead me to think that many of the sentences have first been thought in English" – and gives him some examples, with corrections, from his latest ms.
Wenz also corresponds with AG Stephens (of the Bulletin) and with Miles Franklin. The latter who has met Wenz on his sheep station while travelling with Frank (and Mrs) Clune, sends him a copy of Back to Bool Bool "which I consider goes more beneath the surface than the general run of Australian novels." A month later Wenz asks her, "Does anybody know who the author is?" (It is of course MF under the pseudonym Brent of Bin Bin). Wenz also reads My Brilliant Career, MF's copy presumably as by 1937 it had been long out of print, and puzzles "to get the 'real' out of the imaginative – so naturally and vividly it is written." MF has read some of Wenz's novels and they discuss MF translating them, which indicates that at some stage after leaving school MF has become fluent in French.
The book ends with 20 pages of Notes dated from 1834 – the birth of Wenz's father – to 1959 – the death of his wife. Wenz was only a minor author but he was nevertheless a valid contributor to the Legend and a genuine member of the Australian, French and to a lesser extent, the English literary scenes.
Paul Wenz, Diary of a New Chum and Other Lost Stories, Angus & Robertson/Imprint, Sydney, 1990. Edited and translated by Maurice Blackburn. Translations by Patricia Brulant, Margaret Whitlam and notes by Jean-Paul Delamotte.
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It sounds like one that was published (in the original French edition) more because of its 'exotic' location than for its literary merit…
Of course there was a long(ish) tradition at that time of Australian writers reporting their exotic location to readers in Europe. I do wonder though how the French took his laconic humour – very Steele Rudd.
Also I'm sorry I'm dropping behind with your posts, I'm in my own exotic location today, on the highway inland of Shark Bay.
There are two things about Australia that always surprise me: 1) that people don't just immediately die from all the things in Australia that are supposed to kill you, and 2) that people went there to stay. On screen, that looks harsh, but what I'm trying to say is there are so many groups from across the globe that leave their countries and move to Australia permanently, so there is always this push and pull of "Am I Australian, or am I (wherever they came from)?" I know people in the U.S. struggle with the multiple identities of being bi-racial. Are they white or black? We also see a lot of Mexican vs. American when children are born here and their parents are immigrants and either can't or won't speak English. It seems like many books you've shared suggest Australia is an entire continent of people struggling with who they are. Did this author ever go back to France? I can't believe he left because he got engaged! It almost sounds like he accidentally got engaged. 🙂
Getting engaged 'accidentally' was a joke to get the story started. Wenz himself got engaged on the ship out. He was from a wealthy family and moved backwards and forwards between Australia and France. I think half our population is first or second generation, despite all the things that kill, people generally stay and if they look back to their 'homelands' I don't think that makes them less Australian.
I think the identity crisis is so confusing to me because I come from no where particular.
My basic identity is fifth generation Australian of British descent, white male, educated, left wing, middle class, though being an outdoor, blue collar worker confuses it a bit. Interestingly, my preferred reading is books by authors who aren't old white guys like myself.
Laughter, not for a cage, Miles Franklin | theaustralianlegend says:
[…] with The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney,The Escape of the Notorious Sir William Heans. A Miscellany: Paul Wenz writing in French, DH Lawrence, Havelock Ellis. 8. Reappearance of the Australian Novel in force. […]
The scholar who has worked on Paul Wenz in Maurice Blackman, not Blackburn, n'est-ce pas?
Thank you Marianne, I'm sure you're right though there's no way I can check my own copy for a week or two. And thank you too for reading my billet.
AWW Gen 2 Week | theaustralianlegend says:
[…] the Billabong novels, which I know one of you collects; an Australian grazier writing in French (Paul Wenz, Sous la Croix du Sud (1910)); opportunities to discover the Bulletin and Louisa Lawson's […]


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Ann Cabell Standish Biography
Ann Cabell Standish is the wife of American attorney Robert Mueller, who served as the sixth director of the FBI. Check out this biography to know about her childhood, family life and other fun facts.
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father: Thomas Anderson Standish Jr.
mother: Dorothy Lucile Standish
children: Cynthia Mueller, Melissa Mueller
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Ann Cabell Standish is the wife of American attorney Robert Mueller, who served as the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) between 2001 and 2013. She supported her husband through thick and thin for more than five decades, and especially after the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center, which happened one week after he took over as the FBI director. In his profile on the University of Virginia's law school website, he referred to her as "a true saint" for standing by his side when he went to the Vietnam War and law school. During the time her husband was fighting in the Vietnam War, immediately after their marriage, Standish began working as a special education teacher for children with learning disabilities at a private school in Washington. While she has lived a rather private life so far, there has been a renewed interest in her life after her husband was appointed the special counsel of the investigation into Russian interference in the recent United States elections in May 2017.
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While Ann Cabell Standish has been married to Robert Mueller for over 50 years, supporting him throughout his illustrious military and law careers, she always maintained a low profile. She has featured in news headlines a few times, in connection with her husband's job, especially when an article in 'The Washingtonian' mentioned how she stood up for Mueller's employees once. She reportedly pointed out to him that he was working his staff too hard. He subsequently called his counsel Chuck Rosenberg to ask him if he was doing alright. She recently gained media attention after being spotted with her husband at an Apple Store in Georgetown in September 2018, when her fashionable Nike sneakers caught the eyes of several social media users. The husband and wife duo were spotted at the Salt & Pepper restaurant in the Palisades neighborhood of Washington, D.C. in March 2019 after he filed the long-awaited investigation report on Russian interference.
Ann Cabell Standish was born on April 2, 1948 in Sewickley, Pennsylvania to Thomas Anderson Standish, Jr. and Dorothy Lucile Standish (née Cabell). She attended Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut, before completing her graduation from Sarah Lawrence College.
Ann Cabell Standish first met her future husband Robert Mueller at a high school party when both of them were 17 years old, following which he reportedly invited her for a weekend visit. After both of them graduated, Mueller decided to join the military as he was influenced by the death of his lacrosse teammate David Spencer Hackett in the Vietnam War. In 1966, he got married to Standish; and two years later, he joined the Marines and was sent off to Vietnam. The couple was married by the Rev. Samuel Odom at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, during the Labor Day weekend on September 3. When Mueller went to Vietnam, Standish spent her time teaching children with learning disabilities at a private school in Washington. Nine months later, she flew to Hawaii from the East Coast to meet her husband as he had stopped there for a few days to rest and recuperate. She was accompanied by their infant daughter Cynthia, whom Mueller had never seen before. There she learned that her husband was considering extending his deployment for another six months. However, a few months later, Mueller was assigned to a desk job at Marine headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. He subsequently went to law school and became a prosecutor. The couple has two daughters, Cynthia and Melissa, and three grandchildren. One of their daughters was born with spina bifida, a birth defect wherein a baby's spinal cord fails to develop properly.
Influence on Robert Mueller
Ann Cabell Standish's husband Robert Mueller has been very vocal about his deep devotion to her, praising her time and again for supporting him unconditionally. Both she and her husband are very family-oriented and regularly spent time with their children ever since the early days of their marriage. Mueller, who often travels overseas for work, makes sure that he leaves on Sunday and returns by Friday, just in time to take his wife and children out for dinner. When he was serving as the U.S. Attorney for the district of Northern California, Standish and her daughters came to pick him up from work. Standish has moved across the US 17 times with him because of the nature of his job, even though she swore every time that it was going to be the last. According to a report by the Sydney Morning Herald in 2009, she had banned the former FBI director from online banking after he almost fell for a phishing scam.
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we will need: favorite strings and hook. I will knit with threads "Jeans" of orange color and slightly brown for hoofs and horns. Hook 2,5 mm. I will fill the holofayberom.Dlya neck, I use wire (you can without it, just tightly fill the neck) 13-15sm.For peephole wool for felting white color and 2 small beads. For spots 10-13 pugovichek I will be asterisks).
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red dotted the beginning of the knitting of the neck.
15p. (3xV) * 3  Fill the neck with a little stuff. If you do without a wire, tighten it tightly.
31p. (4xA) * 6  Insert wire. I have 15 cm.
Here is the wire inside the toy.
The advantage of the wire in the toy: you can change the turn and tilt of the head, change the bend of the neck and etc.
We bend to tilt the head and make a loop at the base of the neck.
This is how the wire looks inside the toy after all the bends.
In the process of knitting, fill the torso.
We leave the tip of the thread 15cm, then use them for the tail.
ears are folded in half and join the edges.
We try and sew ears and horns on the head of the giraffe.
The tips of the threads from the horns I also do not throw out, but tie them to the tail We twist the tail of the pigtail.
I look at my eyes and sew up the pupils. You can cut out the protein for the peephole from the felt or tie it to you, which is more convenient and accessible.
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Ulysse Gabriel Pierrottie, A 33 year battle for his family's rights
Ulysse Gabriel Pierrottie
His 33 years of work, took him into 10 states, traveling over 200,000 miles. He sold most of his property, even a 40-acre tract of land in Allen parish, to finance his project. In October 1963, he had a claim of $47,167.64 (equal to $333,831.28 in 2008 dollars) filed before the Gretna district court, seeking this sum, as payment for his efforts of 33 years to the estate of Francois Zenon Boutte.
Ulysse (1884-1969) is the son of Constantino "August Constant" Pierotti and Stephanie Martel. He married Aminthe Fruge in 1907. They had five children, Olivia (married Tanies LaFleur), Gladys (married Herbert Soileau, Sr.), Pearl (married George Richard), Ruby and Frances (married Warren J. Strohmeyer).
Ulysse was a farmer and later a deputy Sheriff with Ville Platte Sheriff Charles Pucheu.
According to Pierrottie, Francois Zenon Boutte died about 1869, long after the deaths of his wife and child, leaving no natural heirs, and all of his fortune gone. His life and death were completely forgotten until 1930, when the Standard Oil Co., of Texas came into Louisiana to explore and develop the piece of land called Lafitte Island (now called Barataria Island) on the southern tip of the Louisiana boot.
While engineers and surveyors were going over the island, abstracting each and every strip of territory, they came across a forgotten strip of land some five acres wide and six miles long, land which belonged to Francois Zenon Boutte, and left by him to his heirs after his death. The story goes back into the years here, when Pierrottie told of how the land came into ownership by Francois Zenon Boutte and his uncle, Jean Baptiste Boutte. This island was once given to the famous pirate, Jean LaFitte by a grant of General Andrew Jackson, in payment for his services in the battle of New Orleans.
Jean LaFitte later sold the island to a man named "Villa" and this same Villa sold the land to Pierre Lavigne. At the time of the Louisiana Purchase it was owned by Pierre Lavigne, whose heirs sold it in 1915 to the brothers Hilaire and Jean Baptiste Boutte (uncles of Francois Zenon Boutte).
Pierrottie pointed out that Hilaire then sold his undivided half of the island to Joseph Triscoue and Triscoue sold his half to Francois Zenon Boutte in 1819, but the notary making the sale made a mistake and the sale read that Triscoue sold the entire island to Zenon Boutte. This necessitated a new document to read that Zenon Boutte had purchased only half of the island, the other half belonging to Jean Baptiste Boutte. To make it more clear, the two Bouttes then decided that they would divide the island in two equal parts, with Jean Baptiste Boutte taking the northern half of the island and Francois Zenon Boutte taking the southern half.
It is at this point, following the discovery of a forgotten strip of land located in the southern half of the island, land which belonged to Francois Zenon Boutte that Pierrottie comes into the story. After digging back into old records and birth records, history books and deeds some 33 years later, Pierrottie completed his work - the finding of close to 3,000 heirs and descendants of Francois Zenon Boutte, Heirs and descendants of eight generations, of brothers and sisters, of Zenon Boutte - Marie Louise Hycinthe Boutte, Antoine Hilliare Boutte, Modeste Boutte, Louis Hilliare Boutte, Juan Leon Boutte, and Celestine Boutte.
Pierrottie's grandmother, Louise Mathilde Boutte, was a daughter of Antoine Hilliare Boutte. Pierrottie's work came about by a request of heirs of Francois Zenon Boutte, who thought then that the estate could never be settled and nor could all the heirs be located.
In 1963, Pierrottie stated that this 500-acre tract, more or less, will never be sold by the heirs, and today is worth millions of dollars, and will, as years go by, bear more fruits, and will create more hardship, as heirs die and other heirs are added on, which could reach 5,000 heirs by 1975.
In his years of research, Pierrottie said, his work was greatly hampered because of all old documents and records being recorded in French. This necessitated an interpreter and added expenses. He also had to establish the fact that because of the known birth of a son by a second marriage, his son may have had heirs who would then be heirs of the Francois Zenon Boutte estate. This claim had been filed by the heirs of Jean Baptiste Boutte, he stated. After seven years of research of old records of the St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, it was officially established that his only son had died at the age of seven, Pierrottie said.
Ulysee won the court case and assets were distributed. However, as a descendent of this family, am I owed some of these royalties?
The above is based primarily on "One Fellow's Evangeline" by Elvin Reed and printed in The Daily World, Opelousas, LA on October 6, 1963


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The Cheaters
Written by Donald S. Sanford, from a story by Robert Bloch
Directed by John Brahm
Starring Harry Townes, Paul Newlin, Henry Daniell, Jack Weston,
and Mildred Dunnock
Originally aired on December 27, 1960
An old pair of eyeglasses offers a unique gift to the wearer—the ability to see into the minds and souls of others. But there's a price to pay for such wonderful magic.
Robert Bloch is well known to horror fans as the author of the novel on which Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) is based. Actor Harry Townes should be equally familiar, having appeared in other genre shows such as The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Outer Limits, and Night Gallery, to name only a few. And Henry Daniell is nothing short of a genre icon: he built his acting career by playing villains in TV shows such as Lights Out and Peter Gunn and in films such as The Great Dictator (1940), The Body Snatcher (1945), and The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959).


It's easier Ed than done.
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YAPs – Young Able Parents
DURATION: 18-20'
DELIVERY DATE: 12TH DECEMBER 2017
PRESENTER: ELLEN KING
Short Synopsis
Societys' thoughts surrounding teenage mothers are arguable influenced by the media, for example television shows such as MTV's popular "16 and Pregnant". Eight years since the show first aired and the negativity that has been adopted around teenage motherhood is still ever present. In collaboration with Poppy Children's Centre, a place aimed specifically to help young mums, Ellen King attempts to show that life as a young Mum isn't all doom and gloom.
Long Synopsis
Poppy Children's Centre is a council run establishment in Herne Bay, Kent, that supports young parents under the age of 20. Poppy's believes that the social stigma that those who attend face needs to change in order for them not to feel ashamed and be able to provide the best lives for not only themselves, but their child as well.
With 11% of under 18s who fall pregnant getting an abortion due to lack of support (2013), Poppy's wants to offer a safe space to young and/or expecting mothers, allowing them to share issues and experiences and gain first hand advice from those who've been through it themselves. The group includes girls from all backgrounds and wants to offer advice and support for whatever they want to do next whether that's work, education or building a family, on top of the service they already offer.
In this piece of promotional audio, you will hear actuality from the groups meetings including that of the children playing and discussions with the mothers as Ellen King sits down for lunch with them. It will also include interviews with group leader Kim, who aims to create a safe and comfortable environment for the mothers, which will be able to show listeners through first hand experiences what these girls get subjected to on day to day life, and ultimately, breaking down the stigma and images that have become associated with teenage pregnancy.
Following some of the mothers tales from school whilst pregnant adds to the compelling nature of the audio, allowing it to be through provoking to the listener, making them question whether they have ever jumped to perhaps the wrong conclusions about young mothers.
Answering questions that have influenced the general view such as "How did you get through it?", "What did you do?" and, in some cases the most important question, "Why?", the girls give an honest and open encounter of their decisions, pregnancy, experiences, and their lives after to inform the perhaps mis-educated and skewed views of the public, proving that in not all cases is it best to wait.
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Although my commission was made and agreed over the phone, this email proves that I have been working with Kim Burgess and the YAPs group in Herne Bay, Kent.
Young parents always get a bad reputation. Whether it's drug/alcohol abuse or just misbehaving in school, there's always a reason to look down on them. With an average 17 out of 1000 15-17 year old's becoming pregnant in 2016, it's not always a 'mistake' to them. In Kent, we go to YAPs, the Young Abled Parent group, set up especially for parents under the age of 20. Get to know the young parents of the group in this 20-minute piece, learning what it's like for them, how society treats them and their children, and how a group like YAPs has helped them.
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YAPs is available across the county of Kent; free of charge and free of judgment. For more information about joining a YAPs group or finding out what other services are available, visit the Kent County Council website, or call your local children's centre.
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Did you know that an average of 17 out of 1000 girls aged 15-17 fell pregnant in 2016? Me neither. Young parenthood isn't something we should look down upon anymore, but instead try to understand. At the YAPs group in Kent, find out more about what they do http://bit.ly/2jLVE00
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"Dr. Sleep" Review: Part 2
Posted on January 5, 2014 by Earl Hatsby
Dr. Sleep, Stephen King's sequel to The Shining…
Dr. Sleep by Stephen King, Review: Part 2 (of 3)(for Part 1, click here)
Horror novels can live and die by their villains. Today, let's talk a bit about the villains of Dr. Sleep: the True Knot. I went into this book actively intending to dislike them. Recreational-vehicle-driving tourist-looking shining vampires? An interesting concept, I thought, but why shoehorn them into a fictional universe where ghosts are already known to exist? It creates too many questions that I don't want to know the answers to. Like, can these Shining-sensitive vampires interact with the Shining-sensitive ghosts we met in the original novel? Would the vampires be scared of ghosts if they saw them? Or would they simply say "Eh, 'dem ghosts are just a bunch of 'shining' groupies like us. We share an affinity for shining-sensitive kids!"
I consider it lazy writing when questions like these start popping up. When your head starts filling up with loads and loads of potentially corny/awkward scenes you hope never actually play out in the novel. Questions and scenarios that the writer obviously chooses to give a wide berth, and for good reason. Though Dr. Sleep does, in fact, have a few moments when the vampires briefly interact with ghosts, but it all happens pretty quick and Stephen King wisely avoids going into too much detail.
And then there's Abra. The most powerful shining-kid of all time. First of all, I didn't like how King claims Abra is stronger than Danny ever was, when that was kinda the point of Danny's character in the first book. The fact that he was pretty much the Michael Jordan of shining-kids. That's why the Overlook Hotel ghosts wanted him so bad. He wasn't just strong, he was a once-in-a-lifetime mutation. Dr. Sleep sort of retcons the first book and makes it seem that Danny was just particularly strong back then, but not like 'Whoa Holy Crap He's a Freakin' God' strong. But here's Abra, who's so powerful she can physically move things with her mind. Just like Carrie, the titular character in another classic Stephen King book.
In Dr. Sleep, Abra's like Luke Skywalker in the swamp lifting X-Wings from the water. Yes. In this book, the "shining," as a biochemical brain condition, now includes telekinesis and even astral projection. This makes Danny from the first book look like a total shining underachiever. He couldn't move crap with his mind if his life depended on it. If Abra had been the one to show up at the Overlook Hotel so many years ago, those hotel ghosts would have FREAKED! They would have had like a massive ticker-tape ghost parade up and down the creepy hallways. This isn't the shining she has–it's a full room-and-board scholarship to join the X-Men.
And here's another of those questions-you-don't-want-answers-to: if a shining-kid can pick up spoons and make them float in the air, doesn't she start to have a few too many things in common with, um…ghosts? Don't ghosts do that? What would happen if a ghost was trying to scare somebody by making a spoon float in the air, and then a shining kid showed up and added a second floating spoon to the equation? Would that not be a rather sloppy, awkward scenario? I mean, what would the ghost think? Would the spoons float in the exact same manner—smoothly through the air, not all wobbly and stuff? Does ghost telekinesis exhibit different motion properties than shining telekinesis? Too many questions!
And yes, I'm aware I'm kinda going out on a limb here, but my point is that these are valid, askable questions, and by their being askable they create a familiar phenomenon I'd like to take this moment to christen "PSA" (potential scene awkwardness). When there's a lot of PSA in a novel, the reader starts to cringe with every turn of the page whilst issuing aloud a monotone prayer to the author "please don't go there, please don't go there, I'll freaking pay you to not go there!"
The shining shouldn't involve telekinesis, I don't care how many midi-chlorians the kid has. The cool thing about the shining as a "power" was that it was sort of its own thing. It wasn't the same thing as what Carrie had. It wasn't what Jean Grey from the X-Men had. It wasn't the same thing as the head-exploding "Scanners" had. It was just a weird, extra creepy version of regular telepathy. More specifically, the shining was a kind of telepathy that was less like an amazing gift, and more like having your head possessed by half-a-thousand ghosts. That kind of telepathy.
Despite my qualms about the the True Knot being the villains—as opposed to some new batch of ghosts—I actually found myself enjoying Dr. Sleep as a stand-alone novel. For a while, that is. I particularly enjoyed King's many AA anecdotes, as shared through recovering-alcoholic Danny. I even laughed out loud more than a few times. Stephen King has the recovering alcoholic character down pat.
Like always, I allowed myself to think that maybe this would be the late-career novel that King hit out of the park, start-to-finish. There was an exceptionally creepy scene where the True-Knot captures a powerful shining-having kid and mercilessly tortures him in order to extract his shining "steam." Creepy. Disturbing. Classic King. By jove, there was a point where I was actually concerned for the safety of the main characters. Poor Abra! Poor Danny! I wondered, What happens when these villainous True-Knot people finally close in them? Who will live? Who will die? Please don't hurt them Mr. King!
And then, as expected, King seems to get bored with his own novel at just about the mid-way point. Suddenly we jump into a much quicker, by-the-numbers tempo. King has spent so many pages setting up what I considered to be a fairly entertaining story crisis, but now it's time to actually "do something" with said scenario.
From then on, the novel feels very much like just about every other Stephen King novel starting from the mid-point onwards. It feels like King not only made it up as he went along, but repeatedly settled for all of his first-ideas. At times, it feels like he didn't dig very deep at all–he simply picked up whatever he found lying there in on the ground by his shoes. He settled for whatever ideas he'd managed to come up with before Tabitha King popped her head in the room and said, "Hey Steve, time for lunch."
Oh, we're not done yet. In fact, the best is yet to come. Stay tuned for the concluding Part 3.
Continue to Part 3.
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And, as always, to keep things nice and balanced, check out this unaffiliated Dr. Sleep Review.
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