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The Field: San Diego's Best Irish Pub as Featured in a Deleted Scene
The Field, San Diego
As they crossed the street, three blond, inebriated young women were crossing in the other direction while singing, each in a key totally unmatched with the other two.
"What do you do with a drunken sailor? What do you do with a drunken sailor? What do you do with a drunken sailor? Early in the MORNING!!"
The girls burst into fits of laughter as they passed, losing the ability to sing at all. Katrina and McMullan exchanged a highly amused glance as the same tune met them again, this time being played by a legitimate band.
"Shave his belly with a rusty razor, shave his belly with a rusty razor, shave his belly with a rusty razor, earl-eye in the MORNING!"
"Kick ass!" said McMullan as they neared "The Field," San Diego's boasted most authentic Irish pub.
"I can only assume you're Irish?" Katrina said.
"Sean Patrick McMullan…what do you think!?"
Katrina held out her hand.
"Formerly Katrina McGuire. My grandfather was affectionately known as "The East Texas Leprachaun."
The two shook hands dramatically.
Sean pretended not to have already known his companion's maiden name. The nickname for her grandfather was, indeed, news to him, and he realized that not everything within this woman's world had been revealed to the FBI.
"This place is the real deal," Katrina said. "Literally - even the wood used to build it was imported from Ireland. They've got all the good stuff on tap, and if you're into traditional Irish food, you're in for something."
As she said it, she realized that she had not eaten dinner and was totally famished. Without further discussion, they stepped toward the door. As they did, they could overhear the driver of a passing pedi-cab saying to his fare, "…and that's 'The Field'. It's an actual Irish bar; they brought it here from Ireland piece by piece."
Katrina turned to McMullan and said with a smile, "Told you."
An outside patio was enclosed by an iron railing that broke in the middle, allowing access to the front door from the sidewalk on Fifth Avenue. Beneath the railing was a thick wooden ledge holding ashtrays. Chunky wooden stools in front of the ledge were occupied by small groups of smokers, feeding their collective vice while glancing at passers-by.
The inside of the pub, like all establishments in San Diego for many years, was smoke free. Nonetheless, a discerning nose could easily pick up the scent of ancient tobacco, embedded forever into the dark wood that built the tables, chairs, stools, bar and rafters. The imposing character of the thick wood created a dark environment that was warmed by the glow of a large fireplace opposite the bar. To the left of the bar, a small, raised stage held the three piece band still singing about a drunken sailor.
Small nooks held deep booths with padded benches and chairs; Katrina and McMullan settled into one, both sitting at the bench against the wall so as to observe the action in the room.
"Whot ken I gait fair yeh, Love?" a waitress asked.
"Two Guinesses and two menus, please," Katrina shouted over the band, and winked at McMullan. As the bartender skipped off to pour the beers, Katrina leaned in to her companion, her mouth almost touching his ear as she spoke.
"Oh yeah, the staff is imported as well," she said.
The above is a deleted scene from best-selling thriller The Death Row Complex by Kristen Elise.
From the author:
The Irish pub in which Katrina and McMullan had dinner in the novel is based heavily on The Field. In the interest of not being sued, I had originally changed the name of the pub before deciding that the scene detracted a bit from the action that was going on at the time and removing it altogether... but now, here is the original scene, including the authentic background of the pub, for readers who would like to know a little bit more about this fun little slice of San Diego.
The Field really is San Diego's best Irish pub (in my opinion) and it really did come piece by piece from Ireland. It's a favorite haunt of mine. What Katrina and McMullan encounter there is typical of a Friday or Saturday evening downtown. If you visit my neck of the woods and you like Irish food, it's my #1 recommendation. Slainte!
Visit The Field at 544 5th Avenue, San Diego, CA, 92101
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The Buried Books of Herculaneum Part 5
Maria Carolina of Austria
Excavations at Herculaneum were forcibly halted in favor of ongoing efforts at Pompeii, and so the secrets contained within the Villa would once again be forced to wait. Charles' mother Elisabetta, the woman who had first initiated the work, died...
Part 4 of this series continues the story of the excavations of Herculaneum, as we seek to unravel the answer to the Novel Travelist mystery: Why was the Villa dei Papyri never fully excavated?
Here we continue this story.
Despite the recent lack of interest in Herculaneum, one man remained enthusiastic about the papyrus scrolls recovered from the ash. Vatican calligrapher priest Padre Piaggio was the first to attempt unwinding the scrolls from the Villa dei Papiri without destroying them.
Piaggio's device, Naples Archeological Museum
Piaggio's infinite patience and sense of innovation produced a mechanical device, now located in the Naples Archeological Museum, that could at long last unwind the scrolls, at a rate of one half-inch per day. It is this device that first appeared in Part 1 of this series.
Slowly and painstakingly, Padre Piaggio eventually succeeded in being the first to unroll one papyrus document from beneath the ruins of Herculaneum. This single act took four years.
Piaggio continued unrolling additional scrolls and he set to diligently copying their text. The former Vatican calligrapher produced remarkably faithful reproductions of the text despite its condition, and also despite the fact that he neither spoke nor read modern, let alone ancient, Greek.
Translation of the content was equally difficult. The papyrus was in such terrible condition, and so many pieces had been lost, that much of the author information and content was either missing or misunderstood. Indeed, several entire scrolls were literally translated backward in their entirety, and it was only many, many years later that this mistake was even recognized as such.
Flattened papyrus scroll from Herculaneum
King Charles III's son Ferdinand came of age in 1767 and became the arrogant, ignorant boy-king of Naples - an event that would no doubt have represented the final nail in the coffin of Herculaneum and the Villa dei Papiri had it not been for one unlikely variable.
Her name was Maria Carolina, and she would become Ferdinand's queen despite her loudly voiced opinion on the matter: "You might as well cast me into the sea." Maria Carolina was the elder sister of a girl who would become known to history as Marie Antoinette, and whose notorious fate would only intensify Maria Carolina's hatred of all things French.
Maria Carolina became a close friend of Padre Piaggio. She safeguarded the papyrus scrolls from Herculaneum throughout the extensive fallout in Naples from the French Revolution, and she successfully kept them from the hands of the pillaging Napoleon Bonaparte – for a while.
To be continued in Part 6 of The Buried Books of Herculaneum
This blog post explores a non-fictional theme or locale that is incorporated in The Vesuvius Isotope, a new novel by Kristen Elise. Buy The Vesuvius Isotope on Amazon.
When her Nobel laureate husband is murdered, biologist Katrina Stone can no longer ignore the secrecy that increasingly pervaded his behavior in recent weeks. Her search for answers leads to a two-thousand-year-old medical mystery and the esoteric life of one of history's most enigmatic women. Following the trail forged by her late husband, Katrina must separate truth from legend as she chases medicine from ancient Italy and Egypt to a clandestine modern-day war. Her quest will reveal a legacy of greed and murder and resurrect an ancient plague, introducing it into the twenty-first century.
Kristen Elise, Ph.D. is a drug discovery biologist and the author of The Vesuvius Isotope. She lives in San Diego, California.
Labels: Italy, Pompeii and Herculaneum, The ancient world, The Enlightenment, The Vesuvius Isotope
Raimondo di Sangro, Prince of Sansevero and friend of King Charles, became the first to attempt opening the papyrus scrolls as they emerged from within the villa. A self-proclaimed "gifted" and "extraordinary" alchemist, di Sangro used mercury in an effort to soften the charred, brittle papyrus. The mercury dissolved the scrolls, and many of them were lost...
Part 3 of this series continues the story of the excavations of Herculaneum, as we seek to unravel the answer to the mystery: Why was the Villa dei Papyri never fully excavated?
Maria Amalia of Saxony, Public Domain
Four years after Charles succeeded to the throne, he married. His father, King Philip V, had sought a French bride for his first born in a feeble effort to cling to the French throne. Queen Elisabetta's wishes prevailed, however, and Charles married Prussian Princess Maria Amalia, who had grown up in the very Austrian palace containing the first statues excavated from Herculaneum - the three veiled females and the statue of Cleopatra.
Meanwhile, the second factor involved in bringing Herculaneum to light was the Enlightenment itself. The Grand Tour was in full swing, and the aristocratic travelers known to Italians as "milordi" – "my lords" – came from far and wide throughout Europe. Rome was a quintessential stopping point, and then Naples as well.
As rumors of the ancient treasures began making their way across Europe, increasing numbers of Grand Tourists became determined to see the ruins for themselves, as well as to purchase the multiple replicas of Herculaneum booty that were suddenly all the rage. Artists who could faithfully reproduce these coveted artifacts found abundant work in Naples.
One such artist was Camillo Paderni, who was both fascinated by the flawlessly frozen cross-sections of ancient Roman life and appalled that these cross-sections were being so brutally destroyed. As he toured the excavation sites, Paderni produced image upon image of the world formerly unbeknownst to the public. He also began writing letters of complaint about excavation leader Alcubierre.
Winckelmann, Public Domain
Another of Alcubierre's critics was Johann Joachim Winckelmann. Antiquarian and well-respected writer, Winckelmann's scathing commentaries brought the methods of Alcubierre into the light and into posterity, observing that Alcubierre knew "as much of antiquities as the moon knows of crabs."
In 1750, Alcubierre was pulled to a different post and replaced by Karl Weber, who produced the first true maps of the Villa dei Papiri and its surroundings as well as the many tunnels now leading through the area. Approximately 1100 additional scrolls were found under Weber, and King Charles himself was fascinated with them, until the inevitable fate of monarchy politics intervened.
King Charles' father Philip, the King of Spain and of the two Sicilies, had died in 1754. By 1759, Charles could no longer shirk his responsibility to the kingdom, and he reluctantly left for Spain. Governing in Naples in his stead was a temporary stand-in until Charles' spoiled, eight-year-old son Ferdinand could come of age. Excavations at Herculaneum were forcibly halted in favor of ongoing efforts at Pompeii, and so the secrets contained within the Villa would once again be forced to wait.
Charles' mother Elisabetta, the woman who had first initiated the work, died.
Continued in Part 5 of The Buried Books of Herculaneum
This blog post explores a non-fictional theme or locale that is incorporated in The Vesuvius Isotope, a novel by Kristen Elise. Buy The Vesuvius Isotope on Amazon.
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Newsletter: The Murder, USA "Anthology"
I have an awesome project to announce! I've been cooking this thing up for a while, along with a fantastic group of talented, fascinating authors, and it is now officially past the point of no return. So here it is: The Murder, USA anthology. Except is not a true anthology. Let me explain:
In contrast to a true anthology, which implies a collection of short stories, I am collating a collection of excerpts from somewhere between 20 and 30 full-length, published novels. Each of these novels falls somewhere in some form of crime fiction/mystery/thriller genre - from legal thriller, to cozy mystery, to action thriller, to romantic mystery, to paranormal thriller. There is something in here for everyone. It will be FREE, and as a subscriber to this mailing list, you'll be one of the first to get it.
In addition to the common theme of genre, there is another common thread: Murder, USA is a travelogue. Each of these excerpts is set somewhere in the United States, and the setting plays a bit of a role in the story. My vision for this project is that the finished product is "a murder tour of the nation." I have now read many of the excerpts, and let me tell you... it's going to be awesome. We've got quite a diverse collection of talented authors and ... again... there is something in here for everyone. Find your next favorite author!
The table of contents will be organized by location and it will list the novel, author, location, and subgenre (cozy mystery, international thriller...,) so there are many ways for a reader to glance through the table of contents and pick out the excerpts of interest to him/her. And there will be links to the full-length novel for purchase at the end of each excerpt, so you'll have easy access to the rest of the story!
Stay tuned as well for Murder, International - the international version. This one is a bit "behind" in terms of production, and the USA version will definitely be available first.
Last, but not least, I'd like to let my readers know that there's a promotion coming up for The Vesuvius Isotope. The ebook will be discounted to $0.99 from October 1-15. Please feel free to spread the word if you've got friends who might like the novel and be interested picking up a copy at a discount. Or, as always, they can just subscribe to this newsletter and get it for free!
If you were forwarded this newsletter and would like to subscribe, I'll send you a free e-copy of The Vesuvius Isotope.
The Enigma of Cleopatra: Everything You Know of Her is Wrong
Photo Credit: The Death of Cleopatra, by Guido Cagnacci 1658 Public Domain
A recent post on www.history.com details lesser-known or poorly understood facts about Cleopatra VII, a strong theme detailed in historical thriller The Vesuvius Isotope. From the blog post...
1. Cleopatra was not Egyptian.While Cleopatra was born in Egypt, she traced her family origins to Macedonian Greece and Ptolemy I Soter, one of Alexander the Great's generals. Ptolemy took the reigns of Egypt after Alexander's death in 323 B.C., and he launched a dynasty of Greek-speaking rulers that lasted for nearly three centuries. Despite not being ethnically Egyptian, Cleopatra embraced many of her country's ancient customs and was the first member of the Ptolemaic line to learn the Egyptian language.
Read the rest at www.history.com
This blog post explores a non-fictional theme or locale that is incorporated in The Vesuvius Isotope, the first Katrina Stone novel. Buy The Vesuvius Isotope in print or ebook .
From the ancient ruins beneath Mount Vesuvius, a two-thousand-year-old document has emerged. It is the only text ever attributed to the ambitious, inquisitive, and cryptic last pharaoh of Egypt...
When her Nobel laureate husband is murdered, biologist Katrina Stone can no longer ignore the secrecy that has increasingly pervaded his recent behavior. Her search for answers leads to a two-thousand-year-old medical mystery and the life of one of history's most enigmatic women. Following the trail forged by her late husband, Katrina must separate truth from legend as she chases medicine from ancient Italy and Egypt to a clandestine modern-day war. Her quest will reveal a legacy of greed and murder and resurrect an ancient plague into the twenty-first century.
Kristen Elise, Ph.D. is a drug discovery biologist and the author of The Vesuvius Isotope and The Death Row Complex. She lives in San Diego, California.
Labels: Cleopatra, The ancient world, The Vesuvius Isotope
Lighthouse of Alexandria to be Rebuilt!
If you're me, this is a dream come true!! If you've read The Vesuvius Isotope, you've read my hypothesis about the lighthouse, the library, and the Caesarium, and you understand how the proximity of those three monuments played into the story. How wonderful to see the lighthouse rebuilt in its original form. See the article from Archeology magazine below.
http://archaeology.org/news/3265-150505-alexandria-lighthouse-replica
Kristen Elise, Ph.D. is a drug discovery biologist and the author of The Vesuvius Isotope and The Death Row Complex. She lives in San Diego, California, with her husband, stepson, and three canine children.
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Labels: Cleopatra, Egypt, The ancient world, The Vesuvius Isotope
The Best Secret Passageway You've Never Sailed Through
Photo used with permission: www.tunnelborbonico.info
When was your last underground archeological tour that entailed ziplining and sailing?
It's well known today that Il Passetto of Rome was constructed as a secret passageway for Popes. But how do you escape in times of siege if you're the king?
In Naples lies an underground passageway that stretches from the Royal Palace all the way to... huh?
It ends in a parking lot.
But let's back up.
The Tunnel Borbonico was built by Bourbon King "The Bomb" Ferdinand II--son of "Big Nose" Ferdinand I, and equally unpopular among his subjects. The younger king ordered the tunnel constructed as an escape route in times of revolution, which pretty much meant Ferdinand's entire reign.
The passageway was planned to extend into Piazza Vittoria, which housed a military barracks. But it was never quite finished.
Today, the main entrance to Il Tunnel Borbonico can be accessed near Piazza Plebiscito, the large, central piazza of Naples in which the Royal Palace resides. A giant parking structure sits on top at the other end of the tunnel.
Visiting Il Tunnel Borbonico is not your average walking tour through an underground chamber. While the "Standard Tour" is what one might expect--a walk through the tunnels, exploring the artifacts--the adventurous might want to try the "Adventure Tour." This one leads through still-flooded passageways and entails a raft ride beneath the city. And for those who would rather be in the sky beneath Naples (yes, you read that right), don your lighted helmet and follow the "Speleo Tour", where you get to zipline up a cistern.
A planning tip: although you can enter the tour from either end of the tunnel, BOTH tours end on the "parking lot" downhill side. Ask me how I know this. It involves an unplanned mad dash to catch a plane...
For more information, visit the Tunnel Borbonico website.
This blog post explores a non-fictional theme or locale that is incorporated in the third Katrina Stone novel, in progress by Kristen Elise. Buy The Vesuvius Isotope, the first Katrina Stone novel, in print or ebook .
Labels: Italy, The Enlightenment, The modern world, Work in progress
When the booty was gone, they filled in the holes, and with no interests whatsoever in art, no such field as archeology and no apparent concept of historical preservation, there were no real records of the find. The story might have stopped right there, had it not been for a succession of women as ambitious as Cleopatra herself...
Part 2 of this series begins the story of the excavations of Herculaneum, as we seek to unravel the answer to the mystery: Why was the Villa dei Papyri never fully excavated?
Twenty-five years after d'Elboeuf abandoned the site, two factors converged to revive the excavations of Herculaneum. The first was the ascension of a new reigning king of Naples – or rather, the true monarch - his mother.
King Philip V of Spain, public domain
In 1734, Naples fell under control of the "Spanish" royal dynasty controlling the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, of which neither king nor queen was actually Spanish or Sicilian. Philip V was the French grandson of Louis XIV and was raised at the court of Versailles with aspirations of the French crown. Instead, he was granted the lesser Spanish one. Throughout his nominal reign, Philip suffered from a severe depression that left him categorically incapacitated most of the time. And so his kingdom was managed by the queen.
Philip's wife Queen Elisabetta was an Italian princess descended from the Medici dukes of Florence and the Farnese dukes of Lombardy. On the day she rode into Madrid to marry Philip, she was greeted by Philip's official mistress, whom Elisabetta ordered arrested and deported on the spot. This set the tone for their marriage.
Queen Elisabetta Farnese, public domain
Elisabetta instated the first born son from her marriage with Philip upon the throne of Naples as the new King of Campania. The prince was eighteen-year-old Charles. While Charles nominally ruled the kingdom, it was his mother, Italian-born Medici Queen Elisabetta who became determined to convert the run-down, poverty- and disease-infested cesspool that was Naples into "the Florence of the South." And this she did, funding her ambitious endeavors by taxing the Catholic Church on its land. As the Church was the largest landholder in Campania, tax revenues tripled.
Elisabetta used the newly acquired funds to build three new palaces, a royal opera house, a prison, hospices, a cemetery and a number of factories. The palaces were intended for museums as well as for royal residences; she also set the course to transfer a vast number of pieces from the priceless Farnese collection into Naples.
At the same time, she ordered that the neglected Herculaneum excavations be resumed in hopes of finding further additions.
Philip V and Elisabetta, public domain
Under the official direction of Charles and the unofficial direction of Elisabetta, the vast cities of Herculaneum and the recently discovered Pompeii were systematically plundered. The efforts were led by a Spanish artillery engineer, Captain Rocque Joachim Alcubierre, whose sole mission was to find everything of monetary value and pluck it from the earth. As he exhausted one source of the buried treasure, he would delve unthinkingly into the next, backfilling each prior section with dirt from the new one.
It was under Alcubierre that the Villa dei Papiri was discovered.
Raimondo di Sangro, Prince of Sansevero and friend of King Charles, became the first to attempt opening the papyrus scrolls as they emerged from within the villa. A self-proclaimed "gifted" and "extraordinary" alchemist, di Sangro used mercury in an effort to soften the charred, brittle papyrus. The mercury dissolved the scrolls, and many of them were lost.
Labels: Italy, Pompeii and Herculaneum, The ancient world, The Vesuvius Isotope
The Death Row Complex - A Thriller Twelve Years in the Making
Tis a happy day for me, as The Death Row Complex has finally arrived! At long last, you may download the Kindle version (discounted this month in honor of the launch!), order a paperback from Amazon, or purchase a signed copy from me. Finally.
Now, I'm sure that the launch of a new book doesn't seem like a big deal to most of you. But it's a big deal for me, because I started writing this book twelve years ago. The Death Row Complex is older than Facebook. Let that sink in for a minute.
There's a story about the genesis of this book, so I suppose now is as good a time as any to tell it...
Twelve years ago, I was a postdoctoral fellow, which is scienctific jargon for overeducated indentured servant. I was working on finding a molecule that could block an anthrax infection (because what's the best thing to give a disgruntled scientist? A biological weapon, of course!) While doing this work, I stumbled upon a molecule that activated anthrax instead of blocking it. This was not too long after 9/11 and the Amerithrax incident, and it made me ponder the possibilities of what could happen if the dangerous technologies of the world fell into the wrong hands. And it also made me realize that that's exactly where those technologies already are.
Right around that same time, twelve years ago, my friend Sara McBride was writing a story. She dared me to do the same. That was reason enough for me.
But then something happened... I started writing, and I really, really liked it! I liked it enough, in fact, that I became rather obsessed with the creation of this story. So much so that I stopped wanting to do anything else with my free time, for a while.
But then something else happened. Writing got hard. I discovered this new phenomenon called "writer's block," which I was pretty sure nobody else had ever experienced prior to myself. So I put the book down... sometimes for days, sometimes for weeks... and worked on it on and off for the next five years.
Then I got the idea for The Vesuvius Isotope, and I decided I wanted to publish Vesuvius first. I wanted Death Row to be released later as a prequel, and so, poor Death Row had to wait, again.
So here, at long last, is my first second thriller, The Death Row Complex. Please feel free to read an excerpt, or purchase the novel at one of the links above. And if you're so inclined, please feel free to leave a review on Amazon when you're done. I'd love it if you did.
There is a third Katrina Stone novel in the works at this time. It is a sequel to The Vesuvius Isotope, and it returns to the historical thriller theme. I promise not to take twelve years to publish it.
Interview on Crimefiction.fm: Katrina Stone, San Diego, and Being a Scientist/Author
Do you like to read #crimefiction? If so, check out crimefiction.fm, an excellent podcast by Stephen Campbell. Steve interviews authors in all kinds of #mystery, #thriller, and #suspense genres, including, this morning, me. Give a listen to hear our short discussion about the Katrina Stone novels, the genres in general, and some of the funny things that happen to scientists who write books.
And, if you're an author, do yourself and your career a huge favor and check out The Author Biz podcast, another podcast run by Steve. In this one, he interviews the biggest and most successful players in the book business, who share their secrets for how they came to be that way.
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Labels: Ask Katrina, News, San Diego, Science and medicine, The Death Row Complex, The Vesuvius Isotope
Map of the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum
"The Villa of the Papyri is unfinished business. In consideration of the immense income from Vesuvian sites, excavators have considerable margin of choice. Their priorities could extend to completion of the excavation of the Villa of the Papyri, halted largely due to piranha-like demands for payment for expropropriated lands."
- Judith Harris, Pompeii Awakened
In Part I of the Buried Books of Herculaneum mystery, we presented the following question: Why was the Villa dei Papyri never fully excavated? The villa is prominently off limits to this day. To answer this mystery, we must travel back in time to the year 1709: the year the Villa dei Papyri was rediscovered after nearly two thousand years beneath the ash.
In 1709, Naples and surrounding regions were under Austrian rule. Like so many of the world's most amazing discoveries, the lost city of Herculaneum was rediscovered by accident. While digging a well, a feat accomplished in 1709 by leading a heavily yoked ox in a circle, a farmer began unearthing marble.
Map of Herculaneum ruins; Villa dei Papiri is closed off
The farmer began selling the fragments, and one of his earliest prospective customers was Emanuel d'Elboeuf, the French prince commanding the Austrian cavalry. Eager to complete his own summer residence, the task that had brought him to shop for marble in the first place, d'Elboeuf confiscated the poor farmer's well on behalf of the Austrian government. He began digging in earnest, and three female statues were unearthed. They were quickly followed by a statue of Cleopatra. The statues were claimed as property of the Austrian government and placed in the king's garden in Vienna.
D'Elboeuf and his workers pillaged the building he had drilled into until it was stripped clean. When the booty was gone, they filled in the holes, and with no interests whatsoever in art, no such field as archeology, and no apparent concept of historical preservation, there were no real records of the find. The story might have stopped right there, had it not been for a succession of women as ambitious as Cleopatra herself.
Continued in Part 3 of The Buried Books of Herculaneum.
Anthrax in the Mail, AGAIN!
I have just a few things to say about this. First of all, I swear, it's not a publicity stunt on my part, although it is eerie how well-timed this is with the imminent launch of The Death Row Complex, which deals directly with this subject. For the record, I haven't had access to anthrax components in years, and I never had access to the live bug.
Second: I can't believe the nerve of the Army and the CDC as they look the public in the eye and try to say that there was never any danger. To be clear: this is not the fault of Fed Ex. It's the fault of the researchers who should have known better. Yes, shipments of hazardous materials, including infectious materials, happens routinely. Yes, there are regulations in place to ensure safety--or at least to maximize the probability of safety. But to accidentally ship a batch of live anthrax that was improperly irradiated? WHOOPS. Big whoops. I hope someone was fired.
Third: Yes, this is different from the Amerithrax mailings. Those were deliberate. The perpetrator of that particular crime (I'm still not convinced it was Bruce Ivins) wanted to make people die. So he put live spores in the envelope with no secondary containment. In contrast, official shipments of infectious materials from one biomedical researcher to another is done in closed containers with the appropriate secondary containment. So it should be safe.
HOWEVER: The failure to properly irradiate a sample that was supposed to have been dead is an indication of a serious lack of attention to detail on the part of someone in the lab. That person shouldn't be there. His supervisor shouldn't be there either, if he isn't more in tune with what's going on in his laboratory. This is worse than malice; it's just stupidity.
Why does this matter? One: because there could still be live infectious material on the outside of the secondary container. It could be the wrong bug altogether. It could be shipped to the wrong place. And so forth. In short, if someone in a live anthrax lab is asleep at the wheel, we can't be confident that he or she only screws up in a way that isn't a threat to the public. Two: If this kind of stupidity is allowed to slip through the cracks, then who is to say that the malice won't also? All it takes is one disgruntled researcher to "accidentally" forget to tighten the cap on the vial. And then we've got issues.
For a glimpse of what could happen, check out The Death Row Complex when it's released on June 27. And ... if you work with live anthrax, please, pay attention.
Anthrax is one of only six microorganisms classified by the CDC as Category A (High Priority) biological weapons. For more information about the bug, here's a link to their bioterrorism page, a link to their anthrax page, and a link to the specific Category A agents.
This blog post explores a non-fictional theme or locale that is incorporated in The Death Row Complex, the second Katrina Stone novel. Buy The Death Row Complex in print or ebook .
An anonymous warning is sent to the White House, and a genetically engineered biological weapon is released in a California prison. The unpublished data of biologist Katrina Stone may hold the key to harnessing the lethal bacterium--and to its creation within the desperate world from which biotechnology is born.
Labels: Science and medicine, The Death Row Complex, The modern world
The Death Row Complex Cover Reveal
Another creation of Damonza's Awesome Book Covers.
An anonymous warning is sent to the White House, and a genetically engineered biological weapon is released in a California prison. The unpublished data of biologist Katrina Stone may hold the key to harnessing the lethal bacterium--and to its creation within the desperate world from which medicines are born.
Here it is! This is the cover art for The Death Row Complex, which I'm still foolishly optimistic enough to think we might be able to launch on June 6. This might be quite foolish. But it will certainly be available shortly thereafter, if not on that date.
Those of you who live in San Diego might recognize the cover image. I did, however, modify the sculpture just slightly to make it a DNA double helix.
If you've read the historical thriller The Vesuvius Isotope, you'll notice a trend between the cover art for the two novels. In both, protagonist Katrina Stone is on a quest for a medicine that can divert disaster. However, while the cover for The Vesuvius Isotope depicts the ancient world, that for The Death Row Complex depicts the modern one. Death Row is the prequel, taking place eight years before the events in Vesuvius. A sequel, which returns to the theme of a modern-day quest for an ancient medicine, is in the works.
The Death Row Complex will be available for pre-order in the very near future. Purchase The Vesuvius Isotope on Amazon or get a signed copy here.
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Piaggio's Device
In a glass case within the Naples Archaeological Museum is an instrument that resembles an old, battered loom. Long, knotted strands of a charcoal-colored substance hang suspended from it. The cluster looks more like meat curing in a slaughterhouse than what it actually is. It is paper.
This display is dedicated to the Villa dei Papyri, an ancient Roman residence buried and immaculately preserved in the 79AD eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. The villa just happened to be owned by the father-in-law of Julius Caesar.
Inside the Villa dei Papyri was a large library containing approximately two thousand papyrus scrolls. Since their discovery in the 1700s, scientists and historians alike have repeatedly undertaken the unwinding of these precious artifacts. Once unwound, they are still legible.
A papyrus scroll from the Villa dei Papyri
In addition to the large Greek library already uncovered, it is believed that there was probably an entire section of the library dedicated to works written in Latin, which of course may have included those of Julius Caesar himself. It may also contain the works of Octavian, the great nephew of Caesar and his sole heir, who went on to become the first Roman Emperor, Augustus. And the Villa dei Papyri may contain the writings of Caesar's lover and the mother of his only known son: Cleopatra, the enigmatic, powerful, multilingual, highly educated queen from whom no single writing has ever been discovered.
But if these works do exist, they are still buried.
The majority of the villa was never fully excavated. Over the centuries, the treasure within has been sought by the likes of King Charles of Campania, Napoleon Bonaparte and Benito Mussolini. Tunnels have been excavated and then back-filled. The villa has been bombed, excavated, and bombed again. But the majority of the library remains intact, beneath meters of hardened ash from Mount Vesuvius.
I pose here the question: why? Why, when the Villa dei Papyri may be one of the most important archeological finds, and resources, in European history? Why, when many other areas of Herculaneum have been fully excavated for centuries? Why, when today's technology can readily bore into the depths of the Earth?
You are invited to join us in solving this mystery: Why was the Villa dei Papyri never fully excavated?
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The Naples Archeological Museum, Naples, Italy
The Getty Villa, Malibu, California
The Greco-Roman Museum, Alexandria, Egypt
Pompeii Awakened, by Judith Harris
We continue this story in The Buried Books of Herculaneum Part 2.
Location: Naples National Archaeological Museum, Piazza Museo, 19, 80135 Napoli, Italy
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An ebook in epub format of "The history of Evil Seal"
A part from the rewards #1 #2 #5, you will find your name small print in the "Hall of Fame" of Evil Seal.
A part from the rewards #1 #2 #5, you will find your name medium print in the "Hall of Fame" of Evil Seal.
A part from the rewards #1 #2 #5, you will find your name large print in the "Hall of Fame" of Evil Seal.
A part from the rewards #1 #2 #5 #8, your name will be written inside a video reproduced at beginning of the game.


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Q: How can I avoid using 'FactoryGirl.reload' due to using 'sequence' in my factories? Having to use FactoryGirl.reload likely to put some overhead on the time it takes to run all tests (when many tests exist) and also it is described as an Anti-Pattern.
How can I keep using the sequencing for unique fields, yet test for the correct values?
You can see in my code that...

*

*I have to call FactoryGirl.reload so that the increment starts at 1 in case any previous tests have already been run.

*I have to state :count => 1 because there will only ever be one instance of that value.
spec/factories/clients.rb
FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :client do
    name                "Name"
    sequence(:email}    { |n| "email#{n}@example.com" }
    sequence(:username) { |n| "username#{n}" }
  end
end

spec/clients/index.html.erb_spec.rb
require 'spec_helper'

describe "clients/index" do
  before do
    FactoryGirl.reload
    (1..5).each do
      FactoryGirl.create(:client)
    end
    @clients = Client.all
  end

  it "renders a list of clients" do
    render
    # Run the generator again with the --webrat flag if you want to use webrat matchers
    assert_select "tr>td", :text => "Name".to_s, :count => 5
    assert_select "tr>td", :text => "email1@example.com".to_s, :count => 1
    assert_select "tr>td", :text => "username1".to_s, :count => 1
  end
end

A: How about passing in special names for this particular test?
require 'spec_helper'

describe "clients/index" do
  before do
    (1..5).each do |num|
      FactoryGirl.create(:client, username: "special#{num}")
    end
    @clients = Client.all
  end

  it "renders a list of clients" do
    render
    assert_select "tr>td", :text => "special1".to_s, :count => 1
  end
end

A: Adding to mind.blank's answer... If you then wish to test the incremented values, place them inside an incremental loop as well.
  it "renders a list of clients" do
    render
    (1..5).each do |num|
      assert_select "tr>td", :text => "special#{num}".to_s, :count => 1
    end
  end

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Preclinical research from the National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's, has found that chronic drinking produces high brain levels of a stress hormone which could be involved in the cognitive deficits seen in many alcoholics.
In a review published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, authors described how brain levels of the hormone cortisol were raised after chronic alcohol consumption. Cortisol is produced by the adrenal gland in response to stress, but new research has shown it can be made in the brain as well. The research described in the review showed rises in the brain concentrations could result in cognitive deficits which could decrease the patient's ability to engage with treatment.
Chronic alcoholism is a disabling addictive disorder, characterised by compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcohol despite the negative effects it has on health, relationships and social standing. Alcohol damages almost every organ of the body including the brain where it causes memory loss and impairs decision-making and attention span.
Cortisol plays an important role in the regulation of emotion, learning, attention, energy utilization, and the immune system. The research showed that high brain levels of this hormone are present after chronic alcohol consumption and that these continue to be elevated during withdrawal from alcohol and after long periods of abstinence even though the blood levels are not higher than normal.
The research is currently continuing at the Institute of Psychiatry with a clinical trial in alcoholics of a drug that prevents the effects of cortisol.


In my recent trip to Bohol with the Singles of Corpus Christi Chapter, I haven't had a a river cruise. It is because of the limited funds we had. Instead of having the eat all you can meal in the cruise we chose to eat just beside the Loboc River in one of the (i think) closed restaurants along the river.
We can see those who are in the cruise passing by. We had a quick lunch there took some pictures and off to the next destination.
During my other trips we dined in and took the river cruise eat all you can meals for Php 300.00 pesos per person plus an additional Maintenance fee of Php 150.00 pesos each. You will be dining in the banca while the crew will sing songs for entertainment. When almost all of the guests were through eating, the boat will then start sailing or traversing the long stretch of Loboc River.
At some distant area of the cruise where I think is the turning point is a group of singing and dancing locals, singing and dancing Filipino native festive songs where guests/tourists can go off the boat and join them in dancing. They also have gift items for sale. Last 2010, with my family we went of the boat and tried to experience the fun in dancing and singing with them as they continue to entertain guests.
I think there are 3 to 4 songs for the guests to try, before the boat would sail back to dock and end the cruise. Donations are very much welcome, just live it in their donation box.
It's a 23.2 km ride from the Tagbilaran City. It would only take you 19 minutes to reach the place. That is if you go directly from Tagbilaran City to Loboc for the river cruise. Just ride a bus at the Dao Terminal going to Loboc. The local are very familiar about the place, they will definitely give you instructions once you get there. Haven't tried commuting it though, most of the time I am in a group with a private vehicle.


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The bachelor of science program in construction management is a direct ladder from the associate program in building technology. Additional courses focus on higher level theory, critical thinking, and problem-solving-based concepts, which further prepare you for employment as a construction manager and will increase the opportunity to advance your career. As a construction manager you will confer with owners, contractors or design professionals to discuss and resolve issues on the job site. You will also plan, schedule and coordinate activities to meet deadlines, while preparing budget estimates, progress reports and daily activity logs.
Students who graduate with a degree in construction management have career opportunities such as field engineer, planner, site supervisor, scheduler, cost estimator, assistant project manager, safety coordinator, logistics manager, environmental controller, building inspector and general contractor.
Watch one student talk about his experience in the program here.
Earnings, job growth and education levels noted are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (National), and CareerOneStop/U.S. Department of Labor (Michigan).


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Q: Sending email in PHP - Form I have been trying to do tests to send an email through a form with php, but it does not work for me. The following message is returned: Error sending the email. That is, the value of the variable boolean $ sent is false.
I use Apache, XAMPP for Windows 10 with the Netbeans 8.2 development environment
Let's see if anyone can help me, thanks in advance.
This is the code that is giving faults:
<?php
$for = 'email@example.com';
$title = 'Sending email from PHP';
$message = '<title> Email with HTML </title>

 Email with HTML

            This is an email that is sent in HTML format

Sent by my program in PHP';
$headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0'. "\r\n";
$headers. = 'Content-type: text / html; charset = utf-8 '. "\r\n";
$headers. = 'From: Name1 Name 2 <info@example.com>';
$sent = mail ($for, $title, $message, $headers);

if ($sent)
    echo 'Email sent correctly';
else
    echo 'Error in sending the email';
?>

A: as far as I can see, you have some concatenation issues, I m not sure those actually exist in your code or are due to copy paste. Try following, take care of $header concatenation and semicolons ; at the end of statements.
<?php
$for = 'email@example.com';
$title = 'Sending email from PHP';
$message = ''.
        ' <title> Email with HTML </title> '.
        '
 Email with HTML
'.
        'This is an email that is sent in HTML format.'
    '
'.
    'Sent by my program in PHP'.
    ''.
    '';
$headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0'. "\ r \ n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text / html; charset = utf-8 '. "\ r \ n";
$headers .= 'From: Name1 Name 2 <info@example.com>';
$sent = mail ($for, $title, $message, $headers);

if ($sent)
    echo 'Email sent correctly';
else
    echo 'Error in sending the email';
?>


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by mmathur5689June 18, 2011, 6:59 pmJune 18, 2011, 6:59 pmJune 18, 2011, 6:59 pmTV >
Fran Drescher is best known for her hit 90s sitcom The Nanny. Since then, she has been trying to land another successful sitcom with varying results. Her latest show is Happily Divorced and it's possible that this one might stick, and that is for a couple reasons. One, it airs on TV Land which has recently become the home of comfortable, old-school-style sitcoms starring comedians (mostly women) in their 40s such as Hot in Cleveland. Second, Drescher wrote the pilot along with ex-husband Peter Marc Jacobson and the sitcom is based on their lives. Third, the writing is sharp and funny, even if it does consist mainly of zingers and one-liners.
Divorced is the story of Fran, whose husband Peter (John Michael Higgins, Best in Show) comes out of the closet late one night. They divorce but realize that they can't afford for either of them to move out so they decide to stick it out and live together. This obviously puts a hurdle in both of their burgeoning love lives but they try to make it work.
Sitcom pilots are always a little rough-around-the-edges and this one is no different. While the lines are both funny and delivered energetically, the show does resort to stereotypes in depicting Peter and his homosexuality. He's a walking cliche; a likely candidate for Queer Eye and the Straight Guy who showed up for work several years too late. One running joke would have us believe that everyone knew he was gay except for him and Fran. So I guess for that to work he had to be a caricature, but a little character nuance would have been appreciated.
Matters are not really helped when Fran's new boyfriend Elliot (D.W. Moffett, Friday Night Lights) is introduced. He's an ultra-masculine, super-hunk who wears a leather jacket, rides a motorcycle and goes to Lakers' games. Elsewhere, Fran's parents (veterans Robert Walden and Rita Moreno) are quirky but cheesy.
Drescher herself does what she does best. She is and always has been a terrific comedian and it is her performance that will drive the show towards all of its comic destinations. She will fit right in with Betty White, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Valerie Bertinelli on TV Land. Any of fan of the network's current lineup and of Drescher will love this sitcom as it is enjoyable and often very funny.
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It is with the deepest regret that we learnt of the passing of our beloved friend and colleague, whose name has become synonymous with two iconic elements of nature in a country he loved, the birds of Trinidad and Tobago and the Asa Wright Nature Centre.
A flood of great memories come to mind, which I hope you will allow me the opportunity to share with you even though you may already be aware of such sentiments and events as his life intertwined with ours at Asa Wright so meaningfully over several decades.
Richard was fondly referred to as the "birdman" as his knowledge and enthusiasm for birds was readily transmitted to all who were lucky enough to accompany him on hikes and field trips throughout Trinidad and Tobago.
He was also a founding member of the worldrenowned Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad, which he served faithfully as Chairman of its Board and contributed to shaping into the premier not for profit nature conservation facility that it has become almost 43 years after its creation.
For more than four decades, everyone interested in the biodiversity of Trinidad and Tobago, in particular its birds, knew of Richard ffrench and benefited from his legacy of writings and lectures on many aspects of the birds of Trinidad and Tobago.
He was the highly respected authority on this group of fauna of the country and his seminal work, A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago which he authored over 40 years ago, is still the definitive publication that every "birder" "must have" to genuinely appreciate the birds of these twin islands of the Caribbean.
Early in May, the Asa Wright Nature Centre hosted a meeting with quarrying interests in the valley, concerned residents and members of government agencies involved in, or impacted by, quarrying.
of Energy and Housing, Planning & the Environment to attend a meeting, to be held at the Centre. While the Ministers did not attend, several technical level government officers were present. These included officers from the Ministry of Energy, Land Use Division of the Ministry of Planning, Forestry Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, and representatives from the Environmental Management Authority.
alarm at the extent of the environmental damage they had seen being done in the valley.
a sense of hope emanating from the meeting, in that for the first time, many government officers had seen the destruction through the eyes of those who care about the environment. This could be the first actual step forward in having government and the quarrying industry realise that they must operate in a far more responsible manner.
The meeting will re-convene, at Spring Hill, on June 30th.
conducted by Denise Etienne, who at Asa Wright is a contributor to the overall growth in student and young visitors under age 12. Denise, employed with the Asa Wright Nature Centre for over 10 years, has worked in the Tour Guide department and once held the position of Senior Guide. During her career at the Centre her knowledge and passion for nature has flourished with a particular interest in naturalist teaching.
She formalised this interest in 2008 during a nine-month teacher naturalist workshop at the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed in New Jersey. Upon her return, discussions between her and members of the Board lead to the creation of the "Valley Schools Outreach Programme" (VSOP) and she was appointed to the Education department.
weekly visits by Denise, but also include a field trip to the Asa Wright Centre.
Arima area incorporating national spread, acceptance and participation. Persons willing to contribute and/or participate in this programme are asked to contact the Centre at asaright@tstt.net.tt or 667-4655.
Leaving his job and homeland inDecember 2009, Courtney Van Beek set out as an explorer in search of his El Dorado – the Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad. Still in his early 20s, Courtney recently completed undergraduate training in graphic design at Massey University, New Zealand, and is an enthusiastic amateur wildlife photographer.
He arrived in Trinidad two months after leaving New Zealand (with brief stops in Panama, Argentina, Peru and Chile) to actualise his commitment to volunteer at the Asa Wright Nature Centre.
of the Ian Lambie Education Unit. He couldn't contain his glee when he was asked to photograph some of the wildlife he would later use to prepare a Butterfly Identification poster and other educational material.Courtney assisted in redesigning Asa's bar menus, produced bookmarks and posters, and expressed keen interest in Asa Wright's Butterfly Garden initiative.
gratitude to Courtney Van Beek for his priceless contribution and wishes him the best in his endeavours. The nature centre welcomes persons with similar commitment to the environment to partner with us by becoming a volunteer, intern or financial contributor.
Cover of the children's book produced by Lonsdale Saatchi & Saatchi for Guardian Life Wildlife Trust and Pawi Foundation, through Lonsdale's partnership with Asa Wright.
Trinidad and Tobago's Lonsdale Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Ltd has won six Gold and 22 Silver Addy awards, including the Best of Show award, at the Caribbean Advertising Federation's annual Awards for Excellence. We are extremely proud of our partners at Lonsdale for their achievement, especially since five of the awards were given for work done through the Lonsdale partnership with the Asa Wright Nature Centre. Two of the Silver Addys were awarded for illustrations in the "Step Away… (and visit Nature at Asa Wright)" concept, and another Silver was won for the "Asa Wright Birds" poster. The Promise of the Pawi children's book, which highlights the plight of Trinidad's only endemic bird, won two Silver Addys – for Illustration and Publication Design.
Pawi. Dr Carol James chairs both the Asa Wright Nature Centre and Guardian Wildlife Trust boards. The book will be launched on April 14 at the Normandie. Asa Wright enjoys a special working partnership with Lonsdale, who through their worldwide Saatchi & Saatchi network's BLUE project have helped us with public relations initiatives over the past year, including the production of this monthly Bellbird newsletter.
Last October, the Centre was the venue for the completion of a major Tree Planting initiative conducted by the West Indian Tobacco Company. Over 8,000 forest trees were planted at L'Orange Estate in Aripo and 500 fruit trees planted at Spring Hill. In early and mid-February, two teams from West Indian Tobacco returned to Spring Hill to clear and nurture the young seedlings.
They visited the areas where their colleagues had done the planting, and carefully removed all weeds and vines around the young plants. In these follow-up exercises, West Indian Tobacco ensured that all of their staff had "put a hand" into the planting and growing process, so that all could feel genuinely involved. Each group enjoyed breakfast on the Verandah before retreating to the Jonnie Fisk Conference Centre – that is the old Mango Room – for a Greening pep talk by West Indian Tobacco Operations Manager Sheldon Taitt.
There was also the viewing of a video on the tobacco company's commitment to "Going Green", and a brief welcome to the Centre by Peter O'Connor. The teams then walked out along the driveway to where the fruit trees had been planted, and spent the rest of the morning clearing and ensuring the seedlings would survive. They then walked back, with their appetites, to the Main House to enjoy a typical Asa Wright lunch.
The Asa Wright Nature Centre is happy to welcome West Indian Tobacco teams to the Centre, and looks forward to partnering with other companies who seek to reduce their carbon footprints in partnership with us in the fresh mountain air of the Arima rainforest.


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The Death of Piers Gaveston
Having seen Alianore's post on the subject, it seemed improper to let the day go by without a brief tribute to Edward II's favorite, Piers Gaveston, who was executed on June 19, 1312. (In medieval history, at least, June seems to have been quite the month for unjust executions.) It was a tragic end to what appears to have been at the very least a deep friendship on both sides. As I haven't the chance to write a proper post, here's an excerpt from The Traitor's Wife instead:
The justices examined the evidence presented to them—an easy task as Gaveston himself had no chance to speak or call anyone to speak in his behalf—and sentenced the Gascon to death. Here Gilbert de Clare, though unwittingly, came to Gaveston's aid, for the earls deemed it unseemly that the brother-in-law of the Earl of Gloucester should die a traitor's death. Instead, he was granted the nobleman's death of beheading.
"They finally took him out of the dungeon, on June 19 it was," said the Countess of Pembroke's laundress. She cleared her throat; it was not usual for her to speak in front of so many people, and certainly not in front of a group of people like this—the king, the queen, her lord Pembroke, the king's nieces, the Earl of Surrey, Lord Despenser and his son. Gaveston's young widow was in full mourning; most of the others were in black or at least in their drabbest robes. "Poor man, he was filthy and looked in need of a good meal—he'd been in there nine days—but still he bore himself proudly, like the fine knight that I had heard he was. The Earls of Lancaster, Arundel, and Hereford came to Kenilworth to watch it be done."
"Only the three?" asked Hugh the elder. "Where was Warwick?"
"He was not there, sir, I'll swear it. They say he stayed in his castle at Warwick
the whole day."
"Then he is not only a scoundrel, but a coward," said the king's niece Eleanor. It was odd, the laundress thought, that it was she, not the queen, who had reached over and clasped the king's hand while the tale was being told, but the ways of the royal were inscrutable and the girl after all was the king's near relation.
"Aye, my lady, they say he wanted no part of the business once he started it. So they brought him to Kenilworth, as I said, to the Earl of Lancaster's land, I think. Then they took him to a place called Blacklow Hill—many a day I rolled down it as a girl, and no longer will anyone want to play there—"
"Was he shriven?" asked the king. "Do you know?"
"There was no priest there, but he prayed before he died, and many of the bystanders did too—although others laughed."
The king was weeping, and so were his nieces. Strange, the laundress thought,
the queen—the closest thing to an angel in looks she had ever seen—was dry-eyed. But if the rumors about the king and Gaveston had been true…
The second Edward wiped his eyes. "Go on."
"There's little left to tell, your grace. They bade him to kneel down, and he did, as graceful as though he was here in court. He had just time to commend his spirit to God. Then one man—a Welshman he was—ran him through the heart, then another Welshman cut off his head. Oh, but he did ask before, joking-like, that they leave him his head so as not to spoil his beauty so much."
The younger Despenser's mouth twitched upward.
"The Earl of Lancaster did not go up the hill for some reason, so they had to bring the head down to him, to show him that the deed had been done. Some friars came and got the body later, as you now know, your grace, and took him to Oxford." She paused awkwardly, then remembered that she had been asked to tell everything she knew. "I heard—but do not know for sure—that his head was sewn back on."
"God bless the friars," said Edward. "They shall be well rewarded. And so shall you." He nodded at his steward, standing nearby, who approached the laundress with a purse.
"It was the countess's doing, your grace. She sent me to visit my family near Warwick Castle, knowing that I would keep my ears and eyes open and report on what had happened."
"And it was you, Pembroke, who asked the countess to provide those eyes and ears. Thank you."
"It was the least I could do, your grace."
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1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Scoop out pulp from zucchini halves, then chop pulp and set aside. Arrange zucchini halves on baking sheet; set aside.
2. Heat olive oil in large skillet over medium heat. Cook garlic and onions, stirring occasionally for 1 minute. Add zucchini pulp and mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes or until tender. Stir in parsley and sauce.
3. Evenly fill zucchini halves with vegetable mixture, then top with bread crumbs. Bake 30 minutes or until zucchini are tender.


Former Manager of Journalism @Twitter and Head of Media @Reddit.
Where black people go, the internet goes.
"God created black people and black people created style," George C. Wolfe once wrote.
African-Americans heavily influence everything entertainment to political discourse to the culture and conversations that fuel the internet. And yet black users on social platforms are largely ignored by the companies who build them.
In an effort to drive growth, many social media companies make the mistake of exclusively courting brands and celebrities while ignoring influential black users. Vine is the latest casualty of this myopic trend.
Vine's success was due in large part to black Viners like King Bach, Jerry Purpdrank, Simone Shepherd and Victor Pope, Jr. Around 2015, the company began to partner with talent agencies who saw the users' meteoric rise as an opportunity to court a younger demographic. But by then it was too late. Vine stars abandoned the platform for Instagram where they could share longer video and grow a larger fan base. These new converts, along with millions of others, eventually made their way to Snapchat.
Silicon Valley has, in its snow-colored bubble, failed to acknowlege a shred of the impact of its black users.
Snapchat's growth was explosive. It ascended to 60 million daily active users in the U.S. and Canada since its founding five years ago. However, black people haven't limited their impactful activity to one platform. An estimated 48 percent of online African-Americans use Instagram. "Black Tumblr," an unofficial designation assigned to the community, is a cultural force.
When it launched, black users took to Periscope to showcase everything from protests to their everyday moments. Facebook, the platform that already includes 67 percent of online African Americans among its users, later debuted its Live feature. Periscope was speedily abandoned by these users. The company has grown considerably since its introduction but Facebook Live threatens to overtake it.
Anyone who's been on Twitter for more than a minute has heard of "Black Twitter" or at the very least felt its effects. African-Americans drive a large share of the conversation on the platform. The early years of Twitter were characterized by hashtags, memes and conversations centered on black culture. Later in its existence, the rising voice of activists further catapulted Twitter's permanence in the social sphere. In 2016, an estimated 28 percent of African-American internet users are on Twitter.
In the last year or so, Twitter moved away from focusing its outreach efforts solely on celebrities and started partnering with black influencers. The company threw its support behind the Blackbirds, its African-American affinity group. Guests like Luvvie Ajayi, Chance the Rapper and BET's Debra Lee were brought into the building. Google and other Silicon Valley mainstays have ushered their African-American employee resource groups into the public eye.
Black people thrive on social platforms despite the self-sabotage the companies inflict on themselves. Twitter is known as a safe haven for trolls who often face little to no retribution for their persistent abuse.
One of Reddit's most popular communities is r/BlackPeopleTwitter. Others like r/BlackFellas and r/BlackLadies have a robust presence. All of them serve as an online haven for African-Americans despite the not so uncommon racist activity on the platform.
Reddit has worked diligently to remove this user behavior by beefing up staff and introducing new features. Its new iteration has made it a safer place for everyone. But the damage is done — black internet users shy away from the platform in droves.
Black people are natural communicators. Whether it's a pager or a post, we've employed modern forms of communication to reflect the offline communities we diligently sustain. Silicon Valley has, in its snow-colored bubble, failed to acknowlege a shred of the impact of its black users.
The smart companies are those that involve diverse online communities from the start. They recognize that even if your workforce is lacking in melanin, chances are your user base is not.
Where black people go, the internet goes. You either have to get smart or get left behind.


Each of the juvenile courts replicating JDAI in Washington State has safely reduced their detention populations by implementing an array of alternatives to detention programs, expediting case-processing and developing a risk assessment tool to determine which youth require incarceration.
JDAI has reduced reliance on detention, freed resources for the development of more effective alternatives, and improved the overall efficiency of local juvenile justice systems. Instead of being drawn deeper into the system, many youth in JDAI sites have been provided with new opportunities to stay connected with their schools and families, solve the problems that brought them to court, and prepare for success in life.
Washington juvenile courts using JDAI strategies have significantly reduced their use of secure detention while also achieving historically high reductions in juvenile crime.
Jenny Young is the JDAI State Coordinator for Washington State. Contact Jenny at Jenny.Young@dshs.wa.gov or (360) 902-0872.


Background: Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) is a common side effect of multiday chemotherapy that can lead to poor adherence, decreased quality of life, and compromised functional status. Commonly used routes of administration of antiemetics, such as oral and intravenous, are accompanied by a number of challenges. Elderly patients compound challenges with oral agents due to the added risk of nonadherence owing to dementia or impaired vision. This analysis examined the impact of age on the efficacy and safety of a transdermal antiemetic, the Granisetron Transdermal System (GTS), in elderly cancer patients receiving multiday chemotherapy. A published, randomized phase III trial (N = 641) demonstrated the noninferiority of GTS vs. oral granisetron in complete CINV control in adult patients receiving multiday chemotherapy and served as the basis of its FDA approval in the prevention of CINV in patients receiving moderately and/or highly emetogenic chemotherapy regimens of up to 5 consecutive days duration. Methods: This post-hoc analysis divided patients from the previously reported phase III study into three age categories: < 50 years of age, 50–64 years of age, or ≥ 65 years of age (defined as elderly). The primary endpoint was the percentage of patients achieving complete control of CINV (no vomiting and/or retching, no more than mild nausea, and no use of rescue medication) from the first administration until 24 hours after final administration of chemotherapy. Additional endpoints were the use of rescue medication; the percentage of patients achieving complete response (no vomiting and/or retching, no rescue medication); patients' global satisfaction with antiemetic therapy (assessed using a 10-cm visual analog scale (VAS) at the time of patch removal); and safety. Results: A total of 621 patients were included, 142 of whom were elderly. There were no statistically significant differences in baseline characteristics between treatment groups. No significant differences were found in complete control rates, complete response, use of rescue medication, or patients' global satisfaction with antiemetic treatment between the GTS and oral granisetron treatment groups regardless of age. GTS was well tolerated with mild side effects; gastrointestinal disorders were the most common study drug-related treatment-emergent adverse events in each age subgroup of the GTS-treated population. Conclusion: This post-hoc analysis showed the efficacy and safety of GTS were maintained in all age subgroups, suggesting that GTS is an appropriate antiemetic agent for a wide range of ages including the elderly.


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Facebook Secretly Provided Analytic Firm Access to Million of Profiles
Controversies and scandals on Facebook don't seem to end anytime soon. Reportedly, the social network is facing its largest data breach scandal till date.
Now, according to a report from The Guardian, Cambridge Analytica illegally harvested over 50 million Facebook users' profiles without their consent and the data was used for influencing the results of US elections in 2016 and Brexit campaign.
The data breach, as per The Guardian, started in 2015 after an app called "thisisyourdigitallife" was developed by Cambridge psychology professor Aleksander Kogan.
Cambridge Analytics is a Britain-based data analysis firm owned by Robert Mercer (the hedge fund billionaire). It offers exclusive services for modifying "audience behavior" to businesses and groups.
As per Mercer, the company is capable of analyzing consumer data, which includes social media and polling for initiating targeted marketing campaigns. Cambridge Analytics worked for President Trump's election campaign as well as Republican Senator Ted Cruz's campaign.
Dr. Kogan states that his created app is basically a personality quiz that serves a researching tool for psychologists. He explained that his own firm Global Science Research had signed a deal with Cambridge Analytica for sharing this information.
Apparently, more than 270,000 Facebook users registered and were paid for undertaking personality tests that were to be stored by the company. However, what the participants didn't know was that the app could collect information about their contacts and friends on Facebook, without their permissions of course.
The notorious tactics of the app were exposed by an analytics expert Christopher Wylie, who had already worked with Cambridge Analytica. Wylie revealed that Facebook was exploited to access millions of profiles and models were created to exploit whatever information the company could obtain.
"That was the basis the entire company was built on," stated Wylie.
The app was programmed to consider its subscribed users' consent as permission to access their contacts on Facebook, especially those who had set their privacy settings to allow sharing with a friend's app. This way, the app acquired more but limited information.
The received information was allegedly used for mapping out voters' behaviors during the 2016 elections and Brexit campaign. That's how the app harvested over 50 million users' data. In 2015, the app was removed from Facebook and Cambridge Analytica assured Facebook that all of its user data has been deleted. However, New York Times claims that its copies are still available.
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When the news was broken by The Guardian, Cambridge Analytica completely rejected deception claims and stated that it has fully complied with the terms of service of Facebook and hasn't committed any wrongdoing. It also denied using Facebook data and stated that it is untrue that Facebook users' data was used in 2016 presidential election campaign.
Moreover, Trump's camp has also denied involvement in this fiasco stating that Cambridge Analytica's data was never utilized for the presidential campaign since the RNC was used for voter data and not Cambridge Analytica.
Nonetheless, Facebook is being severely criticized for failing to protect users' data time and again and the social media giant is urged to follow more effective and transparent practices in the way third-parties access and use its data.
Security experts believe that this scandal shows how important it is to set boundaries for third-parties. Facebook, on the other hand, claims that it has been deceived by Cambridge Analytica since the firm lied about deleting the entire data.
Facebook's chief security officer Alex Stamos tweeted earlier that Dr. Kogan also lied about the way Facebook users' data will be used. Facebook's official post read:
"Several days ago, we received reports that, contrary to the certifications we were given, not all data was deleted. We are moving aggressively to determine the accuracy of these claims. If true, this is another unacceptable violation of trust and the commitments they made."
https://twitter.com/aprilaser/status/975078309930311680
However, US and British lawmakers have thrashed Facebook for not informing users about what sort of data Cambridge Analytica would be collecting and how it could access information about millions of its users without raising any red flags.
A Senate Judiciary Committee member, Sen. Jeff Flake, R., Ariz., stated that: "This is a big deal when you have that amount of data. And the privacy violations there are significant, so, the question is, who knew it? When did they know it? How long did this go on? And what happens to that data now?"
"Someone has to take responsibility for this. It's time for Mark Zuckerberg to stop hiding behind his Facebook page," added Sen. Flake.
As per some social media posts from the attorney general in Massachusetts, an investigation will be launched to probe the issue while UK lawmaker Damian Collins stated that either Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg or a senior executive of the firm will have to testify before the group. He asserted that they will be inquiring how Britain's referendum results were manipulated through social media.
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A Chance For Silverware
The Jersey Shore Boca women's open team will be in search of some silverware next week as the ladies of blue and gold square-off against the Peninsula Aztecs in the NJSA Women's Open Cup finals on Tuesday June 15 on the artificial turf at Sabella Park in North Brunswick. The NJSA Women's Open Cup final match is scheduled to kick-off at 8pm and is open to the general public with free admission.
Boca women headed to NJSA Open Cup Final
LAKEWOOD, NJ (June 5, 2010) – The Jersey Shore Boca women's open team will be in search of some silverware next week as the ladies of blue and gold square-off against the Peninsula Aztecs in the New Jersey Soccer Association (NJSA) Women's Open Cup finals on Tuesday June 15 on the artificial turf at Sabella Park in North Brunswick.
The Boca women head to the 2010 NJSA Women's Open Cup final in dramatic fashion after drawing 1-1 through regulation and overtime back on May 14 with the NJ Lions of Trenton in the semi-finals and then advancing on FIFA penalty kicks which favored Boca 4 to 3.
Tara Crowley (Wall), a senior at Wall High School who will begin her freshman year at Gettysburg College in September, tallied Boca's only goal of the semi-final match.
Sarah Van Curen (Marlboro) was solid between the pipes for the Boca women as the former Freehold Township and Monmouth University standout made a critical penalty kick save during the shootout phase.
In their quarter-final round played last November, Boca topped the Philadelphia Flames 5-2 to advance to the semi-finals.
The 2010 NJSA Women's Open Cup final match is scheduled to kick-off at 8pm and is open to the general public with free admission.
Kristen Kowit (Lakewood), a two-time All-American and two-time Old Dominion Athletic Conference "Player of the Year" during her college career at Lynchburg College is a player-coach for the Boca women's open team.
Jersey Shore Boca has been a fixture in the soccer community since 1978 and is one of the most respected soccer clubs on the East Coast.
The Club is celebrating their 32-year anniversary in 2010.
For more information on the Jersey Shore Boca Soccer Club visit the Club's official web site at www.jerseyshoreboca.com


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Pop icon Seiko Matsuda's first jazz project goes into high gear
With over 40 music awards, a record of 24 consecutive No. 1 single hits on Japan's Oricon charts and several hits on the U.S. Billboard Dance Chart, Seiko Matsuda has been active internationally since 1980. Now, after six years of planning, Matsuda finally unveils her first jazz album Seiko Jazz (available via Verve).
Known as the "Eternal Idol" in Japan due to her long standing career as a pop culture icon, Matsuda has historically collaborated with jazz greats in the past while leaving a visible footprint within its scene. In 2011, famed producer Quincy Jones invited her to take part in his iconic, career spanning "Quincy Jones and the Global Gumbo All-Stars" concert at Los Angeles' legendary Hollywood Bowl. The following year, Matsuda was a featured artist on the contemporary jazz supergroup Fourplay's album Esprit de Four. Upon celebrating the 35th anniversary of her debut in 2015, she won the Japanese equivalent of a Grammy Award when she received Best Vocal Performance at the Japan Record Awards.
Seiko Jazz marks the critically acclaimed singer's debut jazz album, produced by Shigeyuki Kawashima (the first Japanese jazz producer to receive a Grammy® Award) and arranged by Grammy Award-winning bandleader David Matthews. Matsuda is joined by Matthews' Manhattan Jazz Orchestra to present standards such as "Smile" and "The Way We Were," as well as the Bossa Nova staple "The Girl From Ipanema" in a way that showcases the cornerstones in the history of jazz.
"I am not only overjoyed to be able to release my album with Verve, but I also feel I have turned over a new leaf after 37 years," Matsuda says via news release. "Holding this special appreciation to all of the people who have supported me throughout the my career, I only hope to become a better version of myself by constantly learning and taking on new challenges."
Filed Under: jazz, music, performances, releases, Uncategorized, United States Tagged With: Japan, pop, Seiko Matsuda, Universal Music, Verve Records
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Enjoy two old time radio plays featuring famous comedians George Burns, Gracie Allen, and Jack Benny.
"Gracie Buys a Live Turkey"
The show contains classic Gracie antics as George goes over the family budget and a great speech from George about buying less so the troops have more. To save money, Gracie buys the family a turkey for Thanksgiving, the only problem is that it's still alive and gobbling. Stars: George Burns, Gracie Allen. 30 min. Aired: November 17, 1942.
"Jack Dreams He Is A Turkey"
Jack Benny is hosting Thanksgiving Dinner this year and needs a turkey for 15, but Turkeys are 55 cents a pound and Jack has a penny pinching dilemma. Jack's indecision makes him ponder about the life of the turkeys and their families in the butcher shop. Jack dreams he is a turkey and tries to catch a train out of town. Stars Jack Benny. Aired: November 21, 1943. 30 min.