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Occult NPCs from Aubrey's Lives
Back in November, we looked at a weird ghost story from an even weirder source: Aubrey's Brief Lives. This week we return to the Lives to look at his biographies of nine bizarre occult NPCs from 1600s Britain. Some were (according to Aubrey anyway) literally haunted by the ghosts of their sins; others were outright wizards! All are wild stories in their own right and are perfect to fictionalize and drop into your ongoing campaign.
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The Alchemist by Sir William Fettes Douglas (1855)
To recap from November, John Aubrey (1626-1697) was an English country gentleman. He had the ambition to write a collection of biographies of the great Britons of his era: roughly the 1600s, though he included many men who died old in the early 1600s, and so we think of as being more Elizabethan in character. Aubrey compiled a great collection of salacious gossip – mostly obtained at drinking parties – but he never actually wrote his book. Instead, he left behind a collection of notes and letters full of the sorts of details that seldom make it into sober scholarship. The longer and more interesting contents of these papers have been often published under the title Aubrey's Brief Lives.
A good example of the content of Aubrey's Lives is this quote about Edward de Vere, which you may be familiar with: "This Earl of Oxford, making of his low obeisance to Queen Elizabeth, happened to let a fart, at which he was so abashed and ashamed that he went to travel for seven years. On his return, the Queen welcomed him home and said, 'My lord, I had forgotten the fart.'"
It's amazing seeing 17th century Britain – a wild period full of civil wars, a regicide, a theocratic dictatorship, the restoration of the monarchy, and so much gilt and ostentation – through the eyes of one particular human with all his idiosyncrasies. Newton may be found in Aubrey, but only as an idle mention in other people's stories. Shakespeare is in Aubrey, but only his comedies are mentioned – and only A Midsummer Night's Dream by name. Aubrey seems less interested in Shakespeare's literary work than in his friendship with Ben Johnson. By contrast, Aubrey presents an endless parade of doctors of divinity, breathlessly describing their interchangeable virtues.
Women appear rarely, and usually only in reference to their beauty or sexual proclivities. A good example is the entry for Eleanor Radcliffe, the Countess of Sussex: "A great and sad example of the power of lust and slavery of it. She was as great a beauty as any in England, and had a good wit. After her lord's death (he was jealous) she sends for one (formerly her footman) and makes him groom of the chamber. He had the pox and she knew it; a damnable Scot. He was not very handsome, but his body of an exquisite shape. His nostrils were stuffed and borne out with corks in which were quills to breathe through. About 1666 this countess died of the Pox."
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), statesman and father of the scientific method, was interesting for the people he surrounded himself with. His page, Mr. Cockaine, received a cabinet of jewels from the British East India Company, intended as a gift for Bacon, but instead ran off with it and lied about it. Bacon's friends and proteges took bribes to try to influence his thinking, but only succeeded in taking the money, not in swaying him. And his widow remarried to a Sir Thomas Underhill, with whom she had so much sex that she made him deaf and blind – which certainly doesn't reflect well on the sexual competence of Bacon, her previous husband.
Another of Bacon's pages, Thomas Bushell (1594-1674) had the dumbest nickname in human history: he wore more buttons than usual on his coat, so everyone called him 'Buttoned Bushell', which proves people have changed not a bit in 400 years. Bushell carried a lot of debt, but lived so long that most of his creditors died first, and their grandchildren and great-grandchildren forgot all about the money they were owed. He decorated his house like a teenage goth with too much money: he hung black curtains along the hallways, painted skulls and recumbent skeletons on the walls, kept a preserved corpse as a decoration, and built a pyramid on the grounds. The Queen Mother gave Bushell a mummy as a gift, but his estate was humid and the mummy got moldy.
Surrounding an NPC with figures based on Bacon's friends and attendants is a great way to flesh out a household: a thieving page, an undersexed spouse, a friend who's trying to influence-peddle without success, and this mega-goth up to his eyeballs in debt. If whoever gave your version of Bushell the mummy comes to call, the household may be engaged in a frantic Weekend at Bernie's escapade trying to pretend that the mummy is intact and not moldy.
William Oughtred
William Oughtred (1574-1660) was a mathematician best known for inventing the slide rule, using an 'x' to signify multiplication, and abbreviating sine and cosine as 'sin' and 'cos'. He was a chemist too. As with most chemists of the era, he was certain he was on the brink of discovering the philosopher's stone, which he envisioned as a clear liquid. And naturally Oughtred was an astrologer. He had a knack for predicting the birthdays of yet-unborn children, though he admitted to having no idea why his formulas worked. He suspected that some otherworldly spirit was giving him a hand without his knowledge. His son was confident Oughtred knew real magic.
Oughtred's country neighbors were suspicious of him. He was more famous abroad than at home, so when great mathematicians traveled from the continent to visit him and compare notes, it confused the neighbors. Who were these weird foreigners, and why did they keep coming to the countryside to visit this sorcerer? They were quite sure Oughtred could conjure spirits, and he did not disabuse them of the notion. Before he died, he burned most of his books and papers, which only raised greater suspicions.
An NPC based on William Oughtred is probably happy to leave ambiguous just how many of the rumors about him are true. He has a large library he won't let you enter, widely-traveled friends he conspicuously doesn't talk about, and a knack for guessing minor events before they occur.
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Caisho Borough (died 1643) was haunted by the ghosts of two Italian lovers of his. The first was visiting London when she espied the handsome young Borough. She was so taken with him she agreed to sleep with him – provided he told no one. Thereafter she died. Borough was down in a tavern and bragged about screwing her, figuring her death absolved him of his oath. But it wasn't so! For when he went to take a piss, what did he see but her shade! "He was afterwards troubled with the apparition of her, even sometimes in company when he was drinking. But only he perceived it."
The second ghost was that of a Florentine courtesan, mistress to the duke. They became intimate while Borough was traveling in Italy. The jealous duke (either Alessandro or Cosimo di Medici) conspired to have Borough killed. The Englishman was notified of this scheme by some friends and fled back to Britain without telling his lover. Bereft, she committed suicide. At the moment of her death, her ghost appeared to Borough, and she told him exactly how little she thought of him. She also cursed him that he would be killed in a duel, which later happened. Like the first ghost, this one frequently appeared to hound Borough, but this one could be seen by other people. King Charles I found the whole affair so interesting he ordered it investigated. His investigators backed up Borough's story.
An NPC based on Borough probably has two primary motivations: releasing himself from the death-curse, and getting rid of these ghosts! It's up to you whether the ghosts are real and whether the party can see them. Your Borough-analogue may be a well-connected man and be willing to do favors for people who promise to help him.
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Carlo Fantom was a Croatian mercenary captain in the service of the Earl of Essex. His particular skill was in teaching modern cavalry tactics to the Parliamentarian army. He was unapologetic about fighting for money, not for ideology. He fought for both sides in the English Civil Wars, and also fought both for and against the Ottoman Empire.
Fantom was supposedly immune to bullets. Near Bedford, Fantom took a horse without permission in sight of his colonel. The colonel shot at him, puncturing Fantom's coat and setting his shirt to smoldering. Fantom either shot back or handed the spent bullets back to the colonel (Aubrey is unclear), saying "Here, take your bullets again." Fantom had this ability because he took a secret herb known to "the keepers in their forests… which made them to be shot-free. They call them 'Hardmen'. … They say that a silver bullet will kill any Hardman, and they can be beaten to death with cudgels."
Fantom was a serial rapist and even encouraged his soldiers to commit the same crime. The Earl of Essex twice saved him from the noose, for he was too valuable to the Parliamentarian cause to hang. But when Fantom switched sides to fight for King Charles, he lost his powerful friends. The third time Fantom was tried, he was executed. Turns out a noose doesn't care if you're bulletproof.
An NPC based on Carlo Fantom is a good minor villain (might want to replace the rape with some other crime, though). He's terrible, but in a believable way. Him being bulletproof is a good surprise, and figuring out how to overcome it is a fun obstacle.
John Dee Performing an Experiment Before Queen Elizabeth I by Henry Gillard Glindoni. It's also the promo image for the RPG The Dee Sanction!
John Dee (1527-1608) was the court wizard of Queen Elizabeth I. You may have guessed he'd appear here. As with the other figures, I'm less interested in his true biography than in what Aubrey has to say about him. And Aubrey describes him like Merlin: tall, slender, with a long white beard, and wearing a gown with billowing sleeves. He could create gold, summon storms, find lost things, and possessed the philosopher's stone.
Dee once turned down a princely offer from the tsar of Russia: "He was sent ambassador for Queen Elizabeth into Poland. The emperor of Muscovy, upon report of the great learning of the mathematician, invited him to Moscow with offer of two thousand pounds a year, and from Prince Boris one thousand marks; to have his provision from the emperor's table, to be honorably received, and accounted as one of the chief men in the land. All of which Dee accepted not."
Finally, Aubrey tempts us with a lost library and a lead for where to find it: "Meredith Lloyd says that John Dee's printed book of Spirits is not above the third part of what was written, which were in Sir Robert Cotton's library; many of which were much perished by being buried, and Sir Robert bought the field to dig for it."
An NPC based on Dee (or at least Aubrey's Dee) works best if he's dead. He's a source of plot hooks that way: what power did your fictional queen have over your Dee-analogue that she could keep him from moving to Moscow? (Correct answer: a power she could turn on the PCs, but they might be able to weasel out of it now that they know the secret.) Did your version of Sir Robert Cotton succeed in recovering any of Dee's lost library? (Correct answer: only a few volumes, which he keeps secret and safe. Another much more dangerous treasure hunter is now digging in the field.) And don't forget that a powerful sorcerer like Dee is never really dead. After the PCs have had a session or two following up on his plot hooks, Dee might mosey back into the realm of the living.
The Alchemist by Carl Spitzweg (1860s)
Thomas Harriot (1560-1621) was a mathematician, surveyor, and astronomer. He once said "that he had seen nine comets and had predicted seven of them, but did not tell how." An NPC based on Harriot is either an empty braggart or a cunning soothsayer – though if you could pull off him being both, that'd be even better.
Silas Taylor (1624-1678) was a historian and a captain in the Parliamentarian army. He found in a church library a document he said was the original 964 A.D. claim by King Edgar the Peaceful that he'd been granted (it's unclear by whom; perhaps the Pope?) sovereignty over the seas surrounding England. Taylor "offered it to the king for 120 pounds, but his majesty would not give so much." An NPC based on Taylor is a greedy weirdo with a scroll he claims grants magical authority over the sea.
Sir John Dayrell (circa 1500s, possibly actually named Sir William Darrell) impregnated his wife's maid but didn't want to deal with his bastard baby. He brought mother and midwife blindfolded to a secret location to deliver the baby, then burned the baby in a fire. The midwife found the money he gave her didn't silence her conscience. She knew the secret place was in a fine house because the ceilings were tall. She calculated how far she'd ridden while blindfolded, narrowed down the options, and went to a judge. There was an investigation and the midwife identified the chamber in question. But Sir John paid off the judge and the suit was dropped. An NPC based on Sir John is best after the case is over: he just got away with murder, and he thinks he's untouchable.
A Long-Ago Popham, an ancestor of the Pophams of Somerset, was kidnapped by "Turks" (possibly North African pirates) and enslaved. But his wife continually prayed for him to be released. By her great piety, he was transported home "by an invisible power with these shackles on his legs, which were hung up as a memorial and continued until the house was burned." An NPC based on either Popham is probably renowned for their piety, and is not someone you want to cross, since God clearly looks out for them.
I've been meaning to try an experiment on the Molten Sulfur Blog: injecting a little more of myself into my work. In webcomics, I always enjoy it when the artist puts beneath the comic a little snippet of commentary on the day's update or just a mention about what they're up to. It humanizes the work. So I'm going to give it a whirl with a short section tentatively titled 'End Matter', after the term for the appendices, maps, bibliographies, etc. found at the back of a book. You can tell it's a good name because I have to explain it.
My Kickstarter for Shanty Hunters wrapped up last Thursday. It raised $16,000. My last Kickstarter raised only $2,500 and all told actually cost me a bit of money. Shanty Hunters was thus a nice change. In 2020, I collected metrics on how tickets to Shanty Hunters games sold at Gen Con, as compared to other games whose Kickstarter campaigns had already concluded. Based on those metrics, I expected Shanty Hunters would gross about $21,000, so I guess the technique's pretty good for a ballpark estimate.
Honestly, at this point I'm exhausted. Running a Kickstarter is hard work. But I'm on the right track. Someday I'd like to write RPG content full time, and Shanty Hunters has proved a valuable stepping stone on that path.
My next step is to make the Molten Sulfur Blog more searchable. This is post 226 – by now I imagine if you need an adventure or NPC or puzzle or something for your game tonight, I probably have a post that meets that need. I want to make it easy for you to find that post. I want you to be able to type a term into a search bar on the site, then filter your results by geography, time period, subject matter, and theme. I want to make the Molten Sulfur Blog the first place you turn to for content for your campaigns.
How long will that take? We'll see. I've got a day job, I'm going to grad school at night on the G.I. Bill, and I'm still putting out a post every Tuesday. These changes to the blog will happen when they happen. But I'm excited. Watch this space!


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Benefits of apology from Lance Armstrong may outweigh legal implications, expert says
by Amy Wolf Jan. 16, 2013, 1:37 PM
World-renowned cyclist Lance Armstrong, who was banned from the sport and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles over doping allegations, is speaking out for the first time in a lengthy interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Vanderbilt University law professor Erin O'Hara O'Connor, who is an expert on dispute resolution and the influence of apology on the law, said the benefits of the mea culpa may outweigh potential legal conflicts.
Benefits of apology
"The legal implications of a confession may not be as significant in Armstrong's case," said O'Hara O'Connor, the Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law and director of graduate studies, Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics. "A confession would make prosecution and establishing liability easier, but so many people have already testified that Armstrong was doping that government and private individuals will likely be fully capable of backing their claims without a confession."
O'Hara O'Connor believes the possible benefits of a confession and apology all depend on how Armstrong uses his words.
"An apology offered after others have had to disprove a denial is usually given very little weight. That will likely be true here too in the sense that the apology won't lighten people's sense of Armstrong's past wrongdoing."
Erin O'Hara O'Connor (Vanderbilt Law School)
But if Armstrong really has "nothing to lose" at this point, O'Hara O'Connor said a confession and apology won't be perceived as strategic in the legal or material sense. To be at all effective, however, Armstrong would have to act as though he truly has nothing to lose, or at least that he is willing to give it all away right now
"In this case, he won't be perceived as using Winfrey and her audience to try to get ahead. So, if he confessed, admitted that he has been a horrible human being, and announced that he plans to devote everything he has to his charity Livestrong, then the charity, and his personal perception might be somewhat redeemed," said O'Hara O'Connor.
Grading apologies
O'Hara O'Connor has created a formula to grade people's apologies. She says there are four essential elements to an "A+" apology.
Identify the specific wrongful act
Show remorse, without excuse
Promise not to do it again
Give an offer of repair or payment
What makes a really bad apology? O'Hara O'Connor gave Senator Bob Packwood's 1992 apology a failing grade.
"After being accused of a number of forms of wrongdoing with women on Capitol Hill, [Packwood] got on TV and said, 'I'm sorry for any wrongs I may have committed or have been accused of committing.' That's not identifying a wrongful act. That is taking accusations and trying to deflect them."
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Lake Como to Hold Memorial Service for Former Councilman Basil Wolfe
By TAPINTO BELMAR/LAKE COMO STAFF
A memorial service for former Lake Como Councilman Basil Wolfe will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 22 at the Lake Como Borough Hall, 1740 Main Street. A memorial service for former Lake Como Councilman Basil Wolfe will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, ... Credits: Cathy Goetz
LAKE COMO, NJ — A memorial service for former Lake Como Councilman Basil Wolfe will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 22 at Lake Como Borough Hall, 1740 Main Street. Wolfe died on May 31 at age 77.
The longtime borough residents served on the governing body from 2003 to 2008, and also was a member of the Environmental Commission. He was known for his larger-than-life personality and quick wit, as well as his signature walking cane. For many years, he frequently attended council meetings and never was afraid to express his opinions.
An Army veteran who served in Germany and Vietnam, Wolfe attended Lake Como's Memorial Day commemoration regularly throughout the years. He worked as a member of the Plumbers and Pipefitters of Local 9 before he retired. In his spare time, he enjoyed fishing.
Wolfe most recently made the news in January 2018 when he was awaken in the early-morning hours by "a pretty big bang" — as he described it — right outside his Margerum Avenue home's large front window.
"I sleep right by that picture window in a hospital bed, and when I looked out, a car was right there," said Wolfe, who had been bedridden for several years. "I am OK, but my wife was a bit rattled. It got the adrenalin going though."
A vehicle had struck a white fence and shrubs of the property next door to the Wolfes' home and continued onto their front yard, where it slammed into the concrete wall of the flower bed in front of the stone-facade house. No one was reportedly hurt in the incident.
Wolfe is survived by his wife of 52 years, Margaret; his son, Joseph B. and daughter-in-law Kathy of Neptune; and two grandchildren, April Wolfe of Scranton, Pa., and Kayla Wolfe of Neptune.
Funeral services will be private in Wolfe's home state of West Virginia. Condolences can be sent to ElyFuneralHome.com
Lake Como Mourns Loss of Kenneth Shinn, 67
Less than a week after Wolfe's passing, Kenneth Shinn, who served in several capacities in the borough, died on June 5.
A 17-year member of the Tourism Commission, he served on the Planning Board for eight years through 1997 before completing a one-year stint on the Borough Council.
A career crane operator for many years, Shinn later became interested in holistic health, opening the Heart & Soul Holistic Center on Main Street in Lake Como in 1999. A trained somatic therapist, he specialized in craniosacral therapy, lymphatic drainage, massage and Thai bodywork.
He was also a member of the Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh of the Jersey Shore in Belmar and St. Catharine and St Margaret R.C. Church, Spring Lake.
He is predeceased by his father, Kenneth Shinn Sr., his mother, Elinor Buschell Shinn: and his stepson, Bobby Beattie.
He is survived by his wife, Julie Murray Shinn of Spring Lake, his former wife of 30 years, Tara Shinn of Wall, his children, Michael Shinn of Lake Como, Amanda Shinn of Hoboken, Thomas Shinn of Lake Como; his stepchildren, Rose Beattie and John Beattie, both of Spring Lake; his brother, Timothy H. Shinn of Sea Girt, his sisters, Maryellen Shinn of Tequesta, Fla., and Melanie Shinn and her husband, Robert Wood of Wall; and his nieces and nephews.
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Belmar's Female Lifeguards Prove Practice Pays Off in Monmouth County All-Women's Tournament
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ASBURY PARK, NJ — Coming off a first-place finish in the Howard Rowland Lifeguard Tournament, the Belmar Beach Patrol followed up with an impressive performance by its female members at the Monmouth County All-Women's Lifeguard Tournament.
The 10-member team placed first in the run-swim-paddle-kayak medley, second in the rowboat competition and third in the paddle relay in the annual ...
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Belmar Police Crack Down on Drivers Failing to Yield to Pedestrians in Designated Crosswalks
BELMAR/LAKE COMO, NJ — Belmar Police Department spent the Fourth of July cracking down on drivers not yielding to pedestrians in designated crosswalks — three days after a woman was critically injured when she was struck by a vehicle while crossing Eighth Avenue in front of the Belmar senior housing building.
A group of three officers — two uniformed and one plainclothes patrolmen — were ...
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Belmar Five Mile Run Takes Over Oceanfront for Morning at the Races
BELMAR/LAKE COMO, NJ — For several hours yesterday morning, Belmar's summer beach traffic yielded to nearly 2,500 participants who flooded Ocean Avenue for one of the Jersey's Shore longest-running road races.
Now in its 43rd year, the Belmar Five Mile Run on July 13 stretched along its traditional route, taking a sea of runners, joggers and walkers along Ocean Avenue — beginning from Silver ...
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IN THE SNAP-LIGHT: Oystercatcher Family Stakes Claim along Ninth Avenue Beach
BELMAR, NJ — A special kind of family has taken up residence on Belmar's Ninth Avenue beach.
A pair of American oystercatchers — easily identifiable by their long red bills and stocky black, brown and white feathered bodies — and several young chicks can be seen scurrying around in a stretch of sand fenced in with string marked with safety-orange tape and PVC piping. Inside the area, there are ...
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Thousands Expected for Belmar Five Mile Run This Morning
BELMAR, NJ — The 43rd annual Belmar Five Mile Run will be held this morning, July 13, beginning at 8:30 a.m. along the banks of Silver Lake.
Billed as one of the longest-running road races on the Jersey Shore, the run is presented by Belmar's Goodwill Hose Company, in conjunction with the Borough of Belmar and the Jersey Shore Running Club. The event is a major fundraiser for the all-volunteer ...
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Belmar/Lake Como Road Closure Alert: Belmar Five Mile Run along Ocean Avenue Today
BELMAR/LAKE COMO, NJ — There will be a host of road closures this morning, July 13, to make way for the Belmar Five Mile Run along Ocean Avenue.
According to the Belmar Police Department, the following Belmar, Lake Como and Spring Lake streets will be closed to traffic starting at about 7:45 a.m. until the race has finished at about 11 a.m.:
Ocean Avenue (entire length)
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Serenity by the Sea in Ocean Grove: Flavor Your Next Barbecue or Picnic with a Splash of Color
By SPECIAL TO TAPINTO BELMAR/LAKE COMO
OCEAN GROVE, NJ — Spice up your next barbecue or picnic with a splash of colorful accessories from Serenity by the Sea at 53 Main Avenue.
From hotholders and potholders designed by owner Sarah Taylor Izzo to whimsical spoon rests, mugs and cups, the specialty boutique has a wide array of merchandise to complement any outdoor excursion — whether it's at the park, the beach or in your own ...
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New Jersey State Police DWI Checkpoint in Belmar on July 13
BELMAR, NJ — A sobriety checkpoint will be set up on Saturday, July 13 in Belmar by the New Jersey State Police, which did not provide additional details on its location and time.
The state police made the announcement on its Facebook page, alerting motorists that state troopers will be pulling over vehicles looking for drivers who exhibit signs of impairment due to alcohol or drugs, according ...
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Into the Woods "It's Its Own Identity:" Actor Billy Magnussen Opens Up About His New Role
Carolina del Busto
Carolina del Busto | December 24, 2014 | 9:00am
Don't ask Billy Magnussen to compare the theatrical production of Into the Woods with the screen adaptation by director Rob Marshall.
While in Miami promoting the film -- in which he portrays Rapunzel's prince -- Magnussen uses his hands to animate a point and passionately throws them down, palms first on a tabletop inside a room at the Mandarin Oriental. "The beautiful thing about live theater is that was that night," he says, "and it was that exciting moment...but you also have to think that this [film] is its own piece of art.
"It's not the play, it is a film that Rob Marshall adapted and it's its own identity."
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Comparing the adaptation of Into the Woods with Baz Luhrmann's 1996 update of William Shakespeare's classic play, Romeo + Juliet, Magnussen remarks on Luhrmann's bravery, the guts it took to bring the work to a broader audience. "I'd rather have Mr. Shakespeare's work out there, where people who normally wouldn't go see his work can go see it," he explains.
With each answer, the 29-year-old blue-eyed blonde gets more and more excited: "I love that we are in this time where we're bridging the gap between theater and film and really putting in a lot of effort."
Magnussen knows what he's talking about since he hails from a theatrical background; he can thank his successful run as Spike in Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike for propelling him into the movie business.
Telling the story of how he got the role of The Other Prince, Magnussen looks down at his hands, suddenly shy, "I was doing Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Lincoln Center [in New York City] when it was off Broadway and we ended the show and I was in the dressing room I shared with David Pierce."
All of a sudden, he recounts, the door creeks open and it's Meryl Streep. "Oh shit, you're that chick!" was basically all Magnussen could think of at that moment. "She congratulated me," he continues, "and then I heard through the grapevine that she talked to Rob Marshall and Marc Platt and was like 'you gotta see this kid, I think he'd be great as Rapunzel's prince.'"
He auditioned for the role and ultimately landed the part.
"I just remember at the first read-through, Meryl Streep goes to me, 'you, I got you this friggin role,'" he adds with a laugh, wagging a finger while imitating the Hollywood legend in a sassy voice.
The "friggin role," as Meryl put it, gives Magnussen the chance to show his singing chops, he performs one of the most memorable songs of the film: "Agony." The Other Prince's brother is Prince Charming, played by the oh-so-handsome Chris Pine, and a moment comes when the two encounter each other in the woods and sing about their woes with their women.
With a beaming smile, Magnussen recalls filming the number on a waterfall with Pine: "I mean it was so ridiculous!
"Chris is such a talented, talented actor and very giving. You always hope to work with actors like that who are open for playing, and we were trying to throw each other off, in a sense. The whole time we were trying to goof on each other."
One of the most rewarding things for Magnussen was the experience of getting to work with composer Stephen Sondheim. Referring to him as a master, Magnussen says that of all the plays Sondheim has scored that Into the Woods, blends "a palette of so many wonderful colors.
"He really just adapts the music to who's playing the character, even though it's his story, he's very open to adjust to the person playing the character and lets them discover what's in his music."
"The story I really wanted to share was that you don't need Prince Charming," Magnusseun stumbles, "maybe Prince Charming isn't Prince Charming, maybe you don't need the perfect man - maybe you just need the right one. And maybe the right one isn't perfect, but he's right for you."
Check out Billy Magnussen's portrayal of The Other Prince when Into the Woods arrives in theaters everywhere on Christmas Day.
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Carolina del Busto is a freelance writer for Miami New Times. She nurtured her love of words at Boston College before moving back home to Miami and has been covering arts and culture in the Magic City since 2013.
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People are gaming UberEats to get hundreds of pounds in free food
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Greg West struggles after eating too many mince pies during the Wookey Hole Big Eat competition on November 22, 2011 in Wells, England. The competition was won by Mike Doggerel, who along with fellow joint winner Lee Palmer, ate 19 mince pies in ten minutes. The annual competition sees handpicked competitors, eating professionals and members of the public, attempting to eat as many mince pies as possible in the space of 10 minutes for a prize of 1000GBP and the chance to compete in one of the biggest speed eating events of the year in the United States.
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Highly determined, stingy Londoners are gaming UberEats — the food delivery service from ride-hailing company Uber — to get hundreds of pounds-worth of free food.
I know because I'm one of them.
Over the last few months I've feasted on pizzas, wraps, snacks and sweets, exotic salads and expensive drinks. All in all, I've received nearly £200-worth of free food since the service launched in London on June 16, 2016, while spending just £10 of my own money on food over the same time period.
It comes from a combination of order screw-ups, delivery delays, and promotional codes sent to me via friends — and some people have managed to make far, far more than that.
We're in the middle of an arms race — and consumers are reaping the benefits
If there's one thing you need to know about the food delivery industry, it's that it is insanely competitive right now.
The major players are locked in a billion-dollar arms race to attract customers, as smaller players get squeezed out of existence.
Takeru Kobayashi of Japan sits in exhaustion after downing 44 hot dogs at the annual hot dog eating contest at Coney Island July 4, 2003 in New York City. Kobayashi, who set a world record of 50 1/2 hot dogs in last years contest, asily won again this year.
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UberEats, from $69 billion ride-hailing behemoth Uber, is expanding in dozens of countries around the world. London-based Deliveroo raised a huge $275 million (£209 million) funding round from VC investors in August. Dutch Takeaway.com is going public at a $1 billion valuation. Delivery Hero, from Germany, has taken out a whopping eight-digit loan.
Just Eat and Takeaway.com, supposed competitors, have sold a number of local businesses to one another in various markets, in an apparent attempt to avoid additional competition. And Deliveroo and Just Eat have both recently had rebrands to spruce up their image.
Meanwhile, heads are beginning to roll. In September, two-year-old London-based Pronto shut down, and in July, Belgian startup Take Eat Easy also closed its doors.
For price-conscious consumers, this is all very good news.
The startup ecosystem's addiction to venture capital means we're living in a golden age of promotional offers. "There may may never be a better time to be a consumer," Maya Kosoff argues over at Vanity Fair. "You can get so much—subscriptions to online retailers, meals, rides, even housecleaning—at little to no cost."
In the food delivery industry, this easy access to huge pools of capital and fierce competition translates into a bonanza for customers. Signing up? Have some free money! Your meal was slightly late? Have some free money! Your order contained a wrong item? Have some free money! You referred a friend to sign up? Have some free some money!
—Andy Baio (@waxpancake) March 20, 2016
I've had nearly £200 of free food — but I'm small fry compared to some
Competitive eater Crazy Legs Conti eats his way out of 100 cubic feet of popcorn inside a life-sized popcorn box May 4, 2004 in New York City. Conti will eat his way out of the box to promote the Tribeca Film Festival documentary premiere of 'Crazy Legs Conti - Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating'.
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I got my first free food from UberEats on June 17, a day after it launched in the UK. It offered all users a free £10 voucher for their first meal — but a friend managed to find a £25 voucher, so I opted for that instead.
Since then, a stream of mistakes has given me free meal after free meal. Each time a meal was late, or incorrect, I'd email the UberEats support team — and they'd send me another voucher to say sorry.
In all my time using it, I've only bought an unsubsidised meal once — a wrap, for £7.70. (I have spent a little more than that, because some of the orders I've placed have been a pound or so over the value of the promotional code.)
Because of the slightly ridiculous size of some of these codes — up to £30 a pop — I've ended up bequeathing free food on colleagues at random. "First person to reply gets a free lunch!" I simply can't eat all the free food Uber is throwing at me.
I'm definitely not the only one doing this. A very unscientific straw poll of my office found that almost everyone who uses the service has been given promotional codes by Uber, largely because of delays with their orders (particularly in the few weeks after launch). The worst I've experienced is 70 minutes late; one colleague had to wait three hours.
All in all, I've had £180 of free food. It's the most out of anyone I know personally — the closest is my colleague Sam Shead, who racked up £80 in the first month or so.
At one point, UberEats refused to give me any more vouchers — effectively penalising me because it had screwed up too many times.
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UberEats eventually even refused to give me any more free food, telling me that the volume of my complaints was "atypical" of an ordinary UberEats user. When I replied explaining it was effectively penalising me because they had screwed up my orders too many times, the company changed its mind — and sent me an extra £10 voucher for my trouble.
But I'm small fry compared to some.
A reader who asked to be referred to only as Sonia emailed me to say that together, she and her partner have managed to hail £462.12 of free food (spending £41.12 due to sometimes going over the promotional amount).
They managed this by using an account each, and complaining if the food took even a minute longer than the 30 minute window promised.
"The thing is it is very very rare that the food come on time it is always a few minutes late," she said in an email "Although it didn't bother me I still claimed for every time the driver was late. Each order I placed I used the credit and got £30 back straight away. I once even order[ed] a can of coke to my door and got £30 when the driver was late!"
Unsurprisingly, UberEats did not take kindly to this.
The company cut off her access to promotional codes because of "the unprecedented frequency of these complaints," a customer service rep said in am email — then suspended both her and her partner as their accounts appeared to be duplicates.
Ultimately, as a "one-time courtesy gesture," a customer service rep agreed to reactivate her account — but without the ability to use promotions.
Uber's customer acquisition strategy: Throw money at potential customers.
Jacob Hannah competes in a hot dog eating contest, prior to the IRL IndyCar Series Bombardier Learjet 550k on June 7, 2008 at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Uber's core ride-hailing business is famous for how liberally it hands out promotional codes.
Much of its growth is off the back of an aggressive referral scheme. Currently, if someone signs up as a rider using your referral code, they get a £10 voucher for a ride — and so do you. (It used to be even more.) Similar schemes are also in place on the driver side, incentivising drivers on the platform to persuade their friends and colleagues to sign up to drive in return for cash rewards.
One New Yorker, Blake Jareds, managed to rack up a truly staggering $50,000 in Uber credit by referring people to become users. His referral code became one of the top hits on Google when people searched for "Uber promotion code," meaning 2,500 people took advantage of it.
But after he left a bad review for a driver, Uber removed his fortune of credits, telling him he had "taken advantage of the Uber referral program to earn Uber credit inappropriately."
Uber declined to say how many vouchers have been issued to users since the London launch of UberEats. "The 30 minute guarantee promotion was designed to give our customers a reliable and fast service. The promotion helped us to get the average time from tap to table down to 28 minutes in London. Of course in the initial weeks things weren't flawless, but the guarantee only came into effect for a very small proportion of orders," UberEats general manager Alex Czarnecki said in an email.
Contestants in the annual hot dog eating contest stuff hot dogs in their mouths July 4, 2003 at Coney Island in New York City. Takeru Kobayashi of Japan, who set a world record of 50 1/2 hot dogs in last years contest, downed 44 to easily win again this year, while Sonia Thomas of Alexandra, Virginia ate 25 to set a woman's record.
But what about people who are rinsing UberEats for maximum vouchers? "We certainly don't view someone complaining about a 31 minute order as gaming the system - they would still have been eligible," Czarnecki said. "However we did have to cancel a number of codes that were being used fraudulently and not in the spirit of the promotion - for example if people shared their individual 30 minutes guarantee code with others who didn't have late orders."
Czarnecki blames the issues I and others experienced on unexpectedly high demand. "We were blown away by how popular UberEATS was even on day one. As a result we underestimated the number of courier partners we would need at that early stage. That's why we saw some delays early on, but thanks to the thousands of courier partners we now have in London delivery times are now much quicker."
This ride won't go on forever.
At some point, this venture-capital funded frenzy is going to come to an end. "When the money train stops," behaviour will have to change, Uber's chief product officer Jeff Holden said at a Bloomberg conference in June 2016.
"When the tide goes out, you see who's been swimming naked."
Krazy Kevin stuffs himself with buffalo wings during Wing Bowl 13 at the Wachovia Center February 4, 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An estimated 20,000 spectators gathered to watch the buffalo wing eating contest. Wing Bowl started 13 years ago when a Philadelphia radio personality came up with the idea as an alternative to the Superbowl because he believed the Philadelphia Eagles would never again make it to the Superbowl.
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Even now, Uber is offering smaller promotions than it used to. Its ride-hailing referral codes in the US used to be worth $45; now they're just $20.
And in London, UberEats has now ended its lucrative promise it made in July to give users £30 off their next order if it takes longer than 30 minutes to arrive.
Now? "As per your city guidelines, if we verify that the delivery is more than 60 minutes, we will provide £10 to your account," a customer service rep told me — a rather less enticing offer.
This ride can't go on forever. Uber spends heavily to break into new markets; once there, there's little incentive to keep throwing money away. I'm resigned to the fact that at some point, perhaps soon, my subsidised culinary adventure is going to come to an end.
But right now, I'm going to see just how long I can keep this going.
And now, here's my UberEats order history:
Finally, for the curious, here's exactly how much I managed to get, and how:
On the day after the launch, June 17, I used a £25 promo code that a friend send me. This was an all-round disaster. The order was initially cancelled altogether, forcing me to rebook it; it was then extremely late. And so I complained.
Uber's help team promptly got back to me apologising, and sending me a £25 voucher to make up for my trouble, which I used on a big order from Chillango on June 20. No problems here.
Then out of the blue, Uber's team sent me another £20 voucher — this one to make up for the cancellation on the first order, apparently. So I bought myself another lunch on June 29. But there was a problem — they sent a chicken wrap instead of a falafel one. So, I complained.
Then on July 1, I bought what is to date my only unsubsidised UberEats meal: A £7.70 wrap. (The previous complaint hadn't processed yet.) No problems there!
Next, on July 12, using the £20 voucher I was given following the June 29 screw-up, I bought another lunch — a halloumi wrap, a falafel pot, and various other sides.
On August 19, I placed a bumper £31.25 order with Iskele Grill, almost entirely paid for with a £30 voucher that a friend sent me. However, the order was (slightly) wrong — I got sent a small falafel dish instead of the falafel pitta I had ordered. And so, once again, I complained. In response, they sent me a much smaller voucher than previous times: Just £10!
Then on September 2, I placed a £30.50 order with The Athenian. Once again, it was paid for with a voucher, and I have literally no idea where it came from. God? But the food arrived 70 minutes late, and so I complained.
This was, apparently, the final straw for UberEats. A customer service rep told me that "the frequency of these complaints is atypical of the standard UberEats user," and that as a result the company would henceforth refuse to send me any more vouchers.
However, I still had the £10 voucher left over, which I used on a pizza from The Pizza Bakers on September 3.
And later that month, a friend used my referral code — granting me a £10 voucher, which I spent on lunch from The Athenian on September 19.
I also submitted an appeal to UberEats over the decision to give me more vouchers. A customer service rep agreed that my order had definitely taken too long, and sent me another £10 voucher. I spent it on yet another wrap and chips from The Athenian on September 26. (I'm now a big fan of The Athenian.)
Total spent: Around £10, including the odd 50p here and there when the order I placed was slightly greater than the voucher's value.
Total free food received: £180
Axel Springer, Insider Inc.'s parent company, is an investor in Uber.
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TRAPPED: special preview
Michael Northrop, Scholastic, special preview, Trapped
We were the last seven kids waiting around to get picked up from Tattawa Regional High School. It sounds like an everyday thing, but this wasn't an ordinary day. It was one of those bull's-eyes in history, one of those points where everything comes together, where, if you were at that place at that time, you were part of something big. It meant that we weren't going to get picked up, not on that day and maybe not ever.
It was the day the blizzard started, and it didn't stop for nearly a week. No one had seen anything like it. It was a natural disaster in the way that earthquakes and tidal waves are natural disasters. It wasn't a storm; it was whatever comes after that.
The power lines came down, and the airports closed. The snow was so strong that it seemed to hit the ground in drifts. The roads shut down completely. The plows ground to a halt and stranded themselves, overmatched up front and the snow behind already too deep for them to back up. Really, if you want one quick indicator of what kind of storm it was: Drivers froze in their snowplows.
People hunkered down in their homes. They were used to doing that in this part of New England, but in the past it had always been for six hours, or twelve, or maybe a day at most. This was different, and it required a different kind of waiting. You can hear the details in a thousand coffee shops, at the back table where the locals hang out.
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Inside the homes and shelters, people waited and watched and counted and recounted their canned food. They all asked themselves the same question: How much longer can this last? But they asked it day after day, in lamplight and then candlelight and then in darkness and creeping cold. But that was later on. At the beginning, it was just us, looking out the window and watching the snow fall.
Mr. Gossell stayed with us. He was a gruff guy, a history teacher and assistant football coach. Your school probably has one of those. He sort of carried himself like he was in the army and, I don't know, maybe he had been. He was the last teacher left, but when he shouldered the door open and headed out to get help, well, that was the last we saw of him. We added his name to the list of people we were waiting for.
We imagined headlights cutting through the snow, there to battle the roads and take us home. The driver would throw open the passenger-side door. "Climb aboard," he'd shout. "Hop in! We'll get ya home!"
But we weren't going anywhere. The headlights didn't show. Mr. Gossell, Jason's dad, Krista's mom, whoever it was we were waiting for, they had nothing to do with us anymore. No one did. It was just the seven of us, the seven of us and the endless snow.
It began falling in the morning. I noticed it at the start of second period, biology, but I guess it could've started at the end of first period. Snow isn't really bound by a class schedule. There wasn't much to it at first, and it'd been snowing a lot that month, so I didn't give it much thought. It was those small flakes, like grains of sugar. By third period, the flakes had fattened up and gotten serious, and people were starting to talk about it.
"Think they'll let us out early?" Pete said as we gathered our stuff and headed for Spanish.
I looked out the window and sized it up. It was really coming down and there was already an inch or two on the sill.
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"Supposed to be huge: 'Winter Storm Warning,'" he said. "Where you been?"
"School, practice, homework, whatever. Excuse me for not watching the frickin' Weather Channel."
"Yeah, well, you might want to check it out sometime," he said. "Then you wouldn't be wearing Chucks in a nor'easter."
I looked down at my sneakers. "Well, if it's as big as all that, they'll probably let us go."
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My name is Scotty Weems. I prefer Scotty, but most people, even my friends, call me Weems. I guess it's easy to say, and maybe some people think it's funny. It doesn't bother me that much. I'm just glad that Snotty Streams never really caught on as a nickname.
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Anyway, that's me. I'll be sort of like your guide through all of this. Some of the others might've seen things differently, and some of them might've told it better, but you don't get to pick. You don't because, for one thing, not all of us made it.
From TRAPPED, Scholastic Press, February 2011
Copyright © 2011 by Michael Northrop. All rights reserved.
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Thanks, Sierra! I'm really glad you enjoyed it!
dawn / Mar 9 2015
Is there a sequel? Loved it!
Michael / Mar 10 2015
Thanks, Dawn! Maybe someday. Right now, I am in the middle of writing TombQuest, which is a five-book series!
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Highgate House School was established in 1992 in Repulse Bay for the founders' own children based on learning through play in a home like setting. In 2001, Julie Lam, a founder member, brought the philosophy of Steiner Waldorf education to Hong Kong for the first time, by introducing some of the basic principles into the school. It is now the located on the Peak, with a beautiful open views of the mountains and sea and a large outdoor area that gives children the chance to play outdoors every day.
Every day, the children are provided with a healthy, wholesome light snack. They work with simple recipes and avoid processed food, trans fats in vegetable oils and hydrogenated oils, refined sugars, bleached refined flour and aluminum raising agents.
Each snack time consist of fresh fruit, herbal tea and some kind of baked goods or soup. As the children progress through the school they have more involvement in the snack preparation. For example, in the younger classes, the children help to roll out the pre-prepared bread dough and put it on the tray to bake. In the kindergarten the ingredients are on the table in the morning and the children help with the whole process, from weighing out and measuring ingredients, to placing the finished bread on the snack table. This helps the children to appreciate the process as well as the finished product and exposes them to science and numeracy, in a natural way.
This booklet is lovingly crafted by the teaching staff of Highgate House School. Each recipe is tried and tested and loved by the children!
All proceeds from the sale of this booklet goes towards supporting the development of Highgate House School.


Today, I woke up at 4 a.m. with a fever, that Heat Miser yet Snow Miser feeling of crawling out of your own skin where you trip over everything in the dark just to make it to the bottle of Motrin. I knew right away what was happening: this is my autoimmune body saying, Please, I am so tired. Please, just let me rest.
Believe it or not, this is rest for me. These words heal my soul like a boost of Vitamin C.
One week ago, I woke up in a new time zone. Well, technically, it's an old time zone for me. I wrote a whole post about saying goodbye to Central and going back home to Eastern Standard Time, but this week has been too packed to even hit publish. And if I hit publish now, you'll see that I wrote it when I should have been wiping down baseboards and scrubbing soap scum with a toothbrush to get ready for my final apartment inspection for check-out.
I wrote a story that will be published today that states a fact: I have lived with 27 people in the last 10 years. So I have a feeling that this need for rest goes deeper than just these last 7 days.
I remember sitting in classes my senior year of college and fantasizing about the real world. I couldn't wait for pay stubs and airplane tickets and happy hours and high heels. I couldn't wait for adventures. Looking back, I realize I had no sense of the cost of anything in life, especially adventures.
Adventures feel exhilarating, until they feel exhausting. Don't hear me wrong, I am so thankful for this last adventure to a new time zone to wrestle with beauty and questions that I didn't even know I should ask. I did the thing, the thing that usually doesn't make it off the pages of people's dream journals. Then, the time came to say goodbye. I sucked in gasps of air while I held my side stitch like I had just run an actual marathon, as I said goodbye in the middle of the street to a friend who assured me between sobs that we are "lifers." The last couple years have been the most beautifully unexpected adventure that brought me friends and opportunities I will never forget. It opened my eyes in ways I never could have even fathomed while daydreaming in undergrad.
Now, it's time to be home. It's time to dig deep and plant roots. Roots that will anchor and take hold and grow as I grow through every new season.
This is the new adventure, back to streets and schools and mailboxes that know my name. I have a feeling that this new adventure will feel the same 1 part exhilarating and 2 parts exhausting.
Because here, at home, I have to learn to garden. Eventually. Today, though, I'll rest. I'll stay under these covers and catch my breath as my body groans. I'll study my cat who teaches the very best silent lessons about staying put between all the hissing and purring, about dreams that make you twitch. And the art of taking lots and lots of cat naps.


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HomeMystery/ThrillerLove In The Time Of Outbreak
Love In The Time Of Outbreak
By: MissTerious OngoingMystery/Thriller
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Unless they can stop the deadly virus from spreading. Sergeant Deanver Magallon and doctor Thalia Ricafort are hand in hand just to find out the root of the said virus, and how they can prevent its spread. But their undeniable attraction to each other is a huge threat to their mission. And because they are both afraid to enter into a commitment, it becomes a casual affair between them. Being chased by their own government and also being chased by terrorists, so Dean and Thalia don't really know who they can really trust. With time running out, they must stop the deadly threat as soon as possible, and they just realized that there are things you're willing to gamble on no matter how risky it is.
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After Bhram left, Dean's full attention was focused on Thalia, whose cheeks were regaining some color. "How are you feeling?" he asked. "Surprisingly good. For me it's a miracle that you got the antidote on your hands."He nodded. "Dr. Lucas stole the antidote vial from D&N, and at the same time he also stole the virus. I went to him and forced him to admit where he kept the antidote."Thalia's lips twitched with humor. "And how did you do that?""I'm very persuasive," he said with a shrug. Just as Thalia was about to touch his cheek, he flinched, so he could see the surprise look in Thalia's eyes. "What's wrong?" she demanded."Nothing's wrong." He kept his tone light. "You're alive. That means everything is fine."She frowned. "Okay.""Alright, I'll tell your doctor first that you're awake."He started to stand up, but Thalia latched her hand on his arm and forced him to stay put. "Don't leave just yet. First tell me what I missed when I was unconscious.""Not much." He wanted to
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Thalia couldn't answer Dean. But really, who was he trying to kid? He is not a doctor. She was. She knew for herself what exactly happened to his central nervous system at the moment. The virus was attacking it one cell at a time. Soon she'd be nothing but a motionless lump of dead, like the rats in Franco's experiment. Another giggle bubbled in the back of her throat, and soon she was shuddering with laughter because this was all so funny and - nope, she's having a seizure again. God, she was really tired. Those same shrill voices assaulted her ears again. Those same anvils crushed her body. This time she decided to just close her eyes. Maybe she needs more rest. She succeeded in the closing-of-the-eye part because everything went black, but when she heard Dean's husky voice again, she realized that sleeping at that time was a bad idea. Because what if she never woke up? "Go to sleep," he urged. "No," she protested. "But you need to rest.""I do not want."But she couldn't ope
After a long five-minute conversation, Dean came out of the interrogation room and shot Bhram an impatient look. "The antidote is stashed in a locker at his health club. Locker number fifty-nine-seven. Key is on the key ring you confiscated along with his personal belongings. Bhram Davies sucked in a breath, his face awash with shock. "Get me that damn key ring," Dean snapped on his way to the door. "Magallon, wait."He heard Bhram's footsteps behind him but he still didn't stop. "I'll dispatch a team to fetch it. You don't have to do it yourself."He just kept walking. "Damn it, Dean. Stop!"The next thing he knew, Bhram was in front of him, shaking his shoulder. As a wave of rage crashed over him, he shoved the other man away. "Don't touch me," he hissed. "And don't tell me what to do."Bhram got in his path again. "You need to be at the hospital. With Thalia. For chrissake, Dean, she's all alone there."His heart lodged in his throat. "I'll send people to the health club," B
Dean immediately let go of Bhram, and the man nearly fell over before managing to steady himself. With a wave of his hand, Bhram dismissed the guards who were warily monitoring the entire exchange. "Resume your posts, men. Everything is fine here." He turned to Dean. "You know I could have you arrested for this, right?""Five minutes, Bhram. I only need five minutes."Indecision flashed across the other man's face. "I know you're worried about Dr. Ricafort. Hell, I'm worried, too. I don't know how she got infected, but I promise you, the last thing I want is for that woman to die."Dean fought the urge to grab a gun from the hip holster of one of those guards and empty an entire clip into Bhram Davie's chest. The son of a bitch had given him that water, and now here he was, he acted like he had no idea how Thalia got infected with the virus. Acting like he actually cared about her well-being? "Take me to Dr. Lucas," Dean muttered. "Now."Silence prevailed for a few moments before Bh
The next ten minutes were a total whirlwind. Thalia can't remember when she was getting dressed, but somehow she was wearing jeans and a tank top when they stumbled out of the hotel. She doesn't even remember that they got in a car, but somehow she was in the passenger seat while Dean murmured soothing words in her ear and kept a firm hand on her thigh. Her skin was on fire. Blood was still flowing from her nose, she could almost taste the coppery blood in the back of her throat and she almost gagged. As Dean drove, she didn't hear a single word from him. "Maybe...maybe the CDC developed an antidote already," she said to Dean. He sucked in a breath. "An antidote.""Maybe," she murmured again. "Sometimes they can develop one fairly fast."Yeah, right. But that will take weeks, months, and even years. She knew that, yet she refused to give up hope. After everything she'd been through, her life couldn't be end this way. Lisa. Nadine. Marc. Kelvin. Theresa. Kelsey. NasirAnd she wil
They got out of the Jacuzzi and dried off, then they got dressed in a pair of complimentary robes instead of getting dressed. They both ended up ordering cheeseburgers and fries, along with the plate of onion rings to share. Probably wasn't smart to eat such a heavy meal at midnight, but they were both hungry, and Dean was happy to see Thalia eat well. She was always full since they were together, which was ironic considering they'd been doing nothing but traveling and hiding out in motel rooms. Still, no matter where they'd been, he'd encouraged the girl to eat right and it was obvious that she had already eaten much because his efforts showed in the rounding of her cheeks. "If you can work on a new foundation again, don't let yourself be overworked."Thalia raised an eyebrow. "Oh, really? Who's going to stop me?""I will." Dean shot her a mocking look. "I'm not going to hide forever. Sooner or later, me, Tatum, and Pierre, we will also find out who ambushed our unit and who wants
Instead of going back to their motel room, Dean and Thalia checked into a hotel using Dean's fake identity. The only available room ended up being a suite with a huge Jacuzzi tub that brought a delighted grin to Thalia's face. Dean loved seeing her so happy, and she was much cuddlier now than usual. Linking arms when they walked, snuggling close during the car ride, planting a spontaneous and unbelievably passionate kiss on his lips in the hotel elevator. That kiss had succeeded in getting him harder than concrete, but neither of them had been in the mood for sex as they got settled in the suite. They haven't slept in the past twenty-four hours, so that's the reason why they just fell asleep when they got to their hotel room. When Dean's eyes opened a few hours later to find that it was dark beyond the floor-to-ceiling window, and he groaned with unhappiness. Thalia lay next to him, her warm ass wiggling into his groin. "What's wrong?" she asked sleepily."Imagine, we've been slee
An hour later, Dean was on board the chopper after their successful operation. A ground unit was bringing Escalante and the two surviving UFF soldiers for interrogation, while the deadly vials were taken to the basement to be airlifted to the CDC. A search of the house had not turned up any more vials, and according to one of Escalante's men, all the vials in the group's possession had been in the house. That only spoke to the disorganized and highly unprofessional tactics of the UFF sect. Escalante's planning had been shoddy, his security weak, his goals unrealistic. "Very good job," Bhram Davies boomed as he greeted him at the helipad. He slapped Dean's back, and the two men headed for the door leading into the building. The rest of the team stalked past them, Faust barking orders at his men as he wiped the black paint off his face with a cotton rag. Dean did the same, he also wiped the black paint on his face with a cloth. "A joint task force is being organized in San Jose. Ev
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"Are you lost, baby girl?"Deanver Magallon turned off the engine of his car and turned to a beautiful lady. But when he approached the said woman, he suddenly became nervous. Just by the woman's face, it looks like she is just a teenager and it seems that she is flirting with him back."Hey kiddo, actually I'm right where I'm supposed to be."He had expected that the woman would be annoyed with him for calling her a kiddo, and sure enough, he got the reaction he'd expected. The girl's green eyes flashed with indignation, and her pale cheeks turned red.The girl gave him an evil look, then folded her arms. "Seriously, dude, what are you doing here?"Dean got out of his Jeep. "I have an appointment with Dr. Ricafort."Her eyes widened. "Are you a patient?"He cocked an eyebrow. "No. Are you?""No." She huffed out an annoyed breath. "Fine. Come on, I'll take you to Thalia.""Wow! You're so kind, Miss..." He waited for the girl to say her name."Nadine," she said grudgingly."It's a plea
After Nadine left, Dean immediately turned to the doctor. "Nice kid."She grinned. "She can be a handful, but her bedside manner is surprisingly remarkable. She's also kind with the patients." The doctor extended her hand to him. "I'm Thalia Ricafort. I'm a Filipino-American doctor.""Dean Magallon. Also Filipino." He said and shook hands with the doctor. He was just surprised because the doctor's grip on his hand was tight, especially that her hands were so small and dainty.In fact, everything about this woman was dainty. Delicate, even. Her height was average for a woman, but she was just too skinny for him. He doesn't care if a woman is chubby. Looks like the doctor needs to eat a little more. But in fairness, the curve of her body is just right. Her butt is also round.Because he'd always been an ass man, the tantalizing sight stirred his groin, serving as a reminder of his eleven-month-long stint of celibacy. Getting laid wasn't something he'd given much thought since going into
"So you're saying that," he said with another laugh, "you're overcrowded or understaffed, or are you short on tools here?""Pretty much," she confirmed.He studied the random questions he had written in his notebook, and pretended he had more questions ready. "What about the rebels?" he asked her. "Are you getting any resistance from the UFF soldiers in the area?""Actually, no."Dean was surprised by her statement. It was no secret that the United Freedom Fighters resented the alliance between San Jose and America. For the past ten years, the UFF has only caused trouble in the San Jose area. What started out as an admirable movement to fight a genuinely oppressive government had transformed into violence, unrest and borderline terrorism."I've been here for eight months and so far, the rebels haven't messed with us here. They might not appreciate American interference in their political affairs, but I believe that most of the rebels really care about the people of the country. Becaus
Thalia's heart actually flipped. She thought that once you're thirty years old, you won't be as excited as a teenager. But she felt the opposite at that time because she was even more excited than a teenager.Of course, how could her heart not be going to flip when the sexiest man she'd ever met was flashing that gorgeous smile at her?She imagined Deanver Magallon because she had never seen him before, his face was mirrored, formal and serious. But she didn't think he was a tall and muscular man. And even though she didn't see his naked body, she imagined that his abs were like luscious bread. He wasn't pretty-boy attractive, but ruggedly handsome, hard lines and angles creating a stark, masculine face that was more Marlboro Man than a movie star."Your saliva is dripping, Doc."Holy cow! He has such a sexy voice to listen to.She blinked. "Sorry, but I'm not JJ's mom in cocomelon, kissing boo-boos is not part of my job description," she said jokingly. "But I can clean it for you."H
She seems to be disappointed by what he said, but she hope it doesn't show on her face. She trailed after him towards the older-model Jeep parked a few dozen yards away. She couldn't help but admire his taut ass, which looked ridiculously good in those cargo pants of his.My God! She think she lusted after this man.Fortunately, he will go away. Dean had opened the driver's door, but he hadn't made a move to get into the Jeep. Instead, he offered an awkward-looking shrug. He had a feeling that this man wasn't even nervous or embarrassed, and she fought herself to smile at him."Thank you for giving me your time to interview you, Doc.""No problem.""And if, uhm, if I get lost here again, maybe I can come see you..."He trailed off, making it unclear whether that was a question or a statement."Sure, I'd like that." Her only response.Their gazes collided, and there it was again, the heat and the sizzle of awareness. Her nipples promptly puckered and strained against her white cotton b
For the next three hours, she bustled around the clinic, doing everything from stitching up patients to changing bedpans. Her white coat might label her a doctor, but the clinic was so understaffed that the responsibility lines blurred significantly, and Thalia often found herself being not just a doctor, but also a nurse, a surgeon, a janitor, a cook, and a babysitter .So it's not surprising that when eight o'clock in the evening came, she was about to pass out. And because her shift is in the evening, she can't keep up with her colleagues at dinner. During break time, she always eats a can of pork and beans. So with her eating routine, there is no chance that she will gain weight.The MD International lived in heavy canvas tents behind the building. They have four big tents, two for the men, and those two tents are for the women. They also have six small tents for people with special circumstances; such as Nadine, and the others are for their staff who are a couple.She went to the
The irony of the situation did not escape him. All the information they had on the virus had come from a source that could hardly be considered trustworthy. Victor Ortez former leader of the UFF, now dead, thanks to Tatum. But even though Ortez was responsible for the death of Tatum's brother, Wilson, the former rebel leader insisted that he was not the reason for the death of his compatriots in Catalina.He said they only burned the corpses of the villagers there because their disease was contagious, but Dean still hoped that he would see the evidence of the said disease with his own eyes rather than believe the word of a dead person."Well, it probably isn't something that's found in nature," Pierre was saying, still sounding incredibly irritated. "Doctor Edison headed up the biological weapons department at D&N Initiative, so let's just assume that the virus he nested was actually made."Dean gasped. "Yeah, and it's probably a mutated strain of something, which means it's doubtful
Military vehicles formed a barricade in the middle of the road, and upright floodlights had been set up in various spots to illuminate the area. Soldiers moved around with purpose, their murmured voices wafting into the open window of her pickup truck. She immediately recognized the uniforms of the soldiers belonging to the San Jose military, but other than their blue and gold uniforms, she also saw that there were those wearing...green uniforms?Her eyes widened when she realized that the green uniforms were actually American soldiers. And every one of them is wearing a facemask."What the..." She trailed off, unable to tear her eyes off the confusing chaos up ahead.She saw that it looked like she couldn't continue driving ahead, so she just stepped on the brakes to stop the car. But she just heard loud shouting around.The next thing she knew, five soldiers were swarming her pickup truck like crazed fans surrounding a celebrity's car. They forcefully opened the driver's door, then
Dean watched in growing alarm as more body bags were tossed into the back of the wide-load trucks parked at the entrance of the village. He counted the loaded body bags in the first truck and the number was thirty-five. Forty-five body bags were loaded in the second truck. It looks like those are the villagers. God. It seems that many villagers are dying in Esmeralda.The soldiers in charge of disposal efficiently carried out their task without comment or expression. Dean swallowed a rush of disgust, wondering how they justified it to themselves. Probably assured themselves they were good little soldiers simply following orders, just like the captured Russian soldiers between the war in Russia and Ukraine - they said they were just following the orders of the superior.He was stunned. He then remembered those soldiers in Germany during Hitler's attack on Poland - they just followed orders. Who are they to question the command of the superior, right?Battling his rising fury, Dean crep
Thalia had never been more terrified in her entire life as she followed Dean out of the makeshift escape route. Darkness immediately enveloped them, disorienting her for a moment. She breathed in the night air, a combination of pine and decay, but then she caught a whiff of something else, something...musky. Even though she was afraid in those moments, that masculine scent actually made her heart skip a beat.She just laughed secretly. Oh God, how is this all happening?The back of the tent was perfectly positioned directly in front of the woods, and Thalia stuck to Dean like glue as they crept toward the trees. For some inexplicable reason, she seemed to trust the man immediately. She had every intention of following him blindly and doing anything he asked without question, and that scared her almost as much as everything else that had happened.Her eyes were only focused on Dean, and she noticed how strong his back muscles were with every step he took. She was really focused on the


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Q: MFC: Registry key for the application has random GUID keys added with a blank REG_SZ value named "Untitled"? I noticed that my MFC based applications (also using BCGControlBar Pro) is creating several keys under the application key with a GUID (e.g. Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Acme\Program Name\3CF4873E-E8CC-4e67-A3D2-56F5B610B4FA).  In those keys are a single REG_SZ value named Untitled with the Data blank (empty string).
This must be something the framework is doing because I don't create them.   What are these and how do I stop it from happening?
Thanks.

A: The problem was as @Adrian Mole suspected above.  It has to do with the Restart Manager implementation in MFC.  The interesting thing is I couldn't reproduce the problem in a Debug build, only a Release build.
Since my application really isn't document based where you open and save a file, I was able to solve it by changing the option in the MFC CWinApp class for my application from:
m_dwRestartManagerSupportFlags=AFX_RESTART_MANAGER_SUPPORT_ALL_ASPECTS;
to
m_dwRestartManagerSupportFlags=AFX_RESTART_MANAGER_SUPPORT_RESTART | AFX_RESTART_MANAGER_SUPPORT_RECOVERY;
Also, in the windows-classic-samples-master you'll find a rmfilterapp you can modify to easily test your app using the Restart Manager.