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We are now (or soon will be) down to just six contestants and it's time to see how they match up with ALL NEW MATERIAL.
There will be three bouts this week (Mon-Wed-Fri) and pay special attention to when voting ends because a staggered timeline will be used again. Speaking of voting, it has a special significance during the playoffs because in addition to three winners advancing to the semi-finals, a fourth Wildcard winner will also be selected. How is the WC chosen? It will be the loser that had garnered the most votes among all three losers. So every vote counts - win or lose.
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The piece that garnishes the most votes will move on to the semi-final round where they'll face a different opponent with yet another NEW WRITING SAMPLE.
Please welcome back into the ring, with all new material -
A. Lynne Smithee
Navigating the Wilderness
The night Irene stood me up there was a documentary on Animal Planet. I waited two hours at Starbucks and sent half a dozen Snaps before I gave up and went home. That's when I found it. Flipping channels, I came across footage of the forest, and all that green called to me. That's where I belonged, somewhere exotic, somewhere remote, and as far away from technology as possible.
I checked Snapchat again: delivered, not seen. I wasn't about to send another one.
So I shot her a text message instead. Must have gotten our signals crossed. Where are you?
I stared at my phone for ten minutes. Nothing.
When I looked up, the scene had shifted to a beach, not the SoCal smooth, sandy beach but the rocky crags you see farther north. There were these sea lions—no, elephant seals, because the males had these big proboscis-type noses that hung down their faces like that Muppet, what was his name?
I checked my phone. Gonzo.
No messages.
The seals started fighting. Their massive bodies collided like sumo wrestlers, without doing any real damage. How could they? They only had a handful of teeth between them.
I checked to see if Irene posted anything new on Instagram. She hadn't.
I was about to send another text when the winning male clambered over thirty of its fellow seals, its huge body tumbling the smaller ones like a crashing wave, rolling them across the rocks. It sidled up to a female. I could tell it was a female because she was smaller and didn't have the nose thing. He spooned her and threw a flipper over her and they started cuddling.
It was so sweet I almost cried.
Still no response from Irene.
They weren't cuddling. I recognized sex when I saw it. Their bodies writhing, seal mouths open in ecstasy—It felt like they were taunting me.
I shot Irene another text. Maybe reschedule for tomorrow?
I thought about getting rid of my phone. I told myself to grow a spine. She wasn't into me, she met someone more interesting, and she was with him. Why couldn't I accept that?
Because the male seal would never accept that. He'd find this guy and belly-bump him into submission. He'd waddle his way over who knows how many more seals to find the right one. I should be like him, learn to navigate the wilderness, to get in touch with my inner seal.
I tossed my phone down and got off the couch, determined to track down Irene and tell her it was either me or him, if there was a him. She would have to choose.
My phone dinged and I dove across the room.
Sorry. Family drama. You up?
On screen, the male, female, and a newborn seal lay on the rocky shore soaking in the sun. I thumped my chest and bellowed a triumphant bark as I headed for the door.
Our second contestant is Peace and Quiet
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Wendy June 8, 2020 at 10:39 AM
A. Lynne — Interesting story. It's well-written, overall, but I wasn't invested in the character.
Peace — I wasn't sure where you were going with this at the beginning, but you had me by the end. I could feel the mom's pain and Matt's desperation. Great job!
My vote: Peace & Quiet
Kate Larkindale June 8, 2020 at 12:58 PM
My vote goes to Peace and Quiet today. What lovely writing. I feel the desperation and the grief.
A Lynne, interesting story, but until right at the end I was certain your character was a girl, so it threw me to discover he wasn't.
Congratulations, you two!
A. Lynn: I had a hard time connecting with the character, who made me cringe in all the wrong places. I think most of us have had those feelings of abandonment and hurt when someone ditched us or whatever, but this character's decision that he was going to stalk Irene to prove that he's the top seal was a bridge too far for me. As someone who was stalked and held a gunpoint by a guy who couldn't take my no for an answer, this made me incredibly uncomfortable. I suppose good writing is supposed to make the readers feel things that may not always be pleasant, but this story just didn't do it for me. Technically, it's a solid piece of writing, so this is purely subjective feedback.
Peace and Quiet: I'm so happy that you did something so vastly different from your first piece, which I adored. You've really flexed your muscles and shown us a lot of writerly diversity, and I appreciate that. I stumbled a bit over a couple of sentences, but I could feel Ella's pain. I could understand how she felt this was her only option. I also have a slippery voice in my brain that urges me to take drastic measures sometimes, and I feel you did a wonderful job of portraying that.
My vote today goes to Peace and Quiet.
Congrats to both of you again!
Congrats on making it this far.
A Lynne Smithee- It was hard to invest in the MC. S/he comes across as a wanna-be stalker to lazy to get off the couch. There was nothing in the piece that made me care whether or not Irene ever responded.
Peace & Quiet- This is a heck of a gut punch story. I thought the beginning of it was a little to wordy with the metaphors.
My vote goes to Peace & Quiet
MarvWrites June 8, 2020 at 3:20 PM
A lynne - Maybe it's because I'm a guy, and I've been in the MCs shoes, but I felt for the character. I didn't get a stalker vibe at all, but the feeling that he was insecure and trying to pump himself up. I also laughed, which won you my vote.
Peace and Quiet - I liked this better than the dog story, but the stacked similes in the beginning didn't work for me, and, once again, probably because I'm a guy, I didn't like the phone conversation. The husband would have lost a child, too, and I felt like he was a throwaway character.
A. Lynne Smithee all the way
Catherine Link June 8, 2020 at 3:48 PM
Peace and Quiet: I found a few lines awkward. The "snot and tears" reference knocked me out of your story. I actually had to start again. And at first I had trouble with the phone call. I had to read it a couple of times to be sure it was real, and not in her head. I also felt for the husband, who lost a child too. The overall theme of your first story was to pull at the heart strings, as is this one. It would have been nice to see something different.
A Lynne Smithee- There were some humorous lines in this story, and it make me laugh. "It was so sweet I almost cried." Great line. I could not get a stalker vibe when he wants to get in touch with his "inner seal." The story is well written and a funny commentary on relationships. Your first story had a completely different vibe. Good job showing versatility.
My vote goes to A. Lynne Smithee
Melissa Embry June 8, 2020 at 3:53 PM
My vote goes to A. Lynne Smithee. Wasn't crazy about all the attempts to contact Irene. Maybe because I've had same-sex friends who both pulled the ghosting act and obnoxiously repeated calls, etc., I didn't even think about the MC being male until the identification with the seals! Still, the ending saved it for me.
Peace and Quiet -- I realize a person considering suicide may be too deep in her own pain to consider the pain of others but, still, leaving her husband that way was a major turnoff. Sometimes it's not the writing, the the character.
Perrin Birk June 8, 2020 at 4:11 PM
A. Lynne - For me, the first paragraph sets the tone of the story and gives us a hint of what's to come. The guy talks about belonging far out in the wilderness, somewhere remote, exotic, away from technology. Cool, I thought. Yet that initial statement doesn't connect at all to his actions as he spends his time imagining Irene shacked up with some other guy and uses technology incessantly to try to get in touch with her. I was further confused when her reason was anti-climactic, but he acts like he's just fought off an army to win her.
Peace and Quiet - This story hits home on so many personal levels. You've brought us in compassionately and made her heartache ours. This type of grief is a blinding tunnel in which others are blocked out. Your words authentically convey her emotions. Watch the overuse of similes and metaphors so we're not bogged down.
My Vote: Peace and Quiet
Ashley Rich June 8, 2020 at 4:43 PM
My Vote: A.Lynne Smithee.
While, I enjoyed P&Q's piece better than the round 1 dog story, I just wasnt invested. I understand the pain, and grief and the longing to be with the child, but throwing away the husband felt off to me. In places, I caught myself skimming as my attention waivered.
A. Lynne made me laugh, not internally, but an out loud chuckle. I felt like i was in the room with him (though, at first, it was unclear if the main character was male or female) and I could totally relate to the insecurity of a potential ghosting. I do hope it really was just family drama and not some lame excuse for missing thier date. Becuase I found myself wanting to extend the story, and made me laugh, you get my vote.
Katrina Malloy June 8, 2020 at 6:09 PM
A Lynne made me laugh, and I needed that today. My vote goes to you!
In corner 1, Smithee: Toxic Masculinity Poster Child! Literally child behavior. The MC read as desperate and someone that honestly probably was stood up for a better reason than 'family drama'. It's a reversal of the over clingy girlfriend trope. "Hey! I'm going to track down, stalk, and force this woman who apparently stood me up ONCE to make a decision based on MY preferences because I saw two seals fucking on Animal Planet". Hard. Pass.
I loved your first story, so this one was a huge let down and disappointment. :(
In corner 2, Peace and Quiet: You get my vote. A million times over. I felt your story at my core. I wanted to give both the MC and the husband a hug. Some grief makes you not care about the hurt of others, suicide is an inherently selfish act. The writing was powerful and I loved every word.
nikolai.wisekal June 8, 2020 at 9:11 PM
My vote is for peace and quiet!
Stacy McKitrick June 9, 2020 at 11:25 AM
A. Lynne Smithee: The character is a little too whiny for my taste, and even Irene seems like a flake, but at least it ended hopeful.
Peace and Quiet: Much too depressing. It's hard for me to feel empathy for someone who is clearly selfish.
A. Lynne Smithee gets my vote.
Tricia Teel June 9, 2020 at 11:26 AM
Wow! I guess things really do heat up in the playoffs.
The first story wasn't my favorite, but I didn't pick up any of the aggro that set Kiwi off, and I liked the seals. Good way to highlight the poor guy's anxiety.
Second story had a couple neat lines, like the Swoosh/smile, but I'm on team A. Lynne. Losing a child would be the worst thing ever, and if it ever happened to me and my husband, I wouldn't be so cavalier about leaving him to handle it alone.
I had to sit on this a day and re-read both of these to see if my reactions were the same with a little time to percolate. It's funny, both times I felt like I should be voting for Peace and Quiet, but just couldn't. I believe that's because, in the end, I feel emotionally manipulated, even though I don't believe that was the objective.
These are both very different angles from the writers' first entries, so that was great to see. Being able to diversify your genre is a gift, so thank you.
A. Lynne Smithee -- one thing I took away from this piece on both readings was the guy's utter reliance on technology to connect with other people in real life, but his (aspirational) musing that his life might be better without it. The play by play with the seals was very funny, I chuckled at the "so sweet I could cry" line.
P&Q -- the death, dying, depression theme was heavy-handed, and some of the similes made me flinch. While I'm not a "show, don't tell" Nazi, this piece was a lot of telling. Well-crafted telling. Don't get me wrong, this entry was well-written, and I definitely felt Ella's despair. But, having lost a loved one to suicide, I'm not sure I bought into her not giving her grieving husband a thought until the very end. I mean, maybe she felt she'd dealt with that in the note referenced fleetingly in the phone call ...
Merfis June 9, 2020 at 5:22 PM
A.Lynne Smithee gets my vote. Such a humorous portrayal of a neurotic, insecure guy who doesn't want to be so dependent on Irene and technology as he obviously is. He's such a likable character despite his manic behavior. And the description of the seals was so amusing though the ending fell a little flat since he really hadn't actually done anything to triumph like the male seal did.
My vote goes to A.Lynne Smithee
A.Lynne Smithee - Great humor in this piece. The short sentences when the guy is checking his phone bring up a feeling of impatience and increase the tension in the piece. This drew me in, I felt that emotion when he was torn between checking up on his date and ditching the technology. Great title, too - very sly reference to dating as wilderness. I laughed out loud at the last line and the image of him beating his chest. I laughed at Irene's line too - the "You up?" message. This piece was a great example of giving the reader information on a character without physical description, his responses to the seal documentary made me feel I knew this poor, stood-up guy.
Peace and Quiet - Good scene setting in the piece, except for the word "snot" - I don't know why, but it just seemed jarring and drew me out of the story for a minute. The pace of the story was very fast and this echoes the tension and drama of the character's actions. Overall though, I felt the piece was just too much on the negative side of things. The reader doesn't get to wonder if the character will carry through with her act, there are too many things pointing to her death. The death of the baby is just too obvious a tactic to gather sympathy - we don't get to know this character, and it just seems a bit underhanded to rely on something so emotional. There could be a good story here, though - if it were subtle instead. Maybe don't bring up the baby's death and just show the mother's actions on the day, leading up to the time of death. That way you could bring in the husband's character and let the reader get to know them both. Good similes, maybe cut a couple so the ones you keep have more impact. I like the sign appearing like a jack-in-the-box, great visual of that.
animal lover June 9, 2020 at 6:09 PM
Peace gets my vote.
Really powerful writing.
Jemi Fraser June 9, 2020 at 6:19 PM
Peace and Quiet gets my vote
Lisa Dunn June 9, 2020 at 7:33 PM
A. Lynne Smithee: I loved the way the narrative wove around the seal documentary and enjoyed the self-deprecating voice in this piece. I didn't get the stalker vibe, but I can see how others did, so maybe watch that if you make it into the next round.
Peace and Quiet: I enjoyed this more than the dog piece, but I didn't connect with Ella as much as I wanted to. I think this piece would work a lot better in first-person or DEEP third person point-of-view. As it's written, it was like watching someone I barely know commit suicide from a distance. I don't want her to drive off the cliff, but I'm not invested enough to be all that shaken up about what might happen next.
A. Lynne Smithee has my vote.
A. Lynne Smithee -- You certainly made me laugh. I like the way you wove this tale.
Peace and Quiet -- That's a powerful punch. You are a master of emotion. You have my vote.
Jamie June 10, 2020 at 12:32 AM
Starbucks? Animal loving on tv? And a missed connection. It's my life!
Vote for first one. Sorry if not clear.
Second made me too sad.
Michelle Kadin June 10, 2020 at 11:56 AM
Lynne: interesting seal analogy. The MC is obsessive and entitled, clearly believing he deserves sex. Irene owes it to him, dammit. He "can't accept" that she might not be interested, so he's going to track her down? Major stalker vibe! This behavior is not charming insecurity. It isn't amusing. As Kiwi said, it reeks of toxic masculinity.
Peace: melodramatic, but poignant. The pregnancy test is jarring, since you then jump ahead nine months. Minor technical issues, like missing commas and the wrong "waivers" - you would've benefited from one more proofread before sending. Suicidal grief is horrifying, and I don't expect MC to be rational or selfless. If we haven't been there, we don't know how we'd react. As with your last piece, you've crammed lots of emotion into this short space.
I vote for Peace.
Catherine Link June 10, 2020 at 1:12 PM
l84lnup June 10, 2020 at 1:24 PM
A Lynne Smithee: very funny. you captured the dysfunction of a generation in so few funny words
Peace and Quiet: way to lay on the schmaltz. well written but very depressing.
I vote for A. Lynne Smithee
Ema June 10, 2020 at 2:00 PM
Peace and Quiet, I dont think suicide is an answer, but it was a well written story. I liked the part about the darkness being like a coffin.
Peace and Quiet has my vote. :D
Michael Scott Arnold June 10, 2020 at 3:35 PM
good stories. Smithee, the story was funny. You told us so much about your characters without having to describe everything.
P&Q nice writing, but you didn't earn my emotional trust to identify with your character, by the end I was appalled by her cowardly decision.
A. Lynne Smithee, Great job. intriguing story. Seeing the angst from a different POV was really a nice twist!
Peace and Quiet... I'm in tears. The emotional turmoil this poor woman is in, the husband's grief and desire for his wife to still be with him, grabbed me from the get-go!
VOte: Peace and Quiet
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Pete Wilson June 11, 2020 at 10:49 AM
A. Lynne Smythee. Great use of words. You capture such vivid mind pictures with the minimum of words. love the humor.
Peace and Quiet. Very heavy handed with the obvious emotional devices. i personally don't like it when someone tries to make me fell a certin way, write it well and let me decide how i want to fell about it.
Penelope Else June 11, 2020 at 11:00 AM
A. Lynne Smithee: This made me laugh, and I can really imagine the young man's pain and being inspired by a bit of wildlife. We humans think we're so special, but we're just tamed animals ourselves. I don't have any criticisms, I think, just a favourite sentence: "He'd find this guy and belly-bump him into submission."
Peace and Quiet: Again, this seems to be a contrived tear-jerker, which is an instant turn-off for me. It's well-written, if rather dense, but the goal of the narrative seems only to be to press the reader's emotional buttons, rather than to carry any message.
Just a follow-up for A.Lynne Smithee - I absolutely got no stalker-vibe or entitled-vibe from your MC. I realise there may be some people rather tuned in that direction for excellent reasons, but I read him as being insecure in a perfectly regular way.
whatawinniewoman June 11, 2020 at 5:18 PM
Congratulations on making it this far! This one's tough. Some funnies and not so funnies. My vote goes to Peace and Quiet. Ella, DON'T PUSH THAT BUTTON!!
write95 June 11, 2020 at 5:25 PM
Vote Peace and Quiet
Tanya Tittle June 11, 2020 at 5:59 PM
I have rooted for Peace and Quiet regarding the Dog story the whole time. I just loved it. This story was well written too and pulled at my heart strings as well, whoever you are you're really good at that.
A. Lynne Smithee was so creative. I had several powerful emotions throughout the entry. I felt sorry for the guy, but maybe that's because I raised boys. I didn't get a creepy stalker feel at all. I also felt like giggling a time or two. I enjoyed the previous story as well and wanted to see more. This second story is so creative to me that A. Lynne Smithee gets my vote. But kudos to you both for making it to this point!
KimberSaint June 12, 2020 at 6:08 AM
A. Lynne - Tough one. The story was SO well-crafted with a great sense of voice. And I'm open to getting inside the heads of those we shudder to understand (look at the show "You" where we're asked to empathize with an actual stalker/killer). While I don't think this MC is a stalker, comparing courting a crush to an alpha-male sexually conquering a female hit wrong because it never puts Irene in a position of consent. Particularly if this is YA, I'd be sensitive about anything that even unintentionally glorifies rape culture. If this were part of a longer piece, maybe we would see the MC's more endearing qualities, but this ended with a note of triumph that never acknowledges the toxicity of that mindset. I try to weigh skill over story in this contest, but this was difficult for me to reconcile.
Peace - I was surprised to see this work from you after the dog piece. Great thematic and stylistic versatility! Some of the metaphors pulled me out (snot and tears, Jack-in-the-box clown) but otherwise the story had nice flow and imagery. The time was a good convention to build the tension of the scene all the way to the final seconds. I'd workshop the lines "it's not his fault after all" which trivializes her relationship with the husband and "do it Ella, now" which felt grammatically off (and TBH brought me back to your Nike reference and their "just do it" tagline).
Voting Peace and Quiet for this one.
zrocool June 12, 2020 at 6:13 AM
My vote is for A.Lynne Smithee
A.Lynne Smithee – Funny story. I laughed aloud a few time. I can't send another Snap so I'll text instead, is gold. The character is annoying and self-absorbed and I think he could have found himself equating his life to anything on the TV, the fact that is was seals is comedy. Reminds me of Nick Hornby's characters. Had to look up proboscis, took me out of the story.
Peace and Quiet – Super sad story. I liked some of your similes and metaphors but felt that there were too many. The branches embracing was a cool visual but the jack-in-the-box clown took me out of the story, maybe a cadence thing. I felt so much grief for the husband.
Celia Reaves June 12, 2020 at 9:13 AM
A. Lynne Smithee: I enjoyed the interplay between the animal drama on the screen and the internal human drama, and the whiplash of the narrator's attraction to and rejection of technology. Like most of us, I've been there! I was turned off a bit by the narrator's decision to demand control over the woman he saw as "his." Doesn't she get to choose who she's going to be with?
Peace and Quiet: Initially I thought this was a time travel story in which Ella was going back to change history so her daughter would live, though I couldn't figure out how she was planning to do it. Once I finally got on track it made much more sense. Still, there were some lines that I didn't like. It didn't make sense that she was looking down at her feet while driving to see the Nike swoosh. The Jack-in-the-box image seemed too cheerful for the moment. I don't judge her for choosing death to be with her baby instead of life with her husband, because grief takes each of us differently, but it did make it hard for me to sympathize with her choice.
I realize my misreading of Peace and Quiet's story was my own fault, but it probably contributed to my decision to cast my vote for A. Lynne Smithee today, in the hope that as the story goes on the narrator has another epiphany, realizing the alpha-male domineering attitude is not okay.
Little Boots June 12, 2020 at 9:44 AM
A Lynne Smithee, your story is fairly well-written. There are a couple of places where a word is missing. Unlike some of the other readers, I am struggling to find any humor in this piece. It did not strike me as funny at all. The MC comes across as being self-centered and when he throws the phone, it suggests he might have anger issues.
When he sees the male seal, "belly-bumping another into submission," and then states, "he needs to find his inner seal," it shows the MC to be aggressive and controlling. Basically tells me as a reader that he'll do whatever he wants to get what he wants, and I don't like reading that.
Also, the excuse of a "family drama" felt weak. Surely in this age where nearly everyone is connected to a device, Irene could have sent a quick 2 second text to explain she'd be late?
I think if you'd used the idea of the title, and instead of him sitting around watching TV had him going out into nature and making the most of his day instead, the story would have been much stronger. As it is, I felt no emotional connection to him at all and really wasn't bothered what happened. I did enjoy your previous entry, but this fell flat for me.
Peace and Quiet, again a very well written story. There are layers of emotion here, and so many questions that I as a reader want answers to. This could well be the start of a novel. What happened to Ella's baby? Can Matt's words save her? Does she push that button, or at the last second change her mind? I know I want to find out.
Some readers have commented that her actions are selfish, or that in her situation they'd never do that, but catastrophic grief (as that of losing a baby would be) has no script, and I don't think anyone can say what they would or wouldn't do unless they were in that horrific circumstance.
I loved the visual of the sign appearing in the dark night, could imagine ducking in the driver's seat as it appeared. I would turn the page if this were a novel.
Really hoping Ella doesn't push that button.
Vote this round for Peace and Quiet.
Ana R June 13, 2020 at 10:29 AM
A. Lynne Smith - Your piece is well-written, but the parallels between the guy and the seal were too much for me. I would've liked to know more about him to feel more invested in the character.
Peace and Quiet - I like your metaphors and your use of language. The piece is well-written and took me to the action right away.
My vote is for Peace and Quiet.
INK June 13, 2020 at 6:41 PM
My vote is for A.Lynne Smithee. I thought this piece was an amusing portrayal of how dependent we are on technology even when we know we are too dependent on it. I loved the Animal Planet seal show references and the way the MC related to it. And even though he really did nothing to triumph over the "other seals", in the end, he FELT like he had and that seemed very real to me.
Peace & Quiet, I enjoyed the imagery of this story but I was confused at the end because I hadn't realize that she had turned off her car when she skidded to a stop. That pulled me out of the story just at what should have been the climactic moment. And if she had left her husband a note about her intentions, maybe to avoid him talking her out of her plan, then I don't think she would have answered his call. That caused me to feel the conversation was unrealistic as well. Still an well-written piece.
Mary Holm June 13, 2020 at 8:52 PM
I keep think this is going to get easier. Oh, silly me.
A. Lynn Smithee: A fun story, with some excellent writing, but I didn't really connect with the MC. Maybe I just needed to know a little more about him to understand why he's such a needy loser. I didn't get a stalker vibe at all. She stood him up, so it's reasonable he would try to find her. I liked the contrast between the call of the wild and his own tech-dependent life, though sometimes I think the comparison stretched a little too thin. Small nitpick: Was the baby seal born that fast? I guess because there was a passage of time in the documentary he was watching, but I think you could briefly set that up.
Peace and Quiet: Good writing and figurative language. You made us feel the mother's sorrow. But I needed a better reason for her to answer the phone. She'd written a note, she was determined to do it. Unless, she wasn't that determined and she answered the call because she was hoping he'd talk her out of it. If that's the case, I think you should have set it up earlier. Show the doubt creeping in, show more concern for her husband. Otherwise the story takes a big hairpin turn and loses us.
Because I thought the writing was a bit better, my vote is for Peace and Quiet
1221bookworm June 13, 2020 at 10:58 PM
Congrats to both writers.
A. Lynne Smithee: I didn't get stalkery vibes, and I think the reference to the number of snaps was just as much a "feeling" of that many than necessarily that number. I don't think I would have waited for two hours! I would have liked to know a little more about their relationship before this disastrous date - how long have they known each other? With that info, we could also be a little more understanding of Irene's text - I know from experience that family drama can pull you away from all cell contact until it's been calmed down! Otherwise, I enjoyed the interplay with the documentary and the very real need to check our phone constantly for gratification.
Peace and Quiet: What an emotional wallop from your other piece. I went into it expecting a tug on my heartstrings that would still make me smile and came away an emotional tangle. I think maybe a little more time could have been used building up her memories of Sophie - it's all rushed into such a short space. I think I would also have liked a little more of her feelings for Matt - maybe a pang of how much she loves him. If you wanted to give it a more painful twist, that maybe he would decide to follow her lead and join them.
My vote goes to Peace and Quiet.
BigLL117 June 14, 2020 at 12:56 AM
A. Lynne, I liked your first piece better, but this did make me laugh.
Peace and quiet, I liked the idea, but I couldn't get behind the husband being discarded so casually.
I have to vote for A. Lynne Smithee
Dan Johnson June 14, 2020 at 10:28 AM
Good writing, both contestants. My choice is for A. Lynne Smithee for a well-realized story.
A. Lynne, I really enjoyed the pace of the story and the frantic, paranoid lead character. Haven't we all been that person, waiting impatiently for a crush to reciprocate? I don't understand why others are getting a stalker vibe. They had a date, she stood him up. Isn't he allowed to feel dejected and waiting for an explanation? Great use of animal magnetism and determination as parallels.
Peace & Quiet, I enjoyed your story as well. You did a nice job building tension and emotion. A small piece of advice I would give is not to mention brand names unless the only version of an object that can work for your story is that one brand. Out of Volvo, Nike and Google name-dropped, only Nike was useful to the story, and even that was a bit clumsy. Good story though, I can see you winning this contest with more practice.
Jane Stuart June 14, 2020 at 12:55 PM
I don't mean to ignore A. Lynne Smithee. Your writing was solid and funny, so she gets my vote.
But Peace and Quiet confused me. Main character thinks to herself, It is not his fault. Why would that be in her head? Both lost a child.
As someone who had that happen, and I know I am not the only one, my head was in a different place. We needed each other to get through it, so when she ignores him when he says he can't lose her too, the story lost realism for me, and I did not like the main character very much. The writing was good, but premise was poorly thought out.
dbHel June 14, 2020 at 1:15 PM
Hello writers. I did not go through so can now sit back and keep enjoying what you come up with next.
P&Q Very strong and different to your first story. You are a master of emotions and portraying the feelings of your characters.
Is this part of a novel? It reads that way, as we are left hanging on wanting to know that Ella is to late to meet the 11.14 deadline. Does the next chapter start 11.15? And say she was too late, much to the relief of her husband.
A.Lynne. Is this aimed at a young genre. I think it must be as the guy is very immature and jealous, who does not get me laughing, rather makes me feel uneasy as he likens himself to an animal that uses aggression to find a mate. this is not funny. For me to root for this guy, he would've been better worrying about his girl. Is she OK, normally she messages back. If he had seemed concerned rather than obsessive this would've been a nicer piece and maybe I would have seen the funny side. Some people said about a stalker vibe, I didn't get that. If that was the intention, then that is even worse. Such a shame that you didn't just add a nugget of pleasantness to him.
My vote is for the writing that shows us a character in pure despair, with backstory to make us root for her, which A. Lynne missed out on for me.
Vote Peace and Quiet, tragic but gripping.
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oh my what interesting writing from both of you.
I prefer the reality of P&Q here, even though it upset me, so you get my vote.
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Lara June 14, 2020 at 6:42 PM
My vote is A.Lynn, mostly because of a pregnancy loss myself, I honestly couldn't get through all of Peace and Quiet. Apologies for that, but I can't vote for something I can't get through! A. Lynne, thanks for making me laugh!
DC Link June 15, 2020 at 8:53 AM
Im voting for A. Lynne Smithee. Great story.
E Aemelius June 15, 2020 at 10:31 AM
This round did not at all tread the emotions I anticipated.
I, like others, found this problematic.
2 big reasons:
1) Factual inaccuracies about elephant seals
2) Depicting selfish, immature, and controlling behavior as humorous
For the first point, this stuck out: "Their massive bodies collided like sumo wrestlers, without doing any real damage. How could they? They only had a handful of teeth between them."
While amusing, older male elephant seals can be distinguished because they tend to have a lot of scarring. That comes from the fighting. They don't have a ton of teeth, but what they do have, they use to great effect and rather viciously (male elephant seals are pretty nasty on the whole). They have hardened patches of skin on their chests to try and protect them from getting so badly gored. As an animal fan, I was immediately taken out because this dude seems to romanticize male elephant seals as these big, blubbery animals that are largely all show and mostly harmless. They super are not.
Another major point that implies a big inaccuracy and does not work well for your theme is: "He'd waddle his way over who knows how many more seals to find the right one." For those who don't know, this makes it sound like male elephant seals fight other males to then be with their one and only, or, at least, the female they really desire. Those other 30 seals though? That's his harem. He's going to mate with ALL of them (or close to, depending on how many he allows his helper to mate with). So for a story about a human guy who is torn up because this one girl didn't show up or respond to him, this is an especially bad fit. Female elephant seals also don't really appear to care about males at all. They show up, have pups and raise them, mate, then peace back out. Males from their viewpoint seem to largely just be there for breeding. They're even less involved with males than lion prides. So Irene's stand-up behavior kind of fits with female elephant seal expectations.
Both factually and thematically, using a male elephant seal for this dude to relate to was a huge miss. Unless the humor is supposed to be that he has no idea that this is how male/female elephant seals really interact? If that's so, I think that's a bit obscure since a lot of your readers may not know this, and he's watching a documentary. They'd cover those details (only way it could work is if he had the show on mute the whole time and it's made very apparent he's an unreliable narrator who is super misinterpreting what he's seeing. Now that could be pretty entertaining! But difficult to pull off).
Where I see his behavior as uncharming is he never once considers Irene's perspective or emotions. He never even thinks her not being there is because something may be wrong. He just keeps spamming her with snapchats, then, finally, texts, and never considers if she's sick, or her car broke down, or what.
I accidentally stood a friend up for a paint night once because I got back from vacation and was super exhausted. Just totally forgot. You know what my friend didn't do? Constantly bombard me with communications and think I was intentionally avoiding her. That kind of behavior is really juvenile, so this guy comes off sounding like he's 14.
The snapchat thing is also hard for me to relate to. It's after my time, for one. And two, if he really wants her attention and to know what's going on, why in the world would he snapchat her so many times before sending a simple, "Hey, are you coming?" text? The fact he doesn't try to text or, gasp, call her before going home makes him sound ridiculous. And lazy! I don't see the humor in being pathetic and incapable.
Continued (Yeah, I feel passionately when there are these kind of depictions in stories).
The bigger issues, though, are he consoles himself and decides he needs to emulate a creature that "wins" females (he literally thinks of the elephant seal as the "winning male" before he watches him go have sex). For him, it's not about what Irene may want, he's going to be persistent until he's like the seal and gets what he wants... by fighting another dude and not considering Irene's feelings at all.
The fact he jumps to the conclusion that Irene found someone else just goes to show any hiccup in their relationship he is going to filter through what he desires. Because again, he never even thinks something benign like, "She fell asleep" or "She got lost." It's just, "I KNEW IT! She's with another dude! And I need to change that." He only sees her as an object to possess, not a person who is being a person.
The "be persistent until you get the girl you want" trope is a common one in our culture. And it's really unfortunate. Because it comes from that same mindset of "it's all about what I want," not "relationships are two autonomous people that are great because each CHOOSES to be there." It's very unhealthy and is a big part of why #MeToo even exists. Because men are taught just keep trying until she says yes (or at least until she doesn't say no).
And at the end, when she reveals it's family drama, he sees that as a win for himself. What? Okay, family drama could be minor, or it could be pretty major. That's sort of sick to be happy about the misfortune of someone you claim to care about because it gives you a chance to play white knight.
Here's how I'd refactor this story to make it work:
1) Choose an animal that doesn't sexually dominate and is monogamous. There are a ton of examples in the bird kingdom. A bird of paradise or an emu would be an especially great pick for humor because the male courtships are hysterical. Birds are all about attracting, not winning a mate.
2) Don't have him send so many messages. That can be a point of humor. He can want to send message, but constantly resists and puts his phone back because he's aware he's being potentially bothersome (the awareness here will show he actually thinks about how his behavior could impact Irene).
3) Have him imagine multiple scenarios of why she's not answering. Have these be increasingly ridiculous. Then have the pay-off at the end, after he's either wound himself up, or decided that he can and will move on beyond her (you know, recognizing her right to choose who to be with and realizing he wants to be with someone who likewise WANTS to be with him), that HE'S the one who went to the wrong Starbucks. "Dude, where ARE you? I've been here for 2 hours." That's comedy! If he thinks he's been stood up, he watches this doc on birds and relates to them, decides he can move on or needs to make some crazy action, and then it's something as banal as, "You said to go to the Starbucks off I-10," that's funny. Make it his mistake. Works better for playing off his benign insecurity (if he thinks the issue is with him or recognizes Irene's right to choose, then the insecurity will be relatable and charming).
Lot of strong descriptions! But, as others have said, dial back some of the similes/metaphors. The biggest disconnect for me is the tone starts off very thriller and ends super drama. I loved the intro and laughed at the snot and tears of the sky because I thought this was a thriller. Make clear from the jump the tone is very somber. You can achieve that by having the descriptions start less action focused and more bare and blunt. Less clever and poetic. She's not going to be clever in her grief. Seed us her hopes for this child at the start and show how those were dashed.
Vote for Peace & Quiet.


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Q: Q objects in django queryset g = Goal.objects.filter(Q(title__contains=term) | Q(desc__contains=term))

How can I add to my filter that user=request.user?
This doesn't work:
g = Goal.objects.filter(user=request.user, Q(title__contains=term) | Q(desc__contains=term))

Models:
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    user = models.ForeignKey(User)
    title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
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A: Keyword arguments (user=request.user) must come after non keyword arguments (your Q object).
Either switch the order in your filter:
Goal.objects.filter(Q(title__contains=term) | Q(desc__contains=term), user=request.user)

or chain two filter() calls together
Goal.objects.filter(user=request.user).filter(Q(title__contains=term) | Q(desc__contains=term))

A: g = Goal.objects.filter(Q(user__iexact=request.user) & Q(title__contains=term) | Q(desc__contains=term))

Use & in place of Python and operator

A: According to django docs.
Lookup functions can mix the use of Q objects and keyword arguments. However, if a Q object is provided, it must precede the definition of any keyword arguments.

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John and I were running errands in Austin this Monday, so we decided to finally check out the famous Mozart's Coffee Roasters Light Show. I can't believe that after living here for so many years, we've never visited before!
The parking lot is big, but it was not easy to find a spot (even on Monday). I can't imagine how busy it gets on the weekends.
The lines to get drinks are pretty long. We were short on time so we didn't get to try their famous hot chocolate or desserts.
The light show is outside, so dress warm!


The latest pressure to raise employee wages arrives at an inopportune time for McDonald's and its legion of franchisees. Fast-casual chains like Chipotle Mexican Grill are increasingly threatening the company's business, and all is not well within the kingdom of the Golden Arches. Relations are tense between the corporate base and its independently owned restaurants, with franchisees dissatisfied by low margins on an increasingly complex menu, an abundance of promotional expenditures, and renovation costs.
A corporate-dictated increase of wages at McDonald's restaurants would almost certainly put additional burdens on franchisees. The company could offer owner-operators a financial cushion during a transitional period, but this strategy might prove damaging to McDonald's financials and its stock.
These complications, and others, give McDonald's and its franchisees plenty of incentive to take a wait-and-see approach on the wage issue, but the company might also have strong reasons to get out in front of the mounting controversy and raise employee pay ahead of anything federal or state governments might do.
The federal minimum wage was last raised in 2009 -- putting it at $7.25 per hour -- and in the State of the Union address in January, President Obama called on Congress to raise the national minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have minimum wages higher than the federal minimum.
Let's look at what McDonald's might gain by getting out in front of a federal mandate and raising wages for its employees.
It's no secret that McDonald's has an image problem. The company faces an increasingly health-conscious public, and controversies surrounding its employment practices often generate more press than additions to its menu or modifications on its advertising and branding fronts. The wage issue is bound to receive increasing political attention, and it's heating up quickly at the state level, with 34 states in the last year considering bills that would raise the minimum wage within their borders.
McDonald's' employment structure and brand visibility guarantee it will remain at the center of this heated debate, and ongoing protests targeting the company have the potential to do lasting damage to its image.
Chipotle has scored major victories against McDonald's on the battlefield of public opinion by presenting a socially and environmentally conscious image that gels with current cultural trends and sentiments. The fast-casual chain and its peers are succeeding, in part, because they recognize that the choice between restaurants is largely determined by how a given experience makes the consumer feel, physically and psychologically.
Becoming a proactive force in the push to raise the nation's wages would allow McDonald's to add an important, albeit partially symbolic, asset to its vast real estate holdings: the moral high ground.
Recent declines in same-store sales would seem to give franchisees an obvious and well-founded reason to bristle at the prospect of headquarters dictating a wage increase. McDonald's said August sales at its global locations dipped 3.7%, with sales at U.S. stores down 2.8%. This isn't the type of announcement that would typically be followed by an increase in low-level employee wages, but the question of why sales are falling is central when examining whether such a move would be valuable.
Last year saw a McDonald's executive acknowledge "broken" customer service, with rude employees being cited as a major reason for customer dissatisfaction. A recent report from the American Consumer Satisfaction Index ranking the company dead last in customer satisfaction suggests the company has a ways to go.
Offering higher wages should allow the company to attract and retain better employees. Making this move ahead of government schedules would not only enable the fast-food chain to strengthen its workforce relative to competitors, it would fundamentally change what it means to work at a McDonald's.
The U.S. minimum wage over the years.
There's been no shortage of studies that aim to model what wage hikes at McDonald's would mean for its menu prices or bottom line. Many have made projections based on isolated increases to the company's labor costs, without accounting for possible cost increases earlier in the food production chain or inflation that might occur as a result of a new U.S. minimum wage. Accurately modeling the effects of a significant federal minimum wage increase on a store's pricing involves variables that can be fairly described as unknowable.
However, without major advances in automation, increases in employee wages can reasonably be expected to correlate with increased menu pricing. Raising its prices ahead of state and national curves could afford McDonald's better positioning as it sets its own pace. The company's offerings are decidedly price-sensitive, and smaller, staggered increases to menu costs would look better to consumers than big jumps.
With American wealth inequality at record levels, and the wage debate receiving increasing media focus, it's reasonable to expect a significant increase to the national minimum wage within the next several years. If such an increase can be taken as likely within the next five years, McDonald's corporate management should weigh whether the short-term expenses and difficulties created by raising employee wages prior to government mandates outweigh the potential benefits of such a move. Facing identity issues that threaten its long-term future, McDonald's has surprisingly strong incentives to raise its wages ahead of government action.
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Top 10 Games With Stupid A.I.
A.I. is absolutely needed for most modern day video games. If you aren't playing against an opponent, then you are probably playing against A.I. bots of some kind. Outside of computer-controlled enemies, games love to saddle you with computer-controlled allies as well. At best, dumb A.I. is a minor annoyance. At worst, it completely ruins the game you are playing. In this list, we don't rate the games based on how bad the A.I. is per se, but rather how much amusement we got out of seeing the A.I. fail. Hopefully you enjoy them as much as we did.
Doom 3 wasn't the easiest game out there, but that certainly wasn't because of its brilliant A.I. In fact, every single enemy without a projectile attack had one important weakness: tables. If you jumped on a table outside of a melee enemy's reach, there was absolutely nothing they could do. They would run around in circles around the table moaning and wailing, easily within your grasp, without ever attacking. Projectile enemies could always shoot you, but melee enemies never thought to just reach above their heads once in a while.
Jump Ultimate Stars
Jump Ultimate Stars was a fun Smash Bros.-style DS game that brings together popular anime characters to slug it out. It was great to play against other people, but the A.I. was so stupid that people would actually recommend that you avoid buying the game if you have no one to play with. The A.I. would repeatedly jump to its death in any stage where they were able to, many times right after a respawn. On top of this, the A.I. actually cheated at high difficulties so that you could barely ever land an attack, but you could still win by waiting at the top of the screen and doing nothing while the A.I. killed itself.
The Uncanny X-Men
The Uncanny X-Men was made notable by an episode of The Angry Video Game Nerd that focused on its incredibly crappy A.I. Since there was no way to play the game with one character only, single-player mode gave you an A.I. teammate. Unfortunately, this teammate did not necessarily know to follow you when you tried to move forward in a stage, and so you would frequently get stuck as he endlessly ran into walls. It was actually far better to purposefully let you're A.I. teammate get killed so you could play the game freely.
The biggest threat in Fallout was not your enemies, but your own party members. They absolutely loved to shoot you in the back every chance they got. They also loved to trap you in walls and corners to make it impossible to continue on with the game. Strangely enough, this pattern has stayed true even in more recent Fallout releases. Try running in front of your A.I. allies in Fallout 3 and they will shoot you in the back all the same.
Tales of Destiny was one of the first Tales games to ever make it to American shores, but unfortunately, in the early days of Tales, the combat was a little broken. Your A.I. teammates would very frequently do nothing in battle. In fact, to get them to do anything at all, you frequently had to stand behind them so they'd wake up. Since you normally controlled a melee character in the game, this made your A.I. partners pretty much useless.

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Le Lithostrôtos  (du   mot grec  λιθόστρωτος se traduisant par : « pavé de pierre » ou « pavé de marbre », « chaussée », « pavé en mosaïque », et venant de lithos : « pierre », et stronnumi - στρώννυμι : « recouvrir »), ou Gabbatha en hébreu (signifiant « saillie » ou « lieu surélevé »), est l'endroit, à Jérusalem où, d'après l'Évangile selon Jean (Jn 19,13), Jésus aurait comparu devant Ponce Pilate. , situé dans l'ancienne forteresse Antonia, construite sur une plateforme rocheuse entourée de douves et destiné à la surveillance de l'esplanade du Temple de Jerusalem par les Romains, et à proximité du Bassin du Strouthion.

 (Jn 19,13). Ce mot fut autrefois diversement traduit par estrade de pierre, siège de pierre, galerie, tribunal, terrasse pavée, forum, place pavée en mosaïque, pavé de pierres, préau pavé, pavé de dalles, pavement, dans la Bible par « Dallage »

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Overall everyone was really nice. No pimping. Dr.McInerney was very accessible, the residents make sure you scrub with him as much as possible. The attendings in clinic were cool to work with.
Tuesday morning is the weekly department conference. There are usually several lectures either by residents, attendings, or visiting lecturers. Every Friday morning is dedicated didactic time for the residents, they have lectures, anatomy lab, and do review questions.
This is the greatest strength of the program. The residents operate like crazy. The seniors are very comfortable in the OR and are expected to be able to do any case. Even the second years are in the operating room all the time. I rotated at three different hospitals and operated more here than at any other place.
There is one full day of clinic on Tuesdays and a short pediatrics clinic on Fridays. Don't know if they ever get to go to the private offices.
Not a strength of the program, but it seems like the residents get their required projects done pretty easily. I don't think they have a dedicated research rotation or anything.
I liked everyone I met, everyone was very easy going, no scutwork. All the residents seem to really get along. They're all in a kickball league together.
About average for ortho programs based on what I've seen so far. They stay pretty late on some of the busy OR days. From what I understand, everyone gets two weekends off every month.
Paterson is the dumps but there are nicer areas around it. They also cover another hospital 20 minutes away that is smaller and in a much nicer location. Everyone lives around the area in various suburbs. A lot of the residents live in Hoboken. No on campus housing.
The campus is under renovation. I had to park several blocks away. They also operate at another hospital near by a couple times a week, it seems hard on the residents driving back and forth.
I really enjoyed my 4 weeks here and will be ranking the program highly. Wish it was in a bit nicer location and a little bit more academic but overall a very good program with a very strong operative experience.


Meadow Hills Aurora Homes have seen a lot of interest from buyers and sellers the past couple of weeks. As Buyers continue to far outnumber Sellers, we are checking the inventory of Aurora Homes every day, watching for properties as they are entered into the MLS. As we were researching properties for one of our clients, we created this report and thought it may help some of you in the market.
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OPENBCI, INC, Brooklyn, New York, United States / Apr 2016 – Aug 2016.
OpenBCI stands for "an open-source brain-computer interface (BCI)". The OpenBCI Board is a versatile and affordable bio-sensing microcontroller that can be used to sample brain electrical activity (EEG), muscle activity (EMG), heart rate (EKG), and more. It is compatible with almost any type of electrode and is supported by an ever-growing, open-source framework of signal processing tools & applications.
My primary goal is comparing motor imagery with motor execution such as different studies have been doing during the last decade, as well as differentiating between right and left-hand movements. To accomplish this, I'll base my research on narrowing my frequency range into alpha (mu) and beta waves.
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FICOSA is a multinational corporation devoted to the research, development, production, and commercialization of systems and parts for the automobile, as well as for both commercial and industrial vehicles.
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EEG Signal processing in MATLAB and EEGLAB.
Data analysis of EEG datasets in R program.
A system for comprehensive kinematic/EMG/EEG analyses of locomotion and other motor actions in normal volunteers and people with spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, or other chronic neuromuscular disorders.
Worked with Prof Xavier Rosell and Prof Mireia Fernandez in the Biomedical Instrumentation group to create a shoe-embedded piezoelectric energy harvester for wearable sensors in walking race environments. The project is still going forward.
Exploratory and objective data analysis methods applied to the physical, engineering, and biological sciences. A brief review of statistical methods and their computational implementation for studying time series analysis, spectral analysis, filtering methods, principal component analysis, orthogonal mode decomposition, and image processing and compression.
Medical Neuroscience explores the organization and physiology of the human central nervous system. The course provides students an understanding of the essential principles of neurological function, from cellular and molecular mechanisms of neural signaling and plasticity to the organization and function of sensory and motor systems.
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The family behind popular painkiller drug OxyContin. Three doctors -- brothers Arthur (d. 1987), Mortimer (d. 2010) and Raymond Sackler (pictured above with his wife, Beverly) -- founded Purdue Pharma in 1952 after taking over a small, struggling New York drug manufacturer. The company sold several moderately successful products, like earwax remover and laxatives, but remained under the radar until the mid-1990s when it began selling what amounted to morphine in a pill. OxyContin, a long-lasting, narcotic pain reliever, launched in 1995 and by 2003 Purdue was selling $1.6 billion of the product annually. It became abused by addicts who would crush the pills for a quick, intense high, sparking controversy and legal action against Purdue. The company paid more than $600 million in 2007 to settle charges with federal prosecutors that it had misbranded OxyContin as safer and less addictive than it was. In December 2015 it settled a similar lawsuit with the state of Kentucky. Some had said the case might yield more than $1 billion in damages; the company agreed to pay $24 million and admitted no wrongdoing. Today, Purdue, still 100% owned by the Sackler family, generates some $3 billion in sales in the U.S. Separate Sackler-owned companies sell drugs in Europe, Canada, Asia and Latin America. An estimated 20 family members share the fortune.
While Goldin's protests have proved effective, will rejection of the Sackler family's donations be a unique case, or will it prompt other artists to make similar protests against donations tied to other interests they do not support?


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Molagavita är en ort i Colombia.   Den ligger i departementet Santander, i den centrala delen av landet,  km nordost om huvudstaden Bogotá. Molagavita ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare är .

Terrängen runt Molagavita är huvudsakligen bergig, men den allra närmaste omgivningen är kuperad. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  km väster om Molagavita. Runt Molagavita är det ganska tätbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är Málaga,  km öster om Molagavita. Omgivningarna runt Molagavita är en mosaik av jordbruksmark och naturlig växtlighet.

Kustklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är februari, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är april, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är april, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är januari, med  mm nederbörd.

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City tour at Kos - Nostalgia Travel Agency in Kos island, Dodecanese Greece - - Kos Info - City Tour.
Parking for the cars and startpoint for the City Tour.
Salt Depot & Ottoman Hammam.
The hamman stands in the centre of the modern town of Kos, next to the castle of Nerangia, the plane-tree of Hippocrates and the Loggia Mosque, within the wider precinct of the archaeological site containing the Ancient Agora and the medieval town.
The Gouvernment building in Venetian style, built by the Italians during the occupation.
The Loggia Mosque on the left. The Plane three in the center behind the Kiosk. And on the right side, the entree to the Castle of the Knights of St. John.
A nice view of the Loggia Mosque.
Carved stones on the top of the door.
The gallery of the Loggia Mosque.
The Lion in the wall of the minnaret on the right side of the Loggia Mosque.
Reconstructed pillars of an ancient gallery.
We continu in the direction of the Elefteria square and so we past the "Forum Gate"
The Forum Gate: how was one of the entrees of the city where the salesman paid there taxes before entering the town.
A small square with axes to the Elefteria Square.
The Defterdar mosque Orfea: The cinema.
The Museum Part of the city wall.
After the complete restoration, which took a few years, CASA ROMANA is open again since June 2011 to welcome its visitors.


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Klaus Mäkelä is awarded the
2022 Sibelius Prize
Come see Klaus Mäkelä being awarded the 2022 Sibelius Prize!
4 November at 7.00 pm
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The Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovich is a soloist in Ernest Chausson's Poème and Maurice Ravel's Tzigane. Chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä also conducts the beautiful Symphony No. 2 by Jean Sibelius.
This concert is set up in connection with Klaus Mäkelä being awarded the Sibelius Prize 2022. Note that this program differs from the day before.
Igor Stravinsky wrote the ballet music for The Fairy's Kiss in 1928, and the performance premiered in Paris the same year. The plot is based on H.C. Andersen's fairy tale The Ice Maiden, and the music is a tribute to Pyotr Tchaikovsky on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of his death. Stravinsky selected a bunch of melodies that had not been orchestrated before, from Tchaikovsky's songs and piano pieces. The ballet performance lives on in the orchestral version Divertimento from 1934.
The French composer Ernest Chausson (1855–1899) was a close friend of the Belgian Eugène Ysaÿe, the great violin virtuoso of his time. In the 1890s, Ysaÿe encouraged Chausson to write a violin concerto for him, but Chausson found it too overwhelming a task. Instead, he wrote Poème – a shorter work for violin and orchestra. The play became Chausson's first major success in his hometown of Paris when Ysaÿe played it there in 1897.
In 1922, Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) met the Hungarian violinist Jelly d'Arányi, great-niece of the violin legend Joseph Joachim, during a tour in London. She entertained the composer with folk tunes from her home country late into the night, and Ravel was so thrilled that he wrote a virtuoso violin rhapsody for her. It was titled Tzigane, and she premiered it in London in 1924. The original version was for violin and piano, and Ravel orchestrated the piano part the same year.
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Maurice Ravel Tzigane
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Royal Netherlands Air Force starts training on relocated NH90 FMFT
Sesto Calende, Italy. 31 October 2019 . Rotorsim, the joint venture owned equally by CAE and Leonardo, today announced the successful start of training on the NH90 Full Mission Flight Trainer (FMFT) following its relocation from the Rotorsim training centre in Sesto Calende, Italy to a new training facility at Maritime Air Base de Kooy in Den Helder, the Netherlands.
The Netherlands Ministry of Defence (NLMOD) and Netherlands Defence Helicopter Command recently hosted a ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new NH90 training facility in Den Helder. The ceremony was attended by officers from the Royal Netherlands Navy and Royal Netherlands Air Force; officials from the NLMOD; executives from CAE, Leonardo and Rotorsim; and military officials from Italy and Belgium.
"We have trained our NH90 crews for the past eight years in Italy as part of the very successful Joint NH90 Training Program," said Air Commodore Robert Adang, Commander of the Netherlands Defence Helicopter Command. "This new training facility in Den Helder now allows us to train our aircrews in the Netherlands while further advancing our synthetic training capabilities. The value of simulation-based training is critical to preparation and readiness, and the NH90 FMFT plays a key role in complex mission training for our NH90 aircrews."
As part of the relocation of NH90 training, Rotorsim moved the NLMOD-owned NH90 NATO Frigate Helicopter (NFH) simulator cockpit from the Rotorsim training centre to the new facility in Den Helder. In addition, the NLMOD had contracted CAE to design and manufacture a new roll-on/roll-off (RO/RO) full-mission simulator mothership, which includes a six degree-of-freedom (DOF) electric motion system, high-performance vibration platform to replicate vibration cues critical to helicopter pilots, and the latest CAE Medallion-6000 image generator with laser projector display system. The RO/RO cockpit design enables cockpits representing various helicopter types to be used in the mothership simulator platform, thus giving the NLMOD the flexibility to add simulator cockpits in the future. CAE, under subcontract from Rotorsim, will now provide on-site maintenance and support services on the NH90 full-flight and mission trainer in Den Helder.
"Through our Rotorsim joint venture with Leonardo, we are pleased to have supported the Netherlands NH90 training since 2011, and now assisting the Netherlands in relocating NH90 training to Den Helder," said Marc-Olivier Sabourin, Vice President and General Manager, Defence & Security International, CAE. "The NH90 FMFT is now entering service in Den Helder where CAE had supported the operations of the Joint Lynx helicopter simulator for over 25 years. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with the Netherlands Ministry of Defence to support their training and readiness requirements."
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People listen to music played by the Brattleboro Music Center Pops Orchestra 2020 during the "Music Under the Stars" drive-in that was hosted by the Brattleboro Music Center and the Retreat Farm at the Harris Hill Ski Jump, in Brattleboro, Vt., on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. This was the first major outside concert held in Brattleboro during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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David Rohn, of Putney, Vt., listens to the Brattleboro Music Center Pops Orchestra 2020 during the "Music Under the Stars" drive-in that was hosted by the Brattleboro Music Center and the Retreat Farm at the Harris Hill Ski Jump, in Brattleboro, Vt., on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. This was the first major outside concert held in Brattleboro during the COVID-19 pandemic.
BRATTLEBORO — People listen to music played by the Brattleboro Music Center Pops Orchestra 2020 during the "Music Under the Stars" drive-in that was hosted by the Brattleboro Music Center and the Retreat Farm at the Harris Hill Ski Jump, in Brattleboro, on Aug. 28. This was the first major outside concert held in Brattleboro during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Home Unexplained What are Skinwalkers? Inside the mysterious Navajo legend
What are Skinwalkers? Inside the mysterious Navajo legend
According to Navajo legend, Skinwalkers are shapeshifting witches that disguise themselves as deformed animals like wolves and bears.
The legend of the shapeshifting entity known as the Skinwalker has largely been relegated to hoax status. After all, it is difficult to believe that a humanoid figure has been transforming into a four-legged animal and terrorizing families in the American Southwest.
While unscientific, the Navajo Skinwalker does have deep roots in Native American lore.
The rest of America got its first real taste of the Navajo legend in 1996 when The Deseret News published an article titled "Frequent Fliers?". The story chronicled a Utah family's traumatizing experience with the supposed creature that included cattle mutilations and disappearances, UFO sightings, and the appearance of crop circles.
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But the family's most distressing encounter occurred one night just 18 months after moving onto the ranch. Terry Sherman, the father of the family, was walking his dogs around the ranch late at night when he encountered a wolf. But this was no ordinary wolf. It was perhaps three times bigger than a normal one, had glowing red eyes, and stood unfazed by three close-range shots Sherman blasted into its hide.
Terry and Gwen Sherman sold the so-called Skinwalker Ranch in 1996 — after only having owned it for 18 months. It's been used as a research hub for the paranormal ever since.
The Sherman family weren't the only ones to be traumatized on the property. After they moved out, several new owners experienced eerily similar encounters with these creatures, and today, the ranch has become a hub of paranormal research that's aptly renamed Skinwalker Ranch.
While paranormal investigators probe the property with novel inventions, what they seek has a history that is centuries old.
This is the legend of the Navajo Skinwalker.
What are Skinwalkers? Inside the Navajo Legend
So, what is a Skinwalker? As The Navajo-English Dictionary explains, the "Skinwalker" has been translated from the Navajo yee naaldlooshii. This literally means "by means of it, it goes on all fours" — and the yee naaldlooshii is merely one of many varieties of Skinwalkers, called 'ánti'jhnii.
The Pueblo people, Apache, and Hopi also have their own legends involving the Skinwalker.
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Some traditions believe that Skinwalkers are borne of a benevolent medicine man who abuses indigenous magic for evil. The medicine man is then given mythical powers of evil, that vary from tradition to tradition, but the power all traditions mention is the ability to turn into or possess an animal or person. Other traditions believe a man, woman, or child can become a Skinwalker should they commit any kind of deep-seated taboo.
The Skinwalkers are described as being mostly animalistic physically, even when they are in human form. They are reportedly near-impossible to kill except with a bullet or knife dipped in white ash.
Little more is known about the purported being, as the Navajo are staunchly reluctant to discuss it with outsiders — and often even amongst each other. Traditional belief portends that speaking about the malevolent beings is not only bad luck but makes their appearance all the more likely.
Native American writer and historian Adrienne Keene explained how J.K. Rowling's use of similar entities in her Harry Potter series affected indigenous people who believed in the Skinwalker.
"What happens when Rowling pulls this in, is we as Native people are now opened up to a barrage of questions about these beliefs and traditions," said Keene, "but these are not things that need or should be discussed by outsiders."
In 1996, a couple of outsiders were introduced to the legend after a series of inexplicable events occurred at their new ranch.
Terry and Gwen Sherman first observed UFOs of varying sizes hovering above their property, then seven of their cows died or disappeared. One was reportedly found with a hole cut into the center of its left eyeball. Another had its rectum carved out.
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The cattle the Shermans did find dead were both surrounded by an odd, chemical smell. One was found dead in a clump of trees. The branches above appeared to have been cut off.
One of the cows that vanished had left tracks in the snow that suddenly stopped.
"If it's snow, it's hard for a 1,200- or 1,400-pound animal to just walk off without leaving tracks or to stop and walk backwards completely and never miss their tracks," Terry Sherman said. "It was just gone. It was very bizarre."
Perhaps most terrifying were the voices Terry Sherman heard while walking his dogs late one night. Sherman reported that the voices spoke in a language he didn't recognize. He estimated that they came from about 25 feet away — but he couldn't see a thing. His dogs went berserk, barked, and ran back hastily to the house.
After the Shermans sold their property, these incidents only continued.
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UFO enthusiast and Las Vegas realtor Robert Bigelow bought the ranch for $200,000 in 1996. He established the National Institute for Discovery Science on the grounds and put up substantial surveillance. The goal was to assess what exactly had been going on there.
On March 12, 1997, Bigelow's employee biochemist Dr. Colm Kelleher spotted a large humanoid figure perched in a tree. Detailed in his book, Hunt for the Skinwalker, the creature was 20 feet off the ground and about 50 feet away. Kelleher wrote:
"The large creature that lay motionless, almost casually, in the tree. The only indication of the beast's presence was the penetrating yellow light of the unblinking eyes as they stared fixedly back into the light."
Kelleher fired at the supposed Skinwalker with a rifle but it fled. It left claw marks and imprints on the ground. Kelleher described the evidence as signs of a "bird of prey, maybe a raptor print, but huge and, from the depth of the print, from a very heavy creature."
This was only a few days after another unnerving incident. The ranch manager and his wife had just tagged a calf before their dog began acting strangely.
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"They went back to investigate 45 minutes later, and in the field in broad daylight found the calf and its body cavity empty," said Kelleher. "Most people know if an 84 pound calf is killed there is blood spread around. It was as if all of the blood had been removed in a very thorough way."
The distressing activity continued well into the summer.
"Three eyewitnesses saw a very large animal in a tree and also another large animal at the base of the tree," continued Kelleher. "We had videotape equipment, night vision equipment. We started hunting around the tree for the carcass and there was no evidence whatsoever."
Ultimately, Bigelow and his research team experienced over 100 incidents on the property — but couldn't amass the kind of evidence that scientific publication would accept with credulity. Bigelow sold the ranch to a company called Adamantium Holdings for $4.5 million in 2016.
Now owned by Adamantium Holdings, Skinwalker Ranch is patrolled by armed guards.
Nevertheless, the research on Skinwalker Ranch is more sophisticated and secretive than ever.
Skinwalkers in modern pop culture
Below, you will find the official trailer for the 2018 documentary based on Dr. Colm Kelleher's book of the same name, Hunt for the Skinwalker.
There are many stories about Skinwalkers online in such forums as Reddit. These experiences commonly occur on Native American reservations and are allegedly only prevented by the blessings of medicine men.
While it's difficult to discern just how truthful these accounts are, the descriptions are almost always the same: a four-legged beast with a disturbingly human, albeit marred face, and orange-red glowing eyes.
Those who claimed to have seen these Skinwalkers also said that they were fast and made hellish noise.
Skinwalkers have crept back into popular culture through television shows such as HBO's The Outsider and the History Channel's upcoming The Secret Of Skinwalker Ranch documentary series. For horror-centric programming, a virtually demonic being that roams the countryside is rather perfect.
Since taking over Skinwalker Ranch, Adamantium has installed equipment all over the property including cameras, alarm systems, infrared, and more. Most alarming, however, are the accounts from company employees.
According to VICE, employee Thomas Winterton was one of several who randomly experienced skin inflammation and nausea after working on the grounds. Some had to be hospitalized, with no clear medical diagnosis for their condition.
This, and the following account, parallel some of the inexplicable events featured in Sci-Fi shows like The Outsider. As Winterton reported:
"I take my truck up the road, and as I start to get closer, I start to get really scared. Just this feeling that takes over. Then I hear this voice, as clear as you and me talking right now, that says, 'Stop, turn around.' I lean out the window with my spotlight out and start searching around. Nothing."
The area surrounding Skinwalker Ranch has been dotted with crop circles and littered with UFO sightings as well as the disappearances of people and livestock.
Despite this dreadful experience, Winterton reported that he isn't leaving Skinwalker Ranch anytime soon.
"It's like the ranch calls to you, you know," he said with a wry smile.[ATI]
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Phil S Nov 28, 2022 At 7:28 am
Jesus took out 2,000 demons in a few words. He cast off satin by speaking His own Word, and if one repents, recieves, and believes in Him. Then the Lord is with him and not even the gates of hell shall prevail. Give your life to Christ, the time is short, He is coming soon. Amen!
.50cal Sep 7, 2022 At 10:15 pm
I insult whomever I feel like insulting.
red Sep 7, 2022 At 9:42 pm
Mmm, no. Everybody in Native America and Siberia have the belief. They're not shapeshifters but wannabes, using datura and coke to pretend. If any show up among my people (northeast US) as long as they behave, they're let be. Make trouble and the Owlmen take them out. Owlmen nicer than in my mother's day. Now they usually only break kneecaps. Mom's people were shon-people, and you'll find that term used by most of us. Shon means to change shape. Some time back, Navajo police took a skinwalker down and used at least 16 bullets till the skinwalker bled out enough he couldn't move. Another was mocking a ktana, a fire priest, by stealing small things from him. The priest made a little thing of raven feathers and hung it on the clothesline. A few days later, after midnight and dressed in his scorpion paint and coyote skins, the skinwalker went berserk in his roominghouse (nextdoor) and punched out thew winders, lights, the walls, broke down the door. It beat up some cops and the ambulance crew. They tranked him with enough stuff to knock out a horse. They still had to muzzle him. Someone got into his room and stashed moldy datura root in his box. Skinwalkers are Coyote people, praying to him. Shon-people come from every House in Native America. some are evil, and some are very good. for the evil ones, some hon become witch hunters. niio
.50cal Sep 7, 2022 At 8:57 am
Liawatha (Liz Warren) is a skinwalker, but only 1/1024th.
Don't forget about those dreaded chupacabras. They look alot like Adam Schiffhead, and prey on young boys.
Stop insulting poor vampire god worshipers by comparing them to shifty shiff and Fake-a-haunt-us 🙂


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Neil Westergaard, the acclaimed former editor of The Denver Post and the Denver Business Journal, died Sunday night after heart surgery complications and kidney failure. He was 67.
"Neil was a great man who loved his family, his friends and his community," said his wife of 42 years, Cindy, in a message to his friends Monday morning. "He was happiest when he was stirring up the waters in Denver and Colorado politics. We've lost a great journalist."
He also is survived by his children, Ben and Rachel.
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The family plans to grieve privately now and hold an open memorial service this fall.
Westergaard retired from the Denver Business Journal last year and recently began contributing a column to Colorado Politics.
In April, he was joined — by surprise — by family when he was named the state press association's Colorado Newspaperperson of the Year.
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Colorado Politics Managing Editor Mark Harden, whom Westergaard hired at the Denver Business Journal and The Denver Post, presented the honor.
"Neil was a great friend and mentor for countless journalists who worshiped the man for making his newspapers better, as well as making them better as journalists and as people," Harden said.
"He created newsrooms that were places where excellence was expected and appreciated, where people had fun working hard and covering the news. He relished the news, and he enjoyed talking about things that mattered with his readers and the community.
"The world of Colorado journalism is a better place because of Neil."
Westergaard was born and raised in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley with a degree in journalism and worked at the Colorado Springs Sun from 1976 to 1982, rising from political reporter to Capitol bureau chief before moving to The Denver Post in the same capacity when the Sun was closed.
He became executive editor of The Post, where he created the paper's first website and grew its daily and Sunday circulation, surpassing that of the now defunct Rocky Mountain News.
"Neil was an editor with a heart," said Vince Bzdek, a former Denver Post colleague who now is editor of The Gazette in Colorado Springs and editor at large of Colorado Politics.
"Even with the tough decisions, I remember his warmth and humanity shining through. I once asked him what his single most important piece of advice for a newspaper manager was, and he said, 'Take care of your people.'"
After leaving The Post in 1996, Westergaard worked in communications for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Colorado for 2½ years before becoming editor of the Business Journal, where he served 14 years.
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