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THE MARMALADE MURDERS
The Marmalade Murders: A Penny Brannigan Mystery by Elizabeth J. Duncan
The Marmalade Murders: A Penny Brannigan Mystery
Cozy Mystery 9th in Series
Minotaur Books (April 24, 2018)
Digital ASIN: B0763SLW6M
The latest book in an award-winning mystery series, celebrated for its small-town charm and picturesque Welsh setting and starring amateur sleuth Penny Brannigan.
The competition is friendly and just a little fierce at the annual Llanelen agricultural show as town and country folk gather for the outdoor judging of farm animals and indoor judging of cakes, pies, pastries, chutneys, jams and jellies, along with vegetables, fruit and flowers. But this year, there's a new show category: murder.
Local artist, Spa owner, and amateur sleuth Penny Brannigan agrees to help with the intake of the domestic arts entries and to judge the children's pet competition on show day. When the president of the Welsh Women's Guild isn't on hand to see her granddaughter and pet pug win a prize, the family becomes concerned. When a carrot cake entered in the competition goes missing, something is clearly amiss.
A black Labrador Retriever belonging to the agricultural show's president discovers the body of the missing woman under the baked goods table. A newcomer to town, a transgender woman, is suspected, but amateur sleuth Penny Brannigan believes her to be innocent. She sets out to find the real killer, but when a second body is discovered days later, the case is thrown into confusion, and Penny knows it's up to her to figure out what happened—and why.
Penny and Victoria run a "spa" in a smaller community in Northern Wales, so they think they know most of the residents and much of the gossip. Although not being born there, Penny is still considered an outsider after thirty years. The annual agricultural show is like our county fairs, in the U.S. and is dependent on many, many volunteers.
Not being the "handiest" homemaker, Penny is recruited to be a children's pet judge and for the simple task of receiving food items for judging. These seemingly innocent activities throw Penny and friends into the center of the action - including a murder and a money mystery and the most dysfunctional family we've seen (or read about) in a while.
The writing is descriptive and beautiful and makes me long for summer days and fall harvest events.
The characters are fascinating and their relationships tangled together.
This was a lot of fun to read although the food descriptions probably added a few pounds to my own waistline!
Elizabeth J Duncan is the author of two mystery series – Shakespeare in the Catskills and the Penny Brannigan mystery series set in North Wales. She is a two-time winner of the Bloody Words Award for Canada's best light mystery and lives in Toronto.
Author Links www.elizabethjduncan.com www.facebook.com/elizabethjduncan
@elizabethduncan
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Kay Garrett April 22, 2018 at 8:52 AM
Thank you for your wonderful review and the information on "The Marmalade Murders" by Elizabeth J. Duncan as well as for being part of the book tour.
I have this book on my TBR list and would love the opportunity to read it.
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A Christmas at Gingerbread Falls
About the Book Title: A Christmas at Gingerbread Falls Author: Katie Mettner Genre : Contemporary Romance / Christmas Actress Carrie Murray's films are a Christmas lover's delight. Filled with twinkling lights, festive carols, and happy endings, they're the perfect escape from reality. For her and the audience. Then Tinseltown calls. Braxton Timothy is Hollywood's biggest action star. Handsome and talented but decidedly on the naughty list, no one can fathom his sudden desire to produce a feel-good Christmas movie—least of all, his no-name co-star. Alternating between scenes reminiscent of everyone's favorite made-for-TV movies and unexpected, off-screen chemistry, Gingerbread Falls has surprises in store this holiday season. The question is, will there be enough Christmas magic to convince two imperfect people that they're perfect for each other? Between the made-for-tv movie story we follow in this novel and the "real" story about the two screen stars who pl
Murder, She Wrote: Debonair in Death (Murder She Wrote) by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran
Murder, She Wrote: Debonair in Death (Murder She Wrote) by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran About Debonair in Death Murder, She Wrote: Debonair in Death (Murder She Wrote) Cozy Mystery 54th in Series Publisher  :  Berkley (November 2, 2021) Hardcover  :  288 pages ISBN-10  :  0593333624 ISBN-13  :  978-0593333624 Digital ASIN  :  B08W1XCZH4 When a local art shop owner is murdered, Jessica Fletcher is surprised to once again be working alongside her old friend MI-6 agent Michael Haggerty to solve the case in the newest mystery in this USA Today bestselling series. When Nelson Penzell, co-owner of a local art and treasure store in Cabot Cove, is murdered, the nail tech from Jessica Fletcher's favorite beauty parlor is the main suspect. After all, she's the one who ran out of the store screaming, covered in blood, and holding the murder weapon. Jessica is positive that despite the circum
IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE MURDER
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder (A Catering Hall Mystery) by Maria DiRico About It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder (A Catering Hall Mystery) Cozy Mystery 3rd in Series Publisher  :  Kensington Cozies (October 26, 2021) Mass Market Paperback  :  288 pages ISBN-10  :  1496725360 ISBN-13  :  978-1496725363 Digital ASIN  :  B08VFBT9B2 Astoria, Queens, is decorated within an inch of its life for the Christmas season, and Mia Carina is juggling her job at the Belle View catering hall with a case of murder . . . Mia's busy with a full schedule of events at the family business—among them an over-the-top Nativity-themed first birthday party and a Sweet Sixteen for a teen drama queen. But her personal life is even more challenging. Her estranged mother has returned—and her lifelong friend Jamie has discovered a shocking secret about his past. He's so angry that h
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With a scent that is spicy, warm, and sweet, cinnamon bark oil is a middle-note that has an odor intensity of a full five out of five. Blending companions include citrus and woods. Its stimulating, warming, digestive, and antispasmodic properties make it useful for many physical ailments. Emotionally, cinnamon oil helps conditions by energizing, increasing feelings of abundance and prosperity, and it is even thought to stimulate psychic awareness. This native of the Near and Far East produces essential oil from the leaves (mild) and inner bark (sweet and hot). Cassia oil (C. cassia) is similar in fragrance.
Cinnamon has been a popular flavoring for thousands of years, but has only recently attracted the attention of serious medical researchers. And what these researchers are finding is exciting, especially for diabetics. But, except for those with thrush, there is little hard evidence that there are any benefits to be derived form using cinnamon-containing products. On the other hand, the risk of use appears to be minimal, and there would certainly be no reason not to experiment with cinnamon-containing products. If unexplained mouth pain is experienced, it probably is a consequence of irritation produced by the cinnamon.
Cinnamomum verum, Laurus cinnamomum, Ceylon cinnamon, true cinnamon.
A tropical evergreen tree reaching up to 60 feet (18 m), with a highly aromatic bark, shiny leaves and clusters of yellow flowers followed by bluish-white berries. It is a native of Sri Lanka, India and Madagascar and is also cultivated in Jamaica and Africa.
Steam distillation of the bark chips. An oil is also distilled from the leaves and twigs.
Cinnamon bark oil is light amber with a warm, sweet and spicy aroma. Cinnamon leaf oil is a yellowish liquid with a much less refined, hot and spicy aroma. The odour effect of cinnamon (especially cinnamon bark) is warming and stimulating; a reputed aphrodisiac.
Cinnamon bark oil: cinnamaldehyde, eugenol (4-10 per cent), benzaldehyde, pinene, cineol, phellandrene, furfurol, cymene, linalol. Cinnamon leaf oil: eugenol (80-95 per cent), eugenol acetate, cinnamaldehyde, benzyl benzoate, linalol.
Antimicrobial, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antiputrescent, cardiac stimulant, carminative, circulatory stimulant, digestive, emmenagogic, febrifugal, haemostatic, parasiticidal, stomachic, vermifugal.
Cinnamon oil (bark or leaf) can be vaporised as an anti- depressant room scent or as a fumigant during infectious illness.
Citrus essences, clove, elemi, ginger, frankincense. Both bark and leaf oils are highly odoriferous, so use sparingly.
Cinnamon oil (especially cinnamon bark) is highly irritant to skin and mucous membranes. Avoid skin applications of the oil and also steam inhalations. However, the oils may be used in low concentrations in a vaporiser as a room scent or fumigant.
Both cinnamon and cassia essential oils are skin irritants. Use sparingly in any blend.
my shipment was not only correct but came in a timely manner, that is always a bouns in my book! The oil has a great smell, but i'm not sure it's working to cure the wart on my foot yet. If it does i'll write another review.


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Diarra Sylla (born 30 January 2001), also known as simply Diarra, is a French-Senegalese singer, dancer, actress, compositor and model. She was part of the global pop group Now United, representing Senegal, and left the group in 2020 to pursue her solo career.

Biography
Sylla was born in Paris, France, but later moved to Dakar, Senegal where she grew up. She is estranged from her biological father, and has only met him a handful of times. During her childhood, she mainly lived with her cousin, as her mother frequently travelled. After performing onstage when she was 6, she decided that her ultimate goal was to become a singer.

Sylla speaks three languages fluently, French, Wolof and English; she also speaks Turkish, but not fluently.

Career

2015–2016: Sen P'tit Gallé
After four years of discouraging her to pursue music, her mother finally allowed her to participate in the 2016 Sen P'tit Gallé, one of the most prominent singing competitions in Africa. She won first place and gained instant recognition.

2017–2020: Now United
Sylla first heard about Now United through her sister and encouraged her to audition. After her successful audition, she was revealed as part of Now United's final lineup on 12 November 2017, being the group's only representative from Africa.

In March 2020, Sylla announced that she was preparing her solo career.

On 5 September 2020, she confirmed in a Hollywood Fix interview in Los Angeles that she had officially departed from the group to pursue solo endeavors. However, even after announcing her departure from the group, she appeared and even sang in some clips of the group.  Such as "Pas Le Choix", "Hewale" and "All Around The World".

2021–present: Solo career
On 25 February 2021, Sylla released "Set Free", the debut song of her solo career.

On 12 March 2021, Bruno Martini released "Ain't Worried", a song with Luísa Sonza and Sylla.

On 15 September 2021, Sylla released "Catch a Vibe", a song in collaboration with singer Marieme.

On 01 April 2022, Diarra released "Contagious", a song in collaboration with JayUncut.

Discography

As lead artist

Influence
Sylla is the most followed Senegalese woman on Instagram, with over 3 million followers on the social network.

She was  featured on the cover and featured as a global icon of the North American magazine, Bloom Xo, in June 2021.

Appeared on the cover of and featured in the North American magazine, Grind Pretty Magazine, in the December/Winter 2021.

Filmography

Documentaries

In July 2021 Sylla appeared I  one of the episodes of the documentary "Trace Trends", which deals with Afro-urban culture.

In September 2021, Sylla made a special appearance on the WebSerie on the YouTube platform of the channel "ElhadjTV".

Awards and nominations

With Now United

References

External links

2001 births
Living people
Musicians from Dakar
21st-century Senegalese women singers
Senegalese female dancers
Now United members
French female dancers
French emigrants to Senegal

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The 'voice' of Clark-Holder retires
Published 12:00 am Friday, November 27, 2015
'Miss Cat' honored for 31 years of dedication
By Melanie Ruberti
mruberti@civitasmedia.com
Cathryn 'Cat' Patterson hugs a former colleague goodbye as she makes her last rounds at the Emory at LaGrange clinic off Smith Street before beginning her retirement. Patterson worked at the medical center for 31 years.
http://lagrangenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2015/11/web1_WEBEmory1.jpgCathryn 'Cat' Patterson hugs a former colleague goodbye as she makes her last rounds at the Emory at LaGrange clinic off Smith Street before beginning her retirement. Patterson worked at the medical center for 31 years.
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Cathryn 'Cat' Patterson stands with Dr. Warren Henderson, president of Emory at LaGrange, left, and Dr. Ken Horlander, a specialist in pulmonary medicine. Both said Patterson was an integral part of the clinic and will be missed by staff and patients alike.
http://lagrangenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2015/11/web1_WEBEmory2.jpgCathryn 'Cat' Patterson stands with Dr. Warren Henderson, president of Emory at LaGrange, left, and Dr. Ken Horlander, a specialist in pulmonary medicine. Both said Patterson was an integral part of the clinic and will be missed by staff and patients alike.
LaGRANGE — For nearly 31 years Cathryn Patterson's main job was to talk to people at Clark-Holder Clinic, now known as Emory at LaGrange.
Miss "Cat," as she was fondly called by her colleagues and friends, started in 1984 and worked on the clinic switchboard.
"I loved that job," she said. "When I first started, I got kidded a lot because I would say, 'Good afternoon, Clarrrrrrk Holder Clinic,' and drag out the R. I had a lot of good years on that switchboard … I took a lot of calls. The busier I was, the more I liked it."
Patterson said she even had "regulars."
"I had one or two people that would call me every day and say, 'I just called to hear your voice.'"
The switchboard employee said she even enjoyed her job when some of the clinic staff decided to play pranks on her.
"I remember someone called in and asked me to page back to the podiatry department. So I did, 'Mr. Seymour Butts, call podiatry. Mr. Seymour Butts, call podiatry.' I had no idea it was a joke," she said. "I was just going about my business and doing my job."
Five years ago, Patterson said the clinic decided to get rid of the switchboard and upgrade their system to a computerized call center.
Clinic officials moved Patterson from her closet-sized, windowless office to the front desk of the facility as a customer service representative.
Among other duties, Patterson is a liaison for the clinic and interacts with the patients.
"It's been a trip. You really get attached to (patients)," she said. "You talk to them and just try to encourage them … I love my patients."
"Your patients love you," replied Sharon Williams, manger of business and patient relations at Emory at LaGrange.
At 87 years old, Patterson said she gets up at 4:30 a.m. every morning and drives from Pine Mountain to make sure the doors to the clinic on Smith Street are open by 8 a.m.
"People said, 'I wish I had your job!' I would say, 'It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it, and that somebody's going to be me,'" she said jokingly.
Colleagues said in the 31 years Patterson was employed at the medical center, she rarely called in sick to work.
"I don't party on Friday and Saturday nights so I can't make it to work on Mondays. Nope. Don't do it," she said with a smile.
Starting today, Patterson will have time to do whatever she wants with her weekends — and her weekdays.
The 87 year old is hanging up the Emory at LaGrange phones for good and beginning her retirement.
Clinic staff said Patterson has always been an integral and special part of the medical center since she has been there.
"She's part of the definition of the Clark-Holder Clinic," said Dr. Ken Horlander, with pulmonary medicine. "She always had a smile on her face."
"She would always greet everyone when they come in," Dr. Warren Henderson, president of Emory at LaGrange, explained. "She's been the voice of Clark-Holder when we've called in after all these years. She will be missed."
Patterson said she was trying to say goodbye to as many of her colleagues and patients as she could before she left. She made no promises she would not cry at the end of the day.
"You become very attached to your patients. You learn a lot about people," she said. "I'll miss the employees and my patients … I'm going to miss you all so much. I'm really going to miss this."
Patterson said her only specific plans right now are to see her children and catch more of her great-grandchildren's ball games.
Melanie Ruberti is a reporter with LaGrange Daily News. She may be reached at 706-884-7311, ext. 2156.

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Anatoli "Tony" Aizenman at 18 years of age, along with his young brother and parents immigrate from the former Soviet Union country of Ukraine and settle outside of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Tony works hard to support his family taking on odd jobs, from working construction to selling flooring. Eventually going into the business of wholesale gold chain and findings. Trusted by suppliers with tens of thousands of dollars of gold and silver, Tony went door to door, selling from the trunk of his AMC Eagle and through hard work and determination was able to create trusting relationships with jewelry stores throughout the country.
Chain by the foot, out of the trunk.
Tony moves to Oklahoma City from New Orleans to marry Irina, and soon have their first child Daniel. Determined to create a more stable living for his new young family, Tony parlays his many trusting relationships around Oklahoma to open the first supply house in Oklahoma City, Aizenman's Inc. Tony and Irina undertake the risk of a lifetime, putting everything on the line, to rent a 1000 sq foot showroom in a strip mall on the outskirts of Oklahoma City.
Aizenman's Inc quickly grew into one of the largest resellers of tools, supplies, findings, and stones in the area. Suppliers from all over the world came to Aizenman's in hopes of putting their products on display in the beautiful showroom. From Castaldo, to Kerr, and Swest to Freeman Waxes, every highly respected national brand was available for quick access to jewelers in the midwest thanks to Aizenman's Inc.
Transition to Pepetools
Tony, determined to give back to his home country of Ukraine, finds an opportunity to manufacture products and help the local economy by building high quality tools and equipment. The quick pace of growth allowed the once shuttered Soviet Era factory to employ over 500 people dedicated to manufacturing over 300 products. Pepetools started slowly with capital equipment that Tony believed could be manufactured at a higher quality, at a lower price. He noticed students came into Aizenman's Inc and wanted to begin their metalsmithing journey, but were not able to afford the high end import products from Japan and Italy. They were forced to use inferior equipment, with no product that could fill the void In the interim. Pepetools was born, and still today we hold to manufacturing high quality products at a reasonable price. While providing the best customer service in the world.
Tony had a vision to become the first American manufacturer of rolling mills, disc cutters, jump ring makers, and more. A transition occurred which is flourishing today, Pepetools is proud to manufacture 100% of our products in our nearly 20,000 sq foot facility, employing dozens of hard working team members. Our manufacturing floor contains the latest technology in today's manufacturing world, with over 20 CNC machines and thousands of tools and fixtures to create the best possible product, in house.
Thank you so much for all your help with the ordering of my new electric rolling mill. The engraving of my logo is superb! I so appreciate you doing that for me. I'm in love with this machine!!! Pepe Tools forever!!
Joan Miller
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Also lemme tell you guys how amazing @pepetools_usa is. Seriously. Most amazing customer service I have experienced in years.
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Every item I have purchased from Pepe tools has been superb and really allows me to me to make the best jewelry I can, which in turn allows me to provide my customers with great quality custom jewelry pieces.
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New INCOTERMS effective January 1, 2020
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC ) has published revisions to its International Commercial Terms, also known as INCOTERMS®, that take effect on January 1, 2020.
The revised rules, designated "INCOTERMS 2020″, contain 5 big changes: Delivered at Terminal (DAT) is now Delivered at Place Unloaded (DPU), Insurance points are clarified in CIF and CIP rules, transport security is now well defined, own transport is accounted for, and changes to FCA/FOB regarding Bills of Lading. INCOTERMS 2020 has not changed considerably, but the small changes were important ones in international trade.
WHAT INCOTERMS ARE – INCOTERMS are a set of three-letter standard trade terms most commonly used in international contracts for the sale of goods. First published in 1936, INCOTERMS provide internationally accepted definitions and rules of interpretation for most common commercial terms. In the US, INCOTERMS are increasingly used in domestic sales contracts rather than UCC shipment and delivery terms.
WHAT INCOTERMS DO – INCOTERMS inform the sales contract by defining the respective obligations, costs and risks involved in the delivery of goods from the Seller to the Buyer.
WHAT INCOTERMS DO NOT DO – INCOTERMS by themselves DO NOT:
Constitute a contract;
Supersede the law governing the contract;
Define where title transfers; nor,
Address the price payable, currency or credit terms.
These items are defined by the express terms in the sales contract and by the governing law.
INCOTERMS 2020 are grouped into two classes:
1. TERMS FOR ANY TRANSPORT MODE
EXW – EX WORKS (… named place of delivery)
The Seller's only responsibility is to make the goods available at the Seller's premises. The Buyer bears full costs and risks of moving the goods from there to destination.
FCA – FREE CARRIER (… named place of delivery)
The Seller delivers the goods, cleared for export, to the carrier selected by the Buyer. The Seller loads the goods if the carrier pickup is at the Seller's premises. From that point, the Buyer bears the costs and risks of moving the goods to destination.
CPT – CARRIAGE PAID TO (… named place of destination)
The Seller pays for moving the goods to destination. From the time the goods are transferred to the first carrier, the Buyer bears the risks of loss or damage.
CIP – CARRIAGE AND INSURANCE PAID TO (… named place of destination)
The Seller pays for moving the goods to destination. From the time the goods are transferred to the first carrier, the Buyer bears the risks of loss or damage. The Seller, however, purchases the cargo insurance.
DPU – DELIVERED AT PLACE UNLOADED (…named place unloaded)
The seller is responsible for arranging carriage and for delivering the goods, unloaded from the arriving conveyance, at the named place. There are no restrictions on the named place – for example, it can be a transport hub, a warehouse or the buyer's depot. Risk transfers from seller to buyer when the goods have been unloaded. This is the only rule that requires the seller to unload the goods in order to complete delivery.
DAP – DELIVERED AT PLACE (… named place of destination)
The Seller delivers when the goods are placed at the Buyer's disposal on the arriving means of transport ready for unloading at the names place of destination. The Seller bears all risks involved in bringing the goods to the named place.
DDP – DELIVERED DUTY PAID (… named place)
The Seller delivers the goods -cleared for import – to the Buyer at destination. The Seller bears all costs and risks of moving the goods to destination, including the payment of Customs duties and taxes.
2. MARITIME-ONLY TERMS
FAS – FREE ALONGSIDE SHIP (… named port of shipment)
The Seller delivers the goods to the origin port. From that point, the Buyer bears all costs and risks of loss or damage.
FOB – FREE ON BOARD (… named port of shipment)
The Seller delivers the goods on board the ship and clears the goods for export. From that point, the Buyer bears all costs and risks of loss or damage.
CFR – COST AND FREIGHT (… named port of destination)
The Seller clears the goods for export and pays the costs of moving the goods to destination. The Buyer bears all risks of loss or damage.
CIF – COST INSURANCE AND FREIGHT (… named port of destination)
The Seller clears the goods for export and pays the costs of moving the goods to the port of destination. The Buyer bears all risks of loss or damage. The Seller, however, purchases the cargo insurance.
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Q: How to pass NSManagedObjectContext via Interface Builder's XIBs I have a simple iOS application with one UIViewController beneath a UINavigationController. The UIViewController has an IBOutlet for an NSManagedObjectContext.
The AppDelegate has an IBOutlet for the nav controller - but not the view controller. The view controller is automatically instantiated ala the XIB process (as a child of the nav controller).
With this setup, how does one cleanly assign or pass the app delegate's NSManagedObjectContext to the view controller's IBOutlet property. There is a nav controller in the way :) and the app delegate doesn't have a direct property for the UIViewController.
It is a weird problem in that, I want to link a property from one XIB component to another component's property. Most of the XIB work I've done takes a property and points it to an object in the XIB which in turn - gets instantiated ala the normal process but in this case, the context is being created correctly in the app delegate, I just want to pass it on to the view controller when it instantiates it.

A: You don't need to pass it, just grab it from the app delegate as required:
#import "MyAppDleegate.h"

NSManagedObjectContext* moc = [(MyAppDelegate*)[UIApplication sharedApplication].delegate managedObjectContext];

A: Apple's docs recommend that you pass references to your managed object context to the classes the require them instead of referencing it from your app delegate.
Here's what the application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: looks like in one of my Core Data projects.
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
    LocationsViewController *lvc = (LocationsViewController *)self.navigationController.topViewController;
    lvc.managedObjectContext = self.managedObjectContext;
    assert(lvc.managedObjectContext != nil);
    [self.window addSubview:self.navigationController.view];
    [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];

    return YES;
}

You'll see that I also start with a UINavigationController with a single root view controller.

A: You've got the right idea, but the problem you're wrestling with seems to be entirely of your own creation. You say that your app delegate has an outlet for the navigation controller, but not for the nav controller's root view controller, because you've set up your nib such that the view controller is created when the nib is loaded. There's nothing wrong with that, but there's also no reason that the app delegate shouldn't have an outlet for that controller. Indeed, the entire reason for outlets is to get references to things that are loaded from a nib.
Add an outlet to your app delegate for your root view controller, and connect it. The app delegate can then give the controller a reference to the managed object context.
With respect to your question about multiple view controllers, I wonder what sort of real-world app might have view controller (A), which needs data, load another view controller (B) which doesn't need any data, followed by a third (C) which again needs data? A realistic example might help, if you have one.
Remember that you don't have to pass the entire managed object context to each successive view controller. You can instead pass just the part of the model that the controller will need to do its work by passing a managed object.

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I for one have always been the guy who hates PDAs and laptops. Have never been able to use PocketPC or Palm PDAs well and hate lugging that laptop everywhere. Its time for a new device. Something that is large enough that you can take it into a meeting and type without seeming rude, something that can fit into the jacket pocket or else at least be light to carry around like a diary. Something that can run skype. connect to wifi, interoperate with bluetooth headsets. Something with enough hard disk space that i can lose the laptop.
Saw the oqo yesterday. was very impressed. A step in the right direction. Would I buy? Not yet. There's a lot more that can happen here. My prediction: give it a year.


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New research demonstrates that errors by Home Office asylum caseworkers in their handling of expert medical evidence of torture can make it almost impossible for survivors of torture seeking asylum in the UK to prove that they were tortured. The consequences can be devastating for the individuals concerned, and can also place additional burdens on public services and funds.
A recent study suggests that 27% of adult forced migrants living in high-income countries like the UK are survivors of torture. Many have complex physical, psychological, social and legal needs arising from their torture and from their often prolonged and dangerous journey to safety, and yet survivors consistently tell us that securing legal status quickly through the asylum system is the most significant problem they face.
Medico-legal reports are a well-recognised and accepted form of evidence commissioned by legal representatives on behalf of asylum claimants to assist decision-makers in establishing key factual elements of an asylum claim. They are a vital form of evidence for survivors of torture who may have little else available to prove the fact of their torture and, for reasons stemming from psychological trauma, may find it particularly difficult to give a coherent and comprehensive account of what has happened to them.
Freedom from Torture undertook a detailed analysis of how 50 expert medico-legal reports have been treated by asylum caseworkers in the UK Home Office. The results indicate that in such cases many Home Office decisions are poor and have to be corrected by judges. In 76% of cases in our research for which the final outcome is known, the person was granted asylum following a successful legal appeal. The average success rate for asylum appeals is 30%. In many of the cases we reviewed, the Immigration Judge specifically refers to the strength and high quality of the medical evidence at the appeal stage. Such a high rate of overturn on appeal, albeit for a relatively small cohort of cases, suggests serious and systemic failings in asylum decision-making on torture claims in the UK.
In all of the cases in our research we found that asylum caseworkers failed to apply the correct legal standard of proof for asylum claims in the UK. In order to grant asylum, caseworkers are required to satisfy themselves that a claimant's account is 'reasonably likely' to be true. Our research shows that, in practice, asylum caseworkers demand a different standard of proof from the medical evidence of torture, one which comes closer to the criminal standard of 'beyond reasonable doubt'. For example, asylum caseworkers reject medical evidence because the expert clinician cannot categorically attribute the injuries to torture. This is grossly inconsistent with the 'reasonably likely' standard of proof demanded. In other cases, caseworkers wrongly assume that physical injuries assessed as anything less than 'diagnostic' of torture (that is, having no other possible causes) have little or no significance as evidence of torture.
We found that in 74% of the cases asylum caseworkers gave preference to their own opinion on clinical matters or made clinical judgments beyond their qualifications. In 30% of cases, they wrongly questioned the clinical expert's qualifications and expertise in the documentation of torture. This is contrary to the Home Office policy guidance which directs them not to "dispute the clinical findings in the report or purport to make clinical judgements of their own about medical evidence or medical matters generally". The Home Office explicitly recognises in its policy that medical doctors and other clinicians at Freedom from Torture are "objective and unbiased" as well as trained, experienced and qualified to prepare medico-legal reports relating to torture, including in relation to the assessment of mental health conditions.
In 84% of cases in our research, asylum caseworkers dismissed the medical evidence because they had already reached a negative finding on the credibility of the case. Home Office policy makes it clear that expert medical evidence should be considered carefully as part of the process of looking at the evidence, and that a decision on credibility must not be reached before the medical evidence is fully considered. Our research demonstrates poor practice by asylum caseworkers in this respect, including failure altogether to consider the clinical findings, failure to consider parts of the evidence of torture (especially psychological evidence), and findings on credibility reached before the clinical evidence is even considered.
In 54% of cases in the research the asylum caseworker demonstrated poor understanding of how to interpret medical evidence of torture that has been prepared in accordance with the internationally recognised standards contained in the Istanbul Protocol and submitted as evidence in asylum claims. For example, caseworkers wrongly criticised the doctor's use of specific terms found in the Istanbul Protocol or incorrectly challenged the doctor's compliance with the methodology for assessing the degree of consistency between physical injuries (lesions) and the attributed cause of torture given by the individual.
For survivors of torture who need protection, the impact of being disbelieved and having their medical evidence mishandled can often be psychologically devastating, obstructing their chances of rehabilitation and social integration. This puts a significant and unnecessary additional burden on already overstretched public services and funds. Mistreatment by asylum caseworkers of medical evidence of torture leads to long and costly legal appeals and a need for claimants to be financially supported in the asylum system for months or even years.
In its recommendations, Freedom from Torture has called on the Home Secretary to take immediate measures to improve decision making in asylum cases involving medical evidence of torture. The Home Office already has a strong policy in place but effective implementation is lacking. We are now working with the Home Office to begin to address the issues we have raised, with a focus on introducing more extensive and effective training as well as ongoing monitoring of practice.
We have also recommended that there be an independent public audit of the application in practice of the standard of proof more broadly in asylum claims in the UK. This audit should take evidence from survivors of torture, those with experience of providing expert evidence in asylum claims, and legal and other civil society organisations in the refugee field.
For further information please contact either Jo Pettitt or Sile Reynolds sreynolds@freedomfromtorture.org.


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Clear Cyclical Slowing Continues in EMU and Beyond; What Does It Mean?
by Robert Brusca October 3, 2018
The EMU manufacturing PMI sketches out a path that is a clear reminder of that old economic adage 'what goes up must come down.' It is not clear how long this downshifting will continue or where it will stop. Manufacturing is still in the process of unwinding its past gain. Trade conflicts also add to pressures on manufacturers and since China is a big part of the trade slowing its effects can be large and spread through weaker import demand even to those that are not directly linked to the trade restrictions. And that, of course, impacts manufacturing first and most clearly.
There are also signs of encroaching weakness across this group of large EMU members. Last year the EMU was sporting some consistently very strong readings. But as of September, the EMU total and manufacturing PMIs are steadily eroding from 12-months to six-months to three-months and the current values are below their respective three-month averages as well. Even the services sector that has been steadier has a September value that is below its 12-month average.
Among its four largest members, all but France show signs of wear and tear. The EMU has German manufacturing with a 49th percentile queue ranking, below its five-year median. Italy's composite PMI standing is only in its 28th percentile, kicked to the curb by its manufacturing gauge that is in its 11th percentile. The Italian economy has not been able to claw its GDP back to its pre-crisis level. The economy is performing badly. The new government is trying to use some fiscal stimulus to right Italy's sinking economic ship that is taking on water as these data show. Yet, all the EU Commission can do is to sit back and dictate that Italy after 10 years of continuous pain must continue to obey the specifications of Maastricht (better known in Italy as Mass-Trick). With 'wisdom' like that at the EU Commission, is there any wonder that Europe is in such a mess or dealing in such a brusque way with the U.K. over Brexit? Spain, the fourth largest economy in the EMU, has spent time under EU-mandated austerity programs as well. Its PMI gauge is at its lowest mark of the last five years. Its services sector is also at its lowest standing. Manufacturing in Spain is at a 5.7 percentile standing – extremely weak. Among the four largest EMU economics, only France does not have at least one sector below its five-year median. But France's overall and sector rankings stand in the low 60th percentile decile. France is only saved from much worse standings because it had seen such weakness earlier, not because it is doing so well now.
Outside of the EMU, we see Japan's composite PMI ranking is below its five-year median with a very weak 24th percentile standing. China's manufacturing gauge has a 41st percentile standing, also well below its median. Even the U.S. on this gauge has a weak 17th percentile standing. But the U.S. has a much stronger standing for its services-plus sector in its ISM survey for nonmanufacturing. That is the oldest PMI gauge for services in the U.S. and in the U.S. the Markit surveys generally are dismissed. This month the U.S. ISM nonmanufacturing and the Markit services gauge are like signals from different planets.
This same boom/bust type pattern can be seen in both the developing country indexes as well as the developed country groups. The cyclical behavior is more pronounced for the developed country group. The developing group has lower readings throughout and is now closing in on a value of 50 indicating that output is slowing and nearly at a standstill there. These are not good developments. If markets are reacting to developed economy central banks hiking interest rates, maybe these charts go a long way to explaining why those markets are performing so badly. If the developed economies slow their expansions at a time when developing economy manufacturing sectors are barely generating any growth, the knock-on effects to the developing economy could be severe.
Interestingly, amid all this slowing and all these sub 50th percentile readings, in the U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell this week spoke of how bright the outlook is for the U.S. economy. And, he has noted, what an 'historically rare' era in history this is.
Will those turn out to be 'famous last words' on the subject from Mr. Powell? The U.S. unlike many other countries is riding a new wave of demand that was started by the need to rebuild after hurricane damage and then piggy-backed on top of a tax cut and fiscal stimulus. Growth in the U.S. has been aided by this fiscal jolt as well as by firm international conditions. Competition from abroad has probably had more to do with keeping inflation in the U.S. low than Federal Reserve policy. But now while the U.S. domestic dynamics are looking 'so good,' the international dynamics are looking much worse. If the international economy slows, it will put more downward pressure on prices in the U.S. and the Fed's current proximity to its inflation targets will become short-lived. Prices will weaken and the U.S. will have an inflation short-fall again.
So which is it? Where are the real risks? Are the risks, as the central banks in our money center countries think, in the direction of overheating? Has easy-money overstayed its welcome in the U.S., EMU, U.K., and Japan? Or despite the long period of historically low rates, is the global economy still floundering and are rate hikes more likely to destabilize what is an ongoing but less than robust recovery? Is there something about the structure of trade that has failed to spread the benefits of Free Trade – since it obviously has not be a system based on real free trade. And if the answer is that despite global slowing the money center countries need to lift rates, the question then turns to what stimulus there may be to replace what is being lost by running a tighter monetary policy? The Federal Reserve is apparently preparing for the next recession, expecting it to be a lot like the last one. But what if it turns out to be another garden variety recession, based on the collapse of demand, that is triggered by rising rates even if the trigger is a rate level that is historically low. What then?


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authors: ["Tianhui Michael Li"]
title: "How to Prepare for the Data Incubator"
date: 2014-09-17
time: "15:30:00"
category: ["Community"]
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  At The Data Incubator,
  we receive thousands of applications to join our data science fellowship.
  Our admissions bar is very high and we are often asked,
  "What can I do to prepare for the fellowship application process?"

  Here are five important skills to develop and some resources on how to help you develop them.
  While we don't expect our applicants to possess all of these skills,
  most applicants already have a strong background in many of them.

      Scraping:
      There's a lot of data out there so you'll need to learn how to get access to it.
      Whether it's JSON, HTML or some homebrew format, you should be able to handle them with ease.
      Modern scripting languages like Python are ideal for this.
      In Python, look at packages like
      urllib2,
      requests,
      simplejson,
      re,
      and beautiful soup
      to make handling web requests and data formats easier.
      More advanced topics include error handling
      (retrying)
      and parallelization
      (multiprocessing).

      SQL:
      Once you have a large amount of structured data, you will want to store and process it.
      SQL is the original query language and its syntax is so prevalent that there are SQL query interfaces for everything from
      sqldf for R data frames
      to Hive for Mapreduce.

      Normally, you would have to go through a painful install process to play with SQL.
      Fortunately, there's a nice
      online interactive tutorial
      available where you can submit your queries and learn interactively.
      Additionally, Mode Analytics has a
      great tutorial
      geared towards data scientists,
      although it is not interactive.
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      or Python's
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      For Pandas, Wes McKinney, who created pandas, has a great video tutorial on youtube.
      Watch it here
      and follow along by checking out the
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      A lot of data science can be done with select, join, and groupby (or equivalently, map and reduce)
      but sometimes you need to do some non-trivial machine-learning.
      Before you jump into fancier algorithms,
      try out simpler algorithms like
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      which is functional,
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      R offers ggplot,
      which is prettier.
      Of course,
      if you're really serious about dynamic visualizations,
      try d3.

  These are some of the foundational skills that will be invaluable to your career as a data scientist.
  While they only cover a subset of what we talk about at The Data Incubator
  (there's a lot more to cover in stats, machine-learning, and mapreduce),
  this is a great start.

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Zanu PF infighting threatens press freedom
Maxwell Sibanda, ASSISTANT EDITOR • 11 January 2015 9:45AM • 0 comments
HARARE - As Zimbabwe enters 2015, media practitioners have called on the government to move swiftly to align media laws to the new Constitution amid deadly succession fights in the ruling party that have put press freedom on the back burner.
Media practitioners told the Daily News on Sunday that as long as there are still power struggles within President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF, comprehensive media reforms will remain an illusion.
The year started with police storming the Harare head office of the country's leading newspaper, the Daily News, after Mugabe's wife, Grace late last year lied maliciously and egregiously that former Vice President Joice Mujuru owned a 10 percent stake in the paper.
Police went to the extent of obtaining a court order from Harare provincial magistrate Vakayi Douglas Chikwekwe on December 18, 2014, which authourised them to search and seize key documents pertaining to the ownership of the newspaper's parent company, Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ).
Not only is this information easily obtainable from the Registrar of Companies and from statutory media regulation body, the Zimbabwe Media Commission, a casual perusal of the warrant of seizure that the police used suggested that they already had this information anyway, rendering their mission suspicious and somewhat pointless.
Media practitioners said they foresee instead piecemeal reforms being implemented.
"Remember Zanu PF's media policy is largely informed by its own political insecurities," Nhlanhla Ngwenya, Misa-Zimbabwe national director, said.
"Previously, the policies were formulated with a strong opposition in mind and now that the threats are within, the reforms will reflect the interests of the strongest faction at a given time.
"And as long as there are still these power struggles within the party, comprehensive media reforms will not come on a silver platter and will remain an illusion."
Ngwenya said the media and all those that cherish freedom of expression should vigorously demand the promotion of this right in the new year to avoid having the issue being subordinated to selfish political fights.
"And as long as the licensing of new broadcasters continues to be done under the old, opaque and undemocratic licensing regime, there can never be public confidence in the genuineness of the licences," he said.
He said perceptions and realities would also indicate that it is only those that are close to centres of power that will benefit, thereby expanding the media empire under direct and indirect control of the Zanu PF government.
"That would not be media diversity in the strictest sense of the word," Ngwenya said.
"The shrinking economy will even make matters worse as we are likely to see some media houses continue to struggle if not close shop.
"That would be tragic as it will take the struggle for media diversity in the country more than a decade back, giving authorities the excuse that it is not the laws that are a problem in Zimbabwe but sustainability models of the media houses."
The media also has to deal with maintaining its continued advocacy for democratic media law reforms which would include media self-regulation, decriminalisation of freedom of expression and recognition of the democratic importance of ICTs to the media professionalism and public accountability, said media expert Takura Zhangazha.
"The latter point also points to the importance of the media understanding of the increasing importance of the converged journalist — one that can grapple print, broadcasting, photography and the Internet in order to better serve the profession."
Brian Mangwende, chairman of the Zimbabwe National Editors Forum (Zinef), said 2015 will see his organisation defending and promoting media freedom through all possible mediums.
"We will provide a unified voice on issues of concern to editors and provide solidarity when the rights of editors are infringed," he said.
"We will also continue to protect editors against victimisation for carrying out their duties."
The Zinef chairperson said they would engage legislators so as push for the aligning of media laws with the Constitution, adopted in May 2013 after a majority vote. "We will continue to monitor legislative and judicial activities and take steps to intervene and bring about changes that will be favourable to our members."
Kumbirai Mafunda, Misa-Zimbabwe chairperson, said the major challenge for the media in Zimbabwe in 2015 will be how the government responds to implementing critical and outstanding media reforms ushered in through the new Constitution. "These are overdue in implementation," Mafunda said.
"We need a new and proper Freedom of Information Act rather than the misnamed Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Aippa)."
Mafunda foresees journalists this year grappling with threats in the execution of their professional duties.
"We have seen those in power and with power targeting journalists and media houses simply for doing their job and this is worrying," he said. "We are likely to grapple with more of attacks, threats and even physical harm to journalists as happened in previous years.
"But we appeal to all stakeholders to desist from such practices of targeting or harassing journalists and media houses."
Mafunda added that media practitioners will not rest until the full liberalisation of the broadcasting sector and the campaign for community radio stations bear fruit.
"We will still campaign for the amendment and repeal of obnoxious legislation and engage lawmakers and other critical stakeholders on such an initiative," he said.
Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (Zuj) secretary general Foster Dongozi said from a trade union perspective, the major challenge was the stuttering economy which could cause some media organisations to collapse, threatening the welfare of journalists.
"Already, some media organisations are not paying salaries, staggering salaries and failing to remit pensions, funeral, medical aid and Zuj subscriptions fees," Dongozi said.
He said as Zuj, they strongly support the opening up of the airwaves as it contributes to press freedom, access to information, democracy and human rights.
"Additionally, it contributes towards the creation of jobs for our members and we hope the independent players will be able to survive in our economy which is facing serious challenges," he said.
Dongozi said there were several laws that affect the media and "we have all heard the story about aligning them with the Constitution."
"The year 2015 should see us being action-oriented in terms of aligning the laws with the Constitution and not just yapping on and on without implementation," he said.


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Posted on September 19, 2020 by Grouse Beater
The Republic of Ireland's parliament – Dáil Éireann means "Assembly of Ireland"
Listening to Mary Lou Macdonald in a television interview, leader of the Irish social democratic party, Sinn Fein, I was struck by how unselfconsciously she used the phrase English nationalist, rather than British nationalist. She was not, after all, referring to Welsh or Scot. If the term is used in Scotland it meets with inane cries of 'racism'. In the Republic of Ireland, English nationalism is an all too real legacy familiar to Irish from centuries of brutal Westminster rule.
In Scotland we prefer to blank out similar suppression of our rights littering 300 years of London rule. Far too many Scots suppose life in modern Scotland enjoys unfettered freedoms and full democracy. What is there to worry about? We can buy what we want, just not get the government and policies we want. But who cares about politics? We see no Stasi agents arresting dissenters and disappearing into the night.
And so, the more adventurous among us look for historical parallels in an attempt to understand our situation. We can do no better than study Ireland's bloody struggle.
For the curious a good starting point is to follow Churchill's wake. If anybody stood for the imposition of rule by the British Empire, he did. He was its champion. Anything less, a concession here or there, he considered appeasement or even defeat. There are plenty of modern-day English nationalists who express the same hostility to any suggestion of Scottish hegemony no matter how mild.
Liberal with far-right Tory inclinations
In 1922 Churchill was still a Liberal working in the War Office under the party's then leader Lloyd George. Together, they had had to come to terms with the 1917 Bolshevik revolution in Russia, that it was there to stay. Revolution made British politicians jittery. They sensed the old world order was in for a kicking.
It is important to know the restless, impulsive nature of Churchill. He contemplated overthrowing the Russian revolution before sanity got the better of ambition. His close colleagues thought him more of a Tory than Tory ministers. For his part, Lloyd George considered Churchill 'an obsessive'. He was no less so when it came to giving Ireland its liberty. Though the Easter Rising in 1916 barely altered the Liberal party's attitude to a united Ireland, Churchill seemed perturbed by the growing rebellion and thought it should be put down if the need ever arose.
Even when moderate nationalists were swept away by the party for full independence, Sinn Fein, in the 1918 British General Election, securing 73 seats, the British parliament was not much moved. They would not see a Sinn Fein MP in the halls of power for they refused to take their seats. One supposes Boris Johnson and his cohorts will respond likewise, with a yawn and a racist remark, if poll predictions come to pass and the SNP wipe out all but three MSPs at the 2021 Scottish Election, deciding to withdraw MPs from Westminster. Tories need do nothing. They hold all the cards.
Master of all he surveyed
By 1921 Churchill was master of the Colonial Office, ensuring that Britain's domain of colonised countries remained ruled by whites. America was not yet a greater military power, Britain still able to tell ever nation under the sun what was good for them and who should rule them.
Whenever the question of Ireland was brought up, Churchill's view was the same as when at the War Office, he advocated suppressing rebellion with fiscal and trade coercion or armed force. However, he recognised his policy of reprisals, destined to fail, was not winning hearts or minds. IRA guerrilla attacks continued unabated.
The only solution was to allow an election to take place in Southern Ireland – Ulster being protected from any fallout – and see what happened. There was lots of talk about a truce, but as far as can be gleaned from historical reports, this tactic relied on lots of anti-republican candidates standing for election.
Had Churchill been able to commandeer 'Sinn Fein is not Ireland' to paraphrase an inane Scottish Tory slogan, he would have used it. Back then, 'Ireland is British' was good enough.
What he did say was, "If necessary, we can break up the Irish parliament and resort to coercion." (David Brynmor Jones Diary – Vol 3.) Alas for Churchill and Empire loyalists, the election resulted in a walk-over for Sinn Fein. The British state has a similar problem with Scotland, how to deal with the rise of the SNP without having the democratic authority needed from the Scottish electorate.
Politeness doesn't always get the desired result
Finally, the government of Lloyd George was in a panic. They had no strategy to stop the march of Irish nationalism. The only voice heard was Churchill and his 'shoot 'em up' solution to everything.
Meanwhile, politicians in the Ulster Parliament watched with increasing alarm events unfolding and resorted to what they do today, put pressure on Westminster behind the scenes to gain favour.
With Churchill banging his fist on the cabinet table, the alternative was to adopt martial law in all the Irish counties and govern unelected, or do a deal with Sinn Fein.
The former idea was a logistical and costly nightmare, the latter initially unthinkable. In keeping with English colonial rule, the British government did what it had always done, refused to talk to elected 'upstarts', (see Gordon Brown and SNP example), and instead imposed martial law, backed by the infamous Black and Tans that Churchill declared "were getting to the root of the matter quicker than the military". (ibid.)
An interesting fact: Churchill was not given a place on Lloyd George's Irish Committee – a committee the mechanism by which you delegate matters of state to consider specific events and make recommendations. Churchill was distrusted by his own party and by the Tory party he was soon to rejoin, with whom he had a lot in common.
His absence was explained as presenting a caring, benign face to the disconsolate Irish. The tactic worked. In Churchill's intimidating absence, the committee looked at the implications of stomping all over a nation they had let starve during devastating potato famines, and pulled back, making conciliatory offers of a truce.
Churchill never liked the word, a quirk that came to his rescue when facing Nazism. He thought a truce gave kudos to IRA tactics. Outnumbered by colleagues, he accepted his heavy-handed approach to contain Irish dissent had not succeeded – for the moment.
IRA force Britain to the negotiation table
And so it came to pass the IRA strategy of organised dissent and dissonance worked. The British government acknowledged acceding to a truce left Republicans in charge of the Irish Parliament, they controlled most of southern Ireland.
Likewise, if current polls prove prescient in Scotland in 2021, the SNP look to be in full control of all constituencies bar one in Shetland, one in Aberdeen, one in the Borders. There is no doubt the SNP hope this forces Boris Johnson to negotiate and endorse a second referendum on independence. But they reckon without Boris modelling his persona and his policies on Churchill.
Lloyd George packed his bags and organised successive meetings with the Republican leader Èamon de Valera, to agree upon the basics for full-scale negotiations.
Unsurprisingly, the Irish wanted a republic, no half-measures. The British wanted negotiations to stretch endlessly and tire out Irish demands, In the event, Republicans eventually accepting dominion status – no better than a colony or a protectorate. More on that shortly.
An ulterior motive in protracted negotiations was to cause the Republican movement to split into soft and hard factions, and with luck and infiltration, start an internal war. The British way of control has never varied, generation after generation, divide and rule, and if uncontrolled disorder arises, step in as the saviour of law and order.
In Scotland there is a view held by Nicola Sturgeon's supporters, that the do nothing sudden or shocking, a rose petal diplomacy – a modern version of hippy flower power – is by far the best route to independence. They hope to seduce English power into submission. Nothing could be further from the Irish experience. Hence, an opposing faction in Scottish politics, the realists, if you like, feel the SNP liable to accept a compromise if they ever get to the negotiating table.
Powers we did not give
At this point, I am obliged to digress for a moment to preempt alarmists among us by stating the obvious. I am not advocating violent insurrection. Scots do not die for their country, they die for other people's countries.
What I suggest is, the British Tory party, by warlike history and its exceptionalism, now emulating the opportunistic, amoral Donald Trump, knows violent discord wins the day for the party in power. Excessive authority can be stamped on a disorderly society with impunity. Authoritarian regimes know enough people will welcome tough action that helps them get to work on time.
The strong arm approach has a down-side. Strict control is expensive to maintain over a long period. It drains the Treasury coffers. It upsets the social order. Eventually, you are forced to negotiate. Alex Salmond choose debate. He was the one person who could and did rev up the anti and turn a talking shop of unionists in Holyrood into a hotbed of visionary zeal. There seems nothing but calm in the SNP benches since his departure.
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, an articulate prime minister but badly educated in egalitarianism at one of Scotland's premiere private schools, Fettes College, was smart enough to see what was coming. Reluctant to offer Scots anything more than Labour's discredited neo-liberal policies, he agreed to the reinstatement of Scotland's Parliament, later expressing regret over what he saw as devolution "encouraging nationalists to ask for more" – unintentionally admitting Scotland has less than constitutes full democracy!
In Ireland's case, the intention was to offer a settlement, spurred by Churchill breathing fire and brimstone, allowing limited Republican rule but keep Ireland as a state within the Empire.
It is hard not to see Scottish devolution as a significant parallel, a parliament offered in diminutive form, an 'executive', with hobbled powers, a gift on loan. Freedoms limited artificially invariably call for group action to allow people to exercise free will.
In Ireland's case, after cabinet discussion, the British offered unconditional talks to the Republicans, Churchill having preferred to restart war, over-ruled by his colleagues.
The negotiations
Lloyd George, as unionist as any Scotsman on the make, and in common with today's English politicians, chose a one-sided, largely unionist negotiating team to do their best to brow beat the Irish down to a free tram pass and a latch key to live in their own country. Scotland should expect the same treatment when its time comes.
Churchill chaired the defence side of discussions with the same arrogance of Theresa May and Boris Johnson waving aside Scotland's request to be part of EU withdrawal talks. He contemptuously dismissed justified Irish calls that they be responsible for their own defence, had their own army, dispensed with a navy, and wished to be neutral in conflicts involving the British government. Again, Scotland's team will have all that and more to contend with, assuming they arrive at the negotiating chamber fully prepared!
The dealer always wins
Churchill wanted full control of strategic ports in Ireland, a condition that had de Valera's team scoff in disbelief. From this one can see clearly how Westminster will demand retention of Faslane Dockyard in a future Scottish settlement. This is why I suggest the counter offer, they rent it for £3 billion a year for a maximum of 10 years, leaving on the ninth, and clearing up any toxic mess left behind at their expense.
For the initial talks, Churchill was sidelined a second time, watching in annoyance as Lloyd George saw to the detail of the settlement. By any standard it was a case of the invader demanding restitution for things he had actually stolen.
A brief example of conditions the British wanted reads like a duke's list of what he wants in taxes and tithes from the commoners tilling his land: members of Ireland's parliament, the Dáil, must take an oath offering loyalty to the British King; respect for the Crown to be accepted in the new state, including hereditary land ownership – Scottish landowners will like that one; recognising the Ulster Parliament together with a Northern Ireland boundary, partition – a 'boundary', that old problem again! – must be accepted, Ulster kept as a separate province; no fiscal autonomy, the reverse of which currency will you use? thrown at Scotland; countries with which Ireland could and could not make a treaty – British enemies must be, ipso facto, Irish enemies; trade with England before all others, and so on, and so forth.
Behind those conditions was Lloyd George and Churchill's avowed determination to keep Ulster Unionists happy, as the Tory party does now with billion pound bungs from the public purse for DUP support. Scotland can expect a similar hidden agenda when facing England's conditions, a bridge to Ireland probably still a delusional proposal.
Sign Here – Brits Rules rule
Lloyd George managed to have de Valera sign an outline agreement which virtually reduced Ireland to dominion status, one of the key issues that opened wide the schism between de Valera and Michael Collins. For de Valera's part, capitulation to too many British demands troubled him deeply. His subsequent volte face, was to have tragic consequences.
To his credit, for it effectively created the Republic, Churchill stood by the Agreement and expected to implement those sections under his brief, but he is recorded belittling the accord as 'wicked' in later months. He thought the war against Sinn Fein should have been continued until they were truly broken.
As Colonial Secretary, Churchill took on the role of handing powers over to Ireland but made the process a tangled web. There is scholarly disagreement he did so deliberately to gain advantage, another angle, so much money was involved he wanted to keep out of Ireland's hands. By January 1922 a provisional government was established with Michael Collins and the writer and newspaper editor Arthur Griffiths drafting a constitution.
Coincidentally, the SNP has a draft Constitution for Scotland, but it lies dormant while the SNP chase faulty policies on social issues better tackled in a constitution after Independence Day. There is a loss of dynamism the Irish would never have allowed. They knew how to capitalise on principles to encourage adherents to the cause.
Collins, Minister of Finance, and Griffiths leading the delegation, handled negotiations, de Valera staying in Ireland to allow the plenipotentiaries to refer back to him without being pressured into any agreements. "To me, the task is a loathsome one," Collins wrote. "I go in the spirit of a soldier who acts against his best judgment at the orders of his superior." In a letter he wrote that he had "signed my death warrant".
He was right to be on his guard. De Valera suddenly rejected the Agreement because it involved the partition of Ireland and did not create an independent republic. In Griffiths and Collins in particular, de Valera had found scapegoats. The SNP are just as guilty of creating scapegoats when it comes to protecting their perceived reputation.
To the crushing disappointment of Collins the revolutionary, de Valera reverted to war to achieve a genuine, self-reliant, obsequious to no nation, republic. Because of the Oath to the King, he and his followers could never, ever, vote for the Treaty. Collins thought it a paltry excuse, something not worthy of breaking a treaty.
De Valera was heavily castigated for his alleged deviousness and vanity. What remains is a master politician, a man who knew his constituency and understood his place in history. He understood he was a symbol of Ireland's struggle for independence. Nothing less than a true republic would do. But it was Collins who had fought and beaten the British to the negotiation table by his brilliance for intelligence work and intimidation. We do not have a Collins or a de Valera in the Scottish parliament … or do we?
Churchill put his trust in Collins and Griffiths to deliver the dominion state negotiated, which they did with great reluctance. Like Scotland's devolution, to them it was only the beginning of things. Churchill was shocked at de Valera's renunciation, an Englishman who did not understand the passions that motivate revolutionaries.
Jolly bad mannered chaps
The IRA repudiated the Provisional Government and promptly resumed its forays into Ulster. Churchill retaliated by submitting a bill to the Westminster parliament asking for support for an invasion force if the IRA declared a republic. He employed all the leverage he had. He refused to supply arms to the Provisional Government unless they used them against the IRA. England's age old tactic of divide and rule took on a bloody aspect, not resolved until the Good Friday Agreement.
In April 1922 Churchill approved the Special Powers Act that suspended habeas corpus, removed civil rights, including detention without trial, legalised street searches and house raids without warrant, and instituted imprisonment for refusal to comply.
By the next election, people fearing conflict, the Provisional Government achieved a win for the pro-Treaty side, and Churchill used that to drive a wedge between Irishman and Irishman.
Compared to the contempt with which Boris Johnson treats Ulster's expectations by tearing up the Brexit Withdrawal and endangering the Good Friday Agreement, Churchill gave his full support to Ulster Unionists. He did not betray them.
Churchill had no fear of Catholics fighting Protestants, they were too few, but he guessed correctly Protestants would be hostile to Catholics. Today, the Protestant community finds itself in the minority compared to the growing increase of Catholics, both numerally and politically, something Churchill never foresaw. A Catholic majority is more inclined to vote for a united Ireland.
Once more, England's departure from a territory it governed resulted in partition and prolonged violence. So, despite Churchill's many attempts to derail the Irish Agreement ("a sane chauffeur who suddenly drives you over a cliff"), it came to pass without his Machiavellian intervention.
Could we see a similar outcome with Scotland's independence negotiated by a bellicose Boris Johnson? Tories usually arrive with gifts of money and false promises. Johnson chooses the Churchillian path, divide and rule. In Scotland's case, he proposes a policy in which the Tories appropriate part of the Barnett Formula (in reality Scotland's taxes), and they themselves dispense the largesse to Tory supporting constituencies in Scotland, an English version of American pork barrel politics.
The Dissolution of the Union
At this point my research for this essay ends, chiefly because the well informed know the rest of Ireland's tortured history, a war that lasted until the end of the 20th century.
What we see now is a proud, confident, independent nation state, recovered quickly from the financial crash of 2008, still belittled by a jingoistic England, ironically prospering at the expense of England's grand folly – the dumping of European co-operation, culture and values. Over time, Ireland removed the remnants of dominion status and, with a new Constitution in 1937, became fully independent.
There is one more important comparison to discuss. Scotland's independence is inevitable. It will be aided and abetted by forces outside the UK, stronger than the UK with the leverage to make Westminster listen, those third parties repulsed by Tory contempt for the rule of law and human rights.
However, the question I ask myself is this, is the current SNP crop of MPs and MSPs clever enough, tough enough, to negotiate our freedoms without compromise, without concessions, and without a politician who can scare the living daylights out of the destroyers of democracy? I remain to be convinced. The cunning of the British government is these matters is legendary.
Missing the small print is the difference between a new Scotland and Scotland cheated.
Film Dramatisation: This early Irish dramatisation of the Treaty negotiations has the look of a school's broadcast but is no less accurate or truthful for all that. You'll enjoy recognising a few fine Irish actors in their fresh-faced youth. If you have an hour-and-half, spend it viewing this informative piece. https://youtu.be/RUfr0FgZz_8
Further reading: Churchill's tenure as Dundee MP – link: https://wp.me/p4fd9j-oRE
An apology: I am half-Irish, born in Scotland; my grandfather is a Reilly from County Mayo, but some Irish will surely find fault with my interpretation of events.
Another apology: Unlike previous essays, paragraphs cannot be blocked like a book (justified) under the annoying Gutenberg Format imposed on users by WordPress.
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16 Responses to Scots Versus Irish
Andy Law says:
Fantastic work: well done.
Terence Callachan says:
Any suggestions for books to read on this subject .
I too see parallels between the way England treated Ireland and is treating Scotland
Grouse Beater says:
Terence, for starters, there are many more – I'd tend to buy a history from an Irish author first:
The Making of Modern Ireland 1603-1923 by JC Beckett
JC Beckett's overview is an important milestone in Irish historiography, a lucid combination of factual information and reasoned analysis by one of the recognised giants of modern Irish history. Published in 1966, it is still a mine of information for today's students.
Armed Struggle: the History of the IRA by Richard English
A book whose time has come. At a historic moment when the IRA has redefining itself, a talented and courageous historian takes a non-judgmental approach and succeeds in getting inside the republican mind. To my eyes, this is an impressively fresh and balanced account, written in an accessibly clear style.
Very interesting indeed, how easily the historical details are forgotten! But then again, how closely can parallels be drawn between Ireland then and Scotland now? It would be good to see comment by anyone who has sufficient detailed background to hazard a judgement …
Thank you I will buy them
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh says:
Thank you Grouse Beater.
Readers who appreciated this article may be interested in checking out the website of young Irish historian Fergal McCluskey / Fearghal Mac Bhloscaidh. His site is a mix of material (some items in Irish, some in English) written from a Marxist perspective —
https://blosc.wordpress.com/post/
Will follow up, Fearghas. And while I'm here, other recommendations from readers for books or articles on the subject are much appreciated. 🙂
broonpot says:
Thank you an informative and timely piece. May I suggest a sequel for the benefit of the current 'crop', both English & Scottish – an essay on the negotiations around and leading to the Good Friday Agreement. I suspect the Dublin persepective is not well understood on this side of the Irish Sea.
I'll take a look at it, Broon. I recall vividly the US ambassador striding into the negotiation room and reading the riot act to all sides unless they ceased hostilities. As ever, motivation for essays (this one is over 3,000 words), comes from something the public are discussing. Lots of people refer to Ireland's experience and so, dredging up what I know of it, researching additional inside information, I get to a degree of truth.
frances baylan says:
Mary-Lou MacDonald takes no prisoners when it comes to English Nationalists!!!!This is a brilliant piece of writing,illustrating ,contrary to a belief the real Churchill,War Criminal.The direct correlation between Churchill then and Johnson now all too transparent!!!
Venerated for beating Nazism, Frances, but ought to have been jailed for everything else he did. (I appreciate the compliment.)
Andrew Leslie says:
It's worth contrasting these tactics with those used by Ghandi (who knew his enemy every bit as well as the Irish, but perhaps thought more creatively about them). He used the leverage of small things – in his case the salt tax – and the stop-start threat of non violent civil disobedience to get where he wanted to be, and he knew that the typical British response of 90,000 activists in gaol and the banning of the Congress party could not last. He did not demand outright independence at first, but, crucially 'parity of negotiations'. From that single British concession, all else followed.
It's a purely hypothetical question as to whether the Irish would have achieved more if they had eschewed violence (certainly there would have been less bloodshed). But it's an important question for Scotland. Because, once you embark on negotiations over a 'new settlement' to the British question – and, as in India, that is likely to be a more 'palatable' idea to WM than a sec 30 – that demand for parity means that top-down imposition of terms becomes impossible.
Of course, there may not be time for any long-drawn-out process, given the circumstances, but I thought I'd just flag up an alternative route (though the awful consequences of partition put a damper on the result)
Yes, excellent points. I have it in my diary to pull together my notes on the Indian negotiations and terms – Churchill got his oar in their too – hard to find a point to begin. That's for another time. Recently, I saw Galloway pouring scorn on a speaker who 'dared' to compare India with Scotland, but that only goes to show the man is badly educated.
rapurse says:
Never seen that drama before.
It has the look and dialogue construction of an educational schools exercise but speaks a whole lot of truth. Wonderful to see so many fine Irish actors looking so youthful. Pity Ian Bannen could not have acquired something of a Welsh accent to play Lloyd George, a must, I would have thought, but thank you for this otherwise excellent and informative dramatisation.
I shall add it to the list of further research material at the foot of the essay!
arayner1936 says:
Enjoyed the article but no apology needed for not being able to have text justified on the right.
I worked on a project to make text more legible some time ago and the experts then said to leave the right side ragged as it aids scanning, the ability to find the start of the next line, which is important for people with dyslexia and similar conditions, including poor sight.
It also avoids the occasional 'rivers' of space which can run down the page for several lines if the text has a lot of long words, as can be seen sometimesin newspaper columns.
Long may left justification only prevail!


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Q: importing d3.event into a custom build using rollup I've got a file d3.custom.build.js like this (simplified):
import { range } from 'd3-array';
import { select, selectAll, event } from 'd3-selection';
import { transition } from 'd3-transition';

export default {
    range,
    select,
    selectAll,
    event,
    transition
};

And a rollup.config.js like this:
import nodeResolve from 'rollup-plugin-node-resolve';

export default {
    entry: './js/vendor/d3-custom-build.js',
    dest: './js/vendor/d3-custom-built.js',
    format: 'iife',
    globals: {
        d3: 'd3'
    },
    moduleId: 'd3',
    moduleName: 'd3',
    plugins: [nodeResolve({ jsnext: true })]
};

I want to export to a plain old browser global named 'd3'. I'm calling rollup from a simple npm script. The good news is that almost everything works in the output file, except for one thing: d3.event in browser is always null. No, it's not an issue with events being hijacked on the page. When I swap in the standard full d3 4.0 library into the script tag everything works fine. It's definitely a build issue.
The d3 docs warn that bundling event is tricky:

If you use Babel, Webpack, or another ES6-to-ES5 bundler, be aware
  that the value of d3.event changes during an event! An import of
  d3.event must be a live binding, so you may need to configure the
  bundler to import from D3's ES6 modules rather than from the generated
  UMD bundle; not all bundlers observe jsnext:main. Also beware of
  conflicts with the window.event global.

It appears that setting nodeResolve({ jsnext: true }) isn't sufficing. How do I get a live binding in the bundle? Any guidance very appreciated.

A: You're exporting an object, defined using ES2015 shorthand object literal syntax, as the default export. Here is the long form equivalent of what you've written:
export default {
  range: range,
  select: select,
  selectAll: selectAll,
  event: event,
  transition: transition
}

Your object thus captures the value of event on load, which is null; it is not a live binding, and won't reflect the current event.
One fix would be to define the event property using a getter:
export default {
  range,
  select,
  selectAll,
  get event() { return event; },
  transition
}

Better would be to use named exports instead of a default export, and then Rollup will generate a live binding automatically:
export {
  range,
  select,
  selectAll,
  event,
  transition
}

This is not only shorter, but now you don't depend on the browser supporting the ES2015 shorthand object literal syntax.


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Neodymium arsenate, also known as neodymium(III) arsenate, is the arsenate of neodymium with the chemical formula of NdAsO4. In this compound, neodymium exhibits the +3 oxidation state. It has good thermal stability, and its pKsp,c is 21.86±0.11.

Preparation
Neodymium arsenate can be obtained from the reaction between sodium arsenate (Na3AsO4) and neodymium chloride (NdCl3) in solution:
 Na3AsO4 + NdCl3 → 3 NaCl + NdAsO4↓

See also
 Arsenic

References

Neodymium compounds
Arsenates


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Antonio Martí Olucha (Onda, Plana Baixa, 1884 - Castelló de la Plana, 1974) fou un empresari, sindicalista i polític valencià, diputat a les Corts durant la Segona República.

Biografia
Treballà com a empresari del sector de les rajoles i fou alumne de l'Institut Social Obrer, fundat per Ángel Herrera Oria. Fou president de la Federació Provincial de Sindicats Obrers Catòlics i membre del Partit Popular Agrari, que a les eleccions generals espanyoles de 1933 i 1936 fou elegit diputat per la província de Castelló dins les llistes de la CEDA. Participà en els preparatius per al cop d'estat del 18 de juliol de 1936 a Castelló de la Plana.

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Diputats valencians al Congrés dels Diputats
Polítics onders


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Indigenous Land Acknowledgements
"If you don't know the Native history of where you are located, think about why that is. Native history is U.S. history. It's the story of us. It is our collective story." ~ Carly Bad Heart Bull
Carly Bad Heart Bull (right) talks with Durryle Brooks (left) and other national cohort fellows at an all-class gathering in Jackson, Mississippi.
Carly Bad Heart Bull, a WKKF Community Leadership Network fellow and executive director of Native Ways Federation, shared reflections and practices for Indigenous land acknowledgements at the November virtual gathering of fellows. Carly is Bdewakantunwan Dakota and Muskogee Creek, and a proud citizen of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe in South Dakota.
What are Indigenous land acknowledgements?
First and foremost, it is not just the responsibility of Native people to give land acknowledgments. The non-Native inhabitants of this land should recognize and honor the Indigenous peoples and stories of this place we collectively call home. Indigenous land acknowledgements honor the land we are on, and show respect for the Native people and communities – past and present – who inhabit it. They can take the form of statements at the beginning of meetings, on websites, event descriptions, in signature lines or they can be placed permanently in centrally located public spaces. As the practice of Indigenous land acknowledgements becomes more common, so do critiques of the practice. Taking the time to properly prepare and execute a Native land acknowledgement allows relationships with Native peoples and communities to mature and grow.
Why do Indigenous land acknowledgements matter?
Everywhere you go in this country was – and likely still is – occupied and cared for by Native people. A violent history of broken treaties and colonization has attempted to separate Native peoples from our lands. Yet, Native peoples persist, and continue to be connected to our homelands. Our ancestors survived insurmountable odds so that we could be here, and we continue to fight the harmful effects of colonization.
We live in a society with incredible divides, where historic efforts to disconnect communities from one another and from the land has resulted in massive social and economic disparities and environmental turmoil. Indigenous land acknowledgements allow space for truth telling and accountability. They visibilize Native peoples. Native history is U.S. history. It's the story of us. It is our collective story. Knowing the Indigenous history of a place reveals the inequities that persist among us, making broader healing possible.
Tips on appropriate Indigenous land acknowledgements
Ask why you are doing a land acknowledgment.
Begin with a conversation within your organization. Discuss your desired impact and your commitment to honor Native peoples. Avoid the temptation to hold Indigenous land acknowledgements because they are trendy or out of a sense of obligation. The transformative power is in the self-reflective internal work, the conversations that take place when we ask, "Why are we doing this and what is the impact we want to see?" If giving the acknowledgement feels uncomfortable or disingenuous, why is this so?
Do your homework.
Research both local Native history and current context. Find out who the Indigenous people are in your community. Who are the original occupants? Who lives there now and what brought them here? It's fine to start with Google, but don't stop there. Consult and connect with Native sources: people, books, organizations. Make sure to learn and use proper words and pronunciation.
Include Native people and communities in your work.
If you're planning a land acknowledgement, and there are no Native people in the room, who are you trying to serve? Include Native perspectives and voices in the content programming and elsewhere in your work. Otherwise, you should question why you are attempting to do a land acknowledgment in the first place. The practice of land acknowledgments is a start to greater understanding and relationship building, but it is not in and of itself enough.
Use, past, present, and future tenses.
Many people remain ignorant about Native history and Native people. Reclaiming Native Truth, a study conducted by First Nations Development Institute and EchoHawk Consulting, and funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, found that 40 percent of people surveyed across the country didn't know that Native peoples still exist. Native peoples are living, thriving and leading all across the United States. We are still here.
Don't stop there – keep learning, building and taking action.
Continue to learn and discuss what you are learning with colleagues, family and friends. Build relationships with Native communities and organizations. It's critical everyone plays a role in eradicating harmful narratives about Native peoples by recognizing and lifting up the vital contributions of Indigenous people – past, present and future.
Native Governance Center: A Guide to Indigenous Land Acknowledgements
U.S. Department of Arts and Culture: honor Native Lands Guide
Resource for identifying Native Communities
"Native drag artist wants land acknowledgments to matter," Crosscut
Carly Bad Heart Bull is a WKKF Community Leadership Network fellow and the executive director of Native Ways Federation, which strengthens the circle of giving to Native-led nonprofits and supports their organizational accountability to better serve Native populations. For more information about Native Ways Federation, go to www.nativeways.org.
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The Greek Gods and Goddesses go on an adventure by time traveling to NYC. Will, everything go into flames or will everything work out at the end?
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sister said, I'm the younger one.
We both control day and night.
Hermes, you did you're job.
daughter Zeus has. Just saying.
thought it would never end.
wanted then bring in the trouble.
this mysterious portal leads to?
Well, Hermes is out! Peace!
here, you're coming with me.
Okay, Artemis you're up first.
What! I thought you were kidding.
would've been here all day.
I know you all will go through.
all night... Or all day?
where we are lets go ask a mortal.
Yes, you. Tell me where are we?
We are at the Big Apple.
Don't play jokes with me, mortal!
We are not inside an apple!
two brothers, Poseidon and Hades.
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Stop this vibrating at once!
of all, it's a seat warmer.
Well, I grew up in Mount Olympus.
And a portrait me and my Peacock.
I look good, don't I Uncle Hades?
misses you. Yes, he does.
You are to never speak of this!
So... We really are a myth.
know in our hearts we are real.
Why are we still here moping.
your portal that I have found.
We still need to see if it works.
out how to close it.
because everyting feels so real.
Wow, I swear it grew bigger.
What is this selfie you speak of?
I'm blind! I'm blind of life!
The portal closed for good.
many books based on them.