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Published April 16, 2010	Politics , Uncategorized Leave a Comment
Tags: BBC Question Time, David Dimbleby, david laws, ed miliband, election 2010, john sergeant, leaders debates, london, michael gove, nigel farage, Question Time, shami chakrabarti
Morning Lemmings. Ok, so I guess I'd better pay lip-service to the Leaders Debate as it provided the backdrop to last night's Question Time and the world seems to have got its knickers in a twist about it (except, strangely, the Mail and Express, who are going with volcanogeddon on their front pages today… Your boy not do too well then?). I'm not going to get too deeply embroiled in it all as we'll be here all day, but here's a few choice titbits for you:
1: The format is super weird, like an episode of Blind Date where the audience couldn't be bothered to turn up, Cilla's been at the catnip and the girl who does the picking is in a comma. I know that everyone's bleating about what a revelation it all was but I have to confess that I found it half stultifyingly dull, half mindbendingly bizarre (at one point I began daydreaming about how cool it would be if Cameron's head just exploded, showering Clegg and Brown with blood and propelling fragments of skull into Stewart's face. See what it's done to me?) Debate without a feedback mechanism is an odd puppy indeed.
2: Alistair Stewart is a tool and a very staccato one at that. I know it was hard brief, given the Byzantine rules involved, but constantly barking "MR BROWN! MR BROWN!" does not a Dimbleby make.
3: Clegg did do well. I've been very scathing about him of late, mainly because he comes across as the political equivalent of skimmed milk: Sensible but life drainingly limp. However, he did manage to look like someone with two, possibly three dimensions last night and clearly stood apart from Brown and Cameron as a person who may have some non-crap tricks up his sleeve. So well done Cleggers, your stock's just risen in my book.
4. Brown wasn't that bad. Yes, 'the big list' is a very worn and dull tactic and desperately shoehorning shonky jokes into places where you shouldn't isn't exactly edifying, but he did win some points on the 'steady pair of hands' scale. If I was him, I'd knock these efforts to humanise himself on the head because it isn't fooling anyone. We know he's a creature who dwells in a netherworld of abstract numbers and ethereal statistics, but that's actually part of his appeal (in an odd sort of way). Stick with what you know, Gordy. Oh, and watching him try to bum Clegg was pretty entertaining.
5. The biggest revelation for me was just how bad Cameron was. I was fully expecting him to walk this, but it was not to be. The main problem is that his 'reduce hugely complex and nuanced issues into a happy little tale of how cocking normal I am' tactic that works so well on soundbites and news bulletins simply can't sustain 90 minutes of scrutiny. Seriously, if he had tried to boil the global economic crisis down to some anecdote about how he was hanging out in a Spar shop, buying something excruciatingly normal amongst excruciatingly normal people one more time, I swear to god I would have forced lit cigarettes down my ears, hot end first. The flakiness of the Tories latest wheeze (power to plebs, yo?) also began to look suspiciously flimsy after a few minutes and I can't help but think that they are really going to have to up their game to stop the other debates going sideways.
6. The set looks like is was borrowed from a daytime telly gameshow, possibly involving William G. Stewart.
7. When the candidates weren't talking they looked like they were messing about with colouring-in books.
8. 90 minutes is a bloody long time.
So that's that: A rather disorientating experience that left me salivating for the fillet steak of Dimbleby after the gruel of Stewart. Waiter!
The Menu: This is a bit of format tweak, largely to curb my tendency to waffle about the finer points of the various questions. So, from now on, the questions go up first, I get to have a bath and read the New Statesman a bit earlier while you don't have to trawl through quite as much blabber. Everyone's a winner, kapeesh? So, what's on tonight's menu?
Q1: Who won tonight's debate?
Q2: The debate is being described as "historic" but will it make a difference?
Q3: Does the Tories 'people power' wheeze represent an abdication of the state in providing services?
Q4: Does Gordon Brown's omission that he should have supervised the banks more closely mean he's not fit to lead?
Q5: Is a hung parliament the political equivalent of volcanic ash (topical!)?
In The Red Corner: Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and somewhat boss eyed (see above) brother of David.
Another week, another Miliband, although this time we get the slightly more human of the pair. I've got quite a lot of time for Ed as he does seem to genuinely think about what he says and has an air of conviction that doesn't spill over into sounding desperate. His career path hasn't been quite as meteoric as his brother's, mainly because he's always been on the Brown side of the Labour fence, but to be honest, that seems to work in his favour as I'm natural suspicious of high achievers and their ilk. He also has much softer edges than David, mainly because he trades less in pure politics (which the younger Miliband excels at…. excels at far too much in fact) and more in ideas. That gives him a little more depth and a little less jaggedness. It was an easier show than it could have been for him tonight, considering Brown managed not to completely faceplant himself into the pavement while Cameron didn't manage to live up to his own hype. Q1 was a pretty chushty affair that simply involved giving the obligatory props to 'how great for democracy' the whole shebang was, a few nods in Brown's direction and a nice little crack at the Tories for Cameron's China faux pas. Nothing of revelationary significance, but steady enough. Minor applause was the order of the day for Q2 as he needled the Tories again for Cameron's weak effort and declared Gordon Brown to be a "man of substance", but he overplayed this hand when he went back for a second bite and no-one would play with him. Q3 provided a rich seam to mine as it was pretty clear that the crowd weren't on board with the whole 'Big Society' flakery and they dished out some love when he managed to big up the state without badmouthing the voluntary sector and generally harried Gove on some education do-dahs. Things could have got pretty difficult on Q4, but it seemed that the audience had made up their mind that this was going to be a fairly anti-Tory night and despite wheeling the standard issue 'global recession line' (this time working in references to "houses in Mississippi"… go on Ed! Paint a picture!) things did get sticky when an audience bought up that weird story about some department that had a "contemplation suite". Miliband did the honourable thing in the face of this and dropped Ed Balls right in it (if in doubt, blame Balls) while the final question had him making some 'we love constitutional reform now that the LibDems look like they might have a fighting chance' gestures that didn't look entirely heartfelt. So, all-in-all it was a pretty good turn and at the end of play he looked entirely unscathed. Some of this is down to circumstance. I'm guessing that the Leader's Debate went way better than most Labour bigwigs hoped and the inevitable hammering he expected to take never materialised. Instead, all he had to do was not get over-cocky and just go with the audience, which he did and it worked. The other part of this is down to Miliband himself and the fact that he's good at getting the pitch right. While his brother plays a very impressive offensive game, the political equivalent of Shock and Awe, Ed seems much more well rounded and flexible. He's good in defence without appearing conceited and has the umph to take the fight to the other side as well, all of which goes in his favour. Now don't get me wrong, I'm saying that this was some earth shattering display of statesman like qualities, but it was quite a nice, measured bit of play that sounded mostly convincing.
An above par 6/10
In Blue Corner, Michael Gove, long neck having (see above) Shadow Secretary for Children, Schools and Families and man made entirely of Play Dough
I have a hard time pegging Gove down. On the one hand he's clearly bright, tougher than he looks (and he does look like his face was made by a three year old potter who's been at the E-numbers…See Fig. 1) and tends to do quite well on the likes of Newsnight.
Like Ed Miliband, he's more on the 'ideas' end of politics and he seems to be a lot better at nuance than most Tories are. Having said that, I have reservations about the ideas he comes up with (being mainly of the vague and woolly variety, dressed up to sound much more solid than they actually are), his body language points to a squirrel based ancestory and his 'angry' face is really irritating. It was a tough deal for him on this episode, considering he had only half an hour's thinking time after watching his leader do a less than great job and the lack of feedback from the Leader's Debate audience probably had him making wild guesses about how it went down with the public. The lack of response he got to Q1 ('of course I love Dave but politicians "shouldn't pass judgement" on this'…wtf?) was pretty much the shape of things to come while Q2's little pop at LibDem immigration policy also failed to find it's target. However, it was Q3 where things started getting messy and when he tried to explain why the whole 'Big Society' thing was so great (and he has his fingerprints all over this policy), he was treated to a full blown tumbleweed moment. Sensing that things were looking ominous, he rashly declared that he "loves" Shami Chakrabarti, only to have the subject of his affection turn around and call him a liar. Bad move. Q4 was a safer affair and a recitation of the standard Gordon Brown charge sheet and a sly little swipe at Law's for being a banker back in the day seemed to do the trick. Moderate applause was his reward, along with a slight respite from the growing anti-Tory sentiment. Finally, he conjured up some thinly veiled warnings about a hung parliament for Q6 and then shuffled off, bloodied but not entirely unbowed.
Truth be told, he didn't do so badly as the crowd were most certainly not in the market for the regular Tory line and as I said earlier, events conspired against him. If that had been May, Osborne or Lansley, I could see it degenerating into rout, but he did pretty well to keep a semblance of a defence up and although he comes across as quite odd, he isn't totally unlikable. So bad luck Michael, that was a choppy crossing but you can take comfort in the fact that you didn't throw up all over yourself.
A spirited, if not entirely successful 5/10
In The Yellow Corner, David Laws, Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families and slightly David Caruso-esque ex-banker.
I haven't been impressed by laws to date, mainly because there's something a little jobsworthy about him ("pleeeeease let us have power") and he can be a little over assertive, but he was in a great position tonight, given Clegg's out-of-fucking-nowhere turn. Naturally Q1 was a love-in with Nick and a fall-out with Dave, all of which went down with predictable well while he continued to keep the pressure on Cameron in Q2. Q3 saw him do really well as he managed to knock Labour for the nanny state whilst also bashing 'Big Society' as being deeply divisive, something that clearly resonated with the audience and made him a whole stack of hay. I have to confess that I missed him on Q4, having to both go to the toilet and find a bottle opener, so no searing insights from me there while Q5 saw him quietly fade out, chuntering about this, that or the other . On the face of it, he seems to have won the political argument but I can't really put that down to any particular personal trait. Ok, so he seems competent enough and there was nothing I didn't particularly dislike about his performance, but I still can't quite get behind him yet. Maybe that will come with more exposure and there's every possibility that I'm just being a mardy old hack, but for now I am going to suspend opinion on him. Laws: Make me like you.
A technically victorious but not-quite-there-yet 6/10
In The Independent/Brainy One Corner: Nigel Farage, ex-leader of UKIP, ventriloquists dummy (see Fig. 2) and wearer of naff suits.
I'm going to say something rash now: Politics is a better place with Farage in it. Now hold on there, don't phone the duty mental health team and arrange a sectioning just yet because this doesn't mean that I agree with him about…well…pretty much anything, it's just that he's a genuine character . A demented, small minded demagogue of a character, yes, but a character nevertheless and characters add much needed spice to what can otherwise be a dull and overly dry subject. He also looks like a cad who's just a little bit too dorky to be a proper cad and I imagine him being stuck at Cad HQ, doing the accounts while all the real cads are out shagging emotionally vulnerable countesses and swindling impressionable young nobles out of their fortune. That thought cheers me for some reason. Sadly, I was kind of disappointed with tonight's effort as there was nothing he could get really off his tits about and he kept having to invent reasons to be crazy, usually by making totally unrelated topics somehow link to the EU. Calling the LibDems "the modern day CND" and a brief seizure about Gordy selling the gold looked like they could have developed into some awesomely batty tirades, but alas, it was not to be. Instead, what we mainly got was 'blah blah referendum, blah blah throwing the doors open, blah blah". Now I know that UKIP's main (and only) selling point is the whole Eurobashing thing, but come on, you have to bolster that up with obnoxious opinions about other things as well if you want my continued tolerance of your outlandish worldview. So step up your game, Farage. Next time your own, I want to at least see some hair on the palms of your hands.
A disappointingly flat 3/10
In The I'm The Funny One/Just Like You Corner: John Sergeant, reassuringly un-handsom ex-journo and buggerer-up of Strictly Come Dancing.
Ahh, John Sergeant… while nature may have given you a pretty ropey deal in the looks department, it more than made up for it by blessing you with the most soothing voice in Britain. Seriously, it's like swimming in a pool of Ovaltine and if ever anyone has to break some bad news to me, I'd like it if they could contact Sergeant first and get him to do it instead. He's also one of the most reasonable sounding people on telly, taking his time to softly impart little nuggets of considered wisdom that seem to waft out of his mouth in a fine, sweet smelling mist. Tonight saw him being incredibly sympathetic towards Brown, swimming against the tide a little but getting away with it because it's just impossible to be angry with someone who looks that much like a comedy cartoon sidekick. Worthy of note was his rather wonderful lambasting about the 'Big Society' issue, but unfortunately this got taken the wrong way by an overly eager audience member who thought he was being nasty about the voluntary sector and he had to crank his voice from 'soothing' to 'ultra-soothing' in order to extricate himself. Mostly though, it was good, thoughtful stuff and while I didn't agree with it all (I, for instance, really want a hung parliament), it was said in such a way that it came across as it should: an opinion, not an existential threat to my beliefs system. Given that the prevailing wind in politics seems to be a very reductionist, with-us-or-against-us hurricane, it's really refreshing to listen to someone who actually bothers to look at things in depth. So well done John, now come over to mine and gently lull me to sleep with some Beatrix Potter and Winnie the Pooh. And some warm milk. And tuck me in. That's enough now. You can go.
A wonderfully contented 7/10
In The There Goes The Format Corner: Shami Chakrabarti, OO gauge defender of Liberties and formidable Question Time performer.
If there's one person who you can safely bet on to wipe the floor with everyone on Question Time, it's Shami Chakrabarti. In some ways it's a little unfair because pretty much no one would disagree that having their door kicked down by the police is something they'd rather avoid, but for the most part it's down to the fact that she's passionate, eloquent and doesn't pander to anybody. She also (as my better half spotted some time ago) looks a lot like a school boy and I've often wondered how she'd look in traditional cap and blazer (not in a pervy way, you understand?). Well, thanks to the judicious use of commercially available photo manipulation software, that moment has now arrived. Behold, Middle School Chakrabarti (see Fig. 3)!
Ok, so it was a little weird having to type 'boy in traditional school uniform' into Google Images, but I feel that the end justifies the means. As always tonight, she did a sterling job, going with Clegg on the Leadership Debates, pouring scorn on 'Big Society' and generally making sure that none of the politicians got a free ride. The crowd were on board with her as they always are, even as she performed a fairly risky manoeuvre in which she implicated every one of us as a culprit in the credit crunch. That's an important point right there and one that doesn't get aired enough, mainly because people are too afraid it won't go down well. Thankfully, Shami has no such qualms and will routinely point the finger, no matter how much of a holy cow the culprit is. I won't get too carried away in praising her to high heaven as she does have a blessed position on the show, beholden to no-one and peddling an idea that's almost universally agreed upon as 'a good thing', but there's still an awful lot to like. So that was pretty much her lot and as usual, it was a very good lot which leads me to conclude that should ever the facility to gamble on Question Time exist, always go with Chakrabarti. You'll be rich in no time.
A fully great 8/10
The Crowd: London
I had the deepest sympathy for the audience tonight, enduring as they did the full 90 minutes of Leaders Debate but without access to booze, fags, internet and things to throw at the screen. The strain was evident during the opening question and it took them a while to shake off the torpor that seemed to envelop the studio. However, once they regained consciousness, they proved to be a great crowd and one that was very much into Nick Clegg. The other interesting thing was that they were probably one of the most anti-Cameron audience we've seen all series which is saying something given that we've already been to Scotland and the North East. That's not to say it was all one way traffic, but if I was in the Tories right now, I'd be seriously looking for that thinking cap of mine. One final thing that struck me about them: this was one of the first shows in a long time when expenses and 'all MP's are crap' didn't form the backbone of the audience argument. I've been quite negative about the Leaders Debates tonight, but if Clegg has somehow managed to drag the argument out of the Swamp of Culpability and into the Savannah of Possibilities, then that is good thing. A very good thing. But yes, generally they were a good bunch and made for a lively show. Members of note this week include a women who made a sentence out of seemingly random words ("more slightly a bit like a puppet show"), a guy who's shirt looked like a tube of Cresta toothpaste and a women who forgot what she was saying before she said it. I fucking love it when that happens.
A refreshing and zesty 8/10
So Chakrabarti and the crowd carry the day. Well done to them and a 'not a bad show' to everyone except Farage. Come on Nigel! Stop with the non-crazy!
See yers next week.
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Brawn – Theatre Review
by J² April 24, 2019
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BRAWN is a fascinating play about obsession. Or to be precise, body dysmorphic disorder. An overwhelming desire to look body perfect, even at the cost of relationships and careers.
Written and performed by the perfectly formed Christopher Wollaton, it is based around Ryan who spends most of his time in his Dad's converted garage lifting weights and doing hundreds of press-ups.
All rather sweaty and all somewhat impressive. Twenty press-ups, monologue, twenty more press-ups and not a puff or pant to be heard onstage. Just the sound of Ryan taking a gulp of water and a tiny trace of sweat trickling down his forehead. Wollaton is not just a good writer and performer. He's also one fit young individual who will make anyone in the audience feel body conscious (I was constantly holding my stomach in).
Over the course of an hour, we learn why Ryan is so body obsessed. It stems from rejection at school by a girl with whom he shared a love of physics, the stars and the solar system. It puts him on a road to physical perfection in the hope of being recognised, admired and fancied. Vanity rather than sanity rules.
It is all rather sad as he relentlessly pumps iron in splendid isolation, eschews alcohol and friends and in between consumes mountains of chicken and broccoli. It's a state of mind that causes him to stop working for his father as a builder (Mum seems to have long fled the nest).
More pertinently, it fractures a burgeoning relationship with Becky before it has really begun. Nothing, it seems, will be allowed to get in the way of Ryan's determination to never again be called a 'lanky cabbage' (a nickname given to him at school). All he wants is to look good and be a 'sexy beast'.
Ryan's monologue flicks back and forth like his sit-ups. In between the focus on obsession, there are some clever lines, especially those that link Jake's love of the planets and physical perfection. For example, he talks about his quest to bring into his 'gravitational pull' as many women as possible.
But ultimately, there's an underlying sadness to Ryan's story. In his pursuit of body perfection, he literally sacrifices all – and not even a whiff of a gold medal at the end of it all to prove the sweat, blood and tears have all been worthwhile.
Brawn, directed by Matt Staite, is eminently watchable. But more Obsession than Brawn. Catch it if you can as it tours the country over the coming months.
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There will be four groups roleplaying within the Faire sims, weaving special storylines tied to the Fairelands. We will be following their path here on the blog, but you can also catch them and perhaps even join them in the Fairelands!
We are delighted that all three groups are returning from last year's Fantasy Faire. Once again we will have a dark steampunk adventure from the NeoVictoria Project (who in past years have given us the delightfully sinister The Revenge of Professor Timmons and White Wedding), a dark roleplay from Sanctuary (who have given us a popular murder mystery Mourningvale Sanctuary and a nail-biting trial with The Origins of Sanctuary: Lut's Story), and the Rickety Weasels (who have presented the exuberant adventure stories The Rickety Weasels on Wiggenstead Mooring and The Tears of Poppetsborough).
This year, we will be joined by a group from The Great Alliance, who have an exciting story for visitors to the Faire to follow and take part in if they so wish!
You'll be able to follow the roleplay stories through the roleplay pages on the blog, and through announcements and news bulletins on Fantasy Faire radio. And there will be special events that you can attend – and sometimes, if you like, join in yourselves!
Long ago, a sidhe failed in their duty and let a nameless terror into the worlds. This cost them their life, but not their soul. That was put into a mechanical marvel, and so began their long service as a sentinel against the darkness. But after so long, their mechanical body has begun to fail, and that nameless evil escapes its bonds. The automaton sends word to the Sidhe Empire for assistance. Will help arrive in time?
Join the NeoVictoria Roleplay Group for this very special series of roleplay events: "The Sidhe and the Soul-Eater", coming to the Serenity SIM in the fairelands on Friday, April 22nd.
Read more about The NeoVictoria Project here.
The NeoVictoria Project will be based in Serenity.
A land divided between light and dark, life and death, good and evil. The dark prince seeks to take the hand of light queen in marriage and extend his influence over both lands. In desperation to stop such a diabolical union from taking place, the queen now uses the opportunity of the faire and the nobles it brings to find a suitable suitor to wed before the dark prince seizes her. However, everything is not as it seems. The dark prince is not so naive and will not be bested so easily. Deception fouls the air of the court, mystery surrounds the many patrons that meddle with one another, and the fate of Twilight Illusion hangs in the balance….
Join the Great Alliance for our very special series of roleplay events, starting on Friday 22nd April and taking place on Twilight Illusion in the Fairelands.
Read the Timetable of Events here.
Read about the Great Alliance here.
The Great Alliance will be based in Twilight Illusion.
Some believe blood is where the spirit resides. But what is in the blood of angels slain in a war of Heaven and Hell?
The answer is … a terrible rage and hatred for all things divinely created.
A being long forgotten and imprisoned has awakened and is breaking his shackles. What does he want? The destruction of everything the divine has ever created – starting with Sanctuary. Nothing on Earth, Heaven or Hell can stop it.
But what if – somehow – all three could be combined?
Heroes and villains are needed to unite to defeat a mutual enemy and stop the Blood King's rise or all of creation will ultimately be destroyed.
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Read more about the background to the story here.
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Read daily updates of the story.
Sanctuary will be based in Dangarnon.
Echtra is a land stuck in time where the seasons have ground to a halt. There is no summer nor is there any winter. A grey emptiness has fallen over the once busy land. Legend tells of a great sleeping dragon under the hill and two children, a Prince and Princess, who lie at the source of this terrible curse.
The stories begin April 23rd at 2pm slt in the gloomy realm of Echtra.
A HUD will be used to progress the story allowing participants to catch up on the events at any time after they have passed.


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Dark Souls hides weapons in Enemy Tails because of a Japanese myth
While there are many obvious references to medieval European fantasy, one of Dark Souls' most famous characteristics comes from Japanese myth.
The Dark souls The series is known not only for its notoriously difficult difficulty, but also for its weird fantasy world that draws inspiration from Western mythology and classic fantasy novels. The ever-changing world of Dark souls is inhabited by all manner of undead entities, supernatural abominations and more, all suffering from the absence or corruption of the various gods in the frame.
While some of Dark souls'enemies are a common sight in Western fantasy such as the Lord of the Rings, It is Dark souls'The Japanese influences that make the world stand out among various other classic medieval fantasy games. Including the various references to another dark fantasy manga, Berserk, Dark souls takes a large amount of influence from Japanese mythology. Along with the obvious references to the sun goddess Amaterasu, the sun and fire being major symbols, Dark soulsThe most unique game mechanic – cutting off an enemy's tail and turning it into a weapon – comes from the classic eight-headed dragon myth Yamata-no-Orochi.
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The story of Yamata-no-Orochi is more the story of the Shinto god of storms, Susano-o-no-Mikoto, the younger brother of the sun goddess Amaterasu. After being cast from the sky, Susano-o encounters aged gods who complain about having to sacrifice their eighth and final daughter, Princess Kushinada, to be eaten by the eight-headed dragon, Yamata-no-Orochi. Susano-o offers to kill the dragon in exchange for Kushinada's hand in marriage, hiding it by turning it into a comb to hide in her hair. Susano-o then prompts the monster to drink copious amounts of sake with the help of Kushinada's parents.
Once Yamata-no-Orochi dips his eight heads into eight sake vats, he falls asleep in a drunken stupor. Susano-o then slaughters the beast to the point of coloring the river red, until he discovers that his sword breaks against the dragon's fourth tail. Upon examination, the fourth tail is not a tail – it is actually the legendary katana known as Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi. Susano-o takes the sword and returns it to his sister Amaterasu to implore her forgiveness in the heavens.
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For Western players, the idea of cutting off an enemy's tail to receive a weapon seems very strange, but players familiar with the Japanese myth will fully understand the reference to Yamata-no-Orochi. Almost all weapons found by cutting a tail in Dark souls end up being extremely powerful in the hands of the most inexperienced players. Infamous, the tail of the Red Drake in the first Dark souls The game can be fine-tuned with a bow and arrow to drop the Drake Sword, a blade that can carry the player for most of the first half of the game.
The slaughter of dragons is a theme common to many forms of folklore, with the entire origins of the Dark souls tradition revolving around the ancient war between gods and dragons. Susano-o, god of storms, also clearly influenced a major figure in the Dark souls canon: the eldest son of Gwyn, who was exiled from his house and from the annals of history. Strongly implied being the unnamed king in Dark Souls 3, Gwyn's firstborn is also known as the "Storm King" and famous for his dragon slaying skills (even for training Ornstein). But, like Susano-o, the Nameless King is a multifaceted figure who was exiled from his home after siding with his enemies.
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Roe v. Wade: A Nullification Issue
By parkercountyblog on July 21, 2011
by Michael Maharrey
"Abortion is murder."
"A woman has a right to choose."
Few issues divide a room, a city or a country faster than abortion.
The abortion issue creates a political and philosophical quagmire, pressing itself into the realm of science and religion, the right to life and of personal sovereignty.
In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court interjected the federal government into the issue, ruling that a Constitutional right to privacy enforced through the due process clause of the 14th Amendment grants women the right to an abortion.
The decision makes mincemeat out of the Constitution. An enumerated right to privacy exists nowhere. One could argue that individuals possess a natural right to privacy, and further assert that the federal government has no authority to abridge that right under the Ninth Amendment. But the Bill of Rights was never intended to bind the states, and the Tenth Amendment leaves all power not delegated to the United States to the states and the people.
Abortion should never have become a federal issue.
Justice Byron White alluded to this in a blistering dissent.
I find nothing in the language or history of the Constitution to support the Court's judgment. The Court simply fashions and announces a new constitutional right for pregnant mothers and, with scarcely any reason or authority for its action, invests that right with sufficient substance to override most existing state abortion statutes. The upshot is that the people and the legislatures of the 50 States are constitutionally disentitled to weigh the relative importance of the continued existence and development of the fetus, on the one hand, against a spectrum of possible impacts on the mother, on the other hand. As an exercise of raw judicial power, the Court perhaps has authority to do what it does today; but, in my view, its judgment is an improvident and extravagant exercise of the power of judicial review that the Constitution extends to this Court.
One would expect those who support abortion rights to cling tenaciously to the Court's decision. It enforces their view on every state and individual. But more surprisingly, many in the anti-abortion camp also prefer to fight the battle at the national level, resisting any proposal to throw the issue back to the states where it belongs.
A Tenth Amendment Center supporter sent a letter to Steven Ertelt, the editor Life News, a major pro-life publication. The TAC supporter suggested state nullification of the Supreme Court decision was the best way to fight the abortion battle.
"Work must shift to the individual States legislatures and their citizenry because we now know they have the authority to overrule unconstitutional laws and court decisions as protectors of the Constitution as intended by our Founding Fathers."
Ertelt's response illustrates a centralized, federal government oriented, mindset.
"We live in a Supreme Court dominated political culture now. That kind of vote won't happen. So the goal is electing a pro-life president and getting the 5th justice we need to overturn the decision."
How's that approach working for you, 38 years later, Mr. Ertelt?
He apparently hasn't really thought through the actual realities. The Supreme Court has no power to outlaw abortion. The federal government has no authority over life and death matters. That's why federal laws against murder don't exist. It is a state issue. So at best, Ertelt and pro-life advocates can only hope for a decision overturning the ridiculous assertions of Roe, throwing the issue back to the states.
So here's a question for pro-life advocates: why waste the time and energy battling at the federal level when the states rightfully hold the keys? Court rulings carry no weight when they defy the Constitution, and states should simply refuse to enforce them.
In fact, some states have already started to flex their muscles.
Last week, the Ohio House passed bill would that would make abortion illegal after the fetus has a detectable heartbeat. HB 125 passed 54-44.
The law would not punish the woman who had the abortion, but instead targets abortion providers.
The Ohio bill does not rest on a constitutional argument, but instead asserts the "viability" of a fetus after the heart begins beating. Even many in the pro-life community oppose the bill, fearing the courts won't buy the argument and that it will simply strengthen Roe.
"Unfortunately, the court has ruled that states can place limitations on post-viability abortions, but pre-viability there can be zero restrictions," executive director of Ohio Right to Life Mike Gonidakis told the Columbus Dispatch. "We certainly don't want the courts to reaffirm Roe with a decision in Ohio."
The fundamental question remains, why should five black-robed demi-Gods have the right to decide for the people of Ohio how they choose to define viability?
Answer: they shouldn't.
And federal courts have no authority to do so under the Constitution.
Georgia Rep. Bobby Franklin (R – Marietta) filed a bill during the 2011 legislative session that got more to the point. The legislation declared life begins at conception and went on to assert the state's right and responsibility to protect the lives of its citizens.
(6) The United States Congress has reserved to itself 'all legislative powers herein vested' according to Article I, Section I of the Constitution of the United States;
(7) 'Herein vested' to the United States Congress applies to only five crimes: (1) counterfeiting, (2) piracy, (3) felonies on the high seas, (4) offenses against the law of nations, and (5) treason; according to Article I, Section VIII and Article III, Section III of the Constitution of the United States;
(8) Murder is not counterfeiting, piracy, felony on the high seas, an offense against the law of nations, or treason;
(9) Georgia has, therefore, reserved to itself exclusive jurisdiction over the definition and punishment of murder under Amendment X of the Constitution of the United States.
A similar bill was considered in the South Carolina legislature. Proposed legislation in Indiana would make abortion illegal in that state, "unless a physician determines, based on sound medical practice, that the abortion is necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman."
Ultimately, abortion comes down to an individual's views on life, morality and sovereignty. No law, made at any level, will ever really end abortion, nor will it change the minds of those convinced it is a life issue. But at the very least, lawmaking should devolve to the lowest level of power possible. Let the people of each state battle it out and decide for themselves what restrictions, if any, they choose to place on abortion.
The issue properly falls within the states' sphere of power. SCOTUS had no authority to rule one way or another on abortion. But since the federal government insists on overreaching and sticking its supersized nose into areas it has no business, it's up to the states to reach out and smack that nose and keep it in its proper place.
Michael Maharrey [send him email] is the Communications Director for the Tenth Amendment Center. He proudly resides in the original home of the Principles of '98 – Kentucky. See his blog archive here and his article archive here. He also maintains the blog, Tenther Gleanings.
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I am adopted, I do not know my birth mother or the circumstances of why she could not keep me or raise me. Through the person that ran the adotion agency I learned at a later date that my birth mother had returned a couple of times and tryed to make a go of it to support me, but did not succeed. The last time she left me at the agency they advised her that was it, she would not be allowed back in. She died a little while later in a pedistrian/car accident. Bottom line I am very greatful that she did not elect to abort me and have had a great life because she did not. Pure and simple, if she had aborted me that would have been murder. If an egg is present and the sperm mates with the egg and a cell divides …. THAT IS LIFE!!!! If you participated voluntarily, why would you murder the innocent being inside of you? Uphold your responsibility … their are many people out their that want children but can't physically have them … uphold your responsibility and help these people with your gift of a child. You are inconvienced for a few months, people that want children get their wish, and the child lives.
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Essays in the History of Canadian Law, Volume VI: British Columbia and the Yukon
Northwest Territories / Rupert's Land / Yukon, Labour Law, The Legal Profession (incl. Legal Education), Case Studies
edited by Hamar Foster and John Mclaren, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria. Published with the University of Toronto Press, 1995.
This sixth volume in the distinguished series on the history of Canadian law turns to the central theme in the history of British Columbia and the Yukon – law and order. In the early days of British sovereignty, the frenzied activity of the fur trade and the gold rush, along with clashes between settlers and Natives, made law enforcement a difficult business. Later, although law and order were more firmly established, tensions continued between the dominant populations committed to the practice and rhetoric of British justice and those groups owing allegiance to other value systems (such as Native peoples, Asian immigrants, and Doukhobors) or those resisting authority (criminals and the criminally insane). These essays look at key social, economic, and political issues of the times and show how they influenced the developing legal system.The essays cover a wide range of topics, and explore the human as well as the legal dimensions of their subjects, relating specific cases to broader theory. They demonstrate that English law has been flexible enough to accommodate diversity and is, therefore, pragmatic. The volume also shows how geography, demography, politics, economics, and military considerations have had an impact on the shape of our legal culture. The introduction by John McLaren and Hamar Foster pulls together the many regional themes to provide a clear overview of the legal complexities of the period.
Reviews of Essays in the History of Canadian Law, Volume VI: British Columbia and the Yukon
A splendid addition to the all-too-sparse literature of British Columbia and Yukon legal history.... This is a book to order quickly. Martin Taylor, The Advocate, vol 54, 1996 , p. 453.
The essays are conveniently broken down into chapters dealing with aboriginal issues, crime and policing, religion and education, labour and social welfare, and the legal profession itself. All of these reflect the recurrence of conflicts between aboriginal and dissident groups and the law, a fact which will make this book useful as a reference not only for historical scholars but also for those dealing with similar problems today, particularly in the area of aboriginal justice and land-claims issues. C. D. Ram, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, vol 46, 1997, p. 496.
Reviews have also appeared in the following publications:
Louis A. Knafla, American Journal of Legal History, Vol 42, 1998, p. 461.
C.D. Ram, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol 46, 1997, p. 496.
John A. Cherrington, B.C. Historical News, Vol 30, 1997, p. 37.
Ian Holloway, Australian Journal of Legal History, Vol 2, 1996, p. 223.
Anonymous, Law & Social Inquiry, Vol 21, 1996, p. 493.
Reviews have also appeared in a variety of other media.
Hamar Foster
Professor Foster joined the University of Victoria Faculty of Law in 1978. He was promoted to Professor in 1993 and was Associate Dean from 1998 to 2000. Before joining the Faculty of Law, he was a Commonwealth Scholar and Woodrow Wilson Fellow from 1970 to 1971, and served as a law clerk to the Chief… Read more »
John McLaren
John McLaren is a Professor Emeritus of the University of Victoria Law School and one of Canada's foremost legal historians. A prolific author, scholar, and educator, McLaren's research focusses mostly on comparative colonial law, social justice, cultural diversity, religion, and public morality in the context of legal history. His interest is particularly in contested interpretations… Read more »
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Acknowledgments xiii
Contributors xv
1 Hard Choices and Sharp Edges: The Legal History of
British Columbia and the Yukon
JOHN McLAREN and HAMAR F OSTER 3
PART I: ABORIGINAL PEOPLE AND THE LAW
2 Letting Go the Bone: The Idea of Indian Title in British Columbia,
HAMAR FOSTER 28 28
3 'Where Is the Justice, Mr Mills?': A Case Study of R. v. Nantuck
ALAN GROVE 87
4 Tonto's Due: Law, Culture, and Colonization in British Columbia
TINA LOO 128
PART II: VICE, CRIME, AND P OLICING
5 Swift Justice and the Decline of the Criminal Trial Jury:
The Dynamics of Law and Authority in Victoria, BC, 1858-1905
NANCY PARKER 171
6 A Distant Edge of Authority: Capital Punishment and the
Prerogative of Mercy in British Columbia, 1872-1880
JONATHAN SWAINGER 204
7 Vancouver Vice: The Police and the Negotiation of Morality,
GREG MARQUIS 242
8 The Making of Criminal Insanity in British Columbia: Granby
Farrant and the Provincial Mental Home, Colquitz, 1919-1933
ROBERT MENZIES 274
PART III: RELIGION AND EDUCATION
9 Judgments of Solomon: Law, Doctrine, and the Cridge
Controversy of 1872-1874
RUSS BROWN 313
10 Creating 'Slaves of Satan' or 'New Canadians'?: The Law,
Education, and the Socialization of Doukhobor Children,
JOHN McLAREN 352
PART IV: LABOUR AND SOCIAL WELFARE
11 After Union Colliery: Law, Race, and Class in the Coalmines of
ROSS LAMBERTSON 386
12 For God, Country, and the Public Purse: 'Liberal' Politics and
the Campaign for Family Courts in British Columbia, 1939-1945
DOROTHY E. CHUNN 423
PART V: THE LEGAL PROFESSION
13 Fighting Spirits: The Yukon Legal Profession, 1898-1912
BURT HARRIS 457
14 Exclusionary Tactics: The History of Women and Visible
Minorities in the Legal Profession in British Columbia
JOAN BROCKMAN 508
Publications of The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History 584


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LUIS AGUIRRE had been living in Gibraltar for about a month. He had arrived with the intention of sailing at once upon a vessel bound for Oceanica, where he was to assume his post as a consul to Australia. It was the first important voyage of his diplomatic career. Up to that time he had served in Madrid, in the offices of the Ministry, or in various consulates of southern France, elegant summery places where for half the year life was a continuous holiday. The son of a family that had been dedicated to diplomacy by tradition, he enjoyed the protection of influential persons. His parents were dead, but he was helped by his relatives and the prestige of a name that for a century had figured in the archives of the nation. Consul at the age of twenty-five, he was about to set sail with the illusions of a student who goes out into the world for the first time, feeling that all previous trips have been insignificant.
Gibraltar, incongruous and exotic, a mixture of races and languages, was to him the first sign of the far-off world in quest of which he was journeying. He doubted, in his first surprise, if this rocky land jutting into the open sea and under a foreign flag, could be a part of his native peninsula. When he gazed out from the sides of the cliff across the vast blue bay with its rose-colored mountains dotted by the bright settlements of La Linea, San Roque and Algeciras,--the cheery whiteness of Andalusian towns,--he felt convinced that he was still in Spain. But great difference distinguished the human groups camped upon the edge of this horseshoe of earth that embraced the bay. From the headland of Tarifa to the gates of Gibraltar, a monotonous unity of race; the happy warbling of the Andalusian dialect; the broad-brimmed hat; the _mantilla_ about the women's bosoms and the glistening hair adorned with flowers. On the huge mountain topped by the British flag and enclosing the oriental part of the bay, a seething cauldron of races, a confusion of tongues, a carnival of costume: Hindus, Mussulmen, English, Hebrews, Spanish smugglers, soldiers in red coats, sailors from every nation, living within the narrow limits of the fortifications, subjected to military discipline, beholding the gates of the cosmopolitan sheepfold open with the signal at sunrise and close at the booming of the sunset gun. And as the frame of this picture, vibrant with its mingling of color and movement, a range of peaks, the highlands of Africa, the Moroccan mountains, stretched across the distant horizon, on the opposite shore of the strait; here is the most crowded of the great marine boulevards, over whose blue highway travel incessantly the heavily laden ships of all nationalities and of all flags; black transatlantic steamers that plow the main in search of the seaports of the poetical Orient, or cut through the Suez Canal and are lost in the isle-dotted immensities of the Pacific.


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Coface Romania Study: Insolvencies in Romania decreased by 22% in 2019 compared to previous year, reaching its lowest level over the last decade
Corporate news, Corporate news, Country risk and economic studies
The majority of insolvencies were registered in the wholesale and distribution sector followed by the constructions and retail sectors
The most recent Coface Romania study shows that in 2019 there were 6,384 insolvent companies, -22% less compared to the level registered in the previous year. The data also indicate a gradual decrease of insolvent companies with revenues over EUR 0.5 million (medium and large companies). The latter reached 444 companies during 2019, below the average of 550 over the last three years. This evolution was also reflected in the decrease of financial losses of only RON 4.6 billion in 2019, half of the average for the last three years.
The active business environment situation in Romania
Coface analysis also reveals a number of vulnerabilities that put pressure on the Romanian companies. The amounts refused to pay with debit instruments during the year 2019 amounted to RON 3.2 billion in total, with 67% increase from the previous year, respectively RON 1.9 billion. The number of companies that interrupted their activity in 2019 increased to almost 160,000, the maximum of the last decade. At the same time, the number of SRL companies newly registered last year remained relatively close to 90,000. In other words, for each new company established in 2019, there were almost 1.8 companies that interrupted their activity, compared to the OUT: IN ratio of 1.6 in 2018.
In comparison to the regional evolutions, active companies in Romania are characterized by an average lifespan of only 10 years, the lowest in the EU. Also, the number of companies that ended their activity is constantly above the ones newly established. Last but not least, the local business environment is characterized by a high degree of concentration amongst the big companies, the first 1,000 companies concentrating half of all the revenues from the entire business environment, respectively 500,000 companies.
"The active business environment in Romania faced a series of contradictory evolutions last year. On one hand, the insolvencies were at the minimum of the last decade in 2019, which could indicate a positive evolution of the business environment, especially amongst medium and large companies. On the other hand, the fact that we have reached the maximum of the last decade in business interruptions, while the number of newly registered SRL companies remained relatively constant, shows us that this dynamic is determined by an entrepreneurial spirit that continues to seek viable and solid solutions for development. Creating a predictable and sustainable framework is essential for maintaining a favorable environment for the development of entrepreneurship and companies in Romania. In this regard, Coface will continue to advocate and be involved in increasing the level of understanding on the essential factors for healthy business and will continue to come up with entrepreneurial education initiatives, in our area of expertise - credit risk management", stated Eugen Anicescu, Country Manager, Coface Romania.
Sectorial and regional distribution of insolvencies
Most insolvencies opened in 2019 were registered in the wholesale and distribution sector (1,037), followed by constructions (936) and retail (899). Analyzing the evolution of the cases of insolvency over the last 5 years, there is a tendency to consolidate the degree of concentration of volumes in the first 3, respectively 5 sectors. The territorial distribution of insolvency cases in 2019 did not undergo significant changes compared to the situation in the previous year. Thus, despite the decrease of -26%, Bucharest ranked first in terms of the insolvencies number, followed by the regions N/V and S. The largest decreases in the number of insolvent companies were registered in the N/E area (-35%), S/E (-27%) and Bucharest (-26%).
Business environment - main challenges
Compared to what is happening in the region, the companies active in Romania are very young. Thus, 55% of the companies active today in Romania were established after 2010, while only 15% started their activity before 2000. Only 15% of the companies active today have been in business for over two decades, concentrating almost 40% of revenues, half of assets and one third of employees.
The data show that almost 1.4 million companies have interrupted their activity after 2010, while the total of the newly registered companies is only half that level. Also, at the end of 2019, Romania registered only 25 companies per 1,000 inhabitants, twice below the ECE (Central and Eastern Europe) average, as well as three times more insolvencies in relation to the number of companies.
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#ifndef _ASMLANGUAGE

#include <zephyr/drivers/timer/arm_arch_timer.h>
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static ALWAYS_INLINE void arm_arch_timer_set_compare(uint64_t val)
{
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Q: Sagemaker: MemoryError: Unable to allocate ___for an array with shape ___ and data type float64 I am running a notebook in sagemaker and it seems like one of the arrays produced after vectorizing text is causing issues.
Reading other answers it seems like it is an issue with overcommit. And one of the solutions proposed is to set it to always overcommit with this:
$ echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory

Is there any documentation or do you have any suggestion on how to do the same thing in sagemaker?
Thank you very much.

A: Open a root shell by sudo -i and then run the echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory

A: Changing the default kernel in the SageMaker Notebook to conda_python3 resolved this issue for me.


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Theatre Review: 'The End of the Great War' by Chesapeake Choral Arts Society at Port Tobacco Players Theatre
Posted By: Kaylin Beachon: April 16, 2018
(The Chesapeake Choral Arts Society performing "The End of the Great War" at Port Tobacco Players, April 14-15, 2018. Photo courtesy of Jason Klonkowski.)
Port Tobacco Players Theatre is a beautiful theatre and the perfect place to put on this performance. The Chesapeake Choral Arts Society, boasting 54 voices and a 3 man band, really commanded the space and put on a show that captivated the audience. When first reading the title of the show "The End of the Great War", one might wonder whether the subject matter is grief-filled and heavy. There are moments of heaviness, especially as the show boasts a narration performed by Michael Santana, the head conductor of the choir, giving history to each of the songs and adding additional information as they travel through time on the wings of each note. However, coupled with the stories and history provided are beautiful renditions of many well-known songs from across the world.
"…a magnificent musical experience…"
The collection of music was vast in range and era but boasted many truly uplifting, humorous, and poignant performances. The talent held within this choral group is magnificent, and their voices blended brilliantly to create a sound I shall not soon forget. As they performed these old favorites, I found familiarity in more than I expected. Even if you haven't heard songs from the wars of world, you'll know at least a few of these. They have worked their way into cartoons, musicals, TV shows, and more, all without us even knowing. As Santana walks you through the history of these songs, and the events that surrounded their creation, you will learn so much about the experiences that shaped music into what we know today.
The stage is set with risers and red cushioned chairs going up towards the top of the theatre. In the center of the stage, suspended over the chairs, hangs a white screen. Almost directly below is a piano, centering this simple set upon the point of the performance; music. As the choir took to the stage, their choice of clothing communicated the elegance of their performance, and they simply oozed energy. The intent with which they watched their conductors was fierce, and you could tell that they truly enjoyed every moment of their performance. Using the white screen, they projected images to capture the original record covers and scores of each song, along with giving some historical images to set the scene of each song. Some of the choir participants also shared stories of family who served in the war, adding to the hilarity of some of the music and the somberness of the historical context to truly capture the range of emotions one may feel during a war.
Each of the soloists/groups who performed a song simply nailed their rendition. They brought a new sound or talent to their performance that left me in awe. Some even sang in multiple languages or changed their voices to capture an accent or sound of the original song's singer. My personal favorite was the whistler; yes, they had a whistler who performed an entire song! If you've never heard of a whistler, it is a person who whistles, and this one is a gem! Of course, this magnificent choir is accompanied by an equally wonderful pianist, drummer, and guitarist. My highest congratulations to this three-man band that not only kept this choir on beat, even during the oddly syncopated and opposing parts of some songs, but also maintained a high standard for excellence in their own performance. They certainly added just the right amount of musical accompaniment to this concert!
I cannot give enough praise to this group; they created such a brilliant musical experience! I definitely recommend attending their next show to any music lover in the area. This choir contains so many wonderful, talented people with a passion for musical excellence and education. Truly, "The End of the Great War", performed by the Chesapeake Choral Arts Society at the Port Tobacco Players Theatre, is a magnificent musical experience that you will not want to miss!
Advisory: There are some adult themes mentioned in the history of music shared during the performance. Best suited for middle school and up, although younger children will enjoy the music!
Running Time: Approximately 2 hours with no intermission.
"The End of the Great War" will be performed by the Chesapeake Choral Arts Society at Port Tobacco Players Theatre in La Plata, MD April 14th-15th, 2018. For more information, or to purchase tickets, please see here.
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Q: JQuery: Run animations on the element's contents I have a div that has some padding, border, and style applied to it. Inside the div I have just some plain text. Something like this:

    The text I would like to animate

Normally to animate the contents I would do something like this:
$('#test > *').hide(1000);
But apparently the > * only selects child elements, and not non-elements (text for example)
So my current work around is:

    The text I would like to animate

Making a span that is not really needed.

A: use .contents()
$('#test').contents().hide(1000);

EDIT:
The reason this solution is not working is because the "contents" of the parent div element are text nodes, not DOM nodes(span,div,p,etc...).  Therefore, they do not have the css property "display" and other DOM related properties that the .hide() and .show() function work with.
As I pointed out in the comments, it is generally a good idea anyway to wrap text content in in-line DOM element, regardless of your need to manipulate them.

A: Ok, thought I'd take another stab at this...
    $('#test').wrapInner('').contents().hide(1000);

while in all reality does dynamically wrap the contents in a span tag, it prevents you from having to place the span tag in your markup.  Which I believe accomplishes your goal


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Aimee Lovitz consulted with Wild Thyme owner Allison Davis to create a menu sourced with fresh, local ingredients.
The Jax is at 101 West Short Street, at North Limestone, in the space briefly occupied by Rosetta and before that Mia's and Anna Belle's. Hours are 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday. Call (859) 721-2339.
OPENINGS AND CHANGES
■ Graeter's Ice Cream opened its second Lexington location — at 1925 Justice Drive in Hamburg, beside Malone's restaurant — this week. The store, which serves the Cincinnati company's famous French pot ice cream, sorbet and more, is operated by franchisees Jim and Jay Tedesco. They manage several Graeter's stores in Louisville and southern Indiana, and relaunched Graeter's in Lexington last year with a store at 836 Euclid Avenue. The chain had been absent from the city since 2010, when eight stores in Central and Northern Kentucky closed because of problems with the previous franchisee.
Hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon to 10 p.m. Sunday.
■ Gold Star Chili, 350 Foreman Avenue, off South Broadway, has reopened and offers an expanded menu that includes gourmet burgers and chicken sandwiches. The store will celebrate its reopening with Customer Appreciation Day on June 5, offering Gold Star Chili's signature three-way chili for $3. Call (859) 317-9240. Go to Goldstarchili.com.
■ Construction workers are at Parkette Drive-In, but they're not there for the Poor Boys. The crew is building a cover for the back patio and installing six garage doors around it. "The décor is going to be a retro '50s garage," co- owner Randy Kaplan said. "With the addition, we'll add more than 90 seats." The remodeling is expected to be complete by the end of June. Parkette is at 1230 East New Circle Road. Call (859) 254-8723 or go to Theparkette.com.
■ Fresh asparagus from Greenwood Farm in Versailles is on the menu at Ramsey's Diners. Locations are 496 East High Street, 4053 Tates Creek Centre, 3090 Helmsdale Drive and 4391 Harrodsburg Road. Go to Ramseysdiners.com.
■ It's not too late to pick up tickets for the Taste of the Bluegrass, 7 p.m. Friday at Keeneland's Keene Barn and Entertainment Center, 4201 Versailles Road. Tickets, $75, are available at Kroger and Central Bank locations. Local restaurants and beverage distributors show off their best dishes and drinks at the annual event, which benefits God's Pantry Food Bank and the Bluegrass Chapter of the Kentucky Restaurant Association. Go to Godspantryfoodbank.org.
■ The seventh annual Kentucky Ale Brew-Off will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Alltech's Lexington Brewing and Distilling Co., 401 Cross Street. Home brewers will be brewing on site as part of Lexington Craft Beer Week. The winning beer will be scaled up to a single, commercial-size batch by Alltech and sold on tap locally. The winner also will have his or her batch entered into the 2013 Pro-Am Competition at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver in October.
■ Chef Chris Eliopoulos is preparing an Ionian menu for Saturday's monthly Greek dinner at Panagia Pantovasilissa Greek Orthodox Church, 920 Tates Creek Road. The dinner, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., features a choice of chicken in orange glaze, tilapia in spinach, or pork loin. The cost is $12. Call (859) 266-1921 or go to Greekdinner.com.
■ Staxx BBQ, 11 Carson Place, Frankfort, is celebrating its second anniversary Friday. Guests may buy any sandwich combo and receive a sandwich combo free from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; buy a pound of pork and receive a pound of pork free from 2 to 5 p.m.; and buy two racks of ribs and receive a rack of ribs free from 5 to 9 p.m. Call (502) 352-2515 or go to Staxxbbq.com.
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■ Bluegrass Farmers' Market will have spring greens, asparagus, lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, baked goods, jams, herb seasoning, beer cheese, lamb, goat, veal, beef, pork, eggs, soaps and veggie plants on Saturday. The market is at 3450 Richmond Road, in the parking lot of Pedal the Planet and Fast Signs. Hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Go to Bluegrassfarmersmarket.org.
■ The farmers market at Azur Restaurant in Beaumont Centre is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Call (859) 296-1007 or go to Azurrestaurant.com.
■ Lexington Farmers Market vendors will have lettuce, spinach, asparagus, arugula, kale, collards, sweet potatoes, and green garlic. For locations, go to Lexingtonfarmersmarket.com.
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