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Google Please Bring Back Custom Labels for Map Locations.
There doesn't appear to be any way to add custom location labels to the current incarnation of Google Maps (Android and Desktop) and it is driving me nuts. It is not just that I miss being able to give saved locations friendly names like "Uncle John's place" or "My Golf Club". It is also that there are loads of places which the current version of maps doesn't seem to be able to provide any address for at all. These include the tennis club I bring my daughter to and the headquarters of a major company that I visited this morning. Not only does Google not know where these places are. It has no mechanism of addressing them because they do not appear on a standard road with a standard building number. I live in a major city in which Google employs several thousand people and this is still an issue here. I can only imagine it is a complete deal breaker for those living in rural locations where every address is something like "The cottage beside Murphy's farm in Hackett's Town".
It is possible to drop a pin on an arbitrary location and save it but you cannot put labels on saved pins which makes them effectively useless. Good luck trying to sort through your saved locations when all you have to go on is a list of 32 digit grid references.
Bizarrely these locations appear in my Google Chrome bookmarks and it is possible to put a label on them in Chrome. That label doesn't appear to transfer across to Google maps though so it is a kludgey work around at best.
The most annoying thing about all of this is that Google Maps used to allow you store your own places. I am sure that Google had their own inscrutable reasons for removing this feature. It might be something to do with their grand plan to move everyone towards Google+ but even though I have completely immersed myself in the Google eco-system I cannot find a way to restore this basic functionality.
This annoys me so much that I have started to look for an alternative mapping solution, hopefully still a free one. There are several out there although some of them seem to be no more than crude overlays on top of Google maps. The best of the bunch seems to be Open Street Map which has desktop and Mobile incarnations. It does have the slightly unfinished "hacker" feel of many open source projects but the navigation tool works very well and their map database seems very complete. I have to spend a bit longer with it to decide whether the added flexibility makes up for the lack of polish.
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'We Are Now Starting A Nuclear Arms Race': Ben Carson Slams Iran Deal
In an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press," Republican presidential candidate and neurosurgeon Ben Carson called the Iran nuclear deal "the worst deal in the history of America."
Carson said during the interview the deal didn't have any accountability, verification or enforcement.
"We don't have any of those things in any reasonable way here," he said. "We've not stopped anything, except we are now starting a nuclear arms race in the region. It is perhaps the worst deal in the history of America."
Carson voiced similar sentiments during a recent campaign stop at the Des Moines Farmers Market in Iowa. There, he said President Barack Obama didn't push hard enough during negotiations.
"Unless we can have full access, 24/7, anytime, any day, there's nothing to negotiate," he said.
According to a recent poll, Ben Carson is tied with Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida for fourth place in the 2016 GOP presidential nomination race. Donald Trump, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker are all ahead of him, The Washington Times reported.
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Benefits of Hiring a Charlotte Charter Transportation service.
Are you planning a special trip to Charlotte? Do you need reliable and cost-effective transportation? Charlotte charter transportation service is the ideal way to go. Most people who consider a train or a taxi for their transportation fail to realize the great benefits of using charter transportation.
Nowadays, if you're planning to travel in groups to a common destination, hiring a charter bus is the best option. Affordable Towncar Service can provide charter buses of different sizes to accommodate the people traveling.
Whether you're planning a retreat for your employees, or you've a class of students, a charter bus will suit your needs. Charlotte Charter Transportation is ideal for handling a large group of travelers, especially when you are in an unfamiliar place.
Even if you are traveling to a secluded wedding location or a city zoo, you will require a charter bus to keep your group in one convenient location. Without further ado, let's look at six benefits of hiring Charlotte charter transportation service.
Coordinating everyone's schedule and where everyone is driving to or from can be extremely difficult when you've a large group of people. If people are going are going to an unfamiliar location or city, and you add trying to ensure they've proper directions, then you're likely to frustrate everyone.
With a charter bus, the group gathers in one place and travels worry-free to their destination. There will be no frustration, hassle, or getting lost.
It can be challenging to entertain a group sitting on a bus, possibly for hours. Affordable Towncar Service has the best drivers and tour guides, and therefore, you don't have to worry about bored passengers.
Our drivers and tour guides will always make things fresh and exciting. They will find new fantastic and engaging things, not only for the passengers but for themselves, as well.
People often look at the size of the bus and think that Charlotte Charter Transportation service will cost them a lot. That stops them from hiring a charter bus. This could not be farther from the truth.
That is how most people get it wrong. Charter buses have affordable, varied packages for all groups of people. It is even more affordable if the people traveling share the transportation fee. Therefore, you should not worry about the costs. You will always get value for your money with our market appropriate prices.
Nowadays, there's a lot of talk on climate change and carbon emissions. Carpooling saves a lot of fuel and minimizes carbon emissions. So, it is the best way to go. For example, people can just hire a charter bus to the wedding instead of everyone driving his or her car. It'll reduce their gas bill, air pollution, and traffic.
Our skilled and experienced charter bus drivers know their way in Charlotte city. You're guaranteed that you will be in safe hands. Charter buses are intimidating to any thief or crook attempting to mug someone. They're the safest and convenient modes of transportation.
Cases of someone trying to mug a bus are very rare or even none at all. Furthermore, it is easy to get a parking space for a bus. Our drivers always test run the bus to ensure that they're functioning in its best condition.
Affordable Towncar Service will never compromise on the safety of its clients. Therefore, sit back, relax and enjoy the ride!
A significant strain can develop on the mind and the body when one is traveling. With our comfortable charter bus, you will recline, relax and learn about the little-known, fun facts about your destination while traveling.
We provide many amenities, such as DVD and CD players, footrests, improved viewing and many more. Your group will love the charter bus so much; they will not want to go home!
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If you have sensitive skin, you know just how important it is to find skin care products and cosmetics that do not cause irritation. Even some of the gentlest cosmetics can cause breakouts or rashes for sensitive skin. For many men and women with sensitive skin, finding the best cosmetics is simply a case of trial and error, which can end up being quite costly. Below are a few suggestions that will help you find the best cosmetics for your sensitive skin.
One of the most important things to remember when you have sensitive skin is to choose powder cosmetics whenever possible. Powder cosmetics are great for reducing and removing shine from your face, but are also ideal for sensitive skin. This is because most powder cosmetics have very little in the way of preservatives, additives, and harsh chemicals to maintain liquidity. Because of their minimal ingredients, powder cosmetics are less likely to cause any type of irritation. However, if you simply cannot make it work with powder cosmetics and need a liquid foundation, think about one that has a silicone base. Liquid cosmetics with a silicone base usually do not cause irritation or acne.
If you use eyeliner and eyebrow cosmetics, it is best to use pencil products if you have sensitive skin. Pencil eyeliners and eyebrow fillers are made with a wax base with very little pigment and even fewer preservatives. Liquid eyeliners and eyebrow fillers actually contain latex, which can cause skin irritations and allergic reactions in many people. Liquid eyeliners are also sometimes more difficult to remove whereas pencil products can be removed easily with water.
People with sensitive skin should steer clear of waterproof cosmetics. One very common waterproof cosmetic is mascara. While waterproof mascara is great for a teary day, solvents are required to remove it. The solvents required to remove waterproof cosmetics also remove sebum, which is the oily substance secreted by the sebaceous gland in the skin. Sebum acts as an oily barrier that protects the skin, without it, breakouts and irritations can occur.
Many dermatologists recommend that people with sensitive skin use only black colored eyeliners and mascaras. Cosmetics made with black coloring only are less allergenic than colored mascaras and eyeliners. Black cosmetics are also great to really bring out a person's eye and make them pop against the skin with a dramatic appeal. Also, for eye shadows, neutral earth tones contain the least irritants. Because these shades contain fewer pigments, they may very well cause less irritation.
All cosmetics should contain sunscreen, however if you have sensitive skin you need to take a good look at the ingredient label. Make sure that your cosmetics contain only titanium oxide or zinc oxide. These are physical sun block agents which deflect sun rays rather than absorb them. When your cosmetics have only the physical sun blocks that means they have fewer ingredients translating to less irritation.
Another thing to avoid if you have sensitive skin is nail polish. While getting a manicure in and of itself is not going to cause skin irritation, the drying process is the problem. As the nail polish dries it can be inadvertently transferred to the skin causing an allergic reaction. While those with sensitive skin should not be punished by not being able to paint their nails, simply just be sure to keep your hands away from your face as the nails dry.
Just as you would with any food product, when in doubt, throw it out. However, it is important to remember that cosmetics can pass their peak. Expired cosmetics can cause skin irritation and breakouts. They can also cause allergic reactions as chemicals in make-up age. Making sure that you throw away old cosmetics is especially true for eye make-up. Typically, the average lifespan of lipstick and foundation is one year, mascara for about four months, and powders and shadows can last up to two years. Stick to these guidelines to avoid unnecessary irritation and breakouts to your skin.
If you have sensitive skin, it is also important to keep your cosmetic tools clean. This means cleaning your make-up brushes and sponges on a regular basis. Dirty cosmetic tools can harbor germs, dirt, bacteria and irritants causing problems for sensitive skin. Cleaning your tools is not as hard as you think. Simply use a gentle soap and warm water to scrub then allow your brushes to dry naturally.
Finally, with sensitive skin be sure to use a gentle facial cleanser and moisturizer. This is an easy way to keep your skin healthy and glowing all year. Always look for skin care for sensitive skin and keep in mind that the fewer chemicals the better. Remember be sure to wash your face every morning and before going to bed to prevent breakouts and irritations.
Suzanne Bradley is a freelance writer who writes about fashion and beauty, often focusing on specific products such as cosmetics.
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Trevor Chamberlain on Watercolour
By John Toft
'Painting is all about loving something', writes Trevor Chamberlain, 'a place, an atmosphere, a mood. That first vital impulse to paint, what Bonnard called 'the first seduction', is the most important thing. For me, the first seduction is always light and atmosphere – in fact it is almost an obsession.'
The title of his book, Trevor Chamberlain: a Personal View, Light and Atmosphere in Watercolour, reflects this obsession. It's not a howto book - you won't find photos showing step-by-step how he goes about a painting. What Chamberlain does do, however, is pass on the important insights about watercolour that he has gained in fifty-odd years of painting.
He wasn't born a master of the medium. Chamberlain blushingly reproduces his first attempt at watercolour, painted when he was twelve, which he kept for sentimental reasons. 'As you can see', he remarks, 'I had a lot to learn at that stage about painting light!' He found oils easier to master and they gradually took over. Though he wasn't painting in watercolour, he retained a love and appreciation of the medium. His watercolour heroes were Jack Merriott (1901-1968) and George Ayling (1887-1960): 'They were both traditional watercolourists and used the medium in a very fluid, wet way – something I would have wished to achieve in my own watercolour paintings.'
In his thirties, Chamberlain was able to give up his job as an architectural draughtsman and realise his dream of making a living as a painter, but it was not until he was in his early forties that he finally made the decision to get to grips with painting in watercolour. More than any other medium, he says, watercolour requires practice and dedication - you must really work at it. It took him about a year, in which virtually every painting he attempted was a watercolour, to complete his apprenticeship. During this time, he studied and analysed the works of his favourite watercolourists, something he urges any serious student of painting to do.
In a chapter on methods and materials, Chamberlain describes his method of painting as follows: 'I am primarily a plein-air painter in both oils and watercolour, and my style of handling watercolour is loose and fluid, using what the late Jack Merriott called the 'controlled wash' method. Broadly speaking, this involves establishing the overall tonality and atmosphere of a scene before working up to the details. Much of the picture is completed in a single wash, with the addition of only one or two additional washes to define forms such as trees and buildings. The result is an appearance of cleanliness, translucency and spontaneity. Merriott was a master of this technique and I find it entirely suitable for my purposes in creating atmospheric, predominantly softedged paintings'.
He emphasises that the artist's personal vision is more important than technique: 'In the end, no amount of equipment or methodology can turn you into an artist. Preoccupation with techniques and materials is really only a protection against inability to see. There is no substitute for actually painting and gaining experience of using watercolour. That and finding your own way and discovering your own signature so that you don't end up emulating somebody else. Whilst other painters may be admired, and even inspire you, you must discover your own way of working'.
The book also has chapters on painting the subjects that inspire him: landscapes, marine and coastal scenes, townscapes, figures and indoor subjects. Each chapter is lavishly illustrated with examples of Chamberlain's work. Many of these have extensive captions giving the story behind the painting: what attracted him to the subject, the effect he was trying to capture, discussion of the composition and how the
painting was executed. There's a lot to be learned from reading the captions as well as from a close study of the paintings. Chamberlain is a confirmed plein air painter: 'For me, convincing landscape paintings can only be achieved by working directly from nature on site. Painting isn't just about recording a scene, it's also about
expressing one's emotional response to the subject and conveying something of that emotion to the viewer. To do that with conviction we need to be there, experiencing the subject at first hand.' He confesses that after fifty-odd years as a painter it still takes great courage for him to paint or draw in a public place and he continues to find dealing with inquisitive onlookers a trial. The majority of the paintings he produces on location are small - 7 x 10 inches is a favourite size.
Light and Atmosphere in Watercolour is not a how-to book. Rather, Chamberlain, one of the modern-day masters of the medium, talks about his life as an artist and his approach to watercolour painting in an interesting and highly informative manner. As the sub-title indicates, it's a personal view, and this strong personal element is what makes the book so engaging. It's one of my favourite books on watercolour.
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Tasks to do for the player – The game of Hustle Castle takes us back in the medieval time of the kings and queens. That's why the game does not need any introduction itself. The player of the game is the king and lord or whatever you like to say. The will of the player is the role and regulation of the game. Game of Hustle Castle can be started by building the Castle and palace of king.
Here player needs to update the Castle time to time with the advancement of time and game. Player can also keep army, soldiers and train them and send them for battle against the enemies and nearby kingdoms. To crush the other kings, player of Hustle Castle can take help of Hustle Castle Cheats especially designed for the player who is new to it.
The game king or lord can do many things as per the will and wish. Such as holding and building castle and palace. Having troops or soldiers can defend player's kingdom. Soldiers can also go for battle for the player to defeat other kings and occupy their area. King of Hustle Castle can also enlarge his kingdom by merging other kingdoms.
Building rooms and upgrading – player of the game can build new rooms and upgrade them with new material and decorate them as well.
Arrange missions – the player of hustle Castle can also arrange many missions and complete them. And can defeat orcs, skeletons, giants and dragons in the missions.
Develop citizens – player has to develop cities and citizens. When people learn new skills and talents player gets game currency.
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People easily have to ensure that they are using the best device for playing Merge Dragons properly easily and smoothly. There are many more things present related to the game which players need to learn to go far in the game quickly. The more and more players learn everything about Merge Dragons, the easier it becomes for them to survive in it for long.
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Are you fond of gaming? If yes then you are in the right place because we will talk about games. Today varieties of games are available, but the most glorious game is Marvel Contest of Champions. The game comes with epic graphics and sound. The player can easily attract with the Marvel theme of the game and want to part of well-known heroes. Fight and get a high ranking in the game, and you can achieve the biggest battle title.
The gameplay of the game depends on various elements of the game. The game is designed with many deadly locations, and some of them are the legendary location of marvel comics. Challenges and tasks are the prime part of the game, and you need to finish most of them for leveling up in the game.
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The game allows us to play in the multiplayer mode. The player can easily connect with it by login with a social media account. We can invite many friends to play together and in which we can also chat with friends. Along with such features, the quality sound is also impacted high on the player.
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You can download and play on different screens of smart phones and right now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. To meet with the goal or targets given to you by each challenge, you should try PVE mode if you are new player. After playing it for particular time period you can master over it. PVP mode is available for the veterans.
GP is the main and currency of the game. By spending it you can pass the hard levels.
My Club Coins is the secondary currency. This is used for both skill development of the player and get some or the other benefits.
Energy Points is the new added feature which is hard to find in old versions of the game. It has a top corner energy meter. Time to time while playing, you can have a look and keep it full because without it player cannot put his or her best efforts in the game.
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There are basically three main aspects, and the players should pay proper attention to such aspects. The first aspect is attacking, which damages towards the other players. There are different kinds of attacks, and the players should learn about them for playing well.
Now if talk about the defense then this is the act, which helps to block the damage. For this, we can jump over the attacks or also click on the block button. On the other hand, the players should also pay attention to pushing, which includes blocked attacks with another attack.
Koins, souls, and alliance points are the main currencies, which can be attained by several different methods. Players can collect the resources by playing the game. This will also help them in improving the performance. We can also use the real money for getting the currency. However, if you don't want to use money, then Mortal Kombat X hack will be the good option. This is free of cost and provides the currency on the huge level.
If you have the zero lag, then the online mode is a perfect choice. By this, we can get the huge help in training. By playing the single player game is known as the best method of knowing properly about the character. On the other hand, playing with the great MKX player is considered a great way to train.
At last, Mortal Kombat X is an interesting game and also the best way to pass the free time. So, if you are getting bored and there is nothing to do then play this fighting game.
How to get the fame in MovieStarPlanet?
Today mobile games are very trending, and everyone is spending time with games. People are playing a game for fun and set the mindset for archiving all things. Several kinds of Role-playing games are very famous, but the best one is MovieStarPlanet. It has a fabulous game content, and anybody can easily attract on it. Everyone has a fantasy of living the lifestyle of a movie star, so the game gives this opportunity.
There are many superstars with some different movie stories, and you will also become famous in the game. Get fame is the challenging task for the game and it makes it more interesting. You need to open many of locked elements in the game by Moviestarplanet Hack.
Every aspect of the game gives some process and start a beautiful journey of getting fame. Now we will talk about some points for gaining the popularity in moviestarplanet.
Before going to famous, you have to learn some tricks for getting a quick response. Watch other stars movies and takes autographs. It gives you some resources, and you will quickly sell some items in the game. Take some photo shoots with movie stars and give beautiful greetings. The game has a fame wheel, and you can spin it by investing some diamond currency. It is an effortless way level up in the game.
The game has different aspects, and you have to understand all aspects one by one. In which you will play in RPG mode, and you can also play a role of hero. Designer clothes are very demanding in the game so you can also select the task of clothing. We can also sell some designer outfits at a high price and get a large amount of currency.
Different types of currencies are used in the game, and we can also use them for getting fame. Many of ways are available in the game for spending currency. Before it, you need enough amounts of currency and get free currency by Moviestarplanet Hack.
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Most of the players are facing issues due to lack of currencies in the game. If you are also one of them, then it is important to remember some tips and tricks. First of all, you should check out the type of currencies available in the game. You can read out the beneficial details related to the various currencies of the game in the further post. You can also check out the different methods to earn currencies and also the way how to spend them. Always consider some tips and Mobile Legends Cheats while spending currencies in the game to reduce the various complications.
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Coins – Coins is also the primary currency of the game that you can earn by taking part in the battles. Try to play more and more battles and then it will help you to earn loads of coins. By defeating the enemies in the game, players can earn coins. With the help of spending this currency, you can purchase the various in-game items from the game store.
Tickets – Try to earn or collect more and more tickets by playing the game. If you don't know about the importance of tickets, then you need to understand it. It is one of the essential in-game resources which you can get by taking part in the jigsaw contest. By using the tickets, one can also buy some special items from the game store.
In addition to this, there are two more currencies available that are known as diamonds and battle points. By earning enough currencies, players can easily fulfill their different requirements and also able to buy the desired in-game items.
Moreover, there are many in-game resources that also have great importance in the game. With the help of collecting these resources, you can get a better position in the game.
The mobile game is comprised of various types of technical parts. Some of the technical users know everything about this, but some have no idea about so they may be lagging. This is also very important to understand because this barely helps you for increasing your performance in the game. Now we talk about Mobile legends because this game also has very advanced technical features, that allows you to play better and you can start anywhere anytime. Mobile Legends is all possible by the excellent technical features.
So now I show some technical features.
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Mobile Legends is multiplayer, and you can play with your friends. In which you build your team with 5 player and your enemies also with 5 players. Mobile Legends has own online server so you not face any technical issue during play. If any problem you face then Mobile legends technical team always help you.
Mobile Legends is very effective sound and visual graphics. You can see the detailing of any heroes in this game. By its 3D graphic, you feel your heroes are floating on your mobile screen. Some ancient colors of the game make it very beautiful and classic. Another best part is sound quality, and you should wear headphone during the play because the sound of fighting is awesome. Mobile Legends is built with HD resolution that shows clear and sharp picture quality.
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Today games popularity depends on visual graphics of any game. 3D graphics enhance the game experience. In Disney magic kingdoms you will see the detailing of any objects. You feel these characters are moving on your mobile screen. 3D graphic depends on the game theme also, if you play colorful game theme, this will be the bright color theme. 3d graphics with the high aspect ratio of resolutions make the game very impressive, and you do not control your hand to play.
Social sites are used by the entire game user. When you start Disney magic kingdoms you will see two options blinking on it, first is play as a new user and second is log in with your social account. If you want to share your achievements you can log in with social media account. When you complete any task on the game, it will take your permission to post it. Without your permission game do not post on social sites. You will get some the latest news and some rewards point by social sites. If you log in with Facebook, then some of your online friends are able to join you.
Before you start the play, you have to know how to play the game. Game developers provide you that additional knowledge on your mobile screen. When you start your game, some menu pops up on screen, and it shows you how to play and navigate your characters in the game.
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Are you getting bored in your free time? Have you been searching for a game to play in the free time? Do you want a superlative enjoyment? If you want answers to all these issues, then you have reached the right place. In this article, we are going to tell you some interesting things about the best game in the market Mortal Kombat X.
If you are thinking of playing a game in your free time, then you can consider playing Mortal Kombat X. there are numerous things in the game which makes it a full package. So if you want to have the paramount enjoyment, then you can play it. Playing the game requires a few things to avoid all the issues. So if you also want to play like a pro, then you need to follow the following points to get some assistance.
There are many things in the game the sure needs in a specific amount. One of them is the energy. As you know, there are many different-different premium currencies in the game. These currencies are basically used to unlock numerous things in the game to play.
But if you want to use it in the finest way, then you need to use it to buy more lives when you are low on it. The reason behind this is it will help you to know more about the game. Along with Mortal Kombat X Hack , you can easily gain more currency faster than usual.
As you know, there are various small-small things in the game which makes it loving and addictive. One of these things is passive abilities. There are numerous of them available in every character in the game. So if you are playing the game, then you need to know all of them.
The reason behind this is it will help the user in finalizing the team and organizing it according to the requirements of the match. Not only this, make sure that the skills you have chosen complement each other to get the excellent results.
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Fire destroys Robertson County home while family is away
By Andy Humbles;
The Tennessean;
A log home in Robertson County was destroyed by fire Christmas Day while the family who lived there was not at home.
Crews were called to the home at 4159 Turnersville Road around 6 p.m. with flames already shooting through the roof and the second floor partially collapsed, said P.J. Duncan, chief of the Pleasant View Volunteer Fire Department.
The family was in Dickson County when the fire occurred, Duncan said. A few items in the basement were all that could be salvaged.
Two cats lived inside the home and haven't been found. There were no injuries reported among the firefighters.
The nearest fire hydrant was about four miles from the home, and crews had to shuttle water to the residence. The fire was out between 10 and 11 p.m.
The cause is under investigation, but there were several portable plug-in electrical heaters being used in the home, Duncan said.


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Deep Inside Hollywood
July 28, 2015 Romeo San Vicente
Ellen Page and Tig Notaro both have new films coming our way, along with a new lesbian tragedy!
Ellen Page: Lioness
While anxiously awaiting the October 2 release of Freeheld, we're getting excited about Ellen Page's next project, Lioness, which sounds like the kind of film we need a lot more of. In this indie war drama, Page portrays US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Leslie Martz, a real-life American soldier in Afghanistan, and leader of a Female Engagement Team. Her job involved working with Afghan women, providing them with skills that would allow them to become more independent, and to gain secret information about their husbands, most of whom were Taliban. Martz's story took place during the time of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," however, so her second battle, as a lesbian, was with the same military she proudly served. It also makes the story something of a period piece, even if the hairstyles don't have to change. The film was written by Rosalind Ross (the El Rey Network's action series Matador) with more casting to come. Until then, at ease!
Tig Notaro is Punching The Clown
Still don't know who Tig Notaro is? You will, and very soon. Tig, the documentary about the lesbian stand-up comic's year of cancer and heartbreak, a brutal rough patch that galvanized her career, brought her immense amount of media attention. The film made her, ironically enough, funnier and more successful than ever, and is already up and streaming on Netflix after premiering at Los Angeles's Outfest. Building on this buzz, she'll co-star in the indie feature Still Punching The Clown, from comic Henry Philips and co-writer/director Gregori Viens. Philips, whom you may know from Jimmy Kimmel Live, stars as a – what else? – stand-up comic struggling to make it. The film co-stars Sarah Silverman, Academy Award-winner J.K. Simmons, Mike Judge, Michaela Watkins and Clifton Collins Jr. Look for it to punch its way into arthouse theaters later this year.
Babadook director takes on lesbian tragedy
For her next project, Jennifer Kent, the filmmaker behind last year's critically acclaimed horror indie The Babadook, is taking on a different sort of horror: the destruction of 19th-century lesbians in Alice + Freda Forever. Based on the non-fiction book by Alexis Coe, Alice + Freda Forever concerns 19-year-old Alice Mitchell, a Tennessean who pretended to be a man in order to marry her 17-year-old girlfriend, Freda Ward. Separated by force after their love letters were discovered, Alice slashed Freda's throat with a razor, and was then committed to a mental hospital (for both the attack and for the "insanity" of lesbianism) where she died a few years later. The case became one of the tabloid tragedies of the era, and was responsible for cementing the idea of lesbians as violent, frustrated men in the culture. So… not exactly reflective of the current love-fest surrounding same-sex marriage, but in Kent's capable hands, it's going to make a fascinating film.
Somebody is still watching Project Runway. Is it you?
We have never given up on loving Project Runway. Sure, it hasn't produced a viable fashion professional since Christian Siriano – and that was so long ago people were still throwing the word "tranny" around on broadcast television and somehow getting away with it – but no matter, we love all the stitching and bitching and the way Tim Gunn has gone from most-valuable-sideman to Boss of Everybody. Heidi Klum, Zac Posen and Nina Garcia are back, of course, and the list of guest judges is, as usual, a mix of people whose opinions matter and those who have something to promote, even if it's only the urgent message that they still exist. They include Kiernan Shipka – who apparently transformed into an adult when we turned our head for a second – as well as Paula Patton, Bella Thorne, Tracee Ellis Ross, Ashley Tisdale, Coco Rocha, Ciara, designer Lisa Perry and Spice Girl Mel B, among others. The new season begins Aug. 6, and remember: don't bore Nina.
Romeo San Vicente's next challenge involves you making him a very stylish sandwich. He can be reached care of this publication or at DeepInsideHollywood@qsyndicate.com.
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Textbooks now; a career (and maybe some shoes) later
by Stephen Tait | Dec 20, 2017
Sitting in class at Henry Ford College in Dearborn, Dy'Ante Murphy opened a text book — filled with industrial and residential blue prints — and turned to a person next to him.
"This book cost more than any pair of shoes I've ever bought," he said with a laugh and shake of the head. "Two-hundred and thirty dollars right here. It's a lot of blue prints."
Ideally, though, those books will lead to a long, stable and financially-beneficial career in the energy industry.
In other words, many more pairs of shoes.
Murphy is part of the first cohort to attend Henry Ford College's Power and Trades Pathways, a stackable credential program that aims to put students on the path to a career in skilled trades, specifically in the energy industry.
In the program, the students spend the first two semesters learning basics, topics such as industrial safety, hand-tool use and how to read blueprints. From there, based on the interest of the students, they can choose one of six specific trades to pursue, including gas operations, electric operations, construction and substation operations.
The stackable credential program is focused on the foundational and technical skills within skilled trades so the student can transfer or earn multiple certifications — and allow the students to more easily pursue what the market demands.
The aim is that when the students complete the program, funded through Federal Student Aid and a grant from the Department of Labor called ApprenticeshipUSA, they will have all the credentials, certifications and testing needed to begin an apprenticeship in the energy industry.
Deborah Majeski, manager at DTE Energy's Center of Excellence who is helping to lead installment of the program, said there is a need for skilled workers throughout the state and at DTE, which prompted the creation of the program. For instance, she said, nearly half of DTE's current employees will be eligible to retire in the next five to 10 years.
"We know the key to a strong and vibrant Michigan is good jobs," she said. "And quality education is essential to a good job — they are part and parcel."
Michigan is home to nearly 100,000 energy-related jobs. And during the next six years, that number is expected to grow by more than 9 percent.
At Henry Ford College, the first cohort of the Power and Trades Pathways program, is made up of students from Cody High School in Detroit. Most of them entered the program after working at DTE for the summer in the company's new Summer Youth Program, which provides skilled trades experiences for the students.
New students will join as at least one new cohort of students start in 2018.
Vernor Jacobs, 19, of Detroit, is one of the 17 students enrolled now, and he's finding the program very beneficial. While undecided on what specialty he will pursue, Jacobs said the courses are changing his every day perspective.
"I'm learning things I never knew," he said. "There are new ideas and more knowledge."
For instance, he said that while walking around a building, he recognizes and appreciates things he would have ignored previously.
"I walk up to a wall and I can say, 'oh, this is such-and-such drywall,'" he said. "I can notice different cements and those sorts of things I didn't notice before."
Asia Harris, 18, said the program is teaching her new skills — and she's getting enjoyment from that process.
"I consider learning about things I don't know about very fun," she said. "I get to learn and develop my mind."
Harris, too, said she hasn't decided on what skilled trade she will pursue. But, like Jacobs, she said the courses she is taking are changing the way she looks at the world. For instance, she recently completed a unit in a course about industrial safety.
"After taking that class, I was noticing more errors and safety concerns," she said. "I'd see things and say, 'well, that isn't right.'"
For Majeski, the program is another important piece of the pipeline DTE is creating to develop and educate the next generation of employees for the energy industry. At the same time, she sees the program as something bigger than simply the company she works for.
"This goes beyond the walls of DTE Energy, both literally and figurately," she said. "This is part of our company's passionate focus to be a force of growth and a force for good in the communities where we live and serve.
"We see ourselves and the private sector as playing an essential role in pushing Michigan forward," she said. "And building a base of talented, skilled workers is important to carrying that momentum forward."


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Side Effects of Herbicides
By Tracii Hanes ; Updated December 05, 2018
Herbicides are used to kill weeds and other undesirable plants. There are many different types of herbicides, all of which can be dangerous to humans or the environment if used irresponsibly. Paraquat, atrazine and Agent Orange are among the most well-known herbicides, but there are many others. Herbicides may cause harm by acute poisoning or long-term, cumulative exposure, with side effects ranging from mild to deadly. Understanding the side effects of herbicides can help to prevent unnecessary harm if you are exposed to these substances.
Respiratory Damage
When inhaled, many herbicides can cause serious damage and irritation to the respiratory tract. The nose, throat, lungs and sinuses may be affected, causing either temporary symptoms or permanent structural damage. According to Medline Plus, paraquat—a toxic herbicide applied to illegal drug crops in the 1970s and 1980s—can cause nosebleeds, throat burns and acute respiratory distress syndrome. In severe cases, it may even burn holes in the esophagus or lead to pulmonary fibrosis, a permanent lung disease.
Severity of respiratory symptoms caused by paraquat depends largely on the length and amount of exposure. Swallowing paraquat, even in small amounts, often leads to death, according to Medline Plus.
While it can be difficult to determine the true cause of cancer in most cases, certain herbicides have been linked to an increased risk for cancer in humans. Agent Orange—a defoliant used in the Vietnam war—is among the most notorious herbicides in history, being implicated as a possible cause of birth defects, cancer and a host of other health problems.
A study by Sagar Shah and colleages featured in the March 6, 2009 edition of BJU International states that the dioxins contained in Agent Orange may increase the risk for developing a type of prostate cancer that is more virulent and harder to treat than many other forms of the disease.
Some herbicides may increase the risk for birth defects in unborn children. As with cancer, specific birth defects may be difficult to link to herbicides. According to the BBC News, babies exposed to Agent Orange in the womb are more than three times as likely to suffer from mental retardation, cleft palate and other birth defects, such as the presence of extra fingers or toes.
While most herbicides are not considered dangerous to animals, all pose a potential risk for causing adverse environmental effects. By changing the availability of nest sites and disrupting an animal's food source, herbicides may make it difficult for some species of birds, insects and other creatures to survive.
Endangerment and extinction of species are among the greatest risks of herbicide use, though they are usually associated with extensive use over a long time.
National Institutes of Health: Medline Plus: Paraquat poisoning
BBC News Health: Agent Orange blights Vietnam
Based in Las Vegas, Tracii Hanes is a freelance writer specializing in health and psychology with over seven years of professional experience. She got her start as a news reporter and has since focused exclusively on freelance writing, contributing to websites like Wellsphere, Education Portal and more. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in communication arts from Southwestern Oklahoma State University.
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Young community of sisters spreads beauty with 'Echos of Ephesus'
'Echos of Ephesus' CD cover
By Jack Smith
St. Joseph, Mo., Dec 15, 2008 / 06:15 am (CNA).-
A young, rapidly growing vibrant community has recently released a new CD in hopes of raising funds for a permanent Priory. The CD, which provides a "window" into the monastic comunity of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles, includes Latin, traditional and original compositions by the sisters.
The Benedictines of Mary, located in St. Joseph, Missouri "pray and sacrifice in order that priests become more holy." Additionally, they make sacred vestments and when their Priory is built, will have a permanent place for priests to make retreats.
There are 24 tracks on their CD including Latin, traditional and original compositions by the sisters. One track, "My Mercy," is an original composition by a Benedictine of Mary written for Bishop Robert Finn.
"I asked our musician to try to write a piece that His Excellency could easily learn by rote," Mother Therese told the Key, "something to help him pray when he is burdened by the crush of the day." It was written for Bishop Finn on the 28th Anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. It's both quite beautiful and "catchy."
The CD is for sale at their website for $20. It makes an excellent Christmas present and also helps this community, very close to Bishop Finn's heart, build a permanent home.
Printed with permission from the Catholic Key.
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Most of my breakfasts while I was doing the New Body Plan were based around eggs. They're packed with protein and other useful nutrients, they're quick and easy to cook and they're versatile, so you won't get bored. If you're making an omelette, do it with a couple of portions of veg such as mushrooms and onions. If you're scrambling or poaching, serve the eggs with veg, such as spinach or tomato, on the side. I'd usually eat mine with an extra side of fruit, such as a banana or a bowl of berries.
Bonus tip: Later on in the plan, when I was trying to maximise fat loss, I dropped the fruit to slightly reduce my calorie consumption but retain a high protein intake.
If I asked you to name a protein source that you might eat at breakfast, you'd probably say things like eggs, bacon, sausages and smoked salmon. You'd be less likely to say steak or white fish. The latter two options may be unconventional but, from a body composition point of view, they're just as valid as traditional breakfast foods. In fact they're probably superior to processed bangers and bacon. So, if you can get over the psychological hurdle of starting your day with a steak, go for it. The more breakfast options you have available to you, the less likely you are to get bored.
Bonus tip: If you're cooking a portion of meat or fish for breakfast, make an extra one at the same time that you can put in a salad for lunch.
If you're used to starting your day with a bowl of porridge and can't be bothered to try your hand at a cordon blue steak dish on a busy Wednesday morning, try adding a scoop of protein powder to your oats and hot milk. Just make the porridge, tip in the protein powder and give it a stir.
Bonus tip: If you're really struggling for time, having a protein shake (with either milk or water) will be better from a body composition point of view than grabbing a pastry.
If you know that you're not going to have time to make a proper breakfast then do yourself a favour and boil two or three eggs the night before and leave them in the fridge. That way you can grab them on your way out the door and you'll avoid the temptation to go for an almond croissant from the cafe down the road.
Bonus tip: Have a piece of fruit and a small bag of nuts on standby so you can get a healthy hit of all three macronutrient (protein, carb and fat) groups in one easy meal.
If you're a vegetarian, or you just don't fancy eating a meal with meat, put about 200g of natural yogurt in a bowl, sprinkle 25g of chia seeds over the top and add a handful of berries. That will give you about 15g of protein, as well as a bunch of other useful nutrients.
Bonus tip: Sprinkle on some spices such as nutmeg or cinnamon for an added health and flavour kick.


I recently received clarification on the legality of soybean oil. If you've downloaded my cheat sheets from the Resouces section of this blog, you may want to download them again and discard the earlier version.
Previously, I listed soybean oil as "legal/illegal" because the BTVC book said one thing and the Legal / Illegal list on the BTVC website said the opposite. This came up on the scdinfo group recently and it was clarified that the BTVC website is correct as Elaine changed her mind about it after further research.


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4.9 Extended Discretion and the Uniform Trust Code
The non-modifiable Uniform Trust Code good faith standard, like the standard traditionally governing extended discretion under common law, is applied in a way to implement the settlor's intent and to benefit the beneficiaries. As such, it implies the reasonable exercise of discretion. This mirrors the approach of the Restatement (Third):
§ 50. Enforcement and construction of discretionary interests.
(1) A discretionary power conferred upon the trustee to determine the benefits of a trust beneficiary is subject to judicial control only to prevent misinterpretation or abuse of the discretion by the trustee.
(2) The benefits to which a beneficiary of a discretionary interest is entitled, and what may constitute an abuse of discretion by the trustee, depend on the terms of the discretion, including the proper construction of any accompanying standards, and on the settlor's purposes in granting the discretionary power and in creating the trust.[1]
Thus, where under § 187 of the Restatement (Second) a trustee's exercise or non-exercise of a discretionary power is only subject to review upon a showing of "abuse," now under § 50 of the Restatement (Third), a trustee may be second-guessed by a Court if the trustee's exercise of a discretionary power was grounded in a "misinterpretation" or the "abuse" of the discretion, and "abuse" is broadly defined. In either event, the standard governing trustee conduct, regardless of whether such trustee enjoyed extended discretion, was never simply that of good faith alone but good faith in reasonably implementing the settlor's intent for the benefit of the beneficiary.[2]
Neither under the Uniform Trust Code, or at Common Law, is good faith used in the contract law sense. Although "good faith" forms an important role under the Uniform Trust Code, it is not a defined term and one would expect the Courts to continue to use the extensive body of the common law of trusts for an understanding of its sense and definition.[3] Whether in the context of a non-modifiable baseline rule under Section 105(b)(3) or when defining the limits of absolute discretion under Section 814(a), good faith under the Uniform Trust Code should be understood in its traditional trust sense. It approximates the Common Law of trusts and, by wedding good faith to the settlor's intent and the interests of the beneficiaries, it dances back to a general fiduciary duty that cannot be modified by the terms of the agreement: "[A] settlor may not so negate the responsibilities of the trustee that the trustee would no longer be acting in the fiduciary capacity."[4]
Indeed, the standards regulating a trustee's exercise of discretion as to beneficiary distributions are generally seen as the exercise of fiduciary duty:
A trustee's discretionary power with respect to trust benefits is to be distinguished from a power of appointment. The latter is not subject to fiduciary obligations and may be exercised arbitrarily within the scope of the power.[5]
It is the fiduciary nature of the exercise of discretion that guarantees review and regulation by the Courts: "[N]o language, however strong, will entirely remove any power held in trust from the reach of a Court of Equity."[6]
[1] The Restatement (Third), § 50.
[2] In one Maryland case, for example, the Court held that the job of the Court is to imagine the testatrix's world view to ascertain her intent. Bregel v. Julier, 253 Md. 103, 111, 251 A.2d 891, 895 (1969) ("Sitting in Loretta's armchair, her testamentary intent becomes clear.")
[3] Professor Langbein (one of the Uniform Trust Code drafters), however, suggests that one look to the body of law in contract discussing the meaning of "good faith." John H. Langbein, Mandatory Rules in the Law of Trusts, 98 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1105, at note 96 (2004) (directing one to a treatise by Professor Robert S. Summers for "a succinct account of the nuances developed in contract law … emphasizing the core notion of honest dealing."). The UTC did not so restrict the definition.
[4] Unif. Trust Code § 105, cmt. Within limits, of course, section 105 permits modification of the basic fiduciary duties, including the duty of loyalty. Sections 105(b)(3) and 814(a) provide absolute backstops to the ability to modify such duties by prohibiting the elimination of the obligation to act in good faith and in accordance with the terms and purposes of the trust and in the interests of its beneficiaries. The "missing" piece of this litany, if you will, is the obligation to act in the "sole" interest of the beneficiaries. This opens the door to permitting trustees to engage in acts of self-interest as long as the activity is in the best interest of the trust beneficiaries. Langbein, Questioning the Duty of Loyalty, supra n. 17; Melanie B. Leslie, In Defense of the No Further Inquiry Rule: A Response to Professor Langbein, 47 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 541 (2005). The benefit-the-beneficiaries rule is mandatory. Langbein, Mandatory Rules, supra n. 45, at 1112 ("A default rule is one that the settlor can abridge, but only to the extent the settlor's term is 'for the benefit of [the] beneficiaries.' The requirement that there be benefit to the beneficiaries sets the outer limits on the settlor's power to abridge the default law.") Coupled with the modern portfolio theory of trust investing, the benefit-the-beneficiary rule may cause difficulties when a settlor wishes to have a trust hold a particular asset instead of a broad array of assets and asset classes. Jeffrey A. Cooper, Empty Promises: Settlor's Intent, the Uniform Trust Code, and the Future of Trust Investment Law, 88 B.U. L. Rev. 1165, 1168 (2008) ("Under Professor Langbein's formulation of the benefit-the-beneficiaries rule, the 'benefit' of a trust provision is determined by reference to objective notions of prudence and efficiency rather than the settlor's subjective intent. Carried to its logical extreme, this emerging reading of the benefit-the beneficiary rule (the 'emerging rule') could redefine the area of trust investment management. Trust documents frequently include specific investment management directives, such as a mandate that the trustee retain a certain portfolio investment or family business. Whereas trust law historically has honored such restrictions, the emerging rule seemingly would enforce only those which maximize economic value for the trust beneficiaries. If the settlor's chosen restrictions fail this objective test of economic benefit, they simply can be cast aside."); Benjamin H. Pruett, Tales from the Dark Side: Drafting Issues from the Fiduciary's Perspective, 35 ACTEC L.J. 331, 352 (2009) ("These provisions (the benefit-the-beneficiary rules) leave open the possibility that any provision of a trust that deviates from normal fiduciary practice might be found to be 'out of bounds' on the grounds that such a provision violates the rule that the trust provisions must be 'in the interest of' and 'for the benefit of' the beneficiaries."
[5] Restatement (Third) § 50 cmt. a.
[6] Stix v. Comm., 152 F.2d 562, 563 (2nd Cir. 1945) (J. Learned Hand) (A case involving a trust providing the trustee with "sole and exclusive discretion.") The modern fusion of equity and law courts supplies Professor Langbein with an additional support for his view that trusts should be treated as contracts. Langbein, Contractarian, supra n. 6, at 649 ("Scott was alarmed over the movement then underway to bring about the fusion of law and equity in American civil procedure and judicial administration. He was worried that the fusion might remove the law of trusts from the nurturing hand of the specialist equity bench, and indeed, that fusion might cause trust litigation to be subjected to jury trial. In England and most leading American jurisdictions, the law of trusts had been the province of separate equity courts or equity divisions… Two generations later, with the place of jury-free equitable jurisdiction over trusts now secure in our fused civil procedure, we can safely acknowledge the contractarian character of the modern trust.")


So, I had a breakdown. It happens… I'm horrible at taking care of myself, I eat like I'm still in my twenties, and I'm constantly trying to produce material for one or more RPG product lines; constantly like it's an obsessive-compulsive disorder. Add to that a schedule of playing and running RPGs to playtest material and keep my skills up, and, well, every so often, I break down.
According to the people close to me who monitor these things, this most recent breakdown wasn't one of my worst. Being the most recent, however, it seemed like the worst; the last one always does. Still, I managed to get a little something produced and on the shelf, so no, not the worst.
Back in the mid 90's, I was really, really trying to get a degree in psychology. I was struggling through the requirements for a general transfer degree from Santa Monica City college, which would not only be an Associate of the Arts in Psych but would transfer directly to a higher degree program at just about any University of California or California State University. I'm not sure exactly why it didn't work out – maybe it was the Political Science requirement (because a class with material that is both Draconian AND Machiavellian should probably be taught by people who aren't the human equivalent of a bottle of sleeping pills), maybe it was the fact that I still struggled with higher mathematics, maybe it was even the fact that the admin office constantly read the form where I said Psychology was my major and substituted Cosmetology instead. Still, I learned some stuff.
Say what you want to about the creative process, it all still boils down to neurology. I understand the physiological process of creative depletion pretty well, actually. The brain is made up of cell assemblies; circuits of neurons, if you will, that accomplish different mental tasks. These assemblies are in turn made out of individual neurons connected in networks. The cell assemblies, which can be responsible for anything from the recognition of the color "blue" to the proper pen position for cursive writing or even the creation of gaming material, operate when the neurons are triggered to release neurochemicals. These chemicals bridge the gaps between neurons, or "synapses," causing other neurons in the network to fire or stop firing. So, to engage the creative processes, one has to go to the stimuli that cause the proper cell assemblies to operate.
There is a problem in this process, though; while each neuron generates its own stores of neurochemicals, this chemical production can be out-stripped by constant neural activity. Fire off a neuron too often, and it has to take time to build up a fresh store of neurochemicals. If you deplete a neuron (or set of neurons), and keep trying to fire it off, you'll only expend what little neurochemical has been generated to little or no effect. No, you have to rest up the neurons every so often, and allow them to replenish themselves.
So, I fired off my neurons way, way too often, for too long, without giving them a chance to rest up. That's never a good thing, and it leads to a person reaching for a mental skill or ability only to find that it isn't currently available. It's kind of like over-using a muscle, except unlike an over-worked muscle, neurons give you no indication that they're about to fail. If I do too many push-ups (which isn't that many, for me, because I take horrible care of myself), my muscles will start to hurt, letting me know that I'm approaching a limit. If I write too many RPG supplements, there's no pain (except a slight headache which is indistinguishable from simple stress). There's only a day where I sit at my computer, boot up InDesign, and slam my forehead into the keyboard for an hour because there are no words in my head.
One of the best things I've ever done, when I was at complete creative depletion, was to go to a week-long intensive class that taught me the California Life Insurance Code. Using other, little-used areas of the brain encourages the production of neurochemicals, and gives the depleted areas of the brain a much-needed rest at the same time.
This time? A week in Vegas, completely away from computer and creative tools. I didn't even do any gambling, so I wasn't running statistics and probabilities in my head. Well, I did go for a few rounds of roulette, but I let other people give me the numbers to play.
End result? I think I'm ready to go again, freshly charged-up and full of creative potential once more. That, and a determination to take better care of myself, because a healthy body better supports an active mind.
I keep forgetting, you see, to refill my stores of expended creativity. Comes along with the obsessive personality. I need to take time to read, to watch the occasional movie, to game other people's games, and to sit back and relax a little.
Because there might be twenty-seven books that need my attention… but twenty minutes in the hot tub will make them, and me, a higher quality.


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Blount County remembers Cormac McCarthy and looks towards its literary future
by Lou Murrey December 2, 2019 September 16, 2020
All photos by the author.
On East Tennessee's first chilly fall weekend, authors, scholars, and readers converged at the Blount County Public Library for the inaugural Cormac McCarthy Literary Arts Festival. Over the course of three days, 500 people streamed in and out of the public library to hear talks from acclaimed writers, see craft demonstrations, attend writing workshops, and take guided historic walking tours of downtown Maryville.
The Blount County Public Library, which celebrated its 100th birthday in October, is the largest rural library in Tennessee. Despite its high ceilings and big windows, it still manages to feel like a cozy community space. There is something for everyone here from adult education programs to an enviable youth section where a large collection of books by indigenous authors was displayed for Indigenous Peoples Month. In the festival's main room, natural light poured through large windows and onto the stage where Sharyn McCrumb, Ron Rash, and Stacy Peebles discussed the importance of Appalachian Literature and Cormac McCarthy's influence on their work.
"I think it's great that a public space like this does this [festival] under the aegis of McCarthy or just uses McCarthy as a sort of focal point or excuse to draw these other writers together and other activities and conversations," said Peebles, a McCarthy scholar and editor of The Cormac McCarthy Journal. "It doesn't need to be just a two day long academic examination of his work —there's a place for that— but this about all kinds of readers, and I think that is terrific, like all different ages, different interests in his work coming to it from different places."
McCarthy is most well-known for his later novels, some of which were adapted into Academy-Award winning films. However, he published his earlier works Outer Dark and Child of God while living in a dairy barn turned farmhouse in Blount County. In fact, a seven ton mosaic that the author made in 1971 as a part of Maryville's failed downtown revitalization efforts now sits on the library grounds.
Librarians at the Blount County Public Library will tell you that they named the literary festival after McCarthy intending to highlight his time in Tennessee and his contribution to Appalachian literature. However, they will also tell you that the name came in response to an article in the Oxford American that lamented the fact that Cormac's mosaic had been forgotten in a corner of the library's property. In actuality, the county had decided to preserve the mosaic and moved it the Blount County Library which was under construction. In response to the insinuations of cultural ignorance and neglect by outside media, the librarians organized a whole literary arts festival around the historic mural.
But at the heart of it, this festival isn't about a famous man who once lived here or his mural. This festival is about the people in Blount County who see themselves as a part of a literary community that has something to offer the world. Summer Awad, a Palestinian-Appalachian writer who co-led a workshop on writing from marginalized communities, spoke to the importance of seeing herself as an Appalachian writer. "For a really long time I wrote mostly about my Palestinian identity. I think being a white-passing person, I was always trying to over compensate and let everybody know that I was Palestinian, that I wasn't just white, that I was different from the norm in this region. And I think I worked through that and started to think more deeply about what it means to be Southern and Appalachian — it's been a really interesting shift to begin identifying as a Southern writer. I always want to point out that there are different voices here."
This sentiment echoed throughout all of the festival's panels and workshops– we are not only what people write about us. "It seems to me that the Appalachian literature– or really Appalachian Culture has been used nationally as a sort of mirror to reflect whatever the national culture needs it to reflect," said fiction author Sharyn McCrumb during the panel on Saturday. "It seems like everytime there is something in the national consciousness that needs to be addressed, we get to be the canary in the coal mine, and recently it has been JD Vance and Hillbilly Elegy because of the political unrest and so on…"
Racism and colonialism still dominate portrayals of Appalachia. Writers, filmmakers and journalists alike flock to the mountains to exercise their anxieties into stories that romanticize poverty, whiteness, and masculinity. The re-telling of Appalachia has often been weaponized against people of color and indigenous people in order to deny the existence of white-supremacy and institutional racism in this country while simultaneously erasing non-white folks from the region's history altogether. To illustrate the damage this narrative has done, poet and author Frank X Walker recounted how he has been asked how many Black people live in Kentucky, as if there were so few as to be able to count them all on one hand. Walker's career has been about making the unseen stories of Appalachia visible. He explained to the rapt audience how he coined the term "Affrilachian" after looking up the definition for "Appalachian" in the dictionary and seeing something along the lines of "white person of Scots-Irish descent living in the Appalachian Mountains."
The librarians at Blount County Public Library are well aware of the ways that certain parts of Appalachia get erased in national narratives. Rectifying that is a large part of the motivation for their work. "My vision is for us to be a literary center here for regional Appalachia." says Blount County Public Library director KC Williams. In many ways they are already functioning as a literary center. Among the books the Friends of the Blount County Library were selling in the bright entryway was Foothill Voices, an anthology of writing from local novice and amateur writers who participated in a year-long writing course offered by the library. Youth Services Librarian, Jennifer Spirko co-edited the first volume of Foothills Voices and sees both the literary festival and the Foothills Voices project as opportunities to celebrate the diverse array of stories that people in East Tennessee have to tell. "I'm straight up about as Blount County as Blount County can get," Spirko laughs. "So this is a really personal project for me to see not just the culture and literature of Southern Appalachia, but specifically with that connection to Blount County, which does not get thought of as being cultural or literary."
As Blount County Librarian and festival organizer Ari Baker explains, "We're not just a place to rent books!" This festival is just one of the many ways that the Blount County Library is engaging with members of the community. Through their Southern Appalachian Studies Program, the library functions as a community space and hosts a seed library, a quilting group, a lecture series, and the Foothills Voices writing program. Quoting the director of USC's School of Library and Information Sciences, R. David Lankes, Baker elaborates "the role of librarians is to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities' –and that's what we do," says Baker. "We provide people the resources they need to create knowledge, and sometimes that looks like books, but sometimes that looks like a community space or a literary festival…"
Jennifer Spirko says the next Cormac McCarthy Literary Arts festival will likely be in 2021 to coincide with the release of the third volume of Foothills Voices. Until then, folks in Blount County will continue telling and collecting stories that complicate and enrich the dominant narratives about Appalachia as a whole. As for the librarians at the Blount County Public Library, they will be providing people with tools and resources and building out their burgeoning literary center at their rural library in the hills of East Tennessee.
Tagged: Appalachia, Literature, Tennessee
Lou Murrey
Lou Murrey is a photographer and youth organizer from the mountains of Western North Carolina. Lou currently lives in East Tennessee and serves as the coordinator for the Stay Together Appalachian Youth Project.
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Abregado-rae[1]
13 ABY, Orinda[2]
Human[3]
Male[3]
Black,[3] formerly Blond[1]
Left blue, right cybernetic[3]
Cybernetic eye[3]
Chronological and political information
Galactic Empire[4]
Imperial Security Bureau[1]
Restored Empire[3]
Emperor Palpatine[4]
Darth Vader[4]
"Ennix Devian?! Palpatine's henchman? I knew him. It sickens me to even hear his name."
―Ragez D'Asta, to Kir Kanos[src]
Ennix Devian was a Human male who was the Supreme Commander of the Restored Empire, a splinter faction of the Imperial Remnant, in 13 ABY. Having previously worked as an assassin of the Galactic Empire during the early days of the Galactic Civil War, Devian was known as the late Emperor Palpatine's personal hitman, being trained by the Sith Lord Darth Vader himself. Following the collapse of the Empire under the rule of Carnor Jax and the Imperial Interim Ruling Council, Devian sought to reform the dying Imperial Remnant, who were currently losing the war with the New Republic. With the same vision Palpatine had during the early days of his rule, Devian established the Restored Empire as a rogue third faction in the ongoing Galactic Civil War. Devian amassed a military comprised of renegade Imperial officers and soldiers, including the forces of General Vota, along with discarded hardware of the Galactic Republic that was discovered on the planetoid RZ7-6113-23, where Devian made his base. Devian planned to bring about the destruction of both the Imperial Remnant and the New Republic with the use of the volatile substance zinethium, plotting a large scale terrorist attack on the galactic capital of Coruscant to coerce the two factions into obliterating each other.
In order to plant the zinethium on Coruscant, Devian offered the former Emperor's Royal Guard, Kir Kanos, the chance to join the Restored Empire. Kanos's conflicting sense of honor, which was a foil to Devian's often extreme tactics, prevented him from taking up his invitation. Devian foresaw this and allowed Kanos to escape; knowing he would go to the galactic capital to warn the New Republic, Devian planted the zinethium in the shuttle Kanos stole beforehand. The attack failed with the intervention of Jedi Master Luke Skywalker of the Jedi Order, and Republic forces discovered Devian's base on RZ7-6113-23. Abandoning the planetoid, Devian was forced into accelerating his plan by sabotaging peace talks between the New Republic and the Imperial Remnant, which resulted in the death of Feena D'Asta, the daughter of the wealthy Imperial affiliated Baron, Ragez D'Asta. Framing the attack on the New Republic, Devian launched a massive attack on the Imperial capital Orinda, which was left undefended in the wake of a retaliatory strike against the Republic on Coruscant. When the Imperial fleet commanded by Gilad Pellaeon regrouped at Orinda, Devian captured the admiral and attempted to force him into a surrender. However, Devian's plan collapsed when the fleets of the D'Asta family arrived to reinforce their Imperial allies; the Baron was enlightened to Devian's involvement in his daughter's murder by Kir Kanos. In the resulting chaos, Devian fought Kir Kanos in one-on-one combat and fell to the Royal Guardsman's blade.
1.1 Youth
1.2 Hitman of the Emperor
1.3 A vision for the galaxy
1.4 Attack on Orinda
1.4.1 Death
2 Personality and traits
3 Skills and abilities
Biography[edit | edit source]
Youth[edit | edit source]
Ennix Devian, a Human male, grew up in the aliens slums of Abregado-rae before the time of the Galactic Empire. He joined the Commission for the Protection of the Republic, which later became the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order (COMPNOR). Devian entered the Imperial Security Bureau, where his talents came under the scrutiny of Emperor Palpatine.[1]
Hitman of the Emperor[edit | edit source]
"Vader himself selected me for service to Palpatine, but not before he… shall we say… narrowed the field of candidates. He gave me this as a "reward" for surviving my audition."
―Devian to Kir Kanos[src]
Devian was known in Imperial circles as an assassin during the Galactic Civil War, working directly under the Galactic Emperor and Dark Lord of the Sith, Palpatine.[4] He was selected by Palpatine's Sith apprentice, Darth Vader, to be trained in deadly duels, usually against darksiders such as Antinnis Tremayne.[1] In one duel in the arena known as "The Squall" he killed his competitors but Devian lost his right eye to the Dark Lord, which he promptly had outfitted with a cybernetic replacement. Furthermore, as a "reward" for surviving the process, Vader gave Devian a prominent scar on his left arm.[4] His last test was surviving alone on Honoghr against a hunting party of Noghri Death Commando. Afterward, Ennix Devian became the Emperor's personal hitman—dubbed Palpatine's "Kaarenth Impaler" and known to the Imperial Court.[1]
A vision for the galaxy[edit | edit source]
"I fear for the Republic, for your sister's family… They are in danger. You must warn them about a man named Devian."
―Vima-Da-Boda to Luke Skywalker[src]
Following the formation of the Imperial Remnant, the remains of the Empire after their defeat at the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY, Devian became disenchanted with the leadership of the Imperial Ruling Council under Xandel Carivus and Carnor Jax. Following the council's splintering, Grand Admiral Gilad Pellaeon took the reigns of the Remnant. Many, including Devian, thought of him as a disgrace to the Imperial name. Devian felt that the Imperials would need to embrace their roots, and proclaimed himself Supreme Commander of the Restored Empire faction in 13 ABY.[4] Devian's charisma and conservative Imperial views attracted many followers within the Imperial hierarchy, including General Vota and his men.[4] After his spy network, which included the dignitary Zam Basdor of Pellaeon's inner circle,[2] uncovered plans to sign a peace treaty ending the Galactic Civil War between the New Republic and the Remnant, Supreme Commander Devian organized a complex plot to destroy both factions. Devian made base on the planetoid RZ7-6113-23 in the Chopani sector, which was home to a large storehouse of discarded Clone Wars era military hardware. Using the base's resources, Devian amassed a fleet of Venator-class Star Destroyers and Acclamator-class assault ships.[4] Under his command, the New Republic frigate Endor was destroyed by a planetary cannon when it investigated the Chopani sector.[5]
Devian's influence gained him many followers within the Imperial military.
"Phase One" of Devian's plan was to send a team of assassins to murder the Solo family in the Imperial Palace on Coruscant, while "Phase Two" of his plan was to hamper New Republic and Imperial Remnant relations even further by sabotaging peace talks by launching a terrorist attack on Coruscant.[3] In order to motivate his men and prove the legitimacy of his cause, Devian hired the renowned bounty hunter Boba Fett to track down the former Imperial Royal Guard, Kir Kanos,[5] who Devian regarded as a living artifact of the late Emperor Palpatine's ideals.[3] However; this was only a means to his true goal:[2] while Devian hired Fett to bring Kir Kanos to the Restored Empire headquarters,[4] a benefactor, Nom Anor, hired a team of thieves to infiltrate a class-3 toxic weapons dump on Nyara in order to retrieve a chunk of zinethium.[3] Devian wanted to use this volatile substance to destroy the Imperial Palace on Coruscant and eliminate the New Republic government, and he planned on using Kir Kanos to plant the substance; he knew that Kanos would reject his offer of recruitment and immediately turn himself into New Republic captivity in order to save the one person he truly loved, Mirith Sinn.[4]
After Phase One of the plan failed, Devian shrugged off the defeat and set the second phase in motion. Boba Fett successfully retrieved Kanos and brought him to the Restored Empire's headquarters, where Devian presented Kanos with the traditional garb of the Imperial Royal Guard and acquainted him with his ideals over a dinner in his honor.[3] Kanos viewed Devian as a dishonorable thug, an opinion that was bolstered by Devian's slaying of one of his own men, Lonkin, in order to prove his worth in combat. Devian explained his plot to destroy Coruscant with zinethium to the guardsmen; as expected, Kir Kanos refused to join the hard-liners. Imprisoning him in a room in order to "rethink" his decision before being forced to have him executed, Devian implanted the zinethium in a specially prepared shuttle which he predicted would be Kanos's means of escape. Kanos escaped from his chamber using an improvised explosive from a blaster he pickpocketed from Devian during their conversation; Devian sacrificed some stormtroopers to Kanos in order to maintain the illusion that he was really free. Kir Kanos immediately departed to Coruscant to warn the New Republic.[4]
Attack on Orinda[edit | edit source]
"Thrilling to watch a plan come together. Don't you think, General Vota?"
―Devian, in the wake of his attack on Orinda[src]
Devian's fleet approaches Orinda.
The attempted zinethium attack on Coruscant was thwarted by the intervention of Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, who flew the shuttle into orbit before it exploded. Soon after Kanos's departure, Devian detected a New Republic warship under the command of Captain Lar Ndigo entering the system, who was investigating the earlier disappearance of the Endor. As such, Devian was forced to abandon base and have a starfighter squadron engage the Republic forces. The ship's crew managed to raise their shields before the planetary cannon was fully charged, and were allowed to scramble their forces. The warship managed to land a direct blast on the planetary cannon before it was fully charged for another shot, and ground forces were scrambled to investigate.[6] However, this was all a distraction laid out by Devian and Vota, who successfully evacuated their navy from the system and rigged the base to explode, killing the invading Republic forces.[7]
Meanwhile, a peace summit between the Republic and the Remnant attended by Feena D'Asta, the daughter of Baron Ragez D'Asta, Mirith Sinn, and Kir Kanos was raided by Devian's stormtroopers, successfully preventing the signing of the treaty. Feena D'asta was killed in the assault, as were all the attacking stormtroopers by Kanos's hand. Kanos discovered the emblem on the Restored Empire tattooed on the wrists of the attackers; he contacted Republic command on Coruscant to explain Devian's role in the attack. While the Republic decided to investigate Devian's involvement, Admiral Pellaeon, unaware of the Restored Empire's existence, felt the Republic was involved and was obligated to launch a retaliatory attack on Coruscant in order to maintain Baron D'Asta's loyalty to the Imperial cause. This effectively left the Remnant capital Orinda relatively undefended, allowing Devian to move his fleet in for an attack.[7]
Devian's attack on Orinda was stalled by the sudden arrival of Pellaeon's fleet, who reversed their course from Coruscant after receiving word of the attack. Devian and his men boarded the admiral's flagship and laid waste to Pellaeon's personal guard, forcing the admiral into a surrender. Devian offered Pellaeon the chance to join the Restored Empire cause by abandoning his plans of peace with the Republic and helping to rebuild a stronger Galactic Empire. Devian revealed Basdor as the traitor within Pellaeon's ranks, who was promptly shot in the forehead by the enraged admiral. Devian ordered his guards to seize Pellaeon, and thanked him for killing Basdor for the sake of tying up loose ends. Pellaeon responded by offering Devian the chance to surrender, a notion which the Supreme Commander laughed off. However, Pellaeon revealed that reinforcements in the form of Baron D'Asta's fleet had arrived and were destroying Devian's fleet as they spoke.[2]
Kanos kills Devian.
"Devian! You've run out of time. Prepare to die."
―Kir Kanos prior to his climactic duel with Devian[src]
The Baron arrived on Pellaeon's flagship with Kir Kanos, Mirith Sinn, and a squad of stormtroopers. He revealed that he had three fleets lying in wait behind Orinda's moon, catching Devian's forces off guard. D'Asta acquainted Devian with a clone of his late daughter grown during the days of the Imperial Ruling Council; passing her off as the original, he convinced Devian that the "attempt" on his daughter's life had failed, and attempted to force him into a surrender. In the confusion, General Vota attempted to execute Pellaeon before being gunned down himself by Mirith Sinn. A massive firefight subsequently broke out. Devian himself attempted to execute the admiral during the chaos, but was disarmed by Sinn. Attempting to flee in a Lambda-class shuttle, Devian was confronted by Kanos. Clad in the crimson garbs granted to him by Devian during their initial meeting, Kanos swore death to the wayward Imperial hardliner. Devian ordered a squad of stormtroopers to kill him, as he was only one man, but Kanos easily killed them all with a blaster rifle as they charged him.[2]
Devian realized it would be more honorable to have a personal fight to the death with Kanos, and unsheathed his vibro-lance for a final battle. Kanos managed to sever Devian's vibro-lance in two, and knocked Devian out with a kick to the face. Recovering before Kanos could land the killing blow, Devian countered by similarly bisecting Kanos's weapon. The two men were both trained in combat by Darth Vader, and Devian claimed he knew all of Kanos's tricks. Devian kicked Kanos in the chest, knocking the wind out of him. Devian used this opportunity to impale Kanos in the left shoulder with his vibro-lance. Believing himself to be the victor, Devian revealed to Kanos that his loyalty to Palpatine was all a ploy to serve his own ambition, and swore Kanos would die with that information. Suddenly, Kanos gathered the strength to sever the blade off of Devian's vibro-lance and impaled him vertically through the heart with his weapon. In his dying breaths, Devian swore that he had beaten Kanos; the royal guardsmen reminded Devian of Darth Vader's rule to never be so sure of yourself until your opponent is dead. With Devian's death, the Restored Empire collapsed, and Devian's vision had all but collapsed.[2] Devian died without ever realizing his own status as a mere puppet by his benefactor, Nom Anor: Anor was, in reality, an agent of the extragalactic Yuuzhan Vong species who desired to destabilize galactic society by prolonging the Galactic Civil War for as long as possible.[3][8]
Personality and traits[edit | edit source]
"I know who you are ... And where you came from. Correct me if I'm mistaken, but you had a reputation under the Emperor as a hitman. Some would even say a thug. I know your history and your dirty work well. I don't trust you."
―Kir Kanos to Devian[src]
Devian was known in Imperial circles as something of a "thug"; working directly under Emperor Palpatine, Devian committed various acts of violence in which he took pleasure. Later in his life, following the merciless slaying of one of his own men in an effort to prove his worth in combat to Kir Kanos, Devian rationalized his act by claiming he would not have killed the man if the man's weapon hadn't touched him; the Emperor taught him to overcome all opposition with overwhelming force.[4]
An ultranationalist,[9] he claimed to have an unquestioning loyalty to the late Emperor's ideals, and based his vision of a "Restored Empire" around this mentality. However, he later revealed to Kanos that his loyalty to Palpatine was only fabricated, and he used his connection with Palpatine to advance his own personal ambition.[2]
Skills and abilities[edit | edit source]
"As I said, I was trained by Vader. There's no trick you can use that I don't know."
―Devian to Kir Kanos during their final battle[src]
Devian was personally trained by Darth Vader in The Squall as an assassin, and as such was a master of vibro-lance combat; he considered himself an equal to that of Kir Kanos himself.[4] As such, during their final battle over Orinda, Devian managed to hold his own against Kanos for a time while showcasing his similar fighting style and knowledge of "tricks" taught to him by Darth Vader; however, Devian would fall to Kanos's blade.[2]
Ennix Devian made his first and only appearance as the main antagonist in Star Wars: Crimson Empire III—Empire Lost, the third installment of Dark Horse Comics' Crimson Empire saga written by Mike Richardson.
Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 1 (First mentioned) (First identified as Devian)
Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 2 (First appearance)
Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 3
Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 5 (First identified as Ennix Devian)
The Imperial Warlords: Despoilers of an Empire, Part 1 on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The Imperial Warlords: Despoilers of an Empire, Part 2 on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 6
↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 2
↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 3
↑ 5.0 5.1 Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 1
↑ Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 4
↑ The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime
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Written and Directed by David Lynch
Screening at FACT (6th-12th April 2007)
Reviewed by Adam Ford
If you've seen a David Lynch film before, you'll know what to expect from Inland Empire. If not, don't imagine you're going to leave the cinema thinking 'that was a good story' or even that it was a story at all. Deep in the pit of your stomach, you'll probably feel unsettled by the collage of visuals and sounds, but you won't be able to connect them to anything in your everyday life.
Ok, so here I am, about to attempt a brief outline of a three hour David Lynch film. Wow.
Laura Dern plays Hollywood actress Nikki Grace, who has been offered a lead role in a film called 'On High in Blue Tomorrows'. When she begins an affair with co-star Devon (Justin Theroux), they discover that their project is actually a remake of a film that was never finished, because "something inside the story" went wrong, as director Kingsley (Jeremy Irons) puts it.
That's the first hour. After that, the story kind of collapses in on itself, the threads unravel, and it's probably best to give up trying to understand what's going on. After all, there is definitely some perverse pleasure in watching a film so far from the usual Hollywood formula that it almost hurts.
There could be a plot here. The possibility can't be entirely discounted. But if there is, it might well take five screenings to work it out. That's fifteen hours of your life, and about twenty-five pounds. Who's got that kind of time and money on their hands?
But it is just another extension of Lynch's own formula. The man is clearly transfixed by his own cleverness, but if people don't understand what the hell he's going on about, what kind of cleverness is that? So why does he keep making this kind of film? Well, obviously it makes quite a bit of money. It also scratches his itch to be 'weird' - i.e. not like the mainstream. But if a director isn't saying anything, or even trying to explore their own psychology, then 'weirdness' is just another trick, a knack Lynch has perfected over thirty years.
Paired with a great writer, Mr Lynch might make a great film. Unless and until that happens, he's going to keep making weird films.