On my desk rests a perfect yellow square, except that it is not a square, for it has depth – dozens of identical perfect yellow squares lay just beneath the one on the top, holding it aloft until the next, on-deck, takes its place. The square on top has lines and curves upon its face, in red; some in shadow, some in grey light filtering through the rain, but each unmistakably red; these lines and curves are in three groupings, staggered in a staircase fashion, and together, these curves and lines, of which there are 15 – some distinct, some joined and overlapping – convey meaning. At some point the perfect yellow square with the 15 red lines and curves will be removed, discarded, and a new yellow square – even more perfect, for it won't have the red on it – will take its place, awaiting etchings of its own.
Below my feet is a circle, except it has depth, too, if only minutely – a few millimeters are the most – and it's wider at its diameter than three of my feet side by side. On its face, upon which I stand, is a wine-red backdrop covered with looping white patterns, calling to mind flowers and flowing water though the patterns look nothing like either of these things. They begin and repeat without end, these patterns, joining tightly at the centre of the circle / thin cylinder, the dead centre upon which my centre of gravity rests. This once was a placemat, or was intended as such when it was acquired from the home-goods shop, but now it lives as a mat to cushion my feet when standing at my desk.
Right now there are giant rocks shooting through space, and space is all around us, except for the tiny fragment of space where the environment is. We pay special attention to the environment. But there are rocks and chunks of ice everywhere; minerals agglutinated into nasty shards. They're zooming around up there in the sky, but also down there, in the southern hemisphere's sky, too. The sky is three-dimensional, at least.
I have a slab of plastic and glass that tells me everything I want to know, presuming I have the wherewithal to ask it. It's inert until I touch it in its special place, and then it lights up like the dawn in an instant. It might chirp good-naturedly as a sort of welcome, a hello, had I not told it not to many months ago. Its plain black face catches the grey and grimy sun bouncing down from the buildings, reflects it back at me. Its bottom is white instead of black but of course it's resting on its bottom – it can't stand on its own. Or it is standing, and it stands on its bottom. There are tiny particles in there, tinier than I could see or try to draw with an end of my thinning hair, and they run the show, really. I just stand and watch and command. Sometimes I use a little wire to attach the slab to the wall and it likes that, it's thankful, and so am I, because the wall will allow the slab to keep on moving, keep on blinking on when I touch that special place.
It's much like the plants on my windowsill, except they don't chirp and their wire to the wall is the sun. Sometimes I give them a drink of my tea, when the water isn't too hot.


JBFC Kids is currently seeking to fill two football coaching jobs in Colchester and is recruiting for new positions within the Saturday Club sessions for 4 to 11 year olds and its Development Team set-up.
With the new Spring 2018 term due to start in April, the new coach will be required to work every Saturday morning, 8.45am-12.15pm, from 14 April to 14 July in Great Horkesley, near Colchester. They will work with two other coaches and be responsible for delivering football coaching sessions and developing young players aged from 4 to 11 years old in a fun and friendly environment in line with the JBFC philosophy and coaching session plans.
In association with Boxted Lodgers Youth FC, JBFC currently runs an U10s development team and is looking to expand this, introducing at least one other team next season in the U9s/U8s age groups, playing in the Colchester & District Youth League. The new coach, or coaches, will be responsible for coaching and managing the team for training sessions (midweek as agreed) and on matchdays (Sunday). Players will be recruited from the current JBFC Saturday Club pool, and the team will be developed in line with the overall JBFC principles and philosophies.
The ideal candidates will have experience of coaching children and possess an FA Coach's Licence to Level 2 (Level One candidates will be considered). An up to date CRC disclosure, as well as FA Safeguarding and First Aid certificates, are must haves.
JBFC offer competitive rates of pay for the Saturday Club coach, depending on experience, with further opportunity to develop and expand the role.
If you are interested and would like to apply for the role, please send an outline of your coaching qualifications and experience, along with information about yourself, to Head Coach Jamie Bradbury via coach@jbfc.co.uk.
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Karsten Koch, born in 1975, is an electronic musician. Inspired by the music of Crazy Comets by Rob Hubbard, Karsten has been interested in computer music since 1987. Karsten worked with a group known as Imago in 1992 to 1995 with Lutz Roeder and Thomas Schreiber, creating music for digital media presentations as well as having contributed music to a few computer games. Their Scream Tracker module, Aryx, has been included with various module music players and trackers over the years, such as ModPlug Player & ModPlug Tracker. Their tracker music was composed using software such as ModEdit 1.0, ScreamTracker 3, Fasttracker 2.0, and Imago Orpheus. Karsten still composes music leisurely today. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply..


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She's one to watch! Lupita Nyong'o stuns in glamorous mini dress at star-studded Hollywood event following Critics' Choice win
She was greeted with a standing ovation when she won Best Supporting Actress at the Critics' Choice Awards on Thursday night, after being nominated for an Oscar earlier that day.
And the beat goes on for the beautiful and talented newcomer Lupita Nyong'o, who was the belle of the ball at Friday night's star-studded Entertainment Weekly party, honoring SAG Awards nominees.
The 30-year-old 12 Years A Slave actress had jaws dropping on the red carpet at the famous Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood, where she mingled with a gaggle of colleagues and fellow celebrities.
Floral delight: Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o was stunning at an Entertainment Weekly party honouring this year's SAG Awards nominees on Friday evening, which took place in Los Angeles
Breaking onto the scene: The stunning Kenyan actress won Best Supporting Actress the night before at the Critics' Choice Awards for her role in 12 Years A Slave
Lupita was glamorous in a form-fitting cream shift dress, intricately decorated with an array of red and blue embroidered flowers.
The flattering sleeveless garment featured an elegant high neckline and ended above her knees, showing off her long and toned legs.
The starlet flashed a happy smile as she posed for the shutterbugs on the red carpet, clearly having learned the ropes by now following her overnight success in the Oscar-nominated film, 12 Years A Slave.
Matching: Natalie Dormer (L) and Laura Carmichael in Jonathan Saunders were stunning in army green on the red carpet
Making an impression: Michelle Dockery opted for an unusual yet stunning dress featuring a rainbow over a hipster girl's face
Lupita - who stars as Patsey in Steve McQueen's beautifully directed adaptation of the 1853 memoir by Solomon Northup - is nominated for a slew of awards in the upcoming season.
As for the SAG Awards, which will take place on Saturday, the actress is up for both Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, as well as Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture along with the rest of the movie's performers.
The Mexican-born and Kenyan-raised star must surely still be on a natural high following her well-deserved win at the Critics' Choice Awards on Thursday night, where she was named Best Supporting Actress.
Demure: Anna Chlumsky (L) and Lisa Rinna stuck to flattering black frocks for the event
Partners in crime: Vanessa and Nick Lachey snuggled up together on the red carpet to celebrate each others successes
She received a standing ovation from the audience and gave a very humble acceptance speech.
'Thank you. I'm a little terrified,' she admitted. 'I'm so honoured to be here and I just want to thank the BFCA for this incredible honour.'
Lupita said she was thrilled to even be in a category with such big names and added to Julia Roberts: 'Thank you so much for making my brother the coolest guy in school for taking a picture with him.'
Shimmering: Jenna Ushkowitz (L) and Jaime Winstone were glowing on the carpet
She added: 'I'd like to dedicate this to my uncle who came to see me in every play and said, "You're good. But let's see what Hollywood thinks of you." He didn't live to see this day but I'm sure he's proud of me.'
Also present at the Entertainment Weekly party was Michelle Dockery, who stunned in her particularly unique dress, featuring a rainbow floating over the head of a hipster girl's visage.
Vanessa and Nick Lachey cuddled up together for a red carpet snap, looking happier than ever as the singer's blue eyes conveniently matched his wife's royal blue frock.
Blue belle of the ball: Jane Krakowski looked outstanding in her royal blue number
The comedically talented Jane Krakowski opted for a similar shade of royal blue for her off-the-shoulder dress, making a stunning impression at the party.
Alyssa Milano and Lisa Rinna were among the other stars who flocked together to prepare themselves for yet another awards ceremony.
The 2014 SAG Awards will take place on Saturday night, at the Pacific Design Center in the heart of Hollywood.
Say cheese! Alyssa Milano (L) and Katrina Bowden sported radiant smiles for the shutterbugs
Big night! Actress Sasha Alexander was seen rolling out the red carpet on Friday ahead of the SAG Awards Saturday
There she goes: The blonde elegantly pushed on the carpet as photographers snapped away
She got some help: The star posed alongside two men for the shutterbugs
Lupita Nyong'o stuns in glamorous dress following Critics' Choice win

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Good Golly Wally was slow to begin.
Ima Rockstar and Pillar Creek collided soon after the start, checking Pillar Creek. Good Golly Wally checked off Tic Toc Toby approaching the home turn. Good Golly Wally raced wide on the home turn and entering the home straight.


Chapel Rest is a mid-terrace cottage in the Lake District town of Bowness-on-Windermere. It comes with three bedrooms; a king-size with an en-suite, a double and a bunk room, as well as a shower room, the property can sleep six people. Its interior also includes a kitchen/diner and a sitting room with a gas fire. To the exterior there is off road parking for one car. Chapel Rest is a pleasant getaway in the heart of the Lake District National Park.
Over first and second floors. Three bedrooms: 1 x second king-size with en-suite Jacuzzi bath, shower over, basin and WC, 1 x second floor double, 1 x first floor bunk. First floor shower, basin and WC. First floor kitchen/diner. First floor sitting room with gas fire.
Gas central heating, gas fire. Electric oven and hob, microwave, fridge, washing machine, dishwasher, TV with freeview. DVD. Fuel and power inc. in rent. Bed linen and towels inc. in rent. Travel cot and highchair available on request. Off road parking for 1 car. Sorry, no pets and no smoking. Shop and pub 5 minute walk. Note: Washing machine in ground floor cupboard. Note: As this property is on first and second floors it may not be suitable for those with limited mobility.


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Public Release: 5-Dec-2014
Katja Heinze receives research award for intelligent food packaging with freshness indicator
Chemistry professor from Mainz University developed in a collaborative research project a novel foil packaging material that displays information on food freshness by means of color changes
Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz
IMAGE: This image shows a prototype of an intelligent foil for food packaging in its original state. view more
Credit: photo/©: Dr. Philip Heier / group of Prof. Katja Heinze
The Mainz chemistry professor Katja Heinze and her Luxembourg cooperation partner Dr. Patrick Choquet have received the Interregional Research Award for the development of novel, intelligent foils for food packaging. This is the sixth time this award worth EUR 35,000 has been presented. Its purpose is to promote collaboration in cross-border research projects and reinforce the profile of the interregional research landscape. "To offer capable partners the best conditions for cross-border cooperation - that is the main aim of our mutual cooperation strategy in the sector of higher education and research in the Greater Region. The SURFAMINE research project that has been honored with the 2014 Interregional Research Award is an outstanding example of the potential that lies in cross-border cooperation," emphasized State Secretary Professor Thomas Deufel of the Ministry of Education, Science, Continuing Education, and Culture of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Working in collaboration with Dr. Patrick Choquet from the Centre de Recherche Public in Belvaux, Luxembourg on the SURFAMINE project, the work group of Professor Katja Heinze of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has developed innovative foils for foodstuff packaging. "In view of the series of food scandals that have occurred in recent years, there is an increased interest in monitoring food freshness and in food safety," Heinze explained the background to the research project. The aim of the three-year SURFAMINE project was to develop a form of food packaging that would display real-time information on the status of the packaged items. The idea was to create an intelligent foil that would interact with the atmosphere within the package and display information about its composition by means of colorimetric signals in the form of a change of color from green to red, for example.
In order to achieve this challenging objective, a number of institutes and commercial partners joined forces. In addition to Professor Katja Heinze's group at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry of Mainz University, other project participants are the Department of Research and Material Analysis and the Department of Environmental and Agrarian Sciences of the Centre de Recherche Public - Gabriel Lippmann in Belvaux in Luxembourg, the Novelis Foil Innovation Center, also in Belvaux, and the ArcelorMittal Plasma Research Group in Liège in Belgium. Working together in the SURFAMINE project, the teams have designed, synthesized, and employed novel dyes that are used to give the foils their color. These colors change on interaction with amines that are released when the packaged foodstuffs undergo bacterial decomposition and thus show how fresh the foodstuffs are. In addition, a new and more environmentally-friendly coating process has been developed with which even large surfaces can be covered with the intelligent materials. The multinational cooperation project was financed by the Luxembourg Fonds National de la Recherche.
The Interregional Research Award is given to research networks that have at least a bilateral and preferably multilateral cross-border orientation in the Greater Region where France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Germany meet. The project must be of cross-border interest in the Greater Region and the award is intended to pay tribute to new projects that strengthen public awareness and the attractiveness of the Greater Region.
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Prototype of an intelligent foil for food packaging in its original state
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Professor Dr. Katja Heinze
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU)
D 55099 Mainz, GERMANY
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UM Today
Ma-Nee Chacaby // Photo: Ruth Kivilahti
University of Manitoba Press' latest book: A Two-Spirit Journey
University of Manitoba Press is publishing the autobiography of Ma-Nee Chacaby, a lesbian Objibwa-Cree Elder from Thunder Bay, coincidentally just before Pride Winnipeg kicks off on May 27. The book launch will be May 18 at 7:30 p.m. at McNally Robinson Booksellers.
University of Manitoba Press is publishing Ma-Nee's memoir via its Critical Studies in Native History Series, which is edited by Robin Jarvis Brownlie, professor of history at the U of M.
The book starts:
"My earliest memories are of gathering kindling, making snowshoes, and hunting and trapping in my isolated Canadian community, where alcoholism was widespread in the 1950s. In 2013, more than half a century later, I performed a healing ceremony and then helped lead the first gay pride parade in my city, Thunder Bay, Ontario. This book describes the extraordinary path that led me to this place."
A Two-Spirit Journey
Ma-Nee Chacaby marching in the 1989 Boston Pride parade
A Two-Spirit Journey is Ma-Nee Chacaby's extraordinary account of her life as an Ojibwa-Cree lesbian. From her early, often harrowing memories of life and abuse in a remote Ojibwa community riven by poverty and alcoholism, Chacaby's story is one of enduring and ultimately overcoming the social, economic, and health legacies of colonialism.
As a child, Chacaby learned spiritual and cultural traditions from her Cree grandmother and trapping, hunting, and bush survival skills from her Ojibwa stepfather. She also suffered physical and sexual abuse by different adults, and in her teen years became alcoholic herself. At twenty, Chacaby moved to Thunder Bay with her children to escape an abusive marriage. Abuse, compounded by racism, continued, but Chacaby found supports to help herself and others. Over the following decades, she achieved sobriety; trained and worked as an alcoholism counsellor; raised her children and fostered many others; learned to live with visual impairment; and came out as a lesbian. In 2013, Chacaby led the first gay pride parade in Thunder Bay.
Raised by her Cree grandmother in a remote Ojibwa community near Lake Nipigon, Ont., Chacaby has emerged from hardship grounded in faith, compassion, humour, and resilience. Her memoir provides unprecedented insights into the challenges still faced by many Indigenous people.
Two-Spirit
As Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc. says: Two-Spirit is a term used to describe Aboriginal people who assume cross-, or multiple gender roles, attributes, dress and attitudes for personal, spiritual, cultural, ceremonial or social reasons. These roles are defined by each cultural group and can be fluid over a person's lifetime. Modern terms like gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, transsexual and intersected (in combination with, or exclusive to, Two-Spirit) may be adopted by some Aboriginal people to define who they are.
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One comment on "University of Manitoba Press' latest book: A Two-Spirit Journey"
Carole Finnegan — May 20, 2016 at 8:46 am
I would like to know where when I can get this book A Two-Spirit Journey Ma-Nee Chacaby, in B.C.
Carole Finnegan


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Win! Xanadu on DVD
How many of you knew Gene Kelly's last film appearance was in the 1980 fantasy musical Xanadu, in which he starred alongside Olivia Newton-John, fresh from her success in Grease? Xanadu was made at the height of the disco craze, and tells of a beautiful muse sent from above to inspire a struggling artist and help motivate him to open a roller-disco.
The film has choreography by Kenny Ortega, who later went on to create the dance sequences for Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Dirty Dancing, and Michael Jackson's "This is It" tour. It was Ortega who persuaded Kelly to appear in Xanadu, and the great dancer can be seen in a 1940s-style number with Newton-John, as well as performing on roller skates. Following the film's release, Ortega and Kelly became firm friends.
The movie is now available on DVD and Blu-ray disc from Fabulous Films, and the release also contains bonus features including Going Back to Xanadu, a documentary film featuring the cast and crew. Courtesy of Fabulous Films, Dancing Times has three copies of the DVD to give away as competition prizes to three lucky readers. To enter, simply email your name and full postal address to us, along with the answer to the following question: In what year was Gene Kelly born? The closing date is February 28, 2021. Email us at competitions@dancing-times.co.uk.
Olivia Newton-John and her daughter Chloe Lattanzi's new single, "Window in the Wall," is now available on all digital music platforms.
Photograph: Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly in Xanadu.
Simon Oliver
Simon Oliver has been production editor of Dancing Times since 2010 and is highly experienced in design across print and online magazine production. Throughout his career, Simon has worked on a diverse range of subjects including music, family history, book collecting and poker.


I love travel quotes almost as much as I love travel, which believe me, is saying a lot! I've compiled two Top 10 lists of the best inspirational travel quotes. So whether your planning or just dreaming of adventures I hope these will inspire you.
In a new country a simple sunset can take your breath away; you are exactly where you want to be, doing what you want to do, that feeling of freedom accompanied with the beautiful simplicity of nature can melt any heart.
Travel is as much about learning and growing as it is seeing. New cultures, new challenges, meeting new people, finding somewhere to sleep on new years eve in Sydney when your down to your last cents and have been surviving on chocolate paste and bread for three days! I could bore you extensively with my travels at this point, but too many great quotes to get through so here we go….
and I remember more than I have seen."
and those who do not travel read only a page."
I travel for travels sake. The great affair is to move."
You may have noticed I like to save the best to last sometimes.
I've been a fan of the author of this next travel quote for a long time.
I Loved Monty Python and have been inspired by his travels ever since.
This quote sums up my own attitude to travel very nicely.
"To get to know a country, you must have direct contact with the earth.
It's futile to gaze at the world through a car window."
This next quote coming up you may well be familiar with, even already read it a million times. There is a reason for that. It's good.
Aaaaanyway…this still has the goose bump factor for me every time…..
P.S. This quote is often wrongly attributed to Mark Twain. It was published in a book by H. Jackson Brown, which was a collection of wise aphorisms from Brown's mother. Thanks to the quoteinvestigator.com for that one.
Thanks for visiting this Travel quotes page. Feeling a little inspired now?


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1. Chapter 1 2. Chapter 2 3. Chapter 3 4. Chapter 4 5. Chapter 5 6. Chapter 6 7. Art: Principality 8. Chapter 8
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
Good Omens (TV)
Megamind (2010)
Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)
Aziraphale (Good Omens)
Crowley (Good Omens)
Gabriel (Good Omens)
Uriel (Good Omens)
Michael (Good Omens)
Sandalphon (Good Omens)
Beelzebub (Good Omens)
Dagon (Good Omens)
Hastur (Good Omens)
Ligur (Good Omens)
Disposable Demon (Good Omens)
Newton Pulsifer
Anathema Device
Warlock Dowling
The Them (Good Omens)
Alternate Universe - Human
Alternate Universe - Superheroes/Superpowers
Enemies to Friends to Lovers
Ineffable Husbands (Good Omens)
Ineffable Idiots (Good Omens)
Idiots in Love
Loosely Based on Megamind
they don't know they are enemies
Minion is a plant
Courts GO Re-Reads, Good Omens Human AUs
Hereditary Enemies
Beckers522
How early was too early to show up to a lunch date?
Crowley found himself asking that question constantly throughout the morning. As he chose which outfit to wear and styled his hair, changed his outfit, went to check on some of his plants at the shop. Came back to his duplex, waved 'good morning' to Anathema through the window. Changed his outfit for the third time. The question always lingered.
How early was too early?
The last thing Crowley wanted to do was seem desperate or pathetic. If he showed up thirty minutes prior and Aziraphale walked in to see him already settled, what would the other man think? It wasn't as if Crowley didn't have anything better to do with his time, he was just so utterly and completely nervous, he could barely think straight.
"I should just cancel," the man muttered to himself as he paced back and forth across the concrete floor of his basement. "This whole thing is a terrible idea anyway. He'll see right through me. If not today, then the next time we go out. Or the time after that. Might as well quit while I'm ahead."
No amount of reasoning could force him to pull the trigger. Even if Crowley had wanted to jump ship, he realized the only way to get out of it would be to march down to the bookshop and tell Aziraphale to his face, and he sure as hell wasn't going to do that. Crowley didn't have a phone number to call or an email address to contact. He had nothing but a date, time, location, and the promise that he would be there. The only way he was getting out of this lunch would be to stand Aziraphale up, and no matter how frazzled he became, Crowley knew he would never be able to stomach such a horrid act.
He may be a supervillain, but he wasn't cruel.
"Any plans for today, sir?"
The question, and proximity of the voice asking it, nearly caused Crowley to jump out of his skin. He whirled around and found himself face to face with Minion. The plant was riding atop their faithful Segway, one root wrapped firmly around the handle as they steered it around. A small tray had been bolted to the front where Minion could place various tools and other items they wished to carry around. Right now, Crowley could see evidence the plant had been making upgrades to their suit - a mechanical device of Crowley's own invention that allowed the sentient plant to walk around like any other life form. Various nuts, bolts, and screws lay strewn about along with the strangest assortment of tools he'd ever seen.
"No," he answered far too quickly to be even remotely believable. "Nothing set in stone. Might head over to the shop for a bit. See how the plants are getting on. Grab some lunch, or something. Maybe some tinkering this afternoon. Who knows?"
"Right," Minion responded, wheeling around to the other side of Crowley's desk and the multitude of drawers by his right leg. The villain wasn't entirely sure what his companion was looking for, but he knew by now not to get in Minion's way. "Is that what you want me to tell Beelzebub when they inevitably call later this afternoon?"
Crowley groaned. For a few blissful minutes, he'd managed to forget all about that annoying pest of a villain. This entire week had been spent at his shop, leaving Minion to mind the lair back home. Normally, this wouldn't have been an issue at all, but Beelzebub was determined to have him be a part of the next phase of their plan. And for the life of him, Crowley couldn't understand why.
"Absolutely not," he replied, making it very clear Minion was, under no circumstances, to allow the villain any knowledge of Crowley's whereabouts. "I don't want you to even answer the phone while I'm out. Let them stew for all I care. They deserve it, for trying to ruin my vacation."
That last bit was more of a formality than anything else. Crowley honestly didn't care what Beelzebub was up to, so long as they left him out of it. He knew that eventually, Beelzebub would track him down and he'd either have to go along with their insane plan to infiltrate The Host or find some other reason he couldn't participate. Avoiding the problem had been working well so far, he might as well keep trying until something changed.
"But sir?" Minion protested and Crowley quirked his eyebrow at the plant. They cut off abruptly, stems shaking slightly as if they were carefully contemplating their next words. Which they should, if they wanted to keep all their leaves. "It seems as if Beelzebub has something big planned for the superheroes. Why wouldn't you want to be a part of that?"
Crowley sighed, trying not to feel too self-conscious about how close Minion was getting to the root of the problem. He was a villain. He should want to do villainous things, and breaking into Host Tower certainly counted as such. The problem was, after fifteen years of this, Crowley could hardly be bothered to care . The only thing that he actively enjoyed about being The Serpent was his interactions with Principality. It was obvious, based on their last conversation, the hero did not feel the same.
Well, if Principality couldn't be bothered to care, then neither would he.
"Until Beelzebub brings me in and tells me exactly what they plan on doing and why I should care, I'm not interested," Crowley stated in a tone that was very much final. "And I will have that conversation on my terms. Not anyone else's."
Silence fell between the pair as Minion found whatever tool they were looking for. The machine whirred back to life as they started to wheel away, only to pause and look back, the smallest, uppermost leaves lifting upward as if they were looking straight at the supervillain. "If that's what you want, sir."
It was what he wanted. Or, rather, talking to Beelzebub was not what he wanted. Crowley didn't actually know what he did want, other than to get away from home for a bit and spend a nice meal with a kind and very handsome bookshop owner.
All in all, he made it to the café with ten minutes to spare.
The first time he passed by, peeking in the window as he casually strolled down the street, Crowley didn't see any sign of Aziraphale. He checked his watch, flashed his eyes once more over the two wide glass windows at the front of the café, and then turned the corner, looping around the block to have another go at it.
On the third such loop around the block, he spotted the blonde haired man, hand on the café door, just about to pull it open. Internally, Crowley cursed himself. If he'd been just a bit earlier, he might have timed it so he could have held the door open for Aziraphale. The other man seemed like the type who would appreciate a gentlemanly gesture like that. Based on his clothes - a similar colored tan suit with a deep green bowtie this time - Crowley assumed Aziraphale was an old-fashioned type. Someone who appreciated polite conversation, doors being held open, and all that other stuff. Acts that weren't necessarily in Crowley's wheelhouse, but ones he found himself wishing he could do, just so that this kind man might like him, just a bit.
"Oh Crowley!" Aziraphale greeted with a smile as Crowley entered the building a few steps behind him. As he looked over at the other man's face, butterflied erupted inside his chest. Honestly. How was he supposed to even think let alone say anything interesting when Aziraphale practically lit up like that? Eyes crinkling, dimples appearing in the center of his cheeks - it was completely unfair how attractive he was. Crowley was absolutely doomed. "So glad to see you!"
Crowley nodded his head silently as his eyes drifted toward the menu behind the counter, not comprehending a single word written in chalk there. It was difficult to be hungry when his stomach was currently twisted in knots, lodged in his throat, making it impossible to say a single word, let alone eat. Had he smiled back at Aziraphale? He must have, or he would seem like an absolute wanker.
He had to say something. Crowley had to say something right now that was clever, and funny, and showed Aziraphale that he was glad to be here, without seeming too desperate. If he came across too desperate, Aziraphale might lose interest. He had to seem cool. Put together. He could do this. All he had to do was take a deep breath and -
"How was your walk?"
How was your walk? What the hell was wrong with him? Was he trying to make an absolute embarrassment of himself? Biting back a groan, Crowley turned to look at the other man who beamed at him while the line shifted forward and they followed along with it.
"Oh, it was quite splendid, actually!" Aziraphale responded, not looking put out in the least by Crowley's complete and utter awkwardness. "I've been up for a while, you see, trouble sleeping and all, so I took a walk through the park to clear my head. Have you ever been to the park in the early morning?"
Aziraphale paused, and after a few seconds, Crowley realized he was waiting for a response. Quickly, the man shook his head and his companion continued. "This time of year, there's usually this layer of mist that hangs around until mid morning. One would think it would give off an almost spooky feeling, but the atmosphere is actually quite mysterious. It reminds me of some of the fantastical tales I used to read as a boy."
He was talking a lot, which Crowley hoped was a good sign. Maybe Aziraphale was a nervous talker. There was no reason to believe he'd be nervous in a situation like this, except, well, he had been on his way back to the shop the other day after they'd said goodbye. Crowley hadn't stopped much to analyze their previous interactions, for fear that he might find obvious signs that Aziraphale was simply being a kind neighbor.
"You - uh, you read a lot as a kid then?" For a moment, his voice wavered, sticking in his throat like peanut butter to the roof of his mouth, but Crowley pushed past the sensation. He wasn't about to let Aziraphale grow bored with him because he couldn't bring himself to speak. Crowley may be a handful. He was fickle, bouncing from one thing to the net without rhyme or reason. When some idea captured his attention, he could vanish for days, not even responding to Anathema to let her know he was alright. He could be selfish, and inconsiderate of others, not to mention he was a literal supervillain.
There were many reasons for Aziraphale to lose interest in him. Being boring was not one of them.
"Oh yes!" Aziraphale responded as they reached the counter. "All the time. My life was a rather dull one, you see. Both my parents worked and while I liked the daycare I attended before and after school, the other children could be...quite rambunctious at times. I much preferred to sit in my comfy chair and be whisked away into other worlds."
Crowley remained quiet as Aziraphale turned away to place his order, realizing with a rapidly increasing heartbeat, that this might be his chance to take charge. If he did nothing, they might still have a perfectly enjoyable lunch, and that might be all it was. A lunch. Not a date.
And that was what Crowley really wanted. He wanted this meal to be a bonified date. He wanted there to be no way for either one of them to misread the situation. And the only way to do that was to take charge of the situation right now.
"I've got it," the red-haired man cut in as he quickly placed his order, stopping Aziraphale in his place. He reached for his wallet, ready to pay for the both of them before the other man could get a word in edgewise.
Turning toward Aziraphale, Crowley shot him a wink, hoping it came across as flirtatious and not arrogant or creepy in any way. "You can get the next one."
Aziraphale's cheeks flushed in the most charming way and Crowley could hardly focus on anything else. He simply smiled as the other man's response went in one ear and out the other, keeping close to his side as they took their seats and waited for their food to be ready.
"So!" Aziraphale started, leaning forward slightly in his seat as he unfolded the napkin in front of him and placed it gingerly on his lap, reaching a single hand up to straighten out the silverware on either side of him - fork on the left, knife on the right. "A plant shop? What prompted you to take on quite an endeavor?"
Crowley shrugged, leaning back ever so slightly in his chair. "I've always liked gardening, I suppose," he answered, not really wanting to go into all the details of his very unique situation. "Seemed like the thing to do, being on vacation, and all."
He winced internally, already regretting opening his mouth. Aziraphale was sure to catch onto that. He should know by now to be more careful with what he said, but it had been so long since Crowley had interacted with anyone else in his normal life besides Anathema. At least, on a more personal level than saying 'hello' as he passed by people in the grocery store. If he didn't reign in his tongue, he was sure to let something slip.
"Vacation?" Damn. Not even a second to figure out what he should say next. "Are you only here temporarily?"
Was that a hint of...disappointment Crowley heard in Aziraphale's voice, or was he imagining things? Surely, Aziraphale didn't actually believe he'd moved here to temporarily open up a plant shop, only to leave several weeks later? He may bounce from project to project faster than a cricket avoiding capture, but he wasn't a complete idiot.
"No," he assured the other man as their food was brought over by someone from behind the counter and placed on the table in front of them. "That's not what I meant - 'vacation' probably was the wrong word. I just meant I needed a break from my usual line of work."
"Oh." Aziraphale smiled and Crowley felt the room brighten around him. "What sort of work do you usually do?"
"I'm an engineer." Technically, not a lie, but even the half truth made Crowley's stomach squirm. This was a bad idea. Normally, he could lie with ease. As a city-wide villain, he had to or he'd have been put away years ago. This stomach-curling, nausea was new though. Aziraphale was just so kind. So genuine and trusting, it physically hurt to lie to him. Which was going to be a problem in the future. If they even had a future.
"Mostly mechanical, though I've been delving a bit into software development recently. Got tired of doing the same old thing. Do you know anything about mobile games?"
Aziraphale shook his head and Crowley could have slapped himself. Of all the people he could be out with, of course Aziraphale wouldn't be the type to play mobile games. He probably didn't even own a mobile phone, by the looks of him.
"I'm afraid not," he admitted somewhat apologetically, confirming Crowley's suspicions. Keeping up with the times is a bit difficult for me. My work issued me with a newfangled watch a year or so ago that is also some sort of communication device, and I have a rather dreadful time with it."
Crowley frowned. "You have a smartwatch as part of being a bookshop owner?"
A soft chuckle emerged from the man's chest and Crowley's heart glowed. He hadn't meant to make Aziraphale laugh, but he was glad for it, nonetheless.
"No, my dear." Crowley's cheeks colored splendidly at the term. So much for keeping his cool. "I'm afraid I only tend to the bookshop on my off hours. I'm also a volunteer rescue worker."
Good Lord, this man was the whole package. Handsome, kind, thoughtful and self-sacrificing. If he had superpowers, he'd be a bloody hero - and not one of those pretentious assholes that made up The Host. A legitimate hero, like the ones Crowley had grown up reading stories about.
"In other news, after their successful encounter at First National Bank yesterday afternoon, the hero Archangel has announced that The Host will be holding a press conference at the end of next week to announce a new hero being added to their ranks."
Crowley could not have held back the groan if he tried. It slipped out between his clenched teeth as amber eyes took in the scene unfolding on the tv behind the bakery counter. The screen was small and partially obscured by the cashier, but Crowley could still see the right half of a news reporter standing downtown in front of the bank that Beelzebub and the others had attempted to rob the previous day.
With everything said and done, Crowley was extremely relieved he hadn't taken part in the skirmish. For a fight that only lasted twenty minutes, the contractors and construction workers in this city now had weeks of repair to replace the shattered glass and broken walls inside the building. It had been an all out brawl - one of the worst in recent memory - and honestly, with both Hellfire and Stormfront there, it had been a miracle all of them had made it out alive.
"Not a fan of a new cape in town?"
Crowley turned back toward the man sitting opposite him. Aziraphale was still seated as prim and proper as always, his hands folded neatly on his lap under the table, back straight, shoulders square. His face held the hint of a smile, one eyebrow quirking upright as an amused grin tugged at his lips. A wave of anxiety hit him like a truck. Even though all signs pointed at the opposite, there was still a chance that Aziraphale was like all the other civilians in this city - a fan of The Host. Lining the streets every time one of them decided to speak. Filling his home with collectibles and merchandise and comics about fights that never even happened.
It was a completely plausible concern. One that had a chance of ruining anything here between them, if there even was anything. Crowley hoped there was, but then again, he knew very little about the bookshop owner. Finding out that Aziraphale was just another face in one of those cheering crowds might be enough for Crowley to call this whole thing quits. He may be on vacation, but he was still a villain. He had been, for fifteen years now.
It wouldn't do well to forget that.
"It's not that I mind having someone new, necessarily, " Crowley backtracked, trying not to seem too suspicious. What a disaster of a first date this would be if Aziraphale found out he was having lunch with one of the most wanted criminals in the city, hiding in plain sight. "I'm just not super jazzed about all my magazines being overtaken by articles about this new hero. And about how that's all the news will be talking about for weeks. No more sweet human interest stories about rescuing baby foxes out of wells or baking the world's largest pepperoni and pineapple pizza. Just some new teenager who doesn't quite fit into those big hero boots."
Another smile flashed his way as Aziraphale lifted a hand to sip at his tea. "You forgot about all the new merchandise and press conferences and publicity stunts and the dozens of advertisements that go with them."
He was joking . Crowley's eyes widened as relief washed through him. Aziraphale was dreading this new superhero just as much as Crowley was, perhaps more so.
" You hate The Host too?" he asked, uncrossing his legs and leaning forward, as if adjusting his position would allow him to hear Aziraphale more clearly.
The blonde man chuckled. "Hate is a strong word, but I will say I find their antics, hero and villain alike, to be quite tiresome. And that's on a good day."
Oh, thank the heavens. Aziraphale wasn't some crazy fanatic after all. He was a sane, normal human being who, like Crowley, had grown tired of this twenty-year long cat and mouse game. If Crowley hadn't been enamored with the blonde-haired man before, he certainly was now. He could feel his heart thrumming inside his chest and quickly reached for his drink in an attempt to alleviate the sudden dryness in his mouth.
What did he do now? He liked Aziraphale, really liked him. How long had it been since he'd had romantic feelings for someone? What was he supposed to do with them? From what he could tell, this date was going well so far, but he still had plenty of time to mess it up. Knowing him, he probably would.
"Did you want to go together?" Crowley found himself asking as the reporter continued to drone on about the event. It wasn't exactly the ideal spot for a second date, but it could be fun. There were sure to be some parties around town they could hit if the weather was nice, and it might be interesting to speculate on the way there what this new superhero might be like. Were they a boy or girl? What kind of powers did they have? Who did The Host intend on pairing them with for training? Who would be their nemesis?
All perfectly valid questions that were much more fun to speculate about with someone else. The last time this happened, Crowley and Minion had stayed up all night in their basement, planning a grand welcoming event full of villainous shenanigans. Minor ones, of course. Just enough to get the new hero's feet wet. He'd obviously be abstaining from such actions this time around, but spending more time with Aziraphale sounded just as grand.
Aziraphale's face fell and Crowley knew immediately he'd said something wrong. What could it have been? Was it the specific act of asking the other man on a second date? Had Aziraphale realized already that they weren't a good match? Or had something else tipped the scales? Crowley wanted to backtrack, but he couldn't see how. Not when he had no clue what was going on in the other man's mind.
"Too many people for me, I'm afraid," Aziraphale answered in a tight voice, and Crowley wondered if there was a story behind that sudden flash of anxiety. He didn't press, however, choosing to turn his gaze to the partially eaten food in front of him, no longer as hungry as he had been moments before.
"I would, however - " Crowley looked up suddenly at the brush of soft skin against his own. Aziraphale was leaning slightly forward in his chair, hand resting gently over Crowley's as he smiled softly at the villain. "Love to see you again after this, if you'd like."
Once again, Crowley's mouth went dry. His eyes widened, heart feeling like it was about to explode all over the table and ruin their moment. "Yeah," he managed to croak, wishing he didn't sound so much like a dying frog in that moment. "You, uh, you want to go on a second date?"
There. He'd said it. The words were out in the open now. No taking them back. It was time to see where Aziraphale's intentions truly lay.
He beamed, squeezing Crowley's hand once before returning it to his lap. "Very much so. I do believe," he continued, after a moment, blue eyes training on the wide smile that had found its way onto Crowley's face. A smile that wasn't going anywhere, anytime soon. Crowley was sure of it.
"I am supposed to 'get the next one'," he said with a wink and Crowley's heart was gone. If he wasn't so afraid of messing up what was obviously an invitation for a second date, he might have leaned in and kissed the other man, but somehow, he held himself back. Now wasn't the time. He'd have another opportunity, because Aziraphale was, right now , in this moment, asking him on a second date.
"Isn't that right?"
Hey guys! Sorry for the hiatus - I don't know why, but this chapter was giving me so much trouble, so I switched to finishing up some other fics for a while. It only finally began to come together last night, and I was able to finish it up this morning, just in time for the holidays.
For those who celebrate, Happy Thanksgiving. For those who don't - Happy Thursday! I hope you all are staying safe this year, even if it means (like me) visiting with loved ones virtually.
I am hoping to continue updates with this story at a more regular pace, but with the holiday season coming up, I don't have a great grasp of what my schedule will be like. If I am a bit sporadic, that is why, but I promise, I haven't abandoned you all!
Next up is Sarah's introduction to The Host (which I am super excited to write, btw) so stay tuned! And thank you again for all the kudos, comments, and subs (this is officially my most subscribed to fic ever. Crazy!) You all are amazing and I couldn't do what I do without your constant support.
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Q: What OOD pattern to use when it looks like you need to access a subclass method via a superclass reference? I'm working on a problem similar to this: there are Offices and Districts.  Some, but not all, Offices have sales information.  Some, but not all, Districts have sales information.  Offices that have sales information are always in Districts that have sales information, and they require that district sales information.  Offices that don't have sales information, don't care what kind of district they are in.  So, how does one best model this in object oriented design?
Obviously, we have Office and District classes, and there is a relationship between the two.  The most straightforward implementation is to include sales information members directly in these classes and those members are null when sales information isn't present.  However, it seems more OO to me to partition out instances with sales information as instances of SalesOffice and SalesDistrict and so you would have something like this:
District <-------- Office
    ^                 ^
    |                 |
SalesDistrict      SalesOffice
  * GetSalesInfo     * GetSalesInfo
                     * PrintSalesInfo()

Here's the rub: SalesOffice.PrintSalesInfo needs to call GeSalesInfo of both SalesOffice and SalesDistrict, and casting District to SalesDistrict just seems like a bad idea.
There must be a commonly used design pattern that can be applied here so that:

*

*An Office can always know what District it belongs to, regardless of what kind of district it is.

*A subset of offices and districts have sales information.

*An Office with sales information can access the sales information of the District it belongs to.

Suggestions?  Should I just forget about inheritance and create an IsSalesType flag for both Office and District or is there a better way?
[Edit: Note that the sales information returned by District and Office are not the same type of information]

A: I would say that you should not separate the office or district into classes having sales and classes lacking them.  Their relationship to sales is "has a", not "is a".  Just define a separate sales object, give office and district each a reference to a sales object, and give the sales office a reference to its parent district.  That way the sales things have only one interface regardless of whether they're in a district or an office.

A: From your explanation, it looks like the SalesDistrict and SalesOffice are just holders to the sales data and do not add any extra behavior themselves. I think using inheritance to represent this is not a good idea.
I think having the sales information as instance variable in District/Office is a better way to it. However, you do not need to have an isSalesType boolean flag to represent this.
If you are using Java 8, Optional data type is a perfect fit here. This is used to represent data that can be either present or absent. In this case, your District class would look like:
class District {
    ...
    Optional<SalesInfo> salesInfo;
    ...
}

Whenever you need to use sales info, wrap it up using:
if(salesInfo.isPresent()) {
    ...
}

To instantiate a sales info object, use:
Optional.of(new SalesInfo(..));

You can use Optional.empty() to instantiate it to an empty value in non-sales District/Office classes.
EDIT:
Even if there is small amount of behavior like you said about printing sales information, I would still go ahead with the above implementation, because it is conceptually simpler to understand. Inside the printSalesInfo method of the Office class, you just need to do:
if(district.getSalesInfo().isPresent()) district.getSalesInfo().get().printSalesInfo();

However, if you still want to avoid the checks altogether, here is my shot at it:
class Office {
    private District district;
    // constructor
    public Office(District district) {
        this.district = district;
    }
}

class SalesOffice extends Office {
    private SalesDistrict district;
    private SalesInfo salesInfo;

    public SalesOffice(SalesDistrict district) {
        super(district);
        this.district = district;
    }

    public void printSalesInfo() {
        salesInfo.print();
        district.printSalesInfo();
    }
}

class District {
    ....
}

class SalesDistrict extends District {
    private SalesInfo salesInfo;
    public void printSalesInfo() {
        salesInfo.print();
    }
}

We are basically retaining a reference to SalesDistrict object in the SalesOffice class although the parent class already has a reference. Note that we are not duplicating the memory used by the object. We are only keeping an extra reference. Of course, this does not allow you to construct a sales office object with a non-sales district, but that is one of your assumptions anyway.

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Science fiction fan and fanzine collector. Collection of fanzines - mostly works of fan fiction, with particular emphasis on multimedia anthologies and on the British science fiction TV show Blake's 7.
Debbie Hoover Fanzine Collection
Oregon-based fan and collector of fanzines. Collection of fanzines - mostly fan fiction -, mainly from Star Trek but also for other SF and genre media properties.
Celeste Hotaling-Lyons Fanzine Collection
Fan writer and editor. A collection of science fiction fanzines, primarily consisting of pieces of fan fiction, and a few related items, including some science fiction convention materials.
Iowa Memorial Union Records
Nicholas Johnson Papers
Writer, lawyer, lecturer. Johnson was born in Iowa City; took undergraduate and law degrees at the University of Texas at Austin; clerked with Chief Justice Hugo Black; taught law at Berkeley; and worked briefly for the Washington firm of Covington & Burling. Became Maritime Administrator in the Department of Commerce 1964-1966; Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission 1966-1973. Much of his later career has stemmed from his work with television and radio policy at the FCC. More biographical and other information can be found at Johnson's website, http://www.nicholasjohnson.org/>.
Ralph Junkin Papers
Collection of motion picture stills, theater lobby posters and window cards, display posters, press book material, and technical manuals for projectors and stage lighting. Covers both silent and sound motion picture.
Keith/Albee Collection
Vaudeville, theater, and movie business. Clipping books, managers' report books, scrapbooks, business records, cash books, etc.
Barry Kemp Papers
Television writer, producer. Consists of two series, scripts and video cassettes.
Frederick W. Kent Photograph Collection
The collection relates to most areas of the University of Iowa, including individuals, departments, and buildings.
Laura Leach Collection of Man From U.N.C.L.E. Fanzines
Collection of fanzines (primarily fan fiction) and other materials, including episode scripts, devoted to the 1960s cult television show The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Edward Charles Mabie Papers
Professor and Head of Speech and Dramatic Art. Director of University Theatre. Regional director of Federal Theatre Projects of the WPA. First president of the American Educational Theatre Association and a pioneer in the development of regional theatre.
Richard Maibaum Papers
American screenwriter, producer and actor. Personal papers contains an actors file, clippings and correspondences.
Marion Meade Buster Keaton Research Files
Research material compiled by Meade while writing the biography Buster Keaton Cut to the Case.
Marion Meade Woody Allen Research Files
Research material for The Unruly Life of Woody Allen. Comprised of interviews by letter and on tape, journal articles, research files, notes, films, photographs, manuscript copies, and copies of the completed book in various editions.
Lynda Mendoza Collection of David McCallum Memorabilia
Collection of materials related to the actor David McCallum, assembled by the president of his official fan club. Materials include books, posters, ephemera, photographs, audio and visual recordings, and other items.
Robert Metzler "Colombo" Diaries
Writer and producer Robert Metzler was hired in March 1975 to work on the NBC television series Colombo starring Peter Falk. He continued on the show into 1977, making near daily diary entries that record behind-the-scenes activity in great detail.
David Morrell Papers
Born in Ontario 1943, awarded a PhD in American literature by Pennsylvania State University in 1970, taught at Iowa from 1970 to 1986, retired to write. Perhaps best known for Rambo, the central character of his 1972 novel First Blood, which lead to the Rambo films starring Sylvester Stallone, Morrell has written numerous novels as well as screen- and teleplays. The growing collection of his papers includes video and audio tapes as well as research notes, correspondence, and manuscripts.
National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting Records
Subject files, correspondence, photographs, clippings and other records.
Charles O'Neal Papers
American television and motion picture screenwriter and novelist. Father of actor Ryan O'Neal. Screenplays, teleplays, typescripts, correspondence.
Organization for Transformative Works Fanzine and Fan Fiction Collection
Collection of science fiction and other genre fanzines, pieces of fan fiction, and related fannish artifacts donated by various fans through the cooperation of the Organization for Transformative Works, established to preserve the history of fanworks and fan culture.
Radio-Television News Directors Association Records
Correspondence, minutes of the board of directors, conventionreports, financial records, committee files, copies of thepublication RTNDA Bulletin, membership files, audiotapes, videotapes, and other papers.
Arthur A. Ross Papers
Motion picture and television script writer. Slides, watercolor paintings, scripts, screenplays, short stories and novels by Ross; photographs, three recordings.
Save Farscape Auction Collection
Collection of items assembled for a fannish auction to help fund the campaign protesting the cancellation of the science fiction television series Farscape.
Script Ephemera Collection
The core of this collection is made up of scripts submitted for consideration for Best Screenplay in 2000. Other scripts have been added, and will continue to be added as they are received. Other materials, such as publicity kits and "the making of books" are also included here.
Myrtle Sellman Photograph Collection
About 20 images and other items. Iowa City; includes Englert Theatre vaudeville programs, women's athletics (baseball, track and field, basketball); 1922.
Stewart Stern Papers
American motion picture and television screenwriter. Primarily material documenting his career, with research notebooks, rough dra s and final versions of many of his screen and teleplays, along with photographs from the productions. Also personal material including correspondence and his education and military records.
Phil Stong Manuscripts
Iowa author best remembered for State Fair (film scripts dated 1945, 1961 and 1962 are here), Stong also wrote several books for children, including The Adventures of "Horse" Barnsby and Hirum the Hillbilly. Both of these, and others, are represented in this collection.
David Swift Papers
Television and motion picture writer, director and producer. Television and motion picture scripts, screenplays, publicity, reviews, notes and memos, set designs, and costume sketches.
Theatre Arts Records
Twentieth Century Fox Film Scripts Collection
American film producing and distributing corporation. Materials include motion picture screenplays (both American and foreign) and television scripts. The screenplays range from various dra s to dialogue and cutting continuity scripts. Correspondence and general business agreements.
Victor Animatograph Corporation Papers
Alexander Victor, a central figure in the invention and marketing of 16mm film equipment for home and industrial use, formed the Victor Animatograph Company of Davenport, Iowa. Papers include records, correspondence, catalogs and clippings, photographs, negatives and scrapbooks.
Watchers of CIS Collection of Highlander Fan Materials
Collection of fannish materials, particularly fanzines, relating to the Highlander media franchise of movies and television shows.
Gene Wilder Papers
Actor, film star, writer, director and producer, University of Iowa alumnus (1955). The Wilder papers include scripts and drafts of scripts, contracts and related papers, and a group of photographs.
Albert Zugsmith Papers
American motion picture producer, director and writer. Ten script items ranging from shooting schedules to screenplays.


We've been focused on Kummer #72, and about phrasing. I need to learn to grab larger groups and shapes of notes. On top of all that, I need to focus on doing a better job of keeping a good central position for my left arm – hanging back but not down – in second and third position.
The cello bridge got nudged, so I had it nudged back.I tried to nudge it myself last night, but it didn't look right so I got it over to the luthier who said it was still playable. Because of the odd shape of my cello and the custom made bridge, I need to line up the C string rather than make the entire bridge centered.


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I want this database to be automatically backed up every day.
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GKN Wheels showcases market-leading solutions at Agritechnica
As world-leader in off-highway wheel design and manufacture, GKN Wheels is to showcase a number of wheels from its proven Profi range at this year's Agritechnica exhibition.
The high quality, high-performance Profi solutions deliver a wide range of operational and performance benefits, enabling farmers and end users to improve productivity and efficiency, while at the same time delivering enhanced value over the lifetime of the wheel.
Products on display will feature the patented technology of the Profi-Fit, Profi-Grip and Profi-Flex HS (high speed) ranges, all of which enable original equipment manufacturers and machine operators to produce and use ever-larger and more powerful tractors and farm machinery over prolonged periods of time.
Among the highlights at the exhibition will be the company's Sprayer wheel. Designed to solve the specific challenges of working with agricultural sprayers, this high-performance wheel provides a consistent connection between the tyres and machine, regardless of the prevailing ground or climatic conditions.
Flexibility and Tyre Protection
The Sprayer wheel features GKN Wheel's patented Profi-Fit TW profile, which brings a wide range of unique advantages, including faster, easier and more efficient tyre fitting, A lighter weight wheel which also offers improved safety and a greatly reduced risk of tyre damage, critical on the new IF and VF sprayer tyres which are currently being launched. These tyres have a very rigid tyre bead which can easily be damaged on a standard rim, whereas the Profi-Fit design protects the tyre.
The wheel also benefits from GKN Wheel's world class painting standards, which gives it a class C5 'marine standard' corrosion protection, as well as great flexibility in batch sizes to improve stock holding efficiencies for customers. John Madsen, GKN Wheels' Commercial & Engineering Director, said: "Designed by our outstanding engineers, tested according to all applicable standards and produced in our worldclass facilities, our Sprayer wheel sets the standard in the market.
"Having worked extremely closely with our customers in the development of this wheel, we are delighted that it is providing solutions to everyday issues, delivering outstanding quality, performance, reliability and efficiency."
Getting to Grips with the Problem of Slippage
Also on display will be the patented Profi-Grip range, which was developed in partnership with a number of customers and tyre partners to solve the increasing problems with tyre slippage on high Horse Power (HP) tractors. Tyre to rim slippage has become a major problem for farmers, many of whom have had tyres destroyed from slippage, without being able to detect the problem before it was too late.
The unique profile was designed to prevent tyre to rim slippage, with the wheel's unique design serving to minimise rim-shrinkage and protect the tyre when used at low pressure. The design also improves the contact pressure between tyre and rim, and also features the patented TW profile, making the fitting of tyres faster and easier.
The Profi-Fit wheel provides an innovative solution for low pressure tyre applications and features a rolled over flange which improves rim strength and minimises the risk of tyre damage during fitting. The unique 15° angled section of the profile is more than double the minimum requirement of the TRA/ETRTO standard – adopted by other manufacturers. As a result, the wheel is much easier and faster to install and inflate – and enables tyres to be fitted at pressures below 2.5 bar. The patented TW profile also achieves a 40% stress reduction in critical areas.
Finally, an example from the Profi-Flex HS (high speed) range will also be on display, the wheel featuring a manually adjustable track wheel for work in different row widths. Designed for lowpressure tyre applications, the wheel design combines durability with reduced weight and easier tyre fitting, wih the rolled-over flange providing improved rim strength and minimising the risk of tyre damage during installation.
John Madsen continued: "Agritechnica is one of the world's leading exhibitions and provides a great platform for us to showcase our product ranges and to demonstrate their benefits. Our team is looking forward to welcoming visitors to our brand-new stand, C27 in hall 4."
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The reduction and removal of antibiotics from poultry feeds is now a common theme for producers. This is due to rising levels of antimicrobial resistance and not because of the antibiotics themselves. Ensuring that antibiotics are only used for the treatment of disease in birds will relieve pressure on the industry, but at what price to poultry performance?
Antimicrobial resistance, not antibiotics themselves, motivate the drive for antibiotic reduction.
Consumer demand, regulation and a lack of new antimicrobial molecules all contribute to the current, long-term trend to reduce antibiotics in modern poultry systems. While the need for consumer education around food production remains an open question, it is the ability of bacteria to become resistant to one or more antibiotics –rendering those drugs ineffective– and the profound implications for both human and animal health that account for the need to reduce antibiotics.
According to the World Health Organization (2011), "any kind of antibiotic use in people, animals or plants can promote the development and spread of antibiotic resistance." The identification of antibiotic use in farm animals as a risk factor in the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria explains why antimicrobial resistance has continued to garner greater attention from health authorities and regulators worldwide, particularly for antibiotics deemed important to human medicine.
This concern is separate from antibiotic residues potentially finding their way into meat and eggs: withdrawal periods and monitoring have already been established to ensure that antibiotics do not enter the food supply.
Source: Danish Integrated Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring and Research Programme, 2015.
The need to preserve antimicrobial substances stems from the fact that they represent, to some extent, a limited resource. The most recent class of antibiotics was discovered in 1987. The research and development pipeline for new antimicrobials has remained largely unfilled. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD, 2016), only five new classes of antibiotics have been brought to market since 2000.
The development of bacterial resistance to an antibiotic in the years following its introduction, estimated by some to be on average eight years, places limits on the economic viability and lifespan of new molecules, discouraging innovation (Schmieder and Edwards, 2012). The lack of new antibiotic substances reinforces the importance of preserving those already in existence.
Historically, motivations for antibiotic use in animal husbandry fall into three categories: growth promotion, disease prevention and treatment. The trend when it comes to governmental restrictions on antibiotics has been rather clear: antibiotics for growth promotion will be discouraged. (See callout box 'The G20 aims to limit antibiotics').
Countries looking to limit the application of antibiotics in animals typically start with restrictions on one or several antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) often followed by a ban on AGPs. At least 32 countries have imposed a nationwide ban on AGPs, and 35 have a veterinary prescription requirement.
As a second step, some –though not all– countries then look to address preventive or prophylactic antibiotic use—thereby limiting the use of antibiotics to treat disease. Yet, these alone are not always sufficient to reduce antibiotic use in livestock.
In 2005, Europe banned the use of AGPs. For the regulators, the ban did not initially have the intended effect—namely, the reduction of antibiotics applied in livestock. The elimination of AGPs was met with a rise in prescribed veterinary antimicrobials for preventive use in subsequent years (Figure 1).
To address the preventive use of antibiotics, regulators in several European countries introduced a so-called 'yellow card' system that uses a series of different metrics to encourage further reductions in antibiotic use for preventive reasons.
This system proved effective in restricting antibiotic use to disease treatment (Figure 2), which explains why within Europe, Northern European countries have comparatively lower levels of antibiotic use in animals, taking into consideration the amount of antibiotics sold and size of the respective animal populations—referred to as a population correction unit (PCU) basis (Figure 3).
"We will promote the prudent use of antibiotics in all sectors and strive to restrict their use in veterinary medicine to therapeutic uses alone. Responsible and prudent use of antibiotics in food producing animals does not include the use for growth promotion in the absence of risk analysis. We underline that treatments should be available through prescription or the veterinary equivalent only." - G20 Agriculture Ministers' Declaration 2017.
Numerous monitoring programs that survey levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in animals exist throughout the world. Aggregating surveillance data from 19 countries that record antimicrobial resistance of E. coli in poultry shows that countries such as Norway and Sweden that have less intensive antibiotic use (Figure 3) also have lower levels of E. coli resistant to antibiotics including ampicillin, ciprofloxacin and tetracycline (Figures 4, 5 and 6). This observation, along with continued pressure from consumers frequenting retailers and fast food outlets, increases the likelihood that more countries will eventually move to restrict antibiotic use to disease treatment.
Based on the number of antimicrobial-resistant E. coli in poultry, and taking into account the historical path that early-mover countries have taken towards antibiotic reduction and removal, we can broadly observe three sets of situations.
In the first group of countries –including Vietnam, the United States and several in South America– the process of antibiotic exit has yet to begin or is still in the early stages. In these countries, we often see high levels of resistance for many classes of antibiotics.
In the second group, AGPs have been banned, though they have yet to adopt a yellow card system or other measures to further clamp down on antibiotic use. In these countries –including Italy, Spain and Turkey– we can still find high levels of resistant E. coli, at least to a selected list of antibiotics.
In the third group of countries, where the prudent use of antibiotics is already implemented –including most of the countries in Northern Europe– resistance levels are considerably lower than elsewhere in the world.
Source: The European Union summary report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and indicator bacteria from humans, animals and food in 2015, 2017. China: Zhang et al, 2017. South Africa: Iwu et al, 2017. Vietnam: Dang et al, 2011.
At least 32 countries have imposed a nationwide ban on antimicrobial growth promoters, and 35 have a veterinary prescription requirement.
The challenge for producers who have adopted antibiotic exit programs or find themselves in countries where antibiotic use is being curtailed, is to reduce antibiotics while keeping performance high. Alternative measures are required to substitute the role of antibiotics in relation to growth promotion and disease prevention if they are to retain their necessary role in disease treatment.
In modern animal production, there is a need for growth promoters in feed, just as there is a need for disease prevention. Some combination of feed additives, enhanced biosecurity, vaccination programs and better management practices will be the way forward—as evidenced by producers and geographies that have already made the switch.
Looking ahead, the key to addressing the antibiotics question will be to control resistances and close the performance gap.
European Medicines Agency, European Surveillance of Veterinary Antimicrobial Consumption. (2016). Sales of veterinary antimicrobial agents in 29 European countries in 2014. EMA/61769/2016.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2016). Antimicrobial resistance: Policy insights. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Schmieder, R and Edwards, R. (2012). Insights into Antibiotic Resistance Through Metagenomic Approaches. Future Microbiology. 7(1):73-89.
World Health Organization. (2011). Tackling antibiotic resistance from a food safety perspective in Europe. World Health Organization.


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Count off...1,2,3 or we could Mickey Mouse club..
Seriously Ernie Sands, Scott Ludiwg, Garry Cope, Thomas Phillips, Dirk Gross, Steve Colon, Dale Lastowicka, Larry Davis, Al Amos, Rich Hamilton...I have had recent contact with them, who else is around that you have talked to????
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I'm here. Doing my SecWar stuff, but not playing games at this time.
Thank-you Garry, you count as more than one.. I would join the French army just to be in your command. God made Texas and He was happy.
I'm still around, just swamped with games. I'm in too many clubs.
"The Spirits Warn You Twice, The Third Time You Stand Alone"
Brigadier General The Lord Smith of Spencer's Ordinary, OSM.
Here not as often as I would like, but that should improve.


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Fryatt's digging up gems
By Sue Irving -
FOOTBALL: As a quarry manager in West Norfolk, Neil Fryatt is unlikely to unearth many diamonds.
But in his other role as manager of King's Lynn Town u18s it is his main priority – digging out raw gems to polish into shape for the Linnets' production line.
South Wootton-based Fryatt, 52, has been involved with the club for most of his life in a variety of positions.
But it is his current job that brings him most satisfaction.
Fryatt, who served as assistant to previous Linnets first-team manager Gary Setchell for almost five years, said: "I much prefer coaching the youngsters to being involved with the first team. Yes, you still get some big egos but there's less chance of bad habits being ingrained and you can mould them better."
Fryatt is a Linnet through-and-through, having walked through the door at The Walks at 14 and out again at 30. He went back at 39 and, other than a short break last year, has been there ever since, as player, coach and manager, serving the A team, reserves, first team and now the youth team. He also turned out for Swaffham Town and Downham Town and did his level 1 and 2 coaching badges at Swaffham and UEFA B licence at Lynn, working with Matty Henman and Keith Rudd.
"I've got experience of the game from the age of five to 52 at all levels," said Fryatt, who is keen to pass on that knowledge to his young charges, working alongside Sean McQuaid and goalkeeper coach Joe Simpson.
King's Lynn Town Youth team are looking resplendent in their new kits, sponsored by Your Local Paper. Operating manager Gary Bush is
pictured presenting a shirt to team captain Charlie Rudland. With the squad is YLP director Alan Taylor. Team manager Neil Fryatt said: "Thanks to Alan, Gary, Steve and all at Your Local Paper for sponsoring the lads' kits. Their support of the team is much appreciated and it is good to see a local company backing a local team and showing such great
support for the area." Mr Taylor said: "We are delighted to be supporting the Linnets. As a community newspaper, we are the home of local sport at all levels and look forward to a great partnership. We wish them the best of luck for the rest of the season."Pictures: MATTHEW USHER.
"We're at the start of a two-year development programme so have a young squad of 16-17 year olds who'll still be eligible to play in this age group next season," explained Fryatt.
"I've only got four players left from last season with the bulk of the squad coming through from the Community Elite u16 squad.
"That's the route the best talent locally will come from but, once the colts league season gets under way, I'll be watching to see what's out there and make sure no one slips through the net.
"It's a big step up from u16 to u18s, not just physical stature but also with more structured coaching. We always go out to win and my players have to have hunger and desire but, realistically, my ambition is just to get players through to the reserves and on to the first team.
"If we can get two or three youngsters up into the reserve team every year, that's my goal."
Dylan Edge, Kieran Phipp and Ryan Harnwell are all youth team products making their way up through the club ranks and Fryatt is confident many more will follow.
"I've already spotted a couple of players that I think can go all the way. They have the right attitude and, if they keep developing and work hard, they've got a great chance.
"We always go out to win and my players have to have hunger and desire but, realistically, my ambition is just to get players through to the reserves and on to the first team." Neil Fryatt
"Players develop at different paces and some might not make their mark until they are 19-20, rather than 16-17, so sometimes I have to take a punt on what I believe, usually based on how good their attitude is."
Fryatt is happy with the support he gets from first team manager Ian Culverhouse and said: "He believes in the youth team and wants to develop a pathway through the reserves to the first team.
"He's said that if you're good enough, you're old enough and has left it up to me and Rob (Back, reserve team manager) to bring on our players the best we can for the next step.
"Ian is very hands on and after every game speaks to us and talks things through. He has left the systems we play up to us because he believes players should get the chance to experience lots of different methods so they get a more rounded view of the game.
"It's all about development and many of the players get the chance to play in different positions to see how adaptable they are."
Linnets Youth 2017/18
10 Holbeach Utd A D 1-1
16 Peterboro Sports H L 1-5
22 Wisbech St Mary A
30 Downham Tn H
w/c 4 AFC Sudbury A (FAYC)
14 Peterboro Sports A
27 Deeping Rgrs H
Entry to The Walks for youth team matches is £5, concessions £4, junior (12-18) £2.
U11s free. No extra charge for seats in the stand.
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