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Gabriel and Eileen arrive at an understanding after a week of avoiding one another.
Old Dispensary
It's difficult to imagine that the Dispensary was once a center of vigorous activity occupied by more than a dozen people at any given time during the earliest stages of its history. The property has been abandoned longer than it was ever in use, and its Gothic-inspired architecture is more reminiscent of an old Victorian castle than the makeshift hospital and dormitory that it once was. Apart from the fire burning in the hearth and the somewhat stale smell of scouse made with rabbit in place of beef or lamb, there are very few signs that the building is occupied by more than a few mice lucky enough to have found refuge between narrow cracks in its cold stone walls.
Downstairs in the basement, the sound of humming generators is conspicuously absent. Jensen spoke of conserving electricity and unless something horrible has happened in Gabriel's absence, then it seems that he's made good on his threat and left light to candles and warmth to what the kerosene heaters generously provide.
It's dark. Normally a sign that everyone else has retired for the evening; he's the only one among them capable of safely navigating the stairs without the aid of a flashlight or lantern.
With the same liquid movements of a seacreature, the shadow-form that Wu-Long unintentionally left as his legacy comes writhing out from the gap between doors. It's a silent entry way, but only its edges seem to blend into the darkness imposed by a lack of electrical current and lightswitches, as the movement and navigation gives itself away as a supernatural being. The darkness, like the light, has its tricks — but none like this. Having spared himself a very chilly journey to the Old Dispensary, Gabriel turns corporeal again, his boots finding the floor of the massive room, his eyes catching hearth and lantern light.
He takes a breath, enjoying this simple function denied to him when transformed, and looks down at his hand. As he begins to stroll towards the fireplace with a rhythmic fall of light steps, he winds the scarlet cloth around his knuckles as he contemplates it, his gait meandering, his expression idle, and the hem of his coat sways after him.
One of the disadvantages to living on the Dispensary's second floor is that there's only one way up and one way down, but if there's one thing the other shadow has learned it's to make the best of a bad situation. If it waits at the top of the stairs, no one can get past it without confronting it first, and when it hears the sound of boots echoing in the rafters of the high ceilings below, it abandons its post and winds its way down the steps.
Whether or not his psychic radar makes Gabriel aware of Eileen's presence, she chooses to linger in the archway at the bottom of the stairs instead of moving toward him when his shape initially comes into view, its hard angles illuminated by the fire's flickering orange and yellow glow.
Visually, there's nothing to differentiate him from his doppelganger, and maybe her silence can be attributed to uncertainty. A much more straightforward explanation involves the simple pleasure she derives from watching his musculature shift beneath his clothes as she studies his back.
His head lifts a fraction, but Gabriel doesn't yet turn to her, as if sensing her caution like one might note it from a wilder animal, and maybe sudden movements would have the critter disappearing back into the darkness with a flick of a tail, hind legs, or a flash of feather. What he does do, instead, is reach about as far as their mirrored empathy allows, and send a tremor of simple awareness like the vibrations down a guitar string. He knows she's there, and now she knows who's there.
Unless Sylar managed to eat another animal telepath, which isn't impossible, but. Gabriel slips the red rag into a coat pocket, the tail end just visible against all the black, and he rocks a step back from the fire to turn a look back towards the arc of the stairwell. His head ducks down, a facetious sort of gesture, eyes squinting as if to pick her out.
In the dark, Eileen is composed of softer curves than her rigid surroundings including the slope of her pale neck and shoulder, a sliver of collarbone visible where the sweater she wears on her small frame hangs off it and does not cover as much as it should. A narrow waist and slightly broader hips, the familiar swell of breasts, calves and thighs. Even without the intuitive link that they share, there's no mistaking her figure for anyone else's. Her exact proportions are unique, and there are very few people whose eyes have as much intensity behind them when they look at him.
He doesn't have to worry about frightening her away. If there's any comparison to be made between Eileen and a wild animal, it equates her to something long and sleek with a silky muzzle full of very sharp teeth.
She sends the tremor back down the line, and like her shape its frequency and pitch are distinct.
These could almost be mating calls, and Gabriel is just male enough to entertain the notion. Enough that he starts towards her, even if the warmth of the hearth has only licked its heat up his shins and thighs for a few blessed seconds, the prickling cold setting back in as soon as he leaves it. Long steps, as opposed to quick ones, eating up distance until he can step within the arc of the hallway's entrance. It's not as though he has forgotten their past few days of staying away, what caused it. He's not even, necessarily, dismissing it.
This is, in fact, almost solely about that. Almost. He intends to use his large frame to have her edge back against the wall, intends to rest his hands on either side of partially-shown shoulders, and bracket her there in his longer limbs and height.
Hands with a texture like polished marble find Gabriel's face, firm fingers smooth, cool to the touch and seeking the contour of his mouth to shape it with the side of a thumbnail. There are people with the ability to read minds this way. Eileen's reason for exploring the structure of his chin, jaw and cheekbones is similar in that there are things she can determine by roving her palms over stubble.
Her own feelings, for instance. She isn't as gentle as she's been in the past; even after almost a week of separation, residual anger makes itself known in her rough handling of him and the saw-toothed edge her breath adopts when the distance between them narrows, then closes.
People are complex. The emotions they experience are, too. Animosity is only one part of what Gabriel can sense, and as potent as it is, it's nothing without what's layered beneath it. If she did not want and love him still, she wouldn't be losing the battle to maintain an impartial facade.
He can tolerate it. The anger and its minute manifestations. As far as they have gone with each other when it comes to venting their frustrations, hooking fingers and sharp nails are on a low enough scale for Gabriel to bear — he might even agree with her, this time. It doesn't stop the eventual unity of his mouth pressing to her's, closed and claiming if not necessarily chaste. His knees bend, the angle deepens, and he has his hands, still, on the chill wall of the Dispensary hallway just next to her shoulders.
He is either very brave or very foolish to be anywhere near her teeth.
Eileen drags them over his mouth in a punishing kiss as her fingers rake through his hair and nails like claws bite into his scalp. When she finally does speak, it's wet and haggard in a tone as uneven as her breathing has become without allowing any space between his lips and hers. They taste dry, cracked. "I want to be what you need."
Which is different from needing to be what he wants. Compromise instead of unconditional surrender.
The light is doing strange things — what Eileen can see of his face, anyway, this close and in this darkness. The distant hearth firelight should be carving a moon shape from his profile in glowing and flickery orange, but it dims, sporadic, a shading of illumination that rolls over him as liquid as a water ripple. Her, too, shadow sweeping over her own frame as if Gabriel might just yank them into the higher state of energy in which he'd arrived and take them both somewhere more comfortable. Your place or mine? The breaking of a kiss, though—
Then words pressed to him, and Gabriel blinks. It is a guilty blink, if Gabriel knows how to feel guilt, or some miniscule acknowledgment of a Problem that has also occurred to him. The tip of his nose brushes against her's more out of proximity than affection, backs up another inch or two without actually releasing her from where he now has her. "It would have been you," he opts for, voice harsh in its whisper, hermit-crab shy at the back of his throat. "Because you are."
A fraction of Eileen's quiet ferocity relents and is replaced with something more tender that marginally relaxes her grip and coaxes her hands to cradle his face in her palms, one thumb on either side of his mouth, a smaller mirror image of his hands pressed against the wall. She kisses him again, this time in acknowledgment of what he's saying, but the capture of his mouth is short and swift, immediately relenting.
It's cold. Her breath forms vapour in the air, bleeding silver from her nose and mouth on its way out of a tight chest. She's trembling, and it has nothing to do with the tumult that is her emotional state. "Then help me understand."
She winds up murmuring this towards the curve of his neck, Gabriel lifting his heavy head, warm breath steaming past her temple as he catches a glimpse of the shape of his hand to the wall. Next, the edge of his jaw, chin, graduating up the slope of his cheek against her hair, a human interpretation of the way cats claim and the way dogs show supplication. She'll feel that empathic awareness open up further, drawing the awareness of the night time birds closer to this building and at the same time, giving her a more open view of the empathic etcher-sketch map that Gabriel Gray carries with him.
There's a loneliness to everything. It tremors through the same notes of lust, affection, pride. "It's a cold winter," he mutters, the sound almost vibrating in her skull clear than it goes heard. "Odessa was warm. I just— I wanted it. In the same second that she did. She welcomed me home — so glad I was back. And she thinks she knows me."
If there's one thing Eileen can lay claim to knowing, it's loneliness. In this way, not a lot has changed since she was small and spent nights in bed with her back to the wall, listening to the sound of London traffic with her matchstick limbs wrapped around a pillow. Out here on Staten Island, she's in awe of its silence and keeps her pillow under her head where it belongs. Still sleeps facing her bedroom door, if for entirely different reasons.
Her work with the Ferry requires that she surround herself with people, but there's a distinct absence of warmth and sociability in her interactions with them. She has very few friends. Fewer that she acknowledges.
Gabriel is one. He deserves the same honesty he's shown her. "I'll never worship you like she does."
Now would be a good time to deny the worth of worship, but if they're being honest— Gabriel has already made it perfectly clear exactly how he responds to worship. By pinning the worshiper against the wall and getting tangled in her hair like an overly affectionate pet cockatiel, and hungry kisses and needy hands. It's as much about reward as it is about sex. He's quiet for a short time, thinking, mouth small in the dark and eyes hooded, chin hovering the crown of her head. A hand has graduated from its press to the wall, to toying with inky locks.
"Worship— is not what I need," he finally settles on, wry and honest. She set the terms — this might well slot neatly into them.
"I can pay some tribute," Eileen counters, taking Gabriel's hand in hers to rub her thumb along the inside of his palm and bring knuckles to her mouth. As she rotates it by the wrist, she kisses each one individually before she lowers it and places him at the hollow of her throat where her pulse flutters shallow. Easy access to his neck is one of the few benefits of being shorter than he is, and she takes advantage of it often; teeth graze skin and catch at his chin in the form of a slow, gentle bite. "Is it going to happen again?"
His thumb skims up the curve of her throat, feeling the gooseflesh countered by the natural heat of her body, just a few degrees cooler than his own over-metabolised self, warm enough to extend to his fingertips. "Well. Making up is kind of fun," he says, with his tone containing the Cheshire smile that his face only alludes to with the subtle quirk of a smirk. Gabriel's head tips, captures her mouth in a kiss, one that's as impassioned as it is preventing her from immediately replying.
Height is to her advantage again in that he can't quite press his body flush against hers, but he can take her wrists and ease them back against the wall, as if to prevent more clawing hands and rough handling, his own more firm than brutish. "No," he finally says, against the angle of her jaw.
Eileen's relief can be felt in the way she physically yields, allowing Gabriel to pin her wrists and steal away the use of her hands as the tension in the muscles of her body gradually relaxes under him. She'd made a sharp sound of protest before he covered her mouth by force, but whatever reprimand had been half-formed at the back of her throat ends up smothered.
It isn't a perfect fix. No such thing exists. It is, however, cause for reciprocation, and rather than verbalize a reply to his promise, she responds with an encouraging noise that's accompanied by the brush of her consciousness against his. Intimacy without touch.
By the time his mouth has wandered to the pale column of her throat, his hands have slid up over slender wrists that fit against his palm easily, to clasp over hands and cover them whole. His fingers mesh with her's, dragging into twin clasps that is not an entirely unfamiliar gesture between them in these moments. A moment later, Gabriel's body is practically melting into her's — which melts in turn as they both become shadows, hovering in a kind of mingled state of high energy before it chooses to move.
It chooses to move upstairs.
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Baker Mayfield's Playoff-Clinching Run Was a Play Named After What Colin Cowherd Previously Said About Him (VIDEO)
Baker Mayfield never forgets.
On Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers — Baker Mayfield ran for the game-clinching first down that put the Cleveland Browns back in the playoffs for the first time since 2002.
The name of the play was "Maserati," which was something Colin Cowherd said about Baker Mayfield. He said Mayfield was more of a Mazda than a Maserati.
Via MMQB:
"This was the call that put the Browns in the playoffs for the first time since 2002: Maserati. That's right, a simple, one-word call signifying a quarterback sweep. As it turns out, Cleveland has had the play in its back pocket. But not only had Kevin Stefanski not called it this year, it actually wasn't even in any of the Browns' 15 previous game plans. "It was for short yardage this week, and we called it," said guard Joel Bitonio, the longest-tenured Brown, in his seventh season in Cleveland. "I was kinda giving Baker [Mayfield] a little bit of crap earlier in the week about his speed, having him run the ball. It was a good play getting the extra blocker with Kareem [Hunt] leading the way there. I was on the backside so I just kinda cut my guy off. I saw him get the first down and get down in bounds, and I knew we had the game sealed."
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How Old Holly Came to Be by Patrick Rothfuss
The Old Scale Game by Tad Williams
Game of Chance by Carrie Vaughn
The Martyr of the Roses by Jacqueline Carey
Mudboy by Peter V. Brett
The Sound of Broken Absolutes by Peter Orullian
The Coach with Big Teeth by R. A. Salvatore
Keeper of Memory by Todd Lockwood
Heaven in a Wild Flower by Blake Charlton
Dogs by Daniel Abraham
The Chapel Perilous by Kevin Hearne
Select Mode by Mark Lawrence
All the Girls Love Michael Stein by David Anthony Durham
Strange Rain by Jennifer Bosworth
Nocturne by Robert V. S. Redick
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In Favour with Their Stars by Naomi Novik
River of Souls by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson
The Jester by Michael J. Sullivan
The Duel by Lev Grossman
Walker and the Shade of Allanon by Terry Brooks
The Unfettered Knight by Shawn Speakman
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A TRULY BAD COLLECTION OF DOGS
After reading a review of this book I expected the stories to be a " hit and miss collection " of short stories. This collection of dogs is abysmal. Only two of the stories worth listening to (The Jester by Michael J Sullivan and Unfettered Knight by Shawn Speakman). The rest seemed to be a bunch of leftover crap by various authors .
I would have returned this book, except it was on sale (therefore cheap) and I was warned it was a hit and miss collection. I guess sometimes you lose in a gamble.
102 of 105 people found this review helpful
Not very good
there were only 3 or 4 stories in this whole book that I enjoyed it sucks to pay for something that is not very good
I guess I'm not into short stories
It's hard to judge a book when there's so many different authors. The sentiment behind it seems to be well illustrated. However, I found it hard to get into any of the stories. I found myself drifting off rather than continuing reading. I guess this might be for the fact that it takes me a good three or four chapters in any book to really understand the characters and feel the surroundings. I believe as most fantasy readers would probably agree it takes a lot more than a couple of pages to set the scene of a true story.
If you purchase this book to understand more of the King killer trilogy, do NOT! The only story put in by Patrick is a bout a tree and how the tree stands. Moral of the story a tree will outlive us all. Don't buy this book for the specific reason being you want more of the King killer story, because it's simply NOT here. If you like Patrick's writings and you want to purchase this book go ahead. I just don't want you to have a misconception about it. The story is more of something to meditate on rather than a fantasy story.
This is why I never get anthologies
If I had listened to this in order to see if I liked the authors, I would have missed out on books that I currently have and enjoy.
Were I to grade the stories, Patrick Rothfuss had to come in at the bottom, but not by much. Robert Jordan's story only made sense if you were well versed in the Wheel of Time series, even then it was not that good... but I at least remember some of it.
I only hope this went for a good cause...
C. B. Pemberton
1 or 2 decent short stories buried in the dross. Disappointing to see well known authors send in their barrel scrapings for this worthy-sounding cause.
Love sifi and fantasy, this not so much.
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
The endings of some of the stories were abrupt. Other stories were just mediocre. .
Would you ever listen to anything by the authors again?
A few of them yes.
Did the narration match the pace of the story?
I was left unsatisfied after the majority of the stories. A few of the stories (about 5) were quite enjoyable and entertaining. The rest I could have done without.
Fell flat
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I would not recommend this book because the short stories were not satisfying. A few of them I could not finish. Some of them seemed like it needed a better introduction so I had no idea what was going on. Have read most of these authors and they are great at novels but seem to be bad at short stories.
Painfully hit-or-miss
Some of the stories are amazing, and I found a couple new authors to check out after enjoying their short story in this collection. However, a LOT of these stories are BAD. Either radically out of sync with regards to tone and genre (to be expected, given the authors had zero guidance when writing) or honestly, objectively not good at all. I had to skip multiple stories. Eventually I gave up. I hate the crapshoot of not knowing whether I'll like a story, and I really, really hate having my time wasted by a bad story,
Also, you know how I mentioned above that the collection introduced me to some new authors? Well, even that was hit-or-miss. Because this collection was "unfettered" and they could write whatever they wanted, a lot of authors wrote something very different from their usual work. If you hear their short story and expect their regular work will be similar, you'll probably be disappointed.
My suggestion: Look at the list of authors. If you know you like a lot of authors in here, buy the collection and just listen to the ones you like. Otherwise, save your money for a safer bet.
Richard Ceasor
extremely mediocre.
Steph last 2 stories were pretty good but the rest not so much! It was almost like a writing class
Would you try another book from the authors and/or the narrators?
There are some great stories in this book and some that leave you scratching your head about how anyone published them. Particularly bad are The Coach With Big Teeth, Mud Boy and Dogs. My advice just skip those.
On the other hand The Sound of Broken Absolutes is wonderful.
Some yes others never.
Would you listen to another book narrated by the narrators?
Was Unfettered worth the listening time?
Some of it was and some of it wasn't.
It's basically Russian roulette
Because they are all short stories, if you like fantasy you will enjoy at least one of them, most likely a few. However there are some absolute howlers in here. Quite a few are not even fantasy. Patrick Rothfuss's one was the single worst thing I have listened to on audible, and after terry brooks insulting ( to me as someone who went through childhood leukaemia ) opener I nearly gave up. However I persevered and am enjoying new authors I would no have if I had not listened to this.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Some were good. Most were awful. I assume because it was for charity they were not willing to spend a great deal of money on a good narrator or two, but the result is dreadful. It took me halfway through the mark Lawrence to realise it was his ,as the character is 13-15 from somewhere in a post apocalyptic Europe. but instead the narrator is simple reading the story with his 40 something full blown Brooklyn accent. That's just one example.
Do you think Unfettered needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
If all the authors put in some effort other than just a few and decent narrators were brought in then I would happily listen to a second volume
In you in two minds about it then get it. If you don't like a story in the first 5 mins then skip it there will be something on there you do like, and it is all for a good cause anyway.
Eva O'Donnell
The good bits aren't good enough to carry it.
I like Patrick Rothfuss in particular and fantasy in general and I thought this collection might introduce me to some new authors. Maybe I missed out on something but I couldn't finish the collection. Some of the stories sounded more like enthusiastic but unskilled fan-fic than the work of real authors. The tone of a few of the stories was confused, somewhere between self-aware, post-modern and traditional fantasy. The final straw was a terrible attempt at accents in "The Chapel Perilous" by Kevin Hearne. I gave up at that point, maybe all the good stuff happens in the second half.
Davidw101
Great collection of stories
If you could sum up Unfettered in three words, what would they be?
Sample Many Authors
What did you like best about this story?
Nice variety of writing styles and narration. Most of the tales are exerpts from full novels, A fine way to get some Ideas on where to spend your next credit!Thats not to say each chapter doesnt stand as complete in its own right.
What about the narrators's performance did you like?
Vast majority of the narrators are excellent, none of them are poor.
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Short stories N/a
Worthy complement to your listening library, Good choice if you fancy short bite size chunks rather than a 20hr marathon.
Patricia Gascoigne
different stories
It was an unusual book as I was expecting a whole story but I don't remember reading about the book. It was not a disappointment and I found it enjoyable as I could listen to a story then get back on and do something because I get so engrossed in a story that I try to listen to the whole book.
Mansfield Woodhouse, United Kingdom
Something for everyone in here.
Would you listen to Unfettered again? Why?
Yes, although I may skip some of the stories now I've listened to them once. This is the reason for giving the book 4 stars. Some of them I would have given 5, but others within the collection would only have got 2 or 3.
Some of these stories are great, others didn't tickle my fancy as much, but I would say that if you're even vaguely interested in fantasy then there'll be something in here for you.
As always with an audiobook the narrator has a big hand in the quality of the finished product, some were new to me, others I'd heard before.
As a reader of their other work "How Old Holly Came To Be" and "Mudboy" we good (always helpful when you're familiar with the "world")."The Unfettered Knight" was excellent, as was "Keeper of Memory", "The Sound of Broken Absolutes", "Unbowed" and "In Favour with Their Stars". The surprise for me was "All the Girls Love Michael Stein", which I enjoyed greatly, even though after reading it, had you described to me what it was about I wouldn't have expected to do so.
As always for me the emotion and the ability to give the characters a bit more life through differing voices are the key to any good narration. They can help to set the scene with the tone of their voice, even before they've started uttering the actual text.
A collection of different worlds, and some stories from with them!
A great introduction to a variety of authors
What was one of the most memorable moments of Unfettered?
The stories are unrelated and cover a lot of different styles. I must admit a couple of stories did not engage me that much, but as they are all short, it is no great hardship.
The narration of each chapter seemed to suit the material quite well.
The story of the cats I found really enchanting.
If you really enjoy one of the tales, it isn't easy to identify which author wrote it, and there is a really bad edit in one chapter (3rd from last if memory serves).
Highly recommended - especially if you like a short story to fill in time.
Some excellent some not so good
As in most collections of short stories some were excellent and some not so good. The last one, the unfettered story was an excellent end. Most of the narrators were excellent, I think the most disappointing was the first story with bad content and narration, perhaps the first two. But they definitely improve.
I also enjoyed discovering some new writers (new to me) so I have built up my wish list for audible future listening. Some I couldn't trace so they may have used pseudonyms.
Once We Were Fiction
So this is fantasy?
I'm going to keep this short because the review above is really good. I haven't read any fantasy for about twenty-five years, and when I saw this I just thought - why not? There are some great stories here. Imaginary Friend and All the Girls Love Michael Stein are amazing. That said it hasn't won me back over to the genre, but I have enjoyed listening to this a lot.
Avoid! This is terrible
I don't want to give negative feedback, especially for a good cause but in my view this audio book is terrible.
This is mainly due to the very poor narration, which in my opinion would score less than 1, but it is not possible to put this on the review score!
There are one or two stories which score a 2 in my view, but overall the story telling is poor and not worth listening to. Where there is a good story it is ruined by the narrators.
Sorry if I'm missing something here with fantasy writing (which I have enjoyed from other audio books such as Game of Thrones and The Name of the Wind), but this audio book iis not worth the money in my view and I will be seeking a swap if audible allow it, as although I have given this book a good go, I have only been able to bear listening out one full story.
Sorry guys, but this is a poor production in my view. If the narrators hand;t been so annoying, the stories may have got more of a chance for my continued listening.
N Beveridge
Did not enjoy any of the stories I heard. Narrators were fine but the material was poor.
What could the authors have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
More interesting and entertaining, less trying to be clever.
Have you listened to any of the narrators's other performances? How does this one compare?
Happy with the narrators I heard.
What character would you cut from Unfettered?
The whole book!
May be good for others but not for me.
A worthy cause, average content
Is there anything you would change about this book?
I think the stories have been written by excellent writers, it just doesnt "sound" as good as it probably looks on paper. Some of the stories are complex and it doesnt bode well for me personally as an audiobook.
What was most disappointing about the authors's story?
Its many stories in one book. I liked some, not others. The best one for me was about a dragon, the worst one, was probably by one of my fave authors :(
Its many different narrators, all of them good.
Very underwhelming
I am a huge fan of this genre. Especially in short story form. But these stories were horrible. One or two were moderately enjoyable at best. The other 20 were a complete chore. Trust me, skip this book.
V. Thurlow
not all subjects I am interested in
I really enjoyed some of the stories, subject, writing style and narration. Others did not interest me. I think I would have preferred to read the short stories instead of listening, so I could scan ahead in stores more readily to see if I wanted to read on to the end. And it would have made it easier to be able to see the authors names. I would give it 3.5 if I could


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Q: Python Debugging Using IF ELIF and ELSE Statements I am required to write code that will correctly output the proper cost of the combination of the listed food items. I know the correct amount is $6.50, but I keep getting $6.00.
item = "nachos"
meat = "steak"
queso = True
guacamole = False
double_meat = True

#-----------------------------------------------------------
#You may modify the lines of code above, but don't move them!
#When you Submit your code, we'll change these lines to
#assign different values to the variables.
#
#Let's further expand our previous program to cover a broader
#menu variety. Instead of just burritos, now the program
#should cover three menu items: quesadillas, burritos, and
#nachos. Instead of separate booleans for steak and pork,
#we instead have a string that could be "steak", "pork",
#"chicken", "tofu", and "beef". We still have booleans for
#queso and guacamole, but we also have a boolean for double
#meat.
#
#Your code should calculate the price as follows:
#
# - The base price for a quesadilla is 4.00, for nachos is
#   4.50, and for burritos is 5.00.
# - If meat is steak or pork, add 0.50. Any other meat adds
#   no money to the price.
# - guacamole always adds 1.00 to the price.
# - queso adds 1.00 to the price UNLESS the item is nachos,
#   in which case it adds nothing.
# - double_meat adds 1.50 if the meat is steak or pork, or
#   1.00 otherwise.

if item == "quesadilla":
    base_price = 4.0
    if meat == "steak" or meat == "pork":
        base_price += 0.50
    if guacamole:
        base_price += 1.00
    if queso:
        base_price += 1.00
    if double_meat == "steak" or double_meat == "pork":
        base_price += 1.50
    else:
        base_price += 1.00

elif item == "nachos":
    base_price = 4.50
    if meat == "steak" or meat == "pork":
        base_price += 0.50
    if guacamole:
        base_price += 1.00
    if double_meat == "steak" or double_meat == "pork":
        base_price += 1.50
    else:
        base_price += 1.00

elif item == "burrito":
    base_price = 5.0
    if meat == "steak" or meat == "pork":
        base_price += 0.50
    if guacamole:
        base_price += 1.00
    if queso:
        base_price += 1.00
    if double_meat == "steak" or double_meat == "pork":
        base_price += 1.50
    else:
        base_price += 1.00

print(base_price)

So, from what I'm gathering, my code is skipping the
"if double_meat == "steak" or double_meat == "pork":

 base_price += 1.50"

portion of the code and going right into the
"else:
    base_price += 1.00"

portion and I cannot seem to figure out why. Any help would be appreciated.

A: Check the datatype you are comparing double_meat to, it is not a boolean in this case as you are setting it to up above.

A: You are here comparing the value with string; but you declared it boolean above. Now as you declared "True" it wil work

item = "nachos"
meat = "steak"
queso = True
guacamole = False
double_meat = True

if item == "quesadilla":
   base_price = 4.0
   if meat == "steak" or meat == "pork":
       base_price += 0.50
   if guacamole:
       base_price += 1.00
   if queso:
       base_price += 1.00
   if double_meat or double_meat:
       base_price += 1.50
   else:
       base_price += 1.00

elif item == "nachos":
   base_price = 4.50
   if meat == "steak" or meat == "pork":
       base_price += 0.50

   if guacamole:
       base_price += 1.00

   if double_meat or double_meat: #it now validating true/false
       base_price += 1.50
   else:
       base_price += 1.00

elif item == "burrito":
   base_price = 5.0
   if meat == "steak" or meat == "pork":
       base_price += 0.50
   if guacamole:
       base_price += 1.00
   if queso:
       base_price += 1.00
   if double_meat or double_meat:
       base_price += 1.50
   else:
       base_price += 1.00

print(base_price)

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Study Finds Correlation Between Opioid Overdoses and Car Factory Closures
By: Nathan Yerby | January 23, 2020
Categories: Epidemic , Overdose , Addiction
A Tragic Link Between Car Factory Closures and the Opioid Epidemic
Last December, a team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania published a study in the academic journal JAMA Internal Medicine which found a correlation between Opioid overdoses and the diminishing manufacturing sector of the American economy. "Our findings confirm the general intuition that declining economic opportunity may have played a significant role in driving the Opioid crisis," the lead author of the study, Dr. Atheendar Venkataramani, explained. According to the study, "automotive assembly plant closures were associated with statistically significant increases in Opioid overdose mortality," a powerful indicator of the close connection between a person's economic prospects and their vulnerability to life-threatening Opioid addiction.
Automobile manufacturing has been generally declining in the United States for many years. Car companies have closed assembly plants and dismissed thousands of workers as the industry navigates weakening demand in global markets, tougher regulations on carbon emissions, and the expensive development of electric vehicles.
The Methodology of the Study
As they conducted their research, Dr. Venkataramani and his peers examined industrial and health data in 112 counties from 1999 to 2016. Every county hosted an automobile assembly plant or formed part of a "commuting zone" which depended heavily on car manufacturing for jobs and economic growth. All of the counties which the researchers studied were part of the Midwest and Deep South regions of the country.
In 1999, the first year of the Opioid Epidemic, the counties all experienced similar rates of Opioid-related fatalities. Over the course of the following two decades, as the entire country suffered an increase in Opioid overdoses, the increase in overdoses was substantially more severe in counties where automobile assembly plants closed. In the 29 counties which lost a car factory, the incidence of fatal Opioid overdoses increased by 8.6 deaths per every 100,000 people, an 85% surge in mortality relative to counties which did not experience a factory closure, where Opioid overdoses killed 12 people per every 100,000. The mortality increase occurred within five years of a plant shutting down its operations.
White, working-age men in impoverished areas were the primary victims of this phenomenon. The effect of a factory closure was most drastic for men in this category between the ages of 18 and 34 years old, for whom the Opioid death rate increased by a staggering 20 lives lost per every 100,000 county residents.
"Deaths of Despair"
The Opioid Epidemic has given rise to awareness of "deaths of despair," the phenomenon whereby economic problems cause or worsen fatal health afflictions. "Deaths of despair" often involve addiction to drugs and alcohol. In towns and cities throughout the United States, a factory closure can be traumatic for the whole community. When a factory closes, men and women lose their jobs and face an uncertain future. As they struggle to find work and provide for their families, they may also bear the prospect of losing their homes. A factory closure often causes people to move away to find opportunities elsewhere, leaving family and friends behind. In such situations, some people develop Opioid use disorders as they seek ways to manage physical and emotional pain. Rampant prescriptions for Opioid painkillers have fueled a drug crisis in the same parts of America where the manufacturing decline has been most distressing.
Dr. Venkataramani views a surge in Opioid overdoses as "a symptom of a community that's sick." To heal this sickness, his team recommends a general reduction in Opioid prescriptions as well as the implementation of effective diagnosis and treatment strategies for Opioid addiction in manufacturing-reliant regions. The automobile industry has already begun to recognize its role in the Opioid Epidemic. Last year, Ford Motor Company agreed to donate money to fund Opioid addiction treatment for its employees.
Author: Nathan Yerby – Last Edited: February 14, 2020
Nathan Yerby
Nathan Yerby is a writer and researcher. He is a graduate of the University of Central Florida.
Bursztynsky, J. (2019). Opioid overdose deaths 85% higher in areas with auto plant closures, study finds. CNBC News. Retrieved on January 13, 2020, from https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/30/study-finds-auto-plant-closures-lead-to-rise-in-opioid-overdoses-death.html
Healy, M. (2020). Factory closures may have helped fuel the opioid crisis. Here's how. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on January 13, 2020, from https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-01-03/factory-closures-may-have-helped-fuel-opioid-crisis
Howard, J. (2019). Automotive plant closures may be linked with a rise in opioid overdose deaths, new study says. CNN Health. Retrieved on January 13, 2020, from https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/30/health/opioid-overdose-deaths-automotive-plant-closures-study/index.html
Penn Medicine News. (2019). When Automotive Assembly Plants Close, Deaths from Opioid Overdoses Rise. Retrieved on January 13, 2020, from https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2019/december/when-automotive-assembly-plants-close-deaths-from-opioid-overdoses-rise
Venkataramani, A.S. et al. (2019). Association Between Automotive Assembly Plant Closures and Opioid Overdose Mortality in the United States: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis. JAMA Internal Medicine. Retrieved on January 13, 2020, from https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2757788?guestAccessKey=7f42af1b-e097-44de-96f0-e2885753f572&utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=123019
Winck, B. (2019). The auto industry is shrinking as the world reaches 'peak car' — and it's dragging down the entire global economy. Markets Insider. Retrieved on January 13, 2020, from https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/auto-industry-shrinking-at-peak-car-dragging-global-economy-lower-2019-10-1028644883#supply-constraints1


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Most people probably aren't keeping up with Paris Fashion Week. Because let's be honest — most people aren't really keeping serious tabs on the high fashion world to begin with, given that it seems so out-of-reach and far from relatable to most people.
Rick Owens' fashion show on Thursday pretty much proved them right. The designer, known recently for his runway gimmicks, sent models down the runway in Paris wearing each other. Yes, you read correctly. Several of the models sported "human backpacks," aka another model strapped onto their back or front.
"The designer cast gymnasts, presumably because they have the necessary strength for this kind of undertaking," noted the Cut.
"When applied to women, I see that focused vision being more about nourishment, sisterhood, motherhood and regeneration. Women raising women, women becoming women and women supporting women. The world of women I know little about and can only attempt to amuse in my own small way."
And yet that message was certainly drowned out by the absurdity of it all. Certain sites wasted no time pointing out the sexual nature of some of the models' positions, while others noted that the antics reached near-parody levels.
I'm sorry, but the Rick Owens show is ridiculous. It's like something out of Zoolander and all the models look absolutely miserable.
Of course, Owens is the one with the last laugh. Fashion runways may be sites of the absurd and unrelatable, but they often are ignored. No one can look away from humans wearing other humans as backpacks.


If you're interested in making felt flower arrangements, you will need some gorgeous felt greenery! We created these felt greenery stems recently and have already used them in our felt flower bridal bouquet for spring, our felt tea roses and buds, and our felt daffodils.
For those of you who are new here, this DIY craft is simple enough for any skill level. And even if you don't add your felt greenery to any felt flowers, they will look beautiful on their own!
This DIY craft project is a simple way to add some gorgeous greenery to your home. We have linked all of the green felt colors we used below, but you can also choose whatever green shades you like best. You could also pick just one green felt to go with, but we like the idea of using two or three different colors to give our felt greenery arrangement a bit more depth.
When you're ready to craft your felt greenery, just follow the tutorial below. If you have a Cricut Maker, you can cut your felt pieces using our SVG file. Or, you can cut your greenery by hand with our PDF template.
Gather your craft tools and materials. Then download the greenery template below.
Cut out felt according to the pattern, using your Cricut Maker or scissors. If you want to make bigger stems, you can cut more leaves.
To make stem #1: Draw a line down the middle with a chartreuse colored pencil.
Glue and pinch the base of one leaf around the end of your 18-gauge floral wire.
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In late November 2018, the Milton Film Festival hosted a launch event at Miss Bailey Brown Chocolate and announced the eight feature films for the 2019 event. To kick off the weekend, Kiera Knightly will star as Colette in the Opening Night Gala Feature on Friday, January 25. Colette is a story that follows the life and work of a French female writer in the early 20th century, and the effect of her talent on her relationship.
Milton Film Festival Director and Committee Chair Jennifer Smith says, "I am especially excited about BLACK '47, a Western-style revenge tale set during the Irish Famine. This was a very difficult film to get, but I knew as soon as I saw it at TIFF that I wanted to bring it to Milton. But really, I'm excited about all of them, and even more so about the record number of short films we have on offer this year – two of them from filmmakers right here in Milton." The short films by local independent filmmakers will show before each film, and will be eligible for the Allegra Audience Choice Award.


New York Fashion Week is widely considered one of the most important fashion events of the year. It's the week where designers from all around the world migrate to show their collections for the upcoming Spring/Summer season. There are so many shows, and so little time. So, rather than leave you to try and catch up on each and every one, we've done the hard work for you, and selected our favourite shows from the week!
Thom Browne's collection screams spring to me, and in the best way possible. Deliberate and calculated uses of colour and pattern create a collection that simply could not exist in any other season. This collection sticks with what works, without even coming close to being boring or overdone. It's simple perfection!
Where other street style brands like Vetements and Supreme double down on the trends that pushed their aesthetic into the mainstream, Public School borrows street style elements to create pieces that are far more timeless.
This was the Gold Coast brand's debut New York Fashion Week show, and boy did they deliver. Homebodii has taken classic principles of 40s and 50s fashion and given them a modern twist, creating timeless yet unabashedly feminine pieces that will stay hot for years to come.
DVF has a contemporary sort of appeal while utilizing trends from the past few decades. Bold prints evoke the 60s and 70s, but modern shapes make for no mistaking that this collection is 100% about the present. With a new designer at the helm this season, DVF stays true to their wrap dress roots while playing around with a bit more.
The Kimora Lee Simmons collection for this season is an interesting one. It's fun and flirty yet professional, it's youthful yet mature; really, it's quintessential Kimora Lee. Taking all the lessons she's learned from her years as the designer behind Baby Phat, and all the lessons she's learned from life since, Kimora injects youthful joy into designs for the mature woman.
There's no denying that every show at New York Fashion Week is special in its own way. Fashion is, like all art forms, subjective. Let us know your favourite shows from the week, and if you're looking for any further style inspiraiton or help, contact us or make a booking with one of our stylists!
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Deuteronomy 26:8 Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.
So the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders.
So the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and powerful arm, with overwhelming terror, and with miraculous signs and wonders.
Then you terrified the Egyptians with your mighty miracles and rescued us from Egypt.
By his great power and strength he rescued us from Egypt. He worked miracles and wonders, and caused terrifying things to happen.
Therefore the LORD brought us out of Egypt with tremendous strength and power, as well as with great awe-inspiring signs and wonders.
Then the LORD used his mighty hand and powerful arm to bring us out of Egypt. He used spectacular and awe-inspiring deeds, miraculous signs, and amazing things.
And the Lord brought us out of Egypt himself with his great strength, and his mighty hand, and his high arm, and with great visions, and with signs, and with wonders.
You brought Your people Israel out of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and outstretched arm, and with great terror.


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Joe Biden has allowed our enemies to rejoice over us
The debacle of how withdrawal from Afghanistan has been carried out has been an exercise in humiliating the United States, and the lead perpetrators are our own leadership.
Posted by William A. Jacobson Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 09:00pm 21 Comments
I've written several times about Psalm 30, in the context of Soviet refusenik Anatoly (Natan) Sharansky's superhuman defiance of the Soviet prison regime.
Toward the very end of his ordeal, at the airport in Moscow — Sharansky had no idea what was happening to him — he refused to board the plane before they gave him back his Psalm book. In front of photographers, he dropped to the snow, yelling for it. They gave it back to him. Once aboard — when they told him he was being released — he recited the Psalm he had always designated for his liberation day, Psalm 30: "I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me."
The debacle of how withdrawal from Afghanistan has been carried out has been an exercise in humiliating the United States, and the lead perpetrators are our own leadership. After the first 72 hours, I called it The Biden Stain:
What happened the last 72 hours in Afghanistan is a stain on this country that will not wash away anytime soon. It's Joe Biden's stain….
The stain, however, is not only on Biden's legacy, it's on our nation.
Biden is destroying our national sovereignty, security, and fight against the pandemic by opening the borders, while simultaneously harming our energy independence and economy. He has weaponized the federal law enforcement bureaucracy against political opponents, and turned the military senior officers into political indoctrination and social justice activists. We are only 7 months into the Biden presidency, and the damage is profound and accelerating. It's hard to imagine what will be in a year or two or three at this pace.
Joe Biden may be an old fool, but what is happening is deliberate.
I also noted, several days ago, that Biden's Legacy Is Reducing The United States to Groveling
It's a national humiliation in which we are forced to beg for the mercy of the least merciful people in the globe. Biden's legacy is reducing the United States to groveling.
Biden also deprived us of our 9/11 memory. The lasting memory of 9/11 was not just the attack, it was the national recovery. By setting 9/11 as the date for all American soldiers to be out of Afghanistan, and carrying it out in a way to debase ourselves, Biden ensured that 9/11 would be both a bitter memory and an annual humiliation.
But it's not just Biden who is the problem. The senior leadership of the military has lost credibility. And Biden in many ways is a figurehead for a deep-seated Team Obama and progressive visceral dislike of our country, our economic system, and our national pride. They are not troubled in the least by the Kabul capitulation, they engineered it.
I've been thinking about Psalm 30 today after the suicide bombing that killed over a dozen America soldiers at the Kabul airport gates.
Our foes will be rejoicing on the upcoming 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attack, and for years to come.
Joe Biden hast made our foes to rejoice over us. Unforgivable.
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Ben Kent | August 26, 2021 at 9:26 pm
"Unforgivable"
If Biden had any integrity left – he would resign.
Any of our representatives who still have integrity will call for Biden's resignation.
Exiliado in reply to Ben Kent. | August 26, 2021 at 9:41 pm
"Any of our representatives who still have integrity…"
Do I need my 2 hands to count those?
Subotai Bahadur in reply to Exiliado. | August 26, 2021 at 10:54 pm
Short form, no.
Subotai Bahadur
Ironclaw in reply to Ben Kent. | August 26, 2021 at 11:22 pm
When did that senile, old, corrupt pedophile ever have any integrity to begin with?
Massinsanity in reply to Ben Kent. | August 27, 2021 at 10:27 am
If his handlers wanted to they could simply put the text on the teleprompter. They could start the next presser with… "today, I announce that effective immediately I resign as POTUS" and he would simply read it completely unaware of what he just said. Then they can hand him an ice cream cone and blanket and ship him back to a Delaware and that would be it.
jpwcpa in reply to Massinsanity. | August 27, 2021 at 12:11 pm
That scenario you describe is absurd yet completely believable.
henrybowman | August 26, 2021 at 9:31 pm
The political establishment — the swamp — discrediting itself so thoroughly saves the American people the effort required to do it. If handled properly, this actually puts us ahead of schedule in reclaiming our country for ourselves and our posterity.
irv | August 26, 2021 at 9:34 pm
Allowed? How about "encouraged?"
Old Patzer in reply to irv. | August 26, 2021 at 10:09 pm
connived
MrE | August 26, 2021 at 9:39 pm
They rejoiced over the death of Jesus, too. And you KNOW how that worked out for them!
"Joy comes in the morning" (v5)!
LukeHandCool | August 26, 2021 at 10:13 pm
… and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me."
Jewish wisdom.
I would rather be right and dead than be wrong.
UJ | August 26, 2021 at 10:17 pm
Have we had enough yet?
JimWoo | August 26, 2021 at 10:58 pm
Joe weakened the world.
NYBruin in reply to JimWoo. | August 27, 2021 at 10:27 am
And accelerated China's world supremacy.
The American Century is officially over.
Romey | August 26, 2021 at 11:36 pm
Slow Joe is not just profoundly stupid, he is clearly promoting evil, nasty groups.
Don't even think about our future lack of allies. Who can trust us? Even with rock solid commitment we are only one rigged election from weak knee disaster.
henrybowman in reply to Romey. | August 27, 2021 at 3:35 am
Speaking of lack of allies, who else here was astounded at that video clip where Biden claims Trump made a deal with the Taliban to be out by May, and in return, the Taliban would not attack Americans, but were free to continue to attack our allies?
WTF? Has the meaning of "ally" changed since I was a kid?
mark311 | August 26, 2021 at 11:44 pm
Thought this was a legal blog, doesn't seem to be a lot of legal news like Lin Wood et all being refered for potential disbarment.
That aside the articles seems a tad hyperbolic. Also pretty weird I get the impression as a pro Trump site there would be some acknowledgement of the end of a forever war.
Milhouse | August 27, 2021 at 3:13 am
Also Psalm 41:12 — "This is how I know You want me: because my enemy doesn't shout [in triumph] over me".
Pasadena Phil | August 27, 2021 at 6:47 am
They wouldn't be rejoicing if we dropped a few MOABs on their precious Kabul where 4.6 million of these insects live with their precious mosques. It's their most modern and most industrialized city. It's not about how many deaths we can inflict but the crushing effect it would have to watch the bulldozers come in to finish the job of leveling every building to the ground after the bombs have done their job. As if the city never existed. And then we leave. Like the Romans.
Or we can suffer through countless more terror attacks and who knows how many more American deaths if we do nothing. And it would let China and the rest of those tempted to exploit the Biden Stain know that we are still the most powerful nation in history and ARE willing to use our might to any lengths situations may require.
gibbie in reply to Pasadena Phil. | August 27, 2021 at 2:10 pm
Who are we going to drop MOABs on for our crime of 60 million abortions? You are too blood thirsty.
Perhaps our power is being taken away by the God who destroys nations which indulge in child-sacrifice.
Pasadena Phil in reply to gibbie. | August 27, 2021 at 3:47 pm
So-o-o-o we are getting what we deserve? Is this the apocalypse? Of all of the major WWII powers, we killed the least people. Yet we dropped 2 nukes on Japan which saved the lives of who knows how many millions. Thank GOD we did!
And now, Biden just gifted the most blood-thirsty people on earth with a gift-wrapped modern airforce. But because certain Americans abort people, we have to stand there and wring our hands because God has willed that we deserve whatever happens to us? I suggest you go to church and pray for enlightenment. People like you always seem to find a reason why getting millions of people killed is our only choice.
If we decide to wipe Kabul off of the face of the earth, it will be up to those insects to get out of our way. How many of them die is up to them. Get out of the way because we are going erase Kabul. Down to the last brick. THAT they will understand. THAT is how evil is eradicated to make way for good people. Of course, if you believe that the end is nigh because mankind is irredeemable, then why don't we all just kill ourselves?


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From what you write sounds like the screen is busted. It doesn't have to be from hitting or getting wet but also from pressure, for example, if you accidentally sit on your phone for an hour.
If you're still under warranty, you can try taking it there for replacement, otherwise you'll have to fix the screen. Luckily, Optimus L7 doesn't use an AMOLED display, but rather IPS LCD, so it shouldn't be too expensive to replace.
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Documents - Agenda and ballot for the annual meeting were finalized. Copies will be made to bring to the meeting next week. Covenants document has been under discussion via e-mail. It was discussed distributing the highlights of the covenants and the flow chart for how covenant violations are handled. We would like to have a good discussion of the covenants at the annual meeting. There has been a lot of activity regarding covenants so it would be worthwhile to discuss these at the meeting. We could bring enough copies of the highlights and a few of the entire covenant document. Remove reference to levying of fine in the flow chart as this is not part of the process. There will be copies of the budget at the meeting also.
Noxious weed spraying - We did not spray for weeds in the spring, and it has been suggested that we do spraying this fall. Fall spraying is reportedly effective in controlling weeds. We have the funds to do this. We will follow up with the Weed Guy.
Newsletter - last newsletter went out in June. Glenn and Christy will help new volunteers do the newsletter before the end of the year. Christy will follow up with one volunteer; Kat volunteered to help if needed.
Transition to new board - we need to close the loop on certain items and make recommendations to the new board, e.g., quarterly newsletter, weed spraying.


from UCLA and was a remarkable Special Reader to many CHS students. At the time of her death, she was at home in Miami, and a dear friend was playing the violin for her. She was not in pain.
Shonali M. Choudhury Scholarship fund" and will support CHS graduate students.
There should soon be a web link as well on the FSPH webpage.
Thank you for your support of this scholarship fund.


Summer officially begins on June 21st, but down here in the deep south the stickiness of summer has long begun.
School is over and the days are long.
Whether you are a mom at home with energetic toddlers, kids, and teenagers or a mom juggling a work schedule while planning childcare and activities, summer time can be taxing.
Even though homework stops and racing after school activities slow, summers are just HOT!
Here is my tribute to summer time this year from a mom who longs that the eldest of her trio of boys were here to share it with.
Live this summer with your kids like it is the last.
Slow down. Make memories and messes.
Help someone else's load be lighter.
Can we laugh? I mean really laugh hard. Fake it if you need to. But also give yourself freedom to cry.
After all moms, what will they remember?
They will remember your teeth gleaming with a smile on your unmade-up face.
They will remember if you were happy. So…let's be happy!
This is the only summer from fourth to fifth grade, or two years to three years, or maybe one last high school summer.
Make memories in the messy moments.
Can you share some ideas with me?
Next postHas your life been interrupted lately?
Stay in your pajamas all day. Play x-box or on their tablet with them. Hug them, hold them, let them brush your hair and do your make up. Let them wash the cars and spray each other and you. Be thankful for the boring days while sitting at home and not in a hospital.
Love this post!! I definitely get uptight way too often. So after reading your post, Joy, my boys come bouncing in yelling, "mom, the ditches have flooded!! Can we go swim in them?" I say with a smile, "Yes!! (small hesitation) wait a minute I'm coming with you." Big smiles and screams of delight could be heard for miles!!!


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Pearce, John | 1942 - 2011 | social enterprise pioneer, 1 results 1
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Open Aye | photographer, 1 results 1
Community Business Scotland Network Ltd, 1 results 1
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Glasgow Caledonian University | Archive Centre, 1 results 1
Pedersen, Roy Norman | b 1943 | Economic and social development consultant and author, 1 results 1
Ball, Chas | b 1948 | social development professional, 1 results 1
Buchanan, Glen | b 1955 | social enterprise research and development coordinator, 1 results 1
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Highlands and Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, 2 results 2
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Banff, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1 results 1
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Future Development of the Social Enterprise Collection (Scotland) project records (part of the Social Enterprise Collection Scotland)
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This collection is part of the Social Enterprise Collection Scotland.
Future Development of the Social Enterprise Collection (Scotland) was a Scottish Government funded collaborative project between Glasgow Caledonian University's (GCU) Archive Centre and Yunus Centre for Business and Health. The Social Enterprise Collection (Scotland) is an umbrella heading for social enterprise related collections held at GCU Archive Centre. John Pearce's papers spearheaded the whole project in 2011. Part of the collection's preservation and cataloguing has been completed through successful funding bids and financial support from the social enterprise sector.
In February 2018 a proposal was submitted to the Scottish Government to resource a Project Archivist and a Historian for phase 1 of what was envisaged as a bigger project. The focus of this phase was 'collecting, preserving and interpreting the legacy of social enterprise in Scotland'. In October 2018 the Scottish Government agreed funding of £90,066 and the 18 month project began in November 2018. In December 2019 a proposal for phase 2 of the project was submitted to the Scottish Government with the aim of 'creating the tools for meaningful heritage ownership'. In March 2020 the Scottish Government agreed funding of £48,482 and phase 2 of the project began in May 2020.
The records cover activities of the project including, wider SECS related committee meetings; funding bid documentation; outreach through a travelling exhibition, workshops and social media; recording of oral histories; creation of an online toolkit for social enterprises to manage and preserve their records; creation of digital learning resources to support social enterprise education for the sector and universities; and work around capturing the Scottish social enterprise sector's response to COVID-19 .
The records have been arranged into 2 sub-fonds reflecting the phases of the project:
Phase 1: collecting, preserving and interpreting the legacy of social enterprise in Scotland records, 2018-2020
Phase 2: creating the tools for meaningful heritage ownership records, 2020-2021(to be catalogued as further accruals are collected)
Glasgow Caledonian University | Archive Centre
Dr Gillian Murray papers (part of the Social Enterprise Collection Scotland)
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This collection is part of the Social Enterprise Collection Scotland. The collection includes Dr Gillian Murray's published papers, briefings and oral history recordings created between 2014 -2020 whilst working as a researcher at Glasgow Caledonian University. The oral history recordings were dispersed across the projects on which she worked. There are currently six recordings with transcripts, and also a briefing paper, from the CommonHealth research programme (2014-2018) and five recordings with transcripts from the Future Development of the Social Enterprise Collection (Scotland) project (2018-2021). These sit with the relevant project. The publications and research outputs contains a published paper which was an outcome of her work on the CommonHealth research programme (2014-2018).
Publications and research outputs, 2018
CommonHealth research programme, 2016-2018
Future Development of the Social Enterprise Collection (Scotland) project, 2019
Murray, Gillian | fl 1990- | historian
Roy Pedersen papers (part of the Social Enterprise Collection Scotland)
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This collection is part of the Social Enterprise Collection Scotland. The collection covers records kept by Roy Pedersen while working for the Highlands and Islands Development Board and its successor Highlands and Islands Enterprise from 1971 to 2001. The records have been arranged into 5 series reflecting these and other organisations Roy Pedersen worked with and includes:
Highlands and Islands Development Board (HIDB) publications, reports and information sheets relating to the Community Co-operatives Scheme, 1969-1987
Conference and workshop papers, speaker notes and articles relating to social development and community co-operatives, 1979-2020
Community enterprises in the Highlands and Islands reports, publications, photographs and miscellaneous material, 1980-2003
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) reports on social economy, community development, land ownership and HIE management structures, 1992-2003
Miscellaneous reports and leaflets, c1980s
Pedersen, Roy Norman | b 1943 | Economic and social development consultant and author
Open Aye records (part of the Social Enterprise Collection Scotland)
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This collection is part of the Social Enterprise Collection Scotland. The collection includes Open Aye's social enterprise photographs and marketing materials dating from 2009, when Becky Duncan was first commissioned to document Scottish social enterprises. The records have been arranged into 2 series:
Business operations and marketing, 2019
Projects, 2009-2018
Open Aye | photographer
Esther Breitenbach interview audio recording and transcript, recorded September 2019
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Part of Dr Gillian Murray papers (part of the Social Enterprise Collection Scotland)
Audio recording of the interview, Esther Breitenbach.WMA, 1:08:17 hours, 65MB
Transcript of the interview, Esther Breitenbach_Approved Transcript.pdf, 25 pages, 498kB
This item is an interview with Esther Breitenbach recorded by Dr Gillian Murray in September 2019 as part of the Scottish Government funded Future Development of the Social Enterprise Collection (Scotland) project. It is the oral history of Esther Breitenbach's involvement in community education and community enterprise from the 1980s to 1990s. Click on the URL link in the metadata section below. This will take you to the Glasgow Caledonian University edShare page where the items can be previewed and downloaded.
Esther Breitenbach worked in adult community education in the 1980s, including an Urban Aid project in Ferrier Sandilands, Aberdeen, between 1981 and 1984; the Central London Social Security Advisers Forum (London); Scottish Education and Action for Development (SEAD), Edinburgh. She returned to Aberdeen in 1989 to work for Community Business Grampian. In 1991 she took an opportunity to combine her community education work with research as part of the Pilton Partnership, Edinburgh. Since 1991 she has undertaken research and teaching in Social Policy at Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities, including secondments from the University of Edinburgh to the Scottish Executive Equality Unit, and to the Women and Equality Unit in the Department of Trade and Industry. Esther was Visiting Professor at the Institute of Governance, Public Policy and Social Research, Queen's University Belfast, from 2003-2005. In 2005 she obtained a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. Since then she has held the positions of Postdoctoral Fellow, Teaching Associate, and Research Fellow in the School of History, Classics and Archeology.
Duncan Leece interview audio recording and transcript, recorded July 2019
Audio recording of the interview, Duncan Leece.WMA, 1:01:59 hours, 59MB
Transcript of the interview, Duncan Leece_Approved Transcript.pdf, 10 pages, 483kB
This item is an interview with Duncan Leece recorded by Dr Gillian Murray in July 2019 as part of the Scottish Government funded Future development of the Social Enterprise Collection (Scotland) project. It is the oral history of Duncan Leece's involvement in social enterprise from 1999 onwards, including discussions on the Boyndie Trust; applying commercial business experience in the sector; and changes over the 20 year period. Click on the URL link in the metadata section below. This will take you to the Glasgow Caledonian University edShare page where the items can be previewed and downloaded.
Duncan Leece worked for John Lewis Partnership in London between 1979 and 1989. He then started a number of businesses and worked as a business consultant for others, before briefly returning to John Lewis Partnership, Aberdeen in 1997. In 1999 he and his wife sold their businesses and moved to Banffshire in North-East Scotland. He took a short-term contract as Project Officer for the Boyndie Trust and worked there for over 20 years. At the time of this interview he was CEO of the Boyndie Trust.
Ken Milroy interview audio recording and transcript, recorded July 2019
Audio recording of the interview, Ken Milroy.WMA, 1:06:51 hours, 64MB
Transcript of the interview, Ken Milroy_Approved Transcript.pdf, 11 pages, 1MB
This item is an interview with Ken Milroy recorded by Dr Gillian Murray in July 2019 as part of the Scottish Government funded Future development of the Social Enterprise Collection (Scotland) project. It is the oral history of Ken Milroy's involvement in social enterprise with a focus on The Foyer, Aberdeen, from the 1990s onwards. Click on the URL link in the metadata section below. This will take you to the Glasgow Caledonian University edShare page where the items can be previewed and downloaded.
Ken Milroy was employed as a Community Worker at Grampian Regional Council in 1984, being promoted to Senior Community Worker and later Assistant Head of Social Strategy. In 1996 he took on the role of CEO at The Foyer, Aberdeen, where he worked to build holistic approaches to youth homelessness in the city and Aberdeenshire. He retired from his role at The Foyer in 2018, but continued as Regional Chair of North East Scotland College and a Board member of Robert Gordon University.
John Pearce papers (part of the Social Enterprise Collection Scotland)
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This collection is part of the Social Enterprise Collection Scotland. The collection includes John Pearce's papers dating from 1976, when he moved to Scotland, until his retirement in 2010. They include correspondence, hand annotated agendas and minutes from a variety of meetings, newspaper cuttings that Pearce found of interest, training guides (some of which he created himself), and material relating to legal structures of community and social enterprises. The papers reflect Pearce's areas of interest and expertise (such as Social Accounting and Audit), and the work of organisations that he founded and/or was a member of: Industrial Common Ownership Movement (ICOM), Industrial Common Ownership Finance (ICOF), Scottish Co-operative Development Committee (SCDC), Commonwealth Association for Local Action in Development (COMMACT), Community Business Scotland, Scottish Community Enterprise Investment Fund. The records have been arranged into 2 series reflecting these areas of John Pearce's work:
Social enterprise papers, 1973-2010
Social accounting and audit (SAA) papers, 1977-2008
Pearce, John | 1942 - 2011 | social enterprise pioneer
Community Business Scotland Network Ltd records (part of the Social Enterprise Collection Scotland)
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This collection is part of the Social Enterprise Collection Scotland. The collection covers records from Community Business Scotland (1981-1999) becoming Community Business Scotland Network. The records have been arranged into 10 series covering the following activity or format (4 of the series are awaiting cataloguing and this has been noted in brackets at the end of the series title):
Management and administration of CBS and CBSN, 1981-2010
Information and guidance provided by CBSN, 1981-2005
Events and training delivered by CBS, 1985-1997
Marketing materials and annual reports for CBS and CBSN,1989-2001
Community Economic Development Ltd (CED) records, 1988-1991
Scottish Community Enterprise Investment Fund plc (SCEIF) records, 1984-1999
CBS national projects and collaborations (uncatalogued)
CBSN international projects and collaborations (uncatalogued)
Social enterprise and related research and literature (uncatalogued)
CBS artefacts (uncatalogued)
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Hey, everyone! We've got some exciting news! There is unfortunately some bad news, but it's not that bad.
Some of you just might recognize this name, if you've been around since the Haloman Development days (or more likely, went around our website and found any of the old HMD stuff laying around). The original idea behind Galactiminer wasn't a whole lot beyond a clone of Murder Miners - but different. That was the idea my 13-year-old self had. Just a year later, the project was cancelled because my child self couldn't make games at all (shocking, I know). Long before that though, it was put on hold merely 12 days later. Yet again a week later, it was resumed again. From there, it continued to make no progress until Project: Infinity was announced - and since then, Galactiminer has sat, quietly untouched in the shadow of Project: Infinity. Until now. So what changed? What suddenly caused Project: Infinity and Blamite to be put on a sort-of hold in favor of Galactiminer?
The answer will likely come as a surprise as it's not something I ever talk about in relation to Elaztek or Chaotic United - income.
As those of you on CU know, I recently (on August 23, 2018) started a job at Walmart. The work itself isn't too hard - however it does give me unbearable leg and foot pain by the end of the day every single day. But the pain isn't the main issue here - it's the time.
For years, I had the assumption that a full-time job would take up roughly the same amount of time as a typical school day. This simply isn't the case. Combined with actually requiring a full night's sleep, an hour lunch built into the workday, and so on - and as a result, I have next to no time to myself during work days. As such, I'm making a dramatic shift that will prioritize income generation in a way that hasn't been done so before. Our focus will still be on making great games, of course, but we won't be ignoring the element of making money any longer.
We've actually launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund Galactiminer: Evolved's development and help accelerate it into the world. You may be wondering, accelerate it how? What's the benefit? Aren't your team members volunteers? Yes, yes they are. However, a Kickstarter campaign would change that. There would be both paid and volunteer employees - unless funds prove to be insufficient. The most important thing that the funds would do is allow me to quit my job and work on Galactiminer full time. A chance to truly learn more about what I want to do and how to do it better, and a chance to build a game without school or work or anything else interfering. A chance to truly bring Galactiminer to life, and to launch Elaztek for real.
So, why the subtitle? Why is it called Galactiminer: Evolved, and not just Galactiminer? Well, there are two main reasons that both go hand in hand. First off, there's stuff from various corners of the Elaztek, Haloman Development, and other websites that describe Galactiminer in the context of the original idea. Which leads into the other main reason - this Galactiminer is drastically different from the Galactiminer idea as it was in 2013. I won't guarantee that the subtitle won't be dropped later, but for the time being - we're going to be sticking with the subtitle (even though you'll still probably see me and others refer to it as just Galactiminer).
So, what of Blamite and Project: Infinity? Will they fall to the shadows, never to be touched again? Will they never see the light of day?
Absolutely not - we have no plans to abandon either of these projects. It will take time, but when we make a promise - we keep it. We will be temporarily departing from Blamite and Infinity for a bit, but when the time is right, Blamite will come to life. It will be used to power all games under Elaztek once it's capable of making quality games. However, we want to develop a product that can actually be sold before that point first.
What if the Kickstarter doesn't get funded?
We've got some ideas, but we're going to wait and see how the Kickstarter goes before we announce any other plans.
If you have any questions regarding all things Galactiminer - be it joining our team, what the gameplay will be like, or even suggestions for anything along the road, or anything else - feel free to ask away on this topic!
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