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Liverpool becomes the first 'Right To Food city' as council votes unanimously to back campaign.
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Liverpool has this evening become the UK's first 'Right To Food' city after a motion was unanimously passed by Liverpool City Council calling for the 'Right To Food' to be incorporated into the Government's 'National Food Strategy' and subsequently to become law.
The National Food Strategy is the first independent review of England's entire food system for 75 years, led by British businessman and cookery writer Henry Dimbleby. It next reports to Government in Spring and the Right To Food campaign wants the 11 million people currently living in food poverty in the UK to be placed at the heart of its strategy.
The motion was moved on behalf of the Right To Food campaign, led by Liverpool-based national grassroots football fan network Fans Supporting Foodbanks and backed in Parliament by Liverpool West Derby MP Ian Byrne, a co-founder of Fans Supporting Foodbanks.
Liverpool is the UK's first "Right To Food city" to formally back the campaign with many more towns and cities now set to follow suit. The campaign believes that a change in the law is needed to ensure that people do not go hungry any longer and to hold the Government to account for their failings.
The motion noted the consistently high rates of poverty across the city of Liverpool and recognised the growing concern amongst the city's health and social care professionals over the current situation and the likely exacerbation of poverty through the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and economic uncertainty in 2021.
As Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby and one of the original co-founders of Fans Supporting 0Foodbanks, Ian Byrne MP is all too aware of the perilous situation faced by so many in our communities. He is throwing his weight behind the Right To Food campaign and in December tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) in Parliament on Food Insecurity which has secured the support of more than fifty MPs so far.
Byrne said:
Tonight I am both sad and proud that our great city of Liverpool is the first city in the UK to callfor the 'Right to Food' to be included firstly into the National Food Strategy and then into legislation.
Given how many people in the city will benefit from the change in law we want to achieve, it is entirely fitting that Liverpool is the first 'Right To Food city' to formally back the campaign, but people right across the UK are going hungry and this is a national campaign to change the law for all of them.
He continued:From April to October 2020 in Liverpool there were 10,296 Urgent Needs Awards (emergency cash awards to low-income households for essentials such as food and fuel) – an increase of 56% on the same period in 2019/20.
Department of Work and Pensions data reports that households on Universal Credit in Liverpool increased from 30,700 in February 2020 to 58,500 by October 2020 – that is a 90.5% increase.
And the Trussell Trust reported a massive 81% increase in emergency food parcels from foodbanks in its network during the last two weeks of March 2020 compared with the same period in 2019, including a 122% rise in parcels given to children as the coronavirus pandemic continued to unfold.
The figures above are simply devastating for one of the richest nations in the world and they highlight the level of inequality in the UK in 2021. It is my belief that this crisis has been born out of political choices and systemic failings over the past four decades which have now reached a tipping point for so many in our
Dave Kelly, Chair and co-founder of Fans Supporting Foodbanks, agreed:
Make no mistake, if we canlegislate to make access to food a legal right in the UK it will mean an end to many of the situations thatforce people into food poverty at present and crucially it will make Government legally responsible forensuring people do not go hungry.
For example, we would see an end to the five-week wait for UniversalCredit and the Government would be legally responsible for ensuring that school children who receive freeschool meals during term time are catered for during school holidays – without Premiership footballershaving to shame them into doing so.
Kelly sees it as appropriate that Liverpool is the inaugural 'Right To Food city':
Given the city's history of coming together to look after those who need support, it is no surprise to me that Liverpool is the UK's first 'Right To Food city'. The people of Liverpool support the vulnerable and expect any Government tobe held accountable for its actions.
Kelly also acknowledges the impressive support the Right To Food campaign has received already:
We are delighted to have received fantastic support from both Everton and Liverpool football clubs, many localbusinesses, trade unions, local MPs and councillors and we would like to sincerely thank them all for backingthe Right To Food campaign so far. is important to note that this is a national campaign.
Tonight, we have seen a significantmilestone reached with the formal endorsement from our first 'Right To Food city' in Liverpool and given the vast support and interest we are receiving from around the country I am sure we will now see similarmotions passed in councils right across the UK, calling for the Right To Food to become part of the National Food Strategy and then law.
The Right To Food campaign is a national campaign that everyone is invited to be a part of. There are several ways you can join the campaign.
Sign the Parliamentary Petition. People across the UK are invited to sign and share the Official Right To Food petition on the UK Government and Parliamentary website. The petition was moved by the Fans Supporting Foodbanks National Network under the name of its Chair, Dave Kelly, with co-signatories from Manchester, Newcastle, Leeds, Birmingham and London. You can sign the petition here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/562838
Ask your MP to support Ian Byrne MP's Early Day Motion (EDM) #1251 on Food Insecurity / the Right To Food: https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/57840
Write to the National Food Strategy team – you/your organisation can write to Henry Dimbleby, Chair of the National Food Strategy team, to ask that the National Food Strategy team recommends that the Right To Food be put onto a legislative footing when they report back to Government in Spring. Email them at: foodstrategy@defra.gov.uk
Support the Right To Food campaign on social media
You/your organisation can support and contribute to the #RightToFood campaign on social media. Follow @IanByrneMP and Fans Supporting Foodbanks @SFoodbanks for regular tweets using the #RightToFood hashtag and please add your own too.
Congratulations to Liverpool City councillors, Ian Byrne, FSF and the whole of Liverpool on leading the way yet again for those in need.
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Starmer will make Labour policy on this into something like "we support the right to ASPIRE to acquiring food, if the opportunity culture permits and said aspirations don't harm the business climate. Any Labour member calling for more will be expelled for antisemitism".
Calling for more?
Oliver Twist 'called for more' as a result of going hungry.
The villain in that novel just happens to be jewish, so in the same way that 'seeking a pound of flesh' is antisemitic; so shall it be with 'calling for more'.
And any similarity between Dickensian Britain and today's Britain will be distracted from because it won't matter that kids are being malnourished…Oh no; someone's feelings got hurt because they find offence where there is none.
IN 2029 the UK reported up to fourteen million children living in poverty in the UK…Since then the situation has deteriorated even more.General hunger and homeless has become a political tool of the neo liberal alliance and its stranglehold on political parties his unchallenged by any of the establishment partys except for a few individuals of the left like Ian Byrne mp.and grass roots activists in the community.Caring for our starving kids and adults is left to charitys and this is a first sign of of a deteriorating situation in the UK.ITs good news that once again Liverpool leads the way,hopefully others will follow.
2019 spell check again
When the UN criticised the government in 2019,they were rebuked by the conservative government.Now the brave and decent people of Liverpool have spoken…what will the torys do to punish them?
'Going hungry' is a symptom of poverty. Cure the cause & not rely on Charity, although at the present time there is no alternative. Obviously the 'class war is over'.
SteveH says:
I wonder who will be selected as Labour's new mayoral candidate for Liverpool.
Labour members in Liverpool could pick a new mayoral candidate, replacing Joe Anderson who has been suspended from the party after being arrested, within six weeks.
Under plans that will be put to Labour's national executive committee for approval at a meeting on Thursday, the selection process would emulate the one used for metro mayor candidate and kick off on Friday.
https://labourlist.org/2021/01/new-liverpool-mayor-candidate-to-be-selected-by-labour-in-six-weeks/
Food and Education
Both being denied for poorest kids, take responsibility and get it sorted
We hope the left are organising and coordinating behind the scenes and at one moment they will make their move
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THE Collegiate Women Sports Award Presented by Honda (CWSA) announced today that CBS Sports Network will air the live announcement of the Honda Cup on Monday, June 30, at 5 pm PST/8 pm EST, from the USC Galen Center Founders Room in Los Angeles, Calif.
THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards has honored the nation's top NCAA women student-athletes for 37 years, recognizing superior athletic skills, leadership, academic excellence and eagerness to participate in community service. Since commencing its sponsorship in 1986, Honda has provided more than $2.8 million in institutional grants to the universities of the award winners and nominees to support women's athletics programs at the institutions. Previous Honda Cup winners include Brittney Griner, Ann Meyers Drysdale, Lisa Fernandez, Misty May-Treanor, Maya Moore, and Candace Parker.


Cry Joy Park - Gardens of Dark and Light - Number: Inc.
The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston presents the exhibition Cry Joy Park—Gardens of Dark and Light by Jennifer Wen Ma.
o Light and Dark Gardens – Oversized foliage made from cut paper transforms the gallery into an overgrown forest. As the viewer approaches parts of the garden, the foliage is triggered by the motion and reacts in different ways. The suggested narratives that run through the two gardens represent different sides of the same story or event, giving a Rashomon-like account of the complexity of human experience and perspective. Connected by a flower-vortex- portal with which audience members must directly interact, these gardens of opposites represent the utopic and dystopic aspects of a paradise. Within this large-scale installation, Ma will use multimedia elements to create a rich immersive experience.
o Ink-on-Glass Paintings – Chinese ink painted on glass are amongst the artist's signature works. The paintings' mirrored finish further creates an illusory landscape within the pictorial plane, as an additional meditation on the illusionary qualities of our constructed environment.
o Interdisciplinary Performances – These contrasting gardens of light and dark will also be a visual platform for interdisciplinary performances taking place during the exhibition period and providing a visceral encounter to the audience in unexpected ways. These performances will take the form of dancing, singing, drumming, storytelling, and other kinds of theatrical exchange. The Halsey Institute is collaborating with the College of Charleston Departments of Music, English, and Theatre and Dance to plan student performances in the gallery, as well as with a variety of community groups.
o Community Dinners – A vital component of this exhibition is a series of community dinners to celebrate some of those who have contributed to the making of the paradise that is Charleston but might not be been invited to the table in times past. Taking place in the galleries, these culinary feasts will feature performances and guided conversations on specific environmental justice themes related to the exhibition, such as, food security, land politics, re-entry into society, spirituality, and education. Key members of the Charleston community will be invited to recognize their contribution to elevate the disfranchised, and create engaging and meaningful dialogues, which can be translated into action.
Cry Joy Park—Gardens of Dark and Light is generously supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.
March 21, 2019 Number Inc.


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Why The Debate On Guns Is So Polemic
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On Sept. 12, former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted: "Democrats say we have guns in America because of 'corruption'. No, we have guns because it's our God-given right enshrined in the Constitution."
The tweet went viral and drew reactions from Americans who know a lot about their freedom and from those who know little or nothing. Some of these later comments mocked Sanders' mention of God.
"Oh, was God at the signing of the Constitution…?" wrote one.
Many responded by saying that yes, indeed He was.
One troll, who uses an image of one of the small people from the original movie "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" (1971) as his or her picture, mocked Sanders' allusion to God by writing: "You don't remember 'And He sayeth unto Thomas and George, 'Carry thine holy musket forth and improveth upon it so that it mayeth slay many enemies in a matter of a minute. But stayeth away from lawn darts, as they are deadly and a sin in mine eyes.'"?
Funny, but really just an attempt to keep the conversation from exposing the ignorance of those criticizing Sanders.
At a time when gun-control is being talked about by many in Congress and by Democratic presidential candidates, more people clearly need to learn more about the nature of their rights.
Thomas Jefferson actually asked in 1782: "Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God?"
Really though, this debate needn't become religious as we all have the freedom to practice the faith we are called to or to practice none at all. Regardless of this individual decision, we all have the same fundamental rights, as Sanders says, "enshrined in the Constitution."
The U.S. Bill of Rights is erected upon the fundamental belief that we have a body of other rights, natural rights we inherently have until someone else takes them away. In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson said natural rights were granted to us by "the Creator." Others believe they are philosophical rights that developed in nature.
Some today, however, deny that natural rights even exist. They don't want to acknowledge there is a deeper philosophical, or perhaps theological, foundation for our rights, because such rights have long acted as a moral check on government.
This debate is, however, very American.
During the U.S. Constitutional period, in the Federalist Papers (no. 84), Alexander Hamilton asked, "Why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?"
Hamilton thought a Bill of Rights would be superfluous because the federal government was then thought to be restricted to the powers it is granted in the Constitution. Other politicians, however, mainly the Anti-Federalists, such as Patrick Henry and George Mason, saw the need for a bill of rights to spell out an additional list of limitations on the federal government to prevent a centralized bureaucracy from exceeding its constitutional limitations.
So yes, from the beginning, there was a debate about whether a Bill of Rights should be included in the Constitution.
The Founders had read thinkers like John Locke (1632-1704), who defined natural rights as "life, liberty and estate [property]." And Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), who, in Leviathan (1651), said natural rights extend from the "state of nature." Hobbes thus argued that man has the essential human right "to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own Nature; that is to say, of his own Life…."
The idea that we have the natural right to preserve "our own nature" underlies our rights to self-defense, to protect our own property, to speak the truth as we see it and so on.
Sanders is exactly right. Unfortunately, today's educational system rarely teaches these fundamental underpinnings of our freedom.

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The world needs more innovators.
Innovation is all about breaking rules.
But not just any kind of rule-breaking.
Most broken rules make things worse.
A tiny few make things better.
TRIZmeta is all about that tiny few: Rules for breaking rules successfully.
TRIZmeta is a meta-game. The result of over 20 years of research.
It is a deck of cards (you could just use them for that if you like).
It is a comprehensive set of rule-breaking rules you can use to help solve any problem.
Or – TRIZmeta's main purpose – it is for playing together with any of your favourite games, allowing you to re-invigorate, evolve and advance them. Not only to make them more fun, but also to teach you how to think like an innovator.
Anyone can innovate. All you need are the rules.
Now, here, for the first time, they're all in one place.
"Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men. "


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MN503 Unit 9 assignment
Statistical Assessment of Two Research Reports
Examine two research articles which incorporate a statistical analysis discussed in this course but not previously examined in your submission of activity 1 or 2.
Briefly summarize and report on each statistic and discuss whether the assumptions of each test were met and if the type of data was appropriate for each statistical test.
Include the following sections in your paper:
Section I – A Review of the Data Analysis:
Provide a discussion of the following elements:
What is the problem or question(s) this research concerns?
Give a brief overview of how the data were collected.
What is the source of data? (i.e., questionnaire, physiological data, existing statistical information, etc.). In some studies there are two or more sources of data.
List the independent and dependent variables
Discuss sample size estimation. Consider the following
Was a power analysis conducted?
Was the sample size appropriate for the statistical test? Why or why not?
Describe the statistic used to measure the hypotheses/research questions.
How is this appropriate?
How were assumptions met?
Is the level of measurement appropriate? Why or why not?
Discuss how the data were displayed (i.e., graphs, tables)
Were these appropriate? Why or why not?
Section II – Data Analysis Evaluation:
What did the data analysis show?
What conclusions were drawn by the authors?
Do you agree or disagree with the conclusions? Why or why not?
Were the study limitations discussed? What were the limitations if any? How did the authors deal with the limitations?
Give your overall evaluations of the methods used in this article, including a discussion of the following questions:
What things were done well?
What were done poorly?
How much trust do you put in the findings?
Section III – Understanding the Data:
Provide a discussion of the usefulness of each study to your nursing peers.
What might they think of the study?
What might they find confusing?
What aspects of the studies might they question?
Summarize why you think the studies do or do not provide sufficient evidence to change practice.
Summarize your thoughts related to the usefulness of the statistics.
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The Warmest January — New Short Story
January 29, 2019 June 24, 2019 ~ catherinemesick	~ Leave a comment
New flash fiction! ❄
The Warmest January
This story was available free for a limited time. If you've missed it, there are other free stories available on this website. Just have a look around! 🙂
The ebook is also available here.
Thanks very much for reading!
The Snow Globe — New Short Story
December 14, 2018 December 14, 2018 ~ catherinemesick	~ 2 Comments
New flash fiction. 🙂
The Snow Globe
"Oh, no!" I said.
"What's wrong, Hope?" My sister's voice floated up to me.
"It's our old snow globe," I said. "It doesn't light up."
I heard Kristen's footsteps stomping up the stairs to the attic.
"What are you doing up here anyway?" she said.
I brushed some dust off a box and set the snow globe on top of it.
It was old—probably an antique by now, and it held a little snow-covered house with Santa and his reindeer flying over it. The water inside it had started to evaporate, and Santa, who hung from the top of the globe, was no longer submerged.
"I'm getting out Mom and Dad's old decorations," I said.
"I can see that," Kristen said, surveying the dusty artificial wreath and Christmas ornaments I had unearthed. "What I mean is what are you doing up here right now? You're supposed to be getting ready for a date."
"I know," I said. "I just really wanted to put this snow globe out before I left. I always believed it was magic—it brings Christmas cheer."
"Why do you need Christmas cheer right this moment?" Kristen said.
"I just need it," I replied.
"You're stalling."
I didn't reply. I turned my attention back to the snow globe. I turned it over and checked the little box on the bottom. It still had a battery—it just didn't light up.
"Hope," Kristen said, "Mark Frye is the most eligible bachelor in the city. You're super lucky that he likes you. You need to get ready."
I still didn't move.
Kristen took the snow globe out of my hands.
"What do you want with this old thing anyway? It was Mom's, wasn't it?"
"Yes, it was Mom's," I said. "And it was her mom's before that. It's an heirloom—and it reminds me of our childhood."
Kristen set the snow globe down on a dusty shelf.
"Well, Mom and Dad moved to Florida," she said. "They moved on. You should, too. If you really want a snow globe, I'll get you a new one."
She steered me toward the attic stairs. "Now you need to go."
Kristen sighed as I skirted around her and grabbed the snow globe. Then I let myself get dragged out of the attic.
An hour and a half later, I was as ready as I was ever going to be, and I was just leaving the bathroom when the doorbell rang.
I hurried downstairs.
Kristen was already waiting by the door.
"It's him," she said. "You look great by the way."
"Thanks," I said. "Did you seriously come down here to watch me as I answered the door?"
"Of course not," Kristen said. "I just happened to be here."
I shooed her away as I opened the door.
Tall, dark, and sleek, Mark was waiting for me on the doorstep.
"You look lovely, Hope," he said as we headed out into the night.
We went to a new, trendy restaurant, and everybody there seemed to know Mark.
We were ushered to a great table, and the food was excellent. We fell into conversation easily, and as the evening progressed, I realized that Mark was fun to talk to.
Eventually the conversation turned to Mark's political aspirations—he was going to run for city council and maybe even mayor someday.
"Forgive me," he said as dessert arrived, "but you don't seem very excited about my upcoming campaign. Most people really light up when I mention that."
"I'm excited for you," I said. "I really am. It's just that I can't stop thinking about something silly—something small that's bothering me."
"What is it?" Mark asked.
"It's this old snow globe of my Mom's. It used to light up and now it doesn't. I feel like the light has gone out on my childhood Christmas memories. That's not true, of course, but it's how I feel at the moment."
Mark nodded. "I understand. You remember how things used to be, and you feel nostalgia. What I've learned in my career is that it's better to let go of the past and keep moving forward. Get yourself a new snow globe. Or better yet, forget about it and move on."
"My sister said something like that, too," I murmured.
"She's right," Mark said. "Look to the future. That's what I do."
The rest of the evening was pleasant, and I returned home in a good frame of mind.
As I walked into my house, my sister pounced.
"How was the date?" Kristen said.
"It was good," I said. "Nice."
"Nice?" Kristen said.
"But?"
"But something's missing," I said.
"I knew it!" Kristen said. "You find something wrong with every guy who takes an interest in you."
"There's nothing wrong with Mark," I said. "He's wonderful. But somehow I don't feel a spark."
Kristen shook her head. "Any girl in town would kill for a date with Mark. I would kill for a date with him. At least tell me you're going to see him again."
"I don't know," I said. "It didn't come up."
Kristen opened her mouth to answer, and the doorbell rang.
She looked around. "I bet that's him. He's come to ask you on a second date. Answer it!"
She pushed me toward the door.
"All right, all right," I said. "I'm going."
I opened the door, expecting to see Mark's tall, dark silhouette, but instead there was a scruffier figure dressed in jeans.
"Owen!" I said.
Owen had just moved back to town after several years away—he was working for his dad's construction company.
"Hey, Hope," he said. "I was just in the neighborhood, and I noticed that you've got a string of Christmas lights out. I'd be happy to take a look."
"Sure," I said. "Thanks."
I grabbed my coat and followed Owen outside.
The night was cold and crisp and very dark. But there was plenty of light thanks to the bright Christmas display in my yard. Owen was right—there was a string of lights out in the middle of an evergreen bush. The lights were still on above and below it, so the dark spot was pretty noticeable.
Owen began fiddling with the darkened string of lights.
"I'm pretty good with these," he said. "I'll find the broken one in no time. It only takes one bad bulb to put the others out."
I watched Owen as he worked. I had known him just a little in high school—and lately I had been seeing him around town. There was something intriguing about him.
After a moment, the string of lights in the middle sprang to life.
"Voilà!" Owen said.
"How did you do that?" I asked.
"You just find the burnt-out bulb," Owen replied, "and replace that one. Then the others will be good as new."
"Where did you find a replacement bulb?" I asked.
He ran a hand over his hair. "I might have had one with me. I noticed yesterday that those lights were out, and I thought I'd stop by some time and see if you were in—see if I could offer some assistance."
"It looks great," I said. "Thanks."
Owen nodded. "Well, I guess I'll be going. It's cold out here, and I don't want to keep you."
He turned to go.
"Owen," I said.
He turned back.
"I've got an old snow globe," I said. "It has a battery in it, but it no longer lights up. Maybe it's silly, but it's important to me, and I'd like to get it working again. Would you mind taking a look at it for me some time?"
"I don't think that's silly at all," Owen said. "I'd be happy to take a look at it. I can stop by tomorrow if you'll be in."
"I'll be here," I said.
Owen smiled and ducked his head. "Good night, then."
"Good night," I said.
I went inside.
"Okay," Kristen said as I closed the door behind me. "Two gorgeous guys come looking for you on the same night. How lucky can you get?"
"It's no big deal," I said. "Owen was just being nice."
My phone buzzed then, and I went to pick it up.
"It's a text from Mark," I said. "He wants to meet again."
"You're going to have to choose," Kristen said. "Which one is it? Mark or Owen?"
"I don't even know if Owen likes me," I replied. "And I barely know either of them."
"Just humor me. If you had to choose based on first impressions, who would it be?"
I smiled at Kristen and turned for the stairs. "Good night. I'm going to bed."
"You drive me crazy sometimes," Kristen said.
Up in my room, I got ready for bed, and as I went to turn off the light, I picked up the broken snow globe that sat on my bureau. It was still dusty, but I gave it a little shake and watched the snow swirl around the house as Santa and his sleigh flew overhead. Kristen's parting words came back to me, and I smiled to myself. Though I had given her a hard time, I knew whom I would choose—if I had the chance.
"I choose Owen," I whispered to the snow globe.
And just for fun, I flipped the broken switch to "on."
The snow globe instantly lit up, illuminating Santa and the house.
"Guess I chose right," I murmured.
The Perfect Boyfriend — New Short Story
December 5, 2018 ~ catherinemesick	~ Leave a comment
New piece of flash fiction. 😉
The Perfect Boyfriend
"So what are you looking for exactly?" Abbie asked.
Her friend Michelle continued to stare into the shop window and sighed.
"The perfect boyfriend," she said.
"There's no such thing as the perfect boyfriend," Abbie replied.
"I know," Michelle said. "But could you just imagine how great that would be? You'd get a big shiny box with a bow, and the love of your life would just jump out."
She continued to stare at the glitzy display in the window in front of her.
"I'm not sure that's a healthy way to think," Abbie said. "Seriously though—I thought you said you wanted to go Christmas shopping. Where's your list? All we've done so far is stare into windows."
"I know," Michelle said. "It's just so hard to go through the holidays without your sweetie."
"You broke up with Lucas six months ago."
"I know," Michelle said again. "But it all comes flooding back to you when the decorations go up."
"Come on," Abbie said. "Let's actually go into a shop for a change."
Michelle let herself get dragged inside.
Abbie and Michelle did end up getting some Christmas shopping done, and afterward, Abbie dropped her friend off at her apartment.
"Have fun wrapping your presents up," Abbie said as Michelle exited her car. "And no more mooning over Lucas."
Michelle gave a little wave and disappeared into her building.
Two days later, Michelle hadn't shown up for a planned brunch with Abbie, and Abbie found herself in front of Michelle's building again.
She went inside.
Abbie took the elevator to Michelle's floor and then went down the hall and knocked on her door.
There was no answer.
Abbie noticed then that Michelle's door was open just a hair, and she pushed on it.
It swung open.
"Hello?" Abbie called. "Michelle? Are you home?"
Swift footsteps approached her, and Abbie stepped back in alarm.
A light in the apartment turned on, and the door opened wider.
Suddenly standing before her was a man who looked familiar. He had black-rimmed glasses, and Abbie was sure she'd seen him somewhere recently.
"I'm Michelle's brother, Zach," he said. "You're one of Michelle's friends, aren't you?"
"Yes, I'm Abbie," Abbie said. She remembered now—she'd seen Zach at a party Michelle had thrown last month.
"Do you know where she is?" Zach demanded. "No one in the family's heard from her in two days."
"No," Abbie said. "I dropped her off here after we went shopping on Friday. I haven't heard from her since."
"Shopping?" Zach said. "Do you know anything about this big box?"
"Big box?" Abbie echoed.
"Maybe you'd better come in," Zach replied.
He stood back so Abbie could enter, and then he led her to the living room.
In the middle of the room stood an enormous red-wrapped box with a gold bow. It was long and tall, and it was just the right size to hold a person.
"What is that?" Abbie asked.
"I was hoping you could tell me," Zach said. "Michelle didn't buy that when the two of you went shopping?"
Abbie went closer. There was a tag on the box that read, "From your sweetie."
"I didn't know she was dating anyone," Zach said.
"As far as I know, she isn't," Abbie replied.
She reached out for the lid of the box, which was facing them, and she found that it swung open like a door.
Inside was gloom that stretched a long way—it appeared to be a hallway.
Zach stared at it in surprise. "Do you think she went in there?"
"I think we'd better find out," Abbie said.
She stepped into the box, and Zach followed her.
Soon a figure came toward them out of the gloom. There was a glow around the figure like candlelight, and Abbie soon found herself standing face to face with a tall, handsome man with thick, dark hair and mesmerizing dark eyes. He was wearing tight jeans and an even tighter black T-shirt that emphasized his well-muscled torso.
"Hello," the man said in a deep, smoky voice. "My name is Ryan. I don't believe we've met, but I've been looking for you all my life."
He lifted her hand to kiss it.
"I'm Abbie," she said, temporarily spellbound.
After a moment, she shook off her daze.
"What are you doing here?" Abbie said sharply. "And where is Michelle?"
"I go where I am called," Ryan replied in a sultry undertone. "It's a special call from the heart. And I have no idea who Michelle is. I only have eyes for you."
Zach rushed forward. "Listen, creep. You're going to tell us where Michelle is right now."
Ryan stared at Zach, startled. "Whoa. A boyfriend. That's an unexpected twist."
"Where is she?" Zach demanded.
He reached out to grab Ryan by his tight shirt collar, and Ryan abruptly disappeared.
He reappeared behind Zach.
"I'm beginning to get the picture," Ryan said. "You two are here looking for that pretty gal I picked up earlier."
Zach turned on Ryan once more, and once again Ryan disappeared—only to reappear a few feet away.
"Relax," Ryan said. "I'll take you to her."
"And you'll let us leave with her?" Abbie asked.
Ryan flashed Abbie a rakish grin. "Sure. If you can convince her to leave me. Gotta warn you, though—it won't be easy."
He winked and placed a guiding hand on both Zach and Abbie's backs.
"Follow me to the garden."
Ryan led them through the gloom.
Soon a pink glow appeared in the dim light, and Abbie could see a wide cluster of rose bushes—it did indeed look like a garden. And in the middle of the rose bushes sat Michelle.
"Michelle!" Abbie and Zach cried together.
They ran toward her.
Michelle was staring straight ahead with a dreamy look on her face, and she didn't appear to notice Abbie or Zach when they reached the little garden.
Abbie swiftly waded through the roses and sat down on a stone bench next to Michelle.
Zach sat on the other side of her.
"Michelle," Abbie said urgently. "We've got to get out of here."
"Michelle, can you hear me?" Zach said.
She made no reply.
Ryan followed more slowly, and as Abbie was shaking Michelle's shoulder, Ryan's candlelit glow caught up with them.
For the first time, Michelle stirred.
"Is that you, my love?" she said.
Ryan smiled—a truly glorious sight. "I'm here, babe. I'm always right here for you."
"My sweetie," Michelle sighed.
"What have you done to her?" Zach demanded.
"Nothing," Ryan replied. "She's in love."
"With you?" Zach said scornfully. "I don't believe it."
Ryan shrugged his magnificent shoulders, and the glow moved along with him. "You can call it infatuation if you like. Whatever it is it works."
"We're leaving here right now," Abbie said. "And we're taking Michelle with us."
Ryan laughed. "Go ahead and try."
He turned and began to walk away. As he disappeared, his glow grew smaller and smaller.
"Three for the price of one." His voice floated back to them. "My lucky day."
Soon his glow was gone, and Abbie and Zach were left with Michelle in the soft pink light of the rose garden.
"Come on, Michelle, we've got to move," Zach said urgently.
Michelle didn't answer.
Abbie snapped her fingers and then waved her hand in front of her friend's face.
"Michelle!"
Abbie turned to Zach.
"She only seems to respond to that Ryan guy."
Zach looked around.
"She doesn't appear to be restrained in any way. Do you want to try to move her out of here?"
Abbie nodded. "Good idea."
They each grabbed one of Michelle's arms and pulled.
Michelle didn't move.
And neither did they.
"I can't stand up," Abbie said, startled.
"I can't either," Zach replied, equally startled.
"We're stuck to this bench," Abbie said. "All three of us."
"Three for the price of one," Zach murmured. "He's got all of us trapped now."
Abbie looked around. "How do you think this is happening?"
"Maybe it's some kind of spell," Zach said grimly. "Nothing about this is normal."
"But we could move until just a few minutes ago," Abbie said. "Something changed."
She drew in her breath sharply. "The flowers!"
She began to grab at the roses, breaking them off by their stems.
But the flowers grew back as quickly as they were picked.
"That's not a good sign," Zach said.
"We have to do something!" Abbie cried in frustration.
She continued to pull more flowers—which quickly grew back.
"Wait, Abbie," Zach said. "There's something on your back."
Abbie twisted around, trying to see.
"I'll get it," Zach said.
He reached around Michelle and just managed to pull off a label that was stuck to Abbie's coat.
He held it out, and Abbie could see a white label with red letters that read, "Property of Ryan."
"The nerve of that guy," Abbie said. "Turn a bit—let me see if there's one on your back too."
Zach turned as much as he could, and Abbie spied a white square on his back.
"Yep, you've got one," she said. "I bet he stuck these on us when he led us over here. Just a moment—I'll get it."
Abbie reached around Michelle, as Zach had done, but she couldn't quite touch the label on Zach's back. She stood without thinking about it.
"Zach, I'm free!"
"It must be the labels," he replied. "Help me, and we'll free Michelle too."
Abbie quickly pulled the label off Zach, and he stood.
The two of them looked Michelle over—they couldn't find a label.
"Now that we can stand," Zach said, "maybe we can just carry her."
Once again, they pulled on Michelle's arms. She remained stuck fast to the stone bench.
"There must be something," Abbie said. "What are we missing?"
"Ryan wasn't expecting us," Zach said. "So he had to improvise. Maybe he did something a little more substantial for Michelle."
"Makes sense," Abbie said.
She looked her friend over again. Nothing really stood out. Michelle was still wearing the outfit she'd had on when Abbie had last seen her—in fact, she was even still wearing her coat. Ryan must have kidnapped her shortly after she'd walked into her apartment.
Abbie sighed to herself. Something must be different—but what?
And then she spotted a little bit of sparkle on her friend's wrist—just a little piece of gold peeking out from under the cuff of her coat sleeve.
"Michelle wasn't wearing a bracelet," she said.
Abbie quickly pushed Michelle's sleeve up and examined the bracelet. Sure enough, there was a little gold charm on it engraved with the words, "To my sweetie, love Ryan."
Abbie fumbled with the clasp and soon had it undone. She pulled the bracelet off Michelle and threw it into the flowers.
Michelle began to stir. She looked up at Zach and Abbie blearily.
"Hey, guys," she said. "What's going on?"
"Come on," Zach said. "We've got to get you out of here."
A voice drifted over to them from somewhere far away.
"Is that you, babe?" It was Ryan. "Having trouble sleeping, sweetie?"
"We have to go now," Zach said.
Zach and Abbie helped Michelle to stand. The three of them soon made their way out of the rose garden, but beyond it, all they could see was gloom.
"What's wrong, sweetie?" Ryan's voice came to them again. "Why aren't you feeding my flowers?"
"Just keep moving," Abbie said.
The three of them stumbled through the dim light, leaving the rosy glow of the garden far behind them.
"There!" Zach shouted after a moment. "That looks like normal lamp light over there."
Abbie looked where Zach was pointing. Far in the distance she could see a yellow rectangle—it looked like light pouring out through a door.
"Come on, Michelle," Abbie urged.
The three of them ran on, and Ryan soon called out again.
"Where are you going, babe?"
Abbie turned to look back. A candlelit glow had appeared behind them, and it was gaining on them.
"He's following us," Abbie cried. "Hurry!"
Zach and Abbie ran as fast as they could, carrying Michelle between them.
"Were almost there!" Zach shouted. "Come on, Michelle!"
They hurried up to the yellow rectangle of light, and the two of them quickly pushed Michelle through the open door into her apartment. As they did so, Ryan caught up with them.
He caught both Abbie and Zach by the collar and lifted them into the air.
"I may have lost my lady love," Ryan said, "but you two are mine."
He stared at them with his big brown eyes. "Are you sure that you don't want to stay with me?"
Abbie found that she couldn't look away from the mesmerizing dark eyes. She was aware dimly that Zach had also ceased to struggle.
"That's it," Ryan said softly. "Come with me. I need you. And no one else will love you like I do."
Abbie felt herself being carried away.
"No one else will love you like I do," Ryan said again.
Ryan loved her, Abbie thought. He needed her.
She was happy to be going with him.
But something tugged at the back of her mind. She had come here for a different reason.
Someone else needed her.
Abbie turned her head and looked at Ryan's handsome profile.
"Ryan," she said softly.
He looked at her and smiled.
"Yes, babe?"
"I think we need to see other people," Abbie said.
Ryan looked startled, and Abbie quickly aimed a kick at his middle.
He disappeared.
Both Abbie and Zach dropped to the ground.
"Run, Zach!" Abbie shouted.
The two of them ran for the yellow rectangle of light as Ryan reappeared behind them and chased after them.
Just as Ryan was reaching out a hand for Abbie's collar again, she and Zach reached the door and jumped through it.
The two of them sprawled on the floor of Michelle's apartment and looked back to see the tall wrapped present with the lid hanging open. The lid abruptly snapped shut, and the wrapped box with the gold bow promptly disappeared.
Michelle was sitting on the floor not too far from Abbie and Zach.
"Seriously, guys," she said. "What's going on?"
An hour later, Michelle, Abbie, and Zach were all seated in Michelle's living room drinking coffee.
"So that's what happened," Abbie said. "And in conclusion, allow me to say that there's no such thing as the perfect boyfriend."
Michelle was staring at her steadily. She seemed skeptical.
"Well, thanks very much for saving me," Michelle said. "But you're wrong."
"I know it's hard to believe," Abbie said.
"That's not what I meant," Michelle replied. "I totally believe the story."
"You're wrong that there's no such thing as the perfect boyfriend," Michelle said.
"Michelle," Abbie said, "that kind of talk is how you got into this in the first place."
"Not for me," Michelle said. "For you."
She raised her eyebrows and nodded pointedly in her brother's direction.
"You and Zach," she whispered.
Abbie glanced at Zach, and he looked back at her.
Zach's eyes were also big and brown behind his black-rimmed glasses, but other than that, he was a world away from Ryan.
Zach looked a little sheepish. "I think I'm worth a shot," he said.
Abbie smiled. "Why not?"
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Harvest Moon — New Short Short Story
November 19, 2018 November 18, 2018 ~ catherinemesick	~ Leave a comment
Happy Thanksgiving! Here's a new piece of flash fiction. 🦃
When the leaves turned gold, I decided it was time.
"If you look in the mirror, Megan," my brother, Tom, said, "all you're going to see is a werewolf!"
"Get out of here," I said, pushing him out of my room and shutting the door.
Then I turned to my window and opened it.
A beautiful, amber-colored full moon shone in the sky overhead. Local legend said that if you looked into a mirror in the light of the harvest moon that you would see the face of your true love.
I'd had enough of waiting, and I decided tonight was the night—I'd find out who it was, even if I had to use an unorthodox method.
I sat on my windowsill and gazed into the handheld mirror from my dresser. I looked expectantly at first, but I didn't see any face in the glass other than my own.
The cold autumn air swirled around me, but I continued to look.
I was resolved not to give up.
I must have dozed off, and for a moment I thought I saw a face—green eyes flecked with brown, a determined chin, eyebrows that were black and just a little too thick.
I started awake abruptly.
"No," I said to myself. "Just no. There's no way my true love is Edgar Beck."
I looked into my mirror and saw with relief that it was still blank.
"Just a dream," I murmured.
I quickly shut the window and put the mirror back.
The next morning I was in school wading through the crowded halls to my locker. I said hi to my friends and told no one of my experiment the previous evening—it was just too embarrassing.
As I headed to my first class, I spied a familiar face. It was Edgar, and he was headed straight for me.
Soon Edgar was standing right in front of me, blocking my way. Edgar—class clown, prankster, and someone I didn't know very well at all.
He was looking at me expectantly.
"Hey, Megan," he said.
I made no reply. There was no way Edgar could know I'd had a dream about him—I'd told no one. He continued to stare at me, and I felt my face flaming.
It was all just too awkward.
"So," he said. "It's me."
"It is you," I said.
As he continued to look at me, his gaze faltered. I saw uncertainty, nervousness in his eyes. A faint blush began to creep up his face.
"I'm sorry," Edgar said. "But I just have to tell you this. It's not a joke—I promise."
Something in his tone caught my attention, and I waited.
"It's just that I heard this old tale," he said. "About looking into a mirror under the harvest moon. I heard you could see your true—"
He lowered his voice. "Your true love."
I was startled to hear him say that, and he looked at me earnestly.
"It's just that I did it last night," he said. "And I saw you."
I looked up into his eyes—saw the green flecked with brown—and I realized that there were greater depths in them than I had ever imagined.
"It's no joke," Edgar said. "I saw you, and I wanted you to know that."
I took in his eyes, his determined chin, his black eyebrows that were just a little too thick, and I felt as if I were seeing him for the very first time.
"I saw you, too," I said.
Pure is now available in audiobook!
November 12, 2018 December 20, 2018 ~ catherinemesick	~ Leave a comment
Pure is now available as an audiobook! Listen to Chapter One below:
https://catherinemesick.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/chapter-01.mp3
Available on Amazon, Audible, and Apple.
A Light in the Hall
October 30, 2018 October 31, 2018 ~ catherinemesick	~ Leave a comment
Here's a Halloween story inspired by R.B. McConnell's Snowflake's Challenge #1, and also inspired by Drew at House Valerius. The challenge is to write a flash fiction story about a picture that R.B. McConnell took. You can find R.B.'s picture at the bottom of the story. 🙂
I looked out into the hall. The light that filtered in was slightly green, and something about the stillness made me feel uneasy.
I left my dark bedroom behind and ventured farther into the hall.
The green light seemed to pull me in, and I thought I heard someone whisper my name.
I frowned. No one had called me Victoria in a long time. To most people, I was simply "Vic."
The whisper came again. "Victoria."
I looked around. I couldn't tell where the green light was coming from—it seemed to be all around me without any one section of the hall being brighter than any other.
I walked down the hall to the living room and found it bathed in the same green light.
I saw a figure walking toward me, and soon before me, there was a familiar face.
"Is it really you?" I said. I was surprised at how quickly tears had sprung into my eyes.
"Victoria, come with me," he said.
"I—I can't," I said. "I don't understand. How can you be here?"
"Come with me."
"No," I said. I backed away. "How are you here?"
"Come with me," he repeated, and he stretched out his hand.
In the next moment, we both were gone.
RB's original photo:
Thank you to R.B. McConnell and Drew for the fun challenge!
A Good Catch — New Short Story June 30, 2019
Mae Wedding — New Short Story May 29, 2019
Lost in the Museum — New Short Story April 24, 2019
March Madness — New Short Story March 27, 2019
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Caught by Cupid — New Short Story February 12, 2019
The Warmest January — New Short Story January 29, 2019
The Snow Globe — New Short Story December 14, 2018
The Perfect Boyfriend — New Short Story December 5, 2018
Harvest Moon — New Short Short Story November 19, 2018
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A Light in the Hall October 30, 2018
Starlight, Part 3 — New Short Story July 6, 2018
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Open Conversation with Raúl Zurita
Time: Mon Jan 31, 2011, 3:00PM - 4:30PM
Location: McKenna Hall, Room 100
Raúl Zurita is one of Latin America's most celebrated and controversial poets. After Augusto Pinochet's 1973 US-supported military coup that ousted Salvador Allende's democratically elected government, Zurita's poetry sought to register the violence and atrocities committed against the Chilean people and the corruption of the Spanish language. During the dictatorship that lasted from 1973 to 1990, Zurita published a trilogy of books (Purgatory, Anteparadise, and The New Life), wrote poems in the sky above New York City, bulldozed poems in the Chilean desert, and helped to form the art collective "Colectivo de Accion de Arte" that used performance as an act of political resistance.
Zurita was awarded the Chilean National Prize for Literature, a scholarship from the Guggenheim Foundation, and he has held poetry readings at numerous American universities including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Berkeley. His books in English translation include Anteparadise, Purgatory, INRI, and Song for His Disappeared Love. He lives in Chile.
Zurita will be reading from his latest poetry collection, For Song for His Disappeared Love, translated by Daniel Borzutzky, directly after this event.
Sponsored by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Cosponsored by the College of Arts and Letters, the Creative Writing Program, the Department of English, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Global Modernisms Initiative, the Henkels Lecture Series, the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, Letras Latinas, and the Institute for Latino Studies
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I feel it again, that desperate, clawing need for some sort of creative outlet. The creation of this blog was really my dear friend Chelsea's idea, who always has my best interests in mind and has always advocated loudly for self expression and productivity. I was out visiting her in Portland in June this year, and one slow, rainy morning we "launched" Sophie Writes, the beautiful cabbage masthead photo having previously been taken at a local flea market near Chelsea's house. Anyway, I was reluctant to say the least and obviously, due to a sparseness of "posts" since, never really quite got into it. But I want to try, I do. Again. I'm going to try again and I am not going to make lame excuses about how I don't have anything to talk about, or how I can't figure out the nuances of blogspot.
I am a freak for anything pickled. Something about crispy preserved vegetables submerged in salty, briny, vinegar satisfies my soul. I had a pickled egg for the first time at a bar in Providence recently and it was a revelation. Oh, pickles, pickles, pickles!
The garden this year was sadly not the most productive it has been in the past, despite my parents fierce war on the groundhogs and my mother's tireless weeding and gentle gardener's touch. But we got a lot of green beans. We ate as many as we could every day, sautéed them with olive oil and garlic, cut them up and put them in salads, and nibbled on them throughout the lazy afternoons like they were potato chips.
But I knew greater steps had to be taken to preserve these beans, lest they go to waste.
The recipe I used came from A Primer for Pickles: A Reader for Relishes. It's a very simple process, and because the beans are only slightly cooked during the water bath at the end, they come out being delightfully crisp and crunchy.
Make sure you wash the beans thoroughly. Cut into lengths that fill the pint jars. Pack beans into sterilized jars. Add crushed pepper, mustard seed, dill heads, and garlic (blanch garlic in hot water for 1 minute before placing in jar).
Combine vinegar, water, and salt. Heat to boiling. Pour boiling liquid over beans filing to ½ inch of the top of jar. Seal and process for 5 minutes in a boiling water bath.
Behold your beautiful jars of Dilly Beans! Marvel at the warm, smooth glass jars full of tasty pickles and feel virtuous when you hear their little lids pop as they seal up for many months. Open them in January and think about sunburns and mowing the lawn.
PS. I entered a jar of these at the Washington County Fair this year. Second place! Not bad…I think I didn't get first because I could have packed the beans straighter. There is always next year.
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Divided Decade
5 things you need to know about Lehman Brothers
By Eliza Mills
September 10, 2018 | 10:56 AM
Two employees of Christie's auction house manoeuvre the Lehman Brothers corporate logo on Sept. 24, 2010 in London, England. - Oli Scarff/Getty Images
On Sept. 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers, one of the biggest investment banks in the world, filed for bankruptcy. How did it happen, and how did it affect the economy? Here's what you need to know:
1. What's Lehman Brothers, anyway? Before filing for bankruptcy in September 2008, Lehman Brothers was the fourth-largest investment bank in the U.S. (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch were first, second and third, respectively). It was founded in 1850 and did business for 158 years. Internationally, 25,000 people were working at Lehman Brothers at the time of its collapse.
2. So what happened? By 2004, Lehman had acquired five mortgage lenders, including BNC Mortgage, a subprime lender. Lehman invested even more in securitized mortgages over the next few years, more so than any other firm. Lehman's big investment in mortgage securities made it especially vulnerable as the housing market started to crash. Lehman Brothers started to correct course, but it was too late, it didn't have the capital cushion to absorb its losses and its stock price continued to plunge. Lehman was forced to file for bankruptcy on Sept. 15, 2008. The firm held more than $600 billion in assets, and it remains the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.
3. OK, but why did other banks not fail? A lot of people still don't understand why Lehman wasn't bailed out. After all, the government intervened to prevent the fall of AIG immediately after, and stopped Bear Stearns' collapse earlier in 2008. The Troubled Asset Relief Program, also known as TARP, meant to bail out more banks was signed into law in October 2008. But when Lehman failed, the Treasury Department didn't have the authority to save it, and the Fed didn't believe that Lehman had the collateral of Bear Stearns or AIG. Although the Fed tried to facilitate a purchase by a private business (Barclays and Bank of America considered purchasing Lehman before it declared bankruptcy), the government couldn't guarantee its operations, either. Instead, Lehman filed for bankruptcy and was eventually broken up into pieces and purchased by other banks.
4. How do we think about Lehman today? Some people see Lehman Brothers as a villain or as a massive failure. Ultimately, Lehman's collapse affected global stock markets, the U.S. economy and how the government handled the bank bailouts. Lehman's fall also put thousands of financial services workers out of a job. As the biggest failure in the "too big to fail" moment, Lehman epitomizes the crisis from the view of the banks and the financial sector.
5. Does Lehman Brothers even exist anymore? Yes! Wait ... what? Lehman Brothers still exists, because when a $600 billion-plus business goes out of business, it takes a while to dissolve. Ten years later, the process of winding down Lehman is nearing completion, but there are still claims and lawsuits to settle.
Eliza Mills
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Les incendies de 2018 en Californie sont une série de feux de forêts ayant lieu en Californie en 2018. Au , le California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection a recensé le chiffre de  ayant brûlé plus de  (plus de ).

De juillet à , une série de grands incendies a éclaté en Californie, principalement dans la partie nord de l'État, dont les plus importants sont dénommés foyers « Carr » et « Mendocino Complex ».

En novembre 2018, une recrudescence des incendies, attisés par des vents violents, provoque la mort de plusieurs dizaines de personnes. Les plus importants sont « Camp Fire » et « Woolsey Fire ». Il s'agit des incendies les plus meurtriers de l'histoire de la Californie, avec un bilan provisoire qui atteint le nombre de 88 victimes décédées.

Causes des incendies
De nombreux facteurs ont conduit à ces incendies dévastateurs. La combinaison d'une quantité accrue de combustible naturel et de conditions atmosphériques aggravées par le réchauffement climatique a entraîné une série d'incendies destructeurs.

Toutefois, cette cause n'est pas reconnue par le président Donald Trump qui a affirmé : . Il a également appelé à « couper les arbres » pour empêcher la propagation du feu (Must also tree clear to stop fire from spreading!) ».

L'une des causes directes des incendies de forêt en Californie de 2018 est une augmentation du nombre d'arbres morts, lesquels servent de combustible. En , il y avait été dénombré un record de 129 millions d'arbres morts., professeur à l'université Stanford et spécialiste de l'Earth system science, a déclaré que les conditions atmosphériques devraient s'aggraver à l'avenir en Californie en raison des effets du changement climatique et que . D'autres experts s'accordent pour dire que le réchauffement climatique est responsable de ces conditions météorologiques extrêmes. Le réchauffement de la planète a entraîné des températures plus élevées et moins de pluie, créant un paysage plus sec qui a permis aux feux de brûler plus longtemps et plus fort.

L' désigne la zone de transition entre les terres inoccupées et le développement humain. Les communautés situées à moins de  de la zone peuvent également être incluses. Ces terres et communautés adjacentes et entourées par des terres sauvages comportent des risques d'être incendiées. Depuis les années 1990, plus de 43 % des nouveaux logements ont été construits dans cette zone. Dans certaines régions, il atteint près de 80 %. Dans le passé, lorsque ces zones ont brûlé, aucune maison n'avait été perdue, car il n'y en avait pas encore. Néanmoins, les habitations qui s'y trouvent aujourd'hui sont exposées à ce risque .

En outre, la Californie du Nord et la vallée centrale ont connu une augmentation drastique des polluants atmosphériques au plus fort des incendies du mois d'août.

Feux de forêt

Liste des incendies ayant brûlé plus de  (plus de ) ou qui ont causé des dommages structurels ou des pertes de vie importantes.

Voir aussi

Articles connexes

 Liste d'incendies en Californie
 Climat de Los Angeles
 Climat de San Francisco

Références

2018
2018 en Californie
Incendie Californie
Incendie en 2018

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News Release – 1 May 2011
Robert Mugabe and the Pope "in Good Company" Say Gay Humanists
Kenilworth, 1 May 2011 — The gay humanist charity the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT) has noted without surprise that the President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, has attended the beatification of Pope John Paul II which was held in the Vatican on 1 May.
An EU travel ban forbids Mugabe from visiting member states, but the Vatican is a sovereign state and not in the EU. The ban was imposed in 2002 on account of Mugabe's gross human rights abuses but Italy, a founder EU member, granted Mugabe an exemption to transit through the country. A Vatican spokesman said Mugabe had not been personally invited but as the head of a state with which the Vatican has relations he was entitled to attend.
Commenting on behalf of the PTT, its secretary, George Broadhead, said: Mugabe's attendance at the ceremony comes as no great surprise. As a fellow Roman Catholic, he shares at least one trait in common with both the late beatified pope and the present one – an entrenched homophobia. He is viciously hostile to homosexuality, declaring on one occasion: 'I find it extremely outrageous and repugnant to my human conscience that such immoral and repulsive organisations, like those of homosexuals, who offend both against the law of nature and the morals of religious beliefs espoused by our society, should have any advocates in our midst and elsewhere in the world,' and on another occasion: 'It [homosexuality] degrades human dignity. It's unnatural, and there is no question ever of allowing these people to behave worse than dogs and pigs. If dogs and pigs do not do it, why must human beings? We have our own culture, and we must re-dedicate ourselves to our traditional values that make us human beings. ... What we are being persuaded to accept is sub-animal behaviour and we will never allow it here. If you see people parading themselves as lesbians and gays, arrest them and hand them over to the police.' Only last month at the funeral of his deputy intelligence chief, Mugabe described Britain's tolerance of gay rights as 'unnatural' and 'filth'.
"Though rather more restrained in his choice of words, the present pope has shown himself to be equally homophobic, so Mugabe will have found himself in good company. It seems that the Vatican has chosen to ignore Mugabe's gross human rights abuses, just as it ignored those of the Roman Catholic fascist dictators Adolf Hitler (with whom Mugabe has compared himself), Francisco Franco and Augusto Pinochet. By granting an exemption to the travel ban it seems that Italy has also chosen to ignore the human rights abuses."
Created : Tuesday, 2011-05-03 / Last updated : Wednesday, 2011-05-11


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Five Under The Radar Diners, Drive In's and Deli's in Cedar Rapids
Mike Ferris Published: November 1, 2017
Photo: Dave/ Lebowski's
They are not necessarily hidden or even off the beaten path, but they are a bit "under the radar".
If you're looking for something uniquely Iowa, you need to check out these five gems. These are some of the coolest places around, but they don't get a lot of publicity.
And for my money these are five of the area's favorite Diners, Drive In's and Deli's in and around Cedar Rapids. Whether you're looking for the best wings, burger, sandwich, pizza or gyro, these five joints won't let you down!
Lebowski's Bar & Grill, Robins
925 Robins Square Drive, Robins, IA 52328
Lebowski's is located just north of Cedar Rapids in Robins. This classic diner boasts one of the area's biggest burgers: the Big Lebowski, with a pound of beef, bacon, roast beef and more cheese than a Wisconsin community theater musical. Customers rave over the delicious pork tenderloin sandwich. Appetizer favorites include "over the line" nachos and tasty cheese curds. The vibe is decidedly "chill" (a good thing) and it's the dining destination of choice for a trendy crowd of Robins, Hiawatha and Marion hipsters.
Nelson's Meat Market & Deli
1140 Old Marion Rd NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
A Cedar Rapids tradition since 1935, Nelson's is old-school charm and quality all the way. Shoppers value the old fashioned homemade sausages, Black Angus beef and fresh Iowa pork. The deli counter rivals the best in NYC and the hand-packed homemade ice cream is a year-round favorite. The catering truck brings their best to corporate and family picnics and cook-outs. Stop in for lunch and find yourself sitting with notable neighbors who come in for a great deli sandwich and bowl of soup.
Google Maps/Street View
Gyro Hut
1455 Mt. Vernon Rd Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
This neighborhood drive-in is always busy. The food is tasty and good for the soul. The little Gyro Hut is snuggled off Mt. Vernon Rd just southeast of downtown. The building is so tiny it's often overlooked. But once you mark the location and try the menu you'll be back for more. It's one of the few place you can find authentic gyros of beef and lamb in Eastern Iowa. You'll love the Italian Beef and Philly Steak sandwiches. They have great hot dogs too. The Hut also fries chicken wings, perch and catfish dinners.
1451 Coral Ridge Ave, Coralville, IA 52241
Drew and his crew at Mellow Mushroom in Coralville make some incredible pizza. The Great White pizza comes with feta, provolone and ricotta. The Holy Shiitake is smothered with buttons and bits that will put you in mushroom heaven. The Ribeye Steak and Cheese Calzone is beefy, and also packed with...you guessed it...mushrooms! Fresh salads add a nice flair to an already fine menu of choices. Coralville has a lot of positive things going for it, and the Mellow Mushroom is a perfect fit. Colorful, crazy and very cool atmosphere and great place to take the family!
Photo: Emil's Hideaway
Emil's Hideaway, Cedar Rapids
222 Glenbrook Drive SE Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
A guy like Frank Sinatra would feel right at home here. It's worth navigating to Emil's Hideaway, this is a classy joint - but it's really tucked away! Located just off 1st Ave. next to the Home Depot and behind Taco John's. Appetizers include amazing stuffed mushrooms, spicy chicken rangoons, and "redneck nachos". Sandwich standouts like Apple Turkey Jack and Shrimp Bacon Club are very popular. The menu also features pizza, pasta and comfort food like meatloaf. And Emil's Hideaway is home base of KRNA's 2017 Bartender of the Year Jayme Tegeler.
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is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in the city of Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway.  It is also a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company.

Lines
Higashi-Toyama Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 48.2 kilometres from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout
Higashi-Toyama Station has one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History
Higashi-Toyama Station opened on 16 November 1908 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), later becoming the Japanese National Railways (JNR). It was privatized on 1 April 1987, coming under the control of JR West.

From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from  to , local passenger operations over sections of the former Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to different third-sector railway operating companies. From this date, Higashi-Toyama Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Adjacent stations

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,399 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area
 Toyama Municipal Baseball Stadium Alpen Stadium

See also
 List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

Railway stations in Toyama Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1908
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Stations of Japan Freight Railway Company
Toyama (city)


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Q: Insert value from one table/column based on value from another table/column I am trying to import a csv, unpivot the data and INSERT INTO product_attribute table.
I have a table called attributes

attribute_id
attribute_name
attribute_value

1
colour
black

2
colour
green

3
colour
blue

4
size
small

5
size
medium

6
size
large

I have a table called products

product_id
sku
qty

1
test3
13

2
test2
17

3
test1
5

I have a table called product_attribute which is linked between both tables above.

product_id
attribute_id

the csv data is as follows which imports into a temp folder called import.

sku
colour
size

test1
black
small

test2
green
large

test3
blue
medium

so far I have managed to unpivot the csv/table using the following query
SELECT sku, 'colour' attribute_name, colour attribute_value
FROM import
UNION ALL
SELECT sku, 'size' attribute_name, size attribute_value
FROM import
UNION ALL

the data then looks like this

sku
attribute_name
attribute_value

test1
colour
black

test2
colour
green

test3
colour
blue

test1
size
small

test2
size
large

test3
size
medium

I need to somehow add a INSERT INTO query with the unpivot query so the product_attribute table looks like the following

product_id
attribute_id

3
1

2
2

1
3

3
4

2
6

1
5

I believe a subquery would help me achieve this but I'm not sure how to put it together when the value is based on another column.
Any help greatly appreciated thankyou.

A: Use your code in a subquery and join it to the two tables using the common columns.
INSERT INTO product_attribute(product_id, attribute_id)
    SELECT p.product_id, a.attribute_id
    FROM (
        SELECT sku, 'colour' attribute_name, colour attribute_value
        FROM import
        UNION ALL
        SELECT sku, 'size' attribute_name, size attribute_value
        FROM import
        UNION ALL
    ) as u
    JOIN products p   USING(sku)
    JOIN attributes a USING(attribute_name, attribute_value)

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The hospital at the centre of a multiple murder probe called in the police after a series of reviews into the deaths of babies in its neo-natal unit.
A female healthcare worker was arrested this morning on suspicion of the murder of eight babies and the attempted murder of another six after at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Chester.
The arrest comes as part of a long-running investigation following a high number of baby deaths at the hospital.
Detectives launched an investigation in May last year, initially looking at the deaths of 15 babies between June 2015 and June 2016.
Today, Chester Police said an arrest had been made and the probe had widened.
Detectives are now looking into the deaths of 17 babies and 15 non-fatal collapses between March 2015 and July 2016.
It has not yet been revealed whether the woman arrested is a nurse, doctor or other health professional.
Detective Inspector Paul Hughes, in charge of the investigation for Cheshire Police, said: "The investigation into the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital is continuing.
"Since it was first launched in May 2017, a dedicated team of detectives have been working tirelessly on this case.
"This is a highly complex and very sensitive investigation and, as you can appreciate, we need to ensure we do everything we possibly can to try to establish in detail what has led to these baby deaths and collapses.
"When the investigation was first launched it was focusing on the deaths of 15 babies that occurred between the period of June 2015 and June 2016.
"In addition the investigation was also conducting a review of six non-fatal collapses during the same period.
"Since the start of our inquiries and as the information gathering process has continued, the scope of the investigation has now widened. We are now currently investigating the deaths of 17 babies and 15 non-fatal collapses between the period of March 2015 and July 2016."
The detective added: "Due to the nature of the case and as part of our ongoing inquiries, we have consulted with a number of medical specialists to ensure that we carry out as thorough an investigation as possible. We have also spoken to a large number of people to gather as much information as we can.
"As a result of our ongoing inquiries we have today arrested a healthcare professional in connection with the investigation.
"She was arrested earlier this morning on suspicion of murder in relation to eight of the babies and attempted murder in relation to six of the babies and is currently in custody.
"Whilst this is a significant step forward in our inquiries it is important to remember that the investigation is very much active and ongoing at this stage."
DI Hughes said parents of all the babies involved are being supported.
"There are no set timescales for this coming to a conclusion but we remain committed to carrying out a thorough investigation as soon as possible,"he said.
"We recognise that this investigation has a huge impact on all of the families, staff and patients at the hospital as well as members of the public.
"Parents of all the babies are continuing to be kept fully updated and are being supported throughout the process by specially trained officers."
The hospital carried out a number of independent expert medical reviews into the deaths before calling in police.
Medical director Ian Harvey said: "We are continuing to support Cheshire Police with their ongoing investigation.
"Asking the police to look into this was not something we did lightly, but we need to do everything we can to understand what has happened here and get the answers we and the families so desperately want.
"The Countess is now equivalent to a Level 1 special care baby unit and we are confident the unit is safe to continue in its current form."
A report published in July 2016 by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health found significant gaps in medical and nursing rotas and insufficient staffing for the provision of longer term high dependency and some intensive care.


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Want More Transit? Develop and Tax the Land Around Stations
New study underscores the value of station-area development--and how it can be used to fund extensions
Rendering of West Oakland BART development down 7th Street. Courtesy JRDV Urban International
The Key System in the East Bay, the Red Cars in Los Angeles–transit systems of old were as much about rails as real estate development, which was often the primary way these privately run systems made their money. That's still the case in Japan and some other countries: passenger rail companies make their profits not by selling train tickets per se, but by developing the land above and around the stations.
It's long past time for planners to exploit air rights and the development pads around transit stations in today's Bay Area to fund rail extensions, according to Transit Value Capture for California a new white paper sponsored by Common Ground California. "The land value uplift around the Warms Spring station alone could have paid for the entire extension three times over," explained one of the study's authors, Derek Sagehorn, in an email to Streetsblog.
The study points out that sales taxes are fundamentally regressive and are often a tough sell with voters. Therefore, it makes more sense to fund transit projects with "value capture."
From the twenty-page study:
To meet the demands of climate action, California must significantly shift trips away from private automobiles to less carbon-intensive modes of transportation, including public transit. Investment in public transit is hampered by high costs and lack of federal investment. Regressive consumption taxes instituted by local and state governments to fund public transit investment are approaching legal and political limits. An untapped source of revenue for public transit is land values. Recent studies have shown that private land value uplift associated with rail investment in Fremont, California and Manhattan, New York were multiple times the cost of the transit improvements. This document proposes ways in which California transit operators could re-capture the land value uplift in commercial and residential property to re-invest in public transit expansion and service.
The paper argues that a "land gain tax" is one of many options for capturing that land value increase.
The study authors point out that the state is already taking steps in this direction with, for example, A.B. 2923, which allows BART to upzone and develop land it already owns around its stations to increase ridership and access. However, as the white paper explains, "…it also allows the agency to capture higher rents to support operations and maintenance of the system." Unfortunately, this law was limited to lands that BART already owns.
Authors Sagehorn and Joshua Hawn want similar legislation to apply to future BART land purchases as well as to other transit agencies. "In light of its ambitious climate goals and strained commutes, California's transit capital and operations needs are immense. California can leverage land values to re-capture the uplift from public infrastructure investment to create a sustainable positive feedback of transit investment and economic justice," concludes the study.
The North Berkeley BART station is, like others, surrounded by a sea of parking that could be put to much better use. Photo: Google
From Streetsblog's view, this is, of course, an excellent proposal for funding transit improvements that the Bay Area can emulate. It also throws water on the NIMBY argument that one can't increase density without first improving transit–no, they should be done concurrently, and the development should be financially tied to it. The next step is to pass more bills such as the newly introduced S.B. 10 from San Francisco state senator Scott Wiener, his latest effort to make it possible to build more housing near transit. As Sagehorn and Hawn's study indicates, the Bay Area's housing and transportation problems can only be successfully addressed together.
Be sure to check out the white paper.
Filed Under: Transit, Promoted
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When the city builds a train line or a bus route, adjacent property values sky rocket. Why shouldn't the public benefit from that phenomenon — and use that money to expand transit more?
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By Roger Rudick	| Nov 1, 2018
Japanese railway companies are profitable because of real estate, not just ticket sales. Can that model be emulated in the Bay Area?
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By Roger Rudick	| May 16, 2018
Note: Metropolitan Shuttle, a leader in bus shuttle rentals, regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog Los Angeles. Unless noted in the story, Metropolitan Shuttle is not consulted for the content or editorial direction of the sponsored content. "Who has been to Kyoto Station in Japan?" asked Kate White with the California State Transportation Agency during a SPUR panel this afternoon about how […]
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By Christian MilNeil	| Nov 4, 2020
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Overcoming the Barriers to a Seamless Bay Area Transit Experience
By Ratna Amin	| May 21, 2015
Ratna Amin is SPUR's Transportation Policy Director. This piece originally appeared in SPUR's The Urbanist. The Bay Area's prosperity is threatened by fragmentation in the public transit system: Riders and decision-makers contend with more than two dozen transit operators. Inconsistent transit experiences and disjointed planning and investment make our transit system less efficient, less usable, […]
San Francisco CTA Approves Pennsylvania Alignment for Caltrain Extension
By Roger Rudick	| Sep 25, 2018
But there are still arcane bureaucratic hurdles, not to mention billions of dollars in funding, to get the tunnel to Transbay built


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An evaluation of localized heat flux associated with the streamer at the onset of type-III ELMs on HL-2A tokamak
Kimitaka Itoh, Yusuke Kosuga, Jun Cheng, Jiaqi Dong, Kaijun Zhao, Sanae Inoue Itoh
Division of Nuclear Fusion Dynamics
A method is discussed to evaluate the localized radial heat flux, which is associated with the streamer, based on the observed temperature perturbation at the onset of Type-III ELMs in HL-2A tokamak. Treating the observed temperature perturbation of the streamer as a given parameter, its impact on energy flux in the core plasma is discussed. It is found that the observed streamer can have an important role in the immediate crash of the core temperature at the onset of the Type-III ELM.
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Itoh, K., Kosuga, Y., Cheng, J., Dong, J., Zhao, K., & Itoh, S. I. (2021). An evaluation of localized heat flux associated with the streamer at the onset of type-III ELMs on HL-2A tokamak. journal of the physical society of japan, 90(3), [034502]. https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.90.034502
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Glass teapot allows the tea drinker to watch tea leaves dancing when they release flavour in the teapot. This small size teapot is lovely in shape. You can also choose two double-wall glass tea cups to match, this tea set is an easy way to enjoy tea in gongfu way. It is also the kind of teapot for most easily cleaning. However, glass tea pot is more fragile than other tea pots and needs take special carefulness to ensure the safety.