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Willow Rosenberg
Willow Rosenberg is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She was portrayed by Alyson Hannigan, who also played the character in three episodes of the show's spin-off, Angel.
Willow is the show's only major character known to be Jewish, and later was one of the most prominent lesbian characters in American television. In 2007, AOL named her the second greatest witch in television history, behind Samantha Stephens of Bewitched.[1]
1.1 Character history
1.2 Sunnydale High
1.3 College
1.4 Dark Willow
1.5 Post-Sunnydale
6.1 Romantic
6.3 Sororal
7.1 Canonical appearances
7.2 Non-canonical appearances
Character history
Willow Rosenberg was born to Sheila and Ira Rosenberg. Her middle name is given as "Danielle" in an early draft of the script for the episode "Bad Girls": "If my parents hadn't settled on 'Danielle,' Danger would be my middle name." This line was not included in the broadcast episode. Her supercilious and distant mother, a psychologist, appeared in the Season Three episode "Gingerbread." Under the influence of a demon, Sheila tries to burn her daughter at the stake for being a witch, and though she loses much of her memory of the incident, Willow does not. Willow may have inherited from her mother a strong sense of outrage against political injustice, especially that committed against Native Americans, q.v., "Pangs". In the episode "The Killer in Me," Kennedy and Willow talk about how their parents reacted to their being gay. Willow mentions to Kennedy that her mother initially thought it was a political statement, but that she later realized that Willow was serious about being lesbian and became less enthusiastic about it. Her father, never seen, is hinted to be equally uninvolved. In Season Two, Willow reveals that she has a fear of frogs, a fact she exploits to help Buffy escape in "Killed by Death".
Sunnydale High
In the first few seasons, Willow is a shy, naive nerd with a light, risqué sense of humor. A member of the Math, Science, and Computer clubs, she is the person to go to for tutoring help. Willow is ridiculed by her more popular classmates, including cheerleaders Cordelia Chase and Harmony Kendall. She has a hopeless crush on her lifelong friend Xander Harris, who ignores her to pursue his equally hopeless crush on Buffy Summers. Willow soon becomes Buffy's best friend, and upon learning that she is actually the Slayer, dedicates herself to aiding her friend in the battle against evil.
Although Willow is at first useful to the Scooby Gang mostly through her computing and hacking skills, in Season Two she begins to develop an interest in spells and witchcraft. She also becomes more assertive, leading the Scoobies in Buffy's absence in episodes such as "Halloween" and "The Dark Age." After discovering Xander kissing Cordelia, a heartbroken Willow decides to move on, starting a romantic relationship with Daniel 'Oz' Osbourne, a guitarist in the local band Dingoes Ate My Baby. She continues to date him after the revelation that he is a werewolf.
" "You're nice and you're funny and you don't smoke, and yeah, okay, werewolf, but that's not all the time. I mean, three days out of the month, I'm not much fun to be around either." — Willow (cf. "Phases"). "
When Jenny Calendar, a computer science teacher and technopagan who Willow admired, is murdered by Buffy's vampire boyfriend Angelus in "Passion", Willow agrees to teach her classes for the rest of the year. During this time, she goes through her former favorite teacher's belongings and dabbles in magic, performing the Ritual of Restoration to re-ensoul Angel.
In Season Three, Willow continues to blossom through witchcraft and her relationship with Oz. Joining a coven with fellow magic-users Amy Madison and Michael Czajak, Willow becomes the victim of witch-hunt led by the parents of Sunnydale who form a group called Mothers Opposed to the Occult (MOO) (cf. "Gingerbread"). She and Xander discover a growing attraction for each other, despite the fact that both of them are in other relationships. While being held hostage by Spike, Willow and Xander share a kiss, believing that they will never escape Spike alive. To their dismay, they are caught in the act by Oz and Cordelia, who have come to rescue them. Although Cordelia breaks up with Xander for good, Oz and Willow eventually manage to work things out. Tired of being "old reliable", Willow aids former vengeance demon Anya Jenkins in a spell, unwittingly releasing her own vampire counterpart from an alternate universe (cf. "Doppelgangland"). She is shocked to discover that her vampire counterpart exhibits homosexual tendencies, a foreshadowing to her own lesbian relationships in the future. Despite being accepted by several prestigious colleges, including Harvard, Yale, and Oxford, Willow decides to attend UC Sunnydale so that she can continue fighting the "good fight" with Buffy.
In Season Four, Willow and Buffy become college roommates at UC Sunnydale in Room 214 in Stevenson Hall and she continues her relationship with Oz. Oz becomes drawn to another girl, who he discovers is a werewolf and this results in him to cheat on Willow in the episode "Wild at Heart". He leaves town after so as not to endanger his friends further and clears his things from his house. Willow is heartbroken and devastated that she is afraid she will never get past the pain. She casts a spell to have her will done, hoping to get past the heartbreak faster. She accidentally endangers her friends' lives in the process (cf. "Something Blue"). She joins the campus Wicca group, a disappointing experience but for the presence of serious witch Tara Maclay. After discovering each other's magic, they become friends, lovers, and later soulmates, sharing one of the few lesbian relationships portrayed on American network television. In "New Moon Rising", Oz returns after gaining control over his wolf-side, with hopes of continuing his relationship with Willow. Oz leads Willow outside during a full moon and Willow is shocked to see that he remains himself, not changing into a werewolf. He tells her he went to Tibet and with the help of herbs, charms, chanting, and meditation, he's learned to control the wolf inside. However, Oz begins to show extreme emotion when he learns Willow is involved with Tara and changes to a werewolf in the middle of the afternoon. Although Willow still seems to harbor feelings for Oz, she admits that she expects that "In a way, I feel like I'll always be waiting for you", and Oz decides to leave once again. Willow unintentionally brings out the wolf in him and he will never really be able to control his emotions when around her, which begins the start of her relationship with Tara.
Season Five sees Willow's power increase at a dramatic rate. Her relationship with Tara is strengthened when she discovers how Tara rose above her family's abusive lies. However, in the episode "Tough Love", they argue when Tara voices her concerns at how powerful Willow has become over the past few months. Shortly afterwards, Tara is "brain-sucked" by the hell-goddess Glory, left in an insane, babbling state. Ignoring Buffy's warnings, Willow arms herself for a fight and attacks Glory with knives and dark magic, managing to weaken her significantly before Buffy comes to the rescue. When Buffy later goes into a catatonic state, Willow magically enters her mind and frees her, assuring her that they will find a way to defeat Glory. In the final fight against Glory, Willow manages to slow her down by restoring Tara's mind, reuniting with her lover. However, Buffy is forced to sacrifice herself to save the life of her sister, Dawn.
Dark Willow
In the sixth season, Willow suffers an unbearable loss and faces her own dark side. Her magical skills first peak in the Season Six premiere "Bargaining," when she leads Tara, Xander, and Anya in resurrecting Buffy. Afterwards, Willow becomes addicted to using magic, and her disregard for the consequences of her actions eventually drives Tara away and lands Dawn in the hospital (cf. "Wrecked"). With Tara's departure and Dawn's injury, Willow is forced to face her problem and stops using magic. When Tara is murdered by Warren Mears, however, a grief-stricken Willow unleashes the dark energies once more, and her vengeance reaches a climax when she uses magic to flay Warren alive in the episode "Villains". Willow absorbs volumes of magic as she pursues Jonathan Levinson and Andrew Wells, Warren's accomplices, turning against her friends in the process. She ultimately absorbs so much power that she is overcome by all the pain she senses in the world. She attempts to trigger the apocalypse to end it all, but is thwarted by Xander who, out of love, refuses to leave her alone, regardless of what she has done or is doing. This eventually causes Willow to break down over her actions (partially because she has absorbed power from Giles that put her back in touch with her true emotions and feelings).
Willow's dark turn is explicitly compared by a character in the show to X-Men's "Dark Phoenix Saga," of which Joss Whedon is a huge fan.[citation needed]
" "Are you kidding? She's like Dark Phoenix up there! And you expect us just to outrun her?" — Andrew (cf. "Two to Go"). "
In Season Seven, Willow is forced to deal with her magical nature and her place in the universe after some time in England with Giles. She slowly regains control of her powers and begins a relationship with Kennedy. After their first kiss, Willow finds herself transforming into Warren, the result of a hex placed on her by a vengeful Amy. Kennedy saves her by helping her come to terms with Tara's death and move on (cf. "The Killer in Me"). In "Orpheus", an important crossover with the Buffy spin-off series Angel, Willow battles the being later known as Jasmine, a divine entity and manages to hold her own defense against the attacks, and restores Angel's soul for the second time. In the Buffy series finale, "Chosen", Willow is able to overcome her dark side and use her powers for good again, changing the rules for the entire Slayer line.
" "In every generation, one Slayer is born...because a bunch of men who died thousands of years ago made up that rule. They were powerful men. This woman [points to Willow] is more powerful than all of them combined. So I say we change the rule. I say my power...should be our power." — Buffy (cf. "Chosen") "
Despite being able to overcome her dark side, Willow's inner demon would occasionally manifest itself.
Post-Sunnydale
Following "Chosen", the fifth season of Angel continues the Buffyverse, mentioning Willow spending some time with Kennedy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as well as visiting the Himalayas and astrally projecting to another plane (cf. "Shells").
When Amy Madison unleashes an army of zombies on Buffy and her Slayers in Scotland, Willow rushes to her friends' aid (cf. "The Long Way Home"). During the battle, Amy tries to infect Willow with dark magic, but Willow manages to overcome it. Reunited with her best friends, Buffy and Xander, after a long period of time, Willow tells them that she and Kennedy are taking things slowly after Kennedy suffered a month-long mystical death. Amy suddenly kidnaps Willow and presents her to a skinless Warren. Willow takes mental refuge in a plane of elemental beings while Warren lobotomizes her. When Buffy releases her, Willow has already fully healed.
Willow revisits Kennedy and the two dispute about why Willow distances her from Buffy. Willow admits that she fears that by being around Buffy, Kennedy's life will be jeopardized like Tara's. A demon presents Buffy a glimpse of this dispute, complicating her relationship with Willow (cf. "Anywhere but Here").
In "Wolves at the Gate", Willow travels to Tokyo with the rest of the scoobies to fight the Japanese vampire gang and recover the Scythe. While in Tokyo Willow uses a spell to bring giant Dawn to the city and distract the vampires. In the last issue of the arc, Willow fights Kumiko, the witch from the vampire gang; Kumiko reveals to her that she is also a student of Saga Vasuki, a mysterious snake goddess. In a hallucination, induced by Kumiko, Saga Vasuki is able to communicate with Willow, and tells her that she can't hide from her or from what she is. Later Willow follows Dracula's instructions to cast a spell and strip all the vampires from their powers. At the end of the last issue of the arc, Willow is seen invoking Saga Vasuki.
Willow reunites with Kennedy when she and Buffy go to New York in "Time of Your Life". After Buffy accidentally travels forward to 300 years in the future and meets its current slayer Melaka Fray, a future Willow, driven insane and practicing dark magicks once again, is allied with Fray's nemesis and brother Harth. Encountering Mel on her own, she convinces her of the necessity to destroy Buffy. In her attempts to rescue Buffy, present-day Willow is forced to commune with Saga Vasuki once more; the tone of their relationship is a sexual one, and Willow is visibly racked with guilt in the presence of Kennedy. Saga Vasuki warns Willow not to look forward into the future when she rescues Buffy from it.
For the first two seasons of the show, Willow was an average human, and thus, had no powers of her own; however, her intelligence, computer skills, and snarkiness made her a major asset to the team. She aids Giles as he researches information to aid Buffy in overcoming various challenges. In Seasons Five and Six she displays enough knowledge of robotics to repair and reprogram the Buffybot on several occasions. Willow aids in the preparation of magical materials, making her first potion to detect a witch in the episode "Witch" and performing the ritual to revoke Angelus' invitation to Buffy's house in "Passion", but does not seriously begin practicing magic until the death of Jenny Calendar, one of her teachers. She is asked to take over teaching the class because of her high aptitude, and one day comes across a floppy disk containing a spell that Jenny Calendar had successfully translated to English, which can restore a vampire's soul. Willow's initial interest in Wicca lies more in the spell-casting portion rather than the faith itself; she sees magic as a way of hacking the universe, and an extension of her computer hacking skills. This mentality may have been influenced by her relationship with Jenny, who identified herself as a "technopagan," and was connected to an online pagan network.
Willow's first major spell involves re-cursing Angel with a soul in the Season Two finale, a feat she repeats in the Angel episode "Orpheus." She learns to levitate a pencil early in the show's third season, and her powers continue to develop until, at the end of Season Four, she is casting powerful spells independently and with the help of Tara Maclay. Season Five finds her surpassing Tara, a more experienced witch, in skill and being able to draw enough power to fend off the hell-god Glory, learning how to cast elemental magicks such as fire and lightning.
In Season Six, Willow demonstrates the ability to bring Buffy back to life, leaving her drained but regaining her magic in a few hours. Her friend Amy Madison introduces her to a warlock, Rack, who gives her the ability to go longer and do more spells, which leads Willow further down the path to the dark side of magic. Eventually, after Tara dies, magic consumes Willow and she nearly destroys the world. It is at this time that Anya assumes Willow is now the most powerful Wicca in the Western Hemisphere. Willow is capable of imbuing herself with superhuman strength rivaling Buffy's, flying, absorbing life from others, teleportation, being impervious to physical damage, emitting high-pitched shrieks in frequencies harmful to human ears, healing herself and others instantly at will, unleashing powerful energy blasts, locating people and objects at a distance (even when theoretically protected from such spells), and exerting powerful levels of telekinesis and telepathic mind control. This mind control even extends to Anya, despite Anya's statement that vengeance demons are immune to mind controlling magics.
Season Seven sees her willingness to use magic greatly diminished after the events of the Season Six finale. Willow spends time at a coven in England with Giles where she develops a better understanding of magic, balance, etc. At this point, she is so powerful her very feelings and thoughts can affect the world. Amy comments that other practitioners "work twice as hard to be half as good" as Willow. Despite this, Willow is largely prevented from accessing more than slight magic by The First Evil, who attempts to corrupt her at each spell. Examples of the controlled usage of her power are her use of telekinesis to practice self-restraint, conjuring force fields, extensive telepathic conversations, opening a portal, and exerting hypnotic control. In the season premier, Willow receives an apparent precognitive vision of the Hellmouth, although this has only been shown once. Willow also comments that she now absorbs power from the things around her, one time unwillingly draining some of Anya's and Kennedy's life-force. At the end of Season Seven, Willow casts a spell that imbues all Potential Slayers on Earth with Slayer powers (formerly reserved for only one girl in every generation), temporarily turning Willow's eyes and hair crystal white in the process. Kennedy remarks on it by calling her "a goddess."
Season Eight shows that Willow's powers have greatly expanded since the television series. She can now fly by force of will and has regained control of her powers, and although her roots continue to go dark whenever she taps into more power, this doesn't faze her. She is able to project vast amounts of energy from her fingertips and cast aside powerful spells. Willow is able to teleport giant Dawn, apparently from Scotland to Tokyo, without visible strain. She is able to heal herself rapidly from extreme injuries, at least including partial lobotomy. She is also able to heal injuries in others. Amy characterizes her as a "big all-powerful earth-mother witch goddess". The Season Eight time travel storyline "Time of Your Life" depicts Dark Willow as alive and youthful hundreds of years into the future although unable to create magic of much power.
Willow's appearance changes drastically over the course of the show to reflect her growing level of confidence and power. In her initial appearances, she dressed like a little girl and her mother still picked out her clothes for her. Cordelia comments on this in "Welcome to the Hellmouth", cruelly stating, "Good to know you've seen the softer side of Sears!" After Buffy encourages Willow to "seize the day", her fashion sense begins to reflect the growing confidence that her friendship with the Slayer grants her. In reality, this is due to the WB requesting that Willow dress more "hip" like Buffy. In his DVD commentary for "Welcome to the Hellmouth", Joss Whedon explained, "The incredibly nerdy clothes that she's wearing, you'll see her wearing for exactly one episode, because [the network] kept sending us memos 'You must make her more hip. You must make her more cool. You must make her more... like Buffy' which confused me because, you know, I wanted to do an ensemble show and ensemble means that people are different. Besides, I think that outfit's really cute."
By Season Three, Willow has blossomed through her relationship with Oz, and her appearance reflects this. She cuts her hair shoulder-length (although it takes her mother several months to notice this - "Gingerbread") and develops a penchant for fluffy sweaters and peculiar hats. One of her memorable outfits in Season Three is her pink sweater from "Doppelgangland". Feeling undervalued by her friends, Willow threatens to change her look, shortly before the arrival of the alternate universe Vamp Willow, dressed in her iconic leather outfit. Upon seeing Vamp Willow, Percy asks her if she is "trick-or-treating", while Buffy describes her as a dominatrix. Upon seeing her human alter-ego's pink sweater, Vamp Willow teases her by saying, "Well, look at me. I'm all fuzzy." When she later wakes up dressed in said sweater, Vamp Willow says "Oh, this is like a nightmare." In Season Four's "The Initiative", Spike admits that he finds Willow's "fuzzy pink number with the lilac underneath" to be arousing.
By college, Willow cuts her hair even shorter, and begins to wear long skirts and high shoes, which make her appear significantly taller and more confident than in her shy, wallflower years in high school. However, in "Restless", it is revealed through a dream that Willow feels she is only hiding her true geeky nature, with Buffy and Riley describing her normal clothes as a "costume." She finds herself back in a high school classroom, where Buffy rips off her "costume", leaving her dressed in her "softer side of Sears" outfit from "Welcome to the Hellmouth", shortly before being attacked by the Primitive. In "The Body", Willow focuses her grief over the death of Buffy's mother Joyce Summers on what clothes to wear while visiting Buffy at the hospital. She describes her clothes as having "stupid things on them" and asks why she can't dress "like a grown-up." Joss Whedon stated that this was based on his own irrational obsession over what tie to wear to a funeral.[2]
When Willow is consumed by black magic in the closing episodes of Season Six, she inadvertently takes on a goth look. Dark Willow, as Andrew Wells refers to her in "Storyteller", can be identified by her black hair, black eyes, and numerous veins over her face, the latter of which gained after killing Rack and absorbing his power. Xander described Dark Willow's appearance as the "makeover of the damned", but later assured her that he loved "scary, veiny Willow" just as much as "crayon breaky Willow." Willow's hair and eyes revert to their natural colour following Xander's heroic speech in "Grave", but she sometimes resumes this appearance when her powers are pushed to their limits, such as battling the Crimslaw demon in "Selfless", or Amy in "The Long Way Home."
In Season Seven, Willow's hair has grown slightly longer and she dresses more maturely.Template:Vague While performing the spell to activate the potential Slayers in "Chosen", her hair briefly turns white, contrasting the benevolent intent behind this spell against the black magic performed by Dark Willow.
In the Season Eight comics, Willow is dressed in clothing reminiscent of Tara and her hair is shoulder length again. In the time travel Time of Your Life storyline, her future counterpart is dressed in clothing resembled elements of her alternate vampiric counterpart from the "Doppelgangland" and Drusilla. Her future self has red/black hair, black eyes, and veins over her face.
Willow is described on the show as a "Wicca" (sic). For example, in the Season Three episode "Doppelgangland," Anya tells her: "I heard you were a pretty powerful Wicca, so..." Willow replies: "You heard right, mister!" and in the sixth season episode, Two to Go, Anya describes Willow as "the most powerful wicca in the western hemisphere". However, some criticsTemplate:Who have pointed out that the depiction of Wicca on the show is inaccurate. In the book Seven Seasons of Buffy,[3] author Christie Golden describes Willow as a "Hollywood witch" and points out that even the phrase "a Wicca" makes no sense, stating: "One who follows the faith of Wicca is a Wiccan." The term is, however, closer to the root word (wicce).
Willow also seems to identify—at least ethnically and culturally—as Jewish. She refers to herself on a number of occasions as Jewish and appears to come from a religious family, noting in the Season Two episode "Passion" that she has to go to Xander's house to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas every year; Xander mentions this fact again in the Season Five episode, "The Replacement." Willow says her egg is Jewish in the Season Two episode "Bad Eggs". On another occasion, when performing the spell to revoke Angelus' invitation to her house, she hides the crosses she uses to do so, claiming that her father would get made if he saw them. She also mentions multiple times in "Amends" that she celebrates Hanukkah and not Christmas. In the sixth season episode, "Hell's Bells," Willow mentions that she had a Bat Mitzvah several years ago. In the seventh season episode "Help", Willow places stones on Tara's headstone, a Jewish tradition to honor the dead.
Although Willow had previously been established as a "straight girl", pining after Xander and enjoying a long-term relationship with Oz, there are hints of her being at least bisexual in the episode "Doppelgangland" when she meets her vampire alter ego.
Willow: "That's me as a vampire? I'm so evil and... skanky. [aside to Buffy, worried] And I think I'm kinda gay."
Buffy: [reassuringly] "Willow, just remember that a vampire's personality has nothing to do with the person that it was."
Angel: [without thinking] "Well, actually... [off Buffy's look] That's a good point."
However, Jane Espenson said in an interview with the BBC that creator Joss Whedon said at the time of writing that episode, he had no idea that he was going to make the character of Willow a lesbian.[citation needed]
In Season Four, following Oz's departure, Willow secretly performs spells with fellow Wiccan Tara, but there are hints that they are more than just friends. The first confirmation that their relationship is romantic in nature comes in the episode "Who Are You?." Since coming out in Season Four, the Willow character became one of the most prominent lesbian characters in pop culture, having enjoyed the longest-running lesbian relationship on network television, lasting approximately two and a half seasons. Willow and Tara earned a dedicated fan base of gay and bisexual viewers who were inspired by the characters, with Alyson Hannigan and Amber Benson becoming gay icons.[4]
However, broadcasting constraints from the WB meant that, unlike the heterosexual characters, Willow and Tara were not allowed to be shown in any sexual scenes.[citation needed] The couple did not have their first on-screen kiss until the Season Five episode, "The Body", almost a year after their relationship began. (The context of the scene involved Tara comforting Willow after the death of Joyce Summers.) This changed significantly when Buffy switched networks to the more lenient UPN, with Willow and Tara shown kissing, sharing a bed, and even having implied oral sex (cf. "Once More, With Feeling"). The character of Willow continued to break new ground when, in the Season Seven episode "Touched", she was seen having sex with her new girlfriend Kennedy, in the first lesbian sex scene on network television. It is worth noting that this relationship is the only one involving one of the "core four" (Buffy, Willow, Xander, and Giles), to survive the series, all previous relationships having come to a tragic end one way or the other.
Willow's alter ego in "Doppelgangland" displays overt bisexuality, with Willow forming strong heterosexual relationships across the first three seasons of Buffy. She also comments upon Dracula's sexiness, which is likely caused by Dracula's thrall over people, in "Buffy vs. Dracula," and even reveals a former crush on Giles after seeing him sing with his guitar at the coffee shop. Later in the series, Willow's relationship with dealer Rack takes on sexual overtones, although it is mostly because of the magic he gives her. However, Willow does make her preferences clear. In "Him", as one of the many women under RJ Brooks' love spell, she seeks to transform him into a woman. Discussing the conquests of best friend Xander in "The Long Way Home, Part Three", Willow teasingly says that even she "went in for smoochies" before reiterating "and I don't truck with the stubbly crowd."
A new species of sea slug found on the West Coast, Alderia willowi, was named after this character in a tongue-in-cheek tribute due to Alderia willowi's rare reproductive dimorphism and Willow's own unique sexuality shifts during various seasons and episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Xander Harris — Willow "dates" Xander when they are five, until he steals her Barbie. She continues a hopeless, unrequited crush on her lifelong friend into high school. Her moment of tenderness with Xander in the Season Two opener ends when Buffy reappears after having been gone all summer. Willow and Xander begin a brief affair in Season Three's "Homecoming", "Band Candy", "Revelations" and "Lovers Walk", though they are each involved with someone else. Willow's bisexual vampire alter-ego also has a long-lasting relationship with her universe's Xander after each of them are turned into vampires. In Season Eight, Willow reminisces upon having found Xander very attractive during her teen years. Ultimately, even though the two of them are not romantically involved they do have a great deal of love for each other; this fact saves the world in the Season 6 episode "Grave" when Xander points this out repeatedly and stops Willow from ending the world.
Daniel 'Oz' Osborne — Willow dates this guitar-playing werewolf for almost two years, losing her virginity in the process. However, their relationship ends when she learns of Oz's affair with Veruca, a female werewolf. After Oz kills Veruca to save Willow from her, he leaves to try to find a way to control his lycanthropy.[5] When he returns to Sunnydale months later hoping for a reconciliation, Willow has begun her relationship with Tara. However, her feelings for Oz have remained strong, and she tells him, "I feel like some part of me will always be waiting for you."
Tara Maclay — Willow's first lesbian relationship initially starts as a friendship but quickly develops into something more. Willow meets Tara in a Wicca group during college, and begins a relationship which eventually becomes sexual (cf. "The I in Team"). They are portrayed as each others' "soulmates" throughout the series. Tara briefly leaves Willow during Season Six because of her inappropriate use of magic to erase part of Tara's memory, but they soon get back together (cf. "Entropy") just in time for Tara's shocking death (cf. "Seeing Red").
Kennedy — Willow continues her recovery from Tara's death as she embarks on a relationship with this Potential Slayer. When mentioned the in Angel episode "Damage", they were living together in South America. They decided to take things slowly following Kennedy's month-long mystical death. In "Anywhere but Here", it is revealed that Willow is keeping Kennedy away from Buffy so that she won't die the same way Tara did.
Saga Vasuki - In issue 10 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8, Willow is seen naked and being embraced by a naked woman who was part snake. In issue 15 her name is revealed to be Saga Vasuki. She taught magic to both Willow and the Vampire Kumiko. Willow has two visions of her: once during conflict with Kumiko, and later in a private setting.
Rack - Rack is a dark warlock who becomes Willow's metaphorical black magic "drug dealer" after being introduced by Amy. After her transformation into Dark Willow, Willow murders Rack and steals his life force.
Amy Madison — Amy and Willow are friends from junior high through high school, with Willow keeping her as a pet after Amy transforms herself into a rat. The two become closer during Willow's magic-junkie period in Season Six; however, their friendship ends abruptly, and Amy later seeks retribution. Starting a romantic relationship with Willow's enemy Warren Mears, whom she has kept alive mystically since Dark Willow skinned him alive, Amy puts a hex on Willow and later tries to assassinate Buffy on behalf of the American military. Willow intervenes and engages Amy in an airborne battle.
Warren Mears — Warren incurs Willow's wrath when he accidentally shoots Tara while aiming for Buffy. Consumed by grief and black magic, Dark Willow tracks him down, torturing and eventually flaying him alive (cf. "Villains"). However, unbeknownst to Willow, Warren is kept alive by Amy Madison, and plots revenge on the woman who tried to kill him.
Sororal
Willow's friendships and rivalries with Buffy and Anya largely reflect sisterly relationships. Each of the three characters shares a paternal relationship with Rupert Giles and either an animosity or extreme closeness which resembles a typical sister relationship. These patterns are commented upon in "Grave" when Giles attempts to stop the three from fighting, and Dark Willow comments, "Uh oh, daddy's home. I'm in wicked trouble now."
Buffy Summers - From the first episode onward, Buffy and Willow establish a close friendship. The two risk their lives for each other on many occasions. Buffy is there for Willow when she comes out as a lesbian and also during her rehabilitation from addiction to magic. In Season Eight's "The Long Way Home, Part 4", Buffy comments upon their closeness as a connection between the two no matter how far apart they are. In the second part of Wolves at the gate Willow confirms she's often wondered what Buffy would be like in bed but that she is well aware that Buffy is not a lesbian, and she does not appear to have romantic feelings for her (though she does attempt to obtain the details from Satsu).
Dawn Summers - Despite Buffy's strained relationship at times with Dawn, Willow and girlfriend Tara act as cool older friends to the young teenager despite her angsty turbulence. Willow's sisterly affection for "Dawny" continues in Season Eight where even Buffy envies that Dawn sees Willow as a better sister than her ("The Long Way Home, Part Two").
Anya Jenkins - Their love-hate feelings towards each other provide common comic relief throughout the show, having its apex in the episode "Triangle", from the show's 5th season. Though being loyal allies, saving each other's life many times, they share always a love-hate, not truly friendly, relationship.
Canonical appearances
Willow has been in 161 canonical Buffyverse appearances.
Willow was a series regular for all seven seasons. Buffy and Willow were the only characters that appeared in every episode of the TV show, 144 overall.
Willow made guest appearances in three episodes:
Season 2:"Disharmony"; "There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb"
Season 4: "Orpheus"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight
She has appeared in fourteen issues so far:
The Long Way Home, Parts 2-4
No Future For You, Part 2-4
Wolves at the Gate, Parts 1-4
Time of Your Life, Parts 1, 2 and 3
Non-canonical appearances
Willow has also appeared in Buffy expanded universe material. She appears in most of the Buffy Buffy comics and novels, most notably her mini-series Willow & Tara. She is a playable character in the 2003 video game Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds.
Willow was featured as a protagonist and ally in the first published adventure for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG, The Dark Druid. The adventure features Fionn mac Cumhaill and his battle with the druid Fer Doirich in the modern age and posits that the witches Willow and Tara are the reincarnations of Fionn's foster mothers Bodhmall and Liath respectively.[6]
Queer horror
Homosexuality in speculative fiction
↑ AOL - Top TV Witches.
↑ Commentary for "The Body"
↑ Seven Seasons of Buffy edited by Glenn Yeffeth, BenBella Books, April 2003.
↑ How Buffy changed the world of lesbians on television
↑ Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 4, episode 6, Wild at Heart
↑ "The Dark Druid" by Brannan, Timothy S., Games Unplugged (July 2002), p. 25
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Fall Prevention Is Especially Crucial in the Winter Months. Slips and falls become more of a concern as you age, and the winter months are especially dangerous. One wrong step and you could land in the emergency room with a broken bone.


Unique facade banners have a major importance in retailing as they are the primary tools that will draw potential customers to your store especially if it's opening soon. Check out the one we have created for Lati's new boutique.
Schematic maps are widely used. We encounter them almost on daily basis. They are everywhere! Especially on the streets. Perhaps the most iconic ones are Harry Beck's London Tube map in 1933 and Massimo Vignelli's map of New York Subway in 1972. Schematic maps are meant to communicate visually with the viewer and help him fulfill a journey or understand a flow by omitting irrelevant elements and emphasizing the elements of focus.
Typographic Posters are challenging. Wether you employ multiple fonts or 1 typeface, design elements are restricted to typography to depict the geographical spaces. Again, New York and London are at the top of the list of most creative typographic maps.
"Norse" maps cyber attacks happening around the world LIVE... It makes you feel at the heart of World War III. It is truly mind-blowing.
Static or Interactive, realistic maps are representations of actual areas where shapes such as land, sea, and roads are depicted while staying true to scale. Other than facilitating our lives with transportation routes and helping us reach our destinations, Google Maps gives you the ability to customize its maps on your website with your own color palette. Check out this third party tool for customization: snazzymaps.com.
Owing to the rise of Social Media, every person can now create, share and publish content quite easily. As a result, we are now living in an extremely cluttered (digital) world. To cut through clutter, the trend of infographic content has emerged. The purpose of infographics, as the name suggests, is to deliver complex information or statistics through a simple, straight to the point, and visually appealing graphics. Interestingly, this trend has also affected B2B (Business to Business) companies who now enrich their piles of reports with infographics to help readers understand information in an easy and straight-forward way.
Hand-drawn maps celebrate talent and creativity. The following pictures speak for themselves.
Retro / Vintage maps can vary a lot in style, but they almost always have one thing in common: Old typefaces (Serifs more than San Serifs), beige backgrounds, hand-drawn ornaments, borders and frames, italic fonts, high contrast, and other. Even in 2015, retro and vintage maps can be cool especially when depicting trending TV shows such as Game of Thrones.
Whenever we are in London and we step into the piccadilly line, we always enjoy looking at the illustrated map by LULU PINNEY that highlights major landmarks in London. In their own way, Illustrated maps tend to be schematic, they omit what is not needed and focus on necessary information only. Since the stress in this kind of maps is on the objects rather than the landscape, often slightly distorted or reduced. Such a map can thus sometimes appear as a caricature. However, despite scale distortions, this kind of maps is highly popular for being attractive, informative and easy to use.
When created for brands, these maps follow their brand guidelines, fonts, colors etc...That is why we have decided to proceed in the illustrated format for the the map that we have created for Lati's flyer and which announces its move from its current location to its new one giving away all necessary details in an attractive format.
Lati's Online Store Turns 1!
Online marketing experts and design strategists always face the same question from their clients when presenting them with campaigns and strategies: Can you ensure a return on investment (ROI)?


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Andy Warhol, Superboy, 1966 © 2019 The Andy Warhol Museum. All rights reserved.
Dandy Andy
Celebrating Andy Warhol the gay icon.
By Cristina Rouvalis
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Q+A: Michelle King
Many gay artists in the 1950s and '60s hid their sexuality behind macho appearances, fake girlfriends, and snide remarks about effeminate men.
Not Andy Warhol.
Pittsburgh's native son openly expressed his sexuality through his drawings, paintings, and films, becoming one of the first notably gay artists to reach mass attention. His early commercial work—often punctuated by angels, cupids, butterflies, and flowers and accompanied by the swirly, handwritten script of his mother, Julia Warhola—defied the hyper-masculine sensibilities that defined Madison Avenue. Never mind that he got pushback from a society where homosexuality was criminalized in most states and a major social taboo.
"It was a different time, so he didn't hold a press conference and come out to the world," says Grace Marston, a gallery educator at The Andy Warhol Museum. "At the same time, he didn't do anything to convince the world he was straight, which set him apart from other gay figures of the era," including fellow American painters Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg.
In some cases, artists seemingly picked on Warhol to insulate themselves from similar attacks. "They rejected Warhol because he was too so-called 'swish' and openly effeminate," says Danielle Linzer, the museum's director of learning and public engagement. "There was almost this fear that he would contaminate them."
"Being gay was an important part of Warhol's life, and we don't want to shy away from that."
– Danielle Linzer, the Warhol's director of learning and public engagement
The practicing Byzantine Catholic appeared in public with various boyfriends throughout the decades, and he also used homoerotic images in his artwork—images that some galleries refused to exhibit. His 1956 Studies for a Boy Book was shown at the Bodley Gallery in New York. But the ballpoint pen drawings of young men, including male nudes, were rejected by galleries before and after. Reviewers criticized the drawings for their "doubtful taste" and "private meaning," and referred to them as "highly sensitive."
Today, The Warhol celebrates not only its namesake's artwork—all of it—but also his role as a gay icon. "Being gay was an important part of Warhol's life, and we don't want to shy away from that," says Linzer. "Queer and trans people in our community and around the world still face tremendous discrimination, and we have an important role to play as a cultural institution devoted to a gay artist."
From serving as a platform for contemporary queer performance to hosting the region's largest LGBTQ+ youth prom, The Warhol strives to be a safe and inspirational space for people of all gender identities and sexual orientations.
The weekend of June 28–29, the museum will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising with programs that celebrate LGBTQ+ culture and community in Pittsburgh and beyond. In response to ongoing harassment and discrimination, and following a routine police raid of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich Village, on June 28, 1969, the bar's patrons and surrounding community erupted into violent, spontaneous demonstrations that spread through the area and dragged on for nearly a week. Today, the riots are credited with sparking the modern gay rights movement.
In partnership with Reel Q: Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ Film Festival, The Warhol will screen the documentary Before Stonewall, followed by a Q&A session with co-director and producer Robert Rosenberg and a late-night dance party with Jellyfish, a trio of local DJs. The next day, the museum will host a gender-inclusive celebration for families featuring drag queen story time with Akasha L Van-Cartier, short films for kids presented by Fairy Fantastic, the Dreams of Hope queer youth arts showcase, and more.
For Warhol, his art and his love life were often intertwined. His iconic Campbell's Soup cans were based on photographs by Edward Wallowitch, his boyfriend in the late '50s. His most serious partner, Jed Johnson, was hired to sweep floors at The Factory; over time, he worked his way up to editing films and even directed the 1977 comedy Andy Warhol's Bad.
"But society didn't want to see the obvious," Linzer says. Instead many falsely assumed that Edie Sedgwick, a Warhol Superstar who appeared in his films, was his girlfriend.
While Warhol was not outwardly political, he made a point of creating opportunities for gay youth in the art world.
"He wasn't marching in the streets," says Marston, who helped develop the museum's monthly Dandy Andy: Warhol's Queer History tour. "But he made changes within his own world. The Factory was a safe space for the whole queer avant-garde of New York. He provided employment and opportunities for many queer kids."
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Ordax, Monica, Marco-Noales, E., Lopez, M.M., Biosca, E. G. (2010). Exopolysaccharides favor the survival of Erwinia amylovora under copper stress through different strategies. Research in microbiology, 161(7), 549-555.
Erwinia amylovora causes fire blight, a destructive disease of rosaceous plants very difficult to control. We demonstrated that copper, employed to control plant diseases, induces the "viable-but-nonculturable" (VBNC) state in E. amylovora. Moreover, it was previously reported that copper increases production of its main exopolysaccharide (EPS), amylovoran. In this work, the copper-complexing ability of amylovoran and levan, other major EPS of E. amylovora, was demonstrated. Following this, EPS-deficient mutants were used to determine the role of these EPSs in survival of this bacterium in AB mineral medium with copper, compared to their wild type strain and AB without copper. Total, viable and culturable counts of all strains were monitored for six months. With copper, a larger fraction of the viable population of EPS mutants entered into the VBNC state, and earlier than their wild type strain, showing the contribution of both EPSs to long-term survival in a culturable state. Further, we demonstrated that both EPSs can be used as carbon source by E. amylovora under deprivation conditions. Overall, these previously unreported functions of amylovoran and levan provide survival advantages for E. amylovora, which could contribute to its enhanced persistence in nature. (C) 2010 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.


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Joshua Dysert Joins Valiant as Exclusive Creator
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Travis McCollum
It was recently announced that Joshua Dysert (Harbinger, Harbinger Wars) has become an exclusive creator for the company. He had this to say about making the move exclusively to Valiant:
"Comics is a business, but it's also a community and a family. From the moment I met the ragtag skeleton crew that work tirelessly to hoist the Valiant flag, I felt like I'd found my next comic book family," said Dysart. "When I first met Dinesh, the CEO of Valiant, he was carrying a box of comics along with his marketing crew, like he was just another boy in the band. That's what I like. I like it rugged and I like it scrappy.
"I believe Valiant can change things for the better in superhero comics. I believe small is good. I believe in every single member of this team, from management to marketing. And most of all, I believe in and trust my editor, Warren Simons. These guys took a huge chance on me. They saw 'Unknown Soldier' and they said, 'That dude should write superhero comics.' They gave me the freedom to create challenging characters and build new worlds.
"So that's it, I'm in this. This is my next thing. I want to write Harbinger for a long time and I'm super excited to be developing my next big top secret project for the Valiant Universe. So if family, creativity, innovation and loyalty aren't reasons to commit to a business venture like this, then I don't know what
Dysart has been with the company since last June when Harbinger #1 debuted, but now he joins Cory Nard (X-O Manowar) as an exclusive creator.
What are your thoughts on Dysart becoming exclusive to Valiant Comics? Have you been reading Harbinger Wars? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
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Marvel Releases S.H.I.E.L.D. Synopsis; Additional Casting Revealed
UPDATED: Apple Bans Saga #12 Due to Suggestive Content (No Longer The Case)
The resident news guy of Talking Comics. When he's not posting the news, Travis can be found at your local comedy club doing stand-up, ranting on his Twitter @TravisMcCollum or posting video game videos on his YouTube channel xTJMac510x.


The Fisher microphone booms that we use in production today are the evolution of a design first manufactured by James L. Fisher in 1951, when he was working in the shop at Republic Studios in Studio City.
So successful was his design that it is the only one to survive that era … and after evolving somewhat since then, it is the only major studio boom in use today.The studios needed microphone booms that could hold the heavier mikes in use at that time and that would also permit the operator to swing and extend the arm and cue the mike as needed. These studio booms used a system of sliding weights to keep the boom arm balanced as it was extended or retracted to follow action. Mole- Richardson and several of the sound shops at the motion picture studios, such as Paramount and 20th Century Fox and Republic, had each developed their own proprietary studio booms. Thinking he could do better, Mr. Fisher began working on his own design in his spare time and came up with a boom that turned out to be lighter and more functional than the competition.
After a long career developing and manufacturing sound and camera booms, Mr. Fisher passed away in 2005. But more than 60 years after its introduction, his booms are still in use today and were on display at Fisher's annual Open House and BBQ Lunch, held this year on May 18. Now in its eighth year, this all-day free event was conducted at the Fisher facility in Burbank and featured product displays from a variety of camera, grip and lighting equipment manufacturers along with Fisher's complete product line, including of course, the full selection of Fisher microphone booms.
The company's current president, Jim Fisher, son of the boom's designer, offered guided tours of the facility and machine shop. Fisher sales reps Frank Kaye and Cary Clayton were there to answer questions … and there was plenty to eat and drink, with food trucks and BBQ grills serving burgers and dogs, chicken and steaks, and our personal favorite … BBQ pizzas.
If you missed it, watch for next year's announcement and when you're there, be sure to stop by to say hello. If you still need to learn how to use the Fisher boom, be sure to take advantage of Local 695's unique Fisher Microphone Boom: Oneon- One Intensive training program. To sign up for a personal training session, see www.local695.com/mbr/edu-fbt.php for details.


Bundle includes the print student edition and a 6-year subscription to Connect Plus with ALEKS. This version of ALEKS is fully integrated with Elementary Statistics 9e text. It is the perfect companion to your textbook and to help students master the content of a general statistics course.


Fior Markets revealed study on Global Automotive Coolant Market 2019 by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast to 2024 which offers a deep scenario on the current state focusing on the major drivers and restraints for the key players. This report guides through various segments market with size status and forecast 2024. It's a professional and in-depth study report that offers granular analysis of the market share, manufacturers, product type, applications, technological advancement, and geographic regions.
Automotive coolant, also known as antifreeze, is a liquid substance that circulates through an internal combustion engine and draws off excessive heat. The two most common chemicals used for this are ethylene and propylene glycol, both of which have lower freezing points than water (32° Fahrenheit or 0° Celsius). This allows the chemicals to flow freely even under cold winter conditions. Automotive Coolant also has a higher boiling point than pure water, which makes it ideal for summer use as well.
Recently, ethylene glycol and other type automotive coolant is the mainstream product, which take up a larger market share. While ethylene glycol type automotive coolant is toxic and corrosive, the product is harmful to engine. Propylene glycol type automotive coolant is environment-friendly. But cost of the product is high, and technology needs further exploration. Price of ethylene glycol type automotive coolant is relatively low compared to propylene glycol type automotive coolant.
Automotive coolant, especially the environment-friendly products, will be popular in the future. For the increasing demand of automotive coolant, investors will be optimistic about this area. While for the relatively permanent leading status of the major players, the new enters still face lots of challenges.
The worldwide market for Automotive Coolant is expected to grow at a CAGR of roughly 2.3% over the next five years, will reach 5640 million US$ in 2024, from 5030 million US$ in 2019, according to a new GIR (Global Info Research) study.
This report focuses on the Automotive Coolant in global market, especially in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, South America, Middle East and Africa. This report categorizes the market based on manufacturers, regions, type and application.
In addition, it delivers market trends, industry drivers, challenges, opportunities, key company profiles and strategies of players such as Prestone, Shell, Exxon Mobil, Castrol, Total, CCI, BASF, Old World Industries, Valvoline, Sinopec, CNPC, Lanzhou BlueStar, Zhongkun Petrochemical, KMCO, Chevron, China-TEEC, Guangdong Delian, SONAX, Getz Nordic, Kost USA, Amsoil, Recochem, MITAN, Gulf Oil International, Paras Lubricants, Solar Applied Materials, Pentosin, Millers Oils, Evans, ABRO, Silverhook, .
The report showcases a detailed picture of the market, distinguishing the key business influencers. Further, the SWOT analysis tool is utilized so that you can try to be one step ahead of your competitors. Overall information along with expert opinion derived from trustworthy sources will assist in understanding the Automotive Coolant market present trends, applications, and challenges. Trends like globalization, technology progress promote fragmentation regulation & ecological concerns.
This report examines market statistics giving consideration to an average production and consumption of the product coupled with the demand from the market. The report is helpful for the governments, commercials, residential and industrial consumers, as well as manufacturers, other stakeholders to organize strategies. It also includes technology source and R&D status of the foremost manufacturers in the Automotive Coolant market.


About Us - And Design Inc.
And Design Inc. is located in Springfield Virginia and has served Northern VA, MD, and the District of Columbia's sign & graphics needs for 20 trusted years.
Our experience in visual graphics & marketing enable us to provide our customers with a design oriented service, thus creating an image with a high visual impact.
We take pride in our design talents and friendly, personal customer service. We look forward to working with you for all of your sign and graphics needs.
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aon hewitt's released their 2012 health care survey and provided their findings and reactions to employers' planned tactics to rein in costs.
aon hewitt lays out three choices for employers. they can stay the course and try to figure out how to balance 8%–9% medical cost trend increases against what surely will soon become an impossibility: more cost-sharing with employees. they can pay, essentially pay their fines and get out of dodge (i.e., no longer offer health care benefits). or they can play differently by taking a harder line with employees about their health while tiering their approach to health care benefits, sending some employees on to the exchanges and providing a finite cash figure for others to spend themselves.
look out, managers. in the next three to five years employers are looking to you to put a dent in the never-ending struggle to motivate participants to change behavior. nearly 50% report they'll tie managers' performance goals to wellness success or participation. that's a huge but potentially hazardous shift if employers don't thoroughly detail what's expected and what's acceptable and then provide the necessary support. managers on the line for better performance often resort to what's most expedient. we've seen it before. done well, managers will receive the message that tending to individual and collective well-being is as much a business objective as tending to their P&L.
interestingly, the connection to performance stops short at the leadership gates. only 27% have visible senior and business unit leadership support in place today and 36% may add it while they look to managers to do some heavy lifting.
the consumer (a.k.a. the employee) may get top billing when employers consider habit change. not so when these same employers consider program design or communication approach. aon hewitt finds that most employers don't seek employee opinion on benefit design features (72%), incentives and consequences (74%), change management approach (76%) or communication strategy (55%), among other items.
employers have long struggled with the value proposition for focus groups, surveys and other ways to glean employee opinion. in their minds, the cost, time and labor involved outweigh the perceived value. employees hold the key to why they read what they read, why they enroll in what they do, why they respond to certain carrots and not to others. so, while employers are getting savvy to consumer marketing (55% plan to incorporate in the next three to five years), they're seriously lagging when it comes to gathering consumer feedback.
If you will be handling money at all, some will not hire you due to the fact, you may skim some off for your own debts. Usually they are looikng at it for that reason, but also as a signal of your character. For some jobs, it makes sense to use a credit report, for others, I think it is just a way to narrow the field of a gazillion applicants these days. Was this answer helpful?
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"Smile," Says the Lord, "for I Am Thundering throughout the Earth!"
The following word was prophesied by Kim Clement on October 2, 2010 from The Den:
"Do Not Tremble at the Sound of Bad News"
God's Spirit says to you, "Are you expecting something from Me? Are you waiting and saying, 'God, any moment now something could happen?' Are you expecting something from Me?" For the Spirit of the Lord says, "If you are expecting, then I shall grant it to you in My time."
Those who fear the Lord, do not tremble at the sound of bad news. Do not tremble at the sound of bad news, for the Spirit of the Lord says, "I will release My voice, and I have, to overcome and resist the very enemy that has tried to take the joy away from My people.
"Smile," says the Lord, "for I am thundering throughout the earth. I am rushing to and fro throughout the earth," says the Lord, "hearkening unto the sound of My people and waiting to hear the sound of faith," says the Lord."I'm running throughout the earth," says the Lord.
God says, "I am working on your behalf. I am exercising the same power that I did for the children of Israel. When their enemies rose up against them, I arose," said the Lord.
"I Shall Cause My Earth to Bring Forth a Judgment"
"Let the earth shake," for God says, "the damage that your enemy has desired to do to you shall turn back and it shall be done to them. Would they come and stand on the Holy Ground that My people have established? No, I shall do the shaking," says the Lord.
"And when they point their finger and stick it into the nose of those who have stood and prayed, I shall break fingers and I shall cause My earth to bring forth a judgment. And even though it shall shake, the soil of the land shall shake in America, they shall say it did no harm or damage."
"Oh, What Changes are About to Take Place"
Lord, we stand upright before You in fear – not of man, but fear of God. I'm praying now that what You spoke would suddenly be saturated by Your people. If God be for us, who can be against us? "But Kim, our country is going down the drain."
No, it shall not be this, it shall not be the veil of Islam (Kim covers his face with his mantle), but the unveiling of Christ. Father, cast Your mantle upon us right now, on every home, every person that is watching me all over the world (Kim grips his mantle in both hands). Strike, Lord and let Your Name be exalted in this nation.
How the enemy has targeted Europe now, as we prophesied, and then America again. You've kept us, Lord. Oh, what changes are about to take place. The winds of change. The Spirit of Elijah, of Christ, is about to break through and bring families together – sons back to fathers, and those who are fatherless shall find the fathers. They shall find the father that they did not have. Father, reveal Yourself in this day and age, raise up fathers and Lord, touch every home and life right now.
You have made a promise so great that we stand fearing and trembling only at You, knowing that You will keep us. You said do something unusual in order to bring about something unusual.
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UZTEL manufactures special sour gas swivel joints in accordance with NACE Standard MR-01-75 and API Standard RP-14E. The swivel joints are specially heat-treated and inspected for controlled hardness. Because the specially heat treated steel required for sour gas service does not provide a strong enough bearimg surface. Fluoroelastomer packing is used to isolate the races and bearings from line fluid.


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NEW PORTALS EMERGE INTO THE XM NETWORK: CIRCLE K
Agents, we have received intelligence regarding new Portals emerging into the XM network. They are associated with the company Circle K, which helped sustain Agents in the Phoenix, Arizona area during the Abaddon Anomaly.
It now appears that all 4,700 Circle K locations in the U.S. are, in fact, Portals. Circle K is known publicly as the largest independent convenience-store operator in the United States. But below the surface, it may support a global network of archeologists who are pursuing an ancient Prime Artifact. It is rumored that further expansion will occur in Canada and other countries around the world.
Agents who use the Circle K app may soon be able to unlock powerful tools in their quest that can be redeemed within the Ingress Scanner or the Intel Map for Ingress items. Explore the world and happy hacking Agents!


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Astrid Bartsch1
Last Edited=16 Nov 2020
Astrid Bartsch married William Lawrence Elliot Young, son of Sir William Neil Young, 10th Bt. and Christine Veronica Morley, in 2001.1
She lived at Vienna, Austria.1 From 2001, her married name became Young.
Catherine Clare Young1
F, #615552, b. 2 December 1967
Catherine Clare Young was born on 2 December 1967.1 She is the daughter of Sir William Neil Young, 10th Bt. and Christine Veronica Morley.2 She married Hon. Hugh E. Powell, son of Charles David Powell, Baron Powell of Bayswater and Carla Bonardi, in 1993.1
She graduated from Somerville College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)1 From 1993, her married name became Powell.
Randall Dobbs1
Randall Dobbs married Amanda Jane Brook Young, daughter of S/Ldr. William Brook Charles Young and Alma Evelyn Harvey, in 1982.2
Children of Randall Dobbs and Amanda Jane Brook Young
Brooke Dobbs2 b. 1986
Nicholas Dobbs2 b. 1988
Matthew Dobbs2 b. 1990
James Dobbs2 b. 1996
Ian Miller Roberts1
M, #615554, d. before 1965
Ian Miller Roberts married Margaret Helen Abbott, daughter of Archibald Abbott, before 1965.1 He died before 1965.1
William Young1
William Young married Margaret Nanton in 1720.1
He lived at West Indies.1 He graduated with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)1 In 1715 he had allegedly migrated to teh West Indies from Scotland after the Jacobite.1
Child of William Young and Margaret Nanton
Sir William Young, 1st Bt.+2 b. 1725, d. 8 Apr 1788
Margaret Nanton1
Margaret Nanton married William Young in 1720.1
She lived at Antigua.1 From 1720, her married name became Young.
Child of Margaret Nanton and William Young
MacGregor Laird1
M, #615557, b. circa 1833
Last Edited=3 Aug 2013
MacGregor Laird was born circa 1833 at Birkenhead, Cheshire, England.1 He was the son of John Laird and Elizabeth Hurry.1
John Laird1
John Laird was born circa 1834 at Birkenhead, Cheshire, England.1 He was the son of John Laird and Elizabeth Hurry.1
Sir William Young, 2nd Bt.1
M, #615559, b. circa 1750, d. 10 January 1815
Sir William Young, 2nd Bt. 2
Sir William Young, 2nd Bt. was born circa 1750.1 He was the son of Sir William Young, 1st Bt. and Elizabeth Taylor.3 He married, firstly, Sarah Lawrence, daughter of Charles Lawrence, on 12 August 1777.1 He married, secondly, Barbara Talbot, daughter of Colonel Richard Talbot and Margaret O'Reilly, Baroness Talbot of Malahide, on 21 April 1793.3 He died on 10 January 1815.1
He was educated at University College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for St. Mawes between 1784 and 1806.1 He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Young, of Dominica, West Indies [G.B., 1769] on 8 April 1788.1 Between 1790 and 1807 he rented Hartwell House, Aylesbury from Sir George Lee, 6th Baronet.1 He was appointed Fellow, Royal Society (F.R.S.)1 He sold Delaford.1 He was appointed Fellow, Society of Antiquaries (F.S.A.)1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Buckingham from 1806 to 1807.1 He held the office of Governor of Tobago between 1807 and 1815.1
Children of Sir William Young, 2nd Bt. and Sarah Lawrence
Lt.-Col. Brook Harry Young3 d. 1813
Charles Young3 d. 1815
Major George Young3
Sarah Elizabeth Young3 d. 16 Oct 1849
Caroline Young3
Sir William Lawrence Young, 3rd Bt.+3 b. c 1778, d. 3 Nov 1824
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Sarah Lawrence1
F, #615560, d. 6 January 1791
Sarah Lawrence was the daughter of Charles Lawrence.1 She married Sir William Young, 2nd Bt., son of Sir William Young, 1st Bt. and Elizabeth Taylor, on 12 August 1777.1 She died on 6 January 1791.1
From 12 August 1777, her married name became Young.
Children of Sarah Lawrence and Sir William Young, 2nd Bt.


McDonogh Capital Investments, a subsidiary of Galway-based Thomas McDonogh & Sons Limited, has lodged a planning application for the first phase of a new market defining office campus, Eastgate, to the east of Galway City.
The proposed Eastgate development is ideally situated to the east of the Galway city near arterial roads as well as the future N6 Galway City Ring Road when completed. The entrance to phase one of the scheme will be from Ballybrit Industrial Estate and will not interfere with the existing McDonogh Trade Centre business, which is located on an adjacent site.
McDonogh's historically were a trading company based in Galway since the 1880s specialising in fertiliser manufacturing, animal feed manufacturing as well as a builders merchant and are now primarily focused on property investment.
The project, which is to be delivered over three phases comprises office accommodation, public plazas and a hotel. Thomas McDonogh & Sons Limited have a proven track record of delivering high quality developments having been involved in the development of over 800,000 sq ft of office and hotel accommodation in Ireland, France and Belgium, including the Dockgate building and Jurys Inn hotel in Galway.
The company retains a 400,000 sq ft office portfolio in Belgium. The Eastgate office campus has been designed by award winning Dublin architectural firm BKD architects. The first phase of the proposed development will consist of 187,649 sq ft of Grade A office accommodation provided across three impressively designed buildings.
The overall development value is in the region of €120 million, phase one to cost around €50 million. These buildings will be situated around an extensive public plaza incorporating large open areas and green space. The development will be finished to the highest international standards, both from an aesthetic and sustainability perspective.
All buildings have been designed to achieve LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ) Gold certification. LEED certification constitutes the globally recognised standard for building sustainability achievement.
Later phases of the development will necessitate this business being relocated to another purpose-built location. Real Estate advisors Cushman & Wakefield have welcomed the planning application which will deliver much-needed modern office space to the east side of Galway City.
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Q: How do I get a .net standard 2.0 project to build on TFS2015 I have a .net standard 2.0 class library in a .net 4.7.1 web solution.
Building the solution locally works fine, but when the TFS server builds the solution it is unable to compile the .net 2.0 standard library. It crashes during compilation and complains that system.object etc is not defined or imported.
It's a TFS 2015 running the old tfsbuild.proj style xml files.
The build server is otherwise up to date with .net 4.7.1, latest .net core 2.0.3, latest visual studio, latest build tools.
I can see that it generates a csc.exe command to compile the .net standard 2.0 project that crashes. If I simply was to run "dotnet build", it works great.
Watching the logs of the build I can see that the CoreCompile step when running in VS or "dotnet build" contains a "References" Task Parameter with references to the .net standard 2 library. This Task Parameter is missing in the CoreCompile step when the build server is running the build.
Does anyone have a suggestion on how to best proceed to get msbuild on the tfs server to successfully compile the .net standard 2.0 project?
Could I get msbuild to generate the necessary "References" task parameter?
Is my best option to turn off automatic building of .net standard projects and try to do everything manually as build steps with "dotnet build" instead, since dotnet build correctly identifies the necessary references?

A: Seems you are trying to use the VS2015 MSBuild tools to build a solution which includes a .NET Standard 2.0 project.

The .NET team changed the project file structure (first announced
  here) for new .NET Core and .NET Standard projects along with the
  release of Visual Studio 2017.

Support for building .NET Core/Standard came with the TFS 2017 Update 2 update.

.NET Core tasks support project files
With the current update, we are enhancing .NET core tasks to support *.csproj files in addition to project.json. You can now use Visual
  Studio 2017 on your build agents to build .NET core applications using
  csproj files.

As a workaround, you could try to give up of using the TFS 2015 build task MSBUILD and Visual Studio Build, and now use the Command Line step.  In general, if you can perform a task on the commandline you can also do it in TFS/VSTS. More detail steps please refer this blog: Building .NET Core and .NET Standard Projects in TFS 2015

A: Earlier this week I was able to get a class library targeting netstandard2.0+net452 to build on TFS 2015 update 4, using the vNext build system. This would probably work using the XAML builds, provided you have the ability to run either a PowerShell or batch script.
I had to do a few things not mentioned in what @PatrickLu-MSFT explains.
The key points/differences are

*

*Installing update 2 for TFS 2015 was not enough. You also need the right VS components installed on the build server. I had to install/update VS 2017 Enterprise 15.6.x and VS 2017 Build tools 15.6.x on the build server. Both of these had all the targeting packs except for 3.5 and 4.0. Dotnet core is an important selection as that's where the SDK project support seems to come from, and you may need to use the dotnet.exe.

*Run dotnet restore instead of nuget.exe (4.5) or msbuild (v15.6) to restore packages. Those two expect some JSON file and can't produce it for themselves. For me this was a two line script; one to set the location to where the solution is, and the other to call the restore.
After that it was a matter of calling the msbuild that is installed with VS 2017 as mentioned in PatrickLu's answer.
At that point the solution should compile, but if you needed to do something else with the assembly after that like make PDB's or package it, beware these potential problems...

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*nuget.exe pack doesn't understand how to find the DLLs to make a nuget package correctly. It keeps looking in a \release\any cpu\my.project\release\netstandard20\ output path, but that isn't defined in that project.

*VS 2017 may try to double up your output paths from \release\netstandard20 to release\netstandard20\netstandard20`.

*Trying to add /t:Pack to the existing msbuild call fails for every project in the solution that does not have a pack target, like unit tests for the assembly being packed.

*The MSFT docs pages are full of general info, but missing how to add a pack target for non-SDK style projects. The prior versions of it that did cover them are missing.

*The default "portable" type debug symbols for netstandard2.0 can't be indexed by the builtin vnext build task.

*Selecting "full" debug symbol type in the project properties for all configurations isn't honored by msbuild.

*Specifing the command line options for full symbols to msbuild, does appear to make indexable symbols, but I haven't tried them to see if they work.

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