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The Loxley
Located in the heart of Nottingham, The Loxley is an existing Stonegate Pub (formerly The Major Oak) which was refurbished and re-opened to the public in October 2017.
The design intention was to lighten and modernise the interior ensuring that the original brick walls and arches became a feature.
Operationally, the intention was to reposition the pub as 'the best sports viewing venue' in Nottingham. This sports focus was achieved through selective zoning to include 'bookable booth seats with private TV's along with big tub chairs and specific sports viewing areas.
The finishes, artwork and lighting stay true to the 'proper pub' concept of creating a traditional space in the heart of the community which invites customers to relax, refuel and socialise in a welcoming environment.
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It is 25% off everything, throughout the end of this week!!! If you need some holiday gifts or some cute hair things for you or your little ones for all the Christmas parties, get over there and buy them while they are cheaper!!!
I am up for custom orders as well. So let me know before the end of the week to get the deal!


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NASA Satellite Discovers a New Black Hole in the Milky Way
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By Francis Reddy, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center October 5, 2012
Artist's interpretation of Swift J1745-26, a newly discovered black hole with a flaring accretion disk. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Conceptual Image Lab
NASA's Swift satellite detected high-energy X-rays a few degrees from the center of our galaxy, toward the constellation Sagittarius. Produced by a rare X-ray nova, this outburst announced the presence of a previously unknown stellar-mass black hole that is located 20,000 to 30,000 light-years away.
"Bright X-ray novae are so rare that they're essentially once-a-mission events and this is the first one Swift has seen," said Neil Gehrels, the mission's principal investigator, at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. "This is really something we've been waiting for."
An X-ray outburst caught by NASA's Swift on September 16, 2012, resulted from a flood of gas plunging toward a previously unknown black hole. Gas flowing from a sun-like star collects into a disk around the black hole. Normally, this gas would steadily spiral inward. But in this system, named Swift J1745-26, the gas collects for decades before suddenly surging inward. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
An X-ray nova is a short-lived X-ray source that appears suddenly, reaches its emission peak in a few days, and then fades out over a period of months. The outburst arises when a torrent of stored gas suddenly rushes toward one of the most compact objects known, either a neutron star or a black hole.
The rapidly brightening source triggered Swift's Burst Alert Telescope twice on the morning of September 16, and once again the next day.
Illustration of NASA's Swift satellite. Credit: NASA
Named Swift J1745-26 after the coordinates of its sky position, the nova is located a few degrees from the center of our galaxy toward the constellation Sagittarius. While astronomers do not know its precise distance, they think the object resides about 20,000 to 30,000 light-years away in the galaxy's inner region.
Ground-based observatories detected infrared and radio emissions, but thick clouds of obscuring dust have prevented astronomers from catching Swift J1745-26 in visible light.
The nova peaked in hard X-rays — energies above 10,000 electron volts, or several thousand times that of visible light — on September 18, when it reached an intensity equivalent to that of the famous Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant that serves as a calibration target for high-energy observatories and is considered one of the brightest sources beyond the solar system at these energies.
Even as it dimmed at higher energies, the nova brightened in the lower-energy, or softer, emissions detected by Swift's X-ray Telescope, a behavior typical of X-ray novae. By Wednesday, Swift J1745-26 was 30 times brighter in soft X-rays than when it was discovered and it continued to brighten.
Artist's interpretation of Swift J1745-26, a newly discovered black hole with a flaring accretion disk. An X-ray nova is a short-lived X-ray source that appears suddenly, reaches its emission peak in a few days, and then fades out over a period of months. The outburst arises when a torrent of stored gas suddenly rushes toward one of the most compact objects known, either a neutron star or a black hole. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Conceptual Image Lab
"The pattern we're seeing is observed in X-ray novae where the central object is a black hole. Once the X-rays fade away, we hope to measure its mass and confirm its black hole status," said Boris Sbarufatti, an astrophysicist at Brera Observatory in Milan, Italy, who currently is working with other Swift team members at Penn State in University Park, Pennsylvania.
The black hole must be a member of a low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) system, which includes a normal, sun-like star. A stream of gas flows from the normal star and enters into a storage disk around the black hole. In most LMXBs, the gas in the disk spirals inward, heats up as it heads toward the black hole, and produces a steady stream of X-rays.
But under certain conditions, stable flow within the disk depends on the rate of matter flowing into it from the companion star. At certain rates, the disk fails to maintain a steady internal flow and instead flips between two dramatically different conditions — a cooler, less ionized state where gas simply collects in the outer portion of the disk like water behind a dam, and a hotter, more ionized state that sends a tidal wave of gas surging toward the center.
"Each outburst clears out the inner disk, and with little or no matter falling toward the black hole, the system ceases to be a bright source of X-rays," said John Cannizzo, a Goddard astrophysicist. "Decades later, after enough gas has accumulated in the outer disk, it switches again to its hot state and sends a deluge of gas toward the black hole, resulting in a new X-ray outburst."
This phenomenon, called the thermal-viscous limit cycle, helps astronomers explain transient outbursts across a wide range of systems, from protoplanetary disks around young stars, to dwarf novae — where the central object is a white dwarf star — and even bright emission from supermassive black holes in the hearts of distant galaxies.
Swift, launched in November 2004, is managed by Goddard Space Flight Center. It is operated in collaboration with Penn State, the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and Orbital Sciences Corp. in Dulles, Virgina, with international collaborators in the United Kingdom and Italy and including contributions from Germany and Japan.
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Brian W | October 22, 2012 at 9:07 am | Reply
It would almost seem a direct correlation that the suns activity inreased in unison with this event, coincidence or is this a regular occurance?
Madanagopal.V.C. | October 22, 2012 at 1:03 pm | Reply
Sorry! Sun`s activity increases only with sun spot activity which are not cool parts of sun but only magnetic storms which send solar winds outward. The article describes a Sun-like star erupting its gases pulled by adjacent
supernova – here called short lived X-ray nova. It could be some neutron star also nearby. Black holes are extremely dense remnants of died out star losing all its energy collapsing into neutrons. There is no neutron star or supernova near our sun. The experiment is only on some far of galaxies. Please don`t connect solar activity to such cosmic scenes. Thank YOu.


Heard the one about the Thanet landlord and his councillor wife?
I blogged about Wade Barker and Judith Russell here.
It's worth revisiting the gob-stopping story about the former sweet shop; a metaphor in microcosm for a world of public funds being abused, poor governance, landlords lapping at the public purse and property speculation.
Last month Thanet District Council agreed they had done all they could to get the £68,750 back and that they'd have to dip into their/our savings to pay back the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).
I sent TDC a Freedom of Information Act request asking for a copy of their briefing note to the DCLG: This week I got it, in all its plaintive, snivelling glory. Here it is > Doc5315291 (1) It's not really worth the paper it's written on.
But the links to the council cabinet meeting minutes of 14 November 2013 in it are fruitful. Here's what they reveal.
Due to a need to spend the ERDF funding to avoid a clawback from the Government Office of the South East (GOSE), it was agreed with GOSE that the grant to Melltree Properties would be paid up-front.
The Council's view was that there was still a clear expectation that the grant had to be expended on the permissible purposes i.e. the conversion to a gallery and artist studios.
… The Council's legal team then actively pursued this debt and issued proceedings against the company. As Melltree Properties Limited were no longer trading and did not appear to have any assets to repay the debt, the company directors were also joined in the litigation in order that their personal liability could be established.
In turn, the directors argued that the Council had agreed that the grant could be used to defray property acquisition costs and that they could evidence that the full grant had been spent in accordance with the agreement.
An internal audit report on the grant claim (which had been disclosed to the defendants on the advice of counsel) included a statement from the Council's Project Manager that the grant could in fact be used for property acquisition costs.
I will today ask TDC for the evidence they were provided with showing it was no longer trading.
2: I will also ask for a copy of the statement from the council's project manager saying they could, against all the odds, use the cash to buy the property.
Why did he say this and why has he not been held accountable?
There is so much more council waste and mismanagement at best higher up the tree (other terms could be used, but might be legally actionable…) The minutes of the same meeting show the council dipping into its internal balances to pay back liabilities of £2.7 million+, after KCC forward-funded construction of a road to a business park that never happened.
East Kent Opportunities was set up to incorporate KCC's landholdings at Manston Park and Eurokent and TDC's landholdings at Eurokent. KCC forward funded the spine road across the site on the understanding that this would ultimately be repaid by EKO. Repayment was originally due in 2010/11 but KCC agreed to reschedule this to 2013/14.
If the Council were to borrow externally to fund this repayment it would incur interest charges of £113k per annum, based on borrowing of £2.7m over 40 years at 4.2%. The better option was for Council to use its internal balances instead, TDC noted. More public money, on a road to nowhere, whilst the roads we use crumble and businesses struggle.


The impressive barge Eendracht (Unity) was built in Kampen, in 1900, and started her career as a transport vessel.
She was later rebuilt for sailing as a charter ship and serves as a floating holiday home since.
In january 2013, a dream came true for skippers Roos and Maurits, when they became the proud owners of the Eendracht.
They more than welcome you aboard this stunning ship for a sailing trip over the Wadden Sea, Lake IJssel or the Frisian Lakes.
Feel like exploring the Wadden Sea with the Eendracht?
To fully take in the beautiful scenery, the deck is the best spot on the ship.
Soft cushions add to your comfort and a tent covers the deck when rain should fall of shadow is needed.
The light and open day room welcomes all to sit back and enjoy a drink, while looking back on a great day on the water.
Also available in the day room are Whenever it is too cold inside, the central heating and wood stove will make sure there is a pleasant temperature below deck.
This makes the Eendracht an excellent choice for off-season sailing trips through the ever changing Dutch landscape.
Each cabin has its own sink with running water, a reading light and all beds are made with a duvet.
To that, a small port hole can be opened to let in a breeze of air and central heating keeps the room warm.
In the galley, you will find everything you need to make your own meals, such as a large stove, an oven, a fridge, a small freezer, al lot of storage space and all necessary utensils.
But those who do not feel like cooking, can easily fire up the grill for a relaxed and fun meal on deck!
The Eendracht has on board sanitary facilities; 2 toilets and 1 shower.


Does you dog have itchy skin???
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This new drug has already been studied and shown to be very safe. This is for clinical trials to get approval for marketing for dogs with skin disease.
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Congratulations/Felicidades a Jo Davidson y Gail Hull!
Photo/foto #1: White-crested Coquette (female/hembra). Photo by Jo Davidson.
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Dark Underbelly of Indian Media Revealed as Scores of Journalists Say #MeToo
Three newspaper editors among those named by women in a series of social media revelations.
New Delhi: Almost a year after the MeToo movement started with Harvey Weinstein and then expanded to Hollywood at large, India is finally experiencing its own MeToo movement. Prompted by former actor Tanushree Dutta's revelations, the baton has been picked up, but not by Bollywood – which has largely remained silent – but the world of Indian journalism and comedy.
In the past 24 hours, women have come forward to accuse at least three newspaper editors of what would amount to sexual harassment at the workplace – since the victim worked under the accused in the organisation's hierarchy.
In addition, accounts are surfacing of harassment and predatory behaviour by journalists at work, and of journalists being targeted by prominent persons they had gone to meet or interview. As the personal stories of not just journalists but advertising executives and other professionals across India pile up on social media, the women speaking out say they are determined to put an end to the culture of silence which has allowed scores of men to get away with harassment, stalking and even assault – while on dates, in the course of work or other situations.
Who's getting named and shamed
The outpouring started on Thursday, October 4, when a woman publicly accused comedian and YouTuber Utsav Chakraborty of sexually harassing her on social media by sending her "unsolicited dick pics" and asking for her nude pictures.
Multiple other women, including a minor, came out with stories of their own soon after, precipitating not only an industry-wide storm in the comedy world but also sparking off a separate thread on sexual harassment in Indian journalism.
Journalist Sandhya Menon started by sharing an account of being harassed by K.R. Sreenivas, currently resident editor of the Times of India in Hyderabad, in 2008 when they both worked at the Bangalore Mirror. The Mirror is published by the same company that runs the TOI.
Also read: Why I Believe Tanushree Dutta and Dr Christine Blasey FordWhile dropping her home at night, Menon said Sreenivas put his hand on her thigh and said that he and his wife had grown apart. Menon asked him to remove his hand and left. The next day she complained to the HR department but they promptly informed Sreenivas of the complaint. Others dismissed her complaints, telling her the man was harmless.
Since I'm calling them out.
Let me tell you about @KRSreenivas who is currently resident editor @toi Hyderabad (I think) who offered to drop me back after a day's work.
We were about to launch Bangalore mirror back in 2008 and I had just moved to this city.
— Sandhya Menon (@TheRestlessQuil) October 5, 2018
Menon followed that account with another one about Gautam Adhikari, former editor in chief of DNA in Mumbai. Following a night out with Menon and a friend, Menon said Adhikari kissed her without consent and then later asked her not to tell anyone.
And finally, one more calling out and I'm done.
Gautam Adhikari who was the editor in chief of DNA Bombay. His exec assistant and I were think friends and we'd go out a lot. Once he told her you girls are always going out, I'm new to the city show me some sights
So I gave him a hug to say goodnight. He took my face in that moment, held right and kissed my mouth; tongue and all.
It was all I could do to not jump out of the window and fly home.
I scrambled for the door, muttered a goodnight and ran.
She also had to refuse subsequent offers to see him and spend the weekend away with him. Menon's account on Twitter packed added punch because she also pointed readers to two blog posts she had written at the time of these incidents, where she had described what had happened but not named the editors involved.
On Saturday, a former Times of India journalist, Sonora Jha, who worked out of the newspaper's Bangalore bureau, recounted an incident from 1995 involving Adhikari when he was TOI's executive editor. Sonora wrote on Menon's Twitter timeline that he "called me to his hotel room to discuss flexible hours and then the same assault you described":
Sandhya – Thank you for exposing Gautam Adhikari. He sexually harassed me when I was Chief Of Metro Bureau at Times Of India Bangalore. He was Executive Editor. Called me to his hotel room to discuss flexible hours and then the same assault you described – sick kiss from a toad.
— Sonora Jha (@ProfSonoraJha) October 6, 2018
Sonora, who is now a professor of journalism at Seattle in the United States added that when she complained to her immediate supervisor, he told her that Adhikari had asked that she be "sidelined":
He tried to push me into his hotel bed but I pushed him away and managed to run out the door. Later, when I told my resident editor, I was told that Adhikari had asked him to "sideline" me on the job. The Times Of India asked him to leave but I believe they brought him back.
The third editor Menon tweeted about was Manoj Ramachandran, an associate editor with the Hindustan Times in New Delhi, a newspaper she was working with at the time.
Back in 2005, I was 25, and taking shelter from the flood in Bombay at a colleague's house, @manojanthikad sent me a text, "I want to fuck you." He took my number from a mutual friend and decided to charm me when Bombay was drowning with that approach. https://t.co/andMvyuV5X
What started off as a thread about her own experiences soon transformed into a sort of list of perpetrators as other women started messaging Menon stories of being harassed by the same men, and then other accounts of different men were also added to the Twitter threads.
Menon then updated the list with screenshots of these conversations, some anonymous and some not.
Initially, a woman who wished to stay anonymous, described a distressing interaction she had as a reporter with author Kiran Nagarkar; however, a few hours later, she decided to put her name on the allegations, tweeting:
I am sorry I wanted my name blanked out, @TheRestlessQuil. I don't anymore. I don't want to hide. Thanks for the courage. https://t.co/cgAxlwu70d
— Poorva Joshi (@poorvajoshi93) October 5, 2018
Joshi described the environment when she was interviewing Nagarkar as "one of the most uncomfortable" she has ever been in. She added that he'd sat too close to her, insisted on hugging her goodbye and that his hands had lingered for too long, leaving her feeling uncomfortable.
Prashant Jha. Credit: Facebook
A former Hindustan Times correspondent, Avantika Mehta, first shared her story anonymously in a piece for FirstPost, but decided to identify herself on Twitter a day later.
I'm the ex-lawyer HT correspondent mentioned in @MasalaBai's story. This thread includes photos of my conversation with prashant jha. you will notice I do everything and beyond to not piss him off while he says he wants to hit on me
— Avantika Mehta (@bitingfriends) October 6, 2018
Mehta, who has accused Hindustan Times editor Prashant Jha of harassment, said they'd met in 2014 when she joined HT and that she'd tried very hard to "not piss him off" despite multiple messages from him where he propositioned her.
She also posted screenshots of Whatsapp conversations between her and Jha. Though the date of the exchange is not known, or the precise work relationship between the two, Mehta called Jha's messages an act of "harassment". "I was as nice as I could be because my little experience in Delhi has taught me pissing off a man who's considered a darling journalist will have shit repercussions for my career and/or I'll be at the receiving end of his friend's wrath or laughter," she tweeted.
Update: On Sunday, Mehta clarified that the conversations were from 2017, when she was no longer an employee of the Hindustan Times.
thought it was something that he could do. that I'd just quit my perfectly safe job and was trying the freelance waters made me an easy target to try, I've assumed over time while processing this exchange.
Mayank Jain. Credit: Facebook
In another thread, Anoo Bhuyan, health reporter at The Wire, identified Mayank Jain, a reporter from Business Standard as a "sexual predator" and then described being at the receiving end of his "unwelcome sexual predations".
3. #MeToo because I spent days asking, "What kind of woman am I, that this man could approach me just like that… and tell me to #FuckHim?"
"And then say that he thought, I'm a woman like that…"https://t.co/mFjU0yZf4Y
— Anoo Bhuyan (@AnooBhu) October 4, 2018
Soon after, a freelance journalist replied to the same thread, adding screenshots of her conversations with Jain in which he assumes that shel would like to "take a place" with him, implying he assumed she would want to have sex with him.
Along with Jain, Anurag Verma, a former trends editor with Huffpost India was also accused of harassing women with inappropriate snapchats and requests to "send nudes."
#MeToo hits #journalism. Series of allegation of #sexual predation pour in against 2 journalists.
1. Mayank Jain, a current employee of @bsindia (Business Standard)and a former employee of Scroll.
2. Anurag Verma, a former Editor, Trends of @HuffPostIndia (Huff Post)
— Anindya (@AninBanerjee) October 5, 2018
While most of these interactions describe straight, older men imposing themselves on younger, female colleagues, just a few days ago, this spate of allegations was preceded by a quieter thread on Twitter which said that Hindustan Times journalist Dhrubo Jyoti had been accused of making multiple men uncomfortable with his behaviour.
There are multiple victims.
None I have interacted with want to lodge cases.
It's pretty clear that even if anyone wanted to make formal complaints of any kind there is no structure that would permit them to do so.
Community response is the only path to justice
— Amba Azaad (@AmbaAzaad) September 26, 2018
While Jyoti did not address the concerns on the same thread, he responded to someone else, acknowledging his behaviour and said that he was working to make amends to all the individuals he might have hurt.
am not waiting for things to die down. Since yesterday, I had several conversations and suggestions with friends, former friends and people I was intimate with to rectify conduct. Have also spoken to people I dated. Cannot apologise before that work
— Dhrubo Jyoti (@dhrubo127) September 27, 2018
How the accused have reacted
While, Prashant Jha did not answer a call and text asking him for a response to these allegations, Chakraborty has vehemently denied sending unsolicited pictures of his genitalia to any women and has specifically denied asking for nude pictures from a minor.
In a long thread, he explained his actions, saying pain medications for his chronic disease had often left him in a haze, where he was unsure of who he was even talking to on Snapchat or any other social medium, adding that he had mistaken some of these interactions to be consensual expressions of sexual interest.
After getting flak for his apology, he posted this.
It's a little too late now but I am sorry. I really am. The past 24 hours were a crucible. I faced a very scary personal truth. I can't think of myself as a victim anymore. Please tell me what to do now. How to make things right? I don't want anyone to be hurt anymore.
— Utsav (@Wootsaw) October 5, 2018
Anurag Verma tweeted an apology and also explained his actions, saying he'd thought of the term "send nudes" really loosely, thinking it was a "meme" more than an actual request for naked pictures.
I had posted a video where I pulled a packet of biscuits from my shorts and sent it to a ton of people on my snapchat. Which I now realise is not funny and very much crass. I didn't send any unsolicited picture of genitals. I want to apologise for making people uncomfortable.
— Anurag Verma (@kitAnurag) October 4, 2018
While Manoj and Nagarkar did not respond to The Wire's requests for a response, Gautam Adhikari, in an email said:
"I do not recall any of this. I retired from the media industry many years ago and have no recollection of this incident. I always treated my former colleagues fairly and politely and this person was no exception I would think. I'm sorry if I have ever been unintentionally impolite to anyone but I do not recall such lapses from respectful behavior towards all."
K.R. Sreenivas.
In an emailed response, Srinivas told The Wire, "TOI has said the charge would be investigated by it's committee against sexual harassment. A highly empowered and accessible committee under this policy and under the law is in place to investigate and address all allegations of sexual harassment. The group is headed by a senior woman executive. I will submit myself to the investigation."
Mayank Jain did not respond to an email asking for a comment either. However, he has since left media-related WhatsApp and Twitter groups without offering any explanation.
How employers have reacted
Responding to The Wire's query about allegations against Jha, general counsel and company secretary for HT Media, Dinesh Mittal said that they will be releasing an official statement on Monday, adding, "We will start an investigation immediately and follow our policies to the core." He also said that had Avantika Mehta flagged these interactions during her time at HT "action would have been taken."
All India Bakchod, the comedy group that employed Chakraborty full-time and then as a freelancer during the time most of this harassment is said to have occurred, has removed all videos featuring Chakraborty from their YouTube channel.
After being called out for knowing about these allegations and not acting until it became public knowledge, AIB posted a second apology for implicitly supporting Chakraborty's behaviour.
Vice India, which recently launched a talk show with Chakraborty, has also removed all links from its website and Facebook page but has not made a statement.
Also watch: Vinod Dua discusses India's #MeToo movement
HuffPost India, where both Chakraborty and Verma were employees – but not at the time these events occurred – posted a note from its editor-in-chief, Aman Sethi, which said:
Anurag Verma
"HuffPost India is unaware of any allegations levelled against Verma and Chakraborty while they worked here. We are checking if there were any similar allegations while they were here. HuffPost India has a zero tolerance approach to any form of workplace harassment.
HuffPost India stands with survivors and treats complaints regarding potential misconduct by its employees with utmost seriousness."
Shyamlal Majumdar, Business Standard editor responded: "On Mayank Jain, a due process is on and we can share with you the details as and when we will have anything to say".
TOI employees have asked their superiors to respond.
Internal petition to the Editors by employees at Times of India: "As a newspaper that has proactively covered the #MeToo movement and written edits thundering against sexual harassment at workplace, the least we can do is practice what we preach." pic.twitter.com/dystG6YVE1
— Somesh Jha (@someshjha7) October 6, 2018
Now open, the floodgates are showing no sign of closing as women on Twitter continue to name and shame men including poets, authors and advertising executives. Others are sharing stories of being harassed without naming the perpetrators, yet more are anonymously naming perpetrators.
In the US, the initial flood of accusations was followed by a few court cases, entertainers being removed from shows and yet more taking self-imposed sabbaticals.
It is still unclear how many of these cases will be pursued legally or investigated by these men's employers.
So far, this is what Menon has articulated on Twitter.
Walk the talk when they say they have a "zero" tolerance policy.
3. For men to know what's acceptable and what's not and treat women, especially younger women, with respect.
4. To effect a general shift in the attitude of make journalists.
Indian media houses will now have to react to these accusations and navigate how they handle anonymous complaints, public ones and ones that took place so long ago that there are no corroborating screenshots of problematic interactions to serve as proof.
Though unconnected to the current campaign, one former editor, Tarun Tejpal of Tehelka, is already facing serious criminal charges – of rape – following a complaint by a journalist who worked with his magazine at the time. Five years later, the trial – which was meant to be fast-tracked to give speedy justice to the survivor – has yet to conclude in the face of repeated delays.
Note: The story has been updated to add Professor Sonora Jha's account of a 1995 incident at the Times of India involving Gautam Adhikari, who was the newspaper's executive editor at the time, the lawyer Avantika Mehta's charge of harassment against HT bureau chief Prashant Jha, HT's response, Srinivas's and Business Standard's response.
Note: On Sunday, October 7, 2018, the story was updated to include Avantika Mehta's tweets clarifying that her conversations with Prashant Jha were from 2017, after she had left the Hindustan Times.
Note: In an earlier version of this story, the account of an anonymous complainant against Kiran Nagarkar was inadvertently attributed to Poorva Joshi.
(The Internal Complaints Committee at The Wire is headed by our managing editor, Monobina Gupta. Anyone who wishes to make a specific complaint against The Wire's employees, including its founding editors, may email mg@thewire.in)


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Q: ImageMagick convert grey shading only fuzz I want to convert to white any light shades of grey.  I am using '-fuzz 10% -fill white -opaque #efeaee'.  The problem is that the fuzz converts other colours other than grey, not just shades of grey (ie light yellow and light green get converted).  I have tried to reduce the fuzz and repeat for various versions of grey but it really doesn't work and I'm sure there's a better way?

A: You can do that in ImageMagick, by converting to HSV colorspace. Then threshold the S and V channels. You want low saturation and high value combined as a mask. Then blend the input and a white image using the mask.

sthresh=10
vthresh=10
convert zelda1.jpg \
\( -clone 0 -fill white -colorize 100 \) \
\( -clone 0 -colorspace HSV -channel 1 -separate +channel -threshold $sthresh% -negate \) \
\( -clone 0 -colorspace HSV -channel 2 -separate +channel -negate -threshold $vthresh% -negate \) \
\( -clone 2,3 -compose multiply -composite -blur 0x1 \) \
-delete 2,3 \
-compose over -composite \
result.png

sthresh is the fuzz value for how close in color it is to white
vthresh is the fuzz value for how close it is in brightness to white

Values of zero mean exactly pure white.

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Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 1: 1929-1930. Cairo & Oxford: Faculty of Arts of the Egyptian University & Oxford University Press, 1932.
Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 9: 1936-37-38. The Mastabas of the Eighth Season and their Description. Cairo: General Organisation for Government Printing Offices, 1960.
Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974.
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Selim Hassan (Bey)
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Nationality & Dates Egyptian, 1886–1961
Remarks Egyptologist; Sub Director General. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology. (1886-1961) Egyptian Egyptologist; born Mit-Nagi, 15 April 1886, he studied at the Higher Teacher's College, Cairo under Kamal (q.v.); in 1912 he became a teacher and in 1921 obtained a post in the Egyptian Museum as assistant keeper; he studied in Paris 1923-7 at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes; he was the first Egyptian to be appointed as a Professor of Egyptology in the Universitv of Cairo, 1928 - 36; he was later made Deputy Director of the Egyptian Antiquities Service responsible for the care of all monuments in the Nile valley, 1936-39; Ph.D. Vienna University, 1935; stimulated by the archaeological work of P. E. Newberry (q.v.) and Junker (q.v.)he began an active career in excavations with the clearance of some of the Giza mastabas in 1929; the excavations carried on by him in this necropolis continued until 1939 by which time a great deal of digging had been achieved, published in 10 parts; he also cleared the Sphinx and its temple, for the first time completely digging out the great amphitheatre around it and ensuring that it would not be buried by send again so easily; he wrote a study on this work and on the temple of Amenhotep II here; in addition the so-called Fourth Pyramid or the palace-façade tomb of Queen Khent-kawes of the Fourth Dynasty was investigated and also the funerary town of the priests associated with it; he later worked on the Unas causeway at Saqqara and at the valley temple of this king, discovering some of the mastabas in this area and two great subterranean tombs dated to the Second Dynasty; his final excavations at Giza were carried out on the east and south faces of the Great Pyramid and at the mortuary temple of King Khufu, 1938-9; he also took part in the campaign to save the monments of Nubia, and wrote a report on this subject; he published about 53 books and articles on Egyptological subjects in English, French, and Arabic, Hymnes religieux du Moyen Empire, 1928; Le Poème dit de Pentaour et Le rapport officiel sur la bataiILe de Qadesh , 1929; Excavations at Giza, 10 pts., 1929-60; The Sphinx. Its History in the Light of recent Excavations, 1949; Report on the Monunents of Nubia,1955Excavations at Saqqara 1937-8, 3 vols., 1975; in Arabic Literature of Ancient Egpt, 2 vols.; Ancient Egypt from Prehistoric Times to the Age of Rameses 11, 6 vols.; he died in Giza, 30 Sept. 1961. AfO 20 (1963), 310 (H. Brunner); Archaeology 14, no, 4 (1961, 293; ASAE 58 (1964), 61- 84 (bibl.) (Dia Abou-Ghazi); Orientalia 31 (1962), 271; Goettinger Miszellen 76 (1984), 78-80; Reid, JAOS 105 (1985), 237, 241-44.


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Perla joined Con Edison as a customer operations manager eight years ago, working out of Con Edison's downtown Brooklyn office. She had taken some time off after retiring from a near-25-year career at Verizon, and was enjoying and reveling in the happiness surrounding her new great grandnephew, before opting to get involved in a new work challenge. Her colleagues at Con Edison are all glad she did.
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Perla was instrumental in launching the company's Customer Operations R.I.S.E Academy, emphasizing responsibility, initiative, success and excellence, collaborating with other management team members to nurture the careers of more than 130 qualified employees, cultivating skills-based talents that are designed to improve the customer experience for those contacting the company. An outgrowth of the work they've done includes a self-service online portal for customers to initiate new service, and a real-time, live-chat feature that reduces customer waiting time and improves outcomes.
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Gut bacteria may play a role in the development of long COVID
By James Kingsland on February 1, 2022 — Fact checked by Alexandra Sanfins, Ph.D.
New research turns to the gut microbiome for clues on long COVID. Johner Images/Getty Images
Many people who recover from COVID-19 report lingering symptoms such as fatigue, muscle weakness, and insomnia, known collectively as post-acute COVID syndrome (PACS) or long COVID.
Previous research has found that individuals who experience severe COVID-19 tend to have gut dysbiosis, a disruption in the community of microorganisms living in the gut.
A new study has found the first evidence that there may also be a connection between gut dysbiosis and long COVID.
Future clinical trials could therefore investigate probiotics, dietary changes, or fecal transplants as potential treatments for long COVID.
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As many as three-quarters of people who recover from COVID-19 report experiencing at least one lingering symptom 6 months later.
Common symptoms of this condition, known as PACS or long COVID, include fatigue, muscle weakness, and insomnia.
The exact cause of long COVID remains a mystery, but possible contributory factors are excessive immune responses and cell damage sustained during the illness itself.
It also remains unclear why some people who have had COVID-19 experience lingering symptoms for weeks or months while others recover completely.
In 2020, researchers at the Center for Gut Microbiota Research, part of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, found a clue.
They discovered that people with COVID-19 had distinct changes in their gut microbiota, the community of microorganisms living in their gut, compared with healthy controls.
The collection of genomes of the gut microbiota is known as the gut microbiome.
Fecal samples from people with COVID-19 contained more opportunistic pathogens or disease-causing organisms and fewer "friendly" bacteria.
This disruption in the balance of organisms living in the gut, known as gut dysbiosis, appeared to be more extreme in people with more severe illness.
Because the gut plays a major role in the regulation of the immune system, disturbances in the gut microbiota may not only exacerbate COVID-19 but also cause lingering symptoms as a result of continuing immune disturbances.
The Center for Gut Microbiota Research has now found the first evidence of gut dysbiosis in people with long COVID up to 6 months after their initial SARS-CoV-2 infection.
The scientists found links between specific groups of bacteria and particular symptoms.
At the time of hospital admission, people who went on to develop long COVID tended to have a less diverse and abundant microbiome compared with people who fully recovered.
In fact, the gut microbiome of people who did not develop long COVID was similar to that of a group of healthy controls who provided fecal samples before the pandemic.
The results of the study appear in the journal Gut.
Potential treatments
"Our study demonstrated the association between [a persistently] altered gut microbiome and long COVID, which also suggests that there is an opportunity to ameliorate these symptoms by regulating the gut microbiome," said Prof. Siew C. Ng, Ph.D., associate director of the Center for Gut Microbiota Research and senior author of the new study.
"There are important implications for future research regarding the mechanisms of disease underlying long COVID where most have tended to ignore the gastrointestinal system, and also for trials of potential therapies and diagnostic approaches," she told Medical News Today.
She added that possible treatment approaches might include diets that support a healthy and balanced gut microbiota, avoiding antibiotics where possible, probiotic supplements to replace depleted bacterial species, and fecal microbiota transplants.
The researchers believe gut microbiome profiling of people with COVID-19 may also help identify those most likely to develop the condition.
How the study worked
The scientists recruited 106 people with COVID-19 admitted to hospitals in Hong Kong. Most had mild to moderately severe COVID-19.
Their average age was 48 years, and just over half were women. The participants gave stool samples on admission, 1 month later, and 6 months later.
The researchers used a technique called shotgun metagenomic sequencing to analyze a total of 258 samples. They also analyzed control samples provided before the pandemic by 68 people matched for age, sex, preexisting illness, and diet.
Following their discharge from the hospital, 81% of people still had at least one lingering symptom 3 months later. After 6 months, 76% still had a symptom.
The most common symptoms were fatigue, memory difficulties, hair loss, anxiety, and sleep disturbances.
Interestingly, the researchers found no association between the amount of virus in the samples provided at admission to the hospital and whether participants went on to develop long COVID.
However, there were significant links between the participants' gut microbiome and the condition.
In people with long COVID, there were differences in the abundance of 42 species of bacteria at admission and 3 and 6 months following discharge compared with control samples.
Of these, 28 species were less abundant, and 14 were more abundant.
For example, at 6 months, people with long COVID had significantly less of the friendly species Faecalibacterium prausnitzii (F. prausnitzii) and Blautia obeum in their gut.
They also had a greater abundance of the "unfriendly" species Ruminococcus gnavus and Bacteroides vulgatus.
Friendly bacteria that produce the chemical butyrate, such as Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum and F. prausnitzii, were the most likely species to be depleted in people with long COVID 6 months after discharge.
By contrast, people who did not develop long COVID had only 25 changes in the abundance of species at hospital admission compared with controls. And by 6 months after discharge, their gut microbiome was similar to that of the controls.
The researchers also found links between certain species and particular symptoms of long COVID, for example, respiratory symptoms correlated with disease-causing opportunistic bacteria. Neuropsychiatric symptoms and fatigue were associated with nosocomial or hospital-acquired species such as Clostridium innocuum and Actinomyces naeslundii.
Immune-regulating bacteria
Prof. Graham Rook, M.D., an emeritus professor of medical microbiology at University College London, who was not involved in the research, told MNT: "It is entirely reasonable to suggest that the composition of the organisms in the gut might be relevant to the development of PACS. One particularly probable link is via regulation of the immune system."
He explained that people with long COVID often have raised levels of autoantibodies.
"In other words, the virus has triggered an antibody response to the patients' own tissues," he said. "This represents a failure of the regulatory mechanisms that should stop immune responses against the patients' own tissues."
In the study, people with long COVID had reduced levels of several gut bacteria that help regulate the immune system, such as F. prausnitzii, Eubacterium rectale, and bifidobacteria species.
Prof. Rook formulated the "old friends hypothesis," which proposes that humans evolved friendly relationships with bacteria that help keep the immune system in check.
Limitations of the study
The authors note several limitations of their study. In particular, as an observational study, it was unable to establish whether particular features of participants' gut microbiome actually caused long COVID.
In addition, the scientists had to rely on participants' subjective responses to a questionnaire about their symptoms.
The authors suggest that the small sample size is a limitation of this study and that further research should attempt to confirm their findings in larger cohorts across different populations.
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Kathy Garver Interview: Keeping Things Positive In Light of the "Family Affair Curse"
by Lee Sobel (9/2/20)
There is a theory that some child stars, having gone to work in childhood, lack motivation as they grow up. Not Kathy Garver, who has authored four books, has another one due next year, has worked as an actress since she was a child, and is now producing an independent feature film entitled The Executive and numerous television pilots.
She has also made numerous appearances over the years on talk shows discussing the supposed "Curse of Family Affair." From 1966-71, Kathy Garver played Cissy on the CBS sitcom, Family Affair. It was a sweet show about a Manhattan bachelor raising his brother's orphaned kids. When the show ended, several tragedies occurred, including the overdose at age 18 of co-star Anissa Jones, and the tragic deaths of Brian Keith (who played the uncle) and Sebastian Cabot (who played the butler). Kathy's long career has included being directed by Cecil B. Demille in The Ten Commandments (1956) and voicing numerous cartoons.
Lee Sobel: What stands out in your memory of acting on the TV series Family Affair?
Kathy Garver: It was a great show and everybody worked well together for the five years that we made the series, but that doesn't mean people weren't above pulling pranks. There was one scene where I had to retrieve Uncle Bill's shoe from under the bed. I was always really well prepared and knew my lines and usually got everything on the first take, but this one time I had to pull out the shoe and I got it. Then they said they need to shoot another take so this time when I went to pull the shoe it wouldn't come no matter how much I pulled on it. After the third time of trying to pull the shoe they called cut and the AD admitted he'd nailed the shoe to the floor. Those kinds of things were great because they would break the tension.
Lee Sobel: I'm so impressed with all the books you've written and all the projects you have going on. In your book X Child Stars (2016) you talk about how a lot of kid actors later in life seem to have a hard time focusing on getting things going again.
Kathy Garver: I'm lucky that my parents steered me in the right direction. I'm grateful that I had a firm familial background and they didn't take all my money. My mother was an inveterate saver and a hoarder. We had a fire at our old house in 2005 and we moved and saved what we could. I have boxes of stuff in our garage and just yesterday I opened up one of the boxes and there was a record book
my mother had kept of every job I had as a kid, what each job paid, and who it was for. She kept impeccable records and put everything into my own personal savings account. I think that helped a lot. Many of the kid actors' parents just used them and maybe gave them a little bit of it. When Johnny Whitaker (her co-star on Family Affair) got to eighteen, there was not all the money there that should have been. So yes some actors do get bitter about that. Add to that that they were so adorable when they were little and talented and smart, making the transition in the 16-18 years old range can be very difficult. If they don't go to Harvard like Jodie Foster and stay grounded and especially if they start taking drugs they can find themselves in a bad situation. I've never taken drugs, except for wine every night. (laughs) That's a drug too but a little Chardonnay is wonderful at the end of the day.
Lee Sobel: Since you had such a solid family when you were growing up, what made you want to write the book X Child Stars -- was it your experience with the little kids on Family Affair?
Kathy Garver: The idea of the book was proposed to me by another writer and I thought we complimented each other well. It was just a story that had to be told. There were just too many young actors who came out without money or training or education and didn't know how to get restarted. Some just give up because it's too overwhelming and they don't know how to do anything else. Other than that, there wasn't any emotional propellant for me to do the book.
Lee Sobel: One of the things that struck me in the last four years since your book X Child Stars was published, is that there has been the #MeToo Movement and also people like Corey Feldman's documentary, My Truth: The Rape of 2 Coreys (2020) where he talks about sexual abuse of minors in the movie industry. Do you feel that people are ready to talk about this more now since you wrote the book?
Kathy Garver: Yes, I think people are talking about that more now. I've never been exposed to that myself and it doesn't have a place in my world. I attract
healthy relationships and I attract abundance. I started these affirmations from my son's girlfriend but it's always been my modus operandi my whole life. I avoid situations that put me in danger. I did have one experience with an actor who started to put his hand up my skirt. I was so shocked I didn't know what to do. But far be it from me to shame anyone. I am not a victim, I have never been a victim and I will never be a victim. I am a fighter and a survivor.
Lee Sobel: So you wanted to pull the curtain back on this subject but you didn't want to go too far?
Kathy Garver: Yes, because this book was not meant to be exploitive in any way. It was meant to be truthful and there were certain things I put in my book that were public knowledge. But I don't reveal people's secrets, because a secret is a secret for a purpose and it's not my job to reveal things people don't want to talk about. I asked one child actor who has gotten off drugs and alcohol if he wanted to discuss his sobriety and he said no, so I respected that. There's plenty of salaciousness on television and I just wanted to offer a bit of comfort and nostalgia.
Lee Sobel: In the foreword for your book X Child Stars, Paul Petersen wrote that the audience that watched children on TV grew up but that "their apprehension of us...as people...has not. And therein lies the trouble." What does he mean by that?
Kathy Garver: He means that some people who watched us on television think we are the same people and can't make the distinction between the character and the real person.
Lee Sobel: Have the tragedies that surrounded the other actors on Family Affair tainted the memory of the show at all for you?
Kathy Garver: Anyone can feel the sadness of any tragedy but it doesn't permeate my memory of the show. I understand that people
die. It's very sad when people die young, or from drugs. I tend to compartmentalize things. The sadness goes into one part of my brain but another part of my brain wants to investigate and find out why that happened. There is a lot of sadness in the world but are we supposed to curl up and die and be sad for everything? Personally, of course I was affected by the deaths of people from my show because I was very close to the people. You give yourself a year to
grieve, but if you're going to grieve more than that, why don't you just bury yourself with the person? It was a warm, wonderful show. It will be the 55th anniversary next year. This show has had such longevity and it makes me happy to have had a positive impact on people. It was a dramedy. It wasn't a total comedy. The premise of the show is that our parents died and that kind of sadness was something I think people identified with. But I think people also enjoyed the loving, caring environment of the show.
Kathy continues her vibrant career as she completes two pilots: one a spin-off from Family Affair entitled Aunt Cissy and the other as Host of TvDinners, a talk show which combines interviews with classic TV stars with updates to classic dinners. Kathy shoots a new movie Old Man Jackson in October, in which Kathy plays the young Mrs. Jackson in this family friendly film. Her new book TvDinners With a Side Dish of Stars will be released in 2021 by Bear Manor Media. All Ms Garver's books can be purchased on her website www.kathygarver.com or on Amazon. Follow her on Facebook, kathygarver fan page; Twitter at kathy_garver; And ig @kgcissy


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SOURCE: Santa Fe New Mexican. Excerpts and quotes from article written by Olivia Harlow.
Gering, a runner from San Felipe Pueblo, ran track his junior and senior years at Santa Fe Indian School and cross-country his senior year. Since then he has been chasing his dream — literally.
After High School, Gering ran at Fort Lewis in college, where he set multiple records and won the Outstanding Senior Award. Following college, Gering's long-distance running hobby became a full-fledged passion, competing in race after race. Taking on course after course with the dream of becoming an elite athlete. However, Gering's races are not your typical 5 or 10k. Christian is an "Ultra" Runner. Now "going these distances is called 'ultra,' " he said. "We've become so far removed from that — from everyday people going these distances. … I want to use ultra marathons to show we are capable of it. It never went away. It's reconnecting, reigniting to this lifeway."
In May, Gering competed in his first 50-mile run at the Jemez Mountain Trail race. Since then, he competed in the Speedgoat 50K in Utah — "one of the toughest 50Ks in America" — and finished in 10th place. In September, he won a 100-kilometer trail race at Lake Tahoe.
That race also made one of Christian's goals a reality. Last year, Gering tried getting into the Salomon brand Ultra Academy in Hong Kong, but never heard back after submitting an application. This year, after his win at the Tahoe 100K — his first 100-kilometer distance — he qualified to attend the Academy in November. He finished in 9 hours, 48 minutes, and 24 seconds. Gering will depart for the running camp Nov. 25 and return Dec. 6.
This year's academy, Gering explained, hosts 10 participants from around the world for a weeklong intensive training. The program will include running, health and business tips — including how to manage social media accounts and build a brand — as well as give them the chance to meet with Salomon executives and provide feedback on newer gear.
During the week abroad, Gering said the runners will compete in the Asian Skyrunner Championship Race in Lantau on Dec. 2. Gering said he thinks the race could determine which students Salomon will add to its international team, and he expects some degree of sponsorship or ambassador opportunity following the event.
The accomplishment, he says, is a first step in achieving potential sponsorship. But more importantly, it is also a way to inspire his local native community.
"I don't see a large population of people out there [on the trails] who look like me," said Gering, 27, his raven black hair pulled taut into a ponytail. "I hope it shows to Native people and to Pueblo people that anyone can run."
A couple of months ago to help promote that message, Gering competed in and won the locally famed Big Tesuque Trail Run, which raises money for Wings of America — a nonprofit that promotes American Indian runners. Through all his hard work, Gering said he hopes other Natives — specifically youth — will realize that they can dream big, just as he has.
"You keep putting in hard work, and you'll find your way there," he said.
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I'd been a scrapbooker since I was 13 years old, 1999, around when my twin cousins, Hanna & Savanna, were born. I guess I've always had an older soul trapped in my body, (at least that was more the view at that time given the styles & general preconceptions on scrapbooks). I helped my sister with her 4-H scrapbook projects, attended scrapping days at the library, & also had a friend of the family that was a Creative Memories consultant.
After graduating, coming home, & getting my photography studio started, I was randomly googling and stumbled upon "Digital Freebies", (a site no longer in existence, but through which I branched out to Oscraps & more!). This site was celebrating iNSD, (interNational Scrapbook Day). It looked fun & right up my alley, so I started digital scrapbooking back at the beginning of May 2009. I didn't fully get immersed in the hobby until I started branching out & truly seeing how big of a community there was for Digital Scrapbooking! By the fall I'd found so many other sites & came across a huge variety of styles and people and designs and inspiration.
I know they say that "comparison is the thief of joy", and I fully believe that with so many areas in my life, but it also let me push myself and try things and create so so much more. It allowed me to BE INSPIRED and BE INSPIRING. I was asked to join teams and I myself asked to join other teams. (These creative teams are used by a designer to showcase their work in a variety of ways & inspire their customers.) I also started designing (still on hiatus from that!), and I SCRAPPED. A TON! I did challenges. I took classes. I used templates. And I scrap-lifted.
Anyway! This is a long rambling post simply to write about my excitement with the current creative teams I'm a part of. And later on I'll do some posts to highlight them separately and show my work with their designs, (I also still would love to do posts on the designers I've created for in the past and revisit their work if I've lost touch).
If you click the two Creative Team images below you'll go to the respective websites showcasing all the talented women who work with these designers. You'll find links to all their blogs or galleries or Instagram accounts where they both tell their personal stories and promote these designer's products. With many you'll be inspired in more than just scrapbooking.
This first team is with Krista of Sahlin Studios. She asked me to join her group just over two years ago and I'm enjoying every bit of working with her unique & classic products. Her team is so intimidating too since they all have such talent in styles that I can't even hope to touch! And that's part of the amazing feeling of being on a Creative Team. We get to inspire not only the customers, but each other, to tell our stories and be creative and try new things.
And this next was just announced today! Liz of Paislee Press is taking a chance on me again and invited me back to her fantastic team after her most recent CT Call. If there's ever a designer's products that really solidified in the beginning that I'm a digi-scrapper it's hers. My love of the simple, my love of whitespace, and my love of WORD-ART in particular, started with her designs & with the girls she had on her Creative Team. I'm thrilled to get to come back and hope I can be a little inspiring with my pages as others have been for me!
Last but not least, I'm also a part-time Creative Team scrapper for Lynne-Marie Designs. She's got a style that just invites you to play and scrap your emotions! With her designs I never know where my pages will take me, but it's always fun to experience. Some of my favorite photoless pages are with her products!
All three of these designers have their products at The Lilypad so definitely check them out!!


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Yanai Sachio
Toba Akira
Ikai Kazuyuki
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Race (駆ける, Kakeru) is the fifth episode of the Golden Kamuy anime series.
Asirpa and Shiraishi try to rescue Sugimoto from the 7th Division. Toshizou Hijikata meets his old friend Shinpachi Nagakura and gathers his men to face Zenjirou Shibukawa. While hunting, Asirpa and Sugimoto come across the tracks of two men: Tanigaki and Tetsuzou Nihei, a famous bear hunter.
Shiraishi takes Asirpa to the 7th Division hideout. He says Sugimoto might be already dead, but Asirpa doesn't believe that, stating that Sugimoto's strength comes from his heart and not being afraid of death.
Soldiers come to the sound of Sugimoto fighting the Nikaidou twins and separate them, stopping the brawl. Tsurumi tells his men to keep the brothers away from Sugimoto. Shiraishi watches through a window as Sugimoto is getting tied up again, then reports to Asirpa that the man is alive. He offers Asirpa his help in exchange for the share of the Ainu gold. Having no interest in the gold, Asirpa agrees, telling him to split it with Sugimoto. Using the bear grease, Shiraishi sneaks into Sugimoto's cell and unties his bounds. He is interrupted by Nikaidou brothers returning, seeking revenge. Youhei tells Kouhei to watch outside, and Kouhei suggests his brother use a bayonet instead of a gun to not make noise. As Kouhei closes the door, Sugimoto jumps at Youhei armed with a bayonet, recognizing him by a missing tooth as the brother that hit him before.
Tsurumi learns of Sugimoto and Youhei's deadly fight.
Moments later Tsurumi arrives at the scene seeing Youhei dead and Sugimoto gravely injured. Sugimoto asks Tsurumi to save him in exchange for the tattoos. Hearing that Tsurumi orders his men to do their best to save Sugimoto and prepare a horse-drawn sled. As Sugimoto is carried by the sled, Tsurumi inspects Youhei's body. He finds it strange that Youhei held the blade with his injured arm; then he notices bloody fingerprints on Youhei's belt. Undoing it, Tsurumi realizes Sugimoto wasn't really injured and instead cut out Youhei's intestines to fake his wound. Tsurumi goes after the sled which Sugimoto has already taken over. As Tsurumi is aiming his gun at Sugimoto, Asirpa shoots Tsurumi's horse with an arrow, making the First Lieutenant fall down. Unwavering, he proceeds chasing Sugimoto and prepares to shoot, but decides to let Sugimoto go. Tsurumi returns to his horse, wondering what happened to it. Back at the 7th Division hideout Tsurumi sees it burning down. He concludes it's better to leave Sugimoto's group to gather the tattoos as they are better at it. When a soldier reports to Tsurumi that he couldn't save the tattoos in the fire, the First Lieutenant reveals he is wearing a shirt made of the tattooed skin and they're not in danger. Disguised as a 7th Division soldier, Shiraishi overhears the conversation.
Hijikata meets with Nagakura and takes some weapons from him. Ushiyama realizes this is Shinpachi Nagakura from Shinsengumi and wonders if the two are only after the gold or have some other goal.
After their successful escape, Asirpa, Sugimoto and Shiraishi reunite in the forest. Shiraishi suggests they eat the horse from the sled as it would stand out and bring too much attention. Asirpa agrees, saying she wants Retar to have a reward for his help. After shooting the horse, Shiraishi suggests they have sakura nabe and leaves to borrow some ingredients from villagers nearby. Sugimoto tells Asirpa that he didn't want her to die or get hurt as he couldn't face her family then. Asirpa explains that she made her decision and is aware of the risk. She says Sugimoto is the one that didn't trust her as a partner and got caught. When Shiraishi gets back, the group prepares a meal. As they're eating, Shiraishi mentions miso in the food. Hearing that, Asirpa is disgusted, but still tries to eat it. She ends up loving the taste and requests more miso.
Hijikata is gathering allies. After messengers Hijikata sent to Zenjirou Shibukawa, a prisoner he helped in Kabato Prison, didn't return, Hijikata takes his group towards the man's place. When they arrive, Shibukawa explains that the messengers told him everything about the gold. Shibukawa orders his men to kill Hijikata, but the Shinsengumi leader shoots him first. After the fight, Ushiyama wonders if Hijikata really intends on making a new Shinsengumi and doubts that others would be interested in the coup. Hijikata replies that there are people who have lived for many years in the lands of Hokkaido who would want it to be liberated.
Huci tells Asirpa the Ainu legend of the deer.
The next day, Shiraishi goes into town to gather information. Sugimoto and Asirpa notice some deer tracks and decide to follow them. Asirpa tells an Ainu story of how there were more deer in the past as the gods gave it as food to humans. But due to heavy snow, the deer couldn't dig and find food and many died. As someone must had angered the gods, they stopped sending more deer to humans. A buck appears, and Sugimoto shoots it but misses the vitals. As the two are looking for the buck's traces, Asirpa sees footprints that must belong to two humans and a dog. She realizes that the 7th Division soldier who confronted her earlier is alive.
Meanwhile Tanigaki is with Tetsuzou Nihei and his dog Ryu. They hunt a bear and Nihei takes it out with a single bullet. Nihei wonders for how long Tanigaki will follow him as he didn't save him because he wanted a new lover. Tanigaki states he heard of the fearsome bear hunter Tetsuzou Nihei and then asks him about a white wolf hew saw before.
Shinpachi Nagakura (Debut)
Zenjirou Shibukawa (Debut)
Huci (Flashback)
Tetsuzou Nihei (Debut)
Ryu (Debut)


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Yes dear friends, Greens! Why has one not told you of this marvellous eatery before? The honest truth is that one has been remiss and strayed from this one time "DL" favourite.
This is a "must visit" destination for any self-respecting Englishman (or lady!) in London. It evokes all the best elements of traditional British restaurants such as Wheelers, Wiltons and Rules. It is modern but has the feel of a gentleman's club. There is a highly polished mahogany bar at which one can eat one's oysters with an accompanying glass of champagne. The bar makes an excellent centrepiece and divides the restaurant into two somewhat schizophrenic halves. One side is more sombre and has booths, the other is bright and airy with a mixture of booths and tables. All tables are bedecked with pristine, white starched tablecloths. Droll, old-fashioned caricatures adorn the walls and provide an excellent diversion if one's lunch companion is of a tedious nature. Fortunately, your Doctor picks his companions wisely. Hurrah!
The staff are friendly but not overly which is to be expected. Try finding such aloofness in the tactile wench's at McSpiggets! For the most part the waiters are very well turned out. However, on this occasion one's waiter looked like he'd just returned from a rather heavy night out. The assembled dining party consisted of The Inscrutable One, Masterton and of course Frobisher. We were fresh from our preprandial cocktails at Fortnum's and were ready to eat. (One will regale you of one's visits to the wonderful downstairs bar at Fortnum & Mason another time).
Menu options include numerous fish dishes and tempting offerings from the grill. There are also the old school favourites of "bangers and mash" , fish and chips etc. One plumped for potted shrimps (shown above). On being presented one was rather disappointed due to the plastic appearance of the dome of butter and shrimp before one which was rather off-putting. However, on breaking open the buttery binding one found that the brown shrimp were tender, juicy and succulent. One's main course of smoked haddock "Parker Bowles" ( the well-connected proprietor's name) was accompanied by creamy mashed potato and with a wonderful creamy sauce. The smoked haddock was also very tasty and not salty like some smoked haddock. Mr. Inscrutable also chose the haddock whilst the others selected rib-eye steak.
On this occasion one also chose to eat dessert. Pear and apple crumble with cream. Very sweet, very well-presented and very tasty. One's companions had mango sorbet and Fortescue went for sticky toffee pudding which he declared to be "the best". We all are aware of his sweet tooth and penchant for dessert so we must bow to his superior knowledge.
Heavens! nothing to drink? One hears you declare. Fear not. We consumed a refreshing, delightful Chablis from J. Moreau & Fils who is always reliable. Remember, in Burgundy once one has found a good shipper they are usually always reliable. The prices seemed to have jumped somewhat since one's last visit with the potted shrimp starter being £12 and the haddock £19 but nevertheless it is a most worthwhile experience and is to be recommended to one's chums.
It has been a while since I have drifted into Greens preferring Rowleys on Jermyn Street , but must give it a try.
Thank you Dr Lunch for the photgraphs and comments.


In case you tuned in late, this conversation begins HERE. It moved forward last week, and the link for that is HERE. If you haven't read the first two installments and hope to make sense of what comes next, you're in for some confusion. So, if you're smart–and obviously you are, because you're here, reading this–you really ought to go back and start at the beginning. Go! Now. Shoo!
Okay then, back to Scott and Daphne. Where does one go next if there's to be a continuing saga for these charming protagonists? Fortunately for me, I'm going to be working in the fantasy genre, where magic is more rule than exception. My first question: How would such a world react to the presence of creatures–humans in this case–who're supposedly make-believe? Elves and fairies? Sure. But homo sapiens? Get real.
And what about the basic necessities? They're going to need food and clothing, and I imagine they'll go stir crazy if they can't ever leave the studio provided to them by the magickal blue lizard. They've already got a cast and crew who must know they're human. Do they take pity on them? Fear them? Revere them?
Or might their emotions lead to other plot opportunities? What if the leprechaun lighting technician becomes jealous of Scott, or perhaps falls head over heels for Daphne? What if the dialog challenged, elfen actress uses a bit of sorcery to improve Scott's opinion of her?
On a much less diabolical level, there's the issue of an unplanned arrival in the fantasy realm. Scott and Daphne didn't bring so much as a toothbrush or a change of underwear with them. What do they dress in while their clothes are in the wash? Fairy dust?
I'm also intrigued by the idea of a no-tech society which borrows video recording and broadcasting gear from the world we know and powers it with something other than electricity. Then too, one must wonder how transmissions are received in the land of gremlins, water sprites, and trolls. I'm picturing the home of the little old woman who lived in a shoe. You know the tale; the poor gal was overrun by children and there was no dad in the picture. (Kinda makes ya wonder where all the kiddies came from, right?) Anyhow, imagine that boot-like abode sprouting a huge TV antenna. Hardly charming and likely not a positive thing for the neighborhood.
And what about the societal pecking order? Which fantasy critters sit atop the social ladder? Is there any hope for a pair of lovers who hail from disparate groups: elf and troll, fairy and gnome, Montague and Capulet?
With few exceptions, everything mentioned thus far is mere background. It forms the canvas on which the story will unfold. It begins with a leap from frying pan to fire, though at the end of chapter one the primary players have yet to feel the heat. But they will, it's guaranteed. The structure of a novel demands it–one crisis leads to another, and no matter how well or poorly the current problem is handled, it always leads to another, even more challenging one.
I've already broken one of my cardinal rules for novelists: don't say too much about your story before you write it. If you do, you run the risk of losing the enthusiasm you'll need to slog through the very difficult task of creation. Writing a novel is hard enough, why make it harder by talking it to death before you start the first draft? Save that energy and excitement for the writing. After all, you can only "tell" so many people. A novel, on the other hand, can take on a life of its own, one that will last a great deal longer than ours.
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What if the happy couple find themselves changing, morphing into something a little more or a little less than humans? Eager to read what your inventive brain comes up with for this story.
Oh my, I hadn't thought of that angle. So many, many possibilities!
I would be overwhelmed by the possibilities, TBH, which is why – so far – I write short stories. As always, I stand in awe of the novelist who can spin a whole world, or two in your case, and not run out of steam.
Writing a novel is like eating an elephant. Gotta do it one bite at a time.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching your creative mind working. You are an inspiration.
Thanks, Betty. I'm not sure what, exactly, I might be inspiring. Let's hope it's something positive!


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What can we say about Dougie that he doesn't tell us below? …..Well, in between his "real" jobs, he's also got the huge task of keeping us on air and does a great job of it too!
He has a secret presenter alongside him, the love of his life – Floyd the dog. Floyd doesn't have much to say when on air, but can be often seen complaining that "I want to go home dad."
Dougie's show just wouldn't be the same without Foxy Roxy on the 'Lost Lyric', the sexiest bunch of 'zeros and ones' on the radio!
Dougie, or "oi' don't do that" as he thought he was named for the first fifteen years of his life, was born and bred in Brighton.
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AKA Doygal, he has also played records alongside Fatboy Slim (or Quentin as his Mum calls him) Alex P and Brandon Block and the bloke out of 'Massivo' who had a big hit with their version of Minnie Riperton's – Lovin' You in the early 90's. He's also played alongside loads of other big names, but humility won't let him name-drop them all, plus I can't…..I mean, he can't remember them all. Apart from when he presented the Capital Radio Groups hugely successful 'Party In The Park' on a couple of occasions. He worked with that Gary Barlow and a number of others whose names no longer grace the hit parade.
Dougie likes house and soul music, peanut butter and Chateau Neuf Du Pape…..oh and ice-cream, he does love his ice-cream.
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