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Who won the 1978 79 NBA championship?
Seattle Supersonics1979 NBA Finals / ChampionThe Seattle SuperSonics were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The SuperSonics competed in the National Basketball Association as a member club of the league's Western Conference Pacific and Northwest divisions from 1967 until 2008. Wikipedia
What NBA team won in 1978?
the Seattle SuperSonics
The 1978–79 NBA season was the 33rd season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Seattle SuperSonics winning the NBA Championship, beating the Washington Bullets 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals, a rematch of the previous year's Finals, but with the opposite result.
Who was the best NBA player in 1978?
Moses Malone* • HOU
2. Artis Gilmore* • CHI 1043
3. Rich Kelley • NOJ 1026
4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* • LAL 1025
5. Jack Sikma* • SEA 1013
Who played in the NBA in 1979?
1979–80 NBA season
Eastern champions Philadelphia 76ers
Eastern runners-up Boston Celtics
Western champions Los Angeles Lakers
Western runners-up Seattle SuperSonics
How many NBA teams were there in 1976?
Duration October 21, 1976 – April 10, 1977 April 12 – May 17, 1977 (Playoffs) May 22 – June 5, 1977 (Finals)
Number of games 82
Number of teams 22
TV partner(s) CBS
Who was the first black NBA player?
Family remembers Chuck Cooper, the first Black player ever selected in NBA Draft. PITTSBURGH — 72 years ago in April, Chuck Cooper became the first Black player ever selected in the NBA draft.
Who Won NBA Finals 1981?
Boston Celtics1981 NBA Finals / Champion
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Hotels near Emilios Boat Jet Ski Rental.
Is there a bus stop nearby?
Just come back from Stefanos and for anyone else who needs to know - the blue bus stop is a 10-15 minute walk (no pavements) downhill. You can go to Corfu Town on it for just over €2. On the way back if you get off in Ipsos you can catch a taxi back for €7. The green buses can be hailed from outside the hotel (wave madly) and we went to Kassiopi on one.
Are there any ironing facilities?
Just come back from Stefanos, and if anyone else needs to know there was an iron in the wardrobe.
Just got back from Stefanos. public transport is not easy from there. Beaches are not sandy but pretty all the same. Green buses pass by Stefanos and can be stopped by waving. Blue buses can be caught near Ipsos, a 10-15 minute walk downhill (no pavement). Taxis can be found in Ipsos and Barbati.
"The north side of Corfu is a challenging place for those with limited mobility"
"Very small room and kitchen area tiny"
"higher rooms have more of the views"
"Rooms higher up have better views, but we lived at ground level room #6 - two spacious bedroom and a terrace with a good view too !"


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What National Needs To Do
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 6:00 am, November 27th, 2021 - 64 comments
64 comments on "Open mike 27/11/2021 "
Gezza 1
Another beautiful sunny morning in North Welly. Not sposed to last though. I can see grey clouds moving in from norwest. A week of gardening & lawn maintenance, some new plants in, including marigolds, so a couple of warm rainy days will be just the ticket. 👍🏼 🐧
Patricia Bremner 1.1.1
He sounds very content.
He was, Patricia.
Boss Tui. He sang in that tree for hours. Most unusual. Usually they fly between trees for relatively short singing performances.
Countering rapid antigen tests (RATs) are nowhere near as accurate – they're accurate enough when it matters.
Notes on sensitivity of rapid Ag tests for what matters: detecting infectious ppl
– Highly infectious (ie superspreader levels): >99%
– Moderately infectious (ie infect 2 or 3 ppl in a classroom): 90-95%
– Mildly infectious (ie spread to spouse only) ~80-90%
— Michael Mina (@michaelmina_lab) September 11, 2021
🎥👇When one man wages a war against @US_FDA to get widespread RAPID AG TESTING for #COVID19
Are you infectious? This SO obvious at this point‼
@michaelmina_lab gives stellar interview on @lexfridman.
Who should watch >20 min of this?
Do you want to see Mom at Tgiving? https://t.co/tFXsdiEpKG pic.twitter.com/Z5gRq8CNuz
— WesElyMD (@WesElyMD) November 23, 2021
Rapid antigen tests (RATs) are nowhere near as accurate as traditional RT-PCR tests when it comes to detecting the virus behind COVID-19 but they have their place, Kiwi scientists behind a new study say.
The Government announced on Thursday an end to its year-and-a-half-long ban on point-of-care RATs. Associate MInister of Health Ayesha Verrall said while we were trying to eliminate the virus "the cost of missing a case was too high", so the Government wanted every test to be via the ultra-accurate but slow RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, or PCR), a type of nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT).
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/11/coronavirus-rapid-antigen-testing-misses-more-than-half-of-positive-cases-kiwi-study.html?
Molly 3
Prominent trans activist says it out loud:
'What a load of regressive old cobblers,' Part 897,269 pic.twitter.com/bYMmyLcRfi
— Dr. Jane Clare Jones 🦕 (@janeclarejones) November 26, 2021
Molly 3.1
India Willoughby is a UK tv celebrity and presenter.
Anker 3.2
I just don't know what to say in response to India Willoughby.
I am sorry she got trolled for her appearance, but it doesn't seem to have given her any empathy. These "butch lesbians" should be free to dress how they want, knowing they are lesbian and knowing the are women, not men.
Willoughby is the epitome of the male/TW subculture colonisation of women as a class. Male pattern gaslighting in that tweet.
and as always, one of the core problems here is how to talk about this without throwing trans people generally under the bus. Women need to be free to talk about what is going on, and the active suppression of that has led to a really skewed debate. So I will spell it out: not all trans women (obviously)*, and trans people have the same right to human rights as everyone else (also obviously). Supporting trans people in their rights is part of progressive politics. The above isn't progressive.
That gender identity politics now positions itself as speaking for trans people is part of the problem, because there is no way in hell that women are going to let the above tweet stand without challenge. Lefties and liberals need to get a grip and step up and push back on that bullshit instead of attacking gender critical feminists.
*or men for that matter, which apparently still needs spelling out.
Molly 3.2.1.1.1
Women need to be free to talk about what is going on, and the active suppression of that has led to a really skewed debate. So I will spell it out: not all trans women (obviously)*, and trans people have the same right to human rights as everyone else (also obviously). Supporting trans people in their rights is part of progressive politics. The above isn't progressive.
I agree. I've stopped posting along the lines of this obvious paragraph because it is ignored, but it remains true.
The arrogance of telling women how to women, seems a common thread in protests and other silencing actions. Seems to be done without any sense of irony or self-awareness.
Molly 3.2.2
Trolled for her appearance?
Anker 3.2.2.1
I read that they were trolled in the Wikipaedia link.
Have been thinking about India's comments some more. Its like they are trying to erase lesbians, the butch ones anyway. The implication is they are really trans women who don't have the guts to become men. What a bloody cheek.
To be honest, I find this very offensive. I grew up with someone who was what we called a tom boy. Hated dresses, dolls, wanted to do all the "boy" things. There was never any real pressure on her to be more girly. It was very much accepted. And what a surprize she grew up to be lesbian. Not quite butch, but always clear she was a girl then a women…….not a man or boy. She's a women and is being her self with clothes, sexual orientation etc.
DukeEll 3.3
I try to stay out of the trans wars. Except when I see this. Men fucking ragging on women for not living up to their expectations? Despicable behaviour from someone who wouldn't want to be picked on for their appearance.
Sadly shows how far trans rights have moved from feminism and lgb rights
Brother-in-law's father died yesterday after being hospitalised with Covid. (Treatment they gave caused internal bleeding which they were unable to stop. Will be looking to see if gets recorded as a Covid fatality.)
These statistics will be given faces for many of us over the coming months, I'm sure.
Brigid 4.1
What was the treatment? Anti clotting medication?
Don't know really, family still reeling. Family were isolating at home after one member tested positive. AFAIK, three household members tested positive, with the Dad going in for hospital care.
Posted initially just to say that many of us will have faces to go along with these numbers that are released each day. It is likely a few of us will have personal connections with the statistics.
Brigid 4.1.1.1
So sorry. Was thoughtless of me to query you about that.
I truly hope Jacinda re thinks the plan to open the border. The new variant has mutated to such a degree I wont be surprised if they find the vaccine has little effect on it.
And you're right. It will, if it hasn't already, be affecting us all personally before long
thanks for this insight Molly. Hope everyone else is doing ok.
Molly 4.1.1.3
Thanks everyone. Your kind thoughts are appreciated.
Patricia Bremner 4.1.1.4
Molly, so very sorry to hear that. Yes you are correct. Some of us feel "safe" in our bubble, but that is likely to be tested in the next while, and we will watch the numbers with growing anxiety. This is always a worry for family already on treatment for other conditions. A terrible tragedy for your family. Keep well Molly, and thank you for your brave post. I suggest a family video of the life, so family too young now will see their relative.
Sympathy from our family to yours Molly.
That's devastating Molly. I hope your family find a good way of gathering all that was good about that person and sharing it. Funerals at this time are such stunted affairs.
Brigid 4.2.1
"Funerals at this time are such stunted affairs."
They truly are. My favourite brother inlaw died recently. I cold only watch by video link which was appallingly badly recorded. It was just horrible.
Sabine 4.3
Condolences Molly. So sorry for the loss your whanau has suffered.
swordfish 4.4
Hell, that's awful … sympathy & best wishes from my family, Molly.
Sad news for you and your family Molly. I hope this brings you all together in both sorrow and hope. Look after each other – and know that we're here for you too if needed.
So very sorry to hear Molly. Condolences to your family
francesca 4.7
Bad news Molly
Devastating for close family members
McFlock 4.8
Sorry for your loss.
Seems lately that every day deaths are announced. Grim times.
Foreign waka 5
Interesting, I like the clear statement
Absolutely right, Ben & Fw.
RedLogix 6
A significant crisis is unravelling in our own backyard:
There is smoke in the air and rubble on ground after days of rioting and arson attacks in Solomon Islands capital of Honiara.
Businesses, schools and even the Prime Minister's residence were set alight and looted by protesters during three straight days of civil unrest.
Now people are struggling to restock food supplies, and there are queues at ATMs and petrol stations as the extent of the crisis begins to take its toll.
This has a very messy and byzantine backstory.
So while the ADF will be present at the request of the Solomon govt, the irony is that this is a pro-CPP govt. At the same time there are many hundreds of PRC citizens who are understandably looking for protection and possibly evacuation. If the PRC sends ships into Honiara for this purpose it will demand close cooperation with the ADF to avoid misunderstanding and confrontation.
And right now close cooperation between Canberra and Beijing is a big ask. The risks of this escalating must be of deep concern to everyone in the South Pacific right now.
Blazer 6.1
Looks like a scene setter for more Canberra/Beijing relationship tensions.
Was dumbfounded that Darwin leased their port to China in 2015 for 99 years.
No one seemed too concerned then…as for…now!
Where is mao smith in all of this? Surely this is the work of western imperialist agitators who no have no understanding of the benevolence the ccp can bestow on its "friends" and those minorities "in its historical realms"
RedLogix 6.2.1
To be fair this crisis lies at a very messy intersection between tribalism, a weak government, and a geopolitical landscape in turmoil. If this one falls apart it won't be pretty and NZ will not remain aloof.
Cricklewood 7
This is interesting, a group with long term monitoring and data in regards to heart health has seen significant increases in markers that infer increased risk of heart issues post vaccination.
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.144.suppl_1.10712
It would be interesting if a comparison was done amongst people who have caught covid.
joe90 7.1
A rise in endothelial inflammatory markers or a dangerous and potentially fatal endothelial disease….?
francesca 7.1.1
Maybe a double whammy from both Joe.
Wow, we would be gonners with our problems … explains why people hang on but then succumb.
Without gainsaying or pre-empting any conclusions on this – this is just an abstract and lacks some important data.
The way I look at signals like this is that they should not be ignored. If there is only a small, say 10% chance, of the eventual paper being correct – it would have very severe implications. On the other hand it's too soon to call on it.
A bit of a gold rush at the moment for scientists and researchers wanting to make their mark
There'll be a lot of wheat and chaff to sort through
But it does seem that the short period (up to 2 weeks) monitoring for heart issues may not be enough.
I do hope this won't be neglected in the rush to get everyone vaccinated
Could anyone posting here who read this premium article in The Herald today give us a precis or summary?
The great divide: Why are NZ interest rates so much higher than Australia?
Brigid 9
Re the new variant Nu (B.1.1.529).
Just a friendly reminder. Despite what you might hear, there has yet to be a variant that isn't susceptible to the vaccines.
Let's talk about Nu (B.1.1.529) clear up some misconceptions, and talk about why it is unlikely it will evade vaccine-induced immunity. 🧵
— Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉🔜 MFF (@sailorrooscout) November 26, 2021
Stephen D 10
Interesting that John Key is working the phones for Luxon.
Luxon himself isn't.
woodart 10.1
working the phone for somebody else is what a corporate shill does. luxom doesnt even want an election on tuesday, wants to be made boss without asking. needs to get on with privatising things. big corp needs a mouthpiece.
mary_a 10.2
Stephen D (10) … That would guarantee a Luxon/Key Nat leadership, because Key would be pulling Luxon's strings from behind the scenes no doubt. If Luxon is allowing someone else to do his work for him at this stage, then he's weak!
After quitting the game halfway through a term in 2016 and as a past Nat leader and former PM, Key needs to butt out doing anyone's 's lobbying for leader.
woodart 10.2.1
key is only doing what he is told . key doesnt pull strings, ponytails are his limit. he has always worked for big corp, and still does.
Anne 10.2.2
"If Luxon is allowing someone else to do his work for him at this stage, then he's weak!"
Totally agree. A strong PM – regardless of their political leanings – earns the right to be elected after proving their mettle for the job.
Two PM's on opposite sides – Rob Muldoon and Helen Clark are cases in point. I despised Muldoon but acknowledge he earned the right to be elected in 1975. So did Helen Clark in 1999.
If Luxon thinks he can just walk into the job by relying on someone else to do the running for him then he is not fit to be a PM.
observer 10.3
Key has now denied that he has done this. Other Nats say he did.
So to sum up, they're still a bunch of liars, divided.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300464783/national-party-leadership-john-key-says-he-wasnt-making-calls-for-luxon
Blazer 11
Guilty of femmesplaining.Leave your thread now.
[TheStandard: A moderator moved this comment to Open Mike as being off topic or irrelevant in the post it was made in. Be more careful in future.]
[Your problem now is that not only will I ban you from all my posts if you troll like that again, but you are now on my radar for being a troll generally. I want disagreement under my posts, but it has to relate to the post and mean something. This is a political blog, we expect people to make political arguments and engage in debate. If you want to drop random reckons that suggest you didn't even bother reading a post, try FB and see how you get on. You try and bait me again over feminism instead of posting something meaningful, expect a ban site wide. – weka]
weka 11.1
mod note.
Blazer 11.1.1
The default defence…'trolling'…my allegation of femmesplaining relies 100% on your criteria of what 'mansplaining' is.
I realise now, that when you start threads,they are only for the 'faithful'…I can tell you, I have no wish to comment on any topic you originate ,on the basis that you will use your power as a moderator in an extremely prejudicial and blatantly, oppressive ,intolerance of people who do not accept your viewpoint.
weka 11.1.1.1
you're certainly entitled to your opinions Blazer, and you can by and large express them on this site. What you can't do is troll, and calling a feminist on her post post a femmesplainer without saying how or why is in fact trolling. There's no substance there to respond to, there's no politics, there's just a lazily thrown out slur.
Mansplaining is a known phenomenon. If you want coin the term 'femmesplainer' you have to be able to explain what it means.
And, seeing as how you brought it up, sexism isn't symmetrical in the way you imply. Just because mansplaining is a thing, doesn't mean that there is automatically such a thing as femmesplaining. That you think I was doing the female equivalent of mansplaining, instead of setting boundaries on my own post, tells me you don't actually understand what mansplaining is.
You came into my post, made an assertion that didn't make sense on the context of the post, I pointed this out the problem and your next comment wasn't to talk about the politics you had raised or I had written about, but to instead take a pop at me, that my post wasn't clearly written.
The reason I don't tolerate this kind off approach on my posts is because it is well known in feminism and it's just a basic derail.
You are also wrong to believe that you cannot disagree with me. You can, you just need to have an actual argument. Put one up and then I'll respect what you are saying even if I disagree. There are plenty of people in that thread that I disagree with, but it's only you that got mod attention. Consider that it's about what you did.
Blazer 11.1.1.1.1
1-'femmesplaining'-'mansplaining' is a known phenomenom…really..so you believe in equality I presume=the criteria you applied to accuse someone of …'mansplaining' can logically be applied to its equal and opposite..'femmesplaining'..whether or not you accept that as ..'known' is completely moot.
2-'made an assertion that didn't make sense on the context of the post'
That is merely your OPINION..nothing more ,nothing..less.,
' because it is well known in feminism and it's just a basic derail.'
O.K please understand that what is 'well known in feminism' is NOT well known in …general.
'There are plenty of people in that thread that I disagree with, but it's only you that got mod attention'=what relevance is that!
Your reply to Gezza was quite benign compared to your response to me.
Quite frankly the you are guilty of the very crimes you rail against as a feminist..imo.
weka 11.1.1.1.1.1
ok, well I did try. /
Blazer …
pathetic=try ..harder.
Gezza 11.1.1.1.1.2
No point in your adopting your counterpunching technique here, imo, B. It too quickly deteriorates into hooflungdung shit fights you can't win here.
Interesting perspectives in this Guardian article – which also covers femmesplaining or womansplaining:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/06/is-the-term-mansplaining-sexist-google-autocomplete
Interesting link…Gezza.
The reality is …'who cares'!
Gezza …
Outside of here – this blog, you mean?
Not most people, imo. Women are simply starting their own businesses & young women are noticing that that's the way to get around the male-centric gender pay gap, for example. Work for a female boss.
In the Public Service there's a requirement for 50% of CEOs to be female. My stay i hospital showed as many doctors are females as males. I don't think there's a gender pay gap there. As I found, when I decided to copy my thank you email to the ward doctors and staff and ancillary staff who looked after me during my recent two week stint in Welly Hospital, to the CEO of Wellington's CCDHB, THE CEOs a woman.
But weka's right, if you comment & its only to attack someone (or e.g. childishly call them a nasty name like "roll-on deodorant" based on their appearance, not their politics or policies) you probably won't last long here.
joe90 12
Fucking sad, 'Murica.
joe90 12.1
Aunt Lydia is real.
Supporters of the law say their goal is to save the life of every embryo, regardless of the circumstances of conception.
"We never advocate taking a life of an unborn child unless it is necessary to protect the life of a woman," said Joe Pojman, executive director of the Texas Alliance for Life.
Even in cases of rape or incest, "we don't advocate for taking the life of an unborn child for the crime of the father," he said.
The law's supporters say that it provides sufficient leeway for physicians to act if a mother's life or bodily functions are compromised, and they insist those cases are rare.
Dr. Ingrid Skop, an obstetrician in San Antonio who belongs to the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said that even a girl as young as 9 or 10, impregnated by a father or a brother, could carry a baby to term without health risks.
"If she is developed enough to be menstruating and become pregnant, and reached sexual maturity, she can safely give birth to a baby," Dr. Skop said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/health/texas-abortion-law-risky-pregnancy.html
https://archive.li/aHKKn
The only way you can lose your immunity in Russia is if you're caught with either a dead elk or a live reporter.
Russia's State Duma has voted to deprive a Communist MP of his immunity from prosecution after police found the dismembered remains of an elk in the boot of his car.
Valery Rashkin, who recently led protests against the Kremlin over alleged election fraud, could face criminal charges for illegal hunting and may also be stripped of his seat in parliament.
Police say officers discovered the animal remains during a traffic stop in the Saratov region in October. Rashkin also faces punishment for refusing to take a breathalyser test, Russian prosecutors said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/25/kremlin-critic-found-with-dead-elk-in-car-is-stripped-of-immunity?
Sacha 14
The gender of the day is a relaxed polar bear.
— gender of the day (@genderoftheday) November 27, 2021


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#ifndef BOOST_INTERPROCESS_XSI_SHARED_MEMORY_DEVICE_HPP
#define BOOST_INTERPROCESS_XSI_SHARED_MEMORY_DEVICE_HPP

#include <boost/interprocess/detail/config_begin.hpp>
#include <boost/interprocess/detail/workaround.hpp>
#include <boost/detail/workaround.hpp>

#if defined(BOOST_INTERPROCESS_WINDOWS)
#error "This header can't be used in Windows operating systems"
#endif

#include <boost/interprocess/creation_tags.hpp>
#include <boost/interprocess/exceptions.hpp>
#include <boost/interprocess/detail/utilities.hpp>
#include <boost/interprocess/detail/os_file_functions.hpp>
#include <boost/interprocess/detail/tmp_dir_helpers.hpp>
#include <boost/interprocess/interprocess_fwd.hpp>
#include <boost/interprocess/exceptions.hpp>

#include <boost/interprocess/xsi_shared_memory.hpp>
#include <boost/interprocess/sync/xsi/xsi_named_mutex.hpp>
#include <boost/interprocess/mapped_region.hpp>
#include <boost/interprocess/sync/scoped_lock.hpp>
#include <cstddef>
#include <boost/cstdint.hpp>
#include <string>
#include <cstring>

//!\file
//!Describes a class representing a native xsi shared memory.

namespace boost {
namespace interprocess {

class xsi_shared_memory_device
{
   /// @cond
   BOOST_MOVABLE_BUT_NOT_COPYABLE(xsi_shared_memory_file_wrapper)
   /// @endcond

   public:

   xsi_shared_memory_device();

   xsi_shared_memory_device(create_only_t, const char *name, mode_t mode, std::size_t size)
   {  this->priv_open_or_create_name_only(ipcdetail::DoCreate, name, mode, size);  }

   xsi_shared_memory_device(open_or_create_t, const char *name, mode_t mode, std::size_t size)
   {  this->priv_open_or_create_name_only(ipcdetail::DoOpenOrCreate, name, mode, size);  }

   xsi_shared_memory_device(open_only_t, const char *name, mode_t mode)
   {  this->priv_open_or_create_name_only(ipcdetail::DoOpen, name, mode, 0);  }

   xsi_shared_memory_device(create_only_t, const char *filepath, boost::uint8_t id, mode_t mode, std::size_t size)
   {  this->priv_open_or_create_name_id(ipcdetail::DoCreate, name, id, mode, size);  }

   xsi_shared_memory_device(open_or_create_t, const char *filepath, boost::uint8_t id, mode_t mode, std::size_t size)
   {  this->priv_open_or_create_name_id(ipcdetail::DoOpenOrCreate, id, name, mode, size);  }

   xsi_shared_memory_device(open_only_t, const char *filepath, boost::uint8_t id, mode_t mode)
   {  this->priv_open_or_create_name_id(ipcdetail::DoOpen, name, id, mode, 0);  }

   xsi_shared_memory_device(BOOST_RV_REF(xsi_shared_memory_device) moved)
   {  this->swap(moved);   }

   xsi_shared_memory_device &operator=(BOOST_RV_REF(xsi_shared_memory_device) moved)
   {
      xsi_shared_memory_device tmp(boost::interprocess::move(moved));
      this->swap(tmp);
      return *this;
   }

   //!Swaps two xsi_shared_memory_device. Does not throw
   void swap(xsi_shared_memory_device &other);

   //!Destroys *this. The shared memory won't be destroyed, just
   //!this connection to it. Use remove() to destroy the shared memory.
   ~xsi_shared_memory_device();

   //!Returns the name of the
   //!shared memory.
   const char *get_name() const;

   //!Returns the shared memory ID that
   //!identifies the shared memory
   int get_shmid() const;

   //!Returns access
   //!permissions
   mode_t get_mode() const;

   //!Returns the mapping handle.
   //!Never throws
   mapping_handle_t get_mapping_handle() const;

   //!Erases a XSI shared memory object identified by shmname
   //!from the system.
   //!Returns false on error. Never throws
   static bool remove(const char *shmname);

   //!Erases the XSI shared memory object identified by shmid
   //!from the system.
   //!Returns false on error. Never throws
   static bool remove(int shmid);

   /// @cond
   private:
   template<int Dummy>
   struct info_constants_t
   {
      static const std::size_t MaxName = 32;
      static const std::size_t FirstID = 2;
      static const std::size_t LastID  = 256;
      static const std::size_t NumID   = LastID - FirstID;
   };

   struct info_t
   {
      struct names_t
      {
         char buf[info_constants_t<0>::MaxName];
      } names[info_constants_t<0>::NumID];
   };

   static void priv_obtain_index(mapped_region &m, xsi_named_mutex &m, std::string &path);
   static bool priv_remove_dead_memory(info_t *info, const char *path);

   bool priv_open_or_create_name_only( ipcdetail::create_enum_t type
                           , const char *shmname
                           , mode_t mode
                           , std::size_t size);
   bool priv_open_or_create_name_id( ipcdetail::create_enum_t type
                           , const char *shmname
                           , boost::uint8_t id
                           , mode_t mode
                           , std::size_t size);
   xsi_shared_memory m_shm;
   mode_t            m_mode;
   std::string       m_name;
   /// @endcond
};

template<int Dummy>
const std::size_t xsi_shared_memory_device::info_constants_t<Dummy>::MaxName;

template<int Dummy>
const std::size_t xsi_shared_memory_device::info_constants_t<Dummy>::FirstID;

template<int Dummy>
const std::size_t xsi_shared_memory_device::info_constants_t<Dummy>::LastID;

template<int Dummy>
const std::size_t xsi_shared_memory_device::info_constants_t<Dummy>::NumID;

/// @cond

inline xsi_shared_memory_device::xsi_shared_memory_device()
   : m_shm(), m_mode(invalid_mode), m_name()
{}

inline xsi_shared_memory_device::~xsi_shared_memory_device()
{}

inline const char *xsi_shared_memory_device::get_name() const
{  return m_name.c_str(); }

inline void xsi_shared_memory_device::swap(xsi_shared_memory_device &other)
{
   m_shm.swap(other.m_shm);
   std::swap(m_mode,  other.m_mode);
   m_name.swap(other.m_name);
}

inline mapping_handle_t xsi_shared_memory_device::get_mapping_handle() const
{  return m_shm.get_mapping_handle();   }

inline mode_t xsi_shared_memory_device::get_mode() const
{  return m_mode; }

inline int xsi_shared_memory::get_shmid() const
{  return m_shm.get_shmid(); }

inline void xsi_shared_memory_device::priv_obtain_index
   (mapped_region &reg, xsi_named_mutex &mut, std::string &path)
{
   const char *const filename = "xsi_shm_emulation_file";
   permissions p;
   p.set_unrestricted();
   std::string xsi_shm_emulation_file_path;
   ipcdetail::create_tmp_and_clean_old_and_get_filename(filename, xsi_shm_emulation_file_path);
   ipcdetail::create_or_open_file(xsi_shm_emulation_file_path.c_str(), read_write, p);
   const std::size_t MemSize = sizeof(info_t);

   xsi_shared_memory index_shm(open_or_create, xsi_shm_emulation_file_path.c_str(), 1, MemSize, 0666);
   mapped_region r(index_shm, read_write, 0, MemSize, 0);
   xsi_named_mutex m(open_or_create, xsi_shm_emulation_file_path.c_str(), 2, 0666);
   reg = boost::interprocess::move(r);
   mut = boost::interprocess::move(m);
   path.swap(xsi_shm_emulation_file_path);
}

inline bool xsi_shared_memory_device::priv_remove_dead_memory
   (xsi_shared_memory_device::info_t *info, const char *path)
{
   bool removed = false;
   for(std::size_t i = 0; i != info_constants_t<0>::NumID; ++i){
      if(info->names[i].buf[0]){
         try{
            xsi_shared_memory temp( open_only, path, i+info_constants_t<0>::FirstID, 0600);
         }
         catch(interprocess_exception &e){
               if(e.get_error_code() == not_found_error){
                  std::memset(info->names[i].buf, 0, info_constants_t<0>::MaxName);
                  removed = true;
               }
         }
      }
   }
   return removed;
}

inline bool xsi_shared_memory_device::priv_open_or_create_name_id
   (ipcdetail::create_enum_t type, const char *filepath, mode_t mode, std::size_t size)
{
   //Set accesses
   if (mode != read_write && mode != read_only){
      error_info err = other_error;
      throw interprocess_exception(err);
   }

   int perm = (mode == read_only) ? (0444) : (0666);

   if(type == ipcdetail::DoOpen){
      if(!found){
         error_info err = not_found_error;
         throw interprocess_exception(err);
      }
      xsi_shared_memory temp(open_only, filepath, id, perm);
      m_shm = boost::interprocess::move(temp);
   }
   else if(type == ipcdetail::DoCreate){
      //Try to reuse slot
      xsi_shared_memory temp(create_only, filepath, id, size, perm);
      std::strcpy(info->names[target_entry].buf, shmname);
      m_shm = boost::interprocess::move(temp);
   }
   else{ // if(type == ipcdetail::DoOpenOrCreate){
      xsi_shared_memory temp(open_or_create, filepath, id, size, perm);
      m_shm = boost::interprocess::move(temp);
   }

   m_mode = mode;
   m_name.clear();
   return true;
}

inline bool xsi_shared_memory_device::priv_open_or_create_name_only
   (ipcdetail::create_enum_t type, const char *shmname, mode_t mode, std::size_t size)
{
   //Set accesses
   if (mode != read_write && mode != read_only){
      error_info err = other_error;
      throw interprocess_exception(err);
   }

   if (std::strlen(shmname) >= (info_constants_t<0>::MaxName)){
      error_info err = other_error;
      throw interprocess_exception(err);
   }

   {
      //Obtain index and index lock
      mapped_region region;
      xsi_named_mutex mut;
      std::string xsi_shm_emulation_file_path;
      priv_obtain_index(region, mut, xsi_shm_emulation_file_path);
      info_t *info = static_cast<info_t *>(region.get_address());
      scoped_lock<xsi_named_mutex> lock(mut);

      //Find the correct entry or the first empty index
      bool found = false;
      int target_entry = -1;
      int tries = 2;
      while(tries--){
         for(std::size_t i = 0; i != info_constants_t<0>::NumID; ++i){
            if(target_entry < 0 && !info->names[i].buf[0]){
               target_entry = static_cast<int>(i);
            }
            else if(0 == std::strcmp(info->names[i].buf, shmname)){
               found = true;
               target_entry = static_cast<int>(i);
               break;
            }
         }
         if(target_entry < 0){
            if(!tries || !priv_remove_dead_memory(info, xsi_shm_emulation_file_path.c_str())){
               error_info err = out_of_resource_error;
               throw interprocess_exception(err);
            }
         }
      }
      //Now handle the result
      int perm = (mode == read_only) ? (0444) : (0666);
      if(type == ipcdetail::DoOpen){
         if(!found){
            error_info err = not_found_error;
            throw interprocess_exception(err);
         }
         xsi_shared_memory temp( open_only, xsi_shm_emulation_file_path.c_str()
                               , target_entry+info_constants_t<0>::FirstID, perm);
         m_shm = boost::interprocess::move(temp);
      }
      else{

         if(type == ipcdetail::DoCreate){
            //Try to reuse slot
            xsi_shared_memory temp( create_only, xsi_shm_emulation_file_path.c_str()
                                  , target_entry+info_constants_t<0>::FirstID, size, perm);
            std::strcpy(info->names[target_entry].buf, shmname);
            m_shm = boost::interprocess::move(temp);
         }
         else{ // if(type == ipcdetail::DoOpenOrCreate){
            xsi_shared_memory temp( open_or_create, xsi_shm_emulation_file_path.c_str()
                                  , target_entry+info_constants_t<0>::FirstID, size, perm);
            if(!found){
               std::memset(info->names[target_entry].buf, 0, info_constants_t<0>::MaxName);
               std::strcpy(info->names[target_entry].buf, shmname);
            }
            m_shm = boost::interprocess::move(temp);
         }
      }
   }

   m_mode = mode;
   m_name = shmname;
   return true;
}

inline bool xsi_shared_memory_device::remove(const char *shmname)
{
   try{
      //Obtain index and index lockss
      mapped_region region;
      xsi_named_mutex mut;
      std::string xsi_shm_emulation_file_path;
      priv_obtain_index(region, mut, xsi_shm_emulation_file_path);
      scoped_lock<xsi_named_mutex> lock(mut);
      info_t *info = static_cast<info_t *>(region.get_address());

      //Now check and remove
      bool removed = false;

      for(std::size_t i = 0; i != info_constants_t<0>::NumID; ++i){
         if(0 == std::strcmp(info->names[i].buf, name)){
            xsi_shared_memory temp( open_only, xsi_shm_emulation_file_path.c_str()
                                  , i+info_constants_t<0>::FirstID);
            if(!xsi_shared_memory::remove(temp.get_shmid()) && (system_error_code() != invalid_argument)){
               return false;
            }
            std::memset(info->names[i].buf, 0, info_constants_t<0>::MaxName);
            removed = true;
            break;
         }
      }
      return removed;
   }
   catch(...){
      return false;
   }
}

inline bool xsi_shared_memory_device::remove(int shmid)
{  return xsi_shared_memory::remove(shmid);  }

///@endcond

}  //namespace interprocess {
}  //namespace boost {

#include <boost/interprocess/detail/config_end.hpp>

#endif   //BOOST_INTERPROCESS_XSI_SHARED_MEMORY_DEVICE_HPP

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Investigation into Thursday bank robbery in Meeker ongoing
Joe Moylan
"A bank robber is a threat. If you don't give him what he wants, who knows what can happen? Whether the person has a gun or not has no bearing on the situation. The first and foremost concern is for the safety of all the employees and any customers."
— Terry Jost, Mountain Valley Bank president and chief executive officer
Twenty-four hours after the first bank robbery in Meeker in 116 years, Mountain Valley Bank President and Chief Executive Officer Terry Jost praised his employees for following company protocol.
"We have established procedures for dealing with these kinds of threats and basically tellers are trained to treat it (a robbery) as a transaction," Jost said. "The goal is to get the person off the premises as soon as possible, secure the building and make sure they don't come back."
Jock Thacker, a Louisiana man, alleged robbed Mountain Valley Bank on Thursday. He was arrested on suspicion of bank robbery a short time later.
Authorities reported he did not use a weapon.
Whether the suspect was armed is irrelevant, Jost said.
"A bank robber is a threat," he said. "If you don't give him what he wants, who knows what can happen? Whether the person has a gun or not has no bearing on the situation. The first and foremost concern is for the safety of all the employees and any customers.
"The money is the least important thing. You can always replace money, but you can't replace life."
Jost said the money Thacker is suspected of stealing was returned to the bank, but he would not comment on how much was taken.
Meeker Police Department officials would not divulge the amount, either, but said it was not a large sum.
"There is a huge misconception about how much cash a bank would have on hand and how much cash a teller would have on hand," Jost said. "The amount he got was very nominal and it certainly wasn't worth screwing up the rest of his life."
Jost said banks today probably have about a third as much cash in branches today as compared to 20 or 30 years ago.
The primary reason, he said, is technology has changed how transactions are handled.
"They're not using cash, they're using debit cards," Jost said. "Cash just isn't needed, it's not necessary anymore."
Meeker authorities released few details Friday as "the investigation is still ongoing."
But, contrary to police reports Thursday, Jost said the Meeker branch of Mountain Valley Bank reopened at 2 p.m. Thursday, a few hours after the robbery.
"And we're open today," Jost said. "It's back to business as usual."
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Honoring Nikola Tesla's Electrifying Work
By Ed Healy
Published on November 16, 2020 | Last Updated April 27, 2022
On November 16, 1896 inventor Nikola Tesla flipped the switch that made Buffalo the first electrified city in the world. This first long-distance transmission of alternating current (AC) electricity helped power Buffalo's street cars and light up its streets and it wasn't long before the entire world was electrified using Tesla's innovations. This momentous occasion and the man who made it possible have been honored with a new statue in downtown Buffalo at the corner of Main Street and North Division. The location of the statue has been officially declared Nikola Tesla Park by the City of Buffalo.
The installation of the statue in late September was the culmination of years of work by local Tesla devotee, documentary filmmaker Martin McGee, who was determined that the prolific inventor, brilliant physicist, humanitarian and engineer be appropriately honored near the site where his invention changed history.
This interview was conducted via email and has been edited for length.
Visit Buffalo Niagara: Why Tesla? Why now?
Martin McGee: Nikola Tesla is one of the greatest geniuses in all of human history. He has been called the Father of the 20th Century but his futuristic vision extends fully into the 21st century. His ideas and inventions have had lasting impact on billions of people around the world. It's only relatively recently that Americans have come to know about and appreciate Tesla. The car company named after him was one factor leading to wider recognition in the United States although he's been lauded in most other countries for many years, especially in Serbia. He was the first to research wireless technology and predicted the smartphone almost a century ago in the 1920s. Films and documentaries have come out at a steady pace over the last ten years. Tesla has been played by David Bowie and most recently by Ethan Hawke in the 2020 film simply titled, Tesla. Unfortunately, for the most part, Tesla's life and achievements have pathetically been ignored in American schools. Hopefully, this is about to change as a new generation of fans, many on the younger side have catapulted him from a cult figure to a global phenomenon.
VBN: We're celebrating the anniversary of Tesla bringing electrical power to Buffalo; what actually happened that day in 1896?
MM: The Westinghouse company had installed massive alternating current (AC) generators at Niagara Falls that were designed and built using Nikola Tesla's patents. After a five-year nightmare of doubt and financial crises, the project approached completion. When the switch was thrown, the first power reached Buffalo at midnight, November 16, 1896. The first one thousand horsepower of electricity surging to Buffalo was claimed by the street railway company, but already the local power company had orders from residents for five thousand more. Within a few years, the number of generators at Niagara Falls reached the planned ten, and power lines were electrifying New York City. Broadway was ablaze with lights, the elevated street railways and subway system rumbled; and even the Edison systems converted to alternating current.
VBN: You've been the driving force to honor Tesla's legacy in Buffalo; what's motivated you to work so hard on behalf of his memory?
MM: Nikola Tesla is perhaps the greatest inventor of all time and gave the world so much, surpassing even his arch rival Thomas Edison. His greatest achievement and pinnacle of his career took place in Buffalo and the Niagara region with the beginning of long distance AC power transmission. Our city has for too long neglected to pay tribute to him and I knew deep in my heart that to properly do so would be a major boost for Buffalo's image. Tesla is smart. Tesla is cool. And Tesla was a New Yorker. I've encountered too many people in my travels that think of Buffalo as a backwater snowed-in rusted out place. I guess in my mind I just had to show them wrong and Tesla became for me a big piece of that mission. Our community is rich in achievements, scientifically and culturally far beyond its comparatively small size. We can build on the Tesla legacy to develop our region as the Center of the Nikola Tesla Universe. It's good for our outward image, our tourism industry and our collective self-esteem.
VBN: Tesla seems to be an emerging hero in the 21st century; what about him fits this moment and appeals to our current sensibility?
MM: Tesla was far ahead of his time in not only being a strong advocate of green energy, he researched and strove for FREE green energy utilizing the limitless power contained in the ionosphere. Besides being the king of all nerds, the man was altruistic. He didn't care about making money, only using it for the betterment of mankind. He always focused his brilliance on improving the lives of everyday people through engineering and invention. He loved animals and was a vegetarian long before it was fashionable. Speaking of fashion, Tesla's style sense was impeccable. He was a tall slender handsome fellow. Nearly 80 years after his death he's a top influencer and iconic figure of the highest order.
VBN: If people want to experience more about Tesla in our region, what else can they do?
MM: Visit the statues at the Buffalo Nikola Tesla Park and on Goat Island (Niagara Falls State Park). The Buffalo History Museum has occasional related exhibits. The Niagara Power Vista also has a cool interactive exhibit.
Ed Healy
Ed Healy is the vice president of marketing for Visit Buffalo Niagara.


Each candle is handmade with the name of the young lady who poured. These whitebark pine candles are the best part of the holidays, the smell without the calories! The fresh pine smell can be savored all year (pace yourself with 30 hours per tin). The candle aroma will bring the great-outdoors to you or take you down memory lane of holidays when we still had real trees. Regardless of the season the smell will clean up the air full of sports smells and sweaty laundry. Keep a couple of these as back-ups for Christmas in July through … well the next Christmas in July!


Most assume that people within the realm of celebrity are completely immune to medical issues. They view the glamorized lifestyle typical of celebrities on television, assume that they are free of any flaws: whether this refer to physical flows or medical flaws.
In the world of media, however, celebrities only reveal what they want us to know because they are essentially packaged as a brand. And their seemingly infallible image is often packaged as a brand as well.
In order to obtain the celebrity status, they must trump the mediocre aspects of society appearing grand and deity like.
It is highly unusual for a celebrity to demonstrate specific weaknesses. And then they do, this is often done strategically in order to garner sympathy from the general public.
There are many celebrities who secretly suffer from healthy issues, such a fibromyalgia. Celebrities have the added advantage of existing on a platform.
Because of this, a celebrity who is diagnosed with such a disease can take a few critical routes. By speaking up, they can give people hope.
If people see that a seemingly glamorous and happy celebrity is living with the same condition that they are, they will develop more hope and confidence in their lives as a whole.
They will view their condition as treatable, instead of an impossible mountain of circumstances. Celebrities have the added power of swaying the public to take care of their help.
Every day people do not have the power because they are not placed in a deity like position. If a figure in the spotlight is practically deified, their words will be cherished as gold.
hence, a celebrity who suffers from fibromyalgia will be glorified, exalted and applauded for their seeming bravery, and they will be looked upon as a pillar of hope.
There are no other individuals on the planet who possess as much credibility and clout as a celebrity. Therefore, they have the unique position of causing a movement in the realm of health, namely among those who suffer from this condition.
They can provide hope, confidence, and strength to those who feel as if their fibromyalgia is restricting their lives.
It is important to note that people who have the special touch of celebrity are just as vulnerable as other in the population.
When a celebrity suffers from a condition such as fibromyalgia, it is important for them to show a bit of vulnerability, especially for their loyal fans who may be unable to cope with this disease.
In fact, the more human a particular celebrity appears to be, the more likeable and relatable they will be.
When a celebrity appears to be out of touch, they lose their connection with the general public and with their fans. The halo effect associated with a celebrity, fibromyalgia sufferer is almost undeniable.
Simply realizing that the person you have idolized from birth is battling the same condition can provide on with an amazing sense of comfort. Furthermore, it can provide them with the strength they need to get through their day.
Celebrities such as Sinead O'Connor suffer from this condition. But how do they manage? How do they hide it? Of course, when you are a wealthy celebrity you can mask virtually anything.
One of the reasons that these celebrities conceal their conditions so well is that they can afford the most technologically advanced treatments out there.
And the more technologically advanced a treatment is, the less invasive it will be. There are a fount of novel technologies being developed in the medical world. However the general public remains unaware of them because such treatments are financially inaccessible to the masses.
The average person must pursue a life chronic, and sometimes, unbearable pain. Pain has the relentless ability to disrupt conversation, affect the overall quality of life, impact mood, and to cause depression as well. Hence, many such celebrities have been able to hide their disease quite well.
Another reason why celebrities may conceal their condition so effectively is because they have access to many expensive and exotic form of holistic medicine that once again, may not be feasible for the average person.
For example, there licensed Eastern doctors who can manipulate the flow of what is referred to as chi, a life force that flows through both living and nonliving things.
Those capable of such a feat can manipulate energy flow to their linking. Purportedly, when pain manifests in the body, this is a results of an energy imbalance, energy depletion, or even a blockage.
There are supposedly various energy fields throughout the body that correlate to certain health properties.
These holistic professionals can help manipulate chi flow through meditation, acupuncture, visualization and others means.
The advantage of these treatments is that they are completely natural, they lack side effects often associated with Western medicine, and they far predate Western medicine, as well. Celebrities seek holistic treatments far more often than we might assume.
Celebrities often have access to advanced surgical techniques that would prove far too costly for the average individual. There are surgeries, however, that remove the emotional regions of the brain associated with the perception of pain.
While such procedures are rarely, they have helped many to cope with the existence of chronic pain.
As you can see, living the life of a celebrity grants you access to therapies that would otherwise prove inaccessible. Many such individuals are plagued with health issues.
However, they do not experience the full brunt of those issues because they have access to specific medications, surgeries, medical technologies, world renowned doctors, as well as holistic treatments.
Although many must cope with uncomfortable pain and symptoms, others buffer the effects of their conditions because they possess access to many amenities that the general population does not.
In spite of this, celebrities suffering from this condition should serve as a voice of hope to those who ensure pain on a daily basis, giving them a sense of hope. It would also be beneficial if the celebrities with this condition started a fund in order to help others suffering from this disease.
They also get prescriptions that most states and Drs won't give to us normal chronically sick patients for fear we may become addicts and abusers! It sickens me that that is where we are at..money guys everythng..including our quality of life!!!!


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About Mark/Contact Me
Desert Sons
Into This World We're Thrown
Stealing Some Time
The Rylerran Gateway
Trenekis of Hiera
Suddenly Solid
Scott Galister
The Heart of the Cluster
True Magic
Mark's Art
Mark's Art 2019
-=Mark Ian Kendrick=-
Bestselling and Literary Award Winning Novelist
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This erotic three-part gay-themed science fiction novel takes you to the Hyades Star Cluster. Many light years from Earth, starships sent the genetic code of Mankind there to create a human foothold in a different part of the galaxy.
Separated into ethnic groups, each planet's mono-culture inhabitants had an opportunity to do things differently than their forebears. The idea was to prevent the bloodshed that was an unfortunate hallmark of the past. But the Seed Ships didn't account for differing sexual and gender expressions or orientations.
This story is essentially three short stories that may appear to be unrelated, but are indeed intertwined.
Act 1: The Azenki Trap
Kostos and Grigo are pioneers on Nyhavn. This planet is at the edge of the star cluster and has only recently been colonized. Kostos and Grigo, both 18, have been knocked out, captured by aliens and taken into custody. These aliens are utterly unlike humans and have no idea what they've discovered. On the other hand, Kostos and Grigo discover something about each other that makes them thankful to have been kidnapped together.
Nyhavn is where everyone else wants to go as you read on.
Act 2: The Menu
Tak-Shaan Kolo is a very wealthy man. His family is wealthy and everyone he knows is wealthy. But his life is a mess. Forced to accept a position in life that's not him, Tak-Shann has reached a turning point. A serendipitous trip to a men's-only resort turns his entire life upside down and teaches him the most valuable lesson he's ever learned in his entire 30 years.
Act 3: The Companion
There are few people who can completely transform the use of technology on an entire planet. Steve Jobs comes to mind for Earth. And on Dahkarren, it was Rylo Se Na, an engineer like no other. In his thirties, he single-handedly altered his society's economic base by transforming people's relationship with robots. He didn't get his start on his home planet though. He started his endeavor on a dead moon. And there he left his masterpiece. When Dr. Kel Hu Nor, a historian, accidentally discovers that masterpiece, the long dead engineer transforms Kel's entire life, too.
Samples From Each Story
The Azenki Trap
Eighteen-year old Kostos Patton awoke and realized right away that he was outside and naked. The last thing he recalled before awakening was that he was having lunch in his living quarters. Lying next to him was nineteen-year old Grigo Lanorka, naked as well. They were side-by-side on a huge fur. Kostos immediately identified the fuzzy pelt. It was from a norrid, the long-legged shaggy creatures that roamed the forest and ate quickly sprouting treetops. Where were they? What had happened to their clothing? Why was Grigo here with him? Grigo had a high profile since he was the colony leader's eldest son. Kostos was a first year bio-engineer in the new village. Their station in the settlement's hierarchy was totally different and Kostos was painfully aware of it. What was worse was that Grigo had been the object of a dozen or more of Kostos's sexual fantasies.
They and their respective parents had been part of a migration, a mere four months ago, from Nyhavn's capital of Heletros, to a new settlement they had founded called Tahyosei. Pioneers all, the two boys had headed west with the group. Officials in Heletros had finally opened up new parts of the planet to settlement, now that most of the wild animal and climatic dangers had been cataloged. They were the first to make the journey. Eventually, as the human population grew, the planet would open up more and more to new settlers. Their region was selected because of its favorable climate, arable land and plenty of water.
He had met Grigo in a galley tent just before their departure ceremony the day before they left the capital. Four hundred sixty-eight people had ultimately made the journey, but they had travelled in groups of approximately thirty. Unfortunately, the boys were not in the same group.
Kostos had had his eye on Grigo because he held his two-meter height with a certain pride and swagger that Kostos found enticing. His bright green eyes were magnetic and seemed to pierce the air. Yet, Kostos usually noticed a boy's hands right away. There was something about them he found mesmerizing. Perhaps it was because they could offer so much pleasure. He had decided that Grigo's were perfect in their balance between bone and flesh. As Grigo had eaten his dinner, Kostos couldn't help but study them.
The first month in Tahyosei was spent building housing, laying out farming areas (with most of the work done by bots, of course), and thus had them extremely busy most of the time. As attracted as he was to handsome Grigo, Kostos quickly discovered that they were in different leagues. Unobtainable Grigo was the perfect specimen of a man-boy, which compounded the complication of Kostos having come out to himself only a week before their journey. Kostos had finally mustered up enough courage to tell his parents about his sexual orientation only two weeks ago.
The Seed Ships that planted them here had done so only forty-three years ago, barely long enough for their culture to find its voice. Kostos and Grigo were of the second generation. The Seed Ships' libraries contained a complete history of Old Earth. Growing up on Nyhavn, everyone had learned that various groups on Old Earth throughout its history had been socially ostracized. Everyone on Nyhavn was of the same racial and ethnic stock to avoid making that same mistake. Standing out in too many ways could easily be a source of distraction and ridicule, which would inevitably lead to political conflict and certain strife. Their new settlement hadn't completely stratified yet, so he was totally unsure where he might stand if he came out publicly. Kostos was one of only three bio-engineers in the settlement. He had an excellent reputation so far and wanted to keep it that way.
Now this.
This bizarre situation was a serious threat to his careful public concealment. The object of his most intense sexual fantasies was with him. Naked. His presence was a Siren song for Kostos's penis. It threatened Kostos with a fierce hard-on, despite the fear of the unknown that currently gripped him.
The boys were in a ravine or narrow canyon. Above them what looked like long thin strands of translucent purple taffy crisscrossed randomly five meters overhead. The material descended and went vertical preventing their exit from both ends of the ravine. The material left openings smaller than shoulder width. Filtered sunlight streamed through the gaps. The structure had created an enclosure spanning twenty-five meters long and four wide. What was it? How did it get here? Where were they?
At his feet, the ground beyond the thick fur was granite, interspersed with boulders, rocks, pebble and sand. Some meters away, a trickle of water ran down a crevice. A narrow stream ran down the slight slope toward the wider end of the ravine.
Grigo looked passed out. At least he was breathing softly, so Kostos knew he was alive. Kostos figured he must have passed out, too. But how? In those precious few seconds after coming to, and after evaluating his situation, he took a deep breath. He took those next seconds to stare as if he'd never get this chance again.
Grigo was only a few centimeters taller than Kostos's two meters. His dark hair contrasted with Kostos's sandy brown hair. Grigo's was considerably longer though, wearing it nearly to his shoulders. Kostos's was neatly cut, exposing his ears. Kostos drank in the sight of well-defined pecs and tiny nipples, along with nicely shaped biceps. But the sight of Grigo's genitals was a dream come true. Grigo's neatly trimmed pubic hair, hairless sizable balls and a nice-sized flaccid penis called to him.
This was simply not happening.
Before Kostos could descend into a full-on panic at their situation, Grigo stirred. He groaned and opened his eyes, blinked a few times, then bolted upright. He looked to his left and saw the now terrified look on Kostos's face. He quickly realized he was naked and covered his crotch with both hands. "What the fuck? Where are we?"
Kostos shook his head. "I woke up just seconds ago."
"Where are our cloths?" Grigo asked, noting that Kostos was quite naked.
"I-I don't know."
Still holding his hand over his crotch, Grigo stood. He felt woozy at first and stumbled before steadying himself. Taking a deep breath, he realized he was okay now. He looked up and also surveyed their enclosure. "Well, I say we look for them," Grigo said, referring to their clothing.
Kostos stood, daring not to remove his hand from over his crotch or he would reveal that he was half-hard. It was nearly impossible to hide it though since his balls were a handful. Take deep breaths, Kostos. Just look for your clothes. Ignore that he's naked with you.
The boys gingerly picked their way across the bare granite ground. Kostos wore boots or shoes most of the time. The soles of his feet weren't toughened and there was considerable rocky debris to avoid. They approached the wider end of the narrow area where they were trapped.
Now that they were close to it, they could tell why the lattice was translucent. It was crystalline. Kostos touched the edge of one of the narrow beams with his fingertip, observing how it was nearly razor thin.
Grigo observed it himself. There was an easy way to determine what they were being confronted with. He reached down and retrieved a sizable rock. "Stand back," he said as he held the rock up high.
Kostos sucked in a startled breath. He took in the minute details of Grigo's body, cataloging everything. To Kostos Grigo had forgotten he had genitals. He had had to bend way over to pick up the rock, exposing a very hairy anus. Now he stood as a mortal god, his lean body taut from the rock held above his head, his triceps tight, his hairy armpits in perfect view, his tight ball sac supporting a magnificent penis.
Grigo let the rock fly. It hit the thin crystalline beam, doing no damage, and nearly hit his left shin as it bounced back.
"Definitely nanocrystal," Kostos said as he nodded his head.
I'm Tak-Shaan Kolo, the younger of Atu-Jorma Kolo's two sons. My father is the well-known owner of Kolo Minerals in Eluria on Arvukus. Eluria is the name of the continent and the province where I was born. Arvukus is my home planet. Kolo Minerals is the largest mining conglomerate on the planet, with headquarters in the capital named Rown. That's where I work.
I was the vice-president of production and inventory control. I oversaw ore storage facilities on the continent and monitored shipments of high quality ore to manufacturing companies on our planet as well as to most off-world customers. I had lots of control, lots of responsibility, and lots of influence in my industry. At twenty-nine, I was at the top of my game, but I was becoming increasingly desperate.
Our culture is unusually conservative. At least, those who rule our government and most of my family are. My culture comes from what was called Nordic stock, whatever that means, on Old Earth. What I do know is that we're mostly light-skinned, hearty people. I would say that I'm an average Arvukan in that I've got fair skin, fair hair, blue eyes, a medium build and little body fat. I stand just over two meters tall. I don't have bulging muscles, but I'm filled out where it counts. I particularly like the fact that genetics endowed me with nice upper arms and shoulders like my father.
I've known I was different in a culture that doesn't like differences since I was fourteen years old. Most of Arvukan society, of which my family has significant influence, has fixed ideas about who's good and who's not. So, I couldn't tell anyone in my family about my true nature and expect to stay in good graces with them. So, for a very long time I hid that true nature from myself and from others in a desperate attempt to fit in.
For the last one hundred sixty-three years, since Arvukus was settled, the planet of my birth has been no different than the majority of the worlds in the Cluster. Each planet is inhabited by a monoculture. For some worlds, the lack of cultural or racial diversity allowed them to thrive, like it did on my home world. For some, it didn't. I had heard that the reason the Seed Ships used that algorithm was because of the constant fighting humanity did with each other on Old Earth. Differences, although important for a society to progress, were apparently a problem for most of them on that planet.
Now that you know about my home planet, you should know we have a sister world, named Sedara. Our planets orbit each other in the middle of our sun's habitable zone. We're each other's moon four point eight light seconds apart, and growing further apart by two centimeters a year. Although in proximity of each other, the planets couldn't be more different. We have a vast planetary ocean with two large continents. We were very lucky to have struck it rich with heavy metal ores on the Elurian continent right away; then later on Toinen, our other continent. Sedara on the other hand is a stormy world, with a few large unconnected seas; deep ice caps on each pole; a spotty magnetic field, which results in bizarre storms, an unpredictable climate; and a smothering taiga forest that stretches across one of the limited temperate zones. Their wealth is in their incredibly fertile soils. So, they became an agrarian society, living in an egalitarian web of peaceful farming communities. They're focused on tradition and family, and are steeped in a lore born from a farming culture. They grow more than enough food for themselves despite their odd climatic zones.
The Seed Ships settled Arvukus and Sedara at the same time. Their people were from a land called The Arab Shield on Old Earth. I don't know what that was or where it was located on that planet, but that's the culture Sedara ended up with. For over a hundred years we barely spoke to each other, despite having interplanetary communications. Despite that, we're the only planet in this system that developed interstellar transportation. The Seed Ships had provided the plans for such systems for every culture in the Cluster.
The Sedarans were perfectly happy being left alone. But fifty-three years ago their isolation came to an end. Did anyone think that the populations of two worlds that orbited so close together would stay away from each other? Those who programmed the Seed Ships failed to take into account.
After contact was made an agreement for exchange was worked out with various population groups. Those agreements worked for decades. Their agricultural centers supplied us with some foods we couldn't or didn't grow on Arvukus, and we supplied processed ores and some semi-finished goods for their light industry. But that cordial relationship came to an end several years ago when one of our orbiting probes discovered minerals there that we wanted. More specifically, what my company Kolo Minerals wanted and was going to get.
It finally came down to a paramilitary occupation by a company euphemistically called Black River Management. They had been hired by my father several years ago to lead a campaign to quell an act of civil disobedience there. That well-coordinated uprising had led to hundreds of thousands of soltakas worth of destroyed equipment, tens of thousands of soltakas of lost profits, and skewed schedules. I'll explain that in much more detail later on.
It's ironic that I had never been there, yet it was visible in our sky. On the other hand, I had been to Nephora twice, which is our largest trading partner, a planet a little over two light years away in an entirely different star system. I had been focused on overseeing a profit center, and had been fighting my own demons. I didn't have time to concern myself with a neighboring planet's human rights.
For my thirtieth birthday, I was going to end my self-imposed sexual frustration. Let me back up a moment to explain what that means. At nineteen, I accidentally discovered a seedy part of the capital, where I grew up. There, I had had clandestine rendezvous with men in alleyways, in underground clubs and in ridiculously dirty rooms. In every one of those encounters I was mostly clothed and standing up. I had six furtive encounters with men before I was almost caught by a local vice sweep. I vowed never to go again. I carefully squashed my feelings, ignored my true calling, and generally focused my attention on other things. But two years ago, when I attended a conference out east, near one of the mining towns, I found myself in the awkward position of being hit on by one of the managers there. The conference was over and I was at the bar having a few drinks with some other executives when they decided to leave for different entertainment. By that time I had had three drinks, one over my limit. I wasn't in any condition to accompany them, yet still had enough presence of mind to make sure I didn't. I found a booth and was drinking a soda before returning to my hotel room, when he sat down opposite me. He immediately hit on me. I have no idea how he knew I would respond the way I did, but it was as if I knew the secret language he was speaking to me. I brought him back to my hotel room where he had his way with me. I can't believe I let him fuck me. Frankly, I'm pretty sure if I hadn't been drinking I would have said yes anyway.
I woke up the next morning with him gone, my ass sore as hell and a note saying I was just what he needed. Dried come had matted the hair on my chest, so I apparently hadn't even cleaned myself up. I remember how empty I felt because I didn't remember having an orgasm. I only remember that his penis was a rare treasure.
I had the same girlfriend since I was twenty-six. We're the same age and her name's Janika. She was trim, feminine, yet assertive and aggressive in bed. It was easy for me to respond to her because I was used to her and felt comfortable in her presence. Yet, our relationship felt hollow to me. Whatever imprint men get about them simply hadn't worked on me. So, I was pretending. Once we turned twenty-nine, she started pestering me to visit the clinic and have our stem cells genned. Our union would be very good for her. She would become a very wealthy woman once we signed a marriage contract. But I had no intention of fathering children with her. She became more and more exasperated with me, but only to her girlfriends, never to my face. How did I know that? Women can be persuaded to talk about things they'd rather keep secret if you ask them the right way.
I was scheduled to give a presentation in three months at a mining conference in the Toinen capital called Yarros.
The week after that conference hit my calendar, I found something that sent me on a treasure hunt of a lifetime. I had found an ad for a resort in Toinen's far west that was, shall we say, exotic. I came across it while looking for smut on our planetary data network. As I scrolled through the ad, I noticed a certain way the wording was written. A certain way the phrases were obfuscated. I recognized it as that secret language I was mysteriously able to understand. So, in the course of my investigation I discovered that the noteworthy nature of the resort was that it was exclusively for men. Men who enjoyed the company of other men. For the cost of a suite, one could choose a young man for a five-day. Really? Right here on my home world? How did I not know it existed until now?
It was a good thing I was sitting down when I finally discovered that little nugget of information, because I nearly passed out. I had found my dream resort. It was clear across Toinen and only accessible via rail. Yes, rail. I couldn't find any commercial air transport on their west coast. The west was still sparsely populated and had limited access to the rest of the planet. After all, that end of the continent marked the end of the world for all intents and purposes. It's over twelve thousand kilometers from there to the east coast of our continent across a very rough planetary ocean. So, what I decided to do was to give the presentation, then head west to the resort.
I found out how to contact them. There was actually a secret password one had to use before they would say they had vacancy. Well, I had that damn password by that time. I had to make up a persona because I certainly wasn't going to tell them my real name. I'm not exactly famous, but I'm well-known in my industry.
I'm not an expert on our social media systems, but I knew how to use them. It took three five-days to create a new persona and have it established on PlanetNet. I became Mr. Tel-Jonn Koznetzken, one of the nouveau riche in Rown. I had no connection whatsoever with Kolo Minerals.
Yarros is the continental capital on their east coast. It's a major seaport, conference center, and the terminal for Kolo Minerals mining interests there. Unlike the heavy metal ores we extract on our continent, Toinen's value is in its extensive lithium and beryllium deposits, and other light-element compounds. Toinen is mostly desert, and thus, the main towns are along the coast. That exotic locale? The place was called Palal Seaside Resort.
One evening over dinner a couple of weeks before I was set to leave, I told Janika that after the conference I planned to take a five-day and visit some of the mining facilities. I told her it would be rather boring and dusty. The continent is sparsely populated and there aren't a lot of things for tourists to do. She decided she didn't want to take the time off to traipse around with me. Perfect. I had planted the correct seed and it had taken.
The Companion
"Dr. Hu Nor," I heard the captain say through my earpiece. We had been in orbit around Ketiga for six hours. I had been on the observation deck of the ship for the last half hour, by myself again of course, watching the planet turn beneath us. It was breathtaking, and the planet looked serene. But Ketiga was nothing of the sort at the surface. The atmosphere below those brilliant white clouds was a toxic brew of mostly nitrogen, sulfur, carbon dioxide, and just a whiff of oxygen. It certainly didn't resemble our home world of Dahkerran.
"Yes, sir," I responded.
"Your landing briefing is in half an hour in the main conference room," he responded.
"I'll be there," I told him. I released my grip from the railing overlooking the huge transparent wall and pressed the icon that opaqued it. The room's interior lights rose as the brilliance of the planet's cloud cover faded.
I was aware that, for the crew, I was an unwelcomed guest aboard Stairway to Heaven, this seriously misnamed starship. Stairway to Heaven was a salvage ship. It's been seventy-four years since anyone's come back to this planet. Despite being surrounded by roughnecks who're only interested in becoming rich by hauling junk back to Dahkerran, I feel that I'm the luckiest person alive. I'm lucky because I'm on the first ship to return to Ketiga after it was abandoned so long ago.
I'm a professor of History at Nalpa University in the capital back on our planet. I'm on this ship because of Dr. Rylo Se Na, our famous bot engineer. I'm writing a new biography about him. A so-called definitive one was written shortly after his death over fifty years ago. But it's time for another one. Why? Because much was left out of the original biography. You see, Dr. Rylo Se Na never married. Much of his personal life is a mystery. I've always suspected he was secretly gay. Secretly gay, like I am. Gay people are not discussed in our society. It's not polite to do so. That aspect of his life was entirely left out in the original biography. We're ignored, as if ignoring that segment of our population will make us disappear. If any of us becomes too visible, laws are in place to make sure we become invisible again. That cultural flaw existed in his day and it still exists today.
Despite that, Rylo's contribution to our culture was significant. He singlehandedly transformed our relationship with bots. Rylo had a vision about technology that's never been duplicated in any other industry. No one has transformed our relationship with anything like he had. He was truly one of a kind. Before him, bots just did discrete labor for us like they had done for half a century before he was born. That labor was mostly in industrial settings. But because of him and his genius, they became our constant companions, doing personal manual labor, connecting us to information resources, running errands and a lot of other drudgework.
Owning a personal bot is woven into our culture. Not everyone has a bot, but they're everywhere. To make it humane that we have what amounts to slaves, Rylo made sure that none would look like human beings. Not a one. In fact, the very idea of making a bot that looks human is anathema to our thinking. That makes bots personal while keeping them apart from us, and just out of arm's reach so we won't become emotionally bonded with them.
I've read every paper Rylo authored or co-authored, and watched every vid he was ever in or made. Rylo was one of our planet's most brilliant engineers. But I think there's even more data from him and about him on Ketiga. Data that never made it back to Dahkerran. After all, he did some of his most brilliant work on Ketiga, inventing all sorts of new specialized bots needed for the smooth running of automated systems needed on a planet in the midst of being terraformed. I suspect there's something down there that he left behind, more clues to that well-known, yet enigmatic man. As a historian and an author of two books on technology in our culture, I'm hoping there's more information hidden away in the various computer systems and databases he used. I'm hoping to discover data, vids or even personal writings he may have left behind after everyone's hasty departure so long ago. That's why I'm on a salvage ship with twenty-eight people, employees of All Worlds Salvage.
I can tell you the exact day that I became obsessed with Dr. Rylo Se Na. It was my eighteenth birthday. That very same day, I won the Rylo Se Na Excellence in Education Award, due to having graduated from high school summa cum laude. The ceremony was a huge deal, and I was ecstatic that I had won such a prize. It funded my college education. Later, it allowed me to do my master's thesis at minimal cost. So, you see, Rylo wasn't just a brilliant bot engineer. He didn't just revolutionize our relationship with them. He did much more than that. He had been a humanitarian and had set up several foundations to award educational pursuits. I was one of those lucky recipients seventeen years ago.
Dahkerran, where we're from, is a temperate world midway from the center of the Cluster in the Gamma sector. Dr. Se Na was just thirty years old when he was hired as the chief robotics engineer at Interstellar Terraforming LLC, a company hired to work on the transformation of Ketiga.
Ketiga is a moon of the terrestrial giant planet called Apassara. Apassara orbits Suvenak a mere one point two light years from our planet. Suvenak is a bright jewel in our nighttime sky. Apassara is fortunate to be in the center of Suvenak's habitable zone. Sadly, Apassara's gravity, being just over three times normal, prevents anyone from landing there. Ketiga, on the other hand, is the right size. Unfortunately, it doesn't have the right atmosphere for human habitation, which is why the Seed Ships didn't come here. Enter Interstellar Terraforming, a company that was developed to nudge Ketiga to become more habitable. It was to have taken a couple of hundred years, but the result would have been a world we could colonize. Our world has limited continental landmasses and we needed to expand. Interstellar Terraforming took on the burden. Our entire society knew it would be our children's children's children that would inherit that world, but it seemed worth it at the time.
Terraforming is a long-term project. Atmogen stations had to be built all over the planet. The construction of those stations would have taken over a century if not for Rylo. He had presented his plan to build thousands of bots to do most of the labor, reducing their construction to about twenty-five years. His genius was in how to mass-produce armies of specialized ones, using only materials found on Ketiga. He had developed a networked processor bank that could be operated from a central location to control the bots, too.
A minimum number of humans commanded the bot army and supplied them with the inputs they needed. In a hostile environment, they were the perfect workers. Based on what I learned about the Ketiga Failure, as it's been called for decades now, it was there that Rylo trained dozens of managers to interact with those networked bots. That was another of Rylo's geniuses. He was able to explain things in a way that nearly anyone could understand. He had even developed the training materials needed to make sure those managers could carry out such a feat across an area the size of a planet. He was a genius, an outstanding inventor and teacher.
But a mere three years into the endeavor a massive tectonic shift at the largest station, resulted in hundreds of casualties. A geothermal shaft had been sunk into the crust to supply it with power. During the quake, the station was destroyed, and magma poured up from the shaft. It didn't cease flowing for months. By that time, hundreds of billions of gigatons of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide had poured into the atmosphere, pushing back the time horizon for being able to inhabit the planet. The magma kept pouring out until it had covered fourteen hundred square kilometers and was over a kilometer thick. It was a planetary scale disaster. Needless to say, Interstellar Terraforming was finished. No one on Dahkerran was willing to fund it anymore. Everyone was sent back home.
After Rylo's return, the moon was written off as a gargantuan loss and an utter folly. Rylo then formed his bot company. So much had been riding on the terraforming project, that a large amount of our economy had been tied to its success. It was in the wake of the Ketiga disaster that he nearly single-handedly propped up our economy after those investments failed.
But I think there's much more to Rylo's illustrious legacy. My intuition tells me that I'll find something else there. Something that will point to the real Rylo. I'm hoping my book will put a new shine on the man. Did I mention that I'm obsessed by everything about him?
© 2016 | Mark Ian Kendrick | Palm Springs, CA


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