Previously travelled by Presland's in Essex, the ride has been built up in the museum but not operational for the last ten years. Restoration began five years ago and is now nearing completion.
In conjunction with the ark opening, the Museum will be holding what is believed to be the largest fairground model show in East Anglia over the course of the weekend.


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81. Epilogue - Chapter 6
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I was so stoked when a monster wave started forming. "Catch this one!" I yelled, even as I got in position. My shout out certainly wasn't for my father, who didn't need my advice on which wave to catch. And it wasn't for Beverly, who tended to read the ocean pretty well. Rather it was for Colin, who had a decent technique, but always seemed to catch the wrong wave. Then again, even when he caught the right wave, he usually caught it too soon or too late. I snickered to myself, thinking that his timing was as bad in the water as it was in bed. All those thoughts passed from my mind as the wave lifted me up. In a flash, I was vertical, then I was tearing down the face, nearly knocking Colin into the trough. He wasn't very good at figuring out the surfer right of way either.
I carved the face of the wave up with my board, and did an aerial at the end that was one of my better maneuvers, at least here in Santa Cruz. I pulled myself back up onto my board and dealt with being pounded by the wave right after the one I rode, only to find my father paddling toward me. "We need to go up," Dad said, and sounded sad about that. "By the way, that was one amazing ride you had."
"Thanks," I said. "I figured you were too busy to watch me."
"I missed the peak and ended up lagging," he said. "But it worked out just fine, cause I got to watch you."
"Thanks," I said.
Colin came swimming up to us. "Dude, you rocked that wave!"
"Fuckin' right," I said, and high fived him. Even though he was only a competent surfer, and even though his timing was off, he was a lot of fun to be out here with. He'd started out our day in a pretty shitty mood, but after about an hour, he seemed to work his way out of it. He was really upbeat, he really enjoyed himself, and every once in a while, he'd get lucky and he'd actually have a good run.
His mother was a die hard, and while we'd been heading to the beach, she'd headed back out. She saw us, caught the next wave, and did a really nice job with it. She made it to the beach, looking euphoric. "I haven't had this much fun in the surf for a long time!"
"Today kicked it," Colin agreed.
"I thought I saw Mike and Jake waving at us from up on the cliff, and they're probably doing that because they want us to get cleaned up for dinner," Dad said.
"Food is always good," I said, and got a nod from Colin. Beverly was the only one who wasn't that thrilled about calling it a day, but she didn't argue about it. We hiked up the hill, carrying our boards, and went into the surf room that had been renovated this summer. There were two separate rooms, presumably for men and for women, with places to hang up wetsuits and to wash off and stack our boards. My father, Colin, and I rinsed off our boards, then Dad went out to talk to Jake, thoughtfully giving Colin and me time to change out of our wetsuits together. "Here," I said, tossing him a towel. "We can shower in the house."
"This is really convenient," he said. "Shit, usually I have to pour my salty board and my salty ass in my car and drive home."
"You have a cute salty ass," I teased. We walked toward the house, with me hoping there wouldn't be anything erotic to suddenly pop in my mind, since it was hard to hide an erection wearing just a towel.
We walked into the house and the tension levels went up noticeably. "Why don't you guys get cleaned up, then we'll get dinner," Mike said, only his suggestions sounded more like orders.
"Sounds good," I said, since Colin didn't respond to him. I'd snagged the two rooms with a Jack and Jill bath between them. Since we weren't technically a couple, I showed him which room was his, then made a point of exiting and going in the door to my room. Of course, we met in the same shower anyway.
"I like this room," he said. He kissed me, we jacked off together, then finished cleaning up. His short hair took almost no maintenance, which made me not a little jealous, since it took me an extra ten minutes to finish getting ready.
"Hello," I said casually, as I walked into the great room.
"Hey," Jake said. "I just checked on your father. He should be ready shortly."
"You look great," I said to Beverly, "and you beat both me and my dad."
"Thank you," she said. She seemed much happier than she had this morning. The surf could do that to you. "The navy trains you not to waste too much time on things like make up."
I laughed. "Well your routine works. It's fast and effective."
"Every navy wife's dream," she said. We'd scarfed down some food before we got in the water, and now that it was 6:00, I was starving. I broke out some of the snacks we bought and set it out on the table. I would have felt like a pig if Colin didn't attack the food as aggressively as I did. Even Beverly was snagging some. Jake and Mike barely nibbled.
"You guys were hitting this earlier," I accused.
"Well yeah," Jake said, making me chuckle. "What do you think we did while you were in the water?"
"I figured that we were so impressive, you'd spend your whole day watching us," I said, pretending to be that cocky.
"You figured wrong," Jake countered. "Mike and I went for a long jog on the beach."
"Cool," I said, wondering how that conversation went.
"Sorry I'm the last one," Dad said, as he strode confidently into the room. He was wearing jeans and a long sleeve shirt, since it was already getting cooler now that it was the evening. The rest of us had mirrored his wardrobe except Mike, who wore khakis, and Beverly who was wearing a sweater top. "Jake was nice enough to make reservations on the wharf."
"Cool," I said, because I was hungry and didn't want to wait. Jake handed me and Mike each a card with the restaurant info and directions on it. "You're very organized," I said, in a mocking way.
"I didn't want you to get lost," he said.
"You're with me," I said to Colin. We went out to my car, while his father and Beverly took the Enzo. I decided to drive since I knew where I was going. "Did you like the Enzo?"
"Driving that car will be something I will always remember," he said. "Would have been great if I'd been with you, or pretty much anyone but my father."
"Bummer," I said. I waited for him to tell me why he felt that way, but let it go. I didn't want to pry into his business that much. I talked about Santa Cruz on the way down there, and he was pretty surprised by the flashiness that was the Boardwalk.
"This is like a carnival!"
"Yeah, it's pretty much a cheesy amusement park," I said. We had a really nice dinner, because even though there was obviously an issue brewing between Colin and his parents, the rest of us were upbeat enough to keep them from arguing or being grumpy. By the time we'd finished stuffing ourselves, though, I was ready to be done with family time.
"Your mother and I were thinking we should head back," Mike said to Colin.
"Can't we go back tomorrow?" Colin asked politely. I wondered if he were like me, in that if he were being that nice, it meant he really wanted to stay. I didn't think there was any way they'd go for that, but it was worth a try.
"Your brother will be all by himself," Beverly said.
"I doubt that," I said, jumping into the conversation. "He'll probably be hanging out with Darius, John, Ryan, and Marie. Grand and Stef will be there to supervise them." My dad gave me an odd look, since Grand and Stef probably wouldn't pay any attention to what they did unless they fucked up the house.
"I feel as if we deserted him," Beverly said.
"Well then why don't you and Dad go back tonight, and I'll come back tomorrow," Colin said, then hurriedly looked at me for backup. "As long as that's okay with you."
"I'm totally fine with that," I said. "I've missed the water. This has been so good for me. I'd love to stay until tomorrow evening."
"You'll need to be back by dinner," Mike said, basically agreeing to our plan. "Aunt Kat and Maji will be joining us."
"If that woman tells me my aura is black again, I'm going to throat punch her," Beverly growled, which was so funny I couldn't stop laughing.
"Maybe she'll leave you alone and focus on Will," Mike said, shutting me up, and making me wonder what the fuck she was going to tell me about my aura. "As long as that's alright with you," Mike said to my father, "I think we'll head back to Palo Alto." That was even better, since that meant we didn't have to deal with them coming back to the beach house.
"That's fine with me," Dad said, then started talking to Jake. "I think we'll stick around too."
"You can keep them out of trouble," Beverly said, gesturing at Colin and me. I frowned at that, so annoyed since I was hoping to have the place to ourselves.
"Why don't you ride back with me, and Colin can chauffer Jake back in your car?" Dad suggested.
"Fine," I said grudgingly, then smiled to make it look like I was teasing him. "But I'm driving your car." He was about to argue, but I stared at him boldly, daring him to argue, since he'd had a beer and three glasses of wine at dinner. We spent forever saying goodbye and going over directions back to Escorial and how the gates would open for them automatically, and then finally we were free to go back to the beach house.
"Here you go," I said, handing Colin my keys. "See if you can scare the shit out of Jake."
"Very funny," Jake said. They strolled back to my close parking place, while Dad and I had to damn near walk back to the Boardwalk to retrieve his.
"You got a shitty parking place," I said, after we'd been walking for five minutes.
"Yeah, well I did my best," he said. "Did you have a nice ride over with Jake?"
"Is this like middle school, where I'm supposed to tell you everything he said?" I asked.
"Look, I get that you want to spend time with Colin. We're not going to bother you. I have my own evening planned out," Dad said. We got to the car and I held out my hand for the keys. He was about to argue, but he grudgingly handed them to me.
"Oh yeah? What are you going to do?" I asked, now that he'd piqued my curiosity. I fired up the Porsche and put the top down, then started driving down the pier.
"I'm gonna shove my hand up his ass," he said. I started laughing at how he'd phrased that.
"Let's hope he likes it," I said.
"He'll like it," Dad said.
"You ready for that?" I asked him.
He nodded firmly. "I am. I couldn't do that with someone unless I loved him."
"You two are cute together," I said in a cutesy way to give him shit.
"We are," he said. "Almost as cute as you and Colin." I frowned at him, so he laughed at me.
"We were that obvious?"
"You probably were," he said. "I wouldn't worry about it."
"Shit," I said, freaking out about it. "What if his parents find out?"
"Beverly already knows he's at least bisexual," Dad told me. I just stared at him, shocked, until I remembered I was driving and refocused on the road. "She busted him with a friend. They didn't see her, and she didn't say anything to him."
I thought about that and decided that was a pretty cool approach. "So he doesn't know that she knows?" He gave me a look that told me that now I was the one who was acting like I was in middle school, and that just about set me off since he was right.
"I'm not sure, but Colin knows that Mike knows," Dad said. "They had a talk about it on the drive over here. So in that regard, I guess you were a little obvious for him to pick up on it."
"Colin was pretty tense when they got here," I said. "Must not have gone real well."
"I don't know," Dad said. "I heard that from Jake, who spent the afternoon with Mike."
"Christ, this is like some big soap opera," I said.
"So what did Jake say about me?" Dad asked. "I mean, if we're going to talk about what everyone said, shouldn't I get to find out what Jake was thinking?"
"What makes you think we talked about you at all?" I asked.
"Seriously?" he challenged. We got lucky because we had just pulled up to the gates, and he fumed while I said nothing as I waited for them to finish opening.
"Look Dad, you obviously love Jake, and I'm guessing he'll be around a lot. I really like him, and I have a good relationship with him. It's not worth screwing that up just to tell you stuff that you'll probably hear from him anyway," I said.
"You're probably right," he grumbled. "Even if I don't like it."
I pulled into the garage, turned off the car, and handed him his keys. "Go wash your hands." He rolled his eyes and headed for his bedroom, while I went into mine, took off all my clothes, and hung out on the bed wearing a bathrobe. I waited about twenty minutes and Colin still hadn't shown up, so I took off the robe and climbed in bed. That was the prelude to me drifting off to sleep, probably since I hadn't gotten much of that the night before. I was awakened when I felt a body get into the bed with me. "Hey," I said in a drowsy way. "Where have you been?"
"I'm sorry I kept you waiting," he said. He kissed me, fully waking me up, then rolled me over and started working on my ass, getting me ready, using the same moves I'd used with him last night. He fumbled a lot, but I made him stop and showed him how to use his fingers, until he decided I was ready. He gently slid his cock in my ass, and even though I couldn't see his face, I could feel him smiling at my moans. He went really slow, pacing himself, kind of like I'd done with him last night, only this time he was in control. I lay there and didn't move too much because I wanted him to be able to last as long as he could. I was really impressed with how well it worked. I'd surreptitiously glanced at the clock when we started, and he didn't blow until ten minutes later.
"Dude, that was awesome!" I said enthusiastically as he slid out of me. "Shit, you've already got some serious endurance."
"So do you," he said, and started stroking my dick. I was so fired up, it didn't take him long to get me off.
I looked back at the clock and then turned to face him. "Dude, it's been an hour and a half since I got in bed. What did you do?"
"I was talking to Jake," he said. "You told me I should ask him about his life in the military being gay and shit, and he told me that you mentioned my problem." His tone when he uttered that last phrase told me how annoyed he was that I'd done that.
"I told you I'd do some research," I said. "Normally I talk to Stef about stuff like that, but since I was in the car with Jake, it seemed like a good idea."
"Hard to be pissed at you for doing that since he really helped me out," Colin said.
"I noticed," I teased, referring to how long he lasted. "You must have had a pretty intense day. First you talk to your father, and now Jake."
"Yeah, I kind of did, but in the end, it was good," he said. "I want to sleep, and I want to think about it, then I'll tell you what happened."
I was going to tell him he didn't have to tell me what happened, but I was too curious for that. "Cool," I said simply, and we drifted off to sleep.
I was a little frustrated because Jake wasn't back yet, but I decided to put the extra time to good use. I got a towel from the bathroom, along with some paper towels, and set out the special lube I used when I fisted Robbie. When he still didn't get home, I spent some time getting my stuff organized for the next day, and then brushed my teeth again, more to kill time than to ward off halitosis. When he still wasn't home, I wandered out into the main areas of the house, looking for him. I even checked the deck; it was while I was out there that I saw the headlights of my car as it drove toward the house. I knew Colin was driving since he was going at a decent speed.
I wondered if I should stay out here and pretend I was just enjoying the fresh air, or if I should go in and greet them. Or maybe I should go back to my room? I got irritated with myself for acting like a teenager going on his first date, and that gave me the impetus to go into the main house. I got there just when they walked in. "Hey!" Jake said enthusiastically. "Did you miss me?"
"What makes you think I missed you?" I challenged playfully.
"You mean you weren't wandering around looking for me?" he asked. It was sometimes a little annoying that he could read me so well.
"Goodnight Colin," I said, and led Jake back to our room.
"Night," he said casually, and went into his room.
We walked into our room and Jake looked a little confused, since there was a towel on the bed. "What's this?" he asked.
I swallowed a little nervously before I spoke. "I was thinking that, you know, if you want to try it, we could maybe, you know, try fisting." I grimaced at what an idiot I was being.
He got this big smile on his face, but that was replaced almost instantly by a frown. "Did you talk to Will?" he demanded in a really aggressive way.
"Of course I talked to Will," I said, confused. "I rode home with him."
"That just ruins this, it ruins everything," he said, and stormed out of our room. I heard the door slam, and wondered where he'd go, since he didn't have a car here. Then again, the door that slammed wasn't to the garage, it was to the deck. I stood there, stunned, for a couple of minutes, then walked out to the deck. "Just leave me alone!" he almost shouted.
"Will didn't tell me anything," I said. When he was like this, a little irrational, I found that a firm but calm approach worked best. I almost laughed when I thought that it was really my firm father voice.
"Sure he didn't," he said.
"I asked him what the two of you talked about, and he told me that he had a good relationship with you, one he valued, and that he wasn't going to blow it by betraying a confidence," I said, maintaining my firm father approach.
"Shit," he said, and put his head in his hands.
I sat next to him, and put my arm around him. "Tell me what this is about."
"I was talking to Will, telling him how shitty I was in a relationship, because every time I'd feel myself getting closer to someone, I'd freak out and run away," he said, almost like he was talking to himself. "I guess I just proved that."
I didn't understand how all this was related, and he was confusing the shit out of me, but I decided to let him ramble on while I tried to guess what he was talking about. "It's fine," I said soothingly.
"I have to get a grip on this," he said.
"I think that's really easy," I mused. "You just have to promise not to run away when you get freaked out."
"But that's the thing, it's like it's a subconscious deal, where I don't realize it until after it happened, if then," he said, sounding despondent.
"I get it, but that's what I mean," I said, trying to explain myself. "Your subconscious is probably driving you away emotionally, but as long as you force yourself to stay physically here, we can work it out."
"I can try," he said skeptically.
"So what was this all about?" I asked a little more forcefully, since I was losing patience fast at being in the dark on this whole deal.
"I told Will that I had a way to know when you were in love with me," he said.
"Well fuck, you can damn near read my mind as it is," I said in a fake grumble.
"I told him that I'd know you loved me when you stuck your fist in my ass," he said lovingly, but the words were so incongruent with the tone, I started laughing. He laughed with me, and then told me about his conversation with Will in the grocery store, and how the other patrons had reacted.
"So that's why this upset you," I said, understanding him now. "You thought that Will told me, so I wasn't doing this of my own volition?"
"Yeah," he said, and looked down, embarrassed for being such an idiot.
"You know," I said, not a little annoyed, "I can figure things out on my own without having to tap other people for information."
"Yes, you can," he said. "I'm sorry about this. I reacted badly and ruined what should have been a beautiful moment."
I smiled, stood up, and held out my hand to help him up as well. "That's fine," I said. I led him to the bedroom, and then made love to him. The mood to advance our relationship had vanished.
After we'd picked up the MDX, I'd been in such a good mood at having one of my plans actually work out that I'd made Carullo stop at Best Buy and get a new, huge television for his living room. That had prompted a party, which if I'd known that was going to happen, I wouldn't have bought the damn thing in the first place. There were five guys arrayed around the television, spending most of the time shouting at it, unless a commercial came on, then they'd shout at each other. Two of the women were in the kitchen, while a third one sat in a big recliner with her boyfriend, pretty much in his lap. I decided that the women in the kitchen had the right idea.
"I'll be in the kitchen," I told Carullo. He just nodded, and a couple of his friends snickered, probably because they were surprised that someone as small as me could give a shit about football anyway. They weren't right about that, since I certainly wasn't small, at least not anymore. I wondered how long it would take me to shed my obesity. They were right that I didn't give a shit about football, but that didn't mean I didn't know anything about it. I'd actually spent a reasonable amount of time learning about it when I was going to Zach's games with Will, and I'd continued that when I was living with Carullo just so I'd have a clue what the fuck he was talking about.
I had begun to mentally draw out how I'd redesign Carullo's condo, but I needed to write it down, to visualize it. I stopped in my tracks before I even got to the kitchen and reversed my path, going up the stairs. I got my notepad and came downstairs where I almost ran into one of the guys there who had evidently gotten up to get beers for everyone. "Shit!" he said, and juggled the cans, dropping one of them. We were lucky it didn't explode when it landed.
"Here," I said, put down my notepad, and handed out the beers. They were nice enough, and all said thank you. I went into the kitchen and got the clumsy oaf a new beer that hadn't landed on the floor, and to prevent him from opening the beer that had and spraying foam all over the room in some sign of adolescent bravado.
"Thanks," he said, as he looked me up and down and snickered. "Guess you don't like football all that much." My eyes bored into his as I used the same death stare I gave people who pissed me off, and watched him wither under my gaze. That actually softened my mood a bit, since it was pleasant to know that it worked on someone; it had absolutely no effect on my family members.
"Why do you say that?" I challenged. Carullo got up and I thought he was going to come over and defend me from his caveman friend, but instead he just walked over to the TV and began fumbling around with his DVD player, totally leaving me to the wolves.
"I mean, you don't actually have the size for it," he said. Was he blind? Could he not see how fat I had become?
"That doesn't mean I don't understand the game," I said, pointing at the blank screen. "The first half, the reason Stanford got their asses kicked is because their defensive line was so porous USC walked right through them. They're so bad it's like USC doesn't even need Matt Leinart's arm."
"Oh," the Oaf said, and rest of them snickered at him now.
"I don't think any of you douchebags has played in the pros, or did I get that wrong?" Carullo demanded of everyone loudly. I looked at him, stunned at how pissed he'd gotten. "What about college?" He glared at all of them individually. His loud voice had prompted the two women in the kitchen to come into the room.
"What's going on?" one of the women asked John forcefully. Her name was Tabitha, and her husband's name was Toby. She was about three months pregnant, and lived in the condo next door. Of all the people here, Carullo was tightest with them. He told me that most nights he went over and ate dinner with them. It sounded like they'd all but adopted him, and acted like his surrogate family.
"Dipshit here was trying to insinuate that Jay was too big of a pussy to play football, like that's the only thing that's a sport, and like any of these guys did anything except play in high school, if that," he said to her.
She shook her head at their idiocy. "Did they finally figure that out?"
"No, but they will now," he said, and hit play on his DVD player. We were all staring at the screen, and when the video came on I just about shit a brick: it was my performance at the US Nationals.
"Holy shit, that's you?" One of the guys asked me as 'Jeremy Schluter' came on below me on the screen. I just nodded, even as I watched myself perform, noting every error I'd made. It was stunningly lucky that I'd won that medal, but if it weren't for the bitchy ass commentators pointing out all my errors, the people in this room never would have figured that out. This was obviously the DVD they cut with highlights of the competition, but the upside of that was they all got to see me 'crowned' as the US National Champion.
"How the hell do you do that?" the Oaf asked me, now duly impressed.
"Lots of practice," I said with a smile, since he was nicer now.
"That was last year," one of the women asked. "I haven't seen you on television lately. Aren't you skating this year?" I was impressed that she followed the sport enough to notice that.
"I tore my ACL, and after that, I decided to retire," I said.
"Bummer," Toby said sympathetically.
The game came back on, and that stopped the worshipful attention I was getting, which was a little disappointing since I didn't usually get that anymore, not in my role as Bellona's serf. I went into the kitchen followed by Tabitha and the other woman who had been with her before. After they'd talked for about five minutes, I remembered her name was Rhoda. I largely ignored them, focusing on my drafting.
"What are you doing?" Tabitha asked me, pulling me out of my decorating haze.
"I promised John I'd help him redecorate his condo, so I'm drawing up some plans," I said.
"Show me," she demanded, and slid over so she was sitting next to me. We bored Rhoda, so she vanished back into the living room.
"The kitchen is too small," I said.
"I know it, but how do you get around that without giving up the bathroom and pantry?" she asked. "We have the same floorplan, and I've tried to figure out how to fix that."
"You move them," I said. She looked at me like I was a heretic. "Walls can be torn down."
"Don't they hold up the place?" she asked, referring to the upstairs.
"No, not usually, and even if they do, you can put a beam in to replace them," I said. I'd done enough work with Stef on our projects to know exactly how that worked. "So what we do is tear all this down, and have a big kitchen with an island opening into the living room. It's all one big space."
"What about the bathroom and pantry?"
"We'd be sitting in them right now," I said, making her laugh.
"This is incredible! Is this what you do now? Interior design?"
"No, I'm more involved in the fashion scene," I said casually.
She stood up. "Alright, tell me, does this outfit work for me?"
"Do you want my honest answer?" I asked, since it didn't.
"I don't know, do I?" she challenged, then sighed. "OK, give me your honest answer."
"It doesn't work for you," I said. "You need to wear a bigger top, and you need to avoid horizontal stripes and plaids. Your jeans look good, I like them." That was a bit of an exaggeration, but I didn't want her to get pissed at me. "Instead of tennis shoes, wear dressier shoes. It will make you look a lot more elegant, while still being casual."
She stared at me, blinking, then finally spoke again. "What about colors? Should I wear dark or light colors?"
"You have skin and eyes that can let you do either, depending on what color you pick for your hair. Right now, it's a light brown, so you could go either way, but light colors would probably work better," I said.
"I used to dye it blond," she said. "I don't now that I'm pregnant. I heard that's bad for the baby." I knew nothing about that, and had no use for babies whatsoever.
She went and tracked down Rhoda, and that resulted in me helping these frumpy blue-collar Connecticut women with a fashion makeover. I decided that at least it was more fun than watching Stanford get their asses kicked at football.
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16 stories in and FINALLY someone in this crazy family admits what we've known since the very beginning.
Well played Mark, well played 😆
Another great chapter, keep 'em coming!
Edited July 3, 2020 by kbois
Wesley8890 26,222
I don't think ive ever cheered upon hearing someone was going to get fisted!
I think jj could fit i around Carullos crowd.
rjo 1,022
Thank you for the new chapter. In this weird world we now live in it is the best present for the birthday of our country. I loved all three parts. Will and Colin seem good for each other. Brad and Jake may be better than Brad and Robbie. That is saying something!! But the best was JJ!! Yes I really said that!! That happy kid is coming out again. Not the bitchy little dude any more I am so happy for him!!
Edited July 4, 2020 by rjo
Buz 3,904
I never thought I would like (or start to) JJ as much as I am!?!?
He is quite cool and funny...
Daddydavek 24,336
Will, Brad, & JJ, seems like they are moving in the right direction at the same time...when was the last time that happened?
Headstall 223,973
JJ cracks me up. Great chapter, Mark.
Gandalf 176
It seems to soon for the meds to be working but JJ sure was mellowing out and fitting in with the plebs(guess that comes from reading the two together.... how the fuck do you keep these guys all uuum in their proper centuries? Two great chapters. Thanks as always for your work. Pax. Steve
Mark Arbour 50,702
1 hour ago, Gandalf said:
You ask a good question: how to keep the characters separate? Actually, what I end up doing is writing one story for a while, then switching to the other, and so forth. Trying to bounce back and forth too much can confuse me.
impunity 2,147
9 hours ago, Mark Arbour said:
Especially with their very different attitudes towards Bastille Day.
Loved this chapter! JJ and Carullo in the suburbs were hilarious and adorable. Thanks again!
"If that woman tells me my aura is black again, I'm going to throat punch her," Beverly growled
Best line ever! Beverly has fast become one of my favorites. Will and Brad seem to be in a good place right now so hopefully, Brad won't screw it up. LOL. I love how Will kept Jakes confidence. Carullo is certainly protective of JJ. Kudos to him for setting his "friends" right by showing them that tape. Thanks for another great chapter @Mark Arbour. Look forward to the next one. Happy Bastille Day in advance!
Bucket1 53,742
I don't think I agree with Brad - The mood to advance our relationship had vanished. Both Brad and Jake opened up to each other in a big way.
JJ as suburban housewife there has to be a TV show in that
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Liked the part with Brad and Jake, I do think it is time for Brad to move on; although I will always love Robbie. I think that Brad and Jake could be really good for each other as along as they communicate..
I really like Beverly, she seems to be a level headed woman that doesn't take shit from anyone. I can't fully decide about Mike; but I am trying to like him as much. I do like Colin but have to wonder why Will always seems to find a guy that either can't handle being out or can't be out for some other reason.
LOVED JJ's section. I do worry about JJ's idea that he is fat, with everything else he is dealing with an eating disorder isn't something that would work in his favor. I actually think he might be able to deal with Carullo's friends more than I suspected. He busted their ass about football.
Great job Mark, can't wait to see where you take the next book.

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I went to Reading yesterday for the Leeds game. I have only been to Reading once before, in 2002 for the music festival. Both times I went I got lost. Yesterday, following the instructions from MultiMap I ended up outside "Reading Town F.C.". Not to be confused with the Championship side. Reading TOWN F.C. appear to be some Sunday League club who play on a muddy field with a tin box as a stand.
Reading was how I remembered it, full of long, seemingly endless roads lined with tacky second hand shops and dodgy looking takeaways. The streets were full of chavs wearing stereotypical Burberry baseball caps. No disrespect to Ricky Gervais or anyone else from Reading but I wouldn't like to live there.
The Majeski Stadium (where Reading play) was superb. Went to get a bite to eat in the hotel attached to the ground, while a little expensive the facilities were excellent.
The seating was top class as well, although the stadium is smaller than Elland Road (smaller club to be fair) the quality of the stands and seats were very good.
The first half of the game was dire. Reading totally dominated and really should have scored. Some poor finishing by their strikers and excellent goalkeeping by Leeds' Neil Sullivan kept the scores level.
Leeds picked up more in the second half but Reading still kept bombarding their goal and eventually scored. The Leeds players reacted very well and when striker David Healy came on as a substitute looked like a totally different team. They strung pass after pass together and took the game to Reading. Healy then grabbed a much deserved equaliser for Leeds.
Following the Leeds goal both teams had their chances to grab a late winner. Leeds had a lot of superb attempts saved as did Reading. The save of the day had to go to Leeds defender Gary Kelly who painfully caught the ball between his legs on the goal line.
Final score 1-1, fair result against a team second in the league, don't think either side can complain. This extended Leeds' unbeaten league record to six games.
The only downside about the whole day was getting out of the car park. At Leeds there are lots of small car parks spread across Elland Road. While it is still difficult to get out you can expect to be on the main road within 20 minutes. There is only one car park at Reading and it's huge. We parked at the rear and were waiting for almost an hour and a half to get out! I was kept entertained listening to the commentary for the Man United – Middlesbrough game. ManUtd lost the game 4-1 which is very funny.
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Ockeghem: Les Chansons
Posted on October 15, 2020 By EMR2015	Posted in RecordingTagged Renaissance, Vocal music
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It is always a joy to anticipate listening to music by Ockeghem, who was born at St Ghislain, near Mons, probably between 1410 and 1420, and died in 1497, probably at Tours. This pleasure can, however, be tempered depending upon the quality and interpretation of the music. Not only do we as listeners have our own agendas for hearing music, but also performers have their agendas for performing it. For instance, it is possible for the listener to tolerate an indifferent performance which is nonetheless interpreted acceptably, while excellent musicians can have bees in their bonnets which result in performances which sound ghastly or just plain silly. Indeed, sometimes within one recording project, interpretations and performances can vary between the sublime and the ridiculous. So while there are few finer prospects than listening to the entire corpus of songs by Ockeghem, there remains the question of what the performances will actually sound like: will repeated hearings seem an attractive proposition, or will there be aspects of them that seem like continually running one's tongue over a sore in the mouth?
First, what of the music itself? How could this be other than wonderful when it consists of all twenty surviving songs with secure attributions to Ockeghem? In fact, this double album consists of 24 songs, two other items being his arrangement for four voices of a song for trio by the (probably) Spanish composer Juan Cornago, and his arrangement in two parts of the famous O rosa bella nowadays attributed to the English composer John Bedyngham, plus Ockeghem's lament for Binchois Mort tu as navre and Josquin's lament for Ockeghem himself. Half the items can be heard sung by another American ensemble, Blue Heron, on Johannes Ockeghem: complete songs volume one (Blue Heron BHCD 1010), which I reviewed for EMR on 21 February 2020. The majority of the songs are rondeaux, many of the rest virelais. Although there is a prevailing tone of melancholy throughout the oeuvre, there are subtleties of emphasis, illustrated early in the collection by downright depression in Presque transi or passionate devotion in Ma maitresse, the mood punctured by the boisterous L'autre d'antan which takes its cue from references in the text to dancing. Then melancholy is restored by the agonised introspection of Ma bouche rit. And so it continues, the first disc concluding with the three-part version of the ululatory Je n'ay deuil, followed by the assertive Les desleaulx and finally Tant fuz, its introspective first stanza contrasting with a more animated second, reflecting the structure of the virelai. The second disc continues in a similar vein: melancholy or downbeat songs interspersed with others of a different disposition, all with the same variety of outlook, intensity of expression and musical magnetism. The disc begins with S'elle m'armera/petite camusette, another of the few songs in four parts, its text described in the excellent booklet (written by the conductor Jesse Rodin) as both silly and ridiculous but with its musical integrity intact thanks to Ockeghem's versatility. Disc 1 includes Ockeghem's arrangement for four voices of Juan Cormago's cancion Qu'es mi vida, already mentioned, and the other arrangement mentioned above occurs on disc 2, an altus discantus added to Bedyngham's discantus in his famous O rosa bella, a project which provoked one musicologist to ask petulantly why Ockeghem bothered! Listeners can also enjoy his rightly famous Fors seulement l'attente, placed before his own Fors seulement contre seemingly a riposte which takes over its tenor. In some cases it is the entire structure of a piece which creates the impression, such as the almost contorted canon which is Prenez sur moy while in others it is a detail such as the intriguing downward octave scale in the bass part of Ung aultre. Finally, the disc, and the entire double album, concludes with Mort tu as navre, Ockeghem's sublime lament a4 for Binchois, a work impressive even by Ockeghem's elevated standards.
Does the performance of these works match their musical standard? In insight, yes; in commitment, yes; in technical expertise, yes: listen, for example, to the fine singing low in her register by the soprano Sonja DuToit Tengblad in the riveting La despourveue. Nevertheless, the listener's personal taste must come into play. On the minus side, the first word of the first track, Josquin's lament for Ockeghem, is bellowed, and with plenty of alternative versions available, I shall not return to listen to this overly assertive interpretation again, albeit the reasoning for this clarion call is provided in the booklet, and might well meet with the approval of other listeners. In one or two songs such as S'elle m'armera some singers use knowingly affected portamento, which becomes irritating upon repeated hearings. On the plus side, every note in every song is democratically audible, and its relationship with every other note is clearly expressed, the harmony and the melody, in other words the vertical and the horizontal, musically comprehensible. Great care is taken in conveying the unique meaning of each song: listening to the songs can be like observing the interior workings of so many sophisticated timepieces; yet it is perfectly possible to listen to all these works simply for pleasure, for the sheer beauty of the music itself, and for the emotions they express. The singers use very open vowel sounds but apart from a small scattering of instances, this is not otherwise jarring. The fabric of Blue Heron's performances is more finely spun, and they – very sparingly and tastefully – use instruments, so there is sufficient overall difference between the two sets to offer either choice, or the pleasure of possessing alternative perspectives on (for now) half of the pieces. As for Cut Circle, the intensity and intelligence of their performances won me over after a disastrous start, as subsequently did their audible – and infectious – enjoyment in performing these exquisite and enchanting songs.
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JavaFX 2.0: A Platform for Rich Enterprise Client Apps
The update to JavaFX allows developers to leverage features from the Java API.
by Manoj Debnath
JavaFX 2.0 revamped the Java API for application development, discarding its predecessor's clumsy scripting language. This enhancement has captured the attention of developers to rethink JavaFX 2.0 as a platform for creating and deploying rich client applications. Developers can now leverage their existing Java skills without worrying about spaghetti scripting code. JavaFX 2 can run either as a standalone desktop application or in the browser. The architecture is extensible with existing Swing or the SWT API.
JavaFX 2.0 is a rich client platform designed to provide an environment that not only minimizes development time but also eases the deployment of data-driven business and enterprise client applications.
JavaFX 2.0 Architectural Overview
JavaFX 2.0 is comprised of several subcomponents, including a high-performance graphics engine named Prism. Prism is the byproduct of a Mozilla Labs experiments to bridge the gap in user experience between Web applications and desktop apps. JavaFX also includes the Glass window toolkit, a media engine and a Web engine.
The JavaFX public API provides freedom and flexibility in creating rich client applications. Since JavaFX 2 includes the capabilities of the Java platform, it can leverage the power of Java features such as annotations, multi-threading, generics, and the extended Java collection library. Most of the API and programming model have been ported directly as a lineage of its predecessor, while some APIs such as Layout and Media have been optimized and simplified in response to the feedback from previous FX users.
Scene graph is the starting point of JavaFX 2.0 application. It is responsible for rendering user interfaces and handling user input through various visual elements represented as hierarchical tree of nodes. Each item in the scene graph is called a node and has one parent and zero or more children. The javafx.scene API simplifies working with rich UIs.
The Quantum Toolkit connects Prism and Glass Windowing Toolkit together to make them available to the JavaFX layer above them in the stack and also manages the threading rules related to rendering versus events handling.
Prism is responsible for rasterization and rendering of JavaFX scenes and processes rendering jobs. It can run on both hardware and software renderers, including 3-D.
Glass Windowing Toolkit's main responsibility is to provide native operating services, such as managing the windows, timers and surfaces. It serves as the platform-dependent layer that connects the JavaFX platform to the native operating system. The Glass toolkit is also responsible for managing the event queue.
The Media Engine component has been completely redesigned for JavaFX 2.0 to increase stability, improve performance and provide consistent behavior across platforms.
Web Engine component is based on Web Kit, an open source Web browser engine that supports HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, DOM and SVG. It enables developers to implement features such as rendering HTML content, support history, back and forward navigation, execute JavaScript command and event handling in their Java applications.
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JavaFX APIs: Many API features are carried over from the Java language, such as use of generics, annotations, multi-threading and collections classes. Collections are defined by the javafx.collections package consisting of the following interfaces and classes:
JavaFX Interfaces
ObservableList: It is a list that enables listeners to track changes at the time of occurrence
ListChangeListener: It is an interface that receives notifications of changes to an ObservableList
ObservableMap: It is a map that enables observers to track changes when they occur
MapChangeListener: It is an interface that receives notifications of changes to an ObservableMap
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FXCollections: It is an utility class consists of static methods that are mapped copies of java.util.Collections methods
ListChangeListener.Change: It represents a change made to an ObservableList
MapChangeListener.Change: It represents a change made to an ObservableMap
The close integration between JavaFX and the Java API has enabled developers to leverage sophisticated Java IDEs, debuggers and profilers in building rich client applications.
FXML: FXML is a scriptable, XML-based markup language that provides the structure for building a user interface separate from the application logic. This separation of the presentation and application logic will particularly enrich Web developers in building rich client apps because they can assemble a user interface that leverages Java components without mastering the code for fetching and filling in the data. However, it can also be used as an alternative for developing user interfaces programmatically in Java. This scripting feature allows embedding scripts within a FXML file. Any JVM scripting language such as JavaScript, Groovy or Clojure can be used to access FXML script for the purpose.
Graphics Pipeline for Modern GPUs: It is convenient to build rich graphics with support for high-level APIs, such as blurs, shadows, 2D /3D transformation, effects, charts and reflections. The windowing toolkit gets hardware accelerated graphics pipeline support from Prism. And for unsupported graphics hardware, there is also provision for support by the Java 2D software pipeline. The animation engine is optimized to implement transitions with complete overhaul of the API to simplify usage.
Set of Rich UI Controls: There are more than 50 components for form-based UI, including charts, layout and form controls. User Interface Controls are specialized Nodes in the JavaFX Scene graph suited for reuse in many different application contexts. Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) can be used effectively to design the look and feel and layout of user interface controls. The JavaFX UI controls available through the API are built by using nodes in the scene graph. Thus the controls can use visually rich features of the JavaFX platform. As the JavaFX APIs is fully implemented in Java, it is easy to integrate the JavaFX UI controls into existing Java applications.
Web Component: JavaFX 20 introduced the embedded browser, which provides not only a Web viewer but also full browsing functionality through its API. The embedded browser component is based on WebKit, an open source Web browser engine. It supports Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), JavaScript, Document Object Model (DOM), and some features of HTML5, including rendering canvas and timed media playback. The embedded browser enables developers to perform the following tasks in their applications:
Render HTML content from local and remote URLs
Execute JavaScript commands
Access document model from Java code
Handle events
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Apply effects to the embedded browser
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Powerful Properties Model: JavaFX 2.0 also introduced a new set of collections, such ObservableList, Sequence and ObservableMap, which can be used effectively in cooperation with the existing Collection classes of Java. In addition, introduced new design and implementation of bean properties and a low-level binding API for high performance lowering footprint bindings.
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We use the Google Tag Manager. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
The Google Tag Manager is a tool that allows us to integrate tracking or statistical tools and other technologies on our website. The Google Tag Manager itself does not create any user profiles, does not store cookies, and does not carry out any independent analyses. It only manages and runs the tools integrated via it. However, the Google Tag Manager does collect your IP address, which may also be transferred to Google's parent company in the United States.
The Google Tag Manager is used on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the quick and uncomplicated integration and administration of various tools on his website. If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user's end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. This consent can be revoked at any time.
Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyze the behavior patterns of website visitors. To that end, the website operator receives a variety of user data, such as pages accessed, time spent on the page, the utilized operating system and the user's origin. This data is assigned to the respective end device of the user. An assignment to a device-ID does not take place.
Furthermore, Google Analytics allows us to record your mouse and scroll movements and clicks, among other things. Google Analytics uses various modeling approaches to augment the collected data sets and uses machine learning technologies in data analysis.
Google Analytics uses technologies that make the recognition of the user for the purpose of analyzing the user behavior patterns (e.g., cookies or device fingerprinting). The website use information recorded by Google is, as a rule transferred to a Google server in the United States, where it is stored.
This analysis tool is used on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The operator of this website has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user patterns to optimize both, the services offered online and the operator's advertising activities. If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user's end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. This consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.
You can prevent the recording and processing of your data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout;
For more information about the handling of user data by Google Analytics, please consult Google's Data Privacy Declaration at: support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.
Google Signals
We use Google Signals. Whenever you visit our website, Google Analytics records, among other things, your location, the progression of your search and YouTube progression as well as demographic data (site visitor data). This data may be used for customized advertising with the assistance of Google Signal. If you have a Google account, your site visitor information will be linked to your Google account by Google Signal and used to send you customized promotional messages. The data is also used to compile anonymized statistics of our users' online patterns.
Google Ads enables us to display ads in the Google search engine or on third-party websites, if the user enters certain search terms into Google (keyword targeting). It is also possible to place targeted ads based on the user data Google has in its possession (e.g., location data and interests; target group targeting). As the website operator, we can analyze these data quantitatively, for instance by analyzing which search terms resulted in the display of our ads and how many ads led to respective clicks.
The use of Google Ads is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in marketing the operator's services and products as effectively as possible.
Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks and privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is not collected or only on a voluntary basis. For the handling of the newsletter, we use newsletter service providers, which are described below.
This website uses the services of MailChimp to send out its newsletters. The provider is the Rocket Science Group LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA.
Among other things, MailChimp is a service that can be deployed to organize and analyze the sending of newsletters. Whenever you enter data for the purpose of subscribing to a newsletter (e.g. your e-mail address), the information is stored on MailChimp servers in the United States.
With the assistance of the MailChimp tool, we can analyze the performance of our newsletter campaigns. If you open an e-mail that has been sent through the MailChimp tool, a file that has been integrated into the email (a so-called web-beacon) connects to MailChimp's servers in the United States. As a result, it can be determined whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links the recipient possibly clicked on. Technical information is also recorded at that time (e.g. the time of access, the IP address, type of browser and operating system). This information cannot be allocated to the respective newsletter recipient. Their sole purpose is the performance of statistical analyses of newsletter campaigns. The results of such analyses can be used to tailor future newsletters to the interests of their recipients more effectively.
If you do not want to permit an analysis by MailChimp, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a link for you to do this in every newsletter message.
The data is processed based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may revoke any consent you have given at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data processing transactions that have taken place prior to your revocation.
The data deposited with us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter or the newsletter service provider and deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored for other purposes with us remain unaffected.
We have concluded standard contractual clauses with the above-mentioned provider.
MailChimp uses so-called standard contractual clauses (Art. 46. para. 2 and 3 GDPR) as the basis for data processing for recipients located in third countries (outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, i.e. in particular in the USA) or data transfer there. Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) are templates provided by the EU Commission and are intended to ensure that your data complies with European data protection standards even if it is transferred to third countries (such as the USA) and stored there. Through these clauses, MailChimp undertakes to comply with the European level of data protection when processing your relevant data, even if the data is stored, processed and managed in the USA. These clauses are based on an enforcement decision of the EU Commission. You can find the decision and the corresponding standard contractual clauses here, among other places: eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj;
Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: mailchimp.com/eu-us-data-transfer-statement/ and mailchimp.com/legal/data-processing-addendum/;
After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist, if such action is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist is used only for this purpose and not merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is indefinite. You may object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.
For more details, please consult the Data Privacy Policies of MailChimp at: mailchimp.com/legal/terms/.
This website embeds videos of the website YouTube. The website operator is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
If you visit a page on this website into which a YouTube has been embedded, a connection with YouTube's servers will be established. As a result, the YouTube server will be notified, which of our pages you have visited.
Furthermore, YouTube will be able to place various cookies on your device or comparable technologies for recognition (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way YouTube will be able to obtain information about this website's visitors. Among other things, this information will be used to generate video statistics with the aim of improving the user friendliness of the site and to prevent attempts to commit fraud.
If you are logged into your YouTube account while you visit our site, you enable YouTube to directly allocate your browsing patterns to your personal profile. You have the option to prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
The use of YouTube is based on our interest in presenting our online content in an appealing manner. Pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this is a legitimate interest. If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user's end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. This consent can be revoked at any time.
For more information on how YouTube handles user data, please consult the YouTube Data Privacy Policy under: policies.google.com/privacy.
For more information on Google Web Fonts, please follow this link: developers.google.com/fonts/faq and consult Google's Data Privacy Declaration under: policies.google.com/privacy.
In order to ensure the uniform depiction of certain fonts, this website uses fonts called Adobe Fonts provided by Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110-2704, USA (Adobe).
When you access pages of this website, your browser will automatically load the required fonts directly from the Adobe site to be able to display them correctly on your device. As a result, your browser will establish a connection with Adobe's servers in the United States. Hence, Adobe learns that your IP address was used to access this website. According to the information provided by Adobe, no cookies will be stored in conjunction with the provision of the fonts.
Data are stored and analyzed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in a uniform presentation of the font on the operator's website. If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user's end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. This consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European
Details can be found here:
www.adobe.com/de/privacy/eudatatransfers.html.
For more information about Adobe Fonts, please read the policies under:
www.adobe.com/privacy/policies/adobe-fonts.html.
Adobe's Data Privacy Declaration may be reviewed under:
www.adobe.com/privacy/policy.html.
Data processing by social networks
We maintain public profiles on social networks. The individual social networks used by us are shown below.
Social networks, such as Facebook, Twitter, etc., are generally able to comprehensively analyse your user activity if you access their website or a website with embedded social media content (e.g. 'like' buttons or advertising banners). When you visit one of our social media profiles, numerous data processing activities with privacy implications are initiated.
If you are logged into your social media account while visiting one of our social media profiles, the operator of the social media platform can associate this visit with your user account. Under certain circumstances, however, your personal data may still be collected when you are not logged in or if you do not hold an account with the social media platform concerned. This data is, for instance, collected using cookies stored on your device or by recording your IP address.
Using data collected in this way, the operators of social media platforms can create user profiles containing your preferences and interests. This makes it possible to show you advertising related to your interests, both on and away from the social media platform concerned. If you have an account with the social network concerned, this advertising may be displayed to you on all devices on which you are or have been logged in.
Please also note that we are unable to monitor all processing activities carried out on social media platforms. Depending on the provider, the operators of the social media platforms may therefore carry out further processing activities. For more details, please refer to the terms of use and privacy policy of the social media platform(s) concerned.
Our social media profiles aim to ensure as extensive a Web presence as possible. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 (1f) of the GDPR. Any analysis processes initiated by the social networks may be based upon different legal bases, which the operators of the social networks are required to state (e.g. consent within the meaning of Article 6 [1a] of the GDPR).
Data controller and the exercising of rights
When you visit one of our social media profiles, we and the operator of the social media platform are jointly responsible for the data processing activities initiated during your visit. You may exercise your rights (access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and lodging a complaint) both vis-à-vis us and vis-à-vis the operator of the social media platform concerned (e.g. Facebook).
Please note that despite this joint responsibility with the operators of the social media platforms, we are unable to fully influence the data processing activities performed on the social media platforms. Our ability to influence these activities is chiefly dependent on the company policy of the provider concerned.
Storage periods
Any data that we collect directly via our social media profiles will be deleted from our systems as soon as you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose of data storage ceases to apply. Stored cookies will remain on your device until you delete them. Mandatory statutory provisions, especially retention periods, remain unprejudiced.
We have no influence on the storage periods of your data that is stored by social networks for their own purposes. For details, please refer to the information provided by the social network operators directly (e.g. in their privacy policy, see below).
Social networks in detail
We have a Facebook profile. This service is provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. According to Facebook, the data collected is also transferred to the USA and other third countries.
We have concluded a joint processing agreement (Controller Addendum) with Facebook. This agreement stipulates which data processing activities we are responsible for, and which ones Facebook is responsible for, when you visit our Facebook page. You can read this agreement by clicking on the following link:
www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum.
You can change your advertising settings yourself in your user account. To do so, click on the following link and log in:
www.facebook.com/settings.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.
For details, please visit:
www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum and
de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.
More details are also available in the Facebook privacy policy:
www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
We use the microblogging service Twitter. This service is provided by Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland.
You can change your Twitter privacy settings yourself in your user account. To do so, click on the following link and log in:
twitter.com/personalization.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. For details, please visit:
gdpr.twitter.com/en/controller-to-controller-transfers.html.
More details are also available in the Twitter privacy policy:
twitter.com/de/privacy.
We have an Instagram profile. This service is provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum,
help.instagram.com/519522125107875 and
For details of how the company uses your personal data, please refer to the Instagram privacy policy:
help.instagram.com/519522125107875.
We have a LinkedIn profile. This service is provided by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. LinkedIn uses advertising cookies.
If you wish to deactivate advertising cookies, please do so using the following link:
www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.
www.linkedin.com/legal/l/dpa and
www.linkedin.com/legal/l/eu-sccs.
For details of how the company uses your personal data, please refer to the LinkedIn privacy policy:
www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
We have a Vimeo profile. This service is provided by Vimeo, Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York 10011, USA.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission and, according to Vimeo, 'legitimate business interests'. For details, please visit:
vimeo.com/privacy.
For details of how the company uses your personal data, please refer to the Vimeo privacy policy:
We have a YouTube profile. This service is provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. For details of how the company uses your personal data, please refer to the YouTube privacy policy:
policies.google.com/privacy.
We have a TikTok profile. This service is provided by TikTok Technology Limited, 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Ireland. For details of how the company uses your personal data, please refer to the TikTok privacy policy:
www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy.
Data transfer to non-secure third countries is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. For details, please visit:
We have a XING profile at www.xing.com/pages/storopack. XING is operated by the company New Work SE, Dammtorstrasse 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. For details of which personal data is processed by XING, and for what purposes, when you visit our profile, please refer to privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung.
We have a profile on kununu (belongs to XING) at www.kununu.com/de/storopack-deutschland. This service is provided by New Work SE, Dammtorstrasse 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. For details of which personal data is processed by kununu, and for what purposes, when you visit our profile, please refer to privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung.
We have a Glassdoor profile at www.glassdoor.de/%C3%9Cberblick/Arbeit-bei-Storopack-EI_IE459047.11,20.htm. This service is provided by Glassdoor Inc., 100 Shoreline Highway, Building A, Mill Valley, California, 94941, USA. For details of which personal data is processed by Glassdoor, and for what purposes, when you visit our profile, please refer to hrtechprivacy.com/de/brands/glassdoor/.
9. Handling of applicant data
We offer website visitors the opportunity to submit job applications to us (e.g., via e-mail, via postal services on by submitting the online job application form). Below, we will brief you on the scope, purpose and use of the personal data collected from you in conjunction with the application process. We assure you that the collection, processing, and use of your data will occur in compliance with the applicable data privacy rights and all other statutory provisions and that your data will always be treated as strictly confidential.
Scope and purpose of the collection of data
If you submit a job application to us, you hereby give us your consent and we will process any affiliated personal data (e.g., contact and communications data, application documents, notes taken during job interviews, etc.), if they are required to make a decision concerning the establishment or an employment relationship.
You may revoke any consent given at any time. Within our company, your personal data will only be shared with individuals (including Management) who are involved in the processing of your job application. If your job application should result in your recruitment, the data you have submitted will be archived for the purpose of implementing the employment relationship in our data processing system.
Data Archiving Period
If we are unable to make you a job offer or you reject a job offer or withdraw your application, we reserve the right to retain the data you have submitted for up to 6-12 months (depending of the country of our subsidiary company where you have applied to) from the end of the application procedure (rejection or withdrawal of the application). Afterwards the data will be deleted, and the physical application documents will be destroyed. The storage serves in particular as evidence in the event of a legal dispute. If it is evident that the data will be required after the expiry of the 6-12 month period (e.g., due to an impending or pending legal dispute), deletion will only take place when the purpose for further storage no longer applies.
Longer storage may also take place if you have given your agreement or if statutory data retention requirements preclude the deletion.
Contact us: +91 7677976779 packaging.india@storopack.com
© 2020 Storopack Hans Reichenecker GmbH


Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC)'s electoral commission has declared opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi winner of the country's presidential elections.
He is ahead of rival opposition candidate Martin Fayulu who refuses to recognise the outcomes declaring the results as a fraud. The interim result can still be challenged.
The official election outcome are initially expected to be announced on Sunday.
Current President Joseph Kabila is stepping down after 18 years in office and has promised its first orderly transfer of power.


Century Falls was spooky six part children's TV serial that aired in 1993. Three teenagers arrive in a strange village where no children have been born in 40 years. What secrets does the village of Century Falls hold? What ominous plans are afoot? It was written by Russell T Davies (who would later bring Doctor Who back to TV).
Nineteen Eighty-Four is a classic novel by George Orwell. We now conclude our discussion of the 1954 BBC adaptation. Let's look at more of the story and some of the extraordinary controversy that followed it.


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Q: Windows SandBox is missing from Start Menu I am running Windows 10 Pro x64 Version 2004 build 19041.630 on an Intel Core i7 laptop ASUS N552VW. A month or more ago I activated Windows SandBox in the Windows Features dialog and successfully used this native Windows virtual machine inside my OS for testing.
Today, I could not find Windows SandBox in the Start menu to launch it. It magically disappeared though all prerequisites required to launch it are ok (described on the same overview page). I tried to turn this feature off and then on again, but this didn't help. Enabled Hyper-V in my OS in the same Windows Features dialog, but this also didn't help. Does anybody know why Windows SandBox may disappear and how to restore it?

A: I agree with TecMan I was having the same issue, I was sure I had all the requirements but I still could not find the sandbox until I tried running it using:
Windows-key + R then WindowsSandbox.exe
The full address should be:
%windir%\system32\WindowsSandbox.exe

A: I found WindowsSandbox.exe in C:\Windows\System32\ using file search. I can launch it, and it works. Actually Windows SandBox is missing only from Start Menu.

A: Just in case Windows Home users open this thread, know that Windows Sandbox cannot be run on the Home edition. However, all you have to do is install a Virtual Machine (VM) program, then you can snapshot your entire environment and return to it at any time after an experiment, even after you get a virus. However, any system changes you have made deliberately will be lost, because they were made in a simulated environment, similar to Windows Sandbox, which always starts empty. There are many such programs, Virtual Box being perhaps the simplest/easiest and VMWare being quite popular. There are YouTube videos showing how to install and use VMs.

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As you would probably guess, being your own boss can be a bit overwhelming at times. With all the responsibility resting on your shoulders, you might find yourself being pulled in multiple directions with few too hours in the day to make it all happen. You will have to make tough decisions, do difficult things, and step out of your comfort zone, but these are the things that happen when you decide to run your own business.
You make the rules – If there is a business process you don't like, you have the authority to change it. Has a vendor made you unhappy, you can fire them. Do you like starting the workday early and ending it early, you can do it!
What you put into it you get out of it – Sure, you can pound the pavement 24/7 but that may not be your dream. Maybe you're only looking to supplement your income and take things slowly, it's your business.
No limits – You can aim as high as you like or maintain a level of business that allows you more personal freedom, whatever you wish.
You create your own hours, but may be a lot of them at first – Starting this business isn't a game, you'll need to work hard to be successful, but in time you'll enjoy the fruits of your labor and have the flexibility to maintain your hours as you see fit.
You cannot get laid off or fired – You are the business, so the only worry you have is the business failing.
Make money doing something you love – Everyone wishes they were doing something they loved as a career and since you are running the show you get to do the things that make you happy!
Create a company that is based on YOUR values – Whether you base value on integrity, hard work, religion, patriotism, family or health, you decide the direction of your company.
Money making potential higher while being the boss – You own the business and as it grows as does the potential to make money. You don't wait for a yearly raise, you can choose to take the earnings and do with them as you please.
Create your own working environment – Do you like working in an office with the door closed, in a wide open space, in your car, whatever makes you comfortable you can do, you make the rules.
You learn to multi-task and handle different aspects of running a business – You may not be an accountant or into computers, but when you are starting your company you have the opportunity to better understand those parts of the business and make sound decisions concerning them, you'll be continuously learning business practices that you never knew existed.
You can get tax advantages – If you organize your finances properly you may have certain situations that are more advantageous to a business owner. Even further, credit card companies give you points for using their cards, which lead to some great perks as well.