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Marty Brown, Common Sense Media
German crime series features extreme violence, sex, drugs.
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The parents' guide to what's in this TV show.
It's a show about an organized crime family, with all the violence and amorality that implies. Like many similar shows, there are low key positive messages about entrepreneurship, loyalty, the value of family, and making moral or ethical choices.
It centers around the Hamady crime family, which on the one hand, shows some insight into Muslim and Arab culture in Germany, but on the other portrays Muslims almost exclusively as violent criminals.
Violence is shown throughout, including gunplay, murder, assasinations, intimidation, police violence, and sexual assault.
Scenes frequently take place in a strip club, female nudity is shown, and some episodes feature simulated sex and sexual assault.
Heavy profanity is used: the "f" word, "motherf--ker," "bastard, "s--t," "bitch," "d--k." Homophobic language is sometimes used as well.
Drinking, Drugs & Smoking
It's about a drug cartel and shows drug use and sales. Characters also drink alcohol and smoke cigarrettes throughout the series.
Parents need to know that 4 Blocks is a German crime show about the leaders of a Lebanese drug cartel in Berlin. This series is unique in that it focuses on Muslim family and culture, but otherwise, it's a by-the-numbers crime drama that has heavy violence, drug use, profanity, and sexual content. Violence is shown throughout the series and includes gunplay, murder, assasinations, intimidation, police violence, and sexual assault. Scenes frequently take place in a strip club and female nudity is frequently shown. Some episodes feature simulated sex and simulated rape. Drug sales and trafficking feature in every episode, and drug use is seen throughout the series. Characters also drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes. Heavy profanity is used: the "f" word, "motherf--ker," "bastard, "s--t," "bitch," "d--k."
The title 4 Blocks refers to the Hamady crime family's territory in Berlin. Cartel head Ali "Toni" Hamady is looking to move into legitimate business when his brother-in-law is caught with nine kilos of cocaine in his car. Forced to stick around, Toni is torn between his desire to get out of the business and the pressure to succeed and take care of the rest of the cartel, including his brother, Abbas, a loose cannon who wants to take over.
Featuring a Muslim family in the main roles is unique, but 4 Blocks is otherwise a completely by-the-book organized crime story. Good organized crime films and television tend to be as much about family and culture, especially immigrant culture, as they are about crime. That's clearly what 4 Blocks is aiming for in its focus on the Lebanese Hamady family's struggles in Berlin. However, the extreme violence, drug trafficking montages, and strip club scenes all feel mundane and routine, as if meant to appeal to fans of The Sopranos who just want something to put on while they fall asleep. Missing an opportunity to portray an underrepresented culture, this series instead feels like it's just running through a checklist of what's expected from an organized crime story.
Families can talk about the Hamady family. How do they relate to one another? Do they draw any distinctions between their lives as criminals and their personal lives? If so, what are they? What are the Hamady family's values?
How do the Hamadys feel about Berlin and Germany? How do they see their status within the Berlin community? How does this affect their actions? How do they feel about other members of the community?
Are there differences between this German organized crime show and similar American ones? What are they? How does focusing on a Muslim family change the scope of the series?
TV details
Premiere date: May 8, 2017
Cast: Kida Khodr Ramadan, Frederick Lau, Veysel Gelin
Network: HBO Max
TV rating: TV-MA
Available on: Streaming
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Alec Freeman strode through the glass doors at Mayland Hospital with ground covering steps. He paused inside the doors and scanned the reception room until he caught sight of Paul Foster leaning against the wall next to the reception desk, arms crossed over his chest.
Alec summoned him with a glance, "How is he?"
"Alive," Foster returned with a nod. "He's in recovery now."
"Recovery," Alec said with a frown, "How bad is it?"
They turned and started down the carpeted hall. "From what I understand, there's a concussion, some broken ribs and some shrapnel in the chest. He's lucky, I guess it's hard to kill Ed Straker."
"There was a bomb in the waste receptacle beside his car. It was set off by a remote. Apparently whoever set it off wanted to see that the job was done."
Alec turned to him in astonishment; "Our friends are taking a rather up front approach, aren't they?"
Paul shook his head; "There is a possibility that it has nothing to do with those particular friends. Security is looking for a fellow named, Rubin Samuelson. Yesterday Harlington-Straker Studios killed a major project Samuelson was working on. The word came down from Straker himself. Apparently Samuelson made threats in Straker's ear and then stupidly said some things to some others, as well. It could be that the whole thing was motivated by simple revenge."
"Simple revenge doesn't end up in the hospital, Paul. By the way, where was security all this time?"
"Samuelson managed to keep his security clearance. With all the renovations going on around the studio and a studio clearance, it wouldn't have been that difficult."
They stopped at the nurse's station out side the recovery room. Alec pulled out his Studio I.D. and told the nurse behind the desk. "I'm here for Ed Straker. Who do I talk to?"
"You talk to me," said a voice from behind them. Both men turned to see Dr.Frazer approach.
"How is he?" Alec asked.
"He's doing quite well. We had no trouble removing the shrapnel from his chest. The broken ribs are going to be mainly an inconvenience for him. However he does have a mild concussion, we do have to keep an eye on that. He'll be in ICU for the night, at least. We'll keep him there as long as necessary, even if we have to tie him down."
Alec grinned. "That should be interesting. Can I see him?"
"Of course," Frazer said. "Just don't stay long."
Alec stood at the end of Ed Straker's hospital bed and watched the nurse make a final check on the I.V. and write some notations on his chart. She flashed Alec a friendly smile as she brushed past him. He moved over to stand beside his friend. "Hello, Ed," he said.
The light blue eyes that tried to focus on him were set deep in black and yellow bruises. There was a scrape along the side of his face and he'd lost some skin off his nose. Alec shook his head as he looked down at Ed. "Is there a possibility that I could take leave sometime without having to visit you in the hospital when I get back?"
Ed closed his eyes and asked, "What happened?"
"Well, it seems that the head of Harlington-Straker Studios killed the wrong project."
Ed's eyes snapped open. "You're kidding."
Alec shook his head. "I'm afraid not. Does the name Samuelson ring any bells? Apparently he considers a bomb an effective form of revenge. Ed, you are really lucky to be alive."
"All I remember is walking to the car, I don't remember anything else."
"I don't think that is unusual.I'm posting a guard outside the door, at least until we have Samuelson in custody. You get some rest, Ed. We'll take care of everything else." Alec contemplated the other in amusement, "You probably will get out of here faster, if you do as you're told, as impossible as that will be."
Ed looked at him with an obvious attempt to focus. If possible he paled even more as he said, "You know, Alec "
"I really think I'm going to be sick."
Alec moved back from the bed in alarm. "I'll get a nurse."It was the fastest exit Alec had made from any room in a long time.
"Two weeks, Alec," Ed Straker said in disgust as he paced his hospital room floor; his hands jammed in the bottom of his robe pockets.
Alec watched his friend in amusement and replied, "It's your own rule, Ed. Any injured personnel must be cleared by the doctor before returning to duty'."
"But I'm fine," insisted Ed.
"So, how are the headaches?" Alec asked with wide-eyed innocence.
Ed's head snapped up and he shot him an icy look. "They're fine."
After this many years with Ed Straker, Alec Freeman was pretty well impervious to Ed's icy glares. "Uh huh, fine are they?"
Straker dropped his gaze and began pacing again, trapped within the limits of his own regulations. "They are getting better. Frazer said they'll fade in time."
"Well," Alec said cheerfully, "in the mean time, maybe two weeks will help. Besides, I have the perfect place for you to go."
Ed stopped his pacing and looked at him, amused in spite of himself, "The perfect place, you say, and where is that?"
"A friend of mine inherited an estate to the north. She can't keep it because of the inheritance tax. In the mean time, it's big, it's empty and it has three things that you'll like."
Ed looked at him suspiciously, "And those three things are ?"
Alec extended a hand with a set of keys dangling from the fingers, "Solitude, a library to die for and fish that fight to get on your line, interested?"
Ed snorted in disbelief. "Do you know how long it's been since I've been fishing?"
"Too long to remember how to bait a hook?"
He shook his head with a smile, "Not that long." He took the keys and looked at them lying in his hand. "So what's the catch?"
Alec said quietly, "No catch Ed, she's a friend. She said you could explore to your heart's content. You'll have to pick up some provisions, but the freezer's stocked with meat. Anything you don't use will probably be discarded when the estate goes up for auction. Oh, and you'll have to take your fishing pole."
"Fishing pole," Ed looked thoughtful, "I don't even know if I have a fishing pole."
"Then I suggest you get one." Alec smiled in satisfaction, knowing he had won the battle.
The house was originally called Worthington's Lodge. Over the years the name had been shortened to Worth's Lodge. It had been built in 1759, primarily as a hunting lodge for a peer of the realm. Two years later it was lost in a game of chance to a not so peerless member of the realm; who decided he liked the area enough to settle in with his wife and two children.
Around 1860, it once again changed hands. This time it ended in the possession of an Earl.It was part of a dowry, payment from a measly squire for a bit of royal blood in the family. It was around this time, that a lightening caused fire burned the front portion of the house.
The following year it was rebuild in a much grander scale, as befitting an Earl's title and position, bankrolled entirely by the grateful father-in-law. At the turn of the century, it was finally sold to the ancestor of the current, though temporary owner.
Straker thought about the history of the house as he drove up the road. As much as he hated to admit it, there were times his American background got the best of him. The age and history of some of the buildings in the English countryside impressed him.
He also had to smile at the reaction of the proprietor in the small village he'd stopped at for some supplies. Though they were fading, his clear blue eyes were still set above the smudges of black and yellow bruises. The scrape along his cheek was still a bright red and the skin on his nose was peeling.
They definitely looked at him with suspicion, especially when he told them where he was going. It wasn't until he told them the name of his absent hostess, that they began to show any signs of friendliness.
He slowed the car as he approached what could only be the entrance for the estate. Having been told that it was the only private drive within five kilometers, it was hard to miss. He turned onto pavement that had seen better years and tried to stay to the center of the drive to avoid the overhanging branches of firs that had outgrown their boundaries.
He was seriously beginning to doubt the wisdom of Alec's choice, when he came around the corner of the drive and saw Worth's Lodge.
The house was sprawling stone, aged grey with time. To the back, Ed could see it rose three stories in a conglomeration of size and shape. It was obviously the result different expansion projects from different generations. But the front of the house looked like there was a possibility it hadn't been changed since it had been rebuilt after the fire.
Ed felt the welcome of the house in his imagination and for the first time he was actually glad he'd accepted Alec's idea.
Thunderclouds were building to ominous height in the east. As Ed walked up the steps to the massive front door, an oppressive heat sent a line of sweat down his neck. The door opened to a dusky, cool interior that was a welcome relief from heat that triggered a mild headache. He sat his bag down in the entrance hall and rummaged through his pockets for the medication Frazer had prescribed for the headaches. Experience had taught him that it was better to catch them at the start, rather than trying to take care of them after the pain was in full force.
The rest of the afternoon was spent getting acquainted with the house, pulling the dust covers off the furniture and settling in. He pulled back dusty drapes to let the sun in an otherwise gloomy interior. The last of the day was spent in the library. Ed smiled as he read the leather bound spines of heavy volumes. Some of these were first editions, he was sure. Alec was right; this was a library to die for.
A clap of thunder and the flash of lightening woke Ed from where he'd fallen asleep in the thoroughly modern recliner, a book laying open in his lap. He wondered if history was about to repeat itself with another fire; but the sound of the downpour outside the dark window, reassured him that any lightening strike would most likely be taken care of by the rain. He sighed. The room had grown dark and oppressive and as he laid the book on the table next to the chair, decided to call an end to his first day at Worth's Lodge.
The next morning saw Ed wandering through a garden next to the house. The garden was a riot of flowers, glistening with yesterday's rain. He compared this leisurely pace with the frantic activity at SHADO. At times it seemed they were fighting an almost overwhelming war with the alien forces. Fighting beings with brutal ways and minds no humane person could comprehend on one hand and expense reports and opinionated generals on the other. Maybe Alec was right, maybe he had pushed against a solid wall of confrontation for so long, it was hard for him the simply relax. Well, he'd have two weeks to find out.
He turned the corner of what had one time been a garden path and before him was an object that immediately caught his interest. Over the pathway before him was a stone archway. The stones were grey; moss covered, and overgrows with vines. It looked like he would have to cut his way through to continue up the path. He smiled grimly, another wall of confrontation.
To one side of the arch was a massive oak. From the top to well into the ground around it, lightening had peeled a jagged line. The bark and branches were thrown around its gnarled trunk. It was fresh, obviously the strike Ed had heard the night before.
On a whim, Ed returned to the kitchen and came back with a large meat cleaver and mentally made a note that he would probably have to replace it when he was finished. With consideration for taped ribs, he began to hack away at the vines that ensnared the archway, throwing then in a pile beside that walk. It took him the better part of an hour to clean away the vines.
The arch was almost five feet thick. It only cleared Ed's head by a matter of inches. On one side, there had been a plank bench; there were still signs of it along the edge. On the other side of the arch two names were carved in the stone, Sarah and Elisabeth and the date below said 1810.
He was tired when he finished and his ribs ached with a steady throb. So he sat against the trunk of a large maple along the path where he could look at his handiwork. He wasn't sure at what point he became aware that he wasn't alone. He looked toward the arch and straight into the eyes of a young lady sitting sidesaddle on a beautiful bay mare.
She was smiling at him with a curious look and Ed returned the look with equal curiosity. She looked about sixteen. Her hair fell in auburn ringlets held in some order by a velvet ribbon. The ribbon matched the russet costume she wore a long dress that swept the side of the horse. The eyes that looked at him were a clear grey, straightforward and questioning. For a moment Ed thought he was dreaming.
She tilted her head slightly and said, "Hello. I don't believe I know you."
Ed returned the gaze with a smile, "My name is Ed and I don't think I know you either."
"My name is Julianna, of course."
"Of course," he agreed with a grin.
"My family has the estate that lies next to this one. I'm allowed to ride here, because this is the home of my best friend. But I don't remember seeing you here before."
"That's not surprising since I only arrived here yesterday."
Her eyes widened slightly with surprise. "I can tell by your accent Sir, that you are an American."
"Yes I am," he acknowledged, "but most of the time I live in England now."
"My brother told me that in America, the savages ravage the women and burn the villages, but my governess told me that was greatly exaggerated." She paused with an intent look, "Is it true?"
Straker blinked a couple of times and replied carefully, "I don't think there are any more savages in America than there are in England."
"Oh," she returned with disappointment. "I met an American once in Devonshire at my uncle's house. But I confess that he was dirty and smelled like a horse, I wasn't much impressed."
Ed leaned forward and as the sunlight struck his face, she exclaimed with concern, "But you've been injured. Were you wounded in the war?"
"The war?" he asked in surprise. "No, I don't think you could call it a war, more a victim of circumstances."
"I don't think it could be too comfortable to be a victim of any circumstances." She looked back over her shoulder and said, "Oh dear, I think my groomsman has caught up with me. He will be vexed!" She turned back to him. "Maybe I will see you again sometime Ed, in the garden, by the arch."
She swung her horse and headed in the opposite direction. As horse and rider disappeared around the corner of the path, he wondered how on earth she'd heard anyone else at all. Aside from the two of them, the only sounds in the garden were the wind and the birds. He shrugged his shoulders and decided not to worry about it. There were too many unexplainables in Ed Straker's life, without worrying about another.
The next morning dawned bright and clear and even at the early hour that Ed had decided to take his walk in the garden there was already a hint of the heat that would arrive later in the afternoon. As sore as his ribs were today, he was sure that the light exercise that Dr. Frazer had prescribed had nothing in common with the meat cleaver and the vines of yesterday.
His first thought was to take the opposite direction from what he'd taken yesterday. But his second thought took him of the same path he'd gone down the day before. Flower appreciation, wasn't exactly a phrase Ed Straker would use to describe himself; but he enjoyed this garden. Maybe it was the fact that despite the odds and with out human assistance, this garden managed to survive, reseed itself and grow. Straker admired tenacity. On the other hand, honesty compelled him to admit that the mysterious guest of the day before nibbled at the edges of his curiosity.
She had actually been the first thing on his mind this morning. Julianna seemed a sweet and innocent child. Something that Straker didn't see too often in his profession. Innocence was a commodity he had forgotten himself.
As he rounded the corner of the path, there was a part of him that wasn't surprised to see the bay horse tethered to the same maple he had leaned up against the day before. It only took a moment to spot the auburn curls amidst the profusion of flowers. She must have heard his footsteps on the path, because as soon as he saw her she stood up.
She wore lavender this time, long sleeved and a long skirt that brushed midway up her leather boots. The ribbon in her hair once again matched the color of her dress and with the flowers in her hand she could have easily been posing for Monet.
"Hello, Ed I'm exceptionally glad to see you! I was hoping to have another chance to talk with you."
"Hello, Julianna. Did you lose your groomsman again?"
She laughed cheerfully, "I left him over watering himself and his horse." Her voice dropped to a loud whisper, "But personally I think he waters himself more than the horse."
She examined him with critical eyes, "You look better today, more rested."
He thought about the vines and the meat cleaver and smiled back, "I do feel better and rested."
"I do hope you will bear with me if I seem a bit forward. My mother says that I ask far too many questions. But I was so hoping you could tell me of some of your adventures in the wilds of America. Most of my friends, you understand, are only thinking about a London Season and making a good match. But I confess that my heart longs for adventure!"
Ed was beginning to wonder if he could see shades of Alec Freeman in this situation; maybe a little mystery on the side of relaxation? But he decided to answer her seriously. "There are a lot of different kinds of adventure in the world, Julianna."
"That is what Sarah says. She is older than I am and thinks being settled and married are enough adventure for any gently bred female. You see, my father has already arranged a match for me. At this time next year I will have a title, and lands, all that I should ask for. I'm the envy of all my friends. But that is not adventure!"
Julianna turned from Ed and stepped onto the path, a bouquet of columbines and daisies in one hand, and sweeping the tops of the highest flowers with the other. She stopped before the stone archway. "I am glad you cleaned this out, Ed. I can't understand why they let it get into such a sad state. Do you think perhaps, we could sit inside? It is cooler in there, out of the sun."
She stood at the entrance of the arch and looked back at him. He walked over to stand beside her. "I don't think there is anything to sit on in there Julianna."
She laughed up at him and said, "Of course there is!"
Ed leaned over and shaded his eyes to see inside. Against one curving wall of the arch was a heavy plank bench, worn smooth by long and frequent use.
Ed Straker sat in the recliner in the library and tried to lose himself in the book he had on his lap. As hard as he tried, there was no way to escape the events of the morning. The bench that Julianna and he had sat on this morning had been built into the wall of that arch. If it was a hoax it was definitely an elaborate one. He failed to see how Alec or anyone else could have pulled this off.
Another storm moved in from the east and settled in over the house, rumbling and snarling above. Ed wasn't a man that allowed his imagination to run away with him, but right now it was as wild as the storm outside.
The way Julianna spoke, the way she dressed, the innocence that Ed saw in her eyes were definitely from another time and place. He'd seen the way the aliens could manipulate time, could this be another plan of theirs? Aliens reaching back through time, directing human lives? The implications of that were too horrendous to contemplate.
A portion of Ed's mind could imagine Jackson's face if he told him this story. Something would be said about the medication that Frazer had given him for the headaches. Mix in an over stressed mind and the solitude that Alec recommended so highly and yes, he could just imagine Jackson's reaction.
Whether it was real or a product of injury related circumstances, one thing seemed clear, it centered on that stone arch. Aside from the limited facts that Alec told him about the Lodge, he didn't know any of the history. There was nothing in the library about the house, or the surrounding area. He assumed any such history would be in the possession of the current owner. Interesting records would only add to the value of the property.
There was a possibility, as he had passed through the village to buy supplies he'd seen an old church. From the look of the cut stones that made up its exterior, it was a very old church. A lot of the churches that had been the center of these villages for centuries kept records. Tomorrow he would take a drive back to the village and see what he would come up with.
Straker was too honest not to want to find out if all this was in his mind or something he was not prepared to contemplate.
He closed the book he'd been staring at for the last hour and took the pills out of his pocket. If he was going to make a clear determination of the situation, he needed to know the pills weren't affecting his judgement. He put them back in his pocket and decided that any headaches in the future he'd have to tough out.
As the rain moved in with the storm, the old house began to cool with ominous pops and groans. Ed smiled as he was reminded just how strong an imagination could be. He decided he'd thought enough about the situation for one night. He laid the book down on the table beside the chair.
He'd spend tomorrow completely away from here and visit the old church in the village. Maybe he'd find some answers there, maybe he wouldn't. But at least he would be doing something to try to find the answer. There was nothing in Ed Straker's personality that could handle a passive approach to any of his problems: not at SHADO, or in a wild country garden with a girl named Julianna.
The church was exactly as Ed remembered it, heavy grey stones that had been allowed to keep some of their original texture. The dust and grime of generations had settled into the lines, giving it the appearance of a building carved out of a single huge stone. It was nestled back in a grove of birch and poplar trees.In the lawn in front, a man was pushing a mower and behind a rough split rail fence a woman was digging in a flowerbed.
Straker stopped his car in the graveled parking area to the side and walked over to where the woman was on her hands and knees in the soil. She sat back on her heels and with a wide smile, she pushed her nut-brown hair back from her forehead with a gloved hand. She left a smudge of dirt across her head, which didn't detract from the twinkle in her dark brown eyes.
"Hi," she said in greeting. She used the wooden railing to pull herself to her feet. The round tummy in front indicated that she was about seven or eight months pregnant.
"Hello," Ed smiled back. The mower stopped and the man joined them in the shade of a large birch. "Hello," Ed started again. "Sorry to bother you, I wonder if I could have a few minutes."
The man that joined them was about the same age as the woman. His hair was a golden blond and his eyes a little darker than Straker's light blue ones. His smile was as wide as his wife's and he held out his hand for Ed to shake. "No bother at all. Anything that interrupts the lawn mower is welcome. You must be the guest at Worth's Lodge. I'm the vicar here, Jim Stroop. This is my wife, Dory."
Ed's startled glance caused the other to laugh. "It's not hard to recognize you. Light blond hair, blue eyes and looks like he's been in a gang fight." He looked at his wife. "It was a gang fight we were told, wasn't it? It had to be, because you're American."
Ed smiled in self-depreciation. "I see, nothing like small town speculation. My name is Ed Straker and as colorful as it sounds, I'm not in a gang. But you're right about me being the guest at the Lodge. A friend arranged for me to stay there while I recovered from a work related incident."
"It's good to meet you, Ed. I'm sorry about the sense of humor, my wife says it will get me in trouble sometime. I do hope I didn't offend you."
"No, I've always found a sense of humor to be an asset. As nice as it is to meet you, it really isn't my history I wanted to talk to you about."
The vicar regarded him seriously, "Of course, what may we do for you?"
"I was wondering if you have any records about the Lodge or any of the area around it? There doesn't seem to be any history of it at the library. Apparently my hostess has any reference to the Lodge with her."
The vicar and his wife glanced at each other once again. She smiled, "I think this is your department, I'll get us some iced tea."
The vicar smiled ruefully at Straker. "I'm the history buff in our family. She thinks I dwell entirely too much in the past and not enough in the present. As to your question, there is a lot of interesting history about the Lodge. What particular time are you interested in?"
Ed thought about the events that surrounded the arch in the garden. The names and date that had been carved into the capstone was 1810. "Around 1800 through maybe 1820."
The vicar's smile widened, "That makes it pretty simple. It's one of the more colorful time periods for the Lodge. It was owned at that time by a chap named Collins, a direct descendant of the second owner, a fellow that actually won the Lodge from the original owner. Collins didn't have any son, but he had two daughters. I think their names were Sarah and Elisabeth. Collins raised racehorses. He was well known around the country."
Ed nodded, that fit the names in the arch. "How about the surrounding area?"
"Well originally, Worth's took up most of the surrounding area. But, the land to the east was owned by a family named Huntington, a wealthy man the did quite well in agriculture."
Stroop looked at him curiously, "They had four I believe. The oldest boy was killed at Waterloo. Let's see his name was Justin. The land was inherited by the younger son, Jonathan, when his father was killed in a spill from his horse about ten years later." He hesitated for a moment. "I think the oldest daughter was called Mary and the other daughter was Julianna."
Straker felt a jolt of adrenaline shoot down through the soles of his feet. "Julianna," he said quietly.
"Yes, it's funny that you should single her out. She actually died at the Lodge you see, a very tragic situation. She died the same night they received news of the older son's death at Waterloo."
"How did she die?" Ed felt as if he was receiving news of the death of a friend.
"Some of it has been speculated about for years. According to local legend, she was going to see her friend, Sarah, probably to tell her about her brother's death. Brother and sister were very close; she probably took the news very hard. The weather at that time was much like we've been having here lately. It seems lightening struck a tree near her and a portion of the tree hit her and her horse. Their bodies weren't found until the next day sometime. It was all very sad."
"Yes " Ed looked thoughtfully out across the green lawn. "It was in the garden, you say?"
"Actually I didn't say. But yes, it was in the garden." Ed didn't see the startled look Stoop gave him before he continued. "As a matter of fact, there is a stone arch in the garden, you've probably seen it. The tree that the lightening struck was just beside the arch."
"Yes, I've seen it. The names and date on the arch are what stirred my curiosity."
"You're curiosity, huh." Stroop's eyes were alight with mischief. "Some say that the Lodge is haunted. That might be something that would stir someone's curiosity, as well."
Straker's expression revealed nothing as he looked back at the other. "Really, I can truthfully say that I've never seen any indication that the Lodge is haunted."
The vicar nodded knowingly; "Well that is good news. I'm sure an English ghost would be a definite liability to the current owner."
Ed grinned, "I'm sure it would." It was lucky for Straker that the vicar's wife chose that moment to bring the iced tea. She definitely rescued him from what could have easily become a spirited conversation.
Ed Straker had fully intended to spend the rest of the day away from the Lodge. He spent another half-hour talking to the vicar and his wife. They were a very nice couple with a tendency to engage in good-natured bickering.
After that he spent another forty-five minutes picking up supplies and trying not to add to his already colorful reputation in the village. When he finished there, he decided to spend some time at the lake Alec had recommended. The fish weren't actually as anxious as Alec had said; but it was a pleasant enough hour or two, sitting in the shade on the lake bank.
He tried in vain to keep his mind off the Lodge and it's unusual guest in the garden. By early afternoon, the clouds began to roll in. He could hear the sounds of thunder in the distance, a far away messenger calling him back to the Lodge. A portion of his mind felt it would be easier to face a squadron of alien vessels than to meet that young lady in the garden. Another portion of his mind embraced that distant herald.
His car phone buzzed him as he was turning down the drive. Alec, checking up on him. Straker kept the conversation short. If anyone could tell that something was bothering him, it would be Alec. He hoped he struck the right balance of confidence and reassurance. He didn't want Alec, or anyone, coming until he had some answers that he could live with.
He unloaded the car and stored away the supplies. Even though he could hear the sounds of the storm getting closer, he headed for the garden.
She was waiting for him beside the arch, holding the reins of the bay horse. As soon as Ed saw her, he knew she was upset. She'd threaded the reins of the bay through her shaking fingers and her cheeks were shiny with tears.
"I thought you had left," she cried. "I thought you weren't coming."
Ed looked at her with concern, "What's happened, Julianna, what's wrong?"
"My father bought my brother a commission in Wellington's army. He leaves tomorrow."
Ed felt a pang in his chest as he wondered if history was repeating itself. If this was what Julianna had told her friend Sarah so long ago. "I'm sorry, Julianna. I know that's very hard."
Fresh tears dampened her cheeks as she said, "I went to pray with him in the Chapel tonight. I heard him pray Ed. I know that he is afraid. He doesn't want Papa to know that he is afraid, but he is. So many have died in this war you see. But it isn't death that he is afraid of. He told me that if he does die he doesn't want to die alone." She looked at him with tragic eyes. "I can't think of anything more terrible than to die alone, can you?"
Ed thought about the men he'd sent out, knowing that they might do that very thing and he said quietly, "No I can't thing of anything worse, Julianna, than to die alone."
"We prayed tonight in the Chapel that neither one of us would ever have to die alone. I wanted him to know that I understood.I wanted him to know I wouldn't want to die alone either. Can you understand that Ed, can you understand?" Her eyes were pleading now for understanding.
Relief calmed her features and she smiled slightly. "I knew from the first moment I saw you in the garden that you would understand." She reached out her hand and Ed took her icy fingers in his. "I must go now," she glanced over her shoulder, "they don't know I'm here." She went around to the side of the horse and Ed helped her into the sidesaddle.
As the first round drops of rain began to fall from the storm above, she turned the horse's head and headed down the pathway, around the corner and out of sight. The rain began to fall heavily now, plastering Straker's fair hair to his forehead and dampening his clothes. He came to a quick decision and quickly followed in the direction that the horse and rider had taken. He rounded the bend in the path. There was no sign of Julianna on the straight path ahead; and as he looked down at the trail, he could see no sign of hoof prints in the sandy soil.
The next day was overcast, heavy and oppressive. Ed went to the garden at least a dozen times through the day, but there was no sign of Julianna. But as the day wore on Ed could feel tension building, coming to a climax as heavy as the atmosphere above him.
Ed Straker was not a naturally patient man, but his years with SHADO had taught him the meaning and value of patience. But right now patience wasn't exactly the value that was coming to the forefront. He paced the floor like an expectant father, feeling that Julianna was not far from him.
He knew exactly when she was in the garden. The storm was almost directly overhead, a crashing opera of light and sound. He threw the front door open and gasped in surprise as he almost collided with Alec, framed in the doorway.
Alec was equally startled and gasped, "What's wrong Ed, where are you going!"
Ed gave him a chilling look and brushed past him without a word.
As Straker rounded the corner, he could see Julianna struggling to stay on the bay. Her fingers grasped at the horse's mane while the animal snorted and plunged in fear. He paused for a moment taking in the scene and trying to decide exactly what he was to do. A tremendous crash and a blinding flash of light threw him to the ground. He felt Alec's hands helping him to his feet. Above Julianna the tree split with the sound of rending wood and bark. A portion of the tree struck both horse and rider and with a wild scream brought them to the ground.
Both men dashed over and began to pull away the debris that surrounded the tree, the smoldering branches that covered Julianna's body. As they reached her, Ed reached out to move her.
"Don't move her!" Alec warned him and tried to hold back his hands.
Straker shot him a sharp glance and returned, "It doesn't matter Alec."
Her skin was alabaster white against the rain soaked earth beneath her. The grey eyes that slowly opened were dark with emotion and pain. With fingers as cold as the rain she reached up and brushed the red line of the scrape on Ed's cheek; and slowly closed her eyes.
Straker carefully lowered her to the ground. Behind him Alec exclaimed as Julianna's form began to waver, become insubstantial, and finally give way completely to the angular lines of the branches around her. A moment later Ed heard a sweet voice whisper in his ear, "Thank you, Ed. You are forever my friend."
Ed Straker spooned instant coffee into two mugs of hot water and handed a cup to Alec sitting on the other side of the counter. Alec pulled the collar of Ed's borrowed robe up around his neck, still chilled in spite of the heated kitchen.
Straker looked at his companion and asked, "Why did you come, Alec?"
"I know you too well, Ed. When I called you I fully expected impatience at being stuck here and possibly, though not likely, good humor. But you were so noncommittal you were almost backpedaling. I knew something was going on."
Ed sat his cup down on the counter and added another dab of cream. He said ruefully, "Well, I did have a bit of a situation."
"That's an understatement," Alec replied. "I'd say you were hallucinating, but I'd have to throw myself in on that too."
Straker shook his head; "It wasn't an hallucination. I thought at first that the aliens had thought of another way to manipulate time, you can imagine my feelings about that! I suppose I'm not exactly ghost oriented, because it took me a while to figure out what was going on. When I finally realized it, you can understand my hesitation to share the situation with anyone else. I can see the tabloids, 'Head of Harlington-Straker Studio Encounters Ghost'"
Alec nodded in sympathetic agreement. "I think we'll just keep this under our hats. In the end do you know what the whole thing was about? What did she want from you?"
"I wondered about that myself," Ed said seriously, "until yesterday."
Ed walked over to the window and looked out at the moon, shining brightly over the garden. "Yesterday was when she told me that her greatest fear was dying alone."


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Directions to Hull Office of Andrew Jackson Solicitors
By Andrew Jackson Solicitors LLP	| Published on 3rd May 2013
From M62
Remain on the East Bound M62 to its conclusion at junction 38 and continue on to the A63 dual carriageway for approximately 16 miles into Hull, passing the Princes Quay shopping centre on your left, and Hull Marina on your right. Our office can be seen on the other side of the carriageway next to the Marina.
After 100 metres you will see a slip lane on the left before some pedestrian traffic lights, and before a bridge over the River Hull. Go into that slip lane and turn left onto Market Place and past a gold statue of King William on horseback. Take your next right (before you approach the pedestrian crossing). At the T junction, turn right, and follow the road for 150 metres to a cross roads. Turn right and then immediate left BEFORE the traffic lights into Blanket Row.
Drive to the end of Blanket Row, and on the right hand side you will see the car park for Marina Court. At the car park barrier please use the arrow keys below the screen to highlight Andrew Jackson, then use the central button (with a bell symbol) this will connect you with our Receptionist who will be able to raise the barrier to allow you access. If the barrier is already in the raised position before you are given access please do not attempt to enter the car park until it returns to the down position. Please park in one of the visitor spaces immediately on your left. If you have any problems gaining access to our car park please contact reception on 01482 325242.
For Sat Nav use postcode HU1 1UG and follow the directions above from Blanket Row to our carpark.
From North Lincolnshire via The Humber Bridge
Join the A15 and travel across the Humber Bridge. At the roundabout, take the first exit and proceed onto the East Bound A63 towards Hull for approximately 6 miles, passing the Princes Quay shopping centre on your left, and Hull Marina on your right. Our office can be seen on the other side of the carriageway next to the Marina. At the next main traffic lights turn left onto Market Place and pass a gold statue of King William on horseback.
Take your next right (before you approach the pedestrian crossing). At the T junction, turn right, and follow the road for 150 metres to a cross roads. Turn right and then immediate left BEFORE the traffic lights into Blanket Row. Drive to the end of Blanket Row, and on the right hand side you will see the car park for Marina Court.
At the car park barrier please use the arrow keys below the screen to highlight Andrew Jackson, then use the central button (with a bell symbol) this will connect you with our Receptionist who will be able to raise the barrier to allow you access. If the barrier is already in the raised position before you are given access please do not attempt to enter the car park until it returns to the down position. Please park in one of the visitor spaces immediately on your left. If you have any problems gaining access to our car park please contact reception on 01482 325242.
From East
Drive on A63, heading West, on Garrison Road, and immediately after crossing the bridge over the River Hull, go into the slip lane on the left, and turn into Queen Street. IMMEDIATELY turn right into Blanket Row. Drive to the end of Blanket Row, and on the right hand side you will see the car park for Marina Court.
Hull is served by trains from London Kings Cross, Leeds, Manchester and Doncaster.
On foot from Hull Train Station and Bus Interchange:
This will take 15 minutes. Cross Ferensway, walk down Jameson Street (you will see House of Fraser / HSBC / Waterstones on your left) continue walking until you reach King Edward Street (McDonalds on your right). Turn right onto King Edward Street, walk down King Edward Street to Queen Victoria Square. At Queen Victoria Square cross over Carr Lane and you will see Princess Quay Shopping Centre and a dock in front of you. Turn to your left and head towards Whitefriargate. As you approach Thornton's turn right down Princess Dock Street to Castle Street. Ask Restaurant will be on your right. You will see our office ahead of you on the other side of Castle Street. Cross by the pedestrian crossing.
By Taxi from Hull Train Station:
Taxis are available at the station and will take 5 minutes.
The nearest airport is Humberside International Airport which has international connections with KLM via Schipol, and internal flights with Eastern Airways. Humberside International Airport is 30-45 minutes from our office by taxi. There is a bus service to the Hull Bus Interchange.
By Ferry:
There are daily sailings to and from Rotterdam and Zeebrugge with P&O. The Hull ferry terminal is 15 minutes from our office by taxi. There is a bus service to the Hull Bus Interchange.

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Q: How to factor $ 1 - 3x + x^2 + x^3$? By inspection, I can see that one of the roots is $1$.
So we can write
$$
1 - 3x + x^2 + x^3 = (x - 1)f_2(x)
$$
where $f_n(x)$ is an n-th order polynomial. I haven't used long division for polynomials in ages, but I feel like that might be overcomplicating things and there might be an easier way to determine $f_2(x)$. Is there an obvious approach to getting $f_2(x)$ here?
I tried some guess and checking to obtain it. I know that the quadratic term in $f_2(x)$ must have a coefficient of $1$, since the coefficient of $x^3$ is $1$. So $f_2(x) = x^2 + f_{1}(x)$. Now $f_{1}(x)$ is some affine equation. I know that $f_{1}(x)$ must have the constant $-1$ since we have a constant $1$ in the cubic and $(x-1)$, so we know that $f_2(x) = x^2 - 1 + f_a(n-1)$, where $f_a(x)$ is some linear equation that goes through the origin.
Now I checked $(x-1)(x^2 - 1) = x^3 - x^2 - x + 1$. When we compare this with the original cubic, we see that we're off by $2x^2 - 2x$. So this prompted me to use $f_a(x) = 2x$. So we have
$f_2(x) = x^2 + 2x - 1$ and this checks out.
This procedure that I used was just kind of just guess and checking.

A: Set $x=0$ in $$1 - 3x + x^2 + x^3 = (x - 1)(x^2+ax+b)$$ and you get  $b=-1$.
Taking the derivative on both sides, you have
$$-3+2x+3x^2=(x-1)(2x+a)+x^2+ax-1.$$
Set  $x=0$ in the above equation and you get $a=2$.

A: One method to factor it is to check whether it can be separated into several parts that have a common factor. In this case, we can separate $x^3+x^2-3x+1$ into $x^3-x$ and $x^2-2x+1$. Since $x^3-x=x(x^2-1)=x(x-1)(x+1)$ and $x^2-2x+1=(x-1)^2$, the 2 parts have a common factor of $(x-1)$ and can be factored out. Thus, $x^3+x^2-3x+1=x^3-x+x^2-2x+1=x(x-1)(x+1)+(x-1)^2=(x-1)(x(x+1)+(x-1))=(x-1)(x^2+2x-1)$.

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Having a charities law and/or a watchdog will mean all charities have to register. We should make sure more regulation does not unduly increase compliance costs. But better regulation will increase donors' confidence that their generosity is making a difference. This will benefit responsible charities and penalise substandard ones.


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Secure expunction of remarks against POA Act such as abuse, misuse, blackmail by Supreme Court
PS Krishnan, IAS (Retd), former secretary to Government of India (GoI), has written a letter to Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment, GoI — copies of which he has sent to senior ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad, Jual Oram and Ram Vilas Paswan — on the need to effectively defend the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018, against the new Writ Petition filed on August 21, 2018.
Forwarding his letter to Dalit and Adivasi rights organizations across India, he has told them to get themselves "impleaded in this case quickly, engaged good senior lawyers and actively become parties in this case."
Willing to "brief the lawyers so engaged", he says, "This will enable us to give the full picture in a holistic manner and the socio-historical background of the SC and SC (POA) Act before the courts and fill any lacuna that may be left by the government and its counsels."
According to Krishnan, "While I am making every possible effort to persuade Government to take an effective stand and instruct their lawyers thoroughly along lines I have indicated, as I have been doing since many years in respect of cases pertaining to SCs, STs and BCs, it is not wise to leave everything to Government and organizations for SCs and STs and Social Justice must step in actively in fighting out this and other cases before Supreme Court and High Courts."
Text of the letter sent by Krishnan to Thaawar Chand Gehlot:
The commendable initiative of the Government in amending the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) (POA) Act in the recently concluded Monsoon Session to undo the dilution of its implementation following the judgment of a 2-Member Bench of the Hon'ble Supreme Court on 20.03.2018 has, as expected, been followed by a Writ Petition, filed by two lawyers, namely, Ms Priya Sharma and another, challenging these amendments.
The Government is aware of the importance of the Act for the protection of the two most vulnerable social classes of our country. I suggest that the Writ Petition be forcefully and effectively countered by full preparation and briefing of the Attorney General (AG) regarding the socio-historical background of the extreme vulnerabilities of the SCs and STs over the centuries till today and the socio-historical background of the POA Act. Some of the points in the Annexure to my DO letter to you dated 22.03.2018 are relevant and useful in this regard. If the Ministry so desires, I can help with details and particulars of the socio-historical background I have mentioned here.
I also suggest that this opportunity be utilized
to place all these facts, including the socio-historical background, in fullness and correct perspective before the Supreme Court. This will be useful and necessary for the Supreme Court to have holistic picture in dealing with specific Writ Petitions and other Petitions that may arise before the Supreme Court and High Courts from time to time. Once it comes on the record of the Supreme Court, it can be utilized whenever there is an occasion.
to secure the expunction of various remarks, comments and observations made by the two-Member Bench of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in its judgment of 20.03.2018. For example, that Judgment has used pejorative remarks against the POA Act such as "abuse", "misuse", "rampant misuse", "blackmail", "personal vengeance" etc. These could not be corrected by the SC and ST (POA) Amendment Act 2018. The present is a good opportunity which should be utilized.
to get all such unwarranted remarks expunged as their remaining in record can be used by those officers who are biased in a manner which will be adverse to the legitimate interests of the protection of SCs and STs. Allowing such remarks to remain in the judgment and in the record is harmful.
to show the court how in large numbers of cases of massacres etc. the accused have been acquitted by High Courts, even where the trial courts have convicted them, and how appeals in such cases are pending since years in the Supreme Court.
In the proceedings of the Supreme Court, which led to the judgment of 20.03.2018, the counsel for the Union Government did not present these facts and socio-historical background in fullness and made erroneous and gratuitous admissions, which I have mentioned in the Annexure to my e-letter to you dated 22.03.2018. This should not be allowed to happen again.
I would also reiterate my earlier suggestion of 22.03.2018 that the POA Act and the Protection of Civil Rights (PCR) Act 1955 be placed in the Ninth Schedule. This will give considerable protection, even if not total protection, against judicial scrutiny. The inclusion of these Acts in the Ninth Schedule will give greater strength to its defence by the Central Government in case they are challenged even after their inclusion in the Ninth Schedule. This can be further strengthened by specifically invoking the directive principle of Article 46 and in particular its protection clause, in the light of Article 31C read with Article 31B.
I request you to kindly consider taking urgent action along these lines. It will also be useful to give a public statement expeditiously about Government's intention to fight this Writ Petition forcefully and effectively. This will allay the anxiety of SCs and STs throughout the country who are very much worried about repeated attacks on the POA Act, which is vital for their protection.
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I just saw this on the CBS Evening News...I can't believe that it was in there for 50 years and that it wasn't removed once they knew about it!
I started off by saying to myself "What the hell were these people thinking...". Then I opted to say that they probably didn't have the brains to actually think.... I heard about this tonight from a friend and I still can't believe it.
Really disturbing how people can just put their own children into the trash like that. Not just in this case, but in general.
The couple, who were arrested on Sunday, have admitted to the charge and said they did it because their baby was crying really loudly while they were trying to play video games, police said.
Why would they even have a child if video games were more important to them?
doug19992000 wrote: Why would they even have a child if video games were more important to them?
From my end of things I never got around to asking myself that question. I just left it at "kids having kids". I have no idea what options are presented to pregnant teens in this city.
Very nice to see. Especially with everyone losing their damn minds lately.
I guess this problem is not just in the United States. Sad to see racism and also the lack of respect to another's property, but glad to see good people pull together and not be complacent.
Vancouver is not a third world city. There's absolutely no need to ride a train on its outside. The trains go pretty darn fast and there's a high voltage power panel between the rails. Thrill seekers of this sort definitely are candidates for Darwin Awards.
Surely there must be more to do in such a town for the sake of thrills! Especially when it is so cold out of doors.
Okay, I'm going to sound like my parents, but (some or most?) young people think they are invincible. Total lack of judgement.
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Thumburi Guesthouse Island invites bids for hotel development
The Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) has invited developers to submit bids for beachfront hotel development at Laamu Atoll Thumburi Guesthouse Island.
Plots of 5,000 and 10,000 square feet are available for 25 years. The 5,000 square feet plots are to be given out at US$ 30,000 per year with a US$ 100,000 acquisition fee, while the 10,000 square feet plots are to be given out at US$ 66,000 per year with a US$ 200,000 acquisition fee.
An MMPRC announcement said bidders must submit documents to the Thumburi project management section at the MMPRC office at Velaanaage in Malé by February 26.
The Thumburi project was launched earlier this year with the aim of making land available on the 17 hectare uninhabited island – as well as the linked Hulhiyandhoo island – for local investors to develop hotels, a diving school, water sports centres, restaurants, and shopping centres.
Posted on December 21, 2014 December 21, 2014 Author Minivan NewsCategories News in BriefTags development, guest house island, hotel, lease, maldives news, rent, SEZ, Thumburi Island
Indian resort worker beaten and mugged in local hotel
An Indian national working in a local resort was attacked with a hammer and mugged while in Male' city, allegedly by a former employee of the same resort.
The victim, identified by India's Express News Service as 24 year-old Ramakrishnan Sadanandan from Thiruvananthapuram, was reportedly attacked at 2:30pm on March 31 while staying in a local guest house.
According to the victim, he was attacked and robbed of US$200.
"They forcibly entered my room holding an identity card, pushed me to the bed and started beating me with a hammer," Sadanandan told the Express News Service.
"They took my mobile phone, cash worth US$200, camera and gold chain, and ran away. I informed the hotel authorities about the incident and they called the police," he said.
Sadanandan, who works as a front office supervisor at Medhufushi Island Resort and Spa, said that the police had "only registered the complaint". He has also filed the complaint at the Indian High Commission in the Maldives.
Speaking to Minivan News, Sadanandan said that he had been continuously threatened in the last two days and warned that he would not be allowed to leave the country safely.
However Sadanandan said that he is planning to leave the country as soon as possible and if required he would seek the assistance of the Maldives Police Service.
A person familiar with the matter told Minivan News under condition of anonymity that Sadanandan and the person who had attacked him both had worked on the resort. Sadanandan was the senior officer to the person who had attacked him.
According to the source, Sadanandan was warned prior to the attack, and "was lucky that he was at a hotel or else the he would have ended up in huge trouble". The source also said that Sadanandan had audio recordings of the attacker in which he had been threatened.
A police media official confirmed to Minivan News that the case had been lodged with police and that efforts were underway to arrest the people involved in the crime.
Speaking to Minivan News, First Secretary of the Indian High Commission in the Maldives, S.C Agarwal, said "I think the Maldivian society needs to be a little bit more sensitive to the foreigners."
"Foreigners come here because they are invited to come here by the Maldivian community. They are issued with visas and work permits. If they are being mistreated, in the long term it will bring long term consequences to the country," he said.
Agarwal added that foreigners deserved to have their rights and liberties respected once they entered the country with valid documents.
Regarding the case of Sadanandan, Agarwal confirmed that the High Commission had received the complaint on day the event took place.
Agarwal also said that a similar incident occurred about 10 to 15 days ago, in which an Indian woman was mugged on the street and had her mobile phone stolen. However, he said that the police had arrested the perpetrators on the same day and the mobile phone was retrieved. However she had declined to proceed with the case because she did not think she would succeed as a foreigner.
Despite the reluctance of foreigners to report such crimes, the Indian High Commission had received more than 400 complaints in the last five months. Most related to labour issues, but some included mugging and robberies affecting the Indian community.
"In my last five months in working in the High Commission, I have received about 400 complaints from the Indian community here. And that is not good," Agarwal said.
The Indian High Commission had advised Indian nationals not to carry large sums of money in their pockets, and to take precautionary measures at all times, he added.
Posted on April 5, 2012 Author Minivan NewsCategories Society & CultureTags crimes, hotel, maldives, maldives news, mugging, resort staff30 Comments on Indian resort worker beaten and mugged in local hotel
Jumeirah Dhevanafushi launches 'Ocean Pearl' water villas
The Jumeirah hotel group's first property in the Maldives, the all-suite Dhevanafushi, has announced the opening of the Ocean Pearls, "a cluster of water villas located 800 meters from the main island, suspended on platforms above the most iridescent sea in the world and entirely self dependent."
The Ocean Revive (270 square metre) and Ocean Sanctuary (340 square metre) villas share an infinity pool, bar, restaurant, in-library and spa, with a boat shuttling guests to the main island on request.
The Ocean Pearls dedicated restaurant, Johara, offers lounge dining contemporary cuisine with influences of Japanese, Southeast Asian, and Maldivian, according to a statement from Jumeirah.
Posted on October 17, 2011 Author Minivan NewsCategories News in BriefTags hotel, jumeriah, maldives, maldives news, maldives resort reviews
Hulhule Island Hotel wins 'Luxury Airport Hotel' award
The Hulhule Island Hotel (HIH) near Male' International Airport has been awarded the 'Luxury Airport Hotel' by the World Luxury Hotel Awards 2010, held on October 8 in Thailand.
The 136 room hotel, built in 2000, is used as a luxury stopover by tourists waiting for further transport, as well as flight crews. It is also a popular venue for Male'-based foreign workers.
This is the third year the hotel was won the award.
Posted on November 2, 2010 Author Minivan NewsCategories News in BriefTags airport, hih, hotel1 Comment on Hulhule Island Hotel wins 'Luxury Airport Hotel' award
'Celebrants' are the victims here, not the Swiss: Guardian
"Thousands of couples across Europe and the US who have married or renewed vows in Asian ceremonies must now be wondering what was really said as rings were passed and kisses were exchanged," writes William Sutcliffe in the UK's Guardian newspaper.
"However pleasant the officiators may have seemed, however sincere the tone of the ceremony appeared, it is clear now that literally anything could have been passed off as a blessing or a chant. Of course, this should always have been clear, but such is the determination to believe in some vague ideal of Eastern mysticism that most people who buy into these ceremonies presumably dismiss any legitimate scepticism as somehow "Western" and inappropriate.
"All hotels are reliant on a theatre of deference and respect. In expensive hotels in poor countries, where cocktails are served by waiters whose daily wage is less than the price of one of the drinks they serve, the gulf between what the staff think of the guests and how they are obliged to behave is likely to be at its largest. Only rarely does the fourth wall in this drama ever come down. This video is a truly spectacular example."
Posted on October 31, 2010 Author Minivan NewsCategories News in BriefTags couple, guardian, hotel, maldives, maldives news, resort, swiss4 Comments on 'Celebrants' are the victims here, not the Swiss: Guardian
Comment: Holiday Inn, pariah or promise?
It is amazing how fast a place can fall from grace.
Holiday Inn was opened with great fanfare in September last year. The whole city was abuzz with excitement at the opening of the first international hotel in Male.
Government officials made noises about what a positive impact the hotel would have, while businesses said they would finally have a good hotel in which to lodge their clients and consultants. Maldivians zoomed around in 'Holiday Inn, I Love Male' t-shirts, the campaign the hotel used for its launch.
The hotel lived up to the hype. Beautifully finished, it almost makes you forget you are in Male. The views from the rooftop restaurant and upper hotel rooms are stunning, while the food is delicious and unlike any other dishes served in Male'. The wifi in the hotel works like a dream (guests from other Male' hotels frequently complain about the poor internet facilities). Holiday Inn is like a resort located in Male'.
But alas what a difference five months have made. A series of PR blunders has alienated it from Maldivians, to the point that no one wants to identify with it, or frequent it much either. From the hope and the hype, the Holiday Inn has become toxic: the pariah of the city.
The major mistake was the hotel's attempt to obtain a liquor license. Opening a bar in the rooftop restaurant potentially enables them to increase earnings manifold, but has nevertheless damaged their brand enormously.
This idea for a bar has found almost no support in Male'. Conservatives claim it was against religion, while expat foreigners are furious their personal liquor licenses might now get revoked (and they would end up paying quadruple the amount for a drink at the hotel as they would at home).
Meanwhile liberal-minded Maldivians couldn't care less, except that now Maldivians would be banned from stepping foot on the amazing rooftop if the hotel were ever granted a license.
Holiday Inn's plans for the solar eclipse watching also proved to be a disaster. How out of touch they were with the customs of the country, when they advertised that they would be holding a barbecue on a Friday from 11 to 3 – the time of Friday prayers? And this at a time when they were constantly being targeted by conservatives and was enjoying a good bit of media spotlight.
At the start Holiday Inn bragged about having qualified Maldivians among its senior management. For a while they did have a charismatic Maldivian as director of sales and marketing, who envisaged branding the hotel an integral part of modern Male'. Inexplicably, the manager left the company soon after it opened.
More surprisingly, around 70 per cent of the staff are foreigners, even though the hotel is situated in the capital where one third of Maldivians live.
Whatever happened to the 'I love Male'' campaign remains a mystery. Far from enjoying its relatively unique status and becoming a pillar of society, the Holiday Inn alienated itself completely. It is now normal to see police patrolling outside. Things have gotten so bad, the manager of the Singaporean Holiday Inn was reportedly flown in.
For all its early mistakes, however, the hotel has tremendous potential for improvement. It is stunning, in a brilliant location, and the food is among the best one can find in Male'. It has great conference facilities, the clientele give glowing reports of their stays, and it's one of the few places in Male where the coffee is not burnt and staff actually smile when they are serving you.
The rooftop restaurant – the highest point in Male' – has stunning views of the airport, nearby islands and the speedboats and dhonis whizzing up and down. The balmy wind keeps you cool and the restaurant could easily compete with any trendy capital around the world.
In a society that's opening up after being closed for so long, Holiday Inn is well placed to repair the damage done to their image, if only they have the imagination. It could incorporate the music scene in Male, by inviting acoustic bands to play at the rooftop restaurant. It could resuscitate the idea of open air cinema evenings and from time to time let groups like Maldives Science Society, literary or poet's societies, use their spaces.
It could become the cultural icon of Maldives, a hub for artists and intellectuals, and hold visiting art exhibitions. It could recruit more Maldivian staff and reduce prices to make it affordable for more Maldivians. In short, it could aim to be part of this city.
Of course, all this boils down to the question of whether or not to have the liquor license. No amount of good public relations will be able to undo the damage a liquor license and bar will cause, as it would mean alienating locals. The ball is in the Holiday Inn's court: either have a liquor license or have a local friendly business and become an integral part of Male' city.
Posted on February 10, 2010 February 10, 2010 Author Rehendhi KhadeejaCategories Society & CultureTags holiday inn, hotel, maldives news, male5 Comments on Comment: Holiday Inn, pariah or promise?


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Brenda Cassellius will be the new Superintendent of Boston Public Schools
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Captain Albert Edgar Eberlin FRIBA MC (18 March 1895 – 13 January 1977) was an architect based in Nottingham.

Background and family
He was born in Nottingham in 1895, the son of Albert Eberlin (1863-1940), a Chemist in the partnership of Waterall & Eberlin, and also director of the Nottingham Building Society, and Annie Charlotte Maden (1860-1950). He was educated at Nottingham High School and Mill Hill School, Wills Grove, Mill Hill, Hendon.

In 1924 he married Edith Annie Daft (1897-1965).

In retirement he lived at 122 Sutton Passeys Crescent in Wollaton and he died on 13 January 1977 and left an estate of £68,555 ().

Military career
During the First World War he served in the 3rd Battalion the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry but was later transferred to the 26th Brigade Machine Gun Corps. In 1918 he was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry for continued command of his company on 25 April 1918 for over 2 hours whilst under attack despite being shot in both legs.

Architectural career
He was articled to Stockdale, Harrison and Sons of Leicester where he was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1921.  He later formed a partnership with Basil Baily. A later partnership from 1934 resulted in the architectural practice of Eberlin and Darbyshire.

He was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1939.

Works
Durham Ox public house, 89 High Road, Beeston 1925
High Pavement Chapel, Nottingham 1927 (restoration after fire damage)
Three Crowns public house, Main Street, Bulwell 1928
The Fox public house, 67 Upper Parliament Street, Nottingham 1928
White Lion Inn, Sandiacre 1931 (alterations)
The Duke of Devonshire public house, 33 Carlton Road, Nottingham 1931 (with Basil Baily)
County Tavern, Nottingham, now Cock and Hoop, Nottingham 1933 (with Basil Baily) Grade II listed
Royal Children public house, Nottingham 1933–1934 (with Basil Baily)
The Ship Hotel, Skegness, Lincolnshire 1934. Grade II listed.
The Beacon public house, Aspley Lane, Nottingham 1936
The Five Ways, Edward's Lane, Nottingham 1936–37. Grade II listed.
Rose and Crown, Derby Road, Nottingham 1937
Refectory Tavern, 110-114 Harbour Parade, Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent
Hooley's Garage, Upper College Street/Derby Road, Nottingham 1950
Manor Close, Station Road, Rolleston, Nottinghamshire 1952
Cavendish Hotel, Cavendish Road, Carlton, Nottingham 1955
Grey Goose, 73 Arnold Lane, Gedling, Nottingham 1956
Winifred Portland Secondary Technical School, Sparken Hill, Worksop, Nottinghamshire 1957.

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1895 births
1977 deaths
Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects
Architects from Nottingham
People educated at Mill Hill School
People educated at Nottingham High School
Recipients of the Military Cross
Machine Gun Corps officers
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry soldiers
Military personnel from Nottingham
British Army personnel of World War I

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