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▶ 2023 Oregon Wrestling Classic filled with dominance, firsts and controversy
by Steele Haugen | Central Oregon Daily News
The Oregon Wrestling Classic tournament at the Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center in Redmond last weekend had a lot of big moments. Teams on the High Desert saw a lot of success this year, but there was a tournament of controversy for one program.
Culver High School continued its dominance at the Classic, and Mountain View High School won it for the very first time.
"Making program history has always been a dream, I think of everyone, every kid on the team wants to make a difference at Mountain View and be that next best Mountain View team," said 138-pound Mountain View wrestler Andrew Worthington.
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Throughout the years for the Mountain View High School wrestling program, it's been a slow grind to reach consistent success. But years of hard work and dedication from both athletes and coaches have led to a year like this one.
"It's been a really good year," said 132-pound Mountain View 6A state champion Drew Jones. "This is the best, as far as my knowledge goes, the best Mountain View has ever been in the history of the program."
The Cougars took home the first-place trophy in the Oregon Classic Wrestling tournament for the first time in program history.
"It was like a Watershed moment for us, but one of the things we talked about when we walked away, we didn't want this to be that feeling of culmination like we had reached where we wanted to be," said head wrestling coach at Mountain View Les Combs. "We just wanted it to be one big step and we felt like we got there when competing with the 5A."
Mountain View was one of many teams from Central Oregon to find success at the Classic this year.
Culver won at the 2A level for the 17th year in a row, while Crook County took silver at 4A.
The La Pine Hawks took first at the tournament for the first time last year and were looking to do the same this year. But according to head coach Aaron Flack, the team was forced to forfeit from the Classic due to an error made during weigh-ins — a possible mistake by the Oregon Classic staff.
According to staff directors, any athlete that wrestles at the wrong weight must forfeit the entire dual, meaning the entire team has to forfeit.
In a Facebook post Flack says:
"This was a very unfortunate situation and anyone that thinks that was intentional, obviously does not know me very well…. We beat all three teams on Friday by over 40 points. We didn't need his points. I don't want to take away from the fact that our kids were wrestling tough, and they didn't deserve to have this stripped from them"
You can read Flack's full post here:
For the Mountain View Cougars and coach Combs, who has been the coach since 1996, they have high hopes for another historic moment in program history.
"We need to win state," said Jones. "It's never happened. Coach Combs has been coaching for a long time, and he's never gotten that, we're going to do everything we can to do what we can to make that happen this year."

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CFR Interactive Evaluates Efforts to Protect Human Rights Worldwide
CFR's International Institutions and Global Governance program has launched a new multimedia resource that tracks progress on the protection of human rights around the world.
February 23, 2012 4:25 pm (EST)
The international human rights regime has made critical strides in the struggle to prevent atrocities and to hold leaders accountable for them, according to a new component of the Global Governance Monitor, a multimedia resource from the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Yet, the regime still falls short in many crucial areas, says the guide, which was recently awarded the Telly Awards' highest honor.
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Produced by CFR's International Institutions and Global Governance (IIGG) program, the interactive guide tracks progress on the protection of human rights around the world:
—Legal protection: While myriad treaties and agreements have enshrined human rights on the international community's agenda, they lack binding clauses to ensure that action matches rhetoric, and important violators have not signed on.
—Capacity building: For nations that have the will but lack the means to protect human rights, capacity building remains underemphasized—primarily due to high costs and the difficulty of measuring success. "On balance, it remains far easier, and less costly, for the international community to condemn, expose, or shame human rights abusers rather than provide material aid for human rights capacity building."
—Response to atrocities: "A number of regional and country-specific courts, as well as the International Criminal Court, provide potential models for ending impunity. However, these courts have unevenly prosecuted violators of human rights, and have been criticized for focusing on some abuses or regions while ignoring others."
—Women's and children's rights: The rights of women have advanced incrementally. But even as UN members have more assertively pressured nations to protect women's rights, implementation has lagged. So too have children's rights been unevenly protected in reality, though awareness and official standards for their rights have expanded.
First launched in 2009, the Global Governance Monitor uses images, video, text, and interactive maps to track multilateral efforts to address global challenges. The guide's seven other components assess the nonproliferation, finance, oceans governance, climate change, conflict prevention, public health, and counterterrorism regimes. A future component is planned for transnational crime.
Like those before it, the human rights component includes:
—A brief video explaining the state human rights worldwide
—A graphic timeline tracing the history of the regime, from the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215 through the present
—An issue brief on the regime's strengths and weaknesses, and steps the United States should take to address gaps
—A matrix evaluating the scope and mandate of all the major institutions and initiatives related to human rights
—An interactive map detailing flashpoints around the world, including the struggle for women's rights in Saudi Arabia, political repression in Myanmar, torture at Guantánamo Bay
—A list of resources, including essential documents, recent articles, and CFR experts on the subject
View the new component at: www.cfr.org/humanrightsmonitor All of the monitor's components can be found at: www.cfr.org/ggmonitor.
Produced in collaboration with MediaStorm, the feature is made possible by a generous grant from the Robina Foundation.
More CFR interactives can be found at: www.cfr.org/publication/interactives.html.
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The International Institutions and Global Governance (IIGG) program at the Council on Foreign Relations aims to identify the institutional requirements for effective multilateral cooperation in the twenty-first century.
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Latest Vegas sports arena and resort ready for possible NBA expansion – The Nevada Independent
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver attempted to pump the brakes on expansion talk earlier this month, telling reporters the league isn't considering adding franchises over the next few years.
That didn't stop basketball star LeBron James and boxing great Floyd Mayweather from separately indicating their interests in owning an NBA expansion team in Las Vegas.
Marc Badain said he hasn't spoken "personally" to either James or Mayweather. But he understands their curiosity and why he might eventually receive a phone call.
Badain, former president of the Las Vegas Raiders until his resignation last year, has gone from consultant on a planned 20,000-seat sports arena south of the Las Vegas Strip to the project's president. He is now tasked with building the entertainment venue for Los Angeles-based Oak View Group.
In the same June 15 announcement, Oak View named longtime Strip resort executive Randy Morton as president of the hotel-casino portion of the project, estimated to cost $3 billion and will encompass 25 acres at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Blue Diamond Road.
The move by Oak View, which has built multiple arenas and entertainment projects in the United States and Canada, was seen as an acceleration in the Las Vegas facility's timeline. Oak View said it hopes to begin construction next year.
For now, there are no designs or artist renderings of the proposed project. Just an empty 25 acres of desert that serves as a blank canvas.
"We're in the early stages of what is obviously going to be an integrated resort where the boutique hotel, the casino and the arena are all interconnected," said Morton, who spent almost two decades as president of Bellagio.
Badain, who oversaw the development of the $1.9 billion Allegiant Stadium on behalf of the Raiders, said the concept being discussed would closely link the arena to the hotel-casino.
Oak View is headed by founder and CEO Tim Leiweke, a veteran arena developer and sports executive. Last year, Oak View opened the $1.2 billion, 18,100-seat Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, which is home to the NHL's Seattle Kraken. Last year, Oak View also debuted the $1.1 billion UBS Arena on the grounds of the Belmont Park Racetrack on Long Island, where the 17,255-seat multi-purpose arena houses the NHL's New York Islanders.
Randy Morton, president of Oak View Group Las Vegas Hotel-Casino, left, and Marc Badain, president of Oak View Sports and Entertainment Venues, right. (Courtesy photos)
"This unprecedented project is an industry game-changer, but to do it right, that means putting the best team in place," Leiweke said in a statement.
Badain said the Las Vegas arena will be built to NBA specifications, but it's not predicated on housing a team.
"I don't think anything's really changed," Badain said last week. He first discussed the project's concept in March with The Nevada Independent.
"Our goal is to build an NBA-ready venue," Badain said. "Then, it's up to Commissioner Silver and the 30 NBA owners to decide if they want to expand and where they want to expand. We hope we will be an option for them."
Oakview owns 25 acres of a 66-acre parcel, which it acquired from Blue Diamond Acquisition, which retained the remaining 41 acres. According to the Nevada secretary of state's office, Blue Diamond Acquisition's managing partner is Scott Goldstein, the son of Rob Goldstein, chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands.
Scott Goldstein also operates Las Vegas-based Prospect Street, which acquires, develops and manages commercial real estate. He could not be reached for comment as to the company's plans for its 41 acres.
Badain said the Oak View project sits at the southern end of some 300 acres that could eventually include a station for a long-planned high-speed train connecting Las Vegas with communities in Southern California, a potential stadium for a Major League Soccer franchise and other potential developments.
"That's the exciting part. A lot of times these projects have ancillary development but you don't know if they're ever going to be built and who's going to develop them," Badain said. "I think you are going to see the creation of some sort of village both around the arena and the entire 300 acres."
Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle was built by Oak View Group, which is planning to build a 20,000-seat arena in Las Vegas. (commons.wikimedia.org)
Oak View's site is roughly 3 miles south of Mandalay Bay, considered the Strip's southern border. Badain also noted the site's proximity to Harry Reid International Airport and development along the east side of Las Vegas Boulevard, including an outlet mall and restaurants.
The development of Allegiant Stadium – from the land acquisition in May 2017 to the first Raiders game in 2020 — took roughly 36 months, with about two years for construction. Badain expects a similar timeline for the arena and resort, which Oak View said in its original announcement wouldn't open until 2026.
"We were very fortunate in the acquisition of the land," he said. "Like Randy said, we're in the preliminary stages of design. We have had meetings with the county regarding entitlements and what we need to provide for them. We have our marching orders and we're going forward and executing those plans."
Morton, whose hotel experience also includes an executive position with Four Seasons Resorts and as president of Monte Carlo (now Park MGM) on the Strip, said he is working with the design team at Gensler and Populous to "focus on the master-planning and in the design and development of a luxury boutique hotel-casino."
The hotel is planned for 2,000 rooms, but Morton said it's too early in the planning stages to determine if Oak View would work with a hotel company or an outside casino operator on the project. Many concepts and options would be considered.
"This is a tremendous opportunity," Morton said. "Tim Leiweke has a very clear vision on luxury and my job, and Mark's job, is to execute that vision."
Prior to joining Oak View, Morton spent a year with Foley Entertainment Group (owned by Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley), which included work in arena operations at the new Dollar Loan Center arena in Henderson and overseeing the operations of Hotel California in Santa Barbara.
Oak View also announced that former Wynn Macau executive Patrick Crockett had joined the project as a financial consultant to the hotel and casino.
"Marc, Randy, and Patrick's leadership, robust experience, and proven track records will be instrumental in helping bring our vision to life," Oak View President of Business Development Francesca Bodie said in a statement. "Each understands what it takes to develop, build, and open a world-class entertainment destination."
Pedestrians walk on the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday, March 27, 2021. (Jeff Scheid/The Nevada Independent)
U.S. Travel taps former AGA head Geoff Freeman as its top executive
Former American Gaming Association CEO Geoff Freeman, whose five-year tenure with the trade group culminated with leading an industry-wide effort to legalize sports betting, was named the CEO of the U.S. Travel Association last week.
Freeman has a deep understanding of the Washington, D.C.-based organization that promotes travel in America. He served seven years as the association's No. 2 official before joining the AGA in 2018. He also brings his knowledge of both Las Vegas and the gaming industry nationwide to U.S. Travel.
"I believe it's absolutely advantageous for Las Vegas to have someone who's so familiar with the gaming industry serving as CEO of the U.S. Travel Association," Clark County Director of Aviation Rosemary Vassiliadis said in a statement.
Las Vegas has had close ties with U.S. Travel over the years. Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority CEO Steve Hill is a member of the association's board, while former CEO Rossi Ralenkotter spent two years as chairman in the early 2010s.
During his time at U.S. Travel, Freemen advocated for a legislative campaign that resulted in the passage of the Travel Promotion Act. The law led to the creation of Brand USA – a public-private partnership that helped the U.S. travel industry capture a larger share of the international travel market.
Freeman's other accomplishments included leading the industry effort behind the creation of TSA PreCheck and establishing the Meetings Mean Business Coalition.
Former American Gaming Association CEO Geoff Freeman has been named CEO of the U.S. Travel Association. (Courtesy photo)
"Geoff is highly regarded in Washington and well known across our industry for his strategic work to conceive campaigns and programs that opened new pathways for growth in the travel economy," said Carnival Cruise Line President Christine Duffy, the current chairperson of the U.S. Travel board. "Now, returning to lead the association, Geoff will continue bringing a fresh and strategic approach to advancing the mission of U.S. Travel in its next era."
U.S. Travel represents all components of the nation's travel industry. According to the organization, travel generated $1.5 trillion in economic output in 2020 and supported 11 million jobs, a decline from pre-pandemic figures.
In Las Vegas, the gaming and travel industries praised the Biden administration's decision earlier this month to end a requirement that international airline travelers to the United States submit a negative COVID-19 test prior to departure. They said the move was another step in bringing back a key Las Vegas visitation component.
The LVCVA has long touted international visitors as an important component in the region's overall tourism profile, primarily because they stay longer and spend more.
It was one of two significant segments, along with convention business, that had all but disappeared during the pandemic.
Freeman will replace outgoing CEO Roger Dow on Sept. 1. Dow is retiring after 17 years with the organization.
Freeman left the AGA to become CEO of the Consumer Brands Association, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that represents the $2.1 trillion food, beverage and consumer product industry.
Freeman was just the second CEO in the AGA's history. Over his tenure, membership grew along with an expansion of casinos in the U.S., while also expanding the AGA's membership to tribal gaming entities.
After leaving the AGA, Freeman joined the board of Las Vegas-based gaming equipment provider AGS.
"There are few industries more essential to the nation's economy, more connected to consumers, and more critical to bringing Americans together than the travel industry," Freeman said in a statement. "I believe U.S. Travel's talented team can continue to raise the bar, and I'm excited to roll up my sleeves and get started."
Performers dressed as showgirls wave at passengers on Virgin Atlantic Airways arriving at Harry Reid International Airport on Nov. 8, 2021. (Jeff Scheid/The Nevada Independent)
Once 6 million, Las Vegas' international visitors totaled 979,400 in 2021
Speaking of international travel, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority said Mexico and Canada again supply the largest number of international customers to Southern Nevada on an annual basis.
But since 2020, international travel restrictions and health and safety protocols brought on by the pandemic have shaken up the rankings.
The largest single-year total for international visitors to Las Vegas was just under 6 million in 2014.
Between 2015 and 2019, Las Vegas' total international visitor totals ranged between 5.6 million and 5.8 million. The pandemic sent the number of international visitors tumbling to 1.1 million in 2020 and 979,400 in 2021.
The LVCVA updated its international visitation estimates by country and region last week, and the two North American countries provided 73.2 percent of the market's total number of international visitors in 2021.
The information, broken down by country and region, came from Global City Travel and was based on market origin.
Mexico has been the No. 1 provider of international visitors to Las Vegas over the last two years with almost 58 percent of the total market. Canada, which was the top provider of international visitors between 2010 and 2019, has contributed a combined 15 percent of foreign customer volume in 2020 and 2021.
The United Kingdom was the No. 3 market for international visitors to Las Vegas in 2020 and 2021, at 4.8 percent, followed by Germany at 2.1 percent.
Prior to the pandemic, several other countries, including Australia, China, South Korea and Japan often traded places for the No. 4 through No. 6 slots.
The Venetian Macau, which is owned by Las Vegas Sands. (Störfix, Lizenz: Creative Commons by-sa 3.0 de, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons)
Macau casino operators each pay $6 million to extend licenses until end of 2022
The six casino concession holders in Macau – including Las Vegas Sands, Wynn Resorts and MGM Resorts International – each paid $6 million to the Special Administrative Region last week to extend their gaming licenses to Dec. 31.
The 20-year concessions were set to expire last Sunday. However, the Macau Legislative Assembly a week ago adopted the Special Administrative Region's new gaming law. The six operators are expected to apply for new 10-year gaming licenses that also allow for three-year extensions under certain circumstances.
The extension of the current licenses until the end of the year keeps Macau's casino industry uninterrupted while the government works on procedures to launch the application process for new concessions later this year.
Macau's casino market, however, is suffering after the region detected another COVID-19 outbreak, which has all but halted visitation because of China's "zero-COVID" policy. The government said it will not order casinos to close despite mandated testing of more than 600,000 residents along with continued stay-at-home orders.
Most of the city's leisure facilities, such as theaters, clubs and beaches, have closed.
Macau Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng told Asian media outlets the casinos would remain, but the situation will continue to be evaluated.
On Tuesday, CNBC reported that China would shorten the quarantine period for international travelers from 21 days to 10 days.
Macau gaming revenue has declined 44 percent over the first five months of 2022, compared with the same five months of 2021. Jefferies Hong Kong-based gaming analyst Andrew Lee predicted the region's casino revenue will hit "new year-to-date lows."
Macau casinos collected $10.8 billion in gaming revenue in all of 2021, an increase of 43.7 percent over the nearly $7.6 billion collected during pandemic-ravaged 2020.
But the 2021 total was more than 70 percent below pre-pandemic 2019, when casinos in the region produced $36.6 billion. The gaming revenues produced in 2020 and 2021 are the lowest single-year back-to-back totals since 2006 and 2007.
Macau's all-time gaming revenue record was $45 billion in 2013.
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Adobe Systems, Inc. has announced the release of Adobe Content Server 3.0, an end-to-end software solution that enables the secure distribution of Adobe PDF e-books. New Content Server 3.0 functionality makes it possible for libraries to loan and distribute PDF-based e-books to patrons. Content providers and businesses may also use Content Server 3.0 to offer digital subscriptions of PDF content to consumers or employees. The new lending features give distributors control over the number of people who access content.
Thousands of PDF e-books from publishers such as HarperCollins, McGraw-Hill, Rough Guides, Holtzbrinck Publishers, St. Martin's Press, and Farrar, Straus and Giroux are already available. Libraries will be able to instantly deliver these existing PDF e-books and other digital materials to patrons. According to the announcement, the e-books are automatically checked in and out and may be integrated with a library's existing catalog system, thus simplifying management and eliminating extra work.
Through the library's Web interface, patrons use a simple process to check out and receive e-books, but do not need to be connected to the Internet to read them. Libraries can also set usage rules so e-books expire after a certain amount of time or on a specified date. When the lending license expires, the e-book is automatically disabled on the patron's computer and is returned to the library catalog.
Through a browser-based interface, Adobe Content Server 3.0 links key functions of the e-book supply chain for easy packaging, encryption, and distribution of e-books over the Internet. The software works with existing IT environments, enabling content owners and distributors to secure intellectual property and tightly control digital rights and distribution. It also provides protection for copyright holders by allowing them to set rights and permissions, including whether content can be copied, printed, or lent to other readers.
To make it easy for libraries to add these new capabilities, Adobe has teamed with library solutions providers ebrary, Baker & Taylor, Follett, and netLibrary. These companies offer a turnkey solution that includes technology, high-quality content, and complete integration services. Through these providers, Content Server 3.0 can be easily integrated with a library's existing IT infrastructure.
The Adobe Content Server is available through Adobe distributors such as OverDrive and can also be licensed directly from http://ebooks.adobe.com. Content-based pricing is a one-time fee of $5,000 for one Content Server destination site that's capable of hosting 250 titles. Expansion packages are $1,000 per additional 500 titles. ASP-based pricing is $10,000 for the Content Server linked to one destination site that hosts an unlimited number of titles. Additional destination sites for Content Server are $1,500 each. Upgrades to Content Server 3.0 from previous versions are also available.
Source: Adobe Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA, 800/833-6687; http://www.adobe.com.


CW Suter utilizes Building Information Modeling (BIM) or also known as Virtual Design and Construction (VDC). It has become an industry trend where designers and contractors utilize cutting-edge software to build 3D "virtual" models of buildings and their integral systems prior to physically beginning construction. Because of this, these models are highly intelligent and have much information which can include design parameters, equipment manufacturers, equipment submittals, and operations and maintenance manuals just to name a few.
3D technology – including CAD – has certainly progressed over the past few years. As software and hardware platforms have become more sophisticated and faster, contractors can further identify opportunities to build more detailed models that allow them to increase productivity, minimize risk, and meet aggressive construction schedules. CW Suter's BIM process ensures that we stay on the leading edge of Virtual Design and Construction.
A coordinated model gives the confidence to pre-fabricate our ductwork, as well as mechanical piping, and plumbing well in advance.
Fabricating in a controlled environment maximizes our crew productivity.
Pre-fabrication embraces aggressive construction schedules.
Our ductwork can be downloaded directly into our shop's plasma table and coil line.
Modeling a mechanical system and coordinating with other trades prior to mobilizing on-site minimizes trade conflicts in the field, resulting in change orders.
Minimizing trade conflicts prevents costly rework.
An opening plan can be provided to the general contractor to coordinate wall, floor, and roof penetrations well in advance.
A material take-off can be generated directly from the model.
The material take-off can be organized by area, floor, system, etc.
Reduced material waste due to accuracy of the take-off and pre-fabrication.
Minimizing trade conflicts in the field result in fewer change orders, resulting in fewer dollars spent.


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const viewModeIcon = <IconRemoveRedEye style={IconsStyles} />;
const editModeIcon = <IconEdit style={IconsStyles} />;

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}

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Being newly wed to a beautiful Hollywood actress must not be as tough as we all imagine, given the giddiness and domestic bliss that pervade Brad Paisley's third album, Mud on the Tires. Unrelenting positivity is usually the bane of contemporary country, but Paisley (Kimberly Williams' better half) proves it doesn't have to be gooey, at least if you have the combination of self-deflating levity and neotraditionalist chops that've made him the genre's most charming new star. The Western swing and good cheer are so infectious that the single truly sad tune -- ''Whiskey Lullaby,'' an alcohol-and-suicide duet with Alison Krauss -- strikes a false note, just about the only one among ''Tires''' 16 tracks.


Unhappy about how much you're paying in property taxes? Live in Fulton County, GA? We had a call from Bob to say that his assessment went up 33 percent this year. He appealed and they denied his appeal and raised his property tax assessment from the prior year as well. Ouch!
We received a call from a woman who has had luck with the Fulton County Taxpayer's Foundation (www.fctf.org). It's $50 to join, but there's a staff person who can help give you guidance on your real estate tax situation.


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The Roaring Boy by Edward Marston
I simply adore this rollicking series by Edward Marston that centres around Nicholas Bracewell, the book holder of a very successful acting troupe, Lord Westfield's Men in Elizabethan England. Formulaic (and I mean that in the most positive sense of the word, a reader knows what they're going to get and is more than satisfied with the process and outcome) and utterly charming and clever, filled with rich language and wonderful humour and well as clever plotting, these novels just get better and better.
The book opens when one of Westfield's Men shuffles off this mortal coil in an untimely fashion, leaving the troupe despondent and the playwright and share holder, Edmund Hoode, questioning his livelihood and blaming himself for the tragedy. Considering leaving the profession at which he excels (which is not unusual for Edmund), it's not until the basis for a new play, The Roaring Boy, is placed in his hands by the mysterious Simon Chaloner, he reconsiders. It's a manuscript based on the salacious and true events of a murder and the execution of the perpetrators, but which shockingly claims they were wrongly convicted and hints as to the real villains. Edmund, Nicholas and the rest of Westfield's Men know they have something dangerous and wonderful in their hands, something worth honing into a performance piece that will not only shine a light on a dreadful wrong, but once again make them the toast of London.
But there are those who will do anything to prevent the play Edmund writes being performed, including murder. After all, they've already killed to protect their identity and what they're really hiding, what's a few more bodies?
Bringing late Elizabethan London and the grit, grime and calumny of the playhouses to life, Marston excels in this tale of tales, truth, falsehood, varlets and heroes. The dialogue is absolutely cracking, the characters possessed of depths and idiosyncrasies that make them leap off the page, and the plot is marvellous.
Loving this series and so will anyone who likes historical fiction, crime and just well-written stories.
Tags: crime, Edward Marston, Elizabethan London, mayhem, murder, Nicholas Bracewell, plays
Book Review: The Trip to Jerusalem by Edward Marston
The third book in the Nicholas Bracewell series by Edward Marston, The Trip the Jerusalem ups the ante by becoming darker and more twisted in terms of plot and character motivation. So much so, it was hard to put down.
The novel opens with London in the grip of plague, so Lord Westfield's men decide to quit London and try and earn their keep by playing at inns and country houses on the way to "Jerusalem" or York. Knowing they have to reduce the size of their company in order to make the journey viable, they make some tough decisions regarding the actors, decisions that the murder of one of the players throws into disarray.
As per usual it's not just murder that stalks Lord Westfield's Men, but mayhem as well as they discover that their arch rivals, Lord Banbury's men are not only pirating their plays but managing to perform them successfully prior to their arrival at each destination. But when one of their valuable players is kidnapped, other disasters befall the troupe, and strangers join their pilgrimage, bookholder, Nicholas, requires all his intelligence and skills to outwit Banbury's men, sort out a muddle of relationships and uncover a plot that threatens the crown.
Fast-paced, easy to read and thoroughly enjoyable (there are some laugh out loud moments) this is a terrific edition to a series that is getting better with each instalment. Part of that is because the characters are becoming more familiar and lovable (or not) but also because the language in which the tales are told and the cracking dialogue is reminiscent of Shakespeare's plays – particularly the comedies – and there's a richness and boldness about them that's at once familiar, strange and lovely to read.
Tags: Edward Marston, London, murder, plague, plays, spies, The Trip to Jerusalem, York
Book Review: the Queen's Head by Edward Marston
This was a fabulous, fast-paced story about the book holder (akin to a stage manager) for an Elizabethan theatre group – Lord Westfield's men – named Nicholas Bracewell and how, after a friend is brutally murdered, he's tasked with discovering the identity of the killer and seeking justice.
Ostensibly a murder mystery, this novel is so much more. The wonderful backdrop of the theatre is used to great effect as is the year this story is set – 1588, the year of the defeat of the Spanish Armada and the one in which Elizabeth Ist's reputation as a sovereign not to be trifled with was cemented.
Replete with wonderful details of the era, of the workings of theatre – from the writing of plays, the commissioning of them, rehearsals, attendance, costuming, and the way in which actors were viewed (at this period in Elizabeth's reign at least it was with a great deal more respect than even ten years earlier), The Queen's Head (which is both the name of the inn in which the troupe do most of their performances as well as gesturing to plot) is a rollicking story that brings to life an interesting group of characters, an occupation and way of life that is both exciting, difficult and unpredictable and a period that is celebrated as much for its artistic achievements, science, political turmoil and exploration as it is violence and disease – all of which are affectionately and respectfully acknowledged in this novel.
Loved this gem and have already started the next book, The Merry Devils.
Tags: Edward Marston, Elizabethan theatre, murder, Nicholas Bracewell, plays, The Queen's Head


I teach environmental science courses that are focused on the process we go through to investigate and begin to understand the environmental systems we live in. My intention is that students leave my courses with a better understanding of both the earth system/process the class is focused on (water resources, geology, etc.) and the way we go about investigating that process. Most of my classes involve individual research, experiential learning at outdoor field sites or local environmental agencies, and significant hands-on problem solving. My main focus is to teach students how to navigate the often messy process of discovery. I believe strongly that many controversies in the public discourse about science, including debates about climate change, evolution, and medicine, stem from the fact that too many people see science as a text book that has already been written instead of as a dynamic process. I want to encourage students to look at science as something they can actively create and evaluate, rather than something that is handed to them as a set of predetermined conclusions. My desire is that each student leaves one of my courses better able to use evidence in decision making, discuss the uncertainties and errors in scientific research, and apply the knowledge of the course to a relevant problem.
My research interests are focused on developing records of recent and long-term changes in the environment, especially in aquatic systems, arising from shifts in climate and land-use. Using biological and geochemical archives in lake sediment cores, I develop reconstructions of paleo-ecological changes. These reconstructions can be used to answer a variety of questions about natural variability in ecological systems, changes in these systems after anthropogenic disturbances, and the efficacy of restoration efforts.