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C a s t l e a n d R e g i m e n t a l M u s e u m - M o n m o u t h
a n d t h e R o y a l M o n m o u t h s h i r e R o y a l E n g i n e e r s ( M i l i t i a ) - t h e S e n i o r R e g i m e n t o f t h e R e s e r v e A r m y
Castle Ruins
Great Castle House
Rhine to Elbe 1944-5
from Low & Everett's history of the Regiment
On 21st March all 8 Corps Troops Engineers units moved to their concentration area where they were to await orders to move forward to assembly areas for the River Rhine assault. This area was in the Siegfried line, near Weeze, and their first task on arrival was to bury a large number of cattle killed in the recent fighting and now putrefying. Here they checked over all their bridging equipment and divided units up into echelons, limited in the first instance to 8 vehicles per company. They also received their final CRE's briefing on a model.
On the night of 23/24 March the O.C. l00th Coy set off to the River Rhine in the CRE's Jeep passing at high speed through blazing towns and villages. The town of Xanten was in flames and buildings were falling everywhere under enemy shell-fire. At the river bank the bridge site near Wardt lay below the level of the flood bank, and both officers with a sapper (Spr Raquet) were able to reconnoitre and decide the exact centre line for the Class 9 F.B.E. bridge with enemy fire passing well over their heads. The plan was for l00th Coy to construct the bridge itself while l0lst Coy cleared mines and laid the "Somerfeld" approaches on both banks. 224th Coy were responsible for pre-casting all anchors from a raft attached to a balloon cable across the river while l0lst Coy operated 'anti-debris' motor boat patrols. The speed of the current, estimated at 4 m.p.h., was in fact nearer 7 m.p.h. owing to obstructions. All units reached their assembly areas intact, the only casualty being a signaller who had a leg blown off by an enemy mortar bomb. By first light the Buffaloes and storm boats, supported by Class 50/60 and Close Assault Rafts of other R.E. units were well established but on the immediate site of the bridge 15th Scottish Division had failed to overcome enemy resistance on the far bank. It was not until nearly mid-day, by which time the airborne corps had secured the enemy gun areas, that bridging could begin. However the 1,320 foot FBE, started at 1200 hours on 24th March, was open and in use by 2300 hours the same day. Except for a U.S. 9th Army "Treadway" bridge near Wesel it was the first of the many bridges built by 21 Army Group across the River Rhine during the assault.
The new techniques had proved eminently successful. In particular the drill for the pre-casting of anchors had proved its worth in spite of the very fast current. It is of interest to note that when floating all-weather Bailey bridges came to be built later on the Royal Navy was called in to deal with the casting of anchors.
The bridge was named " Draghunt Bridge" by the CRE.
100th Coy remained on the site in charge of bridge maintenance. Very necessary because FBE is delicate in use as it depends for its Class 9 limit on all vehicles keeping 80 ft. apart - i.e. two rafts apart. At each end of the bridge was a large notice: "WARNING: KEEP 80 FT. SPACINGS OR BRIDGE WILL SINK"
Sappers were spaced out the whole length of the bridge but, in spite of all precautions, some vehicles closed up in the dark and at 0200 hours the bridge was broken in several places. The cause of the trouble was believed to be a Light Anti-Aircraft Battery which had to deploy immediately on reaching the far bank and which, by doing so, held up other vehicles following behind. At that time the bridge had been open for only four hours and some 200 vehicles had passed over it.
All 8 Corps Troops R.E. units were immediately alerted. It was just getting light and across the river could be seen groups of rafts, some broadside on to the current, all bearing vehicles whose drivers were anxiously scanning the shore. The rafts were first winched inshore by bulldozers, and after their vehicles had been unloaded they were again assembled in the bridge. However twelve hours were lost. It was 1500 hours on 25th March before the bridge was once more open to traffic.
The assault crossing of the Rhine was a task of which 8 Corps Troops Engineers and the R.M.R.E. may be justly proud. Once work could start the bridge-building went exactly according to plan, the only hitch being an under-estimate in the final gap to be closed. The units involved in the move up from the concentration area and in the bridging worked without sleep for over 48 hours, and the re-assembly of the broken bridge produced many acts of individual heroism. Very close liaison was maintained with the Canadian Bridge Company R.C.A.S.C. (old friends from the Maas bridging) who drove their cumbersome FBE lorries right down to the river's edge. The night of the actual bridging was filled with incidents, - "Buffaloes" and on one occasion a Class 50 Assault Raft getting out of control upstream of the bridge and threatening to destroy it while under construction.
Immediately after the operation, the Sapper Chaplain (Padre Levison) set about collecting volunteers to bury the many German dead whose bodies lay thick on the far bank. Padre Levison was indefatigable. It was he who found Lt. Bill William's body, killed in a German ambush when on a reconnaissance soon after the Rhine crossing. It took a brave man to accompany Padre Levison in his car, not so much because of his firm faith in the Almighty when touring forward areas, but more particularly because he drove his car at breakneck speed under all conditions of road and weather. It was he who was later to take a party of officers and O.R's to see for themselves the charnel-lines that was called Belsen.
The advance northwards thereafter continued with renewed momentum. 8 Corps Troops R.E. were employed mainly in removing road blocks and debris in devastated towns, in mine-clearance and in bridging numerous canals. On 27th March, IOOth Coy moved to clear road approaches in Wesel and on 29th March they built a high-level Bailey bridge for the U.S. 9th Army. On 31st March they built yet another at Ramsdorf. By 1st April 101st and 224th Coys were bridging the River Ems and the Dortmund - Ems Canal while 100th Coy were pushing forward, opening and maintaining routes on the line Borken - Velen - Coesfeld - Holtwick - Altenberge - Greven - Saerbeck - Lotte. Minor actions, well in rear of the leading troops, were taking place continuously as small pockets of Germans (including aged" Volksturm " and young cadets) fought to the last round. At this stage 508th Field Park Coy were stretched to their uttermost limits. The advance from the Rhine to the Elbe was carried out at great speed, and many hundreds of bridges were built. At one time bridge building was only one of the many Sapper tasks. 508th Coy had no less than five engineer dumps in operation at different points along the axis of advance. Eventually 8 Corps field coys had to give up five first-line 3-ton lorries apiece to assist with the carriage of engineer stores, and on many occasions field companies had to send back search parties to previous bridge sites in order to salvage items of launching gear, rollers, etc. which were by then in critically short supply.
On 6th April 101st Coy discovered an underground oil storage plant at Harlinghausen, partly demolished; but although the power house and generators were fully prepared for demolition the changes had not been fired. 101st Coy not only removed all charges but with the help of the local German engineer restored the electricty supply to the neighbourhood. 101st Coy continued forward to the River Weser at Minden, reconnoitring demolished bridges and road blocks. They evolved an economical technique in having road blocks removed by local Burgomeisters.
Meanwhile on 5th April 100th and 224th Coys came under command of 6th Airborne and 11th Armoured Divisions respectively for the assault crossings of the River Weser at Petershagen and Stoltzenau.
O.C. 100th Coy with Lieutenant Maitland as his Recce Officer found the Corps axis forward from the unit area at Lotte choked with tanks and vehicles and therefore decided to take an alternative route to Petershagen, via Osnabruck. In the near outskirts of Osnabruck they found some Marine commandos in possession of a bridge and were told that there were no friendly troops forward of that point on the route. There could be no turning back at this stage and so the two officers continued through Osnabruck, removing road blocks with the help of their drivers, and they were able to inform the CRE 6th Airborne Division (Lieutenant-Colonel Jack Hamilton) on their arrival at Petershagen that the road could be considered clear of enemy! At that time fighting was going on in Petershagen and the proposed bridge site could be reconnoitred only from the upper windows of a nearby house.
Next morning 100th Coy reached its assembly area near Petershagen via the Corps axis having been held up at two points en route by skirmishes with small pockets of enemy who had not yet been "mopped up." By that time the O.C. and Lieutenant Maitland were measuring the gap by means of signal cable. As the recce boat reached the far bank some fifteen German soldiers stood up in a trench and raised their hands in surrender, and Lieutenant Maitland went on to search a nearby house the cellar of which he cleared with a hand-grenade only to find it occupied by two elderly German women who fortunately escaped without serious injury.
Early that morning the O.C. Company had been assured by Brigade Headquarters that the far bank would be cleared of enemy by first light, and he had therefore ordered work to start as soon as the company arrived at its assembly area. However it was not long before 1 Platoon (Lt. Tickell) came under heavy small-arms fire on the far bank and had to be withdrawn. 3 Platoon immediately went into action and Sgt " Spiro" Santwris (temporarily acting as platoon commander) was subsequently awarded the Military Medal for gallantry on this and other occasions.
THE WESER BRIDGE
This was a Class 40 Bailey, 326 feet long, and including periods when work was held up by enemy action, and also very considerable work to make separate approaches for tanks and wheeled vehicles; it took 21 hours to construct on 6th - 7th April. The 11th Armoured Division bridging operation at Stoltzenau failed - the Sappers there were heavily shot up and their partly-built Bailey destroyed. The O.C. 224th Coy, Major Henry Donnelly M.C., found himself at one time the sole occupant of a floating bay which was under direct fire from a German 88 mm gun but one of his Sappers very gallantly threw him a breastline and brought the bay in to the shore safely. Consequently 100th Coy's bridge at Petershagen was, for the purposes of the assault crossing, the ONLY heavy bridge over the River Weser - hence its name. In the three days and nights after its construction it was crossed by 6th Airborne Division, 11th Armoured Division, 15th (Scottish) Division, 6th (Guards) Tank Brigade, and an Assault Engineer Troop (with loads well over Class 40!) as well as by Corps and Army troops. It was at this bridge that the Company saw the new Comet tanks for the first time. 11th Armoured Division had recently been equipped with these tanks and considerable difficulty was experienced in guiding them across standard Bailey spans at night owing to their greatly increased track width when compared with the Sherman and Churchill tank. On this bridge trouble was experienced at one (and only one) connecting post which kept breaking and had to be replaced in bridge from time to time.
North of Celle, between Eschede and Weyhausen, 15th Scottish Division ran into trouble at a long causeway where both verges had been mined with 1,000 kg parachute mines shaped like torpedoes. 100th and 101st Coys were detailed to take over from 15th Scottish Divisional engineers the task of clearing this stretch of road while the division continued its advance along a temporary local diversion. The O.C. 100th Coy and his Recce Officer (Lieutenant Maitland) arrived at the site to find a crater, fully 40 feet wide, blocking the roadway. Evidently one of the mines had been set off by a convoy of lorries, because there were vehicles blown clear of the roadway on either side. One vehicle was actually lodged in a large tree to one side of the roadway with the dead driver and part of its load of Bailey panels still resting in the wreckage. While carrying out their reconnaissance these two officers were lucky to escape injury when another of the mines detonated as an infantry carrier was passing the spot. It proved impossible to defuse the mines and they had to be detonated in situ and the craters filled in by bulldozers and tipping lorries.
On another occasion 100th Coy was ordered to repair a large road crater, 40 feet across, and the Chief Engineer 8 Corps (Brigadier H. C. C. Sugden) ordered a Canadian method of repair to be tried out. This consisted of filling the crater in the first instance with logs, spaced widely apart in alternate layers, each layer being laid at right angles to the one beneath. This method was found to reduce very appreciably the time and quantity of spoil required to repair the crater.
The Chief Engineer was often seen in forward areas accompanied by his dog, a Dandy Dinmont type of animal, which he had rescued early in the campaign. The C R.E. also took his dog with him at all times, but his was a handsome setter; and it was said to understand the French language only and was reputed to be a first-rate gun-dog. Neither dog proved to be battleworthy however and long-distance runners had to be detailed to retrieve them whenever visits took place in forward areas. The same behaviour unfortunately applied also to the mine-clearance dogs of the Corps Dog Platoon. Not unnaturally they reacted badly to battle noises and to other distractions such as bad smells and inclement weather. In rear areas they proved their worth, showing an uncanny sense in detecting mines longsince buried. Unfortunately they would also detect all other buried objects with the same unerring precision.
By 20th April 100th Coy was approaching the River Elbe and as usual they were allotted a concentration area by the Corps H.Q. Staff, but they found their map square already occupied by a R.A. unit who refused to move. A quick reconnaissance disclosed an airfield nearby with numerous empty Luftwaffe barracks, each fitted out with every luxury - beds, blankets, steam cookers and pin-up girls portraits on every wall, and the Company moved in and took possession without delay. It was here that the O.C. (Major Burrowes) handed over the Company to his 2 IC (Captain Charlesworth) on his promotion to C.R.E. of a G.H.Q. R.E. formation.
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Agents & Brokers P/C Insurers Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Hub International Liberty Mutual USI Holdings More + Less -
BOSTON—Liberty Mutual Group Inc. is overhauling its $2.5 billion middle-market operations, selling the renewal rights to its direct business to a trio of brokers and forming a unit to write business sold through agents and brokers.
As part of the change, Boston-based Liberty Mutual will retire its Wausau Insurance Cos. brand. Wausau, which Liberty Mutual bought in 1999, wrote both direct and producer-generated business.
The new unit, Liberty Mutual Middle Market, is headed by Chief Operating Officer Mark A. Butler, former executive vp and general manager of field operations for Liberty Mutual's National Market division.
Liberty Mutual Middle Market will provide property/casualty products to midsize businesses, including commercial auto, property, general liability, umbrella and workers compensation, according to the company.
In addition, Liberty Mutual announced it has agreed to sell the renewal rights from its direct business to three brokerages: Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.; Chicago-based Hub International Ltd.; and Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.-based USI Holdings Inc.
Each of the brokerages has offered to employ Wausau sales and service staff, Liberty Mutual said in a statement. The sale of the renewal rights is expected to close on or around March 1.
Gallagher said in a statement that it is acquiring the renewal rights to Liberty Mutual's middle-market commercial property/casualty business in the insurer's Midwest and Southeast regions and that the brokerage expects to hire around 75 Liberty Mutual producers in those areas. In addition, Gallagher said it is acquiring renewal rights and hiring the national producer group from Wausau Signature Agency.
Gallagher noted that the deal includes an initial cash-and-stock payment of about $44 million and up to $120 million in additional payments for two years after the deal closes.
Hub said that it is acquiring renewal rights for Liberty Mutual's Western region, which encompasses Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Utah and Texas. Terms were not disclosed.
USI, meanwhile, is buying the renewal rights for business in the Northeast, USI said, adding that it intends to hire approximately 76 staff from the acquired business. The brokerage did not disclose terms.
"Today's announcement reinforces our commitment to being a leader in commercial insurance. The agreements with Gallagher, Hub and USI speak to the quality of our business and desire to form strong, mutually beneficial relationships with agents and brokers who have earned oustanding reputations among middle-market buyers," Edmund F. Kelly, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Liberty Mutual, said in a statement.
Wausau, founded in Wausau, Wis., in 1911, was one of the earliest writers of workers comp coverage. It adopted a train depot as its logo in 1954 and built a brand that became widely recognized over the next 50 years.

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Future Has Cosmic Ambitions
The Atlanta rapper is already on top, and he's just getting started
By Matthew Schnipper
Photography by Pari Dukovic
As a kid, Nayvadius Wilburn wanted to be an astronaut; as he got older, he found there are other ways to get to space. As Future, he's released nine mixtapes and two albums (one of each in the past year), often titled with literal nods to the solar system _(Pluto, Astronaut Status), _as well as an Auto-Tuned vocal style that seems beamed in from the outer limits of the universe. His world is Atlanta, where he came up as an extended member of the city's Dungeon Family crew, home to weirdos like André 3000 and CeeLo. These days, Future is firmly on earth, holed up in the studio every day. "I want people to say he evolved throughout his whole career," he says over the phone, raspy from a long night of work. "From the moment he came in the game, he was one of the most charismatic, fashion-forward dudes that we ever seen. Musically he was a genius. Period."
GQ: You have a lot of respect for Jimi Hendrix. Why?
Future: I took to his character, specifically being someone who's different, not afraid to try new things in music. I go outside my comfort zone many times for the sake of just being creative musically. I'm not just a hip-hop artist; I feel like I'm a rock star. Jimi Hendrix, he was a rock star. But he played guitar; I don't. I've just found ways to use words to make my mark in this history book.
What sort of legacy in Atlanta hip-hop do you want to leave?
I want to be the most melodic artist. "His music ability, the way he write, his creativity is undeniable." I want people to say that about me.
Do they?
Only time will tell. I'm still working. I'm still getting my feet wet right now.
What do you hope your career will be like fifty years from now?
I want people to say, "He evolved throughout his whole career." I wanna be able to have the most number one records ever. The most Top 10 records ever.
How do you do that?
Continue to go in the studio and work. Make people move their heads. Me spending every moment in the studio is going to create a life for me that I haven't experienced yet, thus far in my career. I just want to be prepared for every step of the way, every obstacle that come—I face it and get over. I want to be prepared for success at its most high level. I want to be prepared when the time is right for me to get a Grammy.
How has your preparation changed as you've gotten more successful?
I wouldn't say anything's too much different. Still the same. Hungry, hungry. I'm hungry for this. I haven't got to where I want in my career. I'm in the studio until my dreams, until everything that's in my inspirations, until everything that's going on in my life, is fulfilled. That's why I'm in the studio every day, working.
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Nairobi (PP News Desk) — The former IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development) Executive Secretary Mahboub Maalim has described the civil war in Ethiopia as a complicated situation born out of "sibling rivalry".
Ambassador Mahboub: The civil war in Ethiopia resulted from a clash of egos.
"I know all these people personally. So I don't want to believe that there is anybody among the groups who are now warring that would not talk to any other person. These are colleagues. They worked in the same government for a very long time. They know each other. These are ego issues. And there's no time for ego at this point in time in the history of their country and the history of our region. It's sibling rivalry. And that's why we require an elder brother who, in this case, must be (in a position of) leadership in our region" said Ambassador Mahboub in an interview with the Nairobi-based SpiceFM.
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Mr. Mahboub provides an as of yet unvoiced sentiment and view of the ongoing civil war in Ethiopia which is pitching government forces, reportedly with the aid of Eritrean military elements, against the Tigray People's Liberation Front in the north of the country.
Mahboub, a Kenyan by birth, served as IGAD executive Secretary in the region from 2008 – 2019.
Despite calls for peace from around the region, the wider continent of Africa, and increasingly the world, the government Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa has thus far rejected all calls for de-escalation and talks with the TPLF.
This article first appeared in the © Puntland Post, 2020 and is republished with permission


Let's say Glocks are like Toyotas. They are good, dependable firearms with features you want, that hold their value and you can count on them to not let you down if you've cared for them properly. Using this same type of comparison, I'd say Smith & Wesson M&Ps are like Hondas, or Nissans. They're equal in quality in every way to the Glocks, but maybe some folks like one brand better than the other. For some reason, I've never been that attracted to Glocks.
I compared different guns on the market in the self-defense category and talked to a bunch of people and bought a Springfield. It's like a Glock on steroids. It has all of the Glock features, it, too, is made in Eastern Europe, but it has an added feature Glocks don't have–a grip safety, like on a 1911.
In the process of becoming a firearms instructor I took a lot of classes. In these classes I took note of what other people were shooting. I was shooting my Springfield and getting along fine, but I noticed a lot of my classmates were shooting M&Ps. When I asked them what they liked about the M&P the most common comment was "lower felt recoil than most other guns of this size and caliber." Interesting. I asked why that was and was told it was because of the grip angle and some dynamics about the barrel to slide fit. M&P, by the way, stands for Military & Police.
My Springfield was a 45, so the first S&W M&P I remember buying was a .45. It carried 11 rounds–ten in the magazine and one in the chamber–and was thinner than the Springfield XDm by a small margin. It fit in the same holster, so carrying it was not a problem. This became my .45 carry gun. I carried it in a Crossbreed SuperTuck Inside the Waistband (IWB) holster.
Some sale came along and I got a .40, which was promptly placed into the home defense mode, complete with a Streamlight light and laser combo. I'm not sure how this all happened, but before I knew it I had a plain Jane 9mm M&P and then a VTAC model that's FDE coloring with a really cool Viking Tactical sight. The Viking Tactical Sights consist of a set of Trijicon night sights on the bottom with fiber optic sights above. So the sights are visible night or day and regardless of which set you use, target alignment is easy and sure. If you don't like the two sets of sights that are inlaid, use them as if they're a black notch and post. These sights present the best for whatever type of sights you prefer.
I was learning about Apex trigger conversions about the time I got the VTAC M&P so I ordered a trigger set and installed it. This set cleans up any dragging or creeping in the trigger and makes for a nice crisp and clean break. The VTAC is a very nice defensive firearm.
Once I had M&Ps in the three most popular defensive calibers, it was time to add a .22 for fun shooting and practicing. The S&W M&P .22 is the same size as it's bigger brothers, but you can shoot it with no recoil. It's a great gun to help introduce people to pistol shooting.
Smith & Wesson makes compact version of the 9mm, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP M&Ps. So it made sense for them to make a compact version of the .22 as well. The advertising slogan that came along with that little gun was, "22s are fun! Ours is funner!" It is a great plinking or target practice pistol. My wife, my granddaughters and I all really enjoy shooting the M&P .22 Compact.
Sometime back I got an email announcing some Colorado Springs Police Department trade-ins that were like new. Funny story about those trade-ins. The Colorado Springs Police Department powers that be (probably the lawyers) discerned that it would be safer for their police officers to have handguns with a magazine disconnect safety so that if a bad guy tried to take their gun away from them they could drop the magazine and the bad guy wouldn't be able to shoot the officer. But the police officers didn't like that feature much. Smith & Wesson offered to trade the original guns out for ones without the magazine disconnect safety, using Bud's Gun Shop in Kentucky as the go between. Bud's wound up with all the trade-ins, which they offered at a very attractive price. I got one for the historical value – not that's it's much value, but the story is interesting. When I got the gun I found it had CSPD and a special number engraved on it in white.
Sometime later, I came across a .40 caliber Atlanta Police Department trade-in. I sold the .40 I had and got one of the ones from Atlanta. It appears I've started a police department M&P trade-in collection. The Colorado Springs PD 9mm has become Joyce's home defense firearm, the one she keeps by the bed and the Atlanta PD 40 caliber has become my by-the-bed home defense firearm.
I carry the 9mm VTAC is sometimes when my arthritis is acting up and sometimes I carry it just for fun. It's a really cool gun!
Glock used to be king among police, but the Smith & Wesson M&P now has a hefty share of that market. Smith & Wesson did something to help the decision makers. When you disassemble a Glock for cleaning, part of the process involves pulling the trigger. Of course a gun is supposed to be unloaded when you get ready to clean it, but unfortunately there have been incidences when police officers have shot themselves in the leg when trying to disassemble their Glocks for cleaning. Smith and Wesson added a little lever that must be pushed down to allow the slide to come off and provided a tool to work that little lever so you can disassemble the M&P for cleaning without having to pull the trigger. Frankly, I find the little lever and tool just a little aggravating to use, so I make sure my M&Ps are unloaded and go ahead and pull the trigger when removing the slide and that works just as well.
The M&P family incudes rifles and revolvers as well as the semi-automatics. The semi-automatic line includes the single-stack and very concealable Shields, which have been really big sellers at our gun store and at others across the country. Smith & Wesson, long an American icon in the gun business, has put together a line of firearms everyone of which is a real winner. I really like these guns. They're not fancy. They are utility guns that will work when you need them to. As far as shooting them goes, I, too, find that the felt recoil is less than with other guns of the same basic size and caliber. I never hesitate to recommend an M&P for anyone want a good, solid, basic handgun. And if you want something with more pizzazz, they have Pro and Competition models, too.
Would you believe I now have a Vermont State Police M&P .40 and a "never issued" Detroit Police M&P .40. These police trade-ins all come with night sights and 3 magazines for well under $400. So I'm stashing them here and there as defensive guns. I load them with Ruger or Polycase ARX defensive ammo, which is a very powerful defensive round with reduced recoil because it shoots lighter than normal weight bullets.


This week gave us the 20th anniversary of Space Ghost: Coast to Coast a TV show that helped create the bond between me and the brother who is a brother from another mother David Brothers. Here's one of my all-time favorite episodes, Sweet for Brak.
Is Ms Marvel any better? Or is it still just written to fill the whole "Appeal to the internet by showing DIVERSITY, even though we don't really understand diversity, so let's just make her a Muslim" thing?
I only read the first two issues so far, Rodney, but found it to be a perfectly good comic. If anything, it moreso reflected what it felt like to be a teenager and feel "different" from other youth as opposed to pushing "diversity for diversity's sake" as some expressed fear of happening. I think the character being Muslim works well for the story and introduces some fun elements. So to give a short answer, it is pretty good.
It feels good to see Greg Capullo get some shine. I remember his X-Force days and when he took over the art duties of Spawn. Even though I was kinda mad that Todd was getting out of artwork to focus on McFarlane Toys, I wasn't too mad about Capullo taking over. It's good to see him where he is now…and even the drones screaming the same ol' tired talking points about the horrors of 90's comics can't front on him.
It's written by a Muslim woman.


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Ted Rall: Tens of Thousands of U.S. Troops Went Missing for 321 Days
by Ted Rall
Written by Ted Rall
How is it possible to keep troops in Afghanistan, a place they have already left, wonders Ted Rall. Commentary.
aNewDomain — Three hundred twenty-one days after the United States formally announced the end of its war against Afghanistan, President Obama announced that the war would be "prolonged" until at least 2017.
The announcement follows the November 2013 announcement that thousands of American troops would remain in Afghanistan until at least 2024.
"U.S. troops and their NATO allies in Afghanistan have formally ended what became America's longest war, furling their flag 13 years after a 2001 invasion to topple the country's Taliban regime in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks," NPR reported on December 28, 2014. "Afghans have mixed feelings about the departure of foreign troops," said the network.
But then, on October 15, 2015, The New York Times reported:
President Obama halted the withdrawal of American military forces from Afghanistan on Thursday, announcing that the United States will keep thousands of troops in the country through the end of his term in 2017 and indefinitely prolonging the American role in a war that has already lasted 14 years."
This naturally prompts the question: How is it possible to keep troops in a place after they have already left?
It also prompts that question's corollary: How can one "prolong" a war that has already ended?
Answering the corollary first: Isn't this technically the Second American Afghanistan War? Or Afghan War II?
Yet the question remains — and it raises serious scientific questions about issues of time and space.
According to official corporate media sources, which are permanent records and are never wrong, thousands of patriotic American soldiers were unaccounted for over 321 days. Where are the cries for a Congressional investigation?
President Jimmy Carter lost his 1980 reelection bid in large part because he lost 52 diplomats to Iranian hostage takers. Yet everyone knew where they were: Tehran.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton currently faces a Congressional inquiry over the deaths of four American consular staffers in Benghazi, Libya. Tragic, true.
But only four.
In Afghanistan, meanwhile, tens of thousands of American soldiers were missing from early winter through mid-fall.
Where were they?
Were these tens of thousands of missing soldiers, like Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, AWOL, possibly PTSD and definitely FUBAR — i.e., hanging out with the Haqqani Network, close allies of the Taliban with links to Al Qaeda?
If so, they are all traitors — and must then be court martialed and placed in the brig alongside Pfc. Chelsea Manning, who at least wasn't missing or cold-chilling with the enemy when she leaked footage of U.S. helicopter gunships mowing down Iraqi civilians.
Or was physics the culprit? Did a quantum singularity associated with a wormhole open up near Bagram Airbase north of Kabul, Afghanistan, whisking tens of thousands of clueless soldiers into another galaxy or dimension? Given the history of avant garde Soviet scientific experimentation in Central Asia, any careful investigation of the missing troops during those crucial 321 days must include possible explanations involving theoretical physics.
Adding to the bizarre mass disappearance is the 2013 agreement stating that U.S. troops would remain until 2024, followed as it was by the ceremony marking the end of the war in late 2014.
Were those a different set of U.S. troops — like Spock with a beard, denizens of an alternate reality in the multiverse?
As American citizens and students of reality, we deserve a thorough independent investigation, followed by a classified report made available to select senators in a locked room in which note taking was not permitted.
For aNewDomain, I'm Ted Rall.
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Where are the tournaments going to take place?
All tournaments will be held at Egerton Football Club, Mereheath Lane, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 6SL. We are less than 10 minutes from the M6 and M56 motorways.
Will there be catering facilities on site?
Hot food (bacon / sausage baps, burgers, hot dogs) will be available to purchase in the clubhouse on all tournament days.
Hot and cold drinks, sweets and snacks will also be on sale. Please note we do not have provision to take card payments so please ensure you bring plenty of cash with you.
Egerton FC has a large car park which will be operated by parking attendants on each tournament weekend. We expect that the Car Park will be extremely busy, please leave plenty of time and car share where possible. Car Parking is charged at £2 per car (payable in cash). Please arrive early to avoid traffic congestion and park responsibly.
Will there be a Manager's Briefing?
There will be a Managers Briefing at the yellow tent in front of the 3G Pitch 30 minutes before kick-off.
Who can play in the Egerton Classic Tournaments?
The competitions are open to players who are registered in their current leagues for the 2019/2020 season. We want all children to have fun and to have an enjoyable experience at our tournaments and only accept entries from established, grassroots, affiliated teams who are currently playing in an FA affiliated League. Any cases of misconduct will be reported to Cheshire FA.
Are Academy players allowed?
No Academy players are permitted to play in any of our Tournaments.
NB. We will ask for ID cards to be produced if there is any doubt as to a player's eligibility to play so please bring them with you.
What kit do I need to bring for my team?
All players need football boots / trainers and shin pads. Some games may take place on our 3G Pitch so please bring appropriate footwear for Grass and 3G. The tournaments will take place in all weathers so it is advisable to bring raincoats, sun protection etc as required.
Can I add an extra player or two into my squad?
Squad sizes are as stated in the tournament rules for your age group. There will be no exceptions to the maximum squad size.
How many minutes of football will my team play?
U6 and U7 will play 5 games of 8-10 mins each, in the region of 40-50 mins game time per team.
U8, U9, U10 will play 5 games of 10-12 mins each, in the region of 50-60 mins game time per team.
U11, U12, U13, U14, U15 and U16 will play a minimum of 5 games of 20 mins each, in the region of 100 mins game time per team.
**NB. The above specifications may vary depending on the number of teams per group, particularly if teams drop out on the day. We will make every effort to adhere to the above wherever possible.
Will we be playing teams of a similar ability?
To ensure the best possible experience for all teams, we will establish groups based on ability. Upon registration for the tournament, you will have selected your team's level of experience (beginner / intermediate / advanced) and we will build the groups within these categories.
We can no longer make the tournament. Can we get a refund?
There are no refunds for teams that drop out with less than month to the tournament, unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Are teams to be entered in age groups as per this year's season or the coming year's season?
This is an end of season tournament so team's should enter as per the current season's age groups (2019/2020).
What size pitches will my team be playing on?
Full details of pitch specifications, goal sizes, and ball sizes for each age group can be found in the Tournament Rules, on the main webpage. When you register your team in the Tournament, you will also receive a Manager's Welcome Pack which will include all these details.
Are there any specific site rules?
Egerton is a No Smoking site. NO dogs are allowed on site (even small ones). We thank you for respecting our Club and our property.
When will I receive details of my fixtures?
We aim to send fixture details out to managers at least 2 weeks before the tournament weekend that your group will be playing in. However with last minute additions and changes to team listings, this isn't always possible. Please check this page for notice of when to expect fixture details.
If your query isn't answered in the above, please contact rachaelmccann@egertonfootballclub.co.uk.
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The lads were put through their paces in today's training session ahead of their CUP fixtures this Wednesday in the @EFLCEFA CUP Knockout stage!
"A" face Blackburn Rovers "A"
(12pm KO)
"B" face Burton Albion "B"
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Venue: Egerton Youth Club


Featured Snippets: Who's Winning the Battle for Position Zero?
Appearing above the regular organic search results and other Universal Search elements, Featured Snippets are a great way of generating additional traffic for your website. With the right keyword targeting and the know-how to carry out the required technical optimization, you stand a great chance of occupying this highly visible piece of online real estate. In this post, we look at what makes the perfect Featured Snippet and we present data, facts and infographics for Featured Snippets in five industries. Who is on top in the battle for position zero?
Featured Snippets appear above the normal organic search results as a kind of Direct Answer. Unlike Google's own info-boxes, which often answer questions like "How old is LeBron James?" or "When is Thanksgiving this year?", Featured Snippets are enhanced versions of normal organic results, and include a link through to the website. Featured Snippets normally appear as paragraphs, lists or tables – often with an accompanying image.
What role do Featured Snippets play in my industry?
What kinds of searches does Google display a Featured Snippet for?
How much traffic could I gain from Featured Snippets?
Am I lagging behind my competitors?
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Featured Snippets show up most frequently in the health and finance industries. 18% of health and 27% of finance keywords return a Featured Snippet.
The rate of Featured Snippets is much lower for eCommerce, travel and media keywords; in these industries, position zero is occupied for less than 3% of searches.
Wikipedia is the Featured Snippet king in all industries, except travel, where it does not even make the top 5.
Featured Snippets for media keywords bring their websites the most clicks: On average, a media Featured Snippet has a monthly Traffic Index of nearly 27,000.
In eCommerce, Featured Snippets are less common, with the top of the SERP instead usually containing other Universal Search elements like Google Shopping results. However, some websites gain valuable additional traffic by optimizing for keywords like "best wireless headphones" or "cheap tablets".
If you set up an AdWords campaign for finance keywords that return a Featured Snippet, then the average Cost-per-Click would be $5.17. This is a higher CPC than in the other industries analyzed and shows there's much greater potential to save costs by pursuing a Featured Snippets spot.
What does an optimized Featured Snippet look like?
For normal organic search results, Google displays a meta description. When optimizing this, the aim is to grab the user's attention and make them click on the link. Of course, the meta description should still match the content on the page and not act as dubious clickbait. Otherwise, the user will quickly bounce off your page and your user signals will likely suffer.
The answer provided for "what to do if you get a snake bite" is a clear, short paragraph telling you what to do. If the user is in a hurry, they will probably leave the computer straight away and go to their medicine cabinet. With this Featured Snippet, the website enjoys a certain expert status, but the traffic generated will probably be modest.
The perfect Featured Snippet will answer the question posed, but also make it clear that the page contains further relevant content, which the user can see by clicking through to the page.
I want to optimize! Where do I start?
Online marketers are increasingly recognizing the advantages of optimizing for Featured Snippets. For many, however, it still isn't clear where to start. Whilst this analysis should offer some inspiration, the Searchmetrics Suite provides complete transparency into all aspects of Featured Snippets. You can see all up-to-date rankings, find out how you shape up against your competitors and discover new opportunities for conquering that all-important position zero.
If you'd like to learn more about optimizing for Featured Snippets, you can take part in our webinar, Winning "Position 0", with Izzi Smith and Malte Landwehr. It's on August 21st and you can sign up for free today.
You shared a great tip on this post, that content construction should be done in such a way that it contains a possible answer to a question and it should be the best one.
Truly I never thought of this. I used to think that some kind of tags are involved.
The video tutorial by Bjom is an added bonus.


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JESSICKA ATTACKS MANSON - AND TAKES IT BACK
So, on this page we're looking at what happened between Jessicka and Marilyn Manson before Jeordie was set aside from the band.
Before the allegations came out, (Jessicka did make many posts on Jack Off Jill's facebook about Jeordie before the media picked the story up, but they were deleted fast and little screenshots exist. Many people remember seeing these, though), Jessicka was attacking Marilyn Manson and alleging all kinds of things about him.
So, there's a lot about Marilyn Manson and how he's a horrible person suddenly. This post still exists on Jack Off Jill's facebook page, but it has been edited a LOT. She was attacking Manson aggressively, then took her claims back after she got what she wanted, which was to get Jeordie out of the band. This seems a common tactic for her, if someone disagrees with her and isn't doing what she wants them to, she'll accuse them and start a war on social media, where previously being on good terms is twisted completely upside down. This can be seen in for example her attack towards former Jack Off Jill member Helen Storer, and also in her attack towards Jeordie's ex wife Laney Chantal.
Even this edited post with this part about not having supported Marilyn Manson in 16 years is not true. Read that page here. Jessicka was an obvious supporter of Marilyn Manson through the years.
So, what else happened?
As Jessicka was making and deleting posts about Jeordie prior to the allegations going viral, up until October 2017, there seemed to have been no public reaction to that from Marilyn Manson. In private though, it seems, as Jessicka was implying in her private Facebook group Sparkle In Darkness, Manson was actually texting Jessicka in defense of Jeordie. Parts of which she was sharing in this group.
Here can be seen one of these texts allegedly from Manson, where he seems to be claiming that Jeordie was not the only member of Marilyn Manson she slept with, which would contradict her story quite a bit. Of course there's doubt as to whether or not this is actually a text from Manson, but I'd say that the word choices are very Manson-like.
So Jessicka's trying to make Manson look like a bad person for not believing her and not supporting her, but this post does then again greatly contradict her later narrative, where she claims, to this day, that Manson "knew her claims to be true and believed her." This we'll go through further on the next page of this section, Manson & Jeordie.
But what's to be mentioned here about that page is that Manson's behavior during the aftermath of the allegations or after the entire ordeal doesn't, upon closer inspection match at all what you would expect from someone who'd genuinely believed Jessicka's claims. He "wished Jeordie well" upon departure and still expressed care for him, as well as obviously stayed friends with him.
This is a great example yet again of the short sighted way Jessicka works in her online dramas. At this point, before Jeordie had been let go from Marilyn Manson, her best option might have been to try and make Manson look like a bad person for defending Jeordie, but then her narrative changed and this no longer matches it.
Also, in the same group, Jessicka's husband Christian was making a lot of claims about Manson and Jeordie too. It is to be noted here though, that Jessicka has been caught using several accounts and we can't be sure if actually this is just her.
These claims, upon closer inspection don't actually really work at all.
Let's start with the ones about Jeordie. They do really point to the direction that all of this with the allegations was just about Jeordie playing in Marilyn Manson and nothing else. It's always forgotten, also in the allegations, that Jeordie didn't disappear anywhere in the 2000's when he didn't play in Marilyn Manson. And the Jessicka & Manson part 1 page really... She was so satisfied when Jeordie wasn't in the band, clearly she wanted to be the "Manson's sidekick" Jeordie always was.
"I met Brian Warner in 2000, during this time Jeordie White was leaving his band."
No? During this time Holy Wood was being recorded, in the process of which, Jeordie was very much present. He didn't leave the band until 2002.
"I regret that I never addressed the vile things he did to my wife as I mistakenly thought the split was for good"
So it didn't matter anymore when he wasn't in Marilyn Manson? If this had been about a "sexual predator getting a platform in the music business", why didn't this come up when Jeordie joined Nine Inch Nails, an equally huge band that was the one that was there producing and helping Marilyn Manson in the beginning of their career? In the 2000's Jessicka and Christian couldn't have known about Jeordie rejoining Manson, they should've been furious about his new part in Nine Inch Nails. But it didn't matter as Jeordie had at that point dropped the Twiggy Ramirez persona who wore the "look stolen from Jessicka.
Then, the claims about Marilyn Manson:
Dita has come out with a statement saying Manson has not abused her:
To those who have expressed your concerns of my well-being, I appreciate your kindness.
"Please know that the details made public do not match my personal experience during our seven years together as a couple. Had they, I would not have married him in December 2005.
Tim Skold has expressed support to Manson to this day and has appeared with him in recent photos on his social media. He has also been working on music with Manson as reported in 2021. Jennifer Syme is dead, Brad is dead and he did make up his issues with Manson before his death, (discussed on Gidget Gein page) Scott is dead. What is it with the Addams and always using dead people as witnesses to their claims. When did John 5 ever say shit about Manson? Who even are some of these people?
The "John 5 situation" most likely is a video of Manson and John5 fighting on stage that has always been sort of misunderstood and taken out of context as Manson being "abusive" but John 5 has since explained his side of the story and according to him it was not a case of Manson being violent at all, more so, it was John himself acting out due to lack of sleep as he was grieving the loss of his sister.
"So anyways, fast forward to the show. Now, what Manson did, that happened all the time. He didn't do anything wrong. I just snapped. It was weird. I went nuts. I didn't even remember. I just snapped. And I feel terrible watching it now because it really was my fault. You can't really hear what he's saying, obviously, but he's saying, 'Pick up your guitar.' 'Cause it looks like he's going, 'Come on. Come on.' But he's saying, 'Pick up your guitar. Pick up your guitar,' because he knew what was going on. And I feel horrible about it. But it was just a bad situation at that time… It was terrible because he was so nice during that time and all that stuff. I was in such a weird place, and it was just a bad time. I don't even remember it happening. It was just terrible."
So... Addams mentioning John 5 in this context is again just pulled from public information. If Manson "abused" John 5 because of that infamous video clip, it's again a very interesting example of cherry picking stuff to fit your own narrative because well, wait till you watch this video of Manson pushing Jeordie and hitting him with a mic stand on stage. Considering that JOJ was also known for their shocking stage shows, this kind of intentional misrepresenting is incredibly hypocritical.
And Jennifer Syme:
She died in a car crash, allegedly caused by consumption of alcohol and drugs. This death was after leaving a party that she attended at Marilyn Manson's house. Marilyn Manson was blamed for her death but was not found to have influenced it.
Had Manson actually been at fault in Jennifer's death, it would then be very weird to look at Jessicka's old 2000's website, where she brags about association and friendship to Marilyn Manson while mentioning Jennifer Syme as an inspiration, this all after her death?
What are the basic inspirations of Scarling?
J:Right now- here are the who's and what's that inspire me- Crispin Glover, Mark Ryden, Roman Dirge, things that go crash in the dark, LOVE, fashionista, lemons, Sigur Ros, Charlie White, John Waters, blue pills, Robert Smith, Pink Floyd, Alexander (respectively), 3rd degree burns, Kevin Shields, BRMC, the chelsea, natasha lyonne, tweaker, LA., tragic opportunists, Jennifer Syme, THE MOVIE STORYTELLING, director Todd Solondz, and daytime television (unfortunately).
So more public info being twisted when convenient to the Addams, they sure like doing this.
More of Jessicka accusing Manson of several different things:
So, then, Jeordie was fired/left from Marilyn Manson and Jessicka backtracked, editing out all the bad things said of Manson and deleting tweets and comments. But a twitter user reporting on abuse claims about Marilyn Manson had already picked up her story. And Jessicka wanted her claims taken down.
If the things she said were true, why would they become outdated? This just means that her whole intention with her claims towards Marilyn Manson was to get Jeordie fired from the band and nothing else. How does a claim like "hit at least 3 of his girlfriends" and "is inappropriate with young female fans" "underage girls" "pedophile tendencies" become outdated after Jessicka gets what she wants? It's very clear from here that despite her activism, she doesn't care about anything but herself. And that she is someone who will make serious claims about other people to get what she wants.
And if her claims about Marilyn Manson weren't true after all, how can we trust her claims about Jeordie either? And what does this look like in the context of the recent Marilyn Manson allegations that she has pretty much just been using to try and gain attention for her claims about Jeordie, she hasn't repeated her claims about Manson, more so, as you can read on the next page on Jeordie's departure, she seems to be trying to enforce a false belief that a minority of fans have, that Jeordie has turned against Manson?
Then, apparently inspired by Jessicka's claims towards Marilyn Manson, another woman came forward with claims about Manson. Lexa Vonn, a fashion designer, also known from her 90's band Ophelia Rising, made charges of sexual battery towards Marilyn Manson around the same time of Jessicka's allegations towards Jeordie. Since then, nothing has really been heard from of what happened with these charges, did this go anywhere.
Jessicka, however, for some reason suddenly didn't like this, even though her mission seemed to be to expose Marilyn Manson just moments before. She began attacking Lexa Vonn on social media, saying she's lying, needs a good therapist and that she "only pollutes the waters for the real survivors." Believe all women isn't that right Jessicka?
Lexa Vonn responded, and implied there had been a deal made between Marilyn and Jessicka:
This really made people speculate. What kind of deal was it, if there was one?
Some thought that Jessicka and Manson both knew things about each other that they didn't want public. Did Manson know something about Jessicka that made her backtrack and try to conceal her attack towards Manson in fear of it getting out? Did Jessicka know something about Manson that got Manson "firing" Jeordie in fear of this something getting public? But again, there were multiple other reasons behind Jeordie's departure from the band, Jessicka didn't seem to have as much of an influence as the media would like you to think.
Is Lexa Vonn making this up because she thought Jessicka would support her going against Manson but she didn't after all and she's afraid of the backlash and disappointed, trying to divert some of the attention towards Jessicka? It could be just that. Haven't followed Lexa Vonn's career, can't judge on her character too much, but it really could just be a "I thought we were in this together!!" sort of a thing.
Jessicka then responded to these claims, stating that there was no deal made between her and Manson:
I believe that part to be true. But "I have no dirt on him" after all THAT? She admits her claims were false!
Considering the way Jessicka seemed to want to be Manson's sidekick in the place of Jeordie, as could be seen on the Jessicka & Manson part 1 page, and how it only really seemed to matter to Jessicka that Jeordie played in Marilyn Manson while she didn't really care or mention at all what he was up to when he didn't, it seems that she only wanted Jeordie out of Marilyn Manson. When that happened, she was satisfied. And she needed Manson to be a "good guy" in the public opinion so that the weight of him firing Jeordie from the band would work as a confirmatory point for her allegations against Jeordie.
Even in the more recent Marilyn Manson allegations, she has not very loudly gone after Manson as one might expect, more so, she's just used the Manson discussion as a reason to bring attention to her claims about Jeordie. This wasn't about anything else than Manson choosing her over Jeordie.
At the same time, as you can read on the next, Manson & Jeordie page, Manson's actual behavior seems more like he's kind of just giving Jessicka what she wants for now so that she'll leave Jeordie alone. The allegations seemed to just come at a time where there were other issues at hand, and Manson actually never stated he'd fired Jeordie BECAUSE of what Jessicka had said.
In this very twitlonger post she's now switched to the narrative that Manson believed her on the spot, which doesn't match what she was doing earlier, which was going after Manson publicly because he was defending Jeordie privately.
Lexa Vonn, as someone accusing Marilyn Manson and being attacked by Jessicka, who's calling her a liar, has a clear motive to discredit both of them and imply a background deal so that she herself looks like the most honest one out of the three,
As for everything else:
Jeordie's cousin's comment is included on the Nightmares? page. I don't think her being angry about these allegations actually disproves what she said at all, maybe she just saw the harassment, some more of the harassment, maybe got some of it herself and thought to keep quiet about it so that Jeordie would be left the fuck alone a bit faster.
Also, yet again it's left out and ignored that she toured with Marilyn Manson literally weeks after the alleged rape, as Jack Off Jill opened for Manson on the POAAF tour on the Florida dates in December 1994, this tour she used to mention literally everywhere because she got arrested and it was very memorabe. Those mentions on the Allegations against Jessicka page
At that point Jack Off Jill had not been even signed to Risk Records yet and therefore they were not "in a bad position because of their record company". At this point, in 1994, JOJ was releasing cassettes and 7'' singles through Jessicka's own independent label called Rectum Records. JOJ also opened for Manson with the witness Pete's band Notch Above Kafka in summer 1995, still yet to be signed to Risk. It's just easy to explain things with a label that went defunct 20+ years ago that is conveniently left unnamed...
As for Jessicka's twitter account being hacked, that is most likely a lie, she has done this many times. Here's for example her using her twitter account to claim she has lost access to her twitter account. How would she tweet this if she'd been locked out of this account?
"LAPD has bigger issues than my hacked DMs" sounds hilarious because she claims she's gone to the cops about seeing a death threat in my instagram stories and that detectives are monitoring my accounts daily. Why would I send a death threat to her in my instagram story when we've blocked each other and she wouldn't be supposed to see it? Of course no screenshot and not a single one of my 600+ followers have seen that "threat" because it never happened.
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A former job centre in South Shore, Blackpool presents a re-development opportunity, subject to planning.
Located on the corner of Tyldesley Road and Princess Street, the 12,000 sq ft property is approximately 500m south of the central retail district and Houndshill Shopping Centre, and 50m east of The Golden Mile and Central Pier. Situated in a mixed-use location of residential, office, industrial and retail premises, Blackpool South train station is approx. 1/2 mile south and Blackpool North train station 1 mile north. Directly adjacent to this property is a new residential development with ancillary retail premises by Worthington Properties. The scheme will provide 2 bedroom apartments, largely aimed at the affordable housing market and represents significant regeneration in the town.
Externally there is parking for 30 cars at lower ground level and open air ground level.


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I've been on a writing hiatus over the past few weeks trying to decide what book I will blog through. I have narrowed it down to two books that moved me in ways that I feel the need to share with those of you who follow me. Over the past few years I've felt the calling to write and to write openly and honestly my thoughts, feelings, pain, anguish and hope. I have become vulnerable because through that process of being vulnerable – there is growth. For me and hopefully for someone out there who needs it.
So recently I have found myself a little "lost" for the lack of a better word. I think I have mastered the art of "being lost" not getting lost. Two completely different things. When I say being lost, I mean, I've lost my mojo, my center of gravity, my rock, the grace by which I have lived under for nearly 5 years since my daughter's death. I find myself searching again for what is missing in my life – substance.
You can't be lost and have substance. Substance creates a map on your soul that keeps you right where you should be. When you lose substance, your center is lost, your mapping disrupted and it can be very hard to find. It's a place I have frequently visited and probably will always struggle with it. Having your life turned inside out like a bike tire when looking for a leak, is uncomfortable and can be detrimental to your longevity. Sometimes, it's the very thing you need to re-examine what is going on in your life and find your way back.
There is no doubt that staying present and creating the right amount of space to work out the process of life has become a delicate balance for me. It takes staying vigilant on what works and removing what doesn't. Keeping honest about who I am and what I feel my purpose is on this earth. When I focus on me too much, I lose myself. But when I openly extend myself and my service to a great cause than me, I grow as a person. From that I have more to offer.
God didn't grant me this life to just get by. There is so much more. But it takes work, hard work and sometimes difficult work to see it through. The payoff is substantial. Waking up each and every day knowing that you are in the right place at the right time with the right purpose.
I know the feeling of being lost but its good to read it in words..this sure makes sense..


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An alternative way to explore and explain the mysteries of our world. "Published since 1985, online since 2001."
It was in 1985 when Walt Andrus came to Memphis, Tennessee to make a presentation to a local UFO group and a few MUFON members. Andrus was then the Director of MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) and his certainty that UFOs were nuts-and-bolts craft piloted by extraterrestrial beings was apparent during his lecture.
Despite that added caution about other possible explanations, at his Memphis talk, Andrus was clearly irritated when the extraterrestrial hypothesis was challenged. "We already know what they (the extraterrestrial craft) are," he shot back, "we need to find out what their propulsion system is and where they come from." I vividly recall asking him about some psychological explanations but they were completely brushed off. "They are definitely physical extraterrestrial craft," was his reply.
I also asked Andrus about John Keel and the wide range of Keel's ideas about UFO and a host of related phenomenon. "They aren't part of the UFO phenomenon," was his reply. The type of Keel's reports Andrus dismissed included some of the more bizarre abductions, apparent paranormal events, odd glowing entities, and the like. These are what are sometimes referred to as "high strangeness" reports. They are typically witness accounts of events that are so bizarre and absurd, that at face value, they are usually thought to simply be impossible. Nothing in the known sciences could apparently account for them. Some of these will be related later, but what is important to understand is that nuts-and-bolts ufologists don't like them and immediately dismiss or ignore them. The main reason is that these reports simply don't fit their preconceived idea of what an extraterrestrial craft "should" be. Nor do they conform to their beliefs about what alien visitors "would" do on Earth.
"Imagine a gigantic jig-saw puzzle spread out over the land. The puzzle extends as far as you can see in each direction and you have no idea how far it goes. Its pieces are scattered over miles and miles. No matter where you walk on the puzzle you can't see all of it. You observe people working on the puzzle in different places, and, as you walk to where someone is busily fitting some pieces together, they tell you they have 'solved' the entire puzzle. Others working on the puzzle tell you there is a conspiracy to keep them from solving it. Occasionally, someone loudly announces that the government knows the puzzle's secret—but won't tell—and that the government is actively hiding the truth.
Robert's idea is, at least to this writer, (one who has traipsed through the field of ufology and its related phenomena for over 40 years) an apt description of the field. Contained in the vast range of phenomena are ufo sightings, creatures and occupants associated with ufos, materializations of beings, bizarre sexual encounters, conspiracy allegations, continual calls for "disclosure," psychic abilities, contactees, ancient reports of phenomena, religious/spiritual/angelic events, and so many other strange "things" that a comprehensive list is not useful. The bottom line (as to whether or not high strangeness events are related to ufology) can be encapsulated into a couple questions and assertions.
One key question is simple, at least in a way. Are the reports of UFOs—genuine unidentified flying objects—and the credible reports of alien abduction really something that is separate and apart from the more esoteric elements of ufology? Was Walt Andrus correct back in the 1980s when he related that genuine UFOs are extraterrestrial nuts-and-bolts craft and the rest is "something else"?
Perhaps the "something else" is phenomena related to psychological processes? On the other hand, many UFO cases that had what seem to be "nuts-and-bolts" craft definitely also involved the "high strangeness" element. Does that mean that perhaps UFOs aren't just nuts-and-bolts craft with alien occupants? What exactly should be ignored by ufologists? What is relevant and irrelevant in ufology?
Countless UFO books from the 1960s to the present have asked the big questions: "What the hell is going on? What does this all mean?" The answers they give vary widely. Some writers assert it's all extraterrestrial. On the other hand, skeptics say that nothing is going on other than human imagination and human misperception mixed in with hoaxes and a bit of psychological disturbance. But that's not a satisfactory answer nor is it the correct one. That's not to say that imagination, misperception, and psychological disturbance haven't influenced ufology—they all have to a very real extent. But those who have truly studied the field of ufology know that something is going on.
Perhaps dismissing the entire field is the right approach for those who have a need to deny the reality of a genuine phenomenon outside of human control or understanding. Saying "nothing is there" can create a feeling of safety in a world where so much happens so fast and is out of one's control. So be it for the skeptics. If the belief that it's all about nothing gives people comfort, then that's fine for them. With respect to the comfort of belief systems, I'm actually in favor of both creationists and evolutionists—if they leave the others to their personal belief systems without somehow infringing on the "nonbelievers." People tend to believe what they choose to believe and do so for reasons they seldom understand. But many, many others know that something is there at the heart of the entire UFO field. All those "other" oddities, the high strangeness events, swirl around ufology—as John Keel and a few others knew. Not many people know that John Keel shared a set of beliefs about the UFO phenomenon with a highly respected psychologist and theorist—Dr. Carl G. Jung. (We'll get into these ideas later.) Jung recognized that there was a reality to the UFO phenomenon and repeated a brief summary sentence many times—"something is seen, one doesn't know what." It is still an apt assessment. For some 260 years, many people have seen and interacted with "something," something that leads many to believe it's extraterrestrial. Others think it's spiritual or psychic—plus a whole lot of other solutions have emerged.
As prior articles have shown, the first true contactee emerged in the mid-1700s.(Link) That contactee's series of visitations were virtually identical to modern contactees and included psychic events, a long spiritual awakening, meetings with materializing extraterrestrials, and trips into space. In more "modern" times, writers have interpreted various biblical stories as alien visitations, but in the true meaning of the term "contactee" we can't label the individuals in the Bible who reported angelic contacts as contactees. (They never saw the "angels" as extraterrestrials.) Oddly, it was also this first 1700's contactee who also was the source of the ancient astronaut theory.
He asserted that Earth was not only visited by extraterrestrial beings but that they played a role in history. That's why I say that ufology has been some 260 years in the making. When Swedenborg made his first declarations about beings from other worlds visiting Earth, he was both criticized and admired. Have we really made much progress since then?
Roberts, who died in 1994, gave an apt description of the UFO field with his massive jigsaw puzzle analogy. One can, for example, come to the conclusion that it's all extraterrestrial—if everything that doesn't fit that explanation is ignored or dismissed. Someone else can conclude that it's all psychological—if a lot of physical evidence is ignored or explained as "irrelevant." Another person can conclude that it's related to psychic phenomena or spiritual manifestations. And others seeking more mundane explanations might conclude that it's swarms of insects, "space critters," plasma discharges, government experimentation, hoaxes, and the like. In sum, "ufology" covers a truly vast range of phenomena that almost defies human understanding. The "piecemeal" approach of looking at case-by-case has its place in this, but there is a fundamental set of problems with it.
Ufologists continually use the phrase "smoking gun" as if they have somehow found THE case that solves everything. There is no "smoking gun" case. No one case solves ufology. There is no disclosure, nor will it occur, because there is nothing definitive to disclose. The government deceives. We all know that. It's always been so. So do people. The "government" will be the first to know if and when a flying saucer is about to set down on the White House lawn, but they will be as surprised as the rest of us—assuming that ever happens. And they won't know much earlier than our TVs will let the entire world know. In essence, the point here boils down to it truly being a massive puzzle. A puzzle of so may pieces that it's almost incomprehensible. Yes, there is something going on. And it probably has a whole lot of interacting processes and events going on at the same time. Some of it we can grasp. Some we can't. It's like the Gestalt Psychology adage, "you can't see the forest for the trees." We see the trees: The individual UFO cases; The Contactees; The Ancient Alien phenomenon; The old texts and archaeological ruins that look "alien"; The reports of psychics; Abductees, and more. But the forest is another thing. Something is there, one doesn't know what.
Despite this seemingly fruitless search ufologists have engaged in for so many decades, there are some real answers. Some people may well be able to comprehend what is going on. The problem is encapsulated into the role of beliefs. One a belief gets set; it becomes a nearly impossible task to change it. And the truth can be astonishing and unexpected. For many, perhaps it is best to deny any of it is real. For others, they can have their comfort in believing that it's extraterrestrial.
The opinions expressed in all material are those of the authors.


To develop learners critical skills in analysing website design. Worksheets contain peer evaluation sections and teacher feedback space.
They'll be my starter activity for a Yr10 class tomorrow afternoon.


When we allow release to come, we find ourselves on the same sojourn through the wilderness our ancestors took; and if we allow ourselves to open to our potential, we may find the strength and maturity we so hope to develop along the way.
Ki Tissa is the section of the Israelites' journey from Mitzrayim that takes us further along our way through the wilderness of discovery and formation. We leave Mitzrayim, Egypt, much like adolescents or runaways, with belongings slung hastily over a shoulder, barely wanting to look back.
Predictably, as soon as the thrill or high or novelty wears off, we are homesick for the familiar place, where our short memories recall fish and leeks to eat, and security.
As a loving parent who sees their maturing offspring lose focus, God finds that it is time to take a census, a time for our people to be counted and accountable for themselves to their Higher Power. It is time to say, Count me in, I'm my way to independence and responsibility, no longer to be kept and managed by our Egyptian overseers.
Part of becoming independent is surrendering to a Higher Power, of recognizing where our boundaries and limits of what we can realistically control lie. Here, in Ki Tissa, God instructs us to surrender what we can, to build the Mishkan. But, God does not instruct us all to do this in the same exact way: God, or our personal Higher Power, knows that we are not all the same, not all of the same talents, gifts, and abilities.
and those for whom surrendering their creative talents is their best offering, are to do so. They are instructed by God on how to smith, weave, sculpt and build the Mishkan from these materials.
How do we understand this message?
One way is to take an account of who we are, and what our realms of abilities and being are, and what are not.
Another way is to let go of trying to be like someone we are not, or try to control how someone else is; maybe a family member or co-worker comes to mind. In recovery, we let go, and surrender to what our Higher Power asks or instructs of us.
We can let go, to leave others in God's hands, too.
Who will you answer as when others or your Higher Power call to you? How will you take inventory of who and how you have been, and where you see yourself now?
This is the message of Ki Tissa.