#77 maple street

[thesims1master]

Some parts of recreated Goth Sr. Manor from TS1 to TS2

[voodoorhythmrecords]

please Welcome to the Festival that don’t take place in a location that disappeared, this is the idea of the bookers of the Ghost Festival in Switzerland, involved are around 300 Swiss bands that mainly make a living from their music (Switzerland is expensive country, the bands they mostly poor), the problem is that most of them are their own Boss of their own company and cant get any money support  from the government .. so are the bookers (the sound guys and stage etc they are not included in that project) anyway its a great idea.. it shows there is nothing going on .. please don’t let that infrastructure Die what we build up for such a long time .. culture grows, you can’t click it on or off.. https://www.ghost-festival.ch/index.php

the Line up.. alphabetically :) hahahah insane....

11Ä 7 DOLLAR TAXI 77 BOMBAY STREET ABU ACID AMAZONIANS ADRIAN STERN AL PRIDE ALENKO ALICE ALINA AMURI ALOIS AMAMI ANIMADIVAS ANIMOR ANNA AARON ANNA ROSSINELLI ANNIE TAYLOR ARISTIDE ARTHUR HENRY ARTURO Y SU AZUCARIBE ASBEST AUDIODOPE BASCHI BAZE & SQUISHY BOYZ BIANDAPID BIBI VAPLAN BIG ZIS / BIGENERIC BILLIE BIRD BLACK SEA DAHU BLACKTIGER BLIND BUTCHER BONAPARTE BOYS ON PILLS BRANDY BUTLER BUBI EIFACH BUDS / CALI P CAROLINE ALVES CAROLINE CHEVIN CARROUSEL CASANORA CÉGIU CELLO INFERNO CHAMITO CHAOSPHONIE CHAOSTRUPPE CHEIBE BALAGAN CHIARA / CHLYKLASS CHORALE COLIQUE CINNAY CLAUDE WAVE COBEE COMPANY OF MEN CONVULSIF COOKIE THE HERBALIST CRÈME SOLAIRE CRUISE SHIP MISERY CYRIL CYRIL DA CRUZ DABU FANTASTIC DACHS DAGOBERT DANA DANASE & STERNEIS DAWILL DELILAHS DEMGEN DENNERCLAN DEWOLPHE DIOSMOS DIRTY SOUND MAGNET DODO DODO HUG / DOMI CHANSORN DON‘T KILL THE BEAST DR SCHNUU & SINI TIERLI DUB SPENCER & TRANCE HILL E-L-R EAZ EFFE / EFTN EL RITSCHI ÉLECTROGÈNE ELIANA BURKI ELIAS BERTINI / ELLAS ELMO4 EMANUEL REITER ENSEMBLE BATIDA ES BRENNT - WAS TUN? ESKIMO EVA LEANDRA FAI BABA FALLAN FAMARA FIJI FREDA GOODLETT BAND FRUTTI DI MARE FUSION SQUARE GARDEN GIANT SLEEP GIGI MOTO / GIMMA GRAND MOTHERS FUNK GUSTAV & THE SHINING GIRLS FROM PHREEBÖRG HALUNKE HAMP GOES WILD HARVEY RUSHMORE & THE OCTOPUS HECHT HEIDI HAPPY HELENKA HOT LIKE SUSHI HOT RUNNING BLOOD HOWLONG WOLF IKAN HYU ILL EAGLES INEZ INSIDE THE BAXTER BUILDING IRA MAY JAËL JAMES GRUNTZ JAN OLIVER JAR / JASMIN ALBASH JEANS FOR JESUS JESSIQUOI JOE SCHWACH JOE VOLK & NAIARE JOHNNY TROUBLE JPTR JUKI P2 JULI LEE JULIAN VON FLÜE JULIE CAMPICHE QUARTET KAOS PROTOKOLL KAUFMANN / KIMBO KING PEPE & THE QUEENS KINGS ELLIOTT KLISCHÉE KNACKEBOUL KOKHLIAS И LOULAN KT GORIQUE KUMMERBUBEN KUNZ KUSH K L‘ORAGE LA NEFERA LANDRO LARALBA LAURENT C. LEECH LEGENDARY LIGHTNESS LÉLIA LORTIK LES LEGROUP LIA SELLS FISH LINA BUTTON LINX & LECHZ LISA ORIBASI LO&LEDUC LONG TALL JEFFERSON LORD KESSELI LOS VACÍOS DE CHARLY LUCA HÄNNI LUUK MAHADEV COMETO MAKALA MAKE PLAIN MAPLE TREE CIRCUS MARCO MARCHI & THE MOJO WORKER MEIMUNA MELKER M’GHADI MICH GERBER MICHAEL VON DER HEIDE MIGO&BUZZ MISS C-LINE MISTER MILANO MÖCHTEGANG MOES ANTHILL MONTE MAI MONUMENTAL MEN MURPHY / NAMAKA NATE NATIV NEWKILLAZ» NICKLESS NICOLE BERNEGGER NIRVANAZ NOAN NONE OF THEM NOT NEMO NOTI WUMIÉ O.U.M.P.H. ODD BEHOLDER OESTETIK OMNI SELASSI OPEN SEASON PABLO NOUVELLE PARADISCO PASCAL GAMBONI & REES CORAY PATENT OCHSNER PENKOSWKY PETER KERNEL PHOAM / PIER PIPPO POLLINA PUTS MARIE PVP PYRO QL RAY DRMA RAY WILKO REVEREND BEAT-MAN RIO WOLTA RITA ROOF ROLI FREI & THE SOULFUL DESERT SAITÜN SPRÜNG SAM GRUBER BAND SAPIN MAGIQUE SCHOEDO SEMORO SOUHARCE ET EFFRACTION VACANCES SEX ORGANS SHEM THOMAS SILBERBÜX SILENT TALK SINA SISMA SKICLUB TOGGENBURG SKOR / SLAM & HOWIE SLIMKA SOUKEY SPUTNIK SUSHI STAHLBERGER STEFANIE HEINZMANN STEFF LA CHEFFE STEPHAN EICHER STILLER HAS STUDEYEAH SUSPENDERS TEXTER THE CAVERS THE CRUMPETS THE FAILURES THE HIGH HORSE THE HOODOO SINNERS THE JACKETS THE MAGIC 5 THE MONOFONES THE MONSTERS THE NEXT MOVEMENT THE PEACOCKS THE PEARLBREAKERS THE SHEIKS THE SOULS THE SPARKLETTES THE YELINS TIM & PUMA MIMI TIM FREITAG TIMMERMAHN TO ATHENA TOBIAS CARSHEY TOMAZOBI TOMMY VERCETTI & DEZMOND DEZ TONGUE TIED TWIN TONI VESCOLI TOUT BLEU TRAKTORKESTAR / TRIO DE POCHE TRIO FROM HELL TROUBAS KATER TRUE TRUWVE TSCHUGGR TURBO FANTÔME URBAN JUNIOR URSINA VERA KAA VERONICA FUSARO VERONIKA’S NDIIGO VERSO SUELTO VOGULYSSENE VOLCA MASSAKER ORCHESTER WABJIE WHAT‘S WRONG WITH US? WILLIAM WHITE WOLFMAN XEN YVONNE MOORE & MAT CALLAHAN ZAREK SILBERSCHMIDT ZHZ ZÜRI WEST

[anotherplumbob]

hey! First of all, I love all of your builds and especially your gameplay! So, I've decided that I want to remake Pleasantview on my own using your wonderful builds. Unfortunately, I have a problem with the 77 Maple Street lot :( Everytime I try to exit the lot my game crashes :( Am I the only one having this issue?

Hi!! Thank you so much!! :)

I’m not sure what the problem is but you’re definitely not the only one experiencing it because @sandybruty also reported it recently. I’ve tested it several times  and it also crashes for me (also tried deleting the furniture etc to no avail). I really don’t know why because it worked OK when I first uploaded it!! :S I’ve seen other people have this problem with that particular lot in Willow Creek (e.g. @peachandherpan; see below )….so I’m not sure if it’s a problem with that particular lot in the game :S

I’m so sorry :(

[takingitonesimdayatatime]

The Sims: Unleashed: 77 Maple Street

The Goth Sr Family

Net Worth: $137,289

Gunther Bio: Gunther brought his family from the old country when his son, Mortimer, was just a lad. Having amassed quite a fortune, he is founding father of the neighborhood.

Gunther Personality: Neat 10, Outgoing 5, Active 3, Playful 1, Nice 6

Gunther Skills: College Dean, Cooking 1, Charisma 6, Logic 9, Creativity 9

Cornelia Bio: Cornelia is the founder of the Sim City Bridge Society and enjoys high tea and phrenology. She is thankful to have her granddaughter, Cassandra, so nearby.

Cornelia Personality: Neat 8, Outgoing 4, Active 5, Playful 2, Nice 6

Cornelia Skills: None

Hecuba Bio: Hecuba thinks herself very important and thinks her twin brother is not as cute as she is.

Hecuba Personality: Quiet 1, Friendly 3, Playful 9, Smart 6, Loyal 1

Hecuba Skills: Hunting 1

Menelaus Bio: Menelaus has alot on his mind, but doesn’t feel like explaining it right now.

Menelaus Personality: Quiet 8, Friendly 0, Playful 3, Smart 9, Loyal 3

Menelaus Skills: Hunting 3

[bayoubashsims]

Agnes pays her sister Cornelia a visit over at 77 Maple Street while Gunther is off at work. These days, having a sister is such a comfort, even if your sister is the Old Prude of Pleasantview.

[braincoins]

I doubt any of my followers are in/near Ottawa County, Michigan, but just in case:

Warming Centers:

Grand Haven Community Center, 421 Columbus Avenue Hours: Monday- Friday; 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Hope Church, 77 W 11th Street, Holland Hours: Monday- Friday; 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Calvary Church, 400 Beeline Road, Holland Hours: Monday- Friday; 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Maple Avenue Ministry,  427 Maple Avenue, Holland Hours: Monday- Friday; 9:00 pm – 9:00 am (overnight)

Holland Rescue Mission, 166 South River Avenue AND 356 Fairbanks Avenue Hours: 24/7

Love In Action, 326 N Ferry Street, Grand Haven Hours: Monday- Friday; 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Christ Memorial Church, 595 Graafschap Road, Holland 10:00 am - 9:00 pm; Thursday overnight available for women & children.

For additional locations of warming centers, call the Emergency Operations Center at 616-738-4665. If you know of a shelter, please call 616-738-4665 to add to our list.

[charlieconwayy]

Wondering how you’re going to survive this h(ell)iatus? Wonder no more! I present to you 100 Days of Stranger Things, a fan run online event created to celebrate the show we love so much as we go into season 3. The event starts whenever you want and ends whenever you want. It is created so that you don’t have to make something every day so that it can stretch until July 3, the night of the premiere. Anyone and everyone is welcome to participate! Gif makers, fanfiction writers, fan artists, people who make content, people who don’t make content, it doesn’t matter! Post it in the tag #100daysofST that we will be tracking! 

Below is the calendar of events:

day 1 - favorite character

day 2 - favorite season

day 3 - favorite episode

day 4 - favorite quote overall

day 5 - favorite season one quotes

day 6 - favorite season two quotes

day 7 - favorite season one scene

day 8 - favorite season two scene

day 9 - favorite location

day 10 - favorite song from the soundtrack

day 11 - favorite romantic pairing

day 12 - favorite friendship

day 13 - favorite underrated friendship

day 14 - favorite family

day 15 - favorite rarepair

day 16 - favorite plot twist

day 17 - favorite fight

day 18 - the demogorgan or the mind flayer

day 19 - favorite character development

day 20 - favorite recurring gag

day 21 - favorite season tagline (”it only gets stranger” vs “one summer can change everything”)

day 22 - favorite weapon

day 23 - favorite vehicle

day 24 - favorite premiere (1x01 or 2x01)

day 25 - favorite finale

day 26 - favorite trope(s)

day 27 - most excited for in s3

day 28 - favorite funny moment

day 29 - favorite romantic moment

day 30 - favorite supernatural moment

day 31 - favorite friendship moment

day 32 - favorite family moment

day 33 - favorite badass moment

day 34 - favorite kid moment

day 35 - favorite teen moment

day 36 - favorite adult moment

day 37 - favorite traumatic moment

day 38 - favorite tearjerking moment

day 39 - favorite party moment

day 40 - favorite minor character

day 41 - favorite comedic character

day 42 - favorite group friendship

day 43 - favorite fallen character

day 44 - favorite underrated character

day 45 - character who deserves better

day 46 - favorite sexy scene

day 47 - favorite wheeler

day 48 - favorite byers

day 49 - favorite mileven moment

day 50 - favorite mike moment(s)

day 51 - favorite el moment(s)

day 52 - favorite lucas moment(s)

day 53 - favorite dustin moment(s)

day 54 - favorite will moment(s)

day 55 - favorite joyce moment(s)

day 56 - favorite hopper moment(s)

day 57 - favorite nancy moment(s)

day 58 - favorite jonathan moment(s)

day 59 - favorite steve moment(s)

day 60 - favorite max moment(s)

day 61 - favorite will drawing

day 62 - favorite score

day 63 - favorite mike outfits

day 64 - favorite el outfits

day 65 - favorite lucas outfits

day 66 - favorite dustin outfits

day 67 - favorite will outfits

day 68 - favorite joyce outfits

day 69 - favorite hopper outfits

day 70 - favorite nancy outfits

day 71 - favorite jonathan outfits

day 72 - favorite steve outfits

day 73 - favorite max outfits

day 74 - favorite el hair

day 75 - favorite nancy hair

day 76 - favorite joyce hair

day 77 - favorite steve hair

day 78 - favorite actor

day 79 - favorite actress

day 80 - favorite cast friendship

day 81 - favorite cast interview

day 82 - favorite cast member’s instagram

day 83 - favorite wheeler family moment

day 84 - favorite byers family moment

day 85 - favorite hopper family moment

day 86 - the vanishing of will byers or madmax

day 87 - the weirdo on maple street or trick or treat, freak

day 88 - holly, jolly or the pollywog

day 89 - the body or will the wise

day 90 - the flea and the acrobat or dig dug

day 91 - the monster or the spy

day 92 - the bathtub or the mind flayer

day 93 - the upside down or the gate

day 94 - favorite parallels

day 95 - favorite kiss

day 96 - favorite teaser poster

day 97 - favorite final poster

day 98 - favorite iconic/famous moment

day 99 - favorite awards show

day 100 - favorite photos from the s3 premiere

[bountyofbeads]

The $56 Million Mansion at 9 East 71st Street Where Epstein Allegedly Abused Girls https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/08/nyregion/jeffrey-epstein-nyc-mansion.html

Inside Epstein’s $56 Million Mansion: Photos of Bill Clinton, Woody Allen and Saudi Crown Prince

The townhouse where the financier Jeffrey Epstein is accused of abusing girls is one of the largest private homes in Manhattan.

By Matthew Haag | Published July 8, 2019 | New York Times | Posted July 8, 2019 |

The townhouse where the financier Jeffrey Epstein is accused of engaging in sex acts with underage girls is one of the largest private homes in Manhattan, a short walk from Central Park.

The seven-story residence at 9 East 71st Street, between Fifth and Madison Avenues, sprawls across 21,000-square feet and has five bathrooms, a two-story reception room and many bedrooms, including three three-room suites on the fourth floor.

It also has a heated sidewalk in front to melt the snow during the winter months. On the second floor, Mr. Epstein hung a mural he had commissioned in recent years: A photorealistic prison scene that included barbed wire, corrections officers and a guard station, with Mr. Epstein portrayed in the middle.

“He said, ‘That’s me, and I had this painted because there is always the possibility that could be me again,’” said R. Couri Hay, a public relations specialist invited by Mr. Epstein to a meeting at his home and to view the mural three months ago.

A person who visited the townhouse last year remembered Mr. Epstein doing work at the mansion while seated at a large dining table in the rear of the house that fit 20 people, with multiple computer monitors and a phone alongside.

Mr. Epstein answered calls while hosting visitors, according to that person and another visitor last year who saw similar behavior. Behind him was a table covered with framed photographs of celebrities and dignitaries, including a signed photograph of former President Bill Clinton.

The visitors each said they were greeted by a tall woman who spoke with an Eastern European accent, who led guests up a marble staircase to a study on another floor. At the base of the stairwell, one of the visitors said, Mr. Epstein had placed a chess board with custom figurines dressed in underwear — each piece, he noted, was modeled after one of his staffers.

He decorated the home with other oddities, like a life-size female doll in a wedding dress hanging from a chandelier, and had arranged a small dining room to resemble a beach scene.

A wall of the study was covered with photographs of famous people, including Woody Allen, and another that Mr. Epstein pointed out was of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia.

Mr. Epstein, 66, is accused of engaging in sex acts with young girls from 2002 to 2005 during naked massage sessions and paying them hundreds of dollars in cash, according to an indictment unsealed on Monday.

During the search of his townhouse on Saturday, investigators seized nude photographs of underage girls, federal prosecutors said. “The alleged behavior shocks the conscience,” Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States attorney in Manhattan, said on Monday.

Prosecutors said they were moving to seize Mr. Epstein’s townhouse.

Mr. Epstein, however, was not even supposed to become the owner of the opulent stone house on the Upper East Side.

In 1989, Mr. Epstein’s mentor, Leslie H. Wexner, the founder and chairman of L Brands, the parent company of Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works, bought the seven-story Beaux-Arts home for $13.2 million. At the time, it was the highest recorded sale price for a townhouse in Manhattan.

Mr. Wexner then spent at least that much on artwork — including multiple works by Picasso — Art Deco furnishings, Russian antiques, rosewood tables and doors and a gut renovation of the home. Security devices, including a network of cameras, were installed. A cellar was divided into separate spaces, one for red wines and another for white. The renovation was featured on the cover of the December 1995 issue of Architectural Digest.

The townhouse had been a longtime private school and Mr. Wexner spent years converting it into a lavish estate.

Mr. Wexner, however, never moved in; he decided to stay in Columbus, Ohio, where L Brands has its headquarters.

But another person did move in: Mr. Epstein. “Les never spent more than two months there,” Mr. Epstein told The New York Times in 1996.

The home has a history of going unoccupied by its owner. Herbert N. Straus, an heir to the Macy’s fortune, commissioned the 40-room mansion in the early 1930s and hired the prominent architect Horace Trumbauer to design it. But Mr. Straus died in 1933, leaving the property unfinished and unoccupied.

The Straus family gave the residence to a hospital in 1944. In 1962, the private school, Birch Wathen School, bought it and converted it into a schoolhouse. The school, which was started in 1921 with an emphasis on the arts, relocated after Mr. Wexner bought the house. (It later merged with another private school to start the Birch Wathen Lenox School.)

Mr. Epstein said in the 1996 interview that the mansion was now his, though the transaction has never appeared in New York City records online. In 2011, he transferred ownership of the property from a trust connected to Mr. Epstein and Mr. Wexner to Maple Inc., a United States Virgin Islands-based entity under Mr. Epstein’s control, according to records.

The transfer document, from Nine East 71st Street Corporation to Maple Inc, did not list a purchase price, indicating that it did not involve any exchange of money.

A spokeswoman for Mr. Wexner said that he “severed ties” with Mr. Epstein about a decade ago. Erika Kellerhals, a lawyer in the Virgin Islands who handled the 2011 transfer for Mr. Epstein, did not return a phone call seeking comment.

Prosecutors say the home is valued at $77 million, but the city’s Department of Finance estimated earlier this year that the mansion was valued closer to $56 million. The 2019 property taxes for the home, which are based on a much lower assessed value, were an estimated $347,000. (The property’s tax bill in 2008 was the fourth highest-taxed single-family home in New York City.)

Mr. Epstein also owns a home in Palm Beach, Fla., a 7,500-acre ranch in New Mexico and an apartment in Paris. He also owns Little St. James Island, a private island in the Caribbean, and at least 15 cars.

A spokesman for Mr. Clinton, whose photograph was on display in Mr. Epstein’s mansion, said that the former president “made one brief visit” around 2002 to the New York home with a staff member and security officials. Mr. Clinton has not talked to Mr. Epstein in more than a decade and has not visited his properties in the Caribbean, Florida or New Mexico, the statement said.

From the street, Mr. Epstein’s Manhattan mansion has features that make it a commanding presence on the block: a 15-foot-tall oak front door (which the police pried open with a crow bar on Saturday during a search of the property), large arched windows on the ground floor and a balcony on the second floor. Mr. Epstein’s initials are on a brass plaque near the front door.

While Mr. Epstein has tried to maintain a private life, he did allow a reporter for Vanity Fair magazine to visit the mansion for a 2003 profile, “The Talented Mr. Epstein.”

The article describes a main hallway that was covered with rows of artificial eyeballs from England that had been made for wounded soldiers.

The room connected to the hallway was a marble foyer adorned with a painting that resembled works by the French artist Jean Dubuffet. “The host coyly refuses to tell visitors who painted it,” the reporter, Vicky Ward, wrote.

The article was published around the same time that he started to recruit underage girls to the mansion, according to the indictment unsealed on Monday.

Nellie Bowles, Matthew Goldstein and Sarah Maslin Nir contributed reporting.

[thebritishblabbermouth]

Jungkook Fanfiction- BTS Mafia AU

Heyya :))

@atricksterwithwings requested a beautiful BTS mafia au, and I loved writing this for her. I’ve split it into three parts. Scroll down for the first and for the link to the latter. 

A/N: I’ve mentioned Zhang Yixing in this fanfiction aside from the other BTS members. Its totally okay if you dont know who he is...although you probably do, he’s like such a popular sheep ;) Find information about him here . 

Tell me your thoughts on this fanfic, Id love to receive any sort of feedback on my work and I totally think that likes and reblogs are recognition too :) Have fun reading, I know I really enjoyed writing this :) Its like 12 pages long on a word doc...idek anymore xP Jungkook is gorgeous. :) 

Also...there is cursing in this, mention of the mafia from different nationalities and part two and three are rated M (its smutty xP) Reader discretion is advised if any of these things bother you. 

Lots of love :) <3 - Enjoy :)  

PART 2

PART 3 (final)

1.

Jeon Jungkook stood at the 77th floor of Euphoria, the headquarters to the largest crime syndicate east of the Pacific Ocean. The height was dizzying for most, but not for him.

Jungkook had no fears; or so was assumed.

The man himself, was built at an impressive 6 feet and constituted of raw muscle, protein and a rather cynical approach towards life. Outwardly, the leader of the most legal crime syndicate was cold, intimidating and the type to burn you to ashes with a glare from his heated eyes.

Inwardly, he was exactly the same.

He was well aware of the effect he had on his employees, men and women who knew exactly of his affiliation with the Japanese Yazuka and the Italian Camorra yet pined to work under Jeon, the sheer power of his company bringing everyone to their knees with respect.

Euphoria was a giant.

It had dealings with government run telemarketing firms, banks, real estate agencies, alongside finance and technology markets. An easy way to convert money earned through extortion, gambling and trafficking to its pure and pristine form. The corrupt politicians whose elections he had funded didn’t complain. No one cared where the money came from and no one dared to ask otherwise. The cause of the founder’s formidable aura wasn’t a secret. Everyone knew how he had been tortured by his father, abandoned on the streets by a mother who seemed to love Heroin more than her own son. The story had been plastered all over the internet, and Jungkook would never deny reading through its many exaggerated versions. They were entertaining and did well to remind himself about how important money and power were, without those weapons, he too would be sitting in a room, writing about a life that belonged to someone else.

Materialism was reality and wealth- it’s currency.

~~~~~~~~~~~

‘’Sir, your coffee…’’ you said, walking through the office doors, a skip in your stride. There was no knock. No hint of awkwardness, no aspect of fear in the way she spoke. If anything there was the undertone of coercion, almost coaxing the man to leave his billion dollar thoughts in the gutter and focus solely on the warm drink.

Your playful extortion had worked, he was focused. Just not on the coffee.

Three months ago, Euphoria had issued an internal opportunity- PA to Jeon Jungkook. The post received 3 applications from his 20,000 employees. Min Yoongi, his chief of finance and operations took to appointing the least qualified of the bunch, a woman- aged a mere 22 years. The pitch to his ever frightening boss had been simple. ‘’You’ve let down 30 men in the last 6 months. I am done handling my job as well your shit. Those Harvard lunatics are too busy tending to their stupid resumes and I don’t have time for the garbage they throw at me when you fire their sorry arses. You’re settling with the woman, she’s got sick parents to feed- she won’t give a damn for ego as long as you pay her on time.’’

Jungkook could only snarl at the curses, the audacity of the man to speak in the way he did. Anyone else and they’d be lying in a pool of their own blood within seconds of the first word spoken against him. But Min Yoongi couldn’t be touched and this was a fact.

Jeon Jungkook was putty in the hands of his elder brother.

Today, he sent thanks to his sibling, for his aggressive outburst and daunting approach. You were priceless and the best decision ever- professionally of course.

He gave no reply to your request, not even a glance spared in your direction as your placed the drink onto his desk. There were just a series of footsteps, the man walking over to his maple work table, ready to do as he was told.

You had no idea of the prerogatives you held, and at that point, neither did him. The slight tease in your voice had mellowed down completely- replaced with the air of innocence and obeisance. Jungkook groaned at the sight. 

‘’So I was thinking…it’s Christmas Eve tomorrow…and well…’’ you said... Shuffling your buckled black heels.

‘’You aren’t leaving early.’’

His abrupt command had no thought behind it. Other than the fact he couldn’t let you out of his sight for more than a few hours, often paging you unnecessarily just to make you think of him.

He doubted you ever would if he didn’t.

‘’I am not…my parents are flying in tomorrow…it’s a small get together at my place with a few colleagues. I figured since you didn’t have anything planned…you could join us?’’  

Your apprehensive feet clicked across the hardwood with anticipation, the weightlessness behind your request holding the air in a trance.

‘’You’re my personal assistant, not event manager. You do not handle my private affairs so don’t think for a second that I care about your stupid Christmas dinner or the family I saved from crumbling.’’

It wasn’t what he had intended to say. Rather, his mind had flourished a thought he needed to keep locked away. He wanted to tell you that he’d love to join your family, share potato salad and amusing anecdotes across the table... All the while pressing his hand into your thigh- a subtle promise of sinful satisfaction later that night. But he wouldn’t dare to voice his feelings. You didn’t need to get involved with his shit, the scars that graced his back or the life full of gluttony and gambles he had chosen to lead. It was compulsion, to remind you every second of every day that the apartment which he bestowed upon you just 3 floors below his office- was a gracious boon, a gift given to improve your petty life. You had to be reminded of your father and how had been released from Jail after almost overdosing on the crack he had envisioned to peddle. Jeon Jungkook had to remind you of how ugly your tear stained face looked as you begged on your knees- begged for him to save your family.

There was simply no other way.

If you weren’t reminded, you’d crawl your way into his heart and sit there- encasing it completely.

He was just a damned moth to your flame.

‘’I know…and I am trying…I am trying to repay you. Please. Come over. I won’t waste your time.’’ You said. The words articulated with a purpose, were laced with meaningful sorrow but you couldn’t help the small smile that graced your lips.

He hadn’t declined.

Jungkook noticed how your full lips turned upwards, noticed how you had bent your head downwards, trying to hide your amusement. He knew he hadn’t said no, he knew inside the pits of his soul that was going to attend. Your reaction publicised his private notions completely.

It wasn’t hard to hate you.

Rather, it was the easiest thing in the world. His life had been built upon layers of lies, fear, judgement and mistrust. You tore everything apart with one look. He despised the hold you had over him, envied your purity and tried his best to tarnish it with his own two hands. Even if it meant burning your entire persona to ashes. He was well aware of the impact his audacious remarks on your large heart, knew just how much you wished to throw your small fists at his chest in rebuttal- he could see it in your eyes. But he knew you’d never break.

‘’Get out. I don’t have time for you.’’

Fuck.

Why couldn’t he just say no?

Probably because the thought of abjuration had never once crossed his mind.

~~~~~~~~~~~

11 pm saw him standing at your door, a bouquet of Lilly’s in his hand. The flowers had almost wilted away. What the hell was he doing? Why was he even here? There was no noise from behind the oakwood and why would there be?

Your offer had been for dinner, not a midnight snack.

He wasn’t going to come, prove you wrong and act smug about the ordeal. However he had shown up, at 7 pm, flowers fresh and suit prim. Ready to tap onto the door and shimmy himself into you…your apartment. But his confidence dropped as he heard your laughter, it was beautiful, natural and something he had never experienced before.

Jeon Jungkook had never made you laugh, but had every thought of hearing you scream.

It wouldn’t have mattered to him if you were any other woman, but the lack of knowledge frightened him, made him think there would be another man who would have the pleasure of witnessing both sounds.

Every. Single. Day.

His heart beat erratically, edging him into a state of worry and insanity. What the fuck was wrong with him? It would be a complete lie if he said he hadn’t just stood in front of your door for 3 hours, praying he didn’t hear sounds of men. The silence at 11 pm provided comfort and he walked away, only after dropping the Lilly’s inside the vase at your desk.

You had been pleasantly surprised the next day, and you knew exactly who they were from. The flowers- drained from their pretty colour -were beautiful nonetheless and you couldn’t help but run your hands over their soft petals.

They were perfect- just like him.

 ~~~~~~~~~~

2.

‘’See that guy over there…he’s checking you out hon.’’ Lisa, the American-Chinese intern, stirred her tea at an exceedingly sluggish pace. Her eyes were glued onto the 27 year old accountant who stood in the corner of the room, photocopying his work and humming to himself. She’d been a temporary employee at Euphoria Inc. for a bare 3 weeks but had done well to pair 4 couples with her self-praised matchmaking skills.

3 of said relationships had broken up within 24 hours. And thus, It was only natural that her impeccable track record attracted many an employee to her small cubicle, ready for her to set them up with dates and one night stands.

It seemed that you were her next target.

You sighed and turned to look at Jamie. He was tall, considerably well-built and had this collegiate boyish charm to his appeal, his long-slightly raven locks sat faultlessly over his glasses.

The image was so immaculate it made you uncomfortable.

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However in your opinion, the man on the 77th floor was nothing short of perfection. His ruffled hair didn’t need to be waxed and placed as it were; it fell naturally and it made you want to run your hands through it. His rugged and damaged personality sheltered his otherwise kind heart and you saw right through the vile facade. You didn’t hope for him to change. Didn’t hope for him to suddenly become a goofy cheeky soul; the kind who would sit and chat with his workers.

You loved the man as he was. A little broken but a hell of a lot confident.

‘’Lisa…I don’t really want to date him…’’ You mumbled, eagerly emptying coffee beans into the machine.

She laughed at your reply and peeled her eyes away from the man. ‘’Who said anything about dating love? I just said he was checking you out.’’

It was hard not to grimace at her words but as crude as they were you had to smile politely. Offices were run on brutal honesty and cut throat depositions. There was no room for pleasantries or hospitality and any that appeared were a courteous formality. You hurried in your steps and brewed the concoction with ease. It was 8 am and he required his morning fix, even though he never actually asked you to prepare it. You had just finished placing his black on the tray and had turned around to deliver it when a firm body crashed into yours, spilling the brew all over your clothes and the floor. The heat burned through your blouse and scorched your skin, it had been hard to not curse at the pain but you dealt through it, eyes shut tight in response.

‘’Oh my gosh! I am so sorry!’’ said the voice. It was a man, sharply handsome, his cheekbones were protruding and you were sure his skin glowed. It didn’t take long to recognise him.

Kim Taehyung.

He had been a prospective fiancé, from a year ago.

From a time when you had no viable job, no future and the money the Kim Family offered in exchange for your hand in matrimony, had been a welcome surprise to your household. They were staunchly against same sex marriages and Park Jimin had been banned from their home with immediate effect. The marijuana had inflected your otherwise gentle father and he had agreed in seconds to the proposal, not once considering your opinion. You had declined Taehyung in private, and he had hugged you in thanks. The man was humble and docile in more ways than one, and his heart had been taken years ago- by none other, than his childhood piano teacher. There was no way Taehyung would’ve agreed.  

‘’Tae!’’ You screamed, surprised yet elated at the discovery.

‘’Hey there fiancé. Glad to know you remember me…but really, why do we always meet in the worst of situations.’’ He walked over to the counter as he spoke, grabbing up as many napkins as he could find. His gentle hands took to patting at your chest, handing you the tissues while doing so and it didn’t take long for to dry up your blouse.

‘’I thought you’d be more respectful than that. Letting your fiancé walk into my building and displaying yourself open for the man. Tch Tch…I guess a lowlife is always a low life no matter what her circumstance.’’ Jeon Jungkook stood against the door, leaning onto it with a posture that screamed indifference. But in all reality, Jungkook was seething.

The small Glock tucked into his suit was ready to fire and destroy Kim Taehyung and maybe even leave a flesh wound inside Jamie the accountant.

However in that minute, his primal desire had been to destroy you. How dare you hide the news of your engagement? How dare you wear that damned pastel pink blouse to work, and let another man touch you so unabashedly? How dare you smile when you saw your betrothed? He hated you for everything.

And he hated himself for falling for you.

‘’And who the hell is this Joker?’’ Taehyung turned around to look at Jeon, the tissues in his hand soiled from the spillage. He had been invited to the corporation by Min Yoongi, a dear friend who had promised him help with TaeMin Designs, an upcoming entrepreneurial, founded by his beautiful husband. It didn’t occur to him that he’d meet you, but he was pleased that he had.

You were wonderful.

If it hadn’t been for your confidence, he would have never proposed to Jimin, never left his awful family and never been as happy as he was now. He owed you his life and his prosperity.

‘’Tae…he’s my boss. I’ll talk to you later. Please. I’ll call you hmm?’’ you tried your best to nip the fight in the bud. Taehyung was cool headed but an agitated version of the man could lead to the emergence of fists and blood. You were lucky he understood your pleas, and he grunted towards Jungkook while exiting the room, the daggers leaving his eyes were filled with venom and anger.

‘’I’d like you to pay attention to your job. Not to every single man out there. Why don’t you just do as you’re told? I don’t care what you do and who you do it with when you’re out of here.’’ Jungkook straightened himself against the wall and pocketed his hands. He told himself he enjoyed watching your eyes brim, told himself that his anger was justified. But god knows how much he wanted to cradle you and whisper apologies until you were forced to believe them.

‘’Let’s keep your sluttish acts away from the office hmm?’’

It was a harsh blow, enough to cause the first tear to slip from their confines. Why did he have to behave like that?

Why did you have to love him regardless of the way he did? 

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3.  

‘’How long is it going to take you leave? It’s pretty simple. Take the bag to KM Constructions, drop it there and leave. What’s so hard? '' Jungkook’s anger had sky rocketed ever since the incidence in the cafeteria and he didn’t even understand why he was asking you to be a bag drop. Never once in a career spanning 6 years had he ever made a woman a part of a deal. But it seemed that you were an exception with everything.

‘’I am just leaving Sir.’’ You said, buttoning up the grey pea coat.

He noticed how inappropriately dressed you were, how feminine and vulnerable. He knew how lecherous men could be, knew it wasn’t safe. But annoyance clouded his senses and he threw the thoughts away. It was simple enough, no interactions. You’d be fine.

If only he knew.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Toronto, the Quietly Booming Tech Town (NYT) In late February, Microsoft opened four floors of new office space near the top of a 50-story glass tower in downtown Toronto, a block from Scotiabank Arena, home of the Maple Leafs and the Raptors. Apple and Amazon were already in towers just down the street, and Google was about to open a new building around the corner. Meta, formerly Facebook, did not yet have an office downtown, but many Toronto start-ups complained that the social media company was driving tech salaries to Silicon Valley levels as it recruited top engineers across the city. During the pandemic, it was hiring anyone willing to work from home. A few blocks north, construction workers in yellow vests and hard hats were finishing three floors of new office space for another social media company: Pinterest. Stripe, an American payments company, was opening an office near City Hall, where Klarna, a Scandinavian payments company, had just announced its arrival with a flashy photo op alongside Mayor John Tory. As the tech industry continues to expand and communities all over the world compete for tech jobs outside Silicon Valley, many executives, investors and entrepreneurs are promoting warm climes like Austin and Miami as the next big tech hubs. But they are tiny tech communities compared with the new hub growing in the cool air along the shore of Lake Ontario. Thanks to years of investment from local universities, government agencies and business leaders and Canada’s liberal immigration policies, Toronto is now the third-largest tech hub in North America. It is home to more tech workers than Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle and Washington, D.C., trailing only New York and Silicon Valley, according to CBRE, a real estate company that tracks tech hiring.

U.S. imports little from Ukraine and Russia, but food and farming costs are expected to rise (Washington Post) Richard Guebert is getting ready to plant corn, wheat and soybeans in southern Illinois, about 50 miles south of St. Louis. But for reasons connected to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, he and his fellow farmers are concerned about how their upcoming growing season will go. Even though only a fraction of the food eaten in the United States is imported, with much of that coming from Mexico and Canada, the ripple effects of the conflict in Ukraine will conspire to further drive up food prices and keep them high into next year, analysts say. And because Russia is a main producer of fertilizer and other agricultural chemicals, the conflict is likely to have an impact what is grown this year on American soil. Guebert has seen the effects firsthand. His fertilizer cost was $510 a ton last year, he said. This year, it’s $1,508. He has no choice but to pay it to meet his target crop yields, he said, and while the price he is paid for his grain will rise, too, “prices will reach a point where no one can afford to purchase them.”

After War, the Journey Home Takes a Lifetime (Epoch Times) Sailor Lawrence Markworth was eager to jump in the whaleboat to help search for a downed American pilot in the ocean near Vietnam in 1964. The war was in full swing. “We spotted a helmet bobbing in the water, and it looked like he was alive. We were all excited: ‘We’re going to rescue a pilot. This is so cool,’” he recalled. “We get up to him … but he was dead. I remember everybody hoisting him aboard, and the ship was just silent. It was … I don’t know, these things are still difficult to talk about.” Now 77, he has spent decades battling addictions and his deeper wounds of moral injury and feeling betrayed by his country. He also battled the Veterans Administration (VA) for years over his exposure to Agent Orange and the illnesses he subsequently developed. “It’s more difficult to return than sometimes it is to go to war,” he said. “The day I got out of the military, I was so happy. And yet, I didn’t realize that it was going to be some of the darkest times of my life.” Psychotherapist Ed Tick, who has worked with veterans for 45 years, said the VA’s treatment of veterans in the United States is “woefully inadequate and mostly dependent on medications—which the veterans don’t want.” “Military service and warfare are such extraordinarily penetrating and transformational experiences that they do live in the veterans’ minds and hearts as about the most important and intense thing they ever experienced. So for the rest of us, well, the war’s over. But for them, no, it’s never over,” Tick said.

Russia Broadens Mariupol Assault as Signs of Stalemate Take Shape (NYT) Firing rockets and bombs from the land, air and—probably for the first time—from warships in the Sea of Azov, Russian forces broadened their bombardment of the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Sunday and have forcibly deported thousands of residents, according to city officials and witnesses. Among the freshly devastated was an art school, where about 400 residents were hiding, according to city officials who claimed it had been bombed by Russian forces targeting civilians. The number of casualties was not known. Into the fourth week of the Russian assault on the country, the coastal city—a strategic port that would give Russia control over much of Ukraine’s southern coast—has increasingly become a grim symbol of Russian frustration that its superior manpower and weaponry have not forced the quick capitulation of the country. And it has come to symbolize Russia’s brutality, with its forces increasingly targeting civilian sites with long-range missiles to crush the public’s spirit and break the Ukrainian military resistance. The city has been without food, water, electricity or gas since the early days after the Feb. 24 invasion. But its situation deteriorated even more over the weekend, with reports of raging street battles and Russian forces successfully conquering three neighborhoods.

Russia’s bombs and bullets not the only things killing Ukrainians. Stress is, too. (NBC News) Russia’s bombs and bullets did not kill Liubov Hrudiy—the stress of war did. Following a perilous journey from eastern Ukraine with her grandson, Hrudiy, 73, died minutes after arriving in the western city of Lviv last week. Now her grandson, Vladyslav, 17, has to live with the nonphysical scars of that trauma. He’s not alone. The more than 3.1 million Ukrainians who have fled their country since Russia invaded it on Feb. 24 will all carry invisible scars with them long after they reach safety. Zarlasht Halaimzai, CEO and co-founder of the Refugee Trauma Initiative, said that the stress of the experience can manifest itself physically—through body aches and lack of sleep. And it can have profound impacts on children, affecting their ability to learn, form healthy relationships and even walk. To [one doctor], the antidote to the helplessness and hopelessness many refugees experience is a return to normalcy and restoring a sense of community.

Russia Is Losing Tens of Thousands of Outward-Looking Young Professionals (NYT) At the Lumen cafe in the Armenian capital, Russians arrive as soon as the doors open, ordering specialty coffees, opening up their sleek Apple laptops and trying to navigate a dwindling array of options for starting their lives over. This is a different kind of exodus—tens of thousands of young, urban, multilingual professionals who are able to work remotely from almost anywhere, many of them in information technology or freelancers in creative industries. Russia is hemorrhaging outward-looking young professionals who were part of a global economy that has largely cut off their country. Before the war broke out, only about 3,000 to 4,000 Russians were registered as workers in Armenia, according to officials. But in the two weeks following the invasion, at least an equal number arrived almost every day in this small country. While thousands have moved on to other destinations, government officials said late last week that about 20,000 remained. Tens of thousands more are looking to start new lives in other countries. The speed and scale of the exodus are evidence of a seismic shift that the invasion set off inside Russia. Though President Vladimir V. Putin repressed dissent, Russia until last month remained a place where people could travel relatively unfettered overseas, with a mostly uncensored internet that gave a platform to independent media, a thriving tech industry and a world-class arts scene. Life was good, the émigrés said.

Driven to extremes (Guardian) Days before Afghanistan fell to the Taliban last August, President Ashraf Ghani took a helicopter to the United Arab Emirates, allegedly carrying with him $169 million from the country’s treasury. Ghani’s former finance minister, Khalid Payenda, also left Afghanistan, headed to the U.S. Six months later, Payenda is driving an Uber in Washington D.C. and barely making ends meet. “If I complete 50 trips in the next two days I receive a $95 bonus,” he said from behind the wheel of a Honda Accord. The 40-year-old once oversaw a U.S.- supported $6 billion budget. Payenda is grateful for the opportunity to support his family but feels as though he doesn’t have a place he really belongs. He became finance minister in late 2020, after his mother died of Covid-19 in an impoverished Kabul hospital. He now wishes he hadn’t taken the job. “I saw a lot of ugliness, and we failed. I was part of the failure. It’s difficult when you look at the misery of the people and you feel responsible,” he said.

US to declare Rohingya repression in Myanmar a ‘genocide’ (AP) The Biden administration intends to declare that Myanmar’s years-long repression of the Rohingya Muslim population is a “genocide,” U.S. officials said Sunday. The designation does not in and of itself portend drastic new measures against Myanmar’s military-led government, which has already been hit with multiple layers of U.S. sanctions since the campaign against the Rohingya ethnic minority began in the country’s western Rakhine state in 2017. But it could lead to additional international pressure on the government, which is already facing accusations of genocide at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Human rights groups and lawmakers have been pressing both the Trump and Biden administrations to make the designation.

Shanghai Disneyland closes as virus rises, Shenzhen reopens (AP) Shanghai Disneyland closed Monday as China’s most populous city tried to contain its biggest coronavirus flareup in two years, while the southern business center of Shenzhen allowed shops and offices to reopen after a weeklong closure. Meanwhile, the cities of Changchun and Jilin in the northeast began another round of citywide virus testing following a surge in infections. Jilin tightened anti-disease curbs, ordering its 2 million residents to stay home. China’s case numbers in its latest infection wave are low compared with other major countries, but authorities are enforcing a “zero tolerance” strategy that has suspended access to some major cities.

China Eastern Airlines Boeing with 132 on board crashes in China (WSJ) A Boeing 737 operated by China Eastern Airlines carrying 132 people slammed into the mountains of southern China. Flight 5735 crashed in the Guangxi region while flying from the southwestern city of Kunming to the southern metropolis of Guangzhou. The aircraft was a 737-800, according to the Aviation Safety Network database, and not a Boeing 737 MAX, which has been under scrutiny since two separate crashes led to a protracted grounding. If all aboard are confirmed dead, this would be China’s deadliest crash in nearly 30 years.

Reaching out to a stranger (Washington Post) Over the weekend, the Washington Post brought us the delightful, if slightly disturbing, story of Shoji Morimoto, or Rental-san as he is known in his native Japan, the man his clients hire to do nothing. Morimoto has built a business and viral fame on the promise that he will show up when required and simply be: His jobs have included waiting at the end of a marathon so a runner could see a familiar face, to silently accompanying a recently divorced woman to lunch, to sitting nearby to prevent a student from slacking off from their studies. Morimoto feels he fills a niche as a social pressure release valve. “I think when people are feeling vulnerable or are in their intimate moments, they become more sensitive toward people that are close to them, like how they will be perceived, or the kind of actions they will take for them,” he said. “So I think they want to just reach out to a stranger without any strings attached.”

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Running Total Of Episodes That Have Aired – 60 of 77 Restaurants Have Closed, 15 of 77 Restaurants Are Still Open, 2 of the 17 Have Moved, 2 Restaurants Sold

Season 7 (2014) – 2 of 6 Restaurants Open, 4 of 6 Restaurants Closed

Episode Restaurant City Status Comments 6 Bella Luna Ristorante Easton, PA Closed Closed just 3 1/2 months after Kitchen Nightmares filmed.  The landlord kicked them out. They claim they want to open elsewhere. More Detailed Update. 5 Zayna Flaming Grill Redondo Beach, CA Open Still open with very good reviews and a lot of them. Keeps an up to date Facebook. More Detailed Update. 4 Mangia Mangia Woodland Park, CO Closed Still open with mixed reviews as recent as 10/2014.  Brought some menu items back. Closed in November 2014 More Detailed Update. 3 Kati Allo Flushing, NY Closed Still open average to above average reviews, and have a lot of complements on the food. Closed in April 2014, shortly after their episode aired. More Detailed Update. 2 The Old Neighborhood Restaurant Arvada,  CO Closed Restaurant was for sale when the episode aired.  Stayed open for a bit, but closed in April 2016 – More Detailed Update. 1 Pantaleone’s Denver, CO Open Still open with above average reviews and people raving about the pizza. Owner says they are still struggling. More Detailed Update.

Season 6 (2012-2013) – 8 of 13 Restaurants Closed, 4 of 13 Restaurants Open, 1 Has Moved, 1 Restaurant Sold

Episode Restaurant City Status Comments 1 La Galleria 33 Boston, Massachusetts Closed Still open with above average reviews, although there are some 1-star reviews mixed in. Closed in November 2018. 2 Mama Maria’s Brooklyn, New York Open Still open with above average reviews. Keeps an up to date Facebook page.  3 Ms. Jean’s Southern Cuisine Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania Open- Moved The restaurant is still open with minimal reviews and the restaurant has moved locations. Restaurant has positive reviews but there are negative reviews about catering 4 Barefoot Bob’s Beach Grill Hull, Massachusetts Closed Still open with below average reviews as recent as 4/2016.  A lot of 1-star reviews. Keeps an up to date Facebook page.  Closed in late 2016 – Info on closure. 5 Olde Hitching Post Restaurant & Tavern Hanson, Massachusetts Open Still open with average reviews as recent as 2/2017.  6 Levanti’s Italian Restaurant – Renamed Levanti’s American Bistro Beaver, Pennsylvania Closed Closed in November 2013 (despite a lot of positive reviews) with the owner saying he was retiring and wanted to get out of the business. 7 Sam’s Mediterranean Kabob Room Monrovia, California Closed Closed in the summer of 2013 stating business never picked up after the show. 8 Nino’s Italian Restaurant Long Beach, California Closed Still open with average reviews as recent as 4/2016. Recent reviews are much better. Keeps an up to date Facebook page. Closed in August 2016 – Info on closing. 9 Mill Street Bistro Norwalk, Ohio Closed Mill Street Bistro was renamed to Maple City Tavern in December 2013.  There are a lot of complaints about the owner in local articles.   Restaurant closed in 2/2016 – More info on the closing. 10 Yanni’s Seattle, Washington Open Still open with above average reviews as recent as 1/2017. Reviews weren’t too bad before the makeover. Keeps an up to date Facebook page.  11 Prohibition Grille – Renamed Prohibition Gastropub Everett, Washington Sold Still open with average reviews as recent as 2/2017. A lot of 1-star reviews filtered out. Sold to new owners mid to late 2016 and is still open under the same name. 12 Chappy’s Nashville, Tennessee Closed The restaurant closed and was seized by the state of Tennessee in June 2013 due to unpaid taxes.  Owner did a lot of complaining about Kitchen nightmares saying it ruined his business. 13 Amy’s Baking Company Scottsdale, Arizona Closed Not enough words for this one.  This was the first restaurant that Gordon walked out on, and the story went viral after that. Amy and Samy responded to people on Facebook calling them names.  Pretty much all the reviews are people bashing Amy and Samy from the show and not actual diners.  They plan to sell the restaurant and will close if the sale goes through – More Information.  Amy’s Baking Company officially closed on 9/1/2015 – Info on closing.

Season 5 (2011-2012)- 9 of 14 Restaurants Closed, 5 of 14 Restaurants Open

Episode Restaurant City Status Comments 1 Blackberry’s Plainfield, New Jersey Closed Closed in March 2013 due to stagnant growth 2 Leone’s Montclair, New Jersey Open Still open with average reviews. 3 Mike & Nellie’s Oakhurst, New Jersey Closed Closed in January 2012 according to their Facebook page, which was just a few months after their episode aired. 4 Luigi’s D’Italia Anaheim, California Open Still open with average to above average reviews.  Better reviews as of late. 5 Burger Kitchen Los Angeles, California Closed Was under new ownership in late 2011 around when the episode aired, and closed in February 2012. Owner thought online reviews killed the restaurant. More detailed update. 6 The Greek at  the Harbor Ventura, California Open Still open with average to above average reviews.   7 Michon’s College Park, Georgia Closed The College Park location has closed, but they have a small location in Atlanta, GA, and are opening another location in St. Louis. UPDATE – Atlanta location now closed and St. Louis location never opened. 8 El Greco Austin, Texas Closed Closed in December 2011, about 5 months after filming. Closed before their episode aired. 9 Park’s Edge Atlanta, Georgia Closed Their lease ran out in November 2013 and they plan to reopen somewhere else, but have not done so. Apparently they may in Spring 2014 10 Spin-A-Yarn Steakhouse Fremont, California Open Still open with average reviews, but there are a lot of reviews for the restaurant.  Some complaints about prices. 11 Charlie’s La Verne, California Closed Closed in July 2012 according to Yelp reviews 12 Cafe Hon Baltimore, Maryland Open Still open with average to below average reviews. Some of the recent ones are more positive. Keeps an up to date Facebook page 13 Chiarella’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Closed Still open with above average reviews as recent as 3/2015.  Closed in June 2015 – More info on the closure. 14 Zocalo Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Closed Closed around February 2013 and apparently had some unpaid tax issues.

Season 4 (2011) – 10 of 12 Restaurants Closed, 2 of 12 Restaurants Open

Episode Restaurant City Status Comments 1 Spanish Pavilion Harrison, New Jersey Open Still open with average reviews. Keeps an up to date Facebook page. 2 Classic American West Babylon, New York Closed Closed in August 2013 according to their Facebook page. 3 PJ’s Steakhouse – Renamed PJ’s Grill Queens, New York Closed Closed in May 2009 a few weeks after filming the episode, and was closed before the episode aired. 4 Grasshopper Also Carlstadt, New Jersey Closed Closed in October 2012, and a new restaurant is now in its location. 5 Davide Boston, Massachusetts Closed Was sold in November 2013, and eventually closed in January 2014 6 Down City Providence, Rhode Island Closed Closed in December 2011. Gordon’s changes weren’t liked by many old customers. 7 Tavolini Bridgeport, Connecticut Closed Closed in December 2010 just after Christmas. Was investigated by the Attorney General for selling gift cards right before closing. Owner said they closed due to medical reasons. 8 Kingston Cafe Pasadena, California Closed Still open with average reviews. Some complaints about service and price. Closed for a little, but reopened in Nov. 2013 with the same name. Closed in August 2018 – More info on closure. 9 La Frite Sherman Oaks, California Closed Still open with lots of reviews that are average to above average. Keeps an up to date Facebook page.  Sold in 2016, closed in Oct 2017 – More info on closure. 10 Capri Eagle Rock, California Closed Still open with above average reviews.  Keeps an up to date Facebook page that has a cover photo of the twins and Gordon Ramsay. The restaurant closed in September 2019. More info on the closure.  11 Zeke’s Metairie, Louisiana Closed Closed in October 2012, and a new restaurant is now in its location. 12 Oceana New Orleans, Louisiana Open Still open with a lot of reviews, many of which are above average. Keeps an up to date Facebook page.  More detailed update.

Season 3 (2010) – 9 of 11 Restaurants Closed, 2 of 11 Restaurants Open

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Episode Restaurant City Status Comments 1 Hot Potato Cafe Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Closed Closed in August 2010 according to their Facebook page. 2 Flamangos – Renamed The Junction Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Closed Closed in April 2011 3 Bazzini Ridgewood, New Jersey Closed Owners claimed they only talked to Gordon Ramsay when it was on camera and that’s it.  Restaurant closed around June 2010 4 Mojito Brooklyn, New York Closed Still open with average reviews as recent as 4/2014. A lot of 1-star recent reviews. Keeps an up to date Facebook page. Closed in 3/2016 – More info on closing. 5 Lido di Manhattan Manhattan Beach, California Open Still open with above average reviews. One of the better rated restaurants from the show. Keeps an up to date Facebook page 6 Le Bistro Lighthouse Point, Florida Open Still open with above average reviews. One of the top rated restaurants for Lighthouse Point on Tripadvisor. 7 Casa Roma Lancaster, California Closed Still open with minimal reviews.  Changed names at one point, but it is back to Casa Roma now. Closed at the end of June 2017 – Info on closing. 8 Mama Rita’s Newbury Park, California Closed Closed in December 2010, but the owner Laura is still doing catering. 9 Anna Vincenzo’s Boca Raton, Florida Closed Closed in late 2010.  Gordon went back to visit in an episode in 2011 10 Fleming Miami, Florida Closed They went back to their original menu, and closed in October 2010 11 Sushi-Ko Thousand Oaks, California Closed Closed in August 2009, a few months after filming. Closed before the episode even aired.

Season 2 (2008-2009) – 11 of 11 Restaurants Closed, 0 of 11 Restaurants Open

Episode Restaurant City Status Comments 1 Handlebar Mount Sinai, New York Closed Closed in 2009, not long after the episode originally aired. 2 Giuseppi’s Macomb Township, Michigan Closed Closed in July 2009. Owners blamed the bad economy and the lack of liquor license, which they put out a lot of money for. They were happy with Kitchen Nightmares 3 Trobiano’s Great Neck, New York Closed The restaurant closed in October 2008 after it was seized for not paying taxes. This was not long after the episode aired. 4 Black Pearl New York, New York Closed The restaurant closed in September 2008 just days after the episode aired. 5 J Willy’s South Bend, Indiana Closed Owner was trying to sell the restaurant in October 2008, and ended up closing in February of 2009 6 Hannah & Mason’s Cranbury, New Jersey Closed The restaurant closed in February 2010 citing the bad economy and less customers 7 Jack’s Waterfront St. Clair Shores, Michigan Closed The restaurant was sold in 2009, and the new owners ended up closing in late 2010 8 Sabatiello’s Stamford, Connecticut Closed Closed in December 2008, and the owners opened another restaurant in Greenwich, CT, which also later closed. 9 Fiesta Sunrise West Nyack, New York Closed Closed in September 2008 before the episode even aired after failing to pay back taxes 10 Santé La Brea Los Angeles, California Closed Closed in June 2011 according to their Facebook page. 11 Cafe 36 La Grange, Illinois Closed Closed in April 2009, a few months after their episode originally aired.

Season 1 (2007) – 9 of 10 Restaurants Closed, 1 of 10 Restaurants Sold, 0 of 10 Restaurants Open

Episode Restaurant City Status Comments 1 Peter’s Babylon, New York Closed Had bad reviews after Gordon left, and closed in December 2008.  2 Dillon’s – Renamed Purnima New York, New York Closed Very dirty restaurant when Gordon visited. Owner tried to sue him to prevent show from airing. Closed in December 2009 3 The Mixing Bowl Bellmore, New York Closed Closed in January 2009. People think the manager was to blame 4 Seascape Islip, New York Closed Closed around October 2007(same month the episode aired)and a new restaurant has opened up in its place. 5 The Olde Stone Mill Tuckahoe, New York Sold Was sold to new owners in 2009. Restaurant still goes by the same name and has average to below average reviews. 6 Sebastian’s Toluca Lake, California Closed The restaurant closed in January 2008 when the owner moved back to Boston for family reasons 7 Finn McCool’s Westhampton, New York Closed Buddy sold the restaurant in 2009, and the restaurant ended up closing in March 2012 8 Lela’s Pomona, California Closed Lela’s closed by the time the episode aired on TV because the debts were too high. 9 Campania Fair Lawn, New Jersey Closed The restaurant was sold in 2010 by Joe and eventually closed in January 2011. Joe actually committed suicide just days after selling the restaurant 10 The Secret Garden Moorpark, California Closed Still open with average to above average reviews recent as 5/2015. Better reviews as of late. Keeps an up to date Facebook page. Closed in 11/2015 – Info on the closing.

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CANTLON: ALL BLACK NHL LINE FOLLOWS A STRONG HISTORY

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - Hockey's continued growth in non-traditional communities received a big boost with the line of all-black players deployed by the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Head Coach, Jon Cooper, at the end of the  NHL's regular season against their in-state and soon-to-be playoff rival, the Florida Panthers. Tampa Bay suited up Gemel Smith, the older brother of Detroit Red Wings' Givani Smith, Mathieu Joseph, whose younger brother Pierre-Olivier is with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and ex-Hartford Wolf Pack, Daniel Walcott on Tuesday night.

HISTORY OF ALL-BLACK LINES

In hockey, there have been six all-black line combinations who've played together at various sports levels. The first known line was sent out on the ice in 1948-49 in the Quebec Senior Hockey League (QSHL). Brothers Herb and Ozzie Carnegie took the ice with Manny McIntyre for the Sherbrooke St. Francois. It wasn't until February of 1970 when the St. Mary’s University Huskies (Halifax, NS) had a game against Mount Allison University (Sackville, New Brunswick) in a Canadian college contest in the Atlantic University Athletic Association (AUAA) as it was called then. The school’s beloved and revered head coach, Bob Boucher, put together a trio of Percy Paris, Darrell Maxwell, and Bob Dawson. Skip ahead to the next known example in 1998-99 when the United Hockey League's Flint Generals sent out Kahil Thomas, Jayson Payne, and Nick Forbes to skate together. That team also featured ex-New Haven Nighthawk, Ross Wilson, and ex-New Haven Senator Lorne Knauft. Thomas reprised his role again with the Jacksonville Barracudas (SPHL) in 2006-07, skating alongside Hamden's Dan Hickman and a goalie turned forward for Ty Garner. Garner had suffered a serious groin injury in Norway the year before. He was advised by doctors not to play at all, let alone goalie, for a year, so he played as a forward instead and made history.

HAMDEN'S HICKMAN

Hickman played for one of the state’s premier public school programs, the Hamden High School Green Dragons. He would play Division-III college hockey with Southern New Hampshire University (Northeast-10) (formerly known as New Hampshire College). The Barracudas would be his second pro season of the four he would eventually play. Hickman skated for three teams that season having been traded late in the season by the Pee Dee (SC) Cyclones to Jacksonville. “Our coach put the line together. I think he and Ty might have been chatting,” remarked Hickman in a phone interview. ”The really neat thing is we had great camaraderie off the ice. We hung out on the beach, hit the arcades, and to be honest; I had never played on a team with three black players before at any level.

HICKMAN'S THOUGHTS

"We were a good line, too, because Khalil was a shifty quick player. I was kind of an in-between player with finesse and physical play, and Ty was a beast out there. We were together a few games, but I think we helped spark the team. We went all the way to the championship finals that year.” When asked if he realized at the time how unique and rare it was at that point to have an all-black line skating together, he replied, “We had talked about it, and Khalil had done it earlier. We really wanted to do it and, but I didn’t realize how rare it really is at the time.” In his first year, Hickman skated with four different teams in four different leagues before concluding his minor pro career in the Nutmeg State, playing for the Danbury Mad Hatters of the Eastern Professional Hockey League (EPHL). On March 22, 2021, Thomas’s son, Akil, was united with the LA Kings' top draft pick last season, Quinton Byfield, and NHL vet Devante Smith-Pelly. They played on a line for the AHL Ontario Reign against the Bakersfield Condors in a 5-4 shootout win.

WILLIE O'REE

In minor league hockey,  the great NHL Hall-Of-Famer, Willie O’Ree, played in the AHL for the New Haven Nighthawks in their first season in 1972-73. He played fifty games before heading back to his current home city of San Diego. He also played for the old Western Hockey League, San Diego Gulls, for five seasons in the late 1960s and early 1970s. O’Ree was drafted by the WHA's Los Angeles Sharks on February 12, 1972, in Anaheim. Despite living in the area, he never received a contract offer. When the WHA's San Diego Mariners came to town (1974-1977) with his old New Haven Nighthawks teammate, Kevin Morrison, there were some discussions, but not much came of it.

BREAKING THE COLOR LINE

O’Ree broke the NHL color barrier on January 18, 1958, to play for the Boston BruinsCanada against the Montreal Canadiens. He would score his first NHL goal nearly two years later, in 1960, with the Bruins against the Canadiens. O’Ree has stated that at the time, he was not aware he had done anything of significance.

MEETING JACKIE ROBINSON

O’Ree followed in the footsteps of Jackie Robinson, whom he met first on a youth baseball trip to Ebbetts Field in Brooklyn at age 14 in 1949, two years after Robinson had broken the color barrier (April 15, 1947) in baseball. They would meet again at an NAACP luncheon in 1962. O'Ree was skating for the minor pro WHL, Los Angeles Blades, at the time. Robinson was a fixture in the city of Montreal where O’ Ree broke the NHL color barrier when they had a Triple AAA farm team called the Royals in 1946. The first game for Robinson was on the road on April 15, 1946, in Jersey City, NJ, at Roosevelt Stadium before an SRO crowd in a 14-1 win. Robinson helped his team win the International League championship later that season in Montreal.

BLIND IN ONE EYE

O'Ree played his off-wing side because he was blind in one eye.  The accident was suffered in 1955 playing for the Kitchener Canucks (OHA) when he was hit by the puck in his right eye. He never divulged it to anybody but still managed to have a productive minor pro career.

OTHER HISTORICAL CONTRIBUTORS

The first black professional player in the United States was Art Dorrington. Like O'Ree, he was a fellow Canadian Maritimer from Truro, Nova Scotia. Dorrington is 91-years-old and played in the old Eastern Hockey League in the late 1940s and 1950s. The New Haven Nighthawks had two other black players of note. Dave Nicholls played one season with the 1985-86 Nighthawks and just six games the following season before being sent to Flint (IHL). The 6’7 tough-as-nails, Peter Worrell, played sixty games in a little over a season from 1997-1999 with the Beast of New Haven. In roller hockey, the Connecticut Coasters, who graced the concrete of the New Haven Coliseum for a summer in 1993, had a player. He was a former Middletown resident, Berkley Hoagland, who got his hockey baptism at Wesleyan University. Hoagland had been an assistant coach with Huntington Beach (CA) H.S. However, he stopped two years ago, but has been involved in ice and roller hockey in California for over twenty years and owns a local LA BBQ restaurant chain catering business.

THE FIRST FOR HARTFORD WOLF PACK

The Wolf Pack have had many minority players in their team history. The first edition featured defenseman Jason Doig, and later, Donald Brashear. Ryan Constan is a full-blooded Cree Indian, while goalie Al Montoya is a Cuban-American. Perhaps their most successful player is Maple Leafs' assistant coach, Manny Malhotra, of Indian-Canadian descent. The CT Whale had one minority player in Andre Deveaux. The Wolf Pack 2.0 has had Akim Aliu, Boo Nieves, Charles Williams, James Sanchez, and Walcott.

SOUND TIGERS

The former Bridgeport Sound Tigers, who have been re-christened as the Bridgeport Islanders, have had their share of minority players. Rhett Rakhshani grew up in California, learning hockey on the streets and in roller hockey leagues. Interestingly, Hoagland was one of his coaches. He is a second-generation Iranian-American. Joey Haddad played eight games with the Sound Tigers. He was a second-generation Lebanese-Canadian who comes from a very fertile Middle Eastern hockey community of Lebanese-Syrian heritage. It's located in Sydney, Nova Scotia, known locally as the ”The Gaza Strip.” Alaska's Justin Johnson is one of 14 Alaskans to play in the NHL that includes ex-Pack, Joey Crabb. Another Alaskan is New Haven Blades legend Kevin “Squid” Morrison. His mother was Lebanese, and his father of Scottish background. He's Haddad’s first cousin, as his mother’s maiden name was Haddad. Morrison loves being part of this niche part of hockey history.

OTHER MINORITY PLAYERS

The Hartford Whalers had Ray Neufeld and Scott “Chief” Daniels, a full Cree Indian, plus assistant coach Ted Noland, a full-blood Ojibway Native Canadian. Blair Atcheynum, a Whalers draft pick, never played for the team but did play for the New Haven Senators (AHL). He was also a full-Cree Indian like Daniels. The New England Whalers had one player, Henry Taylor, on their 1976-77 team. He played in some exhibition games but played for two years with the famous Johnstown (PA) Jets in the old North American Hockey League (NAHL). The New Haven Blades of the old Eastern Hockey League in the 1950s and 1960s. They had two players in Alf Lewsey who skated for two years and played on the 1955-56 championship team. The following season, Ray Leacock, played on the 1957-58 team for his last pro season. Lewsey was from Winnipeg and Leacock from Montreal. A new chapter could be written as the all-black college Tennessee State University is actively looking into making hockey a Division-I varsity sport and could become the first all-black college to do so in US history. Credit former Meriden Record-Journal sports reporter Geoge Dalek, who covered pro hockey for 30 years, for this info. Credit to Aubrey Johnson and John Gibbons from the Eastern Hockey League Facebook page for their information on the New Haven Blades. NHL HOME Read the full article

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Band Room; My Sanctuary of Sounds

Walking out into the cool and calm night air after studying for five straight hours makes me feel alive. Having finished the work that was daunting me all week, I check the time to find it's 10:30 p.m. So what do I do from here? I won’t head back to my off-campus apartment, not yet. I don’t try to find a party to go to. No. I head to the VPAC (Visual and Performing Arts Center). When approaching the VPAC the White panels reflect against the street lights outside of the building. The third floor lights up like a beacon, glowing through the glass wall. Canvas paintings loom behind the glass in various stages of completion. I watch the third floor as I approach but once I get under the building I make a beeline for the band room. While swiping my card to get in, I pause to listen for any signs of company behind the heavy wooden door. Nobody’s here. That’s okay. I like playing alone, too. Flipping the light switches on to reveal a row of big, beautiful amplifiers which sit on chairs. The knobs and brand designs shine despite being well-worn. Complementing the amps, rows of guitars hanging above on wall-mounts. Electric and acoustic guitars. On the opposing wall, the drum kit sits sturdily facing the amplifiers with the keyboard to the right. Setting down my bag on the floor I pick out my guitar case from the dozen or so cases that sit on the far sidewall. 

Every time I open my guitar case I get a feel of satisfaction. The blonde and tannish maple-flame top of my SC 77 never gets old. The body is solid mahogany. The back of the guitar is beautifully polished, to show off the warm-brown wooden body. Mother of pearl binding and fret inlays smile up at me, with blue, green, and silver shine. The neck is rosewood and has a black satin finish, which contrasts the mother of pearl inlays. The pickguard that rests against the pickups (the metal magnets that pick up sound on electric guitars) matches the black neck and tone knobs. The hardware (including the pickups, bridge, and tuners) is gold. I’m not one to name my guitars, but I’ve found that I do get attached to them. I found my guitar online, which is typically a bad idea for purchasing an instrument. Although, I can’t say I didn’t do my homework. A little shop in LA called AIO specializes in making beautiful affordable instruments. Like I’ve done a few hundred times before; I “pick up my guitar and play. Just like yesterday.” (Pete Townsend, The Who). 

Until this year there had never been a place that rivaled my own room in terms of finding tranquility. The band room has lots of people who seek its serenity, or its chaos, depending on who else is there. Part of the fun for me is not knowing exactly what, or who, I will find. There are plenty of times that I have to leave and come back later, but just as often I find musicians to jam with. I love stumbling across a fellow guitarist who is practicing with a backing track, (pre-recorded music to improvise over), it’s pretty much an invitation. *Come make music with me.* Just earlier today, I got out of class and headed to the band room spontaneously. What did I find? Joe and Cat getting ready to practice one of our songs. Cat and I started the jam trading guitar solos over a song she wrote. Within twenty minutes Will joined us, and then we really had a garage band. Drums, bass, and two guitars, that's heaven right there. A lot of the time we won’t have any song in mind whatsoever. We will mess around until one player inspires the others to chime in. I will be sitting there with my guitar, thinking of that song that was stuck in my head from that morning. I’ll try to use a piece of it to make something happen. When I start getting a rhythm going I’ll notice that I am not alone. The hodgepodge of screwing around has stopped. The players are listening. Will has stopped what he was doing and is adding accents to my rhythm. Joe is laying down a bass line that makes my foot tap along. Cat is laying into the beat with catchy hi-hats and snare. That’s how it happens. At least that’s one of the ways it happens.

The band room has a lot of toys. It's a playground to explore. As a guitarist, I’d say I have the most options. There are about five guitars in the room, but the greatest source of possibility comes from all the amps. You can really shake the place with a Fender Champion, and let me tell you, I really do. Switching between tones of metal, blues, jazz, rock, and southern twang is liberating. You can create so many sounds. There are also plenty of crazy effects to throw on top of all that. From crushing-crunchy gain that you hear in rock and metal to the psychedelic-spacial phaser, to punchy flanger which is like a slap of sound. Bow!

Being alone in the band room is totally different from a jam. Back when I couldn’t play very well, I used to get bored quickly. That is no longer the case. There are nights where I will leave the band room at 1 a.m. after spending five hours in the room. Sometimes I just want to see how long I can keep playing. There is just so much to do. I can recreate my favorite songs, spin them in new ways, or make music that is entirely my own. Typically, if I have the patience, I begin by practicing scales with my metronome. For many, scales are a chore, but I get satisfaction from perfectly timing each note with the beat. Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do, Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do. Coordinating both hands to have the string pressed, with my left-hand fingers, and plucked with the right. It is really satisfying to me. When you get it down, it is almost as if you become an observer watching your fingers dance up and down the strings, doing the work for you while you keep the beat. Moving on from scales is typically mood-dependent, but I always have songs that I am working on. Usually, I will practice a song that I am learning. Babe I am going to leave you by Led Zeppelin is one of my current projects. I play rock, folk, blues, and all kinds of stuff in between. I love playing Grateful Dead, Van Morrison, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, and lots of other tunes. As I expand my versatility I can adapt to different styles. Having so many options for sounds with the amps of the band room is a blessing. Someday I will be able to switch from rock to funk, to jazz with ease. Maybe I'll be able to play a fusion of all three.

I try to practice one particular thing for as long as I can focus. When I get bored, I pivot. A lot of the time I pivot from practicing set songs and exercises to improvisation. Now, soloing is a hard concept to wrap your brain around when you are getting started. Every note can sound good or bad depending on where you came from, and where you are going. There are limitless ways to phrase your playing. In soloing you create a sound and see where you can take it... or where it can take you. Most of the time for me personally (as a less experienced guitar player), I am concentrating to hit the notes compellingly. However, sometimes, when I am really feeling the groove of the music, it becomes effortless. Like a journey of exploration rather than a search. Playing alone can be liberating for me as I am less concerned with messing up in front of others and I can concentrate on experimenting. Sometimes I really feel like I'm performing at a concert. The room reverberates according to the touches of my fingertips. I get lost in my own world for a time. That’s real magic.

Whether I'm in a bad mood, a good mood, or just miss my guitar, the band room is there, full of possibility. There will be times in my life where I don’t have a space available to play as I do now… as loud and often as I want. I’ll always miss the band room in that way. A new standard for music space has been set for me. I know now that I will have to build a studio space of my own, someday.

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America’s Love of Male Trees Could Be Why You’re Sneezing Right Now 😷

More diversity in city trees would probably be a good thing. Atlas Obscura  Sabrina Imbler

One day in April 2019, the residents of Durham, North Carolina, saw the sky turn a peculiar but familiar shade of chartreuse. Enormous clouds of a fine, yellow-green powder engulfed the city. It looked, and felt, like the end of the world. “Your car was suddenly yellow, the sidewalk was yellow, the roof of your house was yellow,” says Kevin Lilley, assistant director of the city’s landscape services. Residents, quite fittingly, called it a “pollenpocalypse.”

 Male trees are one of the most significant reasons why allergies have gotten so bad for citydwellers in recent decades. They’re indiscriminate, spewing their gametes in every direction. They can’t help it—it’s what evolution built them for. This is fine in the wild, where female trees trap pollen to fertilize their seeds. But urban forestry is dominated by male trees, so cities are coated in their pollen. Tom Ogren, horticulturalist and author of Allergy-Free Gardening: The Revolutionary Guide to Healthy Landscaping, was the first to link exacerbated allergies with urban planting policy, which he calls “botanical sexism.” 

In trees, sex exists beyond the binary of female and male. Some, such as cedar, mulberry, and ash trees, are dioecious, meaning each plant is distinctly female or male. Others, such as oak, pine, and fig trees are monoecious, meaning they have male and female flowers on the same plant. It’s easy to identify female trees or parts—they’re the ones with seeds. And yet more, such as hazelnut and apple trees, produce “perfect” flowers that contain male and female parts within a single blossom. But while both monoecious and male dioecious trees produce pollen, Ogren claims the latter are primarily to blame for our sneezes and watery eyes.

Ogren has been talking about this botanical misogyny for over 30 years. After buying a house in San Luis Obispo with his wife, who suffers from allergies and asthma, Ogren wanted to get rid of anything on his property that might trigger an attack. He began examining the neighborhood, plant by plant, when he noticed something unusual: All the trees were male.

At first, he thought this pattern may just have been a strange quirk of one city. But when he studied frequently landscaped plants in other cities, he noticed the same thing: males, all the way down. “Right away I started realizing there was something weird going on,” he says. While tracking down the origin of this trend, Ogren stumbled upon perhaps the first trace of sexism in urban landscaping in a 1949 USDA Yearbook of Agriculture. The book advised: “When used for street plantings, only male trees should be selected, to avoid the nuisance from the seed.”

Urban forestry’s apparent sexism seems to boil down to our distaste for litter. The USDA reasoned that tiny allergenic spores are likely to be blown away by wind or washed away by rain, making pollen an easier civic task to manage than, say, overripe fruit or heavy seed pods that would need to be cleaned up by actual humans. 

The preference indicated by the USDA recommendation is one element of the story—the other is something more tragic, from an arborial perspective. In the first half of the 20th century, lush, hermaphroditic, not-so-allergenic elm trees towered over many American streets. But in the 1960s, a virulent strain of Dutch elm disease, a fungal illness spread by the bark beetle, stowed away on a shipment of logs from Britain. The fungus wiped out some of American cities’ longest-lived trees and left many streets almost entirely devoid of green or shade. By 1989, an estimated 75 percent of North America’s 77 million elms were dead, according to The New York Times.    

City planners and landscapers repopulated the nation’s barren, sun-scoured streets, according to USDA guidelines, with more than 100 new varieties of maple clones, Ogren says, all male. Over the years, male willow, poplar, ash, mulberry, aspen, and pepper trees joined them. As these trees matured, they shed increasing quantities of pollen. Nurseries began selling more male plants, too, in part because it is easier to clone an existing tree than to wait for males and females to pollinate each other naturally. Now, it’s not just trees and shrubs, but ornamental plants sold in urban nurseries that skew male. “Botanical sexism runs deep,” Ogren says.

In a cruel kind of irony, if urban landscapers had prioritized female trees in the same way, neither pollen nor unsightly seeds or fruit would be much of an issue. “If they had done it the opposite and planted hundreds of female trees with no males, it would have been just as sterile and tidy, without any pollen,” Ogren says. “Female trees don’t make fruits or seeds if there are no males around.” A large tree will scatter the majority of its pollen within 20 or 30 feet from its roots, Ogren says, so relatively isolated female trees simply wouldn’t bear much fruit.

Another argument proffered against female trees is that certain ones can produce an unpleasant odor. For example, when a lady gingko tree is in heat, it produces an odor not dissimilar to rotting fish or vomit. Ogren cedes this point. But if a city planted only female gingkos, decreasing the chance of fertilization, there would be neither pollen nor its infamously noxious postcoital odor, he says.

 Ogren sees gingko gametes as the far greater threat. Unlike almost every other plant, gingko trees produce motile sperm, capable of swimming in pursuit of germination. Where human sperm each have a single tail, or flagellum, gingko sperm have around a thousand. “Once the pollen gets in your nose, it will germinate and start swimming up there to get to where it’s going,” Ogren says. “It’s pretty invasive.”

To guide cities to plant less allergenic trees, Ogren developed the Ogren Plant Allergy Scale (OPALS). The scale rates plants from 1–10 based on their allergy potential. But while certain institutions, such as Ogren’s hometown of San Luis Obispo and the California Public Health Department, have consulted OPALS while landscaping new developments, cities have been generally slow on the uptake. “It’s much harder to make changes when everything is already planted,” Ogren says. “Nobody wants to cut down trees.” Instead, Ogren wants cities to replace dead or dying trees with low-allergy options, such as hawthorn, mountain ash, and serviceberry trees. In certain cases, such as around daycares and hospitals, Ogren advocates actively removing extraordinarily allergenic species such as male elder, yew, and mulberry trees. (For most people, urban allergies are a seasonal nuisance. But for vulnerable populations, such as children or adults with respiratory conditions, they can be much more serious—even deadly.) 

Most of Ogren’s current battles are hyper-local. He recently walked by a children’s center in Santa Barbara where a massive Podocarpus tree (a 10 on OPALS) was planted by the entrance. “It had so much pollen that if you flicked your finger on a leaf, a huge cloud would spurt out,” Ogren says. “So now I’m in a fight with the city of Santa Barbara.” Ogren’s proposal isn’t to chop down the tree but to have it regularly cut back, which would slow pollen production. In comparison, female Podocarpus trees produce a fruit around the size of an olive—and are a 1 on OPALS.

Though the biology behind Ogren’s idea passes muster in the field of urban forestry, many experts shy away from his terminology. Paul Ries, the director Oregon State University’s College of Forestry, sees botanical sexism as just one arm of the larger, historical problem of lack of diversity in urban forests. “Anytime we plant an overabundance of one type of tree, whether it is a single species, a genus, or, in the case of so-called ‘botanical sexism,’ male trees, there are bound to be problems,” Ries says. He cites the downfall of species that were widely and homogeneously planted, such as Bradford pear and ash trees, the latter of which are fighting a losing battle against an invasive, wood-chomping beetle called the emerald ash borer.

Still, Ries believes Ogren is on to something, adding that he’d like to see more research on the unintended effects of over-planting male trees. “I just wouldn’t call it sexism. Ascribing a real-life human problem to the botanical world might seem like we’re trivializing what humans, particularly women, face,” he says. 

Terminology aside, the problem shows no signs of getting better. Unsurprisingly, climate change isn’t helping. According to a recent study in Lancet Planetary Health, the increase in extreme temperatures contributes to more potent allergy seasons. Summers come earlier and last longer, and certain species, such as cypress and juniper, have begun blooming again in the fall, Ogren says. In Durham, Lilley says he’s never seen anything as monumental as April’s pollen clouds in the city before. While it’s hard to say if the yellow sky was directly linked to climate change, pollenpocalypses will only become more and more common. It’s easy to see these clouds as freak occurrences—like a megadrought or superstorm—but they may be a sign of things to come.

Durham is far from the most pollen-polluted city in America. That superlative belongs to Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Durham ranks 67th, according to a 2018 report from the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.). But Durham now has the unusual potential to radically diversify the makeup of its botanical residents, as the majority of its trees are approaching their twilight years. In the 1930s and 1940s, the city’s public works department oversaw a massive urban forestation effort that saw thousands of willow oaks planted within the city limits. Though they thrived for nearly a century, the oaks are reaching senescence. Under Lilley’s guidance, Durham has begun to reforest with a more diverse array of trees, including pines, maples, elms, dogwoods, and cherries.

 Durham has no official guidelines for what kinds of trees can or will be planted, though the city does ban female gingkos. “The sex of the tree isn’t something we pay attention to,” Lilley says, adding that he hadn’t heard of the concept of botanical sexism. But he says Durham makes an effort to plant mostly monoecious trees, or ones with both male and female parts.

Ogren sexes trees wherever he goes; he can’t help it. He recently visited Sacramento for a conference and saw a dozen cedar trees planted by the capitol building—all males. On a recent trip to London, he spotted a veritable forest of male sweet bay trees. He was asked to give a lecture on botanical sexism in Christchurch, New Zealand, where he spent the entire day hunting around the city for a single female Podacarpus totara tree (spoiler alert: males, the lot of them). “A big part of the problem is most people don’t know much about trees, and think, well, trees are good and no trees are bad,” he says. “But trees are just like people, they have a multitude of differences. Some trees are human-friendly, and some are just the opposite.”    

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I've been noticing a lot of YOI fic writers seem to enjoy basing their stories (at least the ones I gravitate to) in Montreal. The problem with this is it seems that at least half of these stories are written with minimalist research involved, and its beginning to drive me insane.

That said, here's a brief list of things for writing a quebecois character based in or around Montreal.

Slang:

We ain't American. We have our own slang, and not fucking hoozer or whatever the fuck I always see on those inane “Canadian Slang” lists. Here's a few that a Monterealer may use:

Dep or Depanneur (Deh-pan-err) – corner store or convenience store.

Guichet (gi-shet)– ATM Machine

Soccer-Baseball – Kickball

Tabarnak – Literal translation is Tabarnacle, but it's the same as saying “fuck”

Caliss – Literal translation is Chalice, but same as saying “shit” (French for shit is merde, but you here caliss or tabarnak more often)

The Habs – Montreal Canadiens, our hockey team.

OQLF (Office de la Langue Quebecois) – Language Police. Literally a branch of government that can fine shops for not having enough french signage. A common phrase here when you see a shop where all the signage is in french (even in an 80% english bookstore chain like Chapters/Indigo/Coles) is “Bill 101 strikes again.”

STM – Our public transport system. The workers are notorious for being total asshats if you don't speak french to them.

Metro – Subway

Poutine (pooh-tin) – french fries, cheese curds, and brown gravy. We're hella serious about our poutine out here, and even high-dining restaurants like Au Pied du Cochon have poutine on their menus.

Cabane a Sucre – Sugar Shack. In March when it's maple syrup season, people come in droves to areas outside the city like Riguad, and go “Sugaring off”. This is usually an excuse to eat maple taffy (hot maple syrup drizzled on clean snow that hardens, you roll up with a popsicle stick, and eat like a gooey lollipop) and consume your body weight in maple-laced meat products like tourtiere (spiced meat pie), maple baked beans, maple bacon, and more. There's also tours of the maple farms, but most people show up for the sugar rush.

If translating something for JJ to say into french and you're making him Quebecois, please rememeber to use Quebec French, not France French. There is a huge difference. Like American English vs British English. Like we say char instead of voiture, petit noir is espresso, t'veux tu vider? Instead of voulez-vous chouchez avec moi, ma blonde (girlfriend), mon chum (boyfriend), and things like that.

Montreal is actually way more english than people seem to realize, and Quebec nationalism is being less and less a thing as time passes. There's a common running joke that goes, “You know you're in montreal when you're greeted with Bonjour/Hi.”

Locality&MIsc:

Montreal is divided into a bunch of different boroughs around a downtown core. NDG (Notre-Dame-de-Grace, lots of students live here), Westmount (high end, hella english), St Henri, Verdun, etc.

Montreal is a party town, and in the summer there are festivals practically every week. We have the International Jass Festival, the Just for Laughs festival, Osheaga (indie music & art), '77 Fest (punk), Heavy Montreal(formerly Heavy MTL), to name a few. In the winter we also have IglooFest. The legal drinking age here is 18.

Schooling in Quebec is different from the rest of the country. Elementary school is grades K-6, High school is grades 7-11, then we have CEGEP* for 2-3 years, then University.

*CEGEP is a long french acronym that translates basically to Educational and Professional College. You can take 2-year pre-university programs like Social Science, Liberal Arts, Fine Arts, Science, etc, or 3-year professional courses like Nursing or Library Tech. In Montreal, the major english Cegeps are Vanier, Dawson, Marianopolis, or John Abbott (John Abbott is located off-island in a town called Sainte Anne de Bellevue, or Sainte Anne's for short)

Canada/Montreal does have some American stores like Forever 21, H&M, Starbucks, Walmart, The Gap, American Eagle, etc, but we don't have things like Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Target, Kmart, etc.

If something is happening in Montreal, usually its on Rue Sainte Catherine (usually the Ouest(West) side), Rue Saint Laurent, or (occasionally) Crescent Street.

Places you go in Montreal: Atwater or Jean Talon Markets, Mont Royal (where you get stoned at the tam tams), Cat Café(with real live rescue cats), the Bell Centre for arena shows and hockey games, Old Montreal if you like european architecture, Sky or Unity if you're into clubbing and are gay, Le Drugstore if you're a lesbian looking for a bar, La Banquise if you want like a gazillion different types of poutine, Schwartz, Smoked Meat Pete's or Chenoy's for smoked meat, a Montreal specialty...that's all I can think of off the top of my head.

Montreal is very secular. I know more devout Jewish and Muslim people than I do christians. I have no idea where this Christian/Catholic JJ headcanon came from, but bear in mind that aside from yahoo fringe groups, Montreal/Quebec at large is not deeply christian. (This is my own experience. Even people I know who went to all-girls or all-boys religious private schools all came out of them atheist, agnostic, or (in one case) pagan. The one or two devout christian people my age I knew were shunned and ostracized in school, not the other way around.) There was also a big scandal a few years ago where the Quebec gvt tried to ban all religious paraphernalia from workplace environments, everything from crosses to hijabs to anything else you can think of, but it was believed that this was a roundabout racist excuse to target Muslim Women.

This is a sum-up. Any Montrealers wanna add to this, or add corrections to experiences that differ from mine, feel free. :)