#Add in non-smokers and non-drinkers

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Marauders/Emeralds Era Characterisation/Builds/Backgrounds in my fics

-I’ve seen a few newbies looking for head-canons to try out in their fics. Feel free to use any of these.

-there is some variation, of course, plus some of my fics are set at the younger Hogwarts ages, but usually in this order from tallest to shortest as adults:

Remus Lupin (6’ 1”-6’4”) - typically an inch or two taller than James, but rarely quite tall. Lanky, long-limbed with curly dirty blond/light brown hair. Sometimes, he’s stronger than he looks, other times he’s a wet noodle. Disabled (usually physically, but sometimes with Tourette’s or Epilepsy). Introvert. Classic literature/fantasy novel buff. Neutral Good. Welsh. Bisexual with a preference for men. Smokes occasionally, prefers weed.

James Potter (around 6’) - athletic with strong upper body, solid but rarely super muscular. Wears glasses, intelligent, and has ADHD. Chaotic Good. Messy curls. Wide open music taste, but always Queen and a sucker for a ballad. Deep voice. Extrovert. Deeply romantic. Usually Desi via Euphemia, but love the Latinx James hc. Bisexual>Pansexual (used interchangeably for James). Non-smoker.

Barty Crouch Jr. (around 6’) - athletic, but slim. This man has no arse. Stronger than he looks. British, but love the hc that he’s Italian. Burnt out gifted kid, occasionally tech savvy. Heavy-metal and emo fan. Usually has ODD. Extrovert. Chaotic Evil. Omnisexual or Bi with a preference for mascs. Often with tattoos and/or piercings. Heavy smoker.

Dorcas Meadowes (5’9-5’11) - athletic, or slender with some curves. Black, British, and the most intelligent of the group. Long braids. Ambivert. Love her characterisation as a good Slytherin. True Neutral. Listens to R&B, but secretly loves pop music, mostly sapphic artists. Occasionally has Depression. Neither butch or femme exclusive, bit of both. Bisexual or Lesbian. Non-smoker.

Evan Rosier (5’9”-5’10”) - painfully average floppy-haired blond white boy with a tan. Neutral Evil. Solid build. Grunge music fan. Piercings rather than tattoos. French or British. Ambivert. Demisexual. Prefers edibles or shrooms to smoking.

Regulus Black (5’7”-5’10”) - usually a hair taller than Sirius, but he was shorter by a bit once or twice. Chin-length wavy hair. French. Writer (poetry) and/or musical prodigy. Introvert. Slim to average build. Lawful Evil. Anxiety, OCD, and/or Autistic. Classical music or jazz, nothing with lyrics. I have written him as intersex (or trans in a few WIPs), but usually a gay cis man. Non-smoker, mostly. Social drinker, but overestimates his tolerance.

Sirius Black (5’8”-5’10”) - most attractive amongst the guys. Usually slim, but strong and flexible. Highly intelligent, but easily bored and uninterested in academics. Artistic (painter) and/or musical (percussion instruments). Rock/grunge junkie. Shoulder-length hair and tattooed. Chaotic Good/Chaotic Neutral. Sometimes ADD, often emotionally stunted with abandonment issues. Heavy drinker, occasional smoker.

Mary McDonald (5’8”-5’10”) - depends on the fic, but always in heels so she seems taller. Curvy queen. Most attractive and socially aware of the entire group, extremely trendy, designs/sews a lot of her own clothes, high-femme. Prefers soulful music and light pop. Popular, but keeps her emotions buried. High expectations. Does not suffer fools. Lawful Neutral. Black, British, and extroverted. Natural hair. Social smoker and drinker. Neurotypical. Aromantic or lesbian.

Lily Evans (5’6”-5’8”) - very curvy to plus-size. Super long dark red hair, often braided with a fringe. Academic overachiever, Lawful Good, pretty, and fiery/defensive when confronted. Fantasy book nerd. Introvert. Neurotypical with anxiety. Pop music girlie. Artistic (usually sketching). Welsh/British. Non-smoker. Bisexual>Pansexual (used interchangeably for Lily) or Femme Lesbian, but rarely wears make-up.

Marlene McKinnon (around 5’6”) - athletic/ stocky queen with thick thighs. Blonde, usually in a ponytail and shoulder-length with fringe. Scottish/British. Music-obsessed (mostly 70-80s rock) and lives in band tees and Docs. Tattooed. Extrovert. Chaotic Neutral. Social smoker, but rarely. ADHD. Butch lesbian who loves eye-liner. Occasional short skirt to break Dorcas’s brain.

Peter Pettigrew (5’5”-5’7”) - stocky/plus-size, straight blond hair. British. Logical and strategic, but struggles with abstract concepts. Chess player, comic book collector, video game/movie buff, and weed fiend, but non-smoker. People-pleaser and supportive of his friends, but ambivalent around strangers. Ambivert. Asexual, unlabeled, Questioning.

Pandora Lovegood (5’-5’3”) - always petite and slim. Long blonde hair, usually loose or in elaborate half-updos (like Phoebe Buffet in Friends). Hippie vibes and high-femme. Usually Autistic. Ambivert -depends on who she’s with. French. Animal lover, compassionate, high-strung, a gossip but rarely maliciously, collects crystals. Pansexual. Non-smoker, but open to experimentation. Rarely drinks.

[nightsidewrestling]

D.U.D.E Bios: Paulette Nye

The First Daughter of Pride Paulette Nye (2020)

Damian's granddaughter and Viola's eldest daughter, Paulette is a hopeful young lady just entering the adult world and starting at university.

"I bet it's fun, travelling the globe, seeing all those sights."

Name

Full Legal Name: Paulette Ezhil Nye

First Name: Paulette

Meaning: French feminine diminutive of 'Paul', which is from the Roman family name 'Paulus', meaning 'small' or 'humble' in Latin

Pronunciation: paw-LEHT

Origin: French, English

Middle Name: Ezhil

Meaning: Means 'beauty' in Tamil

Pronunciation: EH-zhihl

Origin: Tamil

Surname: Nye

Meaning: Originally indicated a person who lived near a river, from Middle English 'Atten eye’ meaning 'At the river’

Pronunciation: NIE

Origin: English

Alias: N/A

Reason: N/A

Nicknames: N/A

Titles: Miss

Characteristics

Age: 18

Gender: Female. She/Her Pronouns

Race: Human

Nationality: British

Ethnicity: Mixed White-Asian (English Indian)

Birth Date: February 12th 2002

Symbols: Notebooks

Sexuality: Questioning, Likely Straight

Religion: Christian

Native Language: English

Spoken Languages: English

Relationship Status: Single

Astrological Sign: Aquarius

Theme Song (Ringtone on Damian & Vi's Phones): Damian: 'Beautiful Day' - U2 | Vi: 'Most Girls' - Pink

Voice Actor: Shobna Gulati

Geographical Characteristics

Birthplace: Brigg, Lancashire, England

Current Location: Brigg, Lancashire, England

Hometown: Brigg, Lancashire, England

Appearance

Height: 5'6 / 167 cm

Weight: 150 lbs / 68 kg

Eye Colour: Brown

Hair Colour: Black

Hair Dye: None

Body Hair: N/A

Facial Hair: N/A

Tattoos: (As of Jan 2020) None

Piercings: None

Scars: None

Health and Fitness

Allergies: None

Alcoholic, Smoker, Drug User: Social Drinker, Non-smoker, doesn't use drugs

Illnesses/Disorders: ADD

Medications: None

Any Specific Diet: Vegetarian

Relationships

Allies: N/A

Enemies: N/A

Friends: Tegwen Pritchard, Wanda Llewellyn, Gardenia Rhydderch, Tabitha Griffiths, Tacey Rhydderch, Calanthe Mulrennan, Velvet Rhydderch, Tallulah Rhydderch

Colleagues: N/A

Rivals: N/A

Closest Confidant: Napier Rhydderch

Mentor: Viola Nye

Significant Other: None

Previous Partners: None of note

Parents: Quentin Nye (42, Father), Viola Nye (41, Mother, Née Lum)

Parents-In-Law: None

Siblings: Adam Nye (21, Brother), Benjamin Nye (15, Brother), Olivia Nye (12, Sister), Charles Nye (9, Brother)

Siblings-In-Law: None

Nieces & Nephews: None

Children: None

Children-In-Law: None

Grandkids: None

Great Grandkids: None

Wrestling

Billed From: N/A

Trainer: N/A

Managers: N/A

Wrestlers Managed: N/A

Debut: N/A

Debut Match: N/A

Retired: N/A

Retirement Match: N/A

Wrestling Style: N/A

Stables: N/A

Teams: N/A

Regular Moves: N/A

Finishers: N/A

Refers To Fans As: N/A

Extras

Backstory: Paulette is the second child of Quentin and Viola Nye, which makes her the granddaughter of Damian Lum. Paulette is a student at the University of Central Lancashire, currently studying Physics.

Trivia: Nothing of note so far

[naduahcoursera]

Classification Tree

Program

LIBNAME mydata "/courses/d1406ae5ba27fe300" access=readonly; DATA new; set mydata.addhealth_pds; label ethnicity="Ethnicity" friendsupport="Friends care" H1pr4="Friend Support" h1nb5="Neighborhood Safety" h1gi20="School Grade" h1to2="First Time Smoking" H1TO14="First Time Drinking" h1nb5="Neighborhood Safety";

if h1to2=96 then h1to2=.; /*missing data for cigarettes*/ if h1to2=97 then h1to2=.; /*legitimate skip*/ if h1to2=98 then h1to2=.; if h1to2=0 then h1to2=.; /*never smoked whole cigarette*/ if H1TO14=96 then H1TO14=.; /*refused*/ if H1TO14=97 then H1TO14=.; /*never drank or not with parents*/ if H1TO14=98 then H1TO14=.; /*don't know*/ if h1pr1=6 then h1pr1=.; /*missing data for protective factors*/ if h1pr1=96 then h1pr1=.; if h1pr1=98 then h1pr1=.; if h1pr3=6 then h1pr3=.; if h1pr3=96 then h1pr3=.; if h1pr3=98 then h1pr3=.; if h1pr4=6 then h1pr4=.; if h1pr4=96 then h1pr4=.; if h1pr4=98 then h1pr4=.; if h1gi6a=6 then h1gi6a=.; /*missing data for ethnicity*/ if h1gi6b=6 then h1gi6b=.; if h1gi6c=6 then h1gi6c=.; if h1gi6d=6 then h1gi6d=.; if h1gice=6 then h1gi6e=.; if h1gi6a=8 then h1gi6a=.; if h1gi6b=8 then h1gi6b=.; if h1gi6c=8 then h1gi6c=.; if h1gi6d=8 then h1gi6d=.; if h1nb5=6 then h1nb5=.; if h1nb5=8 then h1nb5=.; if h1gi20=96 then h1gi20=.; if h1gi20=97 then h1gi20=.; if h1gi20=98 then h1gi20=.; if h1gi20=99 then h1gi20=.;

/*Data Management*/ numethnic=sum (of h1gi4 h1gi6a h1gi6b h1gi6c h1gi6d); if numethnic GE 2 then ethnicity=1; /*multiple race and ethnic groups*/ else if h1gi4=1 then ethnicity=3; /*Latinx or Hispanic*/ else if h1gi6b=1 then ethnicity=2; /*Black or African American*/ else if h1gi6a=1 then ethnicity =0; /*White*/ else if h1gi6c=1 then ethnicity=4; /*Native*/ else if h1gi6d=1 then ethnicity=5; /*Asian or Pacific Islander*/

if h1gi20 ge 9 then highschool=1; else if h1gi20 < 9 then highschool=0;

if h1pr4 GE 4 then friendsupport=1; /*high friend support*/ else friendsupport=2; /*low friend support*/

if h1to2>=13 then smoking=2; /*average age or higher*/ else smoking=1;

if h1to14>=15 then drinking=2; /*research shows lower risk*/ else drinking=1;

if ethnicity=0 then white=1; else white=0; if ethnicity=0 then Black=0; else if ethnicity=2 then Black=1; if ethnicity=0 then Latinx=0; else if ethnicity=3 then Latinx=1; if ethnicity=0 then Native=0; else if ethnicity=4 then Native=1; if ethnicity=0 then Asian=0; else if ethnicity=5 then Asian=1; if ethnicity=1 then mixedwhite=1; else if ethnicity=0 then mixedwhite=0; if ethnicity=1 then mixedblack=1; else if ethnicity=2 then mixedblack=0; proc sort; by AID; ods graphics on; proc hpsplit seed=42992; class smoking drinking friendsupport white highschool h1nb5; model smoking= drinking friendsupport white highschool h1nb5; grow entropy; prune costcomplexity; RUN;

Clasification Tree

Classification tree analysis was performed to test nonlinear relationships among a series of explanatory variables and a binary, categorical response variable (high risk first age of smoking). Entropy “goodness of split” criterion was used to grow the tree and the cost-complexity algorithm was used for pruning into the final tree.

Explanatory variables used were: ethnicity(white/non-white), high risk drinking (beginning before age 15), grade level (high school or middle school), and neighbourhood safety. These were used to analyse the target variable: age of first smoking (separated above and below average, 13 years of age). This sample removed those who have not had a full drink or cigarette as missing data.

Grade level was the first variable to separate the sample into subgroups. In youth in high school (n=4350, range 9-12), 68% of youth began smoking before 13 compared to 87% of those in middle school. Further subdivisions were made for age of first drink. High schoolers who had drunk before age 15 (considered high risk by NIAA) were more likely to smoke before age 13 (73%) compared to those who had a drink after age 15 (50%). Middle schoolers who drank before age 15 were far more likely to have smoked before age 13 (89% vs. 39%). The final subdivision was for youth in high school who had their first drink after age 15, which was divided into white and non-white. Non-white, low-risk drinking, high school students were less likely to smoke before age 13 (47% vs 55%). 

The total model was better at predicting high-risk first-time smokers than non-smokers. The model classified 75% of the sample overall and was better at predicting high-risk smokers than low-risk smokers. The model correctly predicted 94% of high-risk first-time smokers (Sensitivity) and only 19% of low-risk smokers (Specificity). 

[creativestalkerrs]

emily’s big character sheet

add as much or as little as you want to your character. here is some ideas for what you can add to your character to make it as fleshed out as you want them to be (here is a link to another helpful character sheet that inspired me to make this post; link here this sheet goes more in depth as well as explains what some of these pieces can mean, highly recommend to save!)

here we go! ⬇️⬇️

CHARACTER SHEET INFORMATION:

Date Sheet Was Completed:

Verse In Witch The Character Is In:

BASIC INFORMATION:

Name:

Nicknames/Alias:

Meaning of Name/Story Behind It:

Pet Names:

Gender:

Pronouns:

Gender Role:

Sexual Orientation:

Age:

Birthday:

Deathday:

Zodiac Sign:

Birth Place:

Currently Lives:

Religion:

Nationality:

Relationship Status:

Language Spoken and Native Language:

FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FOES:

Immediate Family:

Distant Family:

Parents Names:

In Contact with Parents?:

Upbringing:

Siblings:

Number of Siblings:

Relationship with Siblings:

Children:

Best Friend(s):

Other Friends:

Acquaintances:

Pets:

Followers:

Bosses:

Enemy(s):

Why Are They Their Enemy(s)?:

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE:

Species:

Ethnicity:

Facial Types:

Eye Color:

Hair Color:

Hair Styles:

Skin Tone:

Complexion:

Makeup:

Body Type:

Build:

Height:

Weight:

Bust Size:

Facial Hair:

Tattoos:

Piercings:

Shoe Size:

Birthmarks and Scars:

Distinguishing Features:

HEALTH AND MENTAL:

Blood Type:

Health Level:

Energy Level:

Memory:

Scenes:

Allergies:

Physical Disabilities:

Medications:

Phobias:

Addictions:

Mental Disorders:

Smoker:

Drinker:

Drug Use:

STYLE AND GROOMING:

Usual Style:

How They Style Their Clothes:

Grooming:

Posture:

Habits and Mannerisms:

Scent:

MOOD:

What Mood Would You Catch Them In:

Attitude:

Mood Stability: 

Expressiveness:

How Are They When Happy:

How Are They When Sad:

How Are They When Angry:

Note to Any Other Moods They Are In:

ITEMS AND THINGS:

Wardrobe (Describe Their Closet):

Equipment:

Accessories: 

Good Luck Charm:

Funds:

Neighborhood:

Transportation:

Most Valuable Possession (Cost):

Prized Possession:

SEX:

Lovers:

Marital Status:

Sex Life:

Their Type:

Turn Ons:

Turn Offs:

Position (Dom/Sub):

Plays:

Fetishes:

Virginity:

CAREER AND EDUCATION:

Occupation:

Qualifications:

Degree(s):

University:

High School:

Frats/Sorority:

Clubs:

Rank In Workplace:

Title/Rank:

Work Ethic:

Income:

Wealth Status:

Experience:

Organizations/Affiliations:

IQ:

Grades:

Social Stereotypes:

Special Education (Held Back, Honor Role, ect.):

Intelligence:

IDEOLOGYS:

Religion:

Morals:

Philosophy:

Motivation:

Priorities:

Crime Record:

Political Party:

Other Political Ideals:

Etiquette:

Culture:

Influences:

Traditions:

Superstitions:

HOPES, DREAMS AND FAILURES:

Main Goal:

Minor Goals/Ambitions:

Dream Career:

Desires/Wants:

Shopping Wishlist:

Accomplishments:

Greatest Achievement:

Biggest Failure:

Secrets:

Regrets:

Worries:

Best Dream (Non-Sleep):

Worst Nightmare (Non-Sleep):

Best Memories:

Worst Memories: 

STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES AND OTHERS:

Strengths:

Mental Weakness:

Flaws:

Perception:

Conflicts:

Instincts:

Lures:

Soft Spot:

Cruel Streak:

FANTASY ELEMENTS:

Powers:

Origin:

Source:

Ability:

Physical Weakness:

Immunities:

Restrictions:

Alternate Forms:

Extra Anatomy:

FAVORITES:

Colors:

Animals:

Mythological Creatures:

Places:

Landmarks:

Flavors:

Foods:

Drinks:

Characters:

Genre:

Books:

Movies:  

Games:

Shows:

Music:

Album:

Bands:

Songs:

Sports:

Stores:

Subjects:

Numbers:

Websites:

Words:

Quotations:

LEAST FAVORITES:

Colors:

Animals:

Mythological Creatures:

Places:

Landmarks:

Flavors:

Foods:

Drinks:

Characters:

Genre:

Books:

Movies:  

Games:

Shows:

Music:

Album:

Bands:

Songs:

Sports:

Stores:

Subjects:

Numbers:

Websites:

Words:

Quotations:

SOUND, VOICE AND OTHERS:

Languages:

Accent:

Voice:

Speech Impediments:

Greetings and Farewells:

State of Mind:

Compliment:

Insult:

Laughter:

Tag Line:

Signature Quote:

OVERALL IMPRESSIONS:

Overall Reputation:

First Impressions

Stranger Impressions:

Friendly Impressions:

Enemy Impressions:

Familiar Impressions:

Compliments:

Insults:

ALIGMENTS AND MISC.:

For this section, I recommended looking at the link so you can understand more of what these items means.

MBTI Personality Type:

Enneagram:

Ego/Superego/Id:

The Self:

The Shadow:

The Anima/Animus:

Persona/Mask:

Role:

Fulfillment:

Significance:

Alignment:

Comparison:

Symbol:

Song:

Vice:

Virtue:

Defining Moment:

Tropes:

Originality:

One Word:

A MESSAGE FROM CREATIVESTALKERRS:

I hope this post proves useful to you and your characters. I do suggest saving the original post for any more information on these items if you’re unsure what something means: here is the link. Thank you all for being passion with this post as this took me longer than usual to compile. 

If anyone wants me to make a Google Doc for you guys to use, I’ll make it and post it here, but for now, I think you should be able to copy and paste everything. 

If you have any items to add or suggestions, my asks are open!

Happy Holidays and Happy Character Making. 

-emily (creativestalkerrs)

[lostanarchymagazine]

American Flagg! is an American comic book series created by writer-artist Howard Chaykin, published by First Comics from 1983 to 1989. A science fiction series and political satire, it was set in the U.S., particularly Chicago, Illinois, in the early 2030s. Writers besides Chaykin included Steven Grant, J.M. DeMatteis, Alan Moore and John Francis Moore.

American Flagg, which ran 50 issues (October 1983 – March 1988), was one of the first titles to be published by First Comics, an early alternative press comics company founded in Evanston, Illinoisin 1983. Unusually for the time, the company offered its freelance writers and artists creator rights, including ownership of their creations. Regardless, writer-artist Howard Chaykin, then living in New York City, felt trepidation when First Comics approached him to do a project. He recalled in 2010,

My concern had all and everything to do with the fact that this was a brand new company, located in [a suburb of] Chicago. I'd always worked for companies I'd visited and had day-to-day-dealings with. [But] they talked about a financial plan that would make it possible for me to get out from under the debt I had accrued working for [publisher] Byron Preiss [illustrating early graphic novels]. It was encouraging, so I went home and concocted a scenario, a pitch document, and that was it.

Chaykin devised a series set in 2031, a high-tech but spiritually empty, consumerist world in which the American government has relocated to Mars, leaving what remains of the U.S. to be governed by the all-encompassing corporation known as the Plex. The series star is Reuben Flagg, a former TV star drafted into the Plexus Rangers and posted as a deputy in Chicago, Illinois.

The first 12 issues, running through cover-date September 1984, consisted of four interlocking, three-issue story arcs. Chaykin recalled his difficulty in producing 28 pages of art and script monthly. "I was still a smoker and a drinker at the time. And [the output was such that] I'd never done anything like that before, and it was insane. It just devoured my life [and] I had no assistants. I didn't know how to work with an assistant at that point, and it was a very difficult process. ... I was trying to do a fairly high-quality product and I didn't want to slough it off."

Chaykin made wide use of Craftint Duoshade illustration boards for American Flagg!, which in the period before computers, enabled him to add shaded textures to the finished art.Ken Bruzenak's lettering and logowork also won notice, as it was integral to American Flagg's futuristic, trademark-littered ambiance.

American Flagg's first dozen issues form one complete story that has influenced comic creators including Brian Michael Bendis and Warren Ellis. The comic made a huge splash at the 1984 Eagle Awards, the United Kingdom's pre-eminent comics awards. Chaykin and American Flagg! were nominated for ten awards, eventually winning seven. American Flagg! also won the 1983 Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Comic Book and tied for the 1983 CBG Award for Favorite Character (Reuben Flagg).

After issue #12, Chaykin continued the series while also working on such other projects as his revamp of The Shadow for DC Comics and the graphic novel Time2, based on characters introduced in a one-off American Flagg! special in 1986. During this time, Alan Moore wrote a back-up story that ran several issues and concluded in an issue-length story.

Eventually, Chaykin left, to be replaced on a regular basis by first Steven Grant then J.M. DeMatteis. Grant left after only seven issues due to creative friction with the series's new artist, Mark Badger. According to Grant, he had wanted to continue doing stories in the same style that Chaykin had established, while Badger wanted to take the series in new directions. Chaykin returned for a brief run to wrap up storylines before the first volume ended in March 1988. The title was relaunched a few months later as Howard Chaykin's Amerikan Flagg!. This run saw Chaykin return to write the first issue before handing over to John Francis Moore, with Mike Vosburg and Richard Ory penciling and inking the interior art, but the franchise failed to recapture its early success and was canceled after 12 issues.

The story takes place in the year 2031, after a series of worldwide crises called the Year of the Domino (1996) has forced the U.S. government and the heads of major corporations to relocate to Hammarskjold Center, on Mars ("temporarily, of course"). In the wake of the American government leaving the planet and the Soviet Union collapsing from Islamic insurrections, there was a power shift throughout the world, with Brazilian Union of the Americas and the Pan-African League becoming the new superpowers on Earth.

However, the exiled American government, its corporate backers, and a group of technicians in the defected Soviet lunar colony of Gagaringrad form the Plex: a giant, interplanetary union of corporate and government concerns that conduct commerce and govern the United States from its capital on Mars. Many population centers are grouped around massive, fortified arcologies called Plexmalls and the law is enforced by the Plexus Rangers, the absentee Plex's Earthside militia.

The Plex has formed the Tricentennial Recovery Committee, to get America "back on track for '76", but the TRC is in reality a plan to sell the United States off to the new superpowers and to leech off the remaining inhabitants before gaining true self-sufficiency. As a result, the Plex has outlawed non-combat related education, organized sports such as basketball and personal aircraft, restricted media to only one outlet, the Plex itself (although it has multiple channels), and advocates and glorifies the use of political violence amongst independent policlubs by providing money and firearms for its hit TV show Firefight All Night LIVE!, and covertly sterilizes the population by using a combination contraceptive and antibiotic called Mañanacillin to reduce the population.

This all changes when former television star Reuben Flagg is drafted and transferred to Chicago's Plexmall to replace the local Ranger Hilton "Hammerhead" Krieger's fallen partner. He witnesses widespread graft and corruption throughout the Plexmall, but also a series of subliminal messages implanted in a television show that are causing outbreaks of gang violence. After he uses his emergency powers to interrupt the broadcast, he not only ends the violence, but also brings forth a series of events that causes the Plex to send in covert agents, the death of Hilton, and the unveiling of Q-USA, a secret TV station owned and operated by Krieger that opens Flagg's eyes to the nature of the Plex.

As the series progressed, Chaykin took less and less of a direct role in scripting and plotting the stories out, and by the third year of its run, he really had nothing to do with the book other than cover art. Stories began to violate the rules that Chaykin had explicitly stated in the writer's bible for the series (for instance, California was said to have slid into the Pacific Ocean, but in the final year of the book, California was merely shown to have been abandoned for reasons that were vague at best), and characterizations began to drift considerably as well. (Among other things, Flagg abandoned his interest in 1930s jazz, and was frequently shown listening to late-1960s rock, as well as becoming more of a traditional stern-jawed good-guy hero). After trying and failing several times to shore up declining interests, First Comics decided to lure Chaykin back into the writer's seat. "American Flagg!" wrapped up its principal storyline with issue #50. By this time, Reuben Flagg had traveled to Mars, overthrown the Plex, and become President of the United States. He then decided to separate Illinois from the United States and run it as his own personal fiefdom. All issues of this series took place in the year 2031.

The next year, the comic was re-launched under the name Howard Chaykin's Amerikan Flagg! (The "K" and a reversed "r" were to reflect the fact that most of this series took place in Russia) and picked up from where the earlier book had left off (in 2032). There is some difference of opinion as to whether this new book was intended to be a limited run, or open-ended as is the norm with comics. In either case, it ended after twelve issues. The final issue ends with a photo album of the Flagg's future domestic life, with lots of kids, a screaming shrew of a wife, and a balding, overweight Flagg.

Characters

Reuben Flagg, born in 2000 at Hammarskjold Center, Mars, to Axel and Rebecca Flagg, was a stand-up comic and popular television star of the show Mark Thrust, Sexus Ranger. After he was made superfluous by CGI technology, he joined the Plexus Rangers and emigrated to Earth, being stationed in the Chicago Plexmall. Flagg is Jewish, and his parents' "undesirably bohemian" attitudes have given him an idealistic view of the United States that runs contrary to the Plex. He has a desire to set things right again, and through inheriting Q-USA, begins to set on that path.

Raul the cat, an intelligent, talking orange tabby housecat. With the exception of his intelligence and his ability to speak (an ability whose origin is never explained), he appears to be otherwise a normal house pet. However, he has a customized set of cybernetic gloves, designed by Mandy Krieger, that give him opposable thumbs.

Hilton "Hammerhead" Krieger, was Flagg's superior at the Chicago Plexmall. A co-founder of the Genetic Warlords motorcycle gang along with  Charles Blitz, but after his 13th arrest, the Plex drafts him because of his criminal experience. Intending to take advantage of the fledgling organization, he meets his future wife Peggy and stays with the Rangers. He does not trust anyone, not C.K., the mayor, not his wife Peg, not his daughter Mandy, and, while a Plexus Ranger, he especially does not trust the Plex. He runs an underground television station called Q-USA that broadcasts illegal sports, pornography, and pre-collapse movies and television shows. He is killed by a Plex secret agent, and  his cat Raul gives Flagg the keys to the station.  He also leaves behind a video explaining to his "heir" the truth of the Plex and the rules he wishes his successor to follow.

Amanda "Mandy" Krieger, daughter of Hilton, she is the air traffic controller for O'Hare Chicago Plexport. However, since the O'Hare Plexport only receives two flights a week, Mandy spends her time tinkering with electronics or getting into mischief. She later becomes a deputy to Flagg.

Jules "Deathwish" Folquet, captain of the Skokie Skullcrushers basketball team. Despite his punk appearance, his hulking size and the extreme nature of the sport he plays, Jules is quite intelligent. He is referred to as the "king of the two finger lobotomy." He first teams with Flagg to resolve a hostage crisis, but later forms the Video Rangers auxiliaries, and then becomes a Ranger deputy. He also later hosts a talk show with Raul called the "Him and It Show". In the second series, he renounces his violent ways, and, through a remarkable series of events, becomes Pope.

Charles Keenan Blitz, also known as The Honorable C.K. Blitz, a co-founder of the Genetic Warlords along with Hilton Krieger, also ended up getting drafted into the Plexus Rangers, but ended up leaving to become mayor of Chicago. Blitz has his hand in every deal, regardless of how illegal it may be; is extremely wealthy and corrupt; and has killed political opponents. As a side venture, he runs the Skokie Skullcrushers blackmarket basketball team. He is usually flanked by his two robot bodyguards, Bert and Ernie, named after "a private joke no one under 40 understands". He has had affairs with Mandy Krieger and with Peggy Krieger, while Hilton was fighting a brushfire war in Carracas, which lead to her being kicked out by Hilton and giving birth to...

Medea Blitz, the offspring of C.K. and Peggy. Early in the series, Medea is a wild child and hangs out with Cyril Farid-Khan, gang leader of current Genetic Warlords. She has a secret affair with Hilton Krieger, but after his murder, is considered a suspect and is involved in a traffic accident, which causes her to miscarry Krieger's child. In order to clean up her act, C.K. Blitz has her join the Plexus Rangers to straighten her out. As the series progresses, Medea is shown to become more and more accepting of the Rangers and becomes a decent team player in Flagg's group.

Sam Luis Obispo also known as Ned Beaumont, also known as Tom Slick. A hustler Reuben meets in Havana while escorting the Skokie Skullcrushers, he later partners with Flagg for most of his time in South America. He has an affair with the wealthy daughter of the Brazilian ambassador, which causes all sorts of problems for Flagg and himself.

William Windsor-Jones, but his best friends just call him Bill. Bill is the youngest member of the Witnesses, a gang of octogenarian rebels. He helps Flagg out from time to time, giving him intelligence and technical support. He later has become a newscaster for Q-USA.  Bill is Prince William, and the rightful heir to the now-abolished British throne.

Luther Ironheart, a robotic Plexus Ranger with a head that consisted of a holographic projection. Assigned to be Reuben Flagg's partner on patrol. While not very bright, he exhibited superhuman strength and agility.

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[ ANDREA WRIGHT ] has arrived in Ardere! Under the bonfire light, this [ TWENTY-FIVE ] year old [ CIS-FEMALE ] is sometimes mistaken for [ DIANA SILVERS ]. Since graduating from [ HOGWARTS ], they have been working as a [ AUROR ]. Right now, they are currently residing in [ ARDERE ].

BASIC INFORMATION.

FULL NAME: Andrea Wright 

NICKNAME(S) OR ALIAS: Andi, Drea,  

GENDER: Female

SPECIES: Muggleborn wizard 

AGE: 25

HOUSE: Gryffindor

PATRONUS: i looked at the pottermore stuff and it said thestral and i’ve never gotten a special one before so i’m going with it

 ARMY AFFILIATION: Hermione Granger-Weasley 

SEXUALITY: Pansexual 

 NATIONALITY: British 

CURRENTLY LIVES: Ardere, England 

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English 

NATIVE LANGUAGE: English 

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single

HEALTH.

SMOKER?: No 

DRINKER?: Absolutely

RECREATIONAL DRUG USER? WHICH?: Not really

SOCIABILITY: Introvert

HOUSE & HOME. 

DESCRIBE THE CHARACTER’S HOUSE/HOME

she lives in a tiny flat with Lucien! They’re pretty good friends, and when she moved back to England, they both wanted a fresh start so they got a flat together. They have only lives there for a year, but between Lucien and his paintings and supplies and Andi’s sister insisting she hang some family pictures, it’s a bit of a mess and not too scarcely decorated. 

FAMILY, FRIENDS, & FOES.

PARENTS NAMES: Leanna (deceased) and Jonathan Wright

SIBLINGS? One sister, Claire (non magic)

RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILY?: Andi loves her family and does what she can to support them, although it has been more difficult since they moved to the states when Andi left home, back to where her father grew up. 

OTHER IMPORTANT RELATIVES: None

PARTNER/SPOUSE: None

EXES: Lucien (puppy love in 4th year before the gay awakening. also roommates now), tbd.

CHILDREN: None 

BEST FRIEND: i’m gonna count lucien.

OTHER IMPORTANT Relationships: Teddy Lupin, partner in... un-crime? they work together.

PETS: None currently

BLURBS

Andi wasn’t particularly special at Hogwarts. She didn’t have a slew of friends, for she preferred it that way, and she did excel in academics and dueling, but she wasn’t boastful about it. 

Her mother, a muggle police officer, passed just after her sister was born, also around the time she started schooling at Hogwarts. Her mother was so excited, especially as a muggle, to see her daughter do such incredible things that she didn’t previously know even existed, but she never got to witness her achievements.

After Hogwarts, she started training to become an auror. She had qualified, to her relief. Not long after starting the job, though, she was offered a position doing work for the ministry internationally. This team she had for this job wasn’t a secret, although certainly not advertised (most don’t know about it), but the work they did was a secret. What she saw and learned is under lock and key, and the only people who have access to the information is the team itself, head of law enforcement, the minister, and a select few other international personnel. This work is dangerous and high stakes, and although she had hesitated at first, thinking about how it would impact her family, she took it anyway.

Unfortunately, there was an accident. One that Andi has never and will never talk about, and not only because it’s confidential. She’s tough, not exactly one to let things shake her, but this nearly tore her apart. It certainly tore the team apart, and they were disbanded. Temporarily, originally, but Andi figured they would never see each other again.

Instead of relieving her of her position and her memories, the ministry stationed her back in Ardere. The work was still difficult, still dangerous, but some of it felt like a cakewalk. She’s not bored, per say, but she became used to the lifestyle, and she itches for the thrill of high stakes sometimes.

THIS BITCH QUEER AS SHIT. totally means business most of the time, but catch her in a certain mood and she’s flirty as hell. 

exudes top energy and it’s because she is top energy

she isn’t inherently the most empathetic person, but growing up partially raising her sister, she did develop an empathetic bone. Her sister has terrible anxiety, so Andi became pretty good at reacting to certain situations with a sturdy kindness and gentleness. She is surprisingly good with those in terrible times of fear. 

That being said, still a take no shit kind of bitch. She’s good at reading people and won’t deal with being bullshitted

can get a bit defensive sometimes, that’s for sure. she knows she’s damn good at what she does and can get jokingly cocky about it. Generally slightly arrogant

She is excellent with mentalist magic (occlumency more so than legilimency) and obviously I’m not going to use legilimency unless it’s plotted. Also, occlumency is fine, but legilimency takes a great deal out of her, and she doesn’t use it often at all. Also, although it’s a good tool, she isn’t permitted to use it in a job. 

She grew up in the muggle world, in a neighborhood that wasn’t terribly safe, and she has a fair amount of “muggle instincts”. does that make sense? she knows how to fight well without magic, probably the type thats like “idk maybe use *insert muggle tool here* instead??? literally that’s why it exists and it makes more sense.” 

i’ll probably add it this later but i wanted to post it SO HERE IS ANDREA Come plot with me please i want them plots

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Father Daughter Duo Ch.7

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3  Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6

Chapter Title: Making mistakes. Pairing: Eventual Darylxoc. Setting: The Prison. Warnings: Rape, Non-customary situations. Word count: 3,822.

I shot straight up in the bed and a sharp pain shot through my head causing a high pitched yelp to escape my lips. I pulled my stiff body off of the bed and to the dirty mirror over a small sink. The dirty shirt I used to wipe it with smeared the layers of dust enough that I could make out my reflection. A bright red streak of blood was leaking from the new half inch cut in the middle of my forehead near my hairline. It dripped off the tip of my nose and into the sink. I was too distracted by the reflection in the mirror to do anything about the blood.

There were dark circles around my naturally wide eyes that made their light blue color look brighter than usual. My thin lips where dry and cracked and my caramel brown hair, that I used to keep smooth with the help of a flat iron was now a tangled mess of loose waves that hung around my too thin face. I let my eyes fall on the small droplets of red liquid that splashed against the bottom of the sink.

"Ya do know yer bleedin' right?" the gruff voice that filled my cell pulled me from my daze and I glanced over to see Daryl standing in the cell doorway. I rolled my eyes, turned back to the mirror and started wiping at the blood with my hand. "Here." He stepped into the cell and extended a red shop rag out to me that I just stared at wondering why he was helping me. "That’s bleedin' pretty bad." He said observing the blood that still pored down my face. He huffed out an aggravated breath when I didn't take the rag and reached out to press it to my head. My hand shot up and jerked the rag from his hand before he could touch me and I backed up as I pressed it to the cut. "Forgot ya don't like to be touched."

"Sure you did." I said sarcastically and walked around him out of the cell. "What's the plan for today? Aren't we supposed to go look for food and medicine or whatever." From my view over the rail I could see the empty room below.

"Na yer old man talked Rick into lettin' everyone enjoy this for a few days." I was relieved to hear that, it meant more time for us to get settled and make sure there aren't any chinks in the armor of the prison. I moved the rag off of my head to feel more blood slid down it.

When I got down stairs I quickly figured out that it was still early, because only Rick and Hershel were sitting at a table in the holding room. Hershel was eating so I motioned to my head "Would you mind taking a look at this when you're done? I can't get it to stop bleeding." I asked and he sat his plate down, went to his cell and came out with his medical bag. He pulled up a chair for me to sit in then another right in front of it for him.

I felt blood trickle down my face when he removed the rag. "Oh that’s pretty deep. You're going to need stitches." I just nodded at him. He started digging in his bag and pulled out a needle and thread. I had never needed stitches before and I was nervous. "This is probably going to hurt more than necessary. I don’t have anything to numb you with first." 'Great' I thought sarcastically to myself. I squeezed the bottom of the chair every time the needle went into my skin. It hurt my hands where the blisters were, but I didn't mind because it took my mind off the pain that was shooting through my head.

When Hershel was finished the bleeding had stopped and I had four stitches in my head. "This is going to leave a scar isn't it?" I asked and he nodded his head. "Oh well, it'll just add to the collection." I reached up touching the razor thin cut on my neck that was already starting to heal then looked at my hands. I shrugged off my comment and grabbed a granola bar off of the table that had breakfast foods scattered across it and headed outside remembering that I had left my converse in the guard tower that I had slept in the other night. I preferred them over the heavy steel toed boots that I had been wearing and was ready to give my feet a rest.

I was humming as I walked up the tower and opened the door to the office. What I saw made me want to rip my eyes out. Glenn and Maggie were completely nude going at in on top of the desk. Their shocked looks matched mine before I slammed the door and ran, like I always do. And like always, I didn't know where I was going until I was there. I ended up in my cell curled up in the corner crying my eyes out. I was sobbing so hard that I couldn't breath and shaking so bad that I couldn't move.

Why did he have to hurt me? Why did he have to make me feel this way? Why can't I forget that it happened? Why did my father have to bring him into the prison with us? All the unanswered questions constantly plagued my mind like the walkers themselves. All those painful memories I couldn't forget were in the back of my brain always stabbing, drilling and chipping away at me every second of the day. I just wanted it to stop.

One of my knives was lying on the floor next to my feet and I picked it up with a shaky hand and flipped it open. The sharp, shiny blade reflected the blue line that ran up my arm and when I pressed down the warm red liquid of sweet release leaked down my arm and onto the floor mixing with the salt water that fell from my face. I had pressed the blade to my other wrist and started making a jagged cut to let every ounce of life drain out of me when the knife was snatched out of my hand.

I didn't even look up to see who had taken it from me. I just let my head hang in shame. "Bailey. Bailey look at me sweetie." I couldn't look at my father, not even when he grabbed my chin and pulled my face up brushing my hair out of the way. "Somebody help!" I had never heard my father sound so panicked. "What have ya done?" I still didn't look at him.

"Why won't you let me do it? I just want it to end. Why won't you let me make it stop?" I don't know how he understood my shaken weeping words, but he did.

"Because I love ya too much." Rick and Daryl came rushing into the room. "She slit her wrists." that’s all it took for me to be lifted off of the floor by Daryl and taken down stairs to Hershel. I was laid on a bed in a lower cell as Hershel worked on my wrists. When he was done I had stitches in both wrists that were covered with cuffs of cloth. I don't know how long I laid there zoned out before the soft touch on my shoulder made me talk. "I'm so sorry Bailey Bug."

"Don't touch me." My words came out emotionlessly flat. I knew it hurt him because I knew my father, but I didn't care. "You should have just let me go through with it."

I felt the pressure of his arms on the bed as he got closer to me and brushed my hair out of the way even though it wasn't in my face. "Ya know I can't do that. Ya saw what loosing yer mother did to me. I can’t loose ya too." I made myself look at him.

"Then why did you leave me to rot with a rapist? Why did you choose that night of all nights to start drinking?" My voice wavered and tears pooled in my eyes.

"I didn't choose that night to start drinking. I had been drinking for about two weeks before that." I reached up and grabbed the upper bunk in an attempt to sit up, but the pain that radiated from my wrists made me drop back down on the bed. My father tried to help me sit up but I batted him away and used my elbows to push myself up. "I know, that's not what ya wanted to hear, but it's the truth."

"I never saw you drink before that, ever." My father had never been a drinker, he was always a smoker. "When were you planning on telling me about this habit of yours?" When he didn't say anything I knew that he never meant for me to find out. "And why did you start doing it in the first place? Did you just wake up and decide 'Hey, I think I'm going to take up alcoholism today'?"

"The older ya get the more ya look like her." Did he mean mom? "Ya got everything from her. Her eyes, her pretty long bridged nose, her hair. The only thing you got from me is yer eye color and yer attitude." So he started drinking because he missed mom?

"I miss her too, but Dad…" he wiped a tear off of his cheek and looked at me with watery eyes. "Promise me you won't drink anymore."

"I promise." I looked down and started playing with my bandages. "Will you ever forgive me?" I didn't know what to say. So I told him that only time would tell. "Alright, well why don't you try and get some sleep?" I laid back down on my side facing away from him and gave in to the sleep that I had been fighting for who knows how long.

When I woke up my father was gone and Beth sat in a chair in the corner. I really didn't know how to act around everyone else, especially now that everyone knew I was a freak. "Hey." I greeted her as I sat up on the side of the bed. "Where's my father?"

"He went to help the others move the bodies out of the court yard." I asked her how long I had been in this cell. "All together, a day and a half." It felt like I had been in there longer than that. "Do you want to live?" I was shocked. I hadn't expected this mousy girl to be so…blunt. "Because if you don't, I'm not going to stop you." She tossed my pocket knife into my lap. I picked it up and looked at her with wide eyes. Why was she talking to me like this, weren't you supposed to be nice to the suicidal person? She smiled sweetly when I tossed the knife aside. "You do want to live don't you? If you didn't, you would have cut deeper than that."

I let more tears slide down my face as soon as she left the cell. I just sat there and let them fall telling myself the whole time that this would be the last time I would cry over this. That I couldn’t let what happened to me dominate my life and turn me into an unpredictable, uncontrollable ball of emotions. When I had completely calmed down I went upstairs and dug through my bag till I found a cuff bracelet that I had picked up at one of the houses we stopped at. It was wide enough to cover the bigger bandage on my right wrist.

It was made of black and brown leather with a silver cross in the center of it with flat stud accents. It looked like something a biker would wear and I had planned on just giving it to Dad, but now I used it to hide one of my mistakes. I didn't have anything to hide the other one so I guessed I would just have to deal with it. I gathered up my loose hair and managed to tie it up in a bun before I switched the tank top I had been wearing for a thin blue quarter sleeved shirt that covered most of my arms, and then changed my blue jean shorts for a pair of tan cargo pants. After a quick look in the mirror and a swipe under each eye in an attempt to wipe away the dark circles that I couldn't cover up I headed outside.

The change of clothes did nothing to erase the fact that I probably couldn't do anything to help the others. When my father saw that I was out and about he came over to me and gave me a side hug that made me cringe away. I had never been the hugging type, side hugs included. I wanted to tell him to get off of me, but I held myself back. "Hey, Bay, ya okay?"

"As long as you promise to stop asking me that, yeah. I'm fine." His eyes fell over my change of clothes.

"Where'd ya get the spiffy bracelet?" Spiffy, really? I told him what house I got it from as if he would remember it. "Ah, okay." I knew he knew I was only wearing it to cover up my wrist, but he didn't point that out.

"Is there anything that I can do to help?" I asked and he looked around him as if he was literally looking for something to occupy me. His gaze landed on Lori where she sat at a metal table watching everyone else hauling bodies to a pile outside the fence.

"Maybe go keep Lori company?" he said making t sound more like a question then a suggestion. "She looks like she could use it." I nodded and walked over and sat down on the ground, because my sore wrists wouldn't allow me to push myself up onto the table where she sat.

"You on medical leave too?" I asked and she cracked a small smile. I didn't really know what to say to her. If I should ask her about her pregnancy, or if I should just let her do all the talking. She didn't seem like the Chatty Cathy type.

"Something like that." I started picking at the uncovered bandage out of the need to do something with my hands. "Are you feeling better?" it wasn't 'are you okay', but it's just as bad.

"Yeah. Never better." It was a bold faced lie and she knew it. "How are you?" I looked up at her while she looked out at Rick. "I know it's none of my business, but what's going on between you and Rick?" Her eyes snapped over to me.

"It's a long story." I looked around at all the bodies that scattered the field. "And it's complicated." What wasn't complicated now days?

"I think we have time for a story." She looked over at me with a warning look. "Or it could me none of my business." I said turning back to watching the people.

"Have you told Daryl your little story?" I knew what she was talking about with out her having to elaborate. I also caught the bitter tone in her voice.

"Yeah, he knows."

"And…?" she asked pressing for more detail.

"And he said he would stop looking for him." That was really the only thing I knew to tell her.

"He believed you?" Oh lord please tell me she didn't think I was lying for the attention. I told her that Daryl did believe me. She just scoffed.

"So, are you scared?" I asked changing the subject without her following. "About the baby coming?"

"Look at me." I did. "Do I look scared to you?" her tone said no, but her eyes were screaming out for help. I shook my head no before I looked out over the field to see everyone walking to the prison. I must have slept for most of the day because when I looked up the sun was about an hour from setting and I guess that they were heading in for the day, but it felt like I had just gotten out of that place. Lori turned to me when I didn't get up when she did. "Are you going to stay out here?" I just nodded. "Okay, well Sean and Rick don't want you to be left by yourself, so." She said with a shrug before she turned her back and walked off.

I didn't care if my father wanted someone with me or not, I wasn't going back in that stuffy place. I just sat there and watched them all disappear inside. It apparently didn't take them long to realize that I wasn't in there, because T Dog came walking out of the building and over to me. He handed me a bowl before he walked over to the table and hopped up to sit on it. "What? Did they make you to come guard me?" I asked not disguising my distaste for the whole idea.

"Yeah, I think this was more of your pops idea than Rick's." I snorted. "He's only doing it because he loves you." I let a sarcastic laugh escape my lips.

"He's doing it because he wants me to be the same robotic daughter I was before we got here." He shook his head like he had known us for more than just a few days. I just ignored him and changed the subject. "Oh hey uh, sorry I didn't dance with you the other night."

He waved me off, "Pfft, I'm not worried about that." That actually made me feel better about not dancing with him.

"Did you even want to dance with me or did my father talk you into asking me?" he laughed and scratched the back of his neck.

"I uh…" it didn't occur to me until then that he might have actually been interested in me. "He asked me to, but it didn't take much talking." Oh, uh, crap this was awkward.

"I'm sure you're a great guy and all, but…" How do I tell a man I don't like him because I'm too damaged?

"Na, I get it. Daryl's the logical choice. You're white, he's white." I couldn't stop the laugh that erupted from me. "What’s so funny?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to laugh." I took a moment to make myself stop before I finished my explanation with a semi straight face. "I’ve had Crushes on..." How do I phrase this without sounding like I was raised in a raciest household, “Guys of color, before.” I said with a awkward shake of my head. He crossed his arms over his chest and cocked an eyebrow at me. "So it’s not a skin color thing. It’s more of a I’m to fucked up to be with anyone right now thing." I said then ate the last bite of food out of the bowl and set it aside. “I only danced with Daryl for one reason.”

"To get Sean to leave you alone about it?" I nodded and looked at the sun that was slowly sinking behind the trees. "You should know that Daryl wouldn't have danced with you if he didn't want to." Uh, okay? Was that supposed to make me feel special, or was it a warning that I should keep a watchful eye on him. Either way I didn't like where this conversation was heading.

"So can we agree to just be friends?" I asked cutting the conversation short and picked up my empty bowl.

“Sure. Just friends.” He stuck his hand out to me and I gave it a quick shake before I turned my back on him and headed inside.

"Thanks for babysitting me." I told him and he chuckled before we started walking to the building. When we got inside my father was the only one left in the holding room. T-Dog walked past me heading to bed. "Night, T." I called and he waved to me over his shoulder. I then turned to where Dad was walking toward me. "Hi Sean, I'm alive and completely unharmed and I'm going to bed now g'night." I quickly avoided his attempts at talking to me and walked quickly to the cell block and was running up the stairs when I slammed into Daryl at the top.

My foot slipped off the top step and I grabbed onto the railing at the same time Daryl caught my shoulder and pulled me up right. "What's the hurry?" he asked as he let me go and gave me room to go around him.

"Dodging the warden." I replied wryly and rubbed at the wrist of the hand I had grabbed the rail with. He chuckled as I walked past him to my cell. I couldn't stop thinking about what T Dog said about Daryl. About how Daryl wouldn't have danced with me if he didn't want to, but it damn sure looked like Daryl really didn't want to.

I wasn't sleepy so I just sat down on the bottom bunk and pulled my journal out of my bag and started writing. "Whatcha doin'?" Daryl's unexpected voice at my cell made me drop my pen on the floor and snap the book shut.

"None of your business." I said with a glare.

"Have ya always been this jumpy?" he asked after biting at his nails.

"Have you always been this sneaky?" I countered and he smiled.

"Touché." I felt the corners of my lips slide up in a hint of a smile. "How's the wrists?" I held my bracelet free wrists up for him to see.

"Still there." I let them fall back into my lap. "Not trying to be completely rude, but why on earth do you care?" He didn't answer. "Beth already made it clear that she could care less if I died, and I'm sure everyone else feels the same. So why are you asking me about my wrists?" he shrugged.

"Guess I have a habit of cleaning up my brothers messes." That’s all I was to him? Just another one of his brothers messes that he thought he was responsible for fixing?

"So you only care because you feel obligated to?" he just shrugged. His overuse of the noncommittal action made me feel like throwing my boot at his head. "Well consider me the first mess that you don't need to clean up." I saw a brief flash of emotion on his face before it returned to the same glaring look that he always had if he wasn't smirking. "Now if you don't mind I'd like to get some sleep." He left my cell just as silently as he had come.

I felt tears stinging the backs of my eyes, but I refused to let them fall. I climbed up onto the upper bunk and tried to fall asleep, but it never came.

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D.U.D.E Bios: Paulette Nye (2021)

The Eldest Daughter of Pride Paulette Nye

Damian's granddaughter and Viola's eldest daughter, Paulette is a hopeful young lady just entering the adult world and starting at university.

"I bet it's fun, travelling the globe, seeing all those sights."

Name

Full Legal Name: Paulette Ezhil Nye

First Name: Paulette

Meaning: French feminine diminutive of 'Paul', which is from the Roman family name 'Paulus', meaning 'small' or 'humble' in Latin

Pronunciation: paw-LEHT

Origin: French, English

Middle Name: Ezhil

Meaning: Means 'beauty' in Tamil

Pronunciation: EH-zhihl

Origin: Tamil

Surname: Nye

Meaning: Originally indicated a person who lived near a river, from Middle English 'Atten eye’ meaning 'At the river’

Pronunciation: NIE

Origin: English

Alias: N/A

Reason: N/A

Nicknames: N/A

Titles: Miss

Characteristics

Age: 19

Gender: Female. She/Her Pronouns

Race: Human

Nationality: British

Ethnicity: Mixed White-Asian (English Indian)

Birth Date: February 12th 2002

Symbols: Notebooks

Sexuality: Questioning, Likely Straight

Religion: Christian

Native Language: English

Spoken Languages: English

Relationship Status: Single

Astrological Sign: Aquarius

Theme Song (Ringtone on Damian & Vi's Phones): Damian: 'Beautiful Day' - U2 Vi: 'Most Girls' - Pink

Voice Actor: Shobna Gulati

Geographical Characteristics

Birthplace: Brigg, Lancashire, England

Current Location: Brigg, Lancashire, England

Hometown: Brigg, Lancashire, England

Appearance

Height: 5'6 / 167 cm

Weight: 150 lbs / 68 kg

Eye Colour: Brown

Hair Colour: Black

Hair Dye: None

Body Hair: N/A

Facial Hair: N/A

Tattoos: (As of Jan 2020) None

Piercings: None

Scars: None

Health and Fitness

Allergies: None

Alcoholic, Smoker, Drug User: Social Drinker, Non-smoker, doesn't use drugs

Illnesses/Disorders: ADD

Medications: None

Any Specific Diet: Vegetarian

Relationships

Allies: N/A

Enemies: N/A

Friends: Tegwen Pritchard, Wanda Llewellyn, Gardenia Rhydderch, Tabitha Griffiths, Tacey Rhydderch, Calanthe Mulrennan, Velvet Rhydderch, Tallulah Rhydderch

Colleagues: N/A

Rivals: N/A

Closest Confidant: Napier Rhydderch

Mentor: Viola Nye

Significant Other: None

Previous Partners: None of note

Parents: Quentin Nye (43, Father), Viola Nye (42, Mother, Née Lum)

Parents-In-Law: None

Siblings: Adam Nye (22, Brother), Benjamin Nye (16, Brother), Olivia Nye (13, Sister), Charles Nye (10, Brother)

Siblings-In-Law: None

Nieces & Nephews: None

Children: None

Children-In-Law: None

Grandkids: None

Great Grandkids: None

Wrestling

Billed From: N/A

Trainer: N/A

Managers: N/A

Wrestlers Managed: N/A

Debut: N/A

Debut Match: N/A

Retired: N/A

Retirement Match: N/A

Wrestling Style: N/A

Stables: N/A

Teams: N/A

Regular Moves: N/A

Finishers: N/A

Refers To Fans As: N/A

Extras

Trivia: Nothing of note so far

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25 Factors That Impact Your Life Insurance Premiums

Life insurance protects your family financially, but it can also be huge strain on your budget. Over the years, even a small savings in your premium can really add up. The following factors are used to determine the rate you will pay. Not all of these factors are controllable, however there are some lifestyle changes you can make to lower your premium.

1. Age at Time of Purchase

The younger you are at the time of purchase, the lower your rate will be. Insurance experts say the sooner you buy a policy, the better.

Chris Huntley, life insurance agent at Huntley Wealth and Insurance explains, “Age is the most important contributor to both term and whole life insurance rates. If the insured outlives the initial term, the insurance carrier must adjust the premium to reflect their new age.”

2. Your Health History

Insurance providers need to know of any health problems you may have had in the past to determine your risk factor. Chronic illnesses could result in higher premiums.

According to Canada Protection Plan, “Generally, insurance underwriters review an applicant’s medical history, and assign a rating based on the presence (or lack there of) of common medical conditions.”

3. Current Health

Most insurance providers require a medical exam to determine how healthy you are. The doctor will look for signs of high blood pressure and other conditions that may lead to future problems. If you are in good health, you will typically qualify for lower rates.

“Your health is a key indicator of the risk you pose to an insurer and will directly impact not only your ability to get a policy but how much you’ll pay for the policy.” Richard Laycock, senior insurance writer.

4. Your Weight

Obesity can lead to all types of health problems. Being overweight or obese can put you in a higher risk category for insurance purposes.

“Life insurance premiums are also based on your weight, or at least the proportion of your weight to your height. There are ranges and a theoretical norm at the center, that indicate a “normal” proportion. To the degree your own height-to-weight ratio varies from the ideal range, you will pay more in premiums,” says Neal Frankle, CFP.

5. Hazardous Occupations

Some jobs are more dangerous than others. Fishermen, riggers and firemen have a much greater chance of getting hurt or killed on the job than an accountant. If your job is considered a bit risky, you could pay higher premiums or even be denied coverage.

“Obviously you cannot lie about what you do for a living, but the trap some people fall into is overplaying their job title,” says Damien Fahy, founder of MoneytotheMasses.com.

6. Tobacco Use

Smoking is associated with many health risks, thereby putting you in higher rate category. If you quit smoking, you may qualify for lower rates after being smoke-free for at least one year.

“Smokers are more likely to have ongoing health problems and have a shorter lifespan than non-smokers, making them more of an insurance risk for any insurance company.” Adam Ludolph, financial advisor.

7. Alcohol Consumption

Alcohol consumption can have serious effects on your health. That is why heavy drinkers are likely to pay more higher insurance rates. That said, there may still be options depending on the exact details surrounding a proposed insured’s prior drinking habits.

“Anything more than social drinking will affect your life insurance rate. Drinking more than two drinks a day will generally knock you out of “preferred” rates and drinking more than three or four drinks will knock you out of “standard” life insurance rates,” according to Ed Hinerman, owner of Hinerman Group.

8. Depression

Depression or a history of mental illness can double your life insurance premiums because you are considered a higher risk.

According to Certified Financial Planner, Jeff Rose, “It has been shown that people with depression have a higher rate of mortality than people who aren’t depressed.”

9. Family Health History

If members of your family have a history of serious illnesses such as cancer or heart disease, you have a greater chance of developing the disease as well. This makes you a risk and could mean paying more for life insurance.

“As far as family history is concerned, your insurer’s attitude will depend on the condition, how many family members were affected, and how old they were at the time.” Jeff Rose, CFP.

10. Your Gender

On average, women have a longer life expectancy than men, which means they generally pay lower rates.

According to the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO), “Female policyholders pay on average 25% less than male policyholders. Changing your gender will not really help — insurers consider the gender you were born with.”

11. Hobbies

What you do in your spare time can greatly affect how much you pay for life insurance. Hobbies like mountain climbing and skydiving put your life at risk, which is a huge concern for insurance companies.

“There are dozens of dangerous hobbies and lifestyle activities that can increase insurance rates,” says Joel Winston, a New York-based attorney.

12. Driving Record

Many life insurance providers will look at your driving record to determine your risk factor. They don’t even have to ask about violations, your record can easily be accessed through the Department of Motor Vehicles. Keep in mind that the previous 3–5 years are the most crucial, so if you have been incident-free for at least 3 years, you may qualify for more favourable rates.

“A bad driving record could be enough to bump you from a preferred rating class to a less ideal one. Life insurance companies rate you according to a number of different health and lifestyle factors. If you’ve been a bad driver, they’ll consider you a higher risk.” Dawn Mentzer of QuickQuote.

13. Foreign Travel

The destination, duration and frequency of your travels can have an impact on your life insurance premium. Certain countries are considered quite dangerous and if you spend a considerable amount of time in these places, you are putting your life at risk. Travelling on a regular basis can also put you at a higher risk of death, which means higher insurance rates.

“Underwriting decisions can range from preferred or standard rates, to a rated policy. Some insurance companies will put an exclusion if the death occurs within a specific country. This will be made known to the insured at the time the policy is issued.”

14. Credit History

Insurance companies may include your credit score when calculating your risk. A high credit rating could mean lower premiums than someone with a low credit rating.

According to the Cooperators, “An individual’s credit score is simply a reflection of a person’s level of responsibility and behaviour when it comes to managing their financial obligations.”

15. Criminal History

A background check is generally standard procedure when evaluating a life insurance application, so don’t try to hide a criminal history. The severity of the crime and the length of time you have been crime-free will affect how you are underwritten.

However, if you are in prison, you will likely be denied coverage. Janet Gillespie, a spokeswoman for Prudential states, “The risk of insuring someone in prison is much too high. We do not offer life insurance coverage to any incarcerated individual… our underwriter feels this is industry wide.”

16. Size of Death Benefit

Not surprisingly, the larger the death benefit, the higher the premium.

Bob Barney, president of Compulife Software says, “Most companies will let policyholders scale back the level of coverage and pay lower premiums.”

17. Length of Term

A large portion of the cost of specific term life insurance depends on the length of the term. The longer the term, the higher the premium.

“The longer a term life insurance is, the greater the annual premiums,” says Monique Burkes, business analyst and insurance agent.

18. Type of Life Insurance

Life insurance policies are available in three main types:

Term Life Insurance — provides a death benefit and costs the least

Whole Life Insurance — provides a death benefit plus an investment component

Variable & Universal Life Insurance — similar to whole life but with more flexibility

“A higher rate of return on cash value can go a long way toward keeping policy premiums to a minimum,” says Reno Frazzitta, an investment advisor, certified retirement counselor, and founder of Smart Money Financial Advisors. “A lower-than-expected return on cash value will require a higher funding amount to keep the policy in force longer.”

19. Where You Buy Life Insurance

An experienced insurance agent or broker will be able to get you a much better deal. They have access to many insurance companies and can find the best policy at the best price for your needs.

“It’s important to find a broker you’re comfortable with,” said Jennifer Fitzgerald of PolicyGenius. “They need to go to bat for you to obtain the best rates from insurers and have your best interests at heart.”

20. Rounding Your Age

When you buy a life insurance policy, make sure to buy when you can round your age down and not up. For example, if you will be turning 30 on December 31, get your policy during the first six months of the year so that you can round down to 29.

“Most life insurance companies use your attained age (the age you will be on your next birthday) for calculating your insurance age,” says Eric Van Haaften, president of Affordable Life.

21. Don’t Buy Unnecessary Riders

Insurance agents may offer you all types of additional riders such as the accident death benefit or term conversion rider. You may need these riders, but if you don’t, then just say no. Only buy what you really need.

“The extra bells and whistles your insurance agent offers you when you purchase your life insurance coverage should generally be avoided,” says Randy McClintick.

22. Make Annual Payments

One annual payment saves the insurance company money on administrative costs. They may pass these savings on to you in the form of lower premiums.

“Paying annually saves you money. You’ll pay 8% more just for the convenience of making monthly payments.” says Kerri-Lynn McAllister of RateHub.ca.

23. Marital Status

Being married might not have a direct impact on how much you pay for life insurance, however you may be able to save money by purchasing a joint policy.

According to Angie Mohr, a Chartered Accountant and Certified Management Accountant, “Life insurance premiums are also based in part on marital status so renewals may be less expensive after marriage. Your combined income replacement needs may also change.”

24. Purpose of Insurance

The reason you need life insurance can play a role in determining your rate. Whether the policy is part of your estate plan or for the protection of your family or business, the premium will be assessed accordingly.

“Term insurance is pure protection, like fire insurance or auto insurance. Its sole function is to support your family if you die. You can buy large amounts of coverage for modest amounts of money — and big policies are what your spouse and children need.” Jane Bryant Quinn.

25. Healthy Living

Insurers may ask for a medical exam to assess your health risk before underwriting your policy. Passing the test is only the first step. By keeping yourself healthy with a proper diet, exercise and regular doctor visits, you can stay healthy and keep your premiums low.

Certified Life Insurance agent, Zael Miransky, from Miransky Wealth Management (Toronto, Ontario) says, “Many insurance customers pay 25% more for their Life Insurance Policy because they are overweight. Staying in shape and maintaining a healthy lifestyle will not only eliminate this extra portion of the costs, but in addition can also result in a discount of up to 25%.”

How much each of these factors impact your life insurance rates depends on how much weight the insurance company puts on each and on the combined effects. Each policy is rated on a case-by-case basis and no two companies are the same. That is why it’s important to compare life insurance quotes and shop around.

Credits: Lorne Marr

Source: https://lsminsurance.ca/life-insurance-canada/2017/05/25-factors-that-impact-your-life-insurance-premiums/

Date: January 23, 2022

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The Addictive Personality Part Two

Much has been expounded on hereditary inclination and its relationship to addictive characters. Having a someone who is addicted in the family doesn't ensure that everybody in the family will become addicts. In any case, many accept that genetic variables can raise an individual's degree of weakness to substance misuse or different addictions. That may clarify why some bet with some restraint and others urgently why some can drink for satisfaction and others become drunkards Sumber It seems as though those with the hereditary inclination will take part in some kind of extreme conduct yet won't fundamental pick similar upgrades they have been presented to. Grown-up offspring of heavy drinkers may never drink however they may get dependent on betting. Offspring of medication addicts may practice too much or be compulsive workers.

There is no single quality that decides an individual's weakness to fixation. Studies looking at indistinguishable and intimate twins gauge that hereditary components represent 40 to 60 percent of the event of the quality variety.

Analysts have found various qualities that connect to compulsion through DNA testing. One quality causes unsteadiness and queasiness from smoking and is more present in non-smokers than smokers. Liquor abuse is uncommon in the individuals who have two duplicates of the ALDH2 quality. Different qualities have been connected to opiate reliance.

Variations in specific qualities have been appeared to smother dopamine flags in the mind. Those with these blunted receptors want to look for more significant levels of incitement to arrive at a similar degree of joy as the individuals who don't have the variations. DNA testing can offer fundamental intimations in doing combating compulsion yet its utilization is exceptionally dubious. The worry is that some may utilize this data for segregation purposes.

It comes down to the nature versus support contention. Condition and childhood are accepted to be similarly significant in forming the character. Our life conditions and passionate encounters may have more impact than our hereditary make-up does. Under this hypothesis regardless of our synthetic make-up, despite everything we can pick and control our activities.

There are factors that may show a higher danger of building up a genuine compulsion. Individuals who experience issues considering the long haul results of their activities are progressively defenseless to building up a dependence. So are the individuals who do everything in abundance or potentially to boundaries, and the individuals who constantly substitute one impulse for another. For instance, worried compulsive workers may get back home by the day's end and start drinking to enable them to unwind. They may utilize cybersex since they don't possess energy for genuine connections. They may pressure eat.

Those with addictive characters are generally defenseless during times of increased pressure, for example, puberty and times of change. Individuals who experience the ill effects of psychological sicknesses, passionate issue, and character issue are profoundly inclined to dependence also. Without staying alert that they have a condition, they may self-sedate to oversee feelings utilizing substances or practices to diminish whatever uneasiness they may feel.

Dissidents, non-achievers, and those with freak characters are additionally prime contender for fixation. Numerous grown-up addicts report having been exposed to hardship or overindulgence in their childhoods. Others report that they were contrarily affected by their folks' consistent, capricious change between over-acclaim and over-analysis.

Addictions are unmanageable, inordinate, and tedious. The compulsion movement starts innocuously with a pleasurable encounter, however after some time increasingly more of the action is expected to accomplish a similar impact. Individuals become reliant on the high they get and think that its hard to stop the conduct. Whenever denied of their fix they will locate a substitute. Whenever compelled to stop the conduct they will endure physical or mental side effects of withdrawal that urge them to continue the compulsion. After some time they lose the capacity to adapt to existence without the addictive boosts.

Individuals with addictions will deny that what they're doing is unfavorably influencing them while work, family, and social connections endure and their wellbeing decays. Their edginess regularly lead them to take limits in getting the fix, which eventually makes money related and lawful issues.

Addictions can be named hard or delicate. Hard addictions, otherwise called substance habit, are sorted by the quick influence they have on numerous parts of the individual's conduct just as the impact they have on everybody around the person in question. Maltreatment of liquor, barbiturates, and opiates are typically the wellspring of this sort of compulsion. This is unique in relation to substance abusers who use every now and then. Substance addicts spend each waking minute discovering approaches to purchase and utilize medications or liquor.

With delicate addictions the abuser utilizes exercises that are innocuous to the vast majority. The results of those practices are not quickly felt. Cigarette smoking and espresso drinking are two generally known instances of delicate addictions. It is a lot simpler to shroud delicate addictions and conceal the practices that outcome from them. Yet, delicate addictions have the inclination to prompt increasingly genuine addictions not far off.

Betting is another basic case of a delicate enslavement. Card sharks with addictive characters experience three phases. In the main stage, otherwise called the triumphant stage, the individual has power over their conduct. The subsequent stage is known as the losing stage. In this stage the individual starts betting alone, betting huge entireties of cash, and obtaining money to take care of mounting obligation. The third stage is known as the distress stage. In this stage the card shark takes part in increasingly unsafe, once in a while unlawful conduct. In urgency the person may get cash from non regular sources. Wretchedness and endeavored suicide are basic in the third period of betting.

Different instances of delicate addictions are dietary issues, for example, anorexia, bulimia, and habitual over-eating. In spite of the fact that there are different components that add to this sort of conduct, it can form into obsessive conduct that is fundamentally the same as compulsion. The anorexic focuses on the objective of getting in shape. When the individual starts counting calories the person in question thinks that its exceptionally difficult to stop. Those with bulimia are after a similar objective as the individuals who are anorexic, however the method of activity is extraordinary. Rather than constraining their eating routine they gorge on a lot of nourishment and afterward cleanse it before their bodies get the opportunity to process it. Impulsive eaters are not worried about weight reduction or weight gain, however the turmoil regularly brings about corpulence. They have a habitual inclination to eat, regardless of whether hungry or not.

Something as advantageous as practicing can turn into a distraction or dependence on the individuals who are inclined to having one. Running is the most common; sprinters are known to get a sprinter's high and can get subject to it. This is ascribed to state of mind upgrading synthetic concoctions considered endorphins that are discharged during exercise. A fixation happens when the activity movement is utilized as a departure or a method for dealing with stress. It's an issue when it turns out to be over the top to the point that the body endures damage, and when it adversely impacts connections.

Urgent purchasing falls under the class of delicate addictions. The individuals who do it are dependent on the buzz it gives them. It has nothing to do with what they are getting, it is essentially their medication. They purchase just for purchasing while never planning to utilize it. Those with this issue regularly experience the ill effects of different issue, for example, melancholy, state of mind swings, and uneasiness. Purchasing gives them brief alleviation, however after they do it they feel elevated tension and exceptional blame. One examination indicated that 20% of habitual purchasers experience the ill effects of a dietary issue also.

The two most up to date increases to the delicate compulsion classification are Internet misuse and phone misuse. They are progressively common in more youthful ages, however there is a noteworthy number of more established individuals who build up these addictions also.

The individuals who have an Internet fixation, otherwise called obsessive Internet use, discover they can't control their use of it. They might be attracted to web based games, long range informal communication destinations, or other online locales, and will invest an inordinate measure of energy there. The utilization turns into an enslavement when withdrawal manifestations, for example, temperament changes are experienced when they are away it.

A few people become dependent on digital connections. An issue happens when these connections are utilized to maintain a strategic distance from eye to eye, relational associations. This habit can prompt social, mental, and work or school issues.

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10 Funny TINDER HACK Quotes

Tinder Launches New Tinder Gold Service

Tinder is adding a different paid tier, and this one particular is made purely to assistance you score a date for the night. The algorithm accounts for other elements — primarily place and age preferences, the only biographical facts that is basically needed for a Tinder profile. At this point, as the company outlined, it can pair people today based on their past swiping, e.g., if I swiped ideal on a bunch of persons who have been all also swiped suitable on by some other group of women, perhaps I would like a handful of of the other people that those women saw and liked. Nevertheless, look is a big piece.

Likes You matches will appear on the exact same screen as normal matches, in the first circle prior to matches' person profiles. The circle, which is rimmed in gold, will also show how quite a few Likes you have. Tap it and you'll be taken to a new screen that lays out all the profiles in a grid. From the grid you can swipe left or right on them, or tap to view extra information and facts. These who have already liked you will have a gold heart icon by their name irrespective of whether you happen to be in the grid or TINDER PREMIUM APK swiping by means of Tinder the normal way.

And…that's it. There are no further requirements for profile create-ups, and no field of menu options asking if you like tall people today, smokers, drinkers, religious varieties, or what sort of coffee you prefer. Tinder just dumps you straight into the dating pool and asks you to start off swiping—though in this case on the desktop, members can use the arrow or Enter keys and the space bar to move via the cattle get in touch with of humanity.

2 Points You Should Know About TINDER HACK

The boost feature, integrated in Tinder Gold, essentially puts your profile straight to the top of a different user's queue. This function can be genuinely beneficial, specifically if you never appear to get numerous matches—or if all of your matches are not interests for you. If you'd like to be in a position to use the enhance feature frequently, Tinder Gold could possibly be worth your income. If you never care about any of that, skip it.

All in all, this site is confirmed to be legit and accessible. No wonder it is now one of the most famous dating apps in the planet. Tinder dating is now very substantially hyped up but it also suggests taking chances because the profiles do not say significantly about the member. It is a bit superficial since liking a profile is based mostly on what you see on the picture, occasionally not even checking out what is on the bio. You can add any image that you like and it really is straightforward to deceive other individuals and others can very easily deceive you also.

In October 2015, Tinder released the Super Like feature worldwide. 30 This allows non-Tinder Plus customers to Super Like 1 profile each 24 hours for totally free. Tinder Plus customers have up to 5 Super Likes a day. 31 Instead of swiping ideal for a profile, the user swipes up. The app notifies the user if they have been Super Liked with a blue border that surrounds the profile of the particular person who Super Liked them. It then makes it possible for the user to either swipe suitable or left. Tinder says that Super Likes makes it three instances as probably for users to discover a match.

Like anything exciting in life, limitless swipes comes at a expense. In the no cost version, Tinder has limited how considerably you can swipe. Prior to we kick up a storm about this, trust me, it's a very good factor for absolutely everyone all round. The explanation becoming is that if just about every single a single of these guys who swiped suitable on everybody, had unlimited proper swipes, it would ruin it for absolutely everyone else.

Basically what boost does is allow you to skip the line and be suitable at the front of the queue of Tinder for 30 minutes. This implies that if any female is active inside that 30 minutes and decides to swipe by way of even a couple of folks, they will most most likely see you. There are instances where I will go to a new city and each single match I have is from boost.

We can also guess that the algorithm rewards pickiness and disincentivizes men and women to swipe correct too a lot. You happen to be limited to one hundred proper swipes per day in Tinder, to make certain you're actually looking at profiles and not just spamming every person to rack up random matches. Tinder of course cares about making matches, but it cares a lot more about the app feeling valuable and the matches feeling real — as in, resulting in conversation and, ultimately, dates. It tracks when customers exchange phone numbers and can fairly substantially tell which accounts are being utilised to make genuine-life connections and which are used to boost the ego of an over-swiper. If you get too swipe-pleased, you could notice your quantity of matches goes down, as Tinder serves your profile to fewer other customers.

Did you know that you can pay for your premium Tinder subscription with cryptocurrency? Effectively, now you can! Tinder is the #1 dating app, and the top-grossing mobile app in the planet. Millions of folks are working with Tinder's Plus & Tinder Gold memberships to obtain their next date or extended-term mate. Bitrefill makes it possible for you to use Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dash, or Dogecoin to buy Google Play or Apple iTunes (App Shop) gift cards to credit your account, enabling you to pay for subscriptions to Tinder and hundreds of other well-liked apps.

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Valuable Tips for Living Well with Atrial Fibrillation and CPR Classes in Cincinnati, OH

The irregular heartbeat of Atrial Fibrillation (A-fib) never causes a problem for some people. For some, it can lead to strokes and heart attacks or heart failure (HF). Atrial Fibrillation symptoms include dizziness, fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath, and chest pain, especially when you have cardiovascular disease. If any of these cause concern, see your doctor with immediate effect, also if you feel your ticker “skips a beat” often.

Follow these tips for living well with Atrial Fibrillation:

Keep your Blood Pressure and Diabetes in Check- Individuals with Atrial Fibrillations are about five times more likely to have a stroke. Diabetes and high blood pressure just add to that risk. Lower your blood sugar and blood pressure and through that your risk of A-fib complications by eating foods low in sugar and salt and by watching your weight.

Heart-healthy Diet- Apart from half your plate coming from plants, such as leafy greens and colorful veggies and fruits- add heart-healthy fats, like the omega-3 fatty acids in salmon. Lean meats and legumes are good sources of protein. For fiber, opt for whole grains instead of refined carbohydrates. You can easily control your blood sugar, cholesterol and blood pressure with a diet low in refined sugars, trans fats and sodium.

Quit Smoking- You can highly boost your odds of living a healthier life by quitting smoking. According to studies, current and former smokers have a high risk of developing atrial fibrillation. Furthermore, smoking increases your risk of stroke. Apart from nicotine patches, gum or lozenges- medical treatment to stop smoking could double your chances of quitting successfully.

Blood Thinners- Your doctor may prescribe blood thinners after you’ve been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation to lower your risk of stroke. While taking your medications, make sure to ask your doctor what’s safe to eat, and what isn’t as these anticoagulant drugs can interact with some foods, supplements, or even other medications.

Go Easy on Coffee- Some doctors told people with A-fib never to drink coffee in the past, but current studies suggest caffeine isn’t linked to more episodes. Still, don’t overdo the coffee as drinking too much coffee can raise your blood pressure which can be a trigger.

Physical Activity- There are no two ways about physical activity having immense health benefits. Physical activity on a regular basis can lower your chance of complications from all kinds of heart disease. But intense exercise can sometimes trigger A-fib so start slowly if you aren’t used to it. Consult with your doctor who can help you figure out what kind of exercise is best and safe for you.

Manage Stress- An irregular heartbeat can get triggered by stress related to a particular event. Additionally, ongoing stress often leads to unhealthy habits like smoking and heavy drinking- both bad for your ticker. Manage your tension by trying a meditative practice like yoga and you may cut the number of A-fib episodes you have in half.

Limit Alcohol- If you are a regular drinker, limit your alcohol intake as binge drinking and regular drinking are linked to heart rhythm problems, even for people with healthy tickers. A glass of wine is probably fine for people with A-fib though.

Vaccination- Get your shots before the arrival of flu season as people who get regular flu and pneumonia vaccines have a lower risk of heart attack.

CPR Cincinnati in Ohio offers CPR courses for both healthcare and non-healthcare providers. Join a course today and become AHA certified in the life-saving CPR technique that comprises chest compressions and rescue breaths. Call on 513-828-3488 to sign up for a class.

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Alternatives for Payday Loans

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It is easy to claim that flash credits and car loans are only bad and should be banned completely. But the problem is that there is a demand for it. A Pew survey shows that most users of payday loans say that these loans benefit from this – but at the same time most say that the loans offer much needed relief.

Fortunately, there are better ways to raise money in a crisis. Sometimes it is possible to survive without borrowing money. You can sell your assets or request an advance on your paycheck. You can also request emergency assistance, such as Medicaid or SNAP (food stamps), or seek help with paying off other debts.

But even if you have to borrow money, there are better places to declare than a payday loan. In many cases, friends and family can help you with a loan. Pawn shops and many online lenders offer small loans, even to people with bad credit.

Finally, if you have a credit card, a pension fund, a life insurance policy or even a bank account, you can look after it as a source of emergency money. These options are expensive, but in the long run they are better than being stuck in payday loan debts.

Here are several alternatives and ways to avoid payday loans:

1. Budget better

As the 2012 Pew survey shows, most people take payday loans to cover their daily expenses. Borrowers provide explanations such as “I was in the back of my mortgage and cable account” or “I have to pay bills”.

But in such a situation, a flash credit is only a connection. If you do not live within your means, borrowing money does not solve the problem. In fact, it adds by giving you interest on top of all your other expenses.

What you need in this case is a better household budget. You need to look closely at all your expenses – rent, food, utilities, etc. – and find out how much you can really pay for each expense. Then you can look for ways to trim your expenses to bring them into line with your income.

When your salary is small, it can be difficult to stretch it to cover all your bills. But if you look closely at your spending, you can often find hidden budgetbusters that can be cut down.

Some examples are:

Gym membership . If you are a member of a gym, switch to free or cheap training videos. With an average gym membership of $ 41 a month, this can save you $ 492 a year.

Cable TV . If you have cable TV, try a cheaper online TV service instead. The average monthly cable bill in this country is $ 99, but Hulu and Netflix both cost around $ 10 a month. So if you cut the cord, you can save $ 89 a month, or $ 1,068 a year.

Mobile telephone service . If you have a smartphone with a pricey data plan, you can drop it in favor of a simple flip phone with a cheaper mobile phone plan. Coverage of major airlines costs at least $ 60 a month, but a standard prepaid phone costs only $ 3 a month. That is a saving of $ 57 per month, or $ 684 per year.

Bad habits . If you are a regular smoker or drinker, kicking this habit can help your health and your wallet. A pack of cigarettes costs at least $ 6 in most countries, so if you stop smoking you have at least $ 2190 a year. And just removing two cocktails from $ 6 a week will save you $ 624 a year.

Food stops . Regular stops at the coffee shop, supermarket or fast-food drive-through add up. Stopping once for a latte, a taco or a soda and a bag of chips only costs about $ 3. But do it every day, and that’s $ 1,095 a year that you could keep in your pocket.

If reducing these small expenses is not enough to make a dent in your budget, try to think bigger. See if you can find a cheaper apartment, give up your car or lower your supermarket bill. Such a cut is painful, but it is now better to tighten your belt than to be in debt for months or years at a time.

2. Use Emergency Assistance

Sometimes you trim all the fat you can get out of your budget and you still ca n’t manage to make ends meet. When that happens, it is no shame to ask for help. Many churches and social organizations can offer help in the short term with rent, food, utility bills and other emergencies. Some of them also offer small loans at very low interest rates.

In addition, there are government programs that help with the following:

Housing . According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, more than five million American households receive some sort of federal housing assistance. Low-income families can use social housing, subsidized housing or vouchers that cover part of their rent. To request these programs, contact your local public housing office.

Healthcare . The Affordable Care Act, commonly known as “Obamacare”, offers grants to people on a low income to pay for health insurance. You can discover how to register in your state by going to HealthCare.gov. If your income is low enough, you can get free or cheap healthcare coverage through Medicaid. You can also find affordable medical care through free clinics, trade clinics, emergency care centers and non-profit organizations that help cover prescription costs.

Food . If your income is low enough, you can receive food aid through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This is the same program that was once known as “food stamps” – but nowadays the help comes in the form of an electronic card. If you want to know if you are eligible for SNAP, view the interactive tool on the Food and Nutrition Service site.

Utilities . The Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) with a low income helps households with a low income at home with heating and at home. Each state has its own LIHEAP program with funding from the federal government. States can spend the money to help people pay for their home’s energy bill, deal with weather emergencies, and minor repairs to heating and cooling systems. To request the program, contact the LIHEAP office in your country.

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 Hair loss is a topic that is sensitive and painful for many. The best way to combat hair loss is to learn all you can about potential remedies and solutions intended to mitigate its impact. The tips in this article will go a long way toward alleviating the concern felt by those suffering from unwanted hair loss.

If you're a vegetarian or anemic, a lack of iron in your diet may be the cause of your hair loss. You should check with your doctor and have your iron levels tested. If they're low, try consuming leafy vegetables, beans, or lean cuts of red meat to increase your iron level.

Switching your pillow case can help to prevent hair loss. Satin or silk pillowcases are though to help prevent hair loss. Sleeping with a cotton or flannel pillow case can cause friction to your head which can cause damage to the hair follicles and make the hair fall out.

Change your diet; it is important to include certain types of nutrients to help prevent hair loss. Make sure to consume plenty of vitamin A, vitamin E and vitamin C. Foods like avocados, oranges and carrots are great additions to your meals. You should also try to include omega-3 fatty acids in your diet as well.

It is crucial that you stay as hydrated as you can if you want to prevent hair loss. Being dehydrated means that your hair follicles will get weaker, which is one of the causes of hair loss. It is recommended that everyone should drink at least 8 glasses of water a day.

If you are taking a bath or shower, try to stick to lukewarm or cold water to wash your hair. Hot water can strip all the oils from your skin, which can yield the dryness and breakable hair. Only wash with warm water if you desire to have a healthy head of hair.

For women who are worried about hair loss, avoid pulling your hair back tightly. The hair on the top and front of our heads is very sensitive and tend to be what are pulled the most tightly. This gradually brings the end of the hair follicle closer to the scalp, which makes it fall out easier.

The most essential foods that you can put in your body for your hair are fruits. Fruits contain a plethora of beneficial nutrients and complement any meal during the day or night. Eat fruit to obtain a high dose of vitamin C, which helps with collagen formation for your hair.

If you're thinking about purchasing a minoxidil product to assist in the re-growth of hair, aim for a generic brand. Generic brands will still give you the strong 5% minoxidil solution and the product will cost a lot less money. Never pay for the brand name. You're paying too much money for the same results.

If your hair is thinning quickly, make sure you have enough iron in your diet. Iron deficiency can cause hair and nails to be brittle and break easily, it can also cause hair loss. Add iron-rich foods to your diet such as red meats, spinach, lentils and peanut butter.

GUNWANT S DHALIWAL Qualified tips provider.  Excessive brushing of your hair can cause unnecessary breakage and hair loss. Brush hair enough to style and smooth it, but try to avoid overdoing it. Brushing stimulates scalp oils which is a good thing, but too much of a good thing can make hair look flat, greasy and thin.

Too much alcohol consumption can cause hair loss. A few drinks a week will not have an effect on your hair, but alcoholism does. If you are an alcoholic, there are many reasons to get help that is more important than hair loss. Talk to your physician and join Alcoholics Anonymous if you are battling an alcohol addiction.

Your male pattern baldness is most likely the result of a chemical reaction that's taking place in your body, where your testosterone is actually being used against you, so look in to correcting this by taking a testosterone supplement. It may just help you to grow some of that hair back.

Try to keep yourself from being stressed out. Having stress can lead to hair loss and early gray hair. You can avoid the stress by using methods like meditation or yoga. This will help keep stress levels down and help you with maintaining your hair and not losing any more.

To control your risk of losing your hair, lower your risk of diabetes. Diabetes, like many diseases, is a fairly common non-genetic reason for hair loss. Cut the amount of sugar in your diet, watch your weight, and make sure that if you do have diabetes, you control it well. These actions will all help prevent diabetes-related hair loss.

Control your hair loss by getting sleep. Getting enough sleep is important because it rejuvenates your body and hair and makes it healthier. It also removes toxins in your body which can make your hair healthier and less prone to fall out. It's recommended you get at least 8 hours of sleep a night.

The things that you put in your body are going to help determine if you are going to lose your hair. If you are a smoker, you need to quit! If you are a regular drinker, you need to consume less. These things contain toxins that will increase the chances of hair loss.

Perhaps your hair loss is leaving you confused about how you should clean your hair. If you possess more than a little hair on the top of your head, keep shampooing it.

Take a high-quality multi-vitamin daily. This can help your body from becoming depleted of necessary vitamins. Your hair, like everything else in your body, depends on the proper levels of vitamins and minerals in order to grow. If your body is depleted, the results may be hair loss. Eating a wide variety of fruits and vegetables can also help.

GUNWANT S DHALIWAL Proficient tips provider.  Losing one's hair is something that can be difficult and emotionally taxing. In order to find effective solutions, education on what works and what does not is vital. Put these tips into action and seize ultimate control over a situation that you may have previously considered to be a lost cause.

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Mesquite is a quirky and prolific species of plant. Native to the American Southwest, Texas, and northern Mexico, it’s a plant or tree in its numerous varieties that conjures up cowboys, vacqueros, and Spaghetti Westerns. Part of the legume family, the tree grows funkily and wide with twists and turns, elbows and dog legs, plus thorns for defensive purposes all making them great for postcards, tough little birds to perch in, charcoal making, and firewood.

Stephen Paul figured out something else to do with mesquite wood. Make furniture. A few decades back, he started taking this weird wood and carving out home furniture in Tucson, Arizona. Tables, chairs, armoires, and the like. And he got pretty damn good at it. Arroyo Design became synonymous with high quality, unique home furnishings even though mesquite is not the easiest component to work with. Take all those funky twists and turns, add knots, bullets, barbed wire and whatever else that has found its way into the limbs and trunks, and you have something far more complicated to work with than, say, your friendly, homogeneous, and monotonous Home Depot 2×4 of Douglas Fir.

It takes a great deal of persistence and creativity with the various shenanigans that mesquite wood brings to the table saw and lathe. But Stephen took on the challenge and built Arroyo Design up as their handmade fine furniture became well known and award winning. No one else was using mesquite in furniture making to this degree and Stephen saw it as something intrinsically Tucson and the Sonoran Desert.

That lack of homogeneity with the wood brings with it a fair amount of waste. Scraps are thrown into the dumpster by and large, and Stephen would bring buckets of it home for the fireplace and barbecue.

Behind almost every successful man is a woman with a better idea, which might bring on an argument (not to be confused with a cargument), or better yet, something worth pursuing. Or both. Stephen’s wife, Elaine, wondered one evening around the fire while burning up some of those wood chunks if barley could be smoked with mesquite to make whiskey. See, the Pauls were casual Scotch drinkers and knew the basics of the whisky making process. Drying out barley with peat or some such. It was probably a more complicated process, but it made Stephen intrigued nonetheless. Very intrigued. Mesquite smoked barley.  That might be a thing.

So, like all good would-be distillers, Stephen bought himself a tiny “tabletop” 5 gallon alembic pot-still from Portugal, experimenting with the process and admittedly making really horrible… well, something that barely was distinguishable as whiskey. “Blech” might have been a good name for all of the experiments. But he wasn’t giving up. The little still became a bit of a conversation piece at the furniture factory as visitors noticed it not exactly hiding in plain sight.

Bit by bit the experiments got better, Stephen dove in deeper, learning more about the whole process of creating a flavor, and his daughter, Amanda, got involved with the project. Amanda told her father (after he bought a 40 gallon pot still from Europe) that they need to do this the right and legal way. The Pauls were not going to be moonshiners. Amanda, now Hamilton’s creative director, is a good daughter and my two should take notice of this good daughterness of watching over her father. She probably just didn’t want to go to jail.  Be that as it may, this foresight back in 2011 started the process of getting properly permitted so the bad whisky making could continue legally!  Well, not exactly.  A little bit of knowledge and practice went a long way, and somewhere along the way the juice started tasting good. Really good, in fact. Stephen figured out the malting technique plus the barley smoking with that mesquite and he finally hit on something.

But why? Why make the effort? Why figure out how to malt barley in 100° weather? Why buy a copper still and learn all the intricacies of using it? Why smoke said barley with the aforementioned mesquite on your own? Why try and make single malt whiskey at all?  In Arizona?

For Stephen, it’s closely related to his fine furniture making that was still going strong at the time. Making a whiskey that spoke of Tucson and the desert was something that no one was doing. If you’re crazy enough to make furniture out of a desert wood, why not make whisky in the desert with that same wood and the same spirit of the land?

Now malting the barley on your own is off the deep end of one of the many pools dotting Tucson backyards, and a whole different story when making whiskey. Why not call a commercial malting house, tell them to malt barley and dry it with mesquite smoke and just order some? Oh, if it was so easy, we’d all be doing it, right? Under the big banner of “handmade”, Stephen decided to do his own maltings. Now, mind you, there probably aren’t 20 distilleries doing that in the world. In the world! And one is in Tucson. Arizona. Which puts into the company of Laphroaig, Kilchoman, and Highland Park, to name just a few. Those are in Scotland, by the way. No one waters lawns in Tucson, and there isn’t a lot of barley getting soaked either. Granted, there aren’t many lawns in the area that aren’t maintained for golf but that’s beside the point.

Stephen probably would be farming his own barley, but that’s definitely not a thing in the arid Arizona climate. We’ll give him a few years to figure that one out. Currently the barley comes in from Colorado ready for Hamilton’s soak and dry sauna treatment.  Arizona’s few barley farmers are agricultural forward producing high protein grains for livestock feed.  Whiskey making needs barley on the other end of spectrum – high carb with all those starches. Hamilton’s grain makes for a rich, sweet and creamy malt.  But the long term goal is locally grown variety to make Hamilton even more Tucson, Arizonan.

An 8,000 square foot space in a nondescript multi unit warehouse building on the east side of Tucson houses Hamilton Distillers. I-10 parallels the business park that is home to the whiskey maker producing under the Del Bac brand. The front door and face of the building is like many industrial spaces. This glass door differing with only the words “Hamilton Distillers” on it. The back of the building is the “business end” of this shotgun. Next to a loading ramp behind the warehouse is a fenced off area with a squarish metal smoker for lack of a better term. Chunks of mesquite wood were stacked up on pallets next to the smoker and its three interior shelves opening to the north. A venting system takes the sweet smoke from the smoker back into the warehouse for its part in the Del Bac birth. Not long ago Stephen walked me from through the Hamilton process: malting to glass, fire and smoke to whiskey.

On that day with Stephen as the guide, I was treated to a detailed look at how Hamilton does what they do. An unassuming man and avid listener who seemed to be as intent on my words as I of his, Stephen happily brought me up to speed on the Hamilton story. We traced the route that the smoke would take back into the warehouse as it wafts into a large but squat custom made stainless steel cylindrical shaped vessel. This unique custom-made unit doubles as a malting AND kilning container. A big space saver, yes, but in reality it gives Hamilton more control over the details. When you’re making fine furniture or high quality single malt, details are everything.

The little things are crucial in this hot, dry environment that becomes hot and humid then bone-chilling cold at a moment’s notice. The Angel’s have skin cancer from taking their share in the excoriating sun and heat. The process has to be tailored around and with the desert in mind. It’s a world where there are two distinct rainy seasons, where temperatures drop forty degrees in a day or never drop below three digits.  Don’t fight it; just live with it. Casks are stacked up in the middle of the building but not for too long as the summer heat takes it toll. We won’t ever see 5, 10, 25 year old single malt whiskey from Hamilton unless they add a climate control system, move casks elsewhere to age, or put up a really big shade. But then it wouldn’t be truly Tucson.

New American White Oak with a #3 char is the preferred barrel for the mesquite smoked juice to age in. How about a mesquite barrel? Stephen tried that with awful success. Too much of something can be a bad thing it seems. But experiments are ongoing with wine and sherry casks.  In fact a Pedro Jimenez sherry cask is aging Hamilton juice as we speak.

My first visit last August 2017 was short and very sweet. Stopping in a local liquor store, Plaza Liquors and Fine Wines, I saw Del Bac on the shelf for the first time and was very intrigued yet saddened as the Dorado – Hamilton’s mesquite smoked version (there’s also a non-smoked one called Classic) – was out of stock. Tears and/or sweat trickled down my face. It was 106° outside.  The store manager graciously called the distillery and asked if I could come by to pick up a bottle since he wasn’t getting more in for a few days. Dale Riggins, Director of Sales and PR at Hamilton, sold me a bottle, gave me a quick tour, and allowed me to play with the distillery cats and Guero, Dale’s uberfriendly Golden Retriever, aka @guerotheperro on Instagram. And there was a promise of a longer visit on my next stop in Tucson.  Dale’s background brings another multifaceted toolbox to Hamilton.  Wine sommelier and cocktail pro with a more than a twist of tiki in her toolkit, she sees Del Bac as a whiskey with many possibilities.  Neat, with water, in an Old Fashioned, in tiki cocktails, Del Bac’s curious mix of smoke and savoriness lends itself to spinning traditional drinks in directions most wouldn’t think of venturing, and opens up a crayon box of flavors to experiment with.

On my second stop in May of this year, Stephen went above and beyond with his hospitality. We sat and chatted around a large table in the warehouse after the hardcore tour and digging around the casks. The space between the cage of casks and office area is a nicely furnished one. A mesquite hutch with various American whiskies and a few Scotch ones sits along the wall. A bar of sorts on the opposite wall is ready made to pour samples for visitors. In between are various small counter high tables and two long rectangle ones for tastings and special events. Most of the furniture is handmade, of course. There are other distinctly southwestern furnishings including a large picture of Emiliano Zapata just so you don’t forget where you are. ¡Viva la Revolución! And that 40 gallon copper still is in one corner, now a piece of Hamilton history.

Stephen and I settled along one of the long tables and kibitzed about all thing whiskey. This little hobby has become a full-time job, the furniture business now in the past. There’s a grain silo out back that can house 60,000 lbs of barley. Production is continually growing as is distribution. Del Bac is now found in at least a twenty-three states with global distribution into Canada, Japan, the UK, as well as a few other western European mesquite loving countries.

The process is run by only a couple of people. Head distiller Nathan Thompson-Avelino and his assistant Ramon Olivas mind to all the of the details in this simple, efficient, hands on distillery. Hamilton uses a double distillation method with its 500 gallon computerized system. It’s a Scotch style for this Arizonan whiskey in it’s custom made stainless steel still from Oregon. Malting, smoking, mashing, fermenting, distilling, aging and bottling are all done on the premises by Stephen’s small crew though anyone can sign up to help out with the bottling part.

Del Bac Dorado is a mouthful of sweet smokiness that lingers on the tongue for a good long while. Chewy and barbecuey, rich and tangy, the basic Dorado is an eye opener. At cask strength, it’s a robust whirlwind taking your mouth through a bonfire at dusk on a quiet mesa with the bursting sun on its way to the horizon. This is a whiskey built for the desert by people of the desert.

The quarterly released Distillers Cut is a varying experiment clocking in around 60% ABV.  The current batch is finished in an ex-Woodford cask, the last one in a Madeira cask.  Same distillate aging in different woods to see what will happen.

And they also bottle a non-aged version of the mesquite Dorado called Clear.  It’s Hamilton’s new make with a bit more “tails” to it and rested in the bottle for a few months to mellow.  It’s a perfect spirit for cocktails that need a little something extra without going over and into a slot canyon.

The Sonoran Desert is a landscape like no other on the planet. The colors change with the time of day and season. Purples, browns, blues, golds, oranges, grays and whites explode, glisten, and cool as the endless number of stars come out. It can be an eerie mix whether in the roasting summer sun, frigid winter, or end of summer, early fall wet monsoon season. This is the southwestern desert bathed in oppressive sunshine and heat and blackened night skies. Mountains rise up from the cracking terra surrounded in saguaros and patrolled by screaming hawks hunting for prey.

To live here means learning to live in the desert’s extremes. Survival and adaptation are the watch words. Becoming part of this vast land of plenty where some see nothing but dry dirt is vital.  Hamilton Distillers are Tucson and the Sonoran Desert. They’ve taken mesquite – an ancient tree of the land – felled for other uses, and coaxed it with fire to make Hamilton’s “water of life” in a place where water either is a scarce commodity or cascades in frightening torrents depending on the season. If you smoke the barley, they will come, and for Hamilton Distillers the legions are growing, finding this bold whiskey on a growing list of shelves and bars.  Stephen Paul and company are bringing Tucson to the whiskey masses one smoldering mesquite log at a time.

Our man in #LA, @AaronMKrouse, takes us on a tour of Tuscon's #HamiltonDistillers. #whisky Mesquite is a quirky and prolific species of plant. Native to the American Southwest, Texas, and northern Mexico, it’s a plant or tree in its numerous varieties that conjures up…