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"ACT II Cowboy Carter: Just for Fun" - Beyonce Knowles Carter

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"Kiss of the Knife"

STU MACHER X READER

Chapter Three: “Ghosts Can Bleed”

*—a new body, an old lie—

Woodsboro Sheriff’s Department – 10:17 a.m.

Deputy Barker pushed the crime scene photos across the table with a grimace. “That makes three in forty-eight hours. Same signature. Same knife.”

Sheriff Winters flipped through the blood-slicked prints: a cheerleader found gutted in her driveway, a barista strangled with a telephone cord in the back of Woodsboro Java, and now—this.

A high school guidance counselor. Face carved with a familiar, mocking smile.

“Don’t say it,” she muttered.

Barker didn’t have to. They both knew. It was back.

Or someone wanted it to be.

⸻

Outskirts of Woodsboro – Motel 6

“I shouldn’t be here,” she whispered, pacing the length of the small room like a caged animal.

“No one knows,” Randy said, perched at the edge of the bed, hands shaking. “They all still think you died in the original massacre.”

She stopped. “That’s the point.”

Randy glanced at the letter again, then at the bloodstained message he’d brought earlier. “You don’t fake your death and stay gone for five years just to check in under your real initials.”

“I didn’t check in. Someone else did—for me. And left this.” She pulled the Polaroid from her coat. Randy paled.

“Jesus. You think it’s him?”

“I think it’s someone who knows what Stu and I were. What we did.”

“And what you survived,” Randy added. “Barely.”

The name had barely left his mouth and it still made her spine stiffen: Stu Macher.

She’d seen him die. Had felt his blood on her hands.

But five years was a long time to be dead. And now someone was playing Stu’s game—maybe with him.

Randy reached into his backpack and pulled out a manila envelope, something he’d been holding back.

“I found this in the department’s digital archive,” he said. “Never released to the public. Gail digitized a bunch of case files before she went off-grid.”

He dropped it on the bed between them.

The label read:

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE – SUBJECT 037 – LAST SEEN WITH STU MACHER

She stared.

Her file.

Blood-soaked. Sealed. Forgotten.

“Town thought you burned up in the Macher house fire,” Randy said. “There was no body. But they found traces—blood, your necklace, enough to convince everyone.”

“Everyone but him,” she whispered. “Whoever’s sending these… they know I survived.”

And maybe they knew why.

She looked out the motel window. Woodsboro looked the same. Quiet. Hollow. Watching.

“Who’s the third victim?” she asked.

Randy hesitated. “Miss Langford. She was our guidance counselor senior year.”

Her stomach twisted.

“She was the only adult who ever asked me if something was wrong,” she muttered.

“They’re picking off the loose threads,” Randy said. “Anyone who might’ve known you didn’t die.”

She turned back toward the door.

“Where are you going?” he asked.

“To find the fourth thread.”

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Woodsboro – Abandoned Library Basement

The library had closed after the first round of murders, but the basement—long ignored—held records dating back a century. Surveillance files, yearbooks, tapes Gail never aired, confessions, things sealed under “classified trauma management.”

She pried the file cabinet open with a crowbar.

There—hidden behind a stack of 1996 VHS tapes and dust-thick files—was a folder labeled:

MACHER – PERSONAL EFFECTS (UNRELEASED)

Inside was a tape.

Written in faded Sharpie:

“To Her—In Case You Lived.”

She didn’t breathe.

Not until the old television sparked to life and Stu’s face lit up the screen, grainy and grinning.

“Hey, baby,” his voice crackled through the static. “Guess this means you made it out.”

[southeastasianists]

Over the last 2 years, the ABC’s news website has featured at least six stories focussing on cruelty to animals in Indonesia. The stories are accompanied by graphic images and a warning: ‘This story contains graphic images that some readers may find distressing’. The ABC has not paid equivalent attention to violence against animals in any other foreign country during this period. Indonesia seems to be the site of choice from which the ABC sources images of cruelty to animals. Furthermore, the experts and commentators encountered in this coverage are almost invariably Australians or Europeans, which gives audiences the incorrect impression that it is only Australians or Europeans who are protecting animals from cruelty in Indonesia.

Australians continue to know little and think poorly about Indonesia. This is a little puzzling, for there are many reasons to think these problems might have disappeared. For example, Australians love Bali, and for decades Australian governments have been introducing programs to make it easier for young Australians to study Indonesian language and to visit the country.

We have had ample opportunity to broaden public knowledge of Indonesia beyond beaches, terror and natural disasters, and to recognise the amazing array of civilisations and cultures that combine together under the flag of the Republic of Indonesia. Yet the Lowy Institute, which regularly polls Australians to establish their attitudes towards countries in our region, concluded this year that “Australians continue to demonstrate a lack of knowledge about, and trust in, our largest neighbour, Indonesia”.

Media representations clearly have much to do with these public attitudes. The ongoing broadcast of negative images about the country has probably dissuaded all but the most curious from wanting to know the realities of Indonesia. Australian media do not malevolently or ignorantly circulate negative images; they have moved beyond the attitudes that in the past underpinned media misrepresentations about Asia. Rather, the construction of negative impressions happens almost invisibly as a by-product of well-meaning coverage of problems with which we are legitimately concerned. The ABC’s reportage of violence towards animals illustrates how this happens.

The ABC’s journalists do not search for or create this content. It comes from advocacy groups independent of the ABC, or is sourced from Jakarta’s English language news media. Occasionally ABC journalists write as guests of advocacy groups, which invite journalists to participate in their media strategies. So, when the ABC journalist Anne Barker was hosted by the World Wildlife Federation at a nature reserve in Indonesia’s Riau province, she joined Richmond footballers who had also been brought there for the promotion (Sumatran Tigers on the Brink of Extinction, 3/12/19).

The WWF, ABC and the footballers are doing valuable work in drawing attention to animal populations at risk. But must Indonesia continually be the location from which images of cruelty are sourced? By relying on Indonesia as the source above other countries, and by circulating the associated images so liberally, the ABC is unwittingly constructing and affirming an unfair and inaccurate image of the country.

Animals Australia In recent years, the ABC has frequently obtained Indonesia-related material from Animals Australia. This organisation provides the ABC with content sourced by its staff and investigators, and the ABC circulates it. The synergy between the two organisations is understandable. Animals Australia plays an important role in drawing attention to cases of cruelty to animals. The ABC recognises correctly that most Australians accept this issue as one that concerns the national interest.

In some stories, the relevance to Australian government policy is direct: Animals Australia has done valuable work in advocating compliance with the Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS), a code governing the conduct of animal export established by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment.

Yet there are dimensions to this collaboration that we ought to question. For one thing, there are never any stories in which visual images are not central. These images encourage readers to click into the content, but they keep a triangle of re-occurring elements before the attention of ABC readers: graphic depictions of cruelty to animals, judgements such as “inhumane” that scream from the headlines and warnings, and thirdly, the fiction that Indonesia is the prime site for the occurrence of such cruelty.

One can understand why the Animals Australia website would make use of such shocking imagery. Animals Australia is an activist group advocating for its ideological position, and the group should not be expected to give much consideration to the geographical source of its images. The images enable it to convey its messages effectively, and are important for its fundraising efforts. The first image welcoming visitors to its website is an image of a lamb with pleading gaze. The ‘Donate Now’ button sits centimetres from the lamb’s eyes. The cute images sit beside horrifying images of violence towards animals – many of them recorded by the group’s activists during visits to Indonesia. The donate button sits close to these images also.

But must the ABC cooperate so actively in the circulation of images provided by Animals Australia? The ongoing coverage is creating an unfair and untrue impression of Indonesia for Australians. This impression could be righted with recognition of two other strands of the story.

The true story behind animal cruelty First, Indonesia is not as different from Australia as these images suggest.  In fact, Indonesia has an enthusiastic and well-supported animal rights lobby.

Indonesian volunteers rally around the programs of Profauna, for example, a not-for-profit established in East Java in 1994 to protect animals from illegal trading and habitat destruction caused by logging. Animal welfare organisations and clubs gather increasing numbers of like-minded people to raise awareness and activism. Popular celebrities such as Davina Veronica and Nadya Hutagulung leverage their profiles in order to publicly advocate on behalf of animals, just as Brigitte Bardot and Leonardo DiCaprio do in Europe and the USA. Were Davina and Nadya made the subject and agents of ABC reporting, fairer and more representative images of a humane Indonesia would appear before Australian readers and viewers.

The second point is not about similarity, but difference. In understanding why standards of animal treatment in Indonesia often fall below those in Australia, it is helpful to understand how progressive causes of this kind catch on widely. They rely upon populations being drawn into shared conversations in which progressive positions are advocated and justified. This has not happened in Indonesia in the way it has here.

Indonesia has had to build its educational, economic and public health systems almost from scratch since it became independent in 1945, and has laboured to create for its population the prosperity taken for granted in Australia. Educational standards have not developed in accordance with the hopes of policy makers and citizens. Large segments of the Indonesian population lack access to basic information concerning health and sanitation, let alone emerging causes such as animal rights and environmental issues.

On the UNDP Human Development Index Australia is ranked sixth, while Indonesia is ranked 111th. Indonesian young people attend school for a mean of 8 years, while the mean for Australia is 12.7. These rankings reveal the difficulties the Indonesian government faces in empowering its population, and also explain the slower uptake of progressive causes.

Against this background, the ABC’s reliance upon Indonesia for images of cruelty is unfair to our northern neighbour. It is also unfair to Australians, for it compounds Australians’ ignorance of the history and contemporary conditions of life in the country. The coverage continues the unfairness post-colonial nations like Indonesia have had to encounter in building national systems from a position of massive disadvantage in comparison to prosperous settler nations like Australia. And it dissuades Australians from wanting to know more about Indonesia.

Changing the story Is anyone to blame here? Not really. Animals Australia is doing what its mission requires it to do – draw cruelty to animals to the attention of Australians and to raise money to enable it to do this. The ABC knows the material will find approval from Australian viewers. Furthermore, it helps the ABC play a valuable public role in calling industries to account for their treatment of animals.

Yet this situation ought to be changed out of fairness to our Indonesian neighbours and for the benefit of young Australians needing a better knowledge of their region. Such changes will not be difficult: images of animal cruelty sourced from Indonesia should be reduced in ABC news coverage and replaced by images from other locations. This will not hurt the pro-animals cause at all.

And second, the ABC should establish a new relationship with an Indonesian partner, enabling Australians to learn that this humane cause is shared – not opposed – by our close neighbours. Animal cruelty is not an Indonesian specialisation, but is present everywhere, and Australians will benefit from gaining awareness of the similarities and differences to be encountered in the true story of animal welfare in Indonesia.

Julian Millie (Julian.Millie@Monash.edu) is Professor of Indonesian Studies in the Faculty of Arts at Monash University

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A mai nap ugyanúgy megfelelő arra, mint bármelyik másik az eddigi 2020-asokból, hogy megosszam kedvenc 2019-es lemezeim listáját. Az elmúlt két évtizedben ezt mindig megtettem év végén, tavaly valahogyan elmaradt (leginkább mert nem törődtem vele és csak valamikor januárban csináltam meg) és most, hogy Loraine James bejelentett egy új EP-t (https://pitchfork.com/news/loraine-james-announces-nothing-ep-shares-new-song-listen/), eszembe jutott ez a lista, mert hogy Loraine James tavalyi LP-je a 2. rajta. Szóval teljes relevanciával, íme a kedvenc 2019-es lemezeim. Tényleg csak annak reményében, hogy hátha talál rajta valaki valami olyant, amit nem ismer és majd boldoggá teszi a meghallgatása.

01. FKA twigs: Magdalene 9.5 (r&b) 02. Loraine James: For You And I  9.0 (idm) 03. Default Genders: Main Pop Girl 2019   9.0 (future pop) 04. Tyler, The Creator: Igor   9.0 (experihip-neosoulhop) 05. Mattiel: Satis Factory   9.0 (garázsyéyé-lofisoul) 06. Murlo: Dolos 9.0 (UK bass) 07. Yin Yin: The Rabbit That Hunts Tigers 9.0 (world funk) 08. The Sonic Dawn: Eclipse   9.0 (pszichpop) 09. Special Request: Vortex   9.0 (hardcore breaks techno) 10. Barker: Utility 9.0 (deconstructed house)

11. Holly Herndon: Proto   9.0 (kísérleti elektronika) 12. Ot to, Not To: It Loved To Happened   9.0 (mark hollis of experimental r&b) 13. Hand Habits: Placeholder   9.0 (slowfolk-dreamtweepop) 14. Purple Mountains: Purple Mountains  9.0 (indiefolkrock) 15. Sault: 5 9.0 (soul-afrobeat) 16. Michael Kiwanuka: Kiwanuka 9.0 (soul) 17. Kokoko!: Fongola   9.0 (kongói afrohouse) 18. The Caretaker: Everywhere At The End Of Time - Stage 6   9.0 (dark ambient) 19. Girl Band: The Talkies    9.0 (noise-art-posztpunk-rock) 20. Erika de Casier: Essentials 9.0 (r&b)

21. Special Request: Zero Fucks 9.0 (jungle) 22. Klein: Lifetime 9.0 (glitch) 23. PJ Harvey: All About Eve   9.0 (színpadi zene, de úúdeszép) 24. Nilüfer Yanya: Miss Universe   9.0 (gitárpop-pop) 25. Rosalie Cunningham: Rosalie Cunningham 9.0 (pszichrock, kabarépop, artpop) 26. Ari Lennox: Shea Butter Baby 9.0 (neosoul) 27. Anderson.Paak: Ventura 9.0 (neosoul) 28. Kaytranada: Bubba  9.0 (zsánertelen pop) 29. Bon Iver: i,i  9.0 (glitch-ambient-r&b-pop) 30. Andrew Wasylyk: The Paralian   9.0 (instrumentális pasztorál)

31. Minor Poet: The Good News   9.0 (00’s indierock) 32. Little Simz: Grey Area   9.0 (uk hiphop) 33. Kano: Hoodies All Summer 9.0 (grime) 34. slowthai: Nothing Great About Britain   9.0 (uk rap, grime) 35. Rapsody: Eve   9.0 (hiphop) 36. Rina Mushonga: Into A Galaxy   9.0 (pop) 37. Angel Olsen: All Mirrors   9.0 (art-barokk-kamarapop) 38. Hayden Thorpe: Diviner   9.0 (szofiszti-artpop) 39. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: Ghosteen  9.0 (ambinet-crooner) 40. Billie Eilish: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?   9.0 (pop)

41. Kornél Kovács: Stockholm Marathon   8.5 (housepopdeepoutside) 42. Lana Del Rey: Norman Fucking Rockwell!!   8.5 (pianopop) 43. Y La Bamba: Mujeres   8.5 (latin alt, indiefolk) 44. Yves Jarvis: The Same But By Different Means   8.5 (neopsych-folksoul) 45. Helado Negro: This Is How You Smile   8.5 (bossa-indiefolkronica) 46. Rev Magnetic: Verses Universe   8.5 (electro shoegaze) 47. Woolfy vs Projections: Destinations   8.5 (diszkó) 48. Clairo: Immunity 8.5 (pop) 49. Brittany Howard: Jaime   8.5 (pszich-jazz-hop-funk) 50. Jpegmafia: All My Heroes Are Cornballs   8.5 (expri-hiphop)

És innentől már tényleg csak akit nagyon-nagyon érdekel :)

Szóval tavaly ugye januártól elkezdtem pontosan dokumentálni, hogy miket hallgattam meg az új termésből, mi mennyire tetszett. Hozzávetőleges, sokszor csak félig hallgatott lemezek értékelése volt, de aztán valamikor június-júliusban ráuntam, mert nem úgy haladt, ahogyan terveztem, sok tervezett meghallgatás felhalmozódott, nehéz projekt ez, mert hát egyre több jó, de nem kiemelkedő lemez van, masszív túltermelés zajlik. De hát ki mondja meg bárkinek, aki hangszerhez nyúl, hogy ne tegye. Vagy legalábbis ne adja közre, ami kijön belőle. De ha nem mondjuk senkinek ezt, akkor ki értékeli ezt a mérhetetlen mennyiséget, tényleg csak tipp: évente sokszázezer lemez jelenik meg. És hát hogyan lehet objektíven értékelni, ha nem úgy, hogy a lehető legtöbbet megpróbáljuk hallani? Nem csak, azt a pár tucatot, amit a hype, meg a haverok elénk hoznak. 

Én ezt továbbra sem unom csinálni, továbbra is érdekel, hogy mi történik, kíváncsi vagyok, örömet okoz. De néha ráunok. Vagy elsodor. Azért az év második felét is behúztam úgy-ahogy, de év vége helyett valamikor 2020 januárban lett ez a lista, amire még később is rátettem tán két lemezt. Nincs vége ötvennél, amikor abbahagytam a szöszölést vele, akkor ennyi volt (138), amire úgy gondoltam, hogy ha évek múlva ránézek erre a listára, nem baj, ha a 112. helyen lévőről is beugrik majd valami. 

Nem tudom mennyi 2019-es lemezt hallottam összesen, tippre ezerpárszázat, abból ez a java, van jó pár tucat, amit felírtam, hogy még mindenképp meghallgatni, de nem került rá sor. És én sem felejtem el, hogy simán lehetne még egyszer ennyi olyanból, amiről alig pár ember hallott, de ott van Bandcampen, mint 2019-es lemez.

Nem szigorú, nyilván. A lista mindig csak játék!

1.      FKA twigs: Magdalene 9.5 (r&b)

Loraine James: For You And I  9.0 (idm)

Default Genders: Main Pop Girl 2019   9.0 (future pop)

Tyler, The Creator: Igor   9.0 (experihip-neosoulhop)

Mattiel: Satis Factory   9.0 (garázsyéyé-lofisoul)

Murlo: Dolos 9.0 (UK bass)

Yin Yin: The Rabbit That Hunts Tigers 9.0 (world funk)

The Sonic Dawn: Eclipse   9.0 (pszichpop)

Special Request: Vortex   9.0 (hardcore breaks techno)

Barker: Utility 9.0 (deconstructed house)

Holly Herndon: Proto   9.0 (kísérleti elektronika)

Ot to, Not To: It Loved To Happened   9.0 (mark hollis of experimental r&b)

Hand Habits: Placeholder   9.0 (slowfolk-dreamtweepop)

Purple Mountains: Purple Mountains  9.0 (indiefolkrock)

Sault: 5 9.0 (soul-afrobeat)

Michael Kiwanuka: Kiwanuka 9.0 (soul)

Kokoko!: Fongola   9.0 (kongói afrohouse)

The Caretaker: Everywhere At The End Of Time - Stage 6   9.0 (dark ambient)

Girl Band: The Talkies    9.0 (noise-art-posztpunk-rock)

Erika de Casier: Essentials 9.0 (r&b)

Special Request: Zero Fucks 9.0 (jungle)

Klein: Lifetime 9.0 (glitch)

PJ Harvey: All About Eve   9.0 (színpadi zene, de úúdeszép)

Nilüfer Yanya: Miss Universe   9.0 (gitárpop-pop)

Rosalie Cunningham: Rosalie Cunningham 9.0 (pszichrock, kabarépop, artpop)

Ari Lennox: Shea Butter Baby 9.0 (neosoul)

Anderson.Paak: Ventura 9.0 (neosoul)

Kaytranada: Bubba  9.0 (zsánertelen pop)

Bon Iver: i,i  9.0 (glitch-ambient-r&b-pop)

Andrew Wasylyk: The Paralian   9.0 (instrumentális pasztorál)

Minor Poet: The Good News   9.0 (00’s indierock)

Little Simz: Grey Area   9.0 (uk hiphop)

Kano: Hoodies All Summer 9.0 (grime)

slowthai: Nothing Great About Britain   9.0 (uk rap, grime)

Rapsody: Eve   9.0 (hiphop)

Rina Mushonga: Into A Galaxy   9.0 (pop)

Angel Olsen: All Mirrors   9.0 (art-barokk-kamarapop)

Hayden Thorpe: Diviner   9.0 (szofiszti-artpop)

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: Ghosteen  9.0 (ambinet-crooner)

Billie Eilish: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?   9.0 (pop)

Kornél Kovács: Stockholm Marathon   8.5 (housepopdeepoutside)

Lana Del Rey: Norman Fucking Rockwell!!   8.5 (pianopop)

Y La Bamba: Mujeres   8.5 (latin alt, indiefolk)

Yves Jarvis: The Same But By Different Means   8.5 (neopsych-folksoul)

Helado Negro: This Is How You Smile   8.5 (bossa-indiefolkronica)

Rev Magnetic: Verses Universe   8.5 (electro shoegaze)

Woolfy vs Projections: Destinations   8.5 (diszkó)

Clairo: Immunity 8.5 (pop)

Brittany Howard: Jaime   8.5 (pszich-jazz-hop-funk)

Jpegmafia: All My Heroes Are Cornballs   8.5 (expri-hiphop)

Jamila Woods: Legacy! Legacy!   8.5 (neosoul, alt r&b)

Fontaines D.C.: Dogrel 8.5 (artpunk)

Special Request: Offworld 8.5 (ambient techno)

Caterina Barbieri: Ecstatic Comutation 8.5 (progelectro)

Sault: 7 8.5 (soul-afrobeat-dub)

O’Flynn: Aletheia 8.5 (nu-disco)

Yak: Pursuit Of Momentary Happiness   8.5 (pszichrock)

Rap: Export   8.5 (experi-elektronika)

Nivhek: After…   8.5 (ambient-dreampop)

Big Thief: Two Hands    8.5 (folkrock)

Flamingods: Levitation 8.5 (psychdisco)

Physical Therapy: It Takes A Village-The Sounds Of Physical Therapy 8.5 (posztmind

Thom Yorke: Anima   8.5 (elektroartpop)

Kali Malone: The Sacrificial Code 8.5 (drone)

Octo Octa: Resonant Body 8.5 (euro-house)

Danny Brown: U Know What I’m Sayin? 8.5 (boombaphiphop)

Joose Keskitalo: En lahde surussa   8.5 (finn psychfolkpop)

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib: Bandana   8.5 (gangsta/boombap hiphop)

Chromatics: Closer To Grey   8.5 (diszkódreampop)

Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow   8.5 (dalszerzőpop)

VC-118A: Inside   8.5 (elektro-techno)

Vampire Weekend: Father Of The Bride   8.5 (indiepop)

Ohtis: Curve Of Earth   8.5 (folkamericana)

Callum Easter: Here Or Nowhere   8.5 (szellemjárta, másvilági lofipop)

Durand Jones & The Indications: American Love Call   8.5 (chicago soul, retrosoul)

Black Pumas: Black Pumas   8.5 (psychsoulrock)

Ogawa & Tokoro: Planetary Exploration 8.5 (bedroom electronica)

Sessa: Grandeza   8.5 (brazilpop, mpb)

96 Back: Excitable, Girl   8.5 (nu-electro)

Georgia: Time   8.5 (absztrakt elektronika)

Galcher Lustwerk: Information 8.5 (deep house)

Angel Bat Dawid: The Oracle   8.5 (jazz)

Injury Reserve: Injury Reserve  8.5 (experihiphop)

75 Dollar Bill: I Was Real 8.5 (drone-jam, pszichrock)

Richard Dawson: 2020 8.5 (artrock, progfolk)

Rustin Man: Drift Code   8.5 (posztjazz-artrock)

Kali Malone: The Sacrificial Code 8.5 (drone)

Dave Harrington: Pure Imagination, No Country   8.5 (artrock-postjazz)

DJ Healer: Lost Lovesongs / Lostsongs Vol. 2   8.5 (ambient-broken beat)

Fire! Orchestra: Arrival   8.5 (experibigbandjazz)

Nkisi: 7 Directions   8.5 (future techno)

Special Request: Bedroom Tapes   8.5 (idm, ambient techno)

Denzel Curry: ZUU   8.5 (avanttrap)

Megan Thee Stallion: Fever   8.5 (traprap)

Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats: Anger Management   8.0 (hiphop)

Stats: Other People’s Lives   8.5 (gitáros groovepop)

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba: Miri   8.5 (mande)

These New Puritans: Inside The Rose   8.5 (posztpop)

Tropical Fuck Storm: Braindrops 8.5 (artrock)

Fennesz: Agora   8.5 (ambient)

Agent blå: Morning Thoughts   8.5 (indie-dream-posztpunk)

Henning: Natter Utan Dagar   8.5 (softrock, “markknopflerwave”)

Blanck Mass: Animated Violence Mild   8.5 (noise-electro)

Bent Knee: You Know What They Mean 8.5 (artrock)

Flume: Hi This Is Flume 8.5 (wonky)

Feels: Post Earth   8.5 (lofi-posztpunk)

Fling: Fling Or Die   8.5 (indiepsychpop)

Isaac Birituro & The Rail Abandon: Kalba   8.5 (ghánai xylofon, folkronika)

Floating Points: Crush 8.5 (progelectronika)

Junior Brielle: Tampa   8.5 (80s electropopsvédesen)

Equiknoxx: Eternal Children 8.5 (idm-dancehall)

Pixx: Small Mercies   8.5 (artsynthpop)

Lafawndah: Ancestor Boy   8.5 (keleties altr&b, deconstruct tribal glitch bass)

The Comet Is Coming: Trust n The Lifeforce   8.5 (ambient-electrojazz)

Woman’s Hour: Ephyra   8.5 (dream-szintipop)

Lemonheads: Varshons 2   8.5 (feldolgozáslemez)

Emotional Oranges: The Juice Vol. 1   8.5 (nudisco, szofiszti r&b)

Bill Callahan: Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest   8.5 (americana, altcountry)

Piroshka: Brickbat   8.5 (indierock)

Bigwave: Romantic   8.5 (japán future funk, disco)

Methyl Ethel: Triage   8.5 (indie-szinti-pop)

100 gecs: 1000 gecs 8.5 (bubblegum bass)

Lingua Ignota: Caligula 8.5 (neoclass darkwave)

Tree: We Grown Now   8.0 (hiphop)

Sun Runners: Lust For Life  8.0 (waporwave)

Giant Swan: Giant Swan 8.0 (industritechno)

Black Dresses: Love And Affection For Stupid Little Bitches   8.0 (noise pop)

Anthony Naples: Fog FM   8.0 (outsider house)

Weyes Blood: Titanic Rising 8.0 (softpop)

Sister John: Sister John   8.0 (szép gitárzene)

Moor Mother: Analog Fluids 8.0 (industrihiphop)

Wilco: Ode To Joy   8.0 (alt-rock)

Big Thief: U.F.O.F. 8.0 (folkrock)

Paula Temple: Edge Of Everything 8.0 (industri-techno)

Charli XCX: Charli   8.0 (electropop)

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Chapter 2

Just before I exited the elevator into the vestibule of Waters Field & Leaman, the advertising firm I worked for on the twentieth floor, Lauren whispered in my ear, “Think about me all day.”

I squeezed her hand surreptitiously in the crowded car. “Always do.”

She continued the ride up to the top floor, which housed the headquarters of Jauregui Industries. The Crossfire was her, one of many properties she owned throughout the city, including the apartment complex I lived in.

I tried not to pay attention to that. My mom was a career trophy wife. She’d given up my father’s love for an affluent lifestyle, which I couldn’t relate to at all. I’d prefer love over wealth any day, but I suppose that was easy for me to say because I had money—a sizable investment portfolio—of my own. Not that I ever touched it. I wouldn’t. I’d paid too high a price and couldn’t imagine anything worth the cost.

Megumi, the receptionist, buzzed me through the glass security door and greeted me with a big smile. She was a pretty woman, young like me, with a stylish bob of glossy black hair framing stunning Asian features.

“Hey,” I said, stopping by her desk. “Got any plans for lunch?”

“I do now.”

“Awesome.” My grin was wide and genuine. As much as I loved Cary and enjoyed spending time with him, I needed girlfriends, too. Cary had already started building a network of acquaintances and friends in our adopted city, but I’d been sucked into the Lauren vortex almost from the outset. As much as I’d prefer to spend every moment with her, I knew it wasn’t healthy. Female friends would give it to me straight when I needed it, and I was going to have to cultivate those friendships if I wanted them.

Setting off, I headed down the long hallway to my cubicle. When I reached my desk, I put my bag and purse in the bottom drawer, keeping my smartphone out so I could silence it. I found a text from Cary: I’m sorry, baby girl.

“Cary Taylor,” I sighed. “I love you . . . even when you’re pissing me off.”

And he’d pissed me off royally. No woman wanted to come home to a sexual clusterfuck in progress on her living room floor. Especially not while in the middle of a fight with her new girlfriend.

I texted back, Block off the wknd 4 me if u can.

There was a long pause and I imagined him absorbing my request. Damn, he texted back finally. Must be some ass kicking u have planned.

“Maybe a little,” I muttered, shuddering as I remembered the . . . orgy I’d walked in on. But mostly I thought Cary and I needed to spend some quality downtime together. We hadn’t been living in Manhattan long. It was a new town for us, new apartment, new jobs and experiences, new partners for both of us. We were out of our element and struggling, and since we both had barge loads of baggage from our pasts, we didn’t handle struggling well. Usually we leaned on each other for balance, but we hadn’t had much time for that lately. We really needed to make the time. Up for a trip to Vegas? Just u and me?

Fuck yeah!

K . . . more later. As I silenced my phone and put it away, my gaze passed briefly over the two collage photo frames next to my monitor—one filled with photos of both of my parents and one of Cary, and the other filled with photos of me and Lauren. Lauren had put the latter collection together herself, wanting me to have a reminder of her just like the reminder she had of me on her desk. As if I needed it . . .

I loved having those images of the people I loved close by: my mom with her golden cap of curls and her bombshell smile, her curvy body scarcely covered by a tiny bikini as she enjoyed the French Riviera on my stepdad’s yacht; my stepfather, Richard Stanton, looking regal and distinguished, his silver hair oddly complementing the looks of his much younger wife; and Cary, who was captured in all his photogenic glory, with his lustrous brown hair and sparkling green eyes, his smile wide and mischievous. That million-dollar face was starting to pop up in magazines everywhere and soon would grace billboards and bus stops advertising Grey Isles clothing.

I looked across the strip of hallway and through the glass wall that encased Mark Garrity’s very small office and saw his jacket hung over the back of his Aeron chair, even though the man himself wasn’t in sight. I wasn’t surprised to find him in the break room scowling into his coffee mug; he and I shared a java dependency.

“I thought you had the hang of it,” I said, referring to his trouble with the one-cup coffee maker.

“I do, thanks to you.” Mark lifted his head and offering a charmingly crooked smile. He had gleaming dark skin, a trim goatee, and soft brown eyes. In addition to being easy on the eyes, he was a great boss—very open to educating me about the ad business and quick to trust that he didn’t have to show me how to do something twice. We worked well together, and I hoped that would be the case for a long time to come.

“Try this,” he said, reaching for a second steaming cup waiting on the counter. He handed it to me and I accepted it gratefully, appreciating that he’d been thoughtful about adding cream and sweetener, which was how I liked it.

I took a cautious sip, since it was hot, then coughed over the unexpected—and unwelcome—flavor. “What is this?”

“Blueberry-flavored coffee.”

Abruptly, I was the one scowling. “Who the hell wants to drink that?”

“Ah, see . . . it’s our job to figure out who, then sell this to them.” He lifted his mug in a toast. “Here’s to our latest account!”

Wincing, I straightened my spine and took another sip.

* * *

I was pretty sure the sickly sweet taste of artificial blueberries was still coating my tongue two hours later. Since it was time for my break, I started an Internet search for Dr. Terrence Lucas, a man who’d clearly rubbed Lauren the wrong way when I’d seen the two men together at dinner the night before. I hadn’t gotten any further than typing the doctor’s name in the search box when my desk phone rang.

“Mark Garrity’s office,” I answered. “Camila Cabello speaking.”

“Are you serious about Vegas?” Cary asked without preamble.

“Totally.”

There was a pause. “Is this when you tell me you’re moving in with your billionaire girlfriend and I’ve got to go?”

“What? No. Are you nuts?” I squeezed my eyes shut, understanding how insecure Cary was but thinking we were too far along in our friendship for those kinds of doubts. “You’re stuck with me for life, you know that.”

“And you just up and decided we should go to Vegas?”

“Pretty much. Figured we could sip mojitos by the pool and live off room service for a couple days.”

“I’m not sure how much I can pitch in for that.”

“Don’t worry, it’s on Lauren. her plane, her hotel. We’ll just cover our food and drinks.” A lie, since I planned on covering everything except the airfare, but Cary didn’t need to know that.

“And she’s not coming with us?”

I leaned back in my chair and stared at one of the photos of Lauren. I missed her already and it’d been only a couple of hours since we’d been together. “she’s got business in Arizona, so she’ll share the flights back and forth, but it’ll be just you and me in Vegas. I think we need it.”

“Yeah.” He exhaled harshly. “I could do with a change of scenery and some quality time with my best girl.”

“Okay, then. She wants to fly out by eight tomorrow night.”

“I’ll start packing. Want me to put a bag together for you, too?”

“Would you? That’d be great!” Cary could’ve been a stylist or personal shopper. He had serious talent when it came to clothes.

“camila?”

“Yeah?”

He sighed. “Thank you for putting up with my shit.”

“Shut up.”

After we hung up, I stared at the phone for a long minute, hating that Cary was so unhappy when everything in his life was going so well. He was an expert at self-sabotage, never truly believing he was worthy of happiness.

As I returned my attention to work, the Google search on my monitor reminded me of my interest in Dr. Terry Lucas. A few articles about her had been posted on the Web, complete with pictures that cemented the verification.

Pediatrician. Forty-five years of age. Married for twenty years. Nervously, I searched for “Dr. Terrence Lucas and wife,” inwardly cringing at the thought of seeing a golden-skinned, long-haired blonde. I exhaled my relief when I saw that Mrs. Lucas was a pale-skinned woman with short, bright red hair.

But that left me with more questions. I’d figured it would be a woman who’d caused the trouble between the two men.

The fact was, Lauren and I really didn’t know that much about each other. We knew the ugly stuff—at least she knew mine; I’d mostly guessed her from some pretty obvious clues. We knew some of the basic cohabitation stuff about each other after spending so many nights sleeping over at our respective apartments. she’d met half of my family and I’d met all of her. But we hadn’t been together long enough to touch on a whole lot of the periphery stuff. And frankly, I think we weren’t as forthcoming or inquisitive as we could’ve been, as if we were afraid to pile any more crap onto an already struggling relationship.

We were together because we were addicted to each other. I was never as intoxicated as I was when we were happy together, and I knew it was the same for her. We were putting ourselves through the wringer for those moments of perfection between us, but they were so tenuous that only our stubbornness, determination, and love kept us fighting for them.

Enough with making yourself crazy.

I checked my e-mail, and found my daily Google alert on “Lauren Jauregui.” The day’s digest of links led mostly to photos of Lauren, in black tie sans tie, and me at the charity dinner at the Waldorf Astoria the night before.

“God.” I couldn’t help but be reminded of my mother when looking at the pictures of me in a champagne Vera Wang cocktail dress. Not just because of how closely my looks mirrored my mom’s—aside from my hair being brown, long and straight—but also because of the mega-mogul whose arm I graced.

sinu Cabello Barker Mitchell Stanton was very, very good at being a trophy wife. She knew precisely what was expected of her and delivered without fail. Although she’d been divorced twice, both times had been by her choice and both divorces had left her exes despondent over losing her. I didn’t think less of my mother, because she gave as good as she got and didn’t take anyone for granted, but I’d grown up striving for independence. My right to say no was my most valued possession.

Minimizing my e-mail window, I pushed my personal life aside and went back to searching for market comparisons on fruity coffee. I coordinated some initial meetings between the strategists and Mark and helped Mark with brainstorming a campaign for a gluten-free restaurant. Noon approached and I was starting to feel seriously hungry when my phone rang. I answered with my usual greeting.

“camila?” an accented female voice greeted me. “It’s Magdalene. Do you have a minute?”

I leaned back in my chair, alert. Magdalene and I had once shared a moment of sympathy over Corinne’s unexpected and unwanted reappearance in Lauren’s life, but I’d never forget how vicious Magdalene had been to me the first time we’d met. “Just. What’s up?”

She sighed, then spoke quickly, her words flowing in a rush. “I was sitting at the table behind Corinne last night. I could hear a bit of what was being said between her and Lauren during dinner.”

My stomach tensed, preparing for an emotional blow. Magdalene knew just how to exploit my insecurities about Lauren. “Stirring up crap while I’m at work is a new low,” I said coldly. “I don’t—”

“she wasn’t ignoring you.”

My mouth hung open a second, and she quickly filled the silence.

“she was managing her, camila. She was making suggestions for where to take you around New York since you’re new in town, but she was doing it by playing the old remember-when-you-and-I-went-there game.”

“A walk down memory lane,” I muttered, grateful now that I hadn’t been able to hear much of Lauren’s low-voiced conversation with her ex.

“Yes.” Magdalene took a deep breath. “You left because you thought she was ignoring you for her. I just want you to know that she seemed to be thinking about you, trying to keep Corinne from upsetting you.”

“Why do you care?”

“Who says I do? I owe you one, Camila, for the way I introduced myself.”

I thought about that. Yeah, she owed me for when she ambushed me in the bathroom with her catty jealous bullshit. Not that I bought it as her sole motivation. Maybe I was just the lesser of two evils. Maybe she was keeping her enemies close. “All right. Thank you.”

No denying I felt better. A weight I hadn’t realized I was carrying around was suddenly relieved.

“Something else,” Magdalene went on. “she went after you.”

My grip tightened on the phone receiver. Lauren always came after me . . . because I was always running. My recovery was so fragile that I’d learned to protect it at all costs. When something threatened my stability, I ditched it.

“There have been other women in her life who’ve tried ultimatums like that, camila. They got bored or they wanted her attention or some kind of grand gesture . . . So they walked away and expected her to come after them. You know what she did?”

“Nothing,” I said softly, knowing my man. A man who never spent social time with women she slept with and never slept with women she associated with socially. Corinne and I were the sole exceptions to that rule, which was yet another reason why her ex sent me into fits of jealousy.

“Nothing more than making sure Angus dropped them off safely,” she confirmed, making me think it’d been a tactic she’d tried at some point. “But when you left, she couldn’t chase after you fast enough. And she wasn’t herself when she said good-bye. she seemed . . . off.”

Because she’d felt fear. My eyes closed as I mentally kicked myself. Hard.

Lauren had told me more than once that it terrified her when I ran, because she couldn’t handle the thought that I might not come back. What good did it do to say that I couldn’t imagine living without her when I so often showed her otherwise with my actions? Was it any wonder she hadn’t opened up to me about her past?

I had to stop running. Lauren and I were both going to have to stand and fight for this, for us, if we were going to have any hope of making our relationship work.

“Do I owe you now?” I asked neutrally, returning Mark’s wave as he left for lunch.

Magdalene exhaled in a rush. “Lauren and I have known each other a long time. Our mothers are best friends. You and I will see each other around, Camila, and I’m hoping we can find a way to avoid any awkwardness.”

The woman had come up to me and told me that the minute Lauren “shoved her dick” in me, I was “done.” And she’d hit me with that at a moment when I was especially vulnerable.

“Listen, Magdalene, if you don’t cause drama, we’ll get by.” And since she was being so forthright . . . “I can screw up my relationship with Lauren all by myself, trust me. I don’t need any help.”

She laughed softly. “That was my mistake, I think—I was too careful and too accommodating. she has to work at it with you. Anyway . . . I’ve taken up my minute. I’ll let you go.”

“Enjoy your weekend,” I said, in lieu of thanks. I still couldn’t trust her motivation.

“You, too.”

As I returned the receiver to its cradle, my gaze went to the photos of me and Lauren. I was abruptly overwhelmed by feelings of greed and possession. she was mine, yet I couldn’t be sure from one day to the next whether she’d stay mine. And the thought of any other woman having her made me insane.

I pulled open my bottom drawer and dug my smartphone out of my purse. Driven by the need to have her thinking as fiercely about me, I texted her about my sudden desperate hunger to devour her whole: I’d give anything to be sucking your cock right now.

Just thinking about how she looked when I took her in my mouth . . . the feral sounds she made when she was about to come . . .

Standing, I deleted the text the moment I saw it’d been delivered, then dropped my phone back in my purse. Since it was noon, I closed all the windows on my computer and headed out to reception to find Megumi.

“You hungry for anything in particular?” she asked, pushing to her feet and giving me a chance to admire her belted, sleeveless lavender dress.

I coughed because her question came so soon after my text. “No. Your choice. I’m not picky.”

We pushed out through the glass doors to reach the elevators.

“I am so ready for the weekend,” Megumi said with a groan as she stabbed the call button with an acrylic-tipped finger. “A day and a half left to go.”

“Got something fun planned?”

“That remains to be seen.” She sighed and tucked her hair behind her ear. “Blind date,” she explained ruefully.

“Ah. Do you trust the person setting you up?”

“My roommate. I expect the guy will at least be physically attractive, because I know where she sleeps at night and paybacks are a bitch.”

I was smiling as an elevator car reached our floor and we stepped inside. “Well, that ups your odds for a good time.”

“Not really, since she found him by going on a blind date with him first. She swears he’s great, just more my type than hers.”

“Hmm.”

“I know, right?” Megumi shook her head and looked up at the decorative, old-fashioned needle above the car doors that marked the passing floors.

“You’ll have to let me know how it goes.”

“Oh, yeah. Wish me luck.”

“Absolutely.” We’d just stepped out into the lobby when I felt my purse vibrate beneath my arm. As we passed through the turnstiles, I dug for my phone and felt my stomach tighten at the sight of Lauren’s name. she was calling, not sexting me back.

“Excuse me,” I said to Megumi before answering.

She waved it off nonchalantly. “Go for it.”

“Hey,” I greeted her playfully.

“camila.”

I missed a step hearing the way she growled my name. There was a wealth of promise in the roughness of her voice.

Slowing, I found I was speechless, just from hearing her say my name with that edginess I craved—the sharp bite that told me she wanted to be inside me more than she wanted anything else in the world.

While people flowed around me, entering and exiting the building, I was halted by the weighted silence on my phone. The unspoken and nearly irresistible demand. she made no sound at all—I couldn’t even hear her breathing—but I felt her hunger. If I didn’t have Megumi waiting patiently for me, I’d be riding an elevator to the top floor to satisfy her unvoiced command to make good on my offer.

The memory of the time I’d sucked her off in her office simmered through me, making my mouth water. I swallowed. “Lauren . . .”

“You wanted my attention—now you have it. I want to hear you say those words.”

I felt my face flush. “I can’t. Not here. Let me call you later.”

“Step over by the column and out of the way.”

Startled, I looked around for her. Then I remembered that the Caller ID put her in her office. My gaze lifted, searching for the security cameras. Immediately, I felt her eyes on me, hot and wanting. Arousal surged through me, spurred by her desire.

“Hurry along, angel. Your friend’s waiting.”

I moved to the column, my breathing fast and audible.

“Now tell me. Your text made me hard, camila. What are you going to do about it?”

My hand went to my throat, my gaze sliding helplessly to Megumi, who watched me with raised brows. I lifted one finger up, asking for another minute, then turned my back to her and whispered, “I want you in my mouth.”

“Why? To play with me? To tease me like you’re doing now?” There was no heat in her voice, just calm severity.

I knew to pay careful attention when Lauren got serious about sex.

“No.” I lifted my face to the tinted dome in the ceiling that concealed the nearest security camera. “To make you come. I love making you come, Lauren.”

she exhaled harshly. “A gift, then.”

Only I knew what it meant for Lauren to view a sexual act as a gift. For her, sex had previously been about pain and degradation or lust and necessity. Now, with me, it was about pleasure and love. “Always.”

“Good. Because I treasure you, Camila, and what we have. Even our driving urge to fuck each other constantly is precious to me, because it matters.”

I sagged into the column, admitting to myself that I’d fallen into an old destructive habit—I’d exploited sexual attraction to ease my insecurities. If Lauren was lusting after me, she couldn’t be lusting after anyone else. How did she always know what was going on in my mind?

“Yes,” I breathed, closing my eyes. “It matters.”

There’d been a time when I’d turned to sex to feel affection, confusing momentary desire with genuine caring. Which was why I now insisted on having some sort of friendly framework in place before I went to bed with a man. I never again wanted to roll out of a lover’s bed feeling worthless and dirty.

And I sure as hell didn’t want to cheapen what I shared with Lauren just because I was irrationally scared of losing her.

It hit me then that I was off balance. I had this sick feeling in my gut, like something awful was going to happen.

“You can have what you want after work, angel.” her voice deepened, grew raspier. “In the meantime, enjoy lunch with your co-worker. I’ll be thinking about you. And your mouth.”

“I love you, Lauren.”

It took a couple of deep breaths after I hung up to compose myself enough to join Megumi again. “I’m sorry about that.”

“Everything all right?”

“Yes. Everything’s fine.”

“Things still hot and heavy with you and Lauren Jauregui?” She glanced at me with a slight smile.

“Umm . . .” Oh yes. “Yes, that’s fine, too.” And I wished desperately that I could talk about it. I wished I could just open the valve and gush about my overwhelming feelings for her. How thoughts of her consumed me, how the feel of her beneath my hands drove me wild, how the passion of her tortured soul cut into me like the sharpest blade.

But I couldn’t. Not ever. She was too visible, too well known. Private tidbits about her life were worth a small fortune. I couldn’t risk it.

“she sure is,” Megumi agreed. “Damn fine. Did you know her before you started working here?”

“No. Although I suppose we would have met eventually.” Because of our pasts. My mother gave generously to many abused children’s charities, as did Lauren. It was inevitable that Lauren and I would’ve crossed paths at some point. I wondered what that meeting would have been like—her with a gorgeous blonde on her arm and me with Cary. Would we have had the same visceral reaction to each other from a distance as we’d had up close in the Crossfire lobby?

she’d wanted me the moment she saw me on the street.

“I wondered.” Megumi pushed through the revolving lobby door. “I read that it was serious between you two,” she went on when I joined her outside on the sidewalk. “So I thought maybe you’d known her before.”

“Don’t believe everything you read on those gossip blogs.”

“So it’s not serious?”

“I didn’t say that.” It was too serious at times. Painfully, brutally so.

She shook her head. “God . . . listen to me pry. Sorry. Gossip is one of my vices. So are extremely hot women like Lauren Jauregui. I can’t help but wonder what it’d be like to hook up with a gir whose body screams sex like that. Tell me she’s awesome in bed.”

I smiled. It was good to hang out with another girl. Not that Cary couldn’t also be appreciative of a hot guy, but nothing beat girl talk. “You won’t hear me complaining.”

“Lucky bitch.” Bumping shoulders with me to show she was teasing, she said, “How about that roommate of yours? From the photos I saw, she’s gorgeous, too. Is she single? Wanna hook me up?”

Turning my head quickly, I hid a wince. I’d learned the hard way never to set up an acquaintance or friend with Cary. He was so easy to love, which led to a lot of broken hearts because he couldn’t love back the same way. The moment things started going too well, Cary sabotaged them. “I don’t know if he’s single or not. Things are . . . complicated in his life at the moment.”

“Well, if the opportunity presents itself, I’m certainly not opposed. Just sayin’. You like tacos?”

“Love ’em.”

“I know a great place a couple blocks up. Come on.”

* * *

Things were going well in my world as Megumi and I headed back from lunch. Forty minutes of gossip, guy-ogling, and three awesome carne asada tacos later, I was feeling pretty good. And we were returning to work a little over ten minutes early, which I was glad for since I hadn’t been the most punctual employee lately, even though Mark never complained.

The city was thrumming around us, taxis and people surging through the growing heat and humidity as they crammed what they could into the insufficient hours of the day. I people-watched shamelessly, my eyes skimming over everyone and everything.

Men in business suits walked alongside women in flowing skirts and flip-flops. Ladies in haute couture and five-hundred-dollar shoes teetered past steaming hot dog vendor carts and shouting hawkers. The eclectic mix of New York was heaven to me, stirring an excitement that made me feel more vibrant here than anyplace else I’d ever lived.

We were stopped by a traffic light directly across from the Crossfire, and my gaze was immediately drawn to the black Bentley sitting in front of it. Lauren must’ve just gotten back from lunch. I couldn’t help but think about her sitting in her car on the day we’d met, watching me as I took in the imposing beauty of her Crossfire Building. It made me tingly just thinking about it—

Suddenly, I went cold.

Because a striking blonde breezed out of the revolving doors just then and paused, giving me a good, long look at her—Lauren’s ideal, whether she’d been aware of it or not. A woman I’d witnessed her fixate on the moment she’d seen her in the Waldorf Astoria ballroom. A woman whose poise and hold over Lauren brought out all my worst insecurities.

Corinne Giroux looked like a breath of fresh air in a cream-colored sheath dress and cherry red heels. She ran a hand over her waist-length hair, which wasn’t quite as sleek as it’d appeared last night when I’d met her. In fact, it looked a little disheveled. And her fingers were rubbing at her mouth, wiping along the outline of her lips.

I pulled my smartphone out, activated the camera, and snapped a picture. With the proximity of the zoom, I could see why she was fussing with her lipstick—it was smeared. No, more like mashed. As if from a passionate kiss.

The light changed. Megumi and I moved with the flow, closing the distance between me and the woman who’d once had Lauren’s promise to marry her. Angus stepped out of the Bentley and came around, speaking to her briefly before opening the back door for her. The feeling of betrayal—Angus’s and Lauren’s—was so fierce, I couldn’t catch my breath. I swayed on my feet.

“Hey.” Megumi caught my arm to steady me. “And we only had virgin margaritas, lightweight!”

I watched Corinne’s willowy body slide into the back of Lauren’s car with practiced grace. My fists clenched as fury surged through me. Through the haze of my angry tears, the Bentley pulled away from the curb and disappeared.

[uneminuteparseconde]

Des concerts à Paris et alentour

Novembre 28. Anne-James Chaton – Auditorium|Cité de l'architecture (gratuit) 28. Boubakar Cissokho – Chair de poule (gratuit) 28. Adult. + KatzKab – Petit Bain 28. Borja Fames + Eloïse Decazes + Èlg – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 28. Ensemble IRE joue "Nexus Entropy" d'Ulrich Krieger + Marc Baron + Lionel Marchetti (fest. Bruits blancs) – Anis gras (Arcueil) 29. SK/LR – Chair de poule (gratuit) 29. Émilie Pitoiset, Shantidas Riedacker & Matthieu Canaguier – Petite salle|Centre Pompidou (gratuit) 29. Esben & The Witch + Ingrina – Point FMR 29. Jessica Moss + Tomoe – Gambetta Club 29. Confusional Quartet + René Couteau + Tumulus + Samon Takahashi + Bernard Filipetti vs Ravi Shardja – Le Cirque électrique 29. Maud Geffray (dj) + Fishbach (dj) + Brigitte Fontaine + Musique chienne – Trabendo 29. CHDH + Mariachi + Lårs Akerlund & Sten Backman (fest. Bruits blancs) – Le Cube (Issy-lès-Moulineaux) 29. Rakta + Marée noire + Trashley – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 29. Interpol + Nilüfer Yanya – Salle Pleyel ||COMPLET|| 30. Mick Harvey + Brisa Roché – Petit Bain 30. Artus + Fleuves noirs + Hex – Le cirque électrique 30. Spit Mask + Poison Point + Lunacy + Some Ember + Offermose + Kaukolampi – La Station 30. Deeat Palace + Tamara Goukassova + Tryphème – L'International 30. Machine sauvage + Léon Denise (fest. Vision'R & Cookie Demoparty) – Folie numérique N5|Parc de La Villette 30. Trevor Jackson + Violent quand on aime – La Java 30. John Chatler + Samuel Sighicelli + Shapednoise (fest. Bruits blancs) – Anis gras (Arcueil)

Décembre 01. Dominique Petitgand (diff.) – Théâtre de Gennevilliers (gratuit) 01. Mamiedaragon + Jogging – Le Zorba (gratuit) 01. NAO (fest. Vision'R & Cookie Demoparty) – Folie numérique N5|Parc de La Villette 01. Nadia Ratsimandresy + Bruno Chevillon + Uriel Barthélémi + Marc Sens + Annabelle Playe (fest. Bruits blancs) – Anis gras (Arcueil) 01. Deux boules vanille + Jeff Mills + Molécule + Renart + Nicolas Horvath joue P. Glass, T. Riley et J. Adams + Ensemble Links : "Music for 18 Musicians" de S. Reich (fest. Marathon!) – La Gaîté lyrique ||COMPLET|| 02. Beak> + Le Comte – Café de la danse ||COMPLET|| 03. Pardans – Olympic café 03. Tanz Mein Herz + Dragon du Poitou + Mega Bass – La Java 03. Idles + John – Bataclan ||COMPLET|| 05. Dick Annegard – BNF (gratuit) 05. Julia Holter – Petit Bain 05. Sudden Infant + Massicot – Centre culturel suisse 06. Harry Merry – Chair de poule (gratuit) 06. La Tène avec Jacques Puech, Louis Jacques, Guilhem Lacroux & Jérémie Sauvage – Centre culturel suisse 06. The KVB + M!R!M – Badaboum 07. Kink Gong – Médiathèque musicale (gratuit) 07. Antoine Chessex + Nina Garcia + Francisco Meirino – Centre culturel suisse 07. Heimat + Bordigaga + Bruno Billaudeau, Xavier Mussat & Black Sifichi (Semaine du bizarre) – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 07. Nosfell – Espace 1789 (Saint-Ouen) 07. Aubadja + chdh (fest. Vision'R) – Le Générateur (Gentilly) 07. Shxcxchcxsh + W.LV.S + Wlderz – Rex Club 08. The Horrorist + Federico Amoroso – L'Officine 08. Jean Benoît Dunckel + NSDOS + CloZee + Kiddy Smile (Inasound fest.) – Palais Brongniart 08. Blawan + The Advent + AWB + Yogg & Pharaoh + Netsh – Concrete 08. Tim Tama + Gijensu + Makornik + K – Glazart 08. Père Ubu (Semaine du bizarre) – Théâtre Berthelot (Montreuil) ||COMPLET|| 09. Panteros666 + Matt Black + Erol Alkan + Kiasmos (Inasound fest.) – Palais Brongniart 09. The Fleshtones – Supersonic 09/10. Moriarty – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 11. Joanna + October Lieber – Badaboum 12. Nova Materia – La Maroquinerie 12. Le Réveil des tropiques + France + Helio Polar Thing – Petit Bain 12. Mange Ferraille + Boolvar + So-lo-lo – Le Cirque électrique 13. Qonicho B + Johann Mazé – Le Zorba (gratuit) 13. The Callas + Selofan + Hørd (fest. Magnétique Nord) – La Station 13. Villejuif Undergound + Bryan's Magic Tears + Free Love – La Bellevilloise 14. New Model Army – Trabendo 14. Carol Robinson, Bertrand Gauguet, Julia Eckhardt & Yannick Guedon : "Sequel to Occam Ocean" (2018) d’Éliane Radigue – Palais de Tokyo 14. Sida + Broken English Club + Toresch + Moderna + Wr2old + Shazzula (fest. Magnétique Nord) – La Station 14. Hangman's Chair + Jessica93 + Revok – Les Cuizines (Chelles) 14. Succhiamo + Air LQD + Rraouhhh + Christophe Clébard – Le Chinois (Montreuil) 14. Rebekah + Paula Temple + Anetha + Hannah b2b Charlene – Concrete 14. Mr Oizo – NF-34 15. Gaspar Claus – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 15. Ata + Oliver Hafenbauer + Chinaski + Last Love Pilgrim + Kilian Paterson + Slyngshot + DJ Neewt (fest. Magnétique Nord) – La Station 15. Job Sifre + Fatma Pneumonia + X1000 + Spunoff (fest. Magnétique Nord) – La Station 15. AZF + Clouds + Aleksi Perälä + Barker – Rex Club 15. Derrick May + Helena Hauff + I Hate Models + Rrose + Noncompliant + Voiron + Galaxian + Sentimental Rave + Sama' + Amarou + Crystallmess – Concrete 15. Mount Kimbie + Marcel Dettman + Dixon + Rødhåd + Hot Chip + Rone + Roman Flügel + Lorenzo Senni + Lena Willikens + Epsilove... – Paris Event Center 16. Tomoko Sauvage – Lafayette Anticipations 18. Drab Majesty – Point FMR 18. Vox Low + Zombie Zombie (fest. Les Aventuriers) – Espace Gérard-Philipe (Fontenay-sous-Bois) 19. Belmont Witch + Zad Kokar + Petra Pied de biche – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 21. Peter Van Hoesen + Clo d'or + Neel – Rex Club 21. Cleric + Jacidorex + Matrixxman + Parfait + SNTS – tba 22. Yan Wagner + Il est vilaine + Magnüm + Mayerling – La Maroquinerie 22. 2manydjs – NF-34

2019

Janvier 02. Les Hôpitaux + CIA débutante – Supersonic (gratuit) 09. Ayarcana b2b Ossian + Endlec + 1ndica – Rex Club 10. Jemek Jemowit + Infecticide + Cachette à branlette – L'International 11. The Choolers Division – La Station 12. Art & Technique + A_R_C_C + Bleno Die Wurstbrücke – Le Cirque électrique 18. Francis Dhomont (fest. Akousma) – MPAA Saint-Germain (gratuit sur résa) 19. Armando Balice + Ingrid Drese + Jérôme Noetinger + Loïse Bulot + Robert Hampson (fest. Akousma) – MPAA Saint-Germain (gratuit sur résa) 20.  Catherine Bir + Raphaël Mouterde + Francisco Meirino + Roland Cahen + Yoko Higashi & Lionel Marchetti (fest. Akousma) – MPAA Saint-Germain (gratuit sur résa) 22. Emmanuelle Parrenin & Dominique Regref – La Ferme du Buisson (Noisiel) 24. Rouge Gorge – Le Chair de poule 25. La Secte du futur + Shiny Darkly – Supersonic 25. Léonie Pernet – Gaîté lyrique 26. Chloé – Elysée-Montmartre 29. Dominique a – Salle Pleyel 31. Deena Abdelwahed – Gaîté lyrique

Février 02. Tempers – Supersonic (gratuit) 02. The Residents – Gaîté lyrique 02. Shabazz Palaces + Dälek (fest. Sons d'hiver) – théâtre de la Cité internationale 06. Brendan Perry – Petit Bain 07. VNV Nation – Le Trabendo 09. The Ex : "Ethiopian Night" (fest. Sons d'hiver) – salle Jacques-Brel (Fontenay-sous-Bois) 10. Therapy? – La Maroquinerie 11. Massive Attack feat. Liz Fraser jouent « Mezzanine » – Zénith 16. Anthony Braxton + Dave Douglas & Bill Laswell (fest. Sons d'hiver) – théâtre Jacques-Carat (Cachan) 21. Mlada Fronta + Absolute Valentine + Neoslave – Petit Bain 21. Collection d'Arnell Andrea + Katzkab – Bus Palladium 22. Nils Frahm – Le Trianon ||COMPLET|| 23. Nils Frahm – Le Trianon

Mars 02. Boy Harsher + Kontravoid – Badaboum 02. Lydia Lunch & Marc Hurtado jouent Alan Vega et Suicide – Silencio 07. Scratch Massive – Gaîté lyrique 10. James Chance & Die Contortions – Supersonic 12. Yann Tiersen – Salle Pleyel 20. Oomph! – La Machine 22. Delia Derbyshire (diff.) + Lettera 22 + Evil Moisture + Caterina Barbieri + Drew McDowall : "Coil's Time Machines" (fest. Présences électronique) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 22. The Young Gods – La Maroquinerie 23. Pierre Boeswillwald (diff.) + Max Eilbacher + Andrea Belfi + Sarah Davachi + William Basinski & Lawrence English (fest. Présences électronique) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 24. Warren Burt (diff.) + Mats Erlandsson + Okkyung Lee + Low Jack + BJ Nielsen (fest. Présences électronique) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 29. Perturbator – Le Trianon 30. Marc Almond – Le Trianon

Avril 05. Beirut – Le Grand Rex 08. The Specials – La Cigale 10. Daughters – Point FMR 14. Arnaud Rebotini joue la BO de "120 Battements par minute" – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 17. Teenage Fan Club – Trabendo 17. Soap&Skin – Le Trianon 17. Apparat – Gaîté lyrique 21. The Parrots + Johnny Mafia + Halo Maud + Grand Blanc + Marietta + Robbing Millions + Oktober Lieber (fest. MOFO) – Mains d'oeuvre (Saint-Ouen) 22. Fontaines D.C. – Point FMR 22. Faire + Buvette + Oko Ebombo + Black Devil Disco Club + Fujiya & Miyagi + Rendez-Vous (fest. MOFO) – Mains d'oeuvre (Saint-Ouen) 23. The Luyas + Barbagallo + Human Teorema + Arnaud Rebotini + Aquaserge + Il est vilaine + Onze Onze (fest. MOFO) – Mains d'oeuvre (Saint-Ouen) 27. She Past Away – La Machine 27. Chloé : Lumières noires – Le 104

Mai 07. dEUS – La Cigale 10/11. Dead Can Dance – Grand Rex ||COMPLET|| 11. Christina Vantzou + Eiko Ishibashi + Jan Jelinek + NPVR (Nik Void & Peter Rehberg) – Le 104 12. Massimo Toniutti + François Bayle – Le 104 17. Philip Glass : Études pour piano – Salle Pierre-Boulez|Philharmonie 18. Bruce Brubaker & Max Cooper : Glasstronica – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 28. Alice in Chains + Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Olympia 31. François Bonnet + Knud Viktor + Jim O'Rourke + Florian Hecker (fest. Akousma) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio

Juin 01. Eryck Abecassis & Reinhold Friedl + Hilde Marie Holsen + Anthony Pateras + Lucy Railton (fest. Akousma) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 02. Bernard Parmegiani + Jean Schwarz (fest. Akousma) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 19. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – La Gaîté lyrique 26. Magma – Salle Pierre-Boulez|Philharmonie

Juillet 11. Masada + Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman + Mary Halvorson quartet + Craig Taborn + Trigger + Erik Friedlander & Mike Nicolas + John Medeski trio + Nova quartet + Gyan Riley & Julian Lage + Brian Marsella trio + Ikue Mori + Kris Davis + Peter Evans + Asmodeus : John Zorn's Marathon Bagatelles – Salle Pleyel

Août 23>25. The Cure (fest. Rock en scène) – parc de Saint-Cloud

Septembre 13. Rammstein – La Défense Arena (Nanterre) ||COMPLET||

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Bedhaya Bengawan is a dance work performed by nine dancers created by a choreographer named Djarot Budidarsono. Bedhaya Bengawan was created in 2010 performed in Wisma Seni Surakarta, Taman Budaya Surakarta Jawa Tengah (Surakarta Cultural Park of Central Java). The dance work was used as a means of delivering message to the spectators, art observers and community. The theme was adjusted with the artist/choreographer’s idea and creativity. Bedhaya Bengawan is a product inspired by the choreographer living around Bengawan Solo River. River water flows into the river for irrigation purpose; adequate water will yield abundant crops. The farmers express their gratitude to Dewi Sri for the abundant crop.

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In addition, in this nature, there should be integration between water, soil, wind and sun. The values delivered through Bedhaya Bengawan contain character education for the students including: gratitude to the Only One God, belief in the power of Dewi Sri with any rites as the reward to the abundant rice production, reminder that there should be balance between macrocosm and microcosm. Other character educations include: Manunggaling Kawula Gusti (uniting with God), Sangkan Paraning Dumadi (the origin of human beings and to which Sang Yang Widi they will return later). The character education above leads the students to have religious ritual awareness to appreciate nature, to believe in God and to be aware that there is a supreme power creating and nullifying human beings. The secular short life should be filled in with good things. Gratitude should always be expressed to God in order to be blessed. The students are expected to imitate what is included into bedhaya bengawan dance work and to apply it in their daily life.

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Kamus Bahasa Daerah Using-Indonesia. Banyuwangi: Pemerintah. Kabupaten Banyuwangi. Barker, Chris. Cultural Studies: Teori & Praktik. Sebagai contoh, dikatakan (Barker. Barker, Chris. 2011 Cultural Studies – Teori dan Praktek. Bantul: Kreasi Wacana.

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BEDHAYA BENGAWAN KARYA DJAROT BUDIDARSONO MENGANDUNG PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER BAGI MASYARAKAT JAWA

Sawitri Sawitri, Bani Sudardi, Wakid Abdullah, Nyoman Chaya

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2317/jpis.v27i2.5722

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Bedhaya Bengawan is a dance work performed by nine dancers created by a choreographer named Djarot Budidarsono. Bedhaya Bengawan was created in 2010 performed in Wisma Seni Surakarta, Taman Budaya Surakarta Jawa Tengah (Surakarta Cultural Park of Central Java). The dance work was used as a means of delivering message to the spectators, art observers and community. The theme was adjusted with the artist/choreographer’s idea and creativity. Bedhaya Bengawan is a product inspired by the choreographer living around Bengawan Solo River. River water flows into the river for irrigation purpose; adequate water will yield abundant crops. The farmers express their gratitude to Dewi Sri for the abundant crop. In addition, in this nature, there should be integration between water, soil, wind and sun. The values delivered through Bedhaya Bengawan contain character education for the students including: gratitude to the Only One God, belief in the power of Dewi Sri with any rites as the reward to the abundant rice production, reminder that there should be balance between macrocosm and microcosm. Other character educations include: Manunggaling Kawula Gusti (uniting with God), Sangkan Paraning Dumadi (the origin of human beings and to which (Sang Yang Widi) they will return later). The character education above leads the students to have religious ritual awareness to appreciate nature, to believe in God and to be aware that there is a supreme power creating and nullifying human beings. The secular short life should be filled in with good things. Gratitude should always be expressed to God in order to be blessed. The students are expected to imitate what is included into bedhaya bengawan dance work and to apply it in their daily life.

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work, bedhaya, character education, the people of Java

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Chris Barker, 2000. Cultural Studies, Teori dan Praktek. Yogyakarta. Kreasi Wacana

Kertajaya, 2010. Windows drivers 64 bit. Pendidikan Karakter, Jakarta.Gramedia.Pustaka Utama

Koentjaraningrat, 1985. Kebudayaan, Mentalitet, dan Pembangunan. Jakarta: Gramedia

Lexy. J. Moleong. 1989. Metodologi Penelitian Kualitatif. Bandung: Remaja Rosdakarya

Sri Narwanti,2011. Pendidikan Karakter. Yogyakarta: Familia

Suyono, Hariyanto, 2015. Implementasi Belajar dan Pembelajaran.Bandung: Rosdakarya

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Breed of the Week #28 - the Silkie!

Photo: A Silkie chicken, showing off the breed’s floofy feathers. Photo credit: benjamint444 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons  

What looks like a muppet and clucks like a hen?  A Silkie chicken!  With their black skin and fluffy feathers, these chickens have taken the internet by storm.  Read on to find out more about this breed that’s both decorative and delicious!

Silkie chickens likely originated in China, or possibly India or Java, and may be related to the “furry chickens” described by Marco Polo.  Other writers later wrote of “wool-bearing chickens” and some sideshows played into that description, exhibiting the chickens as having fur, or even being the result of a rabbit mating with a chicken! The American Poultry Association recognized the breed in 1874, and they have been a popular ornamental breed since, as well as an elite ingredient on the culinary scene.

Image: Rabbit + chicken = Silkie? The Easter Bunny has some explaining to do….Photo credit: BellaTozz (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

These chickens are kept for both ornamental and culinary purposes, as their meat has been used in folk medicine or as a delicacy.  Part of the reason for the Silkie’s reputation as an exotic meat has to do with the high levels of melanin in their bodies, which leads to black skin, black bones, and even the white meat being darker than that of your average chicken!  Silkies also have higher levels of carnosine in their meat and bones than other chickens, which may explain some of the health benefits associated with this breed in folklore.

Photo: Silkie chicken in soup, showing off the black color of the flesh and bone. Photo credit: Tony Cenicola (New York Times) via http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/17/dining/17blac.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin 

Besides their meat traits, Silkies are also kept as ornamental or pet chickens.  While many people’s first exposure to the breed is the white variety that looks like a ball of dandelion fluff, Silkies can come in a wide variety of colors including black, buff, gray, blue-gray, partridge (reddish brown) and white/gray splash.  Silkies are also unique in that they have five toes, compared to most chickens, which only have four! Silkie chickens have feathery legs that make them look like they are wearing fluffy pantaloons, and while they have bluish-black combs, the comb is often covered at least partially by the fluffy head feathers of the breed.

Photo: Two Silkies, showing off the color variety in the breed. Photo credit:  Camille Gillet (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Silkies are known as a good breed of pet chicken because of their docile nature and friendly personality.  They also make good foster mothers for other chickens’ eggs, as they are a very broody breed, and are excellent mothers.  In fact, Silkies have been used as foster mothers for a wide variety of poultry ranging from ducks to quail!  However, the unique feathers of this breed make them less hardy than other breeds. Unlike the feathers of other chickens, silkies’ feathers don’t protect well against cold, heat, or water, and so do best in well-controlled environments.  

Whether in the coop or in the crockpot, Silkie chickens are a very unique breed, and a very old one!  These puffball poultry make good pets but also are known for their role in folk medicine, and have appeared on Iron Chef!  This breed is known for its ornamental and culinary value, and if you get a chance, check out the Internet’s Favorite Chicken: the Silkie!

Photo: A Silkie hen mothering a chick of a different breed, showing off the breed’s excellence as a foster mum. Photo credit: Wim Lewis from Seattle, USA (A fuzzy baby chicken (and its mom)) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Five Fast Facts about the Silkie Chicken

Silkie chickens have five toes on each foot, compared to 4 found in other breeds

The soft, fluffy feathers of the breed led some sideshow barkers to claim Silkie chickens were related to mammals

Silkie chickens have high levels of melanin, leading to blackish skin, bones, and meat

Silkie chickens are docile and friendly, and make great foster mothers

The unique feathers of the Silkie chicken leave them vulnerable to extreme climates as well as damp

Further Reading: https://www.thehappychickencoop.com/silkie-chicken/ , https://www.thekitchn.com/ingredient-spotlight-silkie-ch-60602 , https://countrysidenetwork.com/daily/poultry/chickens-101/silkies-a-distinct-chicken-breed/

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A Little Bit of Plain JavaScript Can Do A Lot — For anyone more than happy to dive in and write JavaScript without dragging in an entire framework and tooling to manage it, there will be no surprises here, but this is a nice reminder otherwise. Do you always need a 'framework'? No.

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Angular 10 Released — A major release for the popular Google-led framework, though smaller in scope than usual as Angular 9 only came out in February ;-) 10 gains a new date range picker, optional stricter settings, and an upgrade to TypeScript 3.9.

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What's Coming in TypeScript 4? — The first beta of TypeScript 4 is due any moment with a final release due in August. New bits and pieces include variadic tuple types, labelled tuples, short-cut assignment operators (e.g. ||=) and more.

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How to Dynamically Get All CSS Custom Properties on a Page — Some fun DOM and stylesheet wrangling on display here.

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Stream Chat API & JavaScript SDK for Custom Chat Apps — Build real-time chat in less time. Rapidly ship in-app messaging with our highly reliable chat infrastructure.

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Getting Started with Oak for Building HTTP Services in Deno — A comprehensive Oak with Deno tutorial for beginners (which, I guess, we all are when it comes to Deno). Oak is essentially the most popular option for building HTTP-based apps in Deno right now.

Robin Wieruch

Understanding Generators in JavaScript — Generator functions can be paused and resumed and yield multiple values over time and were introduced in ES6/ES2015.

Tania Rascia

Build a CRUD App with Vue.js, Spring Boot, and Kotlin — It’s a fact of life that not everyone is building apps with JavaScript at every level of the stack. Sometimes.. people use Java too 🤫

Andrew Hughes

▶  Creating a Basic Implemention of 'Subway Surfers' — No modules, webpack or such-like here.. just exploring the joy of throwing a game mechanic together quickly using rough and ready JavaScript. Love it.

Shawn Beaton

Rubber Duck Debugging for JavaScript Developers — When you’re stuck with something, why not talk to a rubber duck?

Valeri Karpov

🔧 Code & Tools

Tabulator 4.7: An Interactive Table and Data Grid Library — Supports all major browsers and can be used with Angular, Vue, and React if you wish. 4.7 is a substantial release. Among other things is a new layout mode that resizes the table container to fit the data (example).

Oli Folkerd

Tragopan: A Minimal Dependency-Free Pan/Zoom Library — Try it out here. Claims to work faster due to use of native browser scrolling for panning (left/right/up/down) and transform/scale for zooming.

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React Query 2: Hooks for Fetching, Caching and Updating Async Data — React Query is well worth checking out and has extensive documentation and even its own devtools. Main repo.

Tanner Linsley

Rando.js: A Helper for Making Randomness Easier — The rando function lets you get random integers in a range, floats in a range, pick between multiple items, return a random element from an array, and more. There’s also randosequence for a more shuffle-like experience.

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jinabox.js: A Customizable Omnibox for AI Powered Searching — Designed to be used with a Jina back-end. It’s all open source, but will take some digging around to understand fully.

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IntersectionObserver Visualizer — If you’re new to using the IntersectionObserver API, this useful interactive demo might help you comprehend it a little better.

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Polly.js 5.0: Record, Replay, and Stub HTTP Interactions

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Vest: Effortless Validations Inspired by Testing Frameworks — If you’re used to unit testing, the syntax used here will be familiar.

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Checkboxland: Render 'Anything' as HTML Checkboxes — This frivolous experiment is equal parts terrifying and impressive. It’s a JS library that displays animations, text, and arbitrary data using nothing but HTML checkboxes and, to be fair, they’ve presented it really well!

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CPR 2015 Guideline Changes

American Heart Association 2024 CPR Cheat Sheet

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Authored by Java Barker. 4.11.24.

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The Atelier Condo

The Atelier is a luxurous freehold residential development that is proudly developed by Bukit Sembawang Estates Limited. The establishment humbly started in 1911 as a leading rubber company,diversifying into building landed housings as well. Bukit Sembawang was incoporated and listed with SGX since 1968 and from then on their core businesses are in real estate investment and property developments. The group has built more than 4,600 landed houses and over 1800 condominium units in Singapore’s sought after locales in District 9 and 10. Bukit Sembawang has built up their solid portfolio that includes the highly sought after Luxus Hills collection, 8 St. Thomas, Mimosa Terrace , Paterson Suites, The Vermont on Cairnhill ,Watercove and so on.

Bukit Sembawang has received numerous awards and accolades like the FIABCI Singapore Property Awards, BCA Awards new york Design Awards , Asia Pacific Property Awards and many more for most of their developments.

The Atelier will be their next highly anticipated freehold luxury development in prime District 9 along Makeway Avenue, only 450m to Newton MRT. The Atelier condo offers 2 – 4 bedroom layouts to suit all requirements of both buyers and investors in the Cairnhill Estate. Enthused buyers can expect yet another luxurious and top notch quality condo from Bukit Sembawang Estates Limted.

The Atelier Pricing is yet to be announced.

The Atelier is nestled in a private enclave in the prime district 09 along Makeway Avenue. This exclusive upcoming freehold development is well situated in central of Singapore which a 3 minutes walk to Cross Interchange Newton MRT (DT11,NS21).

Closer to The Atelier is the F&B and shopping of the Novena district where residents can do their daily groceries at United Square, Novena Square, Velocity and the many outlets available. The Atelier Condo is also a 3 minutes walk to the popular Newton Circus Food Centre for local delights till late. Other local delights available nearby are Whampoa Food centre and Tekka market for the biggest selection of fresh food. Just a few minutes drive away is Singapore Orchard shopping belt where you have wide array of retail malls, dining and entertainment choices with options like Tang Plaza, far east Plaza, Orchard Central, Robinson and Paragon among many others which are round the corner.

For parent looking for schools within close distance, there are Anglo-Chinese School (ACS Junior), Anglo-Chinese (Barker), River Valley Primary, Laselle College Of Arts, Saint Joseph Institution(SJI) and many more that is near to this luxurious freehold development.

Future owners of The Atelier will get to discover more surrounding amenities with the The Atelier location map.

The Atelier is a much anticipated rare freehold condominium in the prime district 09 along Kampong Java at Makeway Avenue. this luxurious development comprises of 120 exclusive units and promises serenity & privacy to the residents. the excellent location is within 5 minutes of walking to Newton MRT station and it is highly accessible and well connected to all parts of Singapore. it is also a 5 minutes drive and 1 MRT stop to Singapore’s Orchard shopping belt.

The Atelier features spacious & efficient layouts comprising of 1, 2, 3, 3+Study and 4 bedroom tucked in an alluring garden environment. After a long demanding day at work, Residents of The Atelier condo can come home to a tranquil sanctuary in a private residential enclave, with unblocked city view.

Private lifts are provided for selected units of The Atelier with living and dining areas having a clear view of the city skyline. Bathrooms come with top designer fittings and quality deluxe finishes. Every materials are meticulously picked to give future residents a timeless and elegant interior environment that guarantees to give the “wow” factor.

Convenience with style is what The Atelier Singapore is about. Residents will get to have a wide selection of shopping, entertainment and food at Newton, Novena and Orchard district as the Atelier Condo is right smack in the centre. For non-cooking days and a craving for local food, you can walk over for local delights at Newton Circus Food Centre or a short drive to Tekka Market or Cambridge Hawker Centre for large variety of fresh food and ingredients. as the Atelier is located in the central part of Singapore and under the Orchard and Newton URA master plan, the residents will get to witness a huge transformation in the coming years.

All aspiring owners can download and browse both the The Atelier E-Brochure & The Atelier floor plan here.

To book your showflat appointment , please kindly book via this website directly or you can simply dial +65 6100 6768 in advance before you head down to view The Atelier Showroom. to keep the showflat in utmost cleanliness, the showroom will be closed for weekly sanitizing on certain days ,and on some weekdays for routine maintenance work or developer’s private events. Therefore, it is strongly advised to secure the appointment online before heading down to the showroom.

For interested buyers whom had registered an online appointment, you will definitely be assured of enjoying our Direct Developer Price with NO COMMISSION payable by you.

However please do note that all balance units for sale at The Atelier are based on first-come-first serve basis. For reservation of a unit at The Atelier, we will be able to assist you only for a period of not more than 2 hours and is subject to management’s approval.

The Atelier’s price is subject to change without further notice.

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Railsplittin’ Rhythms

Windows Media Player is pumping out vintage tunes not quite as old as Honest Abe, but they’re livening up his birthday around the home studio this afternoon.

Here’s the workday playlist:

Spinout -- Elvis Presley

All Day Music -- War

Stay On The Right Side Of The Road -- Blue Chips

Mama Don’t Allow -- Flatt & Scruggs

I Can’t Stand It -- Eric Clapton

Let’s Roll It -- Big Maybelle

Buy Me Some Juice -- Blue Lu Barker

Don’t You Make Me High -- Merline Johnson

GI JIVE Radio Show #459 with Glenn Miller -- Armed Forces Radio Service

Drum Boogie -- Gene Krupa

Why Don’t You Do Right -- Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman

Love Letter -- Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes

New Bon Ton Roulay -- Clarence Garlow

Medicated Woman -- Summertime Blues Band

Steve McQueen -- Sheryl Crow

(She’s) Sexy + 17 -- Stray Cats

JUBILEE Radio Show (12/06/1943) with Count Basie -- Armed Forces Radio Service

Hold That Train -- Li’l Ed & The Blues Imperials

A Feather’s Not A Bird -- Rosanne Cash

Cowpokin’ -- Donna Kay Honey & the Cowpokers

Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu -- Lou Ann Barton

MELODY ROUNDUP Radio Show #550 with Lum & Abner -- Armed Forces Radio Service

Sixty Minute Man -- York Brothers

The Honeydripper -- Cab Calloway

Cadillac Slim -- Duke Robillard

Fixin’ To Die Blues -- Bukka White

Ship In The Sky -- Woody Guthrie

Carnival Of The Night -- Crusaders

Knocked Out Joint On Mars -- Buck Trail

Camel Cigarettes (Old Time Radio Commercial)

Miserlou -- Dick Dale

Blue Storm -- Barbara Martin

Delta Time -- Hans Theessink & Terry Evans

Moka Java -- Rippingtons

I’m No Communist -- Jane Archer and the Reactionaries

Monkey Land -- Omar & the Howlers

Hometown Skiffle Part 2 -- Yazoo All-Stars

Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On -- Little Richard

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💬Review Buku Mendaki Tangga Yang Salah Karya Eric Barker💬 . . 📚Di tahun 2019 ini, buku ini berhasil menjadi buku nonfiksi yang "gue banget". Seakan pengen ngomong "Gini lho seharusnya buku tentang kesuksesan ditulis!" Boleh setuju, boleh tidak.hehe SAYA SUKA BANGET SAMA BUKU INI ❤ . . 📚Dengan tagline "Sebagian Besar Hal yang Anda Ketahui tentang Kesuksesan Adalah Salah Besar", buku ini berhasil mengobrak-abrik paradigma saya tentang arti kesuksesan pada umumnya. Dimulai dengan bab pertanyaan menohok "Apa yang benar-benar menghasilkan kesuksesan?", dan berlanjut dengan paradigma kesuksesan seperti kepatuhan, kerja sama, kebaikan hati, ketaguhan, relasi, percaya diri, dan kerja keras. . . 📚Kurang lebih format bukunya seperti ini, dimulai dengan kisah, penjelasan positif dari unsur kesuksesan, penjelasan negatif dari unsur kesuksesan, penyeimbang, dan saran dari penulisnya. Pada awalnya saya mengira akan seperti seni bodo amat yang menurut saya seperti "paham kiri" buku motivasi. Tetapi ternyata buku ini itu penengah dan penyeimbang dari paham kanan dan paham kiri dari buku-buku motivasi yang selama ini beredar. . . 📚Dan saya benar-benar terharu dengan bab kesimpulan di buku ini. Penulis bilang kalau kesuksesan tiap orang berbeda dan penulis tidak memaksakan versi kesuksesannya kepada pembaca. Bahkan dia sendiri bertanya "Apakah saya sukses?" Jadi terasa manusiawi sekali kalo menurut saya. Bukan tipe penulis yang mengatakan "Saya sudah begini lho, saya sudah mencapai ini lho, dll." Tetapi saya merasakan kerendahan hati yang begitu tulus dalam tulisan di buku ini. Dan tahu apa kalimat terakhir di baris terakhir di buku ini? Ini tulisannya : "Saya doakan Anda sukses besar." 😭 . . 📚Baru kali ini lho, saya baca nonfiksi tapi ngerasa kedekatan yang luar biasa dengan penulisnya hanya dari kata-katanya. Biasanya baca nonfiksi apalagi yg ttg kesuksesan pasti kaya ada jarak "Wihhh, bisa gak ya saya jadi dia yg punya duit berhamburan dg rumah mewah bertingkat-tingkat." Tapi yang ini benar-benar berbeda dan BERSYUKUR BANGET YA ALLAH BISA BACA BUKU INI 😭👍 . . 📚Jadi, buat siapa aja, HARUS BACA! gak boleh enggak! 😅 . . #SahabatBincangBuku (at Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia) https://www.instagram.com/welldonemusthofa/p/BxYvVRIgND-/?igshid=7moydw99b7a7