#Nils Hagen

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finally posting the last batch of art fight attacks don’t look at me--

Credits!

Noah Hagen for Lemonn_frog / acid.raccooon_

Nil for End / ether.sent

Winter (with bonus Winter lol) for betablindspots (instagram)

Clove Hellbaum for scrumpygoat / @scrumpygoat​

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ulmer zelt vom 24. Mai bis 08. Juli 2023

Zum inzwischen schon 35. Mal findet in der Friedrichsau in Ulm das ulmer zelt statt. Vom 24. Mai bis zum 08. Juli 2023 werden im großen Zirkuszelt immer abends 35 Veranstaltungen stattfinden. Die Eröffnung am ersten Abend übernahm am 24. Mai das Mannheimer Trio von Clockclock, das zur Zeit in aller Munde ist. Vor ungefähr 800 Besuchern sorgten sie mit ihrem poppigen Sound für Festival und Sommer Feeling und brachten das Zelt ordentlich zum glühen. In den nächsten Wochen werden dann noch weitere großartige Bands und Künstler sowie Kabarettisten und Magier im Rahmen des ulmer zelt auftreten. Ans Herz legen wollen wir euch ein paar besondere Acts wie beispielsweise Fortuna Ehrenfeld, die beim Hamburger Label GHvC unter Vertrag sind und sich ihr ganz eigenes Genre erspielt haben. Die Truppe um den Kölner Martin Bechler ist eine deutsche Indie Inkarnation, die absolut sehenswert und auch wirklich amüsant ist. Des Weiteren sollte man sich das Duo Royal Blood aus Großbritannien nicht entgehen lassen. Im Jahr 2015 noch in der ausverkauften Rockfabrik in Ludwigsburg, schaffte es das Duo Mike Kerr und Ben Thatcher in den letzten Jahren nicht mehr in unsere Gegend. Dafür tourten sie durch die ganze Welt alleine und mit Rockstars wie beispielsweise den Queens of The Stone Age. Demnächst spielen sie auf der Hauptbühne des legendären Glastonbury Festival aber davor erstmal in Ulm. Auch empfehlen möchten wir euch die beiden Damen Steiner & Madlaina aus Zürich. Durch ihren mehrstimmigen und mehrsprachigen Gesang in Deutsch, Englisch und Schweizerdeutsch verbreiten sie einen ganz besonderen und sehr sehr melodiösen Charm auf der Bühne. Erst vor kurzem erschien mit RISIKO das inzwischen schon dritte Album von Nora Steiner und Madlaina Pollina, welches die beiden sicherlich in Ulm vorstellen werden. Eine weitere Perle die ihr nicht verpassen solltet, ist die norwegische Pop Sensation KAKKMADDAFAKKA. Ihre einzigartigen Auftritte bleiben einem oft noch sehr lange im Gedächtnis. Sie haben sichtlich Freude an dem was sie tun, spielen ihre Instrumente voller Inbrunst und laden mit ihren positiven gut gelaunten Songs zum wilden tanzen und mitsingen ein. Freut euch auf eine phänomenale. Stimmung und ihre Hits wie Gangsta, Restless oder Is She. Das noch anstehende Hauptprogramm vom ulmer zelt 2023: - RPWL - THE GARDENER & THE TREE - KÍLA - WOLFMOTHER - HAGEN RETHER - FORTUNA EHRENFELD - JULI - PYANOOK FEAT. NILS PETTER MOLVAER - ROYAL BLOOD - HELMFRIED VON LÜTTICHAU - FÜENF - BOTTICELLI BABY - WILLY ASTOR & FREUNDE - HUBERT VON GOISERN - LARS REICHOW - STEINER & MADLAINA - THE NINA SIMONE STORY - FREE VIVALDI! - CALEXICO - MAX UTHOFF - LARKIN POE - LIGHT IN BABYLON - HIGH VOLTAGE – BEST OF VARIETÉ - DIE BEKANNTE BAND ZÄRTLICHKEITEN MIT FREUNDEN - KAKKMADDAFAKKA - MASAA - MEGALOH - BLIND GUARDIAN Hört euch hier die ulmer zelt Spotify Playlist an Neben dem großen Zelt, gibt es auch ein sehr tolles Programm in der Zeltlounge: - Volume 12 - Mount Adige - Foursides - Black Ocean’s Edge - Olimpia & The Diners - Six4Blues - Funky Pilots Big Band - The Brandon Wolfe Band - Matinee: Knudsen Fessele Streit Trio - SOLDERING TIN and The Real Pain Horn Section - Shein & Friends - Grub Huub Auch für Kinder ist ein kostenloses Programm geboten. Es gibt Theaterstücke, Spiele- und Bastelaktion und vieles mehr. Am Donnerstag, 8. Juni 2023 findest zudem ein Kinderflohmarkt statt. Das komplette Kinderprogramm findet ihr hier. Neben dem kulturellen Programm gibt es natürlich auch ausreichend Verpflegung auf dem Friedrichsau Gelände. Von Flammkuchen und Crêpes über Pommes bis hin zur Asiatischen Fusion Küche wird jedem etwas geboten. TICKETS FÜR DAS ULMER ZELT

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Audi 'S Range' from electriclimeº on Vimeo.

Client | Audi

Agency | WOLFKING

Production Company | electriclime° Director: Lincoln Caplice DoP: Tim Tregonning Executive Producer: Shahn Devendran Producer: Hamish Roxburgh Production Manager: Linda Bachmann Associate Production Manager: Shaye Guillory Executive Producer: Michael Ahmadzadeh Creative Director: Pabz Alexander Production Assistants: Jenna Parker, Christina Vlotis Location Manager: Luke Torrevillas 1st AD: Greg Cobain 1st AC: Rhys Nicholson 2nd AC/Data: Harrison Joyce VTR: Chad Waldon Gaffer: Pat Hagen Best Boy: Peter Hagen LX Assist: Gavin Henley Key Grip: Mick Leslie Grip Assistants: James Corrigan, Tom Sheridan Scorpio Arm Op: Beau Sevastos Scorpio Arm Tech: Joy Yotawong Scorpio Arm Driver: Steve Wells Scorpio Arm Intern: Sandon Hale Precision Drivers: Talayna Moana Nikora, Rick Bates Stylist: Nicki Colbran Makeup & Hair: Nadine Monley Nurse: Karen Clarke Safety Officer: Greg Robinson Unit Manager: Nils Pedotti Unit Assistant: Cyrus Pilko Catering: Sheldon’s Catering Car Transporter: James Hussary Car Detailer: Roy Gam Car Detailer Assistant: Jaimie Dangerfield, Danny Gam Talent: Farida Singatoulina, Josh Kempen Casting Director: Sarah McGrath @ Byrne Creative Offline Editors: Lucas Vasquez, Kelly Searancke Online Editors: White Chocolate - EP/Owner: Chris Grocott - Editor: David Mosqueda Colourist: Yanni Kronenberg

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what's something you want each person you're close to to know?

“I want Chana to know that she’s not alone, for Theo to know that he’s brave, for Grace to know she’s important, for my brother to know he deserves happiness, for Nils to know he’s good, and for Hagen to know I . . . I love him.”

(( @firewithxn , @nctgold , @gracexbachmann , @bvttlebcrn , @projecthagen ))

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Febuwhump 2022 Day 2

Read it below the line, or here on AO3 (appreciate all kudos, feedback, comments)!

Clarice awoke to darkness, or at least she hoped she was awake, and this wasn’t another one of her elaborate nightmares.

The door flung open, and her fear that this was real life was confirmed. In the door frame stood the reason for all the troubles ViCAP had encountered during the investigation – the man himself, Nils Hagen. He walked in, pacing in front of her like the owner of a puppy who had just ruined his favourite shoes.

“You’ve ruined everything, Miss Starling. All those years of hard work, hush money, perfecting my scheme, has gone down the drain. And to think that one meek, small person, could do so themselves. Well, I guess I have to mention, I’m very impressed Clarice. I thought that you would give up after all the obstacles I sent on your path, but alas I should not have underestimated your determination in this case; in this way, it is I to blame.” He stopped and knelt down over her. She willed her hands to move, but realised that it was futile; in fact, she couldn’t move anything but her eyes. She tried to open her mouth to retort, but it was like her body and mind were disconnected.

Hagen must have seen the panic in Clarice’s eyes, and he spoke: “Oh, don’t mind that Clarice. I just gave you a little something so you wouldn’t try to do anything rash during our little conversation. You see, it’s for both my and your protection – I would hate for something to happen to you should, let’s say, I was found dead in your presence.” He stood back up again, walked to the door.

“I will be back soon with a demonstration, Clarice. Perhaps that will give you reason to halt your manhunt into me.”

*

Clarice must have been in the room for a long time, a very long time. Not only was it now lighter in the room, the sunlight coming in through the very narrow window to her left, but she could now move – whatever she was drugged with must have worn off. She rose up slowly, steadying herself against the wall. Slowly, she paced towards the door, testing it for vulnerabilities.

Luck was not on her side – not only would this door be nearly impossible for her to open singlehandedly, but she could also hear voices getting louder, a sure sign that she would potentially have more company. She dashed back towards were she was sat, and as soon as she had sat down, the door swung open.

Hagen walked in, an air of triumph around him. What was he smiling about? Her question was answered two seconds later, when another figure was dragged into the room, and dumped opposite her. She could see who it was – their head was tilted down, and it looked like they had also been drugged. Everyone left the room, and Clarice scooted over to the mystery figure. Gently tilting their head up, a gasp betrayed her surprise at the figure. Esquivel.

What on Earth was he doing here?

*

He opened his eyes slowly, panicking when he realised that no matter how hard he tried to move, he couldn’t. His eyes settle on the person sitting in front of him.

“Clarice?” He croaked out, hoping his eyes were not deceiving him.

“Esquivel, you’re okay. Whatever he drugged you with, it will wear off.”

He was too weak to reply, but closed his eyes, knowing that there was someone he trusted watching over him.

*

“Esquivel, you okay?” Clarice shook his shoulders, worried that perhaps he was having an adverse reaction to the drugs, as it was now evening, and he was still not showing any signs of moving.

She slapped him, hoping the sudden pain would awaken him – it did.

“What happened?” He asked Clarice, confused.

“The drugs must have really taken a toll on you. You’ve been out all day. The bigger question is, what are you doing here?”

“Ardelia found a lead, and when we realised you were missing, I realised we could use that lead, and as you can see, it led me here. But we have a problem – I don’t think anyone will notice I’m gone until Monday.”

“We can’t wait for them. Can you stand?”

Esquivel shuffled to his feet, a questioning look on his face.

“Every few hours, someone comes in to check in on us. If my internal clock is not deceiving me, someone is about to walk through that door any second.” And it didn’t deceive her – about five minutes later, one of the men that had dragged Esquivel in walked in, expecting to see them both against the wall. Instead, what he got was a whack to the back of his skull, knocking him out cold.

They exited the room, navigating through the corridors of the building; they never seemed to end. Finally, after a countless number of turns and dead ends (seriously, where was Hagen keeping them?) it seemed that they had hit the jackpot – a door that was leading to stairs. But which way, up or down?

“Roof, Clarice. Easier to get our bearings there.” Esquivel led the way, charging up the stairs. A shot rang out, and Esquivel staggered backwards, with Clarice barely catching him from falling down the stairs.

Clarice helped him down the stairs, lying him down on his back, applying pressure to the blood pumping out of his abdomen.

A man walked down the stairs, his gun still smoking. Behind him, Hagen followed, a smirk on his countenance.

He tutted, as if telling off a child for eating too many sweets. “Did you not think that I do not know what’s going on in my own house? Have me for a weak, old, fool, do we Agent Starling? I think it’s time we established that your actions have consequences.”

He gestured at the man with the gun, and then to someone below them. They moved forward, dragging Clarice away from Esquivel.

“He is going to bleed out if you don’t help him.” She looked up into the emotionless eyes of Hagen. She realised he was amused.

“So be it. For it is you that I am interested in Clarice. And if your fellow agent knew about this place, it won’t be long until your other friends decide to go poking their noses here. I can’t have that Clarice.”

A gun to her head, Clarice was directed down the stairs, into a different room, this one even less hospitable than the last.

“Don’t get too comfortable. We’ll be moving soon.”

The door shut behind her, and with it any hopes of any escape. She had shown her hand to early, and now she could only hope for a miracle. For both her, and Esquivel.

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For the Sunrise AMA, What was it like writing the chapter where they find Susie? I remember reading that and being like whoa, it was very good.

So this developed gradually.  It was another thing where I wanted to respin some of the in-game Epilogue and do my own homage to it rather than just write a totally different 1907.  But I also desperately wanted to fix its huge problem of being almost entirely plot device/deus ex machina based writing rather than organic plot and character evolution like the first six Chapters. What we have in-game is nobody having any clue for the longest time Micah’s anywhere nearby so Sadie doesn’t feel obligated to go after him.  Then suddenly Sadie knows Micah’s around, he’s a threat with a whole gang of his own, and gosh, conveniently, one of his men is right there in Strawberry to interrogate!  And then Cleet spins some yarn about arguing with Micah about killing a little girl and that causing them to go separate ways. So: it’s fairly nonsensical that Micah could be operating a large, violent criminal gang and even be mentioned by name in the papers without Sadie as a very seasoned multi-state bounty hunter having any Goddamn clue he’s around.  It’s also fairly nonsensical that a vicious sadist like Micah would just let Cleet walk away from the gang after crossing him and proving he’s “weak” in Micah’s eyes. I tried to patch some of that as best I could.  Micah not being seen or identified by anyone got explained as his level of violence deliberately leaving no survivors--which is fitting with his in-game actions.  I also ended up revealing he has practical reason to do so given his distinctively identifiable eye patch.  I did take that one aspect from the High Honor “go for the money” ending and transport it to the fight up on the ridge, and explained it as Arthur breaking Micah’s eye socket and the bone splinters in the eye needing its removal.  It felt like a selfless Arthur who rescued John deserved to leave that mark on Micah for the next eight years for Micah to think about, and not just a selfish Arthur who weirdly decided he cared most about money he didn’t expect to survive to spend.  (I’m still kind of “What the fuck?” about the non-logic of the money ending.) As for Cleet, I was leaning towards that issue of killing small children being genuine for him.  It could have been Cleet lying, but it did feel like it could be a genuine fracture point.  You can be a monster who still has some limits.  So I figured they might run across Cleet at a homestead, where that argument about killing a small girl meant Micah shot him and left him to die slowly, because that felt like Micah’s style of indiscriminate “so there, that’ll show you” violence.  And Cleet could still be the one to tell Arthur and Sadie that this dangerous “Big Valley Phantom” is Micah, and where to find him.  The Hagens were originally one-shot NPCs for Arthur and Sadie helping guide them to their homestead in 1901 on their way up to Adler Ranch for Sadie to say goodbye to Jake before marrying Arthur.  I went for Shepherd’s Rest because it would be there on the map in 1907, and it being there in 1901 seemed possible. Then I was reminded of them being there in 1907.  I think I dropped a casual mention or two of the Griffiths dropping in on the Hagens while trying to pick up the trail of “Jim Milton” since they would be in the area as an “Oh yeah, someone they knew, they’d probably say hi since they were right there, and the Hagens did say to drop by if that ever happened.”  I didn’t do much with it right then given the Hagens didn’t figure into my plans yet (and therefore ended hastily patching some mention of it in later about renewing the friendship that spring when they stopped by...yeah, it’s this kind of thing I’ll probably try to smooth out a bit on the edit) Then at some point I realized it could work for the Hagens to be the ones involved.  They were newlyweds in 1901, so they could have a small child.  There’s unfortunately always going to be more narrative punch when events involve someone you know rather than Random Citizen #2.  I’d also been having the thought that Sadie and Arthur would end up adopting kids in the future, but the survival of a little girl from a violent attack, especially the daughter of friends, would be a reason to make her part of their family.  So it all seemed to work together. But a lot of the weight of it hit me only in the moment when I was writing the chapter.  I like to let things largely play out as I write them, and this was no exception.  So you get both of them riding up and sensing that something’s wrong that the Hagens didn’t meet them as planned, and the stillness of the homestead, and then being reminded of past traumas.  Arthur’s reminder of riding up to Eliza and Isaac’s cabin and seeing the silence along with those fresh graves with two crosses.  Sadie’s reminder of her own home being broken into, and Jake’s murder and her own ordeal.  They’ve got their kids there too, which makes it even harder. And then Sadie deliberately saying she’ll go see about Susannah, and Arthur saying he’ll go check Nils and Margit’s bedroom, is each of them agreeing to shield the other from more direct triggers.  Arthur can’t see a murdered small child, and Sadie can’t see a married couple presumably surprised while asleep in bed and then murdered, especially the husband. Finding Susie alive and hiding, and seeing Cleet’s still alive and able to tell them what they need to know sets off two different and disparate missions: taking care of this orphaned and traumatized little girl and their own kids, and hunting down Micah.  And the conflict and tension between those does inform a lot of the next few chapters in trying to figure out where their responsibility lies, the nature of duty vs vengeance, etc. It was a really rough chapter to write between the emotions and the aftermath of violence, but I think it’s probably one of my better ones for all that.  I knew a lot hung on this one, given the payoff of finding Micah was something that had been left pending and gathering tension for readers who knew it had to happen at some point. 

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By KEVIN KRAUSE

Staff Writer kkrause@dallasnews.com

He was a fugitive who had threatened to go to war with the government and had illegally gotten his hands on a powerful firearm after being released from prison.

And he was in contact with another militia extremist who months later would begin plotting to kidnap Michigan’s governor, according to the FBI.

“I am now a sought after man, who is going to stand up and NEVER allow them to kidnap me again,” Kevin “KC” Massey said on Facebook.

Massey’s final days were spent running, hiding and talking about a final confrontation. That, however, never happened. The North Texas man who once led vigilante patrols on the Texas-Mexico border shot himself two days before Christmas in 2019 in Van Zandt County, putting an end to the manhunt.

Over a year after Massey’s death, some associates who allegedly provided him with aid and support are now themselves facing prison time. While on the run, Massey, 53, became a powerful symbol of resistance for the resurgent anti-government militia movement that has been radicalizing people disaffected by the pandemic and national politics.

Cody Gene Reynolds, 34, of Hunt County recently pleaded guilty in Dallas to buying Massey an AR-15-style firearm a few months before Massey’s suicide. Reynolds is scheduled to be sentenced in August, according to court records. His attorney declined to comment.

And Barry Gordon Croft, 44, was communicating with Massey on Facebook in the fall of 2019, promising to help him and to train him for a coming war against the government, the FBI says. Croft, of Delaware, has been charged along with about a dozen others with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

A third man, James Russell Smith, was arrested and tried on a charge of harboring Massey at his Hunt County home. But a federal jury in Dallas found Smith, 70, not guilty several months ago.

Massey was already a hero to some other homegrown extremists, and his death only served to make him a martyr in the eyes of like-minded militia members. An Illinois podcaster last year called Massey a “fallen political prisoner.” And a Facebook page created for him called Massey a “patriot who served on the Texas border repelling foreign invaders.”

For federal authorities who are looking to contain the growth of domestic terrorism in the U.S, that is a concern.

“Massey’s status as a fugitive became a symbol of government oppression for individuals like Croft who harbored anti-government and anti-federal law enforcement views,” an FBI complaint in that case said.

Croft was arrested in October. Prosecutors called him a ringleader in the Whitmer kidnapping scheme as well as the “prime mover behind” the construction and testing of “weapons of mass destruction.”

Croft took part in nighttime surveillance of the governor’s house, planned to bomb a bridge and detonated test bombs he planned to use, Assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler said in a filing. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges. His attorney declined to comment.

‘They will ... pay’

Croft messaged Massey on Facebook in October 2019 when Massey was a fugitive, the FBI says. Among the things Croft said to Massey were, “They will have to pay for what they have done,” and “I don’t care if we destroy this whole planet in the fight that is coming, but a reckoning is necessary,” an FBI affidavit said.

Croft also allegedly said that “the People” didn’t support what happened to Massey and that “Our hour draws near, brother.”

“I’m going to North Carolina on Saturday to discuss going to war against the government of North Carolina,” Croft allegedly wrote. “They invited me to speak and share tactics. Please come out bro. We need you.”

Croft also told Massey in his messages that he could help him, according to the FBI.

“I can pull you out,” Croft allegedly told him. “Let me get you nourished back to combat ready … I need to recover you, sir.”

Massey, 53, was an electrician from Quinlan, an hour east of Dallas, and a man with “alarming rage” and a love of heavy weaponry, federal authorities have said.

He had gone into hiding around May 2019, several months after being released from prison on probation for a federal weapons charge that stemmed from his armed border patrols, court records say.

In addition to being a militia member, Massey was a Three Percenter, which refers to a far-right, anti-government movement that the FBI is building a conspiracy case against in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and insurrection, according to published reports and court records.

Three Percenters are also referred to as “III%ers” or “threepers.” The term Three Percenter is based on the myth that only 3% of American colonists fought against the British during the American Revolution. Authorities say it’s not a single group but more of a common belief that a small yet determined force of armed citizens can overthrow a government. Many independent militias incorporate it into their names.

Authorities say Croft posted the following comment online in April 2019: “Be it known, any harm to KCI Massey III by the federal government will trigger my 3% [expletive] to action!!!%”

Help from friends

Massey came to the attention of federal authorities in 2014 when he was in Brownsville as a member of a border vigilante group called Rusty’s Rangers. Dressed in military fatigues, he conducted armed patrols with others on the South Texas border to search for immigrants attempting to cross into the U.S., authorities say.

The militia members, displeased with U.S. border enforcement, said they took matters into their own hands after obtaining permission to access private property. Their makeshift “Camp Lonestar” on rural land served as a “staging area for their patrols,” according to the feds.

Massey routinely videotaped his border activities and posted them on Facebook, court records said. He would later say on Facebook that he had the power of citizen’s arrest. In posts, Massey described detaining immigrants at gunpoint and binding their wrists with zip ties.

He vowed to remain at the border until regulators “sealed the border or there’s some sort of civil war,” prosecutors said.

Instead he was arrested and charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Massey was found with 20 homemade explosive devices and other weapons at the time, court records say. He was convicted and sentenced in 2016 to 41 months in federal prison.

His prison writings, archived online by a supporter, as well as his Facebook posts, show that he fervently embraced right-wing extremist movements.

According to prosecutors, he also expressed support for Timothy McVeigh, whose bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995 killed more than 160 people and injured over 680 others.

Massey was released from prison in June 2018 to begin serving his three-year probation term, according to court records. As a felon, he could not legally have firearms.

But Massey drove with Reynolds to a Caddo Mills gun store in December 2018 to buy one, according to court records. Massey gave Reynolds money and told him which gun to buy. Reynolds then purchased the Diamondback Arms DB15 for Massey. The gun, although called a pistol, looks and performs like an assault rifle.

Reynolds pleaded guilty on March 30 to acquiring a firearm from a licensed dealer by false or fictitious statement and to aiding and abetting a felon in possession of a firearm, court records show. He faces up to 10 years in prison.

A warrant was issued for Massey’s arrest in May 2019 after he tested positive for illegal drugs and failed to report to his probation officer, court records show.

While on the run, Massey went to a second man for help, an old friend, prosecutors said.

An acquittal

James Russell Smith is retired from the construction industry and lives in Lone Oak, east of Dallas. He had known Massey for about 20 years and recruited him to join the Cossacks Motorcycle Club years earlier, prosecutors said. Massey told Smith he was broke, hungry and needed a place to stay, according to court records.

In July 2019, Massey moved to Smith’s property near the banks of Lake Tawakoni, court records say. Smith provided him with food and shelter and also allowed Massey to store his property, including firearms, on his land, according to prosecutors.

U.S. marshals learned Massey was there and set up surveillance. Massey was seen coming and going from the home with what appeared to be a firearm on his hip, a federal complaint said.

Agents raided the home with a search warrant but Massey was gone, having “escaped into the woods,” prosecutors said.

Smith told agents he didn’t know where Massey was. The marshals said they found an AK-47-style pistol inside a bag he left behind. While the marshals continued to look for Massey, the government in July 2019 charged Smith with conspiracy to conceal a person from arrest.

Smith’s trial ended in September with an acquittal. Juror notes submitted during deliberations indicate they had an issue with a critical element of the charge — that Smith knew of the existence of a federal arrest warrant for Massey at the time.

‘Key issue’

Smith’s attorney, Keith Willeford, said in an interview that the arrest warrant for Massey had been sealed and therefore wasn’t public knowledge.

“The key issue was the fact that they had to prove that my client knew that KC had a warrant,” he said.

Willeford said Massey stayed at his client’s property for only about four nights. And no one ever called Smith to inform him that Massey was wanted or to ask for his help in locating him, Willeford said.

William Hagen, a federal prosecutor, tried unsuccessfully in 2015 to seek a tougher prison term for Massey, citing his “utter disregard for federal law.”

And he issued a warning that turned out to be prophetic.

“Because the defendant not only disrespects the law, but explicitly rejects the legitimacy of it, he will undoubtedly rearm and reoffend once released from prison,” Hagen wrote.

The 911 call came in on Dec. 23, 2019. Police said Massey’s body was found in a “small wooded area.”

Twitter: @KevinRKrause

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Orkla CEO Jaan Ivar Semlitsch hands reins to Nils Selte from shareholder Canica

Orkla CEO Jaan Ivar Semlitsch hands reins to Nils Selte from shareholder Canica

Nordic food group Orkla has a new president and CEO – Nils Selte, who joins the business from the consumer-goods firm’s largest shareholder Canica. From today (11 April), Selte replaces Jaan Ivar Semlitsch at the Norway-headquartered NOK50.4bn (US$5.7bn) revenue business, as it enters a phase “that calls for a new form of leadership”, Stein Erik Hagen, the founder of Oslo-based investment group…

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Clarice Episode 13 Review: Family is Freedom

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This Clarice review contains spoilers.

Clarice Episode 13

Clarice, episode 13, “Family is Freedom,” only closes some of the cliffhangers “Father Time” ended on.  We still don’t know whether Clarice Starling (Rebecca Breeds) will be reinstated into the ViCAP team, and we never find out what happened to young Clarice when her Sheriff father left her at the mercy of some pissed off criminals.

The last image we saw of that encounter, when Clarice ran it through her repressed memory bank, was a young Clarice with a gun held to her head as her father hangs his head in shame in the distance. The men who said they were cheated, and called Clarice’s dad a criminal and a coward, warned him he couldn’t hide behind his little girl. We never learn how that scenario plays out. How does she live through that incident to become the wild card federal cop she is today? The gang in the alley do not appear like they’re going to accept partial payment, and the implications are Clarice became part of a deal. But we don’t know and may not find out, as Clarice has not been picked up by CBS, and hasn’t officially been claimed by Paramount+.

This makes “Family is Freedom” the probable series finale, and for that Clarice really pulls out all the stops. The River Murders conspiracy Agent Starling forced the ViCAP team to investigate turns out to be something far worse than expected, the entire episode is action-centered, including the dynamics of every conversation, and one of the main cast gets shot.

The main setting is an exquisitely efficient horror house, and Alastor CEO Nils Hagen (Peter McRobbie), who runs it, is a monster whose deeds go far beyond the crimes of Buffalo Bill. The episode digs deep into the Silence of the Lambs subconscious to rework its iconography. The central location is an everyday nightmare: An animal research facility with its own rendering machine. This is a wonderfully horrific pairing. It screams “you really don’t get much more evil than this.” And then it does. It turns out the machines are grinding up the medical students Tyson (Douglas Smith) has been bringing over as part of his volunteer medical team. This means the meat being rendered is humanitarian cuisine.

The season villain is truly horrific, clicking so much more than the usual horror cliché buttons. Nils Hagen is a mad scientist from a long line of mad scientists. His grandfather weaponized chlorine during World War I, and in tender moments, the family posed deceased children in death portraits. “Memento mori,” as Agent Shaan Tripathi (Kal Penn) puts it, were all the rage at the turn of the century. But photogenic dead kids leave a strange legacy. Nils has been a chemist all his life, it is in his blood. He was born knowing there is no need for fire to get rid of the even the most seemingly damning evidence. Bleach and steam is enough during company sale time, because DNA breaks down at 400 degrees. He says it incredibly matter-of-factly, like the epitome of a psychopathic chief executive. But it is part of his collective unconscious.

It appears Tyson has been trafficking the students because he wants a brother. But all his father’s offspring turn out still born deformities. The students used for breeding are kept in pens, like lambs before slaughter, as if this isn’t going to trigger more memories in Starling. But she dips into her childhood trauma to pull out the idea of all the trapped animals rushing out at once. It is unintentionally funny when the person they run into is Deputy Assistant Attorney General Paul Krendler (Michael Cudlitz), and they knock him to the ground beating tiny little fists into his burly chest.

Just when you think the Hagen family have had their fill of bad blood, the evil father gives his prodigal son a tasteless choice. “This girl is here for you to kill so you can prove you are here for me,” Hagen says. But Tyson’s third option is no less terrifying, nor less psychopathic. He points out Clarice’s strength, her intelligence, he almost pulls her mouth back so Hagen can inspect her teeth, and basically says have at her. Go forth and multiply, I’ll get the jars ready.

Clarice weaponizes psychiatry with a magic bullet. She really gets into Tyson’s head, possibly taking tips from her therapist, Dr. Renee Li (Grace Lynn Kung). Clarice not only gets him to kill his own father but blow his own head off. It’s amazing what you can get away with when you turn in your badge to people who want you to keep it. Hagen was right to have his “first doubts.”

Every major player gets some kind of personal satisfaction. Agent Ardelia Mapp (Devyn Tyler) files her own paperwork, and doesn’t care who gets papercuts. At the outset of the episode, we learn she’s been told to remain in her departmental office, and will be terminated if she plays around with ViCAP. She gets to tell Krendler she’ll be suggesting where her boss can stick his desk duty.

Agent Murray Clarke (Nick Sandow) gets to visibly enjoy it. It may be his happiest moment of the season, and that includes the ending when he is wrapping his ViCAP jacket around a young medical student he helps save. Mapp is also allowed some follow through. She lay her case out straight succinctly, and Special Agent Anthony Herman (David Hewlett) runs out of facial expressions long before she finishes citing out the most grievous offenses. He, like Hagen, hits every button on the cookie cutter of bad men with powers: top cops. It doesn’t matter what Herman says, or what he claims to believe. He was doomed to one-dimension the moment his first word of dialog was keyed into the script.

Agent Esquivel (Lucca De Oliveira) takes strong-arming a witness literally, brother. He has the head of CSA Security Specialists cheek-deep in paperclips at his own desk before arriving at the ViCAP meeting in time to answer a question hanging in the air. The timing on the show is amazingly fortuitous. His entrance into the scene is plays like an old Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse bit. But there are so many moments which coincidentally happen to occur at the last possible moment. Krendler happens to call Attorney General Ruth Martin (Jayne Atkinson) about extenuating circumstances, just as she’s getting spit on by a House representative.

Congressman Llewellyn Gant makes a hard choice easier for Ruth. He tells her to step down, and take care of her daughter Catherine (Marnee Carpenter). The Attorney General responds by giving the go-ahead on an assault which may have been caused by an out-of-control agent who assaulted a civilian. She also begins an investigation on which politicians were getting funding from Alistor, so she gets to stick it to the man. The entire team gets the tell-tale mourning music moaning low as the victims are escorted to vans, and Krendler is loaded into intensive care.

“Family is Freedom” is exactly the kind of ending Clarice promised from the beginning. It went through the paces far too steadily to have any other outcome. The biggest break in protocol is how Clarice Starling took down the two main culprits without lifting a finger. She raised her voice a few times, but the only triggers she pulled were in the minds of her prey. The main character gets what she wants as well, everyone appreciates her, apologizes to her or gifts her with new beads. She even gets time to visit her mother. Clarice gets enough closure to close out the series.

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People believe stories. They buy into myths.

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We have been waiting for a while, but JUDAH BACHMANN was finally spotted in the village today. People heard whispers that he is a WITCH that is hellbent on [ fixing ] the veils. Will they succeed? Only time can tell. Until then we will keep a close eye on him as he listens to “SUBSTITUTIARY LOCOMOTION” by the SHERMAN BROTHERS.

~ THE BIOGRAPHY ~

Judah grew up in Wildemount with his older brother Charlie. Because of their parents’ busy work schedule and the age difference between them, Charlie practically raised Judah himself, resulting in the brothers to become rather close. Judah would often grow jealous of the time Charlie spent with Theo, their cousin, as they were closer in age to each other than they were to him, but he used his free time to collect things and take pictures, finding he really enjoyed capturing life in photographs.

That hobby grew into a passion that grew into a career choice, as Judah got older. He would often find himself falling from trees, fences, and other various high places in pursuit of that “perfect angle.” He also tried to get as many photographs as he could of the supernatural around town, fascinated by its existence. 

That wasn’t the only thing that grew within him, however. When Judah reached puberty, he noticed strange things happening to him. He’d find himself floating above his bed some nights, or wake up to things falling on the floor where they’d been hovering around him. When he confessed this to Charlie, his brother immediately assumed he had magic. Judah was skeptical at first: Theo’s side of the family had magic, not theirs. But further research revealed that the Bachmann’s did have magic in their family, from at least three generations ago. For a reason no one knew, the magic in their blood had become dormant, only just now returning to the bloodline through Judah.

Judah didn’t know why he was chosen for this gift and not Charlie, but he made a promise to himself to work as hard as he could to make sure he did good things with his magic, to give back to his family and make them proud. He wants to be powerful as well as a famous photographer, and while he knows he could probably use magic to boost his photography, he considers that cheating. He wants to win at life knowing he worked hard and did everything right.

He joined the local coven, but didn’t really like the coven leader. He could sense something dark in the man and so didn’t participate much, preferring to work on schooling and furthering his career. He got a degree in Photography and went on to get a job at the local newspaper: The Observer. Although he enjoys the fact that he has a job in photography, he’s often bored with his assignments, as they often have to do with non-supernatural related things. He’s already gotten written up twice for chasing down stories involving the supernatural when he was supposed to be photographing a wedding or business opening. As he’s already told his boss numerous times, he’s not afraid to get into danger to cover more exciting things. His boss tells him to get his head out of the clouds and focus on “real” news.

Once the local coven got a new leader: Elijah Atkins, Judah returned to being an active participant in the group, eager to learn from this new coven leader who seems like a much better person than the last one.

He still lives with his parents, not making a enough with the paper to support himself yet (plus his mother is loathe to let him out of the house until he marries). He’s since started dating Hagen Madro, a local psychic, and has found his familiar, Nils Holmgren.

~ PERSONALITY ~

Positive: Friendly, Curious, Confident, Ambitious Negative: Talkative, Impulsive, Reckless, Oblivious

[ozkamal]

A sixteen year old boy with an intense desire for recognition seeks out a vicious criminal to prove his boundless grit. “The Hunger” is an expressive suburban gothic tale which enters the mindset of a teenager and the explores the phenomenon of sensation seeking. A drama series adaptation is currently in development. "The Hunger" is this week's Staff Pick Premiere! Read more about it here: https://ift.tt/2KLMMme The Hunger // Gutten er sulten dramaseries is currently in development. Production Company: Maipo Film & Eldorado Film Contact: petter@maipo.no CAST Henrik Dieter Stenholt, Odin Waage, Mikkel Bratt Silset, Anders T. Andersen, Nils Ole Oftebro, Daniel Grinden, Mattis Veine Karterud CREW Writer and Director: Kenneth Karlstad Producer: Petter Onstad Løkke Executive Producers: Synnøve Hørsdal & John Einar Hagen Director of Photography: Pål Ulvik Rokseth Editor: Karsten Meinich & Kenneth Karlstad (co-editor) Production Designer: Mirjam Veske Sound Designers: Johannes Dekko & Inger Elise Holm Acting coach: Maria Grazia Di Meo Costume and Makeup Designer: Rebecca Kilcline Abbott Casting Directors: Thea Hvistendahl & Maria Grazia Di Meo Colorist: Dylan R. Hopkin

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MERLIN oder Das wüste Land

Tankred Dorst

Staatstheater Kassel Januar 2018

Regie: Marco Štorman, Bühne: Demian Wohler, Musik: Moritz Löwe, Dramaturgie: Michael Volk

mit: Caroline Dietrich, Jürgen Wink, Eva-Maria Keller, Lukas Umlauft, Marius Bistritzky, Hagen Bähr, Christian Ehrich, Michaela Klamminger, Moritz Löwe, Katharina Henker

Fotos © Nils Klinger

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Clarice Episode 12 Review: Father Time

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Clarice Episode 12

In Clarice episode 12, “Father Time,” Agent Clarice Starling (Rebecca Breeds) finally loses her shit and clocks someone, and the series is better off for it. The young agent who rose to the top of a media circus on her first serial killer case has been scrutinized, chastised, hypnotized, and downsized since returning to the field. She’s had to run amok straight into danger just to get a point across which will solve cases. Tonight, Clarice lashes out at everyone, packs her boxes, and runs until her legs give out. It provides the most satisfying episode the series has given so far.

Starling has even had enough of her chosen, as opposed to assigned, therapist. Dr. Renee Li (Grace Lynn Kung), is the very definition of calming. Just a few words from her mouth usually silence the lambs in Clarice’s head. But let her blame being late on a traffic cop and the Sheriff’s little deputy snaps her cuffs. Clarice sees the scars on Dr. Li’s arms, gets her fill of explanations that unprocessed trauma comes out as anger, and goes with it. She’s been getting SOS calls from her subconscious, and her therapist can’t decipher them.

It is very telling, however, how Clarice responds almost automatically to the mere validation “you’re not angry,” from the therapist. The agent is an expert in many psychiatric disciplines, and is prescribing for herself. She visibly wills herself, through the episode, to come to the conclusion Dr. Li suggests at the outset. Clarice has a memory, and she doesn’t need regressive hypnosis to bring it out of her. That would be too comforting. When it finally comes, Clarice faces the pain the therapist wants her to accept, and it stops her in her tracks.

The ViCAP unit gets official approval to raid Alastor Pharmaceuticals, and Agent Murray Clarke (Nick Sandow) is having a blast. He loves Raid Days. It would be a perfect afternoon for him if it wasn’t for the agent who can’t hold his bladder. Peeing in a bottle is unnecessarily rude, and probably another piece of unprocessed trauma for Starling. The entire episode could be chalked up as a very bad day for Clarice.

Attorney General Ruth Martin (Jayne Atkinson) is now serving a proper function: acting as a tool to work against a quickly ticking countdown. There’s a lot of money involved, and she could just as well have gone the other way and pocketed her retirement in a weekend. Her daughter, Catherine Martin (Marnee Carpenter), owns the line of fire. Their scene together is sweet, and serves to allow the audience to accept their premature bonding.

As the ViCAP team enacts an evidentiary warrant for ties to the River Murders, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Paul Krendler (Michael Cudlitz) makes Alastor CEO Nils Hagen (Peter McRobbie) do the perp walk in front of all the cameras. But the psychopathic pharmaceutical magnate does it big. He goes both Shakespearean and Jesuit, forgiving his arresting officers as he is cuffed in the round. Ready for his closeup while gasping for breath, his eyes are open now. There are bad apples in his company, he admits, and he’s going to worm his way out of it.

Agent Shaan Tripathi (Kal Penn) is consistently growing as more than a well-rounded investigator. We learn he really knows his art, the brush strokes and everything. He can tell the difference between a painting and a blank canvas. After a few words with the artist, he realizes there is something darker going on, and it’s not merely the pigments of the oils and acrylics. Marina Abramović only used pig’s blood in her massively misunderstood performance piece “Spirit Cooking,” but the mentored artist dabs from a much more human palate. Don’t tell Qanon, but there are fetal tissues of five babies in the painting of Cronus the team took from Nils Hagen’s office.

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The chief executive replaces the damaging artwork by putting Joe Hudland (Raoul Bhaneja) in a frame as a still life. The entire sequence is extremely well done. From threat to cleanup, the problems facing the megamerger at the center of the crime disappear leaving nothing but further suspense.

The depths of the debauchery on the corporate fronts appears to be much deeper as ViCAP airs Hudland’s concerns about “uncovered sex stuff,” which Starling pegs as power.  Her first reaction is to help what she sees as a powerless victim, Hagen’s heir, Tyson (Douglas Smith). Cronos is the god who ate all his sons but Zeus, and Clarice sees Tyson as an appetizer. The team later finds out the son is helping prepare the menu.

“This is what happens when bitches have badges,” an FBI agent says as he passes Starling after the ViCAP team are awarded jurisdiction of a compromised crime scene. The affront sets off Agents Esquivel (Lucca De Oliveira), who gets called “Taco Bell” for sticking up for his sister in arms. The situation could have given Esquivel the last drop in the law enforcement pissing match. But Clarice gets to crack the guy in the nose. It’s a good clean shot, too. We don’t have to see Murray to know he approves, and even Krendler looks like he’s biting his inner lip so he doesn’t smile out loud.

Clarice disarms and turns in her badge, but it probably won’t be for long. She doesn’t do it because of her anger. She doesn’t do it because Agent Ardelia Mapp (Devyn Tyler) and Agent Garrett (K.C. Collins) are right in naming her in their claims against the department. Yes, she got preferential treatment, and she sees how unfair it is. But Clarice turns it in because her father was more than a dirty cop. He was a bad daddy. The only thing stopping Clarice from walking back in that office to reclaim her name as a good cop is the show’s cancellation. And so, “Father Time” ends on a triple cliffhanger. The uncovered memory has to have an outcome, the son of Dr. Frankenstein is walking up the stairs, and Clarice turned in her gun.

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India and Norway launch initiative to combat Marine Pollution

The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change today signed a letter of Intent establishing the India-Norway Marine Pollution Initiative together with the Norwegian ministry of Foreign Affairs. In January, 2019, the Indian and Norwegian governments agreed to work more closely on oceans by signing a MoU and establishing the India-Norway Ocean Dialogue during the Norwegian Prime Minister’s visit to India in January. A joint Task Force on Blue Economy with government officials, researchers and experts as well as private sector was established to develop sustainable solutions within strategic areas of the blue economy, such as maritime and marine sector in addition to energy sector. In partnership, Norway and India will share experiences and competence, and collaborate on efforts to develop clean and healthy oceans, sustainable use of ocean resources and growth in the blue economy. Both the governments launched the first Joint initiative under this new partnership. The India-Norway Marine Pollution Initiative will combat marine pollution, which is one of the fastest growing environmental concerns. The Joint Initiative was signed formally by Mr. Nils RagnarKamsvag, Ambassador to India, Embassy of Norway and Mr. Anil Kumar Jain, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Govt. of India. Ms. Marianne Hagen, Deputy Minister, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. VidarHelgesen, Special Envoy for Oceans, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ratan P Watal, Member Secretary, Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister & Principal Advisor, Niti Aayog, Govt. of India, Dr. M Rajeevan, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India, Mr. A GiteshSarma, Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India and Dr. SumitaMisra, Joint Secretary, Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister, Govt. of India were present at the signing of the Joint Initiative. Through a range of implementing partners, this initiative will seek to support local governments in implementing sustainable waste management practices, develop systems for collecting and analyzing information about sources and scope of marine pollution and improve private sector investment. Support will also be directed towards beach clean-up efforts, awareness raising campaigns and pilot project using plastic waste as fuel substitution for coal in cement production and developing frameworks for deposit schemes. Read the full article