#its not... dennis having control over his body. its dennis coming to terms with the fact that he needs to step back and relinquish control

[dennisboobs]

im actually getting so heated but i’d love to know your opinion on how annoyed people are getting about dennis “successfully monitoring his blood pressure” and actually being in control of his body. like??? huh??

I dunno, I don't really get why it's an issue for so many people personally speaking shsjnfnkhfjd this is like, pretty well established stuff, he's just gotten better at it and is using kratom to achieve it now. I'm jazzed that we're going to get (and have been getting) the Not Just Angry dennis that glenn wanted to play.

[karlswrites]

Big Vs. Little Spoon

Demon Bois + Non-Dateables Edition

This game is my newest hyper-fixation, so please bear with me. I know there are a lot of head-canons about the boys cuddling, but here’s my rendition. Boy howdy, this one’s a little long...

Warnings: Pure Fluff 

❤️ Lucifer: Because he’s the Avatar of Pride, Lucifer loves feeling bigger than you.  His pride inhibits him from being the little spoon, so he often opts for being the big spoon. Luci can’t help but admire the way his arms completely envelop you when he’s the big spoon. However, if he decides that you’ve been “a good little Main Character,” then he might acquiesce to your request, allowing you to lounge over him. Additionally, Luci prefers that the two of you cuddle in his bed, as it is rather large and extremely comfortable. Seeing you sprawled out over or curled in his comforter fills him to the brim with pride. Being able to hold you close to his chest gives him more pride than literally anything else. Being the elegant fella that he is, he will always lower himself beside you gently, careful not to disturb you. He won’t jump on the bed like some people. 

(I’m so sorry you had to read that one line of dialogue, if you can even call it that.)

💛 Mammon: A true switch on top of and underneath the sheets, Mammon is more likely to be the little spoon than his elder brother. He will never admit to you how much he enjoys feeling your arms slumped over him, but he does love it. He’ll never object to being the big spoon, though, as having his arms and legs draped over you is a HUGE ego booster. Mammon often feels little in the company of his brothers, so knowing that you feel safe and comfortable in his hold makes the guy’s heart melt. I must warn you, though, that Mammon doesn’t hesitate to leap unto your bed, effectively smothering you with his love and adoration. In the private on your room or his, because he loves showing his stuff off, he’ll entangle himself in you. Honestly, it doesn’t matter to him how you’re lying, as long as he gets to stay with you. If you satisfy his greed, and you always do, he will never leave.

(My friend thought of an adorable Mammon x MC Piggy-back ride idea, but that’s for another day, hehe)

💙 Leviathan: This poor boy isn’t used to physical touch, much less having someone in his room almost every night. His only experience comes from a Ruri-chan body pillow, and that thing does not compare to your warmth. At first, you have to be the big spoon. Although he’s embarrassed, Levi adores the feeling of your arms and legs hooked around him. He always takes the opportunity to take his hands and intertwine them with yours over his chest and waist. Now, if Levi gets jealous, then that’s a whole other story. If he notices a few too many people crowded around you or hugging you throughout the day, he’ll find his confidence and trap you into him. He’ll pull you into the bathtub with him, lay you down on his pillows, and act clingy so that nobody mistakes you for theirs. Good luck leaving the tub, ya hooligan. 

💚 Satan: Out of the two options, Satan is probably the big spoon most of the time. He likes holding you close, being able to enjoy some peace and quiet with you. He’s not so much of a ‘little/big spoon’ as he is a ‘two forks lying snuggly together in a drawer’ kind of guy. You lie next to him, your arms looped around his neck or his chest. Satan holds a book over the two of you, reading aloud softly. His free hand is snaked under your waist, his thumb gently stroking up and down your spine with each sentence he reads. On the other hand, if it’s late at night or super early in the morning, he’ll indulge in that prime spooning opportunity. He’d probably place his chin in the crook of your shoulder. He’ll probably have his hands anchored in your waist. He’ll probably - most definitely- slowly turn you around in his arms, letting his hands wander back towards your spine. Satan loves having you pressed against his heartbeat and vice versa. Your heart is the perfect sound for him to fall asleep to. 

💗 Asmodeus: This guy is a little spoon. With how much he loves himself and you, of course, he will curl himself into you. Asmo doesn’t like as much for his back to face you, so he always ends up turning around in your arms. He wants you to have constant access to his face. Whether you’re looking at him or kissing him, it doesn’t matter; Asmo wants your attention on his beautiful face. Being constantly suggestive, especially when it comes to you, he slowly weaves his legs between yours. He doesn’t hesitate when playing footsies, too. In terms of his preferences, he loves hosting you in his room. If you ever want to cuddle in your room, though, then he’ll eagerly agree. Asmo looks forward to leaving the scent of whatever fragrance he’s wearing all over your bedsheets. He wants you thinking about him 24/7 after all. 

(If anyone disagrees with this one, in particular, square up in a Denny’s parking lot.)

🧡 Beelzebub: As long as you’re eating food during cuddling, Beel could care less how you’re placed over him. He’s a big boy, so he’s often the big spoon. One of his arms will snake its way underneath you, holding you tightly around the waist. His other hand is preoccupied with a bag of chips or another tasty snack. Unlike Asmo, Beel is not nearly as handsy. He keeps you in his strong hold the entire time. When he’s done eating, he moves his hand up to your head. His digits will stroke and play with your hair. It’s so soft, and Beel can’t get enough of how relaxed it makes the both of you feel. Another position he likes, which isn’t necessarily spooning, but him lying on his back with you on top. Beel loves, loves, loves your head on his chest. The way his chin rests upon your head is so nice to him. He drapes his arms down your back, hooking his legs over yours. He keeps you in place, and you feel so safe. He is a legitimate teddy bear. 

💜 Belphegor: The Avatar of Sloth is the best cuddler, hands down. He has so many pillows and, upon request, can provide pillow forts, beds, nooks , or whatever you need. You always fall asleep within minutes. Cuddling was a bit difficult at first, as you didn’t always trust him. Actually, it was Belphie’s attempt to gain your trust that led you to be cuddle-buddies (besides your mutual pining, of course). Like some of his brothers, he doesn’t prefer one position over the other. He can be a big or little spoon. You say the word, and he’ll fall into the position with ease. He covers you with blankets, making you appear as a burrito/cocoon. He is definitely warm each and every time you snuggle in close. Belphie clings to you as a sloth clings to its branch, never letting go, even when you wake up. 

❤️ Diavolo: Another big boy, Diavolo is the - drum roll, please- big spoon. He has the broadest shoulders, biggest hands, and widest chest that’s perfect to fall into. Whenever you cuddle, he silently hopes you choose his castle. He’s always so excited to bring you over, and this guy has a massive bed. It’s literally made for a king. Since he’s a ray of sunshine, Diavolo will playfully tug you onto the mattress with him. He holds your face, caressing your cheeks. He grabs your waist, pulling you in even closer. He doesn’t let go until he absolutely has to. Sometimes, Barbatos has to come in and drag him away from you. Diavolo is completely smitten by you, and his affection only grows every time he relaxes against your back. Furthermore, cuddling with you is the perfect way to end a stressful day of dealing with the crazy demon brothers. 

💚 Barbatos: Barbatos may be a butler, but something about him screams big spoon. He loves scooping you up in his arms. The feeling of his heartbeat against your back brings him the greatest sense of comfort. When keeping you tangled up in his arms, he asks now and again if he can move in anyway, get you anything, or do anything to make you feel even more comfortable. He likes his control, but he always aims to please. Barbatos and you never stay still for long. His fingers run along your arms, sides, and shoulders continuously. He, too, likes playing with your hair. If you fall asleep before him, he places kisses on the back of your scalp, neck, and shoulders. He never goes past that, but cuddling allows him ample time to indulge in some innocent physical attention. Expect to be carried out of bed bridal style when the two of you wake up. 

🖤 Solomon: As the Devildom’s official special snowflake, you might never know what you’ll get with him. Solomon prefers feeling your back against his chest, though he will, like Lucifer, reward you by being the little spoon. He’s very calm and cool, so being the little spoon doesn’t embarrass him. He only cares about encasing you with his arms, hands wrapped around you in a big hug. He’s not as outwardly affectionate with you as another guy might be, but Solomon delivers some high-quality snuggles. You feel small and safe against him, and that’s all he could ever want. In terms of location, the two of you typically end up in your room. However, on days when the demon boys are at it again, he will coyly invite you into his dorm. He loves when your scent seeps its way into his bedsheets, but he also loves it when his gets lost in yours. Solomon is always left floored by how such simple affection can make him feel so warm and fuzzy. He doesn’t need to worry about spells with you, and you don’t need to worry about anything with him. 

🤍 Simeon: Similar to Levi, Simeon isn’t used to physical touch, but he’s not as shy. Cuddling you sounds as good as heaven, and he relishes in the feeling of your soft skin against his. Another true switch, in my humble opinion, he is content with being a big or little spoon. He’s an angel, and his greatest concern is how comfortable you are at all times. He’s inexperienced, so he will more-than-happily follow your lead. He never moves without your consent. You might have to reassure him a few times that moving is totally fine. In fact, it’s welcomed. Once he gets that through his noggin, he finally relaxes into you. From behind, Simeon grazes his hands over your stomach, loving the warmth you emit. If you’re behind him, he’ll seize the opportunity to clutch his hands in yours, loving the feeling of your head on his shoulder. He sleeps so much better with you.

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June 22nd-June 28th, 2020 CTP Archive

The archive for the Comic Tea Party week long chat that occurred from June 22nd, 2020 to June 28th, 2020.  The chat focused on The Stoop-Gallants by MJ Alexander and WW Rose.

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BOOK CLUB START!

Hello and welcome everyone to Comic Tea Party’s Book Club~! This week we’ll be focusing on The Stoop-Gallants by MJ Alexander and WW Rose~! (http://www.thestoopgallants.com/site/)

You are free to read and comment about the comic all week at your own pace until June 28th, so stop on by whenever it suits your schedule! Discussions are freeform, but we do offer discussion prompts in the pins for those who’d like to have them. Additionally, remember that while constructive criticism is allowed, our focus is to have fun and appreciate the comic! Whether you finish the comic or can only read a few pages, everyone is welcome to join and chat with us!

DISCUSSION PROMPTS – PART 1

1. What did you like about the beginning of the comic?

2. What has been your favorite moment in the comic (so far)?

3. Who is your favorite character?

4. Which characters do like seeing interact the most?

5. What is something you like about the art? If you have a favorite illustration, please share it!

6. What is a theme you like that the comic explores?

7. What do you like about the comic’s story or overall related content?

8. Overall, what do you think the comic’s strengths are?

Don’t feel inspired by the prompts? Feel free to discuss anything else that interested you!

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

I need to reread/catch up to answer the prompts, but I gotta say this comic absolutely excels at what it does.

Nutty (Court of Roses)

I've been meaning to read this one too, I'll try and set aside some time to!

Delphina

Stoop-Gallants has so much adorable humor and sass, Predictably, Alta is my favorite character; seeing her extremely awkward yet sweet relationship with Mica is my favorite.

Flea is also a sweetheart and I love seeing them learning more about their unpredictable magic and coming to be comfortable with it after avoiding it so long. This page in particular where they finally internalize that they're not a mistake and they're not alone made me tear up a little bit. T_T http://www.thestoopgallants.com/site/tsg/page-547/

RebelVampire

What I like about the beginning of the comic is that it basically opens with accidental necromancy. I think it really just kind of paints the entire tone of the comic, sets the right expectations, and is honestly, just hilariously convoluted. My favorite moment in the comic so far was actually probably the accidental necromancy as well. I love necromancy, and just the way this happens is so hilarious. Plus, I like a lot of the other scenes it ties into, like Maxwell getting mocked for not being able to do any sort of necromancy. In the theme of this trend, my favorite character is Ru. Ru is just adorable and tries his best. I like his overall kind of boyish charms sometimes mixed with his honesty and honestly, just a great friend to everyone. As for characters interacting the most, I probably enjoy seeing Marigold and Alta the most. I really like how their relationship is kind of equal trust and equal wanting to punch the other person in the face. And yet, despite all this, Marigold really sticks by Alta and helps out in the ways only Marigold can. So I just find it to be such an interesting but wholesome relationship. What I like about the art is probably the character designs. I love that there's so many different body shapes, and in particular the heights. I love that some of the characters just basically tower over the others, cause I think that's something people neglect when it comes to fantasy settings in that you can really play around a lot more with those sorts of proportions. So I appreciate seeing it here.

For themes, I like the comic explores what to do when you have a natural talent at something but you don't like that something. I feel this is something we see with Flea, Alta, and Ru. And yet, all three handle it so differently, with Alta accepting, Flea reluctantly dealing with it after fleeing, and Ru going "Nah bro I don't want this." And I really like we get to explore whether our natural talents and destiny can be run from, or if we should just accept it. For the comic's overall story, I like the balance of character conflict vs. world conflict. This is a very character driven comic, but I never feel like the world is being neglected. Like the situation with the king, now the elves. The world is built slowly, but still at a place where you get a feel for where the characters live and how the world they live in affects them. As for the comic's overall strengths, likeable characters. Even when the characters are jerks, there's still something about them where you're like, "Ok I get it." And in turn, you're invested in all their goals, even when those goals are not necessarily something that fit together.

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DISCUSSION PROMPTS – PART 2

9. How do you think Mica and Alta’s relationship will progress throughout the story? Will the two continue to blunder through everything, or will things continue to go smoothly? Also, how might Alta’s personal feelings about her career affect them?

10. Do you think Flea will successfully learn to control their magic? If so, how will this change them as a person? All in all, what do you think Flea’s story has to teach us about identity, destiny, and self-acceptance?

11. Will Ru be able to solve his necromancy problem? If so, do you think he’ll be happy about it? How does this all compare to Flea’s tale? Lastly, how will the events of Ru’s story affect Cymonee solving her problem?

12. How will the Consortium’s plans surrounding the king affect the main characters? Will they do something to stop it to achieve their own ends? Additionally, what role do you think Maxwell will play, whether as a “good” guy or “bad” guy?

Don’t feel inspired by the prompts? Feel free to discuss anything else that interested you!

Delphina

For themes, I like the comic explores what to do when you have a natural talent at something but you don't like that something. I feel this is something we see with Flea, Alta, and Ru. And yet, all three handle it so differently, with Alta accepting, Flea reluctantly dealing with it after fleeing, and Ru going "Nah bro I don't want this." And I really like we get to explore whether our natural talents and destiny can be run from, or if we should just accept it.

@RebelVampire I think this is a really good way of putting it! I also like that Ru's been gradually having to come to terms with the fact that he did what he did and grow from someone who's trying desperately to shed the consequences of the drunken magical mistake he made, and into maybe accepting he's responsible for it and should stand up for the zombie he's affected. I'm so curious to see if the elf kingdom in the current arc is going to have a solution, and if so, if it's a solution he wants to go through with.(edited)

The cast is very big and while I would love to see more Alta and Mica, I think they've gotten some of their big stuff out of the way and can move on with a relatively normal relationship. If the story does revisit them in a more dedicated arc, I would love to see some exploration of Alta's extreme savior complex and how that clashes with her perception of Mica's disability.

Erin Ptah (BICP | Leif & Thorn)

Did a reread recently -- this comic is so good, funny and genre-savvy with smart writing and lovable characters. Can't wait for the Volume 2 Kickstarter.

From the early chapters, I really liked Mica's and Maxwell's weird bond. Seems like they're going to be in different settings following unrelated storylines for a while, but I'm looking forward to when their paths cross again...mostly for Mica's reaction once she gets caught up on the progress of Maxwell's secret-magical-figurehead-coup gambit.

Erin Ptah (BICP | Leif & Thorn)

Also, the whole sequence where Maxwell has to explain "ugh, this stuff depends on an otherwise-useless narrow and restricted concept of 'virginity'". (And Ru has to unpack why he still qualifies...) I think that's the first point where you really feel the contrast between "a fantasy setting with lots of these traditional tropes and formalities" and "characters who feel and react like real people." ...without spoiling anything too specific, Rekhet's whole aesthetic (their fashion sense, their interior design) is the pinnacle of this. It is hard to pick a favorite character, but boy did they shoot waaay up the list almost immediately after their introduction.

Erin Ptah (BICP | Leif & Thorn)

I feel like the first solution Ru gets is gonna be something like "don't worry, we can incinerate your problem into a pile of ash that'll blow away on the wind!" -- and he's going to balk, because he's gotten attached enough that he wants the denizen free, not destroyed. No idea what he's ultimately going to settle on -- I think it'll be something weird and offbeat, not this easy to predict. In the meantime, Denny's antics are great. Especially when there's something plot-relevant or serious going on and it's just bopping around doing its own thing in the background. (And that one scene where they all got into fancy dress, and somebody gave the denizen a bowtie -- priceless. If it started getting a new themed accessory for every scene, I would not complain.)

Erin Ptah (BICP | Leif & Thorn)

Mica seems like she has lots of plans and interests and desires, but hasn't had the time/money/resources to pursue anything more than "reading about them." Meanwhile, Alta is well-traveled, practiced and competent at lots of things, and has the resources to go around offering her services pro bono...but doesn't really like or care about her job, it's just something she fell into because she was good at it. Point being, I hope they'll get into a setup where Mica picks some dreams to follow, and Alta focuses on giving her the support/backing to do it, and then gets to share in Mica's actual enjoyment. And maybe Alta figures out she likes one of these things for its own sake, so they decide to settle down and pursue it together? Or maybe they just keep exploring indefinitely, and it turns out Alta's really into "being the devoted protector while someone else is in charge."

RebelVampire

@Delphina He named the Denizen. Once you name something, there is no going back.

RebelVampire

I feel like even though things are going good between Mica and Alta, that right now were in that happy passionate phase before real issues start to heat and they start to realize theyre kind of two different ppl. So I really think that they're going to increasingly face more and more challenges in that regards. I also think Alta is about to rethink careers, and that will probably make her defocus from building the relationship. I do think Flea will successfully learn magic, and I think in so doing Flea will gain newfound confidence but also just an entire new perspective on who they are and life in general. And I think Flea teaches us that if we continue to reject parts of ourselves, even if we dont like that, that we're just gonna wind up hurting ourselves until we explode and hurt everyone else around us. I also think Flea teaches us that identity is also fluid and that you can, will, and should change and that just cause you change, doesn't mean you aren't who you are. I think Ru will find a solution, but I don't think Ru will act on it. I reiterate in this chat again, once you name something, there is no going back. However, I don't think Ru's choice will help Cymonee. I do think Ru will find other ways to help as a sort of payback for Cymonee sticking with him. However, what I'm most interested here is the comparison so far with Flea. Flea is embracing powers, while Ru isn't. And I find this contrasting journey to be interesting. I mean Ru didn't get no Alta speech about self-acceptance, so I'm wondering how that alone paved the course of events. I feel like the Consortium's plans is what will bring the main cast together again, since they'll either stop the Consortium, or clean up their mess. Since places without a ruling head of government usually don't do so hot. I think Maxwell will serve as the person who tattles in the hopes he can come out on top.

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DISCUSSION PROMPTS – PART 3

13. What are you most looking forward to seeing in regards to the comic?

14. Any final words of encouragement for the comic?

Don’t feel inspired by the prompts? Feel free to discuss anything else that interested you!

RebelVampire

I am most looking forward to seeing more of Ru's story, cause I really want to know if he's gonna start self-accepting those necromancy powers of if he really will just react them for all time. As for final words, this a comic with some fantastic characters, has a really unique humor with how the characters conduct themselves,, and all around is definitely a comic that deserves some praise.

snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)

I hope that if Ru does choose to accept these necromancy powers, it's because he wants to, not because he has to. Like, I'm hoping he finds a solution to his problem, but he chooses not to go through with it. One thing I'm loving about the current two arcs is that it's given us a chance to go more in depth with these characters. I loved the parts where the whole gang was together as a group, but this just gives us a chance to see these relationships flourish. Though, I do hope we see more Marigold soon, plus some other side characters like Maxwell. All in all, I really love this comic, and I can't wait to see where it goes next!

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BOOK CLUB END!

Thank you everyone so much for reading and chatting about The Stoop-Gallants this week! Please also give a special thank you to MJ Alexander and WW Rose for volunteering the comic and creating it! If you liked The Stoop-Gallants, make sure to continue to support it via some of the links below!

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Jaguar I-Pace Electric SUV Rivals Model X

To know Ian Callum is to understand why he was the right person to create the Jaguar I-Pace, and to understand why it’s a success.

The Jaguar design director is a famously convivial Scot, a man of far-ranging interests. He reads C.S. Lewis, restores old Porsche 914s, and consumes an omnivorous diet of music, to which he listens while he designs.

He’s also the darling of automotive critics everywhere. Maybe it’s his disarmingly humble Scottish brogue that announces him simultaneously as one of the boys and the leader of the pack. Maybe they love him because he gave the world the Aston Martin DB7 and DB9, the Vanquish, the Jaguar F-Type, and the Nissan R390, a rear-wheel-drive Le Mans racing car. Each of these embodies Callum’s ability to push car design forward at historic brands.

His latest is a $69,500 electric SUV. It’s the company’s first purely electric vehicle: a low-riding, compact SUV that you might compare against everything from the Porsche Panamera E-Hybrid, Audi Q5, BMW X3, and Mercedes-Benz GLC. I’m not going to call it a Tesla-killer—the Model S and Model X remain automotive all-stars. But the I-Pace is the first vehicle that holds its own against them in terms of range, performance, technology, and design.

It’s also the logical next step for Callum’s evolution as a designer. As the company attempts to regain its heyday after a severe depression in design and performance and never making a profit under Ford Motor’s reign in the 1990s and early 2000s, it’s the right vehicle for Jaguar to launch now.

“Jaguar has always been about innovation,” Callum told me, explaining why it’s natural, though unexpected, for an 84-year-old British racing brand to turn around and produce an all-electric vehicle, and an SUV at that. “We have to embrace the new; we have to find ways to push things forward.”

After driving the I-Pace around for an afternoon in Los Angeles, I’m happy to report that it looks distinctively like a Jaguar, with a low-slung roofline, wide stance, and gently curved hood—no small feat for a futuristic 4,784-pound rig that must find space to store a large 90-kilowatt-hour battery under its floor.

In my test, it performed as well as any electric vehicle you’ll find on the market today. Jaguar has given the I-Pace two motors that send 394 horsepower and 512 pound-feet of torque to all four wheels. It can hit 60 miles per hour in 4.5 seconds, which puts it on par with much more expensive vehicles like the Porsche Macan E-Hybrid and entry levels of the Model X. Top speed is 124 mph.

The gearless, instant torque turns highway exits and on-ramps into a thrilling experience. With its quietly whirring motor, it creeps up on BMWs and Audis jogging through traffic and easily dusts them. But the regenerative brakes take some getting used to: The strongest of the two modes of regenerative brakes slows the car the moment you lift your foot off the accelerator, which is a weird sensation when you’re used to driving cars that simply coast when you let off the gas.

Otherwise, the I-Pace feels glued to the road, riding so low there’s no apparent body roll, and as good a handling around corners and switching lanes as you’ll find in the Model X. It’s no sports car, but it’s responsive enough.

The I-Pace has a range of roughly 240 miles. This is not far enough to drive on a road trip of any quality, unfortunately; it’ll do for daily work commutes, not driving from L.A. to Big Sur. But it at least matches the general going rate set by the Tesla Model X (or what Callum refers to as Elon’s “breadbox”).

On the other hand, often what’s more useful is the charging duration of an electric vehicle, rather than its total range. On a day trip with the Model X, I spent hours unwillingly waiting inside a Denny’s while the vehicle charged. Never again, I grumbled to myself for days afterward. Charging on the I-Pace takes 40 minutes to get from zero to 80 percent full on a 100-kilowatt fast charger, or 85 minutes at a more common 50-kW charger. Alternatively, home charging with a 230V/32A AC wall box (7kW) will charge the I-Pace from zero to 80 percent in 10.1 hours, or basically overnight.

That 90-kWh battery contains 432 pouch cells that help aid this process. According to Callum, they’re preferable to use for their high energy density and superior heat management—after all, one of the biggest challenges about engineering electric vehicles is figuring out how best to keep the batteries cool.

Because of this, the exterior of the I-Pace is designed to maximize airflow. The hood and front grille area feature a subtle scooped-out ventricle all across the top that funnels air from the front and shapes how it flows over the car. Its radiator-looking front is curved inward to pull air inside and through to its underbelly. At the back, a high and blunt square spoiler over the rear windshield keeps flowing air attached to the vehicle, as it were, which limits turbulence and minimizes drag.

In fact, the exterior styling is the most exciting thing about the I-Pace. I mean this as a good thing. In the midsize luxury SUV segment where every new model looks bland at best and forgettable at worst, Callum has managed to do what he says is more difficult than creating something original—he created something rather beautiful.

The rest of this relatively compact, 184-inch-long SUV (it’s within an inch of Jaguar’s small XE sedan, for instance, though it looks much longer) flows without a seam into these two ends, topped by a large panoramic sunroof and flanked by 22-inch wheels (18- and 20-inch come standard, though I predict few buyers will end up with them). It offers three largely cosmetic trim level options: S, SE, and HSE. All of them look elegant and have the weight of quality materials well-deployed.

Inside, there’s significantly constricted visibility out the rear windows, but the cabin is otherwise spacious and sunlit. There are smart cellphone storage options, and the seats are easy to adjust. It fits five adults and has enough storage in the back (25.3 cubic feet) to fit overnight bags for all of them, should you take that ill-advised road trip.

An electric powertrain provides more freedom to maximize the space inside the car, since there is a lot less, mechanically speaking, to take up room between the axles. (On the other hand, with all that space, the lack of visibility for the driver becomes even more frustrating.)

The two clever central command screens combine touch technology with comforting tactile controls (sometimes buttons and knobs are the best tools for the job) that monitor climate, navigation, audio, driving characteristics, and dual-mode regenerative brakes. You can do things like adjust cabin air ionization (it mitigates smells and improves air quality) and preheat or precool the interior of the I-Pace using the touchscreen or, remotely, the smartphone app. If you do it while the I-Pace charges, you can hit your goal temp without using power from the battery, thus preserving the driving range for when you get inside.

It all feels as refined, quiet, and sensibly dutiful inside as it feels to drive. Deliveries start later this year.

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Why I don’t tell people to “unionize”

On Wednesday afternoon, President Joe Biden gave a Labor Day speech that presented a fairy tale version of the role of the contemporary trade unions.

The trade unions, Biden said, are the principal defenders of the rights of working people today. They have secured “healthcare, a pension, higher wages with a safer workplace that protects us from discrimination and harassment…the eight-hour day, a weekend, time-and-a-half overtime, safety standards, sick days, victories for us all.”

Biden, who has spent his entire adult life cutting social programs and advancing the interests of the banks and Delaware credit card companies, gave his remarks before a White House gathering of executives from the UAW, USW, SEIU, AFT and many other leading trade unions. These officials, who have annual salaries of $200,000 to $500,000, all agree that life within a union is fantastic. “Workers who join unions gain power…In a simple word, a union means there is democracy,” Biden told his captive audience. “You gave workers a voice, you honor the dignity of the American worker.”

As the president concluded his fairy tale and mingled with the assorted bureaucrats, the UAW “honored the dignity” of 3,500 Dana workers by ordering them to continue working after the workers rejected a sweatshop contract by a nine-to-one margin last week. The “no” vote was a courageous rejection of the UAW and USW, which spent the last two weeks showing workers what “union democracy” looks like by threatening them, lying to them, and in one case even allegedly assaulting a worker in an attempt to force the contract through.

The two-sentence “get back to work” order expresses the contempt that the unions have for the workers they suppress. After telling workers nothing about the contract and negotiations for weeks, the UAW notice reads, in its entirety, “The Tentative Agreement (TA) was rejected and we’re continuing to work under a day-to-day extension. We are starting to meet with the locals to identify issues.” The company simultaneously ordered workers to work mandated overtime this weekend in order to stockpile parts in case of a strike.

As Biden praised the trade unions from the commanding heights of economic and political power, Dana workers angrily denounced the UAW and USW for conspiring with the company against them. These workers view the announcement as a slap in the face. They view the UAW and USW not as liberators, but as oppressors. As for the claim these organizations protect the eight-hour-day and 40-hour-week: at Dana, the UAW and USW actively oppose these demands.

The UAW and USW force workers to labor under conditions worse than the 19th century. Many work for 12 hours a day, or 84-hours a week, for weeks or even months on end without an unpaid day off. Constant speed-ups are demanded to make driveshafts, axles and other critical parts for corporations like Ford, General Motors, Stellantis, and John Deere, as well as the US military. Many plants are dirty, hot, and dangerous. Injuries are common, and the company sends workers to company doctors who tell them they are fit to work. Workers describe Dana alternatively as “hell,” “a prison,” or “a slave ship.”

The plants are petri dishes for the coronavirus and the UAW and USW have kept workers on the job throughout the entire pandemic while corporate profits soar. There are 63 active cases at Dana’s plant in Dry Ridge, Kentucky, a fact which places the population of the town and entire region at risk.

Some plants worked skeleton crews even in spring of 2020 when the Big Three plants were shut down. It was the UAW that ordered workers back to work after wildcat strikes shut down production in March and April 2020, making it possible for the corporations to end restrictions and restart production. Dana workers now fear their children are being sent back to school as more and more evidence emerges that the Delta variant is deadly for children. The main teachers unions, the American Federation of Teachers and National Educators Association, are forcing teachers back to school with deadly consequences. Dozens of teachers and young children have died as a result and millions more are getting sick.

The same is true of the trade unions in every industry and in every country. In Germany, the head of the main union federation is denouncing striking train drivers who have been forced to bear the brunt of the pandemic. In Brazil, the trade unions call off strikes and hold the industrial working class back as the country’s fascist president, Jair Bolsonaro, threatens to establish a dictatorship. In countries like India that are too poor to have mass access to the vaccine, the unions force hundreds of millions to work as the pandemic devastates the working class. The unions rely on violence, deception, and isolation to force through the diktats of the governments and the corporations.

The problem is not poor leadership and the solution is not internal reforms and new officials. Rather, the trade unions have transformed from workers’ organizations into pro-corporate organizations of the capitalist state, inseparably integrated into the capitalist parties and imperialist armed forces. They engage in outright naked criminal activity against the workers. This week, two former UAW presidents, Dennis Williams and Gary Jones, began serving sentences at “club fed” minimum-security prisons for accepting corporate bribes in exchange for selling out workers. Many Dana workers noted their prison sentences are much shorter than the five-year prison sentence they confront in the proposed Tentative Agreement.

The trade unions are not pursuing a mistaken policy. They are pursuing the class interests of the affluent social layer that comprises the trade union bureaucracy. These are not so much “unions” as they are corporatist Labor Fronts, state organizations aimed explicitly at controlling the workforce and suppressing the class struggle.

The trade unions as a whole employ thousands and thousands of affluent people who occupy key positions in the Democratic Party, the corporate media, government bodies and academia. They control immense fortunes, acquired through decades of workers’ dues money. The United Auto Workers (UAW) has over $1.1 billion in assets and employs 450 people who make over $100,000. The United Steelworkers (USW) has assets over $1.5 billion, a 600 percent increase since 2000, a period over which USW membership has drastically decreased.

This layer of the richest top 10 percent benefits from the heightened exploitation of the working class, from cheap labor, from reopening factories and schools in the pandemic. The union VEBA slush funds and their own personal stock portfolios depend on increasing profit margins at the expense of the mass of working people worldwide. These people have as little in common with the workers they “represent” as the workers do with the CEOs themselves.

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) could not muster even 15 percent of Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama to support a union drive. That is not because the workers in the area are backwards: in recent days, high school students in Bessemer walked out demanding COVID-19 safety, and nurses in neighboring Birmingham went on strike over pay and COVID-19 health protocols. It is because workers view the trade unions increasingly as obstacles, and not vehicles, for social progress.

The growing militancy in the working class makes the ruling class and the affluent upper middle class extremely nervous. IMF reports warn of the growth of strikes and the economy is on a knife’s edge, pumped up with free money from the central banks. In Biden’s Labor Day speech, the president warned that if there was a strike movement, “we’d be in real trouble.” He added to the gathered union executives: “You guys sometimes underestimate the incredible value you bring to the safety, security and growth of the economy.”

The pseudo-left plays a critical role in this operation, propping up the trade unions and blacklisting out or denouncing workers who take independent action. Groups like the Democratic Socialists of America and Socialist Alternative, as well as publications like Jacobin and Left Voice, present the trade unions in glowing terms. These organizations have prioritized the PRO Act, which will facilitate AFL-CIO union drives, and they support Biden’s demand that “the government should encourage unions.”

None of these organizations or publications has mentioned the struggle of Dana workers because it cuts across their anti-socialist and anti-working class political agenda. These groups speak for the same affluent social layer that runs the trade unions. They support the trade unions not despite their never-ending attacks on the working class, but because of them.

Nevertheless, in their emerging struggles against the global corporations and the policy of “social murder” carried out by all capitalist governments in response to the pandemic, the working class is coming into a head-on clash with the trade unions and their nationalist perspective. To confront global corporations, workers need to unite internationally. From Paris, Tennessee to Paris, France and Lima, Ohio to Lima, Peru, new organizations—rank-and-file committees—will emerge to link workers across the lines of race, nationality, industry and continent in a common, unified struggle against social inequality.

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best-ofs, 2017

putting in a break here, this is real long

best book I read: The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood

It seems trite to pick this in a year where every Tom, Dick, and Harry was comparing the Trump administration to Atwood’s novel and when Amazon was putting on a big-budget adaptation (which, for the record, I have not seen). The effect that this had on me, though, cannot be understated. Sad, wry, and all-too-familiar in places, this is a masterpiece that deserves to be up there with 1984 and the rest of the great nightmares.

honorable mention: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, David Mitchell

I’m not much of a historical fiction person, but this masterfully wrought story of a Dutch clerk and a Japanese midwife in early-1800s Japan is well worth your time.

best comic: Batman, Volume 1: I Am Gotham, Tom King, Mikel Janin, et al.

King and his collaborators’ work on Batman since DC’s most recent relaunch seems to be on a trajectory to match or even surpass the Grant Morrison era in the pre-New 52 era, a reshuffling of the core cast that will pay huge dividends down the line (if DC actually makes a wise long-term decision for once, which, who knows). Despite his tendency to learn a little too hard on certain stylistic tics, I think King might be the best writer working in superhero comics today.

honorable mention: Detective Comics, Volume 1: Rise of the Batmen, James Tynion IV, Eddy Barrows, et al.

Yes, two Batman titles in one year is a bit of a cheat, but this is so fun that it’s hard to pick something else. Tynion turned up on a panel discussion on the great comics podcast Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men where he was introduced as the writer of “DC’s new X-Men title, Detective Comics”, which is exactly what this is - a team of misfits and outcasts cobbled together by a reticent, demanding mentor...who in this case is Batman. This is easy to miss out on with all the fireworks over King’s work, but give it a shot.

best comic (non-2017): MIND MGMT, Volume 2: The Futurist, Matt Kindt

Kindt’s work on the beginning of his psychic-X-Files saga MIND MGMT was good, but the second collection reveals it as a ship-in-a-bottle in the middle of a much weirder, wilder museum - there are few volume 2s that build on the success of the first as much as this one does.

honorable mention: BPRD, Volume 3: Plague of Frogs, Mike Mignola, Guy Davis, et al.

The first few collections of this series, following Hellboy’s teammates after he quits the secret BPRD organization, kind of flounder, but Davis and Mignola really hit their stride here with this sequel to an earlier Hellboy story that grows into a hybridization of Mignola’s earlier work and a Stephen King novel.

best movie: Blade Runner 2049

This also feels like kind of a cheat given my love for the original, but there was simply no other movie that had my gears turning after I walked out of the theater like this one did. The plot elements of this, of course, have been speculated on endlessly since Ridley Scott released the Final Cut of the original film, but My Guy Dennis Villeneuve manages to introduce enough new elements and uncertainty in the mix to keep you guessing - I found myself continually questioning what I really knew about anything that had happened or was happening. It was always going to be impossible to make a movie as good as Blade Runner, but Villeneuve came closer than anyone could dare.

honorable mention: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

I have my misgivings about the Finn and Poe portions of this, which feel like they mishandled the two more than a little, but the Rey/Luke Skywalker storyline is, as a whole, a barn-burner, building on both Rey and Luke’s characters in extremely satisfying ways. It was easy to imagine where they might go from Rey and Luke on the island at the end of The Force Awakens, but I don’t know if I imagined they’d go here, which is what makes this so great.

best album: I See You, The xx

I gave this a pretty casual listen on Spotify when it came out as I was kind of a marginal xx fan - I enjoyed their first album but didn’t really care for Coexist. I was totally blown away and listened to it all the way through several times (this is something I rarely, if ever, do with big pop/pop-ish releases). Virtually every track on here except for the extremely forgettable closer is perfectly performed and produced, from the playful, somewhat taunting “Dangerous” to the self-doubt-as-anthem “On Hold”. Should go down as their best album to date.

honorable mentions: Piety of Ashes, The Flashbulb / Sleep Well, Beast, The National

I couldn’t decide between these two, so here’s a twofer for you. Benn Jordan’s style as The Flashbulb has shifted along a spectrum of sweet spots between acoustic music and electronic music, and he seems to have somehow found the sweetest one yet in Piety of Ashes, which alternates between intimate material you might have expected on Arboreal or Love as a Dark Hallway (”Starlight”, “Goodbye Bastion”) and big, broad electronic pieces that feel like Jordan uncovered something he could always do that was just off-camera (”Hypothesis”, “As Water”).

When I first heard Sleep Well, Beast my comment to a coworker was “I only like some of it now, but I think I’ll like it more as time goes on”. This was a rare example of me actually showing some predictive ability, because this has really grown on me with time (maybe its intent as commentary on life in the Trump world as something to do with this). Highlights are the sad, sweet “Nobody Else Will Be There”, also-sad-and-sweet, but in a different way “Carin at the Liquor Store”, and the driving dark heart of the entire thing, “The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness”, which has been a constant play for me this fall/winter.

best TV show: Twin Peaks/Twin Peaks: The Return

A triumph for David Lynch and Mark Frost in every sense of the word. The era of “prestige TV” feels like a cheap trick by HBO, AMC, et al. to get us to watch the same old stuff with a slightly higher budget after 18 hours(!!!!!) in, around, and beyond (and I mean beyond) Lynch’s little town in the Pacific Northwest. Kyle MacLachlan deserves about 400 awards for his triple (quadruple?) role here.

honorable mention: Mr. Robot

I think Sam Esmail failed to stick the landing again (I wasn’t a fan of season 2), but the earlier parts of this season are maybe the highest highs the show has ever hit - Elliott and Mr. Robot fighting over his body in the bowels of the ECorp fortress from the end of season 2, Darlene struggling to extricate herself from the FBI, and the terrifying-yet-awe-inspiring scene of Angela laying out her plans to Mr. Robot as New York comes back to life at the end of the first episode. This isn’t always the best show, but boy, can it ever be good.

best video game: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

This is to video games as Lynch’s third season of Twin Peaks was to television: a throwing of the gauntlet to every competitor to dare and match this. Where other games would put physics puzzles in their own little sandboxes, BOTW applies its physics to just about everything and lets you see how far your tools can take you. Where other games would put everything on the map in perfectly zoomable, filterable control for you, BOTW challenges you to build the map yourself and actually get out there and explore. I’ve gone back to this in the harder Master Mode with the release of the last DLC, and there’s still nothing that can touch this. This is destined to be a touchstone for decades to come.

honorable mentions: The Talos Principle/Batman: The Telltale Series

The Talos Principle is everything I wanted The Witness to be that The Witness wasn’t: thoughtful without being heavy, clever without being impossible (well, mostly not impossible, there are a few of those puzzles I don’t think I could have cracked on my own). The writing is sharp as a tack, featuring a variety of philosophical discussions between your character and a whip-smart AI. A really excellent puzzler.

Batman: The Telltale Series marks yet another appearance of the Batman on this list, but what an appearance! Telltale throws out several sacred cows of the Batman behemoth, but instead of making something malformed and uninteresting, it feels like the freshest Batman has been in ages. I eagerly await every new episode of this, because I never know where they will go next.

best podcast: Important If True

This is yet another “feels like I cheated” entry, but the Idle Thumbs guys’ work on Important If True deserves to be recognized. They could have simply recycled the Robot News segments from Idle Thumbs for this, but instead they went for something much wilder, taking people’s advice on what wishes to ask for from a genie, going through breakdown procedures for old Chuck E. Cheese competitor restaurants, and speculating on a Jessica Fletcher vs. Jaws matchup (as in the shark). The most wildly funny podcast going now. Recommended episodes: “Fight Garbage With Garbage”, “Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins”, “A Wish Upon a Star”

honorable mention: Waypoint Radio

With the Idle Thumbs guys winding down to a monthly schedule (sorta), Vice’s Waypoint staff’s podcast has readily stepped into the hole left behind by the Thumbs for regular doses of industry coverage. It’s great to see Danielle Riendeau and Rob Zacny getting more exposure outside of the Thumbs ecosystem, and Austin Walker, Patrick Klepek, and Danika Harrod are this sort of perfect perpetual motion machine at the heart of everything. Recommended episodes: “The Orange Casket”, “R.I.P. A.I.M.”, “Someone Explain To Me The Alien Alloys Before I F'ing Explode”

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     ... I'm trash and can't stop myself, so I'm gonna ramble some thoughts about the possible Prey AU/concept/plot/whatever the heck this is. I'll put it under a cut though, because 1, it's probably gonna get long, and 2, this is going to contain major spoilers about the end of Prey 2017. So, if you don't want spoilers, don't look below the cut!

     I'll start off by stating that this takes place in the ‘real world,’ rather than the simulation, so there's tons of world building to do there. Most likely something like the simulation happened once(it was stated to be based on Morgan Yu’s memories, after all), but probably not exactly like that. Or, that's what I'm assuming, anyways. I'm also undecided on if I want this to be an AU for Gregor or Denny, since either one could be really interesting; I have more muse for Gregor tho so I'll stick to him for now. Maybe I'll change my mind later, who knows.

     - Long story short, in this AU, the real Gregor died, probably a long while ago. This AU instead focuses on an experimental typhon hybrid created sometime after the success of the first one. However, this time a full set of false memories have been given to the experiment to give ‘it’ more humanity. In an effort to create a typhon which could learn to be even more human through immersion, they used the memories of a child... I think you see where we’re going here.

     - This typhon hybrid was put through extensive empathy testing all the same, which was highly successful. However, much to the researchers’ astonishment, the specimen was even more human-like than they anticipated... Not only was the hybrid completely unaware that it was not Gregor Reid, it rapidly demonstrated the ability to vocalize and understand speech, experience emotion, and recognize human expressions. Much to their dismay, it also displayed a remarkable and mildly frustrating talent for sarcasm.

     - However, the hybrid exhibited a great deal of distress upon discovering the truth... While not violent, it became vocally hostile and irritable, insisting it was ‘not a monster’ and that it ‘just wanted to go home.’ The typhon also demonstrated the ability to change its appearance similar to a mimic, adopting the same features as the person it believed itself to be.

     - Upon finally accepting that this is the reality, this typhon soon became suspicious and paranoid, unsure that anything it knew was in fact real. ‘If you can just give me whatever memories you want, simulate my experiences in a lab, how do I know you didn't change anything? How do I know what's true, when I can't even trust my own memory? Maybe the typhon aren't as bad as they seemed. How would I know, when I've never even seen one myself?’ Reluctantly the researchers introduced their experiment to an actual mimic, which changed his tune quite abruptly. ‘... Okay. I guess they really are pretty bad. Fine. What do you need me to do?’

     - The experiment underwent many tests to determine its mental capacity, morality, and physical capabilities. Although small and wiry by comparison, the typhon seemed to have most abilities of an etheric phantom, along with the possibility of learning more typhon powers over time. For example, after witnessing a voltaic phantom utilizing electricity, the young hybrid was able to reproduce that talent with moderate success.

     - Furthermore, the hybrid, now dubbed ‘Project Gamma,’ demonstrated the intellect and overall demeanor of a child-- more specifically, the very child his memories were copied from. Gamma was not only fully sentient, but highly emotional, with a great deal of compassion, curiosity, and a keen sense of self-awareness. However, his desire for self-preservation-- the only trait typhon typically do share with humans-- seemed to be either greatly inhibited, or entirely absent. He exhibited very little care for his own well-being, and seemed almost eager to throw himself into situations he believed would lead to his demise. When questioned about this, he merely said, “I have nothing. I’ll never be human, will I? I have no family, no friends, no real identity, even. What am I living for to begin with? To be your science project? A pet? An attack dog? A weapon? That’s not what I will ever want to live for.”

     - Finally, one last test was put in place... Having determined that Gamma was harmless to humans, the researchers decided it was time to give their experiment something worth fighting for. It was a great risk, but what other option was there? The hybrid had no will to fight, no will to live. Perhaps if he saw what he was protecting, things would be different. Instructing their creation to maintain his human guise at all times... Gamma was given the chance to live among the human refugees, his true identity kept secret from all but the highest security officers.

     - In terms of abilities, Gamma is pretty well-rounded; physical mimicry/camouflage and shapeshifting are what come most naturally to him, though he quickly picks up many other typhon abilities as well. He frequently learns from example, but some powers give him a great deal of difficulty. Telepathy is his weakest skill, though he doesn't really want that power anyway. After learning it, he only uses this power enough to locate and identify nearby life forms, feeling it would be invasive to do anything more than that.

     - Gamma can ‘communicate’ with other typhon, though this is quite limited and he doesn't really like it. They don't necessarily ‘speak,’ but he can pick up vague impressions of what they're thinking. Mostly this is limited to flashes of emotion and very brief thoughts he can translate into words, since the typhon have no true language of their own. However, most typhon don't like him much either, recognizing there is something ‘wrong’ about him. Weaker typhon may obey if he orders them to do something, but stronger ones such as Weavers or Telepaths will try to order him around instead.

     - Due to his mimicry ability, Gamma appears human most frequently, assuming the guise of Gregor Reid. He generally goes by the same name as well, seeing them as one and the same. Gamma can still use his various psychic typhon skills in this form, though some may not be as effective, and shapeshifting in any way will reveal his true form. As such, Gamma will not use his powers at all around humans, terrified of what would happen if they figured out what he is.

     - As a typhon, Gamma looks very similar to a Phantom, but smaller and more humanoid. His body type is in fact very similar in overall shape to Gregor's, albeit made of twisted dark tendrils, with glowing white blotches for a mouth and eyes. In truth, he was engineered in a lab from the beginning, originating from Mimic and Phantom material to create a synthetic typhon with a very human-like physiology. Also note that technically, his glowing ‘mouth’ is an eye itself; Gamma simply reshapes it (unconsciously) as a method of conveying facial expressions.

     - Gamma does not require most human necessities of life, such as air or water. He can survive completely unharmed even in a complete vacuum, and resists many forms of physical damage. He can also regenerate limbs or heal injuries by consuming any form of biological matter. To replenish his psychic abilities and maintain the human guise, Gamma does require quite a bit of fuel. When living among humans he will usually just go with regular food, since it does the job well enough and helps him ‘fit in.’ It's also noteworthy that poisons and contaminants which would harm or even kill a human typically won't affect him at all. As long as it is organic matter, he can metabolize it without incident.

     - Eventually, Gamma can learn some powers of a technopath, with severe limitations. He cannot control computers from a distance with his mind, but through directly ‘connecting’ himself to a computer or device via tendrils, Gamma can hack into and control most machines. It’s not instantaneous though, and once he is out of physical contact, his influence is cut off.

     - Gregor’s family is in fact still alive, just on a different ship. If they were to meet Gamma, his cover would be blown for good; they know for a fact that their son is dead, so who would that make this? However, he does plan to return to them one day, and insist that he narrowly survived, hiding the truth. To Gamma, he really is Gregor. The concept of leaving his family behind forever is unthinkable.

     - Gamma is still pretty much the same as Gregor was, personality-wise. However, he tends to be a bit more anxious and worrisome, constantly fretting over whether people will see through his disguise, and whether he can even trust himself. He is terrified that one day, the original typhon will overwrite and overwhelm him, and he’ll become a homicidal monster like the rest. These fears are strengthened by persistent nightmares in which he hears the others of his kind calling, urging him to kill.

     - Despite those constant instincts, Gamma would never harm a human. In most cases he would not even defend himself, seeing their lives as worth more than his own. The only exception would be when more lives are at stake; Gamma will do all in his power to protect others, even if it means having to restrain or knock out another human to do it. He’s not squeamish at all about taking out other typhon, though.

     - Since typhon are so drastically different from humans in terms of biological function and physiology, Gamma experiences certain feelings very differently from how he recalls in his human memories. He doesn't have a sense of taste in quite the same way; nothing tastes ‘bad’ to him except for inorganic matter, and he typically doesn't experience hunger, either. Instead, Gamma will start displaying signs of fatigue, lack of focus, and occasionally aggression. However, he entirely lacks a sense of smell, particularly since typhon have no need to breathe. Gamma’s senses of touch and hearing are slightly heightened, though not by much. Eyesight is the only sense which seems to be wholly unchanged.

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Celebrate Juana's Pagodas 30th Birthday in Navarre Beach

Juana's Pagodas & Sailor's Grill turns 30 this year. This is Navarre's oldest family owned and operated business. Although I have been coming here for years, I never quite saw the "big picture" of all that is Juana's until last week while performing maintenance on the rental property. I was determined to return home to blog about it. Visitors, you won't Juana miss it.

I traveled over the Navarre Beach bridge, and although it was dark, their six beach volleyball courts were lit and full with players. Parking is along the road, outside Sailor's Grill, or a good-size lot toward the beach, and there is plenty of space.

Juana Shop inside Sailor's Grill

The hostess greets you at the entrance of the Juana Shop where you can purchase all manner of beach attire, koozies, and gift items. And Skeeter Juice. More on that later.

On this day, I sat inside and recognized the couples across from me from a past visit. Last time I met this group at the adjoining Schooner Bar where they were enjoying a wine tasting. I couldn't help overhear their vibrant and interesting conversation. After recognizing me, they warmly allowed me into their conversation.

From left to right: Co-Owners Ken, Cheryl, Juana, and Steve Rudski.

The foursome is the collective ownership of Juana's and I got the inside scoop on how it got its name by co-owner, Steve Rudski, the husband of Juana. Born Janet, at the age of three she lived in Mexico where she was called Juana, the Spanish equivalent. Juana is the name that endured. Steve started the business as a site for a boat rental business and then opened a bar, while his brother, Ken established Sailor's Grill next door offering food. Food, drink, and outdoor entertainment have merged into a sizable collection of decks and pagodas all offering good family fun to enjoy this ideal spot on the Santa Rosa Sound.

Now properly part of the group, I hoped I might be able to get some answers to an important question. What the heck can you do about the no-seeums (midges)? My body is covered in bites as a result of staining a porch until dusk. Co-owners Ken Rudski (or who I like to refer to as Indiana Jones with his signature hat) and his wife, Cheryl, signaled a young woman over from the Juana Shop. She returned with a small spray bottle that read, Skeeter Juice. From the smell, it appears to be an effective concoction of eucalyptus and other ingredients which would naturally make sense in keeping the pesky mosquitoes or no seeums away. I will surely remember that next time. I should advertise that we do spray for mosquitoes and treat fire ants - only the mosquito treatment came after my staining project.

Sailor's Grill outdoor seating is a great spot to observe beach volleyball or the sunset.

A number of things struck me as new or changed. The kitchen and bathrooms have been relocated and the wall separating the old kitchen from the dining area is set to be removed, which in a way is nostalgic since water level markings showed how high water reached during past hurricanes Erin, Opal, Ivan and Dennis. As my new pal, Steve, explained to me, with each hurricane Juana's has really come back bigger and better each time. A proud but true statement from resilient owners.

Looking over the menu, it appears much of it is new as well. They still have my favorite Pagoda Fish Sandwich. I like the fish grilled with a Yuengling on draft served in a mason jar. I should have asked the owners why is it that beer tastes better served in a mason jar? Some new items I will highlight: Guacamole Bacon Burger was served with cotija cheese, crispy onions and a lime crema sauce. It was outstanding! Items I haven't tried yet are Smoked Tuna Melt Sandwich, Fried Green Tomato and Pimento Cheese Sandwich, Pulled Pork and Mac & Cheese Sandwich, Fish Tacos, and Avocado Chicken Salad, to name a few. They have an assortment of Galley Grub items, and their desserts should not be missed. And on this note, I apologize to co-owner Cheryl for not ordering "Cheryl's Famous Key Lime Pie." It is authentic and delicious. I've had it many times before! I also recommend a triple chocolate chip brownie. In a past trip bets were placed on how close to Atlanta I could drive before it got devoured. The answer is Montgomery, AL, approximately 170 miles from Navarre. I won! Bet was I couldn't make it to Brewton, AL (60 miles away). Win or lose, it wasn't easy staring at the container.

Little Juana's Pagoda Bar outside on the deck.

After dinner I moved up a flight of stairs and sat outside at Juana's Little Pagoda Bar where Cheryl's son, Nathan, was tending bar. He was outgoing and attentive to all. I paced myself on this energetic Friday night. But after chatting it up with a groomsman (and fellow Missourian) who was at Juana's to celebrate a weekend marriage, one too many attractive drinks passed under my nose. So I stepped up my game from a light beer and ordered a Blue Dolphin, a cocktail mixed with Rum, Blue Curaçao, Vodka, lemonade, and soda. I savored the drink the rest of the evening and looked around to see what else was happening at Juana's.

Couples enjoy a game of pool in Juana's Pagoda Bar.

I stepped in to Club Pagodas, one of the newer structures. It can be rented as a beach wedding hall, but on this evening it was the indoor spot for tech-pounding dance music, laser light show, and a game of pool. Outside around the corner, adjoining Club Pagoda is Juana Bites - another new invention I never noticed before. It is a take-out window for snacks like pizza, wings, gyros, mozzarella sticks, and more. It can be enjoined anywhere on the deck, pagoda or in the club. And if Cheryl had her famous Key Lime Pie on the menu, chances are halfway through my Blue Dolphin I might not have passed it over a second time. Just an idea.

Kick off the flip flops and find a spot to hangout.

I worked my way back onto the porch toward the Pagoda Bar watching a game of beach volleyball while listening to the live band playing. I decided to enter the bar and pass by a "bouncer," better known at Juana's as an ECT - "Emotion Control Technician." I felt a little awkward walking over the sand floor in closed shoes, but I was undeterred to learn what I had been missing.

As it turns out, a lot. Juana's Pagoda Bar was ranked among the top 10 Beach Bars in Florida in 2018. I placed my vote for 2019!

Patrons enjoy a game of volleyball on one of six courts.

Covered yet open to the outside, the band played their sets, some patrons danced, some drank, while still others played pool or corn hole. On the wall next to me was the "Volley Wall of Fame" plaques that proudly displayed past beach volleyball league champions. Another banner advertised the "Juana Good Time Regatta," a three-day event of multi-hull sailboat racing. Apparently, this is the tip of the iceberg in terms of the events at Juana's Pagodas that happen all year long:

New Year's Eve

Halloween Extravaganza

Juana Be Witched Witches Brew

Annual Charity Chili Cook-Off and Volleyball Tourney

Annual Sunset Stampede

Oktoberfest Beer Tasting

Annual Juana Good Time Regatta

Sunrise Marine Beach Bash

Spring Jam

Annual Penguin Plunge'N Paddle

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Notice what it is showing you, listen to what it is saying. – Neale Donald Walsch • Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it. – Josh Billings • Health is not valued till sickness comes. – Thomas Fuller • Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, – an open and noble temper. – Ralph Waldo Emerson • Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. – Gautama Buddha Health is the greatest of human blessings. – Hippocrates • Health is the greatest possession. – Laozi • Health is worth more than learning. – Thomas Jefferson • Health lies in labor, and there is no royal road to it but through toil. – Wendell Phillips • Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing. – Redd Foxx • Health of body and mind is a great blessing, if we can bear it. – John Henry Newman • Healthy people are invalids who don’t know it. – Jules Romains • Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy. – George Herbert • I am capable, confident, intelligent, resilient and in charge. 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Let all men, if they can manage it, contrive to be healthy! – Thomas Carlyle

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It’s a question of finding a sickness you like. – Jackie Mason • It’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. – Jiddu Krishnamurti • Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos — the trees, the clouds, everything. – Nhat Hanh • Life has a much bigger plan for you. Happiness is part of that plan. Health is part of that plan. Stability is part of that plan. Constant struggle is not. – Kris Carr • Look, we understood we couldn’t make it illegal to be young or poor or black in the United States, but we could criminalize their common pleasure. We understood that drugs were not the health problem we were making them out to be, but it was such a perfect issue for the Nixon White House that we couldn’t resist it. – John Ehrlichman • Material progress and a higher standard of living bring us greater comfort and health, but do not lead to a transformation of the mind, which is the only thing capable of providing lasting peace. Profound happiness, unlike fleeting pleasures, is spiritual in nature. It depends on the happiness of others and it is based on love and affection. – Dalai Lama • Men that look no further than their outsides, think health an appurtenance unto life, and quarrel with their constitutions for being sick; but I that have examined the parts of man, and know upon what tender filaments that fabric hangs, do wonder that we are not always so; and considering the thousand doors that lead to death, do thank my God that we can die but once. – Thomas Browne • Modern medicine is a negation of health. It isn’t organised to serve human health, but only itself, as an institution. It makes more people sick than it heals. – Ivan Illich • Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. 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If peace is to be secure, long-suffering and long-starved, forgotten peoples of the world, the underprivileged and the undernourished, must begin to realize without delay the promise of a new day and a new life. – Ralph Bunche • People who don’t know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it. – Henrik Ibsen • People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy. – Laurence Sterne • Performing at my best is important to me and should be to everyone. I am blessed that my dad is a chiropractor. Getting adjusted regularly – along with practicing other good health habits that my mom helped me to establish – are all part of my goal to win in life and on the field. – Aaron Rodgers • Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. – John F. 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Therefore, start now to think only those thoughts that will bring you health and happiness. – Paramahansa Yogananda • Social entrepreneurs are married to a vision of, for example, a better way of helping young people grow up or of delivering global healthcare. They simply will not stop because they cannot be happy until their vision becomes the new pattern. – Bill Drayton • Social justice is what faces you in the morning. It is awakening in a house with adequate water supply, cooking facilities and sanitation. It is the ability to nourish your children and send them to school where their education not only equips them for employment but reinforces their knowledge and understanding of their cultural inheritance. It is the prospect of genuine employment and good health: a life of choices and opportunity, free from discrimination. – Mick Dodson • The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny. – Jimmy Carter • The first wealth is health. – Ralph Waldo Emerson • The groundwork of all happiness is health. – Leigh Hunt • The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend. – Benjamin Disraeli • The highest ideal of cure is the speedy, gentle, and enduring restoration of health by the most trustworthy and least harmful way. – Samuel Hahnemann • The human body has been designed to resist an infinite number of changes and attacks brought about by its environment. 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Chesterton • The welfare and the future of our societies depend on our capacity to remain mobilized so as to improve the health of every mother and child. – Jean Ping • The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine. – Hippocrates • The wish for healing has always been half of health. – Seneca the Younger • The worst enemy of humanity is U.S. capitalism. That is what provokes uprisings like our own, a rebellion against a system, against a neoliberal model, which is the representation of a savage capitalism. If the entire world doesn’t acknowledge this reality, that the national states are not providing even minimally for health, education and nourishment, then each day the most fundamental human rights are being violated. – Evo Morales • There comes a time in the spiritual journey when you start making choices from a very different place. And if a choice lines up so that it supports truth, health, happiness, wisdom and love, it’s the right choice. – Angeles Arrien • There is an interesting point about the price of success: It must always be paid in full-and in advance. Everyone wants to be successful. Everyone wants to be healthy, happy, thin, and rich. But most people are not willing to pay the price. – Brian Tracy • There’s a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven’t the time to enjoy it. – Josh Billings • ‘Tis healthy to be sick sometimes. – Henry David Thoreau • To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear. – Gautama Buddha • To preserve permanent good health, the state of mind must be taken into consideration. – Robert Owen • True health begins with your thoughts. Thinking about comfort, strength, flexibility and youthfulness attracts those qualities into your life and body. Dwelling on illness, fear, disease and pain does just the opposite. Your work is to notice and change your thoughts and move them in the direction of health and happiness. – Christiane Northrup • Typically, people who exercise start eating better and becoming more productive at work. They smoke less and show more patience with colleagues and family. They use their credit cards less frequently and say they feel less stressed. It’s not completely clear why. But for many people, exercise is a keystone habit that triggers widespread change. – Charles Duhigg • Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. – George Bernard Shaw • Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself. – George Bernard Shaw • Veganism gives us all the opportunity to say what we “stand for” in life- the ideal of healthy, humane living. Add decades to your life, with a clear conscience as a bonus. – Donald Watson • We are all our own graveyards, I believe; we squat amongst the tombs of the people we were. If we’re healthy, every day is a celebration, a Day of the Dead, in which we give thanks for the lives that we lived, and if we are neurotic we brood and mourn and wish that the past was still present. – Clive Barker • We are coming to understand health not as the absence of disease, but rather as the process by which individuals maintain their sense of coherence (i.e. sense that life is comprehensible, manageable, and meaningful) and ability to function in the face of changes in themselves and their relationships with their environment. – Aaron Antonovsky • We drink [to] one another’s health and spoil our own. – Jerome K. 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On this World Health Day, let us rededicate ourselves to that mission. – Kofi Annan • You cannot achieve environmental security and human development without addressing the basic issues of health and nutrition. – Gro Harlem Brundtland • You cannot tackle hunger, disease, and poverty unless you can also provide people with a healthy ecosystem in which their economies can grow. – Gro Harlem Brundtland • You just have to start putting one foot in front of the other, making an effort to get healthy every day. – Ali Vincent • You know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae. – Paul Walker • You know, true love really matters, friends really matter, family really matters. Being responsible and disciplined and healthy really matters. – Courtney Thorne Smith

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• A healthy attitude is contagious but don’t wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier. – Tom Stoppard • A healthy outside starts from the inside. – Robert Urich • A man’s health can be judged by which he takes two at a time: pills or stairs. – Joan Walsh Anglund • A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. – Paul Dudley White • Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so. – Tryon Edwards • All living beings, things that move, are equally important, whether they are human beings, dogs, birds, fish, trees, ants, weeds, rivers, wind or rain. To stay healthy and strong, life must have clean air, clear water and pure food. If deprived of these things, life will cycle to the next level, or as the system says, ‘die’. – John Africa • America’s health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system. – Walter Cronkite • As a people, we have become obsessed with Health. There is something fundamentally, radically unhealthy about all this. We do not seem to be seeking more exuberance in living as much as staving off failure, putting off dying. We have lost all confidence in the human body. – Lewis Thomas • As for butter versus margarine, I trust cows more than chemists. – Joan Dye Gussow • As I see it every day you do one of two things: build health or produce disease in yourself. – Adelle Davis

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• Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. – Mark Twain • Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught, The wise, for cure, on exercise depend; God never made his work for man to mend. – John Dryden • Beyond the immediate risks to her health and the health of her baby, when a woman chooses c-section, she decreases the chance that she will be able to get pregnant again and increases the chance that if she does get pregnant, the pregnancy will occur outside the uterus, a situation that never results in a live baby and is life-threatening to the woman. Furthermore, the risk of having an unexplained stillbirth doubles when a woman has had a previous c-section. – Marsden Wagner • But the real secret to lifelong good health is actually the opposite: Let your body take care of you. – Deepak Chopra • Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. – Joseph Addison • Clearly, health and disease cannot be defined merely in terms of anatomical, physiological, or mental attributes. Their real measure is the ability of the individual to function in a manner acceptable to himself and to the group of which he is a part. – Rene Dubos • Compassion suits our physical condition, whereas anger, fear and distrust are harmful to our well-being. Therefore, just as we learn the importance of physical hygiene to physical health, to ensure healthy minds, we need to learn some kind of emotional hygiene. – Dalai Lama • Cows’ milk protein may be the single most significant chemical carcinogen to which humans are exposed. – T. Colin Campbell • Do a little more than you’re paid to. Give a little more than you have to. Try a little harder than you want to. Aim a little higher than you think possible, and give a lot of thanks to God for health, family, and friends. – Art Linkletter • Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. – Benjamin Franklin • Every human being is the author of his own health or disease. – Gautama Buddha • Everyone should have health insurance? I say everyone should have health care. I’m not selling insurance. – Dennis Kucinich • Everything is now for sale. Even those areas of life that we once considered sacred like health and education, food and water and air and seeds and genes and a heritage. It is all now for sale. – Maude Barlow • Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also. – Theodor Adorno • Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them. – Mahalia Jackson • Finding and creating your life’s work, even if it is entirely different from what you have done most of your life, will bring you more happiness and health than any other action you can take. If your primary responsibility in life is being true to yourself, that can only be accomplished by carrying out what you are called to do – your unique and special vocation…Your life’s work involves doing what you love and loving what you do. – Dennis Kimbro • For life is only life when blessed with health. – Martial • For years mental health professionals taught people that they could be psychologically healthy without social support, that “unless you love yourself, no one else will love you.”…The truth is, you cannot love yourself unless you have been loved and are loved. The capacity to love cannot be built in isolation – Bruce D. Perry • Free education and health care are essential for the welfare of the population. – Jose Ramos-Horta • Gaining control over your health and well-being is one of those times in your life that you get to be completely selfish and not feel bad about it. If you want to meet your goals, you have to make it about you. You have to make it work for you and you alone. Anything less is a setup for failure. – Jennifer Hudson • Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding. – John D. Rockefeller • Good food is a right, not a privilege. It brings children into a positive relationship with their health, community and environment. – Alice Waters • Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison. – Lord Chesterfield • Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. – Albert Schweitzer • Happiness lies, first of all, in health. – George William Curtis • He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything. – Thomas Carlyle • He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad and ought to be handed over to the care of his relations and friends. – Marcus Terentius Varro • Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other. – Joseph Addison • Health consists of having the same diseases as one’s neighbors. – Quentin Crisp • Health depends on being in harmony with our souls – Edward Bach • Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open. – B.K.S. Iyengar • Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. – B.K.S. Iyengar • Health is an announcement of agreement between your body, mind and spirit. Honor your body, keep it in good shape. When you are not healthy, look to see which parts of you disagree. Your body will demonstrate the truth to you. Notice what it is showing you, listen to what it is saying. – Neale Donald Walsch • Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it. – Josh Billings • Health is not valued till sickness comes. – Thomas Fuller • Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, – an open and noble temper. – Ralph Waldo Emerson • Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. – Gautama Buddha Health is the greatest of human blessings. – Hippocrates • Health is the greatest possession. – Laozi • Health is worth more than learning. – Thomas Jefferson • Health lies in labor, and there is no royal road to it but through toil. – Wendell Phillips • Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing. – Redd Foxx • Health of body and mind is a great blessing, if we can bear it. – John Henry Newman • Healthy people are invalids who don’t know it. – Jules Romains • Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy. – George Herbert • I am capable, confident, intelligent, resilient and in charge. Health and happiness are my birthrights and I accept with gratitude. – Kris Carr • I am confident that nobody… will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself. – Nelson Mandela • I believe that humanity has an uphill battle to wage in its fight to attain real health, and I honestly believe – from hard-earned experience – that homeopathy can offer some solution to this problem. – George Vithoulkas • I believe that if you’re healthy, you’re capable of doing everything. There’s no one else who can give you health but God, and by being healthy I believe that God is listening to me. – Pedro Martinez • I do care a great deal about the environment but my real work and my greatest challenge is trying to overcome deceits that end up jeopardizing public health and safety. – Erin Brockovich • I have a healthy body, free of the chemicals that once controlled it. – Lorna Luft • I have argued for years that we do not have a health care system in America. We have a disease-management system – one that depends on ruinously expensive drugs and surgeries that treat health conditions after they manifest rather than giving our citizens simple diet, lifestyle and therapeutic tools to keep them healthy. – Andrew Weil • I have chosen to be happy because it is goo for my health. – Voltaire • I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I’d invented it, because it is very true. – Audrey Hepburn • I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. It’s like a tonic. – Studs Terkel • If access to health care is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right? – Paul Farmer • If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands. – John Locke • If I had my way I’d make health catching instead of disease. – Robert Green Ingersoll • If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want. – Elbert Hubbard • Ill health is an important factor that forces the poor to remain poor. If they make a little bit of money, one episode of illness can wipe them out. – Zafrullah Chowdhury • Ill-health, of body or of mind, is defeat. Health alone is victory. Let all men, if they can manage it, contrive to be healthy! – Thomas Carlyle

• In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible. – Marcus Tullius Cicero • In ancient China, the Taoists taught that a constant inner smile, a smile to oneself, insured health, happiness and longevity. Why? Smiling to yourself is like basking in love: you become your own best friend. Living with an inner smile is to live in harmony with yourself. – Mantak Chia • In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties. – Henri Frederic Amiel • In the next ten years, one of the things you’re bound to hear is that animal protein is one of the most toxic nutrients of all that can be considered. Quite simply, the more you substitute plant foods for animal foods, the healthier you are likely to be. – T. Colin Campbell • It is a wearisome disease to preserve health by too strict a regimen. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld • It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. – Mahatma Gandhi • It must never be lost sight of what observation is for. It is not for the sake of piling up miscellaneous information or curious facts, but for the sake of saving life and increasing health and comfort – Katharine Kolcaba • It’s bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children’s health than the pediatrician. – Meryl Streep • It’s important for people of color to link up with issues around globalization, food security, health, the environment. – Danny Glover • It’s no longer a question of staying healthy. It’s a question of finding a sickness you like. – Jackie Mason • It’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. – Jiddu Krishnamurti • Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos — the trees, the clouds, everything. – Nhat Hanh • Life has a much bigger plan for you. Happiness is part of that plan. Health is part of that plan. Stability is part of that plan. Constant struggle is not. – Kris Carr • Look, we understood we couldn’t make it illegal to be young or poor or black in the United States, but we could criminalize their common pleasure. We understood that drugs were not the health problem we were making them out to be, but it was such a perfect issue for the Nixon White House that we couldn’t resist it. – John Ehrlichman • Material progress and a higher standard of living bring us greater comfort and health, but do not lead to a transformation of the mind, which is the only thing capable of providing lasting peace. Profound happiness, unlike fleeting pleasures, is spiritual in nature. It depends on the happiness of others and it is based on love and affection. – Dalai Lama • Men that look no further than their outsides, think health an appurtenance unto life, and quarrel with their constitutions for being sick; but I that have examined the parts of man, and know upon what tender filaments that fabric hangs, do wonder that we are not always so; and considering the thousand doors that lead to death, do thank my God that we can die but once. – Thomas Browne • Modern medicine is a negation of health. It isn’t organised to serve human health, but only itself, as an institution. It makes more people sick than it heals. – Ivan Illich • Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied. – Charles Caleb Colton • Mushrooms are miniature pharmaceutical factories, and of the thousands of mushroom species in nature, our ancestors and modern scientists have identified several dozen that have a unique combination of talents that improve our health. – Paul Stamets • Never have so many had such broad and advanced access to health care. But never have so many been denied access to health. – Gro Harlem Brundtland • Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it. – Benjamin Franklin • Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. – Albert Einstein • Of all the anti-social vested interests the worst is the vested interest in ill-health. – George Bernard Shaw • Older people shouldn’t eat health food, they need all the preservatives they can get. – Robert Orben • One of the most sublime experiences we can ever have is to wake up feeling healthy after we have been sick. – Harold S. Kushner • Peace is no mere matter of men fighting or not fighting. Peace, to have meaning for many who have known only suffering in both peace and war, must be translated into bread or rice, shelter, health, and education, as well as freedom and human dignity – a steadily better life. If peace is to be secure, long-suffering and long-starved, forgotten peoples of the world, the underprivileged and the undernourished, must begin to realize without delay the promise of a new day and a new life. – Ralph Bunche • People who don’t know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it. – Henrik Ibsen • People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy. – Laurence Sterne • Performing at my best is important to me and should be to everyone. I am blessed that my dad is a chiropractor. Getting adjusted regularly – along with practicing other good health habits that my mom helped me to establish – are all part of my goal to win in life and on the field. – Aaron Rodgers • Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. – John F. Kennedy • Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one’s own culture and social organisation. – Atal Bihari Vajpayee • Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld • Sickness is poor-spirited, and cannot serve anyone; it must husband its resources to live. But health or fullness answers its own ends, and has to spare, runs over, and inundates the neighborhoods and creeks of other men’s necessities. – Ralph Waldo Emerson • Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them. You will want to change them when you realize that each thought creates according to its own nature. Remember that the law works at all times and that you are always demonstrating according to the kind of thoughts you habitually entertain. Therefore, start now to think only those thoughts that will bring you health and happiness. – Paramahansa Yogananda • Social entrepreneurs are married to a vision of, for example, a better way of helping young people grow up or of delivering global healthcare. They simply will not stop because they cannot be happy until their vision becomes the new pattern. – Bill Drayton • Social justice is what faces you in the morning. It is awakening in a house with adequate water supply, cooking facilities and sanitation. It is the ability to nourish your children and send them to school where their education not only equips them for employment but reinforces their knowledge and understanding of their cultural inheritance. It is the prospect of genuine employment and good health: a life of choices and opportunity, free from discrimination. – Mick Dodson • The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny. – Jimmy Carter • The first wealth is health. – Ralph Waldo Emerson • The groundwork of all happiness is health. – Leigh Hunt • The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend. – Benjamin Disraeli • The highest ideal of cure is the speedy, gentle, and enduring restoration of health by the most trustworthy and least harmful way. – Samuel Hahnemann • The human body has been designed to resist an infinite number of changes and attacks brought about by its environment. The secret of good health lies in successful adjustment to changing stresses on the body. – Harry Johnson • The International Declaration of Human Rights says the right to housing, health, education should be guaranteed to everyone. The moment these things are provided, we will have a different world order and nuclear weapons will become less of a threat. – Bernard Lown • The meat industry spends hundreds of millions of dollars lying to the public about their product. But no amount of false propaganda can sanitize meat. The facts are absolutely clear: Eating meat is bad for human health, catastrophic for the environment, and a living nightmare for animals – Chrissie Hynde • The minute anyone’s getting anxious I say, You must eat and you must sleep. They’re the two vital elements for a healthy life. – Francesca Annis • The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not. – Mark Twain • The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality. – Herbert Spencer • The surest way to health, say what they will, Is never to suppose we shall be ill; Most of the ills which we poor mortals know From doctors and imagination flow. – Charles Churchill • The trail compels you to know yourself and to be yourself, and puts you in harmony with the universe. It makes you glad to be living. It gives health, hope, and courage, and it extends that touch of nature which tends to make you kind. – Enos Mills • The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind. – Gilbert K. Chesterton • The welfare and the future of our societies depend on our capacity to remain mobilized so as to improve the health of every mother and child. – Jean Ping • The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine. – Hippocrates • The wish for healing has always been half of health. – Seneca the Younger • The worst enemy of humanity is U.S. capitalism. That is what provokes uprisings like our own, a rebellion against a system, against a neoliberal model, which is the representation of a savage capitalism. If the entire world doesn’t acknowledge this reality, that the national states are not providing even minimally for health, education and nourishment, then each day the most fundamental human rights are being violated. – Evo Morales • There comes a time in the spiritual journey when you start making choices from a very different place. And if a choice lines up so that it supports truth, health, happiness, wisdom and love, it’s the right choice. – Angeles Arrien • There is an interesting point about the price of success: It must always be paid in full-and in advance. Everyone wants to be successful. Everyone wants to be healthy, happy, thin, and rich. But most people are not willing to pay the price. – Brian Tracy • There’s a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven’t the time to enjoy it. – Josh Billings • ‘Tis healthy to be sick sometimes. – Henry David Thoreau • To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear. – Gautama Buddha • To preserve permanent good health, the state of mind must be taken into consideration. – Robert Owen • True health begins with your thoughts. Thinking about comfort, strength, flexibility and youthfulness attracts those qualities into your life and body. Dwelling on illness, fear, disease and pain does just the opposite. Your work is to notice and change your thoughts and move them in the direction of health and happiness. – Christiane Northrup • Typically, people who exercise start eating better and becoming more productive at work. They smoke less and show more patience with colleagues and family. They use their credit cards less frequently and say they feel less stressed. It’s not completely clear why. But for many people, exercise is a keystone habit that triggers widespread change. – Charles Duhigg • Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. – George Bernard Shaw • Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself. – George Bernard Shaw • Veganism gives us all the opportunity to say what we “stand for” in life- the ideal of healthy, humane living. Add decades to your life, with a clear conscience as a bonus. – Donald Watson • We are all our own graveyards, I believe; we squat amongst the tombs of the people we were. If we’re healthy, every day is a celebration, a Day of the Dead, in which we give thanks for the lives that we lived, and if we are neurotic we brood and mourn and wish that the past was still present. – Clive Barker • We are coming to understand health not as the absence of disease, but rather as the process by which individuals maintain their sense of coherence (i.e. sense that life is comprehensible, manageable, and meaningful) and ability to function in the face of changes in themselves and their relationships with their environment. – Aaron Antonovsky • We drink [to] one another’s health and spoil our own. – Jerome K. Jerome • We have thousands of opportunities every day to be grateful: for having good weather, to have slept well last night, to be able to get up, to be healthy, to have enough to eat. … There’s opportunity upon opportunity to be grateful; that’s what life is. – David Steindl-Rast • We live in a world where our social system is old, our language is old, the way we acquire goods and services is outdated, our cities are detrimental to our health, chaotic and a tremendous waste of resource, and most of all our politics and values no longer serve us. – Jacque Fresco • What is called genius is the abundance of life and health. – Henry David Thoreau • What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease. – Alexander Pope • What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things. – Esther Williams • When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost. – Billy Graham • When you compare yourself with others in matters of wealth, position, and health, you should look at people less favoured than yourself. When you compare yourself with others in matters of religion, knowledge and virtue, look at people who are better than yourself. – Ibn Hazm • Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages. – Louis Pasteur • World Health Day is an opportunity to highlight the problem, but above all, to stimulate action. It is an occasion to call on all partners – governments, international donors, civil society, the private sector, the media, families and individuals alike – to develop sustainable activities for the survival, health and well-being of mothers and children. On this World Health Day, let us rededicate ourselves to that mission. – Kofi Annan • You cannot achieve environmental security and human development without addressing the basic issues of health and nutrition. – Gro Harlem Brundtland • You cannot tackle hunger, disease, and poverty unless you can also provide people with a healthy ecosystem in which their economies can grow. – Gro Harlem Brundtland • You just have to start putting one foot in front of the other, making an effort to get healthy every day. – Ali Vincent • You know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae. – Paul Walker • You know, true love really matters, friends really matter, family really matters. Being responsible and disciplined and healthy really matters. – Courtney Thorne Smith

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Cops’ actions under spotlight at Dennis Oland murder trial

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SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The activities of police officers at the Richard Oland murder scene will be under close scrutiny as his son’s retrial moves into its second week, resuming Tuesday.

Dennis Oland’s defence lawyers describe the conduct of the murder investigation by the Saint John Police Force as “inadequate” and they have made it clear police activities will be a focal point of the defence strategy.

Failure to properly preserve the crime scene and a rush to judgment in deciding Dennis Oland, a financial planner, was the one and only suspect in the killing are among the chief issues.

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“In this case, an issue will be the manner in which the Saint John police force handled the investigation of the homicide and their conduct in performing that crucial police function,” defence lawyer Alan Gold told the court last week.

“Dennis was the last known person to see Richard Oland alive but to the police, that word ‘known’ evaporated very quickly.”

Within hours of Richard Oland’s body being discovered on July 7, 2011, Dennis was identified by police as their prime suspect.

On Monday, the Oland family urged the New Brunswick Police Commission to move forward with its inquiry into the police murder probe, which was put on hold pending the outcome of Oland’s legal case.

“We are confident that findings from such an inquiry will support the conclusions that the investigation was filled with missteps and Dennis should never have been charged,” they said in the statement.

“There is a significant public interest in investigating the deficiencies in the Saint John Police Force as soon as possible so that these deficiencies can be remedied.”

Already two police officers have told Oland’s trial about the numerous officers who visited the murder scene. About 20 police officers made their way to Oland’s uptown Saint John office on the day his beaten body was discovered on the floor by his desk.

Gold suggested during cross examination of Const. Duane Squires it was like a sightseeing tour. In addition to the steady stream of police officers, there were also paramedics, the coroner and funeral home workers who assisted with removal of the body.

The defence is raising questions about objects that may have been moved at the crime scene, the lack of attention paid to a possible back door escape route and the failure to protect the scene from contamination.

Gold named a number of the officers who visited the bloody scene that day, noting their various ranks. They included Deputy Chief Glen McCloskey, whose attendance at the crime scene raised questions during Oland’s first trial.

Another officer said McCloskey suggested he not tell the court about McCloskey’s visits to the murder scene.

This was supposed to be the subject of a hearing before the provincial police commission, but McCloskey retired before it could be held. The commission only investigates officers on active duty.

In the coming days, there will be questions about police use of a bathroom at the crime scene before it was forensically tested.

Squires said he was relatively new to police work and homicide investigations in 2011. He said he would do things differently today in terms of protecting such a scene.

Oland, 50, was charged in 2013 with the second-degree murder of his father, a multi-millionaire businessman and member of the prominent Maritime beer-brewing family. He was found guilty after a 2015 jury trial, but the conviction was set aside on appeal and a new trial ordered.

Even before testimony began at the retrial, the conduct of the Saint John police was called into question after it was learned an officer accessed an internal police database to search the background of prospective jurors. This was in violation of a 2012 directive from the Supreme Court of Canada and resulted in a mistrial and dismissal of the jury.

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The Oland trial now is being heard before judge alone.

The police commission says it will investigate police involvement in the mistrial, but not until the current trial is over.

The Olands said Monday the commission has “no principled reason” to hold back a probe now, since there is no longer a jury to prejudice.

“Our certainty that the investigation into Dick Oland’s murder was flawed, incomplete, and most certainly tarnished by the actions of the Saint John Police Force, remains unchanged. Dennis Oland is innocent of Dick’s murder. We have never wavered in this belief,” the family said in the statement.

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Families of Malaysia Air Flight 17 Victims Find Justice is Elusive 3 Years Later

Journalists take images of part of the reconstructed forward section of the fuselage after the presentation of the Dutch Safety Board's final report into what caused Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to break up high over Eastern Ukraine in July 2014, killing all 298 people on board. Peter Dejong / Associated Press

Skift Take: On a day, July 7, 2017, when Russian president Vladimir Putin takes center stage at the G-20 summit, it is fitting to reflect on how the families of the victims of the MH-17 crash over eastern Ukraine have yet to see their day in court.

— Dennis Schaal

On a sunny July afternoon in 2014, a Russian-made surface-to-air missile detonated just feet from a Malaysia Airlines flight at its cruising altitude. The explosion sent hundreds of pieces of high-energy shrapnel through the Boeing 777, which broke apart and crashed in farmland in eastern Ukraine. All 298 people aboard were killed.

Three years later, the families of the passengers and crew still await a judicial reckoning, one which has been stymied by Russia’s efforts at the United Nations to block an international tribunal modeled after the one used in the 1988 terrorist bombing of a Pan Am flight over Scotland.

This week, the five countries investigating the destruction of Flight MH17 said that a criminal trial, whenever it occurs, will be held in the Netherlands, home to almost 200 of the victims. “With this decision, we are taking a next step on the way to uncover the truth, the prosecution of suspects, and satisfaction for the bereaved,” Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said in a statement.

The Joint Investigation Team, which also includes Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, and Ukraine, is continuing to pursue those responsible for the act and to identify individual suspects. Officials didn’t say when a trial may start; the group has said it’s examining about 100 people of interest in the case.

“We have to keep faith that [a trial] will happen, but it will not happen within six months and it will not happen in a year,” said Dennis Schouten, chairman of the MH17 Air Disaster Foundation. His brother-in-law, Donny Djodikromo, 37, and Djodikromo’s wife, Anelene Misran, 41, were on the Malaysia flight. “Of course, I would like it to be next week, but that’s not going to happen.”

While choosing a venue for a future trial may seem incremental, the announcement, near the disaster’s third anniversary, shows a recognition that closure is needed and that the public needs to know a resolution is still being pursued. Whether it will ever be reached is uncertain. The probe has been grinding forward at a glacial pace, thanks to the difficulty in ascertaining who exactly directed the missile system from the battlefields of eastern Ukraine.

“This is a story about the limits of what can be done” in civil law, said Heidi Li Feldman, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center specializing in torts. “The case presses up against any available legal structures for either compensating the families with money or holding wrongdoers accountable in a criminal setting.”

Ukraine has sued Russia in the International Court of Justice, the United Nations’ judicial body in The Hague, seeking an end to Russian support for rebels in its eastern region and to state discrimination in Crimea, which Russia annexed in early 2014. Part of that legal action requests reparations from Russia for allegedly shooting down MH17, which Ukraine calls “an offense against humanity.” In April, the court declined to label Russia a state sponsor of terrorism but granted Ukraine’s request that Russia end racial bias against ethnic peoples in Crimea. The ruling did not cite the airline catastrophe.

Meanwhile, an Ohio aviation attorney by the name of Jerry Skinner filed a civil rights suit in the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of 31 families who lost loved ones in the plane’s downing. The suit, filed last summer in France, names Russia and President Vladimir Putin as defendants and seeks $10 million in damages for each victim. The court enforces the European Convention on Human Rights, overseen by the Council of Europe, of which Russia is a member state.

“Given the toughness of our opponent and their seeming unwillingness to work towards a just result, it’s going to take both of us each working our side of the case to come out with a favorable result for anybody,” said Skinner, a Cincinnati lawyer who was also involved in lawsuits related to the Lockerbie case. In that incident, all 259 aboard were killed, along with 11 people on the ground. It took 11 years for a Scottish criminal tribunal, held at a U.S. military base in the Netherlands, to convene on the matter.

Justice in an aircraft incident “is a 10-year process, not a two-year process”

The Malaysia flight was over the conflict zone of eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, three hours into a 12-hour trip from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was destroyed. It was cruising at 33,000 feet (10,058 meters), or 1,000 feet above the altitude restriction that air traffic controllers had placed over the region due to fighting between Ukrainian- and Russian-backed forces. In previous months, the pro-Russian groups fighting around Donetsk had shot down several government military aircraft at lower altitudes.

Investigators have had satellite and other imagery to work with, along with social media and telephone data collected by government intelligence services. More than two years after the downing, in September 2016, Dutch investigators concluded that the jumbo jet was shot down by a Russian BUK missile system launched from rebel territory in eastern Ukraine, a system they said had been sent from Russia and shifted back several times. Russia, which has denied any wrongdoing, said its own inquiry found that the missile had been fired from Ukrainian territory controlled by the Ukrainian government. It has also suggested that Ukrainian fighter jets could have downed the commercial flight.

The investigation team publishes a periodic online magazine to update families about the status of the probe. “Unfortunately, we must continue to test your patience,” the team wrote in May. “We do realize that this can be hard for you. We assure you that we will remain committed to bring this important investigation to a successful conclusion.”

“They’ve got to keep the public pressure on because that is what finally made the Lockerbie case move forward—this glaring impunity,” said Beth Van Schaack, a professor at Stanford Law School and a former State Department official who has blogged about the MH17 case. “People kept the fight alive, and eventually they were able to take the case forward.” Justice in the aircraft incident, she said, “is a 10-year process, not a two-year process.”

Identifying people who were directly involved, such as fighters on the ground who manned the missile system, is likely to be the key to any successful lawsuit, Feldman, the Georgetown professor, said. Judgments against unknown defendants tend to be relatively useless in terms of collecting damages or holding someone responsible. “From a practical perspective … there’s no viable suit against unidentifiable people,” Feldman said. To that end, investigators have also issued a call for witnesses to come forward.

The governments pressing for a prosecution want a list of “four or five” defendants, said Skinner, the Ohio lawyer, further opining that Russia may consider negotiating the “sacrifice” of some alleged perpetrators if it wins concessions on economic sanctions. Still, if any of the named defendants are Russian, it will be highly unlikely they will appear for a Dutch trial, given that Russia’s constitution bans extradition of its citizens for trial abroad.

Yet even a trial of named defendants in absentia would provide some justice for victims and their families, said Schouten, chairman of the MH17 foundation, who lives in Papendrecht, near Rotterdam.

“You want to have the whole story in front of a judge, and you want to have everything correctly done. You want to have the names, what happened, who did this, what chain of command was in charge of this strategy, how did it all go,” he said. “Of course, you would like to bring them over to the Netherlands and get them sentenced for jail time, or whatever the Dutch court will decide. But that is something that is not going to happen very fast.” He notes that a conviction in absentia does have some teeth: “Their travel options are limited, because you can’t go anywhere. There are international warrants for your arrest.”

“Will people face justice in this case? Yes, I’m certain of it”

Given the players, geopolitics—not litigation strategy—may determine the fate of the MH17 investigation. Skinner noted the role that easing sanctions had played in persuading Libya to turn over suspects in the Lockerbie case. The U.S. and European Union have slapped Russia with sanctions over its annexation of Crimea, penalties Moscow would very much like to see lifted.

“We don’t know if the Dutch have had any luck in convincing the Russians to produce people for trial,” Skinner said, noting that a trial in absentia has political value, both to shame the accused and their alleged enablers, and to assuage victims’ families. It allows prosecutors to lay out their case and put “facts in front of the world, and that is something that the families may want.”

“It’s an opportunity to have that day in court, but not as satisfying as a day in court with defendants,” said Stephen Rapp, the former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice during the Obama administration and former prosecution chief for the criminal tribunals that followed the genocide in Rwanda. “Will people face justice in this case? Yes, I’m certain of it.”

The lawsuit pending in Europe will soon add as plaintiffs 15 to 20 more people from England, Germany, the Netherlands and Scotland, Skinner said Wednesday in a telephone interview. He also filed separate lawsuits against Malaysia Airline System Bhp in Kuala Lumpur, Australia, and New Zealand. Media representatives for the airline didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

Adding to the public pressure, Skinner said he is preparing an “open letter to Vladimir Putin,” in newspapers in Ukraine and several other countries next week, to suggest ways of finding justice in the incident.

Four days after MH17 was shot down, the U.N. Security Council unanimously supported a resolution that called for the actors to “be held to account and that all states cooperate fully with efforts to establish accountability.” In its resolution, possibly anticipating a prolonged process, the council also declared its intention “to remain seized of the matter.”

—With Anne Van Der Schoot in The Hague.

©2017 Bloomberg L.P.

This article was written by Justin Bachman and Joost Akkermans from Bloomberg and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network. Please direct all licensing questions to legal@newscred.com.

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Families of Malaysia Air Flight 17 Victims Find Justice is Elusive 3 Years Later

Journalists take images of part of the reconstructed forward section of the fuselage after the presentation of the Dutch Safety Board's final report into what caused Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to break up high over Eastern Ukraine in July 2014, killing all 298 people on board. Peter Dejong / Associated Press

Skift Take: On a day, July 7, 2017, when Russian president Vladimir Putin takes center stage at the G-20 summit, it is fitting to reflect on how the families of the victims of the MH-17 crash over eastern Ukraine have yet to see their day in court.

— Dennis Schaal

On a sunny July afternoon in 2014, a Russian-made surface-to-air missile detonated just feet from a Malaysia Airlines flight at its cruising altitude. The explosion sent hundreds of pieces of high-energy shrapnel through the Boeing 777, which broke apart and crashed in farmland in eastern Ukraine. All 298 people aboard were killed.

Three years later, the families of the passengers and crew still await a judicial reckoning, one which has been stymied by Russia’s efforts at the United Nations to block an international tribunal modeled after the one used in the 1988 terrorist bombing of a Pan Am flight over Scotland.

This week, the five countries investigating the destruction of Flight MH17 said that a criminal trial, whenever it occurs, will be held in the Netherlands, home to almost 200 of the victims. “With this decision, we are taking a next step on the way to uncover the truth, the prosecution of suspects, and satisfaction for the bereaved,” Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said in a statement.

The Joint Investigation Team, which also includes Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, and Ukraine, is continuing to pursue those responsible for the act and to identify individual suspects. Officials didn’t say when a trial may start; the group has said it’s examining about 100 people of interest in the case.

“We have to keep faith that [a trial] will happen, but it will not happen within six months and it will not happen in a year,” said Dennis Schouten, chairman of the MH17 Air Disaster Foundation. His brother-in-law, Donny Djodikromo, 37, and Djodikromo’s wife, Anelene Misran, 41, were on the Malaysia flight. “Of course, I would like it to be next week, but that’s not going to happen.”

While choosing a venue for a future trial may seem incremental, the announcement, near the disaster’s third anniversary, shows a recognition that closure is needed and that the public needs to know a resolution is still being pursued. Whether it will ever be reached is uncertain. The probe has been grinding forward at a glacial pace, thanks to the difficulty in ascertaining who exactly directed the missile system from the battlefields of eastern Ukraine.

“This is a story about the limits of what can be done” in civil law, said Heidi Li Feldman, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center specializing in torts. “The case presses up against any available legal structures for either compensating the families with money or holding wrongdoers accountable in a criminal setting.”

Ukraine has sued Russia in the International Court of Justice, the United Nations’ judicial body in The Hague, seeking an end to Russian support for rebels in its eastern region and to state discrimination in Crimea, which Russia annexed in early 2014. Part of that legal action requests reparations from Russia for allegedly shooting down MH17, which Ukraine calls “an offense against humanity.” In April, the court declined to label Russia a state sponsor of terrorism but granted Ukraine’s request that Russia end racial bias against ethnic peoples in Crimea. The ruling did not cite the airline catastrophe.

Meanwhile, an Ohio aviation attorney by the name of Jerry Skinner filed a civil rights suit in the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of 31 families who lost loved ones in the plane’s downing. The suit, filed last summer in France, names Russia and President Vladimir Putin as defendants and seeks $10 million in damages for each victim. The court enforces the European Convention on Human Rights, overseen by the Council of Europe, of which Russia is a member state.

“Given the toughness of our opponent and their seeming unwillingness to work towards a just result, it’s going to take both of us each working our side of the case to come out with a favorable result for anybody,” said Skinner, a Cincinnati lawyer who was also involved in lawsuits related to the Lockerbie case. In that incident, all 259 aboard were killed, along with 11 people on the ground. It took 11 years for a Scottish criminal tribunal, held at a U.S. military base in the Netherlands, to convene on the matter.

Justice in an aircraft incident “is a 10-year process, not a two-year process”

The Malaysia flight was over the conflict zone of eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, three hours into a 12-hour trip from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was destroyed. It was cruising at 33,000 feet (10,058 meters), or 1,000 feet above the altitude restriction that air traffic controllers had placed over the region due to fighting between Ukrainian- and Russian-backed forces. In previous months, the pro-Russian groups fighting around Donetsk had shot down several government military aircraft at lower altitudes.

Investigators have had satellite and other imagery to work with, along with social media and telephone data collected by government intelligence services. More than two years after the downing, in September 2016, Dutch investigators concluded that the jumbo jet was shot down by a Russian BUK missile system launched from rebel territory in eastern Ukraine, a system they said had been sent from Russia and shifted back several times. Russia, which has denied any wrongdoing, said its own inquiry found that the missile had been fired from Ukrainian territory controlled by the Ukrainian government. It has also suggested that Ukrainian fighter jets could have downed the commercial flight.

The investigation team publishes a periodic online magazine to update families about the status of the probe. “Unfortunately, we must continue to test your patience,” the team wrote in May. “We do realize that this can be hard for you. We assure you that we will remain committed to bring this important investigation to a successful conclusion.”

“They’ve got to keep the public pressure on because that is what finally made the Lockerbie case move forward—this glaring impunity,” said Beth Van Schaack, a professor at Stanford Law School and a former State Department official who has blogged about the MH17 case. “People kept the fight alive, and eventually they were able to take the case forward.” Justice in the aircraft incident, she said, “is a 10-year process, not a two-year process.”

Identifying people who were directly involved, such as fighters on the ground who manned the missile system, is likely to be the key to any successful lawsuit, Feldman, the Georgetown professor, said. Judgments against unknown defendants tend to be relatively useless in terms of collecting damages or holding someone responsible. “From a practical perspective … there’s no viable suit against unidentifiable people,” Feldman said. To that end, investigators have also issued a call for witnesses to come forward.

The governments pressing for a prosecution want a list of “four or five” defendants, said Skinner, the Ohio lawyer, further opining that Russia may consider negotiating the “sacrifice” of some alleged perpetrators if it wins concessions on economic sanctions. Still, if any of the named defendants are Russian, it will be highly unlikely they will appear for a Dutch trial, given that Russia’s constitution bans extradition of its citizens for trial abroad.

Yet even a trial of named defendants in absentia would provide some justice for victims and their families, said Schouten, chairman of the MH17 foundation, who lives in Papendrecht, near Rotterdam.

“You want to have the whole story in front of a judge, and you want to have everything correctly done. You want to have the names, what happened, who did this, what chain of command was in charge of this strategy, how did it all go,” he said. “Of course, you would like to bring them over to the Netherlands and get them sentenced for jail time, or whatever the Dutch court will decide. But that is something that is not going to happen very fast.” He notes that a conviction in absentia does have some teeth: “Their travel options are limited, because you can’t go anywhere. There are international warrants for your arrest.”

“Will people face justice in this case? Yes, I’m certain of it”

Given the players, geopolitics—not litigation strategy—may determine the fate of the MH17 investigation. Skinner noted the role that easing sanctions had played in persuading Libya to turn over suspects in the Lockerbie case. The U.S. and European Union have slapped Russia with sanctions over its annexation of Crimea, penalties Moscow would very much like to see lifted.

“We don’t know if the Dutch have had any luck in convincing the Russians to produce people for trial,” Skinner said, noting that a trial in absentia has political value, both to shame the accused and their alleged enablers, and to assuage victims’ families. It allows prosecutors to lay out their case and put “facts in front of the world, and that is something that the families may want.”

“It’s an opportunity to have that day in court, but not as satisfying as a day in court with defendants,” said Stephen Rapp, the former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice during the Obama administration and former prosecution chief for the criminal tribunals that followed the genocide in Rwanda. “Will people face justice in this case? Yes, I’m certain of it.”

The lawsuit pending in Europe will soon add as plaintiffs 15 to 20 more people from England, Germany, the Netherlands and Scotland, Skinner said Wednesday in a telephone interview. He also filed separate lawsuits against Malaysia Airline System Bhp in Kuala Lumpur, Australia, and New Zealand. Media representatives for the airline didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

Adding to the public pressure, Skinner said he is preparing an “open letter to Vladimir Putin,” in newspapers in Ukraine and several other countries next week, to suggest ways of finding justice in the incident.

Four days after MH17 was shot down, the U.N. Security Council unanimously supported a resolution that called for the actors to “be held to account and that all states cooperate fully with efforts to establish accountability.” In its resolution, possibly anticipating a prolonged process, the council also declared its intention “to remain seized of the matter.”

—With Anne Van Der Schoot in The Hague.

©2017 Bloomberg L.P.

This article was written by Justin Bachman and Joost Akkermans from Bloomberg and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network. Please direct all licensing questions to legal@newscred.com.

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“Split” (2017)

Thriller/Horror

Running Time: 117 minutes

Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan

Featuring: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Haley Lu Richardson and Betty Buckley

Dr. Fletcher: “An individual with multiple personalities can change their body chemistry with their thoughts.”

M. Night Shyamalan has been making films for some time now and achieved huge world-wide success with his second film, “The Sixth Sense” (1999) but since then has had mixed critical and box office success. His follow up to “The Sixth Sense” was one of the first post-modern superhero films, “Unbreakable” (2000), one of the most under-rated films of the past twenty years. There is nothing wrong with that but he set the bar so high early on that when he makes a miss-step people seem to pile on in droves. I have enjoyed most of his films, he seemed to have a fresh take on the horror genre with “The Visit” (2015), a collaboration with the Blumhouse production company, and so it comes as no surprise he should revisit the genre with “Split” (2017) – this time mixing new talent with some experienced actors.

The film finds three teenagers, Claire (Haley Lu Richardson), Marcia (Jessica Sula) and Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy), kidnapped by “Dennis”, one of the 23 split personalities inhabiting the body of Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy), a victim of childhood abuse with severe dissociative identity disorder, and held captive in a cellar. Kevin’s psychiatrist, Dr. Karen Fletcher (Betty Buckley), who believes that in such cases the psychological unbalance can cause physiological changes, is concerned to find an email from Kevin’s dominant personality, “Barry”, asking for a meeting. Over the years Kevin has been treated, he appears to be stable: all of his personalities sit in chairs in a room, waiting for their turn “in the light” (controlling the body), while “Barry” controls who gets to go in the light.

At the heart of this film lies the performance of James McAvoy, if this movie has a chance of succeeding it is going to be through his performance of the various personalities that are going to be on display. Of course McAvoy has been in plenty of genre movies before, he knows how to play to the camera with extreme characters, it just so happens that here he plays more than one in one film. McAvoy has great skill in choosing how to play each personality, here he is ably assisted by Shyamalan who at this stage has no problems in directing characters with strong personalities while balancing the performance with the storyline, where required.

Shyamalan, as I have mentioned is coming off an excellent last project so it makes a certain sense to see if he can not only revisit that well, but up the stakes in terms of both the storyline, actors and genre. He adjusts his directing style to the budget and the themes of this new movie. McAvoy is shot mostly in close up to intensify the changes in his behaviors and physical nature – which as the film movies on is revealef more and more. The full impact and nature of Kevin’s issues are not really revealed until the ending, and then the epilogue-like ending should be quite revealing for those that don’t know about it.

The other central characters is Anya Taylor-Joy’s Casey, who as the film reveals has her own demons to deal with, which are all too real, we see these in flashbacks which come as she sleeps – so she is trying to push them down into her sub-conscious which is not working. As it turns out she and Kevin are both victims but deal with their emotions in a completely different manor. I will always find it amusing that many mental health issues are vilified and used to drive horror films to the precipice of the supernatural and then blur the lines – which is what happens here. Anya Taylor-Joy whilst having appeared in two other horror films, “The Witch” (2016) and “Morgan” (2016), this year alone, plays a very different part, not the girl being used or the killing machine, this time she is a hybrid of sorts that kicks ass when required.

This is a genre film so it does follow certain tropes, which it actually needs to so that it can also subvert the very same genre, which it does.. at times. There is a sub-plot involving Kevin’s psychiatrist which seems to only act as an information dump about the condition, but in truth this could have been excised and tightened the pace up a bit – this is something that Shyamalan does do to seemingly fatten his films out, but it really is not needed.

The film feels claustrophobic at its very heart both with the location of the abduction as well as the fact that Kevin is trapped in his own mind surrounded by voices that will not let up and must be confusing to him, much like his real life captives who are in a disoriented world of their own.

One word of caution I would not read anything that would spoil this film,  whilst the word Shyamalan has been used as a verb to describe his endings this one does not have the twist you might be expecting from him, but there is still an ending that should satisfy the people that have long been fans of his films.

This is an excellent genre film and I can honestly recommend this very highly and its worth going to see at the theatres, with a group of people and it wont hurt to have seen a few Shyamalan movies previously, I would recommend “Unbreakable” (2000).

Film Review: “Split” (2017) "Split" (2017) Thriller/Horror Running Time: 117 minutes Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan Featuring: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Haley Lu Richardson and Betty Buckley…