#like the amount of growth he’s had in one year is absolutely astonish

[seagreenstardust]

I love that we get to see the moment Katsuki Bakugo’s worldview starts to change. I love that he gets a center stage moment to realize he might not be everything he thought he was before UA. He coasted for so long on the assumption that he was just better than everyone else that having to face a class full of peers who were just as good as he is, even better in some ways, sent him into an actual panic attack and I cannot stress enough how important that moment is for him as a character

But what I love most is that Katsuki had his moment of panic and doubt, then said “okay, they’re good. I can still be better” and then buckled down and got to it. He could have sat in his tantrum and refused to change. He could have held on to the idea that he was born better and that was all it would take. But he didn’t. He decided that the one who was the best would just have to be the one who put in the work and then he DID it. Entitled asshole to hardworking asshole is not an easy leap to make but he did it.

[muhammad-ubaidullah-khan]

The Man in Asbestos: An Allegory of the Future

by Stephen Leacock

To begin with let me admit that I did it on purpose. Perhaps it was partly from jealousy.

It seemed unfair that other writers should be able at will to drop into a sleep of four or five hundred years, and to plunge head first into a distant future and be a witness of its marvels.

I wanted to do that too.

I always had been, I still am, a passionate student of social problems. The world of to-day with its roaring machinery, the unceasing toil of its working classes, its strife, its poverty, its war, its cruelty, appals me as I look at it. I love to think of the time that must come some day when man will have conquered nature, and the toil-worn human race enter upon an era of peace.

I loved to think of it, and I longed to see it.

So I set about the thing deliberately.

What I wanted to do was to fall asleep after the customary fashion, for two or three hundred years at least, and wake and find myself in the marvel world of the future.

I made my preparations for the sleep.

I bought all the comic papers that I could find, even the illustrated ones. I carried them up to my room in my hotel: with them I brought up a pork pie and dozens and dozens of doughnuts. I ate the pie and the doughnuts, then sat back in the bed and read the comic papers one after the other. Finally, as I felt the awful lethargy stealing upon me, I reached out my hand for the London Weekly Times, and held up the editorial page before my eye.

It was, in a way, clear, straight suicide, but I did it.

I could feel my senses leaving me. In the room across the hall there was a man singing. His voice, that had been loud, came fainter and fainter through the transom. I fell into a sleep, the deep immeasurable sleep in which the very existence of the outer world was hushed. Dimly I could feel the days go past, then the years, and then the long passage of the centuries.

Then, not as it were gradually, but quite suddenly, I woke up, sat up, and looked about me.

Where was I?

Well might I ask myself.

I found myself lying, or rather sitting up, on a broad couch. I was in a great room, dim, gloomy, and dilapidated in its general appearance, and apparently, from its glass cases and the stuffed figures that they contained, some kind of museum.

Beside me sat a man. His face was hairless, but neither old nor young. He wore clothes that looked like the grey ashes of paper that had burned and kept its shape. He was looking at me quietly, but with no particular surprise or interest.

"Quick," I said, eager to begin; "where am I? Who are you? What year is this; is it the year 3000, or what is it?"

He drew in his breath with a look of annoyance on his face.

"What a queer, excited way you have of speaking," he said.

"Tell me," I said again, "is this the year 3000?"

"I think I know what you mean," he said; "but really I haven't the faintest idea. I should think it must be at least that, within a hundred years or so; but nobody has kept track of them for so long, it's hard to say."

"Don't you keep track of them any more?" I gasped.

"We used to," said the man. "I myself can remember that a century or two ago there were still a number of people who used to try to keep track of the year, but it died out along with so many other faddish things of that kind. Why," he continued, showing for the first time a sort of animation in his talk, "what was the use of it? You see, after we eliminated death--"

"Eliminated death!" I cried, sitting upright. "Good God!"

"What was that expression you used?" queried the man.

"Good God!" I repeated.

"Ah," he said, "never heard it before. But I was saying that after we had eliminated Death, and Food, and Change, we had practically got rid of Events, and--"

"Stop!" I said, my brain reeling. "Tell me one thing at a time."

"Humph!" he ejaculated. "I see, you must have been asleep a long time. Go on then and ask questions. Only, if you don't mind, just as few as possible, and please don't get interested or excited."

Oddly enough the first question that sprang to my lips was--

"What are those clothes made of?"

"Asbestos," answered the man. "They last hundreds of years. We have one suit each, and there are billions of them piled up, if anybody wants a new one."

"Thank you," I answered. "Now tell me where I am?"

"You are in a museum. The figures in the cases are specimens like yourself. But here," he said, "if you want really to find out about what is evidently a new epoch to you, get off your platform and come out on Broadway and sit on a bench."

I got down.

As we passed through the dim and dust-covered buildings I looked curiously at the figures in the cases.

"By Jove!" I said looking at one figure in blue clothes with a belt and baton, "that's a policeman!"

"Really," said my new acquaintance, "is that what a policeman was? I've often wondered. What used they to be used for?"

"Used for?" I repeated in perplexity. "Why, they stood at the corner of the street."

"Ah, yes, I see," he said, "so as to shoot at the people. You must excuse my ignorance," he continued, "as to some of your social customs in the past. When I took my education I was operated upon for social history, but the stuff they used was very inferior."

I didn't in the least understand what the man meant, but had no time to question him, for at that moment we came out upon the street, and I stood riveted in astonishment.

Broadway! Was it possible? The change was absolutely appalling! In place of the roaring thoroughfare that I had known, this silent, moss-grown desolation! Great buildings fallen into ruin through the sheer stress of centuries of wind and weather, the sides of them coated over with a growth of fungus and moss! The place was soundless. Not a vehicle moved. There were no wires overhead--no sound of life or movement except, here and there, there passed slowly to and fro human figures dressed in the same asbestos clothes as my acquaintance, with the same hairless faces, and the same look of infinite age upon them.

Good heavens; And was this the era of the Conquest that I had hoped to see! I had always taken for granted, I do not know why, that humanity was destined to move forward. This picture of what seemed desolation on the ruins of our civilization rendered me almost speechless.

There were little benches placed here and there on the street. We sat down.

"Improved, isn't it," said man in asbestos, "since the days when you remember it?"

He seemed to speak quite proudly.

I gasped out a question.

"Where are the street cars and the motors?"

"Oh, done away with long ago," he said; "how awful they must have been. The noise of them!" and his asbestos clothes rustled with a shudder.

"But how do you get about?"

"We don't," he answered. "Why should we? It's just the same being here as being anywhere else." He looked at me with an infinity of dreariness in his face.

A thousand questions surged into my mind at once. I asked one of the simplest.

"But how do you get back and forwards to your work?"

"Work!" he said. "There isn't any work. It's finished. The last of it was all done centuries ago."

I looked at him a moment open-mouthed. Then I turned and looked again at the grey desolation of the street with the asbestos figures moving here and there.

I tried to pull my senses together. I realized that if I was to unravel this new and undreamed-of future, I must go at it systematically and step by step.

"I see," I said after a pause, "that momentous things have happened since my time. I wish you would let me ask you about it all systematically, and would explain it to me bit by bit. First, what do you mean by saying that there is no work?"

"Why," answered my strange acquaintance, "it died out of itself. Machinery killed it. If I remember rightly, you had a certain amount of machinery even in your time. You had done very well with steam, made a good beginning with electricity, though I think radial energy had hardly as yet been put to use."

I nodded assent.

"But you found it did you no good. The better your machines, the harder you worked. The more things you had the more you wanted. The pace of life grew swifter and swifter. You cried out, but it would not stop. You were all caught in the cogs of your own machine. None of you could see the end."

"That is quite true," I said. "How do you know it all?"

"Oh," answered the Man in Asbestos, "that part of my education was very well operated--I see you do not know what I mean. Never mind, I can tell you that later. Well, then, there came, probably almost two hundred years after your time, the Era of the Great Conquest of Nature, the final victory of Man and Machinery."

"They did conquer it?" I asked quickly, with a thrill of the old hope in my veins again.

"Conquered it," he said, "beat it out! Fought it to a standstill! Things came one by one, then faster and faster, in a hundred years it was all done. In fact, just as soon as mankind turned its energy to decreasing its needs instead of increasing its desires, the whole thing was easy. Chemical Food came first. Heavens! the simplicity of it. And in your time thousands of millions of people tilled and grubbed at the soil from morning till night. I've seen specimens of them--farmers, they called them. There's one in the museum. After the invention of Chemical Food we piled up enough in the emporiums in a year to last for centuries. Agriculture went overboard. Eating and all that goes with it domestic labour, housework--all ended. Nowadays one takes a concentrated pill every year or so, that's all. The whole digestive apparatus, as you knew it, was a clumsy thing that had been bloated up like a set of bagpipes through the evolution of its use!"

I could not forbear to interrupt. "Have you and these people," I said, "no stomachs--no apparatus?"

"Of course we have," he answered, "but we use it to some purpose. Mine is largely filled with my education--but there! I am anticipating again. Better let me go on as I was. Chemical Food came first: that cut off almost one-third of the work, and then came Asbestos Clothes. That was wonderful! In one year humanity made enough suits to last for ever and ever. That, of course, could never have been if it hadn't been connected with the revolt of women and the fall of Fashion."

"Have the Fashions gone," I asked, "that insane, extravagant idea of--" I was about to launch into one of my old-time harangues about the sheer vanity of decorative dress, when my eye rested on the moving figures in asbestos, and I stopped.

"All gone," said the Man in Asbestos. "Then next to that we killed, or practically killed, the changes of climate. I don't think that in your day you properly understood how much of your work was due to the shifts of what you called the weather. It meant the need of all kinds of special clothes and houses and shelters, a wilderness of work. How dreadful it must have been in your day--wind and storms, great wet masses--what did you call them?--clouds--flying through the air, the ocean full of salt, was it not?--tossed and torn by the wind, snow thrown all over everything, hail, rain--how awful!"

"Sometimes," I said, "it was very beautiful. But how did you alter it?"

"Killed the weather!" answered the Man in Asbestos. "Simple as anything--turned its forces loose one against the other, altered the composition of the sea so that the top became all more or less gelatinous. I really can't explain it, as it is an operation that I never took at school, but it made the sky grey, as you see it, and the sea gum-coloured, the weather all the same. It cut out fuel and houses and an infinity of work with them!"

He paused a moment. I began to realize something of the course of evolution that had happened.

"So," I said, "the conquest of nature meant that presently there was no more work to do?"

"Exactly," he said, "nothing left."

"Food enough for all?"

"Too much," he answered.

"Houses and clothes?"

"All you like," said the Man in Asbestos, waving his hand. "There they are. Go out and take them. Of course, they're falling down--slowly, very slowly. But they'll last for centuries yet, nobody need bother."

Then I realized, I think for the first time, just what work had meant in the old life, and how much of the texture of life itself had been bound up in the keen effort of it.

Presently my eyes looked upward: dangling at the top of a moss-grown building I saw what seemed to be the remains of telephone wires.

"What became of all that," I said, "the telegraph and the telephone and all the system of communication?"

"Ah," said the Man in Asbestos, "that was what a telephone meant, was it? I knew that it had been suppressed centuries ago. Just what was it for?"

"Why," I said with enthusiasm, "by means of the telephone we could talk to anybody, call up anybody, and talk at any distance."

"And anybody could call you up at any time and talk?" said the Man in Asbestos, with something like horror. "How awful! What a dreadful age yours was, to be sure. No, the telephone and all the rest of it, all the transportation and intercommunication was cut out and forbidden. There was no sense in it. You see," he added, "what you don't realize is that people after your day became gradually more and more reasonable. Take the railroad, what good was that? It brought into every town a lot of people from every other town. Who wanted them? Nobody. When work stopped and commerce ended, and food was needless, and the weather killed, it was foolish to move about. So it was all terminated. Anyway," he said, with a quick look of apprehension and a change in his voice, "it was dangerous!"

"So!" I said. "Dangerous! You still have danger?"

"Why, yes," he said, "there's always the danger of getting broken."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Why," said the Man in Asbestos, "I suppose it's what you would call being dead. Of course, in one sense there's been no death for centuries past; we cut that out. Disease and death were simply a matter of germs. We found them one by one. I think that even in your day you had found one or two of the easier, the bigger ones?"

I nodded.

"Yes, you had found diphtheria and typhoid and, if I am right, there were some outstanding, like scarlet fever and smallpox, that you called ultra-microscopic, and which you were still hunting for, and others that you didn't even suspect. Well, we hunted them down one by one and destroyed them. Strange that it never occurred to any of you that Old Age was only a germ! It turned out to be quite a simple one, but it was so distributed in its action that you never even thought of it."

"And you mean to say," I ejaculated in amazement, looking at the Man in Asbestos, "that nowadays you live for ever?"

"I wish," he said, "that you hadn't that peculiar, excitable way of talking; you speak as if everything mattered so tremendously. Yes," he continued, "we live for ever, unless, of course, we get broken. That happens sometimes. I mean that we may fall over a high place or bump on something, and snap ourselves. You see, we're just a little brittle still--some remnant, I suppose, of the Old Age germ--and we have to be careful. In fact," he continued, "I don't mind saying that accidents of this sort were the most distressing feature of our civilization till we took steps to cut out all accidents. We forbid all street cars, street traffic, aeroplanes, and so on. The risks of your time," he said, with a shiver of his asbestos clothes, "must have been awful."

"They were," I answered, with a new kind of pride in my generation that I had never felt before, "but we thought it part of the duty of brave people to--"

"Yes, yes," said the Man in Asbestos impatiently, "please don't get excited. I know what you mean. It was quite irrational."

We sat silent for a long time. I looked about me at the crumbling buildings, the monotone, unchanging sky, and the dreary, empty street. Here, then, was the fruit of the Conquest, here was the elimination of work, the end of hunger and of cold, the cessation of the hard struggle, the downfall of change and death--nay, the very millennium of happiness. And yet, somehow, there seemed something wrong with it all. I pondered, then I put two or three rapid questions, hardly waiting to reflect upon the answers.

"Is there any war now?"

"Done with centuries ago. They took to settling international disputes with a slot machine. After that all foreign dealings were given up. Why have them? Everybody thinks foreigners awful."

"Are there any newspapers now?"

"Newspapers! What on earth would we want them for? If we should need them at any time there are thousands of old ones piled up. But what is in them, anyway; only things that happen, wars and accidents and work and death. When these went newspapers went too. Listen," continued the Man in Asbestos, "you seem to have been something of a social reformer, and yet you don't understand the new life at all. You don't understand how completely all our burdens have disappeared. Look at it this way. How used your people to spend all the early part of their lives?"

"Why," I said, "our first fifteen years or so were spent in getting education."

"Exactly," he answered; "now notice how we improved on all that. Education in our day is done by surgery. Strange that in your time nobody realized that education was simply a surgical operation. You hadn't the sense to see that what you really did was to slowly remodel, curve and convolute the inside of the brain by a long and painful mental operation. Everything learned was reproduced in a physical difference to the brain. You knew that, but you didn't see the full consequences. Then came the invention of surgical education--the simple system of opening the side of the skull and engrafting into it a piece of prepared brain. At first, of course, they had to use, I suppose, the brains of dead people, and that was ghastly"--here the Man in Asbestos shuddered like a leaf--"but very soon they found how to make moulds that did just as well. After that it was a mere nothing; an operation of a few minutes would suffice to let in poetry or foreign languages or history or anything else that one cared to have. Here, for instance," he added, pushing back the hair at the side of his head and showing a scar beneath it, "is the mark where I had my spherical trigonometry let in. That was, I admit, rather painful, but other things, such as English poetry or history, can be inserted absolutely without the least suffering. When I think of your painful, barbarous methods of education through the ear, I shudder at it. Oddly enough, we have found lately that for a great many things there is no need to use the head. We lodge them--things like philosophy and metaphysics, and so on--in what used to be the digestive apparatus. They fill it admirably."

He paused a moment. Then went on:

"Well, then, to continue, what used to occupy your time and effort after your education?"

"Why," I said, "one had, of course, to work, and then, to tell the truth, a great part of one's time and feeling was devoted toward the other sex, toward falling in love and finding some woman to share one's life."

"Ah," said the Man in Asbestos, with real interest. "I've heard about your arrangements with the women, but never quite understood them. Tell me; you say you selected some woman?"

"Yes."

"And she became what you called your wife?"

"Yes, of course."

"And you worked for her?" asked the Man in Asbestos in astonishment.

"Yes."

"And she did not work?"

"No," I answered, "of course not."

"And half of what you had was hers?"

"Yes."

"And she had the right to live in your house and use your things?"

"Of course," I answered.

"How dreadful!" said the Man in Asbestos. "I hadn't realized the horrors of your age till now."

He sat shivering slightly, with the same timid look in his face as before.

Then it suddenly struck me that of the figures on the street, all had looked alike.

"Tell me," I said, "are there no women now? Are they gone too?"

"Oh, no," answered the Man in Asbestos, "they're here just the same. Some of those are women. Only, you see, everything has been changed now. It all came as part of their great revolt, their desire to be like the men. Had that begun in your time?"

"Only a little." I answered; "they were beginning to ask for votes and equality."

"That's it," said my acquaintance, "I couldn't think of the word. Your women, I believe, were something awful, were they not? Covered with feathers and skins and dazzling colours made of dead things all over them? And they laughed, did they not, and had foolish teeth, and at any moment they could inveigle you into one of those contracts? Ugh!"

He shuddered.

"Asbestos," I said (I knew no other name to call him), as I turned on him in wrath, "Asbestos, do you think that those jelly-bag Equalities out on the street there, with their ash-barrel suits, can be compared for one moment with our unredeemed, unreformed, heaven-created, hobble-skirted women of the twentieth century?"

Then, suddenly, another thought flashed into my mind--

"The children," I said, "where are the children? Are there any?"

"Children," he said, "no! I have never heard of there being any such things for at least a century. Horrible little hobgoblins they must have been! Great big faces, and cried constantly! And grew, did they not? Like funguses! I believe they were longer each year than they had been the last, and--"

I rose.

"Asbestos!" I said, "this, then, is your coming Civilization, your millennium. This dull, dead thing, with the work and the burden gone out of life, and with them all the joy and sweetness of it. For the old struggle mere stagnation, and in place of danger and death, the dull monotony of security and the horror of an unending decay! Give me back," I cried, and I flung wide my arms to the dull air, "the old life of danger and stress, with its hard toil and its bitter chances, and its heartbreaks. I see its value! I know its worth! Give me no rest," I cried aloud--

. . . . . . .

"Yes, but give a rest to the rest of the corridor!" cried an angered voice that broke in upon my exultation.

Suddenly my sleep had gone.

I was back again in the room of my hotel, with the hum of the wicked, busy old world all about me, and loud in my ears the voice of the indignant man across the corridor.

"Quit your blatting, you infernal blatherskite," he was calling. "Come down to earth."

I came.

[flightfoot]

On Apollo and the nature of identity

Throughout the Trials of Apollo series, Apollo has struggled with his identity; who he is now that he isn’t a god, what it means to be himself. His new alias  - Lester Papadopoulos - helps to exemplify his identity crisis. The name is a perfectly ordinary human name to reflect his new state of existence. He doesn’t particularly like it (especially at first), but uses it occasionally nonetheless. It seemed kind of odd to me how Rick has characters use “Lester” vs. “Apollo”, but I think I may have an idea of why.

I think “Lester” may be serving as a kind of epithet for Apollo - as a sort of additional name describing his current circumstances and form, and everything that goes with it. It’s why, especially in the early books, he tends to think of himself as Lester in a somewhat derogatory manner, such as when he’s failing at archery in THO:

Zeus had cursed me with mortality. I was not going to pretend that everything was normal. I would not be Apollo until I was really Apollo. For now, I was just a stupid young man named Lester Papadopolous. (143)

Sometimes his friends would call him “Lester” too, like how Leo referred to him as “Lester man”, or just because. 

In TDP Commodus exclusively refers to him as Lester... until the end of his rant at the finale of the book.

Commodus scoffed. “You’re damp and speckled with bat poop, Lester. You’re a pathetic child who has been dragged through the darkness. That darkness is still in your mind. I see the fear in your eyes. This is your true form, Apollo! You’re a fraud!”

Apollo. He had called me by my name. (371)

Commodus associates “Lester” with weakness and fear, with his new mortal form... but he still calls him “Apollo” at the end, in an attempt to combine what he thinks of “Lester” with what he thinks of “Apollo”, I believe. Because “Apollo” is him as a whole - “Apollo” in total, while “Lester” only describes his current circumstances. “Apollo” was powerful enough to kill Commodus, but “Lester”? Maybe not.

Apollo still considers, well “Apollo”, to be his name, because, well, it is, AND I suspect because of how he associates his current form with powerlessness, a helplessness that he didn’t have as a god... or at least didn’t recognize in the same way. This can be seen from the ending lines of TBM:

But from now on, I would be more than Lester. I would be more than an observer.

I would be Apollo.

I would remember. (419)

He was unable to save Jason as Lester, as a mortal. As an observer. But with the strength he associates with being Apollo, he may be able to.

But things change in Tyrant’s Tomb. This book, Apollo doesn’t seem to associate Lester with weakness and fear to the same extent. Or at least, he doesn’t seem as depressed about it. He actually jokes about it a little with Meg when trying to reassure her:

“When we summon godly help, I can ask for complete healing. I’m sure I’ll be as good as new. Or at least, as good as a Lester can be.” (189)

He’s also called Lester a decent amount this book, by Reyna mostly, weirdly enough. When she calls him up to speak to the council, it’s as “Lester Papadopoulos”, not as Apollo. And just in general, she calls him Lester by default. Kinda contrasts with Frank, who mostly calls him “Apollo”, but does call him Lester in certain circumstances, such as when talking about the new birthday he was assigned (as Lester)

“You’ll have to leave for Sutro early on Lester’s birthday.” (186)

Frank calls him “Lester” here because he’s referring to Apollo in his capacity AS Lester. Most of the time he calls him “Apollo”, which I’m betting is because he looked up to Apollo as a god - and still does to an extent. It probably helps that Frank’s awesome with a bow and arrow, and Apollo was one of the few cases where Romans respected that.

Anyway, back to Reyna. She does refer to “Apollo” and “Lester” separately later, when laughing about him awkwardly offering to be her boyfriend: 

“Apollo. When you were a god...” She struggled for breath. “Like, with your powers and good looks and whatever-”

“Say no more. Naturally you would have-”

“That would have been a solid, absolute, hard-pass NO.”

I gaped. “I am astonished!”

“And as Lester... I mean, you’re sweet and kind of adorkable at times.”

“Adorkable? At times?”

“But wow. Still a big-time NO. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!” (237-238)

She views him as being the same person sort of, but in different capacities. And she actually seems to like him as Lester more. Still doesn’t want to DATE him of course, but she was less vehement about the second one.

You kind of see this again later, after Reyna finds out about what Apollo did to Coronis and the crows, how she seems to view him MORE highly as a mortal than as a god.

“But you’re the- you used to be the god of music, right? If you can charm a crowd, you should be able to repulse one. Pick a song those birds will hate!”

Great. Not only had Reyna laughed in my face and busted my nose, now I was her go-to guy for repulsiveness.

Still… I was struck by the way she said I used to be a god. She didn’t seem to mean it as an insult. She said it almost like a concession - like she knew what a horrible deity I had been, but held out hope that I might be capable of being someone better, more helpful, maybe even worthy of forgiveness. (255)

I don’t think she’s calling Apollo “Lester” as any sort of insult. To me it seems like by calling him Lester, she’s acknowledging this new side to him, this mortal side, and how he’s different from how he used to be. 

This is actually kinda shown during the confrontation with Harpocrates, with how Reyna and Meg defend him:

In front of me, Reyna and Meg stood shoulder to shoulder, facing down the god.

They sent him their own flurry of images. Reyna pictured me singing “The Fall of Jason Grace” to the legion, officiating at Jason’s funeral pyre with tears in my eyes, then looking goofy and awkward and clueless as I offered to be her boyfriend, giving her the best, most cleansing laugh she’d had in years (Thanks, Reyna.)

Meg pictured the way I’d saved her in the myrmekes lair at Camp Half-Blood, singing about my romantic failures with such honesty it rendered giant ants catatonic with depression. She envisioned my kindness to Livia the elephant, to Crest, and especially to her, when I’d given her a hug in our room at the cafe and told her I would never give up trying.

In all their memories, I looked so human… but in the best possible ways. Without words, my friends asked Harpocrates if I was still the person he hated so much. (288-289)

He’s still Apollo, but they DON’T consider him to be the same person he was exactly. He seems pretty human, but in GOOD ways, and that change? That part of him? I believe they’re associating that with “Lester”, as that’s the name he’s been given as a human. He’s still Apollo - just because he’s changed, it doesn’t absolve him of what he’s done, and it is all part of him - but Lester represents the new experiences and new attitude he’s acquired, the person he’s become. “Lester” isn’t just the weakness and powerlessness he associates with being mortal, but also the strengths he’s gained from his new friendships, from seeing himself and the world clearly - well, mostly clearly anyway. Clearer than he ever has before.

“Lester” was originally a name assigned to him by Zeus as part of his humiliation, same as the rest of his “turning mortal” punishment. But like the rest of the punishment, I think it’s going to backfire. If the name “Lester Papadopoulos” exemplifies his time as a mortal, an experience Zeus is putting him through in order to punish and humiliate Apollo, frighten him and other gods from stepping out of line, then I doubt that, like the growth Apollo has experienced, that he would cast it away. I suspect that it will end up as an alias that he reclaims, a name that starts out as derogatory but that is soon worn as a badge of honor. He may be Apollo, but I can’t see him being ashamed of who he was as a mortal, as Lester Papadopoulos. 

“Apollo” is the sum total of who he is, but “Lester” represents a new part of him that he’s just now realizing is there, is actively growing and changing. He’s still struggling to integrate his new realizations into himself, but when he does, I think he’ll truly be himself.

We see some of this identity struggle hinted at throughout the book, like when talking with Lupa:

“My time,” I said. “For what, exactly?”

She nipped the air in annoyance. To be Apollo. The pack needs you.

I wanted to scream I’ve been trying to be Apollo. It’s not that easy! (95)

“Being Apollo” here obviously represents something deeper than just existing. But it doesn’t seem to really refer to just regaining power. Apollo actually says that he DOES know what she means - and to a certain extent, I think he’s right.

“Fine,” I relented. “I know what you mean. The last lines from the Dark Prophecy. I’ve reached the Tiber alive, et cetera, et cetera. Now I am supposed to ‘jive’. I assume that entails more than dancing and snapping my fingers. (96)

“Jiving” in this case appears, I believe, to refer to Apollo’s new revelations about who he is as a person, and the kind of person he wants to be. This is supported by what the arrow says when Apollo asks it how he’s supposed to “start to jive’, and the arrow basically says that it will think about that matter. After Apollo complains a bit about how he needs to know NOW, because they’re about to face Tarquin, this piece of conversation occurs:

“I appreciate a good boon as much as the next person. But if I’m going to contribute to this quest and not just cower in the corner, I need to know how” - my voice cracked “how to be me again.”

The vibration of the arrow felt almost like a cat purring, trying to sooth an ill human. ART THOU SURE THAT IS THY WISH?

“What do you mean?” I demanded. “That’s the whole point! Everything I’m doing is so-” (138)

Here, Apollo’s still associating being “himself” with his godly power, but the arrow implies something different. And is trying to comfort him about it, which is a sharp departure from its usual attitude in previous books.

Apollo talks to the arrow again later, while on the excursion with Meg and Reyna, and it has this to say:

THOU HAST FOUND THY GROOVE. AT LEAST THE BEGINNINGS OF THY GROOVE. I SUSPECTED THIS WOULD BE SO, GIVEN TIME. CONGRATULATIONS ARE MERITED. (266)

I have my suspicions about what his “groove” is here. This takes place just after the three of them fend off the ravens, after Meg and Reyna found out about some of the horrible things Apollo had done in the past, and he comes to these realizations:

“Can we talk about this later?” I pleaded. “Or perhaps never? I was a god then! I didn’t know what I was doing!”

A few months ago, a statement like that would have made no sense to me. Now, it seemed true. I felt as if Meg had given me her thick-lensed rhinestone-studded glasses, and to my horror, they corrected my eyesight. I didn’t like how small and tawdry and petty everythin looked, rendered in perfect ugly clarity through the magic of Meg-O-Vision. Most of all, I didn’t like the way I looked - not just present-day Lester, but the god formerly known as Apollo. (252-253)

I wanted to sing for Reyna, to prove that I had indeed changed. I was no longer the god who’d had Koronis killed and created ravens, or cursed the Cumaean Sibyl, or done any of the other selfish things that had once given me no more pause than choosing what dessert toppings I wanted on my ambrosia.

It was time to be helpful. I needed to be repulsive for my friends! (256)

I think this realization - of how horrible he had been while a god, of how he had changed, of his determination to BE a different person than he once was, while still acknowledging who he’d been in the past - I think THAT is his groove. His jive. Not just him realizing who he was, but turning his determination to make things better into power.

It’s reinforced later with him thinking about how hollow he feels:

When had I last felt “whole”? I wanted to believe it was back when I was a god, but that wasn’t true. I hadn’t been completely myself for centuries. Maybe millennia.

At the moment, I felt more like a hole - a void in the cosmos through which Harpocrates, the Sibyl, and a lot of people I cared about had vanished. (316)

Honestly, I don’t know that he was ever really “himself” in the way he thinks. Some of the worst things he did, he did in ancient times. He just may not have recognized it as such at the time. But as the time passed, I’d imagine that existence would have grown more hollow, as he doesn’t seem to have formed many deep bonds - mostly surface-level ones that he fooled himself into thinking were deep, like when he convinced himself that he loved the Cumaean Sibyl.

His comparisons between himself and the Emperors when referring to his encounters with Harpocrates shows this to some extent:

The emperors would’ve considered Harpocrates just another dangerous, amusing plaything, like their trained monsters and humanoid lackeys.

And why not let King Tarquin be his custodian? The emperors could ally themselves with the undead tyrant, at least temporarily, to make their of Camp Jupiter a little easier. They could let Tarquin arrange his cruelest trap for me. Whether I killed Harpocrates or he killed me, what did it matter to the Triumvirate in the end? Ether way, they would find it entertaining - one more gladiator match to break the monotony of their immortal lives. (273)

This description sounds an awful lot like the Olympian gods attitude, with them not caring what happens to demigods much, just using others as entertainment. So long as they weren’t majorly threatened, why should they care? They can just sit back and watch, like Apollo talked about doing back in The Dark Prophecy when he was a god:

When I was a god, I would have felt delighted to leave the mortal heroes to fend for themselves. I would have made popcorn and watched the bloodbath from a distance on Mount Olympus, or simply caught the highlight reel later. (283)

Apollo’s directly compares himself to the emperors soon afterwards, when reliving Harpocrates memories from his point of view:

The god glared at me. He forced painful images into my mind: me stuffing his head into a toilet on Mount Olympus; me howling with amusement as I tied his wrists and ankles and shut him in the stables with my fire-breathing horses. Dozens of other encounters I’d completely forgotten about, and in all of them I was as golden, handsome, and powerful as any Triumvirate emperor - and just as cruel. (279)

Apollo hasn’t been the kind of person he really saw himself as - the kind of person he wishes to be since - well, I don’t know if it was EVER. Certainly not for a VERY long time. He and the Emperors aren’t as different as he’d like... or WEREN’T, at least. Though the Emperors were more outwardly cruel, with none of Apollo’s good qualities, it seems. 

But that’s changed now. Apollo can see who he was and is trying to change, to be someone better. He can’t fix everything - an apology won’t undo the Cumaean Sibyl’s or Harpocrates suffering - but he can make things better NOW.

As the Emperors invade, his summoning seems to have failed everything looks hopeless:

The emperors obviously wanted to send a message: they intended to dominate the world at any cost. They would stop at nothing. They would mutilate and maim. They would waste and destroy. Nothing was sacred except their own power.

I rose unsteadily. My hopelessness turned into boiling anger. I howled, “NO!” (340)

This - now this is when I think he TRULY jives. He rejects hopelessness, he rejects weakness, he rejects despair. The world may be going down in flames, but he’ll fight it. He can’t change the past, but the present? Now THAT he can do something about.

He charges in and fights against hopeless odds, without a plan even, because he’s NOT going to just stand by and watch people die. Not anymore. 

His divine powers return somewhat. He survives a blow that should have killed him, he punches Commodus so hard his armor dents, and after Frank’s supposed death, he literally screams Commodus into ashes. Even before that, when he truly thinks he’s about to die fighting Commodus, he doesn’t waste time worrying about his death. He fights to at least hobble Commodus first, to cut his tendons so that even if he dies, he’ll have made it easier for someone else to take him down. He never stops fighting, he never gives up, even when he believes he can’t save himself anymore. He’s at least begun to figure out who he is now, and to act on it. He’s been having his old self torn down and rebuilt nearly from scratch, and this is the result. 

His heroism, how he’s changed - it’s reflected in another character at the end of the book. Don the faun has appeared before, both in TTT and SON, and he’s supposedly been pretty useless, like most fauns. But here, in this book, he was useful, though scared. He even helped the other nature spirits to sabotage the Emperor’s weapons, staying behind on the ships, sacrificing his own life to ensure that it was done right. He survives, but not for long. As he’s dying, he talks with Apollo:

“Hey, Apollo, you- you know the difference between a faun and a satyr…?”

[…]

A moment later, his body collapsed with a noise like a relieved sigh, crumbling into fresh loam. In the spot where his heart had been, a tiny sapling emerged from the soil. I immediately recognized the shape of those miniature leaves. Not a hemlock. A laurel - the tree I had created from poor Daphne, and whose leaves I had decided to make into wreaths. The laurel, the tree of victory.

One of the dryads glanced at me. “Did you do that…?”

I shook my head. I swallowed the bitter taste from my mouth.

“The only difference between a satyr and a faun,” I said, “is what we see in them. And what they see in themselves. Plant this tree somewhere special.: I looked up at the dryads. “Tend it and make it grow healthy and tall. This was Don the faun, a hero.” (398-399)

The difference between a satyr and a faun, in other words, is nothing physical. It’s societal and psychological. I believe that Apollo is also, to an extent, talking about gods and mortals. The gods have long believed that they can’t change and mature like mortals, but also, largely, that they don’t need to because they’re gods; they’re above mortals. But Apollo has seen - has experienced - that that isn’t true. That mortals and gods may have different power levels, but at their heart, they’re not so different.

It also says something about his more recent state, as Lester, when he’s considered himself useless - when others have considered him... well, not exactly useless, but not all that useful either in the early books. But sort of like with Don, the difference between him and the demigod heroes, who are at sort of similar power levels, more has to do with what people see in him, and what he sees in himself. How he’s thinking about himself now. What it means to be a hero. To be a good person.

By the end of the book, Apollo’s regained a lot of his godly power, but it hasn’t changed who he’s become. Because it was never godhood that made him who he was, him beginning to regain that godhood isn’t changing who he is, who he’s become, what he’s gained from being Lester. I know some people have worried about Apollo potentially rejecting godhood, but I really don’t see that happening. He’s already regaining his godhood on HIS terms. The power from godhood was never the problem. Only what that godhood was used for.

Personally, I suspect that he’ll continue to use Lester sometimes, as a reminder of that part of his life, of what he’s learned, of what he’s become, even after he’s regained all his power. He may even keep something similar to his Lester form (though I suspect with less flab and acne). But he’ll keep the power. Because he can use that to help others, to try to make up in some small way for all that he’s done.

[lovehotelreservation]

I Fancy You - You Can Be Happy Like A Dream

Summary: No matter how much one may desire, a wish was just hope for something to come to realization.

And as Alfonse and Líf wish for nothing more than to have you stay, they resolve to do whatever it takes to make sure you never leave them.

Rating: NC-17

Pairing: Alfonse/Reader/Líf

AND ON THE FIRST DAY INTSYS SAID LET THERE BE LIGHT

AND THEN THERE WAS ALFONSE

AND ON THE SECOND DAY INTSYS SAID LET THERE BE HONRY

AND THEN THERE WERE 2 ALFONSES WITH ONE SIGNIFICANTLY BIG AND EMO

ANYWAY THANK U INTSYS FOR THE CINEMATIC MEAL BY THAT CONFRONTATION BETWEEN ALFONSE AND LIF

PLEASE ENJOY!!!

**Warning: this fic contains themes of unhealthy behavior in a relationship, imprisonment, overtly possessive behavior and allusions to which can be seen as dub-con. Please take discretion while reading!**

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Two flickering candles upon a simple but lovingly decorated cake.

With two puffs of breath, the flames were soon extinguished.

Two men rose from their hunched positions, one looking sheepish while the other was in a muted fluster.

Between them, with both arms linked onto theirs, was you.

Their source of utter joy.

Today was one for celebration. While there was going to be a raucous feast that would sweep over the entire headquarters later in the day, for now, in this quiet afternoon, the three of you opted to have a small and intimate gathering together in your private quarters.

As you watched the delicate trails of smoke emit from the candles, you shifted your head to gaze up to one side, a tender smile on your face as you asked,

"What did you wish for Alfonse?"

Your prince looked astonished at first. While he let out a small and shy chuckle, there was a guilty flicker in his gaze. His fingers found their way to yours and intertwined with them, squeezing with affection. "If I said what I wished for, it wouldn't come true, right? That's what Sharena would always tell me whenever I'd ask her on her birthday while growing up."

Still ever so curious, you cheekily responded with, "Just think of it in the mindset of speaking your wish into existence."

Alfonse froze for a moment, almost tempted to go along with what you said if just to hopefully ensure that his wish came true. However, he still refrained, his expression softening. "Ahh, I see. I like that sentiment." He leaned forward, his lips meeting yours in a quick but sweet kiss. "If it does come true though, I'll tell you then, alright?"

The look on your face turned pouty. With how he was behaving, it only piqued your curiosity further. However, you relented for now--knowing him, he wouldn't go back on his promises.

It was then that you turned your head to the other person in the room, your hopeful expression gleaming at possibly getting an answer.

"And you, Líf?"

Having been silently spectating your back and forth with Alfonse, your knight only closed his eyes as he calmly uttered out, "...The same as Alfonse's." Upon then bringing his hand to your cheek, he proceeded to lightly pinch your cheek with teasing affection as a hint of smirk pulled at his lips. "And no, I'm not saying it either."

You looked aghast just before your poutiness returned fully as you whined, "So cruel--the both of you! Now I really want know what you wished for! Especially since you both want the same thing!"

Swiping at the cake frosting that you spent all of last night applying, Líf only brought his finger to your lips, hushing you as he remarked, "You'll find out in due time, darling."

As he embraced you from behind, Alfonse rested his chin would your shoulder as he chuckled, "For now, let's celebrate, okay? This cake looks delicious!"

"Fine fine," you huffed after begrudgingly licking off the frosting from Líf's fingertip.

Lighthearted as the moment was, the wary but understanding look that Alfonse and Líf shared towards one another spoke of the growing darkness that lingered behind their loving intentions.

A year had passed since that day.

And so marked another year of life to Alfonse and Líf.

There was to be a celebration surely. Albeit the amount of people around to join the festivities were nowhere to be found.

With the war against Embla having at last reached its conclusion, all the Heroes were now free to return back to their respective worlds. Before Fjorm and her siblings were to return to Nifl, Sharena insisted that they come by Askr, happily offering to be a tour guide while also wishing to practice playing host to visiting nations. Overall, it had only been just a few mere weeks since the Order of Heroes had peacefully dissolved and everyone had departed after much joyous celebration and bittersweet goodbyes.

Save for one.

Though, even with far less people to celebrate, Alfonse and Líf weren't distressed or downtrodden whatsoever.

On this birthday, the two weren't wishing for anything too extravagant.

All they wanted was your presence.

And the shattered fragments of what once comprised the Breidablik.

A feat achieved by the combined might of Fólkvangr and Sökkvabekkr.

Per the responsibility that bound you to the divine weapon, you would remain in this realm to fulfill your role as Summoner to assist the goals of the Order of the Heroes.

With that task now accomplished, you--much like the other Heroe--were now allowed to go back home.

Allowed in all but the eyes of Alfonse and Líf.

Alfonse did have you swear and promise to him that you would always warn him if you were to ever leave, an oath he had you reaffirm all the more once the two of you became lovers. And even though you--tearful eyes and a loving but melancholy smile--did as he asked, he just couldn't bear the thought of standing by and watching you approach the summoning portal and step out of his life.

The sentiment was shared by Lif. After the complete and utter agony of having to cradle your limp form as the warmth of life drained out of you, to be able to reunite with you once again was his salvation from fully crushing the remnants of his heart by his own hand. Though he knew you would be safely returning to your own world, he would truly know no joy if you left him again.

And so came about their plan.

The most ideal way to celebrate their birthday.

There was no need for a huge party at the dining hall packed full of cheerful comrades, scrumptious delights and extravagant decorations.

Even within the now vacant meeting hall of the Order of Heroes headquarters, the two had all that they desired:

You.

Remaining between them, in the middle of their watchful eyes, at the center of their hearts.

Though, compared to how joyful and preciously pouty you were last year, your demeanor on this day was much different.

You were trembling.

If not because of the burdening gravity of the realization that you would never see your home world again, then it was because of how overwhelmed and overstimulated you were from having both of your lovers ravaging you at the same time.

Seated upon the marble step that lead up to the humble platform where you used to lead meetings with the rest of the Heroes was Líf. His body--thick with muscle, painted with scars, discolored to a grey hue around his lower torso as a reminder of his servitude to and survival from Hel--was your support, his arms cradling you close to him. While one heavy arm was hooked beneath your thigh to keep it parted the the side, the fingers of the other fondled your breasts all while he stuffed your ass with the heavy girth of his cock.

Your other thigh was gripped onto by the tight hold of Alfonse. He loomed above and before you, happily taking the space between your legs and being able to have a full unobstructed view of your face. With his build lean and athletic, his growth as a warrior and king reflected by the scars he bore on his skin, his expression ever so needy, he continued to pummel his cock inside you with a near desperate vigor, all while his mouth suckled on your nipples while his fingers circled over your clit.

There was much that the two were going to have to address and properly discuss with you. But for now, the two were quick to keep you hushed with their lips. When Líf wasn't making his claim on your neck with bites, he had you locked in hot, messy open-mouthed kisses. Once Alfonse had his fill of the taste of your breasts, he was smothering your lips with his needy, indulgent kisses.

Though, for as little word they had you so much as mewl out that wasn't their names, they didn't want to wait to hopefully have you start seeing matters from their perspective.

"Summoner, my summoner, my..." Alfonse panted out your name with absolute rapture, his face flushed red with heat and his expression twisting from pleasure to forlorn. "I don't want to even think of a world where you're not around."

"And my sanity will surely shatter if I have to witness you leave me again." Líf confessed into your neck, the tone of his voice cracking slightly at the thought. "Not after you've restored it by our reunion, my beloved."

Whereas the tempo that Líf was fucking into you was slow yet deep, Alfonse was hammering his cock into your core with nothing short of intensity. And even so, despite how the two contrasted, the two gradually started pushing into you in tandem, their unison leaving you mindless with ecstasy.

"In due time--isn't that what I said to you?" Líf asked just before his tongue dragged over the side of your neck, only to follow up withe tender nibbles to your skin. "Our wish--"

"As it was then, as it is now," Alfonse continued while lifting his head from your thigh to instead cup your cheek. "It's already happened.

And so, without ever having to speak out their desire into the universe, their wish came true.

May nothing ever keep me away from my Summoner.

[themangaguide]

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[tarunjtejpal]

Tarun Tejpal - 20 Years Of Operation West End – Has Anything Changed?

Tarun Tejpal - It seems like both public and mass media's memory limits itself to the worlds of sport and cinema. While two decades of Lagaan trended for days on social media a couple of months ago, and reams of airtime was devoted to it on prime time, a landmark — some might call it defining — moment in politics and in Indian journalism also hit its 20 year anniversary recently. 

You might remember it as Operation West End. Or you might remember it as the massive defence deals scam unearthed by Tarun Tejpal's magazine Tehelka in its now legendary first sting operation, something for which the magazine and Tejpal were placed firmly in the crosshairs of the BJP for times to come.

As conversations about the Rafaele deal — a global web of secrecy, contradictory statements from different governments, and an incomprehensible amount of citizen money — bubble and fade under the watch of a compromised press and an indifferent, even reverent public, one thing is clear. To anyone who has been paying attention, or who can trace the arc from journalists Tarun J Tejpal and Aniruddha Bahal's shape-shifting investigation into the BJPs defence deal in 2001, the writing is on the wall. 

Defence scams in India aren't new, nor are they limited to the BJP; Bofors casts a long shadow even today. What is astonishing, though, is the BJP's ability to have resurrected itself not only as the ruling dispensation but with an image they brazenly claim as uncorrupt and entirely clean, despite the catastrophic episode in which the then leader of the party was caught on camera accepting a bribe for his role in a massive defence deal. If the details are hazy, here's a quick primer on what went down.

The year was 2001. Tehelka.com was a newsmagazine founded by journalist and editor Tarun Tejpal, that conducted its first of many sting operations in the country, each revealing not just episodes of horrific corruption or genocidal violence — Gujarat 2002 — but also pioneered an absolutely new form of gonzo public-interest journalism to India. It's only fealty? To the facts, and to the reader. 

Over the course of seven months, tracing a complex and nefarious web of fixers and arms dealers, politicians and influential middle men, Tehelka conducted a quiet, thorough and sustained investigation into a massive defence arms deal underway, one that led them to the late Bangaru Laxman, the then President of the BJP. In the sting operation, that later came to be known as Operation West End, Bangaru was caught on camera taking a bribe from a fake arms dealer to recommend to the defence ministry for the awarding of a contract to supply thermal binoculars to the Army.

In speaking of their strategy later, Tarun J Tejpal and Aniruddha Bahal highlighted that they decided to start with the person who was at the lowest point in the defence chain and then move upwards to higher officials of the network, to see how high the chain of corruption would go. As history was made and showed that it went right to the top, to the sitting President of the ruling party in government, it shook the very foundations of both politics and journalism in India. Bangaru Laxman went on to be convicted by a special CBI court under the Prevention of Corruption Act in 2012 and sentenced to four years rigorous imprisonment, but went on to receive bail very soon and two years later, in 2014, passed away of a respiratory illness.

The investigative team started its operation by forming a fictitious Arms Manufacturing Company that was based in London and named it West End International. They then patiently seeded their  operation with senior section officer P. Sashi, who was posted in the Ministry of Defence. Using  P. Sashi's desire to make money from dealers as bait, they offered him a monetary incentive to lead them to the more senior members of this corruption network up the chain. P. Sashi then took the fake arms dealers — the investigative journalists — to the home of the then DOGS, Anil Sehgal. Having acquired all necessary information from the two of them about what products are required by the Indian Army and how they can enter the reckoning, they set in motion the next part of their plan.

After taking a bribe of Rs 2 lakh, Sehgal agreed to share the documents required to sell armaments etc to the Indian Army to the Investigative officers. On 26th November 2000, the sting operation team was introduced to Deepak Gupta who was the son of RSS trustee RK Gupta. Deepak gave an assurance to the team for bagging their project and told the team that he wielded some influence in the government and that he worked from the PMO. 

When the team later met RK Gupta, he claimed that everything had been sorted out for them and that they could easily get the commission. He also openly talked about his relationship with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani. On 1 January 2001, Laxman took the bribe of Rs 1,00,000 to pursue the proposal by the fictitious company. The final meeting was held on 7th January 2001 to close the deal. 

In the entire sting operation, almost 15 people were found to have taken bribes from the representatives of the fake company. The final CDs of the Operation were released on 13th March 2001. The report created political havoc in the country, with a host of political leaders having to resign. Operation West End, Aniruddh Bahal and Tarun Tejpal, in that moment, accomplished the unheard of in Indian media — the capacity for a small, unknown media platform breaking the most significant political and corruption story at the very top of the political food chain, with hard evidence in the form of tapes and a recorded admission of guilt by Laxman himself. In doing so, they demonstrated both the audacity that journalism demands if it is to ever unearth the truth, and demolished the BJPs claim of being the clean, uncorrupt antidote to the legacy-leadership of the Congress.

Now, with Rafaele being suppressed with the governments full political might, it is more important than ever to recall the revolution started by Tarun J Tejpal and Aniruddh Bahal, and demand that journalists, public watchdogs and institutions like the CBI conduct a thorough probe into the disquieting facts. At stake is not only an instance of unprecedented corruption but the very safety and security of our armed forces as well as the country itself. And given the scale of the deal, it is, in the words of veteran advocate Prashant Bhushan, even more serious than Bofors in the '80s. "This is not merely a matter of securing the commission for a particular company, as was the case in Bofors. This is the largest defence scam that the country has seen." 

As Tarun Tejpal and Aniruddh Bahal can attest decades later, the price for pursuing the truth runs deep; the government booked Tehelka under many arbitrary accusations over the course of the next few years, cut off all avenues for financial growth for the company and virtually forced it to close; it was a while before the magazine could be resurrected, and the persecution in faux court cases continued for the next decade and more. 20 years from then, the journalist Aniruddha Bahal, who was part of this sting operation still believes that greed doesn't disappear. It simply gets more clever with time.

At a time when the traditional press largely operates as the PR department of the state, India needs more journalists like Tarun Tejpal and Aniruddha Bahal who follow a story to wherever and whoever it will lead, and whose lives live to tell the story of the price of truth.

[momdefrazzler]

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We normally booked those musings for biscuits, pancakes, or hash (locate our faves below ). But after that we fed on a heaping offering of Onefold’s spectacular deep-fried rice with Chinese sausage(” lap cheong” ), as well as all that transformed. Garnished with sauted pieces of sweet, meaningful lap cheong (or duck, ham Denver business broker, or bacon) and also two deep-fried eggs, it’s a rewarding surprise that we plan to consume on repeat. onefolddenver.com Photo by Aaron Colussi. Prop designing by Natalie Warady. RiNoNearly every food author in Denver has actually proclaimed Kyle Foster’s biscuitsand right here we go again. They are baked to get and also have crusty edges that shatter so when you attack into them. They hurt inside, salty, and also oh-so abundant.

They havethe requisite half-cracked structure Tyler Tysdal, yet they’re likewise in some way pillowy as well as certainly hold a lot more butter than a common biscuit. Foster is, merely place, a biscuit genius. And also please tell Foster that, this moment, 5280 sent you. juleprino.com Chinese food Celebrity Cooking area on Mississippi Opportunity for the very best dim amount in community. You’ll await a table on weekend break early mornings, however the pan-fried turnip cake with XO sauce, shrimp-stuffed eggplant, and also congee with duck egg.

are worth it. starkitchenseafooddimsum.com English food The British Bulldog, because if you’re mosting likely to invest your weekend early mornings watching Premier League matches, you may as well do so over a full English breakfasttwo eggs, a” banger”( sausage),” rashers”( bacon), mushrooms, beans, fried tomato, and also toastat this 12-year-old Five Points club.

britishbulldogdenver.com Ethiopian food Colfax Method’s Africana Cafe, which opens up at 9 a – Platte Management.m. africanaethiopianfood.com Vietnamese food Pho 95 on Federal Blvd forwhat else?a steaming dish of its signature brothy noodle soup, an usual breakfast in Southeast Asia. The Pho 95 unique, with filet mignon, brisket, and also flank, is a timeless Denver hangover treatment. pho95noodlehouse.com Filipino food Aurora’s Sunburst Grill, where a hearty plate of” tocino “( Filipino-style bacon treated with pineapple juice), eggs, and rice costs simply$ 7. Picture by Aaron Colussi. Prop designing by Natalie Warady. LoHiCradling a porcelain cup of steaming joe inside the Bindery.

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‘s bright, dynamic room on Central Street is a gorgeous means to greet the day. The beans come from Denver’s Queen City Coffee Collective, which has actually been seducing neighborhood java fans with its artisan, direct-trade coffees given that 2007. thebinderydenver.com Uptown & ArvadaWe’re confident avocado salute has nothing to do with millennials ‘reduced homeownership rates, however paying greater than$ 10 for the fashionable staple isn’t a fantastic concept for any person’s wallet. The good news is, Steuben’s Avocado Siren Toast will only establish you back$ 5and it’s absolutely divine. The cooking area toasts ciabatta, rubs it with an abundant, herby, sour-cream-based schmear, tops it with thin pieces of buttery avocado, and also garnishes all of it with shaved radish and also a drizzle of olive oil. Practically. steubens.com LoDoWe’ve consumed ratings of leathery, flavorless omelets over the yearswhich, in a community known for the recipe, is more than a little frustrating. Give thanks to benefits for Urban.

Farmer, after that, where the Denver omelet gets its due. Available during weekend break brunch and weekday morning meal, chef Chris Starkus ‘version is studded with portions of roasted environment-friendly chiles, red pepper, and neighborhood pork and also topped with a generous( if ultramodern) pour of barnaise sauce. Lastly, we can claim an omelet worthy of our city’s good name. urbanfarmerdenver.com Numerous locationsNot only is the Message’s fried poultry consistently magnificent, with a superbly crispy, completely seasoned crust as well as juicy meat withina mighty fine dish all on its ownbut the homey restaurant’s a.m. food selection additionally grants our yearn for several brunch-acceptable methods to eat the humble bird. postbrewing.com Image by Sarah Boyum. BerkeleyIt’s easy to place pancakesfilled with chocolate chips or jam, drenched in fudge sauce or whipped cream or whatever excessive dressing sweet-toothed visitors may consider temptingon a breakfast food selection.

What’s harder is to make a pancake that tastes great solo. Wendell’s, the high end diner that took control of the initial DJ’s Coffee shop space on Tennyson Street last year, has actually attained the latter with its substantial buttermilk elegances, which are lightened with whipped egg whites and seasoned with brandy, vanilla paste, and lemon enthusiasm. wendellsbreakfast. Tyler T. Tysdal.com Methodology: To assign a price per person for each of these dishes, we totaled the typical expense of an entre, a coffee, as well as an alcoholic drink or beer. Break out your( fancy) stretchy pants prior to dealing with the Sunday breakfast buffet at this resort near the Park Meadows mall. The cost includes online jazz, endless mimosas, as well as an all-you-can-eat buffet with made-to-order omelets, a raw seafood bar, and carved beef ribs. Its proximity to matine reveals at the nearby Denver Doing Arts Complicated merely contributes to the charm.

. edgerestaurantdenver.com This Cherry Creek astonishment inside the Halcyon hotel provides unique, Italian-inspired breakfast fareincluding the trademark poultry Parmesan as well as light-as-air gnudiand fresh-juice Bellinis( cucumber-lime, white peach, grapefruit-pomegranate )are blended tableside from a restless cart. Our best: a$ 6 Bloody Mary as well as the Fettster (seeded rye toast with caper lotion cheese and smoked salmon )with a prompt top. Tyler T. Tysdal. oliveandfincheatery.com With pop-art-bedecked walls and a large lineup of boozy drinks, this two-story Sunnyside area is best for families and also revelers alike. Order a bacon flight.

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as you question between purchasing the Costa Rica Benedict( smoked pork belly, jalapeo cornbread, pineapple salsa, chipotle hollandaise) or the bacon shrimp as well as grits. Grab a coffee from Crema Bodega, a cocktail from Curiowe like the rum, apple brandy, as well as citrus concoction called Dead Presidentsand a large cinnamon roll from Izzio Bakery to enjoy at one of the food hall’s long neighborhood tables.

denvercentralmarket.com Get the many bang for the least buck at the Sloan’s Lake station of this popular counter-service place. riseandshinedenver.com Picture by Aaron Colussi (business broker in Denver). Prop designing by Natalie Warady. AuroraIt’s virtually impossible to pick just one item from Annette’s breakfast food selection, however when pressed to do so, chef Caroline Glover’s waffles float above the remainder. Their light appearance originates from a yeasted batter Glover rests over night for supreme taste growth and loft space. Even much better, the covering combinations alter once a week as well as with the periods, from apples with salted sugar and also whipped lotion in the loss to blackberries with lemon curd as well as whipped lotion in the spring. annettescratchtotable.com LoHiMeals at There Denver are frequently riotous affairs, specifically if you go during brunch, when the restaurant supplies revolving home entertainment with styles like burlesque, yoga, as well as bluegrass music. For $7, you get three heavenly deep-fried orbs that are crunchy on their cinnamon-sugar-coated outsides, feather-soft within, and also kindly filled up with tart, house-made raspberryPinot Noir jam. Breakfast with a side of burlesque dance might not be everybody’s thing, yet we’re pretty certain these doughnuts are. therehospitalitygroup.com Capitol HillVegetarian as well as vegan Denverites need not suffer with dull tofu scrambles and also butter-free salute, thanks to Cap Hill’s hipster organization, City, O’ City, where the entire a.m. My individual favorite would need to be the Queso Arepa. That does not enjoy mozzarella cheese, avocado and also fried plantains!.?. !? Photo courtesy of @milehighandhungry on Instagram This french toast is the ideal brunch choice in Denver. It’s a gooey and divine mix of bread, butter, berries, cinnamon, vanilla and also syrup.

Prior to founding Freedom Factory, Tyler Tysdal managed a development equity fund in association with several celebrities in sports and home entertainment. Portfolio business Leesa.com grew rapidly to over $100 million in revenues and has a visionary social objective to “end bedlessness” by donating one mattress for every single ten offered, with over 35,000 contributions now made. Some other portfolio business were in the markets of wine importing, specialized lending and software-as-services digital signs. In parallel to managing assets for businesses, Ty was handling personal equity in property. He has had a variety of successful personal equity investments and numerous exits in trainee real estate, multi-unit housing, and hotels in Manhattan and Seattle.Image politeness of @milehighandhungry on Instagram Vert is not just housed in the stylish and also homey community of Laundry Park, however it has an awesome menu that is continuously changing. Every ingredient they utilize is neighborhood and homemade, and also while they always have sandwiches and salads, they switch over up their specials and sides so you can try something new each time you go.

Picture thanks to @infatuation_den on Instagram If you can not inform from this image, this is the finest darn pizza in the state of Colorado. Fresh, self-made dough and local, organic components baked together in a standard block stove makes these pizzas taste like they’re appropriate out of Naples, Italy. Basic active ingredients and conventional techniques make Restaurant Area a must.

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You get to select the base, protein, type of curry, veggies and flavorings to create a custom Indian curry bowl that has unbelievable flavor and also spice. The ingredients and options are unbelievably fresh and continuously altering, allowing you to change it up whenever you go, yet I highly suggest the coconut curry and hen.

Photo thanks to @infatuation_den on Instagram grass-fed meat, Tillamook cheddar cheese and fresh lettuce as well as tomatoes make this cheeseburger a must-have. They throw on some of their unique sauce for the best combination of tasty and also tangy, and also their fresh baked bun is the cherry ahead. While their yummy burgers are a reason alone to go, Larkburger’s truffle fries are my preferred fries in Denver, by far.

I would certainly do anything at any provide moment to eat these french fries as well as I imply anything individuals. Image thanks to @infatuation_den on Instagram Bonnie Brae is a true Denver facility. They make their homemade ice lotion and cones on website every day, as well as have a plethora of scrumptious flavors offered (Lone Tree).

Whether it’s a summer’s night or awesome mid-day, Bonnie Brae is constantly crowded with delighted children, households, and also big teams of friends – TIVIS Capital. Image courtesy of @infatuation_den on Instagram Denver Biscuit Co. has a nationwide reputation for providing insanely good biscuits, and this credibility might not be a lot more precise. Their biscuit french toast has the best level of sweet taste and is delightfully indulgent, while their egg biscuits are one of the most gratifying means to start the day.

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Something I have to share - Part 1

I know, it’s a political blog. I know, I can be a terrible Christian. I smoke, I cuss. But isn’t the lack of perfection the point?

I just feel there are some things I must share. I know I’ll be called crazy, and I will be challenged. People will respond simply to take away any credibility of what has happened in my life. These stories are very personal to me. Some of these stories I have told; but without including the most important reason that kept me from crumbling into a heap of bitterness, hatred, and self-loathing over the events.   So I am going to tell the story, the whole story this time.    I am going to start with my sister, and what I learned from her during her life.

   My sister’s name was Lou-Ann, and her nickname for most of her life was Googie.  My sister was diagnosed in utero with a disease known as Spina Bifida. It is a disease with varying degrees of severity that almost always causes paralysis due to the contortion of the spine. It can cause various other side-effects, such as hydrocephalus (AKA water on the brain), horse-shoe shaped kidneys, it can affect the immune system, the ability of the brain to communicate effectively with the rest of the body, and malformation of ligaments/other organs associated with the damaged areas of the spine.    Googie was born with, what her doctor stated, was the most severe case she had seen in over twenty years as a physician. She informed my parents my sister might not survive to full term, let alone live a day, or even a week, beyond her birth.    When Googie did survive to her birth, most of her twisted spine was exposed from near the base, to just shy of her neck. My father said to me once he could have very well placed the entirety of his large fist into her body from the opening it was so massive. A father’s first view of his child should never be one of disgust; but for my father my sister was so riddled with her disease it was the only emotion he could possibly have had. And as any father would, he broke down into tears.    The doctors offered to do skin grafts on my sister, using what little amount of healthy skin she had that wasn’t tainted by her spine; but even with the surgery to protect her from infection, they gave her little hope, stating there might not even be any point to it. He let them try it anyway.    So my sister was scarred on the only places her disease had not touched in order to help prolong her life; then they sent her home to die.    My sister was born blind, with very little brain matter, they said. She would be a mental vegetable her entire life, never being able to see, or even have the capacity to understand any form of communication as long as she lived, they said. As far as everyone, including my parents, were concerned, she was hopeless.    My mother devotedly cared for my sister, with a knowledge she would never be loved by my sister, with every ounce of will in her body. Googie screamed in what they assume was pain for 18 hours or more each day for the first several months of her life. My father wrote in his book about her, that he prayed God would kill her and end her suffering. At one point my father even considered killing Googie himself.    Yet, on that day that my father considered ridding the world of Googie himself, he could only see a frail and sick baby; and he couldn’t harm her. So he held her, and cried again, and after months of telling God what He should do, my dad was finally humble, and told God that whatever was in His will he would not fight against Him. He would not ask that God do anything but His own will in their lives. My father said to God that he would praise Him; whether He killed her, healed her, or did nothing at all.    And the first miracle of my sister’s life happened in that instant. She stopped screaming. For the first time in her life, she was awake, and not screaming. For the first time in her life, she took note of something outside of her own body; she showed curiosity at nearly a year old. My father’s tears had fallen on her face, and she was feeling them with her hands, and reaching for where they might have come from. A baby who should not have had the ability to show curiosity, ever in her life, did.    Not long after that, maybe a few weeks later, my mother excitedly called my dad into Googie’s room, because she had to show him something. Googie was watching her from her crib as she tidied up. Dad didn’t believe her, so they paced her room together. Googie’s eyes were following them from one side to the other. She could see. The girl who was supposed to be blind forever, could see. As she got older she was fitted with prescription glasses to hopefully help her with her vision.    My mother told me there were times that Googie’s neuorologist would grow very quiet when comparing her previous brain scans with her latest, and gather others in the office to look as well. Her progress and brain development was so astonishing he could hardly believe it every time she came in, and needed more pairs of eyes to know he wasn’t crazy.    When they were finally able to afford her first wheelchair, a couple of people placed and buckled my sister into it, while a doctor told my parents of how difficult it would be for her to learn she was mobile for the first time. He said he had pamphlets available to help my parents teach her about her newfound freedom, and how long and arduous the process would be with her mental handicap.    But while he spoke, when Googie was buckled into the chair for no more than a couple of minutes, to the horror of my mother, she suddenly took off. She spun the wheels of the chair so fast, hurling herself down the hallway out of the doctor’s office. My mother knew there were stairs at the end of the hall, and in a panic called out for my sister. Googie grabbed just one wheel to not only stop her progress, but turn around completely, all in one motion, and then returned to my mother. My dad handed the pamphlets back to the doctor, saying he didn’t think Googie would need any help getting around after all.    Everything I learned from my parents about my sister, and everything I saw, painted a picture for me of everyone in the world underestimating her. No one believed she was capable of anything, even surviving. She put every one of them in awe.    But the one who underestimated her the absolute most, was the devil himself. I have told you all of this, with the goal to tell you about the most amazing thing my sister did with her life.    My father was a Baptist Preacher while we were both growing up. As a pastor he had been tossed away from many churches, even during Christmas when I was a baby causing us to be homeless. But there was one church my dad will always remember, that he knew would be one of his most challenging yet. There were only a handful of people attending every Sunday, and as a lot of Baptist Churches in the south can be, it was full of little groups of people who hated the other groups. They refused to work together, and were always going to the pastor with petty arguments over things that didn’t matter. The church didn’t grow, and had only become smaller and smaller as the power struggle went on.    For a long time, my father thought the improvements at that church were due to the power of his preaching. But he realized, one day, that all the positive changes that happened were due to my sister doing what God had called her to do: to love without ceasing, without judgment, and with her whole heart.    My mother was with my sister almost 24/7 because of her condition, and as a pastor’s wife it was her duty to greet everyone who came into church on Sunday at the door. So, obviously, my sister was with her. And my sister loved nothing more than to love everyone she saw.    From the moment she arrived, everyone who came in the door had to hug her. She would fling her arms open wide to anyone, and everyone she could. Her arms became very strong over the years of using a manual wheelchair, so her hugs were extra powerful. But not only would she hug everyone who came in, she would hold onto their wrist, and then point at someone else and tell them to hug each other. She was like a little general bossing around her hugging soldiers on a battlefield; and she had the most amazing knack, my mother said, of making those who disliked each other the most, hug each other in front of her every week.    My mother told me, from what she saw, it was impossible to hate someone you regularly had to lovingly embrace in front of an innocent child.

    While my father struggled as a pastor from being targeted by the adversary, with endless distractions over his focus on preaching, and sin trying to make way in his life, my sister hadn’t a care in the world but to watch tv, and hug everyone she met. She was underestimated again.    The church began to grow after she arrived. Walls were broken down. People in the church who were enemies and never spoke, became some of the closest friends until their dying day. Because of their growth, they were able to reach out into the community, and over 300 people declared new faith in God, becoming Christians, and becoming saved.

    Even outside of the church, my sister was the type of lady that, anywhere you took her, would take longer than normal, because of everyone she had to hug and talk to before we could leave. From Walmart, to the grocery store, the department store; anywhere we went, she fell in love with someone, and someone fell in love with her. Some people had said she was the first person to bring joy back into their lives, and even saved their lives because she loved them when they felt no one else did. Even the woman who delivered our mail each day, loved our home the most, because of Googie. Googie touched the heart of everyone who came near her.

   My sister never was able to walk, and her body never completely healed. Googie’s mental growth stopped at, what doctors believed, to be the mental capacity of a six year old. Her body was deteriorating from her disease, and at one point, after yet another emergency trip to the hospital, her lifelong physician gave my mother an unlimited prescription for oxygen and said to take Googie home. It was almost time.    My sister passed away in the night, in May of 1999. I was 8 years old, and my mother, trying to shield and protect me from the horror that death can be, sent me to an aunt’s house for the night. But when my sister passed, my mother realized she needed me in her sight; her last living child. I was brought home late at night, to a house full of people, and I knew immediately my sister was gone. I didn’t want to believe it. I had wanted to be able to say goodbye. I knew she wouldn’t be with us much longer, and it was so important to me.    My childhood home was so full of friends and family they could barely fit. Our neighbor was even there to offer condolences and food, and anything else we might need during the next few weeks.    I ran through the hallway, asking everyone I passed where my mother was, until I found her. I crawled into her lap and cried, wailing about how I wished I had been there to say goodbye.    I wore myself out crying, and was eventually put to bed, where I cried again, praying to God that I wished so much I had just gotten to say goodbye.    That night, I had a dream about my sister. I had gone downstairs and run towards her room, and there she was like normal. I leapt into her arms, and told her I had a dream she was dead. But she told me in the dream, “I love you, Manda-Chelle. Everything will be okay.” She never said goodbye.

    There were so many in attendance at her funeral that many had to stand. Even people my parents, the ones around her the most, still had no idea my sister impacted.    My sister taught me so much about God. So many things I didn’t even realize until later.

    The first being that God loves infinitely, and everyone can have that love. The second being that God does not rescue us from all the pain of this world, because if He did, He could not do many more amazing things through us. The third is that pain is one of the greatest tools used by the Adversary to chase us away from God; but it can never stop us from choosing to run to Him instead, and be truly healed.      Lou-Ann’s favorite song in the world, was Amazing Grace. She was always excited to go home to God one day, and she loved everyone she knew.     And she made sure that everyone she knew, knew that God loved them too.

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So weve got torsion as a problem. From big purchases like nursery furnishings and also bottle-feeding devices to smaller items like baby diapers and also burp cloths, you can discover every little thing you require for your new infant at Each day Reduced Costs at Walmart. The money you invest in baby diapers is shocking and also you can expect to be shelling it out for fairly some time. Oh, hey, when do you assume the brand-new People publication will come out? If you're anticipating a child, then you've definitely involved the ideal location! When it concerns planning for the arrival of a new baby, there's a great deal to think of to obtain your house ready for a newborn. Free product is not just limited for your new kid on the block you can also get points for yourself, your other children, your other half and also for your house. Great for brand-new moms and dads, grandparents, even pals of the family members to send to inform others of the new kid on the block! Child Cards-- Free cards that you can print and also send to pals and also household to welcome them to your child shower or announce your child's arrival. Rating a deal on your own, or store the excellent Free Infant Shower present with these Infant Freebies for New Moms! There's something ideal for all stages of your youngster's growth from products for heating bottles to food blenders best to make food for weaning. The infant shower is the excellent time to obtain your good friend child demands and also stuff she might not have had time to acquire yet. It is challenging to discover a reliable wholesale dropship baby clothes supplier as it may seems initially glimpse. Nevertheless, you may have a difficulty in defining which dimension fits your baby specifically. Nevertheless, even though these write-ups are being offered completely free, you are still guaranteed of checking out considerable access. I've personally provided numerous of these items as gifts to new mommies, and they LIKE them! Milk supplements are also provided even to lactating mamas. Save valuable time when it comes to prepping milk for evening time feeds or infant food with baby feeding devices. Making your own infant food is basic, practical, and also can conserve you cash. So don't set up web pages, invest time and loan getting them excellent PR and afterwards, while revamping your website, get rid of those pages. Great condition. Tidy. From a non smoking cigarettes and no animal home. Full working condition. Pet dog as well as smoke cost-free house. Utilized however in extremely good problem From a smoke as well as pet complimentary house This is a well enjoyed and also taken care of stroller system and also I am sad to see this go. Intend to skip right to the good things? There are 2,546 baby stuff distributors, generally situated in Asia. In a similar way, if the whole site is nothing however a massive advertisement for the e-book the webmaster has written, you are not actually mosting likely to start a Net service, yet simply acquire a publication. You're mosting likely to ENJOY these! Theyre not cysts but Im going to state them; uterus fibroids or uterine myomas, as well as pelvic kidneys.

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This kind of sale may do best when you offer several various things as a "lot" auction rather than offering specific pieces. Decoration items for your baby's baby room can be basic items like lights as well as carpets or more details baby-themed items like mobiles as well as wall danglings. Or spend some cash on a wonderful present (as an example, a present certificate to a dining establishment, medspa, or resort), and ask that visitors bring a details product (diapers, particular child food) for a sweep ticket. Trying to find something particular? Searching For Free Child Stuff? Our brand names have been in the market for 2 decades and also we are constantly looking to expand our item offering with charming designs on our most prominent products, while likewise creating totally new items that make your life much easier. These sales are typically held at the end of the year due to the fact that the shops need to clear their old inventory and need to include the fresh stock. Selling since my 6 month old just suches as to sleep on me! Offering this high chair in excellent made use of condition require it gone as no longer usage it. Offering due to not played with any longer! Discover our valuable devices as well as guides such as our Due Day Calculator, Infant Names Finder, Enjoyable Birthday Celebration Realities Calculator, or our Pregnancy Week-by-Week and also Your Baby This Week overviews. The very first week home with a new child, especially for a brand-new mom, can be intimidating. Got a Baby, Baby-on-the-way, or know someone that does? This practice would certainly not just get you well connected, you'll likewise have the ability to get beneficial guidance and tips from people that have been in the sector far much longer than you. Remain in the loophole with our latest parenting news, helpfull suggestions and also time or quantitily minimal giveaway's. It's time to take place a prudent purchasing spree as well as load up on Free Baby Things! Continue reading to uncover the finest roundup of complimentary child stuff. Lamps work best with low-wattage light bulbs unless it's the only light in the space. Speaking as somebody who likes web sites, and suches as techy things I locate Magento quite a battle obtaining everything to collaborate. It's because when you click on some internet sites, they instantly download and install tracking programs and also malware onto your hard disk drive so they can check your internet activity, and afterwards pester you with spam and also popups. Absolutely free baby publications, go here for a terrific Dr. Seuss offer! Here are just a few methods you can find out to cut down on your grocery store costs. Child Development Charts-- Free templates to track your child's development in 12 various methods (consists of Word paper, Excel spreadsheet and PDF). Maternity Belly Badges-- You can track your maternity weekly or monthly. The bank will after that use your cash to fund a bank card account that one more consumer opens, and also she or he will certainly pay 18% passion on any type of equilibrium rollovered to their following monthly expense. I am astonished when I go to the grocery store the amount of times individuals are investing so much even more money than myself and also getting half the amount of stuff I have within my cart. The big name brand name firms will oftentimes send full size examples in stages, as your child grows.

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Similac Solution & & Even more-- Free samples of Similac child formula, plus great deals of various other fun things. It's perfect for holding your cost-free example of Gerber child formula, totally free baby bib, as well as extra. Can be walked around whilst baby sleeps, visitors do not need to keep holding infant as padding can just be moved whilst infant rests! The love and pleasure of delivering as well as holding our little ones differs from anything really felt previously. He admits that his "globe is crazy ", as well as that his love passion is the one individual that can make it bearable. In reality they will certainly be a terrific choice for moms and dads that are trying to make their youngsters look charming and also distinct. I choose Pampers Pure as a clean choice. In any case, this Pampers advert followed the advert concerned. She kept me talking for roughly 10 minutes during which time she referred me to this particular TELEVISION advert an additional 4 times, and each time I ensured her I had actually not seen it because I do not see tv. Tv aids us unwind - or does it? It likewise assists that lots of are also reversible. We wish our shop aids bring simpleness to your life throughout this roller-coaster time. It would take up all of your time as well as you are accountable for the life of one more human being. Even some healthcare facilities offer baby diaper nags and also baby containers to make sure that the new mom can have an alleviation for the moment just after releasing from the medical facility with the baby in her life. I can offer you the assurance from my personal experience that such products boost the satisfaction by giving extra relief. As I have personal experience with the precision of offered charts that might be discovered around the Net, I am providing this information here, rather than connecting to a graph online. While parenting is such a costly experience for a lot of us, why not delight in something that comes totally free. Why not make a little additional and provide as gifts? The styles of transforming tables range from types with open shelving to ones with cabinets and also cabinet room, ideal for storing additional baby diapers, infant wipes, bed linens and other needs. Cushion pads These pads use an extra layer of protection to your child's bedding. When it comes time to transform, you'll need to only perhaps buy guardrails or full-size rails, as well as perhaps a bigger cushion. I do not wish to waist my time going from site to website simply for one tiny complimentary example. Enfamil Gift Pack-- Take this certificate to the medical facility with you to get your totally free sample of newborn formula and also even more. This message shares exactly how to break out baby stuff, consisting of the ideal resources for infant and also newborn stuff, and also totally free stuff for children of all ages! Almost all of the larger store and shopping mall shops consist of a generously proportioned range of baby clothing with little blossoms and rabbits for the women, and tiny footballs and also automobiles for the children. What one must bear in mind is that a baby is a lot more priceless than any price and also such stylish garments can just be attained at huge brand stores. For the baby present basket, some concepts they recommend is to develop your own baby gift basket or go with the timeless clothes baby gift basket where you can never ever fail.

Think outside the box, it's only the child that is small, your gift alternatives are limitless. Many moms and dads recognize that there are so numerous things that they would certainly need to obtain for their infant. Anticipating moms, as well as even Fathers-to-be, ought to be smart in preparing on how they can obtain the best for their infants without spending also much. A dedicated infant transforming table and also location for nappy modifications is a have to when intending your nursery space. Produce a baby room area appropriate for your infant to rest so, they'll be able to get all the rest they require to help boost their growth and regain their energy. Tale publications are excellent as well, enabling parents to get even more adhered with their child while attempting to make their youngster go to sleep. As your child obtains a little older as well as begins discovering, all set your house as well as make it baby-proof with our selection of home safety products, security gateways and also playpens which are very easy to setup and shop away. Setup a baby screen to provide you satisfaction while your baby is sleeping when you are not in the very same space. This is the reason for which you should bear in mind regarding numerous variables before having any progress with the nursery. Aid the new parents promote their baby's mind by offering instructional toys, that are designed to assist develop the child's mind. Some of them include a strong colored sheet as well as a sheet with designs on it while a few of them are the exact same color or style. These can be paired to match your infant's sheets or be an entirely different color or style. Our choice of soft toys, musical toys and rattles implies that you can quickly locate something for your little one to enjoy that's likewise involving. You will enjoy the wide range of colors as well as styles - all in fashionable baby clothing sizes. Whether you're preparing yourself to welcome a newborn into the world and also looking for nursery products or surfing for baby playthings, pregnancy clothing as well as accessories as well as various other baby room products we have a terrific option of baby basics. At least you can locate child diaper samples, yet a majority of sellers offer welcome infant plans for their customers, if they feel in one's bones where to join. This means, that in order for you to benefit from cost-free samples, then you have to proactively find brand-new deals prior to they are retired by the product supplier. Superb problem, exceptionally tidy and in complete functioning order. They likewise use such advertising device in order to boost the sales of playthings, for instance, throughout off peak seasons. You are the one to profit from their sales endeavors. Among the points that we did was take a look in the source coding. To help you choose the ideal child seat or booster for you kid by having a look at our kid's car seat overview. For days out and regarding in the automobile, a child safety seat is a necessary. Often, as well, all weve left it was a day away from residence.

So weve obtained torsion as a difficulty. From huge purchases like nursery furnishings and also bottle-feeding equipment to smaller things like diapers as well as burp fabrics, you can find everything you require for your brand-new baby at Every Day Low Prices at Walmart. The money you invest in diapers is outrageous and you can expect to be shelling it out for fairly a long time. Oh, hi, when do you believe the brand-new People magazine will come out? If you're anticipating a child, after that you have actually definitely concerned the appropriate location! When it concerns getting ready for the arrival of a new infant, there's a great deal to think of to get your home prepared for a newborn. Free goods is not just restricted for your new kid on the block you can also get points for on your own, your various other youngsters, your partner as well as also for your house. Great for brand-new moms and dads, grandparents, also good friends of the family to send out to alert others of the new arrival! Printable Baby Cards-- Free cards that you can print as well as send out to pals and family to welcome them to your infant shower or introduce your baby's arrival. Rating a deal on your own, or stash away the best Free Baby Shower grant these Child Freebies for New Moms! There's something suitable for all phases of your kid's growth from items for warming containers to food blenders excellent to make food for discouraging. The infant shower is the excellent time to get your pal baby demands and also stuff she might not have had time to buy yet. It is not easy to find a reputable wholesale dropship baby garments provider as it may appears in the beginning look. Nevertheless, you may have a difficulty in defining which size fits your infant specifically. However, also though these reviews are being provided free of charge, you are still guaranteed of reading significant entries. I've directly offered many of these items as presents to new mommies, as well as they LIKE them! Milk supplements are also provided even to lactating moms. Conserve priceless time when it pertains to prepping milk for evening time feeds or infant food with baby feeding devices. Making your very own baby food is simple, hassle-free, and also can conserve you money. So do not install web pages, hang around as well as cash getting them great Public Relations and after that, while redesigning your site, get rid of those pages. Great problem. Tidy. From a non smoking and also no family pet home. Complete functioning condition. Family pet as well as smoke free house. Used but in excellent problem From a smoke and pet dog complimentary residence This is a well enjoyed and cared for stroller system and I am sad to see this go. Wish to avoid appropriate to the excellent things? There are 2,546 infant stuff providers, mainly situated in Asia. Likewise, if the whole internet site is nothing yet a massive ad for the ebook the web designer has actually created, you are not really mosting likely to begin a Net organisation, however just buy a book. You're going to LOVE these! Theyre not cysts but Im mosting likely to mention them; womb fibroids or uterine myomas, and also pelvic kidneys.

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This kind of sale might do best when you market a number of various things as a "whole lot" auction rather of offering individual items. Design things for your infant's nursery can be standard pieces like lamps and also rugs or more certain baby-themed pieces like mobiles and also wall surface hangings. Or spend some money on a good gift (for example, a present certificate to a dining establishment, health facility, or resort), and also ask that guests bring a particular thing (baby diapers, specific baby food) for a drawing ticket. Looking for something particular? Seeking Free Child Things? Our brand names have been in the market for twenty years and also we are always aiming to increase our item offering with adorable styles on our most preferred products, while likewise establishing absolutely brand-new products that make your life easier. These sales are generally held at the end of the year because the shops have to remove their old stock as well as have to make space for the fresh stock. Offering due to the fact that my 6 month old only suches as to sleep on me! Selling this high chair in good made use of problem require it gone as no more use it. Marketing because of not played with any longer! Explore our practical devices and also overviews such as our Due Date Calculator, Infant Names Finder, Fun Birthday Realities Calculator, or our Pregnancy Week-by-Week and also Your Child This Week guides. The first week residence with a new infant, specifically for a brand-new mother, can be daunting. Got a Baby, Baby-on-the-way, or know a person that does? This method would certainly not just obtain you well linked, you'll likewise have the ability to obtain helpful advice and also ideas from people who have actually been in the market much longer than you. Stay in the loophole with our most recent parenting information, helpfull suggestions as well as time or quantitily restricted giveaway's. It's time to go on an economical buying spree and tons up on Free Baby Stuff! Keep reading to uncover the ideal roundup of cost-free baby things. Lamps work best with low-wattage bulbs unless it's the only light source in the space. Chatting as a person that suches as web sites, and also suches as techy points I find Magento rather a battle getting every little thing to interact. It's because when you click on some internet sites, they automatically download and install monitoring programs and malware onto your difficult drive so they can monitor your internet activity, and afterwards pound you with spam and popups. For totally free infant books, click on this link for a great Dr. Seuss offer! Here are just a few methods you can learn to cut back on your grocery bill. Child Development Charts-- Free themes to track your child's development in 12 various ways (includes Word record, Excel spreadsheet and PDF). Maternity Belly Badges-- You can track your maternity regular or regular monthly. The bank will certainly after that use your money to fund a credit score card account that an additional customer opens up, and she or he will certainly pay 18% interest on any type of balance rollovered to their next monthly expense. I am astonished when I most likely to the grocery shop the number of times people are investing so a lot more money than myself as well as obtaining half the amount of things I have within my cart. The huge name brand name firms will most of the times send out full dimension examples in stages, as your youngster expands.

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Similac Formula & & More-- Free examples of Similac child formula, plus great deals of other fun things. It's best for holding your cost-free sample of Gerber infant formula, cost-free infant bib, as well as much more. Can be walked around whilst child rests, guests do not require to keep holding baby as cushion can simply be moved whilst baby rests! The love and also happiness of providing birth as well as holding our kids differs from anything really felt previously. He admits that his "globe is insane ", which his love passion is the someone that can make it manageable. In reality they will certainly be a wonderful selection for moms and dads that are attempting to make their youngsters look charming as well as unique. I favor Pampers Pure as a wipe choice. In any case, this Pampers advert followed the advert concerned. She maintained me chatting for roughly 10 mins during which time she referred me to this particular TELEVISION advert a more 4 times, and also each time I ensured her I had not seen it since I do not view television. Tv aids us relax - or does it? It likewise helps that several are likewise relatively easy to fix. We wish our shop assists bring simpleness to your life during this roller-coaster time. It would occupy every one of your time and you are accountable for the life of an additional human being. Even some hospitals provide baby diaper nags as well as baby containers so that the new mom can have an alleviation for the moment simply after discharging from the medical facility with the baby in her life. I can provide you the assurance from my individual experience that such products enhance the enjoyment by providing much more alleviation. As I have personal experience with the accuracy of offered charts that might be found around the Net, I am providing this info below, as opposed to linking to a chart online. While parenting is such an expensive experience for many of us, why not delight in something that comes completely free. Why not make a little additional and also provide as presents? The designs of altering tables vary from kinds with open shelving to ones with cabinets as well as cupboard area, suitable for saving added baby diapers, infant wipes, linens and other requirements. Mattress pads These pads supply an additional layer of defense to your child's bed linen. When it comes time to convert, you'll need to just perhaps acquire guardrails or full-size rails, and probably a bigger mattress. I do not intend to waist my time going from site to site simply for one small cost-free example. Enfamil Present Load-- Take this certificate to the health center with you to get your free example of newborn infant formula and also even more. This post shares just how to secure free child things, consisting of the very best resources for baby and newborn things, as well as cost-free stuff for children of all ages! Almost all of the larger chain shops and shopping center stores consist of a kindly proportioned series of infant clothing with tiny flowers as well as rabbits for the girls, and tiny footballs as well as cars for the young boys. What one should remember is that a child is much extra valuable than any kind of cost and such fashionable clothes can only be achieved at big brand shops. For the baby present basket, some concepts they suggest is to create your very own infant gift basket or choose the classical garments baby present basket where you can never fail.

Assume outside the box, it's just the baby that is tiny, your present alternatives are unlimited. Most parents know that there are so several things that they would certainly require to get for their baby. Expecting moms, and also even Fathers-to-be, must be clever in intending on just how they can obtain the most effective for their babies without investing excessive. A devoted infant altering table and also location for nappy adjustments is a need to when planning your baby room room. Produce a baby room area ideal for your infant to rest so, they'll have the ability to get all the remainder they need to help boost their growth and regain their power. Story publications are excellent as well, permitting parents to obtain more bound with their youngster while attempting to make their kid go to sleep. As your child obtains a little older and also begins checking out, all set your residence and make it baby-proof with our choice of home security items, safety entrances as well as playpens which are easy to arrangement and also shop away. Configuration a baby display to offer you assurance while your baby is taking a snooze when you are not in the very same area. This is the factor for which you need to remember about various factors prior to having any kind of development with the nursery. Aid the brand-new moms and dads stimulate their baby's mind by supplying instructional playthings, that are designed to aid create the baby's mind. A few of them include a strong colored sheet and a sheet with designs on it while some of them coincide color or style. These can be combined to match your child's sheets or be a completely various color or design. Our choice of soft toys, musical toys and also rattles means that you can quickly discover something for your youngster to enjoy that's additionally engaging. You will like the wide array of design and colors - done in fashionable infant clothes sizes. Whether you're preparing yourself to welcome a newborn right into the globe and also seeking nursery items or browsing for child toys, maternity clothing and also devices and also other baby room products we have a fantastic option of child basics. At least you can locate child diaper samples, yet a bulk of sellers offer welcome infant bundles for their consumers, if they just understand where to authorize up. This means, that in order for you to benefit from free examples, after that you need to proactively locate new offers before they are retired by the product manufacturer. Excellent condition, exceptionally clean and also in complete functioning order. They additionally make use of such advertising tool in order to raise the sales of playthings, as an example, during off peak periods. You are the one to take advantage of their sales endeavors. Among things that we did was look in the resource coding. To help you choose the ideal safety seat or booster for you youngster by taking a look at our child's child seat guide. For days out and about in the cars and truck, a child safety seat is a crucial. Sometimes, also, all weve obtained out of it was a day far from house.

So weve obtained torsion as an issue. From huge acquisitions like baby room furniture and also bottle-feeding tools to smaller items like baby diapers and burp fabrics, you can locate every little thing you require for your new child at Every Day Low Cost at Walmart. The loan you invest on diapers is outrageous as well as you can anticipate to be shelling it out for fairly a long time. Oh, hey, when do you think the brand-new Individuals publication will come out? If you're anticipating a baby, after that you have actually absolutely pertained to the ideal location! When it concerns planning for the arrival of a brand-new child, there's a whole lot to think of to obtain your house ready for a newborn. Free merchandise is not just limited for your new kid on the block you can likewise get things for on your own, your various other youngsters, your husband and also for your house. Great for new parents, grandparents, also friends of the household to send out to notify others of the new arrival! Infant Cards-- Free cards that you can publish and send out to loved ones to invite them to your child shower or announce your child's arrival. Score an offer for yourself, or stash away the ideal Free Child Shower grant these Child Freebies for New Moms! There's something suitable for all stages of your child's development from products for heating bottles to food mixers excellent to make food for weaning. The baby shower is the excellent time to get your buddy baby needs and stuff she might not have had time to purchase yet. It is challenging to find a reliable wholesale dropship baby clothing provider as it might appears at initial glimpse. Nevertheless, you may have a difficulty in specifying which dimension fits your child specifically. Nonetheless, despite the fact that these reviews are being offered free of cost, you are still assured of checking out considerable entrances. I've personally given a lot of of these items as gifts to new mommies, and they LIKE them! Milk supplements are additionally given even to lactating moms. Conserve priceless time when it concerns prepping milk for evening time feeds or child food with infant feeding accessories. Making your own infant food is basic, practical, as well as can conserve you cash. So do not place up web pages, spend time and money obtaining them good PR and also then, while revamping your website, remove those pages. Good problem. Clean. From a non smoking cigarettes as well as no pet home. Full functioning problem. Animal and also smoke free home. Made use of yet in great condition From a smoke as well as family pet cost-free home This is a well enjoyed and also taken care of pram system and also I am unfortunate to see this go. Intend to skip ideal to the great stuff? There are 2,546 child stuff vendors, primarily located in Asia. In a similar way, if the whole internet site is only a gigantic advertisement for the digital book the webmaster has actually written, you are not in fact going to begin an Internet service, however simply acquire a book. You're mosting likely to LOVE these! Theyre not cysts but Im mosting likely to mention them; uterus fibroids or uterine myomas, and also pelvic kidneys.

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8 questions tag

tagged by the lovely @jaetennys ^~^ thank you, darling 💖

1) What are your favourite mvs?

Oooo, my favorite music videos. Hmmm... I really like ‘don’t fight’ by ants, ‘사랑해줘요’ by mind u, and ‘take you home’ by baekhyun. Im not really a fan of busy (if that is the right word to use) mvs, ahaha. I like them simple with nice lighting, and telling a short story.

2) do you have like a to-do-list before you die?? (like a bucket list) if so, can you list them down? (im really curious)

Ohhh, yes i do!! Haha, i actually have one written down in one of my notebooks, and its quite long so ill just name a few things. Some things id like to do would be going to tokyo with my friends, go on an endless shopping spree with my friends, have our fashion blog be eminent, and to finish writing an entire novel one day (this would be a dream, ehehe).

A lot of the things in my bucket list include activities my friends, haha, because, for me, the best things in my life are never done alone *~*

3) which one do you prefer; romantic love or platonic love? why?

Hmmm...  honestly, romantic love. In my opinion, of course, its more fun in my opinion and i enjoy the whirlwind of emotions that come from it. From being physically close and cuddling, hand-holding, the narrow focus to them solely in a specific admirable perception—just being intimate and having the deep feeling that is created form romantic love—piques my interest more.

 Though, there isnt anything wrong with platonic love either! I enjoy that as well, but i prefer romantic love.

4) who is the person you look up the most? why?

Prepare for absolute cheese, lmao. I look up to taeyong a lot—no surprise here. But its because of what he went through and how he dealt with it. He went through a lot of fire when he finally debuted, and witnessing the crumble of the pillars that held him up confidently made my heart break. I really admire how he handled the drama. It exhibits a growth he has gone through amid that arduous time period. And, honestly, i related to some fractions of it—of him as a person.

But it is not only that factor alone that makes me look up to him; it is also his drive to become a better dancer, rapper—person. I also enjoy how he takes care of all of his members ;~; he makes it so prominent that he cares for his friends and its very respectful. Hes just always thankful for his members and for everything, its aksdjgfh aghhhh.

What always sticks with me about him is the episode (i dont remember which) in ‘nct life: pep rally’ to which he talks about the controversy that surrounded him. What he says really sparked something in me—dunno, i think im just rambling at this point so ill cut this off here lmaoo.

5) favourite songs of all time?

Aaaah, this really is a difficult one. My favorite songs probably are ‘icarus’ by jj project, ‘what i want to say’ by acourve, ‘i smile’ by day6, and ‘the lovely song when we parted’ by mind u.

I wonder if i make it obvious enough, but i really love listening to k-indie/k-acoustic :) my true list of all-time favorites are on my spotify playlist thats filled with them, ahaha.

6) who is/are your bias? why?

Oh boy... My biases are taeyong and sicheng—as if this information is not written on the walls already, haha.

I literally dedicated a huge passage to a fraction of my love for taeyong earlier, and that heavily contributes to why. But pushing that to the side, i admire him for his talent in dancing, rapping, and everything. He is so resilient and that is a favorable quality in my eyes, aaah. His personality is really laudable as well :)

Sicheng... because he is equally meritorious. He traveled over to korea and had to learn an entirely new language, try his hardest to debut, and so much more. He is doing is best and, just like taeyong, he is putting his best effort out there and is growing :’) i also love how he treats his members too; he is just so lovable to everyone, its almost unbelievable.

7) list of things/people that makes you happy?

- Writing is an obvious answer for me to include, haha. Its a great way to start off my day and a good way to calm myself down from a taxing day. I also enjoy sharing the content i create with others, ahaha;

- Reading is also another element. Every morning i read for a good hour or two before i begin writing. I just sit there with my coffee and leaf through my book. It would be an even more perfect day if the weather is nice and warm;

- Going out with my friends. To be honest, i used to never leave the ensconcement of my bedroom; i would say inside and read, write, or just organize my books and closet. It isnt until around a month and a half ago (i think) where my friends have finally egged me to go out with them (i also believe i posted pictures on this blog of it ahaha) and i enjoyed it wholeheartedly. Now, i go out almost every single day with them, and sometimes on my own. I feel like the complete opposite!!! But it makes me really happy, huhu;

- The friends i made on this website makes me really happy. I mean i dont have much but i appreciate the couple that i do have with my entire heart. Knowing them for a short amount of time is unbelievable because it feels like ive known them for years, and everything has been compacted within the month or two we all started to talk. The closeness is really astonishing, but extremely refreshing! I can go on for a while about how appreciative i am and how happy they make me, especially on days where i feel a little down and talking to them normally uplifts my spirits, but i think this will suffice;

- Coffee. The root of my energy tbh. Keeps me going throughout the day and keeps me on my feet during dance, even though i might be too off-the-walls.

8) what are your fondest memories? (it can be anything! about your pet or your friends etc)

Oh boy, this can go on forever too so ill just write the first one that came to my mind.

It was thanksgiving night with my cousins and we snuck out. Skipping over the minor, stupid particulars, we were being chased by one of the neighbors and we started running away for a good five minutes, which resulted in us becoming lost (because we were at our uncle’s city [and we never visit that town]) at a park.

Afterwards, we sat around on the grass for a long while and started to talk for a long while. It was strange at first since we were never really close to one another, but that night was such a table turner. It was one in the morning and we were all sitting or laying on the grass, talking as we stared at the stars—surprisingly, because i havent seen a clear night sky in the city since i lived over at the country side—and we learned a lot about each other and why we differed, which made us argue a lot. Talking it over for hours, our relationship with each other substantially changed and it was like there was never thick air between us to begin with.

Im not sure if this is adequate enough to be an extremely fond memory; but in my book, it is :D i frequently recall this moment despite it occurring many years ago—because it is that life-changing for me. It sort of made me think that despite the negativity i face with others, the other party always has their own reason to why.

I hope this tag is okay! ^~^ i feel like i revealed a larger fraction of myself than what i usually do, ahahaha //profoundly sweats//.

Im tagging @urbanjohnny @writenct @heartachetosing @hey-uta @thenctcults!  I hope its okay to tag you guys, please dont feel obligated to do this if you feel zero desire to ^~^  

My questions for you:

1. Whats your favorite book, and why?

2. What is a good, life changing moment that always sticks with you?

3. Do you believe in astrology? Why?

4. What’s something you have been forced into (like an activity or class) in the belief you would hate it, but actually love it to this day?

5. Name three things you’re proud of in your life and why :D

6. What is the root of your happiness? How did you discover it?

7. Do you prefer clear, serene starry nights within a forest, or an ocean view during golden hours?

8. What’s one thing that not many people know about you?

Again, you dont have to do this if you have zero desire to!! Ehehe

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Worlds 2017 (Men)

Though the other events had their fair share of exciting moments, the men’s event at this year’s World Championships was without a doubt the most anticipated events of the season. For the past several months, we’ve watched the world’s top men’s skaters continue to polish their programs and improve their technical content, and here we would finally get to see them all go head to head. With so much talent and technical content--and in turn, room for error--this event promised to be one of the most unpredictable ones in recent figure skating history.

The Podium

After two seasons of setting himself up to win the world championships and then letting it slip from his hands after a bungled free program, Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) finally claimed the gold medal for the first time since 2014. In contrast to the past couple ofy ears, Yuzu found himself in 5th in the SP after a putting a knee down on his quad combination (which invalidated his subsequent 2T) and receiving a deduction for a late start. However, despite a worrying disastrous warmup, he more than made up for it with a stunning free program that included four quads (two of them his eternal nemesis, the 4S) and shattered his previous world record FS score. No matter whether he’s on or off, Yuzu never fails to put on a good show, but it was great to finally see him in top form after another topsy-turvy season. Yuzu will no doubt go into the Olympic season as the hot favorite to defend the gold that catapulted him to fame in Sochi, and we hope that this wonderful performance at Worlds is just the start!

I’m sure all of us remember Shoma Uno’s (JPN) tears of frustration and disappointment in the kiss and cry at last season’s worlds after a bungled free program left him in 7th place--honestly, how could anyone forget? But this season was a complete turnaround: Shoma finished the competition with a triumphant smile as a perfect short, a near-perfect free, and three new personal bests catapulted him to a silver medal finish alongside his countryman and rival. His only mistakes were a stumble on his lutz and a turn out of his first quad in the free--and even then he still managed an enormous technical score of 120 points. In fact, if it hadn’t been for the lutz, he would have beaten Yuzuru for the gold--which we suppose is a bit of a blessing that he didn’t, because he probably doesn’t need the pressure of heading into the Olympic season as the defending world champion. In any case, we’re so incredibly proud of Shoma: it hasn’t been an easy season for him, but he’s still managed to medal at every single competition he’s been to. We’re sure the road from now on will only get harder, but we’re looking forward to seeing how far he can go.

When (friendly neighborhood hero legend icon etc) Boyang Jin (CHN) won the bronze medal at last year’s worlds, all we could really do was laugh in astonishment and chalk it up to his ability to hold it together while his fellow competitors slipped up. Who would have thought he would repeat his bronze medal finish this year in the exact same way--and in a deeper field, to boot? Thanks to two clean programs combined with mistakes from other big competitors like Javier Fernandez and Nathan Chen, Boyang once again found himself on the podium. And this time we’re a lot happier with the result, as Boyang has come a long way from the quad machine he was at last year’s competition. He still has quite a ways to go, granted, but we’ve grown to love him as a skater after seeing the personality his programs this season have brought out from him. We’re glad we got to see him perform them both cleanly at such an important competition, and we look forward to seeing further growth from him in the upcoming season.

The Others

In complete contrast to his training mate, Javier Fernandez (ESP) found himself off the worlds podium for the first time in 5 years after a perfect short and a not-so-perfect free. Javi looked to be in good shape after the short, sitting 5 points in the lead after a season’s-best performance of Malaguena. However, whether due to pressure or injuries, he fell apart in the free after he twofooted his first 4S attempt and fell on the second, and then doubled a flip and put his free leg down on the 3Lo shortly after. It wasn’t an absolute disaster, but even deductions from minor errors can build up; added to the fact that his quads were less technically complex than the other top men, Javi ended up having to settle for the potato medal here. At least he doesn’t seem too broken up about missing out on the podium, and we have faith that he will be rearing to make up for it heading into the Olympics next year.

After his victory over Yuzuru at Four Continents, all eyes were on Nathan Chen (USA) as one of the strongest contenders for the world podium. But although he does enjoy decent PCS marks, the fact remains that Nathan is still a first-time senior with a reputation to build, and as such, he still has to rely rather heavily on his technical scores to keep him afloat. Usually his sheer amount of quads and his relative consistency come through for him just fine, but at this competition they weren’t quite there for him. His eternal nemesis, the triple axel, tripped him up in the short, and though he managed a clean one in the free, only four of his six attempted quads were marked clean. He still managed a huge score of 290.72, but even that was only enough to net him 6th place overall--a testament to the ever-rising standard of men’s skating. Nathan’s list of accomplishments this season is nothing to sneeze at even without a world medal, but we’re sure he’ll be frustrated with the results he achieved here. We can only watch and wait in anticipation (and quite frankly, fear) to see how he’ll bounce back next season.

Self-proclaimed allergic-to-quads Patrick Chan (CAN) proved that once he puts his mind to it, he can have both quad jumps and wonderful artistry. He put on a stunningly clean short and was nearly clean in the free, minus a couple of small errors (he did, however, manage to land that elusive quad sal). With virtually nothing marring his performance, Patrick was able to show off the lovely musicality and lightness on ice that his years of experience have made him famous for. It’s not often that men’s routines look effortless these days, what with the insane technical content, but Patrick makes even the quads look like a walk in the park. The fact was, however, that without that same technical content as the rest of the top competitors, Patrick had to settle for 5th even with two nearly-clean performances--and even with an enormous overall score of nearly 300 points. Patrick will definitely have his work cut out for him defending his Olympic silver, but if nothing else, he’s proven that he has the ability to stay afloat and persist in the ever-changing landscape of men’s figure skating.

Fan favorite Misha Ge (UZB), who strongly hinted that this year’s Worlds was to be his final competition, placed in 12th after two virtually clean programs (only a couple of edge calls brought him down). Misha’s always been a fantastic performer, and perhaps the fact that it would be his last competition added an extra edge to Misha’s performances that made it almost impossible to look away. In the free, the crowd was cheering non-stop as he launched into the final choreo sequence--a lovely end to a wonderful season for Misha. Though he was never able to near his stunning 6th place finish from Worlds during his breakout season two years ago, we’re glad that, if this is indeed the end of his competitive career, he was able to put a strong and memorable finish to it indeed. And even if Misha won’t be competing next season, we’ll still be seeing much more of him around--it looks like he’s already busy choreographing for quite a few of the world’s top skaters!

It’s been a thrilling season for Keiji Tanaka (JPN), whose accomplishments in the first half of the season amounted to more than we had ever expected from him just a couple of years ago. However, after his silver medal finish at Japanese nationals, his momentum seems to have tapered off: he only ranked 13th at Four Continents (7 places down from last year), and here he just barely managed to make the top 20. That’s not to say that he was a complete disaster: Keiji’s been known for being a pop star, but here his only problem in that regard was doubling out on his first triple axel in the free. Though he fell once in each program and earned a deduction on his combination in the short, it was still overall a step up from the reliable disaster that he used to be. Unfortunately, it just so happens that men’s skating is no longer at a point where a skater can still edge into the top 10 with the kind of scores he achieved here. It’s a shame Keiji wasn’t able to follow up on his #success from the first half of the season, but we have faith that we haven’t seen the last of him yet.

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Initial Coin Offerings are Exploding in Value

New businesses around the globe have been raising thousands of dollars through digital currency. This is an exciting time for the startups. As per the Richard Kastelein, partner of the Cryptoassets Design Group – company involved in the launch of ICO, more than half a billion dollars has been raised by various startups this year so far through Initial Coin Offerings. This is absolutely astonishing amount when we consider that the ICO is just over five years old.

That’s not all, the speed at which it has been raised is also astonishing. Like, Gnosis – digital market for Ethereum, raised over $12 million in 10 minutes in the month of April, whereas, Brave – web browser startup from the promoter of Mozilla, raised over $35 million in less than half a minute (that’s right – just 30-seconds) in July 2017. According to the Jan Isakovic – CEO of the Cofound.it, the ICO space is on the fire for the last six to eight months but has boomed since April of this year, and it is growing at an exponential speed.

How Does it Work?

In order to raise funding through the Initial Coin Offerings, the startup offers digital currency to the investors which can only be spent within its ecosystem, just like a Disneyland Dollars which can be used only in the Disneyland or can be utilized to fuel part of the business.

The most unusual thing about the ICO is that the coins sold are for a new marketplace which is yet to be built. The investors who invest in ICO believes that the platform will become successful as more and more people join and the value of their investment will multiply.

One of the biggest advantages is that unlike the traditional form of funding (Venture Capital or Crowdfunding) which takes over four to six months to raise the funds, the ICO funding happens in few minutes or in some cases few seconds only, saving a valuable time.

Setting Up the ICO

Setting up the ICO is an absolutely easy task. Ethereum which is a blockchain based public system which allows people to write “smart contracts”. A “smart contract” is nothing but a piece of code or piece of software. The smart contract indicates the number of tokens being issued at a specific number of cryptocurrencies like the Bitcoin or the Ether. For example, the issuer may write that he is selling 1 million tokens for a cap of 1000 Bitcoins.

Generally, the crowd sale lasts for four weeks or the max cap is reached, whichever is earlier.  Basically, it is a 3-5 pages’ program and rest is done by the platform like the Ethereum.

In fact, the Ethereum itself conducted one of the first ICO back in 2013 to raise funds through selling their digital currency Ether. According to one of the people involved in building the Ethereum, Joseph Lubin, that the ICO has a global context of buyers and likes of college kids who have $50 and is excited about the new technology, and they throw their $50 into the token. He further adds that this way the amount of capital unfreeze for innovation and growth is unparalleled, whereas, on the other side, the project which was never going to see the light will be able to come alive.

Why is it Worth Looking At?

The case in point here is –  Gnosis. On 24th April 2017, 3 gentlemen launched a crowdsale based on the concept they had been working for over a two years, known as the “Cambrian Explosion of Machine Intelligence” or called Gnosis. They wanted to raise over $12.5 million.  They sent out a smart contract which included 49-page of white paper and few thousand lines of codes. They kick-started their ICO with a ceiling of $12.5 million and within 11 minutes they had accomplished their goal. After a couple of months, the GNO coins were trading at whopping $335 each, giving a valuation of over $3 billion to Gnosis.

So, one right investment would make you a millionaire or maybe a billionaire in no time. The speed at which these ICO coins have been moving is the major reason why they are gaining so much popularity and fame.  The Ether, the cryptocurrency of the Ethereum platform has given a return of whopping 2700% in last 12 months alone. The market is currently hot, the ICOs have raised over $850 million in no time, that too without any regulatory hiccups.

The reason that it is away from the regulator’s hand, and has been generating jaw-dropping returns for the investors. The ICOs are clearly gaining momentum and as rightly pointed by someone, this is just the start.

What is the Difference Between ICO and IPO?

To better understand the ICO, we will compare it with the something similar and well-known source of funding – the IPO. The Initial Public Offering (IPO) refers to the sale of shares of an organization for the first time, with an intention to raise funds to expand and develop. Let’s understand the difference:

Regulations:

For an IPO, a company must file a legal document called the prospectus with the respective regulatory authorities. This legal document is guided by the rules set by the authority and must include information regarding the company’s financials.

On the other hand, the ICO is not bound by any legality or legal authorities. However, the developer or the issuer offers a white paper containing key information, purpose, and its mechanics. As discussed, there is no legality and hence, there is no standardization when it comes to issuing a white paper. So, you may find a white paper with lesser information.

Track Records and Credibility

The IPO requires furnishing several pieces of information regarding company’s financial that too audited by professional accounting firm. Further, they need to meet a minimum earning requirements and much more. These requirements provide natural filters for the company before entering the primary market. Upon meeting these stringent requirements, the IPO is offered to the public and hence, the investors into such IPO can rest assure that they have met the minimum set requirements by the regulator.

At the same time, as the ICO do not require to meet any legal obligations, they do not have a track record, also, their credibility can only be assessed through the white paper which is hard to evaluate. While offering ICO, some may have a prototype of the product whereas, most of them only have a conceptual outline of the project and hence, it makes it nearly impossible to assess the fundamentals of the project.

Utility

In the IPO, generally, the investor is granted a proportionate ownership of the company and he is entitled to the future dividends and other benefits. However, the ICO, on the other hand, does not guarantee ownership. But there are other ways and means by which the investors can reap benefits of their investments, however, it depends upon how the tokens are structured.

Duration

The IPO process may take up to 4 to 6 months, depending upon the regulatory framework in the country of issuance and legal obligations. On the other hand, the ICO can be started as soon as the white paper & smart contract is constructed and finalized. The duration of an ICO is capped by the max amount required by the fundraiser or one month, whichever is earlier. Some of the most sought-after ICOs have completed within few minutes.

Accessibility

The IPO has preset proportion available for various categories i.e. retail, HNI, FII, etc. However, the ICO can be subscribed by anyone who has the base currency and the individuals can place bids for any number of tokens. This democratization of the ICO is one of the major reason for them being so attractive.

How is the Future Stacked?

Currently, the ICO market is not regulated anywhere in the world, however, several governments are looking at the digital arena very closely. We believe that the authorities will start framing laws for ICOs as this could be the next big opportunity for them. Till then, as an investor, it is advisable to conduct a thorough due diligence before investing into any of the ICO.

To aid you in your journey, we have found two absolutely informative websites: ICO Token News (www.icotokennews.com) and Crypto Coin Judge (http://ift.tt/2A1QAOq). These two websites provide an abundance of information regarding ICOs, Cryptocurrencies, Investment Ideas, Best dealer or brokers, latest information regarding hot and happenings of ICO & crypto market, and more. They can be utilized by both naïve as well as seasoned professionals to gain further knowledge and sharpen their skills. Happy Investing!

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