#one's backed off since the head of the primary sector got involved but the other is an arrogant little so-and-so and is still going

[tinknevertalks]

Meant to be going to bed after washing up a few bits and pieces. Drew this instead...

Yes, this is why I write fic, rather than draw fan art. XD

[t4tlawlight]

Parentification of a child happens when the parent and child roles are reversed. This can take the form of instrumental parentification, where the child performs physical tasks that should be the parent’s responsibility. This can be things like paying bills, performing chores that are not age appropriate/undertaking all the chores in the household, or being the primary caregiver for younger siblings. These responsibilities mean there is no time to be a child or have any aspirations. Many children who are the victim of instrumental parentification are deprived of opportunities to have a better life, such as education.

-- “I Was a Parentified Daughter”

in the beginning, drama light is exactly the same as manga light. we see him as a young boy, brilliant, planning on becoming a member of the NPA just like his father.

[photo 1: a dimly lit screenshot of light yagami as a child talking into a yellow toy walkie-talkie. his dark hair is a bit past his ears. he is wearing a red, white and blue plaid shirt. light is saying, "I caught sight of the culprit!" photo 2: soichiro yagami is crouching on the stairs. the lighting is shining from behind him, and we can see his face through slots in the railing. he is also talking into a walkie-talkie, saying "Got it, Light. Storm the place."]

[photo 3: soichiro again talking into a walkie-talkie. he is no longer on the stairs, but it's difficult to tell where he is inside the house. he is wearing a green, yellow, and white striped polo(?) and saying, "You can't join the police if you're afraid." photo 4: light as a child still, brandishing a plastic black and orange toy pistol. he's saying, "Roger, I'm going in." into the walkie-talkie.]

-- Episode 1

the light we see in the series proper, however, is not the same as manga light. he’s gentle, and sensitive, and anxious. he suffers from panic attack after panic attack. there’s a misconception that he’s the “dumb” light, which frankly isn’t true.

the difference between them is the death of Light’s mother when he was young. his father was working on a case and refused to come to his ailing wife’s bedside, presumably assuming that she would be fine, so light and sayu were alone with sachiko as she passed.

Policeman: We got a call from the hospital. Your wife’s in critical condition. Soichiro: No, Otoharada takes priority. I’ll go to the hospital later.

[photo 1: a nearly empty hospital room. there are no decorations or well-wishing gifts or cards in the space, just a seemingly bare white cabinet against the wall, a matching nightstand beside the hospital bed, and a pale blue privacy screen off to the side. there is a body (sachiko yagami) under the white hospital sheets; her face is covered with a napkin. child light and his sister, still a toddler, are sitting beside her bed, distraught. soichiro yagami has just entered the room and is looking at the scene with his back facing the camera. photo 2: child light, wearing an unbuttoned black and white plaid short-sleeve flannel over a graphic tee. he is shouting at his father, saying, "I called and I called! Why didn't you come right away?"]  

-- Episode 1

it clearly traumatized light, if not sayu. she later says that he and his father have been distant ever since then.

Sayu: He’s acting really weird. Soichiro: How so? Sayu: I mean, he never worries about you. It’s creepy. Soichiro: That’s not creepy. Sayu: Yeah, it is! You know he’s been cold to you ever since the thing with mom.

-- Episode 2

as a result of this, drama light grew up very different from manga light--manga light is likely upper middle class, given that he can afford to toss away expensive mini tv sets, whereas we can see the yagami family in the drama struggling financially. light gets on sayu about not using electricity to save money:

Light [about the television]: If you’re not gonna watch it, turn it off. You’re running up our electricity bill.

-- Episode 1

drama light simply does not get the same opportunities as manga light. he goes to a just-decent economics college instead of working towards the prestige of To-Oh simply because he cannot afford it.

Light’s boss: Yagami-kun, you want a public sector job? Light: Well, job security. There’s no risk of them running out of business.  Light’s boss: Don’t you have any ambition? Like hitting it big and getting rich? Light: Once you get greedy, there’s no end.

-- Episode 1

but also because of the second change, which is that his father's emotional absence and distance when light needed him most (both as and after his mother’s death) resulted in light shunning his father's line of work entirely; while he still grows up with his father's morals and sense of justice, he has no desire anymore to act upon them.

[photo 1: light's bedroom, where there are so many decorations and personal items it makes the room look very busy. there's a large window along the wall behind soichiro and light. the lighting tints everything almost a blue color behind light, who is sitting at his desk, head turned a bit to soichiro. soichiro is in the doorway, staring at light's back. light is saying, "I'm hoping to get into the local ward office." photo 2: same setting, but now light is looking away from his father. he is saying, "Even if that's wrong, I don't plan to join the police."]

-- Episode 1

L: Does your son want to join the police? Soichiro: No. Light doesn’t have a good impression of my job. 

-- Episode 2

Soichiro: When you were a child, you wanted to become a police officer, didn’t you? But when your mother died, you stopped saying you wanted to join the police. It was watching me that killed your desire to become a police officer, right?

-- Episode 6

furthermore, because he's blatantly depressed, he wants nothing more than to enter the public service and gain some sense of stability in his life

Light [internally]: You can invest your life in something and it might make you money, but it won’t necessarily make you happy.

Light [internally]: As long as I can feed myself and spend my days in peace and stability, that’s all I need.

-- Episode 1

most importantly, when sachiko died, soichiro refused any of the responsibilities of a mother. he was very emotionally closed off and distant, choosing instead to throw himself even farther into his job and leave his children alone in their grief.

Soichiro: You wanted me to realize you were suffering alone. That’s what you tried to tell me, wasn’t it? If I had noticed your cries for help earlier... Your lies... Your suffering... If only I had noticed then.

-- Episode 10

instead, light is the one forced to become the “mother” of the family, so to speak, taking on both the emotional responsibilities of managing both his and his sister’s grief and raising her, as well as the associated household tasks--feeding them, cooking for them, working to put food on the table, fretting about bills, and so on.

[photo 1: sayu yagami, now a teenager presumably in high school. her hair is just past her shoulders. she is wearing a pastel purple top and cropped light blue skinny jeans. she sits on the living room couch with her knees to her chest, smart phone dangling in her hands as she turns her head, calling to light: "Hey, I'm hungry." photo 2: light's bedroom. light is jumping up from his desk in surprise, turning to face sayu, who has entered his bedroom without warning. she is wearing her school uniform. she's asking, "Hey, where's breakfast?"]

-- Episode 1

he's very maternal having to practically raise sayu from a very young age and it results in a very caring, gentle man. on top of his depression, disillusionment with soichiro’s job, and lower social class, he never has the opportunity to be a genius like manga light because he’s busy taking care of his family--he’s more occupied with seeking stability than getting ahead and playing a genius, even if he’s smart enough that he could have, in another life.

Kamoda: You’ve always beaten me on grades. You could aim a bit higher if you worked at it. Light: No thanks. No thanks.

-- Episode 1

to be clear, all of these are huge red flags for drama light suffering from parentification--specifically, instrumental parentification. i’m sure you all read the introductory quote, but here is some information on the phenomenon:

Parentification is the process of role reversal whereby a child is obliged to act as parent to their own parent or sibling. Instrumental parentification involves the child completing physical tasks for the family, such as looking after a sick relative, paying bills, or providing assistance to younger siblings that would normally be provided by a parent.

The almost inevitable byproduct of parentification is losing one's own childhood. In destructive parentification, the child in question takes on excessive responsibility in the family, without their caretaking being acknowledged and supported by others: by adopting the role of parental care-giver, the child loses their real place in the family unit and is left lonely and unsure. In extreme instances, there may be what has been called a kind of disembodiment, a narcissistic wound that threatens one's basic self-identity.

All results of parentification are negative. There are no positive byproducts; the 'maturity' and 'emotional resilience' are directly linked to their underlying anxiety and displacement in the family dynamic.

we see light acting as a parent to sayu--cooking, cleaning, working, practically raising sayu on his own while soichiro is practically out of the picture. he receives no praise for this from either his sister or his father, who take it for granted or complain to him when he doesn’t. and as many children who are forced to do so, light is left depressed, devoid of aspirations, and displaced.

the name of this meta and the graphic used to represent it is maslow’s hierarchy of needs. if you’re unfamiliar, there’s a good explanation of it at verywellmind (which i cannot link), and i bring it up because drama light and manga light fall into very different categories. manga light has made it all the way through esteem, and is currently working on his self-actualization throughout the story of Death Note:

"It may be loosely described as the full use and exploitation of talents, capabilities, potentialities, etc. Such people seem to be fulfilling themselves and to be doing the best that they are capable of doing... They are people who have developed or are developing to the full stature of which they capable."

Self-actualizing people are self-aware, concerned with personal growth, less concerned with the opinions of others, and interested in fulfilling their potential.

drama light, on the other hand, has barely even broached his social needs. his place on the pyramid is “love and belonging”--he has love, from his friend kamoda, and from sayu, even if she doesn’t appreciate him--but his relationship with his father is strained and his mother is gone, and his parentification has left him feeling out of place.

it’s these relationships, though, that are the core of why he begins using the death note to begin with. 

immediately before light gets the note, he’s working and talking with his wealthier friend kamoda, who was targeted throughout their lives by a delinquent named sakota who extorted money from kamoda through physical violence. we’re shown a younger light in high school watching this violence, incapable of helping his friend. sakota is released from prison in the first episode and immediately finds light and kamoda again, extorting money from kamoda at knifepoint.

kamoda responds like this:

[photo 1: light, as an adult, standing outside. it's night, the lighting is dim. he is scowling at sakota, who is out of view. light's internal thoughts are split between these two images. the first reads "I wish guys like him--" and the second reads, "--would just go away forever."

photo 2: light's close friend kamoda, curling in on himself in fear. his fingers are laced together and he's holding his arms to his chest, cowering. he looks afraid. he is wearing a long sleeve blue shirt and an orange backpack.]

-- Episode 1

it’s moments after this, when light is walking home, that he finds the note. he writes sakota’s name not because he’s bored, like his manga counterpart; he does it because he internalizes kamoda’s words and because both he and his best friend were threatened at knifepoint by him. even then, drama light has second thoughts, attempting to erase and then scratch out the name.

when it works, light is utterly horrified, overhearing about sakota’s heart attack while eavesdropping on his wake. he nearly has a panic attack until, once again, he hears how people respond:

[ photo 1: a public setting, in front of a funeral home. sakota's funeral has just finished. it is still daylight out. two young men in black suits have come out from the funeral home and are walking down the sidewalk. one of them asks, "Sakota did nothing but make trouble for people when he was alive, right?" light is hiding behind shrubs and a tree on the other side of the sidewalk, crouching and covering his mouth. photo 2: a close up screenshot of a hand holding a smart phone. it appears to be viewing a group chat of some kind, and multiple people are messaging it and talking about sakota's death in japanese. there are several messages that contain "WWWW" which is the japanese equivalent for "lol". one of the young men from the previous picture is saying, "Deep down, they're all relieved he's dead."]

-- Episode 1

at this point, though, light is still horrified. he wants to believe it’s fake, so he throws the note in the trash and attempts to dump it. unlike manga light, who feels the need to test it and dismiss any lingering doubts that he may have unintentionally murdered a man, drama light would rather put it out of his mind entirely.

obviously, sakota is very different from manga light’s first murder, and that’s because in the tv drama the first two murders are switched. sakota, who has a heart attack on his motorcycle, is intended to be the man manga light killed at the convenience store for sexually harassing a woman. the second murder in the tv drama is otoharada kuro, the man holding an elementary school hostage, and in this adaptation he also has a personal connection to the family: the case that soichiro was on when sachiko died was otoharada’s original arrest.

in the tv drama, otoharada takes an elementary schooler and her mother hostage in order to exchange her for soichiro himself, who he blames for his original arrest. light hears about this from matsuda, and for the third time, his sister responds like this:

[photo: a large room with several wide windows streaming light into it through white blinds. there are three rows of long desks, two chairs at each, similar to a classroom. police officers and detectives are buzzing around; some are going through files and paperwork frantically. sayu and light are in the far back on a bench against the wall. light is sitting, hands folded in his lap, as he watches his sister. sayu is standing, wearing her school uniform of a blouse, tie, and plaid skirt. she is shouting, "Just kill that scum and save my dad already!"]

-- Episode 1

light returns home and uses the note for the second time in order to save his father, who light still respects and craves the approval and emotional support of even despite their distance.

at the point of his second murder, manga light has a breakdown before almost immediately compartmentalizes his guilt and doubling down on the idea that he can do no wrong because he's been told he can't his entire life. for the first week until ryuk arrives he begins killing people in earnest, whereas drama light is deeply and profoundly horrified.

[ photo 1: a mid-chest and upwards shot of light. he is in his bedroom, looking down at the floor. he is wearing an open plaid shirt over a tee shirt. the subtitles for his internal thoughts say, "I would have been happy...just letting the days pass by uneventfully..." photo 2: a close up shot of light's face. he is wide-eyed, dragging his left hand down his cheek and staring at his right. in horror, he is saying, "I killed them."]

-- Episode 1

he ultimately ends up fleeing to a rooftop in the city and attempting to throw himself off of it before being talked out of it by ryuk. ryuk tells him that he can take the note back and erase light’s memories of it--which light nearly accepts--before mentioning that if light didn't want it, he'd give it to someone else, potentially a criminal who could do terrible things with it.

Ryuk: What if a real bastard like those guys you killed, Otoharada or Sakota, picked up that notebook? Light: No! Ryuk: The person who picks up the Death Note gets to decide how they use it.

-- Episode 1

so light takes the note.

what happens after this has been summed up by tumblr user whoresband in their post about drama light (which i can’t link due to tumblr not letting this post appear in the search but i’ll link the relevant portions and you can look it up):

when he gets the death note, he gains a power that was unavailable to him as a child. it was initially his sense of responsibility to his family and his caring nature that drove him to use it, but it was that promise of power that made him keep using it. as the series progresses, light begins to change. he tells sayu to cook for herself, to wash her own clothes. he demands a seat with his father, and sayu pours him a beer just like she did for their father. he stops being kind to misa and begins to use her as a tool for his plans. he manipulates women in his path, consistently viewing them as tools and neglecting their humanity. the death note has given him access to manhood and the freedom that it provides that he was denied by taking on the role of his mother. the death note teaches him that masculinity holds power, and he gladly takes hold of it. 

i’m not going to reinvent the wheel and just restate what this person has said, because it’s spot on, but i will provide examples--

he tells sayu to cook for herself...

[photo: light is in the yagami household, but it's difficult to say which room. the lighting is dim and it's difficult to see much of his outfit or eyes. he is saying to sayu, "Cook for yourself for once. I'm tired."]

-- Episode 1

[photo: light, sayu, and soichiro are all in their dining room. it is very busy-looking; it's full of furniture which is lined with knick knacks and thriving green potted plants. soichiro is wearing his work clothes, including a white dress shirt, and he's sitting at the table watching his children. sayu is standing between soichiro and light, with her hands on the chair next to the table. we cannot see her face, as it is turned to light, who is in the doorway. he is wearing a sort sleeved button up, unbuttoned, with a tee shirt and jeans. we can see the strap of a shoulder bag across his chest. light is saying to sayu, "Cook for yourself, for once."]

  -- Episode 2

..to wash her own clothes.

[photo 1: light and ryuk in light's bedroom, both facing sayu, who is offscreen. light is sitting at his desk, looking anxious. the shinigami ryuk is looking over him, wearing a sinister grin and wearing all black. light is saying to sayu, "Then... wash it yourself."]

-- Episode 1

...he demands a seat with his father...

[ photo: a blurry screenshot of light from the shoulders up. he is saying, "Maybe I'll have a drink."]

-- Episode 2

...and sayu pours him a beer just like she did for their father.

[photo 1: a shot of soichiro from the mid-chest up. he is wearing his white work shirt and rectangular, black glasses. he looks surprised, mouth slightly agape. he is looking at light and sayu, offscreen. light is saying, "Sayu, can I have a cup?" photo 2: the yagami family in their dining room. soichiro is sitting at the table on the viewer's right in his work shirt. one of his hands is reaching for a beer, and his other arm is resting on the chair beside him. light sits across from him on the viewer's left. sayu stands between them. she is saying, "That's unusual. Here."]

-- Episode 2

he stops being kind to misa and begins to use her as a tool for his plans 

[photo: a closeup of light's face. he looks very serious, speaking to misa. we can only see the back of her head. light is telling her, "If I think you might tell them about me, I'm writing your name in my Death Note."]

-- Episode 4

he manipulates women in his path, consistently viewing them as tools and neglecting their humanity. 

photo 1: a very close screenshot of Light's handwriting in the death note. in english, he's written, "Halle Lidner". below her name is some japanese handwriting. Light reads, “After coming to an underground parking lot in Yaehashi and giving the Death Note to a man waiting there,”]

-- Episode 10

but this isn’t the only option light yagami is offered. you may have noticed i went this entire post without mentioning the other major player in the tv drama: L. 

a large part of what drives light to ambition isn’t just receiving the note and gaining power, especially when his memories are gone and he lacks that foundation; it’s his rivalry--and then, briefly, friendship--with L. L drives him to do better, both when he’s on the opposite team and when they’re on the same one.

unfortunately, this post is getting long and in order to do the next part justice, i need to flesh out drama L and his motivations a bit more, so i’ll be posting him as a standalone post in the coming days. it’ll cover his character development in the tv drama and how he affects light in turn up until the end.

if you liked this analysis i highly recommend checking it out HERE! thanks for reading!

[the-uptake]

Concrete Boxes Made of Ticky-Tacky

The Uptake, With Symbiotic Self-Indulgence. Book III, Chapter 9. Go to previous. Go to next. TW: Disaster area navigation. That’s not suspicious at all.

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A month after Central Day, Tri-City announced acceptance of the initial wave of returning citizens, public transportation filled to capacity which was dedicated to just the task of easing the displaced out of Manhattan Premier. On the triple-decker bus headed to Level 10, ‘Choly’s wheelchair wedged up close to Cecil’s seat. Albeit grateful to be rid of the impermanence of the Hillock Plaza and its Overflow, none of the bus’s passengers felt any reprieve from the dread of uncertainty ahead.

“There’ll always be another page of billing,” Cecil finally sighed. He glared at the screen in the front of their floor’s cabin, as it looped instructional clips how to proceed upon returning home. He shifted in his seat at ‘Choly’s slowly elongating face. “We’re increasingly tethered, through lack of choices otherwise, to federal aid programs. Billing is the least of my worries. How the rolling sector housing provisional care will pan out is a definite concern. But what we’ve been allotted is all we’ve got at the moment. We don’t even have a ‘who’ or a ‘why’ yet. So we’ve got to make do.”

“It’s a long time before we have to worry about moving,” ‘Choly offered unhelpfully. “Silver linings, that we were federal employees, I suppose. Surely five years’ provisions will be long enough for them to get Central repaired, or even replaced.”

“It’s less that we don’t have to move, and more that we can’t. That’s probably the one thing I’ve signed off on in the past month that I straight up can’t stand the thought of.” Cecil squirmed in place to straighten in his fiberglass seat. “Look. I don’t want to talk about this anymore. It’s all we’ve been discussing for days, between getting packed up and speaking with the FEMA attorneys. I’m going to turn off my ears until we’re at the complex, okay? Try out your new reader’s headset, get used to it. Chill a bit. We both need a chance to unplug from this shit for a moment.”

Cecil put a hand to ‘Choly’s knee, then used his other hand to gesture along the surface of the thetic halo to free the handshake. The faint glowing of the circuitry within the translucent organometallic structure encircling his head went dark, and he slouched back with a slow grunting exhale to stare out the window.

With a pouting nasal snort, ‘Choly pulled the bone conduction headset from his diamond bag, unfolded it, and slipped it on. He had many ways in which he envied Cecil’s survivorship. Here and now, he most envied the feature of his boyfriend’s accommodations which enabled him the ability to unplug from unpleasant discussions. He did wonder if Cecil had any theories as to motive and perpetrator, but despite all the time they’d already had to discuss the Central bombing, Cecil always conveniently found the means to sideline the subject in favor of just about anything else. But this felt nothing like how Cecil had withheld from ‘Choly that the Fulton Mass and the Supermarket Geek had been one in the same, despite vocal interest in both Web sensations. He could chalk up Cecil’s behavior to the traumatic nature of such an experience: Cecil had, after all, survived an explosion which destroyed a majority of the building which housed the city’s largest concentration of servers, networks, and energy sources.

Maybe ‘Choly was being insensitive, forcing Cecil to talk about it any more than he had. It was one thing, to disclose secondhand information about a tragic event, but another entirely to have been directly involved and impacted to the extent as his other half.

So he focused on fidgeting with the new reader. The model nearly felt like a totally different type of technology compared to the reader ‘Choly had had for eight years leading up to Central Day. His last reader had been rooted and customized to his specifications, and he’d had all the settings just as he liked them and hadn’t had to adapt to a new model or interface every four months like the Levelers. This reader had nothing in common with his last one, barring the fact they were both readers. Last time he’d tried to set it up, to his chagrin he’d figured out how to handshake the cube tray wrist loop to the reader storage. It had no mounted cube tray, and he hated it, but he’d just have to deal. He still couldn’t figure out how to pull up the screen’s keyboard, and the Web settings were greyed out where he couldn’t edit them. The notifications reminded him on the regular that the reader’s operating system awaited pending updates. He couldn’t turn off these reminders, either. His jaw tightened.

A hybrid slasher sounded like an easy distraction at first, since he knew they had a long transit ahead of them, but he knew he couldn’t focus on a film in his mental state. As he set his music cubes to shuffle and adjusted the volume of his headset, he realized that the reason he couldn’t access Web settings was because Web in Tri-City had ceased to exist. Can’t pull up specs on a dead network. He swallowed and Cecil let him hold his hand, joining him in watching the cityscape flicker by around them.

He had to look at the time on his reader to be certain of the time of day, because the trichotomy of the rolling blackout made it impossible to tell just by the qualities of the neobrutalist building surfaces. Tesla Incorporated had divided the city into sectors five levels high and roughly one mile square. Primary sectors aligned with the first shift of midnight to eight in the morning, secondary sectors with the second shift of eight to four in the afternoon, and tertiary sectors four to midnight. The city already reflected the effects of the roll. Projected adverts and running lifts animated the active secondary sectors. Charged Wolfram concrete alone illuminated the stretches of yawning primary sectors. And tertiary sectors lay dark and silent, as they had not yet received any returning inhabitants. They’d have to get used to the Tesla employees, vehicles, and equipment now a present and constant sight in Tri-City for the indefinite future. Only emergency vehicles, public transportation, and ShipShop drones shuttled about the thoroughfares.

The denizens of the bus had all come from HP and HP Overflow. ‘Choly got stuck surveying the survivors. He didn’t often feel much camaraderie with strangers, and it dulled him to find himself reflected in the angles of others’ segmented thetic limb prostheses and cosmetic reconstructions, and the haggard fabric of their faces. He wondered if they, too, experienced the sense of this othering unity, like they all belonged to a new class of citizen altogether, when they regarded his wheelchair, and his leg brace. He shook his head of it and assumed no one else would entertain this brand of nonsense.

His eyes lolled in dismissal of his mentality, silently cursing out those living higher than Level 19. How dare they have access to solar energy? He had never really given the upper crust much thought or attention, but in that moment, his sentiment throttled him to tremendous jealousy. The disaster had all but not affected them. Besides the loss of Tri-City specific Web broadcasts, ‘Choly couldn’t think of a single way the Twentisomes didn’t simply go on as they always had.

He sneered. Except those in the Newark Bay area, of course. But somehow, ‘Choly was jealous of those evacuees most of all. They’d been affected by the bombing more than any survivor. Only the block directly adjacent to Central, Levels 5 to 19, had been evacuated until the reactor explosion. FEMA thought they had the nuclear facility under control, only for twenty thousand civilians to get irradiated by four of the nine reactors melting bottom-out. One of the four exploded outright, sending two reactors into the bay with it. The entire Newark Bay would be in a permanent state of phosphorescent excitation until federal employees could seal up the waste fuel and any irradiated debris. Newark Bay survivors would remain under the care of Overflow facilities throughout New Jersey and New York for indefinite supervision and medical care. ‘Choly had been glued to documentation of this nascent exclusion zone, and he endeared it as though some transcendental slurry of ghosts trapped in place for centuries to come.

The bus let out at its next Level 10 stop, this time in Journal Square. Everyone unloading here retrieved their luggage from the under-bus cargo, and besides those who lived on Level 10, they filed out to the public lifts appropriate to their final destination. Tesla operated the lifts with on-site generators dedicated just to this mode of public transportation, already acutely aware of not just the heightened necessity for vertical mobility, but also the varying injuries the returning population had sustained. Almost too graciously, the power company, cooperating with federal emergency agencies, had taken injury and disability accommodations into consideration, and extended all the help they could within the apartment complexes for those who could not simply take the stairs once they were on the right level.

‘Choly removed his headset, and Cecil turned his halo back on. Cecil pulled a piece rolling luggage behind them and put the smaller piece in ‘Choly’s lap, and pushed ‘Choly along inside the public lift. Once the lift was to its five hundred occupant capacity, the Tesla worker ordered the pocket doors shut and they were on their way to Level 15. Fortunately for the pair, they would exit on Level 12 about fifteen minutes later.

The facade of their apartment complex crawled with advertisements for ShipShop’s new drone program. They filed in with about a hundred of their technical neighbors, and waited in line for the Tesla-operated elevators. Many of those who had the option grew impatient and dragged themselves up the stairwells rather than wait ten at a time. When ‘Choly and Cecil rode, only eight could fit from the wheelchair, and the Tesla employee cited space and weight limits. At the last minute, a heavyset tall blond man in a white bodysuit and a thetic with insectoid quadrupedal limbs squeezed their way into the elevator, its ninth and tenth occupants.

Everyone in line yelled and groaned at him. The pocket doors shut, and the Tesla employee slapped him in the chest. The thetic’s heavily stylized mannequin-like holographic features swiveled around to apologize to the group in the elevator without turning its cylindrical head.

“Did you not just hear me, ShipShop?” the operator snapped. “You of all people should know better than to push capacity.”

“We just got off shift.” He rolled his eyes and slicked back his short sweaty hair. “Gimme a break.”

“Please forgive him, if you could,” the thetic insisted with hesitant posture. It telescoped itself tight up into the back corner of the elevator to occupy the least amount of space possible. “We’ve had a particularly dicey day of it.”

The Tesla employee ignored the pair and addressed the other eight people.

“Floors, everyone?” She instructed the elevator as indicated.

“–Wait.” ‘Choly couldn’t decide whether to stare at the ShipShop employee or the thetic, whose upper half very clearly had once belonged to some manner of public transit autopilot system. “You already got back home? You sure you’re in the right building?”

The blond shoved his gloved hands in his pockets with a matter of fact slouch.

“Never left. ShipShop associates weren’t allowed to evacuate. Ninth floor, by the way.”

The Tesla worker jammed the button a second time for emphasis. ‘Choly and Cecil both flinched that he lived on the same floor.

“That’s sure an interesting customization,” Cecil commented of the thetic, not making eye contact with either. “ShipShop approve that?”

“If you let me help you carry your luggage,” he sleazed, “I’ll tell you all about it.”

‘Choly flipped his sunglasses down and shrank in his chair. Despite obvious body language that ‘Choly disapproved, Cecil nodded and shrugged with a bored frown.

“Yeah. Yeah, sure. Not sure why you’re offering to lug anything after what you said was a particularly awful shift, but I imagine not too many of the neighbors we knew before all this are coming back. Might as well get familiar with our floor mates.”

The ShipShop employee tried to take the handles of the wheelchair to shuttle ‘Choly along, but Cecil shouldered the man away and gave him the luggage. Cecil pushed ‘Choly, and the blond let out a hesitant chuckle as he let the thetic carry both the rolling luggage and the carry-on from ‘Choly’s lap, trawling along on its four long spindly legs.

“A natural redhead, then, I’m presuming,” he grinned as he trailed along behind them.

“You were saying?” Cecil quipped, not looking back.

“Oh! Angel here?” It let out a digital chirp when mentioned, but said nothing. “It was the navigation system of the ShipShop delivery truck I was working on April Fools, but it crashed on the Lincoln Skybridge. ShipShop wanted to scrap it ‘cause they faulted its navigation matrix for the six-car wreck. Funny how I haven’t met a single person who had a good night on the First, right? Anyway, I smuggled it into the taxi that picked me up before crash collection could haul it off. Been working on it all month. It’s given me something to busy myself with, mostly alone here. The legs are a work in progress, but it’s pretty great, right?”

“Gives me the creeps,” ‘Choly blurted out with a sharp saucer-eyed sniff. “Fff. Franken-thetic.”

“Giving him the creeps is a good thing,” Cecil translated wryly. “I’d be lying if I said I weren’t a little impressed.”

“What are those legs even from?” ‘Choly continued, fidgeting.

“That’s my secret.” The blond grinned. “Name’s Jacob, by the way.”

“Cecil. And this is Melancholy.”

“Jus’ ‘Choly’s fine.” They got to Cecil’s door and ‘Choly glanced to Angel. “Hazarding a guess. Those legs are somethin’ salvaged from a yard on Level 2.”

Jacob straightened in place, not blinking for a moment while he processed the theory.

“Now that’s an interesting thing to suppose.” He whet his lips and pressed them together. “I guess I could say you answered one of many questions, by asking one of your own.”

“He’s on the level.” Cecil gestured for Angel to relinquish their luggage. “Though I wonder if you are.”

“What coy dialogue. I was right to help you along to satisfy my curiosity. Is it just the two of you here?”

“Yes– Wish I could say one way or another if it’s been a pleasure.” Cecil shrugged gratefully at the thetic. “Thank you, Angel.”

“Oh, don’t thank me. I was just acting on Jacob’s behalf.”

“I don’t like sayin’ stuff besides what’s meant,” ‘Choly started with a frown. He glanced both ways down the hall. “Why did you follow us? You didn’t just want our impression of your robot.”

“910-B. We’re down at 925-B.” Jacob eyed the apartment door. “You said it yourself, Cecil. What’s the matter with helping a couple of my floor mates get settled back in? We were going the same way.”

“Do let us know if you need a thing, will you?” Angel swiveled behind Jacob to the other side, trying to nudge him along, its features flickering anxiously. “Jacob keeps odd hours, but if we’re present, we’re more than happy to be at your beck.”

“Right. Y’all need help inside?”

“We appreciate the help, but I hope you’ll understand that we’re not inviting you in at the moment.”

“I’ll come borrow a cuppa glow later then.” Jacob kind of hopped in place and gave them a jerking salute with his left hand, his head askew. “I’m gonna go crash.”

“Goodnight,” ‘Choly called out after them jokingly as they walked off without further circumstance. He double-checked the time on his reader. Not quite three in the afternoon yet.

Jacob thoughtfully mumbled Melancholy under his breath, just loud enough to be heard.

Cecil already had the door open before ‘Choly noticed, and shoved him inside to use the wheelchair to prop the door open. He dragged the luggage inside. A good number of lights and appliances were still on. ‘Choly wheeled himself down the hall track to the kitchen, and spaced out in disgust at the thought of what the void of electricity might have wrought of the living space. He realized he was staring at the coffee carafe in particular. Cecil abandoned the luggage in front of his reading chair and joined ‘Choly in the back half of the apartment.

“I don’t like him,” Cecil remarked.

“I do. He’s just weird enough to get stuff. The. The coffee maker.” ‘Choly sniffed, and pushed his sunglasses lenses back up. “That half carafe’s been brewing for a month.”

“I’m not looking forward to investigating the fridge. We’ll deal with that later. Promise me if Jacob or that thetic come to the door, you won’t answer it. –Think it’s stuffy in here, or is it just me?”

“I promise,” ‘Choly echoed dully, registering the remark to the air quality. “Guess the HVAC hasn’t got working full swing quite yet.”

“Hopefully it’ll get circulating soon. It’s hot and… not dusty. Stale? in here.”

“Agreed.”

Cecil tried the faucet in the kitchen, eliciting a deep groan in the wall and little else. Then he tried the bathroom sink, and finally the bathtub faucet. A successful splatter of stale-smelling water spilled out into the tub, and he let it keep running, hoping to jog the plumbing a bit. He stared at the water for some time before leaving to fish through the kitchen cabinets, and returned to fill the one large resealable container they had on hand. He also filled a drinking glass and smelled of it before sipping it. When it passed his inspection, he filled the next two largest containers as well. All the while, ‘Choly had retrieved his cane from beside him and righted himself, leaving the chair in the kitchen to flop on the daybed. He pushed everything off the bed that he’d strewn about trying to quickly get ready to meet Augen for lunch a month ago, and readily dozed off. Cecil let him rest while he unpacked to distract himself.

“I’m thinking ordering dinner from ShipShop,” Cecil half-asked, half-announced from across the apartment. “Chinese?”

“Mm? Yeah. Sure.” ‘Choly took off his glasses and rubbed at his face. “Guessing that’s our main option until they get the lift situation hashed–”

The walls of the building hummed in decline, and everything fell dark. Only one of the two long walls of the apartment had exposed Wolfram concrete, and ‘Choly and Cecil just sat in place trying to accept this phase of the rolling blackout.

“–out.”

“Guess I’m done unpacking for now.” Cecil sighed. “We should buy some more Wolfram installments. One wall isn’t gonna cut it long-term.”

‘Choly got up and made the executive decision to open the blackout curtains over the window which took up the entire outer wall of the apartment. He stared out from where he stood with a difficult brow.

“I don’t think I’ll ever get used to seeing the city only lit by the concrete,” he murmured.

“We’re inside. It’s fine. Come on, tell me what you want for dinner. The Web reception tanked with the power. I’ll go up to the rooftop kiosk and order in person. For once I’m glad we’re on the ninth floor of a twelve story building.”

“Let’s split something with shrimp.” ‘Choly started to walk toward Cecil, but stopped short. “I just put a finger on why that guy followed us. He recognized me.”

“From where?”

“The wreck on the Skybridge. He saw me and Augen walk away. Fuck–” He tugged at his sweatshirt in the twilight. “I’m even wearing the same shirt I was wearing–”

‘Choly could hear Cecil’s agitation mounting.

“…How were you two involved in that wreck?”

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The masked man observed the station and sighed in relief, now that all of the heavy lifting was over and done with. Thankfully, he couldn't feel the coldness of the atmosphere that was around himself. It being on the back end of the cold season. The heavy lifting was keeping him warmer than usual. He blinked when one of the machines began to beep. Signalling it had finished fetching the information that he required. Which was the environmental feedback data that was necessary to execute the project. With some pressings of a few buttons on a box-like machine, it began to revise the data it received. A noisy beeping came from the box-like machine, as it flicked on some lights and began to collect data from the planets' satellites. Then, it expelled the data out of a slot on it's side. All printed out like a receipt. The man tore the printed paper away from the slot and reviewed it. He also picked up the chart that was left off to the side. Analyzing it with careful eyes as he processed the information on both of the pamphlets. It appeared to be a good day for hunting meteorites! As the recording data that came from the box-like machine stated that the radar had detected some asteroid belts some lightyears over in the next cosmic region. Perfect ones that were ripe for the picking. Some were of very reasonable sizes too! Yet, why was this insane-sounding project currently being worked on by a lone man on the roof of a building that was shaped like a top hat? Simple, really. His boss wanted some meteorites to sell to villains as power sources. Despite the mans' past protest to abort said-plan to get asteroids to sell to villains. It was...a pretty one-sided decision. -- The double doors to a dimly lit office were slowly opened to reveal a man. He was dressed in a lab coat with a blue shirt with a plane that was broken in two halves, some typical blue jeans, with red and white sneakers. Yet, the man had a very peculiar item on his head that covered his face. As He was wearing a paper bag with goggles that covered his entire head. He cautiously ventured into the dark room, wary about his surroundings as he approached a desk that was at the end of the office. The chair was apparently occupied, as a gloved hand could be seen perching off of the arm of the chair, a wine glass in its' grip, with a mysterious red fluid in it. "Uh...you wanted to see m-me, s-sir?" The man stuttered. To which the individual in the seat hummed. "It's about time you arrived, Flug. I figured you would slowly inch your way up here like a insolent little worm till I had to come fetch you myself." The chair turned around, revealing only grinning green teeth and a reflective monocle. The rest being shrouded in darkness. Causing, the now named man, Flug to jump at the view. The person in the seat sat the wine glass down on top of the desk, then laced their gloved hands together, seemingly in thought. "Do you know why I brought you here on this day, Flug?" The man in the seat asked, giving the nervous scientist a toothy smile, one that was filled with plotted mischief. "U-Uh...no, sir? You said that you had a plan---" "A plan that will be the grand scheme of ALL PLANS!" The man in the seat shouted, cutting off the skittish scientist. "Think of this, Flug. We take our inventions to the next level! A new horizon! A new goldmine that is fresh for the harvest!" The dark man trilled. "I have an idea prompt that I WANT you to make possible!" The scientist flinched under the leer of the wicked man. "U-uh! O-Okay then! So...what is it that y-you want me to do?" Flug said, nervously gripping his arm in anticipation. The menacing man grinned with his vile teeth and let out a mere chuckle. "Flug! We are going to make it our mission to acquire meteorites from space! They are the most coveted power sources a villain can have! You are going to build a machine that is capable of retrieving meteors from space! Then, we are going to sell them for high profits!" The dark man said, cackling out loud for a few seconds. Then, there was an awkward silence the followed afterward before the scientist let out a nervous laugh. "Hahahaha--ah. Very funny, sir. But, is that really all you b-brought me here for?" Flug stuttered, before catching the glare that was being thrown his way by his boss from across his desk. "Oh. You're serious?!" Flug realized. "Yes, I am very serious, you IMBECILE!" His boss snapped, causing Flug to slightly cower before he started to fidget and sputter. "But, Sir! How am I going to get meteors out of space?! I-I'm a scientist, not a miracle worker!" Flug exclaimed, to which his boss merely rolled his one visible eye. "You're intelligent. Figure it out." He waved Flug off. "Now, get to work. I want one as soon as possible!" He snapped. To which, Flug slumped over and made his way to the exit. How was he going to get meteorites from space? Ah, better late than never to start brainstorming ideas at 11PM at night. -- Eventually, Flug DID think up a way to get a full meteorite from space. It took careful statistics, judgment, accuracy, and data to make sure that his prototype would be effective enough to do the job it was supposed to. Now, featuring the gun-like mechanism that was pointed at the stars! The machine he built was going to function like a transportation ray. Days of work went into correcting and calculating this machine. Let alone building it. Using the hyper-scope attached to the top of the gun-like mechanism, it would target distant asteroid belts and meteorites, turn them into easy-to-transport particles, bring the particles back from space at warp-speed and into the reassembling box that looked like a giant metal crate with a removable lid, and then restore them back to their physical status from within the metal crate. Then, Boom! You have a meteorite in your possession! It was pure genius and it only required typical ray-based knowledge, some light physics, and excellent distant judgement. But, of course, operating the particle gun was extremely dangerous. As nothing of this degree had been produced by Flug before. Let alone, tested before. Nor built by Flug before. Flug was sure that he was pushing his own scientific limits with this particle gun. Yet, only his boss could think of doing something this abscond for Flug to do or make. If it fails, he won't be surprised. If he succeeds, he'll probably give credit to beginners' luck. At the beginning of the experiment, Flug had looked through the radar scanner and took note of where the particular belt was. Then, he had to calculate how much time and power it would require to fire into that specific area. Then, he picked out an asteroid from the radar that would be the right size to be used as a power source. Finally, he got behind the particle gun and looked through the hyper-scope, judging the precise location and using some stars to map his way into the next neighboring cosmic mass. He fired up the particle gun and spied the sector that he wanted to shoot for. Flug then calculated the trajectory and length of the journey in lightyears to the cosmic mass, to the best of his abilities, and fired a pillar of green light into the night sky from the gun-like mechanism. A pillar of green light shimmers as it fades into the sky. Pixel-looking bits would flicker in and out of the ray as it grew stronger and stronger. The light blast sped off into space at a rapid pace that even impressed Flug himself, to which, he got out from behind the particle gun and hurried over to his equipment. Observing the lights' journey as it already breached the atmosphere and headed off into the direction of the distant asteroid belt. It was a successful launch. Yet, Flug waited anxiously. Watching the radar capture the light breaching past the known planets in their solar system. It was nothing but a mere green streak across the empty void of space. Yet, the sights of the ray might raise questions in both heroes and villain communities alike, maybe even inspire conspiracy theorist. Regardless of what others thought, Flug watched his project work its' scientific wonders. His unseen mouth cracked up into a big smile as he watched the particle gun do its' thing. He was proud of himself. Well...he felt like that, anyway. --- The beam of the gun took only 30 minutes to reach the distant asteroid belt. All while Flug collected data of the journey and observed from homebase. Even if it wasn't his primary field of research, he couldn't help but become intrigued with his current project. Recovering distant asteroids could broaden the world of science as a whole, if this was made for a different reason other than for the profit of his boss, of course. Yet, this experiment has a high chance for failure. And if he fails to bring back a meteorite...his boss won't be a very happy man. Well, he never is. Unless it involves money, scheming, or villainous actions, of course. But, that's just his boss on a normal day. Failure to deliver a meteorite to his boss can cause a lot of stress on Flug. And, sadly, he probably won't succeed and get punished for his failure. Which terrified Flug. But, who can blame him? Even as a scientific genius, he still had limits on what his expertise can do! Like he said, he's a scientist and an inventor, not a miracle worker! Yet, so far at least, everything has gone smoothly. The beam didn't flicker out and it was actually traveling across space at an impressive speed and collision was nearing. If Flug was optimistic about this project, he would probably say that it is the first successor of its' kind. It kinda...warmed his heart to think that he would be able to make a particle ray that could transport asteroids across the vast emptiness of space. That would just make his year. But, just as Flug was getting his hopes up that everything was going to go fine, something went horribly wrong immediately after the beam collided with something. Emergency beeping startled Flug out of his admiration stupor and sent him reeling as he began to attempt to observe the radar, ignoring the beeping and errors that were popping up everywhere. Flug was surprised at what he was witnessing being recorded on his data transmitter. The beam had apparently missed the asteroid belt that he was aiming for and it had collided with another foreign object within the same galactic cluster instead. Strangely enough, Flug didn't see any other objects out there. The asteroids were hard enough to spot as they were! He hurriedly attempted to detect what the beam had collided with. But, the sudden collision jump-started the transportation process. As it began to break down what it collided with into tiny particles and started to transport them back to the restoration box. Worse yet, the particle gun began to overheat from the exertion of pressure from the particles that it was trying to transport. Apparently, something within the particles was causing the engine to strain much more than usual. Yet, that shouldn't be possible! As Flug made the machine as strong as he could make it in such a short amount of time as two weeks. Smoke bellowed out from the machine as it transported the particles back. Sparking and vibrating to a violent extent as the particles passed through the filter, which only seemed to make it worse. Everything began to spark, even the side equipment that recorded the data began to go haywire! It caused Flug to take a few cautious steps back away from the machines. Shielding his fragile paper bag from the sparking mechanisms and smoking electronic pieces. Being a prototype and the first machine to be used this way, Flug was pretty much expecting this outcome, even if it did succeed. Yet, he wasn't expecting this level of violent reactions! Flug panicked as he began to mentally tally his options of survival for himself or his research. He quickly made his decision. Rather than trying to save the invention and risk his life doing so, Flug ran over to the hatch that lead to the roof and took cover in there instead. From his hiding point, he could see the particles had finished returning. Passing through the final filter before emptying out into the reassembling crate. After the particles were successfully transported from space to the crate, the particle gun suddenly started to alarm with flashing red lights and errors, the smoke turning a inky black and bellowing out of the machines on the roof. Flug slammed the hatch to the roof shut and crouched down in the entry way, covered his ears through the paper bag, and braced himself for the inevitable explosion. It took only a few seconds for the particle gun to suddenly catch fire, then everything suddenly lit up in a bright white light and an explosion erupted. The medium explosion caused a miniature sonic boom to erupt, causing the top hat shaped manor to vibrate and rattle, the crashed plane that was stuck in the roof to become slightly more crooked, the surrounding streetlights to flicker, woke up some neighbors from their slumbers, and caused a nearby dog to start barking madly at the sudden loud noise. To which, all that was left on the roof was raining burnt debris and shattered mechanical parts that were whole no more. -- Flug coughed violently as he opened the hatch that lead to the roof and was immediately confronted by inky black smoke. He attempted to clear the smoke out of his vision by waving his marigold gloved hands around to part the smoldering cloud that was hovering in front of the entry way. Upon leaving the safe haven that was the entry way, he peered over all of the destruction that now littered the rooftop. Which was covered in smoldering pieces of metal, sparking wires, and broken machinery. He inspected the rooftop to see if there was any type of damage to the roof, thankfully, there appeared to be no holes or cracks in the sturdy material that made up the house. Yet, as much as he dreaded it, he looked over to the machine that once worked like a charm. To which it came as no surprise to see the particle gun in shambles on the roof. Each piece either broken beyond repair or burnt to a crisp. Two weeks worth of labor. Utterly destroyed and wasted. Flug let out a disappointed sigh. "I knew this wouldn't work." Flug grumbled as he brushed his path clear of debris. Moving some broken machinery out of the way with his sneaker. He looked back toward his invention, which now laid in smoldering pieces on the roof, and sighed. Yet, when he looked over to the crate, expecting it to also be in shambles, he was surprise and glad to see that the crate was still in one piece. It was charred black from the explosion on the roof. But, the steel held out and kept it whole! Even after all of that hard work, he probably still had a meteorite! Even if his prototype particle gun invention exploded, he probably, and hopefully, still has a meteorite that will probably save him from his boss's wrath! Flug sighed out in brief relief. At least all of that hard work had not been for nothing! Walking over some smoking and smoldering metal, he approached the crate with great care. Then, he carefully laid his yellow gloves onto the removable lid and attempted to lift it. It was almost welded shut from the heat, but he kept pulling and the metal was slowly being pried apart. So he kept trying to remove the lid on the crate. Grunting as he did so, yet, he suddenly started to hear what sounded like...groaning? And it was coming from...inside the reassembling crate...? Quickly halting all of his movement, Flug stopped to listen for the sound. Then, he heard it as clear as a summer day. "Uuuugggnnnh..." Flug felt his eyes widen in pure surprise. Yes. Something was GROANING inside the crate. Astonished and unsure, he decided to preform a short experiment just to make sure he was not going mad after all of these years, as he folded up his hand up into a fist and knocked on the lid. Then, he pressed his unseen ear to the lid, listening intently. A quiet moment of silence passed by. It was silent for a certain period of time that Flug started to suspect that he was just hearing things.

. . . . . Then suddenly, a knocking sound was heard coming from within the crate itself. Knock, Knock, Knock! Flug jumped back, as if the lid itself had burned him. He was speechless at the returned knocking. His mind began to jump to any logical explanations on how something in the crate was knocking back at him. Yet, all he seemed to do was confuse himself and second-guess his own ways of logic or reality. "What the-!?" He gasped. 'This...! This shouldn't be possible!' He thought, trying to control his reeling mind.

He was sure that the beam went into the sky! There was NO WAY that he managed to. . .unless. A silent idea creeped into his mind. The thought of extraterrestrial life living within that galaxy cluster made Flug want to sputter and brush off the notion. It just wasn't plausible...was it? Could he have accidentally hit...a planet? With life on it? Intelligent life?! He could feel his heart racing as the thought of creatures with many eyes, mouths, and limbs came into his mind. The thought of creatures made of fire, transparent skin, stardust, glass-like substances, and even scales crossed his imagination. Bipeds, Quadrupeds, Tripeds, and Alien Morphs passed through his brain. Just...what did he get? What would it look like? Would it be instinctively driven or abstractly driven? Intelligent or...? Would it...eat him or attack him if he let it out of the crate? Shit, he hoped not! But, he has to let it out of there some time.

Flug, now sweating from looming anxiety and fear, grabbed the top of the crate again. He took a deep breath while squeezing his eyes shut, and lifted the lid.

.  .  .

Flug was confused, but thankful, that nothing had jumped out of the crate and mauled him or began to devour him. Opening his eyes, Flug then peered into the crate, curiosity overwhelming his fear. What he saw made Flugs' mental gears suddenly ground to a sudden halt.

"What...?" Flug said in disbelief as he saw another. . .human?

Inside of the crate was another, seemingly normal, human being. They were in what appeared to be a grey T-shirt with an Alien symbol on it, along with some black pants that had UFO's on them. They're clothes also seemed to glow in dark as the darkness within the crate seemed to show that very vividly. Producing more light to illuminate their features. To which Flug began to notice the major differences on this...peculiar human.

Flug blinked, they seemed homosapien. . .but different from the ones that Flug has seen all of his life.

Their features were softer and their eyes were friendlier-looking. They were also laying down on their back with a completely relaxed posture. Despite the situation that they were currently in, they held a relaxed expression. Even when looking at him, all they did was arch an eyebrow at him.

Flug must admit, if he saw this person walking around, he probably would be suspicious of their differences. Or he would probably just think they were a really weird-looking foreigner. Definitely not what he was expecting from an...alien. Yet, even if they were lackluster, he was still surprised to see them within the crate.

He locked eyes with the "person" in the crate once more. His voice still gone from disbelief.

A few awkward seconds passed between him and the alien. To which, a staring contest ensued. .

.

. The alien then gave a friendly smile towards Flug. Waving at him slightly with one hand. "S'up?" The 'human' in the crate spoke up as they smiled and looked at him. "I came in pieces. Take me to your leader." They spoke, holding up their hands in mock-surrender. Laughing all the while at their sub-par joke. Much to the surprise, and slight distaste, of Flug.

Flug could only gulp in fear in response.

Oh, his boss was NOT going to like how this experiment turned out... ------------------------------------------------------ Next>

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Wheeling University: Pressing Forward Through it All

Tumultuous times have reigned at Wheeling University for the last 13 months, and in reality, since 2017 when the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston took ownership of the physical campus, leasing it back to the University whilst agreeing to pay off more than $30 million in bond debt. Two years later, the declaration of financial exigency in March of 2019 put the status of the school, then still called Wheeling Jesuit, into question. Course offerings were trimmed considerably, as was the staff. The lack of pathways of study in history, philosophy and theology cost the University its official Jesuit affiliation, necessitating the name change to the current Wheeling University. But a combination of new leadership, a strong show of support from students and faculty to the community itself, and the willingness to innovate have things looking positive for the state’s only Catholic institution of higher learning. That was BEFORE the coronavirus pandemic took the country, and the world, by storm. Difficult changes were needed, and made, by the university. But it hasn’t done anything to dampen the spirit of the university or the upward path that it continues to march.

New President Inherits Difficult Task

Ominous or not, Ginny Favede became the school’s 13th president since its inception in 1954 and did so during one of the darkest times in its history.  Not only did Favede need to find a way to help generate renewed interest, and students, for the university, but it had to be done with a trimmed course offering list, a name change and numerous questions surrounding the viability as a university. It’s hard to recruit a student to attend a school they aren’t sure was going to be around for the next four years. Favede, who had a successful career in both local and county government along with the careers in the private sector, had recently joined the university’s board of trustees and was named chair in July of 2019. A few months later, she received a request, and an opportunity she couldn’t pass up. “Word got home before I did and the first thing my husband asked me was why,” Favede recalled. “I told him, ‘It was the Archbishop. I’m Catholic. It never occurred to me to say no.” Favede’s background in local government aided her immensely in the transition. She did several mid-year budget reviews, seeing where money was being spent, and where it didn’t need to be. Remaining faculty and staff joined her in helping to find dollars. Soon the dollars started to make sense and she was able to hire a vice president on enrollment management and start to work on rebuilding the school’s student base, as well as its reputation with its students. “When you operate a city or county budget, it’s not like a federal budget, you have employees, and a set amount of money and you have to manage them. When I was with Belmont (County as a commissioner) back in 2009, we were just going into the recession and we were able to weather the situation. That background has helped tremendously.” Favede admits she now understands what it means to have a calling. For a woman who never put less than her best effort forward, this is truly her labor of love. “I love it. I love the kids, love the business aspect of it, love the challenge,” Favede said. “Seeing what our hard work is able to create has been amazing.”

Despite criticism of cost and need, Wheeling University pushed on with the debut season of its football team, once that Favede believes will only help the university in battling back.

Seeing is Believing

Heading into the 2019-2020 season, the Wheeling University softball team was a microcosm of the school’s issues. When things went bad, coaches and players bailed, understandably so, for more stable pastures. The incoming squad had three seniors, no coaching staff and barely enough players to field a roster. Not the ideal situation to lure a coach to. But Tiffany Buckmaster, then an assistant coach at NAIA Lourdes University in Sylvania was convinced this was the place for her. It’s a decision she hasn’t regretted. “Truthfully, everything they’ve told me has held true,” Buckmaster said. “President Favede is the right person with the job. She’s a transparent, honest, fantastic person who believes in this university. She told us to believe in one another and believe in the program, even when no one else would. That’s her technique, she believes.” After the coronavirus necessitated the cancellation of the spring sports season by the NCAA, Buckmaster looked back pleased on a positive season, however short it was. Now, like the other sports’ teams and the university itself, she’s off to work building back up the numbers. The coach feels her own tale of coming to WU can be used as a selling point. “Honestly, it’s been a little bit easier for me because of the fact that I chose to say yes,” Buckmaster said. “That gives them the confidence to do so too. I came here, despite all that was going on, because I believe in Wheeling University.” Favede knows the important of collegiate athletics, especially at a school like Wheeling. They help to generate excitement and provide an identity. No sport has a greater impact in that area, especially in the Ohio Valley, quite like football. So, despite the school’s financial troubles, the overall cost of football and the fact Wheeling was set to play only its first official season, Favede and the university decide to press forward with football. It’s a decision she never wavered on, despite hearing a good deal of criticism. She knows the dedication that head coach Zac Bruney and his staff, along with the Bruney family at large have put into the program already. She knows it will pay off and success looms right now the road, not only for the program, but for the school at large. “If you had been here on campus for any of the home games, the excitement and energy that football brought to campus; it will make a significant difference in our ability to turn this university around,” Favede said. “People want to go where that excitement and energy is.”

Pandemic Problems and a Familial-Feel Response

Wheeling University’s seniors have battled through quite the ordeal, showing tremendous faith in staying the course and making it to their final semester. That’s why the adjustments the university has made in response to the coronavirus have been so tough for Favede to make, no matter the need. “It’s been heartbreaking,” Favede said. “Things were going so well for us here. The kids were happy, which was our first and primary objective. We are giving the students a great, quality education, but we also wanted to make these the best four years of their lives. I vowed to myself never to let these kids get hurt again, so it was very hard to make the decisions that we’ve had to make.” The university’s spring break came earlier than other local institutions, so the students were out whilst the first major adjustments to daily life were being experienced. Favede credits her staff for being able to shift on the fly and basically get an online education plan and program off the ground in less than 72 hours. It started March 16. Three days later, and three before West Virginia Governor Jim Justice’s official stay-at-home order, Wheeling U decided to send its students home. It was a sad time for both faculty and staff but one that the university worked to minimize the immediate impact on its students. Favede noted that the school obtained many moving boxes from Lowe’s in Wheeling and had staff members help students box up and remove their belongings from the dorms. Some students who lived clear across the country were unable to transport all their belongings home. To assist, the university rented a moving van to help these students transfer their things to storage lockers located at The Highlands for safe keeping until the next semester begins. The president recalls sitting and talking with several students that waited until the last minute to vacate as they simply didn’t want to leave. This had become their home and they wished to take in all they could. That’s part of the reason Favede opted to delay spring graduation until Winter 2020. She wants the students to be able to officially walk across and receive their degrees they’ve worked so hard for, and she wants to be there to hand it to them. The university and its alumni association has developed a president’s emergency fund to help offset the costs both the students and faculty are dealing with. A part of that will go toward helping any of the graduating international students who otherwise might not be able to afford to come back and receive their degrees in person. If they wish to return, Favede said, the university is going to help find a way to make that happen.

While the Jesuit name and affiliation on longer are associated with the school, the state's lone Catholic institution of higher learning still has its members involved in campus ministry and other activities. The Theology major is also making a return for Fall 2020.

Moving Forward

There is good news going forward for the university. Favede noted the school already has its 100th deposit for the 2020-2021 school year for incoming freshman, a number that exceeds the previous two years collectively at this time. There are roughly 400 undergraduate students with another near 200 in graduate programs. New students are showing interest, as other student athletes. A quick scan of the athletic department’s Twitter account at @WUCardinals shows a number of athletes across various sports committing to play for the Cardinals. “Our coaches and our school are recruiting virtually. We’re being innovative and learning new ways to do things and, in the end, it will make us a better university.” Favede also mentioned that starting in 2020-21, all the school’s general education classes will be available online. The Theology major is also making a comeback, and with it, a pastoral ministry certificate. She also noted that while plans are still being finalized, they are looking at a certificate of hotel management and creating a school of construction management.  Another moved aimed at bolstering enrollment in the face of the pandemic’s disruption of the academic world is the school is temporarily waiving the SAT/ACT score entrance requirements for next year. While this doesn’t apply to student athletes needing NCAA Clearinghouse eligibility, it will help the general student population. SAT and ACT testing has been suspending because of the pandemic and Favede felt it was the right thing to do, taking away one less stressor for incoming students. “The University’s flexibility at this crucial time will ensure prospective students aiming for Wheeling University get a full and fair shot—no matter their current challenges. We encourage any students who have questions to contact our Admissions Office.” It’s a trying time, both for the university and the nation. But steps have been taken to ensure that Wheeling University, like America, will recover and press onward. Read the full article

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The Chase Files Daily Newscap 10/20/2019

Good Morning #realdreamchasers. Here is your daily news cap for Sunday, October 19th, 2019. There is a lot to read and digest so take your time. Remember you can read full articles via Barbados Government Information Service (BGIS), Barbados Today (BT), or by purchasing a Sunday Sun Nation Newspaper (SS).

HEADS TO REPORT ON STEWARDSHIP – Five chairmen from statutory corporations face the public to give reports on their stewardship, at the Barbados Labour Party’s (BLP) 81st annual conference to be held in Queen’s Park. It will be one of the highlights of the October 25 to 27 conference whose theme is BLP 2019 – A Refreshing Change for Barbados. “We’ve asked for the five chairpersons of boards to report to Barbados. It will be streamed to all Barbadians and this is the first time that this has happened at the conference. We are asking the chairmen of the Barbados Port, the Transport Board, the Barbados Water Authority, the Sanitation Service Authority and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital to report on their stewardship and reflect on the challenges, their leadership and direction they are going and just to be part of the idea we are an open, transparent, honest Government,” said chairman of the conference planning committee, Kirk Humphrey at a media briefing yesterday. (SS)

DRIVE TO TAP WIND ENERGY – Barbados’ energy sector is set for major transformation with the introduction of wind energy generation facilitated by the Barbados National Oil Company Limited (BNOCL), in conjunction with the National Petroleum Corporation (NPC). The initiative is expected to reduce energy costs to average Barbadians. The wind generation project funded by the Inter-American Development Bank has commenced with a detailed wind study of key sites through a partnership with Barlovento Recursos Naturales from Spain. It will also involve community outreach and town hall sessions to engage with key stakeholders regarding the initiative’s potential benefits and impacts. (SS)

MARIOTT GOING ELEGANT – Major changes, including a rebranding, hotel sales, and management shake-up, are likely as part of a BDS$260.2 million deal that will see global hospitality giant Marriott International acquire Barbados-based Elegant Hotels Group. But officials of Marriott International Hotel Licensing Company revealed that if Elegant’s shareholders said yes to the sale, the company’s more than 1 100 employees in Barbados would be secure as IHLC “does not intend to make any material headcount reductions within the Elegant Group as a result of the acquisition”. The potential benefits from the acquisition were welcomed by Minister of Tourism Kerrie Symmonds yesterday, who told the Saturday Sun “their interest in making this kind of investment in Barbados is a very clear testimony to the fact that Barbados is again being seen as a destination which is working well, and is worthy of major investments”. (SS)

TURF CLUB SACKS TWO OFFICIALS – The Barbados Turf Club has made two notable changes at the end of the second season maintenance break. Gone are race course consultant Gerry Alleyne, who held the post for just under two years, and paddock and building maintenance consultant Naz Issa. When the third season runs off on November 9, David Archer is the man tasked with filling the roll of track and paddock consultant. Archer who took up the post from last Tuesday worked at Bloomfield as property manager and was manager at Valley Plantation. Both Alleyne and trainer Issa who had replaced Charles Downie following his retirement back in 2017, got their letters of termination last Monday. (SS)

NEW POLITICAL PARTY IN GUYANA – A new political party, promising campaign financing legislation, was launched here as Guyana prepares to hold fresh regional and general election on March 2 next year. The Citizenship Initiative (CI), which has also indicated that it has no intention of joining with either the People’s National Congress (PNC), which is part of the ruling coalition administration and the main opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C), said it intends to change the way issues related to politics are addressed in Guyana. “Our key platform has to do with leverage in parliament. Now to answer the question of coalition, let me say very explicitly now: Our message is that this adversarial politics by the two giants continues to be the primary burden for the development of Guyana. “Coalition is not an option…You can’t say that you have goals that you want to attain, you change the status quo and then join the status quo,” said the party’s executive member, Ruel Johnson. Apart from Johnson, who is the government’s cultural advisor, the other founding members are web developer Shaz Ally, the managing director of a private school, Alphonso de Armas, educator Ronda Ann Lam and business executive, Yonnick David. Ally said Guyana has been looking to find its way since it gained independence in 1966 but has instead found itself marred by ethnic divisions, limited opportunities and questionable leadership. He said Guyana has put power in the arms of two major political parties who have been in control for over 50 years while many of the country’s struggles and problems remain. He said the new party is focused on chartering a better course for all of Guyana and its members would be representative of the entire society. Johnson said Citizenship Initiative, whose symbol is a scale balancing two water lilies, will contest the upcoming elections and if successful, would be pushing for constitutional reform as a priority. He said the party is also focused now on naming Presidential and Prime Ministerial candidates and will address that issue as it rolls out its plans and programmes. President David Granger named the election date after Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo was successful in tabling a motion of no confidence in his coalition administration last December. The PPP had been pushing for an early poll, but the head of state said he would have only announced the date when the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM0 had indicated to him that it was prepared to conduct the elections. (SS)

TRINIDAD PM SPEAKS OF PLOT TO ASSASSINATE AG – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has linked opposition operatives to a plot to assassinate Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi and warned the population of Trinidad and Tobago that they should not consider the threats to be a joke. “We have told this country that many of them stole public money and will be held to account. We have been accumulating the evidence through the legal channels and they know that and that’s why one of the first meetings I have had in Whitehall (Office of the Prime Minister) in recent times with the security forces of this country involved is to determine how to protect the Attorney General because persons have paid money to kill him,” Rowley told a public meeting of the ruling People’s National Movement (PNM) here on Friday night. “Understand what we are dealing with in this country. I tell you this not because I am being irresponsible, because I want you to know (and) you can’t say you don’t know. I want you to know because I am the Chairman of the National Security Council,” Rowley added. He reminded supporters of the June 1990 murder of then attorney general Selwyn Richardson, who was shot by unknown assailants as he was entering his driveway to his home, adding “those of you who think it is a joke, let me remind all of you that somebody, somewhere in this country, killed Selwyn Richardson and up to this day that matter has not been solved”. “Let me tell all of you again, who have much to say, desperate people do desperate things,” Rowley said, reminding the meeting of the two attempts that had been made on his life in the lead up to the 2015 general elections. “On two occasions they hired a killer to kill me. The first killer refused and determined that somebody has to know this and went and told a government official. The government official came and told us. We told the police. “While we dealing with that they went and found another one. He too refused and by this time Special Branch (of the police) was involved and Special Branch knew about it. There’s honour among thieves in this country. It appears there’s honour among killers too,” Rowley said. He said that apart from the police, he also had to secure private security and in some instances were being told where he should and should not go because of the dangers involved. “That happened in Trinidad and Tobago in 2015 and they know what they did and they know what they are facing because we have told this country that many of them stole public money and will be held to account,” Rowley said. He warned supporters against “all of them who have your future in hand to bring you this land of milk and honey they have reason to want to get back in office more than anybody else, because only when they get back into office they can kill everything that is live now and that is their primary motivation . . . .” Earlier, National Security Minister, Stuart Young, told the public meeting of the “disturbing” pattern being observed involving known members of the main opposition United National Congress (UNC) and the members of the criminal underworld. Young, indicating that he was coming out of the Parliament where he could have been afforded parliamentary immunity to make the statement, said that he had been informed that “very high ranking members of the opposition, the UNC opposition, at the highest, highest levels . . . are engaging in active conversations and communication . . . with the criminal elements in our society. “You know that in National Security one of the things we did was to pass anti-gang legislation and you remember how hard we had to fight for that to make it a crime in Trinidad and Tobago to be part of a gang and to participate in gang activities. So it is now criminal to be part of a gang, to communicate with gangs . . . that is now a crime in Trinidad and Tobago. “I stand here tonight without fear of contradiction to tell you that at the highest level of the opposition they are engaging the criminal elements,” Young, who is also an attorney said, pointing a finger also at sitting opposition members of both houses of Parliament. (SS)

CYCLIST SERIOUSLY INJURED IN COLLISSION – A pedal cyclist was seriously injured in a collision along the Oistins Hill Road in Christ Church Saturday evening, police say. Around 5:18 pm the cyclist – identified as 50-year-old Lloyd Cummins of Unity Road, Gall Hill, Christ Church – was riding down Oistins Hill when he lost control of the bicycle and fell. Cummins injured his head in the fall, causing him to lose the ability to speak. He was transported by ambulance to the QEH where medical personnel said he was semi-conscious. Investigations are ongoing. (BT)

MOTHER WANTS JUSTICE FOR SON - Parents of the 11-year-old boy killed by three former Princess Margaret Secondary School students want the full extent of the law to be visited on their son’s killers. This was revealed when convicted manslayers Maria Antoinette Goddard, Doniko Javier Alleyne and Shaquille Shamar Khallel Bradshaw returned to the No 2 Supreme Court on Friday. Goddard, then 12, now 22, of Parish Land; Alleyne, also then 12, of Balls Land, and Bradshaw, then 14, now 24, also of Balls Land, Christ Church, were found guilty, earlier this year, of unlawfully killing – manslaughter – Ian Gibson on September 20, 2009. Principal Crown Counsel Alliston Seale prosecuted the matter. Attorney Angella Mitchell-Gittens represented Alleyne and Goddard, and attorney Arthur Holder appeared for Bradshaw during the trial. (SS)

TWO ON MURDER CHARGES REMANDED – Two St Michael men charged with the island’s 37th murder earlier this month were remanded to prison when they appeared in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Christopher Anderson Shepherd, a 20-year-old shop assistant, of Queen Street, The City, and Rio Richian Jelani Malcolm Benn, 28, of Upper Dukes Alley, Nelson Street, The City, were not required to plead to murdering LeAndrew Sharvar Coward, 33, formerly of Field Place, Bayville, St Michael, on October 3. Prosecutor Vernon Waithe later asked that accused Benn be released back into police custody in relation to further investigations. Acting Magistrate Joy-Ann Clarke ordered that Benn be released into police custody until Monday. The magistrate, however, remanded, both he and co-accused Shepherd to HMP Dodds until November 15. (SS)

FIND ROOM FOR HAYNES – West Indies fast bowling great Michael Holding has urged Cricket West Indies (CWI) not to discard outstanding former teammate Desmond Haynes but to absorb him into the coaching set-up of the men’s team. Haynes, a member of the legendary West Indies sides of the 1970s, 80s and early 90s, missed out on becoming head coach of the regional side last week after CWI appointed his former opening partner, Phil Simmons. However, Holding contended that Haynes still had a valuable role to play and said CWI and Simmons needed to utilise his skills in order to enhance the struggling side’s development.  (SS)

CRUNCH TIME FOR WALES – Weymouth Wales and Clayton’s Kola Tonic Notre Dame will be hoping to keep their Capelli Cup hopes alive after their crucial championship stage clash tonight at the Wildey Turf. Both teams have been drawn in a mouth-watering group with University of the West Indies (UWI) Blackbirds and only a victory will be satisfactory if they are to progress to the quarter-finals. One of Wales’ strengths this season has been the quality they have been able to call on off the bench. The Dames’ domestic form has been inconsistent recently but they have shown a strong attacking threat and greater creativity from midfield so far and their improved cohesion should serve them well against a stacked Wales. (SS)

FOGGING SCHEDULE OCTOBER 21-25 – The Ministry of Health and Wellness’ fogging programme will continue in four parishes this week. On Monday, October 21, the St Peter districts to be fogged are Diamond Corner, Lower Castle, Upper Castle, Gays Road, Mount #1 & #2, Boscobelle, Collins, and the environs. The team will be in St James on Tuesday, October 22, spraying Sion Hill, Sion Hill Terrace with avenues, Westmoreland, Porters Road, Lancaster, and surrounding areas. On Wednesday, October 23, the St George districts of Bird Hill, Sinclair Road, Coral Drive, Bakers Close, Grace Drive, Haggatt Hall Development, Cutting Road, Mapp Hill, Dash Valley, Hanson Heights, and the environs will be sprayed. Areas to be fogged in Christ Church on Thursday, October 24, are Sargeant’s Village, Bartlett Road, Sargeant’s Village Tenantry Road, Browne’s Road, Smith Road, Warners Gardens, and neighbouring districts. The team will return to St James on Friday, October 25, to fog Paradise Heights, Hopefield Close, Wanstead Drive, the 2nd, 4th and 6th Avenues of Wanstead Terrace, West Terrace, West Terrace Gardens with Avenues 1 to 16, Oxnards, Violet Circle, Cherry Drive, West Terrace Heights and surrounding areas. Fogging takes place between 4:30 and 7:30 pm each day. Householders are reminded to open their doors and windows to allow the spray to enter. (BT)

WEATHER – Synopsis: A surface to mid-level ridge pattern is the dominant feature. Forecast: Fair to partly cloudy with a few brief isolated showers. Wind: Generally easterly at 10 to 30 km/h. Seas: Slight to moderate in open water with swells from 1.0m to 1.5m. Tonight Synopsis: A surface to low-level shearline will be approaching the island. Forecast: Fair to occasionally cloudy with a few brief scattered showers. Wind: ENE – E at 10 to 30 km/h. Seas: Slight to moderate in open water with swells from 1.0m to 1.5m. (BT)

NEW LOCATION FOR BLP CONFERENCE – The Barbados Labour Party’s 81st annual conference will take place in Queens Park this year. Chairman of the conference planning committee Kirk Humphrey said the location was reflective of the refreshed party as it was open, close to parliament and was a venue where founder Sir Grantley Adams laid many political pronouncements. Under the theme BLP 2019 – A Refreshing Change for Barbados, the three day conference being held from October 25 to 27, will feature an award ceremony, speeches, an address from the Prime Minister and a concert where members of parliament will perform. One of the highlights will take place on October 26, when the chairmen of the Transport Board, Barbados Port Authority, Barbados Water Authority, Sanitation Service Authority and Queen Elizabeth Hospital will be giving reports on their stewardship. (SS)

UWI HONOURS FACEBOOK DIRECTOR – Hundreds crossed the stage at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, on Saturday morning.  During the first graduation ceremony, scholars from the Faculties of Humanities and Education, Science, Medicine and Technology and Law all accepted their scrolls with pride. Director of Diversity at Facebook, Maxine Williams of Trinidad and Tobago, was conferred with an honourary doctor of laws. (SS)

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The Sunbeam Sentinel - Edition 1

From Samhradh, the Editor: Thank you for purchasing the first printing of the Sunbeam Sentinel, providing local clan news.

Clan Aphaster's Medical Sector comes out Firmly in Favor of House Betelgeuse

Until now, Promenade Medical Hall and Noon Point Primary Care remained neutral in the competition to build House Betelgeuse or House Perihelion. But in the past few days, the teams have donned  crowns and corsages mostly in violet, the recognized support color for House Betelgeuse.

Mamblory, the Sunbeam's investigator, was able to get official statements from several of the members.

"It's the obvious choice for a doctor," Haematica claimed. "If what Ashes says is true and the influx of Arcane energy we brought with us carries a risk of unpredictable environmental effects, then we need to contain it before someone gets hurt."

Her daughter, the head of Noon Point Primary care, had similar sentiments: "With Noon Point on the road to becoming an actual recognized point on Trader's Walk, we're going to be seeing a lot more guests and transients pass through. It would be irresponsible of us to expose them to unpredictable energies if it can be avoided."

Aether, the local dentist, broke the trend. A tiny yellow flower decorates her wrist, marking her in support of House Perihelion. When questioned about the decision, she joked: "I've seen Arcane energy cause extra teeth to grow, but never take them away. I'm in business no matter what happens."

"But seriously," she continued. "I respect the premise of House Betelgeuse. It's fine to protect the environment from all that Arcane energy, but how am I supposed to be protected from it if I have to live there?"

Aether's point is common among those who favor House Perihelion. The majority of its supporters are those who are not Arcane-born and who worry for the effects they may suffer if they have to live in an effective containment center of Arcane energy.

In the old country, the clan apparently relied on celestine to protect non-Arcanites from ill effects. The material is known grow by absorbing large quantities of Arcane energy, so self-growing necklaces, earrings, and other adornments were common. However, large quantities of the material are only available near the Crystal Pools. Geodes of the crystal are known to appear in light, but the quantities provided are so small that only fae would be able to make any use of them.

When asked if Aether's position had affected her relationships with other medical dragons, she laughed and responded that the others understood her argument very well and didn't treat her any differently.

The current breakdown of House support is as follows:

House Betelgeuse: 15 supporters

House Perihelion: 14 supporters

Note, these are only those openly wearing the flowers. The Queen's cabinet, including the Tribunes and her personal protectors, have refused to take a side for diplomatic reasons. Ashes being the exception as the originator of the argument in favor of House Betelgeuse, and Turan as being representative of the Lightweaver.

Many are still shocked that the deity is in favor of House Betelgeuse, but Turan assures that not letting Arcane energy run amok in the Summerlands is very much in line with Her Grace's interests.

A large number of dragons are either quiet supporters or support both Houses. Of note:

Pistis, proprietress of the former Starwood Spa, has funded efforts to both Houses.

Margravine Caress, still as firmly rich as before, has shown disinterest in the topic. Her funds have gone into the Foxfire Step Entertainment District, and she fully intends to stay there as overseer.

Members of Twilight Labs and Artisan’s Guild has remained neutral, especially the alchemists, who are known to stay very near their concoctions to avoid any unfortunate explosions.

Now onto the smaller stories:

A Harpy in Clan Aphaster

Recently a rambunctious young harpy has been a part of the clan. In a secret operation headed by the Smoke Gyre and aided by the Umbra Wolf, a dozen children were rescued from the Ashfall Catoptria. Most were returned to their families, but a young pair of girls remain: Dust, a snapper; and Tràthail, a harpy from the Icefield flock that recently moved into the Ashfall Wastes.

Dust is still in the process of recovery (and, according to Alala, is expected to make a complete recovery), but Tràthail has been sighted by many at this point. Opinions of her are mixed, but this seems to be more out of uncertainty rather than hostility.

"It's just very odd to have a harpy among us," one dragon who wished to remain anonymous reported. "A female, I mean. Males are  one thing, Mote has always offered them asylum. But the females... We've never had a good relationship with the flocks. There's a lot of bad blood there."

Mote, longtime beastclan liaison, was more positive about the development. "She's a blessing, and I hope she stays. A harpy child rescued by the Smoke Gyre, and who lives among us happily and of her own choice. A harpy whose best friend is a dragon. She could be the key to us making peace with the harpies here."

"Only here?" Mamblory asked.

"We're unlikely to ever make peace with the Windswept flock. The Smoke Gyre's involvement when they tried to attack the Focal Point spared us open war and was probably the best development, but we were marked after that. And after what he pulled with the matriarch at the Dragonhome roost over Heaven? No chance of reconciliation. To harpies, this a cursed clan that the Smoke Gyre trails after, reaping them as he passes. But it doesn't have to be like that with the Sunbeam flock. We can prove that he's not--was never--doing it just because he could or because he hated harpies."

Mablory asked if Mote thought Trathail's presence would help heal things over between the Smoke Gyre and Fiver.

Mote shrugged. "I don't really care about relationships between dragons. I just want the harpies to feel like they don't have to fear us."

Enyi Up and At It

It's no secret that Pistis' adopted son and long time Starwood Spa worker, was in a state of deep depression after losing his paintings in the destruction of the old lair. They were his charges, and while they are unusual charges in that he can always create more, the loss of those he already made hit him hard.

But lately he has made a full recovery and has been seen in a creative fever near the soon-to-be completed Starlight Museum. While he declined to show what he was working on, he did say that he is the one doing the paintings that will be revealed when the Museum is finally populated and opened to the public.

He made no mention of whether or not he will be returning to Spa Work when he is done.

Archmage Sightings

Lutia has recently been seen meandering around Clan Aphaster. For several months, the erstwhile Archmage was in Clan Feldspar, supposedly in Dreamweaver's company. While it's unguessable what might have transpired between them, Lutia has finally come back and it is clear she has cooled off.

She hasn't made any official statements, but when asked about her return, several clan members revealed she had come to them to say her apologies and that she seemed sincere.

Galbana in particular revealed this:

"She came to my husband first. I didn't stay, but I can tell his heart is lighter than it's been since we lost Galette. I got closure as well. She came to me right after she went to him." She made a wry, bittersweet sort of face. "It got...physical. Entirely on my part. I'm not proud of it, but I had a lot of anger at her. Over Galette, yes, but even more so for the way I had to watch Saber suffer because he wouldn't give up hope in her."

Mamblory asked if she fought back.

"No. She accepted it entirely. Without a scowl, a fist, a flare of temper. ...It's taken her too long for me to forgive her right away, but she's sincere."

The Archmage is still making her rounds. According to our reports, she has not yet spoken to Queen Telos.

This has been the first edition of the Sunbeam Sentinel: News from summer’s edge.

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Little Sin

In the world to come there is little sin. You have a new life, a new family and you are free. There are just lots of american alligators. After the election of the first ungendered president, the prediatrain movement caught fire in america. Since then most of the metaworkers involved in the project went private and made their fortunes selling to companies who were more intersted in financial gains than induction. Of coarse the metaworkers had been doing it for so long most just didn't need the money and had continued striving to make humans as perfect as possible themselves. Now only the poor have babies the traditional way and they are rarely more than 20% of any given populations usable babies. The demand for american alligator meat skyrocketed after a plague years ago and it became economic sense to breed them in captivity, who knew they stacked so well? Vats after vats of gator esscence sloshing about growing legs and then bodies then slaughtered and processed. Mostly it is a paradise, efficient, structured, specialized. Sadly your specialization did not prove to be highly valued. Who need classics when the old world is gone? Whorals where burned to ash while polled hereford heifors fetched over a billion dollars a head in auction. Your old farmhouse now an airport, your father would have been horrified, of course he was blown to ash scattering over a freeway while you mother's skeleton was proudly put on display in a metaworks museum. The old world REALLY is gone. You worked hard and got your primary education certificate then just as hard to get your secondary equivalent. You spent eight years studying in the library for your humanities and Social Science papers and got a two 2.1s and a 3. Googizon won the bid to construct for the military the most forward thinking alligator farm in existance so far and with your resumé you were head hunted to run it. You work in a half submerged glass an metal building sitting atop 523 alligators who are kept just wake enough through biog gas injection to allow them to shut their eyes without spilling out the layer of meat skewered on huge needles that run from their spinal cords into the machinery. It currently floats near the okeenokee snow swamp. You are so far from the old world it's not even funny. Sure on the T.V. they still talk about sports and throw around polotics but outside the farm all you can see for miles are trees, birds and insects and the odd alligator basking on a sunny 'beach'. Of course the building is still less then half a mile from a military base on an army enforced conservation area so humans can't wander and wipe out all the game for miles.... This is not that story. You have work to do We are primal ponds inc. we specialise in ultra farm husbandry. At the push of a button our gators from young to full grown can instantly become fashion jackets, leather coats, belts...even shoes and bags. We are pushing so many units every day we have sent reps to try and break into the japanese market, so far they haven't called back. A small mom and pop alligator farm attemping to make it. Last week our oldest gator surpass Cochon gate's world record of 880 years. The sun beats down on your farms back glass panels as you watch the thousands of beasts basking sleepily below. You snap a couple of photos with your phone and beam them over to your reps hoping they call you back soon. We need you to make deliveries for us. We have bought, rigged and updated an old freight submarine for you and set you up with a small crew, you just need to tell us where to drop off the goods. Please...we're dying here... On the rhelm of your glass office a pen floats near you. Point of view of the player: Hey, take a minute and think about where you want to go. I'm letting you choose the next sector of this adventure, with four options: theMilitary Side, Economics Side, Terrorism Side or Criminal Side... A delivery champion here is like no other: we have control over the world's only sentient beasts of burden (gators) incentive based economics that allouw us to sell our leather above price-cost, kick-back free operating licenses and few enough regulations that you can get amazing stuff done for you with a couple of well-placed bribes. Pick up the pen and choose your destiny The criminal side sounds fun: trillions of people live outside and inside the law why shouldn't we? He had a secert life as billy fea fbots biggest drug lord all along! And one more thing... It turns out no one has made a crappy real time virtual reality game based on your life and experiences yet and against all attact you have decided to give it a go.... Dedicated to delivering dragon tail in the far, far, future. Maybe that needs to change... Made by two guys on a coffee machine some sleepy afternoons...mayhaps...it's rubbish... We proudly introduce today the glamorous fallout: an adventure in the post-apocalypse and the two men who made it: bruce and ed. Glug, glug...any questions? Alligator delivery service. The story of a normal life in the post-apazaki...noh... The alligator farm where the gator are delivered is currently under a series of construction tasks. Temporary staff will used while these works last. Already we own over four over ten foot alligators including rex lex, the old female godzilla and lesi mellnick, the huge male dominant of our breeding group. We place breed these four as soon and they reach sexual maturity. We also own thirty-six smaller animals, mostly six to seven foot males and females. A massive 14 foot beast. Not nice. Bred for fights but joined our force with strange reluctance when he could do nothing against our huge alpha male. He's actually a right little so and so, never helps the keepers move any of the large trees in our scrapes.... So, we have delivered one alligator from the breeding farm to an area in florida where our electronics arm opened a new factory recently. This factory is currently attempting to recuperate from a bombing and so insurance fraud seems the most reasonable option. The factory is seeded with several obviously fake bomb scares. While this sucks for the factory work as they all have to stop working, many refuse to even enter thir building, others leave by afternoon. We plan to target the wood workers. (alves and winklehaus.....and thunder? A small safe has gone missing and we believe our bomber has probably taken it. he has clearly stolen large sums of money in the past as a means of terrorise his local communities as whenever something is stolen a new threat will appear the next day from ed or one of his fellow crack extortionists so we don't expect public interest into this theft for at least a couple weeks. At two pm on the dot bruce and ed! will enter the building wearing all black. This is when they plant the bomb that they have created in our secret base under a community centre... my brother and me got our name because ed regarded us as two like his brothers. I'm the quiet one and the brother who just does what I'm told. bruce has called ed a right character and I can't altogether dispute it. With me is greg, a new member of our team and an aspiring stand up comedian! Said he killed someone once but I'm not sure I believe that.... I finallly arrive at the building site where our two crack undercover agents are waiting. There were no actual bomb threats but daft people are still refusing to work. Ed hasn't responded to my last message so I assume that the pair of them are happily seeding the factory. We snuck in earlier, hammering boards over the glass walls to the offices at the top of the factory to avoid breaking in after hours. While at the front we pretend to be a work crew extending a main road so no one will questions us creeping about the 'closed' factory.We wander around the dark building looking for the seemingly empty offices on the top floor and come across a man trying to stuff armfuls of fabric printer paper in his sports bag. He is shocked to see us as much as we are him. The gulity man whirls around as we enter , dropping his bag in the doorway. "Hey we can help you there," I say , not knowing what else to say. 'I...um...thanks... ' he answers, patting down his pockets looking for his keys. I pick up the bag and find the keys in the first pocket I try. How about that? I hand them over and he looks at me with clear recognition in his eyes. He had obviously seen my photo in Newsweek. He must have though this was some kind of trap. So, he didn't come here to steal but to destroy the documents? Well these papers seemed pretty regular, all printer paper and cheap fabric....but then they don't exactly make a good quality paper especially not out here for convenience. Why would the guy go to the trouble of destroying these anyway? "Thank you...are you sure you can handle that?" He asks, nervously smiling at me. I'm quite big remember to add. There are two respectable fathers with me afterall. "Yeah why wouldn't we be?" I respond with a faint smile, but my smile is weak and unrealistic so as not to scare the man. I look at my brother who clearly doesn't react much to these kind of situations....or any situations really. "Right...well, you can just toss it over there." He points to a bare corner of a room behind us with his keys still in hand. 'Then um...thanks a lot....goodbye....' We shuffle towards the corner at first then I get the sense that something is not right with this guy. it may be the fact that he still isn't leaving or the nervous sweat pertruding from his forehead. We play air hockey for a second, me shuffling my feet to face him then him shuffling his feet to face me. He keeps his keys held tightly in his hands like some kind of knife. It dawns on me later that I should have grabbed them anyway. What happened after this I still cannot quite recall in exact detail... "Come on guys,.... can you let me go now? Please?", he says heading to the exit, greg mutters to him to just leave but I find myself obnixious and unpredictable as ever. Maybe he could shed some light on this situation? What was he doing with all these non work related papers anyway? Why destroy them in a hurry? It seemed pretty odd to me. I wait for him to take a few steps forward before I speak up from behind. "At least tell us how you make your paper seem so authentic." I like to lob questions like this at recent university grads whenever I can. It's part of human nature to talk about yourself and it also gives us insight into the security of new moneymakers. I had completely forgotten that some of men out there were not security at all but common criminals looking to rip off new businesses like ours so that they wont be such easy pickins later. I wasn't prepared for the booster to pull a 2x4 with screws sticking out of it out of his bag as he whirls on me with unnatural speed. If I had to fight him eye to eye my life would have been quickly terminated. Since I didn't expect the hostile response however, I had enough time to duck and cover inside the cramped bathroom . With it's cheap lock, I was ensured my safety.....or so I thought.Tip: If you're logged in, your games are auto saved for you. You can find them by clicking "My Stuff" on the sidebar menu.Story

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Looking back on 50 years of Earth Days

About 1 million people participated in the original Earth Day demonstrations in New York City. Mayor John Lindsay closed Fifth Avenue to traffic so people could march. (Courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives/)

The first Earth Day was a student-focused, grassroots movement that dealt solely with environmental issues in the United States. In the 50 years since, it has evolved into a worldwide day of action involving thousands of organizations, many of which are larger and have more money than those who took to the streets in 1970.

Still, even as the issues have changed, the general message of saving the planet has remained largely the same. The first generation of participants targeted air and water pollution and hazardous waste—which are still a challenge today—but modern activists are also staring down problems such as climate change, the loss of biodiversity, and the fact that plastic seems to be everywhere.

It’s in Earth Day’s approach where environmental leaders have seen the most development. The original movement was predominantly organized by white, college-educated people, and large national green groups took the lead pushing legislation in subsequent years, says Peggy Shepard, cofounder of New York City-based WE ACT For Environmental Justice.

Today, more people understand local groups are fighting on the front lines while their communities—many of which are poor or have been long-neglected by the national conversation—take the brunt of environmental damage. It’s also more clear that environmental issues don’t stand alone and have far-reaching effects that touch industries including food production and transportation, Shepard says.

“It means a whole lot more to a lot more people and more diverse constituencies than ever before,” Shepard says. “All sectors are understanding how saving the Earth and our environment really impacts them.”

So in honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, let’s take a look back to understand how we got here and try to get a glimpse of where environmental action might be headed.

Jan. 28, 1969: the Santa Barbara oil spill

Oil piles up along the seawall near Santa Barbara Harbor in California, and the waves are black with petroleum. (US Geological Survey/)

Eight days after Richard Nixon was sworn in as the 37th US president, a blowout at a Union Oil drilling platform off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, spewed an estimated 80,000 barrels (3.4 million gallons) of oil into the Pacific Ocean. Thousands of seabirds, dolphins, sea lions, and other marine creatures died. It’s still the third-largest oil spill in the nation’s history.

The oil slick caught the eye of then-US Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wisconsin), as he sat on a plane flying from Los Angeles to Seattle. According to a 2018 Pacific Standard article, the sight of it inspired him to find a way to bring conservation issues into the national spotlight. In 1995, Nelson received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Bill Clinton for his role in getting the movement off the ground.

Jan. 28, 1970: Environmental Rights Day

One year after the spill, a group of activists organized Environmental Rights Day in Santa Barbara, at which a young Roderick Nash—who would later become a professor of environmental studies at the University of California in Santa Barbara—read his Declaration of Environmental Rights. It listed a number of environmental problems created by humans and argued that implementing successful solutions would require changing how people thought about the world, not just how they interacted with it.

Denis Hayes, whom Nelson had hired to organize the first Earth Day, was one of the speakers at the event. He later told the Pacific Standard that the people gathered that day may have been the first huge crowd he’d seen that was extremely passionate about environmental issues.

April 22, 1970: the first Earth Day

Cleanup crews gathered in New York City’s Union Square Park on the first Earth Day. Energy company Con Edison donated brooms, mops, and other supplies. (Courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives/)

Inspired by the teach-ins used to protest the Vietnam War, Nelson spent the months following the oil spill planning an environmental teach-in on college campuses nationwide. He chose April 22 because he wanted the highest possible attendance: it fell between spring break and final exams, didn’t conflict with any other holidays, and, as a Wednesday, meant students would not likely be attending other campus events.

Nelson wanted the event to be called the Environmental Teach-In, but marketing it as more of a lecture didn��t appeal to college activists. Those who wanted to get involved wanted action, not debate. Up stepped well-known copywriter Julian Koenig, who volunteered to help come up with a better name. He offered a few, but his favorite was Earth Day, and it stuck. Koenig later said he was partially inspired to create that name because he was born on April 22 and “birthday” rhymed with “Earth Day.”

Ultimately, an estimated 20 million people participated in Earth Day events nationwide. Susan Bass, now vice president of programs and operations for Earth Day Network, the organization that coordinates Earth Day events globally, was one of them. She remembers picking up trash as a Girl Scout in a park in Millburn, New Jersey.

Dec. 2, 1970: the Environmental Protection Agency opens

The Environmental Protection Agency’s own EPA Journal later said the “phenomenal success” of the first Earth Day helped push Nixon, a Republican, to create the EPA. In particular, the journal said the event most likely strengthened the argument that the US needed an independent agency to coordinate all of the new administration’s environmental plans.

1990: Earth Day goes international

The buzz around Earth Day was relatively quiet for the next two decades, but as its 20th anniversary approached, interest heated up. Two groups formed to organize and sponsor events: Earth Day 1990 and the Earth Day 20 Foundation. Hayes led the former, while Edward Furia, a lawyer who organized Earth Day events in Philadelphia in 1970, headed the latter.

On Jan. 3, 1990, President George H.W. Bush made his official Earth Day declaration. “Earth Day—and every day—should inspire us to save the land we love, to realize that global problems do have local solutions, and to make the preservation of the planet a personal commitment,” he said.

In a stark contrast to the student-led actions of the first Earth Day, the 1990 event was bolstered by radio and television coverage, intense marketing, and big budgets. The two groups didn’t share exactly the same strategy, though. Earth Day 20, for example, considered itself more of a grassroots organization with a combative attitude toward industry and criticized Earth Day 1990 for including the CEO of tech giant Hewlett-Packard on its board of directors.

Events included the Earth Day 20 International Peace Climb at Mount Everest, an expedition led by 61-year-old Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit the world’s tallest mountain. It was also the first time mountaineers from the US, the Soviet Union, and China had climbed together. They planned to reach the top on Earth Day, but bad weather delayed their ascent and they didn’t top out until May. Along the way, they collected two tons of trash left by previous expeditions and sent it back down the mountain with support groups. Everest’s litter problem persists today.

2000: Earth Day 30

Earth Day entered the new millennium online, as 2000 was the first year the internet served as a primary organizing tool. With the world wide web’s ability to easily connect people, more than 5,000 environmental groups in 183 countries reached out to millions of citizens. In the US, thousands of people gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to hear speeches from Vice President Al Gore and others. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, a few years removed from his role in Titanic, hosted an Earth Day television special on ABC.

2010: Earth Day 40

The 40th anniversary of Earth Day resembled its other 10-year milestones, and Earth Day Network, a group founded and chaired by Hayes, organized the day as it had in previous years. Across the US, there was a carbon-neutral festival in Los Angeles, a march on the National Mall, and other events aimed at raising awareness of environmental issues.

2016: the Paris Agreement

Earth Day 2016 was a historic day in the eyes of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, as 175 world leaders signed the Paris Agreement, which aims to limit the increase in global temperatures to less than 2 degrees Celsius. Ban said the overwhelming number of countries that pledged their support proves the world is determined to do what it takes to protect the environment.

The US, under then-President Barack Obama, was one of the countries to sign that day, though President Donald Trump has since announced his intent to withdraw from the accord. Per the rules of the agreement, his first opportunity to do so will be in November.

2017: the March for Science

The first March for Science in 2017 drew thousands of people to a dreary Washington, D.C. in support of science. (Courtesy of Earth Day Network/)

Spurred on by what many saw as a growing opposition to science both domestically and worldwide, Earth Day Network helped organize the first March for Science on the National Mall for Earth Day 2017.

A number of science historians told the Washington Post that such a march involving the scientific community was rare and its only parallel may be scientific groups’ opposition to nuclear war during President Ronald Reagan’s administration. Speakers included Hayes and Bill Nye.

2020: Earth Day turns 50

This year’s Earth Day will be entirely digital due to the outbreak of COVID-19. A number of government and religious leaders, activists, actors, musicians, and others have created personal video messages for the 50th anniversary, and Earth Day Network is hosting a 12-hour digital event from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern Time on its homepage.

Across the world, local groups have partnered with Earth Day Network as everyone shifts gears to react to the pandemic. One example is the Barka Foundation in Burkina Faso, which originally planned to work with several schools but is instead distributing soap and information about proper hand-washing techniques to the African country’s many domestic refugees. This community is extremely vulnerable to the new coronavirus, Bass says.

Earth Day Network has also created a citizen science app called Earth Challenge 2020 for Android and iOS. The app aims to collect data from users about environmental problems in their area while also teaching them about issues and providing them with opportunities to get involved.

“I think it’s important for people to understand individual action and participation still really matters,” Bass says. “The environmental movement is still really a grassroots movement and people need to feel their action can make a difference.”

Many local groups are holding their own events, too. WE ACT, for example, had planned a 5K for April 18 in Manhattan’s Riverside Park, but when the city shut down, Shepard’s group moved it online. Participants can still sign up and run in a safe place at their own convenience until April 26.

“For some communities, Earth Day is every day,” Shepard says. “Fortunately, we have people all around the world who think that way, and that’s what’s going to save us.”

Future Earth Days

Although Earth Day has made great strides toward involving more diverse communities and activists, some environmental leaders say there’s still more to do. Often, poor communities and people of color are the hardest-hit by environmental disasters, and the organizations working daily with those populations need to have their voices heard.

That doesn’t mean simply adding people from those communities to larger groups—it means involving local groups completely. “Communities that are most impacted should be in the room when decisions are being made,” says Robert Bullard, a professor of urban planning and environmental policy at Texas Southern University. “When we don’t protect the weakest in our society, we place everybody at risk.”

“This is a war, and again, it’s been 50 years,” Bullard continues. “Let’s celebrate, but let’s not celebrate too long, because we have lots of work to do.”

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Looking back on 50 years of Earth Days

About 1 million people participated in the original Earth Day demonstrations in New York City. Mayor John Lindsay closed Fifth Avenue to traffic so people could march. (Courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives/)

The first Earth Day was a student-focused, grassroots movement that dealt solely with environmental issues in the United States. In the 50 years since, it has evolved into a worldwide day of action involving thousands of organizations, many of which are larger and have more money than those who took to the streets in 1970.

Still, even as the issues have changed, the general message of saving the planet has remained largely the same. The first generation of participants targeted air and water pollution and hazardous waste—which are still a challenge today—but modern activists are also staring down problems such as climate change, the loss of biodiversity, and the fact that plastic seems to be everywhere.

It’s in Earth Day’s approach where environmental leaders have seen the most development. The original movement was predominantly organized by white, college-educated people, and large national green groups took the lead pushing legislation in subsequent years, says Peggy Shepard, cofounder of New York City-based WE ACT For Environmental Justice.

Today, more people understand local groups are fighting on the front lines while their communities—many of which are poor or have been long-neglected by the national conversation—take the brunt of environmental damage. It’s also more clear that environmental issues don’t stand alone and have far-reaching effects that touch industries including food production and transportation, Shepard says.

“It means a whole lot more to a lot more people and more diverse constituencies than ever before,” Shepard says. “All sectors are understanding how saving the Earth and our environment really impacts them.”

So in honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, let’s take a look back to understand how we got here and try to get a glimpse of where environmental action might be headed.

Jan. 28, 1969: the Santa Barbara oil spill

Oil piles up along the seawall near Santa Barbara Harbor in California, and the waves are black with petroleum. (US Geological Survey/)

Eight days after Richard Nixon was sworn in as the 37th US president, a blowout at a Union Oil drilling platform off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, spewed an estimated 80,000 barrels (3.4 million gallons) of oil into the Pacific Ocean. Thousands of seabirds, dolphins, sea lions, and other marine creatures died. It’s still the third-largest oil spill in the nation’s history.

The oil slick caught the eye of then-US Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wisconsin), as he sat on a plane flying from Los Angeles to Seattle. According to a 2018 Pacific Standard article, the sight of it inspired him to find a way to bring conservation issues into the national spotlight. In 1995, Nelson received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Bill Clinton for his role in getting the movement off the ground.

Jan. 28, 1970: Environmental Rights Day

One year after the spill, a group of activists organized Environmental Rights Day in Santa Barbara, at which a young Roderick Nash—who would later become a professor of environmental studies at the University of California in Santa Barbara—read his Declaration of Environmental Rights. It listed a number of environmental problems created by humans and argued that implementing successful solutions would require changing how people thought about the world, not just how they interacted with it.

Denis Hayes, whom Nelson had hired to organize the first Earth Day, was one of the speakers at the event. He later told the Pacific Standard that the people gathered that day may have been the first huge crowd he’d seen that was extremely passionate about environmental issues.

April 22, 1970: the first Earth Day

Cleanup crews gathered in New York City's Union Square Park on the first Earth Day. Energy company Con Edison donated brooms, mops, and other supplies. (Courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives/)

Inspired by the teach-ins used to protest the Vietnam War, Nelson spent the months following the oil spill planning an environmental teach-in on college campuses nationwide. He chose April 22 because he wanted the highest possible attendance: it fell between spring break and final exams, didn’t conflict with any other holidays, and, as a Wednesday, meant students would not likely be attending other campus events.

Nelson wanted the event to be called the Environmental Teach-In, but marketing it as more of a lecture didn’t appeal to college activists. Those who wanted to get involved wanted action, not debate. Up stepped well-known copywriter Julian Koenig, who volunteered to help come up with a better name. He offered a few, but his favorite was Earth Day, and it stuck. Koenig later said he was partially inspired to create that name because he was born on April 22 and “birthday” rhymed with “Earth Day.”

Ultimately, an estimated 20 million people participated in Earth Day events nationwide. Susan Bass, now vice president of programs and operations for Earth Day Network, the organization that coordinates Earth Day events globally, was one of them. She remembers picking up trash as a Girl Scout in a park in Millburn, New Jersey.

Dec. 2, 1970: the Environmental Protection Agency opens

The Environmental Protection Agency’s own EPA Journal later said the “phenomenal success” of the first Earth Day helped push Nixon, a Republican, to create the EPA. In particular, the journal said the event most likely strengthened the argument that the US needed an independent agency to coordinate all of the new administration’s environmental plans.

1990: Earth Day goes international

The buzz around Earth Day was relatively quiet for the next two decades, but as its 20th anniversary approached, interest heated up. Two groups formed to organize and sponsor events: Earth Day 1990 and the Earth Day 20 Foundation. Hayes led the former, while Edward Furia, a lawyer who organized Earth Day events in Philadelphia in 1970, headed the latter.

On Jan. 3, 1990, President George H.W. Bush made his official Earth Day declaration. “Earth Day—and every day—should inspire us to save the land we love, to realize that global problems do have local solutions, and to make the preservation of the planet a personal commitment,” he said.

In a stark contrast to the student-led actions of the first Earth Day, the 1990 event was bolstered by radio and television coverage, intense marketing, and big budgets. The two groups didn’t share exactly the same strategy, though. Earth Day 20, for example, considered itself more of a grassroots organization with a combative attitude toward industry and criticized Earth Day 1990 for including the CEO of tech giant Hewlett-Packard on its board of directors.

Events included the Earth Day 20 International Peace Climb at Mount Everest, an expedition led by 61-year-old Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit the world’s tallest mountain. It was also the first time mountaineers from the US, the Soviet Union, and China had climbed together. They planned to reach the top on Earth Day, but bad weather delayed their ascent and they didn’t top out until May. Along the way, they collected two tons of trash left by previous expeditions and sent it back down the mountain with support groups. Everest’s litter problem persists today.

2000: Earth Day 30

Earth Day entered the new millennium online, as 2000 was the first year the internet served as a primary organizing tool. With the world wide web’s ability to easily connect people, more than 5,000 environmental groups in 183 countries reached out to millions of citizens. In the US, thousands of people gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to hear speeches from Vice President Al Gore and others. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, a few years removed from his role in Titanic, hosted an Earth Day television special on ABC.

2010: Earth Day 40

The 40th anniversary of Earth Day resembled its other 10-year milestones, and Earth Day Network, a group founded and chaired by Hayes, organized the day as it had in previous years. Across the US, there was a carbon-neutral festival in Los Angeles, a march on the National Mall, and other events aimed at raising awareness of environmental issues.

2016: the Paris Agreement

Earth Day 2016 was a historic day in the eyes of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, as 175 world leaders signed the Paris Agreement, which aims to limit the increase in global temperatures to less than 2 degrees Celsius. Ban said the overwhelming number of countries that pledged their support proves the world is determined to do what it takes to protect the environment.

The US, under then-President Barack Obama, was one of the countries to sign that day, though President Donald Trump has since announced his intent to withdraw from the accord. Per the rules of the agreement, his first opportunity to do so will be in November.

2017: the March for Science

The first March for Science in 2017 drew thousands of people to a dreary Washington, D.C. in support of science. (Courtesy of Earth Day Network/)

Spurred on by what many saw as a growing opposition to science both domestically and worldwide, Earth Day Network helped organize the first March for Science on the National Mall for Earth Day 2017.

A number of science historians told the Washington Post that such a march involving the scientific community was rare and its only parallel may be scientific groups’ opposition to nuclear war during President Ronald Reagan’s administration. Speakers included Hayes and Bill Nye.

2020: Earth Day turns 50

This year’s Earth Day will be entirely digital due to the outbreak of COVID-19. A number of government and religious leaders, activists, actors, musicians, and others have created personal video messages for the 50th anniversary, and Earth Day Network is hosting a 12-hour digital event from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern Time on its homepage.

Across the world, local groups have partnered with Earth Day Network as everyone shifts gears to react to the pandemic. One example is the Barka Foundation in Burkina Faso, which originally planned to work with several schools but is instead distributing soap and information about proper hand-washing techniques to the African country’s many domestic refugees. This community is extremely vulnerable to the new coronavirus, Bass says.

Earth Day Network has also created a citizen science app called Earth Challenge 2020 for Android and iOS. The app aims to collect data from users about environmental problems in their area while also teaching them about issues and providing them with opportunities to get involved.

“I think it’s important for people to understand individual action and participation still really matters,” Bass says. “The environmental movement is still really a grassroots movement and people need to feel their action can make a difference.”

Many local groups are holding their own events, too. WE ACT, for example, had planned a 5K for April 18 in Manhattan’s Riverside Park, but when the city shut down, Shepard’s group moved it online. Participants can still sign up and run in a safe place at their own convenience until April 26.

“For some communities, Earth Day is every day,” Shepard says. “Fortunately, we have people all around the world who think that way, and that’s what’s going to save us.”

Future Earth Days

Although Earth Day has made great strides toward involving more diverse communities and activists, some environmental leaders say there’s still more to do. Often, poor communities and people of color are the hardest-hit by environmental disasters, and the organizations working daily with those populations need to have their voices heard.

That doesn’t mean simply adding people from those communities to larger groups—it means involving local groups completely. “Communities that are most impacted should be in the room when decisions are being made,” says Robert Bullard, a professor of urban planning and environmental policy at Texas Southern University. “When we don’t protect the weakest in our society, we place everybody at risk.”

“This is a war, and again, it’s been 50 years,” Bullard continues. “Let’s celebrate, but let’s not celebrate too long, because we have lots of work to do.”

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The Chase Files Daily Newscap 4/19/2019

Good MORNING  #realdreamchasers! Here is The Chase Files Daily News Cap for Friday April 19th 2019. Remember you can read full articles for FREE via Barbados Today (BT) or Barbados Government Information Services (BGIS) OR by purchasing by purchasing a Daily Nation Newspaper (DN).

MIA OUTLINES TRANSPORT CHANGES – Barbadians are all for a $1 decrease in bus fare for schoolchildren, after Prime Minister Mia Mottley yesterday intervened in what had become a raging national controversy. She confirmed the reduction at an emergency meeting with all transport sector stakeholders, which lasted more than two hours at Government Headquarters. “The privately-owned public service vehicles [PSVs] have agreed that they will not charge schoolchildren more than $2.50,” Mottley told the media. The Prime Minister also explained that in the coming months several PSVs would be added under the Transport Board “brand”, which would be identified with decal stickers, on which the students would travel for free. “In the case of the Transport Board buses, that $2.50, obviously, is paid by Government. But in the case of the PSVs that are privately-owned and not working under the Transport Board brand, then the schoolchild will pay $2.50. (DN)

DE PEIZA: CHILDREN BROUGHT GOVT TO HEEL –PRESIDENT of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Verla De Peiza yesterday blasted the ruling Barbados Labour Party over the bus fare hike, saying it was brought to its knees by schoolchildren. She also accused the administration of being out of touch with the people after years of “rubbing shoulders” to the point where the schoolchildren protested the $3.50 bus fare introduced on Monday and it was quickly reduced to $2.50 on private service vehicles (PSVs) on Wednesday. “Where was the consideration when you were actually making the policy decision? It cannot be that you are just thinking about charts and graphs and not about people. “You had to wait for schoolchildren to stage a ‘protest’. . .  . They stood at the bus stop, would not get in the private public transport so that they would not spend the $3.50 and waited patiently for the non-existent Transport Board buses that you tell them they could ride on free. “That is ‘protest’ and it took the schoolchildren doing that to drive them to their knees,” De Peiza said.  (DN)

TOUR OF HORROR – Horrified. That is how a grim-faced Leader of the Opposition, Bishop Joseph Atherley, described the transportation system and conditions in the bus terminals. Shaking his head in disgust at what he had seen in his two-hour tour of the Constitution River and Fairchild Street bus terminals yesterday, Atherley said: “I am not pleased by what I saw here today. Actually, it really represents a horror story.” “I knew that things were very bad but it is even worse than I had imagined. Taking into account the stories I heard from commuters, people are seriously dislocated and inconvenienced in the absence of transportation.” Atherley, accompanied by members of his shadow cabinet, said the transportation system desperately needed revamping, adding that Government’s current policies were ad hoc. (DN)

FRICTION OVER NEW ROUTES – The war of words continues between the Transport Authority and the public service vehicle (PSV) sector, this time over the new routes in St George. On one hand, Morris Lee, interim chairman of the Association of Public Transport Operators, is accusing the authority of taking an ill-advised action without proper consultation. However, chairman Ian Estwick said the PSV operators had ample opportunities and disrespected the authority by not showing up to meetings, then crying foul. Lee told the Nation in an interview yesterday: “Moving operators from Silver Sands to The Glebe area was an attempt to roll out a cross-country service to take care of those people who suffer for transport . . . but the private sector cannot provide a service to an area where there is not the commuter ridership to support the viability of the venture. “Those routes rolled out by the Transport Authority have not been done with the full consultation of the private sector. If you’re going to roll out new routes, let the Transport Board gather that data, as we do not have the luxury of a subsidy,” he said.  (DN)

SUMMER SCHOOL REHAB – The Ministry of Education is gearing up to inject an estimated $2 million into repairing and refurbishing school plants, and treating to environmental issues, over the lengthy summer vacation. Word of this came from Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw who told Barbados TODAY that this past week she has been engaging in discussions with ministry officials and partners regarding plans for the ministry’s Domestic Summer Programme. She said though discussions were still ongoing, about 16 schools had been identified so far, to benefit from this year’s programme. “We have sat down over the last few days, looking at the list of concerns that we have in terms of environmental issues, in terms of termites, in terms of allocation of spaces across the school plants, and just the general problems that we are facing. There are a lot of schools that we have to deal with and if you ask every school, you would find a problem at every school. “And in an environment where there are limited resources, you would appreciate we have to budget accordingly based on the resources that we have. But what we have agreed is that we are going to be prudent,” she said. The Minister shared that one of the challenges being faced was that several of the older school plants were made of soft stone material, and as a consequence they require significant maintenance. However, she gave the assurance that all options were being looked into, to ensure there would not be any quick fixes in any particular area, space or building. “We are really trying to get an idea of what the issues are at the schools. So that when we make our decisions about the summer programme, it is against a background where we can certainly justify and defend the schools that have been selected. “The reason for the summer programme is that it is the longest period that we have to do extensive works. So the projects that fall within the summer programme are those projects, which we cannot do during the Easter vacation, we can’t do it during the Christmas period and we can’t do it during school time. “We’ve got serious issues across the schools and some of them would need to be closed for longer periods for all the work to be done. But we are really trying to prioritise the schools in densely populated areas. We had an initial list, but we are drilling down and we are asking questions and the officers are having to go back into the field to get answers to the questions that we have proposed or to reconfigure the justification in order to allow us to make the right decisions,” she said. Minister Bradshaw also stressed that the two major teachers’ unions would be involved in the discussions regarding the summer programme. She said she believes that the ministry must repair a damaged relationship with the unions. “So we intend to meet with them and have them be a part of those discussions and to be able to explain to them some of the challenges that we are having so that they can also be able to appreciate why we may not be able to in the summer programme or throughout this financial year, but to give some assurances that we understand what the problems are and we are doing our best to be able to nip some of those problems in the bud,” she said. An effective maintenance programme is also being established. Bradshaw said this was a necessary move since in the past the ministry focused on emergency repairs, and has not paid much needed attention to preventative care. She mentioned that a number of schools have been on a list for repairs, but the work kept being pushed back because of various factors. “I have made a call to get corporate entities and teachers and students on board. You are going to start to see that rolling out shortly because a couple companies and Parent Teacher Associations have responded to that call. “I believe that once we can start to champion some schools in some of these efforts it will certainly inspire other people to get on board with the ministry to get what needs to be done, interms of the environment at the schools, done,” Bradshaw said.  (BT)

MILTON LYNCH NEEDS ROLL BOOST – With extensive repairs and a clean-up of the Milton Lynch Primary School now complete, Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw is now turning her attention to getting the boys’ school’s roll back up. While unable to provide numbers at the time of an interview with Barbados TODAY, Bradshaw said she was concerned that the student population at the Water Street, Christ Church school had been falling in recent years. A meeting with education ministry officials to evaluate the school’s roll over the last two years revealed the fall off had reached a worrying level, with need for an intervention to be made, she said. The Minister said that while she was not yet in a position to pinpoint the cause of the decline, she believes that the deterioration of the school plant and unsanitary conditions may have something to do with it. Bradshaw said: “But I am looking to change this. “The number of boys coming to the institution has been dropping. I guess parents were becoming a little frustrated too with the conditions at the school and they had a number of transfers made out of the institution. I think based on the work that has been done, and the different feeling from the teachers, we are likely to see an increase in the school roll, certainly going forward. “I think it is the only boy school at the primary level that we have on the island and I think that it can serve a purpose in helping to mould young men in that type of institution. “I have spoken to the principal and some of the teachers and I know in particular the male teachers are eager to introduce programmes separate and distinct from the normal curriculum, to be able to really mold these young men and prepare them for secondary school and certainly for life.” Following a protest by parents, and complaints from teachers about the unfavourable conditions, Minister Bradshaw visited the institution to see the conditions for herself. It was then that she promised that when school resumed after the Easter vacation, most of the issues would have been fixed. When Barbados TODAY visited Milton Lynch on Tuesday’s start of the school term, students and teachers were pleased with the improved conditions. The Barbados Union of Teachers’ shop steward at the school, Mark Green, reported that teachers were pleased that the Minister kept her promise. Bradshaw said she was happy to have been able to fulfill the promise, but said that the ministry would now be looking to work with parents and teachers to develop an agriculture programme on the site. “It is something that I supported. We have removed an old prefab building and we are now going to work with them to get a programme set up for the boys to be able to engage in an agriculture project on the site,” she said. Bradshaw said minor work still to be completed at the school is to be during the summer vacation. (BT)

CANADIAN FIRMS LINING UP TO DO MEDICAL GANJA BUSINESS HERE –Barbados is moving to cash in on the growing medical marijuana industry by teaming up with a number of firms in Canada with “great interest” in setting up here, the Prime Minister has revealed. She said she has held meetings with individuals and company officials in Toronto and Montreal where the issue of medical marijuana was topic one, following the administration’s moves to legalise marijuana for medical use. Canada has fully decriminalised cannabis use, leading to a mushrooming of pharmaceutical industries tied to the herb. Mottley was giving an update on her nine-day of overseas meetings where she met with a range of officials on a number of issues ranging from the environment to financial matters. The meetings, which also saw the Prime Minister and her team going to Miami and Washington DC, was mainly to promote new product offerings in Barbados in relation to its tax rate and promote the country to investors. She told journalists at Government Headquarters that there was “great, great interest” in the establishment of a medical marijuana industry in Barbados. Attorney General Dale Marshall and the Minister of Agriculture Indar Weir are currently reviewing a regulatory framework, the Prime Minister told reporters. She said: “Many of the companies, coming out of Canada, need an opportunity to be able to ensure that if they domicile in Barbados, [they can operate] their business enterprise for the rest of the world without any difficulties.” She said medical marijuana in Barbados was “one that is likely to garner significant business”. But the prime minister cautioned that changes would have to be made to various pieces of legislation to allow for the establishment of that industry here. Mottley said:“Even to ensure that Barbadian farm workers are not prejudiced in any way,. . . we need to make sure that our workers are not exposed in anyway on the farm workers programme with respect to the wages which they receive as well. So there are issues that we have to work through and hence the face-to-face meetings in Toronto.” It was late last year that the Prime Minister announced that her administration would be putting a framework in place for medical cannabis, while a referendum would be required for the recreational use. Mottley explained that the Canadian companies lining up to take advantage of the medical cannabis industry here were due to a combination of things including that fact that some of them wanted to domicile in Barbados for that reason. “Secondly, some of them want to participate with Barbadians in Barbados to be able to be part of the medical cannabis sector and we made it very clear that yes, we welcome people, but we are also going to ensure that we create opportunities for Barbadians to invest in this new sector as well,” she said. She insisted that the development of the cannabis industry locally should be based on research and development and continuous training of participants, while avoiding past mistakes with other industries. The Prime Minister told the media: “Separate from research and development, we need to see ourselves as a domicile for persons engaged in this activity because of the global commerce and it ties into what many Canadian enterprises want to do in terms of structuring out of their businesses to engage the rest of the world. This is a natural extension of what we have been doing in the international business sector. “Thirdly, we don’t want to ever make the same mistake that was made with other agriculture products, particularly sugar in the past. That you treat to it as a bulk commodity, that if we are going to have a medical cannabis industry it needs to be a vertically integrated industry as well. Therefore, we are being very strategic about how we relate to this sector,” she promised. (BT)

‘MORE CUSTOMS OFFICERS’ AS PM UPGRADES ACTING POSTS - Prime Minister Mia Mottley has revealed that some 138 posts have been created for Customs officers, in an effort to regularise the clerical officers who have been acting in the positions at HM Customs and Excise for several years. Pointing out that some 160 posts were left vacant by the Freundel Stuart administration “under the pretense” that the department would be merging with the Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA), Mottley said her administration was about to bring an end to issues that have dogged the department for several years. For 13 years, Customs’ senior management “has been in Hollywood – acting, acting, acting”, she told a media conference at Government Headquarters on Thursday, as she provided an update about her recent overseas trip. The Prime Minister told journalists: “The last Government had left 160 vacancies in the Customs Department under the pretense that it was going to the Barbados revenue authority and therefore they weren’t filling any posts. It has left us naked in the Customs and Excise Department. In addition to leaving those posts vacant, there has been no appointed Comptroller of Customs since the year 2006. “We are hoping to bring that situation to an end very shortly, but secondly, what we did was to correct a very wrong situation for which the unions have been complaining for 15 or so years, and that is a number of Clerical Officers were doing Customs Officers’ duties – but still designated as Clerical Officers in many instances they wear customs uniforms but were treated purely as a clerical officers. “As a result of that, two weeks ago, I created 138 posts for Customs Officers IV to be able to accommodate these Clerical Officers and in the instance where the officers are over the threshold they can immediately go to be qualified as Customs Offers III which was previously the lowest ranking of a Customs Officer in the Customs and Excise Department.” She said the decision was taken after she met two weeks ago with three of the island’s main labour unions representing public servants – the Barbados Workers’ Union, the National Union of Public Workers and the Unity Workers Union. The Prime Minister acknowledged that despite all the work that has been done so far, there was still a lot to be done in order to bring the department in line with international best practices and upgrade the entire public service. Stating that over the next three to four years, Government would rebuild the public service “in many different ways”, Mottley said another area of concern was that of early retirement of public servants. She said her administration had sought the assistance of “a permanent consultant” to carry out relevant research and help reform various aspects of the public service. Mottley said: “The Canadian government graciously agreed, through the [International Monetary Fund], to be able to assist us with the provision of three long-term consultants. One to work in Customs and Excise, one to work in the Barbados Revenue Authority, and one to work in the ministry of finance and economic affairs as a macro fiscal consultant”. Mottley defended that decision, saying “those three people are critical” especially because the country faced the highest rate of retirement of public officers in the last decade than at any other stage since Independence. She said: “Senior public servants choose to go home before they reach retirement age. You have to ask yourself why so many did. “The consequences of it are that persons are then forced into positions, sometimes two levels, sometimes even three levels above where they where, without having the requisite process of training and experience to prepare them for the task.” She said in addition to the full-time consultant’s work, there would be some part-time consultation “in some instances”, singling out the Barbados Statistical Services, which she said was critical to have “good data” so that “the best policies” could be developed. Mottley said two weeks ago, as Chair of the University Grants Committee, she “settled on a budget” with Cave Hill that would see that institution “putting on a strategic retraining” programme in place for various public servants. Saying it was not about equipping people with degrees but training them “for purpose”, Mottley said “we need to change how the public service works and we are working to do that”. In a related development, the Prime Minister also told reporters a revised version of the draft Customs Order Paper, intended to bring the 2013 tariff structures in line with more modern ones, was now in her office. She also gave the commitment that the administration would be pressing ahead with modernising revenue collection systems across Government. (BT)

BATTS ROCK RESIDENTS WANT END TO DISTURBANCES – Contention over access and use of another local beach has again reached boiling point. This time it is the residents of Batts Rock, St Michael who are frustrated about increased activity from the establishment of a private bar and restaurant on the public beach. The business, which recently hosted an event for the Vujuday Music Festival, has transformed the once tranquil area into a hive of activity with loud music which residents have described as an annoyance. A petition titled End the Disturbance to the Batts Rock Beach neighborhood has already attracted 20 signatures. It charges that property owners are “greatly disturbed by the levels of noise – especially live music and DJ/amplified music coming from the recently established bar/restaurant, La Cabane.” While acknowledging that the establishment has been given permission to operate, the petition argued that the noise should be confined to the restaurant. The restaurant has however strongly denied the allegations ahead of an entertainment filled Easter weekend. Kamala Kempadoo-Taitt, the wife of Andy Taitt who has lived in the area for the last 60 years told Barbados TODAY that her family was responsible for the petition and revealed it was a last ditch effort for relief after numerous requests for the business owners to scale down their activity. “What we hear in particular is a percussion bass, so any deejay amplified music with a loud bass, any drumming or percussion just sounds like BOOM BOOM BOOM. That also travels across the water and affects the people living on the cliff as well,” she said, adding that the loud music would usually last until 10 at night. “It’s not about the a time that they end, it’s about the level of the noise. But they raise the levels at that time and it echoes to the point that we can’t hear our own music here and we can’t hear the television because the music is too loud and that’s happening every Sunday night and that’s really annoying. Maybe if it only happened once a month that would be okay, but every single Sunday or two to three times a week. It begins to really work on your nerves and it’s annoying that you really can’t enjoy the natural sound of the sea and the environment,” she complained. “People are also complaining about the fact that there is limited parking for regular users of the beach because of the traffic that’s going down to the bar/restaurant. Batts Rock was a very quiet place and now it’s full of activity all the time, which is very disruptive. We often have parking going all the way up and on private properties around the neighborhood because people are excited to go to this new beach bar. But it’s very difficult for those of us who are living in this neighborhood and we would like it to change,” added Kempadoo-Taitt. The small neighborhood is made up primarily of retired Barbadians and expats who bought properties in the area and who have been calling police on numerous occasions about the challenges. “It’s generally people who come in for a quiet, peaceful beach time and live in this area and come here because its quiet,” said the elderly woman who said the demographic that frequents the bar is considerably different from those living in the area. “The bar is very upscale, it doesn’t have a happy hour and it draws a lot of people who are going to some of the more upscale bars on the west coast, so mostly upper-class Barbadians or tourists,” she added. Questions had been raised earlier this year about the construction and location the bar about the location of the bar, which has taken up significant portion of the beach. “The restaurant itself is also on an area which leads from the beach to the public changing rooms, so people are saying that their access is now also blocked. The beach takes up the pathway on the beach so it’s on a public beach and you wouldn’t quite feel comfortable just walking through. So even though they say they haven’t blocked the pathway, in theory you have your waiters walking back and forth, you’ve got tables and chairs in that area from midday to evening, so it makes the beach inaccessible for everybody actually except those frequenting the bar.” Just last week, entrepreneur Shawn Morris was moved from his three-week-old beach chair rental business at Bathsheba, St Joseph by the National Conservation Commission (NCC). Efforts to reach the NCC’s General Manager, Keith Neblett on this occasion have been unsuccessful. However Julien Guldoni, manager of La Cabane argued that the music was only from 2:00pm to 8:00pm and is not too loud and is a good vibe. “Super simple, it’s not too loud,” he said. Guldoni admitted that complaints had been made about the noise levels, but added that numerous people was attracting a large number of people. “We have 40 employees, we open for lunch and dinner. We’re starting slow food where we’re going to grow some salads and fresh herbs. We will be recycling. We clean up the beach everyday and we employ 35-40 people from the Black Rock area. “Every time you set up a business, you will always have people complaining about something but we have six to 700 people enjoying the place,” he said. In relation to issues with parking in the area, Guldoni said the restaurant was trying its best to accommodate patrons, but said the area would only be over crowded if they were having a music festival, like Vujuday.  (BT)

SPEED UP JUSTICE – With judges now facing the axe for not returning decisions within six months of the start of a case, the legal profession has sprung into action to ensure justice is not delayed for their clients. The Barbados Bar Association (BBA) has formally asked Chief Justice Sir Marston Gibson to intervene. “What I can tell you is that I have written to the Chief Justice and asked for a meeting of the Judicial Council. The Judicial Council is the body that is responsible for establishing policy and organising the business of the court,” BBA President Liesel Weekes told Barbados TODAY this afternoon. “I have asked for a meeting of that council and I have raised as an issue to be discussed, these amendments to the legislation because obviously there must be some strategy now to deal with the existing cases that are yet to be heard, the part-heard cases that are to be concluded and the cases [where] the arguments have been concluded and the judgment remains outstanding; there must be some strategy now to be devised to deal with those things,” Weekes added. Speaking in the House of Assembly three weeks ago on a series of constitutional amendments including those dealing with elements of the judicial system, Prime Minister Mia Mottley specifically addressed the delays in judgments which have plagued the court system for several years. While introducing a new provision under which judges can be dismissed from the Bench if they take more than six months to deliver a decision on any matter that comes before them, Mottley outlined once again the idea that “justice delayed is justice denied”. “The Crown is at risk for damages because the right to due process is not delivered. There are too many people in the criminal and civil realm waiting for eight to ten years for a judgment, and in personal injury cases people cannot move forward because the money is tied up.” Today, Weekes said the meeting she requested with the Judicial Council should develop a plan that brings the judges up to date so that all stakeholders would be aware they are starting with a “fresh slate” rather than from a position of having to look back to realize there is a nine or eight-year judgment outstanding. “So that strategy needs to be devised; and I have asked for the meeting to deal with that. So that is one of the methods I intend to pursue to treat to that particular issue, she told Barbados TODAY. Weekes stressed that it made sense to clear the existing slate of cases first in order to bring long sought relief to the many litigants waiting for closure. “It would make sense because those litigants would have been waiting for their judgments the longest…some of them may have died. If it is the subject of property, the property may have deteriorated…accounts, unless there was some freezing order, the accounts may have been dissipated. There are so many things that affect a judgment that is outstanding. The litigants are affected most seriously. We would want those to be dealt with first,” the spokesperson for the legal fraternity said. Asked what was the oldest case of which she knew that required a decision, the Bar Association head replied: “There are some cases that are old in the system, but they have had so many applications on them that the judgments are not outstanding. I am aware of at least one matter in which the judgment has been outstanding for seven years.”    Barbados’ judicial system has been coming under severe criticism over the years and from no less an entity than the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), which has condemned the slow process to starting and concluding cases.   (BT)

CHIEF MAGISTRATE ALARMED BY VIOLENCE – The island’s Chief Magistrate Christopher Birch today expressed concern over the level of violence in the country saying it was “way too much”. He made the comments as he spoke candidly to a 45-year-old Carlos Alvin Small, of No. 69 Mangrove, St Philip who had pleaded guilty to assaulting his father’s girlfriend Christine Bannister on January 11 occasioning her actual bodily harm. “The ease in which people are resorting to violence is beginning to really scare me. Once upon a time we would stick to the verbals and then we stopped there. Now we are too fast to resort to the physical. Lives are being lost, families are being torn apart too easily,” the Chief Magistrate stated after Small issued an apology to Bannister in the District ‘C’ Magistrates’ Court. Station Sergeant Peter Barrow said that Small has a number of dogs at the house which Bannister shares with his father. On the day of the incident he visited the residence and called for Bannister who was in the kitchen. She answered but moments later heard Small hurling abusive language at her accusing her of not giving the dogs any water. She contacted Small’s father as he entered the house. According to the facts Small then approached Bannister making motions to hit her and went as far as blocking her path as she tried to move. As she attempted to walk away she suddenly felt a lash to the back of her neck, which caused her to stumble. The prosecutor said Small also slapped the complainant twice after she threw a bottle at him that missed.  The matter was reported to police. Small a first time offender admitted that he had a verbal confrontation with Bannister but claimed he did “not hit the lady  . . . I only pushed her two or three times . . . . She told me she will make sure my mother and father bury me. She bound at me. “But I was wrong. I apologise, I acted in a fit of rage and it will not happen again,” Small said to which the Chief Magistrate replied: “There is way too much violence.” Reading from a medical report Birch revealed that Bannister sustained soft tissue injury to the jaw and rib area. He ordered Small to compensate Bannister $2,500 in 90 days for the pain and injuries suffered or face 90 days in prison. No conviction will be recorded once Small pays the money. “To all of you, this is the time for peace. Make peace,” Chief Magistrate Birch said before the parties left the court.  (BT)

SECOND MAN CHARGED IN PARRIS MURDER – A second person has been charged in connection with the murder of Corrie Parris. He is 18-year-old Stephen Alvin Carrington of Kings Gap, Eagle Hall, St Michael. He was arrested yesterday and had been the subject of a wanted man notice. He is scheduled to appear in court on Saturday. Lamar Alex Hewitt of Avenue 7th New Orleans, St Michael, was previously charged with the January 23 killing.   Parris was shot and killed while in traffic at Baxter’s Road. (DN)

13 CHARGES – There was no guessing where a 30-year-old would spend his Easter weekend after he appeared in court accused of committing 13 offences in three jurisdictions. Of them Lamar Keelan Eversley, of Vauxhall, Christ Church admitted guilt to five before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant today. They were committed in the District ‘A’ jurisdiction. The unemployed man pleaded guilty to damaging a motorcar belonging to Philip Garnes between October 29 and 30, 2018 as well as stealing a $100 ashtray and $10 cash belonging to Jamaala Fagon; a $100 ashtray and $3.50 belonging to Laura Nicholls; a $14 book and $5 cash belonging to Perry Dennis. He was also charged with loitering on the premises of Grantley Ifill with cause to suspect that he was about to commit theft. Those offences occurred between March 21 and April 6, 2019. The accused will return before Cuffy-Sargeant in the No. 2 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on May 13 when he is expected to be sentenced. He is also scheduled to appear in the District ‘B’ Oistins Magistrates’ Court on April 24 where he will face five charges, which were allegedly committed between March 4 and 13, 2019. Eversley is accused of stealing a number of grocery items worth $190.74 belonging to Elbert Edey; stealing $35 cash, a $20 wallet and a $30 pair of glasses belonging to Golbourne Niles; stealing a $300 car radio belonging to Dale Lovell and robbing Frederick Gibson of $125 cash. He was not required to plead to the charges. On April 25 he will also make an appearance in the District ‘B’ Boarded Hall Magistrates’ Court on three charges.  He is alleged to have entered the I-Mart stores as a trespasser on March 9 and stealing two packages of sliced ham worth $14.40 while armed with a sword as well as stealing a number of items belonging to the same establishment on the same date worth $206. 40 Eversley is further accused of entering Aeon Bar and Grill as a trespasser on April 12 and stealing a $300 tablet and $400 cash belonging to Michael Cobham. He was also not required to enter pleas to those offences. (BT)

FISHERMEN RECALL HORROR AT SEA – The pain of being robbed and left for dead at sea is still fresh for two fishermen, even after a year. So much so that though they have returned to the ocean to ply their trade, they have not ventured too far out. Michael Hawkesworth and Kurt Watson, captain of the Pearlita, returned to Barbados last April 26 from Venezuela where they were stranded after their boat ran aground, following being robbed and briefly held as prisoners by pirates. The pair went adrift shortly after leaving Barbados on March 26 for a two week trip. (DN)

BRAVO: WINDIES READY FOR CUP – Top batsman Darren Bravo says the West Indies will not be overawed by their opposition at the upcoming ICC World Cup in England, but will be focusing on executing their unique brand of cricket. The two-time World Cup champions are not among the favourites for the May 30 to July 14 tournament largely due to their No. 9 ranking, with hosts and world No. 1 England the hot favourites. “To be honest, most other teams are quality teams, but having said that, when we played against England no one [gave] us a chance. So I think that once we concentrate on what we have to do as a team, I think that is the most important thing,” the left-hander said during the Windies training camp at 3Ws Oval.  (DN)

MATTHEWS AND KING BACK, MOHAMMED AND AGUILLEIRA OUT – Hayley Matthews and Stacy Ann King have been included by the Cricket West Indies (CWI) interim selection panel in a 14-member West Indies Women’s Squad that will tour Ireland and England from May 21- June 26. Matthews returns to the squad after damaging her MCL (medial collateral ligament) playing in the Women’s Big Bash in Australia last December. She missed the recent West Indies Women’s series against Pakistan in Karachi and Dubai. Stacy Ann King is returning to international cricket after an almost three-year absence. She last represented the West Indies Women in the home series against England in 2016.   (DN)

WORST SEASON EVER – It may not turn out to be much of a “good” Thursday or Friday for fish sales at the Oistins market. Vendors at the popular Berinda Cox Fish Market say it has been the worst season they experienced in a while, with some even suggesting that it wasn’t even a season this year. They said they could only hope that those coming for their last-minute fish, made significant purchases. When a Nation team visited the market in Christ Church yesterday, it was strangely quiet and the usual buzz associated with the season was missing. Gracelyn Moseley, operating out of Stall No. 6, pointed to the empty market and asked: “This look like a season to you? “There’s no season. No fish are coming; we can hardly get any to sell. You don’t see how dead the market is? In the past the market would never be like this, especially in a Holy Thursday week. I don’t expect things to pick up at all. This is the worst we’ve. (DN)

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SEO stands for Search Motor Optimization and refers to strategies you can use to assist ensure that your site rates high in the results associated with search engines like Google. It blends search positions and search volumes in the manner that makes it even more relevant, insightful and easier in order to understand than any other SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION performance tracking approach. About: Advanced Search Summit will be designed for advanced SEO experts, digital marketers, and analysts from enterprise and mid-market sized businesses who want advanced tactics plus techniques. SEO stands for seo. ” It is the process associated with getting traffic from your free, ” organic, ” editorial” or natural” search results on search motors like google. If you're planning about ramping up SEM attempts to complement organic SEO, become sure to take a appearance at Google Adwords ' Research Ads page. The large a part of SEO is developing valuable, high-quality content (e. gary the gadget guy., blog articles and web web page copy) that your audience can find helpful. SEO alone cannot perform much for your business yet when combined with content marketing and advertising, social internet marketing, email marketing and advertising, mobile marketing and PPC marketing and advertising, it can help businesses achieve the pinnacle of success on-line. A reputable SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION company carries on together with your Company Profile and then do individuals profile building and then Regional Business Listing Optimization. Our first five steps had been dedicated to on-page SEO methods Link-building is the primary goal of off-page SEO, and will be also an enormous factor within how search engines rank your own web pages. So far since I know, this only functions for HTML or CSS web pages - I don't go very much for Flash websites, and I actually am unsure how that cookware out regarding search engines plus SEO. In fact, a huge part of SEO in 2018 is writing for humans PLUS search engines (also known because: SEO copywriting”). SEO is the significant part of any web marketing strategy. Canonical: This connect to handles content syndication, which basically allows other blogs to submit your job (similar to franchising) without having hurting your website's SEO ranking—simply with the addition of a rel=canonical can obtain your brand and content out there on the web in several outlets, ensuring a greater get to and bigger audience without harming your own search results. We are usually offering affordable search engine marketing SEO services to clients throughout the globe. If you want the strong social media strategy, a person simply can't ignore SEO. Another SEO-related plugin, W3 Total Cache is used to improve the performance of your Wp blog or a website simply by integrating features such as content material delivery networks to be capable to reduce the loading occasions for your pages. Join us for the three-day, one-track conference full regarding forward-thinking, tactical sessions in SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION, growth marketing, the mobile surroundings, analytics, content marketing, and even more. The objective regarding SEO is to get some sort of website ranked as high because possible on search engines, like Google. When you are improving user expertise by focusing primarily on the particular quality of the MC associated with your pages and avoiding -- even removing - old-school SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION techniques - those certainly are usually positive steps to getting even more traffic from Google in 2018 - and the type associated with content performance Google rewards is definitely in the end largely in Why SEO 2019 Had Been So Popular Till Now? least about a satisfying consumer experience. For instance, when I'm logged in to Google+ and I actually search for SEO, I have the following in my top 5 search results. Black head wear SEO practice involves breaking almost all of the rules and rules of the search engine. Every time you notice or hear the phrase lookup engine optimization, ” substitute exactly what create quality and indicating relevance” and you'll have the correct mindset permanently SEO work. SEOs conveniently call this effect ‘domain authority' and it appeared in order to be related to ‘PageRank' -- the system Google started in order to rank the web within 1998. When you have more time plus are keen to follow the particular SEO industry, subscribe to Moz and Search Engine Land. Integrating these keywords into the article allows you to add range while still retaining SEO energy.

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You've added even more relevant content to your site article and increased the on-page SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION targeted against your focus keyword(s). Before my first ISS, My partner and i had always thought I may possibly just learn everything by me personally about global online marketing subject areas for example International SEO just by simply doing online investigation and testing, but honestly nothing beats typically the efficiency of attending a meeting like ISS where one can easily share your experiences and rapidly gain a treasure trove associated with learnings and best practices coming from other international marketers. That method, you and your SEO may ensure that your site is definitely designed to be search engine-friendly from the bottom up. Even Blog9T so, a good SEO can furthermore help improve a current web site. If you would like to know what kind associated with SEO trends are going in order to develop in 2019, look simply no further than the trends that will are developing in search within both 2017 and 2018. Webmasters are usually going to remain competitive within the online business when these people stick with SEO experts. SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION and social media marketing make sure that one's site has the particular best SEO Online marketing, which usually means that their company may remain competitive in the on-line market. An SEO ("search engine optimization") expert is somebody trained to improve your presence on search engines. From an SEO perspective, a person want to have more interior links pointing to your almost all important content.

SEO specialists started in order to abuse PageRank in order in order to boost the rankings. Now could be a great time to take a nearer take a look at SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION marketing information because search is getting even worse for many types of B2B plus B2C businesses. SEO marketers plus writers typically come up along with different kinds of content in order to place the necessary keywords within. These are some of the particular most used types, and every one helps to give rise to the level of variety in conditions of website content. Certain black hat SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION techniques, such as keyword filling, are viewed as to be the SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION equivalent of spamming, and lookup engines will penalize them. Internet marketing is exclusively driven by SEO or lookup engine optimization. Others are usually simply traditional PR firms who else have learned SEO as nicely as the value of hyperlinks. Here's a cliche among electronic marketers: Search engine optimization (SEO) isn't what used to become. Google announced that will they released several minor enhancements over the period of the particular time of about a 7 days and after analysis, experts inside the SEO industry concluded that will the updates were the outcome of keyword permutations and web site using doorway pages. SEO, or Search Motor Optimization, means setting up your own website and content to show up through online search results. People who else want to take their company to some new height plus generally and mostly believe within the way of SEO advertising.

There is usually no magic wand in your own hands to regulate or manage your competitors' strategies or administration, Google analytics update, or user's behavior communicate business but a person can manage your SEO. In this particular new environment, the digital internet marketer who views SEO in the broader context will definitely come away ahead of the competition within 2018 and beyond. Good SEO publications explain in detail how greatest to use keywords and just how to structure your entire site to attract the attention associated with search engine spiders and associated with human visitors, and a posting such as this cannot perform the topic justice. While businesses start on an SEO advertising marketing campaign, they should realize that a good entire marketing campaign can drop flat on its face when a business is unable in order to reach the masses, that is usually, their target audience. If your own pages were designed to obtain the most out of Search engines, with commonly known and right now outdated SEO techniques chances are usually Google has identified this plus is throttling your rankings within some way. A lot of business people find keeping upward with the "moving target" associated with SEO distracts them from every day priorities more than they actually imagined, so it's good in order to appear closely at what can make sense for every business. The software process for the SocialSEO Electronic Marketing and SEO Scholarship is definitely done 100% electronically and demands these list of materials. Every advertising SEO blog will be talking about online video marketing and advertising and every third company professional you talk to is going to shift marketing dollars to a good online video campaign. ” Simply by 2019, video is expected in order to account for 80 percent associated with all web traffic. Don't set it and neglect it. Take time to review your SEO keyword strategy each few months to make certain it's still relevant and attaining the final results you want. Stories are a easy method to do marketing, you simply need to include some custom made images or text in purchase to let people know these people could swipe to click plus see where you can obtain a skirt, grill, buy SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION, or anything else you're attempting to pitch to the people. Jana Granko, PR (public relations) head from SEMrush - one of the particular top marketing tools of the particular world - believe that within 2019 AI (artificial intelligence) would certainly change the way people lookup for keywords. In fact, SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION is simply one part associated with every successful digital marketing technique, but possibly the most essential part. These are called SEO positioning factors. SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION is the art and technology of driving the most certified visitors to your website simply by attaining high search engine outcomes. With Digital SEO Land, Rintu Biswas a professional SEO expert inside Kolkata will assist you for you to build quality backlinks to your site. This ‘what is SEO‘ guide (and this whole website) is not about churn and burn type of Search engines SEO (called webspam to Google) as that is too dangerous to deploy on a genuine business website in 2018. To possess a better SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION, helps your website can obtain on the top among well-known search engines like Bing plus Google. On the various other side, you can ensure a good effective content marketing campaign just when you apply the SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION techniques properly. SEO : Search engine optimization: the procedure of making your blog better intended for search engines. The purpose of SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION writing is to make your own company more visual, more attractive in website search engines. SEO is usually the practice of increasing the particular quantity and quality of targeted traffic to your website through natural search engine results. 31. SEO data can notify a smart social media technique. Solid keyword & marketplace research assist SEO strategy plus allow us to deliver realistic projections and forecasts of opportunity inside your market. Nevertheless, when this comes to developing and doing an audio SEO strategy with regard to your business, just creating content material for the keywords your clients are looking for is each arduous and, well, wrong. In this situation, in, the article ranks correct after the official Google suggestions (and it makes sense that will Google should be number one on their own branded query) but Smashing magazine is proven as a position 0” little of text on the question Google pop up guidelines” within. Search Engine Land, a top quality SEO blog this is the pillar of the community is definitely ranking after Smashing (which occurs to be associated with a style blog than an SEO one).

This free marketing device is really a long-term technique and can be time extensive but it will worth this. A good user experience is definitely the key to satisfaction plus a powerful SEO. 1 SEO might target different kinds of research, including image search, video research, academic search, 2 news research, and industry-specific vertical search motors. Many of us are in the fourth fraction of 2018, it is the particular right time start thinking regarding the year ahead and brand new changes SEO realm might anticipate. We've long known that consumer opinions, input, and sentiment regarding a brand deeply impact SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION rankings, but we wanted the particular information to prove it. Off-page SEO means using action to build trust, power, social signals and inbound hyperlinks. How video affects SEO actually depends on your goals whenever using video in your advertising campaign and which video system you use. LSI is just not what most SEO specialists claim it to be. This is certainly not a idea that can be used simply by the average web designer or even webmaster to improve their research engine listings, and it will be not what many people, which includes myself, has written it in order to be. Nevertheless, first some history. This particular video walks you through the particular specific steps you should get increased rankings in 2018, including launching speed, technical SEO, content, hyperlinks, and more. Given that it is, all across this year businesses specializing in SEO were active recovering and finding new procedures to optimize the search motor even better than what their own competitors were doing. This particular means that SEOs spend the lot of time working upon getting links in a procedure called link building Link-building techniques can range from simply asking for a link to writing the guest post - and right now there are many others. Basically, SEO plans the keywords that will are to be delivered plus content provides them. So, when you are considering about applying SEO in the particular broad sense, you need in order to channelize its technical specifications by means of content marketing. In 2019, you can wager that White Hat SEO may have separated itself even more from Black Hat SEO, plus that above all else, supplying quality content will be the particular most important factor for companies ranking in search. The outcomes are not instant, you can use the time on attempting other Internet marketing techniques whilst SEO would go to function. The third major SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION ranking signal is Google's synthetic intelligence search ranking algorithm. Sometimes SEO will be simply a matter of producing sure your site is organised in a way that research engines like google understand. SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION involves a number of changes towards the HTML of person Web pages to obtain a higher search engine ranking. As a result associated with technological advancement, SEO is in order to undergo more drastic changes, plus the two latest technologies that will are expected to influence SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION to some very great level are AI (Artificial Intelligence) plus Voice Search.

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Search engine optimization, normally known as SEO, may be used within blogging and in other web marketing techniques to drive visitors to any web site of your own choice, whether it is the blog, Squidoo lens or the traditional website page. This totally changes black head wear SEO tactics to gain relevance for various searches by making pages that are individually designed for different keywords. G. S Please note that SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION techniques works on the vast majority of websites. SEO agencies offer providers that differ from writing next text messages to giving advice on the particular subject of the website, plus choosing the best directories which usually the website can be signed up at. A few unethical SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION agencies have given the sector a bad name through intense marketing strategies and attempts upon gaining ranks in unfair methods. These 8 On-Page SEO methods are simply some of the particular ways to increase organic research traffic. Off page SEO signifies search engine that how the particular particular website is being recognized by other website and customers. Most associated with respondents gave thumbs up in order to Mobile SEO and AMP adopted by featured snippets and lengthy tail keywords. SEO is actually heating up with regards to brands plus businesses competing for backlinks making use of well-crafted custom content that attempts to solve a certain issue that people may be looking for. Yet with professional curiosity and the particular assistance of trained SEO professionals, your business can leverage SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION trends to come out upon top in 2018 and past. Search engine optimization (SEO) is a process of enhancing positions in organic (non-paid) research engine results in search motors. An SEO method is considered white hat when SEO 2019 Slide it conforms to the lookup engines' guidelines and involves simply no deception. While keyword study and optimisation still dominates SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION, experts are seeing a change to natural language and contextual search over the last a number of years. Although many prominent numbers in SEO believe that RankBrain isn't something for which a person can specifically optimize, it continues to be a concern for most people.

Currently, 76% marketers use Social Press to support and boost SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION, cites an article published with In 2017, marketers will perform everything possible to make their own Facebook posts or tweets position higher on the SERPs. As SEO is today moving towards providing personalized expertise thus, UX will play the huge role in maintaining the particular search traffic. Therefore in addition to creating high quality backlinks, building a strong sociable media presence and posting your own web-links on directories, one associated with the latest SEO technique utilized for off-page optimization is to type strategic relations with similar companies and promote your website by means of their work. Finally, those nine useful SEO ranking factors possess been revealed. SEMRush - Another great tool for SEO evaluation, particularly where it concerns company intelligence, SEMRush allows you in order to identify and analyze the key phrases that your competitors are making use of. Optimizing regarding artificial intelligence (AI): With the particular rollout of Google RankBrain's AI technology, our team at C-K published a SEO for RankBrain POV a couple of yrs back that speaks to common optimization considerations.

It gets much better: when you publish SEO-optimized Youtube . com videos, you'll own more Search engines real estate. SEO landscape will be dynamic and there is the greater need to stay within touch with the changing styles and adopt optimization techniques that will help you boost your on-line visibility. nineteen. Page Load Speed @jambad 2018 SEO Trends - 5 Strategies to Stay Ahead of the particular Curve What we already know… 2016 - Slow webpages enhance bounce rate Study by Search engines, (Akamai) 53% of mobile customers abandon sites that longer compared to 3 seconds to load. In a fast plus results-based world, voice search will certainly continue to be section of SEO's future, and we may observe a period where it may surpass traditionally written searches. The Future of SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION is here: Understanding and Marketing and advertising to Specific and Defined Viewers through Search Engines. ” flawlessly quoted by Adam Audette, Primary Knowledge Officer, RKG a overall performance Marketing Agency. Whenever people at Internet Retail Expo, came up with the issue showing how to do SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION for eCommerce sites, it has been decently answered by a specialist.

The SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION adage length is strength” had been supported by our industry research which found that longer articles has a tendency to position significantly higher on Google's 1st page. Google Traffic is near to non and it's getting difficult to keep investing budget in SEO. I was initially concerned regarding ranking my sites and this was too hard to find out about SEO. Talk to your marketing group about how to include Tone of voice into your SEO plans. While SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION assists with driving traffic in order to your site, the designing component helps in grabbing the interest from the users. Today is the time to spend more attention to long-tail key phrase phrases and to local SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION. As a result, the SEO's job nowadays much more than keywords plus backlinks. Sign up for our own weekly SEO and daily SearchCap newsletters regarding a recap of all the particular latest SEO related news, ideas and tactics from Search Motor Land and other sources just about all over the Web. So far, SEOs have got considered mobile search to become one of the many areas of expertise of SEO, on the exact same level as local search or even international SEO. Michael Klein, Senior Content Advertising Strategist at Be Found On the web shares why valuable content increases off-page SEO in the lengthy run. People will certainly use search engines to research for something which they're searching for, and they'll be capable to believe it is by the natural results (SEO) or by the particular paid results (SEM). Plus the goal is just not to get better at the trends, but rather to construct a reliable SEO process that will will bring organic traffic in order to your particular website. If you want to obtain a better idea of the way to create SEO type pages, We encourage you to review posts that cover search engine search engine optimization. In 2018, SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION is content and content will be SEO, content is digital plus digital is content. Each one of these types of steps are taken by the particular company to deliver the best research engine optimization services to the clients in Thailand, under the particular Thailand SEO concept. Everybody knows that will SEO is an acronym that will means Search Engine Optimization. The particular analytical portion of the SEO is regarding tracking organic keyword positions, site traffic and its engagement on the internet Analytics, Webmaster Tools and a lot of other specialized tools. Staying on top of the particular changing trends in search motor optimization (SEO) is a should if a website will likely be observed by targeted customers. Considering that Google processes more than 3. 5 billion searches for each day, the 30% increase within voice search in only the particular next two years translates in to huge numbers and an actually bigger potential for optimizing your own SEO strategy to begin achieving the demands of voice lookup now. It is definitely true that constantly researching intended for SEO techniques is a tiresome and tiring process, but right now there is no silver bullet intended for maintaining high ranking except enjoying change. Thus, cellular friendliness serves as one associated with the major factor that may continue in 2018 as the particular trend in SEO. In today's internet age group, you must be careful along with conventional SEO standards like key phrases in content, leaving comments, plus even reusing content on several pages. Taking a few extra moments to make sure your write-up is fully optimized will permit you to harness WordPress' incredible SEO and content marketing energy for your blog post's content material. Search Console (Webmaster tools) is usually one of the SEO essentials. With the increase of voice search, over fifty percent of Google searches coming through mobile devices, the impending mobile-first index, and mobile-friendliness as becoming a ranking factor, you basically can't afford to ignore cellular SEO anymore. When you create fresh content based on your concern keywords, you have several benefits with an SEO online advertising strategy. On-site SEO can consist of tasks for example adding keywords in order to your titles, images, and web address, adding multi-media like images plus videos throughout your content, inner linking, and updating your articles regularly with new information. Perhaps no place is this more evident compared to in search engine optimization (SEO). Thus, inbound links remain at the forefront associated with SEO trends. The strategies of the SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION search engines like google have fun with a major role in the particular life of a consumer. Within a world where mobile gadgets and voice searches are significantly reducing individuals' screen exposure since they perform searches, offering the voice assistant answer can become a crucial SEO boost. In case you want to get even more SEO traffic in 2018, we all recommend you create and enhance content especially for YouTube. OK therefore you've created your High-Retention movie, it's time upload and enhance it for SEO. Given that more people than ever just before rely on their phones in order to perform searches, mobile SEO may not slow down in the particular near future. Beginning with the basics of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) we will move on to the more advanced techniques, all of us are going to also proceed over backlinks, keywords, tools in order to help you & much even more that will help you proceed from an SEO beginner in order to some PRO.

In case you are wondering which methods are tossed aside today plus which are important to make use of in your strategy, here is definitely the list of the most popular SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION trends of 2018. Some SEO professionals may guarantee getting top rating; if an SEO firm provides a guarantee for top degree rankings, it may force all of them to use less ethical methods, or black-hat methods, to accomplish those guarantees. However, 2018 is definitely predicted to further prod SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION technicians towards recognising that merely talking about a company is usually enough to boost your ranks. The following user focused on-site SEO techniques will help you improve position and gain more traffic within 2017 and beyond. New web sites should start their SEO trip with local keywords. Local SEO is usually a branch of SEO that will specifically deals with search motor optimisation for local businesses. Another technique gives a different page centered on whether the page is definitely being requested with a human being visitor or a search motor, a strategy known as cloaking Another category sometimes used is definitely grey hat SEO This is definitely in between black hat plus white hat approaches, where the particular methods employed avoid the web site being penalized, but do not really act in producing the greatest content for users.

Becoming released on top with SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION depends on delivering a top quality website experience with awesome articles. Lots associated with people associate off-page SEO along with backlink but it is not really only is the process associated with promoting your website across the particular web. As a result, this is definitely definitely an important part associated with WordPress SEO 2018 and the reason to create visual content component of your online marketing technique. These types of on-page SEO factors affect your own individual page rank searching outcomes. Hence, the business proprietors need to concentrate on every new development and understand the tweaks and updates as well as results on the website rating in order to establish the proper type of SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION strategy that retains high ranks. According to the latest SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION trends and techniques of 2017, SEO moved their attention plus priority to mobile friendly internet sites with quick loading time plus trusting to large social media marketing posting platforms. A professional SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION company will verify the nearby listing on Bing and Search engines. Like many things in SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION, you will need to begin with an extensive keyword study In order to rank for the Brian Bowie question, you also desire to explore what else individuals ask. And remember, various other search engines like google this kind of as Bing and Yahoo depend sometimes even more on exactly what some may call outdated SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION practices. Google Webmaster Equipment is portion of Google's best SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION websites package. If a person have a website that a person want to become easily discovered by a search engine, you need to increase your site rank by means of SEO as well. That is what most of these SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION tactics want to accomplish - increased rankings. This free ebook will teach you, step by step, how to increase your Local SEO so you can start generating more traffic and sales for the business. Not only internet lookup engine algorithm changes but furthermore the way people search retains changing, therefore, thinking about the above ten SEO trends- digital marketers plus business owners can make the particular website ready for ranking higher in 2018. Away page SEO refers to methods that can be used in order to increase the positioning of the website in the search motor results page (SERPs). Long gone are the times when keyword placement and back links guaranteed success in SEO. I think the particular #1 trend for 2018 within SEO is going to end up being Google Voice. Links and technical SEO are usually the largest bits of the quiche, but multimedia efforts such because video, photos, and podcasts will certainly be the game changer plus differentiator in many competitive marketplaces. Back in the wild-west times of SEO, Google wasn't therefore great at identifying the romantic relationship between semantic keywords. Changes searching algorithms and within people's search habits and the particular preferences of mobile over desktop computer are changing the world associated with SEO. SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION (Search Engine Optimization) has turn out to be the driving force behind effective web-based companies. Lookup engine optimization strategies and SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION best practices that were as soon as effective a year ago may not end up being useful today. Focusing on user intent and attempting out these 19 SEO guidelines is a recipe for visitors success. Many marketers decided to go with to drive their modern advertising engine with the fuel associated with Video SEO in 2015. SEO will create sure you blogs get discovered and drive traffic. In 2018, SEO technique should consider how we eat visual content, and how lookup engines go beyond text in order to learn changing search habits. So, the base line is that when a person want to pace with modern-day SEO trends, you need in order to consider both keyword optimisation plus content relevancy. Well, the new SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION Trends focus on more pictures, videos, links, social Medias, post listings, followed by widgets plus ads. Then read all about the particular 4 most important (technical) SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION trends for 2018. Because so much posting now happens on major cultural media platforms, social signals might become as important to SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION as time on page, content linking, and content quality. Traditional SEO is targeted upon building (keyword relevant) links plus (keyword relevant) content. The search engine search engine optimization (SEO) industry is still expanding in reputation and is worth a excellent $65 billion SEO helps shops rank in search engines such as Google. What's coming intended for search engine optimization (SEO) professionals within the coming year? In case you quality backlinks to your own blog post, you'll also much better search engine positions for the particular competitive terms like SEO Tips” with ease. SEO is the methodology that technically and topically aligns brand content and engagement along with searcher intent. SEOs are able to gain access to a lot more information compared to we ever could before straight from Google using Search Gaming console (like mobile friendliness of articles, and validation of structured data), and tools like the automatic assistant in the mobile Search engines Analytics app, which provides device learning insights to Google analytics data. A good SEO strategy in 2018 requirements to consider the way we all consume visual content and just how search engines now go past text to explore the modifying habits of search. As a matter of reality, the ability of any website is situated in the DA. Domain Power is SEOmozs calculated metric intended for how well a given site is likely to rank looking results. An SEO expert can tell you this single modification may not improve your web page rankings or authority very very much, however it will get even more clicks. Off-page SEO very efficiently in marketing your business where social mass media, bookmarking sites, forums, blog index, Q&A, articles, videos, image plus infographic sharing, and document revealing play well. Even though AMP is not so very much a ranking signal for SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION, you can imagine that AMP's, when properly utilised, provide the broader visibility. The white hat SEO strategies are good for future-proof SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION results Meanwhile, black hat ought to be avoided at all expenses as they strategies are the particular ones that Google and additional search engines are determined in order to root out. SEO provides you with a shot at ranking intended for the terms which your clients use, so you can understand better business. When it arrives to on-page SEO, I'm particular you've heard enough about the particular meta tag and keyword denseness for one lifetime. Awesome article i don't understand about youtube SEO but right after reading this article i completely understand how to rank movie on youtube and google furthermore. Brand building is the particular new link building and off-page SEO strategy in digital marketing nowadays, given that when brands turn out to be true to their core ideals, messaging and personalities, it will be easy for them to enter and dominate their target viewers. So what is definitely something the average joe may do to help boost their own SEO rankings for a specific keyword? Placing hyperlinks for your other website web pages, is a great way associated with enhancing your site and utilized properly, internal links can end up being a useful weapon within your SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION arsenal. Top SEO businesses will even advice you within good time on the providers and features that you require to increase traffic onto your own website within a more practical time frame. 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Consequently, it is extremely essential with regard to businesses to take note associated with SEO and make sure that will their websites are properly listed by search engines.

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A Fool-Proof Formula for Easy SEO

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T.I.'s Grand Hustle - Black Enterprise

Hey I ain’t trippin’ pimp but the truth is Really you don’t know me Yeah you know they call me T.I. But you don’t know me You be hatin’ and I see why Cuz you don’t know me —From the song, “U Don’t Know Me”

For those who think that the rapper T.I. (aka Tip) is just another hip-hop artist then those lyrics from his 2005 hit are most appropriate. The Grammy Award-winning artist, whom entertainer/record producer Pharrell Williams once called “The Jay-Z of the South” has spent the past 15 years building a sprawling, multimillion-dollar business empire that extends into the entertainment, apparel, technology, and real estate sectors.

Ask T. I. about how he defines his entrepreneurial approach and he boils it down to the following audacious descriptor: “Grand Hustler.” In providing further elaboration, he asserts that he represents business people “willing to invest in themselves and work tirelessly to make their dreams come true regardless of their resources, conditions, or environment. They overcome every obstacle to make it happen.”

Clifford Harris Jr., 37, was raised by a single mother and grandparents in northwest Atlanta’s working class Center Hill community, where at an early age he learned that success was the byproduct of an unyielding entrepreneurial spirit. He started selling candy to his fifth-grade classmates and then graduated to making money in the drug trade as a teenager. A childhood acquaintance, however, encouraged him to use his musical talents as a rapper—he’s considered one of the originators of the Southern-flavor “trap music”—as a platform that could lead to wealth and fame. However, it was his early experience in the late 1990s with a major label, Arista’s LaFace Records, operated at the time by music mogul Antonio “L.A.” Reid and R&B crooner Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, that placed him on the path to independence and business diversification.

T.I.’s Business Ventures 

Today, Harris says Grand Hustle—which he co-founded with his former manager and business partner, Jason Geter—includes:

-Grand Hustle Records, an independent record label with a roster that includes Harris and other hip-hop acts like 5ive Mics, Trae Tha Truth, Tokyo, Jetz, and Zonnique, his stepdaughter.

– Grand Hustle Tech, which has made several investments in Atlanta-based startups including fintech app Mulaah and early-stage logistics and supply chain tech company Sudu.

-A.K.O.O. Clothing, which Harris defines as “upscale urban apparel”—the acronym stands for A King of Oneself—that can be found at Dillard’s chain of department stores, among other retail outlets.

-Buy The Block, a venture that “aligns my interest in real estate with community development” in which Harris has “strategically acquired parcels” to revive Center Hill, the neighborhood of his youth.

His latest project—a partnership between his television and film company, Grand Hustle Productions, and BET Networks—is a reality business competition show, aptly titled (you guessed it) The Grand Hustle. In the show, which debuts July 19, Harris challenges 16 entrepreneurs to compete for a $100,000 cash prize and a position within his enterprise. “I don’t want to spoil it for you but I found it interesting how those from Harvard versus those from the hood handled business adversity,” he says.

The Interview 

In an interview with broadcast journalist Ed Gordon at the Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Summit, Harris further shared how he developed his business acumen and strategic focus. The following are edited excerpts of that interview:

Gordon: How did you make the transition into rap? Harris: Rapping was something that I’ve always done since I was like 10 years old. I had started doing demos, trying to get record deals. [An older family member ] introduced me to DJ Toomp, and the rest is history.

 Did you see rap as an art form solely or did you see that as a means to make money? When Kris Kross and Another Bad Creation came out and I found out they were my age and from Atlanta, I began to tirelessly pursue it. I started asking my daddy for money for studio time and trying to find talent shows. That’s when I actually saw it as an industry.

So you become a pioneer of trap music. When do you start to understand that this is a business; I am a commodity? Right around my second album. My first album was just real fun and I was on the same record label as OutKast and Goodie Mob. So I really thought I was about to take off. When my album didn’t work, I had to resort to different tactics and had to formulate a plan. Just because LaFace Records didn’t see [me] as a priority did not mean that I didn’t see me as a priority. I started making mix tapes and traveling a small circuit from Atlanta to Birmingham; Montgomery; Columbia, South Carolina; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Tallahassee; Jacksonville, and then I spread out. That is what caused me to get the buzz that I needed for LaFace to then call me and say, “Hey, what we doing with this second album here?”

So it took a fall for you to understand that you didn’t know enough about this business. Your second go-round you figured out what you needed to know. I needed the resources to fund my own movement rather than wait on another infrastructure to care enough to say, “I’m going to invest my marketing department, my radio department, my PR department behind you.” So, I did the research and learned the different levels of participation as far as equity is concerned between an artist and a record label.

So, I go in there, and L.A. sits down and said to me, “Man, I really love the response. It just came out of nowhere.” I said, “No. It was not out of nowhere. It was some significant effort put into this…Since my album dropped, I have been tirelessly investing in myself, and basically operating as an independent record label. So, for me to work on the second album, to ensure that it won’t turn out the way the first one did, I will need $2 million and a joint venture.” He said, “Or what?” I said, “Or you can just let me go.”

So he turned me loose. But what I didn’t understand then was he turned me loose into the industry with a buzz as a free agent. I already had a song going on the radio. I was already doing shows. So, I went and got $2.5 million from Atlantic and a [joint venture]. That was the beginning of me building my own label, and I haven’t looked back.

We all have faced adversity. How do you get up and say, “This is not the way I thought it was going to go but I will keep going?” You have to be relentless. You have to be tireless in your efforts to achieve the goals that you set for yourself. There’s a vision everybody has in their head. How stubborn you are and how married you are to that vision will determine how far you’re willing to take your action. I’ve never been ready to lay down. As long as there’s air in my body, I continue to fight for whatever it is I feel I should have.

What made you decide to diversify beyond music? Talk to us a little bit about the other businesses that you’re involved with. My first ‘other’ area of business was construction and real estate. By the time I was 18, I was just getting a record deal and a $60,000 check. I was bragging, and my uncle—a father figure and mentor—said, “OK. Good. Give me $25.000.” I gave him [the money]. Luckily I was so hot, I continued to earn income so I never looked back at the $25,000. So four to six months later he rode me through our neighborhood, and he pulled me up to an old house that I used to trap out of. It was completely renovated, and it looked nothing like it did when I was there. He said, “That’s our house. With that money you gave me, I bought this house for $8,500 and put $15,000 into it. And now, we can either put it up on Section 8 and get about $850 a month for it. We can sell it for $60,000 to $75.000, and take the profit.” I said, “Let’s sell it.”

So we sold it, and we bought two more houses and did the same thing. We got some more, and we end up doing about 65 houses in our own community.

 Entrepreneurs face failure. Talk to us about how you’ve dealt with that. You had a restaurant that ultimately closed. It tanked. You have to either understand every part of the business or need to include someone who knows every part of the business. And the person that you include you either have implicit trust or have a fail-proof system. For me, I just knew I could get people in here as long as the food is good. We can turn as many dollars needed for a profit. What I did not account for is the thievery. I underestimated that particular industry. Luckily for me, the thing that I always appreciate is, any industry I go into is secondary for me. The things that I have done in my primary business have afforded me the ability to take risks.

In terms of business, talk to us about you being a work in progress. I think life is a series of adjustments. You can either move with the times or be left behind. So, for me, it’s about diversification. Continue to learn, grow, and evolve. In business, I’m [going to] win. I’ve done well and I’ll do well again. God has given me everything I need to get everything I want on this earth.

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