#Bay Mills Emergency Connection

[talesaboardthehive]

THE “OFFICIAL” H.I.V.E. REFERENCES MASTERPOST:

(disclaimer: keep in mind, the HIVE lore is very loose and honestly a bit cobbled together. it started as a very simple running joke, and i want to maintain aspects of that even as i tell a bit of a story behind it o7)

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CAPTAIN NEY (H0237) - (reference is in chibi form, to be updated… eventually)

Captain of the HIVE and first in command. Answers crewmate reports. The captain’s quarters are always locked, neither crew nor their closest associates have ever apparently been allowed inside. Once the captain retires for the night they cannot be contacted until morning, even by Leander and COLONY, though neither seem invested in trying. No explanation has ever been offered.

The Captain has the ability to use [INQUIRIES] to the ship which allow them to navigate even when the halls change — they often help locate lost crew who send them distress signals.

The Captain is the only member of the HIVE with a blank number patch and a picture on the HIVE patch — meant to complete the opposite set on crew uniforms.

LEANDER CARMINE (M9525) - Head of HIVE Medical Bay and Research

Often seen milling about the HIVE in idle hours, usually helping with minor emergencies. Very easygoing, he seems to be quite content in basically any situation to the point he’ll patiently listen to even the most ridiculous of stories without questioning them. Unlike both the Captain and COLONY, he doesn’t appear to have a method of actually directing the ship’s changing hallways — but he never seems confused when they do, as if he always knows where he’s going. One of the first members of the crew.

Sometimes called Carmine, or Lee by those more familiar with him. Does not answer to the title “Doctor”, do not try. He ignores you.

COLONY (no number taken) - Robotic Head of HIVE Defense (officially, but admittedly does a lot more than that.)

COLONY is notorious for being the strictest and most difficult to approach of the main trio. A stickler for the rules, which would be fine if they didn’t seem to both change often and be flippantly dismissed by the Captain themselves. Connected to the ship itself, COLONY is fully capable of both predicting and directing the changes, but he doesn’t do it often unless he has a destination in mind. That said, while he is far less patient and not likely to help just for the sake of it, if presented with a coherent and reasonable argument he can be convinced. One of the first members of the crew alongside Leander. The Captain calls him COL.

Does actually possess a sense of humor, he just isn’t as upfront about what he finds funny.

THE CREW - (reference is also in chibi form! To be updated later.)

The grey uniforms were first made by Leander, and since then have been given to all who come aboard and decide to stay. Crew are given four-digit numbers of their choice to use as identifiers, and are permitted to wear any accessories they want as long as the main uniform remains the same — so if you want to be a part of the crew, all you need is the uniform.

(this is a placeholder for any and all crew aboard the ship outside the primary trio. this is also used as a general character placeholder for anons, and nondescript crew in animatics!)

Taken Numbers (in no particular order):

H0237 (captain’s number—that’s me ^^), M9525 (Leander Carmine), CR0069, CR4812, CR1015, CR[redacted], CR1454, CR0416, CR1242, CR1243, CR0505, CR2486, CR0225, CR1234, CR0428, CR0001, CR0003, CR0383, CR0973, CR8008, CR0666, CR1335, CR0049 (listed as BR0049 in the mostly non-canon (but absolutely incredible) HIVE comics by untitled bear!)CR0282, CR0722, CR2127, CR3333, CR2868, CR5469, CR0323, CR7320, CR0828, CR1341, CR0774, CR0703, CR1730, CR4848, CR6264, CR6548, CR4698, CR6842, CR7903,]

(IF YOUR CREWMATE NUMBER IS LISTED, YOU AND YOUR REPORTS ARE STILL ABOARD THE HIVE!)

(you’re on the ship, you’re vibing, whatever happened happened. (so the hell mushrooms, the space suits, those things are all still canon. the only reports i’ll reblog here though are ones that are DIRECTLY MAIN STORY relevant. don’t worry, the others absolutely still happened.)

ABOUT THE SHIP ITSELF:

The HIVE is a strange vessel, drifting through space with an undefined purpose beyond general exploration and sometimes various deliveries. Though typically harmless if not a little surprising, the hallways and doors occasionally do not lead where they’re supposed to — one might find themselves in the cafeteria when they meant to go to the deck, for example, or in the training room instead of the garden. Strangely, this only seems to happen in low-stress situations; perhaps the ship only finds it funny when the pranks won’t cause harm. Usually.

(at a meta level, the layout of the HIVE is purposefully left very vague to encourage interpretations. if there ever comes a time where there is an actual design for it, it’ll be placed here. in the meantime, we run on the spirit of improvisation. it’s like a video game, only we’re writing it in real time while the story plays in the background.)

TALES ABOARD THE HIVE TAG NAVIGATION GUIDE:

canon crewmate reports - canon submitted reports that either did happen or directly impacted the canon story. submitted by outside influences, like anons or other users.

canon HIVE adventures - interactive games/stories, usually involving polls that lead to different endings. experimental category, but a fun one.

canon HIVE art - comics, drawings, animatics, or anything else of the sort drawn or “canonized” by me. not everything i draw is canon, especially since the captain is also my sona character, so stuff that actually matters story-wise goes here ;;

canon tales aboard the HIVE - text-based stories and snippets written with no interactive elements, like one-shots.

[topchoptreeservice]

The Rich History of West Bend, WI: From Early Days to Today

Nestled along the Milwaukee River, West Bend, Wisconsin, boasts a rich tapestry of history that stretches back to its early days of settlement. Founded in 1845, West Bend was initially a humble outpost on the old road between Milwaukee and Green Bay, a strategic location that soon blossomed into a thriving community.

The city's early growth was fueled by its fertile land and abundant natural resources. Early settlers, predominantly of German descent, brought with them a strong work ethic and a sense of community. They established farms, mills, and breweries, laying the groundwork for a robust local economy. The Milwaukee River, with its swift currents, powered the mills and facilitated trade, making West Bend a vital economic hub in the region.

As the 19th century progressed, West Bend continued to expand. The arrival of the railroad in the 1870s marked a significant turning point, connecting the city to larger markets and spurring industrial growth. Factories producing goods like cigars, shoes, and agricultural equipment flourished, and the city's population grew steadily.

The 20th century brought further diversification to West Bend's economy. The West Bend Aluminum Company, founded in 1911, became a major employer and a household name, renowned for its cookware and appliances. The company's success mirrored the city's broader economic resilience and adaptability.

West Bend also became a cultural center, with institutions like the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) highlighting the state's artistic heritage. The historic downtown area, with its charming shops and eateries, retains a sense of the city's storied past while embracing modernity.

Today, West Bend, WI is a vibrant community that honors its rich history while looking to the future. The city offers a high quality of life, with excellent schools, recreational opportunities, and a strong sense of community. Annual events like Germanfest celebrate its cultural roots, while ongoing development projects ensure that West Bend continues to thrive. The city's blend of historical preservation and contemporary growth makes it a unique and inviting place to live and visit.

Local Tree Service: Caring for Our Community’s Green Canopy

In our community, trees are more than just part of the landscape—they are integral to our environment, providing beauty, shade, and clean air. Local tree service companies play a crucial role in maintaining this green canopy, ensuring the health and safety of our urban forest.

Local tree service providers offer a range of services designed to keep trees in optimal condition. Regular maintenance, including pruning and trimming, is essential to promote healthy growth and prevent potential hazards. Properly trimmed trees are not only more aesthetically pleasing but also less likely to suffer from disease and pest infestations. Skilled arborists know how to prune trees in a way that encourages strong, healthy growth patterns, which is vital for the tree’s longevity.

Emergency tree services are another critical aspect of local tree care. Severe weather can cause significant damage, leading to fallen branches or even uprooted trees. These situations pose immediate risks to property and personal safety. Local tree service companies are often on call 24/7 to respond to emergencies, providing quick and efficient removal of hazardous trees and debris.

Moreover, tree removal is sometimes necessary for various reasons, such as disease, storm damage, or development projects. Professional tree services ensure that removals are carried out safely and with minimal disruption to the surrounding area. They are equipped with the necessary tools and expertise to handle even the largest and most challenging removals. Learn more.

In addition to maintenance and emergency services, local tree care providers offer planting and consulting services. They can help select the right species for specific locations, considering factors like soil type, sunlight, and space. Proper planting ensures that trees will thrive and contribute to the community’s green spaces for generations to come.

Local tree service companies are not just businesses; they are stewards of the environment, committed to preserving and enhancing our natural surroundings. By supporting these services, residents invest in the health and beauty of their community, ensuring a greener, safer, and more beautiful place to live.

Top Chop Tree Service & Land Management 1015 Jay Rd, Cedar Grove, WI 53013 920 838–0520 http://topchoptreeservice.com/

[oliviawilliams9539]

Plan now and enjoy a great trip to the city of golden hues!

Put on your shades and slap on some sunscreen when in Gold Coast! This sunny holiday destination in  Aussieland is gifted with abundant and well-preserved natural beauty, standing out in contrast to its sky-kissing high-rises. The Gold Coast cruises is undoubtedly the best way to explore this magnificent city.

With lush subtropical rainforests making up almost half of its lands, Gold Coast is surrounded by many national parks, some even listed as World Heritage Centres. The Gold Coast Hinterland is only a 30-minute drive from the city and features over 100,000 hectares of World Heritage listed Gondwana Rainforest, which is thriving with native flora and fauna. 

The Tamborine Mountain plateau that lies at just a 30km distance from Gold Coast, offers more than untarnished natural beauty, with its numerous local arts and craft outlets, natural and man-made attractions and award-winning wineries. 

Travel through the lush Gondwanan rainforest in a series of day walks and explore the Tweed Volcano rim on the trail. Enjoy the splendid city skyline onboard Gold Coast river cruises. Camp out at private scheduled areas and learn more about the native legends.

The History behind the trending coastal city of Australia

As goes the history of all present-day Australian cities, Gold Coast was also primarily home to native aborigines known as the Kombumerri people. Known to inhabit the land for over 23,000 years, these aboriginal tribes, with the Yugambeh dialect, were mainly hunters and gatherers. 

Change came to this forestland with the descent of the Europeans in the 19th century. As a result, some Kombumerri people drifted towards the hinterland, nonetheless, most of them stayed back and joined hands with the Europeans. The Europeans brought with them the culture of cultivation, fishing, timber-cutting and mill-work. What was once an endless wild coastland was soon curbed with the development of agricultural fields and settlements.

Triggering the influx of population was the ready-availability of coveted red-cedar wood in the area. With many small townships materialising in this region, it soon took the shape of an emerging town. 

As it was located to the south of Brisbane, it was earlier known as the South Coast. With the skyrocketing real estate prices, this land was later renamed as the Town of Gold Coast in 1958. It became a city, the very next year. Now the sixth largest city in Australia, Gold Coast is home to around 560,000 people. 

How to reach?

Brisbane is the nearest airport offering full-fledged international airline connectivity with all major airline groups across the world. Trains, trams and domestic flights can get you to Gold Coast airport from the Brisbane airport.

For local transport, Surfside Buslines, a subsidiary of the main TransLink operation, runs regular buses on all major routes. Unlimited travel passes are also available for a selected number of days. Cabs and trams are also other alternatives available. Rental bicycles, bikes, cars, boats, yachts, minibuses and 4WDs are also available at all major locations in the city. 

With about 16 different parking bays around the city, Gold Coast offers many limited-hour metered parking facilities. It is advised to book your parking space early and to park in well-lit parking areas to prevent any theft-related incidents. 

Tourist Friendly

Gold Coast has a certified visitor information centre in the city, and one near Surfers Paradise, for accurate and accredited information services. The trained staff is sure to provide you with all necessary information, brochures, maps, tour guides, itineraries and package bookings. 

Most markets and shopping centres function from early morning to late noon hours! Night markets and food zones are an exception. It is best to keep a tab on their operational hours for changes during special occasions.

For more: https://www.australiancruisegroup.com.au/gold-coast/lunch-cruises

[jarienn972]

A Simple Spell - Chapter Eight

A Captain Swan Supernatural Summer Tale

I’m a tiny bit late getting this latest chapter of my @cssns story posted this evening but I'm going to try my best to get back on track with posting updates every other Monday as long as the real world doesn't get too crazy.

The last chapter had Emma reacting to learning she was related to the Mills sisters, angrily lashing out at Regina about keeping such a huge secret from her before getting drunk and having a heartfelt talk about it with Killian. As she settled in to sleep off too much rum, Killian was rendered unconscious by an invisible attacker. This chapter picks up the next morning and by the end of this installment, you'll have a good idea who the real villain of this tale is and an inkling of what Emma has gotten herself into.

As always, I want to thank the event organizers for all of their hard work.  Definitely looking forward to the completion of all of this year’s stories and for the newly announced 2020 event!  I also want to extend huge thank yous again to @lassluna for all of her help as a beta reader and to @cocohook38 for the incredible art work featured in the header.

Catch up from the beginning on AO3, FF.net or here on Tumblr:  One  Two  Three  Four  Five  Six  Seven

The morning sunlight filtering through the break room mini blinds was every bit as unpleasant as Emma had expected when it hit that perfect angle to land directly on her face. Her head throbbed from her over-indulgence in rum last night, but she had no one to blame but herself. Tossing the blanket unceremoniously over the back of the sofa, she pushed herself up to a sitting position just as a somewhat bewildered Graham strolled in to brew his morning coffee.

"Emma? What are you doing here?" he asked, face scrunched in confusion. "Did you sleep here?"

"Yeah," she replied groggily as she stretched and forced her feet to the floor. She stood up to find the room only spinning slightly but increasing her nausea. "Had a little familial disagreement so after a few drinks with a friend, I came here to sleep it off."

"Must have been one rough night…"

"You don't even want to know…" she insisted as she made her way into the locker room in search of a change of clothing. She'd learned a long time ago to always keep a clean shirt and a pair of jeans on hand for emergencies. This way, she knew she had something available to make herself feel a little more human and look at tad more presentable before she embarked on her quest to confront those who'd kept her mother's real identity a secret from her. "Are you making coffee?" she called out to Graham as she changed from yesterday's attire.

"Just starting it now."

"Think you can make it extra strong?"

"I think I can manage that," Graham replied as he fished two mugs out of the cabinet mounted above the break room sink. He placed the mugs on the counter, knowing better than to ask anything else about her night. He'd slept off his own drunken benders in some unusual places too, so before switching on the coffee pot, he removed the bottle of aspirin that they kept in the cabinet and placed it next to her mug. He knew she'd appreciate it.

Emma emerged a few minutes later sporting a clean, rust colored tee shirt and blue jeans, eagerly inhaling the enticing aroma of the fresh brew. Graham was no longer in the break room but she immediately smiled when she saw the aspirin bottle atop the counter. Coffee and a few pain relievers were just what she needed right now before she set off down the street to have a chat with a squirrely pawn shop owner.

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Fueled by caffeine and a reinvigorated desire to get some answers about her mother's mysterious past, Emma stormed her way across and then down half a block of Main Street with Gold's potion booked clutched tightly in her left hand. Since the aspirin hadn't yet had time to kick in, her head was still pounding which was leaving her in no mood to take any crap from the pawn shop's owner.

Gold had opened up the shop for business at exactly 8AM, mere minutes before Emma shoved open the entrance door and stomped her way to the counter where the proprietor stood. She dropped the book onto the display case in front of him, almost hoping that the glass would break. Unfazed by her action, Gold glanced down at the potion book resting on the countertop then back up at the deputy's irate face.

"Good morning, Deputy Swan," he greeted her with little emotion in his voice and showing a considerable lack of interest in the very item that he'd requested her to retrieve for him.

"I found your book," she informed him very matter-of-factly, patting it with her fingertips to ensure she had his attention. "Found the little surprise inside of it too…"

"Surprise? Whatever are you talking about, Ms. Swan?" She wasn't the least bit surprised that he'd feign ignorance of the photograph and letter and she wasn't buying it.

She flipped open the book's cover to reveal the photo of her mother as a child and the faded, handwritten letter from her grandfather. "I suppose you're going to deny that you knew these were inside the book?"

Gold shrugged nonchalantly as he carefully lifted the aging photograph to examine it. "I loaned this book to Cora a very long time ago. I certainly can't speak for what she might have stuck inside it's covers."

"But you knew…"

"Knew what, Dearie?" he rudely interrupted her statement.

"You knew that Cora and my mother were sisters," she stated, undaunted by his apparent disinterest. "Why is it that everyone in this town thinks that it's such a horrible thing for me to know who I'm actually related to around here?"

"I would suppose it is because they weren't certain how you might react to learning the truth about your mother."

"And I suppose that it should have been left up to me, not them!" she countered, raising her voice angrily. "I've had it with all of the secrets! I want those items that belonged to my mother as I kept my end of the deal and I want you to spill what you know about my history!"

"Do you think you can handle the truth about your lineage?"

"I'll let you know. Now, why don't you start telling me what the big secrets are?"

"Fine," he relented as he made his way over to the ornate cabinet where he'd stored the items belonging to Ava Nolan. "You fulfilled your end of our deal by returning my book so your mother's items now belong to you." He tugged open the cabinet door and removed the small box and books he'd shown Emma the previous day and then placed them atop the counter. "I will answer some of your questions as a courtesy to your mother as well, but not out here. How about we go have a seat in my office where it will be more private for you to interrogate me?"

"Lead the way…"

Gold held the heavy beaded curtain aside as he gestured for Emma to pass through the doorway to his office and storeroom that lay beyond the sales floor. The decor of this not-for-public-eyes area was even more eclectic and disturbing than the shop itself but since she wasn't here to debate his decorating choices, she withheld commentary. She was only here this morning to learn about her mother, not discuss interior decorating.

"Have a seat, Ms. Swan," he said, directing her to a fancy upholstered chair that was probably as old as the town itself. Emma sat down on the offered chair, but she didn't allow herself to get too comfortable. She wasn't planning this to be a long, social visit. "I don't have all of the answers you seek, but what would you like to know?" he asked as he took a seat to her right on a burgundy divan.

"I guess we'll start with the same one I've been asking since last night - why was my mother's identity and place in this town such a secret?"

"That was a choice made by your family, I'm afraid. As you know, Storybrooke is a town with an unusual pedigree that they sought to protect. How much of the history of this town do you know?"

"I know a little. I know it was founded by the Blanchard family after the Civil War, in the late 1800's."

"That is correct - your great-grandparents founded the town in 1872, selecting this remote area of Maine to create a safe haven for those who wished to practice the magical arts, both dark and light. They welcomed fellow witches and warlocks and opened a portal across the bay to connect to other magical realms. However, the magic that Storybrooke was founded upon came with a price. To secure the magic that supports the town's infrastructure, your great-grandparents formed a pact with a very powerful warlock from a distant realm. That warlock agreed to share his extensive powers with the town of Storybrooke in exchange for an agreement that he could return whenever he chose and demand a duel for the powers of any practitioner he chose. Should his chosen competitor lose, he would gain their powers, Should the opponent win, the warlock would consider the debt paid and leave forever."

"That seems like an awfully big price to pay just to have magic in this town, but I don't get what that has to do with my mother…"

"I'm getting to that," he assured her, frowning at the young woman's impatience. "The warlock has returned to Storybrooke twice since the town's inception and has won the challenge both times. Your mother was his unfortunate second victim."

"She lost her powers?" Emma asked, partially for clarification, although she'd understood Gold's explanation of the warlock's competition, so she already knew the answer.

"She did. Her challenge caused her to be tricked into making an ill-advised choice, but that's really all I know of it. After losing her magic, she attempted to stay here in town and live a normal life. She married widower Robert Nolan, had you, but then one day, something changed and she took you and disappeared."

"When I was growing up, she never once mentioned that she'd had powers of any kind," Emma stated as she attempted to process all of this new information. "I always thought that she'd run from something bad, maybe something abusive, but after meeting David and learning about our dad, that didn't make sense anymore and now it makes even less sense… What caused her to run away from her home and family?"

"I'm afraid that you'll need to ask those questions of your family. I can't tell you what pushed her away or why they kept her identity a secret from you, but now, if you don't mind, I should be getting back to work."

"I understand. One last question though," she began as she stood up. "Do you have any idea what ill-advised choice she had to make?"

"Afraid not, dearie. All I know is that the warlock came into town and weaseled his way into her life, leading her to that decision. She chose poorly."

"What the hell did she have to choose?" Emma repeated the question to herself while exhaling a deep sigh.

Gold shook his head and shrugged as he ushered her out of his office. "I don't remember much from that time, but from what I do recall of your mother, it likely involved a man."

"What?" she exclaimed as she crossed the threshold back into the main shop. "What do you mean by that?"

"Growing up, your mother had very bad luck with the men in her life. Your grandfather died when she was still rather young and she had a string of boyfriends but few serious relationships. Perhaps your brother or your cousins will remember more?"

"Well, this just keeps getting better and better…," she muttered under her breath as the old man disappeared behind the curtain without another word. Befuddled, she gathered up the few belongings her mother had left with Gold, collected the photograph of her mother and aunt along with her grandfather's letter and wandered out to the sidewalk completely lost in thought. She now had the knowledge that her mother had once possessed magical powers but lost them after being on the losing end of some sort of challenge from an evil warlock - a challenge that had involved some sort of choice - but what? By Gold's description, this challenge had taken place a few years before her mother had run away to Boston so it didn't seem as though the loss of her magic had been the catalyst that caused her to bolt. So, what had it been? What choice had the warlock forced her to make? Had it actually involved a man like Gold had suggested or was there more to it?

She was anxious to see what was inside the mysterious box Gold had held onto for all of these years and to learn more about the books that accompanied the box. First though, she had to take a break and feed her grumbling stomach. The coffee had been a good way to start the morning, but she needed to fuel her growling belly and Granny's was tantalizingly close… Three or four more cups of industrial strength coffee couldn't hurt either.

She took a step into the street, barely noticing the car parked curbside in front of the pawn shop and too distracted by her own thoughts to realize that there was another person in her path. She walked straight into that unseen pedestrian, the collision sending them both tumbling to the asphalt. Emma managed to hold on to her mother's box, but the books fell from her grasp.

"I'm so sorry…,' she began to apologize profusely to the man she'd collided with. "I wasn't looking where I was going…" She pushed herself to her knees and began to gather her belongings, almost afraid to look to see who she had so awkwardly run into. "Are you alright? I hope I didn't knock you over too hard…"

"It's alright, Emma…," the familiar voice said with a chuckle. "This isn't exactly how I planned to run into you, but I'm not going to complain." Recognizing the voice, she flushed with embarrassment. It may have only been Walsh, but she would rather he not see her this flustered.

"Walsh, I guess we literally ran into each other," she said with a shy, awkward grin. "I'm really sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going."

"No worries. I wasn't really paying attention either. I was just heading over to visit Mr. Gold and see if there were any updates on my incoming shipment. What about you? I thought you were off today but that intensity in your gaze says otherwise."

"Oh, I was just returning a book to Gold in exchange for this old stuff that used to belong to my mother. Now I'm heading over to Granny's to get some breakfast and take a look at this stuff. Wanna join me? I'll buy to make up for getting your suit all dirty…"

"I just might take you up on that offer," he said as he brushed some invisible dust off of his dark, coffee bean brown suit. Yeah, she had coffee cravings on her brain again… "Let me finish up my business here but I'll stop over when I'm all done."

"Sounds good," she replied with a hopeful smile. "I'll take my time. After last night, I'll probably need to go through a couple of pots of coffee…"

"Last night? What happened last night?"

"Let's just call it an interesting night that ended in a few too many drinks after having way too much unloaded on me too quickly…"

"Ah… I have heard that the full moon can lead to some overwhelming revelations around here…"

"Oh, just a few revelations… But I'd better let you get back to business. I'll save you a seat if you decide to take me up on the breakfast offer."

"Sounds great, Emma. I'll try to keep things short," he offered, not exactly promising that he'd make it but leaving her hopeful that she might gain some company for breakfast. She had so much to process and she hadn't even gotten to the relatives yet. Maybe it was best to have someone to share the discoveries with her instead of sitting in the diner alone?

Walsh held the smile on his face until as Emma continued (cautiously this time) across the quiet street towards her intended destination of Granny's diner. Once her back was fully to him and he was no longer in her purview, he straightened his sport coat and reset his composure. Projecting a decidedly more business-like demeanor, he entered the pawn shop to seek out its owner.

Alerted by the jingle of the bell attached to the door handle, Gold knew that someone had come into the store, but believing it to be the deputy returning with more inquiries, he responded before poking his head around the curtain.

"If you're back for more, there's not much else I can tell you," Gold said as he stepped around the room divider to see that the person awaiting him in the lobby wasn't Emma Swan, awkwardly finding the face of Walsh Gibbons instead.

"More about what?" a confused and curious Walsh asked as he noted Gold's reaction.

"Mr. Gibbons. My apologies. I thought Ms. Swan was returning with some additional questions about the items she just obtained from me." Gold did his best to conceal his embarrassment over his faux pas of making the statement before confirming his audience.

"Ah, yes, she mentioned that she'd traded for some old items of her mother's."

"A few small things," Gold said, not intending to go into further detail. "So, how can I help you today, Mr. Gibbons? As you're aware, the ship carrying the items you desire isn't due into port until Monday. The captain expects to be in the harbor around noon should fair winds prevail."

"Yes, I'm aware of that delay. I'm actually here for something else, specifically some assistance with a particular potion…," Walsh informed him as he reached into the right hand pocket of his sport coat, withdrawing a folded slip of paper that he slid across the glass countertop to Gold. "Think you can put that together for me?"

The pawn shop owner picked up the paper warily, slowly unfolding it to see what was being requested of him. "I believe I have all of the ingredients for this but whatever do you need it for?"

"That is my business," Walsh replied with haughty tone. "Your business is to make it for me, right?" Gold found himself reminded of his conversation earlier that week when he'd assured Emma that his dealings with Walsh were strictly business. Clearly word had reached Gibbons who was now throwing it back at him. "How long will it take?" Walsh asked to snap Gold back to the present.

"If I have everything required, I can have it to you in about an hour. Let me take a quick gander at my storeroom."

"Please do. I'll wait."

Gold vanished behind the heavy fabric divider while Walsh waited impatiently to learn if the potion could be completed in a timely manner. The shopkeeper was out of sight for less than two minutes when he returned with his response. "I do have all of the necessary ingredients. The potion will be ready for you in an hour."

"Perfect. I guess I'll go take Emma up on her breakfast offer while I wait," Walsh grinned. "See you in an hour."

Gold stood silently behind the counter as Walsh exited his shop. He'd made many potions for Gibbons over the years they'd been doing business together, but this latest request had him puzzled. It was unusual, even for Gibbons, but business was business.

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Elsewhere in Storybrooke, (at least he hoped he was still in Storybrooke) Killian Jones had awakened in near total darkness. His last recollection was of walking a very tipsy Emma to the Sheriff's station then returning to the Jolly Roger - but how long ago had that been? There was no way to know if it was day or night or whether minutes or hours had passed. He vaguely recalled a choking sensation that he might have dismissed as a dream were it not for the lingering ache in his neck.

He knew he was no longer aboard his ship as there was nothing familiar to any of his senses - no gentle rocking and swaying on the bobbing waves nor any scent of marine air or teakwood. No, wherever he was, it was dank and dark. There was no light filtering in through any crack in the stone or cement walls of this chamber and there was a musty, earthy odor to his surroundings.

Where the hell was he?

Using the nearest wall both for support and to gain his bearings, Killian pushed himself upright, immediately realizing that he was missing something - his hook. He knew he'd been wearing it when he'd left Emma but now its familiar weight wasn't there. He still wore the brace that secured it yet the prosthetic implement itself had been removed.

A renewed vulnerability washed over him as he inched his way along the wall in the inky blackness yet he was determined to take stock of this prison. His hand felt for any recess or crack that might signify a possible exit as he made his way to the chamber's first corner. He continued moving to his right along the second wall discovering that it was little more than an arm-span distance between the corners. Whatever this awful hole was, it was narrow.

The third wall proved to be only slightly longer than the second which provided him a rough estimate of the room's dimensions - approximately six or seven feet wide and perhaps nine or ten feet wide. It would be about the size of a small storage room or closet - or even an actual prison cell.

But at least there was some hope. As he reached the next bend, his hand came in contact with wood. A door frame. A doorway. At least if the room had a way in, there was a chance he could find a way out, although that might prove a tad more difficult without his hook. His hand surveyed the frame and door in search of a key hole or some type of locking mechanism but he found neither. Whatever purpose this chamber served, it was secured from outside which left him with the chilling realization that it just might be a prison cell and he was its unfortunate occupant.

Questions flooded his brain as his psyche tried to make sense of his situation. Where the hell was he and how the bloody hell did he get here? He didn't remember leaving the Jolly Roger, at least not willingly. He'd sensed no one else on deck with him and a skirmish would certainly have drawn the attention of his crew.

Someone had brought him here and locked him away in this miserable, lonely pit, but who? He'd barely been in this port for a week but had he unexpectedly crossed someone unwittingly? There was so much he needed to know…

"Hello?" he shouted in the direction of the sealed door, unsure if anyone would even be listening. "Hello? Is anyone there?"

Hearing nothing except the echo of his own voice and the pounding of his heart, Killian slumped against the nearest wall. He knew he needed to think this through and to conserve his energy. There was no indication of any water or provisions left here for him so either his captor planned to bring him sustenance or he was intended to slowly starve to death - the latter being an option he wasn't prepared to consider.

[upperpeninsulabreakingnews]

URGENT URGENT U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 4-19-18 – 9:40 a.m. ET

Authorities keep trying to DV hide info from you, however U.P. Breaking News reveals two arrests (out of many) for domestic violence and attacking several victims – Cops and prosecutors hate us revealing this to you

Troy Allen Schwiderson

Austin James Rivard

  By Greg Peterson U.P. Breaking News Owner, News Director 906-273-2433

(Upper Peninsula of Michigan) – Numerous violent domestic disputes have occurred in past 24 hours across the U.P. – however police and prosecutors are hiding information on the cases.

However, U.P. Breaking News has put together information on two of the cases – as we continue our no tolerance stories on domestic violence.

Sadly for your safety, its becoming harder to get that info, as all the U.P. sheriffs and prosecutors recently stopped giving information on DV arrests.

Troy Allen Schwiderson

Troy Allen Schwiderson

32-year-old Troy Allen Schwiderson of Brimley, MI is jailed in Chippewa County this morning in connection with the assault after he alleged beat up a woman.

About 1:22 a.m. ET this morning April 29-2018, law enforcement authorities in Chippewa County were called about a domestic assault in a room at the Mini Motel at 12190 W. Lakeshore Drive in Brimley, MI.

A woman called Chippewa County 911 to report the man allegedly “beat up (the caller’s) granddaughter” and another person.

“There is a ton of screaming in the background,” the dispatcher warned police cars en-route to the scene.

At about 1:29 a.m, police on the scene requested Bay Mills EMS for “assault” victim. Bay Mills Emergency Connection EMS Alpha One responded.

The victims were reportedly 22-year-old Dale Lehman Teeple, Jr. and female (Sierra) whose full name we are temporarily withholding, both of Bay Mills.

The victims were treated on the scene by Bay Mills paramedics/EMTs and neither were taken by ambulance to the hospital. However, officers investigating the case went to War Memorial Hospital – not sure why.

Austin James Rivard

Austin James Rivard

Meanwhile, there was also a domestic violence case reported this morning in Ishpeming, MI. Early today, a Marquette County man was arrested in a domestic violence/assault investigation. About 1:30 a.m ET this morning, April 19, 2018, police arrested 25-year-old Austin James Rivard of Ishpeming, MI. The exact charges against Rivard are being hidden by police

——-

Reference all Upper Peninsula arrests and suspects – corrupt U.P prosecutors and sheriff’s (all U.P. counties as of recently) have decided

The charges exact against the DV suspects are not 100 percent clear, as all U.P. sheriff’s and prosecutors have now stated no information will be released on jailed suspects unless they decide you have the right to know (while keeping others secret from public for political reasons) – including those locked up for rape, domestic abuse/assault and other violence.

They are also hiding recent arrests for embezzlement, theft, and a long list of other criminal incidents.

U.P. law enforcement pulled the plug on all mobile patrol information that showed arrests about two weeks ago.

U.P. prosecutors and sheriff’s apparently have deiced they are the self-appointed gatekeepers of all public information – which U.P. Breaking News thinks is horrendous for public safety – but they simply do not care.

—

Two men arrested today for allegedly attacking others in U.P. domestic violence cases – One in Chippewa County and another in Marquette County – but U.P. officials keep arrest secrecy lid in place. URGENT URGENT U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 4-19-18 - 9:40 a.m. ET Authorities keep trying to DV hide info from you, however U.P.

[printmakersopenforum]

Next participant up for PrintCamp2019 Session 2/2:

ELIZABETH CASTALDO

ON HER WORK:

I work in mixed media, combining collage, drawing, and printmaking to create works on paper and artist’s books that explore the connection of feminine sensuality to nature and its manifestations in modern culture. I work with themes such at generation, growth, sexuality, entropy and decay. I am inspired by the structural patterns inherent in plant and animal life that reveal an undeniable connection between humans and the natural universe. My compositions become multi-layered worlds filled with motifs inspired by human anatomy, plant structures, and geometry. A key theme throughout the work is the resilience of living things and the ability for adaptation, despite a natural tendency toward disorder.

I recently wrapped up a yearlong residency at The Center For Book Arts where I focused on making artists books reflecting on my personal connection with nature as well as conservation, community and preservation of the natural world for future generations. 

My work is process driven and each stage of the work is a reaction that is informed by the work that preceded. I work with pattern and layering, building up layers of hand drawn patterns, watercolor washes, original prints, collage, and appropriated imagery. Printmaking and multiples are central parts of my art practice and I am passionate about creating unique handmade art with a foundation in the practice and theory of printmaking. The layering involved in collage, printmaking and bookmaking provides the opportunity for concealment, excavation, and revelation.

 WHAT SHE WILL BE DOING AT PRINTCAMP:

I hope to focus on experimenting with intaglio and lithography, figuring out how these techniques can fit within my studio practice. I would like to experiment with approaches to each process but ultimately move towards combining them with one another as well as other media. My goal for the week would be to come out with a small series of prints with a longer term goal of setting a foundation for making further work and more advanced use.

SKILLSHARE:

I would love to do a book making demo, perhaps a quick non-adhesive accordion or other quick structure that would be interesting to folks.

RESUME

Education

 2013 MFA, Printmaking, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA

2007 BFA, Painting, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2012  SCAD Lacoste, Lacoste, France

 RESIDENCIES AND NOTABLE WORKSHOPS

2017 - 2018    Scholarship for Advanced Studies in Book Arts, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY

2018        “Paper Memory” with Sarah Rose LeJeune, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale NY

2018        Century Plate Lithograohy with Corinne Rhodes, EFARBPMW, New York NY

2017        “Experiments with Printmaking and Mixed Media” with Nandini Chirimar, EFA Robert Blackburn               Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY

2017        “Full Tilt Bookbinding” with Susan Mills, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale NY

2017        “The Working Artist” with Crista Cloutier

SOLO AND SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 2019  New Book Art: Scholar Residents of 2018, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY

2018  Art That Binds, Atlantic Highlands Arts Council, Atlantic Highlands, NJ

2018 Some Assembly Required, Patchogue Arts Council, Patchogue, NY

2013 Solo Exhibition, Sensual Metamorphosis, MFA Thesis Exhibition

Dewberry Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2013 Pretty In Ink, Gallery Trois, Atlanta, GA and Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, GA

2012 Freedom of Type, 2 Rules Gallery, Marietta, GA

2012  You Can’t Get There From Here, Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta, GA

 SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 2019  Freed Formats: The Book Reconsidered

2018  A Small Matter, Ann Street Gallery, Newbrugh, NY

2018  Windows on Main Street installation at A Lucky Cut, Beacon NY

2018 CBA Annual Benefit and Art Auction, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY

2018 Nassau Community College Art Faculty Exhibition, Plaza Art Gallery, Garden City, NY

2018 Exposed Strata, SGCI Conference, Las Vegas, NV

2017  EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Members Show NYNY

    2017        SCAD Printmaking Alumni Exhibition, SCAD Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

2017                  “Hello. I Love You. I’m Sorry,” SGCI Conference. Atlanta, GA 

2017        Nasty Women, ABD Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2016        Small Works Show, Catalyst Gallery, Beacon, NY

2015        RAW Montreal Holiday RAWK, Montreal, QC

2015        Traces, Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY

2013 - 2015    Monumental Ideas in Miniature Books III Traveling Exhibition, Exhibited at various institutions and             conferences throughout the United States. Organized by Hui-chu Ying, Profesor of Art, 

        The Myers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron OH. 

2015        A Show of Hands, The Hand Magazine at SGCI Knoxville, Southern Graphics Council 

        International Printmaking Conference, A1 Lab Arts, Knoxville, TN

2014        Narcissism and the Self Portrait, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY 

2014        RAW Brooklyn presents: SCOPE, Brooklyn Night Bazaar, Brooklyn, NY

2014        Discordant, Mad Dooley Gallery, Beacon, NY

2013        ACA Library 6th Annual Student Artists’ Book Competition, ACA Library of SCAD, Atlanta, GA

2013        Georgia Artists: A Juried Art Exhibit, Abernathy Arts Center, Atlanta, GA

2013        Damn Fine!, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

2013        Heart & Hands, 4th Annual National Student Juried Book Exhibition. University of Nebraska             Lincoln Love Library, Lincoln, NB, and University of Nebraska Omaha Criss Library, Omaha, NB

2013        Qi, Sycamore Place Gallery, Decatur, GA and Cherrylion Studio, Atlanta, GA

2012        Exposition des Etudiants, SCAD Lacoste Campus, Lacoste, France

2012        Figuratively Speaking, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA

2012        ACA Library 5th Annual Student Artists’ Book Competition, ACA Library of SCAD, Atlanta, GA

2012        In, On, Of Paper Juried Exhibition, Paper Circle, Nelsonville, OH

2012        Oso Bay North American Printmaking Juried Exhibition, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christie, TX

2011        The Student Exhibit, 2 Rules Gallery, Marietta, GA

2011        Illuminations Juried Exhibition, Center Arts Gallery, Newburgh, NY

2010        Wish You Were Here 9, AIR Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2010        Images for a Godless World, Project Reach, New York, NY

2009        Think Gallery Affordable Art Series, Think Coffee Gallery, New York, NY

2008        The Print Show, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY

2007        Body Modifications, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY

2007        College Art Association Annual BFA Exhibition, Center for Art and Media Studies, New York, NY

2007        Tomorrow’s Artist Today, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY

2005        The Print Show, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY

 HONORS AND AWARDS

 2017        Scholarship for Advanced Studies in Book Arts, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY

2017 and 2018    Women’s Studio Workshop Summer Art Institute Scholarship Recipient

2017        SGCI Emerging Professional Grant Recipient

2013        First Place Purchase Award, ACA Library 6th Annual Student Artists’ Book Competition, ACA                 Library of SCAD, Atlanta, GA (Juror: Margot Ecke, Artist and Designer)

2012        Best In Show, Sidewalk Art Project, Atlanta Preservation Center Grant Mansion, Atlanta, GA

2012        SCAD Seen Gala Highlight Artist, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA

2012        Honorable Mention, ACA Library 5th Annual Student Artists’ Book Competition, ACA                     Library of SCAD, Atlanta, GA (Juror: Eileen Wallace, Artist and Bookmaker)

2011        Dean’s Fellowship in Printmaking, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA

2011        Second Place, Illuminations Juried Exhibition, Center Arts Gallery, Newburgh, NY 

        (Jurors: Stuart Sachs, Virginia Walsh, Martha Zola, and Peter Cody)

 ARTIST TALKS

 2019        Artist Talk for “New Book Art: Scholar Residents of 2018”, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY, 

        February 21, 2019

2018 and 2019 Visiting Artist, Muscota New School, New York, NY

2017 and 2018    Artist Talk on Book Arts for students of Professor Sondra Graff’s Bookmaking Class, Fashion                     Institute of Technology, New York, NY, November 29, 2017 and April 11, 2018

2015        Remote Artist Talk for students of Professor John Alfred’s Undergraduate Contemporary Art                 Classes, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA, April 28, 2015.        

        INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS

 University of Alberta, Bruce Peel Special Collections, Edmonton, Alberta 

Bowdoin College, Special Collections Library, Brunswick, ME

Carnegie Mellon University, Hunt Library Special Collections, Pittsburgh, PA

Duke University, Perkins Library, Sally Bingham Center, Durham, NC

Lafayette College, Skillman Library Special Collections, Easton, PA

Massachusetts College of Art, Godine Library Special Collections, Boston, MA

Ringling College of Art and Design, Kimborough Library Special Collections, Sarasota, FL

Savannah College of Art and Design, ACA and Jen Libraries, and the Office of the President, 

    Savannah, GA, Atlanta, GA, and Lacoste, France

SUNY Orange Newburgh Department of Nursing, Newburgh, NY

University of California Santa Cruz, McHenry Library Special Collections, Santa Cruz, CA

University of Puget Sound, Collins Library, Special Collections, Tacoma, WA

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, Seattle, WA

University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, Lawton Gallery, Green Bay, WI

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Library Special Collections, Milwaukee, WI

Yale University, Haas Library Artist Book Collection, New Haven, CT

 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Vamp & Tamp Booksellers, Birmingham, AL

EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY

Center for Book Arts, Artist Member, New York, NY

RAW: Natural Born Artists

Southern Graphics Council International, 2010- 2013, 2017

[doctorlaelia-ffxiv]

Proving Grounds

“Don’t you think it’s weird that a Tribunus’ daughter would reach this position at her age? Obviously she had her father pull some strings.”

 “Women don’t have the head needed for surgery. They get too emotional!” 

 “Have you seen the body on her? And the face? There’s no way she didn’t lay a few professors to get here. I heard that her and Professor Manius were a little too close... Lots of late nights spent in his office and lab together... Hah!” 

 “Are they serious-- I’m going to go break up their little rumor mill.”

 I turned turned my head to see the tall young doctor beside me starting to turn and make his way towards the group that we’d just passed. Half-smiling, I reached out and grabbed his arm, pulling him back to my side. He looked at me and frowned, thick blond brows furrowed over sea green eyes.

 “I’ve heard all of it,” I told him. “Don’t worry, Quintus. They’ll say what they say. I just have to prove that I’ve earned my place here.”

 “You don’t have to prove anything,” he said, frustrated, as he fell back into step with me. “You did everything by yourself - everything. I even offered to take notes to share with you when you were so sick you couldn’t get out of bed back in school, and you said no, and dragged yourself to the lecture hall anyway. They don’t know a thing about you, or how hard you work, or--” 

 “They don’t,” I agree, turning the corner and glancing down at the chart in my arm. “Starting a fight with them about it while you’re on duty won’t teach them anything about me. They’ll probably think you’re just another doctor that I’m sleeping with. I have to go change the dressings of a patient in the ICU.” 

 Before he could open his mouth and argue again, I was already halfway down the hall, my heels clicking against the floor. In truth, the rumors that circulated around me had stopped giving me a headache a long time ago. They were like a callous. I was aware of them, of course, but they didn’t sting or burn like they did when they were blisters. They’d chased me since I first entered medical school two years earlier than one was meant to. It didn’t make sense that a sixteen year old would graduate and instantly enter pre-med, but there I was, doing just that.

 Now I had reached fellow status at the hospital, and somehow, the rumors didn’t stop coming. I assisted in and conducted successful surgeries, had written a brilliant thesis, even helped the research of a rare disease that had come under my care by suggesting the doctor in charge try a non-standard form of surgery. Regardless, I would always be the ‘hot doctor,’ the one that surely used her body or her connections to get where she was. You never heard them whispering, ‘she has an IQ of 161.’ That was irrelevant. 

 “Doctor Caelius!” someone cried from behind me, just as I was about to step in through the doors of the ICU. I turned, looking to the frantic nurse that was chasing after me. “There’s an emergency. I can’t get a hold of Doctor Pullus and he’s the surgeon on call, we need you--” 

 “What’s going on?” I asked, turning away from the ICU and running after the nurse as we made our way to the emergency room, taking the stairs two at a time and weaving past other personnel. Patients in wheelchairs and walking with their IVs blinked as we rushed past.

 “There’s a pilus primus in the emergency room with apparent head trauma,” is all the nurse said. That’s all it took for me to start sprinting faster, regretting the high heeled boots I’d opted for to wear during my rounds as my heels started to ache with the impact of each foot fall. 

When we reached the emergency room, it was chaos. There were armed guards surrounding a man slumped over in a chair, and all of the doctors and nurses that were there were apparently not being allowed access to him. One of the guards was shouting for a doctor, ignoring the nurse at his elbow as she tried to force her way through the crowd and to the injured pilus primus. 

 “We’re not letting a woman treat the pilus!” the guard shouted. “Get a man, immediately!” 

 I slowed, eyes zeroing in on the pilus in question. His face was completely drained of color, and his head was lolling against his chest, eyes half open but entirely unfocused. Blood was seeping out from beneath his thick white hair, and his lip was fat and bruised, the guards around him looking nervous. Even still, they didn’t exactly look like Garlean military material; they looked more like a gang that had lied their way into the hospital. 

 I watched Quintus starting forward, but I was faster than him. As the guard that had been shouting was distracted by my surgeon friend, I ducked beneath his arm and made my way to bleeding man, pulling the little pen-flashlight from the pocket of my coat. There was a roar of outrage by the other guards, but security had, thankfully, finally shown up. Just as I felt a hand on my shoulder to pull me back, it was gone, the burly security guards holding the rowdy group at bay. 

 “Are you able to speak?” I asked as I examined the man’s pupils and checked his pulse. He looked like hell. We didn’t have a lot of time to waste.

 “Don’t wanna womandor... women docit... doto-...” He tried to glare up at me, but the effect was lost when it was clear that he couldn’t clearly articulate. 

 “Get a CT scan immediately and prepare an operating room,” I said, straightening up and turning only to feel the man grab the back of my coat.

 “No,” he managed to snap as I turned my head back to him. “Notyu--... Not YOU... Man!” 

 “You’re experiencing something called dysphasia,” I said, pulling my coat out of his bloodied hand. “Which is why you aren’t able to speak properly. There’s a lesion on your brain from blunt force trauma, by the looks of it. Apart from that, my professional opinion is that you’re suffering from an epidural hematoma. Basically, your brain is bleeding. Eventually, it could start to move around in your skull and cause brain damage, or it could very well kill you. We won’t know that for sure until we get a scan, but I have a pretty good feeling.” 

 Turning fully, I braced my hands on the arms of the chair on either side of him and leaned in close to his face again while security was attempting to escort the armed guards out of the hospital. I was acutely aware that I was being watched by the whole room, as well as the bleeding man. He was young, probably only in his late twenties or early thirties. 

 “I’m your best bet at the moment,” I told him in a low voice, meeting his gaze. “I’m a very good surgeon. And I’m willing to bet I’m the only surgeon that wouldn’t be really angry that a group of gangsters came in and lied to the staff that they were part of the Garlean military. You know it’s illegal to impersonate law enforcement and military, right? They’d all treat you, of course - it’s in our oath - but you don’t want an annoyed surgeon. It decreases the success rate.” 

 Straightening up, I was able to turn without being grabbed again and nodded to Quintus as I passed. His mouth was half open. 

 “I’ll be leading the surgery. This one is my new patient,” I said, gesturing behind me with a thumb. “CT scan. Stat!” 

I exhaled as I removed my surgical mask and gloves, rubbing my hand against my cheek. It had been exactly as I predicted: an epidural hematoma. Fortunately, the surgery had been a success - if a long process - and I felt like I could breathe again. Talking a big game was one thing. Making good on it was another subject entirely. The patient would be moved to the ICU, and we’d figure out his actual identity from either his bodyguards or him, when he woke up. 

 “Laelia!” Quintus called out as he quickly followed me out of the operating theater. I smiled tiredly at him and reached up, patting his arm.

 “Good work today,” I told him, continuing to walk. He kept pace with me as he removed his own mask and gloves, disposing of them as he moved.

 “That was amazing. All of it! In the emergency room, and the surgery-- you do it everything so quickly and neatly, you knew his diagnosis right away-- You’re incredible. Really. I don’t think there’s anything that brain of yours can’t do.”

 “You’re going to make me blush if you keep that up,” I joked, nudging him with my elbow. 

 “Let’s go out for tea sometime,” he blurted out. “Like, um... As a man and a woman. Not as colleagues. There’s a cafe that opened up with a ton of new kinds that our traders got from Kugane, so--”

 “I don’t like tea,” I replied breezily. “And I need to look over the surgical reports before I call it a night. Doctor Pullus will be looking for me when he finds out what happened to probably question my methods. Tell him I went home.” 

 I kept walking but Quintus didn’t. I didn’t mind the sudden silence at my side, too satisfied with myself to care.

“Don’t you think it’s weird that a Tribunus’ daughter would reach this position at her age? Obviously she had her father pull some strings.”

“Women don’t have the head needed for surgery. They get too emotional!”

“Have you seen the body on her? And the face? There’s no way she didn’t lay a few professors to get here. I heard that her and Professor Manius were a little too close... Lots of late nights spent in his office and lab together... Hah!”

"Fuck you guys,” I muttered, making my way to the locker room to change.

[austinmms]

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[architectnews]

Designers Australia 2021 Awards Shortlist

Designers Australia 2021 Awards Shortlist, DIA News, Architecture

Designers Australia 2021 Awards Shortlist News

25 May 2021

Australian Interior Design Awards 2021 Shortlist

Design Institute of Australia releases groundbreaking Designers Australia 2021 Awards

Today, the Design Institute of Australia (DIA)—Australia’s peak national body spearheading the design industry released the shortlist for its inaugural Designers Australia 2021 Awards. An impressive shortlist of 74 entries was announced across the three cross-disciplinary categories—Place, Use, and Interact. The unique awards, a first for the industry, identify Australia’s best designers and studios emphasising the individual/s and their design processes as much as the outcome.

Outstanding shortlisted designers and design teams identified include Bates Smart, Cox Architecture, Danielle Brustman, Edward Linacre, Glenn Murcutt on behalf of Naomi Milgrom Foundation, Hames Sharley, Ian Wong, Jen Lowe, Melissa Marsden, Nick Karlovatsis and Sarah Gibson, Phillips/Pilkington Architects, Pierce Widera, and Tom Skeehan.

DIA President Gavin Campbell FDIA said:  

“Valuing the designer’s influence over process and purchasing is integral to quality design outcomes that shape a better world. The distinct attribution of our designers is fundamental to the Design Institute of Australia’s policy work. Underpinned by our core values and purpose, we are thrilled to identify these progressive designers and their impact towards authenticity, diversity, equality, inclusivity, community, and the environment.”

Awards juror and multi-disciplinary artist Nicole Monks also commented:

“The Designers Australia 2021 Awards focus on process, wellbeing, ethics, and advocacy; this shift is groundbreaking, and the projects highlighted are exemplary examples of this within the Australian design landscape. I’m interested in the change-makers, those who aim to leave a legacy in design by creating pathways for the next generations to learn and grow and encouraged by those designers who consider broader social and environmental issues and the impact of good design. These awards show how designers can create connection and share the story of how ‘now’ matters in creating a better future.”

The awards identify the best design thinking and processes applied across projects that would have previously been categorised by traditional design disciplines such as industrial, interior, graphic, digital, product, environmental, textile, fashion, and many more.

According to the DIA code of conduct, which demonstrates a commitment to best practice, continual improvement, and excellence of the design industry, a jury of local and international industry leaders judged the entries. They included Alessandra Baldereschil, Susanna Bilardo, Lisa Cahill, Gavin Campbell, Lidewij Edelkoort & Philip Fimmano, Marcus Fairs, John Gertsakis, Dr. Rafael Gomez, Peta Heffernan, Fenella Kernebone, Tuba Kocaturk, Dr. Scott Mayson, Nicole Monks, Lorenzo Palmeri, and Quan Payne.

All shortlisted designers are identified below, each with a link to a dedicated page on the Designers Australia 2021 Awards website, where you can find an image and more information about each studio and its projects.

Images courtesy of DIA

Place representing the spaces we live, work, and play: 

A1 Office for Noma Consulting;  

A1 Office for Clevertronics;

Anna-Carin Design Studio for body of work;

Bates Smart for Gandel Wing, Cabrini;

Beatrix Rowe Interior Design for Malvern East 01;

Billard Leece Partnership for Susan Wakil Health Building;

Cameron Chisholm Nicol for RAAFA Clubhouse and Apartments;

Comunitl for Davidson;

Cox Architecture for Parmelia Hilton Hotel;

Cox Architecture for Transurban Workplace;

Cox Architecture for Sydney Coliseum Theatre, West HQ;

Cox Architecture for 2 Market Street Lobby;

Cox Architecture for Australian Museum Project Discover;

Cox Architecture for Eagle Workplace;

Danielle Brustman for Brighton Street Early Learning;

DesiginInc Adelaide for DesiginInc Adelaide Studio;

Elenberg Fraser for Market Lane;

Entro Communications Inc. for Australian Museum;

Gabbert Design for The Coolalinga Tavern;

Glenn Murcutt for MPavilion 2019;

Hames Sharley for Finlaysons Workplace Strategy and Design;

Latitude for SBB;

Mata Design Studio for Applecross Residence;

Mycelium Studios for Mycelium Studios;

Ni Design for Brisbane Physio Clinic;

Ohlo Studio for Dune House;

Pierce Widera for Core Physiotherapy;

Pierce Widera for Dux Coffee;

Pierce Widera for Fitzroy Residence;

Phillips/Pilkington Architects for Gunditj Mirring Keeping Place;

Russell & George for Sarah & Sebastian;

Skeehan Studio for Canberra Glassworks Shop;

Stephen Varady Associates for Nasteski Apartment;

Studio aem for Inside outside house;

studio-gram for The Guardsman;

studio-gram from Leigh Street Wine Room;

studio-gram for Fino Vino;

studio-gram for Bottega Bandito;

studio-gram for Hotel Indigo;

Trentini Design for Balgownie House;

Trentini Design for Baron Cottage;

Valentine interiors + design for Clemens Hill Ensuite;

Walter Brooke & Associates for iTL;

Walter Brooke & Associates for SOL;

Walter Brooke & Associates for EOS by SkyCity;

Woods Bagot for Central Park Tower Refurbishment; and

Zwei Interiors Architecture for body of work.

Use describing things we use: 

Alex Eviston for ‘Viaso’ Clinical Virtual Reality;

BoardGrove Architects for MPavilion 2020 Stool Dolly;

Cobalt Design for KeepCup Thermal Cup & Press Fit Lid;

DesignByThem for August Lounges by Gibson Karlo;

DesignByThem for DL Range;

Hare + Klein for Bridge Table;

ism objects for body of work;

JamFactory for Solute Pendant Light;

JamFactory for Sit Furniture Range;

JDT Design for LEGO 3D printed Spinner;

JPE Design Studio for SEDI;

kitely kianoosh design for Ostra Light;

Pivate for Variation object ver;

Pivate for Variation furniture ver;

Pinto Tuncer for Canberra Centre Mall Furniture;

Skeehan Studio for ROU House;

Skeehan Studio for NAVE Collection;

Suzi Attiwill for contribution to the profession;

The Classic Effect for Summit;

Uglykid.Org for Designs For The End of Life; and

Yellow Goat Design for H2O.

Interact depicting what or who we interact with:

Black Squid Design for A-Lure Gin;

Black Squid Design for 5Nines Distilling Single Malt Whisky;

EJO for 100 Objects;

Monash University Despartment of Design for HyperSext City;

Outspoken Entourage for Clarence Valley Conservatorium; and

United Studio for Markr.

The Designers Australia 2021 Awards is sponsored by Dulux Acratex. Winners will be announced at simultaneous hybrid events across each state on Thursday, 5 August 2021, with tickets soon to be released.

For further information, please visit https://www.awards.design.org.au/ 

About Design Institute of Australia 

Incorporated in 1958, the Design Institute of Australia (DIA) is the peak national body steering Australia’s design industry. Its purpose is to grow the value and role of design and the impact of our designers in Australia. Having the most extensive design professional network, DIA is the leading advocate for design, champions design excellence, progress change, and is a trusted voice in the national conversation. It engages with and educates designers, the government, and our broader society and fosters collaborations for designers to engage across the industry and community.

About Designers Australia 2021 Awards  

The Designers Australia 2021 Awards initiated after recognising an industry void acknowledge the breadth of the design disciplines advocated by the DIA. Formed as an opportunity to highlight and honor design processes defined by designers, the awards identify and celebrate Australian emerging and established designers. The three entry categories differentiate the cross-disciplinary opportunities presented to Australian designers:  Place representing the spaces we live, work, play; Use describing things we use; and Interact depicting what or who we interact with.

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Friday Releases for May 21

Friday is the busiest day of the week for new releases, so we've decided to collect them all in one place. Friday Releases for May 21 include Army of the Dead, M.O.D.O.K., Miitopia, and more.

Army of the Dead

Army of the Dead, the new movie from Zack Snyder, is out today.

From filmmaker Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen, Zack Snyder’s Justice League), ARMY OF THE DEAD takes place following a zombie outbreak that has left Las Vegas in ruins and walled off from the rest of the world. When Scott Ward (Dave Bautista), a former zombie war hero who’s now flipping burgers on the outskirts of the town he now calls home, is approached by casino boss Bly Tanaka (Hiroyuki Sanada), it’s with the ultimate proposition: break into the zombie-infested quarantine zone to retrieve $200 million sitting in a vault beneath the strip before the city is nuked by the government in 32 hours. With little left to lose, Ward takes on the challenge, assembling a ragtag team of experts for the heist. With a ticking clock, a notoriously impenetrable vault, and a smarter, faster horde of Alpha zombies closing in, only one thing’s for certain in the greatest heist ever attempted: survivors take all.

Blast Beat

Blast Beat, the new movie from Esteban Arango, is out today.

On the cusp of the year 2000, Colombian brothers Carly (Mateo Arias) and Mateo (Moises Arias) prepare to move to the United States for their last years of high school. Metalhead Carly has his heart set on attending the Georgia Aerospace Institute and working for NASA, while his supportive parents (Diane Guerrero and Wilmer Valderrama) seize the chance to escape the political turmoil in Colombia and chase the American Dream. At first, Mateo is the only one to express any cynicism, but when the reality of their new life sinks in, the family struggles to adapt as their expectations are shattered. When events threaten to derail their future, Carly’s dream becomes his only lifeline.

New Order

New Order, the new movie from Michel Franco, is out today.

While protests rage in the streets, Marianne’s high society family prepares for her wedding. At first, only splatters of green paint and the appearance of Rolando, a former employee seeking emergency medical funds, intrude on the festivities. But soon the party is unable to keep the reckoning at bay, and what follows is a swift disintegration of law and order defined first by class lines, then by disastrous government recapitulation.

The Retreat

The Retreat, the new movie from Pat Mills, is out today.

Renee and Valerie, a couple at a crossroad in their relationship, leave the city to spend the weekend at a remote cabin with friends but when they arrive, their friends are nowhere to be found. As they stumble through their relationship woes, they discover they are being hunted by a group of militant extremists who are determined to exterminate them.

The Dry

The Dry, the new from Robert Connolly, is out today.

When Federal Agent Aaron Falk returns to his home town after an absence of over twenty years to attend the funeral of his childhood friend, Luke, who allegedly killed his wife and child before taking his own life – a victim of the madness that has ravaged this community after more than a decade of drought. When Falk reluctantly agrees to stay and investigate the crime, he opens up an old wound – the death of 17- year-old Ellie Deacon. Falk begins to suspect these two crimes, separated by decades, are connected. As he struggles to prove not only Luke’s innocence but also his own, Falk finds himself pitted against the prejudice towards him and and pent-up rage of a terrified community.

SOLOS

SOLOS, the new TV series from David Weil, is out today.

Created by David Weil. With Uzo Aduba, Nicole Beharie, Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway. Seven unique character-driven stories. Each character will set off on a thrilling adventure in an uncertain future and they’ll come to reckon that even during our most isolated moments, we are all connected through the human experience.

Trying S2

The second season of Trying, the TV series from Andy Wolton, is out today.

All Nikki and Jason want is a baby—the one thing they can’t have. So they decide to adopt. With their dysfunctional friends, dramatic relatives, and chaotic lives, will the couple succeed in building the family of their dreams?

M.O.D.O.K.

M.O.D.O.K., the new TV series from Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt, is out today.

An egomaniacal super villain struggles to maintain control of his evil organization after it is bought by a multinational tech company, all while juggling the needs of his demanding family.

Miitopia

Miitopia, the new game from Nintendo, is out today.

Cast your friends, family, or anyone you choose in a comedy-filled adventure to bring down the face-stealing Dark Lord!

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Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport and Virtual Montreal Car Show

Text and Photos by Michael Hozjan

After redesigning the Tiguan and launching the Atlas, Volkswagen’s sales numbers have reached an unprecedented high. While the Atlas may be shattering the brand’s SUV sales figures, they’re not prepared to rest on their laurels. With other marques expanding their SUV/crossover line ups, clearly VW needed to expand their two model lineup to remain competitive, especially while the iron was hot. Enter the sleeker and smaller Atlas Cross Sport, offering customers a new and welcomed size alternative.  

But unless you have a really sharp eye, I doubt if you’ll notice that Volkswagen chopped off a couple of inches from the roof. They also took out three inches from the Atlas’ rear end, raked the back window, and got rid of the third row seat. The result is sportier looking midsize SUV that still delivers above average passenger room, with the largest rear seat in the segment, making this a true five passenger, and still enough room in the cargo bay for a weekend’s outing at the cottage.

Under the hood

The Cross Sport shares its powertrain options with its big brother, as the 235 horsepower, turbocharged 2.0 liter is the standard mill across all trim lines, while the 276 horse, 3.6 liter DOHC V6 delivering 266 lb-ft of torque remains as a $2,200 option. All Cross Sports sold in Canada are equipped with VW’s 4Motion all-wheel drive system mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission.

Trims

You can get yourself into the base model, the Trendline for $38,995. Of course that’s with the turbocharged four but you also get autonomous emergency braking, blind spot monitoring and rear traffic alert. Stepping up to the $43,495 Comfortline will get you adaptive cruise, push button start with keyless entry, dual zone a/c, front and rear parking sensors, and vinyl seats. At $48,095 the Highline brings you the creature comforts us northerners want and need - heated seats (front and rear) and heated mirrors. A large panoramic sunroof makes meteor watching in winter really sweet. VW also threw in some ambient lighting. The top dog Execline will set you back $52,095 but you get a 12 speaker Fender audio system complete with a subwoofer, a 360 degree view camera, digital instrument cluster and a dynamic road sign display – just in case you forgot the speed limit where you are.

 The cabin

If you’re familiar with the Atlas, or read my blog, then the Cross Sport has few surprises. This is one big, airy, comfortable interior. My Aurora Red Chroma Execline came with the Cinnamon – Titanic Black seats which really complimented each other.  There’s no bad seat in the Cross Sport, the shot gunner’s seat is power operated while the 60/40 split rear bench reclines for some added comfort and features more legroom than a lot of luxury sedans and suvs. That alone dear readers is worth the price of admission if you value your rear seat occupants. Headroom is down slightly from the standard Atlas, but even with my six-foot frame, there was plenty of headroom to spare.

The customizable 12.3-inch screen replaces the traditional dash with an easy to navigate,  high-resolution display. A digital speedometer and tach flank the steering wheel and are part of the digital gauge cluster. The two-tone aluminum strip running down the dash wasn’t to my taste but a couple of friends did like it.

A buddy showed me the advantages of having two USB outlets; he ran two devices simultaneously, using his phone to run Waze while a USB key played our favorite road tunes. The Cross Sport also has a wireless charging pad.

There’s 40 cu.ft. of cargo room with the rear bench in place, fold it down and that expands to a more than ideal 77.8 cu.ft., besting anything in this highly competitive category. It may not be equipped with dozens of cubbyholes like its Japanese and Koreans counterparts but then, sometimes if you don’t have too many pockets, it’s easier to find things.  

On the road

Before the rise of the jellybean cars of the eighties and nineties, cars had flat hoods with clear unobstructed views of the road ahead and the front corners. Climb into the Cross Sport and peer out the windshield and you get the same vast expansive view of the road, even with the chopped roof. It’s a welcome feeling.

While I haven’t had any seat time in the turbocharged four powered version, I can’t see it as being anywhere nearly sufficient to haul this people carrier down the road. The fuel consumption savings alone would justify picking the two additional cylinders. If you plan on pulling anything with the Atlas Cross Sport opt for the V6 and the tow package. Sadly I didn’t feel any performance improvements over the Atlas despite the weight shedding. Like its big brother, off line gitty up and go is impressive for its size, but it would be nice to see the Cross Sport inherit the sporty driving dynamics hinted at by its fastback styling. Hopefully VW will address the issue and offer us a sporty edition with a tighter transmission and better-dampened suspension.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has given the Atlas Cross Sport a five-star overall crash-test rating.

 Conclusion

Volkswagen must have seen the writing on the wall, or have a good crystal ball, because they got the formula right. As a hot rodder, the Atlas has scored high in my increasing list of must-have VWs, right along with the Golf Rabbit edition GTI and Golf All-Track (modified to Golf R specs) plus a slew of vintage VWs, but that’s an article for another day.

If you don’t need to haul a platoon of kids, or a garage full of car parts or renovation items  around on a regular basis, but want the comfort and ride of a larger SUV with cool lines, then the Cross Sport might just be the vehicle you’ve been waiting for.

Is it perfect, no it’s not, no vehicle is, but here are my Atlas pet peeves.

For reasons beyond my understanding, as the flagship of the marquee, the Atlas’ rear view camera is NOT hidden behind the VW logo and hence prone to the same elements, just like every other car out there. I mean one of the winning features of modern day Volkswagens is the protected back up camera. Note to corporate if you don’t want a large VW logo on the back how about a round globe or Atkas the titan on a round circle to hide the camera behind.

I’d prefer a full size spare also, but at least it does have a spare with a full tool kit. Lastly why oh why have you not connected the tail pipes to the two square exhaust ports in the bumper?

Price as tested: $ 58,264*

* Includes dealer prep, destination charges and A/C excise tax  

2021 Montreal International Auto Show

The on again, off again, on again virtual presentation of the 2021 Montreal International Auto Show looks like a go. You can imagine the nightmare of logistics the organizers have had to go through to pull this one off.

Zone AUTO will be aired in French on TVA (check your local provider for station listings) on Saturday February 20th at 10 AM.  The one hour show will be followed by a series of 7 pod casts that enthusiasts and buyers can stream on the MIAS website from February 20-26.  https://www.salonautomontreal.com

Regular visitors to Montreal’s Palais de Congrès will still be able to get some of the latest scoops including the Annual Canadian Car of the Year voted by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC).  

A "Pool" contest will be launched early February on MIAS's Facebook page where car enthusiasts will be invited to put themselves in the shoes of an automotive journalist and name the winning vehicles in each category. The winner will have the chance to win a cash prize of up to $3,000.

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Saturday garage fire at Bay Mills Indian Community nation leaves Brimley, MI man with minor smoke inhalation

Saturday garage fire at Bay Mills Indian Community nation leaves Brimley, MI man with minor smoke inhalation

U.P. Breaking News Bulletin: – 4-7-18 – 3:32 p.m. ET

Brimley, MI Saturday garage fire billows enough to cause EMS to check out a victim with minor smoke inhalation

By Greg Peterson U.P. Breaking News Owner, News Director 906-273-2433

(Brimley, MI) – One person suffered smoke inhalation during a garage fire Saturday afternoon at the Bay Mills Indian Community nation.

The garage fire was reported…

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Hidden Toronto: a growing list of the city’s best-kept secrets

RUPTUREDS OF CREATIVITY MAKE A CITY WORTH RESIDING IN

" I reside in Toronto," starts the commentary of the Oscar-winning brief Ryan, "a city in Canada where I see way a lot of shades of grey for my own good health."

It can be tough to reside in a place whose very appearances are a continuous reminder of our failure to do much better. Where a lot of streetscapes are specified by indifferent condos as well as the same handful of financial institutions and also pharmacies at their bases. Where cuts to transit make rush hour an increasingly derogatory experience yet also theoretical troubles to drivers are considered undesirable. Where we're told by our politicians that good points are past us which the "TORONTO" check in Nathan Phillips Square is unworthy of even the moderate funds required to keep it around for another year.

Where public investment is dealt with as a benefit and not a right, to be administered on the basis of political efficiency rather than need.

Thankfully, there are the buttons.

In each of the cellar restrooms at Otto's Berlin Döner in Kensington Market is a switch on the wall. Oversized and also unmissable but entirely unmarked, there is no demand to press them, yet you can. And also in the midst of the sweltering heat of August or the unlimited winter season of March, you will certainly be delighted.

Easter eggs like these are what make the city-- any type of city-- worth living in. They are the bursts of creativity or charm, oddness or fancifulness, that make it possible to get through the days during the greyer months when doing so would otherwise be an obstacle. Occasionally they are destinations, but often they are unforeseen. They are physical signs that a person, in a remote or very recent history, made the effort to care, to add something to the city material that would intangibly enhance the experience of it.

The Peter Frying pan statuary in Glenn Gould Park, as an example, is not special. It is one of 6 the same copies of Sir George Frampton's original in London's Kensington Gardens. It is not even the just one of its kind in Canada.

Yet with its 9 fairies, seven computer mice, 5 bunnies, 3 birds and one each of a snail, squirrel, salamander and frog-- all circling Peter as well as Wendy-- it brings a sprinkle of childish goal to the northwest corner of Opportunity and St. Clair.

There is no naturally sensible reason it should exist the park's pianist namesake had not been also born when it was installed. That it was donated by something called the College Heights' Association "to the spirit of children at play" is a peculiarity of background, and that it lingers to the present is a strange present.

The value of a city is gauged, partly, by its capability to provide the unforeseen and to emerge as an area where such shocks are welcomed.

It has to do with the city as source of nourishment as well as stimulation-- the city as play area, the city as theme park, the city as location that encourages exploration. The city as a home that makes you grateful to receive its prizes.

In the late 2000s, I belonged to the Toronto Psychogeography Society, which is a fancy means of stating I took place regular night strolls normally arranged by Spacing editor Shawn Micallef. The trips typically came under two categories: venturing with parts of the city that we 'd never ever or else experience walking, or wandering through locations we thought about familiar but that still had keys to reveal.

There was likewise a third sort of walk: ones that travelled via areas well known to simply one of us. At that time, I was dealing with my family at Yonge and York Mills, a location I frowned at for its distinct lack of points. On the second coldest evening of the wintertime, the group came up to my location, and we headed off via the vacant Don Valley Golf links.

Held in the air by looming concrete assistances, the 401 crosses the gorge there using a substantial bridge that rises over the greens. We climbed up the high hillside at the west side of the bridge up until we discovered ourselves adjacent to the highway, at the protected tip of a fork in the roadway.

Cars and trucks zoomed past on both sides.

I had known about the bridge and also the remarkable industrial-ruin feeling of its base. I didn't know you might securely come eye to eye with the freeway, staring down traffic on one of the busiest paths on the planet. I had never done anything like it in the past.

In that moment, Toronto in February was okay. -- Jonathan Goldsbie

HISTORIC LANDMARKS As Well As ARCHITECTURE

1. THE OCULUS PAVILION, SOUTH HUMBER PARK

Nearly 60 years after it was up to Planet near the south end of the Humber bike route, you'll discover a recklessness with an useful feature: a flying saucer affixed to a stone-faced public washroom. Engineer Alan Crossley's playful mid-century modernist masterpiece is a miserable things today. Grubby, disregarded, labelled with graffiti as well as a lot in need of a cleanup, it was just recently included in Architectural Conservancy Ontario's (ACO) list of structures in jeopardy. ACO states a plan to destroy the washroom (it's attracting what local councillor Justin Di Ciano refers to as "illicit deals and behaviour") and wrap the steel blog posts with stone from the restroom walls will certainly "weaken its building elegance." That strategy is being re-evaluated thanks to a campaign led by ACO head of state Catherine Nasmith as well as a change.org petition introduced by Stephanie Mah of ACO's NextGen. Sign the petition and also check out the Oculus. Admire its stylish asymmetry, examination the echo, then lie on your back and search for into its eye to the skies as well as marvel.

2. COMMERCE COURT NORTH TOWER, 25 KING W

This 34-storey limestone standard, part of the four-building facility that supports the city's monetary district, was the highest structure in the British Empire when it was finished in 1931. But the gold-coffered ceiling and art deco designing made it a masterpiece in its time and currently a treasured heritage building.

3. GIBRALTAR FACTOR BEACH AND LIGHTHOUSE, CENTRE ISLAND

Tiny as well as secluded, Gibraltar Factor Beach has a witchy ambiance. Possibly it's the huge desire catchers in the trees or due to the fact that it's beside Toronto's earliest (as well as spookiest) spots, the nearby Gibraltar Factor Lighthouse. Integrated in 1808, its original keeper, John Paul Radelmüller, was killed on a chilly evening in January 1815. Tale has it he was tossed from the top of the lighthouse by soldiers from Ft York which his ghost is still looking for his body. The tale grew in appeal following the exploration of parts of a human skeleton some years later on. Well worth seeing: Michael Davey's turning Rogue Wave art setup of materials washed up on the shore, in particular niches in the structure wall surface at the western side of Gibraltar Point.

4. HUMBER BAY ARCH BRIDGE, MARTIN GOODMAN TRAIL

This bridge goes by several names, yet what we can agree on is that it is among Toronto's the majority of lovely. Developed by Montgomery Sisam Architects and also opened up in 1996, the cycle- and also pedestrian-only bridge across the mouth of the Humber River belongs to the Martin Goodman Route and also connects the eastern as well as western halves of Humber Bay Park. Its dual white arcs and also symmetrical layout were influenced by "an abstracted version of the Thunderbird, an Aboriginal icon of the Ojibways, that inhabited the website for almost 200 years." The majority of spectacular sight: when getting in and also leaving on either side.

5. DAVID DUNLAP OBSERVATORY, 123 HILLSVIEW, RICHMOND HILL

In 1921, Clarence Incantation, head of state of the Royal Astronomical Culture of Canada, gave a lecture about a comet. In his audience, mining executive David Dunlap was captivated. He passed away 3 years later, but his widow, Jessie Dunlap, supplied to finance the construction of an observatory that would certainly contain the second-largest astronomical telescope on the planet. In 1971, Tom Bolton measured wobbles in the orbit of a celebrity as it circled around an invisible X-ray-emitting things so large that it had to be a great void: Cygnus X-1, the initial to be validated by monitoring. In 2009 the observatory was acquired by the Royal Astronomical Culture of Canada. Earnings from the sale of its land financed the founding of U of T's Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics. Eighty-one years after it initially saw light, the observatory continues to influence astronomers as well as hundreds of visitors. Interested? Call the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. You will not discover a great void, however you will see stars-- and also much more.

6. AGA KHAN PARK AND ALSO MUSEUM, 77 WYNFORD

The World's society and also film critic, Kate Taylor, wrote in Might 2015 that Aga Khan Park, part of the complex that includes the Aga Khan Museum as well as Toronto Ismaili Centre, "births most of the features of a white elephant." She meant that figuratively, of course, explaining the "lengthy trip from downtown Toronto" as well as other downsides (e.g., scarce parking) of its location alongside the DVP north of Eglinton. Certainly, the 6.8-hectare park ignores Don Mills from a lofty perch, and as a social location it aspires to even higher objectives-- namely, "to urge intercultural discussion and also exchange ... in a time when the globe of Islam and the Western globe requirement to collaborate a lot more properly at constructing good understanding." Aga Khan Park has swiftly come to be a popular landmark.

7. HILL CHURCH, OLD FINCH OPPORTUNITY As Well As REESOR

Records of weird sounds and also "screams" (the ghost of a young girl killed at Old Finch bridge in the future, or pets at the close-by Toronto Zoo?) remain to swirl around this 1877 Methodist church and also cemetery in a remote wooded edge of the Rouge Valley.

8. SCARBOROUGH CIVIC CENTRE, 150 BOROUGH

Anchored by Moriyama's Kubrick-esque space ship, this ode to Scarborough's long-deferred huge desires is entering into its own as an individuals put with the addition of a new public library, the first contribution to the district in 25 years. Great diversion: the waterfall (when it's working) ranging from inside the Civic Centre to a wading pool. Fascinating sidelight: Swedish carver Carl Milles's The Hand Of God, committed to former Scarborough mayor Albert Campbell, protrudes from the orchard nearby.

9. THE MANSIONS OF WESTON, LAWRENCE As Well As WESTON OFF JOHN

The former town understood for its Masonic background additionally includes some of the city's loveliest century-old houses mixed in with its funky circa-1970s architecture. Little Avenue Boneyard above the Humber notes the area where Weston's initial settlers lived till a disastrous flooding rinsed the west financial institution and also sawmill in 1850.

10. TABER HILLSIDE OSSUARY, INDIAN MOUND CRESCENT

The remains of 472 native souls, thought to be 13th-century Iroquois, were discovered here in 1956 throughout building of the close-by class. ROM excavators claim the graves became part of an ancient reburial that complied with the relocation of an indigenous village. The bones were reinterred in 1961 in an event arranged by the city of Scarborough as well as attended by agents from the Brantford Six Nations book and also various other Initial Countries.

11. THE CAMH HERITAGE WALL, 1001 QUEEN WEST

When you pass the Centre for Dependency as well as Mental Health, take a minute to take a look at what remains of the block and rock wall that as soon as bordered the entire complicated. The wall was built in stages by people of the medical facility between 1851 and also the 1880s. More than a century later, the site is going through enormous redevelopment that is mindful of honouring its past while physically opening the room to break down barriers in between clients, health care workers and also the general public. Only a part of the wall continues to be.

12. BRAND-NEW! ST. ANNE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, 270 GLADSTONE

St. Anne's Church near the edge of Gladstone as well as Dundas was constructed in 1907 in the Byzantine Resurgence design. Soon after it was built, the church inside was enhanced with mural paints by artists that would later on be referred to as three of the charter member of Canada's Group of Seven. Artwork by J. E. H. MacDonald, Frederick Varley, and also Franklin Carmichael show the life of Christ as well as occasions from the Old and also New Testimony. The paints were developed on canvases in each of the musicians' workshops and then attached to the church walls. They are the just well-known spiritual works by the Group of Seven.

13. BRAND-NEW! CAMPBELL RESIDENCE, QUEEN As Well As UNIVERSITY

Integrated in 1822, Campbell Residence is a heritage house as well as museum. It is among the few staying examples of Georgian architecture in Toronto as well as the oldest continuing to be home from the Community of York. The building was in fact created at a different website, at Adelaide East and also Frederick Street, by Upper Canada Chief Justice Sir William Campbell and his better half Hannah. It was used as a personal home and then an office building for greater than a century before being auctioned off in the 1970s to whoever could remove it from the property. A group of attorneys bought the house as well as relocate 1.5 kilometres to its current place, where it's now had by the City of Toronto and used as a museum, art gallery and also occasion room.

14. BRAND-NEW! THE GARDINER EAST PILLARS

The grand columns that run alongside the Lakeshore East bike lanes simply west of Leslie when sustained a 1.3-kilometre track of freeway that, in the 1960s, coordinators really hoped would eventually connect to Scarborough. But in 1999, council elected to destroy that raised section of the Gardiner-- however maintained a few of the pillars for posterity. Now, they pass as found art along with noting neighborhood highway background.

15. NEW! LESYA UKRAINKA MONUMENT IN HIGH PARK, COLBORNE LODGE DRIVE (NORTH OF CENTRE ROADWAY).

Beside High Park's Canine Hillside with its rough and tumble of unbound furry bodies, the sculpture of Larissa Kosach-- "The Greatest Ukrainian Poetess," who wrote under the name Lesya Ukrainka-- climbs in silent dignity. Larger than life and also gripping flowers in each hand, she stares in reflection across her very own exclusive yard. Contributed in 1975 by the Ukrainian Canadian Females's Council, the group still collects at the monolith each September to honour her. A homage to the concept of verse as well as literary works as a pressure for freedom, this verse appears on the sides of the pedestal in English as well as Ukrainian: "By very own hands freedom gained is flexibility real/ By others freedom provided is a captive's doom.".

PUBLIC ART.

1. WHITE ELEPHANT, 77 YARMOUTH.

Simply north of Christie Pits on Yarmouth, a life-sized elephant named Sally lives in James Lawson's front yard. The virtually three-metre-tall sculpture has actually made the nabe her residence because 2003. Lawson inherited her from his good friend, musician and commercial designer Matt Donovan, that made the monster as part of his thesis job at OCAD. Made of fibreglass, chicken cord as well as plywood, the large grass ornament stops individuals in their tracks. "I still listen to exclamations of surprise and also laughs from passersby," states Lawson. "She's progressively concealed by my cherry tree, which means that in the summer most individuals in cars and trucks miss her unless they're moving slowly.".

2. TRINITY SQUARE MAZE, BEHIND THE EATON CENTRE.

This little-known oasis of calm in what may be Toronto's the very least valued public square sits atop the hidden course of Taddle Creek as well as is come close to by means of Tibetan arcs. Like the 13th-century rock maze at Chartres Cathedral in France, it influences artistic reflection in those who put in the time to walk it. Also a great area to people-watch.

3. ROSEHILL TANK, 75 ROSEHILL.

A Canadian water site, Rosehill Storage tank was integrated in 1873. Throughout the Second World War it was enclosed by a barbed cable fencing for concern of sabotage, much to the irritation of citizens that 'd pertained to take pleasure in the periodic dip in the water. It was covered in 1966 to shield it from trespassing growth-- and also supposedly as a result of continuing Cold War concerns. A fountain, wading swimming pool, 1.6 hectares of reflecting fish ponds as well as a waterfall were included as surface area features, although nowadays the tank runs more as a park than a connection to Toronto's water background.

4. EQUAL BEFORE THE LEGISLATION, AT THE MCMURTRY GARDENS OF JUSTICE.

Like a fantastic editorial cartoon, this public sculpture by Eldon Garnet uses simply a handful of symbols to boil down a significant concept right into a greatly basic photo. A lamb and also a lion, both life-size and also cast in bronze, balance flawlessly on opposite ends of a scale, its imposition of equal rights going beyond nature and also physics. On its site behind the 361 College courthouse, where the city's most significant criminal situations are listened to, the work is a company and specific tip of the perfect of justice shared in Area 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms: "Every person is equivalent prior to and also under the law and also can the equal security and equal benefit of the regulation without discrimination.".

5. MURAL BY PHLEGM, 1 ST. CLAIR WEST.

UK road musician Phlegm takes public art to new elevations with a just-completed eight-storey mural. Depicting a bent number as well as Toronto sites, it's "an allegory for the living and breathing nature of the city," according to the artist. Organizers wish the job, which is moneyed through the city's StreetART program, marks a brand-new chapter in recognition of even more adventurous public art.

6. PETER PAN SCULPTURE IN GLENN GOULD PARK, NORTHWEST EDGE OF ST. CLAIR As Well As AVENUE ROAD.

It's easy to miss this job dedicated to "the spirit of kids at play" beneath the chestnut boughs. This reproduction of the Peter Pan statuary in London's Kensington Gardens has gone to the nexus of among Toronto's most famous neighbourhoods given that 1929, put up by the neighborhood ratepayers' organization with the help of industrial property magnate transformed philanthropist Herbert Hale Williams, who is far better known for his commitment of Amsterdam Square across the street.

7. PULL OF THE LAND, ON BAYVIEW AT THE BLOCK FUNCTIONS.

Popular road artist Faith47 was appointed in 2013 to create a mural recording the spirit of Toronto's abyss. The outcome graces the underside of Metrolinx's Bala Subdivsion rail line.

8. PAN AM COURSE.

A collection of exterior artworks dedicated to the 2015 Frying pan Am Gamings stress some 80 kilometres of multi-use tracks from Claireville Tank in Brampton to the shore of Lake Ontario south of Rouge Park. Art setups developed in the months leading up to the Gamings connect 13 of the city's top priority neighbourhoods and also use the themes of art, nature as well as variety. Noteworthy: Underpass Park (envisioned) the mural cooperation between UrbanArts and also musician Dan Bergeron under the St. Phillips Bridge in Weston discovering the legacy of Cyclone Hazel. There's so much even more to the Path! Check it out.

9. SQUIRREL CULT STATUARY, JOEL WEEKS PARK, 10 THOMPSON.

Credit scores to the National Article for first mentioning that the quartet of bronze squirrels raised on hind legs prior to a huge acorn at the south end of this brand-new Waterfront park resembles absolutely nothing so much as a cult. When the paper asked artist Mary Anne Barkhouse why the squirrels would certainly genuflect before the nut, she simply responded to, "Why wouldn't they?" Appointed by the city, the squirrel sect is one aspect of a triptych called Echo that Aboriginal sculptors Barkhouse and also Michael Belmore created for the park. (The other items are a somewhat even more traditional beaver as well as fox.) On a current go to, a person had actually left a partially consumed bagel as an offering.

10. AL ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY SCULPTURE PARK, BEHIND 33 DAVISVILLE.

In a condo-cluttered spot of midtown in between Yonge an Mt. Pleasant, weird pieces of bronze as well as steel have been collected in tribute to several of Toronto's avant-garde artists of the 60s and 70s.

11. AL PURDY'S STATUARY, QUEEN'S PARK CIRCLE.

Working-class hero as well as poet Al Purdy rode the Depression-era rails west for inspiration. "Voice of the Land," as he was called, is likewise the title of the statuary by musicians Veronica de Nogales Lepre-vost and also Edwin Timothy Dam, which was appointed in 2001 with a little help from Toronto's first poet laureate, Dennis Lee, Margaret Atwood as well as Michael Ondaatje. It's just the second unabridged statue of a poet in Toronto, the various other being of Robbie Burns.

12. TALE OF OIL MURALS, IMPERIAL OIL STRUCTURE, 111 ST. CLAIR WEST.

The former Imperial Oil head office is currently the Imperial Plaza condo, with an LCBO and also Market by Longo's at street level. Flanked by York Wilson's substantial The Story Of Oil murals, they're the most stunning liquor and supermarket in the city. Both adoringly brought back and iced up in time, the murals stand for that type of postwar optimism where points that became dreadful for the earth were thought to signify the most effective wish for humanity. The vestiges of public grandiosity continue to be evident in the huge clock deals with constructed right into the shiny marble wall surfaces at opposite ends of the first stage, as well as a third springing from a matrix of golden-hued tiles in the centre.

13. BRAND-NEW! CIRCLE OF TREES, WOODBINE PARK.

Artist Laurie McGugan's 2000 Centuries Task at Woodbine Park, Circle of Trees, really did not go completely as planned. The item includes 7 maple trees in a circle, one of them cast in bronze (in 4 components, after that bonded together as one). As the trees grew, the bronze item would certainly remain the exact same, showing time through nature. "Although planted with optimum treatment, the living trees did not flourish as anticipated after about five years, however were battling to endure," McGugan says. "With some attention, by the Parks Division and the Conservator of Public Art, to the soil around the trees, they seem to have actually recoiled. The intended layout might still unravel over time.".

14. NEW! THE VESSEL, TADDLE CREEK PARK, 40 BEDFORD.

Standing among concentric rings of blocks that appear to ripple external like water, Ilan Sandler's The Vessel cuts a distinctive profile at the edge of Bedford and Lowther. Mounted in 2011 as part of a park restoration funded by Area 37 money from the nearby One Bedford growth, the sculpture is planned to stimulate the long-buried Taddle Creek that went across the midtown core through the late 1800s. Its four kilometres' well worth of stainless steel rods would certainly, in theory, stretch along the previous river's course to Lake Ontario if unfurled. As well as in warmer weather condition, it acts as an avant-garde public fountain, with water dripping from the rim down along its wiry surface area to a subterranean tank that waters the park.

15. NEW! GRAFFITI STREET, SOUTH OF QUEEN FROM SPADINA TO PORTLAND.

The swing on chains behind YYZ Gallery-- the work of local musician Corwyn Lund, part of a group show on guerrilla jobs-- is gone. But Graffiti Alley, aka Thrill Lane, is still one of the coolest area to decipher the best of Toronto road art.

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Happy B-day Hetalia :D

Here’s a headcanon for every official character :D

African characters:

Cameroon: He enjoys going to schools around his country, he always tries to play a couple of matches against the kids. He lets them win to build their confidence in themselves.

Egypt: Someone when he’s sad he writes letters to his mother in hieroglyphics, he then puts it in the Nile hoping she’ll find it, one day.

Seychelles: Whenever she visits France's place she does her hair in a french plait. No reason, She just likes to plait her hair when she visits.

Asian characters:

China: Whenever he gets time off, he loves to ride a bike on the xi’an wall, he loves taking in the city. Sometimes he likes to think about how it has changed.

Cyprus: Whenever he is around Greece and Turkey he considers himself the “mature” one. With all their arguing who wouldn’t?

Hong Kong: Due to his fear of the dark, whenever he’s at a friend/family’s house he’ll refuse to let them leave the room he’s sleeping in till he’s asleep, he’ll hold their hand the whole night if that means they’ll stay.

India: His favorite pastime is drawing is hennas on people's arm, if nobody is around he’ll draw one on himself. Every single one he does is a work of art!

Japan: On trips to meeting or even on holiday he brings an emergency blanket to burrito in, he has been found on more than one occasion huddled up in his hotel room rather than outside enjoying himself.

S.korea: he knows how to K-pop dance, every time one of his many K-pop artist releases a new song with dance moves he’ll practice it till he perfects it.

Macau: Around new people he acts like a gentleman, he always offers the best of his hospitality, around his family he’s a lot more casual and tends to make jokes.

Russia: He is amazing at ballet, only his sisters and his teacher knows this though, he is way too embarrassed to tell anyone else.

Taiwan: She has lucky cats hidden around her house, when she is tired or bored she likes to flick the kitty’s arm. Sometimes she giggles at their movements.

Thailand: Bad hair days are horrible for him, the majority of his day will be dedicated to making his hair fluffy again.

Turkey: Sometimes he likes to go to the mills in his country and help the ladies there make carpets, he loves the detail that goes into them.

Vietnam: Her loves to a coracle around Ha Long Bay, especially at night. She loves to sit in the middle of the bay and stare at the stars.

European countries:

Austria: He can recite entire script of the sound of music. It's his favorite musical because it's from his place and actually happened!

Belarus: When she is around someone she truly hates she’ll stare at them and think of every possible way to kill them till they walk/run away. She always smirks afterwards.

Belgium: She has a habit of cooking when she’s not hungry, she’ll just start making waffles at 3am for no reason. Most of the food she makes is given to her brothers because free food = more money.

Bulgaria: He has an entire cabinet full of his cosplay outfits, he is very careful when washing and drying all of his outfits and rarely ever lets people try them on, for obvious reasons.

Czech: Her tolerance to alcohol is very high. It takes quite a few beers before she can be considered drunk.

Denmark: More than once he has decided to break into Sweden's house and made a sofa fort, he defends it like it’s his own castle.

England: His favorite tea is Earl Grey. He is open to trying other types though, his second favorite tea is PG tips.

Estonia: He will spend an entire day blogging stuff, sometimes Latvia or Finland will have to come over to make sure he is actually eating and sleeping.

Finland: He’s a lot stronger than many people give him credit for, I mean just think about his country's sniping history and how he was excited to fight against Lithuania and Poland!

France: On the short breaks (weekends) he likes to travel around his place to taste wine. He can name every vineyard and seller in alphabetical order.

Germany: He takes on more work than he can handle. The reason behind this is so at the end of the week he feels like he has accomplished something.

Greece: Sometimes when he is bored he’ll make mini statues of Greek gods and goddess.  He’ll just get a bit of clay and mold it into a god.

Hungary: Her favorite pastime is to bathe in her hot springs. Not these new fancy ones, the original ones that were built during the old days.

Iceland: He has an account for nearly everyone social media site, most of which he’s too scared to actually post something because he fears of being judged.

Italy: I bet you he owns a book based on the different types of pasta, he doesn’t even need it he can name every single style of pasta.

Latvia: The reason he is often hanging out with the micro-nations is because it makes him feel more grown up, he likes being the oldest in a group!

Liechtenstein: She has more than one ribbon. The one her brother gave to her is very special to her, so much so that she bought herself more ribbons so that she doesn’t ruin the one Switzerland got her.

Lithuania: He has defended Latvia more than once, a lot of times when russia was about to punish Latvia, lith took it for him.

Luxembourg: Sometimes when he is feeling mischievous he’ll which the side his hair falls on, this makes ned’s eyes twitch and Belgium mentally scream trying to figure out what’s off.

Moldova: More often than not he’ll watch horror movies way over his age (Well not his actual age but his personified age), he is often scolded by his big brother Romania because of this.

Monaco: She’s made make up tutorials before, they are all very detailed and anyone can pull it off! She has never uploaded any though, the key to her beauty must remain secret~ (even though she’s prettier without it)

Netherlands: He lets his bunny sleep in his bed. As neat as he is having his little fluffy friend to cuddle up with helps him sleep.

Norway: He knows the names and address of every coffee shop at his place, he can also name the place where the coffee was grown. It’s his wine.

Poland: He is very religious, every Sunday he goes to church. As flamboyant as he may be he’ll thank god for all he has.

Portugal: He barely ever combs his hair, not because he doesn’t want to but because he is always doing stuff. When he does get the chance to comb his hair he’ll take a good hour combing it.

Prussia: whenever he is home alone he busts out the old shirt on trousers off moves. If Germany gets home early he’ll be greeted with his awesome brother in his tighty whities.

Romania: Sometimes when he wants to troll people he’ll dye his water blood red, people call him a vampire anyways, why not freak them out a bit more?

Slovakia: He is rather lazy when it comes to personal hygiene, he’d rather just get some dry shampoo and a couple of wet wipes then take an hour in the shower.

South Italy: He often trips over his own feet, so he’ll be walking down the street minding his own business and casually fall over. He plays it off very well though!

Spain: Sometimes when he’s bored he’ll put on his dancing clothes, he doesn’t need a partner, a broom will do quite nicely~

Sweden: Is one of the best dancers ever. Think about it, most of the music that comes from his place are addictive and have dance moves that everyone knows! (Caramelldansen)

Switzerland: Has a manual on how to win monopoly every time, it doesn’t matter if the others see it, so long as he wins he doesn’t care.

Ukraine: She really enjoys being around the micro-nations, especially if they enjoy her company too. She likes to mother the little ones, she’s very motherly.

Mirco-nations:

Hutt river: The main reason he is so fancy is because of Australia, he wants to be noticed by him so he sparkles~

Kunglemungle: He loves to be left alone to practice his art, even if it’s just for a few minutes it can mean the world to him.

Molossia: The only person that truly sees his soft side is america, he is the only person that he trust not to tell anyone

Niko Niko: Although he’s human now he still acts like a micro-nation. He was born as one and he will forever be one to everyone else.

Sealand: He is scared of fires, whenever fire is mentioned he feels tears falling from his eyes. (Sealand had a pretty bad fire a while back)

Seborga: Sometimes he likes to see how many people he can flirt with in one day, he makes it a little game for himself.

TRNC: He barley ever hangs out with the other micro-nations, he’d rather just hang out with turkey and his big brother.

Wy: When she is around the other female nations she asks if they can do her hair, she likes how Ms.Belgium does her hair the most!

North America:

America: He still cuddles with a stuffed animals when he’s asleep. He really likes to cuddle things at night and if nobody is nearby his bear is his lifesaver.

Canada: He really likes hiking during his time off, he’ll often go on holidays to mountainy areas so he can go on a nice, long, hike.

Cuba: He enjoys taking naps on the beach, if he could he’d lay there all day watching the waves roll in and out whilst having a cheeky smoke.

Oceania:

Australia: Sometimes when he’s feeling upset he’ll hangout in the bush with all the animals, he feels like he can connect more with the animals than actual people.

New Zealand: He is very aggressive when playing sports, he may seem like a sweetheart when talking but as soon as he puts his uniform on it’s game O N

HOLY MOLY THAT TOOK FOREVER I FEEL ACCOMPLISHED! 

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What Happens When the Richest U.S. Cities Turn to the World?

By Emily Badger, NY Times, Dec. 22, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO--Well before anyone thought of this place as the center of the tech economy, the Bay Area built ships. And it did so with the help of many parts of the country.

Douglas fir trees logged in the Pacific Northwest were turned into lumber schooners here. Steel from the East, brought in by railroad, became merchant vessels. During World War II, workers assembled battleships with parts from across the country: steam turbines from Schenectady, N.Y., and Lester, Pa.; gear winches from Tacoma, Wash.; radio equipment from Newark; compasses from Detroit; generators from Milwaukee.

Most of these links that tied the Bay Area’s prosperity to a web of places far from here have faded. Westinghouse closed the Pennsylvania plant. General Electric downsized in Schenectady. The Milwaukee manufacturer dissolved. The old Bethlehem Shipbuilding yard in San Francisco will soon be redeveloped. And its former parent company, the Bethlehem Steel Corporation in Bethlehem, Pa., went bankrupt in 2001.

The companies that now drive the Bay Area’s soaring wealth--and that represent part of the American economy that’s booming--don’t need these communities in the same way. Google’s digital products don’t have a physical supply chain. Facebook doesn’t have dispersed manufacturers. Apple, which does make tangible things, now primarily makes them overseas.

A changing economy has been good to the region, and to a number of other predominantly coastal metros like New York, Boston and Seattle. But economists and geographers are now questioning what the nature of their success means for the rest of the country. What happens to America’s manufacturing heartland when Silicon Valley turns to China? Where do former mill and mining towns fit in when big cities shift to digital work? How does upstate New York benefit when New York City increases business with Tokyo?

The answers have social and political implications at a time when broad swaths of the country feel alienated from and resentful of “elite” cities that appear from a distance to have gone unscathed by the forces hollowing out smaller communities. To the extent that many Americans believe they’re disconnected from the prosperity in these major metros--even as they use the apps and services created there--perhaps they’re right.

“These types of urban economies need other major urban economies more than they need the standardized production economies of other cities in their country,” said Saskia Sassen, a sociologist at Columbia who has long studied the global cities that occupy interdependent nodes in the world economy. New York, in other words, needs London. But what about Bethlehem, Pa.?

Such a picture, Ms. Sassen said, “breaks a past pattern where a range of smaller, more provincial cities actually fed the rise of the major cities.” Now major cities are feeding one another, and doing so across the globe.

Ram Mudambi, a professor in the Fox School of Business at Temple University, offers an even more unnerving hypothesis, in two parts: The more globally connected a city, the more prosperous it is. And as such cities gain global ties, they may be shedding local ones to the “hinterland” communities that have lost their roles in the modern economy or lost their jobs to other countries.

Richard Longworth, a distinguished fellow with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, fears that exactly this is happening in Chicago. The metropolitan area long sat at the center of a network of economic links crisscrossing the Midwest. They connected Chicago to Wisconsin mill towns that sent their lumber there, Iowa farmers who supplied the city’s meatpackers, Michigan ice houses that emerged along the railroads transporting that meat to New York.

“These links have been broken,” Mr. Longworth said. Of course, some remain. And antipathy toward prosperous big cities is not a new theme in history. “But this is different: This is deeper,” Mr. Longworth said. “It is also, as far as we can see, permanent, simply because the economy that supported the earlier relationships has gone away and shows no sign of coming back.”

The Rise of Global Cities. For much of the 20th century, wages in poorer parts of the country were rising faster than wages in richer places. Their differences were narrowing, a product of migration between the two and gains from manufacturing that helped lift up regions that were once deeply poor. Then around 1980, according to work by the Princeton researcher Elisa Giannone, that convergence began to stall.

Cities full of highly educated workers like Boston, San Francisco and New York began to pull away. And that pattern, Ms. Giannone finds, has been driven entirely by what’s happening with high-skilled workers: When they cluster together in these places, their wages rise even more. That widens inequality both within wealthy cities and between wealthy regions and poorer ones.

“Big changes have been happening over the last 30 years,” Ms. Giannone said. “Now we’re actually seeing the impact of them.”

Those changes have come from multiple directions--from globalization, from computerization, from the shift in the United States away from manufacturing toward a knowledge and service economy. These trends have buffeted many smaller cities and nonurban areas. The uncomfortable political truth is that they’ve also benefited places like San Francisco and New York.

“The economic base has shifted in a way that highly favors cities--and big cities--because it’s now based on knowledge, on idea exchange, on agglomeration,” said Mark Muro, the policy director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution.

Programmers benefit from having more programmers nearby, in ways different than when assembly line workers gather together. The forces of agglomeration, which big cities enable, are strongest in the kind of knowledge work that has become central to the economy.

For all of the talk of how globalization has cost America manufacturing jobs, it has created American jobs, too--but the high-paying ones have tended to go to such cities.

Ms. Sassen argues that a global economy has created new kinds of needs for companies: accountants specializing in Asian tax law, lawyers expert in European Union regulation, marketers who understand Latin America. Global cities must connect to other global cities to tap these resources, which have become more valuable to them than lumber and steel.

Inventors in these global cities are also increasingly connecting to one another. Using the addresses of patent co-inventors, Mr. Mudambi has traced a steep rise starting in the early 1990s of global connections from a few American metro areas, which are today among the most prosperous in the country.

Many American companies still create physical things, in addition to inventing digital products and ideas. But globalization has changed who benefits from their business, too, enabling firms to separate intellectual work from routine work and scatter those roles across the globe. The knowledge work has tended to stay in the United States. The routine work is what was historically performed in the hinterland. And that in large part is the work that has gone overseas.

“The hinterland for Silicon Valley is Shenzhen,” said Timothy Sturgeon, a senior researcher at the M.I.T. Industrial Performance Center.

Inventing ‘New Stuff’ Before Anyone Can Catch Up. People in Rust Belt towns where Google has no office still use the search giant. Facebook and Twitter still require physical assets in server farms. Uber, a quintessential Bay Area company that is both global and digital, operates in about 250 American cities.

But these kinds of ties aren’t truly spreading the Bay Area’s prosperity. Server farms don’t create mass middle-class employment. Using Google isn’t the same as having a hand in engineering it.

Yes, Uber’s innovation eventually reaches smaller cities in Texas and Ohio. “But the economic benefits of it are at Uber headquarters,” said Michael Storper, an economic geographer at U.C.L.A. “The people who got rich off of it are not going to be in the small area. They’re going to be where it’s invented.”

To put it more harshly, when global cities need other communities today, Ms. Sassen said, it’s often to extract value out of them. New York bankers need Middle America’s mortgages to construct securities. San Francisco start-ups need idle cars everywhere to amass billion-dollar valuations. Online retail giants need cheap land for their warehouses.

The rest of the country may receive the innovations that flow out of global cities, and the benefits to consumers are real. “But by the time that’s done, the cities have already invented something new and made themselves richer again,” Mr. Storper said. “Before anywhere else can catch up, San Francisco has already leapt ahead again with new stuff they’ve invented.”

The advantages bestowed by the global economy keep compounding from there. Research by Filipe Campante at Harvard and David Yanagizawa-Drott at the University of Zurich finds that when two cities are linked by direct flights across the globe, business links between them increase as well, such that places with more connections grow more economically. Those economic benefits, though, don’t appear to touch places more than 100 miles beyond the airport.

Harald Bathelt at the University of Toronto has found that firms in leading tech clusters in Canada tend to invest in leading tech clusters in China, and vice versa. They’re pouring resources into and linking up to places that are already similarly successful.

“The Torontos, Ottawas and Waterloos in countries like Canada and the U.S., they will link with Shenzhen in China, they will link with Munich and Stockholm in Europe,” Mr. Bathelt said. “And other places will be kind of left out.”

Greg Spencer, another researcher at the University of Toronto, has analyzed the global footprints of the world’s 500 largest firms in advanced industries like machinery, digital services and life sciences--mapping their headquarters, regional offices, manufacturing plants, warehouses, retail stores.

In the international network that emerges, global cities stand out. Other places connect to the global economy by going through them.

“I keep coming back to the idea that a lot of this is about power,” Mr. Spencer said. He means relative power--which places are gaining or losing it as the geography of the economy shifts, too. “Not only are they losing their power,” he said of the places left out, “but they’re losing their connection to the power centers as well.”

That dynamic also leaves smaller places at the mercy of global cities, where decisions are made about which plants to close or where to create new jobs. And so Tulsa, Buffalo and Tucson turn to Seattle as supplicants for a windfall of Amazon jobs. None of them have what Amazon really wants, though: an international airport with daily direct flights to Seattle, the Bay Area, New York and Washington.

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2 obstructs up Divisadero, at Hayes Road, are two murals floating above Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen area. One is a wolf's head with ears that stick over the roofline, the uncommon three-dimensional wall surface mural. Keep relocating north and also there are murals right to Save-More Market, at the edge of Mc Allister Street.

" No More Mean Individuals" by Mike Spike Krouse on Divisadero Street, San Francisco. Picture: Sam Whiting, The Chronicle 2 summertimes ago a gang of six musicians was appointed by the mayor's office to paint a wall murals bay area collection of linked paints on a collection of two-story buildings lining this narrow side street off Polk Street.

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Picture: Sam Whiting, The Chronicle From the very first block of Golden Entrance Opportunity, you can find instances of figurative mural art on the back as well as side walls of the show hall. One is of a concertgoer on the shoulders of another dancing down the emergency exit. One more is a female at an altar of types in a style that is a mix of hieroglyphics and also Art Deco.

Image: Sam Whiting, The Chronicle The west-facing wall has a timeless rock mural of Jerry Garcia. A block west and also throughout Taylor Road on the front of the Golden Gate Theater is a shellacked mural of posters for plays as well as musicals. 982 Market St. An area of "JR: The Chronicles of San Francisco" is wheat-pasted on a wall surface along Octavia Blvd in Hayes Valley.

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An area of JR's enormous mural " The Chronicles of San Francisco" is wheat-pasted on a wall surface as an advertisement for his electronic mural up for a year at the San Francisco Gallery of Modern Art. "Workers' Rights" by Shepard Fairey along Octavia in Hayes Valley. Photo: Sam Whiting, The Chronicle A couple of blocks north is Shepard Fairey's "Employees' Legal rights," repainted in 2016 across from Patricia's Eco-friendly as a homage to Cesar Chavez.

Zio Ziegler's mural on the side of the Cine Arts Sequoia in Mill Valley. Image: Sam Whiting, The Chronicle A substantial mural by Zio Ziegler covers the side of the Cine Arts Sequoia Theater midtown. The problem is that it gets on the side of the structure, with no terrific viewpoint.

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You can likewise see it by experiencing Playa restaurant to the patio area in back, yet umbrellas cover the sight. The very best vantage is to continue out the back of La Playa outdoor patio as well as sideways road, where it is lastly noticeable. 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. Information from "A People's Background of Telegraph Opportunity" in Berkeley.

It gets on Haste Street, on the side of Amoeba Songs. The mural, a city landmark, tells the story of Berkeley unrest, from the fight for Individuals's Park , which passed its 50th wedding anniversary in May. All of the characters are stood for. Haste Street and also Telegraph Method, Berkeley. Bathroom mural at People's Park in Berkeley Photo: Sam Whiting, The Chronicle Continue up Haste as well as you will strike People's Park itself.

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2455 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley. Andre Jones in front of "Authentically Oakland" at the entire Foods near Lake Merritt. Photo: Sam Whiting, The Chronicle The maintaining wall at the rear of the entire Foods parking area on Harrison Road near Lake Merritt has been repainted with all the identifiable symbols of "Oaktown." Called "Authentically Oakland," the item is by Andre Jones and also the Bay Area Mural Program.

Missing are the icons of any of Oakland's specialist sports teams. Assumptions are that the mural will certainly last longer than the teams. 230 Bay Place, Oakland. Alley murals behind Broadway, Redwood City. Image: Sam Whiting, The Chronicle Downtown Redwood City is being inhabited with darkness murals on the walkway, animal murals on the front of businesses, as well as an organic set of connected murals on the backsides of organisations along historic Broadway, simply east of El Camino Real.

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Art is anywhere, yet you need to look for it. Which's the factor. 2658 Broadway, Redwood City. Bay Location Summer Enjoyable Overview From Rubens to Warhol, Bay Location summertime art shows and also exhibitions not to miss Sam Whiting Sam Whiting is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: swhiting@sfchronicle.com.

Photo: French Cavern Painting Murals are broadly defined as a paint or other masterpiece implemented directly on a wall, ceiling, or various other permanent surface. One distinct element of murals is that the physical style of the surface is integrated right into the artwork. The earliest known murals existed in the Paleolithic period, and also were found in give in southern France, circa 30,000 BC.