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Release: February 25, 1985

Lyrics:

We Run

And she smiles

You're on your own and meet a friend

Who doesn't kill but wounds for life

The sun blinds you through the trees

While watching clues fall from the skies

We Run

At the point of the knife

You never see anyone

How the strong will survive

At the end of their gun

Frozen smiles for men returned

They never even left this place

She kissed me softly on the cheek

And a shadow cut across her face

We Run

At the point of the knife

You never see anyone

How the strong will survive

At the end of their gun

I walked for miles and miles to the sea

I know you never tried to deceive

At the point of the knife

You never see anyone

How the strong will survive

At the end of their gun

Songwriter: Drew Arnott

At the point of the knife

You never see anyone

How the strong will survive

At the end of their gun

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“Who Else Would It Be”

Chapter 5 - ‘I Know’

Follows on from the end of the last chapter. Kate and Steve make a big decision!

He was loathed to interrupt Kate’s gentle dozing, but he knew that neither of their injuries would thank them in the morning if they stayed as they were.

“Kate,” Steve whispered, pressing his lips to her head. The sleeping DI grumbled as she woke.

“I’m sorry,” said Steve “my back”.

“Sorry mate,” Kate said drowsily as she forced herself away from the comfort of Steve’s side and sat up, leaning in for a quick kiss before putting a hand to Steve’s cheek.

“We finally...

“I know.”

A pause.

“We kissed.”

“I know.”

The two giggled shyly as they rose to their feet. Steve guided Kate towards her room to make sure she was stable. She had gained in strength over the last few days, gradually walking longer distances without help, and while this was great to see, Steve was still anxious that her wound may disable her in agony at any given moment.

The regular dressing changes that Kate needed had become a familiar part of the two’s evening routine, Kate dealing with her face while Steve patched up her abdomen. Despite the known attraction between them and the threat of a date that had been present over the last few days, taking advantage of Kate’s vulnerability never crossed Steve’s mind. His touches never crossed the line between platonic and sensual. They were friends first, and he owed it to Kate to take care of her without agenda. Tonight was no different, despite their new romance.

Once the dressings were done, Steve helped Kate to sit on the bed, then returned to the bathroom to change out of his suit and into some tracksuit bottoms and a light t-shirt. On his return to Kate’s bedroom, he discovered the DI stretching towards her trainer-socked feet, trying to pull up her pyjama bottoms and failing.

“Hey hey hey, Kate, don’t strain, it’s okay.” Steve comforted with a hand on her upper arm. She smiled at him gratefully as he pulled the fabric up and over the bottoms of her legs, helping her to wiggle her hips past the waistband.

“Thank you,” Kate said as she lay down and made herself comfortable.

“Don’t mention it, thank you for a great evening. Goodnight mate,” Steve replied as he leaned down to plant a kiss on her cheek, rising from his kneeling position next to her side of the bed and padding towards the spare bedroom, where he’d been sleeping since he’d been staying at her flat.

“Oi, where do you think you’re going?” Kate chastised jovially as Steve wheeled around with a questioning look on his face.

“Get in, silly,” Kate said, “as long as you’re comfortable with that, of course.”

Steve stepped back towards the bed with intent in his eyes, straddled his friend gently over the covers, being careful not to make contact with her sore places.

“Depends if you’re comfortable with the cuddle monster!” He joked, grabbing her hands, waving them around and nuzzling his head against hers as they both collapsed in a fit of giggles.

“No, seriously Kate, please don’t feel like you have to have me here with you, just because I’ve looked after you, and what happened earlier...

“Steve,” Kate cut him off calmly, looking up at him with a smile, “I want my time with you. We’ve spent years dancing around this, and now that we have it, I don’t want to waste a single second of our time together, but only if you’re sure too. I’ve been pissed around before, and I need to know that you’re all in.”

Without hesitation, Steve took her hands and kissed them gently.

“I’m all in.”

If only there was some obvious way to prove it, Steve thought, as he claimed over his partner and under the duvet. He was in this for the long haul, but Kate deserved to live without doubt. Then it came to him, barely taking time to plan his next speech, he opened his mouth and...

“Let’s buy a house”.

“What?” Kate exclaimed laughing, turning her body to face his.

“I’m serious, I know it’s a bit soon and everything, but in reality really we’re late to the party. We’re always around each others’ flats, both of us shitting money down the drain when we could be saving. You and I could rent together for a bit, make sure we’re in a good place, then buy.”

Kate considered Steve’s offer for a few moments, realising that it really was a sensible idea. They both could do with the money, and he was right, they hardly needed to keep two flats on.

“What are you thinking?” Steve asked as Kate reached out her hand to play with one of his.

“I’m just thinking about how lucky I am to have you in my life.” Kate said through a glowing grin.

“Funnily enough, I was just thinking exactly the same. Is that a yes?”

“Yes, I would love to.”

And with that, Steve pulled her in close, their legs tangling as he kissed her slowly, drinking in her essence as she drew him nearer with an arm around his upper back. After what seemed like hours, they came up for air. Seconds later, Kate’s lips were back on Steve’s, her tongue tickling his lips requesting entrance, yearning for more closeness. Her request was granted and they united in the shared joy of 10 years of friendship, every adventure, every case and every achievement, joint or individual. Eventually, they broke apart with a smile, Kate tucking her head under Steve’s chin as they stroked each other’s hands and arms intimately, his fingers fiddling with hers and rubbing the soft skin of her hands.

“You looked gorgeous tonight you know,” Kate murmured, moving her hand up and down Steve’s bicep. “That tie really suited you.”

Steve scoffed, “coming from you! You’ve always looked incredible in menswear. That suit is ridiculous!”

“Glad you liked it, you’d probably fit into it as well.” Kate smirked into his chest.

“Oi! Cheeky.” Steve chuckled in false annoyance, pressing a kiss to her forehead.

“It’s a complement. You’re an excellent size for a woman.” Kate quipped back.

“Well,” said Steve, “if being a woman means I have you to look up to, then it’s my honour. Fancy a girls’ night out tomorrow evening?”

Kate smiled up at Steve, rubbing her forehead against his chin like a kitten. “Oh yeah, I could do with letting my hair down. Anyway, when did you get so soppy Arnott?”

But she received no answer, just an exhale and a comfortable warmth emanated from Steve’s sleeping form.

Kate smiled and let her eyes fall closed for the second time that evening, content in the arms of her best friend.

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Eddic [Mythology of All Races Vol. 2] Chp IV: Odin

A few personal notes for me to keep in mind. This is all from the book, Eddic: Mythology of All Races by Matthew MacCollogh. Nothing is outside of this. Furthermore I’m sure there is content in here that can be debated.

Other names:

Wodan wōd: mad

OHG woutan

OS wodan

AS Woden

ON O penn ON: poetic frenzy

Furious Host (?)

Other Norse Names:

Vafud

Vegtam (Wanderer)

Gangler (Traveler)

Ómi (Noist one)

Vidforull (Fartraveler).

Viator Indefessus (Unwearied traveler) by Saxo.

Heimskringla (The far have travelled) by Snorri.

Galga Valdyr (Lord of the Gallows)

Hanga-tyr (God of the hanged).

Hnikar (Thruster).

Karl af berge (The man of the mountain).

Rostarus.

Drauga Drottim (Lord of Ghosts).

Valgautr (God of the Slain).

Val-Fadir because ‘all that fall in battle are sons of his adoption. Oski Synir (Snorri)

Valkjosandi (Chooser of the Slain) in (Kormaks-saga).

Hropt.

Fjolnir (The many shaped).

Bolverk.

Sigfadir (Father of Victory)

Sigtyr (God of Victory).

Hertyr (God of hosts).

Heryan (Leader of hosts).

Herfadir (Father of hosts).

Valfadir (Father of the slain).

Hnikarr (Spear-lord).

Biflindi (Spear Brandisher).

Gautatyr (God of the Gauts).

Saxagod (God of the Saxons).

Aldafadie (father of men).

Grimnir (the hooded one).

Hrafna-god (Raven god).

All Father and patron of aristocracy, warriors and skalds.

Hyndlujod, Freyja says he gives hold, Hermod helm and coat of mail, to Sigmund a sword, and triumph to some.

Oaths were sworn by Sigtyr’s Mountain, his city was Sigtun.

Odin drinks wine.

The first drink is to Odin ‘for victory and power.’

The other gods are Odin’s people as he rules all things.

Grants men their wishes.

War god

Weapons and armour to heroes.

Dog was given his spear.

Heroes valour, triumph and treasure.Women and giantesses made victims by his runes.

Caused the first war between the Aesir and Vanir.

‘He hurled his spear on the host, and war then came first into the world.’ (Voluspa).

Also pisses off princes, kings and causes strife.

Provoked battle of Harald and Ring.

Pisses off easily when victory is given to the wrong places such as Brynhild and Agnar (Svefnthorn).

Joins in battle and has favourites, so people favour him.

Great warrior.

Weapons reference Odin and his Valkyries.

More prominent than Thor.

Likewise his spear is of better 'culture’ than Thor’s hammer.

Ravens haunting the battlefield equate to him.

Spear Gungnir made by dwarfs and given to him by Loki.

All other weapons were useless against it.

God of poetry, master of magic, knowledge.

Odin gives poets their words by taking poetic mead from the giants.

Gave Starkad the art of poetry and composition of spell.

Appears in dreams before great battles to give some victory and invite others to him. (Snorri)

Spoke magic and charms to the Volva but did not know Balder’s fate-- had to seek knowledge from her.

Struck Rinda with a bark of runes and drew her into a frenzy.

Loki accuses him of dressing as a witch and working charms in Samsey.

Obtained a magic wand gambantein and learned a language from the dead in Hlebard in Harbardsljod.

Cures a lame horse with charm or rune.

Knows magic songs bringing sickness, sorrow, stop arrows, produce fetters and blunt weapons, neutralizer dangerous roots where runes are written and reflect the danger, remove hatred, calm wind, aid friends in a fight, make the hanged speak, quench fire, give knowledge of the gods and elves and win love.

Takes form of a ferryman, a servant or peasant, snake, eagle.

Woke the dead and sat under hanged men for knowledge. (Ynglinga-saga)

Could control fire, sea and wind by his words.

Knew of buried treasure, runes to open earth, mountains, rocks and mounds. Could also bind these.

May understand the language of birds.

Runes

May have created runes in Havamal.

Coloured them perhaps with blood.

Could have obtained the wounds by hanging on Yggdrasil and wounding himself by his spear as an offering to himself. The runes may have fallen down from the tree.

Consults Mimir.

Made runes of draught from head of Heithdraupnir and horn of Hoddrofnir.

Mimir may be a waterspirit with his well beneath a root of Yggdrasil.

Wisdom and understanding are stored under Yggrasil

Loss of his eye! Mimir withheld a drink from the well until he was given.

Odin’s eye is hidden in the well where Mimir drinks of the pledge each day.

Could perhaps be Odin’s uncle, son of Bolthorn who is the father of Bestla who is Odin’s mother.

More Wisdom

Drinks daily from the cool waves of Sokkvabekk with gold cups with the Goddess Saga (Frigg?)

Saga is a female water elf.

Love affair (?).

Sought to match his knowledge with the giant Vafthrudnir. Proved himself wiser.

“What did Odin speak into Balder’s ear before he was burned on the pyre?” A riddle used with both th giant and King Heidrik during Yule.

Initially a spirit of god of wind or dead as the past wandered in the wind. Brings wind with his wagon.

Gives fair winds to sailors as said by Freyja in Hyndluljod.

The storm stills when Odin boards Sigurd’s ship.

May have first been worshipped in Gotland.

Is a traveler.

Rides a white or black horse with a wide brimmed hat, staff and hounds.

Snorri: rides with helmet, birnie and speak Gungnir at Ragnarok.

Also known to ride Sleipnir. The eight legged grey mare of Loki’s lineage with Svadilfari.

Rides her to Urd’s well daily.

To consult Volva in Niflhel about Balder’s dreams.

To offer random for Hel after his death.

Names stemming from appearance:

Sidhottr (with broad hat).

Harbard (grey beard).

Skidskegg (long beard).

Misc about appearance

A man of amazing height (Saxo).

Draupnir, the ring made by Sindri the dwarf was given to Odin by his brother.

Burned with Balder’s pyre and Balder sent it back to him from Hel.

Animals of Odin.

Munnin (Memory) and Huginn (Thought) are sent at day break around the world and return at evening to bring news to him.

Whisper what they have heard.

All Ravens are birds of Odin.

Wolves are also his: Geri ‘The Ravener’ and Freki ‘The Glutton’

Shares food and wind with him.

Sleipnir is taken to Hel, Jotunheim, etc.

Challenged Hrungnir that his was better than Gullfaxi.

Hrungnir chased him into Asgard where Thor dealt with him.

Yggdrasil

‘Ygg’s Horse’ Ygg being “The terrible”.

Askr Yggdrasils (the ash of Yggdrasil or of Odin’s steed).

Odin hung for nine nights in Havamal.

Stabbed himself with his own spear as well.

King Vikar needed to sacrifice himself so that his fleet might pass through great storms.

Starkad (Odin’s foster son) created a death akin to Odins for Vikar.

Harbard

Appears as a ferryman of the dead.

Valhalla

“Souls of those slain by violence go in the Furious Host, and souls of heroes go to Odin in Valhall.” (MacCulloch, 44).

Chosen warriors are einherjar.

Mightiest of warriors are taken to Valhalla as he wants them by their side when Fenrir comes to the seat of the god.

Valhalla lies in Gladsheim, the world of joy.

Valhall is the ‘Hall of the Slain’.

Vingolf is the ‘friendly floor.’

Valkyries

 ‘Chooser of the Slain,’

However shares the slain with Freyja.

Determine a man’s feyness and awarded victory and took the slain.

Wish-Maidens becausee they carried out Odin’s will.

Corselets sprinkled with blood and sparks fly from their spears.

Sacrifice

Prisoners sacrificed more common in Denmark and Sweden. ‘Odin has you all!’

In response Odin gives some gifts at times.

Descent

The cow Audhumla gave birth to Buri.

His son was Borr who married Bestla.

Bestla was daughter of Bolthorn.

Bestla and Borr had Odin, Vili and Ve.

Children and Love

Frigg.

Wife of Odin, although she was at one point shared with Vili and Ve when they believed Odin would not return.

Frigg offending Odin may have been why he left.

Or perhaps thrown out into exile after the incident with Rinda.

Took her back as his wife when he came back.

Son was Balder

 Jord

Son was Thor.

Rinda.

After Balder died, Odin desired revenge. So he spoke to prophets on this and one of these told him a son must be born to him by Rinda. As a soldier, he gained her father’s favour but not Rinda. As a smith he made Rinda made many things but she still refused him. Eventually, he used the bark of runes and claimed to cure her as a maiden skilled in Leecraft.

Has Vali by her (Bous in Eddas).

Seven sisters in Harbardsljod. Allures witches from their husbands.

Linen-White Maid.

Grid

Has Vidarr by her.

Billings Daughter

“Dear to him as life.”

Tried to visit her at night on her request only to find a band of warriors at her home.

Visited her in the morning and found a dog tied to her bed.

“Many maids are fickle.”

Gunnlod, daughter of the giant Suttung.

Penetrated rock with the snout of Rati.

Mead given to him by Gunnlod and he won her over.

‘fettered with the feathers of the bird of forgetfulness (heron) in Gunnlod’s abode, very drunk in the house of wise Suttung.’

Gains knowledge from the mead.

As Bolverk, he slept with her for three nights and received three draughts of mead. He gave the first to Odrorir, second to Bodn and third Son to gain all the mead.

Then turned into an eagle and flew away beck to Asgard.

Gave the mead to the Aesir, who have the ability of composition. Poetic Mead.

Other Children

Heimdall

Bragi

Hod

Skjold

Kings and chiefs (Skjoldings from his son Skjold)

Losses

After killing Otter he had to pay wergild when overcome by Hreidmar.

“In Lokasenna, Odin shows himself frightened for Loki, and it is Thor, not Odin, who silences him.” (MacCullogh, 49)

Source Credit

MacCulloch, John Arnott. The Mythology of All Races: Eddic. Vol. 2, Cooper Square Publ., 1964.

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TAYLOR COLE AND BENJAMIN AYRES REUNITE FAMILY IN ‘LONG LOST CHRISTMAS’ A NEW ORIGINAL PREMIERING NOVEMBER 19, ON HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES

Part of the Network’s Annual “Miracles of Christmas” Programming Event

STUDIO CITY, CA – November 10, 2022 – Taylor Cole (“Pumpkin Everything,” “Making Spirits Bright”) and Benjamin Ayres (“Color My World with Love,” “Family Love”) star in “Long Lost Christmas,” a new original premiering Saturday, November 19 (10 p.m. ET/PT), on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries as part of the network’s annual “Miracles of Christmas” programming event.

This Christmas, interior designer Hayley (Cole) plans to surprise her mother Patricia (Jaqueline Ann Steuart, “Love Hard”), with the perfect holiday present: the extended family she knows her mom yearns for. Hayley herself thinks she and her mom are fine alone, but she has recently discovered the existence of a lost relative, Patricia’s brother. Hayley hopes to find him and reunite the two siblings for Christmas. She travels to a town outside of Denver to chase a lead on a man named Gordon (Grant Vlahovic, “Butlers in Love”), who owns a cabin construction company and who just might be her uncle. Hayley is delighted by the town, which is all decked out for Christmas. She’s equally charmed when she meets Gordon, his daughter Brianna (Stephanie Van Dyk, “Nancy Drew”) and Jake (Ayres), the property manager. As Hayley tries to discover whether Gordon is actually her long lost uncle, she beings to fall in love with the idea of extended family, the charm of the town and Jake. However, when she learns the circumstances surrounding the siblings’ separation, Hayley has second thoughts and decides to abandon her mission. Gordon, on the other hand, is happy to finally have a lead on finding Patricia – but will he be able to bring the family together in time for Christmas?

“Long Lost Christmas” Two 4 The Money Media Inc. productions. Kim Arnott, Kate Gajdosik, Harry Winer, Michael Shepard and Fernando Szew are executive producers. Michael Robison directed from a teleplay by Nancy Ayers and Jamie Pachino from a screen story by Ayers, based on the book Long Lost Christmas by Joan Kilby.

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"Mrs Arnott & Girls at Slessor Memorial Home, Arochuku", a sewing lesson at a centre in Arochukwu established in memory of Scottish missionary Mary Slessor after her death in 1915. Tinted lantern slide, made sometime after 1915. USC Digital Library. This was where Igbo women were given Western education and 'trained to be Christian wives', they drew and made embroidery from uri or uli designs, the works which are now all over the world in museum collections and so on.

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Designing Line of Duty: “Buckells’ Office Décor Reflects His Shallowness”

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Warning: contains spoilers for the Line of Duty series six finale

In preparation for Line of Duty series six, production designer Gillian Devenney and creator Jed Mercurio discussed the character of Detective Superintendent Ian Buckells. An over-promoted dolt around whom smarter officers run rings, how would DSU Buckells decorate his office? Golf was the answer. “The decision to feature his enthusiasm for golf arose from discussions with Jed,” Devenney tells Den of Geek.

“Buckells’ character required some evidence of his shallowness and lack of commitment to his career – hence the framed golfing pictures, trophies and the bag of clubs poised ready to head out for the next round.” 

It was the perfect choice, both for the character and for the ongoing game Line of Duty plays with its more obsessive viewers. After gangster Tommy Hunter was arrested at the golf club where he’d groomed a young Matthew Cottan into becoming corrupt police officer ‘The Caddy’, the series forever drew an association between golf, organised crime, and police corruption. Connecting Buckells to the sport via his office décor wouldn’t only reflect his laziness, it would also suggest a link to organised crime and perhaps to the mysterious corrupt officer code-named ‘H’. 

That link wasn’t lost on the show’s hard-core fans when the golf-themed office was revealed. Nice try Line of Duty, we thought, but that’s far too obvious. As if Ian Buckells is H. You won’t get us that easily. 

They got us that easily. The series six finale revealed that DSU Buckells was indeed ‘H’, a lazy, amoral officer with more devotion to his swing than the letter of the law. His office décor had been pointing the way all along. 

“We’re fortunate on Line of Duty that Jed is available to give us insight on character motivation and states of mind. That’s not always the case. I think understanding psychological and dramatic motivation and using it to guide the visual setting is one big difference between Production Design and design for its own sake. Often it can be a key steer to the creation of an environment that not only seems realistic for a particular character or scene, but can contribute to what the director is aiming for and how the audience feels about the narrative.”

Take series six’s guest lead, DCI Jo Davidson, played by Kelly Macdonald. The clues to her character aren’t to be found in her office at Hillside Lane Station (a set built inside a disused Belfast school), but in her apartment. Devenney describes Davidson’s flat as a “lonely bunker” to which Jo withdraws “to deal with the legacy of her past and the pressures it has brought.” 

It’s not a real location, but a studio-build, she explains. “I wanted it to seem a bit ‘unlived-in’ to underscore Jo’s detachment from the possible benefits of an OCG link. It’s a cold place, hence the colours, minimalist décor and cool tones. By contrast, Farida Jatri’s home [seen in episode one] suggests a much less controlled environment, very much a living space. It’s obviously a place which Jo can no longer relate to emotionally.” 

Character emotions are emphasised by their environments. The show’s prison cells, for instance, are deliberately minimal and stylised to reinforce the sense of sudden isolation. “Those scenes are invariably short, but have to accomplish a lot visually.” 

The same goes for Line of Duty’s deliberately minimal, typography-only opening credits that appear as Carly Paradis’ now-iconic theme music plays. Peter Anderson (whose studio also produced the witty and baroque opening credits for Good Omens, and the emotional, clue-filled opening sequence for crime drama Unforgotten), hand drew the typography for Line of Duty for a very deliberate effect. “It’s all a little bit broken, a little bit imperfect. You can’t put your finger on it, but it’s not quite spaced properly, there are bits broken off the edge of letters.” The aim, says Anderson, is to mirror the storytelling. “It’s telling you as a viewer that there’s something not quite right, along the same line as the series: are the police good or bad? Who is or isn’t a criminal?” 

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There’s less ambiguity in the show’s sets and dressed locations, which, as well as for realism, are designed to visually represent power struggles and conflicts between characters. “Police HQ is the heart of the establishment,” Devenney explains, “so we went to the heart of the establishment – The Ulster Reform Club. The building dates back to 1885 and is in the centre of Belfast. It’s heavy with mahogany, drapes and ornate décor. Its imposing features perfectly highlight the confrontation of values between Ted Hastings and DCC Wise. She can’t hope to personalise such a space (her attempts are a little pathetic – shrubbery and family pictures!), and Hastings is powerless within it.”

As opposed to AC-12’s slick offices, where Ted reigns. AC-12’s space is deliberately more modern than Police HQ, and less cluttered and personalised than “The Hill”, reflecting its professionalism. “It’s very ‘corporate’ with signage, computer screens, etc. It’s become such an intricate, multi-layered entity that I think it could almost step into the real world, from the most incidental piece of stationery, to vehicle livery, to the office complex itself.” 

Devenney designed the Central Police logo that features on all of the above to be credible, generic, non-region specific and apolitical. “With printed and onscreen graphics such an important ongoing narrative device, we needed a solid, believable visual anchor that fitted a massive variety of applications. It’s a brand that suggests an organisation with depth and we apply it consistently whenever we can.”

The AC-12 set is portable, and broken down for storage between series. “I think it’s always preferable to see real stuff through windows – especially in a large space like AC-12, so it’s created within an existing building here in Belfast.” Three different buildings have housed AC-12 over the years. Series two, three and four each used different locations, while series five and six used the same building as in series three but two floors higher up than before. “The city views are now a bit loftier than they used to be!”

A key part of the AC-12 set is the “glass box”, which was built with pivoting glass panels to adjust to camera and avoid reflections. “The interviews are crucial to Line of Duty and the “glass box” was a way to allow the viewer a forensic viewpoint on the process.” For series six, the interview room and meeting room home to AC-12’s evidence boards were recreated in studio to maximise Covid safety. “They had no ceilings and although it doesn’t look like it onscreen, they were relatively open at ground level.” 

Devenney’s proudest achievement in series six is episode four’s van ambush. “On Line of Duty we’re well used to dynamic action sequences, but that was challenging.” The van interior, from which DI Steve Arnott pulled off a crack shot with a handgun while flat on his back, was built on a gimbal in studio and then matched with the action filmed on location. Every department was working at the top of its game. “Edit, sound design and SFX produced a coherent, electrifying sequence.” 

Production design in a series like Line of Duty is all about supporting and not distracting from the storytelling, but Devenney’s team must work in red herrings for fans to spot, I ask. How about the magnetic letters and ‘H’ tile pattern spotted in the background of Steph Corbett’s kitchen? Devenney’s playful answer, made famous by Kelly Macdonald in her character’s mammoth series six half-hour interview scene: “No comment!” 

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This is the latest masterpiece fan art by Morgan Sussey, created in hono[u]r of the release of their 4th album and uploaded to the Strange Advance Fan Club FB group on September 26, 2021.

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Line Of Duty's Vicky McClure discusses her late grandmother's 'extremely sad' battle with dementia

Line Of Duty’s Vicky McClure discusses her late grandmother’s ‘extremely sad’ battle with dementia as she reveals it was ‘tricky’ to cope with

Vicky’s grandmother passed away in 2015 after a dementia battle 

By Lily Waddell For Mailonline

Published: 09:14 EDT, 30 April 2019 | Updated: 10:12 EDT, 30 April 2019

Line Of Duty’s Vicky McClure discussed her late grandmother Iris’ ‘extremely sad’ struggle with dementia. 

The 35-year-old actress, who plays Detective Sergeant Kate Fleming in Line Of Duty, said it was ‘tricky’ when her granny, who passed away in 2015, was diagnosed with dementia.  

During her appearance on This Morning, she said: ‘When anything hits your family or your real life, you need to know everything. It was like, where do we go from here? It was tricky. I wanted to do as much as I could.’

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So sad: Line Of Duty’s Vicky McClure discussed her late grandmother’s ‘extremely sad’ battle with dementia on This Morning on Tuesday as she revealed it was ‘tricky’ to cope with during an interview on Tuesday on This Morning

Fabulous fun! During filming, Vicky (centre) has been living next door to her co-stars Adrian Dunbar (Ted Hastings) and Martin Compston (Steve Arnott)

Vicky recalled how she and her family would get a ‘glimmer of hope’ when her grandmother would respond to her mum singing.

She said: ‘My mum just started singing [to her]. Towards the end of her life, my grandmother couldn’t leave the house. 

‘My mum would sing and grandmother would spark up. You’d get a glimmer of hope.’

Heartache: The actress, who plays Detective Sergeant Kate Fleming in Line Of Duty, said it was ‘tricky’ when her granny (pictured), who passed away in 2015, was diagnosed with dementia 

Vicky revealed the Dementia Choir called her to get involved with a ‘cut the ribbon job’ before her grandmother was diagnosed with the disorder.

Now a BBC1 documentary series, the Dementia Choir explores the vital link between music and dementia; it documents what music therapy can do for those living with dementia as well as celebrating the personal journeys of the choir.

The Line Of Duty actress explained how ‘music can uplift you’ and ‘change your mood’ as she drew attention to the ‘outstanding results’ music therapy has for people living with dementia.

Last year, Vicky braved the elements in Nottingham when she walked with her nephew Daniel to raise money for Alzheimer’s Society.

Hard work: Last year, Vicky braved the elements in Nottingham when she walked with her nephew Daniel to raise money for Alzheimer’s Society

Hopeful: The star recalled how she and her family would get a ‘glimmer of hope’ when her grandmother would respond to her mum singing

‘Music can change your mood. I’ve had loads of brain scans. The results are outstanding.’ She said.

‘Yeah obviously it’s extremely sad [to have dementia] in my family but the Dementia Choir was emotional because I could see the choir doing those incredible things.’

Elsewhere in the This Morning interview, Vicky couldn’t get away from discussing the hotly-anticipated Line Of Duty 90-minute special that’s got the nation talking. 

However, The Replacement star was careful not to spoil the show for everyone tuning into This Morning at home.

On site: Vicky revealed the Dementia Choir called her to get involved with a ‘cut the ribbon job’ before her grandmother was diagnosed with the disorder

Vicky admitted she will be relieved once the finale airs on Sunday because she will be able to talk ‘freely’ without the fear of dropping any spoilers.

‘I’ll be able to talk about it freely. I won’t have to worry about spoilers.’ She said.

The show, which is incredibly well written, is known for its use of acronyms but Vicky confessed she still hasn’t got to grips with all of them.

She said: ‘So hard. I did something someone tested me on them i was so bad. ED905 that code is in my brain now. Very tricky.’

What will happen? Elsewhere in the This Morning interview, Vicky couldn’t get away from discussing the hotly-anticipated Line Of Duty 90-minute special that’s got the nation talking

During filming, Vicky has been living next door to her co-stars Adrian Dunbar (Ted Hastings) and Martin Compston (Steve Arnott). 

No doubt fans were delighted to hear the close trio are firm friends off-screen as they cook, drink and party together.

She said: ‘I can literally bang on Adie’s wall. Adie does most of the cooking. I don’t want there to be a mess in my flat. I do tea and biscuits and Martin’s is the party. I do the washing up.’ 

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Missouri’s Trailer Jail: Innovative Solution or ‘Recipe for Disaster’?

In a former parking lot next to the Greene County Jail in Springfield, Mo., six 52-foot semi-trailers sit surrounded by chain-link fence topped with swirls of razor wire.

Within the stainless steel walls, 108 men eat, sleep and live for days, weeks or months at a time. They are confined in a space that, per man, is less than half the size of a ping-pong table.

Most are awaiting trial. Greene County Sheriff Jim Arnott estimates that about 98 percent of people being held in jail have been charged with a crime and are waiting for an official declaration of guilt — or innocence.

The trailer jail began housing inmates about a year ago. County officials called it the first of its kind in the country, and a cost-effective temporary solution to a jail overcrowding problem that has plagued Greene County for more than a decade.

According to officials, the trailer jail could temporarily relieve some of the mounting pressures while Greene County works toward a more permanent fix of expanding the jail’s capacity — by renovating the existing building and constructing an addition across the street — with money from a new sales tax. The opening of the jail expansion is still years away.

More: Greene County paid $100,000+ for inmate transport year after year but never had contract

Springfield was apparently the first city to become home to a trailer jail, but it’s not the last. The creator of the project, Seymour-based company All Detainment Solutions, is now capitalizing on a nationwide jail-overcrowding crisis.

The company appears to have been busy in the past 12 months. It has secured a multi-million dollar contract to build a trailer jail in Canyon County, Idaho. Dozens of officials from other inmate-inundated counties across the country have been traveling to Springfield to see the first trailer jail for themselves, with the question: “Could this work for us?”

At the same time, legal experts say the design of the trailer jail raises major red flags. One called it a “recipe for disaster.” Others cautioned that keeping people in those crowded conditions could be considered “inhumane” and amount to constitutional violations.

“I suggest to the sheriff that they find another way before they’re sued, because they’re going to be sued,” said Sharon Dolovich, director of the University of California, Los Angeles’ Prison Law & Policy Program.

Some drew comparisons to Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s infamous “Tent City Jail,” which closed last year after housing inmates for more than two decades — a comparison that Greene County Sheriff Jim Arnott strongly disputed.

Arnott said housing inmates in what he sometimes jokingly refers to as the “trailer park jail” isn’t an ideal setup. He’d prefer to have more space in a permanent facility and more officers to supervise the inmates. However, he adamantly denies allegations that the conditions inside the temporary facility are less than adequate.

He scoffs at the assertion that conditions in the jail are “inhumane.”

“Inhumane is a ridiculous word to use,” he said. “I wouldn’t put my staff in an inhumane area to work.”

“This jail is very clean and well-maintained, and as far as space issues go, it is what it is,” Arnott said. “… Most sheriffs who come to tour it think it’s better than their existing jail … People come from all over and say, ‘This is a fantastic idea.’”

Beyond a few minor structural tweaks that had to be made in the early months of the temporary jail’s operation, Arnott said the facility has worked well.

“Do we want to keep it forever? No. But it’s a great solution for now,” he said.

All Detainment Solutions declined to answer the News-Leader’s questions about the growth of their business and their temporary jail design.

Though the trailer jail in Greene County is meant to be temporary, no one has a clear idea on how long it will be used.

County officials have hinted at the possibility of keeping the temporary jail open even after the expansion of the permanent facility is completed.

Between 2010 and 2017, the average number of Greene County inmates grew about 66 percent, according to numbers provided by a consultant hired by the county to study the jail last year.

Arnott estimates his office could be responsible for overseeing more than 1,000 inmates on a daily basis by the time the expansion is finished, expected to be a few years from now.

One major factor contributing to the population growth is an increase in the average length of stay, the study said. On average, an inmate is held in the jail for 24 days. Five years ago, it was only 16 days. Three years is the longest any current occupant of Greene County Jail has been held.

County officials often say that overcrowding at the jail is merely a symptom of a larger problem with an underfunded criminal justice system and community services. Too few public defenders, prosecutors or judges means cases take longer to move through the system, they say. And disjointed and inadequate services to help those with mental health and substance abuse problems aren’t keeping many offenders from getting sent to jail time and again.

As of Dec. 17, the Greene County Sheriff’s Office was responsible for 828 inmates, according to Cpl. James Craigmyle. The main jail facility has a capacity of 601 beds. An additional 108 live in the trailers next door. That leaves about 100 a day who are shipped to other counties across the state. That number is expected to grow, according to Arnott.

‘So many inmates and nowhere to go with them’

Greene County is not alone.

Jail overcrowding is a national crisis, particularly in medium, small and rural counties. According to Vera Institute of Justice, the national pretrial incarceration rate has more than tripled between 1973 and 2013. That’s for people being held in jail who have been charged with a crime but have yet to be tried.

About once or twice a month, different county officials and sheriffs from across the country visit Greene County’s trailer jail, according to Arnott.

They’re all facing the same problem — “They have so many inmates and nowhere to go with them,” Arnott said. Even for sheriffs who do have the bed space, they often don’t have the money to hire the number of staff needed to oversee the inmates, he said.

More: Greene County Jail ends in-person visits. Here’s why some people are concerned.

They come from all over to see the trailer jail in action, with the idea that the model that Greene County is pioneering might be a solution for them as well.

“There is really no other place like it, so we have people coming in and seeing how we make it work,” Arnott said.

A News-Leader search found that several places — from Florida to Idaho — have considered contracting with All Detainment Solutions since the company built its first trailer jail in Greene County. They include New Port Richey, Florida; Clinton County, Missouri; and Hancock County, Indiana.

So far, at least one other community has committed to leasing a trailer jail from the company.

In August, Canyon County, Idaho, officials approved a $4.5 million lease agreement with All Detainment Solutions for a temporary jail, where they plan to house 122 women, the Idaho Press reported.

The Idaho trailer jail’s design is notably more spacious. According to Idaho Press, the female inmates will be held in 28 semi-trailers, more than four times as many trailers than those that house Greene County’s 108 inmates.

Arnott told the News-Leader that the state of Missouri, unlike some other states, doesn’t have minimum jail construction standards. Jails are required to follow building codes.

The American Correctional Association offers operational standards meant to ensure safety and security, protect agencies against litigation and more. The association says cells and rooms used for holding inmates should provide per person at least 25 square feet of “unencumbered space,” or space that is not blocked by any furnishings or fixtures.

More: Initial estimate put jail cost more than double the budget. Greene County seeks savings.

The trailer jail and all but two housing units in the entire Greene County Jail facility do not meet the American Correctional Association’s standards. According to numbers provided by Arnott, each inmate in the trailer jail has less than 22 square feet of unencumbered space.

“(They) do not meet the ACA standards due to the amount of inmates we need to house with the space provided,” Arnott said. “We do what we can.”

Jails are not required to meet those standards, and according to Arnott, most in Missouri do not.

Orange Shipping Container

The idea for the temporary jail came from an orange shipping container that sits next to the jail. Arnott said he originally bought the shipping container to use as storage. It didn’t take long for him to start thinking — what if Greene County refurbished it to store people?

It took several years for Greene County to find a company that could provide the type of modular facility they were looking for. Earlier proposals were too expensive, energy-inefficient and raised security concerns, Arnott said.

It wasn’t until All Detainment Solutions offered a bid last year that Arnott found something that could work.

It was a newly created company, by brothers Timothy and Anthony Kelly, who specialized in building modular structures used as emergency shelters after natural disasters. Greene County would be their first jail client.

More: Buildings demolished for jail expansion

Arnott said he and his employees worked collaboratively with All Detainment Solutions to create a design — using insulated refrigerator semi-trailers, instead of shipping containers as Arnott first imagined. They implemented a variety of security features, including motion detectors, multiple layers of razor wire, cameras and more.

“I had concerns, when the trailers first rolled in, whether it would work or not,” Arnott said. “When you look at it from the outside, it looks very small. When you get in and have it all connected, it seems a lot bigger.”

Inside Greene County’s ‘trailer park jail’

Patrick John Field said he was moved into the trailer jail the first day it opened in December 2017.

Field is familiar with life inside the Greene County Jail. His father estimated that his son has spent about half of his adult life in prison or various county jails.

However, living inside a series of semi-trailers with about 100 other men was a new experience for Field, whose most recent stint in detention stemmed from charges of domestic violence.

More: This man nearly escaped from the Greene County Jail. Now he’s headed to prison.

There were problems with the plumbing in the trailers, Field told the News-Leader in March. Water leaked out of the base of the toilets, creating a pool of standing liquid in the combination shower-and-bathroom trailer, he said.

“You could see there was standing urine and fecal matter. We had to walk through that in our shower shoes,” Field said.

He said inmates left trails of contaminated water to other parts of the trailer jail, including places where they eat and sleep. He called it a “health hazard.”

Field said he fell ill multiple times. He blamed the conditions inside the trailer jail.

There were other problems. Rain leaked through air vents on the trailers and pooled on the floor, he said, and there was mold in one of the “sleeper” trailers. He worried about safety and wondered if the officers staffing the trailer jail would be able to squeeze through the narrow trailers to break up a conflict if a big fight broke out.

For Field, it wasn’t all bad. In one way he preferred staying in the temporary jail over the permanent jail, he said.

Inmates are allowed to move around inside the trailers, he said. They’re not stuck behind a locked door inside a cell, as is the case in some other parts of the jail. The feeling of being trapped in a room gives him anxiety.

Not everybody feels that way, though, Field said.

“A lot of people have flipped out,” he said, noting that some of the inhabitants of the trailer jail have post-traumatic stress disorder and react poorly to loud noises and crowds.

Rachel Field, his mother, told the News-Leader, “I think they deserve sanitary conditions … There needs to be some level of propriety here — just proper conditions, even though they may have committed crimes.”

Online court records show that Patrick John Field pleaded guilty to two counts of domestic violence in September. He is no longer in the Greene County jail.

Arnott acknowledged there were issues with the plumbing and with rainwater getting into the trailers through air vents during the trailers’ first months of use. He said the water from the toilets did not contain fecal matter or urine.

Those problems were quickly fixed by the company, Arnott said.

He hasn’t seen any mold, either. The walls and fixtures inside the trailer jail are stainless steel, which is nonporous and easy to clean, he said. There are daily facilities inspections. The trailers also feature a “state-of-the-art” HVAC system that regulates humidity, barometric pressure and air quality, according to Arnott.

The permanent jail has long had issues with humidity, and a grand jury, tasked with inspecting county buildings, recently called it “dangerously crowded.” The grand jury noted problems with mold and odor in the main jail facility.

“I would say (the trailers are) better than our other units,” Arnott said.

One afternoon in December, Arnott and Major Royce Denny offered to take a News-Leader reporter on a tour of the trailer jail.

Greene County Sheriff Jim Arnott talks about housing prisoners in the new trailer jail. Photo by Andew Jensen/ News-Leader

Though it was a chilly day, the air inside the trailers was warm and musty, an unavoidable effect of having more than 100 men living in tight quarters, Arnott explained. In the temporary jail, the HVAC system circulates fresh air into the facility every 12 minutes, making the odor less pungent than other jail pods, added Denny.

Inmates were crowded into the three “sleeper” trailers, where three-tiered bunk beds are built into the walls. Some men laid down on their thin blue mattresses. Others had craned their necks and backs into unnatural positions in order to sit upright.

Arnott stopped at the end of a narrow walkway, greeted the inmates and asked: “I got a question … would you rather be in this unit or would you rather be in a regular pod?”

He got mixed responses. Two or three men said they’d rather be in a regular pod.

More: Inmate being transferred shoots self near Greene County Jail entrance, sheriff says

Another said he prefers the trailers: “It’s got its ups and downs, man. There’s more personal space in the (other) pods. This has got a little more freedom to move around a little more and socialize. I like it out here and the rec yard is nice.”

The men inside the trailer jail are, for the most part, allowed to roam between the different rooms, Arnott explained. For a breath of fresh air and a peek at the sky, they can step outside into the recreational yard, which is blocked in by the walls of the trailers and a metal mesh canopy. The canopy serves two purposes — to keep inmates in and to keep drones and contraband out.

One compartment is dedicated to showers and toilets. There was no feces or urine in sight when the News-Leader visited.

Two other trailers are combined to create a “day room,” outfitted with chairs, tables and phones.

“This is temperature-controlled. They have telephones. They have television. They have tablet computers. They have a snack machine,” Arnott said. “… I think we treat everyone fairly, whether you’re in the temporary jail or the regular jail. It’s all the same.”

‘Recipe for disaster’?

Four national experts were asked to review photos and previously published information about the trailer jail.

They all agreed: They have never seen a design like it before.

Most reacted with sharp criticism, raising concerns about the safety and security of the facility, as well as the physical and psychological impact of crowded conditions on inmates.

One, a former sheriff himself, said he felt sympathy for Arnott, who has little control over the jail population and must make do with the budget he’s given.

Dolovich, a law professor and the director of UCLA’s Prison Law and Policy Program said, “The fact it’s unique doesn’t make it not bad, something can be uniquely bad. There’s a reason why nobody has done this, and it’s not because they’re not thinking creatively.”

More: Nonprofit organization shines light on ‘deadly world’ of inmate transport industry

Arnott defended the county’s facility. He said the critics must be “uneducated” about jails and unfamiliar with the way Greene County’s trailer jail is built and run.

“These people have obviously not seen it (in person),” Arnott said. “I think they need to come see the facility. I would welcome them to come down to the facility. We feel it’s very appropriate and it’s a good use of tax dollars. We’ve had very few problems.”

Dolovich said her immediate reaction upon seeing photos of the trailer jail was “horror.”

“To anyone who suggests that these conditions are acceptable for those people who have found themselves in jail, I would ask them to consider — if it’s their loved ones, their sons and daughters who find themselves in those conditions — would they think it’s OK? Anyone who would answer that question in the affirmative is not being honest,” Dolovich said.

Dolovich said she’s worried for inmates’ health.

“It doesn’t have to be the Hilton, but we would be concerned if we held animals in those conditions,” she said. “… Every human being needs a certain amount of personal space. No one can live like this without suffering serious physical and psychological harm.”

Dolovich said the situation appears to be a “clear constitutional violation of the prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.”

Alan Mills, executive director of Uptown’s People Law Center in Chicago, appeared to agree with Dolovich.

“Someone is going to be seriously injured and they’re going to bring a big case,” Mills said.

*”It’s important to keep in mind that a lot of these people are innocent. They’re not convicted of anything. It’s not constitutional to use a jail to punish people,” Mills said.

He said the conditions in Greene County’s trailer jail appeared “inhumane.”

More: Inmate transport company connected to suicide has history of escapes, lawsuits

“Stuffed Like Sardines”

“You’re stuffing a lot of people in like sardines in this tiny little space,” he said. “The potential for interpersonal conflicts, and just the discomfort level, is astounding.”

David Shapiro, director of appellate litigation for the MacArthur Justice Center at Northwestern University’s law school and former staff attorney for the ACLU’s National Prison Project, called the trailer jail design a “recipe for disaster.”

“It would be hard to imagine a worse design from the standpoint of safety and security,” Shapiro said. “Not to mention the fact it just looks miserable to be living in those bunks in those incredibly cramped spaces.”

Shapiro said the long, narrow layout would make it difficult for officers to see what’s happening in all parts of the trailer jail at all times.

Even with security cameras monitoring the inmates, Shapiro said, navigating the trailers would pose a security concern for officers.

“In that really tight space and nowhere to retreat to, it would be pretty easy to grab an officer as he or she goes by, to ambush the officer or to take the officer hostage,” he said.

Gary Raney, former sheriff of Ada County, Idaho, and past chair of the Pretrial Justice Institute, said he is sympathetic to the plight of the Greene County Sheriff’s Office.

“Sheriffs are often faced with jail overcrowding, and it appears Sheriff Arnott has been dealing with this problem for some time,” Raney said.

“The difficult thing for a sheriff is that he or she has no control over how many people are in jail or how long they stay. Therefore, the sheriff has to manage the jail as best he or she can within the budget given.”

Raney called the trailer jail concept “new and intriguing” but noted that it might follow other patterns of temporary jail housing, “most of which have proven problematic.”

He said that the furniture and fixtures inside the temporary jail appear well-built. However, generally speaking, temporary housing for inmates presents issues.

“Most who have used short-term fixes … have found that they do not provide adequate security, they wear rapidly and the living conditions can lead to litigation,” Raney said.

More: What you need to know about the Greene County tax hike

Raney and every other expert that the News-Leader interviewed talked about the importance of reducing the overall jail population by keeping people charged with low-level crimes out of jail.

Arnott said the Greene County criminal justice system has done that.

“We have done a lot of initiatives to cut back the jail population,” he said. “We have every specific court you can imagine.”

What Arnott is referencing is Greene County’s collection of treatment courts, which includes veterans court, homeless court, mental health court, drug court and more. These are special diversionary programs that offer an alternative to being sent to jail. They are customized to serve people’s needs by connecting them to existing services such as therapy, substance abuse treatment and programs to teach them life skills.

“The population that we have in the jail are the child molesters, the armed robbers, the homicide suspects, the rapists and the serious domestic violence cases,” Arnott said.

“Those are the people who stay in jail … I can guarantee you, this sheriff is not going to go to the judges and say, we need to let some of these people out, because we need to keep them (in jail).”

Commissioner Lincoln Hough, one of the county officials who approved the contract with All Detainment Solutions, said the trailer jail is a “Band-Aid” solution that has worked for the time being.

“It’s not a long-term solution,” Hough said. “It’s a short-term solution and I think the long-term solution I’ve always believed in investing in programs that curb recidivism and head off individuals that will end up in our facility.”

.Alyssa Zhou is a 2018 John Jay Rural Justice Reporting Fellow. This is a condensed and edited version of her reporting project.  The full version is available here.

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Milestone Men: One player, one notable franchise mark for all 31 NHL teams

The 2018-19 campaign is upon us, and with it the chance for the each team to see some minor rewrites or changes to their record books. Here is one milestone, team record or notable mark that could be reached by a member of each team this season:

ANAHEIM DUCKS: Cam Fowler could join some rather legendary company this season as far as Ducks defensemen go. Entering the season, Fowler is eight goals, nine assists and 16 points shy of passing Scott Niedermayer for first all-time in each category among Anaheim defensemen. Maybe the goals mark will be difficult to reach, but the rest should be child’s play for Fowler.

ARIZONA COYOTES: The Coyotes handed the captaincy to Oliver Ekman-Larsson this season, and ‘OEL’ could celebrate his new title with a franchise mark that has stood since Teppo Numminen left town 15 years ago. When Numminen finished his tenure in the desert, he was the all-time goal-scoring leader among franchise defensemen with 108 markers, but Ekman-Larsson is only six shy of matching the mark. Seeing he’s scored 10-plus goals in each of the past five seasons, Ekman-Larsson should be a lock to take top spot all-time.

BOSTON BRUINS: Two Us, two Ks and two major milestones. Tuukka Rask sits second place in Bruins history in games played by a netminder and wins. Top spot is well within reach, however. Rask needs to skate in only 20 games and win just 15 contests to pass current record holder Tiny Thompson in both categories. Thompson’s hold on both marks has lasted nearly 80 years.

BUFFALO SABRES: It took two tours of duty, but Jason Pominville is in line to become just the eighth player in Sabres history to score 500 points with the franchise. During his first tour of duty, Pominville notched 456 points in 578 games, and upon his return last season, added an additional 34 points in 82 outings. Now, he sits 10 points shy of tying Danny Gare (500 points) and he could surpass Don Luce (526) by the time the campaign is through.

CALGARY FLAMES: Mark Giordano is still quite a distance from matching Jarome Iginla’s games played mark (1,219 games), but the Flames captain should be moving into second place all-time if all goes according to plan. Giordano has skated in 755 games for Calgary, and with a full 82-game season, he would move 11 games clear of Robyn Regehr (826) and into second all-time.

CAROLINA HURRICANES: Justin Faulk’s name is oft-mentioned in the rumor mill, but seeing as he’s part of the roster to start the season, he has a great chance at earning his place in franchise history. At present, Glen Wesley (227) and Dave Babych (240) are the only blueliners in franchise history with more points than Faulk (223). But given Faulk has been a consistent 30-point defenseman, if he gets in another full campaign in Carolina, he should take over top spot.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS: Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook enter their 14th campaigns with the Blackhawks this season, and the duo is set to become the two longest tenured blueliners in team history. Seabrook, with 1,004 games played, is five outings away from passing Bob Murray for most games played by a defenseman. Keith, who will hit 1,000 games played this season, needs to skate in 14 games to surpass Murray, as well.

COLORADO AVALANCHE: How’s this for a trifecta? Tyson Barrie could become the Avalanche leader in goals, assists and points by a defenseman this season. He needs 12 goals to pass Sandis Ozolinsh (72 goals), 21 assists to pass John-Michael Liles (207 assists) and 28 points to surpass Liles (275 points) for the No. 1 spot in each category.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS: Can you beat your own milestone? If so, it might not be wise to bet against Artemi Panarin bettering his franchise-best single-season mark of 82 points. The Blue Jackets have tons of promise this season, and Panarin is entering a contract year with his sights set on a big-money deal. Of course, besting his 82-point total will require Panarin to stay put all season, and there’s no guarantee that will happen.

DALLAS STARS: Jamie Benn won’t reach one major, monumental milestone this season, but he’ll continue his climb up the all-time ranks and join an impressive foursome of Stars skaters to reach the 600-point plateau with the organization. Benn, who has 596 points, is four shy of joining Dino Ciccarelli, Brian Bellows, Neal Broten and Mike Modano as Stars players with 600 points.

DETROIT RED WINGS: The coming campaign is likely to be Jimmy Howard’s last in a Red Wings uniform. Before that time comes, though, Howard has the opportunity to become the third netminder in Detroit’s history with 500 games played. He’s at 461 games played entering the season, and if he appears in at least half the games in 2018-19, he’ll join Chris Osgood and Terry Sawchuk as the only 500-game goaltenders in Red Wings history.

EDMONTON OILERS: Two-hundred games played and 100 wins. Those are the two milestones Cam Talbot takes aim at this season in Edmonton. Both should be easily attainable, too. Talbot needs just four games played to become the fifth goaltender to reach the 200-game mark for the Oilers, and he’s six wins shy of hitting 100 wins. Who knows, a run early and Talbot could have cleared both hurdles by November.

FLORIDA PANTHERS: Derek MacKenzie started the campaign by giving up the captaincy, passing the torch to Aleksander Barkov. He can end it, though, by earning his little piece of Panthers history. As it stands, no player in Florida’s franchise history has scored more shorthanded goals than MacKenzie, but he sits tied with Robert Svehla and Bill Lindsay. So, if MacKenize can muster one shorty this season, he’ll have sole possession of the franchise’s all-time shorthanded goals mark.

LOS ANGELES KINGS: Drew Doughty got a monster contract in the off-season and he’s going to repay it quite quickly by becoming the best puck distributing defenseman the franchise has ever seen, statistically speaking. Entering the year, he needs 14 assists in order to surpass Rob Blake on the all-time assists list. Blake holds the current record with 333 helpers.

MINNESOTA WILD: Let’s be honest, Mikko Koivu isn’t going to score the 26 goals he needs to tie Marian Gaborik for the franchise goal-scoring mark. The captain’s career high is 22 goals. But Koivu could become the top power play scorer in franchise history. His 57 power play goals put him two back of Gaborik for the franchise lead, and Koivu seems primed to take the top spot this season.

MONTREAL CANADIENS: Carey Price has a chance to become the winningest keeper in Canadiens history, which would add to the marks he already holds, such as most games played by a netminder and most losses by a netminder. It will take 29 wins for Price to get there, though, and that seems unlikely with this group in Montreal. So, what mark can Price add instead? If he surrenders 126 goals against, he will have allowed more goals than any other netminder in Canadiens history, surpassing Patrick Roy. Not the kind of milestone one wants, but a milestone nevertheless.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS: It’s time for the long-standing single-season goals mark to fall. A decade after Jason Arnott set the single-season record of 33 goals, Filip Forsberg, who is only two seasons removed from matching the feat, should be ready to stake his claim as the best goal scorer the franchise has seen. Forsberg has been a consistent 30-goal scorer over the past three seasons — he was on pace for 32 last season if not for injury — and he should take the next step on a deeper and more high-powered Predators club.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS: If last season was a sign of things to come — and the jury is certainly still out on that — Taylor Hall could be in line to break a more than 15-year-old record. Not since Patrik Elias’ 96-point season in 2000-01 has a Devil come close to cracking the 100-point plateau. But if Hall plays the same way he did last season and Nico Hischier is even better down the middle, Hall could be New Jersey’s first 100-point player.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS: The departure of John Tavares means many of the all-time marks are out of reach and Mat Barzal is too far away from any marks for it to matter quite yet. So, let’s take a long shot on Robin Lehner, who, if he commands the No. 1 job, could quite possibly surpass Rick DiPietro’s marks of 1,917 shots against and 1,761 saves in a season. The Islanders netminders will be busy.

NEW YORK RANGERS: The turnover in New York has been significant and Henrik Lundqvist already has every major milestone imaginable for the Rangers. So, it may not be as significant, but this season will likely mark Mats Zuccarello’s 500th game with the Rangers. He’s 37 games away from hitting the half-millennia, and will become the 34th player in franchise history to skate in 500 games with the Blueshirts.

OTTAWA SENATORS: Let’s open the door here to any Senator willing to take on what we’ll affectionately call the Gord Dineen Challenge. Dineen famously posted an ugly minus-52 during the 1993-94 campaign in Ottawa, which is the worst mark of any player over that span. But this season’s Senators might have a group that can challenge that. And, hey, Nick Leddy went minus-42 with the New York Islanders last season, so a player on this year’s Senators cracking the minus-50 mark isn’t out of the question.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS: Claude Giroux isn’t going to take over any all-time marks for the Flyers this season, but he’ll work his way up two important lists. First, Giroux will take aim at becoming only the fourth player in Flyers history to score 700 points for the franchise. He’s 23 points away, and will surpass Rick MacLeish on the way to the 700-point plateau. Second, Giroux should become just the second player to skate in 800 games for the Flyers. He needs to suit up in 62 games this season to hit that mark.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS: Mario Lemieux is close to untouchable on the Penguins’ all-time lists. He leads in goals by more than 250. He has 300 more assists than any other Penguin in franchise history. His point total is a whopping 600 clear of the next-best scorer. But Lemieux should lose the all-time games mark this season. Sidney Crosby is only 51 games shy of matching and 52 games short of surpassing Lemieux (915 GP) for most games played.

ST. LOUIS BLUES: Jake Allen hasn’t exactly been the picture of crease consistency for the Blues, but that hasn’t stopped him from climbing the all-time goaltending ranks. In fact, and as hard as this may be to believe, Allen could become the winningest netminder in franchise history this season. If he backstops the Blues to 35 wins, Allen will move one win ahead of Mike Liut (151 wins) for most in St. Louis’ history.

SAN JOSE SHARKS: As it stands, Joe Thornton’s 973 points are the second-most in franchise history. No one is going to be passing Thornton’s mark this season, but ‘Jumbo’ is almost certainly going to become the second Shark in franchise history to reach 1,000 points. When he scores his 27th point of the campaign, he’ll join Patrick Marleau and become the second millennium man in San Jose’s history.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING: Steven Stamkos’ 2017-18 season was somewhat transformative as he went from triggerman to playmaker on the Bolts’ top line. Stamkos can still score in bunches, though, and he may be able to parlay a high-scoring season into the all-time goals mark. Currently, he’s 17 goals back of Martin St-Louis (365 goals) and Stamkos (348) would need a 36-goal campaign to take top spot from Vincent Lecavalier (383).

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS: Last season, Frederik Andersen set an all-time mark by winning more games in a single season than any other Maple Leafs goaltender before him. This season, he looks to hit a major milestone by becoming the very first Toronto netminder to win 40 games in one campaign. Does any doubt his chances? This is a Maple Leafs team primed to pile up the Ws.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS: How much stock do you want to put in Elias Pettersson? If you believe he can have the kind of season that Brock Boeser did last year — which is to say a 60-point campaign — then Pettersson could break the mark for highest scoring rookie season in Vancouver. Currently, Boeser, Ivan Hlinka and Pavel Bure share the mark with 60 points apiece.

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS: It’s a race to 100. At some point this season, the Golden Knights will have their first triple-digit scorer. Leading the race at the moment is William Karlsson, whose 78 points topped the team last season. But Jonathan Marchessault (75 points) isn’t far behind. By mid-season, one or the other will almost certainly become the first to reach the milestone.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS: Entering the campaign, only two players in franchise history, Alex Ovechkin and Peter Bondra, have reached 800 points. Nicklas Backstrom will soon make it three. In fact, at 799 points, Backstrom could be celebrating the marker on opening night.

WINNIPEG JETS: Connor Hellebuyck picked up single-season marks for wins, saves, save percentage, shutouts and minutes played last season. This season, he can also become just the second goaltender in franchise history to win 100 games. He’s 17 short of the plateau, and he will surpass Kari Lehtonen for second all-time in the process. Hellebuyck can also become the all-time shutouts leader with six clean sheets this season.

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Jared Clinton

Jared Clinton is a writer and web editor with The Hockey News. He’s been with the team since 2014. He was born, raised and resides in Winnipeg, where he can be found missing the net on outdoor rinks all over town.

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