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Topic: Mikasa, a hardcore feminist, kidnapped by Levi, the leader of one of the most powerful gangs and who is the book definition of a dick.

Mikasa Point of View (P.O.V.)

Here I am, another restless night. Turning on my bed like a hamburger patty being flipped on a grill, trying to find a comfortable position to sleep. I can hear birds chirping outside so it's probably already morning but my thick light-blocking curtains make my room look as dark as night. Whoever invented those, has a special place in my lazy heart.

I started hearing shuffling sounds outside the door of my room. These two have no sense of self-preservation, I thought. My two roommates, Eren and Armin, have been living with me for a year now. I met them ten years ago, starting my teenage years, a tragic event brought us together. Since 'that event', Eren's parents took me in as their own and he introduced me to Armin, his best friend since childhood.

We are inseparable, even now as adults. Even though Armin works as an accountant for a law firm, I work as a Computer Engineer for the CIA, and Eren works as a veterinarian, when we are together, we still act like silly kids. I love them like siblings love each other, which means that we also fight like siblings, and right now they are breaking a golden rule.

You see, I love them. I would give my life without a second thought for them, but, there is something I love more: my bed. I can be a charming and decent person, AFTER my morning coffee, and AFTER I wake up on my own. If anyone dares to wake me up from my precious sleep, there will be hell to pay. I am not a morning person, who is it really? Those who said they are, are not to be trusted, they are probably psychopaths and serial killers. I also don't trust people that don't like cheese, how could you not like cheese?! They are probably part of those reptilian people that conspiracy theories warn you about from alien abductions and shit.

I heard Armin's voice, "Are you sure you want to do this?"

I walked to the door to better listen to their conversation.

"She promised to join us for our traditional 'Sunday pancakes' today since she has failed to wake up early for the last four Sundays in a row! It's her fault!", Eren said.

"You know she is not a morning person! She will kill both of us!", Armin said.

I saw the bolt of the door shaking. Eren was clearly picking the lock from my room. He really has a death wish. I stared around my room looking for ideas on how to greet him, and my eyes landed on my hamper which was almost full of my dirty clothes. I walked to it and grabbed two dirty socks and rolled them together in a ball.

"You can still run away and save yourself.", Eren said.

"I will just stay out of her room, and watch how she kills you while eating popcorn then."

No Armin, you are going to get it too since you are not stopping him, I thought. Then, I heard the beep sound from the microwave. He really made popcorn, unbelievable. I rested my back against the wall next to my door, waiting for their intrusion.

"Do you even know how to pick a lock?", Armin asked.

"I've seen it in movies, they open everything with bobby pins on those spy movies so, how hard can it be?", Eren said.

I pinched the bridge of my nose thinking, he can't be serious. But knowing the bastard, he probably was, and I didn't have the patience to wait for him to finally open my door. So I opened it myself.

He looked at me in shock and said, "Mika-"

But I cut him short by shoving to his open mouth the ball of dirty socks. Armin was on the way to the microwave and yelped at the sight of Eren spitting the dirty socks from his mouth and coughing. I gave him a death stare and yelled:

"You are next!"

"Fuck no!", He yelled as he ran to his room with me running behind him.

He got into his room and closed the door before I could get to him.

With a sing-song voice, I said, "Oh, Armiiin, open the door now and I might forgive youuu."

"Bullshit! I will only open the door after you have your morning coffee!"

Suddenly, the smell of popcorn hit my nose making me smile. Armin never got to get his popcorn out of the microwave. He and I have this unhealthy addiction to popcorn for years now. I mean, who doesn't like popcorn? Those are other types of people I don't trust.

I walked to the microwave and took the popcorn out. I grabbed a fan and pointed it directly to the door of his room. I opened the bag and started eating in front of the fan. He will smell it eventually.

"That's a low blow, stinky feet!", Eren said.

"Is that!? Are you eating MY popcorn!!?", Armin shouted.

"Mmm delicious and extra buttery. Thanks for making popcorn for ME, you are so considerate. You shouldn't have-", I was cut short by Armin slamming his door open and running towards me.

I started running away but he tackled me, making me drop the bag causing the popcorn to fly out, "Give me back my popcorn you thief!", he shouted.

"Did you stuck your socks inside somebody's ass?! This smell is not human!", Eren shouted.

Ignoring Eren, I shouted to Armin, "No! I'll take it as a peace offering apology from you two for waking me up!", while we both struggled to get the bag making a mess of popcorn all around the apartment in the process.

Armin managed to run away while Eren grabbed me and tried to get the dirty socks into my mouth when someone knocked at our door.

We all froze, Armin stared at both of us and asked, "Are any of you expecting someone?"

We both shook our heads in response. I ran to my room to get my gun, Eren did the same while Armin watched the door and grabbed the gun we stored in the kitchen for emergencies.

I immediately started thinking of all the possible threats that could be behind our front door. This is all Eren's fault, I thought.

You see... I was deemed a 'child prodigy' at a young age. I started college at the age of 12, my studies were disrupted for a couple of years when 'that event' happened. Later I resumed my studies and by the age of 18, I already had a bachelor's degree in computer engineering. I joined a couple of hacktivist groups and helped them with the usual stuff: DDoS attacks to government websites, machine learning algorithms to find patterns in social media of government bot accounts, you know, the usual stuff.

One day Eren challenged me to hack into the CIA so I started with a social media scan looking for stupid people that post their work information, I just needed someone with access to the building. In summary, after finding a few victims I did a MITM attack on their phones and computers. From there I got access to the network, installed a backdoor, and had access to everything. I did a similar process to gain access to other intelligence agencies' networks from different countries.

Since we were broke at the time, I did ransomware of the data but instead of money, I asked for a job and immunity for the crime. I also sent them part of a list of vulnerabilities in their system and told them that if they wanted the full list they had to comply with my demands. Since I was already deep in trouble I decided to also give them evidence of the access I gained to other countries' intelligence networks. Not even an hour passed by, and they were already begging me to take the job.

Thinking of who could be behind my front door right now, I thought about the time I got access to the Russian 'Federal Security Service' agency and replaced their data with, well, some 'not-so-innocent' pictures. I think Putin hates me. There is also what I did to the North Korean Reconnaissance General Bureau agency... I think Fluffy Kim hates me too.

None of it would've happened if Eren didn't challenge me in the first place! It's completely his fault!

I got out of my train of thought when we were back at the door and Eren asked us, "Ready?"

We nodded in response, and Eren slowly opened the door.

He quickly pointed the gun at the unexpected visitor who was... An innocent girl scout who was trying to sell cookies.

The kid yelped scared, but Eren quickly hid the gun and said, "Oh, we don't want cookies."

"I want cookies!", I protested and pushed Eren away from the door.

"Order for me too!", Armin said.

Author P.O.V.

After getting their girl scouts cookies, Eren started making pancakes while Armin and Mikasa sat in seat stools behind the small kitchen island facing him. They had popcorn on their messy hair, and on their clothes. "You two better clean the mess you made!", Eren shouted.

"It was Armin's fault!", Mikasa shouted while Armin gave her a death stare.

Eren started to stick his tongue out while making disgusted faces.

"What's the problem Eren? Are you having a stroke?", Mikasa said teasingly.

"For fucks sake Mikasa! I have washed my mouth around five times already and I can still smell your stinky socks! Those things are a hazard!", Eren said while walking away to the bathroom to wash his mouth again.

"The pancakes are going to burn!", Mikasa shouted.

"You take care of them, stinky feet! I am on my way to drink some bleach!", Eren shouted back.

Mikasa rolled her eyes and walked to the stove while Armin stood up to turn on the television. While flipping the pancakes Mikasa took a look at her phone notifications and messages. She started looking through the messages from her girlfriend's group chat:

Sasha: OMG! I just saw the cutest guy ever!

Annie: Did you banged it already? 👉👌🍆

Sasha: I wish! I don't even know how to talk to him yet!

Christa: Where did you saw him?

Sasha: He works at a new bookstore that opened near my apartment.

Christa: Did you tried to talk to him somehow? Or just stared at him like a mentally unstable stalker?

Sasha: Well, I asked for book recommendations, he started asking me about what I liked so he could give me a more accurate one but the dick of his boss cut him off telling him to go back to the cash register.

Annie: Maybe we should meet up for lunch to come up with a plan.

Ymir: I just saw that I have new messages. I tried to read them all but my lazy ass just read 'cute guy' and 'bang it already' and skipped to the end. I am up for lunch and the 'banging plan'. Speaking of people in need of banging, @Mikasa wake your ass and join us!

Annie: 😂😂

Mikasa rolled her eyes and replied:

Mikasa: I am awake, count me in for lunch, and the 'banging plan'.

Christa: Girls, call the police, that is not Mikasa, that's an impostor! There is no way that woman is awake this early!

Mikasa sighed and typed,

Mikasa: Eren woke me up, putting his life on the line.

Suddenly Eren's phone made the sound of a new message notification. Mikasa rolled her eyes and thought, here we go.

Eren grabbed his phone, unlocked it, stared at his messages, and started laughing. "Sasha just asked me if you are okay because you are awake. She wants to know if it's really you before calling the police. She also wants to know if I am still alive."

"Hey guys check this out.", Armin said while turning up the volume of the TV.

The news was on. Mikasa served the pancakes on the plates. She took two of the plates and gave one to Armin while sitting next to him. Eren grabbed his plate and sat next to Mikasa. The three of them were seated on the sofa in front of the TV watching the news.

Breaking News:

'We are reporting live outside of Mitra's bank. Just moments ago, criminals robbed the bank and took three hostages with them. The police are tracking their whereabouts at the moment, avoid the area. The perpetrators' identity has been confirmed as the gang that calls themselves "The Scorpions". They are commonly identified with a Scorpion tattoo on their necks, reach out to the police if you see anyone suspicious.'

"These guys again, they piss me off.", Mikasa said.

"They are the same ones that robbed one of the stores of the mall right?", Armin asked.

"Yes, those assholes take hostages with them but they end up always killing them.", Eren said.

"That's the gang that posts the videos about they killing the hostages like is some sort of sick hunting game?", Armin asked.

"Yes, they take the victim to a secluded wood area and tell the victim to run, after a minute or so they run after the victim to kill it, recording the whole thing.", Eren said.

"That's sick.", Mikasa said.

"That's why they are one of the most feared and powerful gangs around.", Eren said.

"It doesn't make sense, the tattoo I mean, who would be so stupid to get a tattoo that clearly dictates that you are a criminal? Why have the police not caught them yet if they have a fucking mark on their necks screaming I'm the killer?", Mikasa said.

Suddenly Eren's phone made the notification sound again. "Oi, Mikasa, Dad wants to meet with us today for dinner, he is in the area."

"Tell him to pick us up then.", Mikasa replied.

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Mikasa P.O.V.

I arrived at the restaurant where the girls planned to meet for lunch. As I was walking from the parking area to the restaurant I felt the unease sensation that someone was following me. I've been feeling this for two weeks now. Even though I have gained many enemies by my hacking 'activities', and I joke about Putin or someone else knocking on my door, the reality is that it's highly unlikely that they know my identity. I didn't use my network, on top of it I used nested VPNs mixed with virtual machines with an eastern VPN added on top. Even though the probability of them knowing my identity is almost zero, my job provided me with an apartment in the most secured area in town plus extra police patrols around the building. But, of course, you can never be too cautious, so I always assumed the worst.

I took my phone out and texted my boss: "Activating precaution protocol."

Almost instantly he replied: "I will be on the lookout."

My boss, Pixis, has been very overprotective of me since I started working for the CIA. Since the first day that I arrived at the office and introduced myself, he personally asked to work with me. He was impressed by the stunt I pulled and introduced me to everyone on his team like I was some sort of Messiah sent by Thor itself from the land of Narnia. But not everyone reacted the same way he did when he saw me. It seemed like I wasn't what they were expecting to see since I do not fulfill the stereotype of a programmer. I am not a gamer, I am a ballerina, and what seems to be the worst of all to them is that I am a woman.

The biggest fear of a male chauvinist pig is a woman with confidence having success on a field dominated by men. When will they understand that women can do everything men do while even wearing high heels?

Ever since college, I've heard crap like:

"She probably slept her way in."

"Too pretty to be a programmer."

"A woman in my team? She will probably end up making us do all her work."

"She will probably need to be trained in the most basic crap. She doesn't look like she even knows how to do basic programming."

It's exhausting being a woman, why do we have to put double the effort to at least be noticed or recognized? When will they stop calling us 'emotional' or 'bossy', and start calling us instead 'passionate' and 'leaders'? We intimidate them because they can't control us and they know we have the potential to kick their asses.

I was snapped out of my mental rant when I received another text message from my boss: "Location received. As always, call me if you need to talk."

Good, from now on, until I turn it off, my boss will have a constant live feed of my location using my phone's GPS. Also, in case of emergency, I only have to press twice my phone's power button and in a matter of minutes the police, FBI, and the SWAT team will arrive at my location ready to get rid of any threat.

I can relax now, I thought as I opened the door of the restaurant and met my friends.

"Mikasa! We are here!", Sasha shouted while shaking an arm up to get my attention.

I sat at the table and grabbed the menu, the waiter was already taking the orders so I ordered the first thing I saw that was to my liking. Then I took out from my purse a box of girl scout cookies that I bought for Sasha and gave it to her.

She yelped excitedly and said, "This is why I love you!" while hugging the box.

"So, we've been booked for three schools next week.", Christa said.

Christa was referring to a feminist organization we all created that focuses on motivating girls to pursue a college degree, especially in fields dominated by men.

"I think that it's the most we've had in a week so far!", I said.

"Yes, people are helping by sharing our social media accounts. I have messages of people who want to join us.", Ymir said.

"We should hold a meeting for newcomers, we are going to need more people eventually anyways.", I said, and Ymir nodded.

"So Sasha, what do you have in mind so far to talk to your cute guy?", Annie asked.

"I have no idea, someone needs to distract the manager of the library so he doesn't interrupt us again.", Sasha said.

"Who volunteers as a tribute?", Ymir asked.

"Is the manager at least cute?", Annie asked.

"He was hot but had this unapproachable vibe, and on top of that, a jerk.", Sasha said.

"In that case, I offer Mikasa as a tribute.", Annie said.

"What!? Why me?!", I shouted.

"Because you never get intimidated or scared, and you always speak your mind. That personality is the greatest weakness of self-absorbed jerks.", Annie said.

I stared at her in disbelief while Sasha yelped excited looking at her cellphone.

"Girls! The package arrived! Just received the amazon notification.", Sasha said.

All of them gave me a devilish smile, confusing me, I asked, "What the hell are you talking about?"

"Mikasa, this is an intervention.", Christa said with a serious tone.

"We've noticed that you've been grumpier than usual. We also know that you haven't, well, how do I put this?", Ymir said.

"You haven't had a good fuck in a while!", Annie shouted.

I wanted the earth to swallow me whole right there. Annie said that a little too loud for my liking.

"Where are you going with this?", I asked.

"Well, we bought you a little something to help you deal with, you know, the grumpiness. It just arrived at your door.", Sasha said.

"Are you crazy! You know I live with Eren and Armin!", I said.

"Come on is just a package in your name, they are not going to open it.", Annie said.

"You definitely don't know Eren.", I said in disbelief.

When we finished eating I rushed to my car and drove as fast as I could to my apartment. I ran to the elevator and then ran to my apartment's door. The package wasn't there. I panicked and opened the door and saw Eren about to open it. I ran and tackled him making us both fall to the floor.

"What the fuck Mikasa!", He shouted.

"Why were you trying to open MY package?!", I shouted back.

"Because it could be something dangerous sent from one of your enemies, like Fluffy Kim for example.", Eren said.

"Why would Fluffy Kim send me something life-threatening via AMAZON!?"

"I don't know! Amazon sells some weird shit and they ship from all around the world, I am pretty sure North Korea is included."

I gave him a death stare, snatched the package, and went to my room closing the door behind me.

I sighed and ran my fingers through my hair. I opened the package and found the box of a pink glow-in-the-dark vibrator. I grabbed my phone and wrote in the group chat:

Mikasa: Got the 'package'.

I put the phone down and opened the box. The thing brought batteries and had a little plastic paper that said, "pull here". I think is to protect the device from direct contact with the batteries, I thought.

I pulled the damned paper and the thing started having an epileptic attack. That thing had a demon inside and I didn't know how to do a fucking exorcism! Scared of it, I screamed and dropped it to the floor.

Apparently, Eren heard my scream because he shouted, "I knew it! I am not letting you kill her Fluffy Kim!" while slamming open the door of my room.

I panicked and jumped on top of the frantic thing that looked like it was break dancing on the floor, to hide it.

"What happened?!", Eren asked me.

"Nothing! Get out!", I shouted, trying to stop the damned thing from moving. It felt like I was riding one of those mechanic bulls.

"You screamed! Something happened!!", Eren shouted worriedly.

"What's all the fuss about?", Armin appeared.

"Fluffy Kim sent something dangerous from Amazon to Mikasa!", Eren shouted.

"Fluffy Kim didn't send me shit! Get out!", I said giving a pleading look to Armin.

He got my message and pulled Eren by the back of his shirt, out of my room, and closed the door. I took a deep breath and found the button to turn that demonic thing off. I checked my phone again and read the messages:

Sasha: Yay! You have to name it!

Annie: She's right! Put a name on it!

Mikasa: The thing tried to kill me! I literally just pulled out a piece of paper from it and the thing started to have a panic attack!

Annie: 😂😂

Christa: You can control the intensity, check the instructions! But first, name it!

Ymir: It has to be a sexy name.

I rolled my eyes knowing that they won't drop the subject until I give the thing a name.

Mikasa: Any suggestions?

Sasha: Just think of something that turns you on. 🔥🔥

Something that turns me on, something sexy, I thought as my mind went blank. I started looking around my room. I had a stack of letters and spam stacked on top of my nightstand. I sighed and went through it, I stopped at a promotional flyer for men's underwear. It had a couple of men modeling the underwear. This could work, I thought.

Mikasa: I found a flyer of men's underwear, the models are kind of hot.

Annie: You are messing with us right? 🤦

Sasha: Hold on, she might be onto something. What's the name of the brand?

Mikasa: Levi's, I like it, I will call it Levi.

Christa: 🥳🥳 Now, it's time to let Levi give you a good time!! 🥳

Mikasa: 🤦

I put my phone down and stared at, well, the Levi thing. I still have a couple of hours until dinner, how do I start? Porn? I thought making my mind go into another rant.

Another industry dominated by men, made for men: the porn industry. They try to sell a ridiculous idea of what 'good' sex is supposed to be. They show a man sticking his penis in a woman's vagina with little to no foreplay time. After that, they start going ridiculously fast, like the world is about to end, and start changing the poor woman to different positions like she is some kind of rag doll. They do all of this while ignoring the most important thing: the clitoris. If the poor thing could talk it would scream something around the lines of:

"I'm fucking bored dude!"

"She is faking it!"

"Feeling nothing bro!"

"If I would describe this whole experience with you, I would use the forever-alone meme!"

I locked the door and grabbed the thing, "Let's see, please don't kill me."

-----2 hours later-----

Mikasa: Levi, oooooh Leviiiii!!!!

Annie: 😂😂

Sasha: 🥳🥳🍆🍆🥳🥳

Christa: 😎🔥

Ymir: 💥💦

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Author P.O.V.

"Mikasa, are you ready? Dad is already here!", Eren shouted.

"Yes!", Mikasa said, opening the door of her room ready to go.

"Well, someone is in a good mood.", Eren said while raising a brow.

Ignoring his comment Mikasa said, "Let's go, we don't want to make Grisha wait."

"You are right, Dad has texted me like 5 times already since he arrived.", Eren answered.

They took the elevator down and walked by the building lobby. Eren looked at the security guard and said, "That's a new guard right?"

"Yes, he arrived around two weeks ago.", Mikasa responded.

They went out of the building where Grisha, Eren's dad, was waiting for them inside his car.

"We have to make a quick stop at the bank first.", Grisha said.

Mikasa groaned in protest and said, "You know that nowadays you can do mostly all bank stuff through the internet right? I can teach you."

"I need to speak with a manager, is an account that locked me out and they told me to go to the bank directly. It will be quick.", Grisha explained.

"Why do old people avoid using technology?", Mikasa whispered to Eren.

"I heard that!", Grisha said.

They arrived at the bank and Grisha took a piece of paper and started to fill it out with his account information. He told Mikasa and Eren to start making the line for him. He finished filling up his account information and walked to the spot they were in the line.

"I'm hungry, they look like the Zootopia sloths.", Eren said looking at the bank employees.

Suddenly, a loud sound was heard that shook the whole building. Grisha jumped on top of Mikasa and Eren throwing them to the floor. Smoke was coming from everywhere. A huge truck had collided with the bank's main entrance, making a hole. In an instant, a bunch of men with guns, wearing hoodies, and a clown mask entered the building.

"Hands up! And sit on the floor now!", one of them commanded.

Mikasa P.O.V.

Grisha sat on the floor hugging me, and Eren sat in front of me protectively. A couple of the men grabbed an employee and went through a door. After a minute they started going out with black bags. I remembered that I still had my GPS location shared with my boss since lunch. I grabbed my phone and double-clicked the power button, it was programmed to send a high-priority emergency signal to different agencies. I hid my cellphone, pinching it with the inside border of my jeans and pulling my shirt over it. At that moment, one of the men was walking in front of all of us. He was staring at each one of us on the floor.

Eren was covering me with his body when the man said, "You, move!", to him.

Trying to still cover me Eren asked, "Where?"

The man moved closer to him and said, "To the side, now!", and pointed the gun at his head.

Eren hesitated for a moment but then he moved. I was looking to the floor avoiding the man's gaze, hoping that it had the same effect as when a teacher asks a question in a classroom and you avoid making eye contact in hope that he doesn't pick you to answer.

I saw him with the corner of my eye as he lowered the gun and tilted his head. It seemed as he was confused for a moment.

Grisha tightened his hold on me and I saw the man pointing his gun again.

"You!", he said.

I felt a cold metal being pressed against my forehead. When I lifted my gaze I was staring down the barrel of a Walter Q5 Match Semi-auto pistol, held by a man who had... a scorpion tattoo on his neck and grey eyes.

"You are coming with me."

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/27557422/chapters/67401547

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(Jackson died 16 years before the Civil War, and he owned 150 slaves.) - told a 7-year-old boy there was no Santa Claus on Christmas - the team of staffers whose only job was to tape back together documents he had torn up because he’s just THAT used to destroying evidence, because they couldn’t get him to stop ripping them up, but legally, the documents had to be archived - when he said the Continental Army took over the British airports during the Revolution - no sanctions on Russian soldiers killing American soldiers - “I take no responsibility for this pandemic.” - when touring the damage the Louisiana gulf coast after Hurricane Laura (just a few months ago!), he started giving first responders autographed pieces of paper, which he told them to sell on eBay for $10,000 - when he thought "clean coal" meant that the miners dug it out of the ground and physically cleaned it - the goddamn fast food catering - trying to trick the family of a teen killed by a US diplomat's wife who fled justice into meeting her, Ellen-style - pushing the Prime Minister of Montenegro out of the way to preen - that time he called into Fox & Friends and ranted for so long that they politely but firmly kicked him off - hiring an Obama impersonator solely to berate him - having a button installed on his desk that let him order Diet Coke on a whim. And sometimes using that button upwards of 13 times a day. - that time when a kid handed him a hat to sign, and he signed the hat, but instead of handing it back, he just threw it into the middle of the crowd - autographing the guestbook at the Holocaust memorial, with an added “had such a great time!” - when he zoned out and wondered where a woman's dead relatives were DIRECTLY after she had said her mother six brothers were killed. (Actual exchange: “They killed my mother, my six brothers...” “Where are they now?”) - sending 2,000 soldiers to the border to stop “the caravan,” having their pictures taken, and then recalling them all. - consoling a dead soldier’s family by saying “he knew what he was getting into.” - when he said no one could climb over the border wall because there would be no way down, and then belatedly remembered rope - when he congratulated the Great Lakes on their "record deepness" - calling Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas” at an event meant to honor Navajo code talkers - “Shithole countries” - calling Baltimore “rat-infested” - tweeting “too bad!” right after Elijah Cummings’ house was broken into - calling the White House “a dump” a month into moving in, which led to first both him and Melania, and then just Melania by herself, staying in Trump Tower for almost 5 months, costing taxpayers around $100,000 a day - an entire quarter of his presidency spent on his own golf courses, costing taxpayers around $141,000,000, NOT counting the Secret Service detail (they were charged for rooms and golf carts, since these were Trump’s OWN golf courses) - using “Pocahontas” again to slur Elizabeth Warren while talking down to a Native American journalist - holding a rally in Pittsburgh and trying to woo the locals by ranting about how the statue of Joe Paterno, the accused pedophilia enabler who was coach of a rival sports team, should go back up - confusingly having bigger salt and pepper shakers than everyone else in his administration, because everything to him is a dick-measuring contest - when he said he would “run in and take care of” school shooters, to school shooting victims - appointing fucking DeVos, Miller, Pompeo, Mnuchin, Nunes - inciting a seditious white supremacist mob to make sure he’s president until he’s 85, resulting in 5 dead (for which I am constantly wondering...”really? FOR THIS GUY?”) - drafted a proposal to open 94% of previously protected American shorelines to offshore drilling - when he walked up the stairs to Air Force One with toilet paper stuck to his shoe - at least 44 times in March, April and early May in which he downplayed the threat of the virus calling it “very well under control” again and again - when somebody asked him his favorite book and he pointed at a bookshelf and said “there are some over there” - meeting with the goddamn MyPillow guy to discuss overturning election results and declaring martial law - impeached twice, was golfing both times the vote went through - 70 pardons for known criminals (including Bannon), 70 sentences commuted, just to be a spiteful little toad - when he blathered on about how much he loved the queen, the totally hacked her off - when Hope Hicks steamed his pants as he was wearing them - getting mad-pissed at White House kitchen staff because they couldn’t recreate McDonald’s and it was too late to order and I wonder how much I missed. I bet there’s a McSweeney’s article listing all of it.

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Is South Carolina Already on a Second Wave of COVID-19?

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COLUMBIA, S.C.—On May 11, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster officially reopened the state economy after four weeks of government-mandated social distancing aimed at slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus.

“With our increased capacity for testing the people of our state, it is time to responsibly and gradually get these small businesses back up and running,” McMaster said in a statement.

“We have an opportunity to set an example for the rest of the world by reinvigorating our economy while staying safe, but we can only do that if South Carolinians continue to follow the advice and recommendations of our public health experts.”

Almost exactly one month later, South Carolina had arguably its worst week yet in the pandemic.

Between June 1 and this past Monday, this state of five million people registered 3,069 new infections and 63 deaths, according to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). By Monday, the health agency had counted 14,800 total coronavirus cases and 557 deaths, and projected an overall COVID-19 case rate of 442 per 100,000 people by June 27. The agency said that was worse than California’s 323-per-100,000 rate as of June 6, but much better than New York’s 1,965 per 100,000.

But what’s chilling about South Carolina’s stats is that all the evidence points to the pandemic getting worse here, not better. “It seems pretty clear that these data indicate an increasing circulation of the virus,” Theresa MacPhail, an author and medical anthropologist at the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey, told The Daily Beast.

There were 624 new infections in South Carolina on June 6, according to Johns Hopkins’ coronavirus tracker, which recorded a spike in infections in South Carolina starting on Thursday, and an ominous two-week trend that didn’t come close to federal reopening guidelines.

While the data seem to indicate that social distancing in April helped to prevent South Carolina hospitals from being overwhelmed by coronavirus patients, the numbers also suggest that McMaster’s eagerness to reopen the economy has backfired on the state’s residents.

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More people are getting sick. More people are dying. The death rate for infected patients hasn’t really changed: It was about 3.6 percent in early May and 3.5 percent in early June. And some businesses, having reopened just a few weeks ago, are closing again. McMaster’s office did not respond to a request for comment for this story.

The novel coronavirus officially arrived in South Carolina on Feb. 24 with six infections, according to DHEC figures. State-organized testing began the first week of March. The first COVID-19 death is said to have occurred on March 16. That same day, McMaster, a Republican and a close ally of Donald Trump, suspended activities at the state’s schools. But he didn’t close businesses—yet. And for a few weeks he didn’t try to stop large public gatherings, either.

The state’s major cities of Columbia and Charleston began implementing social-distancing measures on their own in late March, closing bars and restaurants, imposing curfews, and limiting public gatherings.

But aside from closing schools, in the first month or so of the coronavirus’s spread in South Carolina, there was very little in the way of a statewide effort to slow the pathogen. As late as the end of March, the Republican-led state government was actively discouraging local public-health efforts. “We affirm that local government cannot exercise the emergency powers delegated to the governor by the general assembly,” attorney general Alan Wilson stated on March 27. The general assembly is South Carolina’s state legislature.

Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin, a Democrat, brushed off Wilson’s memo and continued with local social-distancing measures. “The actions taken by the city are entirely within our authority,” Benjamin said.

There was an early statewide spike in new infections on April 6, with 183 new patients. The next day, McMaster finally ordered many businesses to close all over the state. Bars, restaurants, nail and hair salons, entertainment venues, and gyms shut their doors. At the state’s encouragement, many churches moved their services online.

At the peak of social-distancing in South Carolina in early April, DHEC estimated the population’s mobility to be down 42 percent compared to normal. By comparison, in New York City mobility dropped more than an estimated 90 percent, in late March, though metrics used to gauge mobility varied in the two appraisals.

The infection rate flattened. South Carolina’s hospitals have 405 beds in intensive care units, but the most ICU beds it ever needed for pandemic-response was 105 on May 1.

Although late to start, South Carolina succeeded in bending the curve. But as in a slew of other states, there were signs early on that public-health measures wouldn’t last. The first major public protest against social-distancing measures occurred in Columbia on April 24. A few hundred people, many of them from out of town, marched or demonstrated from their cars.

Such protests, which Trump himself encouraged, were common in Democratic-led states. South Carolina was one of the few exceptions, where protests targeted Republican leaders.

In early May, Trump began insisting the United States should reopen with or without a coronavirus vaccine and regardless of whether all states had succeeded in containing the virus. McMaster, who was an early endorser of Trump back in 2016, had moved swiftly to lift South Carolina’s public-health measures.

The state’s “work or home” order ended on May 4. On Memorial Day weekend in Hilton Head, South Carolina, 62,524 cars traveled over the city’s bridges in both directions heading to and from the area’s popular beaches. That was just 10,000 fewer cars than crossed the bridge on the same weekend in 2019.

By June 8, overall state mobility was down just 13 percent compared to normal, according to DHEC. Mandatory social distance had all but ended. DHEC continued to urge people to voluntarily wear masks, wash their hands, and avoid crowds.

Coronavirus cases spiked. The health agency cites numbers showing a peak in deaths between April 28 and May 6, when 11 people died of COVID-19 per day, on average. The daily death rate declined to around six per day by May 24. Then it began climbing again. In the first week of June, around nine people died per day, and the rate was rising.

DHEC knows it has a problem. “While we expect the number of cases to increase as we work with community partners to increased testing events around the state, we’re also observing that many are not adhering to public health recommendations to social distance, avoid large gatherings, and wear a mask in public,” the agency told The Daily Beast in a statement.

Many restaurants and bars that reopened in May shut down again in June after learning from DHEC that staff members had tested positive for the coronavirus.

One of them was Carolina Ale House in Columbia. “We are closing early tonight for a management-led, thorough deep cleaning and sanitation,” the restaurant announced on June 5. DHEC also informed Columbia’s Publico Kitchen and Tap that some of its staff members tested positive. The restaurant had already reopened, closed, and reopened again. Now it was doing it a third time. “We want to maintain the highest level of standards while ensuring public safety during these times,” the restaurant’s management announced on June 3.

Through early June, the health agency continued alerting restaurants about infected staff and requiring temporary closings, sterilizations, and public notifications. But McMaster did not restore any statewide measures.

One Columbia bar owner expressed his frustration with the state’s reopening plan. “Kind of like sticking your head in the sand because you don’t want to see what’s happening,” he said, requesting anonymity because he feared backlash in the deeply conservative state.

“We have been nudged into doing business knowing that we have to walk the line between putting food on our table and keeping ourselves, family, staff, and customers safe,” Sean McCrossin, the owner of several Columbia restaurants, told The Daily Beast.

Anthony Alberg, an epidemiologist at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, told The Daily Beast he was not surprised South Carolina has failed to contain the pandemic. And, he argued, its current trajectory should not be attributed to improved disease surveillance.

“Early on, South Carolina took the essential steps needed to flatten the curve,” Alberg said. “The problem has been re-opening too soon, which has led to a very large upsurge in COVID-19 cases that cannot be accounted for solely due to the increased testing for active SARS-CoV-2 infections.”

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We commonly booked those musings for biscuits, pancakes, or hash (locate our favorites listed below ). However after that we feasted on a heaping serving of Onefold’s spectacular deep-fried rice with Chinese sausage(” lap cheong” ) Denver business broker, and also all that transformed. Garnished with sauted slices of sweet, weighty lap cheong (or duck, pork, or bacon) and also 2 deep-fried eggs, it’s a satisfying shock that we mean to eat on repeat. onefolddenver.com Picture by Aaron Colussi. Prop styling by Natalie Warady. RiNoNearly every food author in Denver has actually extolled Kyle Foster’s biscuitsand below we go again. They are baked to buy as well as have crusty sides that smash just so when you attack right into them. They are tender inside, salty, as well as oh-so abundant.

They havethe requisite half-cracked texture, yet they’re additionally in some way pillowy and also absolutely hold extra butter than a common biscuit. Foster is, put simply, a biscuit brilliant. As well as please tell Foster that, this time Tyler Tysdal and Title Card Capital, 5280 sent you. juleprino.com Chinese food Celebrity Cooking area on Mississippi Avenue for the ideal dim sum around. You’ll wait for a table on weekend mornings, but the pan-fried turnip cake with XO sauce, shrimp-stuffed eggplant, and congee with duck egg.

are worth it. starkitchenseafooddimsum.com English food The British Bulldog, since if you’re going to invest your weekend break early mornings viewing Premier Organization matches, you might too do so over a full English breakfasttwo eggs, a” banger”( sausage),” rashers”( bacon), mushrooms, beans, fried tomato, as well as toastat this 12-year-old Five Factors pub.

britishbulldogdenver.com Ethiopian food Colfax Opportunity’s Africana Coffee shop, which opens up at 9 a – Harvard Business School.m. africanaethiopianfood.com Vietnamese food Pho 95 on Federal Blvd forwhat else?a steaming dish of its trademark brothy noodle soup, an usual breakfast in Southeast Asia. The Pho 95 special, with filet mignon, brisket, and flank, is a timeless Denver hangover remedy. pho95noodlehouse.com Filipino food Aurora’s Sunburst Grill, where a hearty plate of” tocino “( Filipino-style bacon cured with pineapple juice), eggs, as well as rice expenses just$ 7. Photo by Aaron Colussi. Prop designing by Natalie Warady. LoHiCradling a porcelain mug of steaming joe inside the Bindery.

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‘s bright, busy room on Central Street is a lovely way to greet the day. The beans come from Denver’s Queen City Coffee Collective, which has been seducing regional java enthusiasts with its artisan, direct-trade coffees because 2007. thebinderydenver.com Uptown & ArvadaWe’re certain avocado toast has absolutely nothing to do with millennials ‘reduced homeownership rates, yet paying greater than$ 10 for the fashionable staple isn’t a great idea for any person’s wallet. Luckily, Steuben’s Avocado Goddess Toast will just establish you back$ 5and it’s absolutely divine. The kitchen area toasts ciabatta, rubs it with a rich, herby, sour-cream-based schmear, tops it with thin slices of buttery avocado, and garnishes it all with shaved radish as well as a drizzle of olive oil. Almost. steubens.com LoDoWe’ve eaten scores of leathery, flavorless omelets over the yearswhich, in a community recognized for the recipe, is more than a little unsatisfactory. Say thanks to goodness for Urban.

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Farmer, then, where the Denver omelet gets its due. Available throughout weekend break breakfast and also weekday breakfast, cook Chris Starkus ‘model is studded with chunks of baked eco-friendly chiles, red pepper, as well as local ham as well as covered with a generous( if nontraditional) put of barnaise sauce. Lastly, we can lay insurance claim to an omelet worthwhile of our city’s great name. urbanfarmerdenver.com Multiple locationsNot just is the Post’s fried chicken regularly spectacular, with a superbly crispy, completely skilled crust and also juicy meat withina mighty great meal all on its ownbut the pleasant dining establishment’s a.m. food selection likewise approves our wish for numerous brunch-acceptable methods to consume the humble bird. postbrewing.com Picture by Sarah Boyum. BerkeleyIt’s easy to put pancakesfilled with delicious chocolate chips or jam, saturated in fudge sauce or whipped cream or whatever excessive spice sweet-toothed guests might consider temptingon a brunch food selection.

What’s harder is to make a pancake that tastes excellent solo. Wendell’s, the upscale diner that took over the original DJ’s Cafe space on Tennyson Street last year, has actually achieved the last with its large buttermilk appeals, which are lightened with whipped egg whites and also flavored with brandy, vanilla paste, and also lemon zest. wendellsbreakfast. Tyler Tysdal SEC.com Methodology: To assign a cost each for every of these meals, we completed the average cost of an entre, a coffee, as well as a mixed drink or beer. Break out your( fancy) stretchy pants prior to tackling the Sunday breakfast buffet at this hotel near the Park Meadows shopping center. The price includes real-time jazz, endless mimosas, and also an all-you-can-eat buffet with made-to-order omelets, a raw fish and shellfish bar, as well as carved beef ribs. Its distance to matine shows at the nearby Denver Doing Arts Intricate simply contributes to the appeal.

. edgerestaurantdenver.com This Cherry Creek stunner inside the Halcyon resort provides special, Italian-inspired breakfast fareincluding the trademark poultry Parmesan and also light-as-air gnudiand fresh-juice Bellinis( cucumber-lime, white peach, grapefruit-pomegranate )are blended tableside from a restless cart. Our go-to: a$ 6 Bloody Mary and the Fettster (seeded rye toast with caper cream cheese as well as smoked salmon )with a prompt top. Platte Management. oliveandfincheatery.com With pop-art-bedecked walls and also a huge roster of boozy beverages, this two-story Sunnyside place is perfect for households and revelers alike. Order a bacon flight.

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as you question between purchasing the Costa Rica Benedict( smoked pork belly, jalapeo cornbread, pineapple salsa, chipotle hollandaise) or the bacon shrimp and also grits. Get a coffee from Crema Bodega, a mixed drink from Curiowe like the rum, apple brandy, and citrus concoction called Dead Presidentsand a substantial cinnamon roll from Izzio Bakery to take pleasure in at one of the food hall’s lengthy area tables.

denvercentralmarket.com Get one of the most bang for the least buck at the Sloan’s Lake station of this preferred counter-service spot. riseandshinedenver.com Picture by Aaron Colussi (Harvard Business School). Prop styling by Natalie Warady. AuroraIt’s virtually impossible to select just one thing from Annette’s breakfast menu, however when pressed to do so, chef Caroline Glover’s waffles drift above the remainder. Their light appearance comes from a yeasted batter Glover rests overnight for utmost flavor development and loft. Also better, the covering combinations change once a week and also with the periods, from apples with salted caramel and whipped lotion in the be up to blackberries with lemon curd and whipped cream in the springtime. annettescratchtotable.com LoHiMeals at There Denver are often riotous events, specifically if you go during breakfast, when the dining establishment supplies rotating amusement with styles like burlesque, yoga, as well as bluegrass music. For $7, you obtain 3 incredible fried orbs that are crunchy on their cinnamon-sugar-coated outsides, feather-soft within, and also generously full of tart, house-made raspberryPinot Noir jam. Breakfast with a side of burlesque dance may not be every person’s thing, however we’re quite certain these doughnuts are. therehospitalitygroup.com Capitol HillVegetarian as well as vegan Denverites need not experience with bland tofu shuffles and butter-free toast, many thanks to Cap Hillside’s hipster institution, City, O’ City, where the entire a.m. My personal fave would need to be the Queso Arepa. Who does not enjoy mozzarella cheese, avocado and also fried plantains!.?. !? Photo thanks to @milehighandhungry on Instagram This french toast is the most effective brunch option in Denver. It’s a gooey as well as beautiful mix of bread, butter, berries, cinnamon, vanilla and syrup.

Prior to founding Freedom Factory, Tyler Tysdal managed a growth equity fund in association with several celebrities in sports and entertainment. Portfolio company Leesa.com grew rapidly to over $100 million in revenues and has a visionary social objective to “end bedlessness” by donating one bed mattress for each ten offered, with over 35,000 contributions now made. Some other portfolio business remained in the industries of wine importing, specialized lending and software-as-services digital signage. In parallel to managing properties for services, Ty was managing private equity in real estate. He has had a variety of effective private equity financial investments and numerous exits in trainee real estate, multi-unit real estate, and hotels in Manhattan and Seattle.Image politeness of @milehighandhungry on Instagram Vert is not just housed in the stylish and pleasant area of Clean Park, yet it has an awesome food selection that is frequently transforming. Every component they utilize is neighborhood and homemade, and while they constantly have sandwiches and also salads, they switch up their specials and also sides so you can attempt something brand-new every single time you go.

Image thanks to @infatuation_den on Instagram If you can’t inform from this picture, this is the best darn pizza in the state of Colorado. Fresh, self-made dough as well as regional, organic active ingredients baked with each other in a traditional block stove makes these pizzas taste like they’re appropriate out of Naples, Italy. Basic ingredients and conventional techniques make Restaurant Locale a must.

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You obtain to select the base, healthy protein, kind of curry, veggies and flavors to develop a custom-made Indian curry dish that has extraordinary flavor as well as spice. The components as well as choices are incredibly fresh as well as continuously changing, enabling you to switch it up whenever you go, but I highly recommend the coconut curry and also poultry.

Picture thanks to @infatuation_den on Instagram grass-fed meat, Tillamook cheddar cheese and also fresh lettuce and also tomatoes make this cheeseburger an essential. They throw on a few of their unique sauce for the finest combination of tasty and also tasty, as well as their newly baked bun is the cherry on top. While their yummy burgers are a factor alone to go, Larkburger’s truffle fries are my favorite french fries in Denver, hands down.

I would do anything at any kind of give minute to consume these fries and also I indicate anything individuals. Photo courtesy of @infatuation_den on Instagram Bonnie Brae is a real Denver facility. They make their homemade ice cream and also cones on site every day, and also have a plethora of tasty flavors offered (Harvard Business School).

Whether it’s a summer season’s night or great mid-day, Bonnie Brae is constantly crowded with pleased youngsters, families, and big teams of friends – business broker in Denver. Image thanks to @infatuation_den on Instagram Denver Biscuit Co. has a nationwide credibility for dishing out insanely excellent biscuits, and this credibility can not be extra precise. Their biscuit french toast has the ideal degree of sweet taste and also is pleasantly indulgent, while their egg biscuits are the most enjoyable method to begin the day.

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ultreiadenver.com City Park WestUntil just recently, fried rice had not been the first, or perhaps 2nd Tyler Tysdal and Platte Management, point we believed about when we contemplated a huge , brunch-y dishof carbohydrates. We commonly booked those visions for biscuits, pancakes, or hash (discover our favorites listed below ). But then we fed on a heaping offering of Onefold’s magnificent fried rice with Chinese sausage(” lap cheong” ), and all that transformed. Garnished with sauted pieces of wonderful, meaty lap cheong (or duck, pork, or bacon) and 2 deep-fried eggs, it’s an enjoyable shock that we mean to consume on repeat. onefolddenver.com Image by Aaron Colussi. Prop styling by Natalie Warady. RiNoNearly every food author in Denver has actually proclaimed Kyle Foster’s biscuitsand below we go once more. They are baked to get as well as have crusty sides that smash so when you attack into them. They hurt inside, salted, as well as oh-so abundant.

They havethe requisite half-cracked texture, yet they’re additionally somehow pillowy and also certainly hold more butter than a typical biscuit. Foster is, put simply, a biscuit wizard. And also please inform Foster that, this time around, 5280 sent you. juleprino.com Chinese food Star Kitchen area on Mississippi Method for the best dim amount around. You’ll wait on a table on weekend break early mornings, yet the pan-fried turnip cake with XO sauce, shrimp-stuffed eggplant, and also congee with duck egg.

are worth it. starkitchenseafooddimsum.com English food The British Bulldog, since if you’re mosting likely to invest your weekend break mornings viewing Premier Organization matches, you might too do so over a full English breakfasttwo eggs, a” banger”( sausage),” rashers”( bacon), mushrooms, beans, fried tomato, as well as toastat this 12-year-old Five Factors club.

britishbulldogdenver.com Ethiopian food Colfax Method’s Africana Coffee shop, which opens up at 9 a – Lone Tree.m. africanaethiopianfood.com Vietnamese food Pho 95 on Federal Blvd forwhat else?a steaming dish of its signature brothy noodle soup, a typical breakfast in Southeast Asia. The Pho 95 special, with filet mignon, brisket, and flank, is a classic Denver hangover remedy. pho95noodlehouse.com Filipino food Aurora’s Sunburst Grill, where a hearty plate of” tocino “( Filipino-style bacon cured with pineapple juice), eggs, and rice prices just$ 7. Photo by Aaron Colussi. Prop styling by Natalie Warady. LoHiCradling a porcelain mug of steaming joe inside the Bindery.

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‘s intense, busy room on Central Street is a gorgeous way to greet the day. The beans originate from Denver’s Queen City Coffee Collective, which has been seducing local java lovers with its craftsmen, direct-trade coffees considering that 2007. thebinderydenver.com Uptown & ArvadaWe’re certain avocado salute has absolutely nothing to do with millennials ‘reduced homeownership prices, however paying greater than$ 10 for the stylish staple isn’t a fantastic idea for any person’s purse. Luckily, Steuben’s Avocado Siren Toast will just establish you back$ 5and it’s absolutely magnificent. The kitchen toasts ciabatta, rubs it with a rich, herby, sour-cream-based schmear, covers it with slim slices of buttery avocado, and also garnishes all of it with cut radish and a drizzle of olive oil. Virtually. steubens.com LoDoWe’ve eaten ratings of leathery, flavorless omelets over the yearswhich, in a community known for the meal, is greater than a little frustrating. Say thanks to benefits for Urban.

Farmer, after that, where the Denver omelet obtains its due. Available throughout weekend brunch as well as weekday breakfast, cook Chris Starkus ‘iteration is studded with chunks of baked green chiles, red pepper, as well as local pork and covered with a charitable( if nontraditional) pour of barnaise sauce. Finally, we can lay case to an omelet worthwhile of our city’s excellent name. urbanfarmerdenver.com Several locationsNot just is the Article’s fried hen regularly incredible, with a superbly crunchy, completely skilled crust and also juicy meat withina mighty fine dish all on its ownbut the pleasant dining establishment’s a.m. food selection additionally approves our long for multiple brunch-acceptable methods to consume the humble bird. postbrewing.com Image by Sarah Boyum. BerkeleyIt’s easy to place pancakesfilled with delicious chocolate chips or jam, soaked in fudge sauce or whipped lotion or whatever outrageous spice sweet-toothed visitors may take into consideration temptingon a brunch menu.

What’s harder is to make a pancake that tastes good solo. Wendell’s, the upscale diner that took control of the original DJ’s Cafe area on Tennyson Street in 2015, has actually accomplished the last with its massive buttermilk beauties, which are lightened with whipped egg whites and seasoned with brandy, vanilla paste, and lemon zest. wendellsbreakfast. Colorado resident Tyler Tysdal.com Technique: To appoint a price per person for each and every of these dishes, we completed the average price of an entre, a coffee, and also a mixed drink or beer. Break out your( fancy) elastic trousers before taking on the Sunday breakfast buffet at this resort near the Park Meadows mall. The price consists of online jazz, endless mimosas, as well as an all-you-can-eat buffet with made-to-order omelets, a raw fish and shellfish bar, and also sculpted prime rib. Its closeness to matine reveals at the close-by Denver Executing Arts Complex just includes to the charm.

. edgerestaurantdenver.com This Cherry Creek stunner inside the Halcyon hotel uses distinct, Italian-inspired breakfast fareincluding the trademark chicken Parmesan and also light-as-air gnudiand fresh-juice Bellinis( cucumber-lime, white peach, grapefruit-pomegranate )are combined tableside from an unquiet cart. Our go-to: a$ 6 Bloody Mary as well as the Fettster (seeded rye toast with caper cream cheese and smoked salmon )with an agitate top. Freedom Factory. oliveandfincheatery.com With pop-art-bedecked walls and a huge roster of boozy drinks, this two-story Sunnyside area is perfect for households and revelers alike. Order a bacon flight.

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The New York Water Crisis That Nobody’s Talking About

Charlie Parker stood at the edge of the pond, his fishing rod in hand. He cast his lure into the air, landing it about 30 feet away in the dark water. His fishing rod made a clicking sound as he reeled the lure back to shore. If he catches a fish, he’ll have to throw it back, he said.

“I don’t eat them anymore,” Parker said. “They’re contaminated.”

Parker, a retired Army vet, has fished the waters around Newburgh for 20 years. The city sits on the western banks of the Hudson River, about 70 miles north of New York City.

In 2016, the state announced a “catch and release rule” for the pond and six other nearby water bodies, which were contaminated with a chemical no one could pronounce: perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, or PFOS. The fish were no longer safe to eat.

That year, New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation traced the contamination back to Stewart Air National Guard Base, where PFOS-laden fire foam had been used in large fires and firefighting drills since the 1980s.

The chemical had slowly leached into the ground at the base. It flowed into stormwater that was caught in a retention pond that emptied into a stream, which flowed into the local watershed, the pond where Parker fished, and Washington Lake, which held drinking water for 30,000 people.

A city on the edge

PFOS is one of thousands of man-made chemicals known as PFAS, nicknamed “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down in the environment.

PFAS poured out of the retention pond and into tributaries that lead to the Hudson River, a source of drinking water for seven riverside communities. U.S. Department of Defense officials did not respond to a request for an interview.

An Air Force official, however, did. “We have to follow the CERCLA process,” said Sara Pastorello, public affairs superintendent of the 105th Air Wing of the Air National Guard. She was talking about the federal law under which hazardous waste sites are cleaned up. “It takes years,” she said.

Newburgh residents had been drinking PFAS-contaminated water for decades following the military’s adoption of AFFF—short for aqueous film-forming foam, a fire foam used to fight fuel fires.

One of them was Peter Smith. In the spring of 2018, the 75-year-old went to his doctor for what he thought was a sinus infection. He had his blood drawn during the visit. “Twenty minutes later, the doctor said, ‘Your kidneys have failed,’” recalled Smith. He was rushed from the doctor’s office straight to the hospital.

Longtime resident of Newburgh Peter Smith believes that his kidney disease "was caused by the water."

Thick tubes full of blood flowed in and out of his left arm and into a dialysis machine on a recent Wednesday. He undergoes dialysis three times a week. He’s on a strict, renal diet; he avoids dairy, salt, and citrus fruit. He takes a “fistful of pills” twice a day, he said.

“I used to camp and hike,” said Smith, a member of a local environmental group. “Now, I can’t be away for more than two days from a dialysis machine.”

Numerous studies have linked kidney disease to PFAS exposure. Still, Smith says he can’t be certain whether his kidney disease is related. “You get to a certain age and your body starts to give out,” he said, “Shit happens.”

And yet, he said, “My gut feeling is that it was caused by the water.”

Roxy Royal, 89, is another longtime Newburgh resident. “You think about what you’ve been drinking and what it’s done to your body,” said Royal, who manages kidney and thyroid problems. “We’ve been drinking it so long, whatever it’s done to our bodies, it’s too late.”

Royal sipped coffee in the kitchen at Mount Carmel Church of Christ on a snowy Sunday. Church singers sang full-throated gospel songs during a service later that morning. Congregants stood to their feet to offer words of praise, their hands raised above their heads in deep worship.

Whatever the drinking water has done to their bodies, "it's too late," said Newburgh resident Roxy Royal.

The church sits just outside of the city, which has seen its share of strife: crime, gang wars, unemployment, and budget woes, among them. The population is 50 percent Latino and 30 percent Black. Roughly a third of residents live at or below the federal poverty line.

Like Flint, Michigan, Newburgh is an old industrial city with water issues that have dragged on for years. In the late 1990s and 2000s, cases of children with high blood lead levels surged. In 2005, Newburgh reported 103 new cases of children with blood lead levels at or more than 10 micrograms per deciliter—twice the current action level.

It was the highest number of cases in the state that year. A concerted effort between local government and non-profits eventually brought those levels down. (There is no safe blood lead level in children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Even low levels of lead in blood have been shown to affect attention, IQ, and academic performance.)

In recent years, the city has undergone changes. Unable to afford skyrocketing costs in New York City, a slew of artists and entrepreneurs moved in to open restaurants and art studios. But the water contamination was bad for business, said Newburgh Mayor Torrance Harvey.

“The water contamination has definitely affected our city economy in a negative way,” Harvey said, citing spooked investors, an exodus of families, and lost sales of raw water to neighboring towns.

More important than the economic fallout is the potential impact on the health of the city’s citizens, he said. “For them to drag their feet and take their time when humans are dealing with this contamination in their bodies day after day is a tragedy,” the mayor told me early last year. “It‘s a human atrocity.”

Forever chemicals in the body

In 2016, the state Department of Health spearheaded a bio-monitoring program to test the blood of Newburgh residents for PFOS. What they found was that city residents had elevated levels of the chemical in their blood—roughly five times the national average.

In fact, PFAS are so persistent, most Americans have at least small amounts in their blood.

These chemicals are bioaccumulative, with a half-life of three to nine years in the human body. The longer the exposure, the more the chemicals build up in the body.

After the contamination surfaced in 2016, the city switched its water source to the Catskill Aqueduct, a major water source for New York City. Newburgh has had clean drinking clean water since.

“The main environmental exposure has stopped,” said toxicologist Dr. Gary Ginsberg, director of the Center for Environmental Health for the state Department of Health. Aside from drinking water, people can be exposed to PFAS through food and food packaging, he added.

Newburgh's population is 50 percent Latino and 30 percent Black.

PFAS are highly valued for their resistance to heat, oil, and water. They’re found in non-stick cookware, stain-resistant carpets and sofas, waterproof clothes and rain gear, food packaging, pizza boxes, paper to-go containers, and even dental floss. Unlike other chemicals, they’re not broken down by sunlight and other forms of weathering.

Exposure to PFOS specifically has been linked to high cholesterol, immune system problems, and hormone disruption, among other conditions. “The most consistent findings are the effects on the immune system,” Ginsberg said, including a suppressed response to vaccines.

Studies also show effects on liver function, he said. Human studies on another PFAS chemical, called PFOA, show probable links to testicular and kidney cancer, among other diseases. “We don’t think of them as strong carcinogens, but we don’t rule out that they can contribute to the risk for these diseases,” said Ginsberg.

Reproductive problems

The water has been a source of worry for 32-year-old Argelia Morales Alvarez, who became pregnant shortly after learning about the contamination three years ago. “What does it mean to you in the future, for you, for your baby?” she asked. “None of that was ever made clear.”

The CDC states PFAS may “affect growth, learning, and behavior of infants and older children.” Recent studies have shown PFAS can pass through the placenta and into a developing fetus. More studies show links between PFAS exposure, low birth weight, and reproductive problems in men and women.

Both the CDC and the state DOH are conducting studies to look at local health outcomes following Newburgh’s water crisis. The state is focused specifically on tracking cases of cancer.

“To think that something you did unknowingly, by consuming public water, might negatively impact them for the rest of their life, that's a huge fear,” said Morales Alvarez, speaking of her daughter. The little girl, now 2, appeared to be the picture of health as she climbed atop a rocking horse to watch cartoons while her mother washed dishes.

Morales Alvarez is also healthy. But when she had her blood tested in 2017, the results showed a PFOS blood level that was four times higher than the general U.S. population’s.

But PFAS blood levels alone cannot predict an individual’s health. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry explains, “Having PFAS in your blood does not necessarily mean that you will become ill from PFAS.”

Still, Morales Alvarez resents being exposed to any health risk. “I can't control where I grew up,” the young mother said. “It’s unfair.”

She remembered watching news about the Flint water crisis and comparing it to Newburgh’s. “I think that the most vulnerable populations are the ones that are most affected by this,” she said.

The mayor put it another way. “If you look at the Black and Hispanic demographic in our city, we're a super majority here, just like you have the super majority of people of color in Flint,” he said. “One would wonder if these things are happening coincidentally. Everyone has their opinion.”

He pointed to the city’s lawsuit filed in August 2018 against the U.S. Air Force, the DoD, the state, which owns the property on which the air base sits, and several makers of AFFF fire foam. The city is seeking punitive and compensatory damages, to be determined at trial, which is at least a year away.

“That's the only reason why people are starting to make movements, because we're taking it to the courts,” he said.

Communities of color are often burdened with industrial pollution, said Jacqueline Patterson, senior director of the NAACP’s environmental and climate justice program. “Multiple studies have found that toxic facilities are disproportionately located in communities of color and that communities of color consistently have more contaminated air, water, and even soil contamination,” she said.

The health impacts can be devastating, she said, highlighting high rates of asthma among American Black children. Yet, much of the data centers on air pollution, said Patterson. “There isn't as much in the way of monitoring as it relates to water pollution,” she said.

A national issue

In December, the Army Corps of Engineers installed a temporary filter at the pond long thought to be the chief source of PFAS entering the watershed. The city had been waiting for the filter for almost four years.

Newburgh Clean Water Project, an environmental group on a mission to protect the city’s drinking water, describes the filter as a “promising first step.” But the filter lowers the levels of PFAS coming from the base to less than the EPA’s non-binding health advisory level, said the group’s co-founder Ophra Wolf. That level is much less protective than a drinking-water standard being weighed by the state, she said.

“No one knows what the long-term plan is,” she said, referring to future plans for cleanup at the base, declared a hazardous waste site under the state’s Superfund Program in 2016. “But we will absolutely demand the long-term plan include remediation of the groundwater.”

So far, Wolf thinks the DoD has acted in its own self-interest. “The filter is mainly mitigating the DoD’s liability,” she said. “Up until that filter was installed, they were continuing to discharge large amounts of PFAS into the watershed.”

The air base is currently in the “site inspection phase,” which includes measuring PFAS levels at the base, Pastorello said. “Right now, there are no current regulatory standards regarding groundwater,” she noted. “The EPA has to establish that standard. If the EPA comes out with groundwater standards, everyone will have to comply.”

As of 2018, the DoD had identified more than 400 military sites with at least one area of PFAS contamination; the agency has found more than 500 public and private water systems with PFAS above the EPA’s health advisory level.

States including New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Vermont have gone ahead and set their own limits on PFAS in drinking water. New York listed PFOS and PFOA as hazardous substances in 2017. The EPA says it has started the process for doing the same, though no deadline has been set.

At the pond where Charlie Parker fished, the state announced a "catch and release" rule because of PFOS contamination.

But federal regulation of PFAS may be on the horizon. In January, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the PFAS Action Act, a bill that, if approved by the Senate, would require the EPA to set a national drinking water standard for PFAS chemicals. The Trump administration has already threatened to veto the bill, citing potential costs to local, state, and federal agencies.

Back in Newburgh, Charlie Parker says he’s not sure if he’ll have his blood tested for PFAS. “No news is good news,” he said. When asked if he was afraid to have his blood tested, he was blunt. “I’m a lot of afraid, yes ma’am,” Parker said.

Shantal Riley is a Newmark J-School fellow at Frontline/PBS. She began covering PFAS water pollution as a reporter at the Mid Hudson Times in Newburgh, New York, in 2016. Follow her on Twitter.

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The Attic

Summary: Y/N is cleaning out her dead grandmother’s house when she hears a strange banging coming from the attic. When Dean and Sam arrive, the group discovers that the banging is really a ghost, who traps Dean and Y/N in the attic. Can they survive together while sparks fly between them?

Pairing: Dean x Reader

Word Count: 3875 (sorry! This one ran away from me!)

Warnings: Some swearing (I know, that’s super weird for me, but it felt like it fit)

A/N: This is for @beckawinchester and Becka’s Birthday Challenge. My quote was “Trust me! This is not a good idea!” and my place was Attic. Happy birthday, Becka! I hope you like this one. It’s barely edited, because I’m sick, and un-betaed, so I apologize for any mistakes.

The call you had been dreading came not in the middle of the night, like you had always pictured, but on a completely ordinary, bright, sunny morning: Your grandmother, the last of your family, had died.

You been expecting it, she had been sick for a while, but, it still shocked you when the call finally came. You weren’t as prepared as you thought you were to lose your grandma. You decided to busy yourself getting the funeral services finalized, trying to push away the grief that threatened to overwhelm you at the loss.

After the funeral was over, you allowed yourself a few days to come to terms with your grief. You took time off work and drove out to your grandmother’s farm house, a place that always brought you comfort. In her will, your grandmother had left instructions for her farm house to be sold with all of the furniture included in the sale. She wanted to leave you money you could build a life with, not a house that would become a burden. But, her lawyer agreed to let you have a few days to go through her personal items before the sale took place.

When you reached the house and put your car into park, you felt an immediate sense of calm wash over you. It felt like you were home, safe and loved. Your grandmother’s house always had that effect on you. As you walked up to the wrap around porch and unlocked the front door, your sense of calm was replaced by an unusual feeling of unease. It was weird to think that this quaint, two-story, yellow farmhouse was all that you had left of your grandmother: of your entire family. It felt wrong somehow, like something was missing with your grandma gone.

You swung the door open and looked around the cozy living room filled with the familiar furniture and knick knacks. There were books everywhere: on the bookshelf, the coffee table, the roll top desk, the fireplace mantle. They were even piled up against the wall in the corner, stacked all the way to the ceiling. You sighed contently, overwhelmed with memories. That was just like your grandma. She loved books more than life.

You shook away the memories and threw your bag down on the floor by the door, and stepped further into the room to flip on the lights. It bathed the room in a warm glow. You smiled softly again before turning to walk into the kitchen. As soon as you turned around, the lights flickered and went out. You frowned before turning back to the light switch and flipping it on and off a few times. Nothing happened.

“Hmm….Maybe a fuse blew,” you whispered. You brightened up, confident in your theory. “I bet that happens all the time in these old houses. I’ll just go fix it.”

You started off in search of the fuse box when you heard a brand new problem: a loud banging coming from upstairs. You sighed dramatically, looked up and threw your hands in the air. “Now what?”

You decided to go upstairs, seeking out the source of the sound. As you ascended the stairs, the banging grew louder, making you feel even more uneasy. Searching for the cause of the noise, your eyes zeroed in on the ceiling in the center of the hallway, where there was an entrance to the attic. It was shaking forcefully, banging back and forth.

“What’s going on?” you wondered out loud. You had no clue what could possibly be causing the attic door to shake that hard. You studied the shuddering hatch and considered your options. Part of you wanted to go over there and open it, but the other part of you, the sensible part who’d see what happens to every moron who does that in horror movies, wanted to run screaming out of the hallway and never look back.

You chose the second option. You turned back around, ran down the stairs and right out the front door. As soon as you were out of the house you did want everyone should do in a horror movie: you called the cops.

“Listen, Ma’am,” Sheriff Arden told you 20 minutes later, as he wrote some more notes on his small notepad, “I wouldn’t worry too much about the banging. It was probably just the wind. Now, I know a little lady such as yourself can be easily scared by such things, but I’m not too concerned.”

You scrunched up your face and took a deep breath, trying to ignore your impulse to slap the sheriff’s condescending smile right off of his face. “Listen, Sheriff, I know what I saw. It was not ‘just the wind’. Something is up there.”

The sheriff glared at you and opened his mouth to fire back when you heard the distinctive roar of an approaching engine. You stood on your tiptoes and looked over the Sheriff’s shoulder at the car coming up the drive. It was a beautiful, black Chevrolet Impala. You’d guess a ‘67 or ’68, and, boy, was it well-maintained. You could tell that immediately, even from a distance. That car practically shined.

You whistled low with admiration as the car came to a stop in front of the two of you. You didn’t think your jaw could drop any further, but you were instantly proven wrong when two unbelievably gorgeous men stepped out of the vehicle. I mean, there was gorgeous and then there was gorgeous. These two easily fell into the latter category.

You smiled a little at the way the sheriff’s body tensed up when he saw the men. Whoever these two were, he didn’t like them, and that made you like them even more.

“Agents Stark and Rhodes,” Sheriff Arden said through clenched teeth. “What are you doing here?”

The shorter of the two flashed a grin his way. “We were just passing by on our way out of town and saw the commotion. Figured we’d stop and lend a hand.”

“This is not a federal matter, gentlemen. Besides, much like the last case you two insisted on investigating, there is nothing note-worthy going on here.”

“On the contrary,” you interrupted, pushing your way past the sheriff, “there is something very note-worthy going on here.”

The two men startled you by turning towards you at the exactly same time, almost as if they had practiced. They focused their full attention on you, which, frankly, was a little unnerving. It was kind of hard to maintain your train of thought with that kind of audience.

The taller of the two men stepped forward. “And, what would that be, Ms….”

“Y/L/N. Y/N Y/L/N. But, you can just call me Y/N.”

“Y/N,” he said with a smile. “I’m Sam. This is my partner, Dean.” He gestured to the attractive man standing next to him. Dean was standing with his arms crossed, glaring silently at the sheriff. You knew you liked him for a reason.

Sam drew your attention back to him then by clearing his throat. He gave you another comforting smile as you focused back on him. “Y/N, can you tell us what happened?”

You returned his smile, feeling more at ease by his calming presence. “This is my grandmother’s house.” You paused. “Was her house. She, um, she passed away.”

“I’m so sorry for your loss,” Sam said sincerely. Out of the corner of your eye, you saw Dean shoot you a look of sympathy. But, it was more than that. There was understanding in his eyes, like he knew what you were going through. Had he lost people he loved?

“Thank you,” you muttered softly. “Anyways, I arrived today to go through some of her belongings and get the house ready for sale. Almost as soon as I got here, there was this loud banging coming from upstairs. When I went to check it out, the hatch to the attic was shaking back and forth. And, when I say shaking, I mean violently.” You paused to glare at the sheriff. “And, it was not the wind.”

Dean stepped forward to address you. “Did anything else weird happen? Flickering lights, cold spots?”

You considered the question for a moment before remembering. “Now, that you mention it, the lights did go out, but I just thought a fuse blew. Do you think it was related?”

“It’s a possibility.”

The sheriff interrupted the two of you, visibly exasperated. “That’s ridiculous. There’s nothing up there. And, I’ll prove it to you.” He started off towards the house.

“Sheriff, wait!” Sam yelled, taking off after him. You and Dean followed, albeit you went a little more hesitantly than Dean. As you ascended the stairs, the sense of uneasiness returned. Having the agents in front of you helped a little, but not much. By the time you reached the top, the sheriff was already approaching the still-shaking hatch. He pulled it down and went up the stairs before anyone could stop him.

The rest of you reluctantly followed, determined to reason with the sheriff. When you got into the attic, Sheriff Arden was standing the middle holding his arms up. “See? Nothing up here. It was just the wind.”

Sam approached him cautiously, as if he was approaching a wild animal. “Sheriff, we need to go back down. Now.”

“What are you talking about? There’s nothing up here.”

Dean stepped forward too, once again mirroring his partner. “Sheriff, Sam’s right, trust me! This is not a good idea!”

The sheriff crossed his arms. “Look, I don’t know what is wrong with the two of you. It’s just an attic. See! Nothing bad is going to…..”

Before the Sheriff could finish, he flew backwards into the wall, as if thrown by an invisible force. You rushed forward to help him, but you were stopped in your tracks by what now stood in front of you. It looked like an ordinary woman, dressed in a simple long black nightgown, but something was wrong. Her nightgown was covered with blood, and her blond hair hung down limply over her face. When she looked up, you realized what was wrong. Her eyes. They were cold. Angry. Dead. Despite any prior experiences, you knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that you were staring at a ghost.

Your scream cut through the air, spurring Dean into action. “Sam, get the sheriff!” he yelled, as he moved towards you at lightening speed. You felt him pull you up and back towards the hatch. He pushed you in front of him, propelling you forward.

Sam slipped in front of you, carrying the unconscious sheriff on his shoulder. He lowered him down through the opening before jumping down after him. He turned back and reached a hand up for you. You were about to grab it when the whole room started shaking, dust falling from the ceiling around you.

Dean grabbed a hold of you again, stabilizing you before you fell flat on to your face. You looked back, over his shoulder, and saw the ghost moving slowly towards the two of you. “Dean!”

“Go! Go! Go!” He pushed you again towards the hatch. You had moved within inches, preparing to jump out towards Sam, his concerned face staring up at you, when the attic stairs suddenly flew back up and the hatch door slammed shut.

You jumped backward, out of the way, and right into Dean. “Son of a…” you heard him mutter under his breath as he turned back to the ghost.

“Alright, sweetheart, you wanna play? Let’s play.” He pulled out a cylinder from inside his jacket and threw its contents at the ghost. It instantly disappeared.

You stood up cautiously, breathing a sigh of relief. “Is it gone?”

“Yeah. For now.” He ran his hand through his hair, groaning. “But, it’ll be back.”

You gestured to the cylinder in his hand. “What is that stuff? Magic ghost repellent?”

He smiled, which seemed a little out of place given what you had just lived through. “Nope. Salt.”

Judging by the way his smile widened, you knew the look of shock on your face was probably priceless. “Salt?!”

“Yeah. It repels ghosts. At least temporarily.”

Your head was starting to hurt. “How do you even know that? Who the hell are you two? The FBI version of Ghostbusters?”

Dean laughed, a full, throaty laugh that almost made even you smile. “We’re even better than Ghostbusters. We’re hunters.”

“Hunters?”

“Yep. We hunt and kill ghosts and other monsters like them.”

“Other monsters?”

“Yeah. You wouldn’t believe the kind of stuff we’ve seen. Werewolves, demons, vampires…..”

You could feel your head start to swim. “So, that’s what you and your partner do? Hunt monsters? I didn’t know that was in the FBI’s job description.”

Dean looked chagrined. “Actually, we’re not really FBI agents. My name’s not even Stark. It’s Winchester. Dean Winchester. And, Sam isn’t just my partner. He’s my brother.”

You were about to ask another question when, if on cue, Sam started yelling Dean’s name from under the now sealed hatch. “Dean! Y/N! Are you two ok?”

“Yeah, Sammy, we’re fine. I threw some salt at the bitch.”

You could practically hear Sam’s sign of relief. “Good. We’re fine down here, too. I figure the ghost can’t leave the attic.”

“That’s good news, at least,” Dean said. “Too bad we’re on the wrong side of this door.” Dean pulled off his suit jacket and moved towards the hatch and to try to push it open. You could hear Sam pulling from the other side. You couldn’t help but admire the way Dean’s shirt stretched across his wide shoulders, highlighting the muscles in his back as he pulled. You weren’t dead. Not yet, anyways.

After struggling with it for a few minutes, Dean stepped back, admitting defeat. You could see the sweat pooling on his forehead, sliding down his neck and into the collar of his extremely well-fitted shirt. You swallowed, momentarily at a loss for words.

You snapped back into reality when you heard Sam’s voice again. “I don’t think it’s budging, Dean. What should we do?”

“I guess you’ll have to leave us here while you go find the bones.”

“Wait, what?!” you stammered out, fulling alert now. Your outburst drew Dean’s piercing gaze to you. It was full of irritation at first, but it softened when he saw the distress all over your face.

“It’ll be ok,” he murmured, moving towards you with his arms extended in what you assumed was an attempt to calm you down. It wasn’t working.

“What do mean, ‘it’ll be ok’? How could it possibly be ok?! We’re trapped in an attic with a possibly homicidal ghost and you want him to LEAVE US?”

“Look, to get rid of a ghost, you have to salt and burn their bones. Since her bones aren’t here, and we can’t leave, the only option is for Sam to go do it himself. And, that means he has to leave us here.”

You blew out a shaky breath and stumbled back, sitting down slowly onto the floor. You drew your feet under you and crossed your arms over your stomach, opening and closing your eyes, trying to will this whole experience away. Maybe, if you wished hard enough, you’d wake up back in your bed in your apartment to find this had all been a horrible dream.

You could vaguely hear Dean and Sam talking lowly through the hatch. As soon as Sam left, Dean moved towards you. You didn’t pay him much attention until you noticed him sprinkling a circle of salt around you.

“What are you doing?”

“The salt will keep the ghost out until Sam can find the bones and burn them. You’ll be safe.”

“Fine,” you whispered wearily. “I’ll stay in the weird salt circle thingie, but only if you stay in it with me.”

“Deal,” he said, grinning at you. He completed the loop of the circle before stepping inside, sitting down next to you. “How’re you holding up?”

You smiled slightly then, blushing a little at the attention he was paying you. You were surprised about how kind he was being. You didn’t know many men who would ask how you felt in this kind of high-intensity situation. Dean could’ve easily just told you to shut up and stop freaking out, but he decided instead to be considerate of your feelings while simultaneously keeping you out of harm’s way. That showed a lot about what kind of a man he was.

“I’m ok, I guess. All things considered. You?”

“I’m good. Not my first rodeo.”

You laughed a little at how at ease he was with the whole thing. He looked at you quizzically. “What?”

“Nothing.” But contrary to your assertion, you laughed again deeper this time. “It’s just this whole thing is a little weird, you know? A few days ago, my life was normal. And, now my grandmother’s dead, and I’m sitting in a salt circle in her attic with a virtual stranger, hiding from a ghost.”

“Yeah, I guess that’s pretty much the definition of weird, all right. You know what’s even weirder? That this town elected that idiot Arden to be their Sheriff.”

“Yeah,” you agreed, your laughter continuing to the point where tears came to your eyes. “This is like a bad episode of Scooby Doo!”

Dean joined you in your laughter then, both of you banishing the fear from your minds as happiness took over for a much-needed minute. Dean was the first to regain his composure, turning his gaze back on you.

“By the way, Y/N, I just wanted to tell you how sorry I am about your grandmother. Were the two of you close?”

“Yeah,” you whispered. “She was all the family I had left.”

“Damn, that’s rough. I’m sorry.” You could see that he was entirely sincere in his sympathy, which was nice, considering that most of the sympathy you were getting was really pity disguised as sympathy.

“It’s ok.” You paused, searching for the right words. “You don’t have to answer this, since we barely know each other, but I kinda had the feeling earlier that you’ve lost someone too.”

A darkness came into Dean’s eyes, and you were afraid you’d pushed him too far. After all, you barely knew him, and it wasn’t your place to ask something so personal. But, you felt a connection with him, and you wanted to explore it. You were sure he’d close up now and shut you out, but he surprised you by opening up.

“Uh, yeah, I’ve lost a few people, actually. Sammy’s really all I have left.”

You reached out and grabbed his hand. “I’m so sorry, Dean. I know we just met, but I can already tell you’re a good guy. You don’t deserve that kind of pain. You deserve happiness in your life, to be surrounded by people you love.”

His eyes flew up to meet yours, his hand tightening around yours. “I’m not as good as you think, Y/N. I bring pain to everyone I love. All people do around me get hurt. I certainly wouldn’t be good enough for a woman like you.”

You could almost feel your heart stop after that remark. Dean continued to look at you, the intensity in his gaze overwhelming you. “Dean….” You whispered.

You leaned in, as if pulled by a magnetic force towards him. You thought he was leaning forward to meet you, when a crash sounded, startling you apart.

Your heads whipped around to where a beam of wood was lying, strewn across the floor mere feet away from you. The little window in the top of the attic flew open, a cold gust of wind chilling you.

“Don’t worry,” Dean said, taking his jacket and placing it gently over your shoulders. “She can’t get through the salt. This is all bluster.”

“Uh, Dean,” you said, pointing towards the ground. He followed your gaze. The wind from the open window was blowing the salt line away.

“Son of a bitch,” Dean growled. “Get behind me.”

Dean pushed you behind him, backing you up until your back hit the wall. You were blocked in by his shoulders, protected on both sides.

“Come on, Sammy…..Hurry up,” Dean muttered in front of you, his eyes scanning the room for the ghost to present herself.

You put your hands up, gripping the material of his shirt with all of your might. You tried to calm yourself, taking deep breaths, but you could feel the fear creeping up and taking hold of you.

When the ghost finally appeared, he saw it before you did. By the time you reacted enough to shout a warning, he was already throwing salt at it. That cycle continued for a few minutes, ghost appears, Dean throws salt, ghost disappears, but then the worst case scenario happened. Dean ran out of salt.

“This isn’t good,” he muttered, before he was flung across the room, crashing into the wall on the other side.

“Dean!” you screamed. You ran to him, his jacket falling forgotten off your shoulders. But, before you could reach him, the ghost appeared, stopping you in your tracks. You backed up slowly, as she raised her cold, rage-filled eyes to meet yours.

“Y/N….” Dean grumbled lowly, turning over to face you.

The ghost advanced slowly, reaching its arms out to you. You tried to scream, but nothing came out. You looked around you and grabbed the nearest object- an old cane that must’ve been your grandmother’s. You held it up, facing the ghost head on. Although you knew it wouldn’t do much good, you weren’t going to go down without a fight.

You were about to swing the cane at the ghost when you felt an invisible force stop you. It took a hold of your limbs, like thousands of vines closing in on you. You couldn’t move, couldn’t breathe. In that instant, you knew you were going to die.

You looked over at Dean, who was also trapped, unable to move, on the floor. Your eyes met and you thought, if you we’re going to die, you were happy his eyes were going to be the last thing you saw. You closed your eyes, waiting for the end, when the hold suddenly lessened.

Your eyes flew open, looking up to see the ghost backing away, her body becoming consumed with fire. In an instant, she was gone.

You took a deep, relief-filled breath, before rushing to check on Dean, who was still lying on the ground. You fell to your knees, grabbing his shoulders and turning him around. “Dean! Dean! Are you ok? Talk to me!”

He groaned. “Yeah, Y/N, I’m fine. Although, I could do without all the yelling.”

You laughed softly, helping him up into a sitting position. He looked at you, shooting a self-assured grin your way.

“Scooby Doo’s got nothing on that, huh?”

You laughed freely then as he pulled you into a warm hug. This had, without a doubt, been the strangest day of your life. But, safe and happy in Dean’s arms, you knew it was going to end with something amazing.

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Tips to Prevent A House Fire & Who Cleans The Damage

Older houses are becoming increasingly popular in today’s home buying market. Not only can you get more for your money with an older home, but the classic look they provide is also coming back into style. If you’ve moved into an older property in hopes of renovating it and bringing it up-to-date, fire safety is a good place to start with your repairs. As a resident of an old house, fire safety is something important to consider. Protect yourself and your belongings by doing the following updates to prevent a residential fire in your home.

Keep an Eye on Old Electrical Wiring

Electrical wiring requires regular inspection and upkeep. Faulty wiring is one of the leading causes for the start of house fires in older US homes. One way to know if your home wiring and electrical outlets are operating up to safety code is to hire an electrician to inspect and test them. For wiring that lies deep within the walls of the home, inspection can be more difficult. An electrician may suggest installing an AFCI or AFDD device. When connected to a circuit breaker, it can detect an electric arc. This will set off the breaker and should prevent the sparks that can lead to house fires.

Replace Smoke Detectors

If you live in an older home, chances are it’s time to change the smoke detectors. While it is important to remember that battery replacement is needed a few times a year, complete replacement of the device itself is also critical for optimum safety. Purchasing new smoke alarms is fairly inexpensive, and one of the best ways to prevent a serious fire or catch one as it begins within the home. Federal regulations suggest installing smoke detectors in all of the following locations in your home:

Inside every bedroom

Outside of every sleeping area

One on each level of the home, including the basement

Install Fire Extinguishers

If a fire does start in your home, do you have a plan for what to do? Making an emergency plan will help you and other household members to know how to react and how to get to safety quickly. If a small fire starts, you can sometimes take care of it yourself before much damage is done. Having a fire extinguisher on hand can be very helpful for preventing the spread of a house fire and reducing fire damage significantly. Consider installing a fire extinguisher in one or more of the suggested areas:

Kitchen

Furnace room

Laundry room

Crawl space/loft

If you have never operated a fire extinguisher before, take time to study the user manual to become familiar with how to operate it. If you want to take it one step further, get a spare extinguisher and practice outdoors so you are prepared if a real fire occurs.

Add a Sprinkler System

While some homeowners worry about the possibility of fire damage caused by a home sprinkler system, the truth is, fire sprinklers can reduce the danger of having a full-blown house fire by over 80%. A sprinkler system can react far faster than a fire fighting crew who has to be called and arrive at the scene. While some water damage may result, fire damage cleaners can usually take care of the resulting water quickly. The water can should the fire quickly, and will result in less overall fire havoc to deal with.

Perform Regular Inspections and Routine Replacement

Once you invest in alarms, extinguishers and other preventative measures, be diligent about maintaining the new systems you have in place. All of these protective measures can only be useful if they are in proper working order. Have an electrician perform regular inspection of old wiring and electrical outlets to make sure they are running up to current safety standards.

The schedule for fire safety testing and device replacement is as follows:

Test smoke detectors monthly

Replace smoke detector batteries every six months

Install new smoke detector fixtures every ten years

Test fire sprinklers annually

Test all other fire alarm systems according to your service provider’s guidelines

Create a Safe Environment

Older homes do not have to be high-risk environments for fires when safety is properly addressed. As you take these basic measures to prepare for and prevent a house fire, you can live with more peace of mind in your one-of-a-kind older home. If a small or large fire does occur in your older home, call the fire damage cleaners at United Water Restoration Group for help in the fire restoration process.

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Another year on earth - Hard News - Public Address

Sometimes-- often, even-- grief is an ambush. You do not know what's in there up until you lose something, or someone. You do not know how the experience of loss will make you feel about yourself, or what to do about it.

It was chance that brought me back into the ambit of my old buddy Grant Fell and his wife Rachael at the end of 2017. Formally, Grant was clear of the brain tumours that had been the central reality of his life for three years, and I wanted to do a follow-up on an interview I 'd done with him for a prepared Audioculture post-- which itself had actually taken 2 or 3 efforts to carry out, as he shuttled in and out of healthcare facility. He wasn't addressing his phone or returning messages.

Eventually, I acquired Rachael, who informed me that problems from treatment had actually made Grant really ill, really rapidly. He was back in hospital and it wasn't great. I went and visited him, but we never did the follow-up interview. My old good friend was passing away.

I don't mean to pretend I was among the group of people, led by Rachael herself, who took care of Grant for every single day of those 3 years. I 'd just seen him sometimes. I think I did sense quite rapidly that it was time for me now to step up. One of the very first things I did was break the law.

Grant appeared to have actually benefited earlier in his cancer fight from the modest use of cannabis oil. It can be found in a syringe, handed down from another cancer patient who had passed away, but Rachael's mother had actually mistakenly thrown away the last of it when she cleaned up the fridge. Rachael and I discussed it and I stated I figured I could source some more.

The experience of doing so, and briefly going into the neighborhood where these things are shared, was humbling and interesting. As I composed later in a submission on the federal government's medicinal marijuana expense, it seemed to make a crucial difference to Grant

's final, valuable days. When Grant left us, we were fortunate to have Hilary Ord, a brilliant and knowledgeable celebrant, to lead the small group of pals entrusted with putting together a funeral service. She described to us what a funeral for somebody like Grant indicated-- it would not be a little affair. I was charged with rapidly raising some money. We didn't reveal the names of individuals who helped financially at the time, but I think it's appropriate to tape them here. The New Zealand Music Foundation, Tim Wood, Phantom Billstickers, the Music Managers Federation and Flying Nun Records, thank you.

At Rachael's demand, I likewise delivered the eulogy. That was a deep dig. I believe it was the very first time I've spoken some words of te reo Māori and not been simultaneously conscious that I was doing it: it was as if the words at the end merely streamed up through me. I nearly wasn't sure what had actually happened.

It wasn't practically Grant, however about everybody; the kids who satisfied all those years back, matured and did things. About how typically we did things since Grant decided they might be done and beckoned all of us in to the doing. I discussed it in interviews and in the Audioculture article-- and every time it made me assess the method he 'd altered my life.

It likewise made me think a lot about tribe and identity, about who all of us were and what was important to us. In specific, about my function in our tribe. Outside of the bonds of family, it seemed the most enduring duty I had.

Something it wasn't was a job. After 9 years of a minimum of 20 weeks annually of TELEVISION loan, I was obliged in 2018 to transform the whole thing. It wasn't simple and sometimes I questioned whether it was even possible. I have actually long been comfortable with the dangers of freelance life, but it was getting a lot harder. Each time editors are ordered to cut editorial budgets, the very first and simplest place to do that is self-employed costs. It was hard to get commissions and when I did, the word rate was barely better than it had remained in the 1990s.

We're house owners, so we are not bad. But with 2 adult handicapped children still in your home, we're not an inexpensive home to run. It's not an enjoyable feeling, burning through long-time cost savings just to keep things going. I wasn't depressed, however there was the odd despondent day. You simply keep pitching.

And all the time, things circled around back to Grant. I discussed him at the Taite Music Prize event, then did a little crisis PR the next day. I wrote the medicinal marijuana submission about him, then took a trip to Wellington to make an oral submission to the committee. I do not think I was launched up until the Headless Chickens played that big, psychological set in his name at The Other's Method festival.

There was also Public Address. I've been thinking about how much I utilized to do here and I genuinely don't understand how I had the bandwidth. Writing blog posts most days, moderating the sprawling discussions in the most intensive, in some cases mentally taxing, way. Trying to have brand-new concepts. And due to the fact that it typically wasn't a living, making a living somewhere else.

This is a quieter place than it utilized to be, for a range of factors. A new, more professional generation of digital publishers has emerged. The most immediate argument now occurs on social networks, and Twitter in particular. Likewise, I could not actually do it any more.

I've constantly been great at drawing a crowd; at tossing a celebration. A community had formed around Public Address and it brought me terrific new buddies. However when you're the host, you're accountable when the visitors-- some of whom had actually literally been together under my roofing system at different times-- begin fighting, it's not enjoyable. It feels like there has actually been a new, sharper, more polarised sort of argument abroad in the last few years that the site is ill-equipped to handle. That I am ill-equipped to handle. Perhaps it fits locations where nobody is actually accountable; where there is no host cleaning up the empties. In that sense, this being a quieter location has actually been an option.

I also feel less likely to basic commentary these days. I 'd rather compose about the things I have experience with and insight on. You primarily get drug policy, music, bike-riding, the occasional fact-check. Often this year, I've been too hectic worrying about not having writing work to simply write, and all at once aware that that's a dumb position to be in.

The entry of Press Client and its voluntary subscription platform has come a little late for any big strategies on my part, but I want to reveal my deepest appreciation to those of you who have actually contributed. It's a substantial motivation to keep going with this. I have actually started to treat it as not just support for the website, but support for what I perform in general. The majority of months, the $700 to $800 it generates has actually been an essential part of our household managing.

Happily, things enhanced in the latter part of the year and I'm fairly optimistic that I'll remain in a position to ask CactusLab to do some modest deal with the website. I'm not actually hiring new blog writers, however I want to clean the cruft of years, retire all our inactive individual bloggers to an emeritus section and maybe open a number of new topic blog sites for periodic contributors. I believe Access has been of worth because sense and I'm grateful to Hilary Stace in specific for her care and commitment to impairment concerns.

It hasn't been all bad. I've leared new skills and written some things I'm really pleased with. It was great to be totally vindicated on the "meth contamination" ordeal I blogged about two years earlier. I've really taken pleasure in working a couple of days lately at RNZ and it looks like that will continue in the new year. I'm hugely happy that my older ASD kid is working once again, with excellent people who like and appreciate him, at the excellent Cotto restaurant.

I have actually also been cheered and enriched more than ever by the music made by individuals around me. Blair Parkes, Tom Scott, Julia Deans, Tom Scott, Julian Dyne, Marlon Williams, Sandy Mill, Anthonie Tonnon and others, thank you. You make a distinction to us-- to me. And The Beths: guys, you would not think how lots of dishes and kitchen clean-ups your brilliant, bouyant album has helped with. I'm also personally pleased to have provided on what I composed this year after Golden Dawn closed-- about making your own areas. On Friday night, our final DJ night for the year at Point Chev's Cupid bar was great. It really seemed like we 'd done something. We'll be back there next year. Come see us.

I was happy that you all voted "compassion" as the Public Address Word of the Year. Do respect each other, and believe what kindness means in action. Have a great summertime and take pleasure in people and locations. Swim, ride, stroll. Request for aid if you require it, use assistance when it's needed. Be kind.

And next month, Grant's anniversary will occur, and that will be difficult for Rachael more than anybody else. I'll weep, yet once again, when I think of him. We'll all believe once again about who we are, where we have actually come from and what matters to us. We'll be another year in the world.

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Why It Has Become A Widely Practiced Method When Elevating Chickens

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Why It Has Turn into A Broadly Practiced Technique When Raising Chickens

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Grease Trap Cleaning Horace ND

Tips about how to Prevent Sewer Blockages from Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG) in Horace, North Dakota

What exactly is FOG?

FOG relates particularly to fats, oils and grease getting into the sewer system when put down drain pipes in houses, apartments rentals, eating places, market and public venues.

As a end result of cooking, FOG is normally present in:

Baking goods

Butter, lard, shortening

Cooking oil

Fats and oil from cooked meats

Food scraps

Gravy

Mayonnaise

Salad dressings

Sauces

Sour cream

Why is FOG an issue?

Obstruction can cause sewer line overflows in your yard. More often than not, fats, oils and grease are discarded incorrectly in the course of preparing food and kitchen area clean-up. When put down the sink (drain or floors), FOG can accumulate and form up, obstructing clean sewer lines. This build up but not only cuts down on the capability with the wastewater collection system, additionally it changes its usefulness.

In serious instances, obstruction can result in:

Sewage back ups into businesses and homes and

Sewers that flood on to roads and real estate, ultimately pass into nearby rivers, leading to contaminants.

How will you assist?

The simplest way to resolve the grease issue and assist to stop overflows of raw sewage would be to keep this substance out from the sewer system. As a result of education and learning and also by implementing specific behavior, you can easily reduce FOG places in your own home.

In the kitchen area, fats, oils and grease (FOG) will come mainly from pre-rinsing pots and pans or cleaning cookware. When cooking food FOG is permitted to go down the sink, it cools down within the wastewater system and stays with plumbing, making FOG accumulation. The accumulation leads to blockages and backups in businesses and homes, wastewater overflows, and leaks on personal residences, roadways, and local surface areas. FOG accumulation also raises the expense of sustaining Horace wastewater treatment methods, therefore affecting prices and will also generate community health issues.

Suggestions to maintain your drainpipes fat-free:

Put cooled down fats, oils and grease in to a jar and place the jar inside the garbage. If you do not possess a pot, put aluminum foil in to a coffee mug or comparable, add FOG, let it cool and get rid of.

Prior to cleaning, make use of a paper napkin or paper hand towel to clean FOG from pots and pans and dump it inside the garbage.

Use kitchen sink strainers to capture food items waste materials.

Place food leftovers inside the garbage, not over the garbage disposer.

The easiest method to handle grease and fats will be to clean them off of or put them into storage containers and get rid of them in the garbage disposal. By no means place fats or grease down the kitchen sink drain pipes or in to the commode.

There’s a nationwide marketing campaign called “Can the Grease” all through the USA that promotes using correct removal of FOG.

Restaurants along with other business kitchen areas have to have grease traps or interceptors put in. These companies are controlled by inspection regularly by Local personnel. Make sure you call us to learn more.

Exactly what is a grease trap or grease interceptor and just how do you use it?

Grease traps and interceptors are units built to maintain Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG) from getting into public sewage lines. They may be found inside of or outside of the kitchen area, based on the application. Generally, they are created to keep FOG-laden discharge for enough time for grease within the water to cool down, firm up and separate from the rest of the waste materials. When the grease has split up, it may be discarded correctly.

Should i use a grease trap or interceptor inside my eatery or food service business?

Any business that deals with any kind of food really should use a grease trap or interceptor. Even smaller food providers like coffee houses who serve items with dairy products need to use a grease trap or interceptor to help keep FOG from heading down the sink. A business will have to use a grease trap or interceptor if the side sewer line contains a visually apparent build up of fat, oil or grease. Make reference to the most recent Standard Plumbing Code (offered at your public library) for dimensions requirements.

Just how much will a grease trap or interceptor cost and who should I contact to obtain one to get set up?

They range in price, based on dimension and application and will begin as little as a few hundred to thousands. Make sure you speak to a licensed pluming company in your community for costs.

Who decides if I require a grease trap or interceptor?

In the event your food company business deals with food items and washes pots and pans, you probably have to use a grease trap or interceptor. Your decision depends on the kind of use and decided upon from the professional and local staff.

Who is mainly responsible for setting up a grease interceptor?

Each and every business that deals with food items of any type – from your coffee house offering dairy along with milk products to your bistro preparing deep-fried meals – is likely releasing FOG. All food providers are accountable for putting in a unit to help keep FOG from getting into their side sewer line and also the general public sewer range.

What happens if I do not install a grease trap or interceptor?

If your business handles any food items which contains fat, oil and grease, you may ultimately experience a maintenance issue for instance a obstruction within the building sewer line. A obstruction can certainly create sewage back-up circumstance and consequently a possible health issue for your business. If the issue is within the building sewer line, then your business is directly accountable for having to pay for the clean-up fees and damage to property. A business can also be instructed to shut down the business until an examiner certifies all health problems are solved.

When the obstruction is incorporated in the public sewer main and Horace, North Dakota can validate how the methods of the particular business has resulted in the obstruction, then that business might have to pay for any public clean-up expenses, damage to property and public sewer servicing expenses to alleviate the obstruction. The business may also be instructed to put in a grease trap or interceptor or update a current system to intercept food and FOG.

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How frequently do i need to thoroughly clean my grease trap/grease interceptor?

A grease trap or interceptor needs to be on a regular basis taken care of in order to meet the 25% Rule – no more than 25%, by volume, from the trap or interceptor ought to accumulate of food and FOG. If in excess of 25% of food and FOG build up within the trap or interceptor, it is more probable not to work correctly and releasing food and FOG to your building sewer line as well as the public sewer system. Exclusions to the 25% Rule are suitable for devices that can keep greater than 25% FOG and will also be exclusively produced in the manufacturers specs.

Every business ought to figure out a particular cleaning routine that suits their organization. Some organizations will have to clean their trap or interceptor more frequently than others. It is very important to keep in mind that using kitchen very best management methods, like scraping your dishes, cooking pots, and pans, will decrease the volume of food and FOG that release right into a trap or interceptor, consequently reducing the regularity for cleaning.

Just how do i keep clean and maintain my grease trap/grease interceptor?

Grease trap maintenance is generally done by maintenance employees or any other workers from the business. Grease interceptor (GI) maintenance, that is generally done by authorized haulers or recyclers, includes taking out the total quantity (liquids and solids) from the GI and effectively getting rid of the FOG in compliance with all federal government, state, and/or local laws. When executed correctly and at the correct regularity, grease interceptor and trap maintenance can help reduce the release of FOG in to the wastewater collection system. The necessary routine maintenance frequency for grease interceptors and traps will depend on significantly on the volume of FOG a center yields together with any best management practices (BMPs) that the business utilizes to cut back the FOG released into its sanitary sewer system. In most cases, a business that utilizes BMPs will recognize financial advantage via a decrease in their needed grease interceptor and trap maintenance regularity.

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