#Sunday 20 May 2012

[isupportzaynxliamxziam]

Sunday, 20 May 2012

It's travelling time as the boys fly from Heathrow Airport to the U.S.

credits: owner of the photos

Zayn also shows he's amazing with kids

credits: owner of the photos

[journeythroughjourneytothewest]

Hello and Welcome!

This is a blog dedicated to Journey to the West, where anyone interested may join in and follow along in a journey through Wu Cheng’en’s classic. This reading group will be focused on the Anthony C. Yu English translation, which the ever-interesting @journeytothewestresearch has helped provide completely free to download and read as pdfs! The link can be found below:

https://journeytothewestresearch.com/2019/06/07/archive-10-journey-to-the-west-2012-revised-edition/

In full awareness that everyone has their own busy lives and differing schedules, this reading group is working off of a “do-as-you-want” model. Everyone is welcome to submit their analysis, art, reactions, memes, criticisms, additions of context, etc. as we make our way through the journey, but there is no pressure but to have fun with the work!

That said, there is a reading schedule. This reading group has now made it through Volumes 1 and 2 of this classic, and will start up Volume 3 on September 15, 2024. The reading schedule encourages all interested to read one JTTW chapter per week. This group then "meets" every Sunday, which is be the day participants are encouraged to finish that week's chapter and/or submit their creative/analytical pieces about it. Sunday will also be the day where I will give a quick recap of that week's chapter, and will mass reblog anything participants submitted to have that work in the archive. Again, this blog has now made it through Volumes 1 and 2, and will start keeping to the reading schedule for Volume 3 starting September 15, so please have read “Chapter 51: Mind Monkey in Vain Uses a Thousand Tricks; Futile Water and Fire Make It Hard to Smelt Demons,” by then. You���ll find the reading schedule for Volume 3 below, and while not necessary I do encourage everyone to give a look at Yu’s introduction to this text in Volume 1 as well.

I want to end by stressing that it is completely understandable that new members would be concerned about joining after the reading schedule has officially started, and indeed after we have made it through the first volume. As such, I want to confirm that while this group encourages people to send in their submissions on Sunday for the chapter covered that week, you should feel completely free to both submit your stuff on any day of the week that’s best for you, as well as to send in art, memes, analysis, commentary, etc. for every chapter that has already been covered according to the reading schedule. In other words, all I’m going to ask is that your “late” submissions are in line with what happens in Volumes 1 and 2 and/or chapters in Volume 3 that the group has already read as laid out in the reading schedule below. So for example you should feel free to submit the sketches you made about Chapters 47, 48, 49, 50, and 51 on the Monday-Saturday of the week following the Sunday this book club finished Chapter 51, but please save your meme about Chapter 52 for the Sunday that chapter was scheduled to be read. So start, read, and submit as you can!

Thank you and thank you again to anyone who wants to participate anfd to everyone who has already expressed so much enthusiasm and contributed so much to this reading group! I’m very happy and excited to continue this literary pilgrimage with you all.

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Journey to the West Volume 3 Reading Schedule

September 15-Chapter 51: Mind Monkey in vain uses a thousand tricks; Futile water and fire makes it hard to smelt demons

September 22-Chapter 52: Wukong greatly disturbed the Golden Helmet Cave; Tathagata reveals in secret the true master

September 29-Chapter 53: Imbibing, the Chan Lord conceives a ghostly child; Yellow Dame brings water to end the weird fetus

October 6-Chapter 54: Dharma-nature, going west, reaches the Women State; Mind Monkey makes a plan to flee the fair sex

October 13-Chapter 55: Deviant form makes lustful play for Tripitaka Tang; Upright nature safeguards the untainted self

October 20-Chapter 56: Wild Spirit slays brutish bandits; Wayward Way sets loose Mind Monkey

October 27-Chapter 57: True Pilgrim lays bare his woes at Mount Potalaka; False Monkey King transcribes texts at Water-Curtain Cave

November 3-Chapter 58: Two Minds cause disorder in the great Cosmos; It's hard for one body to realize true Nirvana

November 10-Chapter 59: Tripitaka Tang's path is blocked at Mountain of Flames; Pilgrim Sun baits for the first time the palm-leaf fan

November 17-Chapter 60: Bull Demon King stops fighting to attend a lavish feast; Pilgrim Sun baits for the second time the palm-leaf fan

November 24-Chapter 61: Zhu Eight Rules assists in deafeating the demon king; Pilgrim Sun baits for the third time the palm-leaf fan

December 1-Chapter 62: To wash off filth, to bate the mind, just sweep a pagoda; To bind demons and return to the lord is self-cultivation

December 8-Chapter 63: Two monks, quelling fiends, disturb the dragon palace; The sages, destroying deviates, acquire the treasures

December 15-Chapter 64: At Bramble Ride Wuneng exerted great effort; At Shrine of Sylvan Immortals Tripitaka discusses poetry

December 22-Chapter 65: Fiends set up falsely the Small Thunderclap; The four pilgrims all meet a great ordeal

December 29-Chapter 66: Many gods meet injury; Maitreya binds a fiend

January 5-Chapter 67: Having rescued Tuoluo, Chan nature is secure; Escaping filthiness, the Mind of Dao is pure

January 12-Chapter 68: At Scarlet-Purple Kingdom the Tang Monk speaks of past eras; Pilgrim Sun performs on an arm broken in three places

January 19-Chapter 69: At night the Lord of the Mind refines medicines; At a banquet the king speaks of the perverse fiend

January 26-Chapter 70: The monstrous demon's treasures release smoke, sand, and fire; Wukong by stratagem steals the purple-gold bells

February 2-Chapter 71: By a false name Pilgrim defeats the fiendish wolf; In epiphany Guanyin subdues the monster-king

February 9-Chapter 72: At Cobweb Cave Seven Passions delude the Origin; At Purgation Spring Eight Rules forgets all manners

February 16-Chapter 73: Passions, because of old enmity, beget calamity; Demon-trapped, the Mind Lord with luck breaks the light

February 22-Chapter 74: Long Life reports how vicious the demons are; Pilgrim displays his transformation power

March 2-Chapter 75: Mind Monkey drills through the yin-yang body; Demon lords return to the true great Way

[bekaterrier]

Happy Audio Drama Sunday! Hope everyone had a good week!

@innbetween Season 5: This season was so fun! The Lowlifes are such a fun group to follow, and it's been so interesting to learn more of how they got to this point. Though I feel like one of them is a bit more of a lowlife than the others... Next season is going to be wild!

@midnightburgr Chapter 40 - Romney for America: Earth stuck in 2012, but located in another galaxy? Hwat? David experiencing his first trip into the cosmos is fun! Caspar experiencing David's first trip into the cosmos is also very fun! Losing Maloo was not fun. I'm glad the diner is going to take them to rescue all of the refugees. Seems like they have quite the challenge ahead of them...

@desertskiespodcast Chapter 20 - If I have to Wait a Million Years: More clues to Nony's story! I know that whenever we get the whole picture, I'm going to bawl my eyes out. I can just feel the emotions that her whole story is steeped in. I am currently worried for all of our attendants though! Bad news indeed!

@starfallpod S2E4 - Act 1 Scene xvi: An episode of Starfall without Leona, Fel or Dalyn?? It's more likely than you think... Ozzie has NO qualms saying exactly what she thinks and it is VERY entertaining. And is that growth from Hosse I see there?

@hinaypod 48.2 - J & Dooley part 2: I have been waiting for this moment for so long! The J & Dooley reunion ♥️. Alasdair Stuart did an absolutely incredible job with this episode. I was holding my breath and/or crying for most of it. Such an emotional performance, and an emotional moment for these two characters. It was the old man yaoi we may not have deserved, but we got anyway. Also J's wife is the absolute best!

[foxes-that-run]

2013 Haylor Timeline

Timeline Tag, or years, 2012 2014

3 January hair pinned up at restaurant in Virgin Islands. Harry's "might as well.." Tattoo first seen. Covered with Ferns now.

4 January - Taylor's blue dress on a boat. Harry bite bruise on his hip

6 January - Harry seen in NY

7 January -Harry back in London, date People reports that they broke up. Reports Scott swift told them to slow down.

9 January - Harry seen GQ dinner London. photos of Harry in Richard Bransons hot hub on front page after the break up. (I often wonder what the less famous people think now that they treated him poorly as a kid and he is massive now). Gordon Smart (1:12, warning he follows it with a bad anecdote about 18 year old H), who worked on media for One Direction, said in 2020 that Harry had said:

"Simon Cowell actually paid me to do some media training with them back in the day so I met them before they were massive and they were again really lovely kids. [...] I wrote a front page story about him sharing a jacuzzi with a girl on holiday and he told me it was bollocks and we still ran it, because we had a picture of him in the jacuzzi. It was probably totally innocuous and I really I'd like to apologize unreservedly to Harry for that because it was an error of judgment on my part and it probably tarnished our friendship."

Richard Branson also has gross sounding comments about this 18 year old that day.

10 January - made fun of his accent at Grammy's, Harry at nightclub London

12 January when asked, Niall says he listens to WANGBT, Louis says and Harry’s. 22 MV filmed.

15 January - one direction trip to Ghana for Red Nose Day comic relief

16 January - One Direction Tokyo, when movie scenes filmed

20 January - Harry in London

21 January - Taylor in London reports she saw Harry, Harry at friends house

22 January - Harry got the Butterfly and handshake tattoos

23 January - Taylor in Madrid before performing at the '40 Principales Awards'. H London

26 January Both at NRG Awards, 25 January Taylor posts Cannes Sunset situation. They both stayed in the Intercontinental Carlton Cannes Hotel.

27 January - Harry meeting with Simon Cowell Glasgow,

28, 30, 31 Jan, 1, 2, 4 , 8 Feb - Harry London, Leed 13 -16

1 February - Harry's 19th birthday. £5k tab, messy, wild party. Rumour that Taylor had booked a week in Italy which was cancelled

6 February - Savan Kotecha (WMYB writer) gave interview where he said 1D want to be write but can’t. Probably had left 1D already and doing press to build career. His last 1D credit is Happily. In 2017 praised (45 mins) Harry’s writing. In the later interview Savan also says he spent a year being sad after the 1D thing ended until Ariana came into work with him, (52mins) so that article may have been that he’d already left 1D. He said he was working on Emblem3 which may be the other bad project he talked about (released April).

10 February - Taylor at Grammy's, night Ed says inspired Tenerife Sea

18 February - Harry the Box Nightclub

21 February - both attend Brit awards - Taylor performs I knew you were trouble with Harry in the audience. In march she told the Sunday Times "Well, it's not hard to access that emotion when the person the song is directed at is standing by the side of the stage watching." She goes to an afterparty with Tom Odell and out with him the next night. Tom writes Country Star about Taylor and Harry wrote Happily about wishing they were together. Ed is asked if he would trust Harry around his girlfriend and he said “well he trusts me around his girlfriend so yeah I do. We’re friends we don’t do that.” Harry went on Nick Grimshaw from 6am a hungover.

23 February - 3 November - 1D Up all Night tour, start in Europe

7 March - Taylor sells Hyannis Point House at $1m profit

15 March - Taylor vanity fair article. Says Harry pursued her for a year before KCA, better part of a year after and it fell apart one night in London when he went out and he’s texting her to ask to see her again at the time of the interview. Pointed mentioned she was born in 1989, Easter egged wonderland, talks about Connor being 2 months and insignificant. Implies Harry was a rebound from JG and Connor was a Harry rebound. Says she’s looking for someone who is interested in her not her wiki page.

25 - 29 March - Harry in LA, then back to London

29 March - Taylor played “You're Not Sorry” in Newark. “I truly believe that when dealing with anybody you meet, you should start by trusting them. Any new friend you meet. Any new person you meet. I think you should truly believe the beat in them. And the first time that they tell you they’re sorry I think you should believe them. But then if they keep doing the same exact thing that they say they’re sorry for, that means one thing guys. That they’re not. Sorry.”- here. Appeared in Wonderland cover April 7, 2013

11 April - Louis says 'Taylor Swift' after Harry sings "I'm in love with you" in Little Things

12 April - Harry’s high school friend, Nick who was in White Eskimo says he liked Taylor since he was 15 before x-factor to the Mirror

Nick has known the One Direction star for years, and recalled the moment Harry (then just 15) admitted fancying country singer Taylor Swift when he watched one of her videos in 2009. Nick said: “He was like ‘Oh my god, she’s really, really good looking. I would do anything for a bit of that.’ Then he went and got with her years later!”

18 April - Harry holmes chapel

20 April - TS on B stage song before “I Almost Do” in Tampa, FL. “everybody’s got like one, maybe two, I don't know how many you have, but at least one person in your life that doesn’t belong in your life anymore because maybe they hurt you or maybe it’s just over but you kind of want to call them sometimes. And you think better of it. But, you almost do it.”- here. Then a Red tour break till the 25th; One Direction tour break starting in Manchester till Paris on 29th. Louis stays in Europe,

23 April - Harry arrives alone in LA without the Peace ring

24 April - Neither Harry or Taylor seen. The day Harry got the ring

25 April - First day Peace Ring is seen. Harry has dinner with Rod Stewart, Rod then plays the Troubadour and Harry stayed at Rod Stewarts house. Taylor in Cleveland

28 April - Harry posts photo of sunglasses on beach. Taylor photographed in a gym in Los Angles. Wears the ring to leave LAX and there is an absolutely insane mob because he is there alone with no security.

29 April - Arrives in Paris alone, still wearing ring, described as a riot. The ring is in This is Us in Paris

April 30 - Taylor buys Holiday House Rhode Island for $18m cash

1 May - Everything has changed released as single

7 May - Harry goes on a party bus in Norway, photos of him drunk, with blonde and talks about party bus in interviews

18 May - Taylor posted rose’s with a Great Gatsby quote: “Just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer...“

19 May - Taylor said to fans, pointly "You are the longest and best relationship I've ever had" at BBMAs and that she only writes about ex's she doesn't want to see again. In the press room she said

27 May - Taylor wrote Wish you Would

2 June - Taylor attended a pre-show meet and greet at KYGO radio in Denver where David Mueller allegedly reached under Taylors skirt. In 2015 he sued Taylor who counter sued. It was not resolved until 2017 when Taylor won damages of $1.

June - September Midnight Memories written with Happily

12 June Taylor on Grimmy, he says Trouble is the “best song ever” 4 times at 11 mins. Best song ever was released 22 July. :)

13 June - Never Gonna Dance Again tattoo seen when Harry got off a yacht in Miami, seemingly drunk, he was underage at the time lyrics from Wham song "Careless Whisper" about regret for being unfaithful. Grimmy had referred to it in September when Harry sung the song on radio

16 June 2013 - Louisville - Harry was feeling himself during “Last First Kiss” and at the end was flirting with someone in the crowd, he mimicked pole dancing then he kissed his heart tattoo

22 June - Taylor and Selena getting ice cream in Mystic Connecticut, near RI.

28 June - Harry seen with Paige

29 June - Taylor gets a fans face paint on her neck that looks like lipstick in Vancouver, Gaylor 'proof'. 1D NY

1 July - Harry cross tattoo NYC stayed at the Bowery Hotel NYC

6 July - both play in Pennsylvania, Taylor has a week off after, unseen. On the 8th Harry was sick on stage.

20 July - Harry on Ryan Seacrest in Niall’s place and says the rest of the band went back to uk on their break but he stayed in LA.

22 July - Best Song Ever released.

30 July - September GQ cover story where they badgered Harry about how many people he’d slept with (two)

6 August - Ed posts photo with Harry and snow patrol “Decent night with the ladz”

August 14 - Lover Journal: August 14, 2013, Watch Hill RI. Says she feels like a tiger in an enclosure, feels hunted, talks about paparazzi and cell phones. Also calls herself a rabbit, a flower growing in a sidewalk that is picked and how photos ruin a moment, online photos/comments and 'level of possession'.

25 August - VMAs, texting each other and shade, together at afterparty. Sang purple rain together at after party.

3 September - Harry tweeted 1975, Matty Healy told an interviewer that went from 4K followers to 15k in 10 minutes and they exchanged numbers and texted, made plans to meet up and he stood Harry up.

5 September - the 1975 cover WMYB in the live lounge

8 September - Taylor “"People think they know who I've dated and they just don't," "They don't know everything."

9 September - Harry badgered by paparazzi till he cries in London. They called him a womaniser. GQ Article where the interviewer bullied him into how many partners he had has (2)

10 September - Media that they had a heart to heart at VMAs

11 September - Harry Rose tattoo.

18 September - Harry at Pixie Geldorf’s birthday, with Nick and first time seen with model Daisy Lowe in photo pixie posted.

27 September - 1D sign another contract with Syco for 3 albums, they are each paid £10m.

28 September: On the anniversary of the Begin Again weekend in Paris 28 September- 5 October 2012 Harry tweeted: "We don't need no piece of paper from the city hall". from Australia.

5 October - Harry pulled a blonde out of the crowd and hung out with her that night in Australia

8 October - Harry tweeted Shania Twain is so good. Shania thanks him and invites him to her show in Vegas.

16 October - Harry talked about Shania Twain 'Still the One' on stage, Tweet Q's - what song would you like to listen to now?

17 October Harry cried onstage, (0:55) during over again Taylor seen with Alexander Skarsgard 3 days later

18 October - throws up on stage reports touring taking toll

28 October - Harry talked about Shania Twain 'Still the One' on stage again, What's the most embarrassing song on your ipod.

1 November - 1D, Katy Perry and John Mayer take photos backstage at a Japanese radio station in Tokyo. New Romantics was written about Taylor being sad her ex had gone to Japan with his new GF.

November -j14 article where Harry says ok to get back together with ex. Also reports Taylor is house hunting in London. Rumour Taylor was seen with Douglas booth.

13 November - Taylors first Victoria Secret show where she wears a union jack dress in NY and performed IKYWT. On 14th Harry in UK for Gemma's graduation, TS in NY for billboard awards.

18 November - Courtney Cox said she hung out with each of them at her house in Malibu

20 November - Harry has dinner with Kendall Taylor tweets ""I've listened to "Hold On" by @ColbieCaillat 45 times today. So on repeat. So important." on the 21st when dinner reported.

22 November - midnights memories release party in la with Ryan Seacrest

23 November, both at AMAs, gold dress. Kendall PDA reported but no record of it

25 November - Midnight Memories released with Something Great written with Jacknife Lee who also worked on Red.

3 December - Lover Journal - December 3, 2013, Sydney.

6 December - Harry leaves Kendalls hotel and they have breakfast. Lunch the next day NY. Harry is carrying notebooks and dressed that same as in the Spotify visual for Where Do Broken Hearts Go. Tabloids say not dating Kendall and he is texting Daisy Lowe.

11 December- Taylor ATW speech talks about songwriting like a message in a bottle, she mentions still love you and I’m really heartbroken

12 December - One Direction in Milan, record the Xfactor final interview with cushions on the floor.

13 December - Taylor posts a series of photos to IG about a rose garden party in Melbourne, Australia while on tour for her birthday. Many think 1989 will be called Roses. The captions made a sort of poem "Roses. Red Balloons. Pretty.... Sparklers. The best birthday I've ever had." Which could be a dig at Harry, Roses being common Haylor imagery, his tattoo and she famously said her 2012 birthday was her best ever when he took her to the Lakes. Harry's "better still be my winding wheel" tweet. Harry posts his Cannes photo December 14.

15 December - One Direction performs Midnight Memories on Xfactor UK Final and Harry arrives at Kendalls London hotel at 2am.

17 December - Harry, Ed and Taylor spotted together in Suffolk. Harry got injunction banning paparazzi from outside his home. Harry likely had moved into his current house. First confirmed at Ben Winston's with Morgan Spurlock in April 2012, Harry later told Rolling Stone he stayed there 20 months. He was seen house hunting in July and reports of his house were September 2012.

21 December - midnight memories MV filmed

Continue to 2014

[omegaremix]

Omega Radio for May 20, 2017; #138.

Swirlies “Bell”

Philosophical Zombie “Savage Mercy”

Death Of Pop “Sun In My Eyes” (2012)

Airiel “Peoria”

Fazerdaze “Lucky Girl”

Alvvays “Adult Diversion”

Hibou “Glow”

Seasurfer “Cloudjumping”

VHS Dream “So High”

Nite Fields “You I Never Knew”

Crescendo “Pressure”

Black Tambourine “I Wanna’ Be Your Boyfriend”

Shinytinytears “In Dreams”

Lowtide “Rain”

Ringo Deathstarr “Sweet Girl”

Miniatures “Honey”

Lovesliescrushing “Xarella Almandyne”

Carousels “All I Could Do”

Ecstasy Of Saint Theresa, The “Honeyrain”

Candy Claws “Into The Deep Time (One Sun)”

Cherry Wave, The “Blush”

Safe Places “Wild Ride”

Pinkshinyultrablast “Comet Marbles”

Slowdive “Star Roving”

Astrobrite “Crasher”

Skywave “Summertime”

Stargazer Lilies, The “Sunday Is Monday At Midnight”, “Fukitol”

Deluxe shoegaze, dreampop, and alternative.

[coochiequeens]

Dozens of women are dead and the President of Honduras is not accepting any responsibility.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A grisly riot at a women's prison in Honduras Tuesday left at least 41 women dead, most burned to death, in violence the country's president blamed on "mara" street gangs that often wield broad power inside penitentiaries.

Twenty-six of the victims were burned to death and the remainder shot or stabbed at the prison in Tamara, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northwest of the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, said Yuri Mora, the spokesman for Honduras' national police investigation agency. At least seven inmates were being treated at a Tegucigalpa hospital.

"The forensic teams that are removing bodies confirm they have counted 41," said Mora.

Video clips shown by the government from inside the prison showed several pistols and a heap of machetes and other bladed weapons that were found after the riot. Honduran President Xiomara Castro said the riot was "planned by maras with the knowledge and acquiescence of security authorities." "I am going to take drastic measures!" Castro wrote in her social media accounts.

Prisoners belonging to the feared Barrio 18 gang reportedly burst into a cell block and shot other inmates or set them afire. Relatives awaiting news about inmates gathered outside the morgue in Tegucigalpa. They confirmed that inmates in the prison had told them they lived in fear of the Barrio 18 gang.

Johanna Paola Soriano Euceda was waiting for news about her mother Maribel Euceda, and sister, Karla Soriano. Both were on trial for drug trafficking, but were held in the same area as convicted prisoners. Soriano Euceda said they had told her on Sunday that "they (Barrio 18 members) were out of control, they were fighting with them all the time. That was the last time we talked."

Another group of dozens of anxious, angry relatives gathered outside the prison, located in a rural area about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the capital. "We are here dying of anguish, of pain ... we don't have any information," said Salomón García, whose daughter is an inmate at the facility. Azucena Martinez, whose daughter was also being held at the prison, said "there are a lot of dead, 41 already. We don't know if our relatives are also in there, dead."

Julissa Villanueva, head of the country's prison system, suggested the riot started because of recent attempts by authorities to crack down on illicit activity inside prisons and called Tuesday's violence a reaction to moves "we are taking against organized crime." "We will not back down," Villanueva said in a televised address after the riot.

Gangs wield broad control inside the country's prisons, where inmates often set their own rules and sell prohibited goods. They were also apparently able to smuggle in guns and other weapons, a recurring problem in Honduran prisons."The issue is to prevent people from smuggling in drugs, grenades and firearms," said Honduran human rights expert Joaquin Mejia. "Today's events show that they have not been able to do that."

The riot appears to be the worst tragedy at a female detention center in Central America since 2017, when girls at a shelter for troubled youths in Guatemala set fire to mattresses to protest rapes and other mistreatment at the badly overcrowded institution. The ensuing smoke and fire killed 41 girls.The worst prison disaster in a century also occurred in Honduras, in 2012 at the Comayagua penitentiary, where 361 inmates died in a fire possibly caused by a match, cigarette or some other open flame. Tuesday's riot may increase the pressure on Honduras to emulate the drastic zero-tolerance, no-privileges prisons set in up in neighboring El Salvador by President Nayib Bukele. While El Salvador's crackdown on gangs has given rise to rights violations, it has also proved immensely popular in a country long terrorized by street gangs

[nagler]

Sleep No More Is Closing

It feels like my 20s are actually over.

(Alex, you're married and 35)

LAST NIGHT I DREAMT I WENT TO MANDERLEY AGAIN

For years, Sleep No More was my go-to answer for What To Do for birthdays, Halloween, Christmas gifts, and out of town recommendations. I missed that first year, 2011, when everything was new and magical and things were not horribly expensive, but there was still plenty of wonder between 2012 and 2016. There wasn't just the show there were the Salons, the Follies, the parties, the roof, all the opportunities. I still do not remember everything that happened for Halloween of 2012, other than I lost a pair of glasses, was carried from the door to my bed by my sister's friends, and somehow rallied to attend the opera the following evening.

I stopped attending as much in 2016 for [reasons], but the New Years Eve of 2017 into 2018 opened me for possibility that wound up being manifested two weeks later when I met Hilary. I brought her to a dinner party that August, which wound up the first photo we posted together, when I knew I had something worth sharing. We celebrated together for a COVID-free New Years Eve of 2021 into 2022 where we looked at one another and said fuck it why aren't we engaged? Once again, two weeks later that manifested into a proposal (or a mutually agreed upon decision to propose), which turned into our wedding this past July.

There weren't really as many trips in between that dinner and now. I celebrated my birthday in 2019, which may have given Hilary a small anxiety attack as the hotel had never been her speed, but that was it until that New Years Eve. COVID obviously saw to nothing in 2020 and 2021, and it may have had the last laugh here as well with the closure of the hotel. I saw the soft reopen in February of 2022 along with the real reopening on Valentine's Day, but my knees, the cost of planning a wedding, and my persistent need to say "I'm Sleepy!" (thanks hun) kept me from becoming a regular returning customer. But I had my memories. And I had the Discord server, where I could hear all the new news of the hotel, the parties, and the joy of those discovering it for the first time.

I'm going on Sunday afternoon for a full visit and an after-show Salon, which no doubt will feature a good deal of commiserating. The raven himself will be hoarse. We will attempt tickets for the final show, where the nightingale will sing in Berkeley Square one last time.

[umlewis]

lewis hamilton, p3, during the post-qualifying press conference, texas, united states - october 20, 2023 (transcription under the cut)

Interviewer: "How do you reflect on qualifying?" Lewis: "Yep, good session for us. Really grateful for the improvements that the team have made with the car. Everyone has worked so hard to bring some upgrades, and for us to be this close to McLaren and Ferrari and even the Red Bulls, I think it's a showing of just how hard everyone's worked." Interviewer: "Where does the car feel different with these upgrades?" Lewis: "The car feels almost the same, it's just leveled up pretty much everywhere." Interviewer: "And you have a fantastic record here. You've only been off the podium once. How do you rate your chances of winning this grand prix on Sunday? Lewis: "Too early to say. None of us have done any long running, so have no idea. Maybe with the Bed Bull not in the top three, maybe that makes it a better, closer battle, maybe, 'cause they're often quite a bit ahead and just disappear into the distance, so hopefully the three of us can have a tight battle." [time jump] Journalist: "Sahil Kapur with NBC News. A question for Lewis, if I may: You're only thirty points behind Checo for 2nd in the championship. You've just outqualified him again. Given the full context of the season and the difference between your cars, how much, if anything, would wecond place in the championship mean to you this year?" Lewis: "All of us are pushing to finish first, so I think it would be just a showing of, really, resilience and strength and depth from our team. I think we had a difficult year, last year, and even the start of this year we didn't expect to be where we are, so to be fighting for second in the constructor's, obviously trying to hold that position to these two guys… And yeah, I don't know whether or not we'll catch Sergio, but given the difference of our cars throughout the season I'm really proud of the work that we've done. We've just got to keep our heads down, keep fighting, keep pushing. Like Charles said, they have a lot of work to do, as we do, so it's a race for development and it's who can get to the top of the mountain first for next year, I guess." [time jump] Journalist: "Andrew Benson, BBC Sport. Lewis, this is for you: James Allison was talking about this upgrade that you've got this weekend as being a kind of signifier for next year. Can you tell us whether it's given you sort of positive vibes, and if so what way, in that context?" Lewis: "Yeah, I don't know really if it's a signifier of anything for next year. As we continue to experiment we get more and more knowledge of where we're going, where we're routing the flow of the car. The floor is not a huge amount different, so it's… Obviously there's always hype with someone's upgrade, but the rest of the car is exactly the same, and there's lots and lots of areas in which we can improve, but this is an improvement. This is one of the first upgrades that I've actually felt over the last two years, so that's a positive, and we just need two or three times of this step [laughs] to put us in super-competitive mode, of which I believe the guys can do." [time jump] [Question not shown: "Sahil Kapur, NBC News. I just wanted to ask all of you, if you can reflect on coming to race in the U.S. over the last four or five years, how this fanbase has grown so much; how your experience has changed."] Lewis: "Yes, it's an incredible community that we have here. I've been here since the beginning, in 2012, so… Or I think already back then we had an amazing crowd, but there's a different… I think people who were coming were perhaps moreso new to it, maybe, but there's just a different energy, a different excitement, even bigger than before, and it's growing every year and it's something that you can really feel, and it's great to share that love and that passion for a sport that you've grown up with for so long with this great country."

[thecrimecrypt]

Crimes That Shook Britain (East Midlands)

Murder of Kayleigh Haywood Kayleigh Haywood, 15, met Luke Harlow, 28, online in 2015. For two weeks, with over 2,600 texts, he groomed her. Said she was beautiful, declared his love, persuaded her to visit.

On Friday 15 November, Kayleigh’s dad dropped her at Ibstock Community College, Leicestershire, believing she was staying with a friend. At Harlow’s flat, Kayleigh met his neighbour Stephen Beadman, 29, and she was abused, plied with alcohol.

Her worried parents reported her missing. At 3am Sunday morning, a neighbour saw Kayleigh flee Harlow’s flat, naked from the waist down. Beadman chased her, raped her and killed her with a brick. Harlow was jailed 12 years for sexual activity, grooming and falsely imprisoning a child.

Beadman was jailed for life for rape, murder and false imprisonment of a child.

Colin Pitchfork November 1983 - Lynda Mann, 15, was found raped and strangled in Narborough.

The case went cold until July 1986, when Dawn Ashworth, 15, was raped and strangled less than a mile away. The year before, Alec Jeffreys, a British genetics researcher, had discovered DNA profiling.

Testing semen samples found at both crime scenes, Jeffreys linked the cases. Police asked local men aged 17 to 34 to submit blood. Jeffreys tested the DNA samples.

After being overheard admitting he paid a colleague to provide blood on his behalf, local man Colin Pitchfork, then 25, was arrested. His DNA matched both samples, and he was jailed for life.

Susan and Christopher Edwards In October 2013, police dug up a garden in Mansfield and found the remains of former residents Patricia and William Wycherley, 63 and 85.

The pairs daughter Susan Edwards, 56, and husband Christopher, 57, were arrested - turned out they’d shot and buried them in May 1998. For 15 years, Susan said her parents were travelling, but after living off their benefits, a letter to William from the Department For Work and Pensions scared them to confess.

They were convicted of murder and given life.

The Philpotts At 4am on 11 May 2012, Mick and Mairead Philpott’s home, 18 Victory Road, Derby, went up in flames. Despite Mick’s apparently valiant efforts to save their kids, Duwayne, 13, Jade, 10, John, 9, Jack, 7, Jesse, 6, and Jayden, 5, all died.

Detectives found petrol inside the letterbox, and suspected arson. But while Mick and Mairead sobbed during a TV press conference, police already considered them suspects. A tangled love triangle emerged. Mick’s mistress, who’d lived with the Philpotts, had walked out with her five kids- a custody hearing loomed.

Mick planned to torch the family home, frame his ex love, and win custody. But a horrific fireball engulfed the house, trapping his and Mairead’s children upstairs.

In April 2013, Mick and Mairead Philpott were found guilty of six counts of manslaughter. Mick was jailed for life, Mairead for 17 years. A friend involved in the plot - Paul Mosley, 47 - also got a 17 year sentence for manslaughter.

Murder of Danielle Beccan On her way home from the Nottingham Goose Fair in October 2004, Danielle Beccan, 14, was shot in the stomach and killed in a drive-by.

Junior Andrews, then 24, and Mark Kelly, then 20, part of the Waterfront gang, were charged. They hated the St Ann’s area where Danielle lived and they’d wanted to ‘shoot up’ people.

When they saw Danielle, Kelly pulled up next to her and Andrews opened fire. Andrews and Kelly were jailed for life.

Beverley Allitt Liam Taylor, 7 months, was the first victim of serial killer nurse Beverley Allitt, then 22, in February 1991 at Grantham and Kesteven Hospital, Lincolnshire.

Within 59 days she’d killed Timothy Hardwick, 11, Becky Phillips, 2 months, and Claire Peck, 15 months, and tried to kill or harm nine more children. Staff became suspicious of the number of heart attacks on the ward.

Allitt was the only nurse on duty when the children were attacked. She’d given at least two of them large doses of insulin. In May 1993, Allitt was given 13 life sentences.

[kpopfeeds]

Apink’s Discography

Seven Springs of Apink:

Release date: April 19, 2011 

First Mini Album

Seven Spring of Apink

I Don’t Know 

It Girl 

Wishlist 

Boo 

IT GIRL: 

Release date: June 23, 2011 

Digital Single 

It Girl (Remix Version) 

It Girl 

It Girl (Instrumental Remix Version)

Let Us Just Love: 

Release date: August 3, 2011 

Protect the Boss OST/Single 

Let Us Just Love 

Let Us Just Love (Instrumental Version) 

Snow Pink: 

Release Date: November 22, 2011 

2nd Mini Album 

He’s My Baby 

My My 

Yeah 

Like a Dream 

Prince 

It Girl Collection: 

Release date: April 6, 2012

2nd Digital Single 

It Girl 

It Girl (Remix Version) 

It Girl (Instrumental Remix Version) 

Let Us Just Love 

Let Us Just Love (Instrumental) 

Like a Dream 

0419: 

Release date: April 19, 2012 

Single Album 

0419 

UNE ANNEE:

Release date: May 9, 2012 

1st Full Length Album 

UNE ANNEE

Hush 

Cat 

April 19th 

Bubibu 

Step 

Boy 

I Got You 

Sky High 

BUBIBU:

Release date: July 6, 2012 

3rd Digital Single 

BUBIBU (Remix Version) 

BUBIBU 

BUBIBU (Remix Instrumental Version) 

SECRET GARDEN: 

Release date: July 5, 2013 

3rd Mini Album 

U You 

No No No 

Lovely Day 

I Need You 

Secret Garden 

No No No (Instrumental) 

DVD (MV List) 

No No No 

U You 

Secret Garden 

Hush 

My My 

It Girl 

Wishlist 

I Don’t Know 

Good Morning Baby: 

Release date: January 13, 2014 

4th Digital Single 

Good Morning Baby

Good Morning Baby (Instrumental) 

PINK BLOSSOM: 

Release date: March 31, 2014 

4th Mini Album 

Sunday Monday

Mr. Chu (On Stage) 

Crystal 

Love Story 

So Long 

Mr. Chu 

Mr. Chu (On Stage Instrumental) 

NoNoNo: 

Release date: October 22, 2014 

Japanese Special Album 

NoNoNo (Japanese Version) 

My My (Japanese Version) 

NoNoNo (Instrumental) 

My My (Instrumental) 

PINK LUV: 

Release date: November 24, 2014 

5th Mini Album/EP

Luv

Wanna Be 

Secret 

I’m Not an Angel 

Once Upon a Time 

Luv (Instrumental) 

Mr. Chu: 

Release date: February 18, 2015 

2nd Japanese Album 

Mr. Chu (On Stage Japanese Version) 

Hush 

Mr. Chu (On Stage Instrumental) 

Hush (Instrumental) 

Promise U: 

Release date: April 19, 2015

Digital Single Album 

Promise U 

Promise U (Instrumental Version) 

LUV: 

Release date: May 20, 2015 

3rd Japanese Single 

Luv (Japanese Version) 

Good Morning Baby (Japanese Version) 

Luv (Instrumental Version) 

Good Morning Baby (Instrumental Version) 

Pink MEMORY: 

Release date: July 16, 2015 

2nd Full Length Album 

Remember 

Perfume 

Attracted to U 

Deja Vu 

Petal 

What A Boy Wants 

I Do 

A Wonderful Love 

Remember (Instrumental Version) 

Promise U 

PINK SEASON: 

Release date: August 26, 2015 

Debut Japanese Album 

Pink Season

No No No (Japanese Version) 

Bubibu (Japanese Version) 

U You (Japanese Version) 

I Don’t Know (Japanese Version) 

Remember (Japanese Version) 

Mr. Chu (Japanese Version) 

My My (Japanese Version) 

Hush (Japanese Version) 

I’m Not An Angel (Japanese Version) 

Good Morning Baby (Japanese Version) 

Luv (Japanese Version) 

April 19th (Japanese Version) 

SUNDAY MONDAY: 

Release date: December 9, 2015 

Japanese Single 

Sunday Monday (Japanese Version) 

Sunday Monday (Instrumental Version) 

THE WAVE: 

Release date: April 19, 2016 

5th Anniversary Single Album 

The Wave

The Wave (Instrumental) 

PINK REVOLUTION: 

Release date: September 26, 2016 

3rd Full Length Album 

Only One 

Oh Yes 

Boom Pow Love 

Fairy 

Drummer Boy 

To. Us 

Ding Dong 

Catch me 

The Wave 

DEAR: 

Release date: December 15, 2016 

Special Album 

Dear (Whisper) (CD only) 

Cause You’re My Star 

Miss U 

NoNoNo 

Only One 

LUV (Ballad Version) 

Cliche 

Heaven 

It’s You 

Mr. Chu 

Once Upon a Time 

April 19

PINK DOLL: 

Release date: December 21, 2016 

2nd Japanese Full Length Album 

My First Love

It Girl (Japanese Version) 

Summer Time 

Brand New Days 

Shining Star 

Sunshine Girl 

Amai Koi Shiyouyo 

Yeah 

Fanfare 

Sunday Monday (Japanese Version) 

Petal (Japanese Version) 

If I... 

Always: 

Release date: April 19, 2017 

6th Anniversary Single Album 

Always

Always (Instrumental) 

Pink Up: 

Release date: June 26, 2017 

6th Mini Album 

Five 

Kok Kok 

Eyes 

Like 

Evergreen 

Always

Five (Instrumental) 

Oasis: 

Release date: August 3, 2017 

Promotional Single with Viction & Huh Gak 

Oasis 

Pink Stories: 

Release date: December 27, 2017

3rd Japanese Full Length Album 

Hello Hello 

Bye Bye 

Rainbow 

Darling 

PapipupePON 

Motto GO!GO! 

Love Shoot

Dahlia 

I’m In Love 

Love Forever 

Orion 

Happy Ending 

Miracle: 

Release date: April 19, 2018

Special Single 

Miracle 

Miracle (Instrumental) 

ONE & SIX: 

Release date: July 2, 2018 

7th Mini Album 

I’m So Sick 

A L R I G H T 

Don’t Be Silly 

Forever Star 

Promise Me 

I Like That Kiss 

PERCENT: 

Release date: January 7th, 2019 

8th Mini Album/EP 

%% (Eung Eung) 

Hug Me 

What Are You Doing 

Push & Pull 

Enough 

Memories 

Everybody Ready?: 

Release date: April 19, 2019 

8th Anniversary Special Album 

Everybody Ready? 

Everybody Ready? (Instrumental)

LOOK: 

Release date: April 13, 2020 

9th Mini Album/EP 

Dumhdurum

Yummy 

Be Myself 

Love is Blind 

Overwrite 

Moment 

Everybody Ready 

Thank You: 

Release date: April 19, 2021 

Special Digital Single 

Thank You 

Thank You (Instrumental) 

I want you to be happy: 

Release date: April 19, 2022 

11th Anniversary Special 

I want you to be happy 

I want you to be happy (Instrumental) 

HORN: 

Release date: February 14, 2022 

Special Album 

Dilemma 

Holy Moly 

My oh My 

Nothing 

Red Carpet 

Single Rider 

Free & Love 

Just Like This 

Trip 

Dream 

Thank You 

SELF: 

Release date: April 5, 2023 

10th Mini Album 

D N D 

Witcha 

Me, Myself, & I 

Candy 

I want you to be happy. 

[what-day-of-the-week]

May 28 2017 was a Sunday!

October 5 2015 was a Monday!

May 24 2017 was a Wednesday!

January 27 2016 was a Wednesday!

February 20 2012 was a Monday!

January 12 2016 was a Tuesday!

November 25 2013 was a Monday!

August 17 2012 was a Friday!

July 18 2015 was a Saturday!

December 4 2015 was a Friday!

June 28 2015 was a Sunday!

April 28 2012 was a Saturday!

neopets forum posts i reference all the time but nobody gets

[ahopkins1965]

What is the oldest thing you own that you still use daily 🤔?  I have a Bible that is 16 years old now.   I have a pair of shoes 👞 and underwear that I have had for 20 years now.   I also have a cellphone that I have had for 15 years now.   I have a C Pap Machine that I have been using for 10 years now.   I know that I am supposed to describe things that I have right now.  However, I have my High School Diploma that I have had for a total of 38 years now.   I have my College Degrees that I have earned from the University of Toledo for 31 & 29 years now.   I still read my Holy Bible that I have had for 16 years now.   My Bible is Blue in color and it is a hard back book.  I have a coat that I wear during the Winter Season for 13 years now.   My Television is 10 years old and it is in good condition.   I have been living inside of my apartment at Wentworth High Rise Apartments located in Dayton, Ohio.   I have been clean and sober since Wednesday May 2, 1990.  I have been living in the city of Dayton, Ohio since Thursday January 6, 2010.  I have had my dinette set since January 13, 2010.  I have been attending Fort McKinley United Methodist Church since June of 2012.  I have my Baptism Certificate since Sunday February 15, 2015.  I have my Winter 👢 that I am still wearing for 13 years now.

[dankusner]

BANKRUPTCY Judge delays shutdown of Infowars company

Sandy Hook relatives want it sold to help pay for 2 judgments

After a weekend in which conspiracy theorist Alex Jones warned that his media company faced an imminent shutdown by the federal government because of his bankruptcy cases, a judge on Monday allowed Jones to keep operating for the next two weeks while it is decided whether his assets should be liquidated.

Both Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, filed for bankruptcy reorganization after he lost two lawsuits and was ordered to pay $1.5 billion to relatives of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

They sued Jones for calling the shooting that killed 20 first graders and six educators in Newtown, Conn., a hoax, claiming defamation and infliction of emotional distress.

The families have opposed Jones’ reorganization plans.

On Sunday, they filed an emergency motion to convert Free Speech Systems’ bankruptcy reorganization into a liquidation, saying Jones has not made progress in showing how he will pay the lawsuit judgments.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston said Monday he will address the motion on June 14, when a decision on whether to liquidate Jones and his company’s assets is expected.

Jones went on his web and radio show over the weekend with “emergency broadcasts” claiming Free Speech Systems, including his Infowars broadcasts, were going to be shut down at any minute by the federal government and bankruptcy system.

That did not happen.

At one point, he urged his followers to form a human chain around his studio in Austin to protect it.

Some of Jones’ comments came in profanity-laden rants, and Jones appeared to cry at points.

“There’s really no avenue out of this,” Jones said on his show Sunday.

“I’m kind of in the bunker here. And don’t worry. I’ll come back. The enemy can’t help but do this attack.”

The broadcasts were in response to apparent disputes between Jones, a chief restructuring officer appointed by the bankruptcy court to oversee Jones’ company and another company that supplies the nutritional supplements Jones sells on his shows, according to lawyers in the bankruptcy cases.

Jones’ lawyers have been unable to reach an agreement over the past several months with the families’ lawyers on how to resolve the bankruptcy cases.

Jones’ lawyer recently said in court that the cases appear headed to liquidation or may be withdrawn.

According to the most recent financial statements filed in the bankruptcy court, Jones personally has about $9 million in assets including his $2.6 million Austin-area home and other real estate.

He also listed his living expenses at about $69,000 for April alone, including about $16,500 for expenses on his home including maintenance, housekeeping and insurance.

Sandy Hook families aim to liquidate Alex Jones’ company

Austin man has yet to pay relatives $1.5 billion

Relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting are asking a Houston bankruptcy court to liquidate the media company of Alex Jones, a conspiracy theorist who was ordered to pay $1.5 billion in 2022 for repeatedly claiming that the 2012 massacre was staged.

Filed Sunday in the federal Southern District Bankruptcy Court in Houston, the families’ emergency motion requests that the judge order Free Speech Systems to turn its assets into cash so that Jones can begin to pay back families he tormented for years as the host of Infowars, a subsidiary of Free Speech Systems.

Victims’ relatives have yet to receive a dime from the ordered payout while Jones, who is based in Austin, pursues a reorganization of the company.

“FSS has now lingered in bankruptcy for almost two years,” the motion reads.

“At this time, FSS has no prospect of a confirmable plan of reorganization, and has failed to demonstrate any hope of beginning to satisfy the Connecticut Families’ claims.”

In “emergency broadcasts” of Infowars over the weekend, Jones expressed fears that the show and the company will be shut down, claiming a supposed plot by the federal government and crying seemingly forced tears at times.

On Monday, he urged fans to tune in to “what could potentially be the last Alex Jones broadcast from Infowars,” after saying Saturday that the “feds” were plotting to shut down his show that night.

In separate trials in Austin and Waterbury, Conn., in 2022, judges awarded a total of $1.5 billion in damages to families of the 20 children and six educators who died in the Newport, Conn., mass shooting for harassment and threats they endured at the hands of Jones’ followers.

In September, The Associated Press reported that Jones was continuing to spend lavishly — blowing through $93,000 in June 2023 — while airing complaints about his financial issues.

Lawyers for the families, Jones and Free Speech Systems have struggled for months to resolve the bankruptcy cases.

The motion comes after statements Jones made on his show stating his belief that the court would dismiss the case and that he would be able to regain control of the company, which is currently run by court-approved Chief Restructuring Officer Patrick Magill.

In a hearing Monday, lawyers for Free Speech Systems said Jones’ comments have led to safety concerns for the company’s staff, Bloomberg Law reported.

In Sunday’s motion, lawyers for Sandy Hook families noted Free Speech Systems’ assets have significantly decreased and that it has accrued nearly $2.3 million in fees since a judge awarded the $1.5 billion judgment.

Jones is currently in the midst of litigation in a personal bankrupty case as well.

Judge Christopher Lopez said he would consider lawyers’ request for liquidation at a hearing

“FSS has now lingered in bankruptcy for almost two years. “At this time, FSS has no prospect of a confirmable plan of reorganization.” Relatives of Sandy Hook Elementary victims

June 14, according to Bloomberg Law.

Lawyers for Free Speech Systems and the Sandy Hook families did not immediately respond to American-Statesman requests for comment.

SANDY HOOK SHOOTINGS

Infowars owner seeks liquidation

$1.5B owed to families of victims of killings he said were hoax

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is seeking court permission to convert his personal bankruptcy reorganization to a liquidation, which would lead to a sell-off of a large portion of his assets to help pay some of the $1.5 billion he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Jones and his media company, Free Speech Systems, both filed for bankruptcy reorganization after the Sandy Hook families won lawsuits against him for his repeatedly calling the 2012 shooting that killed 20 first graders and six educators in Newtown, Conn., a hoax on his Infowars programs.

But Jones and the Sandy Hook families have been unable to agree on how the resolve the cases, leading to Jones filing a motion Wednesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston asking a judge to convert his personal case from a Chapter 11 reorganization to a Chapter 7 liquidation.

“The Debtor does not anticipate that a resolution may be reached with the other parties in interest sufficient to confirm a chapter 11 plan of reorganization,” Jones’ filing said. “Given that there is no reasonable prospect of a successful reorganization, remaining in chapter 11 would incur additional administrative expenses without concomitant benefit to the Debtor’s estate.”

Jones’ bankruptcy lawyers did not immediately reply to Friday messages seeking comment.

Christopher Mattei, a lawyer for the families, said in a statement that “Alex Jones has hurt so many people.

The Connecticut families have fought for years to hold him responsible no matter the cost and at great personal peril.

Their steadfast focus on meaningful accountability, and not just money, is what has now brought him to the brink of justice in the way that matters most.”

The Sandy Hook families, meanwhile, are asking the same judge to convert Free Speech Systems’ case from a reorganization to a liquidation.

Hearing scheduled

Judge Christopher Lopez has scheduled a June 14 hearing in Houston to decide on how to resolve the cases.

Jones’ lawyers have said that the company’s case also appeared to be headed toward a liquidation, or it could be withdrawn.

Liquidation could mean that Jones would have to sell most of what he owns, including his company and its assets, but could keep his home and other personal belongings that are exempt from bankruptcy liquidation.

Proceeds would go to his creditors, including the Sandy Hook families.

If Free Speech Systems’ case is withdrawn, the company would return to the same position it was in after the $1.5 billion was awarded in the lawsuits and it would send efforts to collect the damages back to the state courts in Texas and Connecticut where the verdicts were reached.

Jones already has moved to sell some of his personal assets to pay creditors, including his Texas ranch worth around $2.8 million.

But a liquidation of Jones’ and his company’s assets would raise only a fraction of what he owes the Sandy Hook families.

According to the most recent financial statements filed in the bankruptcy court, Jones personally has about $9 million in assets, including his $2.6 million Austin-area home and other real estate.

He listed his living expenses at about $69,000 for April alone, including about $16,500 for expenses on his home, including maintenance, housekeeping and insurance.

Infowars’ parent company, Free Speech Systems, which employs 44 people, had nearly $4 million in cash on hand at the end of April.

The business made nearly $3.2 million in April, including from selling the dietary supplements, clothing and other items that Jones promotes on his show, while listing $1.9 million in expenses.

Warning of shutdown

Last weekend, Jones warned on his show that his company faced an imminent shutdown because of what he called a conspiracy by the government and Democrats related to his bankruptcy cases.

He urged his supporters to form a human chain around his Austin studio to prevent a takeover, and said he was sleeping in the studio to guard against a shutdown — which didn’t happen.

Lopez, the judge, ruled Monday that Jones could keep operating until June 14, when decisions on potential liquidations are expected.

Jones has said on his show that even if Free Speech Systems and Infowars are sold off, he could resume his broadcasts in some other fashion.

[narayanprophetnet]

Leaders you are watched 24/7 by Angels

There’s the Most High ADONAI EL

& His Angels of the ELOHIM

prepare for my Apex Imperial treatment

as I AM the Saviour Messiah Prophet

Apex Imperator Narayan Iesus Christ

There’s heaven & hell so REPENT

& CONVERT to ADONAI EL

and stop your crimes to recieve

Ultra Advanced technologies or

You will face an ASTEROID IMPACT

in August 2032 as I will be taken to heaven

on 6th June 2032 and you will miss your

CHANCE TO SURVIVE.

Obama, Rutte & Netanyahu to ICC jail for trial and CRUCIFIXIONS at Colosseum for war crimes and ritual killings of innocent children.

Tusk, Sikorski & Komorowski to Warsaw jail for 25 years for treason.

Taxation abolishment & debt free nations from World Bank & IMF.

UNET global administration creation with my 20 INFINITY CARDS connection for economic support of global citizens around the world.

Full control over Roman Church by me as Supreme Papal Highness & NATO Commander Narayan Aristocratic Templar Order instead Order of Malta. Greater military alliance creation called OCTAGON with Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Kazachstan & Mongolia.

New pope as Papal Highness without changing name & surname.

T5 5 Unions creation with 5 APEX CONSULS. African, American, Central, European & Narayan Union.

UNPA CREATION in Katowice in Poland with UN/ordinary global citizens making laws with my Apex Imperial Veto power.

Shared control over central banks IMF BIS World Bank & WTO.

GTA Global Technologies Alliance creation.

UN ARMY under Apex Imperator & UNPA.

Free Palestinian state & UN Compensations.

UN PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN PALESTINE.

Apex Imperator of the Universe NARAYAN

Arch Emperor of Poland & Greenland NARAYAN

King of Israel NARAYAN IESUS CHRIST

Judeo Christian Catholic Tomasz Rudzik

43 years old white male SPIRITUAL ONE

UN rescue missions for all in need.

Angelic Capsules with healing, biological renewal and body redesigning technologies for all people for free.

Free healthcare for all on the planet Earth

Universal Insurance Policy for all people.

Free water, electricity, lawyer & UBI means Universal Basic Income 600 NRY per month.

Stable currencies 1 NRY € $ £ equals 4 PLN.

20% total profit from loans for banks.

13 months with 28 days as a year and new names for months in NARAYAN CALENDAR.

CET as Universal Earth Time.

Amnesty for Royals for their crimes and 50 trillion NRY for each Royal couple on Earth.

999 septillions 999 sextillions etc. NRY on each among 20 INFINITY CARDS with reloading… for development for humankind family for me.

40 billion NRY per month for me since June 2012 means 10 trillion and 400 billion NRY til the end of May 2032

NRY means global NARAYAN CURRENCY

Equal pay for women and men worldwide.

Work between Monday and Thursday

Friday til Sunday is weekend.

50 NARAYANS per hour of work as minimum wage and paid breaks from work.

Global democracy and libertarianism among nations bowing down to the Saviour Narayan.

Promoting traditional family values with respect for minorities and different lifestyles.

Promoting pro life attitude and family support.

Universe Conquest intergalactic travels and habitat on other Earth like planets.

[globalworship]

Pentecost Art from Indonesia

Collect for Pentecost Sunday

“Almighty God, on this day, through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, you revealed the way of eternal life to every race and nation: Pour out this gift anew, that by the preaching of the Gospel your salvation may reach to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” ~ BCP

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Pentecost' by Hendarto, 1991. Batik, 100 × 100 cm.

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2. 'Pentecost' by Ni Ketut Ayu Sri Wardani, 2013.  Oil on canvas, 50 × 40 cm.

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3. 'The Pouring Spirit' by Wisnu Sasongko, 2012. Acrylic on canvas, 150 × 150 cm.

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4. 'Pentecost'by Benyamin, 1992.

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These pictures are reposted from an earlier blog post by my friend Victoria Emily Jones, in her post "Pentecost Art from Asia" athttps://artandtheology.org/2016/05/15/pentecost-art-from-asia/

Some of the art is also in this book: Many Faces of Christian Art in Indonesia (Jakarta: Persekutuan Gereja-Gereja di Indonesia, 1993. You can find used copies of that book under the Indonesian title: "Beberapa wajah seni rupa Kristiani Indonesia."

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A helpful book chapter for further research is "Christian Art in Indonesia" by K.A. Steenbrink in the book "A History of Christianity in Indonesia" (2008).

It is Chapter 20, and you can freely download this chapter in PDF at https://brill.com/display/book/9789047441830/Bej.9789004170261.i-1004_021.xml?language=en

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The Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office in Moldova on Wednesday said it had completed a criminal investigation into the Governor of Gagauzia, Evghenia Gutul, who is close to the fugitive oligarch Ilan Shor, and had sent it to court.

Prosecutors claim that from 2019 to 2022, when she was secretary in a department of the former Shor Party controlled by the fugitive oligarch, Gutul “was actively involved in … the systematic introduction of unaccounted financial means to Moldova, coming from an organised criminal group, mainly from the Russian Federation”.

Another charge is that Gutul “coordinated the activity of some territorial offices of the former Shor Party, being also responsible for remunerating participants in anti-government protests organised by the Shor Party in Chisinau, thus accepting funding … from an organised criminal group with a total amount of 42.5 million lei [2.1 million euros].”

“Gutul is charged with two counts of knowingly accepting the financing of the electoral competitor from an organised criminal group,” said the prosecutors.

Gutul was elected governor of the southern pro-Russian region in May 14, 2023. After the elections, she and the team of Ilan Shor, who supported her, were accused of buying voters. The National Anticorruption Center, CNA, opened a criminal case into “corrupting voters and violating the way of managing the financial means of political parties or electoral funds”. 

Gutul and Shor denied the accusations.

On Monday, Moldovan authorities seized over 20 million lei [over 1 million euros] from Moldovans returning from Moscow where they had participated on Sunday in the launch of the new “Victory” political bloc led by Shor.

They had individually returned with sums of money worth less than $10,000 [to avoid declaring it to customs], which were to be used in the illegal financing of political formations controlled by Shor, the authorities claim.

The interim general prosecutor, Ion Munteanu, said on Tuesday on TV that he is examining whether the actions of several politicians who created the “Victory” bloc were treasonous.

“From our point of view, this action threatens the security of the state and is another manifestation of the Shor criminal group. I want to assure you that both the Prosecutor’s Office and … state security bodies have an obvious eye on all the actions concerning the participation of our politicians in Moscow, and in due time each action will be qualified,” Munteanu said.

Shor was sentenced in April 2023 to 15 years in prison for his involvement in the theft of one billion US dollars from three private banks in Moldova from 2012-2024.

He fled Moldova in June 2019 for Israel. This year he moved to Moscow, where he controlled several pro-Russian political parties and organized paid political actions, according to the authorities who constantly presented evidence in this regard.