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Excessive Force : Tom Ludlow x Fem Nurse Reader (COLLAB W/ THE INCREDIBLE @johnwickb1tsch) - Chapter Map Twenty-Three

TW: noncon, shithead doctors, trauma, graphic medical descriptions

Your next shift at the hospital, you are understandably on edge. You have not seen Julian since the incident in the parking garage, and so much has happened since, you haven’t even had time to think about what you’re going to do.

Besides kick him in the junk again, if he gets handsy.

On your break, you make your way to the ICU. Washington is there, miraculously in stable condition. His wife is sitting with him, holding his hand. 

You give a little knock on the curtained off room walls, and peak your head in. “Hello.” 

She wipes some tears from her cheeks with the heel of her hand and motions you in. “Oh, sorry, any news from the doctor?” 

You pad timidly into the room, unsure of what to do with your body besides stand, awkward and uncomfortable, with your hands clasped in front of you because folding them across your chest would just seem too hostile. “No, I’m actually just here to see how you’re doing? How he’s doing?”

She gives you a hard look. “And who are you?” You don’t take it personally, only because this woman holds herself like someone who’s been through hell and back, and you respect her for staying strong. 

“Sorry. I’m y/n.” 

Her expression changes instantly. Apologetic, astonished, grateful—you think. “Oh my. Oh, I’m sorry. You saved my husband’s life.”

You take a page from Tom’s notebook of laissez-faire hero sayings. “I was just doing my job.” 

“Well, either way, thank you.” She gives you a little nod, then looks back at her husband’s swollen, perse face. “He’s alive because of you and the paramedics and the doctors and I owe you…” fat shiny globes roll down her face as her voice catches on sadness. It’s kind of just instinct—the urge to comfort another woman in distress, to hold the mourning mother or the distraught widow. You wrap her in your arms, and immediately she clings to you and soaks your scrub top with all the pent up agony inside of her. 

“It’s alright,” you say, rubbing her back in what you hope is a comforting touch. 

That’s how Tom finds you, and he’s past knocking at this point apparently. Barging in, as usual, like he owns the place, but you’re becoming more grateful than annoyed with these interruptions.

It’s stupid, to think that everything will be hunky dory between Tom and Washington’s wife. 

Because Linda’s jagged-spear stare immediately freezes the pushy cop in his tracks, and it’s kind of funny for a minute—to see Ludlow get nerfed by a tiny woman—until you realize she wants him tarred and feathered. 

“What you can do,” she spits, pointing her finger at him, “is get out.”

“Linda, please, hear me out.” He’s as soft with her as he is harsh with any man, and it makes your heart pop like a bloody balloon. “I-“

“No,” she tells him, “Get. Out.” 

You know Linda is a distraught wife, and you know she’s in emotional distress, and you know that she has every right to be upset, but you still find yourself looking at the back of her head like she kicked your puppy. Your big, nippy, sad eyed guard puppy…

So, what do you do? Defend Tom like every fight reaction in your body is screaming at you to do? Satiate Linda by saying nothing? Tom decides for you, thank God, and slips out through the curtain. 

“He’s got some nerve.” Linda shakes her head, then grabs back onto her partner's hand with a grip as strong as her confident attitude that you absolutely envy. 

You have thirty minutes, because you’re taking your break today whether hospital numbers suffer or not, and you sit with her for the entirety. Not saying much of anything, at first. Just silent. Because you have a feeling she needs someone right now, and even though you’re probably not the best companion, somebody is better than nobody. At least in situations like these.

Finally, she speaks. “They said it’s touch and go.”

“Oh,” you nod, because what do you say to something like that? What do you say to someone who’s real-time getting their heart crushed under the boot of unfair circumstances and injustice? “I’m so sorry, Linda.”

“He’s not dead yet,” she reminds both you and herself and, probably hoping he can hear her, Terrence, too. “He’s been through worse than this.”

Life. What a weird, fleeting thing. You can go through hell and survive, and then a little thing like a bullet wipes you from the earth just like that. You give Linda your number. “Call me if you need someone.” 

Tom’s not here, anymore… You wish he was.

***

Later in your shift, you receive a page to see Dr. Mercer in his office. Your heart makes a very good attempt at beating out of your chest, but you reason he can’t get up to anything too sinister, here at the hospital. 

Yeah, right. 

As you approach his door you start to sweat, your palms clammy, your face hot. Do not have a panic attack right now. Because it’s that easy, of course. You pause and close your eyes, steady yourself with a hand on the wall. You think of Tom, the way some people clutch rosary beads to gather strength, and only then do you feel properly prepared to tell Dr. Julian Mercer to fuck off, if you have to. 

You knock once before entering, and can’t help but think about him like a proper Bond villain now behind his big desk. All he’s missing is the snow-white ragdoll cat. Somehow, you can’t imagine him having a soft spot for an animal. 

“Close the door,” he tells you, his long fingers steepled before him. 

“I’d rather leave it open.”

“Not when you hear what I have to tell you, you won’t.”

With a long breath out of your nostrils you gird your proverbial loins, and shut the door. You do not stray far from it though; a thing he notices, and seems to find amusing. 

“Truce, y/n. I lost my head earlier. You make me…wild.” 

Naturally, it would be all your fault. 

“What do you want, Julian?” you demand, your patience paper thin. 

“I happened to be in surgery, the night your friend Detective Washington came in. I heard you saved his life.”

“Yeah, but…I don’t actually know him.” 

“But your boyfriend Tom Ludlow does.”

Your mouth opens to protest the label–then as you think on the past twenty-four hours, snaps shut. Things have moved like a bullet train with Tom, yet somehow, at their own perfect pace. Everything about that man just feels right, and as you hear his name in Julian’s poisoned mouth you feel as though someone just walked over your own grave. 

“What about it?”

“What if I told you…I excised a very interesting foreign object from Washington’s shoulder?”

He withdraws a small plastic baggie from his breast pocket, shaking it like a dog treat. From where you stand you can see it's something heavy, and silver colored. It kind of looks like lead. “One of these things is not like the others…” 

“I don’t follow?”

“I had a little visit from a fellow in LAPD’s Internal Affairs after patching Mr. Washington up. Sounds like Tom Ludlow has fallen under some suspicion, found in the place where someone attempted to murder the man possibly blowing the whistle on your boyfriend’s less than honorable conduct…what a debacle.”

The blood in your veins turns to ice. 

“Pretty sure Tom was in the store because of me,” you defend, even as you know your deflated tone belies your doubt. 

“Pretty sure will be a great defense in court at Ludlow’s attempted murder hearing.” He looks at the baggy in his hand again, the way some men will look at a lover. Satisfied. Anticipatory. Fond. Dr. Mercer certainly never looked at you that way. “I’m sure the jury will take that over the hard evidence I have in my hand here.”

“What is in your hand?” you demand, losing patience. You don’t entirely understand what’s going on here. Only that it must be bad. 

“This is the remnants of a .38 slug, of the kind many police officers favor in their throwdown. Do you know what a throwdown is, y/n?”

You press your lips, wanting with every fiber of your being to jump over the desk and strangle this man. 

Too bad he might like it. 

“No.” 

“It’s what cops call their extra gun. A little insurance, in case things get hairy on the street, and they have to get rid of a murder weapon. But Tom Ludlow doesn’t seem like the type who would carry something like that around, does he?”

You happen to know he does. You’d watched him strap it onto his ankle, as the two of you had gotten dressed, right before he drove you to work. 

Fuck. 

“And before you think that all you have to do is tell him to get rid of it, they have him on video in the store firing it.”

Double fuck. 

“What do you want, Julian?” You hate how small, how fragile, your voice sounds in that moment. 

He smiles at you the way the snake must have smiled at Eve. 

“Why, I want you, y/n.”

The tinnitus from your misadventure in the store seems to return with a vengeance, a ringing piercing through your ears. 

“Julian…” 

“I’m going to put this in the safe in my house. If you want it…you’re going to have to come convince me to give it to you. And sweetheart, I’m going to need a lot of convincing.” 

“Fuck you.” It comes out of your mouth before you can swallow the hateful phrase back down, and his smile only grows.

“Please, give me more reason to punish you,” he says, motioning for you to go on, to dig your hole deeper. 

Suddenly, a fond memory comes to mind. One where you smashed a flower pot over your ex’s head after his fist met your face. God, you wish you had a fucking flower pot right now. 

You try to set him on fire with pure willpower and the burning look in your eyes, give him a taste of his own medicine. See how he likes being burned alive. Sadly, he stays flameless. 

“Oh, come on,” he goads, leaning back in the swivel chair, “I’m sure that clever little tongue can come up with something.” 

“When?” You grit.

“Hmmm?” He asks, toying with the baggie in his long fingers. 

“When do you want me…to come and get it?”  

“You’re free next weekend.” It’s not a question. He’s passed niceties. Whatever Julian you get now is the one who wants to see you bloody and bruised. 

“Fine. What—what are you going to do to me?” 

He pops up from the chair, and you yelp, fling yourself back against the door with a hard thud, prepared for him to cross the room and show you what he’s planning. His fucked up grin widens, and he takes something from a drawer behind his desk. 

“Do you know what operant conditioning is?” He asks, coming around to perch himself on the front of his desk top. He has a small, round piece of plastic in his hand.

“No.” 

He presses into the side of his toy and you hear a little click at the same time he lunges forward, bringing himself halfway across the room and making you screech again. “Operant conditioning is voluntary behavior modification via reward and punishment. The voluntary behavior, in this case, is the sass that comes from that mouth of yours. And we’re going to work on changing the ‘fuck you’s’ to the ‘please, Julian’s’.”

“What’s the fidget toy for?” You ask, heart in your throat.

He shrugs. “I just wanted to keep you on your toes.” He clicks it again, and then moves forward, and you flinch back, trying futilely  to press yourself further into the wall. 

On the next click, you don’t need to see him move to cringe and twitch, your whole body aching to run, to move, to sprint far away from this awful man. 

“See?” He says. “You’re a fast learner. You’ll do just fine.”

You’re wrong. Very wrong. Have been this whole time. You’re not a woodland creature, and Julian is not a wolf. You’re a rat in a cage, and he’s the scientist appointed to experiment on you. 

“It could have been different between us,” he has the gall to say, reaching up to caress the curve of your cheek with his finger. You hate the way you flinch and tremble at his touch, but it’s like your joints have fused, refusing to move, refusing to carry you away from this bad man who wants to hurt you. “You’re the one who chose to make it this way.”

You know, you fucking know, in the logical part of your brain that he is gaslighting the shit out of you. But the little scared rabbit part of your brain, the part that is regrettably in charge right now, just nods its trembling head at Julian’s assertion. This is your fault. It could have been nice between you, if you hadn’t ruined everything the first night. He would have taken care of you. 

It’s bullshit, of course. This is the monster that was lurking beneath Julian’s pleasant mask all along. He would have shown you eventually–preferably while you were bound and gagged and couldn’t do anything about it. 

You have got to get out of here. 

You don’t know if it’s your voice, or Julian’s, that spurs you on, that gets you moving, even if just a millimeter at a time. 

“Leaving so soon?” asks Julian with a smirk, clearly amused by the way he terrifies you. He gets off on it, and god how you wish you could just knee him in the balls again. 

As he reaches out to touch you again you warn him, “If I scream your game is up. You want to turn this into a shitshow at work?”

This actually stays his hand. His professional image is important to him. You have to remember that. It might be the only real weapon you have against Julian. Maybe aside from Tom Ludlow–but you have a feeling Tom would do something horrible. Something that would get him into huge trouble, and that was exactly what you were trying to avoid. 

“That won’t stop me from turning over that little bag,” he warns you. 

“Maybe. But you’ll still wish your part in it had remained quiet. So let me the fuck go, until the weekend.” You sound tough, while your knees are positively knocking. 

Dangling the promise of a later playdate seems to appease the hungry monster before you. His chest rises and falls as he takes in a deep breath–smelling you, you realize. Smelling your fear.

“I look forward to it, y/n.” With a cordial wave he gestures towards the door, as though he’s just been a gracious host and you had a pleasant little chat in his office–psychopath. 

You sense that you’re safe for the moment, if only because he wants to savor it. You force your leaden feet to shuffle to the door. 

A sharp click makes you jump sky high with your hand on the door handle. You turn back with wide eyes, to find Julian with a diabolical smirk curving that well-made mouth. 

“Bastard,” you hiss, then flee before he can do anything else to you. 

You know he’ll make you pay for it, later. 

Later, when you have to go to his house to let him do dastardly things to you. 

Later, when you’re going to have to cheat on Tom. 

Somehow, that hurts you worse than anything you imagine Julian doing to you, and you have to duck into the bathroom to throw up, and cry.  

[hometoursandotherstuff]

This is by far the nicest octagonal house I’ve come across, and it really is angled inside- sometimes they’re not. It was built in 1900 in Ludlow, Kentucky, has 4bd.,4ba., and is listed for $529,500.

It has a beautiful front door and the others I’ve seen haven’t been well taken care of like this. Notice the Greek column feature and fireplace.

Very nice living room, and it’s light and bright. There’s a house like this near me, and it’s dark, old, and very unappealing.

Notice the other walls inside. And, this one also has a large staircase to an upper floor. 

Love this house- even the inner walls are angled. Look at the wine holder and built-in shelving in the dining room.

This is cute, an angled kitchen and an old brick wall w/an original oven. 

If I’m going to live in a unique octagonal house, I want it to be octagonal inside and out. Notice the lovely stained glass window.

This home has more than one fireplace, and it’s very roomy. This is a spacious family room.

This room makes a perfect office size. Love the corner shelves.

Here’s a lovely vintage style bath.

I’ve never seen an octagonal home this large. Nice stained glass skylight, too.

The very spacious main bd. has a fireplace. 

Here’s one of the other baths. These angled cabinets must be custom fit.

The 2nd bd. also has a fireplace and is also very large.

They squeezed a washer in this shower room. 

I can’t believe that the 3rd bd. also has a fireplace. This is a great house.

Apparently, the 4th bd. is in the basement, but it’s nice.

There’s a whole setup down here, of gym equipment and a TV room. 

The house is set on .56 acre and includes a beautiful lighted inground pool.

Plus a big 4 car garage.

Notice that it seems to be on a double lot. Much more land than the neighbors have. 

https://www.remax.com/ky/ludlow/home-details/254-latta-st-ludlow-ky-41016/11474715996910264285

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Read your post on "disruptors", loved it, and made me wonder why so many have a cult of personality spring up around them. Were there similar cults of personality for the mega wealthy in the past; like was Rockefeller worshiped the way so many worship Musk? Or is it a more modern trend fuelled by our constant connectivity and consumption of media? Thanks!

You raise an interesting question.

It was certainly true that the robber barons of the 19th century - Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, Gould, Frick, etc. - were larger-than-life figures in the media (especially the part of the media that covered high society). It is also true that with a lot of these figures, there was this popular myth of the self-made man that sought to turn them into quintessential rags-to-riches, up-by-your-bootstraps American sucess stories.

But for the most part, the robber barons of the Gilded Age were hated for their monopolistic behavior and their use of violence to suppress the working class - and these magnates often had to go to great lengths to repair their reputations. Andre Carnegie's library-building campaign, for example, was very much a PR move meant to soften his image after the Homestead Strike. In fact, my great-grandfather Humphrey Attewell helped to organize opposition to the construction of a Carnegie library in Northampton, because he and other working-class people felt that the funds for the library were blood money distributed by a murderer. Likewise, it's not an accident that John D. Rockefeller founded the Rockefeller Foundation right around the same time that the Ludlow Massacre turned him into a monster in the eyes of the American public.

I would argue that we start to see more of a cult of personality around the mega-wealthy a bit later - say, 1900s-1930s - and the major turning point was the career of Thomas Edison. While Edison was every bit as ruthless and grasping as the robber barons before him - hence the war of the currents, his penchant for patent theft and/or stealing credit for inventions, the very existence of Hollywood - the fact that he was an inventor with so many world-changing patents to his name made Edison into a very different kind of media figure. Thomas Edison became a star of pulp fiction and dime novels, a sort of proto-superhero Science Hero - in addition to Edison's Conquest of Mars (an unauthorized sequel to the War of the Worlds in which Thomas Edison gets revenge for the Martian invasion of Earth by launching a counter-invasion of the red planet with his superior technology), there was a whole genre of Edisonades all about young inventor geniuses who use their inventions to save the day and/or explore the "savage frontier."

I think you can draw a line from the cult of personality around Edison to the cult of personality that formed around Henry Ford in the 20s and 30s as not just a car manufacturer but a visionary who had created a new age of modernity, and from there to the legend of the Packard garage, and from there to contemporary Silicon Valley.

[titles-for-tangents]

In conjunction with @silvermoon424’s new project to scan and archive Mitsukazu Mihara’s 6-volume manga series Dolls: IC in a Doll, here is a copy of an interview Mihara gave in 2006 with Manga Magazine at Otakon, recorded here by Tokyopop!

What a Doll! An Interview with Mitsukazu Mihara

(On the left-hand side):

Goth Loli goddess Mitzukazu Mihara has garnered an impressive level of fan devotion in Japan, largely due to the intricate and inspired Gothic Lolita fashions worn by her characters.

A master of the manga short story, Mihara-sensei began her career as an illustrator, gaining recognition and acclaim for her distinct illustrations in the Gothic Lolita Bible. Going on to create such noteworthy titles as Happy Family and IC in a Sunflower, Mihara-sensei took storytelling to a new level with Doll, a six-volume anthology series about a world where humankind coexists with an intelligent race of androids called “dolls”.

Gothic Lolita enthusiasts and sci-fi lovers - Mitsukazu Mihara fans are passionate, dedicated and intelligent. And with the release of Mihara-sensei's Beautiful People in February and Haunted House and R.I.P.: Requiem in Phonybrain in the fall, they're about to grow significantly in number. Get on board while you still can.

Manga magazine sat down with Mihara-sensei at the Otakon convention in Baltimore, where she discussed fashion, fandom and some of her surprising influences.

-Tim Beedle

(At the bottom:)

MIHARA-SENSATIONAL: FIVE FLAWLESS FABLES

New to the work of Mitsukazu Mihara? For those looking to sample the best of the best, we offer a few suggestions.

"A Maid Servant" (Doll, Vol. 1) When Tokiko's fiancé leaves her for another woman, Tokiko assumes it's because she's ugly. But when someone starts defacing Tokiko's doll, we soon learn that ugliness has many forms.

"Beautiful People" (Beautiful People) Telling the tale of Mimi, a strong-willed woman who achieves beauty through plastic surgery, Mihara-sensei reveals where the true beauty lies, while serving up some of her most intriguing character design work to boot.

"Grave" (Doll, Vol. 4) Mihara-sensei gave life to the dolls, but in this story, she gives them death. "Grave" takes us to the SG Corporation's press room, where retired or illegally remodelled dolls are scrapped. A fascinating look at mortality, "Grave" is chilling...and life-affirming.

"Haunted House" (Haunted House) A very black comedy. "Haunted House" tells the story of Sabato, a hapless teenager whose attempts at romance are continually ruined by his outrageous family. Boasts detailed gothic art and plenty of dark humor.

"Home" (Doll, Vol. 6) An emotional story that serves as a denouement for the entire Doll series, "Home" is only fully appreciated when read after the stories that preceded it.

(In the center:)

Manga: Welcome to Otakon, Mihara-sensei! Is this your first time in the United States? Mitsukazu Mihara: Not only is it my first time in the United States, it's my first time traveling abroad. I'm having the best time!

Manga: What are you impressions of Otakon? Mitsukazu Mihara: I love it. All of these amazing cosplayers - I could sit and watch them all day long. This is something you just don't see in Japan!

Manga: In Japan, the vast majority of your fans are Gothic Lolita devotees. What attracted you to Gothic Lolita fashion? Mitsukazu Mihara: I just love the spirit of Gothic Lolita culture. When I first started drawing manga, Gothic Lolita was just taking off and I wanted to incorporate the trend. I think we've grown together. Actually, though, my first works were not Gothic Lolita - they were inspired more by punk.

Manga: Let's back up a bit. How did you begin your career as a manga-ka? Mitsukazu Mihara: When I was first starting off, I was very much inspired by the work of Yumi Tada (Yukikaze, Ludlow Garage, Sitting in the Balcony). I actually became her assistant. While working for her, I was scouted and asked to enter my work in an amateur manga competition and was very surprised when I learned that I won! I then went on to submit my work to Shodensha, who accepted it. I've been extremely lucky in my career.

Manga: Other than Yumi Tada, who are some of your influences? Mitsukazu Mihara: Kazuo Umezu (Orochi, Scary Books) and Junko Mizuno (Hansel & Gretel, Pure Trance). I also really love Tim Burton.

Manga: Really? He's an influence? Mitsukazu Mihara: Oh yes! He's my biggest. Edward Scissorhands is my favorite film of his. I find the way he balances dark themes with humor and heart to be inspiring. And I can't wait to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Corpse Bride!

Manga: What about the science fiction aspect in many of your books? Your stories in Doll and Beautiful People remind me of the work of Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury. Are you a fan? Mitsukazu Mihara: I'm a very big fan of science fiction. Blade Runner is one of my favorite movies. I'm also a fan of Asimov's robot books. In fact, the dolls in Doll actually follow the Three Laws of Robotics, even though it's never explicitly stated.

Manga: Let's talk about Doll for a moment. Aside from being a great piece of science fiction, there are a lot of social and psychological issues brought up by it. Did you intend for it to make so many statements? Mitsukazu Mihara: Yes, there were many issues I wanted to write about. Domestic violence, for one, remains a problem in Japan, and I felt Doll could be a good place to address it.

(Off to the left:)

Doll is fearless in its subject matter, tackling controversial issues such as spousal abuse, gender inequality, bulimia and sexual objectification.

(Center, continuing from previous page:)

Mitsukazu Mihara: However, it was never intended to be at the sacrifice of the story. Telling a good story comes first.

Manga: Your stories often cross into the fantastic or surreal, but the characters and their emotions always feel real and relatable. How do you pull this off? Mitsukazu Mihara: I take my inspiration from my own life and I only write about what I know. Now, I'll often take familiar things and exaggerate them for effect, but I have to stick to what I'm familiar with. For me to do it any other way would weaken the story.

Manga: How does Gothic Lolita fit into it? Mitsukazu Mihara: In Doll, Gothic Lolita fashion symbolizes eternal beauty. The perfect Ghotic Lolita never ages - she remains young. It's as if she's not human, but a machine - or a doll.

Manga: Do you have a favorite character in Doll? Mitsukazu Mihara: I like Ichiro, the Remodeler. Of all the characters, he's the most I like.

Manga: What has your experience been like working with an American entertainment company, as opposed to a Japanese company? Mitsukazu Mihara: It's actually easier to work with TOKYOPOP than with Japanese companies. Most publishers are not as concerned with quality, but TOKYOPOP pays extra attention to keeping the integrity of my work. I am extremely happy.

Manga: What are you working on now? Mitsukazu Mihara: I have a couple of projects I'm working on: Doku Hime and Shigeshoshi.

Manga: Do you have a message for your fans in America? Mitsukazu Mihara: Thank you for all your support! I'm so pleasantly surprised and grateful that the American fans "get it" despite all of the cultural differences! The fact that Gothic Lolita is so popular here in the States pleases me very much!

(End of interview and article)

[gotankgo]

53 years ago

Ludlow Garage, Cincinnati, OH, Jan. 9,10, 1970.

[agentcable]

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

Four years after "Jurassic Park", John Hammond loses control of his company to his nephew, Peter Ludlow. On the verge of bankruptcy, Ludlow plans to exploit dinosaurs from InGen's second island, Isla Sorna, with plans for a new dinosaur theme park in San Diego. Hammond sneds a team, led by Ian Malcom, to the island to document the dinosaurs and encourage non-interference. The two groups eventually come into conflict.

If you want to watch the movie for yourself, stop reading! This post contains spoilers to the storyline.

Four years after Jurassic Park, a rich British couple went on vacation on Isla Sorna, 87 miles from Isla Nublar. The daughter wanders into the wilderness and is attacked by Compsognathus.

The lawsuit against InGen leads to John Hammond resigning as CEO. His nephew, Peter Ludlow, takes over the company. Meanwhile, mathematician Dr. Ian Malcolm reveals to the media that InGen is cloning dinosaurs. He can't support his claims because InGen will sue him.

Hammond asks Malcolm for help. InGen has another island, Isla Sorna, where they did the original research and made the animals. A hurricane forced the dinosaurs to be released into the wild. Ludlow convinces InGen's investors that a dinosaur theme park is a good idea. He decides to capture several animals and bring them to San Diego, where InGen is finishing construction on an abandoned Jurassic Park stadium. Hammond is trying to stop this. If he gathers experts to document the dinosaurs, he may get enough support to save them from captivity. Malcom first says no, but then learns that his girlfriend, paleontologist Dr. Sarah Harding, is already on the island. He reluctantly agrees to go to rescue Sarah. As he prepares for the trip, Ian is visited by his daughter, Kelly Curtis.

The rest of Hammond's team is made up of engineer Eddie Carr and wildlife documentarian Nick Van Owen. Ian meets his daughter Kelly in the garage. The two talk about their lives, but Kelly is unsure about her father going to Isla Sorna, which causes a rift. They arrive by boat and find Sarah in the wilderness. After escaping a herd of stegosaurus, the group returns to their camp and finds Kelly, who secretly stowed away on the trailer. Ian tries to contact the boat, but InGen has sent a second team to the island to hunt down the dinosaurs.

The InGen Hunters arrive with all-terrain vehicles and equipment, carried by helicopters. Roland Tembo and his hunting partner Ajay Sidhu are leading the InGen team. They came to the island to hunt a male Tyrannosaurus. Also on the team is paleontologist Dr. Robert Burke and Ludlow, who is in charge of the mission.

By nightfall, the InGen team had captured several dinosaurs. Roland and Ajay find a baby Rex nest and capture it to use as bait for the adults. As Peter prepares to stream to the InGen board room, Nick says that Ludlow has arrived and is capturing the animals. Nick must free them because Hammond wants it.

Nick is later revealed to be a member of Earth First!, a radical environmental group that engages in sabotage. Nick and Sarah sneak into the camp and free the dinosaurs. They also cut the fuel lines of the InGen vehicles. In the chaos, cars explode, setting off fires that spread through the camp. Pachycephalosaurus, Stegosaurus, and Triceratops destroy tents and injure people while they and the other dinosaurs escape. A burning vehicle is thrown into the air and headed for a tree where Roland and Ajay are standing. They jump to safety.

Nick frees the chained infant Tyrannosaur and brings it back to the trailer to fix its broken leg. Kelly gets excited when she hears the baby cry, so Ian takes her to the "high hide", a platform in the trees.

As Eddie and Kelly go up the high hide, Ian goes back to the trailer just before the dinosaur parents come to look for their baby. Sarah returns the infant to its parents, who attack the double-trailer because the infant is injured. The adults leave after forcing the trailer over a cliff with Ian, Nick, and Sarah inside. Eddie drives the SUV to the trailer and helps, leaving Kelly on the high hide. He ties a rope to a tree and throws it to Ian, Sarah, and Nick. Eddie hooks the SUV to the trailer and tries to pull it back. As he tries to save the trio, the T-Rex parents return and kill Eddie.

The trailer falls off the cliff, but the trio survives by holding the rope Eddie tied to the tree. The Hunters help them climb back up.

Ian, Sarah, Nick, and Kelly join the rival Hunters after their vehicles and communication equipment are destroyed. Sarah and Burke say the T-Rexes destroyed the trailers because they moved their infant into the camp and now feel the need to defend it. They have to go to the abandoned building to call for help. Peter says the area is close to a Velociraptor nesting site. Sarah says the T-Rexes will follow them as long as they think the group is a threat to the infant.

While trekking, Dieter Stark leaves the group to use the bathroom and gets lost. His friend Carter is listening to headphones and does not hear Dieter. Dieter is killed by a pack of Compsognathus while wandering.

The Tyrannosaurus duo found the camp at night. Carter screams, and everyone panics. Roland tries to shoot the male Tyrannosaurus, but he's missing the bullets. Nick stole them to stop him. He uses a tranquilizer gun instead. The female T-Rex pursues the hunters, steps on Carter, and traps the others behind a waterfall. Burke sees a snake and runs into the jaws of the Rex, who eats him. It was a harmless milk snake. The hunters travel through tall grass after losing the T-Rex. Ajay tries to warn them, but they don't listen and are killed by Velociraptors.

Ian and his group make it through the field and run to the operations building, while the raptors hunt the hunters. Nick goes into the building and calls for help while Ian, Sarah, and Kelly fight off three raptors. The group reunites and boards a helicopter.

On the flight out, they see Roland has taken the male Tyrannosaur Buck, which is being prepared for the journey to the mainland. Ludlow orders his men to find the infant and fly it to San Diego.

InGen invites investors and reporters to watch the T-Rex arrive. The ship crashes into the dock. Security guards board the ship and find the crew dead. A guard opens the cargo door to look for survivors. Ian says not to open the hold, so the T-Rex leaves the cargo bay and heads into San Diego. Malcom tells Peter, "Now you're John Hammond."

Ian and Sarah ask Ludlow where the infant is. He says the infant was flown in by plane and is at the Jurassic Park amphitheater. They get the infant from the amphitheater while the adult causes chaos in the city.

Ian and Sarah lure the male Tyrannosaur with the infant and take it to the ship. Ludlow orders the police to shoot the adult, then follows the couple onto the ship. They escape the ship, and Peter goes into the cargo hold alone to look for the infant. The infant's father returns and berates Peter for tampering with his child. Ludlow tries to run away, but the angry parent bites him and puts him back. Then, the infant kills it. Sarah shoots the T-Rex with a tranquilizer dart as Malcolm closes the cargo hold door.

The next morning, Ian, Sarah, and Kelly watch a news report on TV about the dinosaurs' return to Isla Sorna. John Hammond says the island should be kept isolated for thte dinosaurs. The dinosaurs need to be alone to survive. He also quotes Malcolm: "Life finds a way." The last scene shows the T-Rex couple with their baby, the stegosaurus herd on the move with their young, and a flock of pteranodons flying in and landing on a tree, ending the film.

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The Devil Went Down to Georgia (Official Video) - Mia x Ally The second single from our album has officially dropped! PLUS our tour is named after it! See us play it live on our South/East US tour this fall tickets at www.miaxally.com Credits: Videography - David 'speve' Kayne Engineer - David 'speve' Kayne Assistant engineer - Jon Tan, Josh Lu Band - Electric Violin: Mia Asano Bagpipes: Ally the Piper Guitar - Dov Beck-Levine Drums - Dominic Rosario Marraffa III Bass - Mike Petillo Mix and Master - Jack Kosto Vocal tuning - Kristina Fisk TOUR DATES 10.25 - Albany, NY - The Egg 10.26 - NYC, NY - Gramercy Theatre VIP 10.29 - Hopewell, VA - Beacon Theatre 10.30 - Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle Tavern 10.31 - Charleston, SC - Music Farm 11.2 - Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits 11.5 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues 11.7 - San Antonio, TX - Sam’s Burger Joint 11.8 - Dallas, TX - Deep Ellum Art Co. 11.9 - Oklahoma City, OK - Beer City Music Hall 11.10 - Kansas City, MO - Voodoo Lounge 11.12 - St. Louis, MO - Delmar Hall 11.13 - Louisville, KY - Headliner’s Music Hall 11.15 - Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theatre 11.16 - Cincinnati, OH - Ludlow Garage 11.17 - Nashville, TN - Eastside Bowl 11.18 - Atlanta, GA - City Winery 11.20 - Washington, DC - Union Stage 11.21 - Philadelphia, PA - Ardmore Music Hall 11.22 - Amherst, MA - The Drake via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBmYKmAvuko

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Explorando Diversos Sonidos: No See Ums, The Fishery Commission, Mike Nasa, Agustina Giovio y O KANENAS en una Oda Musical - https://wp.me/p4pCgM-4Sg

Inicia un recorrido musical que abarca desde el explosivo punk/garage de No See Ums con "Flags", hasta el intrigante hip-hop analógico de Mike Nasa, Dexter Eliot y Klara Zangerl en "Call Me Back (Keep It Steady)". Descubre la conmovedora reflexión de Agustina Giovio sobre la lucha interna en "Unos y Ceros", y rinde homenaje a la historia con "Ludlow Massacre" de O KANENAS. Este post te invita a explorar una amplia gama de sonidos y emociones a través de estos talentosos artistas.

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24/7 Kevin Tratasta Unleashes Electrifying Performances During "Mayflower Tour"

Los Angeles, CA – July 2023

Kevin Stiphen Tratasta, better known by his stage name 24/7 Kevin, has embarked on an unforgettable journey as the touring guitarist for "Tom Sandoval and The Most Extras," making waves across the nation with their electrifying "Mayflower Tour." Born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia, Kevin made the life-altering decision to move to the United States to pursue his dreams in music. His passion for guitar and dedication to his craft have led him to awe-inspiring accomplishments in the music industry.

Having established himself as a versatile musician, Kevin's body of work spans touring, live performances, session work, backline crew duties, and audio engineering. His exceptional talent caught the attention of renowned music producer, Stavros, who collaborated with Kevin on the single "Superstar" by "Tom Sandoval and The Most Extras" .

The "Mayflower Tour," which took place throughout May 2023, enthralled audiences at various iconic venues across the United States. From the vibrant atmosphere of The Space in Westbury, NY, to the energetic crowds at Avenida De Las Americas in Houston, TX, each performance was a testament to Kevin's unwavering commitment to his craft. Audiences were captivated by his guitar prowess and the seamless synergy between Kevin and the band.

Mayflower Tour Dates:

The Space | Westbury, NY - 5/4/2023

Mohegan Sun | Uncasville, CT - 5/6/2023

Gramercy Theatre | New York, NY - 5/8/2023

Ardmore Music Hall | Ardmore, PA - 5/9/2023

Howard Theatre | Washington, DC - 5/11/2023

Avenida De Las Americas | Houston, TX - 5/12/2023

Bucks's Backyard | Buda, TX - 5/13/2023

The Arcadia Theatre | St Charles, IL - 5/25/2023

The Des Plaines Theatre | Des Plaines, IL - 5/26/2023

Devon Lakeshore | Decatur, IL - 5/27/2023

Jergel's Rhythm Grille | Warrendale, PA - 5/29/2023

Ludlow Garage | Cincinnati, OH - 5/31/2023

Headliner's Music Hall | Louisville, KY - 6/1/2023

District 142 | Wyandotte, MI - 6/2/2023

Beery Field Festival | Douglas, MI - 6/3/2023

In addition to his extensive touring schedule, Kevin also serves as a Music Director and Guitarist at churches every Sunday, showcasing his diverse musical abilities.

For more information and updates on 24/7 Kevin Tratasta, please visit:

Official Website: kevintratasta.com

Social Media:

Instagram: instagram.com/kevinstiphen

Instagram (Tom Sandoval and The Most Extras): instagram.com/tomsandovalandthemostextras

Kevin Stiphen Tratasta can be contacted directly for inquiries or media opportunities:

Contact Information:

Kevin Stiphen Tratasta Email: kevin.stiphen@yahoo.com

Phone: 323-332-8097

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Vermont Flooding Engulfs a Ski Town.

For nearly a year, Bex Prasse and Craig Kovalsky had labored to restore every inch of the run-down building where they envisioned their future business, on an up-and-coming Main Street in the small Vermont ski town of Ludlow.The couple were newcomers to the rural state, part of a pandemic-driven influx of younger transplants that has thrilled planners after decades of concern about an aging, stagnant population.“It’s a quaint, quintessential, amazing little New England town — it has that vibe — and it has great potential, too,” said Ms. Prasse, 33, a Virginia native who spent the last decade working as a scuba instructor and yacht captain in Fiji and the Caribbean.By early this month, their work was almost finished. Wall tiles and countertops gleamed. A new industrial kitchen stood ready. They ordered pots and pans, sketched out a menu of gourmet sandwiches made from ingredients grown on local farms, and prepared to carve a wooden sign to replace the paper one in the front window: “Coming Soon Blue Duck Deli.”The Black River, tumbling serenely over rocks just behind the building, had other plans.Last Sunday, as rain began to fall, Mr. Kovalsky, a chef who has cooked at restaurants in New York City, and most recently on superyachts cruising the globe, gazed at the calm water and felt little fear. He knew about Tropical Storm Irene, which had ravaged the state in 2011, but had always heard it called a “100-year storm.”“We thought we wouldn’t be here by the time it happened again,” Mr. Kovalsky, 37, said. “We thought by then we would be retired somewhere.Around 3 a.m. on Monday, flood warnings blared from their cellphones. Ms. Prasse and Mr. Kovalsky rushed to empty tools and equipment from the attached garage behind the house, but shortly after 5 a.m., they said, the river overflowed its banks and invaded the structure. Fast-moving floodwater sheared off one wall and filled the basement to the ceiling, destroying their brand-new electrical system and two industrial freezers, and knocking the entire garage sideways.When it was over, the couple stood stunned in the wreckage, then began to salvage what they could — a screwdriver here, a hammer there, amid the boards and branches and shattered chunks of pavement. They felt lucky in one sense. The renovated deli space, closer to the street, was not badly damaged, nor were their living quarters above it. But because the flooded garage, once a barn, was attached, it put the entire structure at risk.They were not alone. Their town of 2,100 people had suffered some of the worst flooding in the state amid more than seven inches of rain. It was part of a broad corridor of destruction that also included the capital, Montpelier, 80 miles to the north, and Barre, where the state’s first death from the storm was reported on Wednesday after a 63-year-old man drowned in his home.It was a painful setback for Vermont at the height of its summer tourist season. Tourism pumps $3 billion into its economy each year and employs at least 30,000 people, as 13 million visitors flock to take in the sweeping mountain views and covered bridges. While much of the state was untouched by the flooding — even in Ludlow, which is in south-central Vermont, some businesses were unscathed — national news coverage of disasters typically leads to a wave of cancellations.In Ludlow — first settled by farmers in 1783, later home to woolen mills powered by the river, and now best known as the home of Okemo Mountain Resort — momentum had been building. Since Vail Resorts bought the ski area in 2018, upgrading lifts and boosting marketing and year-round recreation, new businesses had sprung up to serve new visitors.The success of other young entrepreneurs, whose cocktail bars and freshly styled motels enlivened Main Street, had emboldened Ms. Prasse and Mr. Kovalsky, who had both snowboarded in Vermont as children and had roamed its back roads for months in search of the perfect place to put down roots.Demographic shifts since the pandemic have brought a new, if tenuous, stability: Ludlow, like other resort towns across Vermont and northern New England, became a haven for remote workers when offices shut down in early 2020. Since then, some of its so-called Covid refugees have moved there permanently, while others now stay for longer stretches in the ski houses and condos perched high above downtown on steep mountain roads.That phenomenon has helped to nudge the state’s population upward, to 645,000 in 2021 from 624,000 in 2019, according to census data. That small increase was nonetheless “gigantic for Vermont,” which has offered incentive grants of up to $10,000 to people willing to move there in recent years, said Joan Goldstein, the state’s commissioner of economic development.It has been enough to spark new confidence in Ludlow. Last year, after seeing more customers even during Vermont’s less scenic “mud season” (early spring) and “stick season” (late fall), Patty Greenwood and her husband decided they could safely give up the second jobs that had long helped them make ends meet while they ran a bookstore on Main Street.“Before Covid, this was a two-season town, summer and winter,” said Ms. Greenwood, whose store across the street from the river suffered minimal damage. “We thought, if there’s ever a time to go for it, this is it.”The state has also become a haven for another kind of newcomer — one likely paying close attention to the floods. People seeking a more stable, safer climate are among those moving in, according to recent research at the University of Vermont.Richard Watts, director of the university’s Center for Research on Vermont, doubts those transplants will be deterred by the record rainfall and what it wrought. “These are people who are studying flood maps and making very careful, conscious choices,” he said. “They can choose to live above the flood line.”On Wednesday, as clouds of dust swirled over sidewalks covered with sand and gravel on Ludlow’s Main Street, and basement pumps and power washers droned, Ms. Prasse and Mr. Kovalsky toiled in mud-caked boots to shore up their battered property. They tried not to dwell on countless unknowns: Would they have to tear down and reconstruct the 200-year-old back building? How much help would come from their bare-bones insurance policy or FEMA? How long would tourists stay away? And most important, how long now until they could open?The rear building by the river had already been “red-noticed,” or labeled uninhabitable, by inspectors, and the power might soon be cut off, forcing them to vacate their second-floor apartment. With a crew of friends and neighbors who had shown up to help as soon as the waters receded, they raised new support beams to hold up the sagging garage, anchoring the supports more than two feet in the ground, and hoping that the rains forecast through the weekend would not result in another flood. Around them, kindnesses multiplied. A neighbor offered them a place to stay. With the local grocery store shut down, several restaurants gave away free food. The liquor store — its hours described on a sign outside as “Open-ish” — handed out free water, and the American Legion post organized a pork chop dinner Friday night to benefit hard-hit residents.Because they had sunk all their savings into the deli, abandoning the project wasn’t an option, the couple said. But even if they could have cut their losses and moved on, the care the town had shown them since the flood had cemented their commitment to stay.“I’m kind of like, we don’t deserve all this; we’re new here,” said Mr. Kovalsky.Ms. Prasse said she hadn’t cried once about the damage. But her eyes filled with tears when she talked about her neighbors.“We haven’t even had a chance to make them a sandwich yet,” she said. Source link Read the full article

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Blog Assignment #7 

Create a road diet design for your site by applying principles of New Urbanism or Landscape Urbanism (or both) (Due 03/20). Each group should create own sketches, sections, or annotated diagrams and post them on a blog.

Jack G - Transportation

Ludlow street is the primary way for motorists to get to Northside and Hamilton Ave from uptown. The street handles anywhere from 550 cars at peak, to 330 off-peak. It's a busy link between Uptown and Northside. 

Current road layout

Ludlow Avenue is also a public transit funnel. Three Cincinnati Metro bus routes and three UC shuttle routes stop on this street. The street serves as a transfer between uptown and crosstown metro routes, as well as one of the most popular routes on the UC shuttle system. There are 34 buses an hour on peak and 23 buses an hour off-peak. Metro operates the vast majority of these buses (27 metro and 7 UC shuttle). If each of the buses were averaging 15 passengers per bus, the bus ridership on Ludlow would be 420 people per hour at peak. 

Proposed road diet

Because of this high public transit ridership, we propose adding a bus lane on the northbound side of the street. The reason for being only northbound is the UC shuttles only operate on the northbound side of the street. Making the northbound side of the street in need of transit a priority.

Jack J - Parking

Since we are removing the parking lanes on both sides we need to find areas where these displaced cars can park. The solution is to turn the parking lot next to the Clifton market into a parking garage. Having 3 stories will be enough to cover the displaced parking spots. The parking garage will also include easy access to Ludlow Avenue. The Structure should also look nicer than a regular parking garage so it is not an eyesore.

Residents who live on the street would get a pass so they can park in the garage for free instead of paying for it. For regular use, the price will be the same as it is on the street. The funding from this will go to the maintenance costs of the structure.

Sidewalk additions (Benches, lights, trees, dining options, etc.)

North sidewalk is bigger

Image from: google maps

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Gabe - Intersections

A great addition to Ludlow would be the use of raised intersections in commercial and highly populated areas. Elevated intersections help to slow down traffic where pedestrians are crossing the street and throughout the entire street. Elevating the entire intersection rather than just the crosswalk is important here because of the BRT route running through Ludlow. We don’t want to be tossing around the bus passengers at every crosswalk. Raised intersections and crosswalks have been shown to slow down traffic by 4 – 12 mph in areas where they have been implemented. Beginning the grade a couple feet before the crosswalk will cause drivers to slow down and become more aware of pedestrians potentially crossing the street, this will also allow vehicles to pass over without being damaged or tossing their passengers around. In the center of the raised intersection would be brick pavers to add some decoration to the intersection as well as to coerce drivers to slow down. The noise and vibration of the brick pavers cause drivers to drive slower.

Source: https://www.miamioh.edu/news/campus-news/2017/06/raised_intersection.html

Roan - Sidewalks

Sidewalks have always been one of the most important aspects of an area when considering an urban environment. They serve as a large connection for people through their provided walkability, and when done correctly enhance an area’s land value. One area that does not have adequate sidewalks is Ludlow Avenue.

Ludlow Avenue has basic sidewalks that do not serve the full potential of its Clifton neighborhood residents and businesses. These sidewalks are too thin to provide comfort to those passing through, and do not have amenities that adequately support the people passing through.

Image of Ludlow Avenue Sidewalk Size

An increase in sidewalk size would also open the opportunity for critical amenities to be introduced and reinforced within Ludlow. Some amenities introduced could include trees alongside the edge of the sidewalk facing the road, and awnings attached to the edge of buildings. These additions would increase pedestrian safety from the adjacent cars, increase shade for walkability, and improve the comfort and appearance of the sidewalk.

Image of North Michigan Avenue in Chicago

Compiled by Lauralee

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