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Planter flowers.

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On February 24th 1303 the Scots, under Simon Fraser and John Comyn beat an English force at The Battle of Roslin.

Now most of my history is self taught that I have picked up over the years, I was brought up near Roslin and my mum did take us there as bairns and told us all about the Chapel, the Apprentice Pillar and The Holy Grail, this was 30 years before Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code novel, so with all that you would think that I will have been told all about The Battle of Roslin?

Nope not a thing, I knew about Stirling Bridge, Bannockburn and Culloden, as well as other battles but I can't recall my mum ever telling me about Roslin, so what I know is all learned over the past 20 years or so.

Fought between the Scots and English during the Wars of Scottish Independence and was a Scottish victory, but it does not figure in many history books and few people up until lately have even heard of it, yet the figures involved, especially on the English side, make it one of the biggest battles ever on Scots soil.

This was during the Wars of Scottish Independence, according to the stories I have read it was more of a fight over the love of a woman rather than a pure Scotland v England "match".

Lady Margaret Ramsay of Dalhousie, who had become betrothed to the handsome Sir Henry St Clair, they of the Knights Templar folk. Enter your typical English arrogant guy in Sir John de Segrave, a seasoned campaigner in many a Scottish battle. Sir John is said to have fallen in love with oor Lady Margaret on may visits to Dalhousie Castle, on hearing of the impending marriage in a fit of jealousy decided he wanted the Lady for himself so sought out to sweep her off her feet and defeat the Scottish army all in one fell swoop.

It's a great tale and sounds like a Hollywood film, but there never was any Lady Margaret Ramsay and we know that Sinclair married one Alicia de Fenton. So that's the romance bit debunked.

What I have also read out about the battle is that Segrove split his army, of 30,000 troops, into three groups, to me this is more believable, well splitting the army, the numbers in my mind will have been a lot less. Anyone who knows the landscape of Roslin Glen will know that it lends itself to the theory that in battle on big force would find it difficult to gather there. The English army in three divisions was also common in armies at the time. The terrain in Roslin in the middle of winter would have made it very difficult for a large army to manouevre, so with that I am pretty sure the numbers have been exaggerated, put it this way, if 30,000 English were defeated at Roslin it would be bigger than Bannockburn.

This brings me to my third point about the battle, why are no accounts of it from people present at it? Well that is easily explained in the fact that one of the commanders of the Scots was John "The Red" Comyn. It's a well know fact that history favours the winners, and we all know that The Bruce and Comyn were bitter rivals so it would be natural for any records of the battle to have been erased by Bruce. Well that's my take on it.

A couple of other details often written about the battle is that William Wallace was present, Wallace by this time had given up the Guardianship and at some point was said to have been in France, when captured he was in possession of a "safe passage" letter from The King of France, so was he there? Again I refer to my local knowledge in that along the River Esk that runs through Roslin Glen, towards Hawthornden Castle is a cave we know as Wallace's Cave, so there is a connection somewhere down the ages with our favourite Scottish patriot.

One as wee story regarding The Battle of Roslin is about the Cistercian Prior Abernethy of Mount Lothian to the west of Balantradoch, the Templar headquarters in Scotland, it was about 5 miles from Roslin, Abernethy, the monk, had been a Templar, a warrior, who had off his armour and lay down his sword to spend the remainder of his life praising God. Now the warrior priest's blood rose again. The life of prayer, compilation of Gregorian chants was abandoned. God had called the Prior to the defence of Scotland. As men prepare for battle each pray to whatever God he knows "let us be victorious."

Monks on horseback were sent to raise the alarm and warn the Scots of the danger facing them, they would have said a prayer for the Scots troops before the battle, as was normal, but another legend is that as the Scottish Army grew tired during the third stage of the battle. Abernethy is said to have been crucial with his local knowledge of the Glen, he also directed the Monks to erect a huge St Andrews Cross on the Pentland Hills, as the Scots tired the Cross was set alight and the Abernethy pointed towards it, saying it was a sign from God, it rallied the troops and the Battle was won.

You will have maybe heard other versions of The Battle of Roslin, a lot of this is my own take and by no means historical.

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"Who's that girl" DWM 268 (1998)

So, who would have played the Doctor if she'd been a woman from the first? DWM rounds up the likely ladies …

Hermione Baddeley 1963-66 Renowned for unsympathetic roles in both Brighton Rock and the dour 'kitchen sink'-styled Room at the Top, film veteran Baddeley made an enthralling Doctor - part dragon, part slightly dotty maiden aunt. Eternal juvenile Melvyn Hayes was 'unearthly' grandson Stephen Vivian Pickles 1966-69 Although much younger, and never a lead, the versatile Pickles had been a familiar TV face for 20 years (Harpers West One, etc) before being cast as Baddeley's successor. Her sprightly, elfin Doctor had a penchant for dressing-up, like a St Trinian's tomboy who never left school

Liz Fraser 1970-74 A comic actress familiar from several Carry Ons, Fraser's initial trepidation at taking on an ostensibly serious role soon dissipated. Her bossy, big-sisterly show-off of a Doctor was best paired with dippy companion Joe Grant (later Playgirl pin-up Robin Askwith) Frances de la Tour 1974-81 Gangling, piercing-eyed Shakespearean actress de la Tour played a tweedy, louche, Bohemian Doctor part-based on Virginia Woolf. Caused a minor sensation when she married the young actor who played the second incarnation of Time Lord companion Roman — Peter Davison

Jan Francis 1982-84 Despite rumours that the next Doctor might be played by a man (former New Avenger Gareth Hunt is hotly tipped), the youngest actress yet is cast. Fresh from middlebrow thirties drama The Good Companions, Francis made for a sporty Doctor in Lottie Dod-style tennis whites Lynda Bellingham 1984-86 Known to SF fans for her role as Barbara the Butcher in an episode of Jenna's 7, Bellingham's controversial Doctor was a loud, hectoring grand-dame of the theatre. Unceremoniously 'regenerated' following the Doctor's on- (and off-) screen inquisition in the epic Trial of a Time Lady

Pauline Melville 1987-89 Virtually unknown fringe cabaret and cult comedy artiste is surprise choice for 'back to basics' Seventh Doctor. Fan fears that series will become showcase for childish high-jinks up-ended when Melville stories adopt a sombre, down-beat mood, performed with conviction and gravitas Miranda Richardson 1996 The eldest in a successful line of acting siblings, a favourite of BBC producers since high-profile lead debut in revisionist biographical drama of notorious 20th century 'villain', makes a bid for American network stardom via lavish new big-haired version of Doctor Who. Star Trek actor Alexander Siddig plays love interest Dr Brian

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Edinburgh Royal Mile 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is on set for the new “Frankenstein” film by Director Guillermo Del Toro

The film set up in the Old Town of Edinburgh was spotted on Sunday in Parliament Square next to St Giles' Cathedral and has been transformed into the gothic backdrop for the upcoming Netflix film a remake of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'. The Netflix remake of Mary Shelley is being filmed all over Scotland this year 🎬

Edinburgh is being used as a Gothic backdrop (Image: Peter Fraser)

Guillermo Del Toro and Mia Goth spotted on set (Image: Peter Fraser)

Crews were spotted on the Royal Mile (Image: Scottish Sidequests / TikTok)

Parliament Square, on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, has been transformed by film crews for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein movie

The filming kicked off in Toronto back in January Directed by the Oscar-winning Guillermo del Toro, the film 🎥 is an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel, the cast of Frankenstein includes Mia Goth, Oscar Isaac (as Victor Frankenstein) and Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein’s monster) Christoph Waltz, Felix Kammerer, Lars Mikkelsen, David Bradley and Christian Convery also star in the film. It's understood Guillermo del Toro has been working on the film for more than a decade following his love for the novel.

According to Edinburgh City Council, filming is expected to take place in the area until Saturday, September 14 – other filming locations including St Giles Street and High Street from Tuesday, September 10.

Other Frankenstein filming locations in Scotland include Dunecht House in Aberdeenshire and Hospitalfield House in Arbroath as well as Glasgow Cathedral.

Sounds a classic. It’s alive.

📹 Scottish Sidequests / TikTok

#frankenstein #netflix #maryshelley #filmset #guillermodeltoro #edinburgh #royalmile

Posted 10th September 2024

[covid-safer-hotties]

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This letter writer believes a priority of the next B.C. government should be to improve COVID-19 prevention in healthcare facilities.

Dear Premier:

If you want to start fixing healthcare, there are three easy and obvious moves you can make. Currently, your government is doing none of these, but you could change this.

To begin with, we must acknowledge the simple fact that we are not “post-COVID” nor “post-pandemic.”

In May 2023, WHO [World Health Organization] declared COVID-19’s emergency phase to be over but at no point did it declare the pandemic to be over. We may all be done with COVID, but COVID is not done with us.

First, it’s time to improve COVID prevention in healthcare facilities. Doing so will significantly relieve pressure on hospital beds and reduce the number of health care workers off sick.

Recently, four Fraser Health Authority hospitals — Surrey Memorial, Delta, Royal Columbian and Abbotsford Regional Hospital — all had COVID-19 outbreaks.

The situation is likely no better in B.C.’s other health authorities. We only know about Fraser Health because unlike the others, it is more transparent.

When there are already too few hospital beds, the last thing we should be doing is infecting patients who are in hospital for another reason, and needlessly prolonging their hospital stays.

For the week of Sept. 8, stats from the Canadian Nosocomial (Hospital-Acquired) Infection Surveillance Program, with data from 78 hospitals, including 16 in BC, show that 34.1 per cent of patients in hospital with COVID, acquired their infection while admitted for another medical condition.

This is a major failure by public health and Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC).

Before the pandemic began, Canada already had one of the lowest numbers of hospital beds per population out of the OECD countries. That number had never kept up with our population growth let alone with our aging demographic.

Now add to that problem lengthened hospital stays, increased COVID hospitalizations and outbreaks, and an explosion in chronic diseases and disability following repeated COVID infections.

Second, Premier Eby, you should be ensuring that British Columbians get access to the new updated COVID vaccines immediately. This would prevent COVID-19 hospitalizations, lessen transmission and disease severity and would also protect health care providers and keep them on the job.

I know that going into an election you’d much rather not talk about COVID. However, delaying COVID vaccines until after the election, or under the guise of co-administering it with influenza vaccine, is only repeating last fall’s error.

Vaccination should always occur before infections peak. This year, the United States sped up its vaccine approval and started vaccinating at the end of August.

Health Canada has already approved the 2024-25 updated COVID-19 vaccines, what are we waiting for?

Third, I understand Premier that you would much rather delay the re-introduction of masks (preferably well fitted and high grade) in healthcare until after the election, but that would also be a mistake.

Recall what happened in 2020, it wasn’t until two days after the election that new regulations came into effect, and by then it was too late to stop the spread.

Yes, votes matter, but so do voters�� health.

Finally, Premier, there is no longer any serious debate that COVID is spread through the air, not by the hands. Keeping COVID out of all healthcare facilities will require cleaning the air.

Yes, you can still wash your hands, but to prevent COVID infections, it’s the air that matters.

Appallingly, in 2024, B.C. public health and infection prevention and control (IPAC) leaders at hospitals and the Provincial Infection Control Network of BC still continue to push for handwashing and surface cleaning to protect against COVID.

Clearly this strategy is not working, as health care facilities outbreaks keep happening and patients and health care workers keep getting infected, with some dying and others developing Long COVID.

At this point in the pandemic, repeating the same error over and over while expecting different results is beyond madness, it is reckless and incompetent.

British Columbians deserve better public health and IPAC leaders. Health care workers should be able to rely on effective workplace health and safety measures to protect them from getting sick on the job. But most of all, patients should not fear infections whenever they seek medical care or are admitted to a hospital.

In summary, Premier Eby, getting updated COVID vaccines into arms now and bringing masks and clean air into all health care settings will help preserve BC’s health care capacity now.

"A B.C. that works for all British Columbians" needs a functioning healthcare system.

Currently, British Columbians have neither.

- Lyne Filiatrault, retired B.C. emergency physician

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Don’t Let Me Fall, Epilogue

A/N  Since I already have this written, I’m going to go ahead and post the short but sweet epilogue to Don’t Let Me Fall.  Thank you to everyone who read, like, reblogged and commented on this silly little story of mine.  It made writing it very enjoyable.

Earlier chapters are available on my AO3 page.

“Monsieur Frazier!  Monsieur Frazier! ”

Jamie pulled his eyes away from his laptop with a sigh in time to watch Georgie round the corner like her hair was on fire.  He couldn’t fault his new assistant’s enthusiasm or attention to detail, but she could benefit from a little less excitability.  Perhaps it was time to start closing his office door when he was brainstorming a new project.

“What is it, Georgie?” he inquired, trying to keep the frustration out of his voice.

“C’est votre femme, Monsieur Frazier.  In ze Fly Zone.”

Jamie was on his feet and sprinting down the hallway before Georgie could draw breath to elaborate.   Claire had been practicing a new solo aerials routine that morning.  Images of his wife, injured or dead, spurred him to run faster.

They’d been married for five months, every one of them unbridled bliss.  He’d proposed the night The Lady of Balnain wrapped up two years of sold out shows with a special performance in the shadow of Edinburgh castle.  He’d bartered his soul for after-hours access to St. Margaret’s Chapel, arranging for the intimate room to be lit with nine hundred and eleven tealights, one for each day since they’d met.  Claire had doused more than a few flames with happy, gasping tears as he’d lowered to one knee, his Fraser kilt pooling on the ancient stone floor around his feet.

That memory and a thousand others blazed through his mind until he finally burst into the enormous aerials area.  His eyes flew to the practice mat.  Bruno stood alone with his arms folded, looking consternated but not visibly alarmed.  Jamie spun in a circle, lungs heaving, looking for some clue as to what had happened to Claire.

That’s when he heard it, the unmistakable sound of retching.

Following his ears, he found his wife with her head stuck in a waste bin, unruly strands of curly brown hair clinging to the clammy skin of her neck.

Enormously relieved she didn’t appear to be in mortal danger, but still concerned, he brushed his fingers gently down the hillocks of her spine, whispering nonsense until the storm had passed.  A technician brought him a water bottle, grimacing in sympathy as his wife moaned pitifully.

When she finally sat up, Claire’s ingot eyes were massive in her ashen face.  He handed her the water, watching as she swished and spat the acrid taste from her mouth.

“Better?” he asked as she slumped bonelessly against his side.

“A bit.  I don’t know what came over me.  One minute I was working on a spiral sequence and the next my breakfast was making an encore performance.”

Jamie pursed his lips to try to stifle his grin.  Claire wouldn’t appreciate him laughing in the face of her misery, but a bubble of happiness was growing to replace the leaden ball of terror that had so recently filled his chest.

“Do ye think it was something ye ate?” he played along.

“I highly doubt it.  We had the same porridge and fruit this morning, and you seem fine.   Perhaps those travel inoculations I got the other day, but they’ve never made me… what?” she broke off, glaring at him.  “Jamie, why are you smiling like a lunatic?”

“Can ye no’ think of any other reason yer wame might be queasy?  Any reason at all?”

He watched as realization dawned over her face, more beautiful than any sunrise.

“Ja-mie?” her voice split his name in two before she launched into his awaiting arms, something that sounded like “oh my god” muffled against his chest.

“Looks like we’ve got ourselves a wee hitch hiker, Tourist.”

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CHRIS STAPLETON - "WHITE HORSE"

Sounds like "horny songs for heterosexual American couples" are having their moment! Here's the second one this week.

[5.67]

Thomas Inskeep: Far too many of Stapleton's singles have been too sleepy for my taste, slow-burning to the point of becoming self-extinguishing fires. But on "White Horse" he sounds antsy and uh-uh-urgent, like he means it, maaaaan. This is what I've always wanted from Stapleton; there's never been a question of his prowess as either a songwriter or a singer, but "White Horse" has a hard country-rock energy to it, and just (sorry) burns. His best single in eons. [8]

Nortey Dowuona: Chris has a bellow of a voice. If you randomly hand a mic to him standing up, he can turn the joint out. It's a rarity in the world of high-profile country to have bellowers such as Stapleton who can be gentle and wistful as quickly as they can be passionate and gnarled, but it's a welcome time to have him. The problem with this Grammy-winning song is that he is too stuck on that bellow, stretching it so far he can't take it in another direction once he hits the high notes in the chorus. You feel him strain in the last one: keening and screaming, but not yet breaking through. The guitar licks during the intro feel gentle and wispy, like dandelions for him to trample upon. But the guitar riff -- that chugs below his voice before the drums during the first verse, echoes behind him during the post-chorus, then kicks in at the outro -- is so powerful. He has to raise his voice higher and louder to not be stopped before he can gallop further. So when he really wails at the last one and growls the title at each post-chorus, it never truly kicks you in the chest the way it should. And the lyrics -- written alongside Dan Wilson, co-writer/producer of "Someone Like You" -- aren't distinct or heart-rending enough. You feel the guilt, fear, and despair in Chris's voice, but that's a given -- the lyrics don't grip onto you, and you slip off Stapleton's strong back. The words "If that's the kind of love you want to wait for / Hold on tight, girl, I ain't there yet" should hit you in the heart, but they feel noncommital, a half-assed explanation that doesn't feel as deep as the howl says it is. It feels like he's chosen to ride up to another woman's fence post with the white stallion she asked for, beard trimmed but not cut, his saddle built for two. Maybe he already has chosen a white horse -- let him ride off on his American saddlebred. He needs to feed the American cream draft bridled to Morgane's fence. [8]

Katherine St. Asaph: The song is solid. Really, it is. Couldn't have been sung better. But the first few seconds, up until the second line, had me primed for something like Mazzy Star doing Liz Fraser's "This Love," slow-burning and immaculate. When the Southern-rock machismo arrives I still just want that. [4]

John S. Quinn-Puerta: I know Stapleton can build a song from the ground up, but the foundation feels half-formed here. There's an emptiness to the bombast, a missing element that makes the structure feel closer to an empty freshman dorm than a lovingly decorated living space. Maybe a bridge would help, but I'm still left thinking, "Is that it?" [5]

Joshua Minsoo Kim: The intro is promising: all moody buildup and slamming drums before Stapleton pares it back down again. Strangely, he betrays all sense of dynamics for loud guitar and louder shouting. That damn snare drum feels so out of place, just cutting through the noise in the name of something epic. Where’s the nuance of a John Wayne performance? [3]

Alfred Soto: Do I hear "Wanted Dead or Alive" in that ersatz spooky acoustic intro? I do. Then Chris Stapleton's brontosaurus vocals stomp all over the thing with greater force than the damn drums. To look for subtlety in a Stapleton performance is like asking Nicolas Cage for restraint, but would this palooka have a hair of Cage's gonzo spirit. [3]

Taylor Alatorre: The more Chris Stapleton seems content to be known simply as "that guy with the voice," the less interested I become. And it feels especially like overkill to hear that burly titan of a voice going to town on what is essentially a late '90s alt-rock track. Like bagging a squirrel with a shotgun slug, he belts out his lonesome troubadour bromides over a slightly hardened echo of Fastball's All the Pain Money Can Buy, while the steady hand of Dan Wilson waits in the wings, ready to fence in any wilder impulses that may still be around somewhere. If Stapleton wants to inhabit the middle of the road more permanently, he should own up to that desire instead of trying to convince us he's still riding along its untamed fringes. [5]

Jacob Satter: Stapleton's near-strangulated sense of urgency wants to goad this country rock potboiler to higher stakes, but the climb feels bathetic and top-heavy. Where's the levels and the drama?  Where's the variety? Good lord, where's the bass? Grammy win notwithstanding, I daresay you can put "White Horse" side-by-side with a similarly structured but more ambitious shitkicker of a tune (say, Ashley McBryde's lesser-heard "Blackout Betty") and prove it hardly outstanding in its field. [5]

Ian Mathers: I am absolutely not used to singers following up florid descriptions of the kind of love the Other wants with "Hold on tight, girl, I ain't there yet." And I am always a sucker for songs that nail specific emotions or moments that feel underserved in the broader corpus of song. It helps (for me) that this is definitely country rock and not whatever they're calling what Morgan Wallen plays. The sound is a little generic but the lyrics are specific enough to make up for it. [7]

Michael Hong: Stapleton only promises "not yet" on "White Horse," never revealing how much he's putting in. The parts where he falls quiet and the electric guitar sings sound like one more rodeo -- not the last, who knows when that'll be. It sounds like a thrilling dance so you wait anyway, hoping you'll be the cowboy's next adventure. [6]

Leah Isobel: I think what makes "White Horse" work for me is its evident sense of play-acting; its cheeseball Southern-rock framing and Chris Stapleton's living signifier of a voice automatically put quote marks around the whole song. From there, all kinds of interpretations can enter, each one sillier and more joyful than the last. Personally, I think this is actually a song about fucking and the white horse in question is [redacted] [8]

Jacob Sujin Kuppermann: Look: all I know is that moms love this guy. I'm starting to see the appeal as well; while the hilariously overdriven guitars and Stapleton's howl imply dashing romance and bombastic gesture, the lyrics are more interestingly ambivalent, full of moderated expectations and hints of regret. At worst I could see this soundtracking fancams for historical epics; at best I can pretend it's an ode to one of the world's oldest surviving chalk figures. ALSO WAIT I JUST REALIZED THE MELODY HERE REMINDS ME OF "PONY" HOW DEEP DOES THE HORSE SONG RABBIT HOLE GO? [6]

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No Laughing Matter: The Clowns and the Turmoil that Changed Toronto

In the summer of 1855 the city of Toronto was a far cry from the bustling capital city that it is today. Much closer to resembling the Wild West, the city was filled to the brim with bars, liquor shops, and brothels catering to the rotating population of approximately 40,000 people. Mary Ann Armstrong ran one of Toronto’s many “clubs” on the corner of King and Jarvis Streets and the combination bar and brothel was always busy, especially when new faces were passing through town. The sights, sounds, and stories that originated there are incalculable, but on one July night Armstrong’s establishment was the setup for an incident that sounds like a joke but was unfortunately very real with a horrible punchline. “A clown and a fireman walk into a bar…”

On the morning of July 12th 1855 a large group of travelers made their way into Toronto, but these visitors were a little more unusual than the normal passers-by, this was the S.B. Howes' Star Troupe Menagerie & Circus. S.B. Howe was one of the first circus companies to bring their act on tour traveling to one city and taking up residency for a few days before packing up their tents and disappearing from the scene. The circus was only supposed to be in town for two days and after their first performance a group of clowns decided to take in the town, eventually ending up at Mary Ann Armstrong’s building.

Illustration of King Street in Toronto circa 1855. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

The image might sound funny, a group of clowns walking into a rowdy, tough, and intimidating brothel and bar, but these clowns were not to be messed with. Their jobs went far beyond entertaining and included the physical labor of building, breaking down, packing up, and moving their entire community to each city on the tour. They were strong, bold, and did not back down from a fight, which was a recipe for disaster considering the other people visiting Armstrong’s that night.

Advertisement for the circus. Image via torontodreamsproject.blogspot.com/com/. 

At this point in time fire departments were not formally established and individual companies formed privately and functioned for profit, racing to fires and charging a price before putting them out. It was not uncommon for rival fire companies to clash in the streets, sometimes requiring local law enforcement to intervene. Only two weeks before the circus came to town one local company, the Hook and Ladder Firefighting Company, was involved in a violent street brawl with another fire company that became known as the Fireman’s Riot. They were an aggressive group, and tonight they were visiting Armstrong’s establishment at the same time as the clowns.

There has never been a singular cause identified for what happened next. One account says that the clowns cut the line to get into the building. Another says one of the firemen named Fraser knocked a hat off the head of a clown named Meyers and refused to pick it up when asked. Others simply say it was a case of someone getting loud with someone else who did not take kindly to their tone. The result was an all-out brawl and by the time the police arrived the firemen were all beaten to a bloody pulp with two of them requiring medical attention at a hospital. The band of clowns simply went back out into the night to continue partying.

The situation was bad enough as is, but the political climate of the area made the conflict cut deeper. Much of Toronto’s population was made up of Irish Catholics but the city government was deeply Irish Protestant and Tory elite, supported by the Orange Order, who were also firmly in the corner of the bloodied Hook and Ladder Firefighting Company. As far as the fire department was concerned the clowns had just declared war.

When the S.B. Howes' Star Troupe Menagerie & Circus came into town they pitched their tents along the waterfront at the site of Fair Green, near the St. Lawrence Market. On the day after the brothel brawl, Friday the 13th, the merchants in the market were few and far between, there was word that something bad was brewing. Slowly they began to arrive to the circus grounds, a large mob of Orangemen of the Orange Order, and before long the rocks began to fly. The circus performers were able to hold back the assault for a short amount of time but when the fire department arrived it was not to help the entertainers, it was to destroy them. The members of the Hook and Ladder Firefighting Company arrived carrying pikes, pipes, and axes. They tore apart the circus tents, beat anyone in their paths, set fires, and knocked over wagons with a bloodthirsty ferocity. Police Chief Samuel Sherwood, a former tavern owner with no formal training, arrived and brought in a handful of constables throughout the day but never put a focused effort into quelling the violence. How could he? He was a part of the Orange Order himself and when later questioned about the level of power he had in his position as Chief his answer was “A very small one indeed…I give orders and instructions to the force, but cannot get them obeyed. As soon as I am out of sight, the men do as they please.” When the Mayor arrived at the scene he took matters into his own hands, wrestling an ax from a fireman who was about to murder one of the clowns and calling in a militia to finally put a stop to the violence. The clowns and other performers took what was left of their belongings and fled the city as quickly as possible.

Painting of Toronto showing the site of Fair Green. Image via http://torontodreamsproject.blogspot.com/ 

The aftermath of the riot was unfortunately familiar. When the Fireman’s Riot happened only weeks beforehand the memories of the police department and the firemen involved were suddenly and inexplicably fuzzy and they could not recall a single member of the Orange Order that was on the scene. One constable said it was too dark out to see any faces and another even said that the entire ordeal was carefully planned so that only people unfamiliar to the police would be involved. The exact same scenario played out again after the attack on the circus clowns and suddenly no one who advanced on the tents could recall anything that happened. Out of the entire mob only seventeen people were ever arrested and when they went to court every single person who attacked the circus that day was acquitted.

Article about the investigation of the Toronto Circus Riot. Image via torontoist.com.

The official word on what happened may have been hazy but the public saw the corruption very clearly and while they could not create change overnight, the Toronto Clown Riot proved to be a fatal blow to the too-long accepted state of things. After the riot it became much more common to question the conveniently selective memories of the police force that was given absolute power with no form of training. The formerly iron-clad coverups for the actions of the fire departments corroded and began to lose strength. The voices against the Orange Order got louder and louder.

One of the biggest indicators that the public had had enough came with the next election when for the first time in twenty years a mayor was elected that was backed by the Irish Catholics despite the hardest efforts of the Orange Order to prevent it. Reform and organization was needed and in 1858 the first provincially approved board put a restructuring of the new city government and police force into motion. In February of 1859 the entire police force was fired (roughly half that were not part of the Toronto Clown Riot were reinstated), a new chief was brought on board, and finally Toronto had a police force that was out of private hands, nonpolitical, and under close watch by the newly established city government.

The fates of many of the S.B. Howes' Star Troupe Menagerie & Circus clowns are greatly unknown and the clown named Meyers has faded into time. Little could he or any of the clowns imagined on that July night that getting into a fist fight with a gang of firemen in a brothel would lay the foundation for the establishment of Toronto’s first formal police department.

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Sources:

“Hidden History: The Toronto Circus Riot” by Lenny Flank. August 20th 2019

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/8/20/1870769/-Hidden-History-The-Toronto-Circus-Riot 

“The Toronto Circus Riot of 1855 — the day the clowns picked the wrong Toronto brothel” by Adam Bunch. October 2nd 2012.

http://spacing.ca/toronto/2012/10/02/the-toronto-circus-riot-of-1855-the-day-the-clowns-picked-the-wrong-toronto-brothel/

“How a Fight With Clowns Led to the Birth of Modern Policing in Toronto “ by Patrick Metzger. September 12th 2013.

https://torontoist.com/2013/09/how-a-fight-with-clowns-led-to-the-birth-of-modern-policing-in-toronto/ 

“Infamous Clown Brawl in Brothel Gets Entire Toronto Police Force Fired “ by Sean Kernan. November 29th 2021. 

https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/infamous-clown-fight-in-brothel-gets-entire-toronto-police-force-fired-ceca014addc6

“Clowns fighting firemen in Canada in 1855.” opposite-lock.com/topic/22965/clowns-fighting-firemen-in-canada-in-1855

“The Toronto Circus Riot of 1855 “ http://torontodreamsproject.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-circus-riot.html 

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I made a post about an hour ago in which I acknowledged St. Patrick’s Day in a way that was not just posting this video, and I would like to apologize for that, as obviously this is the only appropriate way to do it.

Congratulations to Andy Zaltzman, Alice Fraser, but primarily David O’Doherty for 8.75 perfect minutes of comedy. Couple of things about this video:

1) No matter how many times I watch it, which has been a lot of times, I always forget the Conor McGregor line is coming. Even if I think of it right before I start the video, I get so caught up in listening to it that I forget, and then DO’D make me fall apart laughing when it comes.

2) David O’Doherty breaking character for a moment to say getting laughs/cheers from a Dublin crowd by talking shit about Oliver Cromwell is “like shooting fish in a barrel” is incredibly funny. I almost feel bad for finding it as funny as the carefully written material on which he worked so hard.

3) While I’m writing this post, I have that video on in the background. The time it took for me to write the paragraph about point 2 was enough time for me to forget about the Conor McGregor line, which came on as I was finishing that paragraph, caught me off guard again and and made me laugh out loud.

4) The video just got to the pope line and I’d forgotten how good that one is too. Last night I was listening to Daniel Kitson indignantly tell an audience that the “pull back and reveal” is just a cheap comedic trick that no one should dignify with laughs, and Daniel Kitson can fuck off (not really, obviously he’s well aware of how good a comedic trick it is because he uses it all the time, and then stops to immediately point out what he did, because someone has to be the master of having their cake and eating it too). That cheap trick is brilliant and I would like it to never stop working on me.

[leafkingofbirds]

Hmm what about modern TCH? Like what do you think their modern professions would be, their styles, how they would act. I can already picture the mc being a nurse or doctor but I would like your take on that.

Also I feel like we should have gotten like Jack/Longclaw cause throughout the book I was like "damn are they really going to romance each other?" And then it never happened lol

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how funn!

Gotta admit, the moment you said you saw MC as being a doctor or nurse, I had an image of MC being a Claire Fraser character, going "back in time" to a more primitive Fae world with all her modern-day knowledge, and them thinking she's a witch for making people wash their hands or trying to explain germ theory. LOL

But! Assuming they're all in a modern AU with no magic...

Kieran: I can't see him working for a living, lol. He inherits a multibillion dollar company from his parents but doesn't do any actual work, he just shows up to board meetings sometimes. He lives in a very private, very tasteful mansion in a remote area with a very small staff, because he hates being around people and he just wants to be in nature and by himself. Also, he's getting his private pilot's license because he loves flying. He only wears the finest, most expensive clothes by a designer no one's ever heard of, tailored perfectly, but they're also very understated and classic. Even his casual clothes are tailored. Money means nothing to him because he has an endless supply of it.

Oleander: Kieran's best friend from college. Either an adjunct humanities professor working on their PhD, or a law student about to take the bar. Was cut off financially from their rich homophobic family for being gender nonforming, so lives in Kieran's mansion and Kieran pays for their schooling. (Kieran expects Oleander to repay him by being his personal lawyer or PR person so Kieran doesn't have to deal with the public.) Mentors trans youth in their spare time, and maintains a niche fashion Instagram page with lots of "dos and don'ts." Still wears a lot of vests.

Jack: He's like...hmm, he works as maybe a server or cook in a restaurant and he HATES it, has big dreams of fame and fortune. A city boy who pickpockets and cons rich business men for extra cash 0 but is rarely caught because he can lie so well with a straight face. Keeps trying to encourage his coworkers to form a union and that's part of why he can't keep a job long. But he keeps getting hired back because he's fast and efficient, even if he doesn't have any people skills. He wears eyeliner, black leather jackets, with lots of earrings and a chain necklace passed down to him from his mother that he never met, and he's very mysterious and emo about it if anyone asks. He's the lead singer and songwriter of a metal band that's trying to get off the ground and they're actually pretty popular small-time. He has a ton of admirers and fans, but he's too laser focused on his career to notice any of his groupies.

Longclaw: Like Kieran I think she is a nepo baby, but she doesn't seem to realize it because all her time is spent helping charities for kids and animals. She has her own cooking/gardening/design talk show a la Martha Stewart and her designs are praised as being very classic, feminine, and welcoming. She can go out in public and not be recognized because she doesn't wear makeup and wears simple (but feminine) clothes from Target or The Gap. Most of her estate is dedicated to all the stray animals she adopts, because she can't help but take home any poor animal she meets, and she has a whole team to take care of them and find them homes. A literal ray of sunshine in human form. Universally beloved.

MC is either a hardworking newbie resident doctor or underpaid, overworked nurse serving an impoverished area. Maybe an ER, or a nursing home. They live in a basement apartment and have a huge amount of student loan debt. Most of their clothes are from thrift stores and they live in jeans and a t-shirt. They're still working their way up in the world but are praised at work for having exceptional bedside manner and getting to know their patients on a personal level, which has sometimes led to them catching some clue that more experienced doctors miss and helps to turn their treatment around.

Anyone that I missed??

(God this makes me want to write this AU where MC runs into Kieran after some emergency (car accident?) and treats them without knowing who he is, then he demands they come work as his personal on-site medic or something?? Anyway haha.)

Also yeah!! If Longclaw had stayed Fae (and I kind of wish she did, her human form is GORGEOUS) I could totally see them being together, or at least being friends. Longclaw is very motherly and Jack never had a mother, so maybe they wouldn't work romantically. Also there is the issue of him having killed Sir Monty. But! He'd still like her very much because she's the opposite of every Fae stereotype he knows, and Longclaw physically can't hold a grudge for long!

But, if they got together and had kids, it would make the royal families related by blood 😬 idk how that would work haha

Thanks for this diverting ask! 😁 Lmk what you agree/disagree with haha

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Events 9.3 (before 1930)

36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate. 301 – San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus. 590 – Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great). 673 – King Wamba of the Visigoths puts down a revolt by Hilderic, governor of Nîmes (France) and rival for the throne. 863 – Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid. 1189 – Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster. 1260 – The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire. 1335 – At the congress of Visegrád Charles I of Hungary mediates a reconciliation between two neighboring monarchs, John of Bohemia and Casimir III of Poland. 1411 – The Treaty of Selymbria is concluded between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice. 1650 – Victory over the royalists in the Battle of Dunbar opens the way to Edinburgh for the New Model Army in the Third English Civil War. 1651 – The Battle of Worcester is the last significant action in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. 1658 – The death of Oliver Cromwell; Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England. 1666 – The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London. 1777 – American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time. 1783 – American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain. 1798 – The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize. 1812 – Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana. 1838 – Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery. 1843 – King Otto of Greece is forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens. 1855 – American Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children. 1861 – American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance. 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23. 1875 – The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers. 1878 – Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames. 1879 – Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire. 1895 – John Brallier becomes the first openly paid professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12–0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association. 1911 – A fire that started on Fraser's Million Dollar Pier destroys six to eight square blocks of Ocean Park, California. 1914 – William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule. 1914 – French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers. 1914 – World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy. 1916 – World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.

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Tragedy struck Midlothian on September 5th 1889 when Sixty-three miners, some as young as thirteen, died in an underground fire at Mauricewood Pit, at Penicuik, Midlothian.

This was the worst mining disaster in the history of the Lothians and the cause was never discovered, or at least disclosed.

The following is extracted from “The Mauricewood Braves” one of Wilsons ‘Mining Lays, Tales and Folk-lore’ published 1916.

“The Mauricewood Pit, at Penicuik, near Edinburgh, took fire on September 5th, 1889, and sixty eight men and boys lost their lives. The principal product from the pit was ironstone, although coal in small quantities was also produced. The pit had a vertical shaft of 480 feet then a level roadway eastwards of 180 feet and this was followed by a one in eight dip decline of 960 feet (Deaths Incline). Halfway down the decline a steam engine had been erected and another steam engine did duty at the bottom. The steam pipes traversed this route, and it was at the 800 ft slant that the fire broke out among the support timbers. The wood was tinder and inflammable, and it was soon apparent that the conflagration would spread and become disastrous. There were no other outlets to or from the lower level, and unless the men below received a warning note to give them a chance of escape, they must inevitably perish. Three trapper and pony boys – Robert Hook Tolmie (my own surname but no relation) , aged 14; Michael Hamilton, aged 15; and Thomas Foster, aged 17 years, volunteered to go round the mine and warn all the men below of their danger, but the only shiftman there, his mate was away in another district of the pit- pleaded with the boys not to go away and said that he would go himself to warn the other men of the fires danger, but the boys in unison shouted as they ran “No, we’ll go” ….. And they went. The brave boys never came back alive. “They died to save” The bodies of the boys were afterwards recovered (surrounded by over twenty other bodies) near a trapdoor that had got blocked up in the meantime cutting off the avenue of escape. The mine was subsequently flooded to quench the fire that was raging in the workings, and over a year elapsed before the last body was brought to the surface.

The heroism and self-sacrifice of the three lads aroused sympathetic expressions and admiration throughout the mining world, and a monument marks their last resting place in the Penicuik’s KirkHill Cemetery.

Names of Dead

The alphabetical list of names below is from a report in the Scotsman. Among the names is a Robert Tolmie, I wonder if he was some sort of relation to my family, although I did know of some Penicuik Tolmie’s who were not related to us.

Thomas Adams, 7 Manderston Place David Anderson, 1 Manderston Place T Bennett, 4 Lindsay Place William Brockie, 13 Walker Place William Brown, 1 Lindsay Place William Brown, Glebe William Daly, 3 Fieldsend J Davidson, Edinburgh Rd Robert Dempster, father, 6 Lindsay Place R Dempster, son, 6 Lindsay Place William Dempster, 19 Walker Place Robert Dickson, 13 Fieldsend Thomas Foster 13 Leslie Place John Fraser 27 Napier St John Glass, Pryde's Place William Grieve, 5 Leslie Place C Hamilton, son, Greenlaw Cottages Mitchell Hamilton, father, Greenlaw Cottages Mitchell Hamilton, son, Greenlaw Cottages Robert Hamilton, 4 Leslie Place - uncle of Richard Hamilton, brother-in-law of Robert Tolmie Richard Hamilton, 4 Leslie Place - nephew of Robert Hamilton Robert Hunter, Roads farm William Hunter, 8 Walker Place- father-in-law of David Penman Thomas Hunter, Pike James Irvine, 10 Leslie Place David Kinnimont, father, Roslin Robert Kinnimont, son, Roslin William Lamb, 5 Walker Place - son of Robert Lamb, Leven, Fife George Livingstone, 22 Fieldsend Alex McInlay, 12 Leslie Place David McKenzie, 10 Lindsay Place Hugh McPherson, father, 12 Lindsay Place Peter McPherson, son, 12 Lindsay Place Thomas Meikle, 5 Lindsay Place William Meikle, father, 6 Leslie Place William Meikle, son, 6 Leslie Place Walter Meikle, 6 Leslie Place Robert Millar, 3 Fieldsend - stepson of William Daly William Miller, 3 Fieldsend - stepson of William Daly Martin Morgan, Pryde's Place G Muir, Greenlaw Cottages David Penman, 8 Walker Place - son-in-law of Wm Hunter George Pennycuik, father, 12 Walker Place George Pennycuik, son, 12 Walker Place D Porterfield (brother of Robert Porterfield) Robert Porterfield (brother of D Porterfield) James Porteous, 5 Walker Place J Purves, 10 Lindsay Place John Sinnott 7 Fieldsend James Somerville, 18 Napier St Alex Stewart, John Street James Stark, nephew, Pike M Stark, uncle, Pike Thomas Strang, 2 Walker Place Robert Tolmie, brother-in-law of Robert Hamilton William Urquhart, Eskbridge John Walker 4 Fieldsend John Walker, James Place Andrew Wallace, brothers, 2 Lindsay Place David Wallace, brothers, 2 Lindsay Place James Wright, brothers, 9 Lindsay Place William Wright, brothers, 9 Lindsay Place Matt Wright, 8 Leslie Place

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Sky Eden @Bedok

Sky Eden @Bedok

🏠 A Home next to A Garden @ Every Level 💕 In the Heart of Bedok, where Amenities locate you instead 🚆 Connectivity at its Peak with 3min walk to Integrated Transport Hub, 2 MRT stops to Changi Business Park, 3stops to Paya Lebar Decentralised Business District, 9stops to CBD/Raffles Place, 8mins Cycle to East Coast Park & Short Drive to PIE/ECP  🌇 A Condo so Rare, so Unheard of for the past 10 Years within Bedok CLEARANCE! 🔊LAST 1📢‼️ 3���⃣-ʙᴇᴅʀᴏᴏᴍꜱ 1302sf $2,513,000 🔊LAST 2📢‼️ 4️⃣-ʙᴇᴅʀᴏᴏᴍꜱ 121sqm | 1302sqft $2,683,000

Sky Eden - Unique Selling Points https://youtu.be/uK5NA3sHhpw https://youtu.be/ERga9tXWF9g "Living in the Heart of Bedok Central" Sky Eden @Bedok Fact Sheet Unique Selling Points Location HighlightsNearby Amenities Site Plan & Unit MixesSky Eden 360 Drone with Aerial Views! Floor Plan & Virtual Tours: Official Brochures/ Floor Plan Price Guide FAQsWhat's the land price for Sky Eden? When the lease start for Sky Eden? When is the showflat of Sky Eden? Sky Eden @ Bedok is an upcoming mixed-use development located in the heart of District 16. It is located at the site where the former Bedok Point used to be.  The transformation of Bedok Point mall, Sky Eden@Bedok, will be an upcoming 158 residential development ranging from 2 bedroom to 4 bedroom with 12 commercial units on the ground floor. The development is strategically located within 3-mins walk from Bedok MRT and Bus Interchange, connecting the dots to good food, green nodes and wide array of daily convenience. Residents will be able to get to city centre in just 15 minutes via the East-West line, and the Orchard Road Shopping Belt in 20 minutes. 

Former Bedok Point

Sky Eden (Former Bedok Point)

Drop Off Point Residents of Sky Eden @ Bedok will be delighted to know that the area around is a retail and food haven. Besides the shops that will open at Sky Eden @ Bedok itself, it is a mere 6-minute walk to Bedok Mall, which is filled with amenities. Bedok Interchange Hawker Centre, Bedok South Market & Food Centre and plenty of other food options are also within close proximity.  Various reputable institutions such as Fengshan Primary School, Bedok Green Primary School, Temasek Junior College, Victoria Junior College, Red Swastika School and Opera Estate Primary School are within close proximity. 

Bedok Mall Near to Sky Eden@Bedok Former Bedok Point New Condo at Bedok by Frasers For the sports enthusiasts Heartbeat @ Bedok ActiveSG is just a few minutes walk away. Not only is there a swimming complex, there is also the ActiveSG gym that offers the use of the gym facilities at very reasonable rates. Residents can also head to the various neighbourhood parks nearby for activities outdoors.  URA has upcoming plans for the mature estate of Bedok. Residents of Sky Eden @ Bedok can look forward to the Thomson-East Coast line to connect them better to the North, and an outdoor play corridor that allows residents to travel from the Bedok Reservoir Park to East Coast Park for a greater variety of recreational activities.   Fact Sheet TypeDescriptionsProject NameSky Eden@BedokDeveloper NameChempaka Development Pte. Ltd. (Frasers Property Limited)Location1 Bedok Central (District 16)Tenure of Land99 years leasehold from 05 Jan 2022Expected Date of Completion (T.O.P.)June 2027Site area4,136.60 sqmTotal No. of Units158 Units from 2 to 4-Bedrooms in 1 block of 17-storey, with 12 commercial units (all F&B) Car Parks134 Lots & 4 handicapped Lots in B1 & B2 basement car park. (80% allocation) Updated Fact Sheet for Sky Eden @Bedok

Frasers Property Limited (“Frasers Property” or the “Company”), is a multi-national company that owns, develops and manages a diverse, integrated portfolio of properties. Listed on the Main Board of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (“SGX-ST”) and headquartered in Singapore, the Company is organised around five asset classes with assets totalling S$28 billion as at 31 December 2017. Frasers Property’s assets range from residential, retail, commercial and business parks, to industrial and logistics in Singapore, Australia, Europe, China and Southeast Asia. Its well-established hospitality business owns and / or operates serviced apartments and hotels in over 80 cities across Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Company is unified by its commitment to deliver enriching and memorable experiences for customers and stakeholders, leveraging knowledge and capabilities from across markets and property sectors, to deliver value in its multiple asset classes. Frasers Property is also the sponsor of three real estate investment trusts and one stapled trust listed on the SGX-ST. Frasers Centrepoint Trust, Frasers Commercial Trust, and Frasers Logistics & Industrial Trust are focused on retail properties, office and business space properties and business parks, logistics and industrial properties respectively. Frasers Hospitality Trust (comprising Frasers Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust and Frasers Hospitality Business Trust) is a stapled trust focused on hospitality properties. For more information on Frasers Property, please visit frasersproperty.com. Unique Selling Points ✔ Located at the mature estate of Bedok Central. ✔ Quality build assurance by reputable developer - Frasers Property. ✔ Rare Mix-Development at the heart of Bedok Town Centre ✔ A short 3-minutes walk to Bedok MRT / Bus Interchange ✔ Well connected to CBD and Changi Airport ✔ Well connected to green nodes with 8-min cycle to East Coast Park via the Play Corridor, and 7-min cycle to Bedok Reservoir ✔ Surrounded by wide choices of schools from primary to tertiary education, within 1km to Red Swastika School and Yu NengPrimary School ✔ 3 MRT stops away from Paya Lebar Central 

Location Highlights

From its humble beginning, Bedok has transformed into a matured residential estate through the years. The lively neighbourhood is home to a mix of modern amenities and attractive nature spots. Several developments like Bedok Integrated Transport Hub, Bedok Interchange Hawker Centre, and Bedok Mall have been injected into the area courtesy of the Remaking Our Heartland (ROH) programme targeting the East Coast area. Sky Eden takes centre-stage in the mature estate of Bedok Central, 3-min walk away from the MRT station and bus interchange. Seamlessly tapping into an established network of amenities including markets, hawker centres and connectivity nodes. It is well connected to green nodes with 8-min cycle to East Coast Park via the Play Corridor, and 7-min cycle to Bedok Reservoir. It is also surrounded by wide choices of schools from primary to tertiary education, within 1km to Red Swastika School.

Sky Eden Bedok - Location Map

Sky Eden surrounded by commercial elements - Master Plan 2019

Location 3D - Sky Eden is 3mins walk to Bedok Mall Bedok Mall is just a few minutes walk away. Tampines Mall, Tampines One and Century Square stand together in the biggest retail cluster in the east. Nearby is Changi City Point that boasts factory outlets of various popular brands.  Under URA’s master plan to revitalize the East Coast, Sky Eden reaps the same added conveniences and amenities that the upscale Bayshore Precinct enjoys. The development is also 3 MRT stops away from Paya Lebar Central – the most centrally located business hub outside the core city centre. It also about 20-min drive to Marina Bay Financial Centre. Nearby Amenities Trains (MRT) • Bedok 272m Groceries/ Shopping • Bedok Central 146m • Bedok Mall 435m   Schools • Fengshan Primary 0.54 km • Bedok Green Primary 0.64 km • Red Swastika 0.95 km • Temasek Junior College 0.8 km

Sky Eden - Vicinity

Site Plan & Unit Mixes

A sanctuary for the senses, expect unforgettable ambience every time you arrive. It’s the perfect retreat for city dwellers yearning for privacy and tranquility, yet do not wish to compromise on convenience. Sky Eden@Bedok – a home to luxuriate, a location to love.

Site Plan

Site Plan - Commercial Sky Eden 360 Drone with Aerial Views! Live with top quality finishes of chic and sleek and spacious layout that is meticulously designed with luxury and elegance in mind. Each individual space is fitted with best of fittings and finishes with you in mind. Unit Mixes:  Ceiling height: 2.725m (typical) / 4.8m (penthouse) 2 Lifts per block 10 units per floor: 7 units at corners, 3 units in middle (2BR)

Sky Eden Unit Mixes

Unit Distribution Chart Floor Plan & Virtual Tours:

B1 2BR Deluxe

B2 2BR Premium

B3 2BR Premium

C1 3BR Deluxe

C2 3BR Premium

C3 3BR Premium

D1 4BR Premium

Official Brochures/ Floor Plan

E-brochure & Floor Plan

Price Guide

🔊LAST 1📢‼️ 3️⃣-ʙᴇᴅʀᴏᴏᴍꜱ 1302sf $2,513,000 🔊LAST 2📢‼️ 4️⃣-ʙᴇᴅʀᴏᴏᴍꜱ 121sqm | 1302sqft $2,683,000 Please Contact Us at +65.84188689 It is important to only engage the Official Direct Developer Sales Team to assist you to enjoy the best possible direct developer price. There is no commission required to be paid.

FAQs

What's the land price for Sky Eden?S$1,060 psf ppr (per plot ratio)When the lease start for Sky Eden?99 years start from 05 Jan 2022When is the showflat of Sky Eden?The showflat is located at Eunos Ave 3. Showflat appointment can be booked via Whatsapp to avoid disappointment.

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Holidays 6.11

Holidays

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Independence & Related Days

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2nd Tuesday in June

Broadcast Good Day [2nd Tuesday]

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Forklift Safety Day (UK) [2nd Tuesday]

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Festivals Beginning June 11, 2024

Bocuse d’Or USA (New Orleans, Louisiana) [thru 6.13]

EuroSTAR Conference (Stockholm, Sweden) [thru 6.14]

Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival (Ljutomer, Slovenia) [thru 6.15]

Feast Days

Antonio Cifrondi (Artology)

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Erev Shabuot

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Premieres

American Idol (Reality TV Show; 2002)

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Film; 1999)

Belles on Their Toes, by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. (Novel; 1950) [Cheaper by the Dozen #2]

The Caine Mutiny, by Herman Wouk (Novel; 1952)

Callahan's Crosstime, by Saloon Spider Robinson (Novel; 1977)

Candy Cabaret (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1954)

E.T. the Extraterrestrial (Film; 1982)

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (Film; 1986)

Garfield (Film; 2004)

Get a Horse! (Disney Mickey Mouse & Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 2013)

The Hood Maker, by Philip K. Dick (Short Story; 1955)

The House of Tomorrow (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1949)

In the Heights (Film; 2021)

Jumpin’ Jive, by Joe Jackson (Album; 1981)

Jurassic Park (Film; 1993)

Kansas City Stomp, recorded by Jelly Roll Morton (Song; 1928)

Karate Kid (Film; 2010)

Katnip Kollege (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)

King Zilch (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1933)

Kontakte (Contacts), by Karlheinz Stockhausen (Electronic Music Piece; 1960)

Libuše, by Bedřich Smetana (Opera; 1881)

Moonlight for Two (WB MM Cartoon; 1932)

Napoleon Dynamite (Film; 2004)

Nashville (Film; 1975)

The Negotiator, by Frederick Forsyth (Novel; 1989)

Nova, by Samuel R. Delany (Novel; 1968)

Pandora’s Box, featuring Super Mouse (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1943)

Papa Don’t Preach, by Madonna (Song; 1986)

A Passion For Excellence, by Tom Peters and Nancy Austin (Book; 1985)

Play Ball (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Play That Funky Music, by Wild Cherry (Song; 1976)

Poor Papa (Disney Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1928)

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, by Erving Goffman (Science Book; 1956)

Primary Colors, by Anonymous (Novel; 1996)

Rabbit Rampage (WB LT Cartoon; 1955)

Sales Pitch, by Philip K. Dick (Short Story; 1954)

The Secret of the Unicorn, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1943) [Tintin #11]

A Single Man, by Christopher Isherwood (Novel; 1963)

The Stork Takes a Holiday (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1937)

Teddy Bear, by Elvis Presley (Song; 1957)

True Grit (Film; 1969)

Winter’s Bone (Film; 2010)

Today’s Name Days

Alice, Barnabas, Paula (Austria)

Barnaba, Bogumil, Borna, Roza (Croatia)

Bruno (Czech Republic)

Barnabas (Denmark)

Imbi, Imme (Estonia)

Immi, Impi (Finland)

Barnabé (France)

Alice, Barnabas, Paula, Udo (Germany)

Varnavas, Vartholomaios (Greece)

Barnabás (Hungary)

Barnaba (Italy)

Ingus, Mairis, Sigrida, Svens, Vidvuds (Latvia)

Aluona, Barnarbas, Flora, Tvirmantas (Lithuania)

Bjørg, Bjørge, Borgar (Norway)

Anastazy, Barnaba, Feliks, Radomił, Teodozja (Poland)

Luca, Pavel, Petru, Vartolomeu (România)

Dobroslava (Slovakia)

Bernabé (Spain)

Berthold, Bertil (Sweden)

Bartholomew (Ukraine)

Barnabas, Barnaby, Barnett, Barney, Barret (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 163 of 2024; 203 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 24 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 3 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 6 (Bing-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 5 Sivan 5784

Islamic: 4 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445

J Cal: 13 Blue; Sixday [13 of 30]

Julian: 29 May 2024

Moon: 27%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 22 St. Paul (6th Month) [St. Francis Xavier]

Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 3 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 85 of 92)

Week: 2nd Full Week of June)

Zodiac: Gemini (Day 22 of 31)

[noloveforned]

no love for ned hits the wlur airwaves at 8pm sharp tonight for a new show that includes several tracks acquired today during bandcamp friday.

we kicked off a new theme in last week's show (stream it on mixcloud). for the next several months we're going to start the show off with tracks that feature jim white of the dirty three on drums. he's been playing in bands for more than forty years and he's been featured on four new releases already this year which suggests the theme might take us all the way until september!

no love for ned on wlur – april 26th, 2024 from 8-10pm

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[necropolismunro]

First Draft

Necropolis Munro is a project I have been fleshing out, whether in my head or in paper, since before the start of University. The initial inspiration for the story was based off of a nightmare I had where I met my Uncle who had recently passed away from overdose.

I made many different drafts throughout the years, however most of them were intended to be a feature-length story. This trimester I decided I was going to take everything I'd done so far and whittle it down into a 7-minute film, which proved harder than I thought.

Overall, the structure and general story of Necropolis have remained the same. However, there are some big differences between the first draft and the final draft.

This is the first scene of the first draft. Inspired by some graffiti I had seen in Rodney St Tunnel, which we would eventually use for a location, I was dead-set on the motif of flies. The story discusses death and flies often buzz around corpses so I thought it was a cool symbol. I was intent on the flies being present in the more surreal scenes through sound design, and for them to be present physically in this scene. Him drinking and spitting out flies was a nice metaphor.

Also, the initial character that would be replaced by Dawson was a guy named Spack. He served the same purpose however instead of being upper-class English he was working-class Scottish.

Another thing that was included in the first draft was a character called The Cardinal. The Cardinal is supposed to be the main dealer in their area, whom Fraser and Spack have been buying off of for a number of years. I liked the idea of having a dealer character who, instead of being a slimy character, actually showed concern for Fraser's struggle.