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intrepidmare · 4 years

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This is my submission for Olicity Clue, an event organized by @olicitytropes. Besides the clues given, I got inspired by an old pop song in Spanish, Mi Chica De Humo (my smoke girl), quoted below.

Can you guys guess which my 3 clues are, a person, a place, and a thing?

PS: This is the dress Felicity wears 😉

Teen | one-shot | 2156 words | AU

Also available on Ao3

MY SMOAK GIRL

Although I don't know who she is

My feet should know

They follow her like the rats

to the flute of Hamelin

To lose her later.

—"Mi chica de humo", Emmanuel (1988)

Striding in the nightclub as if he owns it, the first thing Oliver notices is the crowd, contorting rhythmically on the dance floor. As he expects, the place is full to the rafters. He plows through the drunk throng, dodging bodies, alert to any threat around him. The loud beat of the music makes it almost impossible to have a conversation at a normal volume. Neither it allows hearing the little talk that anyone could establish.

The latter is the exact reason why he chose this club as the meeting place with his tech girl. As an undercover ARGUS agent, he needs to outsource where he gets information to accomplish his job. An encounter in a shifty, secluded place always draws more attention than one in plain sight.

Amanda Waller was very clear the day she assigned this mission to him. She ordered him to cut each and all types of communication with the agency until the target was neutralized. That left him at a disadvantage.

His target, Deadshot, is an elusive international assassin with a large death toll under his belt. The killer's true identity is a mystery, leaving his particular modus operandi as the only way to recognize his work. He kills with bullets laced with curare. As a fast-acting poison, the curare ensures that even if the victim survives the shot, the person is paralyzed in 3 minutes and dead in the next.

Oliver knows the basics around a computer but he's not the tech-savviest person in the world. If he wanted to catch this guy, he needed the help of someone who was. If he couldn't access the legal resources, he turned to the illegal ones. The first thing Oliver did before leaving ARGUS HQ was to look for the file of the most skillful hacker in their watchlist. One stood out more than any other.

The irony of Oliver using that list wasn't lost to him. That's how Amanda had found him. Oliver had been on the same list once until she recruited him a few years ago. Waller is adept to keep tabs on people who have a specific or extraordinary skillset who could be either a threat or a possible asset.

When Oliver found Felicity Smoak, she was not what he expected. He had taken one look at the quirky, babbling blonde and his world tilted. Five minutes later, he was totally smitten with her. A dangerous thing in his line of work.

Despite wishing not to, Oliver longs for these encounters with her. They've started as tense and awkward moments. Through time, however, they became a source of solace and reassurance in his violent life.

There's one thing that bothers Oliver about Felicity: she has the uncanny ability to disappear on him. He prides himself to be a good hunter. Nothing passes his notice, except when she goes away. He's tried to follow her to no avail. She just vanishes like smoke, making honors to her surname.

He shouldn't take it personally. It's understandable that after he barged into her life and "recruited" her, informing her that a governmental agency was aware of her hacktivism, as she likes to call it, Felicity took serious measures to remain in the dark.

He promised her that if she helped him, he would erase her file and he'd personally guarantee that no charge would be pressed against her. A poor reassurance for her, apparently. To her credit, Oliver stretched the truth about how much power he has to make that happen and she saw through him. Amanda Waller is a woman who gets what she wants and if Felicity is at the top of the list that means Weller has her eyes on the blonde hacker.

The upbeat dance song, playing loudly on the speakers, fades out before a slower one starts and the crowd on the dance floor disperses, creating an aisle in their midst. A woman walks through it as recognition hits Oliver. He can do nothing but admire Felicity approaching the bar where he waits. Sweeping an appreciative glance over her, he enjoys the view of her mile-long legs, her feet encased in a pair of strappy black sandals, then his eyes come back up.

The red mini dress she wears clings snuggly to her curves and makes Oliver inwardly drool.

Get a grip.

The mental chastisement does little to prevent his body's reaction; his heart beats faster, heat travel through his veins directly to his groin, and his hands itch with a yearning for touching Felicity's tantalizing body.

A thing that he never has allowed himself to do. Only in his dreams.

"Have something for me?" he says lamely when she reaches him. I sound like a jackass. Why couldn't he say something nice, to ask how she is?

A sad smile is set on her red lips and his guilt skyrockets.

"Yes I do," she dismisses the small talk and goes straight to business as he did. "I've got what you're looking for."

"You found him." Oliver's tone doesn't convey entirely the awe he feels. Nobody at ARGUS has been able to find this guy, and here's Felicity with the done deed as if it's nothing.

"His name is Floyd Lawton, ex-military, history of domestic violence and… and he's here."

"Here?" Oliver hissed through his gritted teeth as goes into a higher alert, sweeping his gaze around, and looking for the threat. Without even thinking about it, he gets closer to Felicity in a protective move. The last thing he wants is for her to be in the crosshairs of an assassin.

"Well, not here, here," Felicity clarifies, firing her words out in rapid succession as Oliver's noticed she often does when nerves get the better of her. She certainly looks jittery and her tone is a little breathless. "Not in the club. In Star City here. He's staying at the Papp Motel, Room 52. I think… I think he has a contract. For what I could dig up from the dark web, there's someone in the city paying serious money for a job."

"You found out who?"

"I backtraced the money through what felt like a gazillion of shell companies. It wasn't easy but, at last, I found a connection to a restaurant here in the city… the Jade Dragon."

Oliver groans.

"What?"

"It's better that you don't know."

That restaurant is a known front for the Chinese Triad. If the Triad hired Deadshot, the safest thing to do for Felicity is keeping that knowledge from her.

The sound of glass shattering starlets both Oliver and Felicity. A few feet from them, a partying group laughs drunkenly as one of them tries to clean off him the drink that obviously fell from his grasp.

When Oliver returns his gaze to Felicity, she's more rattled than he expects. "You okay?"

"Uh-huh."

She nods but the way she swallows hard tells a different story.

"Felicity," Oliver drawls her name, in a way that is both a warning and a persuading plea. She looks at him and, for the first time, he glimpses a trace of fear in her eyes. "What is it? Did something happen?"

"No, no. I'm sure I'm being paranoid."

"What. Happened?"

This time his steadfast tone that leaves no room to avoid answering the question goes through Felicity. She sighs and bits her lower lip. "It's silly," she insists, "But I thought someone was following me this morning. Like I said, paranoid."

"That happened before or after you found out what you told me about Lawton?"

Her forehead crinkles as she thinks. "After," she said cautiously.

"Shit!"

"What? Oliver, what?! I'm not paranoid, am I?"

Oliver ignores her questions and the rising panic in her voice. Instead, he turns to the bartender and asks her for a notepad and a pen. When she gives what he needs, Oliver scribbles an address on a piece of paper and hands it to Felicity. "Go there," he instructs. "Take a cab and go there now. Ask for John Diggle. He'll help you. He knows what to do."

"Help me? Why? What's going on, Oliver? Who's following me?"

"I'm sorry, Felicity. I never meant to put you in danger. I'm sorry."

He never meant to do that but he knew it was a possibility, so that's why he talked with his best friend, who incidentally is a former ARGUS agent, to set up a safe house for her in case of need. He had thought about it more for if Amada Weller wasn't going to play along with taking Felicity off the list. He wanted to keep Felicity the promise he made her… one way or another.

Oliver is unable to stop himself. He needs to have a little moment to remember later before sending her away, so he gives in the need to touch her. Putting his hands on her shoulders and gliding them up and down over her arms, he leans his forehead on hers. She looks at him, confused.

Selfishly, Oliver is glad that she's so unsettled to reject his caresses or pull away. In fact, she surprises by placing her hands on his chest and closing her eyes. If he trusts her facial expression, then she's relishing the contact as much as he is.

"He's after me so I gotta hide, is that it?" she asks softly.

Oliver nods. Lawton, the Triad, or even Waller could be tailing Felicity, therefore, yes, she needs to go to safety.

"Am I ever going to see you again?"

The question breaks his heart.

"Maybe," he replies, but both know that it's a lie.

Oliver pulls away from her and steps back. It's almost impossible for him to do. It takes all his willpower to let her go.

She follows him and surprises him yet again. She mutters something that sounds like "oh, what the frak" and then she's kissing him. A soft kiss that put to shame all the wildest dreams about kissing her that he had before. The tenderness of it, the simplicity does its best to break him. Almost succeeded.

When she pulls away, he asks her, "What was that for?"

"Just in case," she says simply. "If I never see you again, I didn't want to regret not kissing you at least once since it seems you don't have the courage to do it."

He chuckles with sadness, realizing that his attraction for her isn't unrequited. "You're a remarkable woman, Felicity Smoak. Far braver than I am. I'll always regret not having done something or said something to you before now. We just could've…."

A million of what could've been but they'll never be.

"Come find me later and I'll let you make up for it."

Paying no heed to his instinct or logic, Oliver dares to dream with that possibility. Yes, he decides. He'll deal with Deadshot and the Triad, will tie the loose ends with Amanda and demand her to keep the promise she made him a long time ago, according to which she would release him from duty after time served under her command. That time has gone and passed.

Before, he didn't have anything to live a normal life. Now, he does.

Felicity steals another kiss from him before walking away. Oliver resists the temptation to call her back as she sashays away. As if in a dream the crowd parts and regroups as Felicity crosses the dance floor. In a moment, she's there and, in the next, she's gone like smoke.

Oliver walks closer to the cozy cabin ahead. He strides onward with confidence, even if his stomach feels full of butterflies. He takes the front steps and watches the little porch with a couple of chairs. It's an ideal place to sit at night and stargaze or simply to enjoy a hot cup of tea in good company.

He raps two knuckles on the front door and waits. It seems that the butterflies in his stomach suddenly became lead as he stands there and no one answers the door.

John said she'd be there. Why isn't she answering? Before his panic blows up fully and he knocks the door down, it opens.

She's there with a smile brighter than the sun.

"Felicity," he breathes, his voice thick with emotion.

"There you are, handsome. I've been waiting for you for months. Did you have to drag your feet?"

Unfazed by the teasing, Oliver wraps his arms around her waist and pulls her close to him. His lips trap hers, kissing her as he dreamed all those months since he saw her last.

"I think," he says between kisses, "that I have some making up to do. Do you still want to collect the debt?"

Felicity laughs and then moans when he finds a particular tender spot on her neck.

"Oh, yes. I plan to collect every penny and with interest," she teases as she hauls him inside the house.

#olicity clue #my smoak girl #olicity fanfic #fanfic written by me #au

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katiewattsart · 4 years

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25/03/20 : A RECAP

- Who Watches the Watchmen? - Power, Discourse, The Other

- Ever Tried. Ever Failed - Failure, Resilience, Sustainability

- Teddy Boys and Haul Girls - Subcultures, Resistance, Commodification

- Utopia and Dystopia - world-building, social justice

- Nothing is original and that’s ok - The Copy, Remix Cultures, Bricolage

- Hauntology and Nostalgia - Political Nostalgia, Subversion,

- Telling Stories - Narrative Theory, Narratives in practice, storytelling

Who Watches the Watchmen?

Power

Theorists Include:

Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Laura Mulvey,

John Berger

Moral Panic

The Panopticon

Surveillance

Feminism

Sex/Gender

The Gaze

The Power of Looking

“Looking involves learning to interpret and, like other practices, looking involves relationships of power....

To be made to look, to try to get someone to look at you or at something you want to be noticed, or to engage in an exchange of looks, involves a play of power.”

Sturken, M. Cartwright, L. (2004) Practices of Looking

The Panopticon

Designed by British Jurist and social reformer Jeremy Bentham in 1791, as an architectural system of control and surveillance.

Used by Foucault to analyse systems of power, and the self-regulating society.

Section and plan of Jeremy Bentham’s Panopticon penitentiary, drawn by Willey Reveley, 1791

- Power is reinforced through language

- Bodies act under strict constraints of power exercised by institutions

- The Power of Subversion

- Gender is a social construct and is performative

- The structure of power is Patriarchal

POTENTIAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS

Drawing Power: How depictions of superheros have changed in the Marvel Universe from the 1960s to the present day

A post-structural analysis of Power and Illustration in the graphic novels of Frank Miller

Power Play: A history of Alan Moore mocking authority

Imbalance of power: Becoming Unbecoming and readdressing female histories

Chintz and power: Jim Shaw’s anti-fascist wallpapers

Political cartoons and the British Establishment, from William Hogarth to Steve Bell

Ever Tried. Ever Failed.

Trying and failing as art

Experimentation

Sustainability

Social Justice

Capitalism

The Process

Resilience

Artists Include: Beckett, Smithson, Ono, Signer, Banksy, Wei wei

failure:

1. Lack of success.

2. The neglect or omission of expected or required action.

3. The action or state of not functioning.

Oxford living dictionaries

Guerilla Design

Chapitre Zero (2013)

Furniture designers Duccio Maria Gambi/Mattia Paco

Salvages wooden pallets, unwanted furniture, and assorted pieces of wood

Create urban public furniture to create ‘social spaces’ in Paris.

Sustaining Culture?

Justin Gignac, New York City Garbage (2001)

POTENTIAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS

Tru Try and Try again: why those who keep going get the most done

From one to many: how Greta Thunberg’s perseverance made a difference in a world of indifference

Resilience and Sustainability are the tools we need for surviving the future

We Make Our Luck: the aggregation of Marginal Gains

Say Nothing, Do Nothing, Be Nothing: the purpose of the Crit in Art and Design

Teddy Boys and Haul Girls: Subcultures

Subcultures

Subversion

Bricolage

Youth Culture

Dominant/Deviant culture

Conspicuous Consumption

Punk

Culture Jamming

Utopia/Dystopia

Theorists/ Artists Include: Hebdige, Williams, Leckey, Banksy, Warhol, Adbusters

Dominant culture: a dominant culture is one that is able, through economic or political power, to impose its values, language, and ways of behaving on a subordinate culture or cultures. This may be achieved through legal or political suppression of other sets of values and patterns of behaviour, or by monopolizing the media of communication.

Dominant culture. A Dictionary of Sociology. . Encyclopedia.com.

ubculture: Subcultures are smaller groups within the larger culture that have slightly different—or additional—traditions and ideas. They tend to share much in common with the larger culture and typically interact with members of the majority on a regular basis. Most people belong to at least one group that can be classified as a subculture.

Feminist Critique:

The role of women/girls is largely ignored.

The experience of youth is gendered.

Wider gender politics can be investigated through the study of youth subcultures.

This is England (2007) Shane meadows:

youtube

Haul Girls

“In fact, the closest thing to the old model of a subculture I've come across is Helina and the haul girls. Their videos are about conspicuous consumption: a public display of their good taste, carefully assembled with precise attention to detail. When you put it like that – and at the risk of incurring a fatwah from middle-aged Paul Weller fans – they sound remarkably like mods.”

-Alexis Petridis

Conspicuous Consumption:

..is a term introduced by the Norwegian-American economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen in his book "The Theory of the Leisure Class" (1899). The term refers to consumers who buy expensive items to display wealth and income rather than to cover the real needs of the consumer.

POTENTIAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS

Cosplay and the Carnival: Counter culture as the World Turned Upside Down

Representations of Subculture in Film, Theatre and Costume/Illustration

England’s Dreaming: Punk as a critique of Thatcherism and the rise the Me Generation

Dressing/Drawing Working Class Subcultures from 1950 to 2000: An Artifact

This Is England: From Skins to The Inbetweeners, a cultural reading of England’s youth culture

Art & Artifice: a discussion of representations of young people and material culture from Annie Swynnerton to Andy Warhol

Utopia and Dystopia

World-Building

Social Justice

Critiques of culture

Art and Crisis

Transformative design

Theorists include: Thomas Moore, Philip K. Dick, Ernst Bloch..

Sir Thomas More 1477-1535

- First person to write about Utopia - a perfect imaginary world

- Greek - Ou-topos - No place, or Nowhere

- Eu-topos- A good place

Can a perfect place ever be realised?

Utopia means nowhere or no place. It has often been taken to mean good place, through confusion of its first syllable with the Greek eu as in euphemism or eulogy. As a result of this mix up, another word, dystopia, has been invented, to mean bad place. But, strictly speaking, imaginary good places and imaginary bad places are all utopias, or nowheres.

- John Carey

The Garden of Earthly Pleasures -Hieronymus Bosch circa 1490-1510

UTOPIAS IN FILM

POTENTIAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS

I Am The Architect: The Role of the Designer in Dystopia

Fashioning Utopia: How costume design in Science Fiction helps us reimagine the world

Interior Identities: How the inner spaces of our lives tell the narrative of our times

Digital Dystopia: How the Ghost In The Machine Became A Trope of the Internet Age

The Perfect Palette: The search for Utopia on the canvases of the Stanley Spencer

NOTHING IS ORIGINAL - and that’s ok!

The Remix

Hauntology

Appropriation

Nostalgia

The Copy

Sampling

Theorists/Artists Include: David Lynch, Kenneth Goldsmith, Simon Reynolds, Mark Fisher.

WHAT IS ORIGINALITY?

How would you define originality?

Should we try and pursue originality?

Does originality exist?

If so, what does it look like?

POTENTIAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS

Steal Like an Artist: How Our Influences Make Us Who We Become

Copy Paste Culture: How Rap Reflects the Wider Art World of the 1980’s and Beyond

Youtube Made Me Hardcore: How Access to Everyday Editing Software Made Everyone an Artist

Hauntology and Nostalgia

Nostalgia

Hauntology

Politicisation

Style and Aesthetic

Commodification

Reflexive/restorative

Theorists include: Svetlana Boym, Mark Fisher, Jacques Derrida

NOSTALGIA AS DOMINANT MODE

How do explain the large number of works based on pre-existing work?

Why do you think that adaptations are the dominant product in today’s media market?

Two Types of Nostalgia

estorative:

“puts emphasis on nostos (returning home) and proposes to rebuild the lost home and patch up the memory gaps.” (Boym)

Reflective:

“Reflective nostalgia, on the other hand, “dwells in algia (aching), in longing and loss, the imperfect process of remembrance.”

“Personal nostalgia can be used therapeutically to help individuals move beyond trauma” (Batcho, 2017)

Historically being nostalgic or using nostalgia as a form of expression in art or literature has not been seen as a good thing, rather it’s been viewed as the antithesis of progression and innovation. Miuccia Prada once said ‘nostalgia is a very complicated subject for me. I'm attracted by nostalgia but I refuse it intellectually.’

Definition of Hauntology

Hauntology is a philosophical concept referring to the return or persistence of elements from the past, as in the manner of a ghost. The term was coined by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in his 1993 book Spectres of Marx.

Broadly speaking, the notion that the present is haunted by lost futures

POTENTIAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS

The Machine in The Ghost: Digital and Analogue Traces in the Art and Films of David Lynch

Breaking the Future: How Nostalgia and Hauntology has Led to an Influx of Genre Movies and Remakes, and What Can be Done to Change It

The Effects of Nostalgia: Instagram and the Filter

Telling Stories

The Mainstream

Narrative

Provocation/Disruption

Street Art

The Spectacle

Theorists/Artists include: Kruger, Banksy, Warner, Anderson, de Certeau, Georges Perec,

Texts’ that could hold a narrative?

…novels, comics, films, tv series, plays, films, children’s books, animation, games, photographs, news stories, magazine covers, folktales and myths, book covers, paintings, editorial illustrations, window displays, packaging, logos…

The Culture Industry

How might film be seen as an ideological tool, then and now?

CRAFTING NARRATIVE

Exploring how makers and designers are using objects and making ,to tell stories.

POTENTIAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS

Costume as Character in Game Of Thrones

Grayson Perry as Storyteller: Culture Captured in Ceramics and tapestry

Dressing the Window: Narratives on Display

Suffragette Jewellery and the Story of Adornement as Dissent in Early 20th Century Britain

ALL UR VIRAL PHENOMENA R BELONG 2 US

Networks

Collective Understanding

Viral Phenomena

Populism

Digital Culture

User Content

Memes

Satire

Viral phenomena are objects or patterns that are able to replicate themselves or convert other objects into copies of themselves when these objects are exposed to them. They get their name from the way that viruses propagate

“Breaking the Internet”: The narratives of Viral media

Why do things go viral?

- Relatability

- Empathy

- Irony / irreverence

- Political meaning

- Humour

- ‘Smarts’

The word meme was coined by Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene as an attempt to explain the way cultural information spreads; such as beliefs, fashions, stories, and phrases

POTENTIAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS

The Viral Marketing campaigns of JJ Abrams

The Meme is Dead, Long Live the Meme! How Do We Keep up with the means of communication when the means of communication change on a Daily Basis?

HASHTAGS: Friends or Enemies?

The Rise of Cancel Culture and Implications for Critical Thinking

ESSAY PREPERATION

What do you want to explore?

theme/idea

artist/designer

object/image

These Questions should now:

- guide your research and keep you focused.

- What information are you lacking, and where do you need to go to get it?

- Brainstorm a list of Questions, considering whether you need to:

Analyse

Appraise

Assess

Compare

Contrast

Criticise

Define

Discuss

Describe

Examine

Explain

Indicate

Illustrate

Interpret

Judge

Justify

Outline

Refute

State

Summarise

Trace

Title/Question

Be concise and explicit. This is a working title/question.

EG. Who Decides Who Decides?

Critiquing power in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Keywords

Include here any words you think will help you identify the research you want to undertake.

EG. Power, Foucault, Surveillance, war on terror, citizen activism, superheroes

introduction/Questions

Use this section to introduce the questions and any issues that are central to your research.

EG. This paper explores the ways in which power is exercised in the MCU, and compares the films to the source comics to see how the two mediums differ

Background

What are the key texts and approaches in the field? How does your proposal extend our understanding of particular questions or topics? You need to set out your research questions as clearly as possible, explain problems that you want to explore and say why it is important to do so. In other words, think about how to situate your project in the context of your discipline.

EG. Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons; V for Vendatta etc, Crisis on Infinite Earths

DEVELOPING YOUR RESEARCH QUESTION

5Ws: answer the following questions:

Who does your topic impact?

Who cares about your topic?

What is influenced by or influences your topic?

Where is your topic relevant?

Why is your topic important?

You could try free writing!

Write continuously for a set amount of time without stopping. Ignore grammar and spelling. Write what you know and identify gaps and questions to pursue.

Or mind mapping!

A visual form of brainstorming. Include related subtopics, concepts and words and connect to them to your topic.

TASK

Before next session:

Brainstorm and mind map your ideas

Gather images, quotes

fill in your research proposal for GCOP200

(as much as you can)

Bring it all with you to your seminar

#gcop200

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richaldis · 6 years

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@annashipper this is quite ridiculous, you are not blocked on my blog, no one is, and I have no problem at all with talking to you directly.

In terms of the law and practice concerning celeb photos in the UK I��m not surprised you are confused. Current rules are a mix of case law, precedent and statute and are hard to pin down without actually bringing a legal case.

You assert a couple of things.

1. that someone could buy exclusive rights to a photo. But you miss the point this is purely rights to publish, the photographer retains ownership. Exclusives are usually time limited and comparatively expensive. For a celeb it would be akin to paying a blackmailer and is rarer than hens teeth since there are other options open to the celeb.

a. an injunction - rarer these days when applied to pics of children (but used for other things) because of

b. the Weller ruling which no paper is going to break without the most massive story to back it up . Actor has a picnic with his kids is not a story, it’s a space filler

c. And there’s also, pressure from the rep. Agencies have a lot of power. They can approve a pic, or they can ask for it not to be published. They are likely to do the second if there is no real story and the celeb chooses privacy. They do this by threat and persuasion depending on the paper and the seriousness of the issue. So they may say don’t publish this because I will give you a better story about another celeb or don’t publish this because I won’t give you access to interview x. Again for kids photos the Weller ruling makes this less likely.

2. That BC hired children on one or more occasion. If you have any proof of this I personally know journalist who would bite your hand off for the story. It would certainly earn you enough to put a big deposit down on a house in Greece. BC is at the level of fame where he is still vulnerable to the tabloid story (unlike bigger stars who can afford lawyers and injunctions about every little indiscretion or simply aren’t harmed by them). There are a group of celebs on every hacks list and everyone is looking for stories about them. Take the planning dispute. Hundreds of people, including many celebs, have planning issues every week so you have to be looking hard and looking for a particular person to find them. And you don’t publish a story like that if you have something even a little bit better.

Lets state now I have a couple of personal insights to this. My husband used to be a journalist in the music press, he now manages bands, I know hacks, I’ve spoken to them about BC and if there was a story they would have published it years ago (when he had less money and was even more vulnerable). One of your skeptics has sent them (and continues to send them) links to all the major blogs every week and honestly they are bored with it. There is no story, skeptics have no facts and have provided the papers with nothing that makes them think that there are. There is no gossip in the UK industry about BC above and beyond the normal things most of us know about him already. His wedding and children are registered legally. At least two people spent time doing all the appropriate investigations including doorstepping his friends, family, midwife, playgroup leaders, employees etc. There was no story, or even a hint of one, which, considering any one of these people could have earned a shed load of money, is as much proof as you need that there really is no scandal about him. No individual in the UK would ‘leak’ info to a blogger for free when the papers are offering so much for things far more minor than the things skeptics assert have happened.

Second, I live in Brighton, lots of actors and creatives including my neighbour who has worked with BC more than once. They have shown me a pic which included BC and his kids, and their own kids which is why they were showing me the photo. I have no reason to doubt the integrity of this person or of anyone else who says they have seen him and his kids.

#@annashipper

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tabloidtoc · 4 years

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Globe, September 21

You can buy a copy of this issue for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: America’s new civil war caused by Trump

Page 2: Up Front & Personal -- Antonio Banderas zips around his native Spain after recovering from coronavirus, Neil Sedaka, Brooke Shields on the phone in the Hamptons

Page 3: Demi Lovato in a mask using her phone, Sofia Richie makes a splash at the beach, Arnold Schwarzenegger blows his nose while biking in Santa Monica

Page 4: Goodfellas toughie Ray Liotta has been forced into wearing a hearing aid at the age of 65 -- a lifetime of firing weapons in screen roles and playing loudmouthed gangsters who scream and get screamed at has slowly eroded his hearing but his love life is sizzling with brunette stunner Jacy Nittolo 20 years his junior

Page 5: Brave Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman took shocking secrets to his grave and left behind a legacy of generosity when he died from colon cancer last month -- in addition to hiding his killer disease he also wed his longtime girlfriend Taylor Simone Ledward on the sly and he was also tight-lipped about his other relationships keeping his close friendships with Denzel Washington and Phylicia Rashad under wraps -- Chadwick fought Marvel before shooting Black Panther to make sure his character T’Challa was played with an African accent to reflect his heritage and culture when the big shots wanted an English or American accent, Amber Heard is at her wit’s end after learning Johnny Depp is ready to embroil her in yet another explosive legal case -- after giving lengthy testimony this summer in a London courtroom where Johnny was suing a British newspaper for labeling him a wife beater rattled Amber has been warned by her legal team that Johnny is coming after her in the U.S. whether or not he wins his London case -- Johnny has made a move to sue Amber for defamation in Virginia for writing a column about sexual violence against women and implying she was battered without mentioning his name -- Amber has been a mess and she believes Johnny’s doing this to grind her into the dirt

Page 6: Angelina Jolie is seething over Brad Pitt’s romance with young German model Nicole Poturalski and she’s dead set on keeping their kids away from his latest squeeze and she feels her ex is flaunting his fling with the 27-year-old to deliberately aggravate her and she’s steamed about him bringing his married galpal to Chateau Miraval which is the former couple’s estate in France

Page 7: Matthew Perry is tormented after being snubbed for the special reunion episode for The West Wing where his guest acting earned him two Emmy nominations and he’s hurt because West Wing really has a special place in his heart, Mariah Carey reveals she penned two songs about her former baseball player beau Derek Jeter -- her song The Roof was about her first smooch with the now-retired New York Yankee and her song My All was about jetting off to spend time with Derek who she credits with helping her get past her doomed marriage to music mogul Tommy Mottola

Page 8: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are bickering because he’s being forced to miss his family’s traditional Balmoral Castle holiday -- while Harry is upset he won’t be spending time with his 94-year-old granny Queen Elizabeth his wife Meghan doesn’t feel like she’s missing out and she’s too busy decorating their new Montecito mansion and never wants to return to Britain

Page 9: Desperately hoping his son Prince Harry will come to his senses and return to the fold Prince Charles is still paying Harry and his wife Meghan Markle a $30,000 monthly allowance -- Charles and Harry have a very strong and close father-and-son relationship despite disagreeing over Harry’s move to the United States and Charles has made it clear that the door is always open

Page 11: Tom Cruise plunked down a whopping $675,000 to hire a cruise ship to house the cast and crew shooting his Mission: Impossible 7 in a bid to beat costly delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic

Page 12: Celebrity Buzz -- Peter Weller in L.A. (picture), This Is Us heartthrob Justin Hartley’s love life is like a soap opera story line involving a trio of daytime divas -- Justin’s first wife Lindsay Korman and mom to his teenage daughter is duking it out with wife No. 2 Chrishell Stause who trashed him on her reality show Selling Sunset after he texted her a divorce demand while meanwhile Justin is distracting himself with yet another soap star Sofia Pernas, it was a real-life high school horror story for Amelia Gray Hamlin daughter of RHOBH star Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin who had her mom trashed by two teachers resulting in her anorexia, Sherri Shepherd’s career went from getting a standing ovation after a guest spot on Friends to answering phones as a legal secretary for David Schwimmer’s dad, Sex and the City creator Candace Bushnell had a romantic dinner with John Corbett while he was dating Bo Derek

Page 13: Tiffani Thiessen goes grocery shopping (picture), Placido Domingo performs in Italy at his first concert since contacting coronavirus (picture), Kevin Hart relaxes behind the wheel while pregnant wife Eniko pumps gas (picture), Macaulay Culkin is reminding everyone that age matters when he tweeted that he’s turning 40

Page 14: Before he hit the jackpot with the British version of The Office Ricky Gervais and his longtime girlfriend lived above a brothel because they has absolutely no money, David Arquette is going to great lengths to revive his wrestling career for a new documentary called You Cannot Kill Me where he undergoes an excruciatingly painful wax job on particularly sensitive body part including his buttocks and in the film he strips stark naked for a spray tan and flashes viewers full-length shots of all his assets as he gets freshly orange-tinted skin blow-dried, Fashion Verdict -- Monica Bellucci 2/10, Kate Bosworth 7/10, Kristen Bell 8/10, Julianne Hough 9/10

Page 16: Kate Winslet says she and co-star Saoirse Ronan decided to self-choreograph their racy lesbian sex scene in the film Ammonite, R. Kelly got a brutal beatdown from a fellow inmate in a Chicago lockup while he was asleep in his cell and a thug with F**k the Feds inked on his face stomped on Kelly’s head and tried to stab him with a pen because the attacker blamed the appearance of Kelly’s supporters outside the jail for triggering recent prison lockdowns

Page 17: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are on the road to Splitsville as they tussle over where to live their lives as empty nesters -- Faith wants to permanently relocate to California while Tim refuses to budge from Nashville -- their daughter Gracie is living in L.A. pursuing an acting career and Faith wants to follow suit even though she was panned for her work in the flop The Stepford Wives in 2004, Susan Schneider Williams the heartsick widow of tragic funnyman Robin Williams says she and her husband were told to sleep in separate beds as the ailing star struggled with insomnia in the years before his 2014 suicide

Page 19: 10 Things You Don’t Know About Padma Lakshmi, Steve Carell ditched cult hit The Office after seven seasons in 2011 but he recently revealed shooting his farewell episode was emotional torture, Laurence Fishburne is out of The Matrix revealing he has not been invited to appear in the fourth installment of the blockbuster film series and although he won’t be rejoining stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss he admits sci-fi sage Morpheus is probably the role he’ll be best remembered for

Page 21: True Crime

Page 24: Cover Story -- Blood in the Streets

Page 26: Health Report

Page 36: The simmering feud between Madonna and Elton John has erupted into an all-out war with the vengeful Madonna gloating as tormented Elton wages a heart-rending legal battle with his ex-wife -- Madonna is thrilled over Elton’s agonizing court battle because she’s hated him since 2012 when he slammed her as a fairground stripper and called her tour a disaster -- Elton is in a painful brawl in a London court with his former spouse Renate Blauel who accused Elton of shaming her by forcing her into the limelight with his blabbing about their doomed romance in his recent memoir and bio-flick, Mel C claims she and her Spice Girls bandmates were never harassed by men in the music industry because dudes were petrified of the all-female pop group known for their Girl Power slogan

Page 38: Real Life

Page 44: Straight Talk -- screwball actor Jim Belushi has a really nutty solution to America’s homeless problems: he wants to stone them but not with rocks with pot

Page 45: This Is Us star Chrissy Metz has finally gotten over her heartbreaking split from boyfriend Hal Rosenfeld two years ago and now is asking co-star Mandy Moore to help find her a new love, Toni Braxton has one big regret which is she wishes she’d partied hardier and had more sex during her younger years but she insists it’s not too late to add more notches to her belt

Page 47: Hollywood Flashback -- Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in 1987′s Dirty Dancing, Bizarre But True

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The Definitive Whiskey Urban Dictionary

The whiskey industry has always been steeped in slang, with old-timers stalking the distillery grounds talking about cutting “heads” and “tails,” toasting the oak to an “alligator char,” “clocking” some barrels, and then “thieving” some bourbon straight from the “bunghole.” Of course, the bar has likewise always had its own lingo, with drinkers ordering up wee “drams” of Scotch and “neat” pours of bourbon. But over the last decade, whiskey enthusiasm has also gone online, via blogs, forums, and private groups on Facebook, and a whole new vernacular has emerged.

Mingle with a group of whiskey enthusiasts online and you’d almost need a Rosetta stone to decipher what’s being said. They’re talking about “butts” and “crotch shots” but it’s nothing X-rated, there are “sherry bombs” and “HAZMAT” bottles but it’s not that dangerous, and “in the wild” there are “peat monsters” and “unicorns,” though nothing to be scared of. What is to fear are all the acronyms the online whiskey community now employs; it can be truly overwhelming. BTAC? ETL? PCH? Really, WTF?

Ready to test your knowledge and engage in some cultural anthropology? Here is the latest edition of the whiskey geek dictionary.

Age Statement

The age of a whiskey, measured by the youngest barrel within a blend; i.e. a 15-year-old single malt Scotch may be composed of some barrels much older than fifteen years, but there will be none that are younger than that. Note that age statements have increasingly been disappearing over the last decade.

Allocated

A reference to limited products, like Pappy Van Winkle and the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, specifically doled out to certain retailers (who may have bought and sold a lot of the distillery’s less-acclaimed products, like vodka or Fireball, in order to receive these allocations). In many cases, a store may only get a few bottles of any allocated product.

Angel’s Share

The percentage of whiskey that is lost due to evaporation as it ages in the barrel. So named because it is said to be what the angels now get to taste. Kentucky bourbon might lose 3 to 4 percent per year, while Scotch will lose around 2 percent due to its more mild climate.

Backup

Extra bottles for your bunker, which thus enable you to actually drink your rare whiskey as opposed to just hoarding it. In usage: “Just landed a backup of 2019 GTS so now I can finally open a bottle and try it.”

Barrel Pick (Also: Store Pick or Private Barrel)

Single barrel bottlings specifically selected by a commercial buyer or group. Sometimes these are sold in stores or offered at the bars that hand-selected them; other times they are solely for a private whiskey group to divvy up amongst themselves. They are usually differentiated from standard products with additional neck-tags or decals (see: Sticker Label).

Barrel Strength (Also: Cask Strength)

Whiskey that is bottled at the exact proof it was when it came out of the barrel. This is usually 100 proof to upwards of 140 proof or more (see: HAZMAT).

BiB

“Bottled in Bond,” a reference to a legal classification of whiskey defined by an 1897 act of Congress. To qualify, the bourbon must come from a single distillation season; have been produced by one distiller at one distillery; have been aged in a federally bonded warehouse for at least four years; and is then bottled at exactly 100 proof. If BiB originally assured the integrity of a product — one that hadn’t been rectified — today it is not often used.

BIN

Standing for “buy it now,” this is what collectors on the online secondary market will write in the comments section after someone offers a bottle for sale on Facebook, Instagram, or another platform. The rationale is that the first person to post “BIN” now has dibs at purchasing the bottle at the poster’s originally stated cost. However, it is often used cheekily after someone posts something they have no intention of ever selling, like a family heirloom they just discovered, or a comically gross bottle that has come into their possession.

Bunghole

The small opening in the barrel from which the whiskey is added and ultimately dumped. Bungholes are, no surprise, filled by bungs — small, circular wooden blocks.

Bunker

A person’s private collection, though the term often refers to the portion of it not on display in their house. In usage: “I’ve already got a Weller Full Proof but I thought it couldn’t hurt to have a few more backups in my bunker.”

Butt

A larger oak barrel, around 500 liters, that originally contained another liquid, often sherry.

Cask

Another name for a barrel, though this usually refers to a Scotch barrel.

Crotch Shot

A strange phenomenon whereas a collector will take a picture of an allocated bottle that they have just scored immediately upon exiting the store and sitting down in their car. Unfortunately, these photos are usually positioned in a way where the bottle is positioned between the buyer’s legs. Many online whiskey groups have taken to banning crotch shots due to their tastelessness and pointless braggadocio.

Dram

A glass of whiskey, usually neat, and usually Scotch.

Dusties

Vintage whiskey, so named because the bottles inherently have dust on them from years of sitting on shelves untouched. However, even cleaned-up vintage bottles are often referred to as “dusties.”

Dusty-Hunting

Searching for vintage whiskey in off-the-beaten-path liquor stores, flea markets, and estate sales, where purveyors might not know the value or rarity of what they possess. The glory days of dusty-hunting, however, have been over for a few years, and big scores are becoming increasingly unlikely.

Finished

When a whiskey spends its final few months, or years, of aging, in a secondary barrel that previously held another liquid such as sherry, port, or Armagnac. Not to be confused with the “finish” of a whiskey — in other words, how it lingers on the palate as the flavor dissipates. In usage: “Was this bourbon finished in something? I’m getting an odd mezcal note.”

Flip/Flipped

Buying a coveted bottle, often at retail prices, only to immediately sell it for an inflated secondary market price. In usage: “I sold that jerk an OWA for $30 and he immediately flipped it!”

Glencairn

A popular style of glass amongst enthusiasts who sip their whiskey neat. Though a reference to the Glencairn Crystal company out of Scotland, which offers several styles of glassware, amongst whiskey geeks the term strictly denotes their 4 1/2-inch tapered copita-inspired glass with a thick base.

GTS

“George T. Stagg.” Many hardcore collectors tend to only speak in acronyms when discussing important bottles like PVW23 (Pappy Van Winkle 23 Year Old), M20 (Michter’s 20 Year), and WLW (William Larue Weller). A helpful acronym guide is available on Reddit, of course.

HAZMAT

A whiskey over 140-proof, so labeled by whiskey geeks because you are not legally allowed to take such a bottle onto an airplane, for fear that it could spontaneously ignite.

Hogshead

A 54-gallon cask, usually reconstructed from bourbon barrels with additional staves and larger barrel heads.

Honey Barrel (Also: Sugar Barrel)

A primo barrel of whiskey, ideal for being immediately used as a single barrel selection. Top master distillers and blenders are said to know where all the best-tasting honey barrels are hidden throughout their rickhouses. Certain rickhouses, and certain rickhouse locations, are known for producing an unusually large number of honey barrels.

Honey Hole

A lightly-trafficked liquor store that continually happens to stock rare bottles. The location of honey holes are rarely shared with fellow enthusiasts, lest the shelves soon get cleared. In usage: “I told my bourbon group about my honey hole and now it only has shelf turds.”

The Hunt

When collectors are actively searching for limited editions and allocated whiskeys. As many allocated whiskeys are released in November each year, the late fall and early winter is often known as “hunting season.”

Infinity Bottle (Also: Solera Bottle, Living Bottle, or Vatting)

A perpetual blend that many whiskey fans keep in their homes, often in a decanter. These are created by pouring parts of all or some of one’s other bottles together, often in a slapdash manner. The fact that the bottle is never emptied gives it its name. Though many collectors have one, they are still widely mocked as a neophyte move.

In the Wild

Public store shelves, out in the open, which is a highly unusual place to locate rare offerings. In usage: “I can’t believe I found a Pappy ‘in the wild’.”

Juice

Another name for whiskey, usually referring to it before it has been bottled. In usage: “Is that new distillery sourcing MGP juice?”

Limited editions, i.e. rare whiskeys.

Mashbill (or mash bill)

The grain recipe of the mash that is fermented and then distilled into whiskey, i.e. 75 percent corn, 20 percent rye, and 5 percent malted barley.

NCF

“Non-chill filtered.” Many whiskeys have some of their chemical compounds filtered by freezing it — this technique guarantees that the product will appear clear in the bottle. A lot of enthusiasts, however, prefer an NCF whiskey; even if it has the propensity to appear hazy, it retains esters, proteins, and acids that many people believe add flavor and a pleasing, oily mouthfeel. Look for the NCF designation on the label.

The Pappiez

A mocking way of discussing Pappy Van Winkle, usually used in reference to neophyte collectors misidentifying things like Old Rip Van Winkle 10 Year and Van Winkle Special Reserve Lot B as “Pappy,” or going to stores demanding access to the limited product.

Peat Monster

A heavily-peated Scotch, typically from the Islay region.

Poor Man’s Pappy

An amateur blend, created on the straightbourbon.com forum and popularized by Bourbonr blogger Blake Riber, that is said to simulate the taste of Pappy Van Winkle at a more accessible cost. However, as its two components, Old Weller Antique 107 and W.L. Weller 12 Year, have likewise become allocated and pricy, this is no longer a blend that is cheap and easy to create.

Rickhouse

The warehouses where barrels are stored for aging. Many are made from wood and are open-air, lacking climate control.

Secondary

The secondary market, a grey area where sought-after whiskey is bought and sold these days. In many cases, that means Facebook, though the social media site has tried to crack down on alcohol sales within the last year.

Shelf Turd

A bottle of whiskey that is perpetually stocked on store shelves. While not a signifier of low quality — plenty of shelf turds like Wild Turkey 101 are quite good — it is a signifier of rarity and collectability.

Sherry Bomb

A heavily sherried Scotch.

Sticker Label

The post-purchase decals that adorn most private barrel picks these days. They will often have cartoonish, if not childish imagery, and usually cite an inside joke within the whiskey group that selected the barrel, or the whiskey community at large. While such decals are not endorsed by the distillery, most distilleries do not seem to find their usage problematic.

Tater

A neophyte drinker and collector, so identified by their silly and often misguided behavior. Though a clear shortening of “potato,” no one recalls the term’s etymology. In usage: “That tater specifically booked an international flight just so he could buy Blanton’s at duty-free.”

Unicorn

An extremely rare and, thus, rarely-seen bottle, so identified because collectors are stunned when they come across one “in the wild.”

Wheater

A wheated bourbon, i.e. one in which wheat is used instead of rye as the secondary grain in the mashbill. This often creates a sweeter, “smoother” bourbon as seen in popular products like Pappy Van Winkle, Weller, and even Maker’s Mark.

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The Definitive Whiskey Urban Dictionary

Ready to test your knowledge and engage in some cultural anthropology? Here is the latest edition of the whiskey geek dictionary.

Age Statement

Allocated

Angel’s Share

Backup

Barrel Pick (Also: Store Pick or Private Barrel)

Barrel Strength (Also: Cask Strength)

Whiskey that is bottled at the exact proof it was when it came out of the barrel. This is usually 100 proof to upwards of 140 proof or more (see: HAZMAT).

BiB

BIN

Bunghole

The small opening in the barrel from which the whiskey is added and ultimately dumped. Bungholes are, no surprise, filled by bungs — small, circular wooden blocks.

Bunker

Butt

A larger oak barrel, around 500 liters, that originally contained another liquid, often sherry.

Cask

Another name for a barrel, though this usually refers to a Scotch barrel.

Crotch Shot

Dram

A glass of whiskey, usually neat, and usually Scotch.

Dusties

Vintage whiskey, so named because the bottles inherently have dust on them from years of sitting on shelves untouched. However, even cleaned-up vintage bottles are often referred to as “dusties.”

Dusty-Hunting

Finished

Flip/Flipped

Buying a coveted bottle, often at retail prices, only to immediately sell it for an inflated secondary market price. In usage: “I sold that jerk an OWA for $30 and he immediately flipped it!”

Glencairn

A popular style of glass amongst enthusiasts who sip their whiskey neat. Though a reference to the Glencairn Crystal company out of Scotland, which offers several styles of glassware, amongst whiskey geeks the term strictly denotes their 4 ½-inch tapered copita-inspired glass with a thick base.

GTS

HAZMAT

A whiskey over 140-proof, so labeled by whiskey geeks because you are not legally allowed to take such a bottle onto an airplane, for fear that it could spontaneously ignite.

Hogshead

A 54-gallon cask, usually reconstructed from bourbon barrels with additional staves and larger barrel heads.

Honey Barrel (Also: Sugar Barrel)

Honey Hole

The Hunt

Infinity Bottle (Also: Solera Bottle, Living Bottle, or Vatting)

In the Wild

Public store shelves, out in the open, which is a highly unusual place to locate rare offerings. In usage: “I can’t believe I found a Pappy ‘in the wild’.”

Juice

Another name for whiskey, usually referring to it before it has been bottled. In usage: “Is that new distillery sourcing MGP juice?”

Limited editions, i.e. rare whiskeys.

Mashbill (or mash bill)

The grain recipe of the mash that is fermented and then distilled into whiskey, i.e. 75 percent corn, 20 percent rye, and 5 percent malted barley.

NCF

The Pappiez

Peat Monster

A heavily-peated Scotch, typically from the Islay region.

Poor Man’s Pappy

Rickhouse

The warehouses where barrels are stored for aging. Many are made from wood and are open-air, lacking climate control.

Secondary

Shelf Turd

Sherry Bomb

A heavily sherried Scotch.

Sticker Label

Tater

Unicorn

An extremely rare and, thus, rarely-seen bottle, so identified because collectors are stunned when they come across one “in the wild.”

Wheater

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The Definitive Whiskey Urban Dictionary

Ready to test your knowledge and engage in some cultural anthropology? Here is the latest edition of the whiskey geek dictionary.

Age Statement

Allocated

Angel’s Share

Backup

Barrel Pick (Also: Store Pick or Private Barrel)

Barrel Strength (Also: Cask Strength)

Whiskey that is bottled at the exact proof it was when it came out of the barrel. This is usually 100 proof to upwards of 140 proof or more (see: HAZMAT).

BiB

BIN

Bunghole

The small opening in the barrel from which the whiskey is added and ultimately dumped. Bungholes are, no surprise, filled by bungs — small, circular wooden blocks.

Bunker

Butt

A larger oak barrel, around 500 liters, that originally contained another liquid, often sherry.

Cask

Another name for a barrel, though this usually refers to a Scotch barrel.

Crotch Shot

Dram

A glass of whiskey, usually neat, and usually Scotch.

Dusties

Vintage whiskey, so named because the bottles inherently have dust on them from years of sitting on shelves untouched. However, even cleaned-up vintage bottles are often referred to as “dusties.”

Dusty-Hunting

Finished

Flip/Flipped

Buying a coveted bottle, often at retail prices, only to immediately sell it for an inflated secondary market price. In usage: “I sold that jerk an OWA for $30 and he immediately flipped it!”

Glencairn

GTS

HAZMAT

A whiskey over 140-proof, so labeled by whiskey geeks because you are not legally allowed to take such a bottle onto an airplane, for fear that it could spontaneously ignite.

Hogshead

A 54-gallon cask, usually reconstructed from bourbon barrels with additional staves and larger barrel heads.

Honey Barrel (Also: Sugar Barrel)

Honey Hole

The Hunt

Infinity Bottle (Also: Solera Bottle, Living Bottle, or Vatting)

In the Wild

Public store shelves, out in the open, which is a highly unusual place to locate rare offerings. In usage: “I can’t believe I found a Pappy ‘in the wild’.”

Juice

Another name for whiskey, usually referring to it before it has been bottled. In usage: “Is that new distillery sourcing MGP juice?”

Limited editions, i.e. rare whiskeys.

Mashbill (or mash bill)

The grain recipe of the mash that is fermented and then distilled into whiskey, i.e. 75 percent corn, 20 percent rye, and 5 percent malted barley.

NCF

The Pappiez

Peat Monster

A heavily-peated Scotch, typically from the Islay region.

Poor Man’s Pappy

Rickhouse

The warehouses where barrels are stored for aging. Many are made from wood and are open-air, lacking climate control.

Secondary

Shelf Turd

Sherry Bomb

A heavily sherried Scotch.

Sticker Label

Tater

Unicorn

An extremely rare and, thus, rarely-seen bottle, so identified because collectors are stunned when they come across one “in the wild.”

Wheater

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Yuuram in Novel 8

And with this we end the Caloria arc. May I remind you that yuuram had been absolutely lowkey up to this point (this novel included), and that the real yuuram is about to come? Anyways, it’s so nice to re-read these parts... yuuram is mostly ignored after the cliff scene in this arc, and there are so many more scenes.

------------------------------------------------------------------ Novel 8. ch.1 -You'll have to forgive this brotherly love bit-

Wolfram's jaw muscles moved almost imperceptibly. "I agree. That guy is my brother(ani)." Brother? Did he just say "brother"? Although he is normally very composed, sometimes he would say things so surprising that I almost get a heart attack.

------------------------------------------------------------------ Novel 8. ch.2 -Fighting-

"What's going on, Caloria's representative? You want to end the game in such a boring way? I thought you were a man, that's why I proposed a fair and square showdown. But if you prefer to act like a timid little girl and chicken out, oh, that would be so disappointing."(...)

"Yuuri, don't worry," Wolfram called out to me. "I won't call you henachoko if you give up!"

"Shibuya, listen to your fiance!" Screamed Murata. "No one will blame you, I promise! When we get back to Japan, I'll treat you to rice with grilled pork ribs! So give it up! You have fought enough!"

Really, had I? Had I tried my utmost in this match?(...)

That is the problem with using bat as weapon, there is no middle ground to negotiate. I should have listened to Wolfram's advice and chosen a sword. If only I could point my sword at him, I might be able to force him to surrender.

------------------------------------------------------------------ Novel 8. ch.5 -Yuuri was willing to drink alcohol ...again. Even if it wasn’t by sheer luck-

Before I could say that I don’t drink alcohol because I’m a sportsman, Wolfram, Josak, and I were each handed their own cup. It was a stone liqueur glass with a stem. The amount inside was less than my mother uses for cooking so I gave up.

“That is the ceremonial water known as the Holy Water of Gillesby.”

Luckily, it wasn’t alcohol.

------------------------------------------------------------------ Novel 8. ch.5 -Wolfram's emotions flowing right into Yuuri-

“I ended up calling him that. My previous master always told me not to refer to him as His Majesty.”

To think that wish would be granted like this.

“As for you… I intend to strive to not call you that as well.”

Murata is looking at me. He’s probably worried that I’ll lose my cool and explode. Wolfram took a half a step towards me and leaned his shoulder against my left arm. It was as if his body heat that had suddenly risen with his emotions was flowing right into me.

------------------------------------------------------------------ Novel 8. ch.5 -Random praises-

“What, Yu-… Norman Gilbit?” Wolfram corrects himself by using the full name in an unnatural way. The problem is that he’s too beautiful to play the part of a stray mazoku mercenary hired by a human.

------------------------------------------------------------------ Novel 8. ch.5 -Equals, and Yuuri worrying-

Wolfram, likely having feelings the most similar to mine out of everyone else here, was staring me straight in the face. He slowly unclenches his fists, spreads his fingers and folds his arms with deliberate movements. Standing with his back slightly arched, his left foot is pointing toward Lord Weller. I’m kind of relentless with this, but is his back alright?

------------------------------------------------------------------ Novel 8. ch.5 -I'm dying, Wolfram was the one convincing him to not take the box. How did I miss this!?-

“Is it okay for the spoils of that being Conrart who disappeared?”

“But Wolf…”

“I feel the same.”

Of course he feels the same. His beloved brother is serving the person in power of an enemy country. It’s probably painful that he’s not trying to come back. If he could, as a little brother he would probably like to use the power of the victor to drag him back home even by force.

“But that’s not our right. It’s the right of the man whose mask you’re wearing.”

No, to say it more precisely, it is the right of those who live in Caloria and love it.

“If you’re saying that getting the box is for Conrart, then that’s a misunderstanding on your part. Don’t forget whose victory this is. Don’t forget who you are.”

That’s right. If I decided to play the part of someone else, I have to play it perfectly until the curtain comes down. The laurels that Norman Gilbit has gained belong to the people of Caloria. If I want honor, it is for his country. If I want the box, it has to be for the people.

------------------------------------------------------------------ Novel 8. ch.6 -more praising-

Unlike me, Wolfram is a certified pretty boy so no matter what outfit he wears it looks good on him. Even so, it's a surprisingly simple and normal outfit for him.

------------------------------------------------------------------ Novel 8. ch.6 -Yeah, go talk to Wolfram -

At that moment I finally felt several gazes upon me. They weren't from the people dancing nearby. Those people were completely indifferent. They were engrossed in politics and dancing. Then the gazes were probably those of my guardian Josak and my overseer Wolfram. Looking around in all directions… over there. The third son was standing by the southern window visibly disgruntled. He had a glass in each hand and both of them were empty.

"Flynn, Wolfram is over there so go have a chat with him."

------------------------------------------------------------------ Novel 8. ch.6 -A little input from Murata's POV-

“I followed you because it would be dangerous for you to go walking around by yourself, but… I’m worried that His Majesty might do something annoyi-… perform a deed that commoners would never think of. I informed His Excellency Wolfram about the situation before I left, but despite appearances he’s like that too… Oh, honestly! To think guarding His Majesty and Your Highness at the same time would be so difficult!”

“Yeah, leaving Shibuya and Lord von Bielefeld together will be a lot more fun~.”

“That’s not what I-”

------------------------------------------------------------------ Novel 8. ch.8 -Yuuram and T-zou scene-

"Yuuri!"

"I'm here."

Looking relieved at hearing my response, Wolfram comes running forward.

"Who are these people!? Or perhaps I should ask who they are."

"Those are kind of difficult questions."

In the battle of 30 versus 15… 16? About 17. However you looked at it, the smaller group seemed superior. There were only two swordsmen on horses, so being maneuverable seemed to be an advantage. Also, the group with assorted clothes and weapons fought dirt-… er, cunningly. None of them were fighting one-on-one and none of them went in for a direct attack from the front.

I ended up behind Wolfram and T-Zou and I leaned back on the muddy carriage wheel.

The world is a large place, but I might be the only man who has been protected by a sheep. It's a depressing thought.

------------------------------------------------------------------ Novel 8. ch.8 -aww, language-

"Yuuri!"

"Whoa, huah!?"

I had only let my attention stray for a few seconds, but a knife had stuck into the cloth canopy behind me. It was only a few centimeters from my ear. It looked like it had been struck with something that set it off course right before my eyes. Maybe someone threw a rock.

"What do you mean, 'huah!?' Don't say 'huah!'"

Wolfram was fairly strict with language.

------------------------------------------------------------------ Novel 8. ch.8 -I'm telling you this 16 y/o's gonna end up with all the legal vices-

The man in the Shimaronian military uniform urged his new master along and turned his back. If it will divert my misery, I'll give up my abstinence from alcohol and tobacco.

I must have been making quite a pitiful face because Wolfram lightly touched my elbow. His tone was much gentler than usual.

"Do you remember what I said to you?"

"What? You've said a lot of things to me so I have no idea."

He sheathes his sword that was cleaned of blood. It made a clinking sound of the end of battle.

"… That the foolish one is Conrart."

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GCOP200: Provocations

The Story So far:

Who Watches the Watchmen? - Power, Discourse, The Other

Ever Tried. Ever Failed - Failure, Resilience, Sustainability

Teddy Boys and Haul Girls - Subcultures, Resistance, Commodification

Utopia and Dystopia - world-building, social justice

Nothing is original and that’s ok - The Copy, Remix Cultures, Bricolage

Hauntology and Nostalgia - Political Nostalgia, Subversion,

Telling Stories - Narrative Theory, Narratives in practice, storytelling

Who Watches The Watchmen?

Power Moral Panic

Sex/ Gender The Panopticon

The Gaze Surveillance

Feminism

Theorists Include:

Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Laura Mulvey,

John Berger

The Power of Looking

“Looking involves learning to interpret and, like other practices, looking involves relationships of power....

To be made to look, to try to get someone to look at you or at something you want to be noticed, or to engage in an exchange of looks, involves a play of power.” - Sturken, M. Cartwright, L. (2004) Practices of Looking.

My thoughts: To me, the power of looking in today’s modern society involves surveillance and security that becomes our everyday of others looking out for us. This could involve malicious intent or it could be what we need to keep safe/have evidence.

The Panopticon

This method ensured the safety of inmates so that it would not be simple to get away with crimes within the prison. This is one example of how The Panopticon Is used in modern society to uphold the law. I also found that the Panopticon was a metaphor that allowed Foucault to explore the relationship between 1.) systems of social control and people in a disciplinary situation and, 2.) the power-knowledge concept. In his view, power and knowledge comes from observing others. Furthing the example of it’s history.

Power:

Power is reinforced through language

Bodies act under strict constraints of power exercised by institutions

The Power of Subversion

Gender is a social construct and is performative

The structure of power is Patriarchal

Judith Butler | Barcelona, November 9 2015

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

Drawing Power: How depictions of superheros have changed in the Marvel Universe from the 1960s to the present day -

When asking myself the question of “Why are we so obsessed with superhero movies?”, I came to think about the reality's that it allows us to enter, making us live out a fantasy world that we all know can never happen in real life. Not only is it a way to free our minds, it is a mirror of human experience that brings it more close to home, relating the characters to the audience.

A post-structural analysis of Power and Illustration in the graphic novels of Frank Miller -

Miller’s comics sparked a legacy of profound grittiness and raw emotion in his groundbreaking stewardship of DC Comics' iconic Batman. With batman being the iconic figure that he is today its a huge relation to power for both Frank Miller and Batman. Frank rises to fame by creating a superhero that is the intimate expression of power and control.

Power Play: A history of Alan Moore mocking authority -

Alan Moore is an English writer known primarily for his work in comic books including Watchmen and V for Vendetta, Both films structure the use of power around justice and crime, very real things of today that make the writers bring in what they already know from the world and shape it to be much more fun!

Imbalance of power: Becoming Unbecoming and readdressing female histories -

In today’s culture, feminism is widely celebrated (for good reason) due to the many years of repression by men and the rest of the world. Because women were ‘to be seen and not heard’ around the 1800 hundreds right up until the 1950s, were women decided to take a stand. For example the Suffragettes fought for the right to vote in public elections, something that was highly frowned apon was the beginning of the rise of female history, as for the first time it gave women the right to live their own life and beat repression.

Trying and failing as art Sustainability

The process Social Justice

Resilience Capitalism

Experimentation

Artists Include:

Beckett, Smithson, Ono, Signer, Banksy, Wei wei

FAILURE:

1. Lack of success.

2. The neglect or omission of expected or required action.

3. The action or state of not functioning.

-Oxford living dictionaries.

Guerilla Design

Chapitre Zero (2013)

Furniture designers Duccio Maria Gambi/Mattia Paco

Salvages wooden pallets, unwanted furniture, and assorted pieces of wood

Create urban public furniture to create ‘social spaces’ in Paris.

MY THOUGHTS:

By recycling the materials of old furniture and recreating them brand new once again gives new life and narrative to family's, it can bring happiness to a new home by reliving again. They first brought back their finds making the recycled furniture in their workshop, but they soon realised it made more sense to build the tables, stools and chairs directly on site, making art in their spare time.

Justin Gignac, New York City Garbage (2001)

POTENTIAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS:

From one to many: how Greta Thunberg’s perseverance made a difference in a world of indifference -

I believe is is mostly due to her age, as the adults of the world live each day seeing the same 20 - 50 something talk about global warming it don’t seem to faze anybody but due to her age people are seeing this as a child who should be playing but instead is fighting to save the world, that’s why people listen know. she has made a difference through global meetings and speeches about the crisis we undergo daily and seems to have a following big enough to change.

Say Nothing, Do Nothing, Be Nothing: the purpose of the Crit in Art and Design -

In the lecture we naturally discuss the importance of being our own critique and making our judgements through our our thoughts and experiences. It is also extremely important that we allow others to get engaged with projects for feedback . In art and design this could mean many things, for instance by judging others work your allowing yourself to let their opinions into you life.

Subcultures Subversion

Bricolage Youth Culture

Dominant/Deviant culture Conspicuous Consumption

Punk Culture Jamming

Utopia/Dystopia

Dominant culture. A Dictionary of Sociology. . Encyclopedia.com.

Subculture: Subcultures are smaller groups within the larger culture that have slightly different—or additional—traditions and ideas. They tend to share much in common with the larger culture and typically interact with members of the majority on a regular basis. Most people belong to at least one group that can be classified as a subculture.

Feminist Critique:

The role of women/girls is largely ignored.

The experience of youth is gendered.

Wider gender politics can be investigated through the study of youth subcultures.

Haul Girls

-Alexis Petridis

Conspicuous Consumption:

A term introduced by the Norwegian-American economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen in his book "The Theory of the Leisure Class" (1899). The term refers to consumers who buy expensive items to display wealth and income rather than to cover the real needs of the consumer.

These images of decadence can also offer the opportunity to imagine a very different world, where wealth is not simply defined by money and possessions but by good health, valuable experiences, and the strength of social relationships.

UTOPIA AND DYSTOPIA

Hieronymus Bosch

The Garden of Earthly Delights is the modern title given to a triptych oil painting on oak panel painted by the Early Netherlandish master Hieronymus Bosch, between 1490 and 1510, when Bosch was between 40 and 60 years old. It has been housed in the Museo del Prado in Madrid since 1939.

I believe that the painting is a clear representation of what haven, purgatory and hell were perceived to look like at that time. Another use of power in this painting as it makes people act proper in their life to control order through fear of ending up in hell.

UP TO DATE

What do I want to explore for my essay?

theme/idea

artist/designer

object/image

Keywords

Power, Foucault, Surveillance, war on terror, citizen activism, superheroes.

Before next session

Brainstorm and mind map your ideas.

Gather images, quotes.

fill in your research proposal for GCOP200

(as much as you can)

Bring it all with you to your seminar

LINKS FROM LECTURE RESEARCH:

https://vimeo.com/147698825

https://www.dccomics.com/talent/frank-miller

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffragette

https://inhabitat.com/guerrilla-designers-attack-parisian-streets-with-pop-up-furniture-made-from-trash-photos/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights

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ASUW QSC updates

Welcome to Winter Quarter! The ASUW Queer Student Commission would like to officially welcome you to 2019, as well as the Winter Quarter. We recognize your resilience, determination, and hard work and we hope you've all had a well-deserved break! We are so happy to have you back, this quarter we have so many exciting things coming up. Unstoppable by Borders (2017) Protest art by queer Asian-Canadian filmmaker, public artist and Pushcart-nominated poet Jess X. Snow (These migration posters are available for free download and non-commercial use for protests or wheatpasting. Please print credit and tag @jessxsnow on Instagram and Facebook.)

A message to bring us into our new year advocating for justice and community: Our community is one composed of powerful immigrants, refugees, black, and indigenous trans, intersex, gender non-binary, and gender non-conforming folks and during this time we must protect and fight for our friends and families by all means necessary. As those we love are endangered, we stand with QTPOC's to abolish I.C.E, borders, prisons and to fight against U.S militarism in order to create a more just world for all. On behalf of the QSC, we are honored and grateful for the opportunities we will have this year to celebrate you, to heal with you, and to work in solidarity with you.

The Queer & Trans People of Color Alliance (QTPOCA) will be meeting this Friday in the Asian Room at the ECC!

Transgender & Gender Diverse Support & Social Group

[trans] ACTION is a support/social group for sex workers that is held every first Wednesday of every month. It is an opportunity that provides sex workers a safe space to engage in topical discussions relating to their life and/or work. This gathering is open to transgender and gender diverse sex workers with current or past experience in the sex trade.

Discussions include topics such as:

*Safety and self- care

*Decriminalization and Destigmatization of sex work

*Know your rights training

*Legal assistance

*Employment & housing

[trans] ACTION promotes and values confidentiality regarding interactions within the group.

The undisclosed location has ample parking, all-gender and ADA-accessible restroom. Come and build community with us! For more information please email Ara-lei at [email protected] Upcoming Dates :

Wed JAN 11 (6-8pm)

Wed FEB 13 (6-8pm)

Rally Against Deportation, Defend Vietnamese Refugees!

Join us as we come together to fight deportation of ALL people, and defend the 8,500+ Vietnamese community members at risk of deportation against separation from their families and loved ones. Say NO to the attempt to change the Repatriation Agreement between the US and Việt Nam. In solidarity, we acknowledge those who been separated from their families, those currently in detention and those who have died in ICE custody. We are calling on the administration, elected officials, the media, and community members to defend our refugee and migrant communities and to keep our families and loved ones home and together.

TRAFFIC NOTE: SR 99 will be closed at 10 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Our event is at 12 noon and while we do not expect this closure to heavily impact us, please check wsdot.com to plan your route. http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/Viaduct/realign99

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION:

Public Transportation: Hing Hay Park is served by King County Metro public transit, bus routes 7, 14 and 36. The closest bus station is the Chinatown International District Station, at S. Jackson St. and 5th Ave. Central Link light rail stops at the Chinatown International District station. The Seattle Streetcar line runs through the neighborhood with stops along S. Jackson St. King Street Station at S. Jackson St. and 4th Ave is served by Sound Transit’s Sounder commuter rail.

Language and viewing: Vietnamese interpreters will be available. The program will be available in Vietnamese and English. The event will be livestreamed. There will not be ASL interpretation or live captioning available. Wheelchair accessibility: Hing Hay Park is wheelchair accessible. The march from the park to Little Saigon will be completely on public sidewalks. Bicycle accessibility: Bicycle lanes run along S. Jackson St, S. Dearborn St, 6th Ave S, Maynard Ave S, and 7th Ave S in the International District; and 12th Ave S in Little Saigon. Bicycle racks are available at the park (confirm) and throughout the neighborhood. Public restrooms: There are no public restrooms at Hing Hay Park or along the march route. The nearest public facilities would be at the neighborhood branch of the Seattle Public Library, at 713 8th Ave S. (cross-street S. Weller St), and at Starbucks at 505 5th Ave S. (cross-street S. King St). Childcare: Childcare will not be available. Amenities: Hing Hay Park has public outdoor seating and tables, and a water fountain. Restaurants and local businesses are immediately surrounding and along the route of the march.

And Then I Got Fired: On Being Trans, Unemployed, & Surviving

A show that gives space for Trans Artists of Color to share the reality of (un)employment for Trans people.Through performance and stories, we will address the various ways Trans folks get shut out of 9-5 work and still make a living. Each night we will spit poems, share stories, and dance on the graves of broken promises from the mainstream LGBTQ community.

Featuring: Scarlett D'Giacomo J Mase III Déjà Baptiste Jade Vogelsang

This event will be taking place at Gay City: Seattle's LGBTQ Center

Upcoming Times :

Thursday, Jan 17 (7pm)

Friday, Jan. 18 (7pm)

Saturday, Jan 19 (7pm)

Welcome back to winter quarter with the D Center! Join us for our New Years Social Wednesday January 16th from 1pm - 2pm. We will have scent free crafts available. Come sip some tea, make some art, and hear about all the awesome plans the D Center has for the new year!

MGH 024 is mobility aid accessible and scent free space. Please do not wear any fragrances.Please contact [email protected] with any questions, comments, or concerns. Thank you!

Let’s Talk is a free program that connects UW students with support from experienced counselors from the Counseling Center and Hall Health Center without an appointment. Counselors hold walk-in hours at two sites on campus (Hall Health Center & Q-Center at the HUB) every Wednesday from 1-4pm. Let’s Talk offers informal consultation – it is not a substitute for regular therapy, counseling, or psychiatric care. Let’s Talk is available during autumn, winter, and spring quarters, and does not run during breaks.

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION: The Husky Union Building is near landmarks such as Allen Library, Padelford and Sieg. For a map, search HUB on the campus maps:http://www.washington.edu/maps/. The HUB’s front entrance is wheelchair accessible and the common area is to the right of the main desk. An all-genders restroom can be found at the 3rd floor, down the hallway from the Q Center. Gender binary bathrooms with multiple stalls can be found on each floor of the HUB. The HUB IS not kept scent-free but we ask that you do not wear scented/fragranced products (e.g. perfume, hair products) or essential oils to/in the Q Center in order to make the space accessible to those with chemical injury or multiple chemical sensitivity. To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 (voice), 206-543-6452 (TTY), 206-685-7264 (fax), or [email protected] preferably 10 days in advance. Have questions about the QSC? Just want to get involved? Find our office hours online at hours.asuw.org.

Thank you for being a part of our community <3 We are so glad that you are here, and we are so glad to get to know you! To hear more from the QSC be sure to like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter & instagram to stay up to date with all queer and trans related happenings on campus and in Seattle! With love, Mehria Ibrahimi, Outreach & Engagement intern for the ASUW Queer Student Commission.

#qsc #events #d center #let's talk

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Lawyer: Ex-Guatemala dictator Efrain Rios Montt dies at 91

New Post has been published on https://goo.gl/Q1ErXK

Lawyer: Ex-Guatemala dictator Efrain Rios Montt dies at 91

GUATEMALA CITY /April 1, 2018 (AP)(STL.News)— Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, who seized power in a 1982 coup and presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala’s civil war as soldiers waged a scorched-earth campaign to root out Marxist guerrillas, died on Sunday, his lawyer said.

Lawyer Jaime Hernandez said the family told him the 91-year-old died of a heart attack.

Rios Montt was convicted in 2013 of genocide and crimes against humanity for the massacre of 1,771 indigenous Ixil Mayans by security forces under his command.

But the ruling was swiftly set aside and a new trial ordered, dismaying human rights activists and victims who long sought to see him punished for atrocities during his 17-month regime.

In October, his trial on genocide charges resumed behind closed doors after being suspended for more than a year while his lawyers argued that he was too senile to participate, with no memory and unable to make decisions.

He is survived by his wife, two children and several grandchildren.

An ex-general known for inspiring fear and giving speeches at a near-shout, Rios Montt was later a longtime member of congress and one of the most influential figures in Guatemalan politics for more than three decades.

Born June 16, 1926, in the city of Huehuetenango, in western Guatemala’s highlands, Rios Montt grew up in a conservative Roman Catholic family.

He entered the army in 1946 as a cadet and, over a long career, held nearly every military post there was: troop assistant, platoon commander, instructor, defense secretary. He attended the U.S.

School of the Americas in the 1950s, and became a brigadier general in 1972.

Rios Montt first ran for president in 1974 but lost amid allegations of electoral fraud and was sent to the Guatemalan Embassy in Spain as military attache.

In March 1982, he seized power in a military coup and promptly suspended the constitution, disbanded congress and set in motion a ruthless counterinsurgency campaign that resulted in thousands of deaths. According to a U.N. truth commission, the worst atrocities of the 1960-1996 Guatemalan Civil War took place during his rule.

Nonetheless he continued to receive the support of the United States, where President Ronald Reagan called him “a man of great personal integrity and commitment.”

Rios Montt’s government was known for faceless judges presiding over summary trials of suspected subversives, and for moralistic Sunday night TV messages from the strongman who had become a born-again evangelical Christian.

“A man who has two women is a pig; a woman who has two men is a hen,” he said in one, using slang that translates roughly as a woman of loose morals.

In power, Rios Montt alienated a broad spectrum of society, including the military, businesspeople and the Catholic Church, leading to his ouster by another putsch in August 1983 led by his own defense minister.

However he remained popular among many for his social welfare initiatives and for the relative peace his “iron fist” approach brought to some regions. In 1985, a clause was added to the constitution barring him and his progeny from seeking the presidency.

But Rios Montt remained in politics, founding a new conservative party in 1990 and entering congress a decade later when political ally Alfonso Portillo was elected president.

In 2003, Rios Montt was finally able to make another run for president after the Constitutional Court allowed his candidacy. He came in a distant third — in part due to scandals under the government of Portillo, who would later plead guilty in the U.S. to laundering millions of ill-gotten dollars through American banks.

For years Rios Montt enjoyed immunity from prosecution as an elected member of congress. That changed when he lost re-election in 2011 and was ordered into house arrest.

After more than 100 legal appeals were exhausted, his 2013 trial was seen as a historic opportunity to hold a Latin American dictator responsible for abuses committed on his watch.

Dozens of witnesses testified about rapes, massacres, forced displacement and other crimes by soldiers that, prosecutors argued, Rios Montt either ordered or must have known about.

Smartly dressed in a suit and shoes polished to a shine, the former general vehemently maintained his innocence: “It was never my intention or my goal to destroy a whole ethnic group. … I never ordered attacks on a specific race.”

Rios Montt was convicted and sentenced to 80 years. But practically before the ink on the ruling had time to dry, the ruling was tossed over trial irregularities and a new proceeding ordered.

With Rios Montt by then in his late 80s and reportedly suffering from heart disease and spinal problems, human rights watchdogs feared the setback meant he would never be convicted.

At a hearing in January 2015, he was wheeled into court on a gurney ashen-faced, clad in pajamas, covered with a blanket and wearing dark sunglasses. It was a far cry from the man Guatemalans knew: diminutive of stature but with a booming voice, commanding presence and penetrating gaze.

A three-justice panel ruled that one of the judges had to recuse herself, delaying the retrial indefinitely.

Rios Montt was married to Maria Teresa Sosa and had three children: Adolfo, who joined the army, participated in his father’s coup and was killed in 1984 in a rebel downing of a military helicopter; Zury, who was elected to Guatemala’s congress and in 2004 married then-U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Ill.); and Enrique, who also went into the army and served as defense minister.

According to the United Nations, some 245,000 people were killed or disappeared during Guatemala’s 1960-1996 civil war, with the vast majority of the killings attributed to the army or paramilitary groups.

By SONIA PEREZ D. , By Associated Press – published on STL.News by St. Louis Media, LLC (R.A)

#Alfonso Portillo #Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt #Marxist guerrillas #Roman Catholic family #several grandchildren #United Nations

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