#bates et al

[obsessedwithduggars]

Y’all…. How??

She must have magical ovaries.

#bates family #bates et al #pregnancy announcement #chad and erin paine #baby paine 6

[deliciouskeys]

Homelander fans who think the show is moving towards depicting him having DID (see poll): are we just talking about having different facets of personality (inner child persona vs external messaging he’s been getting from his faux parents or a self talk coping mechanism) which can be dramatized with a conversation in the mirror?

Or are we talking about actual dissociation, like Norman-Bates-type ‘one alter doesn’t know what crimes the other one is doing while they take over’?

Because if it’s the latter, kind of dreading that Kripke et al have avoided “the Black Noir clone was the one who raped Becca and ate babies” plot point only to start going down the “it was the bad Homelander who raped Becca, not John”. Because beyond the story problems with that, it starts begging the question did Homelander down the mayor of Baltimore’s plane and not John, flight 37, killing Madelyn, killing(maiming?) Blindspot, dating SF, killing supersonic… that all feels like an icky and frankly weird copout to me…

With the season 4 spoilers about another major character having his own Tyler Durden, and how much the Gen V writers like Unreality and Manifested Inner World, I have to say I can see them going further into DID land, and I feel like it could be really bad. Like maybe drop-the-show-before-s5 bad. 😕 But maybe I’m the only one who feels this way lol.

#homelander #homelander meta #dissociative identity disorder in media #the boys s4 #the boys #the boys tv #😕

[burst-of-iridescent]

the official zutara dissertation: conclusion

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 

This dissertation set out to prove that Zutara, rather than Kat.aang and Mai.ko, should have been the endgame ship of Avatar: The Last Airbender. It has discussed why Zuko and Katara would make a good couple within the text, how the narrative was setting them up for a relationship and why a Zutara endgame would have served the themes and messages of the show, as well as the arcs of all the characters involved, better than the canon relationships did.

Many have argued that Zutara is too complicated, too deep, too much for a kids’ show - that much of the subtext and narrative and analysis that really makes Zutara brilliant cannot be easily understood by children. But the reason that Avatar: The Last Airbender still stands the test of time today is because it did care about those very things, because it took difficult, complex issues and still managed to make them meaningful, nuanced and understandable. If ATLA could depict imperialism, colonialism, redemption, genocide and war, I see no reason why it could not have pulled off an enemies-to-lovers ship literally coded in the DNA of the show.

In conclusion, Zutara should have been canon because it would have fixed almost all of the narrative, thematic and character problems I have discussed over the course of this dissertation, and elevated the show to near perfection. The choice to deny Zutara of the ending they rightfully deserved is thus undoubtedly one of ATLA’s biggest flaws and its greatest loss. 

But as Dante Basco, Prince Zuko himself and captain of the Zutara ship, put it:  “Sometimes the feeling of what could have been is stronger than what actually happened, because the memory of perfection lasts longer.” 

Though Zuko and Katara’s story ends in tragedy, it is this very tragedy that still makes them so fascinating all of these years later ‐ because the final element of Zutara’s brilliance is the idea of what might have been, in what has been left solely to our imaginations. In the greatest of ironies, therefore, it was only by leaving the story of Zuko and Katara unfinished that it was able to become the beautiful tale it is today ‐ more powerful and compelling, perhaps, than it could ever have been in canon. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Araeph, 2017. Araeph’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2. https://at.tumblr.com/burst-of-iridescent/araephs-greatest-hits-vol-2/zfcozrmeby19

Certified Bi Fangirl Disaster, 2020. The Cave of Two Lovers foreshadows the Zutara interactions in the Crossroads of Destiny. https://at.tumblr.com/theotterpenguin/645662327005478912/p30gsur9gexe

DevilDogDemon et. al, 2021. The Effect of Kataang on Aang’s Character Arc. https://at.tumblr.com/burst-of-iridescent/devildogdemon-juldooz-atla-negromouthandafro/hs2r37t0uipp

FunFanFin, 2017. How Zutara Fulfills The Show’s Key Themes.  https://at.tumblr.com/funfanfin/dentist-open-up-me-wellokay-so-not-only-does/pnwuyp5pxxc4

Marsreds, 2017. It’s called the Cave of Two Lovers, not the Cave of Two “Treasured/Close/Platonic Friends”. https://at.tumblr.com/marsreds/its-called-the-cave-of-two-lovers-not-the-cave/njy7bj7qkoko

My Bated Breath, 2020. Wants vs Need - A Comparison Between Kataang, Taang, and Zutara. https://at.tumblr.com/my-bated-breath/wants-vs-need-a-comparison-between-kataang/vvhl7irrdk69

RoyalTeaLovingKookiness, 2019. The Romantic Framing of Zutara. https://at.tumblr.com/royaltealovingkookiness/i-think-the-anon-who-sent-the-zuko-lost-azula-in/rpfdg8oxfmfq

SneezyPeasy, 2021. Get in losers, we’re stanning Zutara. https://at.tumblr.com/sneezypeasy/get-in-losers-were-stanning-zutara/0x2mbtmsp3xu

SneezyPeasy, 2021. Why Aang’s Lines Sound Preachy in The Southern Raiders. https://at.tumblr.com/sneezypeasy/why-aangs-lines-sound-preachy-in-the-southern/q78urhuqp6lm

SunMoonTurtleDuck, 2021. Why Zuko Had To Take Azula’s Lightning for Katara. https://at.tumblr.com/theotterpenguin/its-true-zuko-would-have-taken-the-lightning-for/ki6rg04v45h2

TheMomentofDavyPrentiss, 2017. Why I Believe Katara Canonically Had Romantic Feelings for Zuko.  https://at.tumblr.com/themomentofdavyprentiss/why-i-believe-katara-canonically-had-romantic/m7a6x8a521n8

TheOtterPenguin, 2022. A Counter Argument to “Zuko Would Have Taken The Lightning for Anyone!” https://at.tumblr.com/theotterpenguin/why-is-zuko-would-have-taken-the-lightning-for/amyfkr6oaz45

#zutara #zutara meta #the official zutara dissertation #and we're done!!! #this series has been so fun to write and seeing everyone's reactions made me so happy #i hope this was as enjoyable to read as it was to make <33 #and also shoutout to all these amazing metas and sneezy's god tier zutara video #anti kataang #anti maiko #ana out *drops mic*

[ruindunburnit]

NoHoper Part I: LightBringer

Chapters: 30/30 [complete]

Fandoms: Death Note, House of Night - P.C. & Kristin Cast, myriad references

Rating: M - Mature

Warning: Creator Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings (see tags below)

Characters: Light Yagami, Zoey redbird, Damien Maslin, Shaunee Cole, Erin Bates, Jack Twist, Neferet, Aphrodite LaFont, Dragon Lankford, Anastasia Lankford, Lenobia, Penthesilea, Shekinah, Soichiro Yagami, Sachiko Yagami, Sayu Yagami, Yamamoto, Kayla Robinson, Stevie Rae Johnson, John Heffer, Patricia Nolan, Loren Blake, original characters, et al.

Additional Tags: Crossover, Crossover Pairings, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Magical Realism, Boarding School, Vampires, POV Alternating, Unreliable Narrator, Angst, Abuse of Authority, Codependency, Rape/Non-Con Elements, Victim Blaming, Dark, Body Horror, Blood & Gore, Canonical Character Death, Minor Character Death, Psychological Horror, Lovecraftian, Male Homosexuality, Female Homosexuality, Trans Male Character, Dubious Morality, Bigotry & Prejudice, Mad Science, Depression, Anxiety, Grief/Mourning, Trauma, PTSD, Panic Attacks, Chronic Illness, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Religious Fanaticism, Dissociation, Sexism, Misgendering, Homophobia, Racism, Fantastic Racism, Blood Drinking, Bullying, Broken Bones, References to Canon, References to Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, References to Ancient Roman Religion & Lore, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Character Interpretation, Fix-It, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat

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In the wake of two professors’ murders and High Priestess Neferet’s threats to wage war, a crisis of power has the House of Night teetering into free-fall. Desperate to prove herself worthy to her friends, Zoey must finally do the unthinkable to complete her circle. Meanwhile, a research team on the precipice of discovery will pay any price in the fight against death. Welcome to the Tulsa House of Night: forget everything you think you know.

#LightBringer #Death Note #House of Night #NoHoper #ao3 #chapters every Monday #ao3 link provided every Friday #happy to explain any tag at the top of heavier chapters #(or as reasonably requested) #link always provided in the pinned post #kudos and comments always appreciated #last chapter #follow this blog for progress on NoHoper Part II

[autistpride]

Picture books gears towards children:

Wiggles, Stomps, and Squeezes Calm My Jitters Down by Lindsey Parker, Illustrated by Rebecca Burgess

Do You Want to Play? Making Friends with an Autistic Kid by Daniel Share-Strom, Maxine Share, Illustrated by Naghmeh Afshinjah

Sensory Seeking Sebastian by Christia DeShields, Illustrated by Marissa Nelson

Suzi Spins by Emma Dalmayne and Illustrated by her son Raphelle

Benji, the Bad Day, and Me by Sally J Pla et al. Illustrated by Ken Min

Too Sticky! :Sensory Issues with Autism by Jen Malia et al. Illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff

Come Meet Drayden by Dana Young-Askew, illustrated by Cameron Wilson

My Wandering Dreaming Mind by Merriam Saunders, Illustrated by Tammie Lyon (ND Author)

My Whirling, Twirling Motor by Merriam Saunders, Illustrated by Tammie Lyon (ND Author)

A Friend for Henry by Jenn Bailey, Illustrated by Mika Song

The Little Senses Series by Samantha Cotterill, Illustrated by Samantha Cotterill

A Tiger Called Thomas by Charlotte Zolotow and Diana Cain Bluthenthal

Not Your Typical Dragon by Dan Bar-el, Illustrated by Tim Bowers

The Masterpiece: One Big Canvas by Jay Miletsky, Illustrated by Luis Peres

The Molding of Clay by Jay Miletsky, Illustrated by Luis Peres

Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall, Illustrated by Michael Hall

Swing by Michael Hall, Illustrated by Michael Hall

Be Who You Are by Todd Parr, Illustrated by Todd Parr

It’s Okay to be Different by Todd Parr, Illustrated by Todd Parr

The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates and Juniper Bates illustrated by Amy June Bates

Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima, Illustrated by Jessie Sima

Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty, Illustrated by David Roberts

Benny Doesn’t Like to Be Hugged by Zetta Elliott, Illustrated by Purple Wong

Rosalee the Seeker by Nicole Filippone

#asd #autistic pride #autistic #autism #autistic adult #autism acceptence month #autism acceptance #audhd #actually audhd

[pretty-toastie]

Favorite Authors/Books (pinned)

(in no particular order)

Novels

Nina LaCour: We Are Okay, Everything Leads to You

Julia Armfield: Salt Slow, Our Wives Under the Sea

Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone: This Is How You Lose the Time War

Ryan La Sala: The Honeys

V. E. Schwab: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Near Witch

Helen Macdonald: Vesper Flights, H is for Hawk

Lucy Caldwell: Here We Are

Joan Didion: A Book of Common Prayer

David Arnold: The Electric Kingdom

Andy Weir: Project Hail Mary

Classics

Unknown, Seamus Heaney: Beowulf

Unknown, Simon Armitage: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sappho, Anne Carson: If Not, Winter

J. R. R. Tolkien: Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit

[Still evaluating translators]: The Odyssey, The Iliad

Poetry

Caitlyn Siehl: What We Buried

June Bates: she is the poem, the lavender haze, mythic blues

Amanda Oaks, Caitlyn Siehl, et al.: Literary Sexts Volume 1, Literary Sexts Volume 2

#books #bookblr #favorite books #favorite authors #i'm moving this to a pinned post because the list is getting too long to live on my blog sidebar anymore :( #will be updated #yes i'm counting tolkien's works as classics. you can fight me about it

[ochoislas]

BAJO ALTA MAR

Los peces de los abismos, a falta de ojos y párpados, la luz fueron a inventar en sus corazones huérfanos.

Y de tal, burbuja envían, lejos de días y de años, hacia el haz por donde corren oceánicos destinos.

Un navío se va a pique, el tumbo cubre el humero, y el casco hendido por medio deja la caldera al aire.

De una cámara en el fondo, una linterna tiznada bate cerrada lumbrera frente a los peces nocturnos.

*

SOUS LE LARGE

Les poissons des profondeurs Qui n'ont d'yeux ni de paupières Inventèrent la lumière Pour les besoins de leur coeur.

Ils en mandent une bulle, Loin des jours et des années, Vers la surface où circule L'océane destinée.

Un navire coule à pic, Houle dans les cheminées, Et la coque déchirée Laisse la chaudière à vif.

Dans le fond d'une cabine Une lanterne enfumée Frappe le hublot fermé Sur les poissons de la nuit.

Jules Supervielle

di-versión©ochoislas

#Jules Supervielle #literatura francesa #poesía surrealista #bajo el mar #naufragio #abismo #luz #reclamo #di-versiones©ochoislas

[brookstonalmanac]

Beer Events 4.24

Events

German Trade Statutes place brewing kettles under seal to prohibit brewing beginning 4/24 until 9/29 (1539)

Miller Brewing opened a new beer hall on Milwaukee's East Water Street (1857)

Anheuser-Busch acquired the rights to bottle and sell Budweiser (1883)

Central Brewing sold in foreclosure sale (Missouri; 1931)

Crown Cork & Seal patented a Capping Head (1934)

Rainier Brewing patented a Preparation of Beer (1973)

The Brotherhood of the Pink Elephant founded (Belgium; 1992)

Mason McMullin, et al., patented a Beerbrella (2003)

Thomas Bates, et al., patented a Reusable Beer Keg (2013)

Brewery Openings

Sical (Spain; 1924)

Calwer Eck Brau / Dinkelacker-Schwaben Brau (Germany; 1987)

Circle V Brewing (Indianapolis; 1996)

Gentlemen Jim's Bistro & Brewery (New York; 1996)

Ji-Beer Restaurant / Asahi Brewery (Japan; 1998)

Maritime Beer (Canada; 1998)

#Events

[mythingchild]

Snake Fruit Multiple Cultivation and Cultivation Practices

The current definition of culture refers to the cultural practices applied to field-level culture sequences. The cultivation techniques offer a variety alternatives that can be combined to create climate-smart agriculture involving genetic engineering and machine technology. Culture systems influence adaptation and mitigation strategies and have an impact on food production (Debaeke et al., 2017). Some of the well-known cultures the systems are monoculture, rationing, single culture, sequential culture, intercropping, mixed intercropping, row intercropping, strip and multiple intercropping cropping.

Read more: Links between Climate Change, Food Systems and Food Safety

Multiple culture or multi-culture is a form of polyculture and is defined as the practice of planting more than one type of crop on the same farmland during a growing season. The species of choice

multiple crops vary depending on the geographical location, the level of input and local preferences (Azam-Ali, 2003). It is suggested to crop several times the oldest method and can still be practiced in many agricultural systems, including on Indonesian snake fruit plantations. There is also double culture, in which the second type of culture is planted after the first culture has been harvested. Another variety of multiple cultures is the relay culture, in the second type of crop is sown before the harvest of the first type of harvest (Petrie and Bates, 2017).

Several cultivation systems can be applied as guides for the granting

many ecosystem benefits, namely food, animal feed and fiber (Gaba et al., 2015). In addition, multiple cropping systems influence the organic composition of the soil carbon reservoirs, microbial activity, yield and quality of crops (Sanchez-Navarro et al., 2019). Thus, multiple cropping is an alternative technique to help responding to global food demand, especially in the face of global warming (Petrie and Bates, 2017).

Farmers usually choose several crops in the cultivation of snake fruits

mainly for economic reasons, that is, to maximize agricultural land

use to earn more income. Another justification is the ecological reason which implies a reduction in the use of fertilizers and pesticides, an increase in the efficiency of water use and land conservation. In many regions, snake the fruits are grown in multiple cultivation systems, both with annual crops, such as

as vegetable crops and other perennial crops. In addition, several

the culture is adopted to provide shade for snake fruit seedlings. Older plants, shaded plants modify the microclimate of the plantation by regeneration of the interception of lower light and temperature. Heat in the final the stage affects the production of snake fruits (Sumantra et al., 2012).

The establishment of snake fruit plantations should be initiated by clearing the earth from weeds, wood chops and other pests that can disturb the cultivation process. Since the snake fruit requires avoiding direct sunlight exposure, other plants must be planted to serve as shade trees.

Banana trees are mainly chosen as shade trees due to their rapid growth characteristics and the highly economic value of their fruits. The shadow trees should be planted at a distance of 6 × 2.5 m before planting the snake sowing of fruits. Snake fruit seedlings should be planted at a distance of 3 × 2.5 m planting distance.

Planting holes for snake fruit seedlings should be prepared in dimensions of 60 × 60 × 60 cm. The upper floor must be removed from the bottom layer and mixed with about 10 kg of compost manure before be returned to the initial position. This parameter is allowed to remain free for two weeks to improve the texture and fertility of the soil before filling with snake fruit seedlings. After planting, some care and maintenance will be called for.

[obsessedwithduggars]

William Gage Paine

Not sure if anyone has watched the Paine’s new Q&A on YouTube but they revealed Baby #6’s name. William Gage Paine. Carson (Charles) is named after Chad, his father, and grandfather. Now William will be named after Gil and his father. I cannot remember if she mentioned it but I have a feeling he will go by Liam since Carson goes by Carson lol.

#bates family #bates et al #paine family #chad and erin paine #baby paine 6 #william gage paine #baby name reveal

[oaresearchpaper]

#Chiroptera #Morphometrics #Least pipistrelle #Vespertilionidae #Assam

[requiemtvshow]

Requiem 7

Titre original Requiem 7

Genre Thriller horreur

Réalisateur Armani Johnson-King

Acteurs principaux Katherine Langford, Naomi Scott, Shawn Mendes, Cody Simpson, Nick Jonas

Pays d'origine États-Unis

Studio Johnson-King Movies et Hamptons Compagny

Bande Originale Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler)

Durée 2 heures 07 minutes

Année de sortie 2024

Lieu de tournage Palm Springs et Cathedral City

Budget de production 30 millions de dollars

Box-office international 324,9 millions de dollars

Synopsis

Après une absence de trois ans, le Vénitien fait son retour à Oakswood avec une nouvelle cible en vue : le mystérieux joueur Charles Windels. Quel sombre secret lie ce lycéen en apparence ordinaire à ce redoutable tueur en série ? Adele et les autres survivants parviendront-ils à le sauver de son funeste destin ?

Casting Principal

Adele Carpenter Katherine Langford

Hendricks Guggenheim Shawn Mendes

Miles Brown Cody Simpson

Graham Guggenheim Nick Jonas

Meg Carpenter Neve Campbell

Diane Carpenter Jamie Lee Curtis

Charles Windels Joshua Bassett

James Waters Noah Schnapp

Casting Secondaire

Donna Sheridan Kathy Bates

Ben Weissman Patrick Dempsey

Casting de Victimes

Olivia Gallagher Marcia Cross

Tommy Sheridan Michael Cimino

Bobby Beck Doug Bradley

Gary Molina Brad Dourif

Shay Al Ryad Naomi Scott

Quinn Lloyd Sharon Stone

Scott Sheridan Josh Hartnett

Gloria Lombardo Eva Longoria

David Windels Jason Biggs

Jada Turner Marsai Martin

Curtis Sparks Chris O'Donnell

Ricky Schwartz Shemar Moore

[sociologyonthemove]

A walk down the Cowbridge Road East by Linda Boyce

My sociological walk takes me through the district of Canton, down Cowbridge Road East. A down at heel high street (Puwar 2012)  in comparison to the bustling consumerism of the city centre of Cardiff less than two miles away.  An area I’ve frequented many times on trips to an orthodontist on the outskirts with my teenage daughter, but never venturing a step further. I’ve previously been intrigued by the culture and people observed in this community. The walk contrasts the disparities between green spaces and the din of the urban space. However, the main focus of my walk is on the multiculturalism of the community of Canton and how everyday multiculturism (Wise and Velayutham 2009) is played out in urban areas like shopping centres and high streets (Watson 2016).  I feel it is a place that stirs the ‘sociological imagination’ (Wright Mills 1959). A walk that allows me to get a feel for the textures and rhythm of social life in motion (Bates 2014), a place that is telling about society (Becker 2007).

I take the flaneur or rather the flaneuse approach to my sociological walk, as a straddling observer and participator, blending the reportage and poetique (Grantz 2005, p152). My true mission is to tap into urban energies, to stroll, to dawdle, a time of wasteful idling (Ferguson 1994). A floating existence in order to reveal modern urban cultures (Baudelaire 1965, pp 118-119). My walk, although a planned route, comprises of free play across the authoritarian city (Kramer and Short 2011), I find myself curious, and inquisitively heading down side streets to botanise the asphalt (Benjamin 1968) of this little place of Canton.

My walk commences around 11.05 on a Thursday in March at Cardiff University’s Glamorgan Building located near the Welsh Government building. I capture the unfolding portrait of Canton life using audio and video recording, along with taking photographs, to take the reader to where social action is going on (Back 2012). I also wrote scratch, field notes as I continued my ‘walkalong’ (Kusenbach 2003).

I head up King Edward VII Avenue and take a left turn, cutting through College Road to bring me to the crossing on North Road, directly opposite the Royal College of Music and Drama (RCMD) and its prestigious, contemporary building.  Here, as I wait at the crossing, I feel myself consciously engaging with my sensual imagination (Vanini et al 2013). The hiss of the hydraulics of passing buses, the screeching brakes, the squawking seagulls circling above, the smell of the exhaust fumes that catch me in the back of the throat and the distant sirens whirring in the distance. I am listening, sensing and feeling (Bates 2014) the multi-sensual world (Lorimer 2005, p83), trying to understand the social and how it is researchable (Lorimer 2005, p84).

I cross the road and wander through Bute Park, immediately feeling the restfulness of this green space. As I enter through the park gates, I meander the path through the park, and drift purposefully in the recommended mode (Sinclair 1997, p4).  I take some audio recordings in the park where nature is heard - away from the noisy hub of the city - and bird singing can be prominently heard over the background traffic noise. In contrast, the sound of a saxophonist playing jazz could be heard from the open windows of the RCMD behind me. My pace slows as I want to feel the textures and rhythm of social life in motion (Bates 2014). Cyclist’s dash past me, the sound of the revolving pedals, whirring of the bicycle chain and the rubber tyres on asphalt, is quite an appealing sound. This outdoor green space is a lived space with everyday life with rhythms and patterns (Lefbvre 1991).  I also notice the visibly embedded bike trails and walking routes of pedestrians in the path. I come to a little café set alongside the River Taff, a perfect pit stop for dog walkers, joggers and pram pushers. I head up over the suspension bridge that bounces with my every footstep.  I head out through a car park for the national express bus station, I can’t help but notice how even though this is in the confines of the park, a place of nature and trees, nature is being tamed, by way of an iron grating that encircles the tree in order to curtail the roots and stop them buckling paving slabs. 

As I exit the park which brings me onto the main road that leads to Canton, the place of my sociological enquiry (Beck et al 1994; Lash 1999). I am bombarded once again with exhaust fumes and the cluttering noise of traffic and come across vibrant matter (Bennett 2009) of particular grot spots of litter, (Puwar 2012) - the left-over objects of commercial consumption. I cross at the junction, and with a slight left, I head down to Cowbridge Road, East.  Passing the blue plaque outside of a Victorian townhouse signalling the birth place of Ivor Novello, a Welsh 1920s composer, better known these days for the eponymous music awards. Two older, gentlemen are strolling just in front of me as I catch with them as I pass them by. I overhear one gentleman asking the other, “I’m not too old, am I”?  Realising that I was passing just as this was being said, there was a distinct silence between the both of them. I turn to smile at the gent who must be at least 80 years of age, but very spritely. Reassuringly I say, “You’re never too old, you’re as young as you feel!” They both chuckle.  To the left are some disused offices and the St David’s Hospital.  It is at this point, where my sociological walk and the multiculturalism of Canton truly begins. 

I continue on my traverse, I pass a myriad of restaurants from global cultures such as Dubai Nights, Vivo Latino, Kimchi Korean and the famous Happy Gathering - a well-loved Cantonese restaurant. There is also cultural merging of cuisines for example with the Indo-Cymru restaurant - possibly in recognition of the proprietors’ cultural origins that they now have come to call Canton their home.  There is a fruit-and-veg van perched to the side of the row of restaurants where a queue is forming. The chatty proprietor makes friendly gestures and calls customers by their first names. Talking about a variety of things, from local misdemeanours, to the score of the last city game, “seriously though Giggs - managing Wales mun,” one guy retorted.   I motion further down the high street passing, a sex shop marketing their wares as ‘marital aids’.  Further along, are a number of hire purchase outlets, casinos and betting shops that give me a sense that this may be a deprived area. These descriptions are the urban banality (Kramer and Short 2011) of the high street but are relevant, as these local territories shape the social interactions (Kusenbach 2003) in this community. These high street outlets give vitality to the ongoing life (Back 2013) of this suburban space.  Where the actors engage with the places around them through the course of their everyday lives (Seamon 1979). As I stroll down the high street, I notice that Canton has a number of butchers, bakers and fruit-and-veg shops, along with cobblers and hardware shops that take over the space on the pavement to sell their wares. Reminiscent of the old ways of shopping, it is quite a ‘quaint’ high street with privately owned businesses and very few global retailers - an ‘everything on your doorstep’ type of high street.

I continue my journey down the road, past Shab’s, a Turkish barber’s, numerous tattoo studios and tanning outlets and multiple vaping shops, where the pungent smell of artificial  scents spill out into the street through the plumes of smoke. I also pass a number of places of worship, a Baptist church that runs toddler groups, community courses and after school clubs further down and a larger church called the Wesley, that has converted its foyer area into a café, as I pass I notice a number of older residents catching up and chatting over a cup of tea.

I eventually come to a cross roads which is at the centre of Canton. I decide to loiter around a bench that is set directly outside Tesco Express, and as I sit down, two ladies sit down next to me disgusted with the price that they have paid for their sandwiches and they both agree that they, “will never do that again”.  To the side of the bench there is a large tower, there as a sort of architecture of advertisement (Hessel 1968) that is pasted from top to bottom with a number of local events at the nearby cultural hub of Chapter and more risqué events such as the Lady Boys of Bangkok.  I feel that this is a convenient place to scribble some field notes as I observe the consumerist order (Bauman 1994, p153) of shoppers. People mingle, congregate and socialise around these pigeonpoop-covered benches. As I sit there, the bench users are joined, on the outskirts, by two mobility scooter users wishing to rest at this place to enjoy the pasty and sandwich that they have recently purchased.  I can’t help but notice that I am completely surrounded by cooing pigeons and I have to duck as they swoop over my head. I turn around to see an older lady feeding them, a complete frenzy of feathers and panicked pecking at the floor ensues. She notices me looking over and says, “Well I’m giving them their breakfast see, if I don’t do it, nobody will”. I smile back at her. “Bless her,” I think to myself. I pan around to people watch and notice the diverse social architecture (Kusenbach 2003) of the people on the high street.  Indian Ladies pass wearing brightly coloured Sarees and Muslim women in Burkas all indicate their cultural background. As they pass one another, there is a friendly recognition between them, a social bond that the people have as a result of sharing this local territory (Kusenbach 2003). Outside the Tesco Express, a young, homeless girl sits with a knitted blanket over her knees reading a book.  A number of people stop to give her money and a Muslim lady spends time chatting to her. They laugh together and they say their farewells.  Sitting adjacent to her is a Big Issue vendor, dressed in a black head covering, she also gets a warm reception from passers-by. One older lady calls across to her and asks how she is today? “I’ll be back now in a minute to buy one love, I just need to get some change,” and she heads into the shop. I veer left down a side street to stumble across a gym, called ‘Hiya’ fitness - ladies only. Next to it is a shop Munfrid Styles, selling Shalwar Kameez, a traditional Indian outfit, and Sarees. Outside I see a group of Muslim ladies ready to head inside to the gym, but as they do they stop to wait for a local lady and they all walk in together, chatting. I continue my walk further down the road just taking in more social interactions and catching the visible practices as they happen (Laurier 2014). A group of older ladies pass me with each with a front loading shopping trolley, there is a near miss with my feet as they pass but they are more intent on getting the attention of their friend further down the street. “Allo, allo, allo Gal,” as they catch up with her, “Oh, we haven’t seen you for ages, how’s your Gallstones now?” “Ah I had them blasted see” she replies. I continue my walk further and receive many smiles and hellos from all walks of life - me, a stranger, being treated as one of the locals (Kusenbach 2003). Across the road I notice another hair dressing salon/barbers and above the salon, in bold red writing, is ‘Stavros Constantinou, Welsh, British, European and the world hairdressing champion – for ladies and their gentlemen’. The place is heaving, with people in the hairdresser’s chairs and a good crowd waiting and flicking through magazines and swiping phones. It makes me wonder about the numerous narratives and gossip that they exchange whilst sitting in the chairs.  

In my reflexive turn (Emerson 2001), my initial impressions of Canton were that it was a socio-economically deprived area. However, the more familiar I became with the area, I found my attitude changed and I became quite fond of the area as I gained a feeling for its space and people (Bates 2014).  This area was a closely knitted, multi-cultural space. The butchers, barbers and fruit shops were the hub of the high street where lived experience of knowledge was exchanged, along with snippets of gossip. There were pockets of deprivation, but it was a far cry from the consumerism of the city centre. Nevertheless, there was authentic, real-lived Cowbridge Road East culture - the storytelling and the catching up in the street, over shop counters and outside betting shops whilst having a cigarette - being more than anything that could be projected in the gentrified area of Cardiff’s city centre.  The street felt alive and breathing with the same heartbeat and community spirit with feelings of friendly, neighbourly relations - unlike the multiculturalism in the realm of political discourse being portrayed as a divide in communities. This contrast may have been because a majority of the people were ‘in the same boat’, with similar circumstances and the lack of socio-economic status and materialism stunted the individualistic selfishness and greed of the city centre.  

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NoHoper Part I: LightBringer

Chapters: 29/30

Fandoms: Death Note, House of Night - P.C. & Kristin Cast, myriad references

Rating: M - Mature

Warning: Creator Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings (see tags below)

Characters: Light Yagami, Zoey redbird, Damien Maslin, Shaunee Cole, Erin Bates, Jack Twist, Neferet, Aphrodite LaFont, Dragon Lankford, Anastasia Lankford, Lenobia, Penthesilea, Shekinah, Soichiro Yagami, Sachiko Yagami, Sayu Yagami, Yamamoto, Kayla Robinson, Stevie Rae Johnson, John Heffer, Patricia Nolan, Loren Blake, original characters, et al.

Additional Tags: Crossover, Crossover Pairings, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Magical Realism, Boarding School, Vampires, POV Alternating, Unreliable Narrator, Angst, Abuse of Authority, Codependency, Rape/Non-Con Elements, Victim Blaming, Dark, Body Horror, Blood & Gore, Canonical Character Death, Minor Character Death, Psychological Horror, Lovecraftian, Male Homosexuality, Female Homosexuality, Trans Male Character, Dubious Morality, Bigotry & Prejudice, Mad Science, Depression, Anxiety, Grief/Mourning, Trauma, PTSD, Panic Attacks, Chronic Illness, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Religious Fanaticism, Dissociation, Sexism, Misgendering, Homophobia, Racism, Fantastic Racism, Blood Drinking, Bullying, Broken Bones, References to Canon, References to Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, References to Ancient Roman Religion & Lore, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Character Interpretation, Fix-It, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat

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In the wake of two professors’ murders and High Priestess Neferet’s threats to wage war, a crisis of power has the House of Night teetering into free-fall. Desperate to prove herself worthy to her friends, Zoey must finally do the unthinkable to complete her circle. Meanwhile, a research team on the precipice of discovery will pay any price in the fight against death. Welcome to the Tulsa House of Night: forget everything you think you know.

#LightBringer #Death Note #House of Night #NoHoper #ao3 #chapters every Monday #ao3 link provided every Friday #happy to explain any tag at the top of heavier chapters #(or as reasonably requested) #link always provided in the pinned post #kudos and comments always appreciated #subscribe to the fic to get notified first

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Dit is goed vir 'n man dat hy die juk in sy jeug dra.- Klaagl. 3:27. Ora Geremia Bonum est homini ferre iugum in iuventute sua. Nou het Jeremia hom as rykdom aan die mens voorgehou. In Geregtigheid van God teenoor die sonde baie fyn aanvoel, terwyl hy oorweldig word met droefheid oor sy volk se ontrou. In die Klaagliedere is die oordeel van God oor sy volk en die stad 'n voldonge feit, nogtans is daar geen verwyt by die profeet nie. Hy voel diep saam met sy beproefde volk en ween uit sy hart oor hul lotgevalle. Saam met sy volk stort hy sy hart uit in skuldbelydenis en in die bede dat hulle mag terugkeer tot God.

Terselfdertyd beken die profeet ook dat dit goed is om deur God beproef te word en dat die kastyding 'n vrugbare uitwerking kan hê. Die juk van beproewing beskou hy veral 'n bate vir die jeug, waarby hy homself insluit. Immers, uit sy profesie blyk dat hy by sy roeping juis sy jeug as beswaar ingebring het, dog dat die Here hom geantwoord het:,,Moenie sê: ek is jonk nie, want na wie Ek jou ook al sal stuur, moet jy gaan." Hy het dus self die volle ondervinding gehad van wat dit beteken om met jou volk in die smeltkroes van beproewing in te gaan, en wel in die dae van sy jonkheid. Saam met hom het baie van die jong- mense van Israel in die ballingskap ingegaan en moes hulle die fleur van hul jonkheid prysgee vir die ontberinge van vreemde-

lingskap en verwerping. So vermy ons die gevaar deur die oorskiet van ons lewe aan die Here te wil aanbied. Hy tog het Sy jong lewenskragte aan ons gewy en verwag ook ons beste in Sy diens. Die jeug is die tyd wanneer ons lewensrigting gevorm word en wanneer die grondslae vir die toekoms gelê word. Dan het ons drakrag en werkkrag, moed en ondernemingsgees, vuur en gloed, soos die Here verdien om van ons te ontvang. ook kan ons dra en verdra, uithou en verduur, voordat die dae van die bewende hand en die verslapte knie aanbreek. Terwyl die oog nog helder sien en die bloed nog ruis deur die are, wil God op ons beslag lê

en deur ons Sy werk verrig. Te vroeg kan ons nooit vir God begin lewe nie en selfs die juk in ons jeug maak ons nederig en los van die wêreld.

Pred. 11:6-10.

nunc Jeremias se praesentavit homini ut opes Dit is goed vir 'n man dat hy die juk in sy jeug dra.- Klaagl. 3:27.

ora Geremia Bonum est homini ferre iugum in iuventute sua. 3:27.

iustitia Dei ad peccatum, dum perfidiam populi sui moerore premitur. In Threnis, Judicium Dei super populum suum et civitatem, factum est, et non est opprobrium cum propheta. Intime dolentis cum probatis populis et ex animo deflet eorum condicionem. Cor suum una cum populo fundit in confessione et orando ut ad Deum redeant.

Eodem tempore etiam propheta fatetur bonum esse a Deo probetur et castigatio fructuosa habere possit. Iugum iudicii maxime rem iuventutis, in qua se comprehendit. Ceterum ex prophetia sua apparet obiectionem vocationis suae adolescentiam induxisse, quod tamen Dominus ei responderit: Noli dicere: Iuvenis sum, quia ad quemcumque mittam te, ibis. « Ipse itaque plene experiebatur quid sibi velit cum populo inire in uasculum iudicii, immo in diebus adulescentiae eius. Cum eo multi iuvenes humana in exilium proficiscebantur ac dare debebant. primos iuventutis suae ad labores alienorum

sociatio et rejectio. Sic periculum vitamus, reliquias vitae nostrae Domino offerre volentes. Suas iuvenes vitae copias nobis dedit ac optime in Suo etiam servitio exspectat. Iuvenis est tempus quo vita nostra dirigitur et cum fundamenta in futurum ponuntur. Habemus ergo virtutem et operationem virtutis, fortitudinis et spiritus, ignis et ardoris, sicut meretur Dominus accipere a nobis. et ferre et sustinemus, sustinemus et sustinemus, antequam veniat dies tremens manus et debilitas genu. Dum adhuc oculus clare perspicit et adhuc sanguis per venas ruit, Deus nos capere vult

et per nos opus eius fit. Nimis mature inire numquam possumus Deo viventes atque etiam iugum in iuventute nostra humiles nos ac separatos a mundo reddit.

Eccl. xi 6-10;

defaltam xi 6-10;

#afrikaans #Bonum est homini ferre iugum in iuventute sua #south africa #Klaagl. 3:27

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Pavlov even trained dogs to overcome the pain instinct by associating an electrical shock with a food reward. Researcher Ronald Melzak took Pavlov’s experiments a step further. He raised Scottish terrier pups in a padded environment in which they wouldn’t encounter the normal knocks and scrapes of growing up. These dogs failed to learn basic responses to pain; they failed to react, for instance, when their paws were pricked with a pin, as opposed to their littermates who squealed with pain when pricked. On the basis of experiments such as these, he concluded that much of what we call pain, including the unpleasant emotional response, was learned rather than instinctive. Other experiments with human beings, involving hypnosis and placebos, have also demonstrated that in many cases the higher brain functions can overrule the pain signals from the lower stages on the pain pathway. This indicates how the mind can often determine how we perceive pain and helps explain the interesting findings of investigators such as Dr. Richard Sternback and Bernard Tursky at Harvard Medical School (and later reaffirmed in a study by Dr. Maryann Bates et al.) who noted that there were significant differences among different ethnic groups in their ability to perceive and withstand pain.

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