#submitted Feb 27
Text
Star Wars Big Bang 2024
It's that time of year again! The Star Wars Big Bang is back for another year and we're excited to see everyone's work over the coming months.
There are some changes from last year, namely in the shortened schedule, which we'll be posting now to give people time to look over it and decide if that's something they want to commit to!
Sign ups will begin the 1st of December, which is a month away, and we hope to see you there!
01-DEC - Author + beta signups open
10-DEC - rolling early beta matching begins (by author opt-in)
05-JAN - artist sign-ups open
10-JAN - 1st author check-in; author sign-ups close
20-JAN - early beta-matching closes; all matched pairs required to submit "keep or new" requests
25-JAN - artist + beta sign-ups close
30-JAN - final story details due
05-FEB - story details go out for claims
15-FEB - beta/artist claims due
20-FEB - author check-in 2; last day for author drop-outs
25-FEB - pairings sent out
30-MAR - author check-in 3 ("finished writing")
05-APR - last day for artist + beta drop-outs; pinch hitting begins
20-APR - collection opens, posting begins
25-APR - last day to send work to event for posting
27-APR - collection revealed
10-MAY - all works 5-10k cat. and their art complete
20-MAY - all works 10-20k cat. and their art complete
10-JUN - all works 20k+ cat. and their art complete
#star wars big bang#swbigbang#swbb#swbb2024#event announcement#star wars big bang 2024#swbigbang2024#star wars bb 2024
177 notes
·
View notes
Text
Westlock voters will be going to the polls Feb. 22 on a bylaw that would ban the town’s rainbow crosswalk, along with any other political, social or religious decorations on town crosswalks or flagpoles.
Town of Westlock councillors passed first reading of the bylaw, created in response to a petition submitted under the Municipal Government Act (MGA) at the end of September, and set the vote at their meeting Nov. 27.
The petition asked for a bylaw that would mean the town will be able to fly only its own flag, the provincial and national flags in public spaces and at town facilities. As well, crosswalks will only be painted with the traditional white laddered design, with no grandfathering of any existing crosswalks or flags that would contravene the bylaw.
Continue Reading
Tagging @abpoli @politicsofcanada
#cdnpoli#canada#canadian politics#canadian news#alberta#rainbow crosswalks#pride#lgbtq+#political expression#religious expression#homophobia#transphobia
63 notes
·
View notes
Text
— R E M I N D E R —
If you would like to submit your fic for the 1D Monthly Fic Roundup for February 2024, please check this post on how to submit or visit our blog @1dmonthlyficroundup! If you are submitting a fic on behalf of a writer, please let us know that you are doing so with their consent. For the Feb post we are accepting all fics published between 28 Jan-27 Feb.
Fic Fest Moderators You are welcome to submit masterposts for your fic fests to the blog and we will reblog the post as well as include a link to the collection on our monthly round up post! Please wait to submit until the fest has finished! Thank you!
Podfics We are now accepting podfics for the roundup! The fics can be older fics as long as their podfic version is new. So if you posted the podfic in the current month, you can submit it!
25 notes
·
View notes
Text
full prompt list
hey everyone! this is the full february prompt list for this event. we're going to have six prompts every day, so it's big! smaller versions containing only some of the prompts are forthcoming. ideally a piece submitted for a certain day should be inspired by at least one of the prompts for that day.
[conceptual prompts only] [pairing prompts only] [format/style prompts only] [prompts by date] [submission guidelines] [intro post]
conceptual prompts:
feb 1: manipulation || rot || political play
feb 2: tied up || burning flesh || jealousy
feb 3: suburbia || betrayal/judas kiss || doll
feb 4: blackmail || cannibalism || age gap
feb 5: blasphemy || executioner || genderless
feb 6: “...and it felt like a kiss” || on the rack || handmaiden-feudal lord
feb 7: sainthood || blood || isolation
feb 8: poison/drugging || barefoot and pregnant || murder suicide
feb 9: scars || heaven and/or hell || voyeurism
feb 10: shallow grave/midnight gardening || exes || serial killer(s)
feb 11: crossdressing || corpse || brat
feb 12: war/opposite sides || soulmates || guts/gore
feb 13: demonization || immortality || "forgive me father"
feb 14: unrequited || butch || imprisonment
feb 15: high school sweethearts || justifications || resurrection
feb 16: stabbing || masturbation || somnophilia
feb 17: turn the straight girl || kidnapping || ritual sacrifice
feb 18: stalking || substance use/abuse || comp het
feb 19: amnesia/mindwipe/lobotomy || flogging || forcefem
feb 20: vessel || make each other worse || gothic
feb 21: mistress || forced marriage || petplay
feb 22: demon deal || power imbalance || state of mind/dreams/confusion
feb 23: experiment || bastard child || what happened to her first husband/wife?
feb 24: curses || possession || infidelity
feb 25: controlling || temptation || "i ran into a door"
feb 26: victim || right hand || true crime
feb 27: humiliation || dubious consent || brainwashing
feb 28: family || true form || obsession
feb 29: closeted || sins of the father || not passing the bechdel test
pairing prompts:
feb 1: rowena mcleod/billie
feb 2: linda tran/ofc
feb 3: hannah/naomi
feb 4: rowena mcleod/alicia banes
feb 5: raphael/billie
feb 6: amelia novak/naomi
feb 7: abaddon/colette mullen
feb 8: ruby/astaroth
feb 9: cassie robinson/fem!dean winchester
feb 10: linda tran/mary winchester
feb 11: cassie robinson/meg masters
feb 12: linda tran/abaddon
feb 13: risa (endverse)/meg masters
feb 14: kelly kline/dagon
feb 15: linda tran/tasha banes
feb 16: billie/amara/the empty (meg)
feb 17: meg masters/jo harvelle
feb 18: patience turner/claire novak
feb 19: mary winchester/antonia bevell
feb 20: lily sunder/claire novak
feb 21: bela talbot/ruby
feb 22: patience turner/magda peterson
feb 23: fem!castiel/fem!crowley
feb 24: missouri moseley/ellen harvelle
feb 25: jody mills/donna hanscum
feb 26: lily baker/lilith
feb 27: hannah/caroline johnson
feb 28: raphael/naomi
feb 29: eileen leahy/mary winchester
format/style prompts:
day 1: canon divergent || drabble (exactly 100 words)
day 2: canon character/oc || traditional art
day 3: scifi au || non-traditional art medium
day 4: post-canon || gifset
day 5: canon compliant || metered poetry
day 6: reverse!verse/roleswap || sketch
day 7: epistolary || flash fiction
day 8: episode rewrite || fanmix
day 9: gender changes - het to femslash || script format
day 10: canon a little to the left || headcanon
day 11: outsider pov || fancam
day 12: 5 + 1 || exquisite corpse/round robin
day 13: for want of a nail || sequel
day 14: dark fluff || webweave
day 15: vignettes/fragments || fansong
day 16: polyamory || abstract
day 17: unreliable narrator || screencap edit
day 18: meta plot/metafandom/carver edlund novels || non-song based fanvid
day 19: crossover/fusion || multimedia
day 20: trans headcanon || podfic
day 21: humor || amv
day 22: au || fiber arts
day 23: gender changes - slash to femslash || comic
day 24: pre-canon || digital art
day 25: omegaverse || sentence fics
day 26: mundane au || photography
day 27: selfcest || freeverse poetry
feb 28: character study || fanwork-of-a-fanwork
feb 29: rashomon style || fic rec list
30 notes
·
View notes
Text
Timeline of Events
FEB 13: discord invites sent out
FEB 14-28: brainstorm period
FEB 29: writer forms sent out
MAR 9: artist/beta forms sent out
MAR 16-19: form review & team assignment
MAR 20: teams announced
MAR 21: work period begins
APRIL 5: check-in #1
APRIL 26: check-in #2
MAY 3: check-in #3
MAY 24: check-in #4
JUNE 14: check-in #5
JULY 5: check-in #6 (final)
JULY 12: posting time selection
JULY 17: final work day
JULY 22: posts submitted to blog
JULY 24-27: posting
Hi! This is our timeline on how we plan for this event to go. If there's any questions or concerns feel free to ask and if you notice that it may not work for you and you want to drop out don't be afraid to tell us we understand :3
We are also currently working on a little mod intro post as well as a FAQ so that should be coming as well!
19 notes
·
View notes
Text
Correction
It has been brought to my attention that I was incorrect in a statement I made yesterday, and the offended party has requested I amend that statement. The individual did, in fact, interact with 1 chapter (Touch Starved Ch 3 with Wrecker) by reblogging it on Feb 27, including a gif and short comment.
The fact that my friend was horrendously bullied without any cause from this individual is still, as I told them to begin with, the reason I am uncomfortable writing for them. Interacting with my work is not a prerequisite for submitting an ask, it's just a kind and considerate thing to do. Being a decent person is a prerequisite, and continuing to try to argue your case and defend yourself really isn't helping matters, nor is attempting to bully me through other people in retaliation.
I'm over 30. I have a mortgage, a wonderful husband, my first baby on the way, and a whole slew of family matters going all kinds of crazy from my parents recently divorcing to my adoptive sister's aunt dying suddenly from a heart attack last night. You getting your feelings hurt because your actions hurt people I care about, and then lashing out about it is honestly just petty at this point and not something I'm going to continue wasting time or thought toward.
The answer is no: I'm not writing for you. No, I'm not giving names because you've already scarred my friend so badly they nearly left Tumblr entirely and I won't be granting you the chance to hurt them further, and another of my friends was insulted by you just as badly, though they don't take things as personally, but that illustrates that this is clearly a trend. Finally: No, I'm not going to apologize to you for speaking plainly.
If you're so adamant that my view of you is false, prove me wrong by being better.
#staycalm talks#to my wonderful readers: I'm sorry if you've been at all dragged into this#I received their message requesting the “correction” earlier this morning#So here we are: public admission for all to see#I am done with this.#not sure if I'm going to obsess over the clone side of Tumblr as a distraction and absolutely blow up my blog now#or if I'm just going to pop off to deal with my own shit for a while#The good new is that I made some delicious coffee cake earlier#of course
26 notes
·
View notes
Text
Newly Added Fics
Jan 27 - Feb 2, 2024
🎭 Angst | 🦚 Angsty Fluff | 🛸 AU | ☁ Fluff | ♥ NSFW | 📚 Series | 📷 Edit | 📱 TextFic | Ⓜ Mature
Bryce x M!MC
Conversation Hearts - @mydemonsdrivealimo ☁
Jensen and Bryce share some conversation hearts during a night in
Bryce x Rafael
Your Normal Daily Life Before A Shift At Edenbrook - @choiceswithmika ☁
What is the daily early morning routine, before getting ready to work at Edenbrook and some wholesome moments.
Ethan x F!MC
A fight with memories - @drszjger 🎭
Ethan grabs something when they are fighting, and that reminds Lily her abusive ex.
[Hurt/Comfort]
Broken Heart - @potionsprefect 🎭
They’re so near yet so far from each other.
[Pining]
Daddy’s Girl - @liaromancewriter 🦚
A poignant moment between father and daughter after the poison attack.
[Extended Family]
Rafael x F!MC
Moving In - @rafasgirl23415 📚
[extended: wip] Follow up to We Belong Together. Set a few years into the future.
CH 14: Waiting For Santa
CH 15: Waiting Game
Sienna x F!MC
Open Heart Fanfic - @adam-writes-stuff 📚
[mini: wip] Casey learns her friend has fallen in love, but Sienna doesn't seem to happy about it.
Part 1
Part 2
Tobias x F!MC
A Little Mess - @jerzwriter 📱
So Tobias & Casey convinced Ethan to watch little Pietro when they went away for a few days. This is the result. Feat. Ethan Ramsey
Whose Is It? - @alj4890 ☁
There's one too many mugs in this office. Feat. Ethan Ramsey
_
SUBMIT OPEN HEART FICS & WRITERS HERE
#open heart#open heart fanfiction#open heart fanfics#playchoices#choices fanfics#choices fanfiction#bryce lahela#bryce lahela x mc#bryce x rafael#ethan ramsey#ethan ramsey x mc#sienna trinh#sienna trinh x mc#rafael aveiro#rafael aveiro x mc#tobias carrick#tobias carrick x mc#newly added fics
9 notes
·
View notes
Text
The audiobook of KINDLING is coming, and I can't tell you how excited I am! 🔥 HarperAudio gathered director Ramon de Ocampo and seven stellar AAPI performers for the cast, and you'd better have this one pre-ordered, because it's going to be so, so good. ⚔️ Listen when it launches on Feb. 27--same day as print!--on Libro.fm, Apple, Audible, or wherever you listen to audiobooks. 🎧
CAST
Catherine Ho as LEUM
Jeanne Syquia as AMITY
Amielynn Abellera as KET
Joy Osmanski as EMARA
Allison Hiroto as BEN
Erika Ishii as KANVER
Ferdelle Capistrano as SIDDIE
🎁 Audiobook pre-orders can also be submitted for prints! Get three faux "Polaroids" of the kindlings when you follow the instructions below or on my website:
With your purchase (or library request) of Kindling made before February 27, 2024 at 11:59pm PT, you can receive three beautiful “Polaroids” of the seven kindlings, featuring art by Naomi Giddings! Orders made through Linden Tree Books in Los Altos, CA will also arrive with a signed Kindling bookmark. Submit your receipts + your name and mailing address exactly as you’d like them to appear on the envelope to: [email protected]. Offer open internationally until 02/27/24 at 11:59pm PT or while supplies last.
Linden Tree Books | Bookshop.org | Barnes & Noble | Amazon | Indigo
[Video desc.: video footage of landscapes ranging from plains at dawn to desert during the day and mountains at dusk; a female voice reading the first lines of Kindling by Traci Chee; background music of taiko drums]
5 notes
·
View notes
Text
The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Monday, February 26
ANGEL: (suddenly appears) He's worse. (they all look at him) Once he starts something he doesn't stop until everything in his path is dead.
XANDER: Hmm. So, he's thorough, goal-oriented.
~~School Hard~~
[Drabbles & Short Fiction]
The Gift (Angel/Darla, M) by CoffeeHunt
Deep Breaths and a Tall Pointy Statue (Gen, T) by cmk418
[Chaptered Fiction]
A Little Poet in Her Monster Chapter 5 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Desicat
Love Lives Here Chapter 27 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Passion4Spike
You Can't Fight Teenage Angst Chapter 1 (Gen, not rated) by Slaterchest
[Images, Audio & Video]
Artwork:buffy fanart from the past few days by kimodraw
Artwork:Spike by isevery0nehereverystoned
Artwork:Buffy and Spike by isevery0nehereverystoned
[Recs]
Artwork:Top 10 Spuffy fics I’ve read (Feb 2024) by mcgnagallsarmy
[Reviews]
'Deep Down' Review - Angel Season 4 by telperion66
[Fandom Discussions]
Buffy and Willow and Faith in S3 are so funny by aingeal98
Rewatch thoughts and questions continued by multiple posters
Ben's death by The Whirlwind
Angel's indentity by The Whirlwind
Family - Is Season 5 confused? by vampmogs
Cursing Vamps With A Soul by Priceless
Best Fictional Librarian by Salty-Enthusiasm-939
Some questions about Potentials by ErrForceOnes
Which one is the biggest bummer? by PristineSituation498
"The Body" Destroyed Me (More Under Image) by Karinakamichi
Were there any moments you wish would've been written differently for Joyce or you would've changed? by InfiniteMehdiLove
This is my absolute favorite transition between scenes in the entire show by BlissfulBabe07
Which Hogwarts house would each BTVS character be in? by comicb00k_mum
Buffy's friends are the WORST by cowboy_bug
I really loved Xander and Anya together by Sweet-Siren
Riley Finn with his shirt off was the best part of his character by Sweet-Siren
Submit a link to be included in the newsletter!
3 notes
·
View notes
Text
6.23.22 Headlines
WORLD NEWS
Afghanistan: Buries dead, digs for survivors of devastating quake (AP)
“Villagers rushed to bury the dead Thursday and dug by hand through the rubble of their homes in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that state media reported killed 1,000 people. The Taliban and the international community that fled their takeover struggled to bring help to the disaster’s victims.”
Ukraine: European Union leaders set to grant Ukraine candidate status (AP)
“European Union leaders on Thursday are set to make Ukraine a candidate for joining the 27-nation bloc, a first step in a long and unpredictable journey toward full membership that could take many years to navigate. Making Ukraine a contender now seems to be a done deal after national leaders were initially divided on how quickly to embrace the war-torn country’s request to become an EU member, which the Ukrainian government submitted only a few days after Russia invaded its neighbor on Feb. 24.”
Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi, ex-leader, sent to solitary confinement (BBC)
“Myanmar's deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from house arrest to solitary confinement in a prison in the capital Nay Pyi Taw. The Nobel laureate, 77, was arrested when the military overthrew her elected government in February 2021. For the past year she has been held at an undisclosed location in the capital. Ms Suu Kyi has already been sentenced to 11 years in jail and denies a host of charges which have been widely condemned as politically-motivated.”
US NEWS
Gun Control: Supreme Court ruling expands US gun rights (BBC)
“The US Supreme Court has struck down a New York law restricting gun carrying rights. The law required residents who want a licence to prove "proper cause" to carry concealed weapons and that they faced "a special or unique" danger. The 6-3 decision stated the requirement violates the Constitutional right to bear arms. The ruling jeopardises similar restrictions in other states and expands gun rights.”
Public Health: FDA bans Juul e-cigarettes tied to teen vaping surge (AP)
“Federal health officials on Thursday ordered Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the U.S. market, the latest blow to the embattled company widely blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping. The action is part of a sweeping effort by the Food and Drug Administration to bring scientific scrutiny to the multibillion-dollar vaping industry after years of regulatory delays.”
Title IX: Biden administration moves to expand Title IX protections (AP)
“The Biden administration proposed a dramatic overhaul of campus sexual assault rules on Thursday, acting to expand protections for LGBTQ students, bolster the rights of victims and widen colleges’ responsibilities in addressing sexual misconduct. The proposal, announced on the 50th anniversary of the Title IX women’s rights law, is intended to replace a set of controversial rules issued during the Trump administration by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.”
#current events#news#afghanistan#ukraine#earthquake#war#russia#myanmar#aung san suu kyi#united states#gun control#us supreme court#fda#vaping#title ix#lgbtq#trans rights#biden
3 notes
·
View notes
Text
— R E M I N D E R —
If you would like to submit your fic for the 1D Monthly Fic Roundup for March 2024, please check this post on how to submit or visit our blog @1dmonthlyficroundup! If you are submitting a fic on behalf of a writer, please let us know that you are doing so with their consent. For the March post we are accepting all fics published between 28 Feb-27 March.
Fic Fest Moderators You are welcome to submit masterposts for your fic fests to the blog and we will reblog the post as well as include a link to the collection on our monthly round up post! Please wait to submit until the fest has finished! Thank you!
Podfics We are now accepting podfics for the roundup! The fics can be older fics as long as their podfic version is new. So if you posted the podfic in the current month, you can submit it!
17 notes
·
View notes
Text
Get ready for seasonal allergies!
OTMS
MUN: L! Three cheers for L, who is not only super supportive and enthusiastic towards everyone’s plots and characters, but also a powerhouse when it comes to her own amazing stuff! Members shouted out her loveable Luca moments, her wonderfully messy Mim antics, and of course Pacifica’s big moments with the credit union and her engagement! 2-4-6-8 who do we appreciate!
CHARACTER: BUSTER! Can we take a moment and appreciate how G completely hit the ground running with Buster, and on an AU week of all times to join this group?! That’s incredible. We’ve already seen our favorite new grumpy werewolf make some connections post-AU and we can’t wait to see where he goes next, along with the fabulous Georgette!
THREAD: WOLFING REGENCY AU! Oh don’t mind me I was just lying on the floor Emma (2020)-style. THE YEARNING!! Props to A and L for an AU story that had us all hooked from start to finish.
Honorable mention: Everyone’s AU things! There were too many amazing AU plots to name them all, but we loved to see it. From forbidden romance to a murder most foul, New York’s hottest club had everything.
TASK: HOW I MET HIM (JAKE)! Our members praised the framing device, the Aussie slang, and the beautiful portrait of single motherhood that A gave us with this task. Crikey, it’s feelings!
BOARD UPDATES
DEBATE: Feb. 28 - March 7
VOTING: March 7 - March 9
TASKS
A PLAYLIST FOR A FRIEND! Make a playlist for someone else’s character, or a ship (that you are NOT in)! At least 10 songs, with 50 word descriptions about why you chose each song.
SPRING PAIRED THREAD! Plot a thread with your assigned partner related to spring! Some ideas to get you started: planting a garden, planning a Spring Break trip, spring cleaning, the farmer’s market, the equinox, daylight savings, the sky’s the limit! This task is mandatory for getting a new character this month.
EVENTS
FEBRUARY 28 - MARCH 7: DEBATE: The candidates in the emergency election will answer the burning questions submitted by Swynlake voters!
MARCH 7 - MARCH 9: VOTING: All Swynlake residents – yes, even the Americans! – can vote in the election.
MARCH 11 - MARCH 17: SIMBER’S GOING AWAY PARTY: Come wish Simba and Berlioz a bon voyage the day before they officially move to London! There will be music and games and barbeque!
MARCH 13 - MARCH 20: ST. PADDY’S AT PIXIES’: Celebrate the big night at Swynlake’s place to party! Don’t forget to wear green— or you’ll be glitter cannoned! Canonically on March 17.
MARCH 20 - MARCH 27: KLEO AND EDRIC’S EQUINOX PARTY: Come celebrate the start of spring at a party hosted by Edric and Kleopatra. There will be catering from Tiana's, with a live DJ, and plenty of alcohol.
MARCH 24 - MARCH 30: PRIDE U AND SWYNLAKE SECONDARY SPRING BREAK It’s happening! Teachers and professors also get the week off, hell yeah. If you’d like to organize a trip, please reach out to the Admins.
MARCH 27 - APRIL 3: FARMER’S MARKET OPENING: It’s back! Get your fresh fruits and veggies, support local businesses, and maybe sell your own wares. The farmer’s market will run all summer, but this is the grand opening event. Canonically March 29
BIRTHDAYS
Characters:
Wade Ripple – March 1
Sebastian Morey – March 9
Félix Madrigal – March 10
Kenneth Carson – March 11
Randall Peterson-Boggs – March 12
Winston Deavor – March 15
Renard Dubhuir – March 17
Sophie Hadder – March 20
Edward Andalasia – March 25
Georgette Midler -- March 25
Merida DunBroch – March 26
Gamil Wahed – March 26
Kleopatra "Kleo" Schreiber – March 27
Tanya Tiwari – March 29
PLOT ROUND-UP!
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSIONISM
Characters and Muns Involved: Jessie and Nick
Plot: Jessie and Nick attended an exhibition opening where they found out a Board member was effectively blackmailing artists into giving him their paintings. They have decided to liberate some of his collection for him.
GABRIELLA REUNITES WITH HER FAMILY
Characters and Muns Involved: Gabriella, Gil, and Bruce
Plot: Bruce used his RAS connections to help reunite Gabriella with her family. She met up with them in Peru and then joined an organization to help take Avalor back
JEFF AND SARABI’S WEDDING
Characters and Muns Involved: JEFF, Sarabi, Simba, Alana , Aquata
Plot: JEFF & Sarabi get married! Their kids shared special dances with them.
1 note
·
View note
Text
[ad_1]
Federal authorities are looking for the forfeiture of a pair of condos at One Bal Harbor tied to a sanctioned Russian development firm government.
The US Division of Justice alleges that Viktor Pavlovich Perevalov, co-founder and first deputy common director of St. Petersburg, Russia-based VAD AO, retained possession of the condos and continued to lease them to tenants after the US sanctioned him and blocked all of his property, in response to a civil grievance for forfeiture filed on Thursday.
The Treasury Division's Workplace of Overseas Belongings Management sanctioned Perevalov, who's Russian, and VAD AO in 2018 over Russia's invasion of Crimea in 2014. VAD AO constructed the Tavrida Freeway in Crimea. Roughly 5 months after the sanctions, each One Bal Harbor models had been transferred to a Delaware-registered restricted legal responsibility firm whose sole beneficiary proprietor was a relative of Perevalov, in response to the grievance. Regardless of the switch to the entity, Perevalov nonetheless allegedly was the helpful proprietor of the condos.
The properties are unit 1616, a one-bedroom, 510-square-foot apartment; and unit 1617, a one-bedroom, 1,147-square-foot apartment, property data present. WCI Communities developed the 26-story One Bal Harbor with 185 condos and 125 resort keys at 10295 Collins Avenue in Bal Harbor in 2007. In 2017, Ritz-Carlton purchased the resort models, in addition to the spa and different facilities on the property.
In 2008, Perevalov and his spouse, Svetlana Perevalova, purchased unit 1616 for $695,000, and unit 1617 for $1.2 million, data present. In 2018, each condos had been transferred to 1616 Collins Avenue LLC for $1.4 million, mixed. The only real beneficiary proprietor is Prevelavo's member of the family, recognized as “RP,” in response to the grievance.
“Based mostly on WhatsApp textual content messages and [Florida Power & Light] data, Perevalov retained helpful possession of the … properties after the switch,” the grievance states.
In a 2021 WhatsApp trade, RP requested an actual property agent who managed the properties to “ship the monetary studies on my firm 1616, 1617 for the final three years. As my dad and mom stated, I would be the one to deal with it going ahead,” the courtroom submitting says. In response, the actual property agent, whom Perevalov had granted energy of legal professional, wrote: “I spoke with father [Perevalov]. “I'm conscious.”
The sanctions banned any dealings of the condos, together with leasing and promoting them. But, prosecutors tracked deposits from rental revenue into 1616 Collins LLC accounts, together with $288,060 from Dec. 27, 2018, to Feb. 22, 2023; and $34,495 from Feb. 14, 2018, and Nov. 2, 2018, the grievance says.
“The rental proceeds had been additionally used to advertise the continued scheme to transact within the [condo units] and conceal the truth that Perevalov was the true helpful proprietor,” prosecutors wrote within the submitting.
One other Russian sanctioned with Perevalov was Valeri Vyacheslovovich Abramov, additionally a VAD AO co-founder and its common director.
The push for forfeiture of the condos is essentially the most outstanding current instance of the ripple results on South Florida actual property from Russia's continued invasion of Ukraine. Except for the sanctions the US imposed on Russian firms and people following the Crimea annexation in 2014, the US imposed additional sanctions after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Learn extra
[ad_2]
Supply hyperlink
0 notes
Text
Ukraine’s top military brass and political leadership are arguing over how best to replenish the ranks of the country’s battered armed forces after almost two years of fighting Russia. One question dominates this debate: if and when active-duty troops will be able to return home.
“Soldiers are tired, physically and mentally,” said Myroslav Borysenko, a former history professor at the prestigious Kyiv-Mohyla Academy who now serves as an artillery officer in a Marine brigade in southern Ukraine. Speaking to Foreign Policy in Kyiv during a rare, short break from his service, the 49-year-old Borysenko—who volunteered to join the military on the first day of Russia’s invasion in February 2022—said soldiers need to see a path out of the trenches. Currently, he said, they serve with no clear end in sight. Breaks like the one Borysenko enjoyed are a rare luxury that some soldiers have not experienced for more than a year.
As Ukraine enters its third year of war, victory against Russia seems an increasingly distant prospect. Last summer’s failed counteroffensive, combined with stalled Western aid, has put the Ukrainian military on the defensive. While Ukrainian authorities do not publish casualty figures, at least 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers have likely died over the past two years, U.S. officials told the New York Times in August 2023.
Now, the need to rotate exhausted troops out of fighting is running up against a growing manpower shortage. Ukraine’s armed forces need more fighters: The country’s General Staff requested 500,000 additional men be mobilized to supplement the already 1.1 million-strong military, President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a press conference on Dec. 19.
Further mobilization is broadly unpopular and has proved politically sensitive. Late last year, the matter was at the heart of the first open disagreement between Zelensky and his then-military chief Valery Zaluzhny, as the Ukrainian president proved reluctant to increase the pace of conscription. “Personally, I don’t see the point in mobilizing half a million people right now,” Zelensky told Britain’s Channel 4 News in an interview published on Jan. 20. Zaluzhny, who had been pushing for more troops, was dismissed on Feb. 8.
As Russia’s invasion began, Ukraine did away with its existing system of compulsory military service, which had required able-bodied men to serve for 12 to 18 months before the age of 27. Conscription unfolded in two annual waves.
Now, all able-bodied men ages 27 to 60 can be enlisted in the Ukrainian military at any point, regardless of their previous military experience. Men receive a summons to report to the local recruitment center, followed by a medical visit and a dispatch to an assigned military unit for training. Anyone over 18 can also elect to join the military, as Borysenko did, but the number of volunteers has decreased sharply since the first months of the war. It has become impossible to sustain the war effort without conscription.
Since late last year, Ukraine’s parliament has been embroiled in fierce debates over planned sweeping changes to the country’s mobilization system. A first bill submitted to parliament on Dec. 25 was withdrawn two weeks later after some provisions—including sanctions against draft dodgers that would have banned them from driving a car or buying a house—drew widespread criticism.
A second bill passed a first reading on Feb. 7, but debate once again emerged over several provisions, including sending summons electronically and allowing the state to freeze the bank accounts of draft dodgers. The new law would also lower the conscription age from 27 to 25 and give increased authority to military recruitment offices.
“It’s the paradox of the situation,” said Volodymyr Fesenko, a political analyst based in Kyiv. “The majority of Ukrainians are patriotic, but many have this view that the military should be in charge of fighting and that civilians will simply support them,” he told Foreign Policy. “And of course,” he added, “people are afraid.”
The competing imperatives of conscripting more troops while also providing rest to worn-out soldiers are tightly linked. “The lack of a demobilization process makes mobilization even harder,” said Borys Khmilevskiy, a former combat medic who recently joined a team in Ukraine’s Defense Ministry brainstorming ways to upgrade the mobilization process. “For people who have not yet joined the military, the contract with the state currently sounds like, ‘You’re being recruited until you die or get injured really badly,’ and of course it’s not a good contract, so people don’t want to join.”
Last fall, following Ukraine’s unsuccessful summer counteroffensive, the question of if and how to demobilize troops moved to the political forefront.
Beginning in October 2023, small groups of soldiers’ wives and mothers took to the streets of several Ukrainian cities to demand the right for soldiers to demobilize after 18 months of service without the possibility of being enlisted again for another year and a half. The protests have been ongoing, with the latest ones unfolding in more than a dozen Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, on Feb. 11.
“We know it’s not up to us to decide that length, but there needs to be a term of service,” said Anastasia Chuvakina, a 22-year-old dance teacher from Odesa. She told Foreign Policy that her husband has able to visit home only three times, for just a handful of days each, since the start of the Russian invasion.
The absence of any clear demobilization procedure so far has also strained military-civilian relations, with resentment growing among some front-line troops who feel that some men in the rear are actively avoiding conscription.
“I was walking in the streets [in Kyiv], I saw all these fit men in civilian clothes, and I thought, that guy would be great for the airborne troops, that one would be perfect for the Marines,” said Borysenko, the artillery officer. “We’re tired, and we feel like society isn’t ready to properly prepare for this war, doesn’t see that we need to be rotated out.”
Meanwhile, Borysenko said fighting has grown more grueling as front-line troops have had to adapt to an ammunition shortage and technological change. “One year ago, nighttime could be a time for sleeping on the front line, but these past few months, the enemy received drones with thermal and night vision. And it’s changed everything,” he added.
But demobilization is a tough sell for the government when “the shortage [of manpower] is palpable,” Ukrainian military spy chief Kyrylo Budanov told the Financial Times in January. The tens of thousands of soldiers who would leave the army if an official demobilization period were to be declared would need to be replaced by fresh troops—just as Kyiv struggles to find willing people for the job. “I think the bill introducing demobilization will pass,” said Fesenko, the political analyst, “but I don’t think it will be applied in practice, not for now at least.”
Ukrainian authorities, both military and political, have acknowledged front-line troops’ exhaustion but are looking to increase breaks rather than set up a demobilization process. The first meeting between Zaluzhny’s successor, Oleksandr Syrskyi, and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov on Feb. 9 “focused on [setting up] an effective system allowing for troop rotation and rest periods for units,” according to a government press release.
But some argue the reform should still be impactful in the long term. “I think we need to rebuild the entire system—mobilization, demobilization, guarantees and compensations for soldiers and veterans, everything,” Khmilevskiy said. “Because if we want to survive, we need to build a system that can work for decades.”
1 note
·
View note
Text
Pentucket Regional School District Plans Annual Music Virtual Recital Feb. 27
To submit school announcements, click on image.
Pentucket Regional School District’s annual Pentucket Music Virtual Recital takes place online next week.
Performances from Pentucket Regional Middle and High School Band, choir, orchestra, percussion and jazz students with a special appearance from the Pentucket Regional Middle and High School Faculty Rock Band.
The virtual recital takes place…
View On WordPress
0 notes
Link
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft atop, is raised to a vertical position at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on March 13, 2023, in preparation for the 27th commercial resupply services launch to the International Space Station. SpaceX Media accreditation is open at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for SpaceX’s 30th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-30) mission to the International Space Station for the agency. Liftoff of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket is targeted no earlier than mid-March from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Media prelaunch and launch activities will take place at NASA Kennedy. Attendance for this launch is open to U.S. citizens. The application deadline for U.S. media is 11:59 p.m. EST Tuesday, Feb. 27. All accreditation requests should be submitted online at: https://media.ksc.nasa.gov Credentialed media will receive a confirmation email upon approval. NASA’s media accreditation policy is online. For questions about accreditation, or to request special logistical needs, please email [email protected]. For other questions, please contact Kennedy’s newsroom at: 321-867-2468. Para obtener información sobre cobertura en español en el Centro Espacial Kennedy o si desea solicitor entrevistas en español, comuníquese con Antonia Jaramillo o Messod Bendayan a: [email protected] o [email protected]. SpaceX’s Dragon will deliver new science investigations, food, supplies, and equipment to the international crew. NASA and partner research flying aboard the CRS-30 mission includes a look at plant metabolism in space, a set of new sensors for free-flying Astrobee robots to provide 3D mapping capabilities, and a fluid physics study that could benefit solar cell technology. Other studies launching include JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) FLARE, which continues flame behavior studies in space, and a university project from CSA (Canadian Space Agency) that will monitor sea ice and ocean conditions. Commercial resupply by U.S. companies significantly increases NASA’s ability to conduct more investigations aboard the orbiting laboratory. These investigations lead to new technologies, medical treatments, and products that improve life on Earth. Other U.S. government agencies, private industry, and academic and research institutions can also conduct microgravity research through the agency’s partnership with the International Space Station National Laboratory. Humans have occupied the space station continuously since November 2000. In that time, 276 people and a variety of international and commercial spacecraft have visited the orbital outpost. It remains the springboard to NASA’s next great leap in exploration, including future missions to the Moon under Artemis, and ultimately, human exploration of Mars. For more information about commercial resupply missions, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/commercialresupply-end- -end- Josh Finch / Claire O’SheaHeadquarters, [email protected] / claire.a.o’[email protected] Stephanie Plucinsky / Steven SiceloffKennedy Space Center, [email protected] / [email protected] Sandra JonesJohnson Space Center, [email protected] Share Details Last Updated Feb 13, 2024 LocationNASA Headquarters Related TermsInternational Space Station (ISS)Commercial ResupplySpaceX Commercial Resupply
0 notes
Last Seen Blogs
bedbugexterminatormilwaukee-blog
Bed Bug Exterminator Milwaukee
nespressopod
zoinks!
somebodylookingatthestars
🌌SLATS🌌
janilovechachi
KoalaDanceBots
suchafakefan
Johanna