Keeptober favorite characters day 22! I found the council really interesting and I also love it when Sophie just sasses them because I find it funny so for today I drew that scene from Flashback after the baby alicorns where put into the hive and the council wanted to check it out.

It said that they showed up in all their finery so I drew them in the outfits of their official portraits

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Do you have any kotlc actor au headcannons for the council? Also I love the au!!

Oralie’s hair is naturally straight and has to re-curl it every day

Kenrick and Bronte’s butts hurt after filming every tribunal scene because their chairs are super uncomfortable.

Most of the side councilors all have wild headcannons about their characters and enjoy discussing these headcannons with other people

Terik is the oldest and Clarette’s the youngest with a 12 year age difference

Zarina bleached her hair for the role.

Velia is partially deaf and uses hearing aids off camera

Liora, Terik, Kenric, and Clarette are the only council members to not have kids.

Derek consistently trips on his cape

Oralie swears like a sailor off camera

Bronte was a child actor

Clarette is a famous singer

Oralie and Bronte are the only ones with naturally blue eyes.

Everyone else has to wear colored contacts

Ramina works in mostly action films

With his shrewd eyes and his forks of corn-yellow hair, Julian Sands was a natural choice to play the valiant, romantic George Emerson, who snatches a kiss from Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham Carter) in a Tuscan poppy field in A Room With a View (1985). “I wanted him to be real, not a two-dimensional minor screen god,” he said. “I liked him in his lighter, sexier moments, less so when he was brooding.”

Sands, who has died aged 65 while hiking in mountains in California, was dashing in that film, but he could also project a dandyish, effete or sinister quality. He was blessed with a mellifluous voice and a lean, youthful, fine-boned face, even if, as a child, his brothers insisted he resembled a horse. (He agreed.) In James Ivory’s film of EM Forster’s novel, he was pure heart-throb material. His participation in the notorious nude bathing scene was no impediment to the picture’s success.

Prior to that, he had played the journalist Jon Swain in The Killing Fields (1984), Roland Joffé’s drama about the bloody rise of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. The picture marked the beginning of his friendship with his co-star John Malkovich. “I’d been cautioned by Roland to keep my distance from John because he was an unstable character,” Sands recalled. “And John had been told by Roland to stay away from me, because I was a refined, sensible person who didn’t want to be distracted. In fact, we bonded instantly.”

Malkovich directed Sands in a one-man show in which he read Harold Pinter’s poetry. First staged in 2011, the production had its origins in an occasion six years earlier when Pinter, suffering from oesophageal cancer, had asked Sands to read in his stead at a benefit event in St Stephen Walbrook church in the City of London. The writer “sat in the front row with his stone basilisk stare”, Sands recalled.

Not all his work was so highfalutin, and a good deal of it fell into the category of boisterous, campy fun. In Ken Russell’s Gothic (1986), he played the poet Shelley, who indulges in sex, drugs and séances with Lord Byron (Gabriel Byrne) and the future Mary Shelley (Natasha Richardson), and is prone to recite verse naked in thunderstorms.

In a similar vein but far less deranged was Impromptu (1991), which brought together other notable 19th-century figures including George Sand (Judy Davis) and Frederic Chopin (Hugh Grant). Sands, who played Franz Liszt, described it as “Carry On Composer”.

Born in Otley, West Yorkshire, he was raised in Leeds and Gargrave, near Skipton; he later described his childhood as “part conservative and part Huckleberry Finn”. His mother, Brenda, was a Tory councillor and leading light of the local amateur dramatic society, while his father, William, who left when Julian was three, was a soil analyst. Julian made his acting debut in a local pantomime at the age of eight.

At 13, he won a scholarship to Lord Wandsworth college, Hampshire. He moved to London to study at Central School of Speech and Drama, and while there became friends with Derek Jarman. He played the Devil in an extended promotional video that Jarman directed in 1979 for Marianne Faithfull’s album Broken English. The role had been intended for David Bowie, who dropped out at the eleventh hour. “You’re devilish,” Jarman told Sands. “You can play it.”

The actor’s first film appearance came in an adaptation of Peter Nichols’s stage comedy Privates on Parade (1983), starring John Cleese and Denis Quilley, from which his one line of dialogue was cut. There was more rotten luck when he won the lead in a new Tarzan movie, only for the financing to fall through. It was eventually filmed as Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984), with Christopher Lambert donning the hallowed loin-cloth.

On television, he starred with Anthony Hopkins in the miniseries A Married Man (1983). In Oxford Blues (1984), he was a rower butting heads with a Las Vegas parking attendant (Rob Lowe) who has tricked his way into a place at Oriel College. He was in The Doctor and the Devils (1985), inspired by the Burke and Hare case. “I had a roll in the hay with Twiggy which took about 15 takes,” he said.

Following A Room With a View, he agreed to play the lead in Ivory’s next Forster adaptation, Maurice (1987), before abruptly dropping out and fleeing to the US. In the process, he left behind his wife, the journalist Sarah Sands (nee Harvey), who described him as “restless” and “dramatic”, and their son, Henry. “I’m not the first person to create stability and security and then dismantle it even more effectively than I created it,” the actor said.

Once in America he took on an array of film parts. In Warlock (1989), he played the son of Satan, wreaking havoc in modern-day Los Angeles. Investing this pantomime villain with lip-smacking brio, he was likened by the Washington Post to a “hell-bent Peter Pan” and nominated for best actor in the Fangoria Chainsaw awards. He reprised the role in Warlock: The Armageddon (1993).

As an entomologist in Arachnophobia (1990), he was called upon to have as many as a hundred spiders crawling all over his face. Alternating these mainstream projects with arthouse ones, he played a diplomat in pre-war Poland in Krzysztof Zanussi’s Wherever You Are … (1988) and a monk in Night Sun (1990), the Taviani brothers’ adaptation of Tolstoy’s short story Father Sergius.

For the Canadian horror director David Cronenberg, he starred in the warped and witty Naked Lunch (1991), which disproved those who had declared William S Burroughs’s original novel unfilmable. Just as outré but less accomplished was Boxing Helena (1993), directed by Jennifer Lynch, daughter of David. Sands played a surgeon who keeps a woman captive by making her a quadruple amputee.

After starring as a young classics teacher in his friend Mike Figgis’s film of Terence Rattigan’s The Browning Version (1994), Sands worked a further six times with that director, appearing in his movies even when he was an unorthodox choice for the job in hand. One example was the part of a menacing Latvian pimp in Leaving Las Vegas (1996).

Later roles include a mysteriously unblemished Phantom in Dario Argento’s version of The Phantom of the Opera (1998), Louis XIV (whom Sands described as “the first supermodel”) in Joffé’s Vatel (2000), a crime kingpin named Snakehead in the Jackie Chan vehicle The Medallion (2003), a computer security wizard in the comic caper Ocean’s Thirteen (2007), a younger version of the businessman played by Christopher Plummer in David Fincher’s take on The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and a sadistic paedophile in the gruelling wartime odyssey The Painted Bird (2019).

On television, he was a Russian entrepreneur in the fifth season of 24 (2006) and the hero’s father, Jor-El, in two episodes of the Superman spin-off Smallville (2009). For the BBC, he played two very different actors in factually based one-off specials: first Laurence Olivier in Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore (2005), then John Le Mesurier in We’re Doomed! The Dad’s Army Story (2015).

His recent work includes Benediction, Terence Davies’s haunting study of Siegfried Sassoon, and the thriller The Survivalist (both 2021), which found him back in the company of Malkovich. One of several titles still awaiting release is the drama Double Soul (2023) starring F Murray Abraham and Paz Vega.

Sands never stopped wandering, walking, running and climbing. “I am on a perpetual Grand Tour,” he said in 2000. Asked in 2018 about his eclectic career, he explained: “I was looking for something exotic, things that took me out of myself. I think I found myself a little boring.”

He was reported missing while out in the San Gabriel mountains, north of Los Angeles, in mid-January 2023. His remains were found in June.

In 1990 he married Evgenia Citkowitz. She survives him, along with their two daughters, Imogen and Natalya, and his son.

🔔 Julian Richard Morley Sands, actor, born 4 January 1958; died circa 13 January 2023

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The lowest voted councilor will be replaced with one of the two remaining councilors, and we will continue until we have one remaining

The Miys, Ch. 193

Council session finally wraps up, but don’t worry: not a boring chapter here.  There are a couple conundrums to figure out, along with an exhausted Xiomara and a frustrated Sophia.

Seriously... why do people always want staffing miracles out of thin atmo?

Thanks to @baelpenrose for his help on this chapter, including the poking and asking around stuff I thought was clearer than it turned out to be.  And shout out to @breathingintheash, I hope you’re enjoying the story!

We took a very brief recess to retrieve snacks and drinks, but within ten minutes we were ‘reconvening’.  Even in my mind, the term had scare quotes around it, since we weren’t exactly allowed to leave the chamber due to closed session.  Nonetheless, we were permitted to stretch our legs and talk about anything that wasn’t life threatening for a solid ten minutes before the session continued.  I largely kept to myself since it hadn’t escaped my notice that sessions like this were more and more frequent the closer we got to Von.

I never signed up to be a politician, and all the gods in every religion knew that I was looking forward to retirement.  Maybe I would farm mushrooms, who knew?

It was all too soon before Eino brought us to attention again. “I believe Councillor Kalloe has the floor,” he stated simply, gesturing for her to proceed.

She nodded politely as she rose. “With all objections in regards to using the data obtained from our escorts, I put forward a motion for Derek Okafor to focus his efforts on deciphering anything tagged by the Odvub that lack Terran origin.  Reason stands that any such data is immediately relevant to our current sociopolitical - and quite likely legal - standing within the Greater Galactic Community.”

“Objection,” Grey stated almost immediately, albeit softly, while sweeping their gaze over us all. “There are close to ten thousand humans on this ship who are going to clamor for any data regarding our home world once it is known that such data might exist.  I suggest priority, even partial, be given to the post-After data of Terran origin.” They turned to face Xiomara, but their expression was one that expected refusal, not compromise.

On Grey’s face, it was a devastating thing to see. They knew it couldn’t be done, but wanted to know what to tell their people.

Instead of Xiomara, Pranav spoke up. “I can prioritize one or the other. But there is only one Derek, and he is the only one who could identify the Odvub data fast enough to do either.”

I winced, knowing that I could just as easily identify it, but translating it would be a full time job. Unfortunately, Xiomara decided in that moment to share Miys’ ability to read minds and her head snapped over to me. “Sophia.  You were able to recognize the pattern in the data, correct?”

“Yeah, but… Xio - “

“And you figured out how to translate it?”

“I threw everything at it!” I cried, throwing my hands up. “I was able to translate - very poorly, mind you - a handful of entries that originated in my native language, and ungarble the mess made of them through repeated translation into languages not meant to exist on Earth. In three hours. FIVE articles, in three hours. And only because we have digitized versions of the encyclopedia entries I was translating, so I had plenty to crib from.” My arms crossed, defiant to the end. “I’m not a linguist. I’m not a programmer. And I’m definitely not going to sleep for the rest of my life if you ask me to try the same brute-force tactics on data that we have no comparable record of.  I’ll space myself before I even entertain the chance that I might give someone hope or grief, only to be wrong.”

Her shoulders slumped at that, but I didn’t miss the fact that everyone else was glancing around and nodding or shrugging in agreement with me. “Is there anyone we can give Pranav who could help?”

I was kind of proud that Pranav didn’t even snicker at that question. You know, not like he had put in thirty-seven personnel requests for the same thing, seven of which had the memo ‘Or convince Grey to clone Derek’ or anything. For my part, I held one hand up and started counting on my fingers: “You want a linguist who is also a programming prodigy, with severe to crippling anxiety and/or PTSD, preferably in a way that makes them either hyper or hyposensitive to breathing patterns, posture, lighting, color correlation to moods, air pressure, scents, flavors, and atmospheric ozone, because that is what it would take…” By this point, my head was tilted so far down that my chin was making a valiant effort to greet my collarbone for the first time, and I was acutely aware that my eyebrows needed trimming just from glaring at her through them.

“We have exactly one of those on the Ark, Xio. You know that. I know that. Everyone in this room knows that.” Before she could suggest what I knew as coming next, I held a palm out. “Yes, I could coordinate a team.  But it would take Maverick - “

“Absolutely not,” Grey snorted. “I need him now more than ever.”

“Charly Harper - “

“Lost your damned mind,” Huynh muttered.

“Samuel Richardson - “

“Hard no.” Grey managed to glance at their nails on that one, something I was sure they learned from Arthur somehow.

“Hannah, Parvati, and Ivan,” I finished. “Exactly none of which can be spared right now.”

“Parvati is a linguist?” Huynh whisper-shouted to me.

“Between her and Ivan, they pretty much have it covered,” I answered with a shrug. “Charly is the best we have as - “

“What about Teeth,” Xiomara asked, interrupting us.

No fewer than three of us sputtered, myself included. “Xio,” Pranav pleaded. “She’s a minor. Not in the way that Derek was seventeen and technically a minor when we started. Teeth is fifteen. And still…” I nodded at the implied question. “Still in medbay. Still learning any Terran language fluently - “

“And knows two nonverbal languages fluently, along with clearly being a crack programmer.” Her expression was grim, and part of me suspected she was looking for any excuse out of this option.

I was more than happy to provide it. “Teeth’s legal guardians on the Ark are Charly and Nixe.” No clarification needed: the silence that followed was all the response required. “If you want to try to argue with six foot plus of combat-trained royalty that is literally strong enough to tread water while wearing sixty pounds of gold and seven percent body fat, go for it.”

“What about just brute force computer resources,” she asked in clear surrender to the idea of hand to hand negotiations with Nixe. I couldn’t really fault her - the only two people brave enough to spar with the resident mer-queen were Arthur for swords and Jokul for hand to hand.

And Jokul lost. A. Lot.

Happy to be on easier topics, I flicked a file to everyone. “Everyone with sufficient skills to do so is focused on untangling the data we can get on Von. Tactical priorty, overrides everything. We’ll be there in four Terran solar months, and will be there for an unknown period of time exceeding two generations.”

Rather than looking defeated, Xiomara looked like I had lifted the weight of the world from her shoulders. “Recommendations?”

My hand was first, and at her nod I gave the most logical suggestion. “Strategic priority is the Von data. Secondary is the Greater Galactic Community data regarding Terrans. As resources allow, we re-direct them to the post-After data from Terra.” As I nodded to indicate I was done, my eye caught Xio and I added on. “We all want to know what happened to our homes, how any people left behind are doing. And the otters. And the pandas. Echidnas, all of it. I’m not saying it shouldn’t be a priority, it just can’t be top of the list.”

The Council nodded as a whole, Xiomara closing her eyes in relief when Grey nodded along.

It took two whole minutes for anyone to remember to speak. “Seconded,” Eino and Huynh chimed in at the same time.

After a battle of glaring, which Huynh won handily, Eino nodded again. “Third.”

Xiomara dropped her gavel more than she struck it. “It is passed.  Council will rest for twelve hours, after which Sophia’s team has three to craft the release.  Any objections or points not submitted to the Council as a whole will not be considered for the release. If there are no further topics, I move to adjourn.”

“Seconded!” I insisted, simultaneous with Grey and Pranav.

“Third!” Eino and Huynh chimed in, glares unnecessary this time.

Thank.

Fuck.

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On December 31st 1929 72 people died in Paisley at the Glen Cinema fire.

On the afternoon of 31 December 1929, during a children’s matinee, a freshly shown film put in its metal box in the spool room began to issue thick black smoke.

A special children’s Hogmanay matinee performance of the silent western short film The Dude Deperado was playing to a full house of over 900 children. A reel of film caught fire and thick smoke began to drift into the auditorium. This caused panic and in the ensuing moments as the children stampeded to the exits, one of which was closed,  many were crushed and trampled to death. Children ranging in age from 18 months to 14 were killed and many more were seriously injured and were hospitalised. 

The Glen Cinema suffered only mainly smoke damage, but it never re-opened. A Burton’s gentleman’s clothing store was built in the 1930’s on the site of the 1912 entrance, but the auditorium and main building remains to this day in mixed use as offices and a furniture store.  Original ceiling details remain and can be seen when tiles are removed from a false ceiling that has now been inserted.

Please note numbers vary on those that lost their lives from 69 to 72. On the 31st December 2009, to mark the 80th Anniversary of the tragedy, a memorial service was held at the Cenotaph conducted by Bishop Philip Tartaglia, the Very Reverend Monsignor John Tormey and the Rev. Alan Birss.

Survivors of the tragedy assembled to remember the children who lost their lives and were injured  on that fateful day, and wreaths were laid by Emily Brown, one of the survivors, who was only 5 years old on that day, and Councillor Derek Mackay representing Renfrewshire Council.

Artists Rachel Lowther and Kerry Stewart were commissioned to work with the community to create the memorial as part of efforts to mark the 90th anniversary of the tragedy in 2019. The statue was unveiled on November 27th last year

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Edmonton aims to draw more esports events to the city and has pledged to work with groups and organizations pivotal to creating an attractive destination city for the burgeoning industry.

The city council is asking the administration to help bring mid-size and large events to Edmonton at the behest of Coun. Andrew Knack, only more undersized, local esports events have been held in the province.

Knack, an enormous fan of the video gaming industry, notes that esports in other cities and countries draw tens of thousands of players and spectators.

"I think Edmonton has the capability of being the esports leader in this country, if not North America," Knack told the council at a meeting Tuesday.

With ampler events matching turnouts at tournaments like FIFA, the Stanley Cup, and the Grey Cup, Knack argues there are economic benefits for Edmonton.

The motion directs the administration to review the Alberta Esports Strategy — released last November — for ways to leverage municipal support.

The city's amplest contribution could be offering Rogers Place as a venue for future events. The metropolis has access to the arena 28 days a year and rarely uses it.

Earlier this year, the Alberta Esports Association hosted an expo, selling 3,500 tickets; the organization said Dhaliwal, business development and academics manager with the Alberta Esports Association, said the expo was the amplest esports event to date.

"Let's get the organizations that will be directly impacted by the growth of this industry involved in these conversations," Dhaliwal said in an interview last week.

Dhaliwal welcomes the council's commitment to expanding the options that at least one city is for a commitment to help move these things forward is a significant step in the right direction of building this industry here in our province."

Other city councillors, including Aaron Paquette, expressed support for developing the industry and the potential benefit for Edmonton would be ecstatic to see E-town become the home of esports to bolster our economy," Paquette said at the council meeting, drawing laughter from colleagues.

Derek Kwan, president of Interactive Arts Alberta, said the non-profit works to develop game culture and foster local talent; IAA is hosting the Game Discovery Exhibition, or GDX, in July, of which esports will be a part, Kwan noted.

"We really want people to grow awareness around the fact that we have some amazing competitors, some amazing talent here, and have some amazing creators."

BioWare is a famous company originating in Edmonton, Kwan noted. Edmonton has smaller developers destined to grow in the future, especially with the help of Explore Edmonton and the city, Kwan said.

I really thought I knew kotlc well but I was reading some and councillor Derek’s name came up and I was like “um which one is this???” I swear he never existed lmao. Anyway I searched all the councillors up and discovered I barely knew any of their abilities. It was interesting tho. I hope in future books there is more info in the councillors just because that’s interesting.

oaky i’m very much on the counselors with siblings train

Oralie - three brothers two older one younger

Clarette - has an older sister

Alina - two little sisters six and ten years younger than her

Kenric - had a younger brother

Derek - little sister and brother bigger age gap

Bronte - brother *cough* Fintan *cough*, or sister because that sounds cute

because it’s seen as a bad thing to have more than two kids, i don’t think many would have siblings

I love this! I am also on the councilors with siblings train

I especially like Bronte and Fintan as brothers, I'm interested how that would go in canon like if the rest of the council knows or if they find out through a big dramatic speech and they're all shocked and they don't trust him kinda like how they didn't trust Linh when Tam was with the Neverseen or how they didn't want Keefe on team valient because of his mom.

Imagine Kenric's younger brother and him have a huge age gap like he's 15 when he dies and he doesn't know how to deal with it because his brother that had always been there for him that taught him to fight for what he believed in to take nothing from anybody. A larger than life figure is now gone. Imagine the stares he gets in school at Foxfire the whispers his mentors telling him you poor boy. Him watching his parents start to like wilt away like the death of there oldest son is killing them his father that used to be built like a football player like his brother seeming to wilt like a flower in winter. So he decideds he has to be the strong one of the family so he pushes his grief and sadness away and turns to anger, kinda like Fitz did in Exile when his dad's mind broke but this time there is no fixing it because Kenric is dead and there's nothing he can do but he's going to get revenge and avenge his brother. But he's fifteen so he turns to the other people he thinks are to blame, the council, and he hates them. He's turned from a lovable boy with good grades and a bright future ahead of him to an anger filled boy that wants to tear it all down.

Sorry that got kinda of long but I have a lot of thoughts about him, and how he comes like Fitz did in Exile not with sadness with anger.

Imagine if Derek's younger siblings also knew him and they tell Derek one day how Kenric's brother feels and they try to reach out to him but he's

blocked all of the councilors

Also think about Derek going to watch his siblings perform the dances at the opening of Foxfire and he gets to say that's my brother and sister! And they show him their report cards and no matter what score they get he tells them he will always love them, and he babysits them sometimes and the rest of the council helps, especially when they were like toddlers and he spoils his siblings, along with the rest of the council because they're only young once, and even more so after the everblaze he spends more time with them because he wants them to know him and for them to be able to say that was my brother if he does die, and for them to have happy memories of him.

Imagine when Alina is making her speech when she's being crowned councillor and her younger siblings are just screaming that's my sister!! Yeah!!!

Imagine after everblaze happened Clarette is sitting in a chair at her castle and there's a knock on the door and when she opens it it turns out to be her sister and she hugs her and starts crying and whispers I almost lost her, because it's true that fire could've killed anyone of them, and again after the peace summit fell, especially since the castle was designed to be a maze.

I love Oralie with brothers! Imagine their overprotective as well and after they knew Kenric was a good guy they would make jokes like when's the wedding to Oralie because they knew she liked him and after Kenric's death they showed up on her doorstep with flowers and hugged her and said that they were so sorry and they wished they could've had a happy ending.

I also head cannon Terik with two younger siblings (ones 7 he/him and the other is 15 they/them), Liora with two 12 year old twin brothers, and Emery with a 7 year old little sister

This turned out longer than I expected it to but I just love the councilors with siblings head cannon, and I find it interesting how it might impact the story or if Sophie knew them, like imagine after Kenric's death if she had an interaction with his younger brother of him blaming her, or like how Bronte and Fintan being brothers would impact the story

Andrea Jenkins: the first Black openly transgender woman to hold US public office

Oliver Laughland has spoken with Andrea Jenkins, Minneapolis city councillor about coming out as trans, the prejudices she has had to overcome – and how policing must change.

Laughland writes:

Jenkins, the first Black, openly transgender woman elected to public office in the US, became one of the most forceful voices to emanate from Minneapolis. She is not only a politician but also a poet, oral historian and an activist. She sang gospel in front of the nation’s media at a press conference in the days after Floyd’s death and played a central role in re-examining how the city’s long-criticised police force was funded. She insisted that racism be treated as a national public health emergency. And this month, with the murder trial of former officer Derek Chauvin, she is trying to prepare the city for the potential fallout.

It was only after she divorced at the age of 30 that she came out as a trans woman:

 “I just really realised that I can’t go on any more, hiding the truth from myself. Hiding the truth from those who I love. If I am going to thrive in life, I have to come to grips with who I am, and I have to accept it.”...

“This thing that we call gender, it’s going to be so different 25 years from now. The reality that there are more than two binary gender identities will be, I believe, widely accepted and widely realised by people in the world. It’s only a matter of time. This whole conservative movement … is a last gasp to hold on to power and authority.”

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Gucci leads the way at the City Chambers

Gucci leads the way at the City Chambers

No truly this is not all about councillors’ expenses and the Lord Provost’s underwear.

Gucci is a dog.

Edinburgh Councillor Derek Howie took some time the other day to introduce us to Gucci his new guide dog. She is a golden cross Lab/Retriever, and is very sweet indeed.

With a genetic eyesight disorder Cllr Howie has had several guide dogs before. His most recent Lloyd was very well…

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Since the widely publicized death of George Floyd at the hands of MPD officer Derek Chauvin (what some commentators have called a “televised lynching”), calls for police accountability and even abolition have been growing, with protestors taking to the street in cities across North America, including Halifax. These calls are beginning to be heard and responded to by municipal leaders in some cities, including Minneapolis and Los Angeles.

Here in Nova Scotia, we are no stranger to anti-Black and anti-Indigenous police violence, as evidenced recently by the finding of the Wortley Report that African Nova Scotians are more than six times as likely to be subjected to street checks (a practice the former Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal said definitively was illegal) and the brutal beating Santina Rao sustained in front of her young children at Wal-mart after being wrongfully accused of shoplifting.

The Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) council had originally proposed $5.5 million in cuts to the Halifax Regional Police Department (HRPD) budget, accounting for a little over 6% of the department’s total budget — an amount that Chief Dan Kinsella said was workable operationally.

Halifax is the only major city in Canada where police services are split between a municipal police force and the RCMP. Because the contract is actually between the province and the RCMP, despite the fact that the HRM picks up the tab, there are currently no plans to make cuts to the RCMP coverage in HRM.

However, when the HRM Budget Committee revisited this proposed cut on May 26, it voted to reduce it from $5.5 to 3.5 million, as seen in this video:

The video is remarkable for many reasons, not least of all because, from the time Councillor Tony Mancini introduced the motion, it took less than six minutes for the Budget Committee to decide to amend the cut by over $2 million. Additionally, many of the councillors seem to vie with one another to see who can be more in favour of the police, with for example, Councillor Steve Adams noting at one point that under normal circumstances he would never support a cut to the police budget.

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The Miys, Ch. 148

This chapter got... long. In a good way. I mean, who objects to a chapter that is practically double-length?  Right.

Speed-run shout outs this week go to: @nagisa-666, @crimson-faith27, @colornotes23, @theronisengard, @gam3rgur1.

Beta-reading thanks go to @baelpenrose, along with general thanks to @the-raven-fae, @anotherusrname, and @charlylimph-blog for being amazing people.

A few things I want to note: the technology behind these suits is NOT my creation. They are very strongly based on the suits used by Rifters in Peter Watts’s Rifters triology. I wish I could take credit for them, but honesty is the best policy.

I hope all my readers are okay wherever you are.  There’s been a lot of severe weather in the last couple of weeks, and I just want you all to be safe.

Once we had Charly, Antoine, and Maverick on board to help with our project, Grey and I agreed that a meeting of the Council would be necessary to cover what we were hoping to achieve - especially once we discovered that the original plan behind the bivouac suits was only waiting for our votes for full approval.  For once, I was looking forward to a full, in-person meeting so that I could glare down every one of my peers, face-to-face.

Glaring over video just lost a certain…. je ne sais quoi.  Even Tyche and Arthur agreed.

As I entered the rarely-used Council chambers, the sheer lack of people caught me off guard.  Grey and Pranav had not arrived yet, but the only others present were Xiomara, Eino, and Huynh.  Eino seemed to notice as I stopped short, and smiled gently. “I know it has been quite some time, but it is protocol that when the Council is voting to override our hosts, or one or more Councillors actually oppose an initiative that impacts the entire ship, only the sitting members and Miys are included in the meetings. Not even administrators are allowed.”

I blinked slowly. “When did that start? Even Arantxa’s trial had administrators in attendance.”

“Witnesses,” Huynh shrugged. “This isn’t a trial, it’s a debate, and our votes cannot be influenced by outside parties.”

“And, thanks to you and Grey, we’re sequestered until we reach a unanimous agreement,” Xiomara added, glaring.

“I disagree, Xiomara,” Grey responded as they breezed into the room. “The entire reason we have a Council is to ensure that the needs of the many are being considered.  Sophia already has a back up plan in the event that our hopes do not pan out, one that is quite more agreeable than what you initially took into account I dare say.”

Eino, ever the peacemaker, held up one pale hand. “Please. Let us save our arguments for the actual debate. Instigating hard feelings will only extend these proceedings, and I believe several of us have lives outside of work we would like to return to.”

“What are the two of you bickering about now?” Pranav sighed as he took his seat.  I hadn’t seen him come in after Grey, but apparently he had been in the room long enough to secure a plate of biscuits and what smelled like tea.  The look I gave him only garnered a wink.

“Before they start in again,” Eino responded as loudly as he ever got - which was a firm tone but not terribly loud in all honesty, “The entire Council is present, so we will be starting shortly. I would like to confirm that our esteemed host is present as well?”

“Indeed,” the reply came from the ceiling. “And per human custom, I have only myself to consult with. Councilor Emeritus Rodriguez is not present.”

“Thank you. With that, we may call the session to order.” Eino stood, acting as parliamentarian for the duration. “As you are all aware, Miys recently brought to our attention that humans are, in fact, considered a Class III Biohazard within the greater Galactic community. To protect the Eko-mari fleet that will be escorting us, we are asked to comply with safety protocols which ask that we wear the bivouac suits.”

I stifled a giggle when, rather than showing a projection to the group, he pulled out one of the ridiculously tiny suits.  The only one who apparently heard me was Xiomara, who sat in her customary seat to my left and kicked my shin gently.  For all that we were at loggerheads on this topic, it was apparent that we were both ready to lay it to rest and celebrate-slash-commiserate over a meal.

As he handed the sample-suit off to his left, Eino flicked up a schematic. “For the edification of the group, the bivouac suits are structured from a reflex-copolymer sheath which is selectively permeable, hydrophobic, and resistant to extreme temperatures. Oxygen and nitrogen are able to pass through the suit from the outside, while carbon dioxide is able to pass from the inside. They seal in the back with a semi-intelligent macromolecule, with a second macromolecule across the mouth that allows us to attach nutrient packs so we can eat while in the suit.”

This was so much worse than I expected, and I could feel my heart beginning to race and my gag reflex kicking in. I wasn’t even claustrophobic, but just the idea of putting one of those suits on made me feel like I was suffocating.  Glancing around the table, I could visibly see at least Huynh’s opinion changing from apathetic to… sweaty and fidgety.

Eino continued, dismissing the schematic. “The vote today is whether this is the correct solution for the situation, or if other options should be considered.  Xiomara Kalloe, as you are defending the majority opinion, you have the floor first.”

“Thank you,” she acknowledged as she took the floor. “Council, my acceptance of the bivouac suits is quite simple - this is standard Galactic safety protocol when interacting with a sentient species that could be considered harmful to your own or others simply by virtue of existing in the same atmosphere. As our species is the one considered to be the biohazard,  custom expects that we would be the species in containment.  Otherwise, there is a possibility of danger to not only the Ekomari, but also any other species that stepped on their ship until it is properly decontaminated. While decontam is a simple process for the Ark - as Hujylsogox ships are designed with such measures in mind and largely handle the process themselves, at all times - records indicate that decontamination of an Ekomari ship would require near-complete disassembly, along with replacement of any porous surfaces.”

Even I had to whistle softly at that. Okay, then. We are that gross, got it. Not surprised, given the number of plagues humanity had experienced, combined with some of the people I had dated in the past.

“I believe the impacts of your statement are quite apparent, Councilor Kalloe. Thank you,” Eino stated. “Dissenting opinion is being provided by Councilor Sophia Reid. Questions will be addressed after dissenting opinion has been provided and a fifteen minute recess has been taken to allow consideration. Sophia? Your floor.”

“Thank you, Eino.” I smiled gently before composing myself. “While mine is being considered the ‘dissenting’ opinion, due to the exact reasons that Xiomara herself provided, I entirely agree with the need to be careful and considerate of other species, especially regarding the potential to repeat the smallpox-blanket mistakes of our past.” Without fail, the entire group winced.  “Exactly. We all agree that we aren’t doing that again - not should not, are not.  All that I am asking the Council to take into account is the potential to traumatize members of our own group by only considering the bivouac suits as a possibility.  Yes, the bivouac suits have proven themselves out by the entire galactic community, they are completely safe from a physiological perspective, et cetera.”  

This is where I had to take a deep breath, since this was literally my entire argument, and I had already admitted as much. “I am not arguing the use of them entirely, I am arguing the use of the suits, strictly.  Selfishly, I find myself experiencing a panic response at the idea of wearing them, and that is only by being more familiar with them - I’m sorry, Eino, but before you gave more details, my personal opinion was ‘I will sweat, but I can suck it up’. Now it’s ‘oh hell no and I’m not even claustrophobic, eff this’.”

“Understood,” he conceded gently.

With a nod, I forged on, encouraged. “However, that is just for myself. There are members of the Ark who cannot bear the feel of clothes, who fear restrictions, or the dark… Valuable members of our crew who will experience severe psychological trauma if forced into one of those suits.  And that, I cannot let go unspoken of, or unnoticed, without being remiss in my role as Councilor.” I steeled myself from glancing at Xiomara; she was over Health and Safety, and any form of addressing her directly would be considered a direct attack on her competence. “I have alternatives, to be used in conjunction with the bivouac suits, so that we can all keep those escorting us as safe as possible while also protecting our own people.”

I took my seat, and as soon as my hands dropped to my lap, Xiomara grabbed one and squeezed my fingers. The debate was over, the rest of the Council just had to figure that out.

“Thank you, Sophia,” Eino nodded seriously. “We shall take our break, and then convene for questions. Xiomara and Sophia, we ask that you remain at that side of the room. Councilors, you are asked to stay on the opposite side of the room. You are allowed to speak among yourselves, but any questions for Sophia or Xiomara are to be held until we as a group can consider them at the same time.”

Xiomara leaned over. “Derek,” she whispered sadly.

“Or Nixe,” I admitted. “Can you imagine forcing her into one of those?”

“Not without reinforcements and enough sedative to drop a horse,” she admitted, squeezing my fingers one more time before releasing them.

The break ended quickly, and Pranav was kind enough to quickly-but-silently set snacks and drinks, along with an enormous pitcher of water, in front of me and Xiomara before we picked up with the questions they were allowed.

Without hesitation, Huynh’s hand shot in the air to ask the first question.  While I never quite got around to actually liking him, I could very much appreciate his tendency to get straight to the heart of what he wanted to know, with very little patience for anything he deemed less important. “Clearly, you both agree on the need to quarantine ourselves, there is no argument there. Sophia, you mentioned alternatives to the bivouac suits. What are those?”

Grey gave me a pointed look with a slight squint. They were smug in the knowledge that we had already turned one vote, and I resisted the urge to grin in response. “Absolutely. As I mentioned, there is a significant portion of the population on the Ark that would be psychologically triggered by the bivouac suits. I have already spoken with members of the medical and engineering teams, and there are several options that we can adapt for our use, all of which are already in use within the Galactic community.”

With a flick, I brought up one example on the table emitter. “First, we have portable bioelectric fields, similar to what was used in medical when we first came on the Ark. Our teams have seven-nines of certainty that they can have these ready before rendezvous.” Flick, another example. “For more drastic situations, or simply so that we are not required to wear the suits at all times, even when we are back on the Ark, quarantine procedures in specified areas - similar to an airlock - so that anyone who does not or cannot wear a suit or personal field can remain safely in quarantine to keep the fleet away from our general biological ick.”

Nods circled the table. Xiomara went from drumming her fingers to pressing them down hard enough to turn her nail beds white - she was literally gripping for dear life to keep from laughing. I coughed to hide my smile, and forged on to the third option. “For the next example, I want to be clear: this is an entirely serious suggestion, regardless of how comical it looks.  Even without knowing the composition of the bivouac suits, we did practical tests with the sample that Noah was kind enough to leave with my office. Again, I am entirely serious, this is not a joke, no matter how much it looks like one.”

Despite my warning, I heard a round of snorts and no few giggles as I put the next example up on the emitter. I ignored them, completely understanding how comical it looked, allowing them to compose themselves. Gesturing at the nearly-spherical generic-human shape that was being projected, I soldiered on. “This is one of the bivouac suits, with added atmosphere to avoid claustrophobia.” With both hands, I pivoted the image to point at the back, just where the neck met the spine. “An atmospheric generator has been added here, to re-inflate the suit in the event that the person wearing it needs to eat or otherwise breach the suit.  Obviously, this would be done in one of the aforementioned quarantine areas, not on the actual Ekomari vessel.”

Huynh’s grin was nothing short of feral.  “These are all quite solid suggestions. Thank you.”

“Wait,” Pranav sputtered. “You’re quite serious about the… balloon man?”

Grey slid a pocket-sized atmospheric generator over. “Practical demonstration, if you want to try it on.”

Shaking his head with a smile, he slid it over to Huynh. “I am certain his department can do more with it than mine, but it should prove to be… quite an introduction to our stellar neighbors.”

“Any further questions?” I asked, feeling significantly more confident.

“I have one for Xiomara, and possibly Grey, actually,” Eino asked, clearing his throat. “Despite the fact that this will be readily apparent, I feel like I should preface this would not have been something I previously considered, but now I must know.” Oh, shit. My glance down at Xio revealed a very similar sentiment. “It has been mentioned that humans are considered a Class III Biohazard? We have put a lot of effort into defending the Ark from the potential of pirates, looting, and possible enslavement. If we are a Galactic biohazard, what value would there be in any species abducting us only to potentially die or experience at least a plague if we are encountered? Would that not… deter? Species from attacking us?”

Xiomara pinched the bridge of her nose. “I see where this is going. Please convey this to the person who I am reasonably sure you are asking this for:  Yes, being a Class III biohazard also makes humanity a Class III bioweapon. And while that would initially make others hesitant to abduct us, eventually there are groups that will figure out quarantine protocols, just like we have, and will realize that they can just… smuggle a human on a ship, wait for everyone on board to die or get to ill to function, and then sweep in to just… I don’t know, blow the locks. Who thinks of a weapon as a person? It’s not like they’ll worry about what happens to the human who gets swept into space.”

“And all of ‘the humans’ are on this ship, eventually on that colony,” I added, with all the gravity I could include. “Meaning we all know that ‘bioweapon’. There are seven ‘bioweapons’ in this room, alone.”

The room fell into silence, until Eino was brave enough to clear his throat. “So. If the debate is over, let us vote.  We will await suggestions for stepping up drills and defense training.”

The motion carried quickly in favor of using the proposed combination of containment measures, with unanimous agreement. 

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On December 31st 1929 72 people died in Paisley at the Glen Cinema fire.

A special children’s Hogmanay matinee performance of the silent western short film The Dude Deperado was playing to a full house of over 900 children. A reel of film caught fire and thick smoke began to drift into the auditorium. This caused panic and in the ensuing moments as the children stampeded to the exits, one of which was closed,  many were crushed and trampled to death. Children ranging in age from 18 months to 14 were killed and many more were seriously injured and were hospitalised. 

The Glen Cinema suffered only mainly smoke damage, but it never re-opened. A Burton’s gentleman’s clothing store was built in the 1930’s on the site of the 1912 entrance, but the auditorium and main building remains to this day in mixed use as offices and a furniture store.  Original ceiling details remain and can be seen when tiles are removed from a false ceiling that has now been inserted.

Please note numbers vary on those that lost their lives from 69 to 72. On the 31st December 2009, to mark the 80th Anniversary of the tragedy, a memorial service was held at the Cenotaph conducted by Bishop Philip Tartaglia, the Very Reverend Monsignor John Tormey and the Rev. Alan Birss. Survivors of the tragedy assembled to remember the children who lost their lives and were injured  on that fateful day, and wreaths were laid by Emily Brown, one of the survivors, who was only 5 years old on that day, and Councillor Derek Mackay representing Renfrewshire Council.

A Memorial to the children can be seen at Paisley's  Hawkhead Cemetery. The Memorial lists the names of all the children who died in the tragedy, many of whom are buried in the cemetery.

Since then the Memorial Service has become an annual event, lest we never forget that terrible day.

I’m Looking For Descendants Of  John Anderson of Stroquhan (1795-1845)

John Anderson,Acting Resident Councillor of Penang,Malaysia from(1829-1830).He was born 1795 in Stroquhan,Scotland.Son of Robert Anderson.He married to Mary Alison Carnegy.He died 1845 in Euston,England. His issue:- i)Mary Alison Anderson(1819-1903)married Robert Stirling Graham. ii)James Carnegy Anderson. iii)John Reid Armstrong Anderson(1823-1866) married to Martha Tatham Hitchins.Their issue:- ai)Mary Martha Anderson(1857-1955)married Robert George Iremonger. aii)John Hitchins Anderson(1859-1896) married Kate Symes. aiii)Mabel Ida Anderson(1861-1957) married Talbot Monckton Milnes Griffiths.Their issue:- bi)Theodore Ralph Houghton Griffiths(1886-1964)married 1stly Elsie Christabel Burridge and 2ndly Vera Ellen Charlotte Justice.His issue:- ci)Robert Francis Houghton Griffiths(1914-1938)married Florence Mary Theodora Bosanquet. cii)John Stuart Griffiths(1916-1945). ciii)Mary Emilia Griffiths(1934-1986). bii)Vera Gwendolen Leila Griffiths(1889-1975) married John Limner. biii)Beryl Frances Griffiths(1890-1976)married Lewis Davies.Their issue:- ci)Eric Davies(?-1941). biv)Rupert Hildebrand Griffiths(1891-1981)married Evelina E Maddison.His issue:- ci) Charles M Griffiths. cii) George E T Griffiths. ciii)Celia Noreen Griffiths(1919-1994) married George M Blake. bv)Eric John Mortlock Griffiths(1892-1975)married Joan Heron.His issue:- ci)Joan Margery Griffiths(1921-1988). cii) Ethel Marion Griffiths. bvi)Charles Groyn Griffiths(1894-1895). bvii)Noel Stewart Griffiths(1896-1982)married Mary Blackburn.His issue:- ci)Patricia M Griffiths married Roland M Robitaillie.Their issue:- di)Carolyn V Robitaillie married Jean-Louis Ramon. dii)Elizabeth Robitaillie. diii)Sophie Amanda Robitaillie born in 1965.She married Fernagu. aiv)Albert Robert Anderson(1864-?) married 1stly,Caroline Alice Wollaston & 2ndly,Viola Ellen Haughton. His issue:- bi) Viola Helen Anderson iv)Jane Anderson(1824). v)Robert Patrick Anderson(1824-1898)married Henrietta Hildebrand.His issue:- ai)Robert Hildebrand Anderson(1854-1936)married Louisa Jane Laing.His issue:- bi)Robert Charles Hildebrand Anderson(1881-1884). aii)Hilda Mary Anderson(1857). vi)Margaret Lilias Anderson(1827-1909)married John Gray MacCowan Glen.Their issue:- bi)Robert Nelson John Glen(1871-1898). vii)William Henry Anderson(1829-1849). ix)Helena Adelaide Anderson(1830-1905) married Major General Horatio Nelson Davies.Their issue:- ai)Eveline Honoria Nelson Davies(1851-1934) married John Evelyn Barlas. Their issue:- bi)Evelyn Adelaide Isabella Barlas(1882-1885). bii) Ernest Douglas Montague Barlas(1885-1952) married Elena Georgina Matilda Kenyon-Slaney. His issue:- ci) Richard Douglas Barlas(1916-1982) married Ann Porter. His issue:- di) Robert A Barlas dii) Christopher Richard Barlas married 1stly,Elizabeth M Cruse & 2ndly,Rosemary A Russon. diii) Gavin James Barlas married Alison M Dibble. His issue:- ei) Joanna Claire Barlas cii) Robert Malcolm Barlas(1918-1940). ciii) John Alexander Barlas(1921-2003) married Pamela H Coutanche. His issue:- di) Honor J Barlas dii) Shena R Barlas married Timothy R Austin aii)Mary Adelaide Horatio Davies (1856-1946) married William Graydon Carter.Their issue:- bi) John Leslie Graydon Carter(1886-1932)married Edith Constance Browne.His issue:- ci)John Noel Graydon Carter(1917-1943) married Mary Grace Mefanwy Madoc. bii)Cyril Rodney Carter(1888-?)married Celia Ellen Alexia Cowie.His issue:- ci) Nicolette Anne Carter married Frederick Peter Perhat. Their issue:- di) Robin Frederick Perhat(1953-1971). dii) Eileen Jennifer Perhat diii) Celia Geraldine Perhat married Barrington Lloyd cii)Derek Guy Carter(?-1942). ciii) Peter Carter. biii)Capt.Eric Nelson Carter(1888-1958)married Kathleen Norah Liardet. biv)Adelaide Muriel Dorothea Carter married Capt.Roland Peto Johnstone Mitchell. bv)Mildred Lilian Carter(1891-1970). bv) Eyleen Graydon Carter(?-1949) married Reginald Magnus Trail.Their issue:- ci)Mildred Eyleen Trail(1924-1932). aiii)Thomas Arthur Harkness Davies(1857-1942). aiv)Helena Amy Davies(1859-1887). av)Helen Maud Davies(1860-1926) married Major Francis Ventris.Their issue - b) Charles Peyton Ventris(1887-1965) married 1stly,Madeline Harrison & 2ndly,Beatrice S M Nother. His issue:- ci) Anthony Peyton Ventris (Strachan) (1918-1942) cii) Ian T Peyton Ventris(1919-?) ciii) Jack Peyton Ventris(1922-1999) civ) Doris R Ventris married Raymond T Garnham. Their issue:- di) Roger C Garnham married Amanda French or Bale. dii) Barry R Garnham married Nancy E Andrews. His issue:- ei) David Barry Garnham cv) Daphne J Ventris married Reginald N Rowland. Their issue:- di) Ian M Rowland. dii) Peter A C Rowland bii)Edward Francis Vereker Ventris married Anna Dorothea Janasz.His issue:- ci)Michael George Francis Ventris(1922-1956) married Lois Elizabeth Knox-Niven.His issue:- di)Anthony Nicholas Ventris(1942-1984) married Irene N Frick. His issue:- ei) David Bjorn Ventris married Rebecca J Clarke. His issue:- fi) Matthew Nicholas Ventris. fii) Anna Grace Ventris. dii)Anna T Ventris married Nicholas G Clarke. Their issue:- ei) Michael William Clarke. eii) Saffron Jigme T Clarke biii)Mona Fairlie Ventris(1894-1977) married 1stly, Philip Macdonald and 2ndly,John E S Goss. Their issue:- ci) Carlyl Macdonald(?-1982) married 1stly,Walter Joseph McCartney & 2ndly,Robert Joseph Garden. biv) Alan Favell Ventris(1897-1915). bv)Agnes Madeline Ventris(?-1995) married Patrick Clavell Blount. Their issue:- ci)Francis G Clavell Blount married Wendy F Parsons. His issue:- di) Caroline Jane Clavell Blount dii) Alan Robert Clavell Blount cii) Christopher M Clavell Blount married Rosamund Wild. His issue:- di) Anthony Clavell Blount (1971). dii) Philippa Clavell Blount married Frederick Hiscox. Their issue:- ei) Kitty Lucy Hiscox. eii) Sienna Rose Hiscox. eiii) Harry Duke C Hiscox. diii) Annabel Clavell Blount married Joseph H A Wadsworth. Their issue:- ei)Caspar Alastair Wadsworth eii) Poppy Clavell Wadsworth avi)Horatio Nelson Kirkpatrick John Davies(1862-1886). avii)Henry Holme Davies(1863-1924) married Caroline Mary Taylor McLaren. His issue:- bi) Kenneth Graham Holme Davies(1892-1985) bii) Cecil Alvin Nelson Davies(1895-1946) married Jemima Eva Andrews. biii)Ian Henry Nelson Davies(1899-1983). biv) Charles Francis Kirkpatrick Davies(1904-?) bv) Erina Carolyn A Davies(1908-?) aviii)Albert Horace Maingay Davies(1863-1952)married Aruna Grant Still.Their issue:- bi)Nelson Edward Davies(1888-1970). bii)Helena Adelaide Davies(1890-1918). biii)Horatio Chalmers Davies(1892-1969). biv)Harold Allen Davies(1895-1973). bv)Thomas Albert Davies(1898-1990). bvi)Elva Birma Florence Davies(1900-1984). bvii)Albert Horace Maingay Davies(1905-1997). aix)Phayre Hilda Margaret Davies(1865-?). ax) Nelson Richard Ralph Davies (1869-1870). axi)Isabel Nina Florence Davies(1871-?) married Charles Kirkpatrick Anderson.Their issue:- bi)Robert Nelson Kirkpatrick Anderson(1897-1954) viii)Thomas Carnegy Anderson(1832-1869) married Isabella Catherine Herklots. ix)Albert Anderson(1835-?). x)Marion Agnes Anderson(1841-1842). xi)Graham Anderson(1843-?). 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