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Uncolonized is a funny and blunt podcast about race, politics, and culture, from a Canadian perspective. Hosted by Comedian Gavin Stephens, and Writer/Musician Daniel Grant, Episodes drop every Monday.Presented by The Chonilla Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dry Creek Patrol Officer Alex Landon is about to be promoted to Narcotics Detective. With only a few weekend graveyard shifts left in his Patrol tenure, he learns DCPD’s narcotics unit and the DEA believe the source of a high-grade methamphetamine is operating in Dry Creek. Alex has already seen how the cost of powerful addictions are measured in lives lost: victims addicted and overdosed, conspirators and rivals killed, informants murdered.

With the help and encouragement of her teachers and mentors, 16-year-old Princess Peralta has almost succeeded in redefining herself from "aspiring drop-out" to "college-bound honors student". When she's reported absent from Dry Creek High School without explanation, school resource officer Javier Ramirez knows something's wrong. After he learns no one's seen Princess for 48 hours, he immediately teams up with Detective Alex Landon to investigate. What they soon uncover leads them on a desperate interstate search to rescue Princess, who they're convinced has been kidnapped.

A frantic 911 call from a farmer sends firefighters and patrol officers to a hayfield to investigate a late-model Mustang coupe fully engulfed in flames. As the flames recede, the discovery of two burned corpses inside the coupe's trunk shifts the investigation and priorities for everyone involved. While Landon and his team work to learn the motive and find those responsible for the murders, he can't shake a haunting suspicion that forces inside the Dry Creek Police Department are working against him.

While following leads to identify and arrest an international drug trafficker, Detective Alex Landon is called to lead a mass murder investigation after the unholy marriage of a drug trafficking cartel and the Taliban has a less-than-amicable beginning. A lone witness claims to have heard two last words that strike fear in heart of everyone involved: "Allah Akbar!" Investigators frantically search the Phoenix Valley for a team of unidentified foreign terrorists but fear making the investigation public would risk mass hysteria and vigilante violence.

Richard Strange's 'A Mighty Big If' event at The Crypt, St Martin in the Fields, London. Writer and adventurer Richard regularly staged entertaining and illuminating conversations with major cultural figures. Award-winning British artist Gavin Turk talks exclusively to Richard Strange about his life and work, his controversial departure from London's Royal College of Art and his emergence as a celebrated YBA.

For the past few months, Detective Alex Landon had seen retired US Army Captain Jonathan McDougal as both a sympathetic suspect and a less-than-cooperative informant. But, when a local hate group acquires explosives and the circumstantial evidence indicates McDougal's potential involvement, their relationship sours and grows distrustful.

Years after the events described in the novel Lament for the Fallen, Joshua asks his son, Isaiah, to tell him a story. Isaiah tells of the myth of Usan Abasi, who was punished by the Sky God to spend eternity in the form of a brass bowl and imprisoned within a vast termite mountain. Now the ceremony which ensures that Usan Abasi remains dormant has failed and his ancient evil awakes.

Happiness & Honey is a motivational fable; a story about overcoming personal and impersonal difficulties, when in pursuit of what you want in life; a story of personal triumph and success, about saying yes to your desires when the rest of the world says no. It's about listening to those who say you can't, but then being stubborn enough to ignore them so you can turn around and say, "I told you I would".

In September 1870 a train leaves Manchester bound for London. Onboard is Lizzie Burns, a poor worker from the Irish slums who is embarking on the journey that will change her forever. Sitting in the first-class carriage beside her lover, the wealthy mill owner Frederick Engels, the vision of a life of peace and comfort takes shape before her eyes: finally, at nearly 50, she is to be the lady of a house and the wife to a man. Perhaps now she can put the difficulties of the past behind her and be happy.

A breathtakingly original, darkly comic, surprisingly contemporary, and deeply surreal tale from the author of This Is the Way, Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year. After fleeing his dying parents and the drudgery of work in Dublin for the Manhattan of his imagination - a place of romance and opulence; dark, old concert halls; and mellow front parlours quieted by the hiss of the phonograph cylinder - Rickard Velily hopes to be reborn as an Irish tenor and to one day be reunited with the love of his life.

Alex weiß, dass die unwahrscheinlichsten Dinge passieren können - seine Narben beweisen es. Was er noch nicht weiß: Er wird in dem übellaunigen Mr. Peterson einen ungleichen Freund finden, der ihn lehrt, dass es die richtigen Entscheidungen zu treffen gilt. Als Alex Jahre später mit 113 Gramm Marihuana und einer Urne voll Asche an der Grenze in Dover gestoppt wird, ist er ziemlich sicher, das Richtige getan zu haben.

This book takes a critical look at considerations for business users, though many points are relevant to all Pinterest users. We discuss everything from search capabilities to connecting with other businesses and consumers. After you are done you will have a new perspective on Pinterest and be in a better position to know what you want to get out of using it.

Here are six magical stories to thrill and enchant you. Listen as Blackberry Blue rises from the bramble patch; follow Emeka the pathfinder on his mission to save a lost king; and join Princess Desire as she gallops across the Milky Way on her jet-black horse. These beautifully written and original stories will delight listeners of all ages.

Even as the modern world pushes the supernatural aside in favor of science and steel, the old ways remain. God, demon, monster, and sorcerer alike plot to regain what was theirs. 1913, Salem, Massachusetts - Sarah Engelmann's life is full of friends, books, and avoiding the pressure to choose a husband, until an ominous vision and the haunting call of an otherworldly trumpet shake her.

The Mickledean Parish Workhouse is known to be a place of dread. Though it has long ceased to be a workhouse, no one wants to live there, and tales are told of frightful spirits and a ghostly carriage. Then Rosie and Doug arrive, and fall in love with the tumbledown old house... A terrifying ghost story that will chill your blood, from acclaimed author Jamila Gavin.

Identity theft is a horrifying and traumatic experience. It's easy to imagine the frustration at being wrongly denied a credit card or loan. Worse are the sleepless nights after threatening phone calls from creditors anxious to retrieve cash loaned in your name. It can also be much more serious. Identity theft is linked to organised crime in illegal immigration and human trafficking, drug couriers, and money laundering: for these criminals, identity theft is a way of avoiding detection.

Welcome Kernels and Cornheads to The Popcornhead Podcast!Each episode we will be analysing a different film, past or present, the good, the bad, and the sometimes ugly. We’ll talk pre-production, filming, our own thoughts, any historical context, and the occasional wormhole, things can get a little weird around here.So if you enjoy film analysis from an often comical perspective, this is definitely for you!

I hate him. I hate his stupid handsome face with that curl of his dark hair around his ears and that beard scruff of his. My sister warned me that Mike was no damn good. She’s right. He’s a mess and I hate him even if I know what it feels like when he runs his fingers against my scalp. Mike will not be my next mistake. *** Being an a**hole is so much easier than being nice. I’m comfortable behind these high emotional walls. I’m a social hermit and I like it. So why does it feel like I can’t stop thinking about Loni? And how does she keep popping up in my life?Leave me alone, Loni ...

Ever wonder what the story was behind the various killers Behaviour Interactive created for the survival horror game Dead by Daylight? Don't worry, we read the lore for you. Even the... problematic ones. Join lore-reader Gavin Gaddis, monster-lover Cole Burkhardt, and horror newbie Caroline Mincks as they go through each killer's backstory and ask the most important questions. Mainly "are they scary" and "are they hot." (For some of the hosts, those two are the same question).