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July 15, 2016: Republican nominee Rand Paul announces his selection of former Governor Susana Martinez of New Mexico as his running mate.
July 20, 2016: Democratic nominee Zephyr Teachout announces her selection of Senator Tom Vilsack of Iowa as her running mate.
July 18-21, 2016: The 2016 Republican National Convention is held in St. Louis, Missouri. Notable speakers at the Scottrade Center include former President John Kasich of Ohio, Senator Jeb Bush of Florida, Senator Justin Amash of Michigan, former Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine, Congressman Peter King of New York, 2012 nominee John Elway of Colorado, and Governor Melissa Hart of Pennsylvania.
July 21, 2016: At their convention in St. Louis, Missouri, the Republican Party nominates Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky for President of the United States and former Governor Susana Martinez of New Mexico for Vice President.
July 25-28, 2016: The 2016 Democratic National Convention is held in New York, New York. Notable speakers at Madison Square Garden include Vice President Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, Senator Barbara Lee of California, Governor Heath Shuler of North Carolina, Senator Steve Kelley of Minnesota, former Governor Hansen Clarke of Michigan, film director Spike Lee, and actress Alyssa Milano.
July 28, 2016: At their convention in New York, New York, the Democratic Party nominates Senator Zephyr Teachout of New York for President of the United States and Senator Tom Vilsack of Iowa for Vice President.
July 20, 2016: Democratic nominee Zephyr Teachout announces her selection of Senator Tom Vilsack of Iowa as her running mate.
July 18-21, 2016: The 2016 Republican National Convention is held in St. Louis, Missouri. Notable speakers at the Scottrade Center include former President John Kasich of Ohio, Senator Jeb Bush of Florida, Senator Justin Amash of Michigan, former Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine, Congressman Peter King of New York, 2012 nominee John Elway of Colorado, and Governor Melissa Hart of Pennsylvania.
July 21, 2016: At their convention in St. Louis, Missouri, the Republican Party nominates Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky for President of the United States and former Governor Susana Martinez of New Mexico for Vice President.
July 25-28, 2016: The 2016 Democratic National Convention is held in New York, New York. Notable speakers at Madison Square Garden include Vice President Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, Senator Barbara Lee of California, Governor Heath Shuler of North Carolina, Senator Steve Kelley of Minnesota, former Governor Hansen Clarke of Michigan, film director Spike Lee, and actress Alyssa Milano.
July 28, 2016: At their convention in New York, New York, the Democratic Party nominates Senator Zephyr Teachout of New York for President of the United States and Senator Tom Vilsack of Iowa for Vice President.
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Thursday March 6, 2014 6.30pm: It has been a cold winter in the UK and in the Houses of Parliament an emergency debate on the Wall Street Crash of the 3rd is taking place with Prime Minister Yvette Cooper facing tough questions regarding her government’s handling of the subsequent financial crisis. The House of Lords are also meeting to debate government legislation. The busy schedule sees the heating and electrics in use all over the Palace of Westminster.
In the House of Commons Members Dining Room dinner is being laid out for the expected end of debate in an hour or so. A staff member turns up the thermostat in the long room facing the Thames. The Houses of Parliament building dates back to medieval times, but the main Gothic part was built in the 1840’s and is heated by high pressure steam. The many ducts holding the pipes, also hold the jumble of wiring that serves phone, internet, and power to the many offices and grand rooms. It has been warned many times that the whole system has needed complete renewal since the 1970’s but MP’s have never tackled the issue. The 40 times the building caught fire between 2008 and 2012 alone is not warning for anything other than another ‘Restoration and Renewal Committee’ to be formed and its conclusions ignored.
There is a 24-hour Fire Team – 5 members of staff who roam the Palace following sensor failings and checking obscure corridors and cupboards. At 6.30pm Mr Thomas Wilkes opened the Ducting Room door off the Kitchen below the Members Dining Room checking on a pressure change notification- the action changed the pressures in the room and a steam pipe blew. Mr Wilkes did not stand a chance as the super-heated pressure ripped through him, the kitchen, walls, and caused an explosion that roared through the Dining Room and out into the night. Startled tourists, and Londoners alike saw a huge ball of flame explode from the Palace.
Inside alarms rang everywhere from the robing rooms to the Lord and Commons Chambers. The PM was interrupted in the middle of a televised speech as the whole building shook. Security, footmen, and staffers alike jumped into well practiced terrorism drills. The evacuation from the building of MP’s, Lords and other staff begins.
6.35pm: The Commons Map room has caught fire, the offices above the dining room are burning. The old ducting is carrying the fire along itself at high speed. The Palace Fire Watch take command of fighting the fire directing fire-fighting amongst the well-trained staff. A 30-man team of Palace Staff has taken command of another 10 people each and they are removing Treasures from the Palace in prearranged ways. An attempt is being made to save the Commons Library.
6.40pm: The first Fire Engine reaches Parliament; it is a Fire Boat on the Thames and starts pumping river water over the Terrace and directly into the huge hole in the buildings wall amid cheers from the crowd on the South Bank. Land based Engines are still 10 mins out due to the gridlocked London traffic. The order reaches their crew to ram vehicles out of their way.
6.50pm: All MP’s, and non-essential officials are now out of the building. A huge Police operation to clear Parliament Square, Westminster Bridge, Westminster Abbey and a clear half mile around the burning building has begun. The Jubilee, District, and Central Underground lines are closed where they cross the site causing more transport chaos for passengers. Disaster planning no one thought they would ever use kicks in – some looting does take place, and the huge crowd on the South Bank watching the Fire sees some mugging, but also entrepreneurship as an enterprising Londoner parks his tea van and cashes in.
7pm: Despite the chaos below Big Ben chimes the hour.
7.03pm: The Central Lobby is now unpassable due to smoke. The Commons Library is still safe, but the staff there are discovering the water pressure is going down as the fire in the basement eats away at everything. The firemen who have made it onsite are directed into the Hell that is the Basement level; a rabbit warren of rooms, corridors, and heat. More steam pipes have burst across the site now and smaller fires have been reported in places. A fire team is tackling a blaze under the House of Commons Chamber when the ceiling collapses and tons of asbestos falls out, igniting a huge explosion that rips through the Chamber above. Still recording TV cameras capture the Speaker’s Chair being blown apart.
7.10pm: Fire Engines are now pouring into Parliament Square. With every hydrant tapped water pressure is getting low, and pumps are run into the Thames. PM Cooper will not be moved from Parliament Square from where she is watching and makes the call to order the Armed Forces to assist. Several Palace staffers have been taken away from smoke inhalation while trying to save at treasures in at risk parts of the Palace.
7.15pm: Three more fire boats are now pouring water into the burning Palace building. BBC News 24, and Sky News have cancelled all other programming for the duration. News Choppers are warned away from Parliament airspace under Terrorism Powers.
As power is shut down and furnaces quenched, with 128 plant rooms, 98 distribution risers, 40 air handling units, 100 electric distribution boards, 34 heat exchangers, and 2km of basement no one is sure if the Houses of Parliament can be saved.
7.30pm: An explosion is heard across Westminster as the kitchens below the Peer’s Dining Room blow. Army trucks have started arriving in Parliament Square. The forces they dispatch are sent inside to recover valuables and create fire breaks.
8.30pm: Despite the danger Prince Charles insists on visiting Parliament Square. The Palace is nominally a Royal one and he feels a Royal should be present, and no Security worries will deter him. He is received by PM Cooper and Leader of the Opposition David Cameron who has returned to the Square after treatment for having been crushed in the evacuation of the House of Commons earlier.
8.45pm: An air run to drop water over the building as deemed to have make no impact. Navy fireboats have joined the flotilla.
9pm: Big Ben’s Chimes are joined by dull thuds as the Basement of the Palace of Westminster is blown in several places to create access points for firefighting equipment, and to create fire breaks. PM Cooper is joined by the US Ambassador and EU Ambassador who both pledge to help fund the Restoration of the Mother of All Parliaments.
9.15pm: Part of the Eastern façade collapses. The is video is streamed live globally. #ParliamentBurns is trending on all social media platforms.
9.30pm: The floor of the Central Lobby collapses. St Stephens Hall and Westminster Hall are now at less risk as the medieval buildings have less connections to the 19thC structure.
10.30pm: The Sun declares the Houses of Parliament a ‘total loss’. On Dossier an unofficial competition to redesign the building has already started.
11pm: The light and smoke from the Blaze in Central London can be seen for nearly 60 miles.
12pm: Ed Balls, husband of PM Yvette Cooper persuades his wife to rest. She does not return to No. 10, instead getting sleep in a cot at Jewel House. YouGov report her approval rating at 85% in the morning papers.
PM Cooper
Friday March 7, 2014 7am: The fire at the Palace of Westminster in Central London makes global headlines, and almost every news channel has led with it. President Kaine talks to PM Cooper and reaffirms his Ambassadors pledge to help rebuild.
The fire has taken several roofs and gutted the central part of Parliament. The Commons chamber is gutted, but Big Ben, the Victoria Tower, and the Lords Chamber are still standing as is Westminster Hall and the adjoining medieval structures. Fire fighters from the London Brigade, Army and Navy are still fighting the blaze trying to douse it in miles of corridors and conduits.
8am: PM Cooper appears on TV and gives an address to the Nation with Prince Charles and David Cameron behind her pledging to rebuild the Palace of Westminster. Terrorism is ruled out as a ‘likely cause’ to many people’s surprise. Prince Charles breaks protocol by nodding along with the PM’s words- but most consider this acceptable and the Prince’s popularity grows.
10pm: The Fire at Parliament is declared ‘under control’. Huge parts of the building are gutted. PM Cooper and leading politician’s meet on Parliament Square to discuss where the government will work. For now, Richmond House, home of the Department of Health will be taken over as MP’s offices. The House of Commons will meet in the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, opposite Westminster Abbey. Calls to use the Assembly building in Cardiff or the Parliament in Edinburgh are ‘to be considered’. The House of Lords will also use the Conference Centre, though at different times. Some Peers have indicated they will not be returning until they can sit in the ‘proper chamber’ but that is a problem for another day.
Saturday March 8, 2014: The Houses of Parliament fire is brought under control. At 6pm PM Cooper goes on TV to again thank everyone who “fought the fire, evacuated the building, and protected the nations treasures”. At least 2 people are missing and 3 are known to have died.
Sunday March 9, 2014: Fire Brigade Chiefs in London call a halt to operations while Air Force thermal imaging drones are used to try and track down the hotspots of fire left inside the Houses of Parliament.
7pm: the fire is declared ‘mostly out’.
Monday, March 10, 2014: During the day Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles and PM Yvette Cooper examine the ruins of the Houses of Parliament. The Firefighters have 99% of the fire out, but small outbreaks keep flaring up in the basements. The Queen makes it clear she wishes the Houses of Parliament restored.
Traffic across London is massively disrupted by the half mile lockdown zone in around Westminster. The Police and Army lessen the restrictions a little during the day and pull back to a quarter mile overnight.
The estimate to restore Parliament is approx. £16bn not including costs for rehousing the MP’s and Lords. The Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Committee is formed under the PM’s direct control to look into the timetable and best way forward for restoring Parliament. Within a Week the Committee will inform the PM that two new bodies should oversee the work:
-a stand-alone Sponsor Board, set up through legislation, to oversee the Programme, and
- a Delivery Authority to manage and deliver the restoration work
This two-tier structure is modelled on other successfully delivered large programmes, such as the Commonwealth Games. Prince Charles expresses an interest in a seat on the Sponsor Board, which he is granted, though he is often represented by a Proxy.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014: Work starts at the ruins of the Houses of Parliament in London to erect scaffolding over the ruined central part of the Palace of Westminster to keep the British weather out, esp with heavy snowfall due.
Monday, March 17, 2014: With a much British pomp, the Commons Mace is carried into the House of Commons Chamber that has been constructed inside the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London which is acting as the temporary home for Parliament since the fire that destroyed the Houses of Parliament.
After suitable ceremony a minute’s silence is held to remember the 4 who died during the Parliament fire, before the Speaker calls the House to order.
In the House of Commons Members Dining Room dinner is being laid out for the expected end of debate in an hour or so. A staff member turns up the thermostat in the long room facing the Thames. The Houses of Parliament building dates back to medieval times, but the main Gothic part was built in the 1840’s and is heated by high pressure steam. The many ducts holding the pipes, also hold the jumble of wiring that serves phone, internet, and power to the many offices and grand rooms. It has been warned many times that the whole system has needed complete renewal since the 1970’s but MP’s have never tackled the issue. The 40 times the building caught fire between 2008 and 2012 alone is not warning for anything other than another ‘Restoration and Renewal Committee’ to be formed and its conclusions ignored.
There is a 24-hour Fire Team – 5 members of staff who roam the Palace following sensor failings and checking obscure corridors and cupboards. At 6.30pm Mr Thomas Wilkes opened the Ducting Room door off the Kitchen below the Members Dining Room checking on a pressure change notification- the action changed the pressures in the room and a steam pipe blew. Mr Wilkes did not stand a chance as the super-heated pressure ripped through him, the kitchen, walls, and caused an explosion that roared through the Dining Room and out into the night. Startled tourists, and Londoners alike saw a huge ball of flame explode from the Palace.
Inside alarms rang everywhere from the robing rooms to the Lord and Commons Chambers. The PM was interrupted in the middle of a televised speech as the whole building shook. Security, footmen, and staffers alike jumped into well practiced terrorism drills. The evacuation from the building of MP’s, Lords and other staff begins.
6.35pm: The Commons Map room has caught fire, the offices above the dining room are burning. The old ducting is carrying the fire along itself at high speed. The Palace Fire Watch take command of fighting the fire directing fire-fighting amongst the well-trained staff. A 30-man team of Palace Staff has taken command of another 10 people each and they are removing Treasures from the Palace in prearranged ways. An attempt is being made to save the Commons Library.
6.40pm: The first Fire Engine reaches Parliament; it is a Fire Boat on the Thames and starts pumping river water over the Terrace and directly into the huge hole in the buildings wall amid cheers from the crowd on the South Bank. Land based Engines are still 10 mins out due to the gridlocked London traffic. The order reaches their crew to ram vehicles out of their way.
6.50pm: All MP’s, and non-essential officials are now out of the building. A huge Police operation to clear Parliament Square, Westminster Bridge, Westminster Abbey and a clear half mile around the burning building has begun. The Jubilee, District, and Central Underground lines are closed where they cross the site causing more transport chaos for passengers. Disaster planning no one thought they would ever use kicks in – some looting does take place, and the huge crowd on the South Bank watching the Fire sees some mugging, but also entrepreneurship as an enterprising Londoner parks his tea van and cashes in.
7pm: Despite the chaos below Big Ben chimes the hour.
7.03pm: The Central Lobby is now unpassable due to smoke. The Commons Library is still safe, but the staff there are discovering the water pressure is going down as the fire in the basement eats away at everything. The firemen who have made it onsite are directed into the Hell that is the Basement level; a rabbit warren of rooms, corridors, and heat. More steam pipes have burst across the site now and smaller fires have been reported in places. A fire team is tackling a blaze under the House of Commons Chamber when the ceiling collapses and tons of asbestos falls out, igniting a huge explosion that rips through the Chamber above. Still recording TV cameras capture the Speaker’s Chair being blown apart.
7.10pm: Fire Engines are now pouring into Parliament Square. With every hydrant tapped water pressure is getting low, and pumps are run into the Thames. PM Cooper will not be moved from Parliament Square from where she is watching and makes the call to order the Armed Forces to assist. Several Palace staffers have been taken away from smoke inhalation while trying to save at treasures in at risk parts of the Palace.
7.15pm: Three more fire boats are now pouring water into the burning Palace building. BBC News 24, and Sky News have cancelled all other programming for the duration. News Choppers are warned away from Parliament airspace under Terrorism Powers.
As power is shut down and furnaces quenched, with 128 plant rooms, 98 distribution risers, 40 air handling units, 100 electric distribution boards, 34 heat exchangers, and 2km of basement no one is sure if the Houses of Parliament can be saved.
7.30pm: An explosion is heard across Westminster as the kitchens below the Peer’s Dining Room blow. Army trucks have started arriving in Parliament Square. The forces they dispatch are sent inside to recover valuables and create fire breaks.
8.30pm: Despite the danger Prince Charles insists on visiting Parliament Square. The Palace is nominally a Royal one and he feels a Royal should be present, and no Security worries will deter him. He is received by PM Cooper and Leader of the Opposition David Cameron who has returned to the Square after treatment for having been crushed in the evacuation of the House of Commons earlier.
8.45pm: An air run to drop water over the building as deemed to have make no impact. Navy fireboats have joined the flotilla.
9pm: Big Ben’s Chimes are joined by dull thuds as the Basement of the Palace of Westminster is blown in several places to create access points for firefighting equipment, and to create fire breaks. PM Cooper is joined by the US Ambassador and EU Ambassador who both pledge to help fund the Restoration of the Mother of All Parliaments.
9.15pm: Part of the Eastern façade collapses. The is video is streamed live globally. #ParliamentBurns is trending on all social media platforms.
9.30pm: The floor of the Central Lobby collapses. St Stephens Hall and Westminster Hall are now at less risk as the medieval buildings have less connections to the 19thC structure.
10.30pm: The Sun declares the Houses of Parliament a ‘total loss’. On Dossier an unofficial competition to redesign the building has already started.
11pm: The light and smoke from the Blaze in Central London can be seen for nearly 60 miles.
12pm: Ed Balls, husband of PM Yvette Cooper persuades his wife to rest. She does not return to No. 10, instead getting sleep in a cot at Jewel House. YouGov report her approval rating at 85% in the morning papers.
Friday March 7, 2014 7am: The fire at the Palace of Westminster in Central London makes global headlines, and almost every news channel has led with it. President Kaine talks to PM Cooper and reaffirms his Ambassadors pledge to help rebuild.
The fire has taken several roofs and gutted the central part of Parliament. The Commons chamber is gutted, but Big Ben, the Victoria Tower, and the Lords Chamber are still standing as is Westminster Hall and the adjoining medieval structures. Fire fighters from the London Brigade, Army and Navy are still fighting the blaze trying to douse it in miles of corridors and conduits.
8am: PM Cooper appears on TV and gives an address to the Nation with Prince Charles and David Cameron behind her pledging to rebuild the Palace of Westminster. Terrorism is ruled out as a ‘likely cause’ to many people’s surprise. Prince Charles breaks protocol by nodding along with the PM’s words- but most consider this acceptable and the Prince’s popularity grows.
10pm: The Fire at Parliament is declared ‘under control’. Huge parts of the building are gutted. PM Cooper and leading politician’s meet on Parliament Square to discuss where the government will work. For now, Richmond House, home of the Department of Health will be taken over as MP’s offices. The House of Commons will meet in the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, opposite Westminster Abbey. Calls to use the Assembly building in Cardiff or the Parliament in Edinburgh are ‘to be considered’. The House of Lords will also use the Conference Centre, though at different times. Some Peers have indicated they will not be returning until they can sit in the ‘proper chamber’ but that is a problem for another day.
Saturday March 8, 2014: The Houses of Parliament fire is brought under control. At 6pm PM Cooper goes on TV to again thank everyone who “fought the fire, evacuated the building, and protected the nations treasures”. At least 2 people are missing and 3 are known to have died.
Sunday March 9, 2014: Fire Brigade Chiefs in London call a halt to operations while Air Force thermal imaging drones are used to try and track down the hotspots of fire left inside the Houses of Parliament.
7pm: the fire is declared ‘mostly out’.
Monday, March 10, 2014: During the day Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles and PM Yvette Cooper examine the ruins of the Houses of Parliament. The Firefighters have 99% of the fire out, but small outbreaks keep flaring up in the basements. The Queen makes it clear she wishes the Houses of Parliament restored.
Traffic across London is massively disrupted by the half mile lockdown zone in around Westminster. The Police and Army lessen the restrictions a little during the day and pull back to a quarter mile overnight.
The estimate to restore Parliament is approx. £16bn not including costs for rehousing the MP’s and Lords. The Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Committee is formed under the PM’s direct control to look into the timetable and best way forward for restoring Parliament. Within a Week the Committee will inform the PM that two new bodies should oversee the work:
-a stand-alone Sponsor Board, set up through legislation, to oversee the Programme, and
- a Delivery Authority to manage and deliver the restoration work
This two-tier structure is modelled on other successfully delivered large programmes, such as the Commonwealth Games. Prince Charles expresses an interest in a seat on the Sponsor Board, which he is granted, though he is often represented by a Proxy.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014: Work starts at the ruins of the Houses of Parliament in London to erect scaffolding over the ruined central part of the Palace of Westminster to keep the British weather out, esp with heavy snowfall due.
Monday, March 17, 2014: With a much British pomp, the Commons Mace is carried into the House of Commons Chamber that has been constructed inside the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London which is acting as the temporary home for Parliament since the fire that destroyed the Houses of Parliament.
After suitable ceremony a minute’s silence is held to remember the 4 who died during the Parliament fire, before the Speaker calls the House to order.
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January 4th, 2016 11.00am: The death of HM Queen Elizabeth II is announced by the pinning of a black-edged notice to the gates of Buckingham Palace. The palace website is transformed into a sombre, single page, showing the same text on a dark background. All UK Tv and radio channels, even the Satellite ones, break with normal programming and go to news channels. On the BBC Nicholas Witchell appears in an impeccable black suit and says, “It is with the greatest sorrow that we make the following announcement…” Flags across the country are lowered to Half Mast, bells toll, and the National Period of Mourning begins.
Almost all sporting fixtures are called off. The National Theatre, and many other such venues close. Some schools send their children home, many workplaces also close down. At City and Town Halls across the country already made plans kick in and space is cleared, and books of condolence are laid out. Prepared pages on Council sites open as e-books of condolence.
12pm: The bell of Big Ben is silenced for the Midday chime- it is blamed on a malfunction, but it is an open secret the Bell was silenced as a mark of respect for the Queen.
In the afternoon Westminster Hall is urgently cleared of materials being used as part of the rebuilding work at the Houses of Parliament. The Hall and nearby facilities will be needed
In the evening the Accession Council is summoned to St James’ Palace to proclaim the new sovereign, who then makes an inaugural declaration, and swears the Scottish oath.
January 5, 2016 11am: All flags are raised to full mast across the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries. Trumpeters from the Life Guards, wearing red plumes on their helmets, will step out of the Balcony of Buckingham Palace and give three blasts. With the world watching the Garter King of Arms, a genealogist named Thomas Woodcock, stands on the balcony and begins the ritual proclamations of King Charles III. The new King comes out onto the balcony – many remember later that Charles seems ‘too calm’. The new King address the Nation, and World, speaking of the “heavy burden that is now his”. His wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, now Queen stands by his side. The crowd spontaneously start shouting ‘long live the King’ when he is finished, a break from protocol, but no one stops them.
After the King is finished the band of the Coldstream Guards play the national anthem on drums that are wrapped in black cloth. The huge crowd joins in. A 41-gun salute – almost seven minutes of artillery – is fired from Hyde Park across an almost silent London.
Across the country and world, the news is announced to crowds watching the events in London on big screens. In Birmingham the crowd is 15,000, in Manchester 18,000, in Edinburgh over 20,000 people watch the proclamation from the steps of Parliament.
1pm: Both Houses of Parliament have been recalled and all attending members are in the hastily cleared Westminster Hall, Lords on side, Commons on the other – many grumble about this, but there is little alternative. All assembled will swear Allegiance to the new Sovereign King Charles III who attends sat on the throne that has been moved from the House of Lords for the occasion.
King Charles immediately tours the country, visiting the regional capitals of Edinburgh, Belfast and Cardiff to attend services of remembrance for his mother and to meet the leaders of the devolved governments. There will also be civic receptions, for teachers, doctors and other ordinary folk, which are intended to reflect the altered spirit of his reign.
January 8 2016: The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is moved to Westminster Hall from Buckingham Palace, to lie in state for four full days. The procession from Buckingham Palace is the first great military parade of of the Queen Funeral: down the Mall, through Horse Guards, and past the Cenotaph. The slow march involves 1,600 personnel and stretches for half a mile. The bands play Beethoven and a gun is fired every minute from Hyde Park. Over a million people line the route.
The procession is led by the Royal Corgis, followed by King Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Phillip, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward. It takes an hour to reach Westminster Hall, and Big Ben is chiming 12 as the wheels stop. The half-ton lead lined coffin is lifted from the carriage and carried inside to a psalm reading by the Archbishop of Canterbury where it is placed on a catafalque.
January 8, 2016 – January 12, 2016: More than 550,000 people over four days file past Queen Elizabeth’s coffin lying in state in Westminster Hall at the Palace of Westminster- the queue at one point is 4 miles long. Members of all branches of the armed forces stand guard at the four corners of the catafalque.
Many will be openly weeping at the loss of the Queen and the books of condolence will run to 250 volumes. Visitors will come from almost every country on Earth to pay respects.
January 12, 2016, 23:40: The night before the Queen Elizabeth’s funeral her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; her son Prince Charles, Prince of Wales; her second son Prince Andrew, Duke of York; and her third son Prince Edward, Duke of Victoria will stand the Vigil of the Princes – taking the military guard at four corners of the catafalque as had been done for King George V, and his wife the beloved Queen Mother. Excepting Edward, all are in full military uniform. The Princes stand for 20 minutes before being relieved by the Yeoman of the Guard at midnight, however Prince Phillip, his voice breaking, orders them all away, breaking many protocols, but the Prince is allowed to guard his wife solo for another 20 minutes before Princess Anne, the Queen daughter who was also due to stand relives him, along with three service personnel from the New Zealand, Canada, and Australia.
The image of the old man in full uniform guarding is wife with honour and dignity will grace most front pages the next day.
January 13 2016: During the Queen funeral which is a national day off in the UK, An unwise comment from a skinhead sees a fight breaks out at Liverpool football stadium where the stands are full of people watching the ceremony. Order is quickly restored. For all the solemn mourning many take to Discuss, and Chatter to discuss their grievances with the dead Queen, new King, or Monarchy in general, but they are drowned out.
After the 2,000-guest funeral the Queen's coffin is loaded by the pallbearers onto the green gun carriage that was used for the Queen’s father, and his father and his father’s father, and 138 junior sailors drop their heads to their chests and pull. The Royal Navy ratings will pull the coffin all 23 miles to Windsor Castle where the Queen will be interred in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, where her mother and father are buried, and her sister's ashes were interred.
The silent crowds are treated to a flypast by the Royal Airforce as the coffin proceeds up the Mall, starting with a Lancaster Bomber and two Spitfires which are followed by craft from proceeding decades up to the modern day as the coffin reaches the fountain where the ratings are changed for fresh sailors. The journey to Windsor takes some hours and the route is lined with thick crowds the entire way. At Windsor Castle the entire royal household- family and staff, are standing on the grass waiting as the coffin arrives, then the cloister gates are closed, and cameras stop broadcasting, cutting to the National Anthem.
Across the Country the people watching in cathedrals, village halls, sports stadiums, begin to troop home, a day to remember burned into their memories.
January 16, 2016: On the last official day of mourning Princes Anne is confirmed as Head of the Commonwealth by a meeting of the Heads of State of that organisation in London. It had been expected to the King Charles, but he recommended Anne as she had proven herself as head of the organisation standing in for her mother the Queen on most occasions in the last 10 years.
The same day 34-year-old Prince William, Duke and of Cambridge is confirmed as the new Prince of Wales, and heir to the Thone. His wife Emily Nicholson is made Princess of Wales.
Monday, June 6, 2016: Britain comes to a halt as King Charles is coronated at Westminster Abbey. A public holiday the country turns out to celebrate the coronation as the weather is very warm. Street parties, and big public affairs are put-on all-over Britain, and across the Commonwealth. Even in the USA there are several parties as the pictures are beamed live from London.
A smaller event than the 1953 crowning of Queen Elizabeth II with less service personnel along the route and using the most direct route to and from Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey. It still costs £39 million covering stands, policing, and putting up the many important guests. Over a million people watch the procession – the lively, happy occasion had a ‘festival, carnival atmosphere’ many said later.
King Charles and Queen Camilla are crowned side-by-side in the Abbey, which was controversial for some given the civil marriage Charles and Camilla had, but Queen Elizabeth had endorsed it in her papers, and thus it went ahead. Camilla did not attempt to ‘upstage’ the old Queen and many considered her perfect for the King.
The 8,000 strong guest list was a who’s-whom of global royalty and politics, including Charles former wife Diana, Princess of Wales, and her husband Earl Khan, MP’s from all the King’s various legislatures, the Presidents of Russia, USA, EU, amongst others, and all the Heads of State from the Commonwealth. Charles insisted on inviting representatives from all the faiths of the Commonwealth, as well several pop Celebrities such as Elton John.
King Charles insisted on the ceremony describing himself as ‘defender of faith’ instead of ‘the faith’ and have readings from faith leaders of Catholic, Muslim, Jewish, and Sikh communities. Charles took and subscribed to an oath to govern the peoples according to their respective laws and customs. He was then anointed with holy oil and then presented and invested with his regalia before being crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
After the ceremony and procession back to Buckingham Palace, the Royal Family appears on the balcony to wave to the crowd. In the evening a broadcast by the King is shown in which the new King reaffirms his oath and promises he ‘understands his duty’ and he will refrain from expressing his politics as he did as Prince of Wales.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla
June 8, 2016: King Charles and Queen Camilla start a world tour visiting all the Commonwealth and UK allied countries. Charles undertakes many ceremonies of commitment and allegiance while travelling and creates a huge up swell for the monarchy.
July 1, 2017: Prince William is invested as Prince of Wales by his father King Charles III at a ceremony held in a sunny Caernarfon Castle. Like his father Prince William gave his replies to the ceremony questions in English and Welsh. After the Investiture Prince William vowed to spend more time in Wales.
The ceremony aroused considerable hostility among a vocal minority of nationalist and republican Welsh people, and many protested against the investiture, however the overwhelming majority supported it in Wales and the town saw an enormous boost to tourism for years afterwards, the benefits over spilling across all of north Wales.
Almost all sporting fixtures are called off. The National Theatre, and many other such venues close. Some schools send their children home, many workplaces also close down. At City and Town Halls across the country already made plans kick in and space is cleared, and books of condolence are laid out. Prepared pages on Council sites open as e-books of condolence.
12pm: The bell of Big Ben is silenced for the Midday chime- it is blamed on a malfunction, but it is an open secret the Bell was silenced as a mark of respect for the Queen.
In the afternoon Westminster Hall is urgently cleared of materials being used as part of the rebuilding work at the Houses of Parliament. The Hall and nearby facilities will be needed
In the evening the Accession Council is summoned to St James’ Palace to proclaim the new sovereign, who then makes an inaugural declaration, and swears the Scottish oath.
January 5, 2016 11am: All flags are raised to full mast across the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries. Trumpeters from the Life Guards, wearing red plumes on their helmets, will step out of the Balcony of Buckingham Palace and give three blasts. With the world watching the Garter King of Arms, a genealogist named Thomas Woodcock, stands on the balcony and begins the ritual proclamations of King Charles III. The new King comes out onto the balcony – many remember later that Charles seems ‘too calm’. The new King address the Nation, and World, speaking of the “heavy burden that is now his”. His wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, now Queen stands by his side. The crowd spontaneously start shouting ‘long live the King’ when he is finished, a break from protocol, but no one stops them.
After the King is finished the band of the Coldstream Guards play the national anthem on drums that are wrapped in black cloth. The huge crowd joins in. A 41-gun salute – almost seven minutes of artillery – is fired from Hyde Park across an almost silent London.
Across the country and world, the news is announced to crowds watching the events in London on big screens. In Birmingham the crowd is 15,000, in Manchester 18,000, in Edinburgh over 20,000 people watch the proclamation from the steps of Parliament.
1pm: Both Houses of Parliament have been recalled and all attending members are in the hastily cleared Westminster Hall, Lords on side, Commons on the other – many grumble about this, but there is little alternative. All assembled will swear Allegiance to the new Sovereign King Charles III who attends sat on the throne that has been moved from the House of Lords for the occasion.
King Charles immediately tours the country, visiting the regional capitals of Edinburgh, Belfast and Cardiff to attend services of remembrance for his mother and to meet the leaders of the devolved governments. There will also be civic receptions, for teachers, doctors and other ordinary folk, which are intended to reflect the altered spirit of his reign.
January 8 2016: The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is moved to Westminster Hall from Buckingham Palace, to lie in state for four full days. The procession from Buckingham Palace is the first great military parade of of the Queen Funeral: down the Mall, through Horse Guards, and past the Cenotaph. The slow march involves 1,600 personnel and stretches for half a mile. The bands play Beethoven and a gun is fired every minute from Hyde Park. Over a million people line the route.
The procession is led by the Royal Corgis, followed by King Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Phillip, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward. It takes an hour to reach Westminster Hall, and Big Ben is chiming 12 as the wheels stop. The half-ton lead lined coffin is lifted from the carriage and carried inside to a psalm reading by the Archbishop of Canterbury where it is placed on a catafalque.
January 8, 2016 – January 12, 2016: More than 550,000 people over four days file past Queen Elizabeth’s coffin lying in state in Westminster Hall at the Palace of Westminster- the queue at one point is 4 miles long. Members of all branches of the armed forces stand guard at the four corners of the catafalque.
Many will be openly weeping at the loss of the Queen and the books of condolence will run to 250 volumes. Visitors will come from almost every country on Earth to pay respects.
January 12, 2016, 23:40: The night before the Queen Elizabeth’s funeral her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; her son Prince Charles, Prince of Wales; her second son Prince Andrew, Duke of York; and her third son Prince Edward, Duke of Victoria will stand the Vigil of the Princes – taking the military guard at four corners of the catafalque as had been done for King George V, and his wife the beloved Queen Mother. Excepting Edward, all are in full military uniform. The Princes stand for 20 minutes before being relieved by the Yeoman of the Guard at midnight, however Prince Phillip, his voice breaking, orders them all away, breaking many protocols, but the Prince is allowed to guard his wife solo for another 20 minutes before Princess Anne, the Queen daughter who was also due to stand relives him, along with three service personnel from the New Zealand, Canada, and Australia.
The image of the old man in full uniform guarding is wife with honour and dignity will grace most front pages the next day.
January 13 2016: During the Queen funeral which is a national day off in the UK, An unwise comment from a skinhead sees a fight breaks out at Liverpool football stadium where the stands are full of people watching the ceremony. Order is quickly restored. For all the solemn mourning many take to Discuss, and Chatter to discuss their grievances with the dead Queen, new King, or Monarchy in general, but they are drowned out.
After the 2,000-guest funeral the Queen's coffin is loaded by the pallbearers onto the green gun carriage that was used for the Queen’s father, and his father and his father’s father, and 138 junior sailors drop their heads to their chests and pull. The Royal Navy ratings will pull the coffin all 23 miles to Windsor Castle where the Queen will be interred in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, where her mother and father are buried, and her sister's ashes were interred.
The silent crowds are treated to a flypast by the Royal Airforce as the coffin proceeds up the Mall, starting with a Lancaster Bomber and two Spitfires which are followed by craft from proceeding decades up to the modern day as the coffin reaches the fountain where the ratings are changed for fresh sailors. The journey to Windsor takes some hours and the route is lined with thick crowds the entire way. At Windsor Castle the entire royal household- family and staff, are standing on the grass waiting as the coffin arrives, then the cloister gates are closed, and cameras stop broadcasting, cutting to the National Anthem.
Across the Country the people watching in cathedrals, village halls, sports stadiums, begin to troop home, a day to remember burned into their memories.
January 16, 2016: On the last official day of mourning Princes Anne is confirmed as Head of the Commonwealth by a meeting of the Heads of State of that organisation in London. It had been expected to the King Charles, but he recommended Anne as she had proven herself as head of the organisation standing in for her mother the Queen on most occasions in the last 10 years.
The same day 34-year-old Prince William, Duke and of Cambridge is confirmed as the new Prince of Wales, and heir to the Thone. His wife Emily Nicholson is made Princess of Wales.
Monday, June 6, 2016: Britain comes to a halt as King Charles is coronated at Westminster Abbey. A public holiday the country turns out to celebrate the coronation as the weather is very warm. Street parties, and big public affairs are put-on all-over Britain, and across the Commonwealth. Even in the USA there are several parties as the pictures are beamed live from London.
A smaller event than the 1953 crowning of Queen Elizabeth II with less service personnel along the route and using the most direct route to and from Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey. It still costs £39 million covering stands, policing, and putting up the many important guests. Over a million people watch the procession – the lively, happy occasion had a ‘festival, carnival atmosphere’ many said later.
King Charles and Queen Camilla are crowned side-by-side in the Abbey, which was controversial for some given the civil marriage Charles and Camilla had, but Queen Elizabeth had endorsed it in her papers, and thus it went ahead. Camilla did not attempt to ‘upstage’ the old Queen and many considered her perfect for the King.
The 8,000 strong guest list was a who’s-whom of global royalty and politics, including Charles former wife Diana, Princess of Wales, and her husband Earl Khan, MP’s from all the King’s various legislatures, the Presidents of Russia, USA, EU, amongst others, and all the Heads of State from the Commonwealth. Charles insisted on inviting representatives from all the faiths of the Commonwealth, as well several pop Celebrities such as Elton John.
King Charles insisted on the ceremony describing himself as ‘defender of faith’ instead of ‘the faith’ and have readings from faith leaders of Catholic, Muslim, Jewish, and Sikh communities. Charles took and subscribed to an oath to govern the peoples according to their respective laws and customs. He was then anointed with holy oil and then presented and invested with his regalia before being crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
After the ceremony and procession back to Buckingham Palace, the Royal Family appears on the balcony to wave to the crowd. In the evening a broadcast by the King is shown in which the new King reaffirms his oath and promises he ‘understands his duty’ and he will refrain from expressing his politics as he did as Prince of Wales.
June 8, 2016: King Charles and Queen Camilla start a world tour visiting all the Commonwealth and UK allied countries. Charles undertakes many ceremonies of commitment and allegiance while travelling and creates a huge up swell for the monarchy.
July 1, 2017: Prince William is invested as Prince of Wales by his father King Charles III at a ceremony held in a sunny Caernarfon Castle. Like his father Prince William gave his replies to the ceremony questions in English and Welsh. After the Investiture Prince William vowed to spend more time in Wales.
The ceremony aroused considerable hostility among a vocal minority of nationalist and republican Welsh people, and many protested against the investiture, however the overwhelming majority supported it in Wales and the town saw an enormous boost to tourism for years afterwards, the benefits over spilling across all of north Wales.
February 22, 1993: Babylon 5: The Gathering airs. It is a pilot for a new sci-fi show made by Warner Brothers as part of its Prime Time Entertainment Network (PTEN); the pilot is successful. The first season of Babylon 5 premiered in the US on January 26, 1994. Babylon 5 is helmed and mostly written by Joseph Michael Straczynski the series explores the lives and politics of a deep space station set in 2258. Famously 'JMS' managed to sell a 5 year plot arc to Warner Bros who committed to all 5 years (dependent on ratings) of the show which was unknown at the time. It is believed Warner Bros. wanted a solid contender to the new Star Trek: Deep Space Nine series, and decided the solid commitment would help motivate quality from the full time staff and actors.
October 27, 1997: Season 4 of Babylon 5 ends with Moments of Transition - the explosive episode featuring the end of the Shadow-Vorlon war, the collapse of Earthgov, and end of a year of shake ups for the Babylon 5 crew. It is the highest watched show of the evening and wins a Emmy for Warner Brothers for 'Best Dramatic Series' and JMS for 'Best Writing for a Dramatic Series'.
January 4, 1998: No Compromises the first episode of the highly successful Babylon 5's fifth and final season opens on Prime Time Entertainment Network (PTEN). It has a huge audience partly thanks to bad weather across a lot of the US, and partly due to the anticipation built up by the explosive end to the previous season.
November 25, 1998: Last episode of Babylon 5, Objects at Rest is broadcast on the Prime Time Entertainment Network (PTEN). While the audience is lower than at the start of the final season the last episode is very well received with the characters Delenn, Sheridan, and most of the surviving regulars saying goodbye to the battered Babylon 5 station before moving to a new HQ, and the station given a fiery end in the systems sun. The episode is followed by two more 'Special Episodes' extending the season to 24 shows; Sleeping in Light has the main characters reunited after 20 years as Sheridan is approaching the end of his life, and The Deconstruction of Falling Stars which looks at the influence the events of Babylon 5 had on the universe for a million years into the future. Both Specials and the season overall are very well received by the critics and fans and Emmy's, BAFTA's and even an Oscar mention (not a nomination) follow. Babylon 5's writer Joseph Michael Straczynski famously turned down a six figure sum to produce a sequel series, but would revisit the Babylon 5 universe in 2000.
January 6, 2000: Joseph Michael Straczynski returns to the Babylon 5 universe with a movie called Babylon 5: In the Beginning which is set 15 years before the events of the series and tells the epic story of the Earth-Minbari war using a framing device of the ageing Centauri Emperor Londo Mollari telling the story of the war to his children. The movie goes down well with fans and critics - winning a BAFTA for special effects. Joseph Michael Straczynski announces online that is now 'done' with Babylon 5 and had told the story he wanted to to much despair from the many, many fans of the show.
October 27, 1997: Season 4 of Babylon 5 ends with Moments of Transition - the explosive episode featuring the end of the Shadow-Vorlon war, the collapse of Earthgov, and end of a year of shake ups for the Babylon 5 crew. It is the highest watched show of the evening and wins a Emmy for Warner Brothers for 'Best Dramatic Series' and JMS for 'Best Writing for a Dramatic Series'.
January 4, 1998: No Compromises the first episode of the highly successful Babylon 5's fifth and final season opens on Prime Time Entertainment Network (PTEN). It has a huge audience partly thanks to bad weather across a lot of the US, and partly due to the anticipation built up by the explosive end to the previous season.
November 25, 1998: Last episode of Babylon 5, Objects at Rest is broadcast on the Prime Time Entertainment Network (PTEN). While the audience is lower than at the start of the final season the last episode is very well received with the characters Delenn, Sheridan, and most of the surviving regulars saying goodbye to the battered Babylon 5 station before moving to a new HQ, and the station given a fiery end in the systems sun. The episode is followed by two more 'Special Episodes' extending the season to 24 shows; Sleeping in Light has the main characters reunited after 20 years as Sheridan is approaching the end of his life, and The Deconstruction of Falling Stars which looks at the influence the events of Babylon 5 had on the universe for a million years into the future. Both Specials and the season overall are very well received by the critics and fans and Emmy's, BAFTA's and even an Oscar mention (not a nomination) follow. Babylon 5's writer Joseph Michael Straczynski famously turned down a six figure sum to produce a sequel series, but would revisit the Babylon 5 universe in 2000.
January 6, 2000: Joseph Michael Straczynski returns to the Babylon 5 universe with a movie called Babylon 5: In the Beginning which is set 15 years before the events of the series and tells the epic story of the Earth-Minbari war using a framing device of the ageing Centauri Emperor Londo Mollari telling the story of the war to his children. The movie goes down well with fans and critics - winning a BAFTA for special effects. Joseph Michael Straczynski announces online that is now 'done' with Babylon 5 and had told the story he wanted to to much despair from the many, many fans of the show.
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So can somebody give me the short version of this? Like the canon election results, list of presidents and who the 2016 nominees are
Please see Page 253 for the Presidents list towards the bottom.
September 26, 2016: The first debate between Rand Paul and Zephyr Teachout is held at Colorado State University's Moby Arena in Fort Collins, Colorado. Moderated by NBC's Lester Holt, the debate focused primarily on foreign policy and the economy.
October 4, 2016: The 2016 vice presidential debate between Susana Martinez and Tom Vilsack is held at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Moderated by CBS' Elaine Quijano, later polls consistently show Susana Martinez having a slight edge over Tom Vilsack.
October 9, 2016: The second debate between Rand Paul and Zephyr Teachout is held at Emory University in Druid Hills, Georgia. Moderated by CNN's Anderson Cooper and ABC's Martha Raddatz, the debate was conducted in a "town hall"-style format and became known for the viral popularity of Dylan Hale, a college student who asked Rand Paul about how he would handle increasing student debt, due to his comically stereotypical "frat boy" appearance and demeanor.
October 19, 2016: The third and final debate between Rand Paul and Zephyr Teachout is held at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Moderated by Fox's Chris Wallace, the debate primarily focused on such issues as immigration, crime, and national security.
OOC: Depending on how things in Korea play out, we might want to flesh these out later.
October 4, 2016: The 2016 vice presidential debate between Susana Martinez and Tom Vilsack is held at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Moderated by CBS' Elaine Quijano, later polls consistently show Susana Martinez having a slight edge over Tom Vilsack.
October 9, 2016: The second debate between Rand Paul and Zephyr Teachout is held at Emory University in Druid Hills, Georgia. Moderated by CNN's Anderson Cooper and ABC's Martha Raddatz, the debate was conducted in a "town hall"-style format and became known for the viral popularity of Dylan Hale, a college student who asked Rand Paul about how he would handle increasing student debt, due to his comically stereotypical "frat boy" appearance and demeanor.
October 19, 2016: The third and final debate between Rand Paul and Zephyr Teachout is held at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Moderated by Fox's Chris Wallace, the debate primarily focused on such issues as immigration, crime, and national security.
OOC: Depending on how things in Korea play out, we might want to flesh these out later.
June 9, 2016: A photograph of a poster for, and uncut printing sheet of rare cards in, the upcoming Mana Clash set, fittingly codenamed “Tears”, is leaked onto the Internet. Among the cards spoilt include Emeria, the Unthinkable(1), a 13/13 legendary Angel Horror that costs thirteen colorless mana and has, among other things, protection from all colors. The poster also depicts Emeria, a titanic hooded dark angel whose wings blot out the suns and whose mere silhouette is in places a portal into unknowable dimensions, staring down a shredded, glitched landscape utterly littered with corpses and broken geometric sculptures, below which is the set's logo: Nemesis(2).
June 10, 2016: The Nemesis hype train plows through Mana Clash fan sites months ahead of schedule, with number crunching(3), wild speculation, financial talk, and even cosplay of Emeria omnipresent.
June 14, 2016: After steganographic data printed on the leaked Nemesis sheet places it at a print shop in Albuquerque, N.M., five Mana Clash referees who live in the city are suspended from the DCI pending an independent investigation into their alleged roles in the Nemesis leak; the rest of the referees in the Southwestern United States walk out of various events around the country in solidarity with their scapegoated, they believe, colleagues.
June 25-6, 2016: Following failed attempts by the DCI to source referees willing to fly in and cross the picket line, the weekend's Phoenix, Ariz., stop on the Planeswalkers' League tour(4) is canceled, a first in the game's history. Despite Wizards vacating the convention hall, the 1,379 planeswalkers who made the trip play on, with professional player Steve Rubin claiming bragging rights (plus a glass phoenix sculpture and free pizza at a local restaurant for five years) in the largest of multiple impromptu player-organized tournaments at the event. A hastily painted sign that reads “Players' League: PHX Rising” makes the rounds online on the 26th.
July 1, 2016: The referees fingered in the Nemesis leak are each banned from the DCI for two years as players and permanently banned from its referee program. Two hours later, they announce the formation of the Infinite Consortium, a direct competitor to the DCI that promises a more player-friendly organized play experience, pointing most brightly to an announced first prize of $80,000 in their Multiversal Championship and $40,000 bonus for top amateur at that event, to be held in Reno, Nev., in contrast with the $25,000 offered to the DCI world champion.
(1) TTL's Emrakul, the Aeons Torn.
(2) TTL's Rise of the Eldrazi.
(3) Speculation as to possible coveted reprints in a set, based on card number (cards are sorted by type, color, then name).
(4) TTL's Grand Prix/MagicFest circuit.
June 10, 2016: The Nemesis hype train plows through Mana Clash fan sites months ahead of schedule, with number crunching(3), wild speculation, financial talk, and even cosplay of Emeria omnipresent.
June 14, 2016: After steganographic data printed on the leaked Nemesis sheet places it at a print shop in Albuquerque, N.M., five Mana Clash referees who live in the city are suspended from the DCI pending an independent investigation into their alleged roles in the Nemesis leak; the rest of the referees in the Southwestern United States walk out of various events around the country in solidarity with their scapegoated, they believe, colleagues.
June 25-6, 2016: Following failed attempts by the DCI to source referees willing to fly in and cross the picket line, the weekend's Phoenix, Ariz., stop on the Planeswalkers' League tour(4) is canceled, a first in the game's history. Despite Wizards vacating the convention hall, the 1,379 planeswalkers who made the trip play on, with professional player Steve Rubin claiming bragging rights (plus a glass phoenix sculpture and free pizza at a local restaurant for five years) in the largest of multiple impromptu player-organized tournaments at the event. A hastily painted sign that reads “Players' League: PHX Rising” makes the rounds online on the 26th.
July 1, 2016: The referees fingered in the Nemesis leak are each banned from the DCI for two years as players and permanently banned from its referee program. Two hours later, they announce the formation of the Infinite Consortium, a direct competitor to the DCI that promises a more player-friendly organized play experience, pointing most brightly to an announced first prize of $80,000 in their Multiversal Championship and $40,000 bonus for top amateur at that event, to be held in Reno, Nev., in contrast with the $25,000 offered to the DCI world champion.
(1) TTL's Emrakul, the Aeons Torn.
(2) TTL's Rise of the Eldrazi.
(3) Speculation as to possible coveted reprints in a set, based on card number (cards are sorted by type, color, then name).
(4) TTL's Grand Prix/MagicFest circuit.
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September 4, 2016: An unknown buyer purchases Plas Machynlleth, a Victorian manor that had been gifted to the local Powys County Council, but who struggles to make use of it. The Buyer pays for the construction of a new community Hall to replace the few facilities remaining in the building.
July 13, 2017: Prince William, Prince of Wales, and his wife Emily, Princess of Wales announce their move to Machynlleth in Powys, Wales a part of a promise William made at his investiture in July to spend more time in Wales. His 4 year old son Prince George is enrolled in the local school to the bemusement of the locals as security teams descend on the buildings over the summer. The family retain Anmer Hall in Norfolk as their 'London address' leading to some muttering on social networks about '2nd homes in Wales' but its not even close to a scandal.
Why the Prince choose Machynlleth is more of a talking point given the (in)famous Welsh rebel Owain Glyndŵr's raised a Welsh Parliament there in 1404 where he was crowned Prince of Wales. Still the Princes appearance in the town taking Welsh lessons sees an uptick in support for the language esp after it is reported that Prince George is also learning the language.
The Royal couple was revealed as the people who brought Plas Machynlleth the year before and had been renovating it over the year. The new community Hall built as replacement for the facilities at Plas Machynlleth help endear the Royal Couple to the locals.
September 2, 2017: Prince William announces he is taking a full time role as a pilot for the Welsh Air Ambulance Service based in Welshpool. He wavers his salary, placing it back into the Air Ambulance service. The Prince of Wales also becomes a patron of the Charity. There is a big a rise in donations.
July 13, 2017: Prince William, Prince of Wales, and his wife Emily, Princess of Wales announce their move to Machynlleth in Powys, Wales a part of a promise William made at his investiture in July to spend more time in Wales. His 4 year old son Prince George is enrolled in the local school to the bemusement of the locals as security teams descend on the buildings over the summer. The family retain Anmer Hall in Norfolk as their 'London address' leading to some muttering on social networks about '2nd homes in Wales' but its not even close to a scandal.
Why the Prince choose Machynlleth is more of a talking point given the (in)famous Welsh rebel Owain Glyndŵr's raised a Welsh Parliament there in 1404 where he was crowned Prince of Wales. Still the Princes appearance in the town taking Welsh lessons sees an uptick in support for the language esp after it is reported that Prince George is also learning the language.
The Royal couple was revealed as the people who brought Plas Machynlleth the year before and had been renovating it over the year. The new community Hall built as replacement for the facilities at Plas Machynlleth help endear the Royal Couple to the locals.
September 2, 2017: Prince William announces he is taking a full time role as a pilot for the Welsh Air Ambulance Service based in Welshpool. He wavers his salary, placing it back into the Air Ambulance service. The Prince of Wales also becomes a patron of the Charity. There is a big a rise in donations.
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not yet, because apparently @Ogrebear and I are the only ones who still try to update it
I did a bit of the debates so far, but we also kinda have that Korea subplot going on, which would definitely impact the election depending on how it plays out, so I think we should actually try to do something with that to see how the election goes.
I never got around to coming up with any zingers, but I did add a Ken Bone analogue in the form of Dylan Hale.