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Dr. Masters co-founded wunderground in 1995. He flew with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990. Co-blogging with him: Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 1:46 PM GMT on September 12, 2007
The area of disturbed weather 100 miles south of Freeport, Texas (90L), has become well-organized this morning, and a tropical depression appears to be forming. NHC put out this special advisory at 8:45am EDT today:
Satellite and NWS radar observations indicate that the area of low pressure in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico is becoming better organized this morning. This system could become a tropical depression later today...and an Air Force Reserve unit reconnaissance aircraft will investigate the area early this afternoon. The low is moving slowly north-northwestward...and regardless of whether or not it becomes a tropical cyclone...heavy rains are expected to spread across southeastern Texas and Louisiana over the next couple of days. For information specific to your area...please consult statements issued by your local NWS forecast office.
Figure 1. Latest long-range radar image from Houston, Texas.
Long range radar out of Houston (Figure 1) shows a well-defined surface circulation exists about 100 miles south of Freeport, with some low-level spiral bands starting to get organized. A ship just east of the center measured 40 knot (46 mph) winds at 8am EDT, but this is likely a strong downburst wind from a thunderstorm, and is not representative of the larger-scale winds. A buoy 70 miles south of Freeport measured sustained winds of 25 mph at 8:50am EDT. Wind shear is a low 5-10 knots, and 90L does have time to develop into a tropical storm before it makes landfall tonight or Thursday along the mid or upper Texas coast. Since this system is very slow moving, it has the potential to drop rain amounts in excess of ten inches along the Texas and Louisiana coasts--including the Houston metropolitan area--over the next two days. These rains may cause serious widespread flooding. Rainfall amounts of 2-3 inches have already occurred along the coast, from Freeport to the Louisiana border, as estimated by radar. The Hurricane Hunters are scheduled to investigate this storm at 2pm EDT this afternoon.
91L could become a tropical depression today
A strong tropical wave near 12.5N 44W, 1100 miles east of the Lesser Antilles Islands, is headed west-northwest at 10 mph. This system (91L) may develop into a tropical depression today, and has the potential to become a large and dangerous major hurricane next week. This morning's QuikSCAT pass captured only the western side of the circulation, but did have some believable winds of 30-35 knots (35-40 mph). Last night's QuikSCAT pass showed an elliptical but better-defined circulation. The circulation looked more circular and better-defined in a pass from the European ASCAT satellite a few hours after that. A circular motion of winds around the center is much more conducive for strengthening than an elliptical circulation. Satellite loops show considerable improvement in organization has occurred since yesterday--a large area of thunderstorms that reach high in the atmosphere (as evidenced by very cold cloud tops on infrared satellite imagery) has formed near the circulation center. An upper-level outflow channel has opened to the south, and some low-level spiral banding is now apparent, particularly to the north. These spiral bands are also apparent on the latest microwave satellite imagery (Figure 1). Wind shear has dropped below 10 knots, and with warm 28 C waters underneath, 91L should become a tropical depression later today.
Figure 2. Microwave satellite image of 91L. Note the long spiral band forming to the north of the clump of heavy thunderstorms that lie near the center of 91L. Image credit: Navy Research Lab, Monterey.
Shear is forecast to remain below 10 knots for the next 3-4 days, which should allow 91L the opportunity to grow to a Category 1 hurricane or stronger before it reaches the Lesser Antilles Islands. However, the SHIPS, GFDL, and HWRF intensity models all keep 91L below hurricane strength for the next five days. I think this is unrealistic, given the favorable conditions for strengthening present. The big question concerns the track--there is a good chance that 91L will miss the Lesser Antilles, as the current steering currents favor a more northwesterly track for the storm over the coming days. The system has already moved north of Barbados' latitude, and the southern Lesser Antilles Islands are unlikely to receive a direct hit from 91L. Most of the models indicate a forward speed near 10-15 mph, which would bring 91L to the northern islands Monday. The U.S. East Coast may be at risk from this storm ten or so days from now, but it is far too early to speculate on the chance of this occurring, or what region might be most at risk.
The NOAA Hurricane Hunters may fly a research mission into 91L Thursday evening.
I'll have an update later today if either system develops into a tropical depression.
Jeff Masters
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Working mom comments
Well, I havent really heard that...but my sister says that it is what working mom's say to make themselves feel better because they want to stay home (and she is a working mom)
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I don't really hang with a lot of working moms - for obvious reasons - they're working! The moms I see are the SAHMs after school picking up their kids.
A lot of my friends work, but honestly, almost all of them wish they could stay home. On the whole, I've always gotten support for this choice... only a few over the years have said things like "I don't want to waste my degree" etc... but I just brush it off saying something like, "That's just not my personal priority - we're all different."
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I hate the whole "I have to work" line. I work too- I just do it in my home. I have a degree, and I was valedictorian in both high school and college. I don't feel like I'm wasting anything. I'm using my intelligence to raise my son (soon to be two sons) in a happy and healthy home. And not to be rude, but most of the time if you compare a "working" mom's home to a SAHM's home, the SAHM has a much smoother and cleaner system going on. Staying at home with your kids pays off.
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i know those comments annoy me too! im in new england too. in my case i have to stay home i cant work or well i can but financially it would be stupid for me to do so, 3 kids in daycare would probabaly be what i would make in a week. i worked up until baby#3 opposite shifts as dh which really took a toll on our relationship so when baby #3 arrived and we moved paid off a car, and some debt, we financially could handle me not working, of course we gave up a lot of things for me to do so, so i know what it is like to have to work because i did have to work but i feel like there are sacrifices you can make to stay home if you really want to.
When faced with those comments I take one of two routes, depending on my relationship with the person or my mood. If I'm feeling generous I say something like, "I don't know how people work and raise kids too, my mom did it so I know it's tough. I just don't have what it takes to do that." If I'm in a pissy mood or feel like the person is being spiteful, I might say something like, "I can't stand the thought of paying other people to raise my kids. I'd rather sacrifice my career than their upbringing." That usually shuts em up.
Proud mommy of a perfectly beautiful baby girl.
Well I know that is actually true for some women. My Mom would have been the worst SAHM in all of history. And she has an impressive list of prefessional accomplishments and accolades that I will likely never have. Sometimes that bothers me.
I have been both a working Mom, a SAHM and a WAHM in my son's short 2.5 year life, and right now I am mostly at home with him. I treasure this time since for the last year I was working and not with him. But each situation has its challenges.
For my son's first year I was mostly a SAHM and that year was the most challenging year of my life. Being a SAHM is difficult for so many reasons as we all know. But it can be particularly so if you have worked very hard, and/or for many years toward educational or career acheivments, just to leave those behind for the (sometimes ridiculous) life of a SAHM. There is a feeling that you could, should be doing more. There is also the terror that you are not doing a good enough job at being a SAHM.
Some women are so so GOOD at being a SAHM. For me it has been more difficult. In many ways working is easier!
So don't write off the comment as spiteful. There may be some women who are really in awe of your ability to not only be a SAHM but to do it well, and to be joyful. I know from experience! There are just some people who will always judge those who are not doing exactly as they do, and there is no way to change that. But judgement is not the only reason why another mother would say that to you!
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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
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I took this at a Hot Springs hang...
Its one of my favorites ^_^
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I took this at a Hot Springs hang...
Its one of my favorites ^_^
This is an amazing photo. I absolutely love it.
I hate missing the inside jokes and stuff :(
Great to be back :)
I just don't know how you guys survived without me here :P
Haha, thanks you guys..
I love you too, daddy :P
Glad to be back :laugh:
Been super busy with school and whatnot...
Finally back in the swing of things so I can enjoy some free time.
Well, hello there long lost fellow hammockers!
It seems that I have fallen off the face of the Earth for a bit, but I have returned!
I'm super excited to get to 'hang-out" with all y'all again!
No, definitely not..
plus, that picture makes it look a lot worse than it was.
...I'm bringing a sewing kit to the next hang though.
just in case.
and I'll take a picture and post it when the...
haha, I'm hoping people will find it more interesting to camp when they read my story!
and fin, we rigged em' up, and they work great!
they's just the purdiest green things ever, cant wait to...
Welcome to the forums, Jaygnar!
I hope that everyone is able to answer any questions that you have, and I hope you find that hammock camping is just the best, plain and simple.
I'm almost...
[I'm not entirely sure where to put this post, but if it isn't in the right section, please feel free to move it =) ]
Hello once again Hammock Forums community!
It's been a while since I've been...
I do believe I'm at ideal height to kick you so you cant walk anymore.
terrible, i know, since you hate hiking anyways.
I have to learn how to put my tarp up, period..
it was raining and i was tired.
and i have never stuffed that particular tarp before...
its bigger than my old one.
I used to love that show....
and dddaaaaddddd
you were not packing my stuff!
I managed perfectly well after you laughed at me for not knowing how to properly stuff my tarp...
See whatcha miss when you get all responsible, misterGravy?
youre never supposed to give away a secret!
now i gotta think of a new alias, so no one can find me...
Hey now.
Dont be listening to Nest,
He's just jealous that I got skills :D
no dark meaning whatsoever
....I honestly never realized that snakes...
did that...
Oh my magical world of clouds making little babies and breathing life into them for storks to bring to all the happy animals and people...
I had an excellent time.
Great to have met you new faces, and great to see ya'll that I met last time!
I'm just wondering now,
Didnt Cannibal say he'd be attending so i didnt have to hunt him...
thanks for all the pictures you guys.
I'll try to get ours up soon..
or get dad to.
That picture of the hole in your foot looks a lot worse than it really was, you know?
and digging in your...
I think there is a chance that they might be my dad's.
He mentioned not remembering if he packed them.
We havent looked through our stuff as of yet,
but could you post a description of the...
Well, finally Thursday!
Which means *Hallelujah Choir*
End of the week for me,
and that we get to leave first thing in the morning.
see you all tomorrow!
hmmm, is it allowed to 'call a spot'?
hahahaha, just kidding.
I'm really sorry about Smiling Face's father,
deffinatly in my prayers.
Only 7 days left =]
I better go through my pack...
Eight more days, good people.
Can you stand it?
Can ya?!
Hope everyone is able to help you with anything you need.
Good luck!
Haha, I get to take that Friday off of school, so I am a fairly happy camper...
I think I should change that phrase.
'Very Happy Hanger"
Goodness, 9 more days already?
thats very good. =]
I can't wait!
Nope, sorry.
I have a overnight chorus thing that weekend. joy.... :(
But, we'll plan on seeing you one of these Hot Spring hangs :P
thanks for the location :D
I woulda asked everyone in town to find them okras :P
Really sucks that youre not coming to this one, misterGravy.
We'll miss ya!
I'd bid!
yea, I think I saw them at Ingles, but I don't think they'd be as good as those were.
Oh well, less than a month left, I think I can wait :P
I'll look around for some! :D
I've been craving them since Dad and I went to the Grand Canyon.
When you're out there in the dry heat for that long, you start thinking of the things you'll never eat until you get back home to the...
Ricegravy had it at the first one I went to, and I ate them all xD
I've ... done something more impressive than that...
in a dream I once had...
I'll just have to buy my own and not share with you!!!!
I will tackle you.
Must I remind you all how spunky I am.
I'll take you down, mister.
watch yer backs :D
I tell you what, I'll be seeing you there mister...
you just remember that....
thanks for the update Hooch :P
haha, i promise.
Sounds amazing.
It might just be on my list now :D
haha, that was so entertaining last time :)
pretty pretty stuff.
told you it hurts :P
but Wiki stinks.
One of my teachers lectured us on why we aren't EVER allowed to use Wiki...
Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, Greece, and Croatia are on my list of places to go before I die.
and, I'm not sure what knackered means either...
Kinda sounds...
hahaha :D good one!
Welcome to the Forums!
Hope everyone's able to help you get started right,
and I hope you never look at a tent the same way again.
It is, it is.
I'm really really excited, already got my stuff set out so I don't loose any of it :D
only a month to go.
and a day, but you know, no one counts that.
thats hilarious.
I couldn't agree more!
Great pictures and report, Thanks for sharing!!!
Lost your camera in Greece!?!
I would LOVE to lose my camera in a place like Greece!!
Glad everyone was helpful to you, and I hope you learn a lot more!
and you should know that we love pictures here...
so defiantly make sure to post them,
or take some to post next time :D
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Curt Schilling's New Pitch: A Fantasy Videogame
At the headquarters of Curt Schilling's videogame company, 38 Studios, are two posters of Mr. Schilling from his days as a star pitcher. Other than the company's name—from Mr. Schilling's uniform number—it's difficult to find another reference to his playing career in the building in Providence, R.I.
Mr. Schilling has moved on to "Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning," a single-player, role-playing videogame that will be released Tuesday for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. With it, Mr. Schilling aspires to the creation of the next great cultural fantasy realm, akin to Middle-earth in J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
The 45-year-old ex-ballplayer is a videogame aficionado himself, a passion that dates to his adolescence in Arizona, when he would write programs in Basic on a friend's 1980 Apple computer. He got a paper route to earn enough money to buy his own computer, and immersed himself in Intellivision and role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons.
Over his Major League career, in which he struck out more than 3,100 batters for the Philadelphia Phillies, Arizona Diamondbacks and Boston Red Sox, Mr. Schilling used software programs to compile databases on hitters. A teammate introduced him to the online role-playing game Ultima Online in the late 1990s, and Mr. Schilling became "addicted, hard-core" to EverQuest, another online game.
Mr. Schilling has invested $35 million of his own money into 38 Studios, which he founded in 2006. In 2009, the company acquired the videogame maker Big Huge Games, which helped in landing a publishing deal with industry giant Electronic Arts.
Recently, 38 Studios released a demo of the new game, and Mr. Schilling scoured online forums for reactions, which were mostly positive. The next afternoon, he plopped down on a couch in his company's headquarters, picked up an Xbox controller and played his new game.
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Skip to comments.Reporter To Carney: Obama "Made A Mistake And You Can't Admit It"
Posted on 04/05/2012 6:10:49 PM PDT by prairiebreeze
CBS News' Bill Plante to White House press secretary Jay Carney on the matter of President Obama's attack on the Supreme Court: "You're standing up there, twisting yourself in knots because he made a mistake and you can't admit it."
Plante repeated himself after Carney accused him of righteous indignation.
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It is euphemistic in the extreme.
Lying for a living, especially when your boss is a skinny communist kenyan faggot, is a thankless task.
None of these Obummer bums sleep at night coz they`re worrying that they`re all gonna get caught by Spiderman in their own web of lies
Sounds like Plante will be taking a one way stroll in Ft. Marcy Park.
Doesn't he look and sound like the bratty little twerp who sat in front of each class with his hand up reminding the teacher about collecting homework?
There's another guy I'd like to see get a pie in his little cocky face.
Bill Plante is going to find himself covering the next press conference from the other side of the Potomac as retribution for that remark!
So you come in here day after day and flack for Obama. Isn't there anything he has done that has made you even feel the slightest bit uneasy?ML/NJ
Then when Carney starts scolding they start squealing and giggling.
DC id nothing but pussies, in every single job and in every single party. Completely lacking in the sense of the reality of what goes on out side of that cesspool.
Another CBS reporter who does his job.
What's the world coming to ?
You must give credit where credit is due. Obama is a genius at picking as.....s for spokespersons, and members of his cabinet. What a sad bunch. The freedom to vote is not free folks. Don't forget it.
Carney to ml/nj:
Anna will not be please with him when he gets back to the mothership.
Yes he does!!! hahahaha!
Damn, looks like a ringer for that Ram Manual guy that used to suck up to Zero.
Carney always looks like he needs a laxative.
And that isn't in shorthand.
turn off the teleprompter and Obama returns to his roots
Carney Jay is a freaking embarrassment the the Country.
We have Carney running the Government = America is so screwed.
The entire Regime looks like one big parade of Carney operators.
Baghdad Bob had about as much reliability.
Hell must be freezing over for a CBS reporter to ask a real question.
"...when your boss is a skinny communist kenyan faggot, is a thankless task. "
Not being ultra critical BUT, I believe a better sentence structure would be, "your boss is a skinny kenyan communist faggot,"
Ya, that's the ticket!
Sideshow's job is on the line. Admitting that 0bungles made a mistake would get him a first class ticket to the front of the bus. And not on board it.
Or the fuzzy 90 day wonder fragged by his troops?
Or the momma in the pen? Now that would be rich.
Random act of journalism, too bad it won't make the evening news on TV. It will only be on the RCP website.
Carney is a paid apologist for an evil would- be dictator. He's not bright enough to make up good excuses for the usurper, and his efforts to justify 0bama's actions make him the lowest form of scum.
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"skinny communist kenyan faggot"
Perfect description of our president.
I always thought that Carneys worked for Barnum & Bailey!
There's only one Apologizer-In-Chief in the Administration and it ain't Carney.
This is amazing! One of the leftstream media stenographers acted like a journalist. This will NOT be tolerated.
Well, gee, Mr. Plante, if we're going to start admitting Obama's mistakes, we won't have time for anything else.
[[nother CBS reporter who does his job.
Whats the world coming to ?]]
LOL I know! My workld doesn't make sense anymore- We have shep and oreilly and others on fox EXCUSING the president, but a CBS newsman calls Carnie to the carpet? Egads!
I wouldn't be surprised if Madame Beast herself schooled Carney on what to say this morning.
Ed Henry from Fox had a good line too - Henry asked some question and Carney shot "Here we go again" - to which Henry shot back "Here we go again with the facts" - and got quite a few chuckles from other reporters.....
Are we seeing the beginnings of a mutiny on a rotting Bounty? Let's hope so. Let's hope that the left's reporters wake up to the reality that this administration is not what they dreamed about and thought, before it's too late.
A long time ago in a place far away, CBS and the AP were the gold standards for news reporting. I'm old enough to remember.
It'd be like trying to pop just part of a balloon.
In 0bama's mind, I'm sure, he never makes mistakes.
He's been surrounded by "supportive" people all his life, and is the penultimate narcissist.
You know you're screwed up when the Lamestream Media gets sick of your spin.
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The sun is shining (for most!), the school holidays are here and the chimes of the ice-cream van can be heard up and down the country. But you don't need to wait for Mr Whippy to enjoy the childhood delight of an ice-lolly.
Armed with some moulds, store cupboard ingredients and the expertise of FoodTuber Karis Layne - we show you how to beat the heat with her guilt-free ice lollies - perfect for parties OR keeping the children entertained over the school holidays.
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With the warm weather set to continue right through the week, Phil in the kitchen with a retro recipe to beat the heat - get the children involved too with the dessert which defies physics, a classic Arctic roll.
Former TOWIE hunk Elliott Wright has landed his own reality show - but it's a long way from the Sugar Hut! Following his sunny life in Spain, viewers will see every aspect of Elliott's life, from work duties to personal relationships. But with a new fiancée and a new business needing attention, can Elliot find the Wright balance?
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) - Police in the U.S. Virgin Islands say they will increase patrols at tourist attractions following last week's slaying of a 14-year-old cruise ship passenger.
Commissioner Novelle E. Francis says foot, bike and scooter patrols will be boosted around areas popular with visitors. He did not disclose exact figures Thursday.
Last week, Lizmarie Perez Chaparro of Puerto Rico was struck by a bullet and killed while riding in an open-air bus at Coki Point Beach in St. Thomas. She was caught in the crossfire of a gang gunfight that also killed an 18-year-old man.
A local man has been charged with murder in the case.
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The Party of Medicare
George Zornick's post on the "US" Chamber of Commerce's ads bashing Tom Perriello focus on Chamber-centric issues, but there's a broader point to be made:
In Virginia's fifth Congressional district, Democratic incumbent Tom Perriello has faced an onslaught of attack ads funded by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. One such ad implored voters: "Government run health care. Medicare cuts. Have you had enough? Tell Congressman Perriello, stop hurting Virginia families." As ThinkProgress reported, it's possible that the Chamber's attack ads are being funded by foreign money; the Chamber has yet to disclose who, exactly, funds its attack ads.
All's fair in politics, so if the party of small government wants to win a midterm election by bashing Democrats for cutting Medicare they're welcome to do so. But insofar as the issue at hand is ideology rather than partisan politics, one is going to be hard-pressed to see a campaign won in this manner as a thundering endorsement of a libertarian approach to health care or spending. Indeed, it mostly serves as an indication of how difficult it will be to ever repeal the Affordable Care Act once its benefits are locked into place.


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Tesla's press release says that after its internal tests showed that it would score five stars on government's crash tests, it addressed any other weak points it found on the vehicle to ensure it would get perfect marks "no matter how the test equipment was configured." It was already going to do well in the frontal test, as the lack of an engine allows much more leeway in creating an occupant-saving crumple zone. And the rollover test was aided by the battery pack being located in the floor. The low center of gravity meant that the Model S couldn't be rolled over "via the normal methods and special means were needed to induce the car to roll."
Nested aluminum extrusions along the hatchback's flanks took care of the side pole intrusion test, the Model S not only scoring five stars but, according to Tesla, leaving nearly nine times more "driver residual space" post-impact than the five-star rated Volvo S60. And when the roof of the Model S was tested for crush resistance, the testing machine broke just after it crossed the four-G mark - the Model S, on the other hand, didn't.
While we await test results on the Model S from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, you can read Telsa's press release with even more details is just below. We imagine General Motors' Tesla study group will be reading it right along with you.
Sets New NHTSA Vehicle Safety Score Record
Monday, August 19, 2013, Palo Alto, CA - Independent testing by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has awarded the Tesla Model S a 5-star safety rating, not just overall, but in every subcategory without exception. Approximately one percent of all cars tested by the federal government achieve 5 stars across the board. NHTSA does not publish a star rating above 5, however safety levels better than 5 stars are captured in the overall Vehicle Safety Score (VSS) provided to manufacturers, where the Model S achieved a new combined record of 5.4 stars.
Of all vehicles tested, including every major make and model approved for sale in the United States, the Model S set a new record for the lowest likelihood of injury to occupants. While the Model S is a sedan, it also exceeded the safety score of all SUVs and minivans. This score takes into account the probability of injury from front, side, rear and rollover accidents.
The Model S has the advantage in the front of not having a large gasoline engine block, thus creating a much longer crumple zone to absorb a high speed impact. This is fundamentally a force over distance problem – the longer the crumple zone, the more time there is to slow down occupants at g loads that do not cause injuries. Just like jumping into a pool of water from a tall height, it is better to have the pool be deep and not contain rocks. The Model S motor is only about a foot in diameter and is mounted close to the rear axle, and the front section that would normally contain a gasoline engine is used for a second trunk.
For the side pole intrusion test, considered one of the most difficult to pass, the Model S was the only car in the "good" category among the other top one percent of vehicles tested. Compared to the Volvo S60, which is also 5-star rated in all categories, the Model S preserved 63.5 percent of driver residual space vs. 7.8 percent for the Volvo. Tesla achieved this outcome by nesting multiple deep aluminum extrusions in the side rail of the car that absorb the impact energy (a similar approach was used by the Apollo Lunar Lander) and transfer load to the rest of the vehicle. This causes the pole to be either sheared off or to stop the car before the pole hits an occupant.
The rear crash testing was particularly important, given the optional third row children's seat. For this, Tesla factory installs a double bumper if the third row seat is ordered. This was needed in order to protect against a highway speed impact in the rear with no permanently disabling injury to the third row occupants. The third row is already the safest location in the car for frontal or side injuries.
The Model S was also substantially better in rollover risk, with the other top vehicles being approximately 50 percent worse. During testing at an independent facility, the Model S refused to turn over via the normal methods and special means were needed to induce the car to roll. The reason for such a good outcome is that the battery pack is mounted below the floor pan, providing a very low center of gravity, which simultaneously ensures exceptional handling and safety.
Of note, during validation of Model S roof crush protection at an independent commercial facility, the testing machine failed at just above 4 g's. While the exact number is uncertain due to Model S breaking the testing machine, what this means is that at least four additional fully loaded Model S vehicles could be placed on top of an owner's car without the roof caving in. This is achieved primarily through a center (B) pillar reinforcement attached via aerospace grade bolts.
The above results do not tell the full story. It is possible to game the regulatory testing score to some degree by strengthening a car at the exact locations used by the regulatory testing machines. After verifying through internal testing that the Model S would achieve a NHTSA 5-star rating, Tesla then analyzed the Model S to determine the weakest points in the car and retested at those locations until the car achieved 5 stars no matter how the test equipment was configured.
The Model S lithium-ion battery did not catch fire at any time before, during or after the NHTSA testing. It is worth mentioning that no production Tesla lithium-ion battery has ever caught fire in the Model S or Roadster, despite several high speed impacts. While this is statistically unlikely to remain the case long term, Tesla is unaware of any Model S or Roadster occupant fatalities in any car ever.
The graphic below shows the statistical Relative Risk Score (RSS) of Model S compared with all other vehicles tested against the exceptionally difficult NHTSA 2011 standards. In 2011, the standards were revised upward to make it more difficult to achieve a high safety rating.


text: A "dark" fantasy [[strike:trilogy]] series by Creator/AnneBishop, involving high amounts of rape, torture, and other abuse. If you're sensitive to these subjects, steer clear. Largely notable for trying to invert a number of standard fantasy setting tropes - power is matriarchal, black is the most powerful color, the demons are the good(ish) guys, and so on.The individual books are: Original Trilogy:* ''Daughter of the Blood'' (1998)* ''Heir to the Shadows'' (1999)* ''Queen of the Darkness'' (2000)Prequel:* ''The Invisible Ring'' (2000)Sequels:* ''Dreams Made Flesh'' (two short stories and two novellas)* ''Tangled Webs''* ''The Shadow Queen''* ''Shalador's Lady''* ''Twilight's Dawn'' (Four novellas)----!!This series provides examples of:* ActionGirl: Surreal, who is also a bit of a KnifeNut. Jaenelle in the later books. Titian.* AlphaBitch: Kermilla, in ''Shalador's Lady''.* AmbiguouslyBrown: All three of the long-lived races are stated to have "golden brown" or "brown" skin, along with gold eyes and straight black hair. Because the major racial tensions in most of the series are along different lines, it's hard to gauge their race against that of POC in real life.* ApocalypseHow: In ''Dreams Made Flesh'' it is revealed that in his living days Saetan [[spoiler: snapped and executed a regional/metaphysical annihilation on an entire island city-state, leaving memories but not a single scrap of evidence that it existed]]. This scared everyone, including him, so much that it is used to justify both his insistence on following the laws and the fact that his name is used to scare children fifty thousand years later.* ArcWords : "Briarwood is the pretty poison. There is no cure for Briarwood." Explained to the reader, not to the victims of said pretty poison.** Also, "Everything has a price." Typically said whenever an action or event occurs that deeply affects the plot or the relationships between the characters.* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Particularly in Kaeleer and Hell.* {{Badass}}: Daemon first of all, but also Lucivar and Saetan.** Jaenelle. Titian. Surreal. Also Karla; when [[spoiler: fatally poisoned, she manages to cut her poisoner in half before collapsing]].* BadassAdorable: Wee!Jaenelle. On the surface she's a shy, sweet girl with mega helpings of power. Then Briarwood "teaches her to hate" and she almost kills a stranger for ''approaching'' her handicapped Papa and develops a habit of splattering enemies all over the walls.* BadassFamily: The [=SaDiablos=]. And they're in the habit of more or less adopting and teaching the new members to be badass.** Like Lucivar teaching all the females to use Eyrien weapons in book three.* BadassInANiceSuit: Special mention goes to Daemon; also Saetan.* BadassInCharge: Jaenelle as the Queen of Ebon Askavi, Saetan as the High Lord of Hell and the Warlord-Prince of Dhemlan, later Daemon as the High Lord of Hell and the Warlord-Prince of Dhemlan, Lucivar as the Warlord-Prince of Ebon Rih.* BerserkButton: When Saetan finds out that it was Greer who [[spoiler:raped Jaenelle]], he almost destroys/kills everything in sight (and farther).** When they accuse Saetan of [[spoiler:sexually assaulting her]] Jaenelle rips apart a room--only a room merely because Saetan is trying his best to contain her--trying to tear apart Council Members. Jaenelle is a sweet girl, but definitively cracked; after her childhood, it takes her a long time to bury [[BerserkButton buttons]] easily triggered by even the hint of threat to anyone she cares about or anything that evokes memories of her [[spoiler:childhood sexual abuse]]. Given that she's [[PersonOfMassDestruction way past demigod]] on levels of power, her instability could get quite dangerous.** A short story in ''Dreams made Flesh'' explains why Saetan never made more of an effort to get Daemon and Lucivar returned after they were taken as children. [[spoiler: It's because when he lost a child earlier in life, he let himself get so angry at the presumed killers that he wiped out an entire ''country''.]]*** [[spoiler:Not so much "wiped out" as "completely and utterly erased" a country. And not just the country. Anything and everything that could possibly lay a claim to being a part of that culture was eradicated. The people, the artifacts, the documents, the ''island.'' The only sign that it ever existed is others' memory of it.]]* BewareTheNiceOnes : Inverted. Incredibly powerful, incredibly ''dangerous'' people are often shown to be vulnerable to emotional moments, physical weakness, and fits of hysterics. Saetan, stated to be one of the scariest motherfuckers out there, gets knocked flat a lot. Despite this, [[AvertedTrope none of them]] are [[BadassDecay at all fluffy]]...** On the other hand, it's also played straight: Jaenelle seems like a nice, polite, adventurous girl...[[UnstoppableRage until you try to hurt the people she cares about]].* BigBrotherInstinct: Lucivar can only be considered the younger brother by maybe a few months tops. But Daemon will ''end you'' if you even ''think'' about hurting him. Likewise, Lucivar considers himself to be this to Jaenelle pretty much from the moment they meet. By extension, he also serves in this role to most of the First Circle, the way Saetan is an honorary uncle.** Rainier in ''Tangled Webs'' seems to have this for Surreal.* BigDamnHeroes : [[HotBlooded Lucivar]] attempts this at the smallest provocation, much to the annoyance of the women he serves. Jaenelle hands out rings to her nearest and dearest whose purpose is to call in the cavalry.* BlackAndGreyMorality: The antagonists are unmitigated evil. The protagonists rack up remarkable body counts, indulge in some interesting torture against enemies, and the heroine commits [[spoiler:partial genocide]] to save the world.* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord : "Oooooh, that's a harsh word. But I won't quibble about it."* BlessedWithSuck: Jaenelle can do things no member of the Blood had ever dreamed of... and it makes her life hell. It alienates her entire family, causes her to be sent to an asylum periodically where she's [[spoiler: sexually assaulted and tortured]], her entire family as a child believes she's insane and more than halfway convince her of it, and it renders her completely incapable of a variety of basic tasks.* BreakTheCutie: Jaenelle. Della. Wilhelmina. Surreal. Every girl who went to Briarwood. Lucivar and Daemon, for that matter.* BroughtDownToNormal: Jaenelle's [[spoiler:attack against the BigBad leaves the Blood of Terreille]] either destroyed, untouched, or reduced to their most basic abilities. On a smaller scale, other releases of dark power do this to various people, reducing them from their adult strength to their birthright powers.** It also [[spoiler: reduces her to the normal levels of power within the blood; she's the one that makes this happen. Recently they revealed that her power could potentially be restored by breaking the spell she put in place to restrict it, but since they had to rebuild her body it's doubtful she would survive being its vessel again.]]*** [[spoiler:Thought in her case, it's more of a BroughtDownToBadass situation. And her power level may be "normal", but the way it can be used still very much ''isn't''.]]* {{Calvinball}}: The game [[CapitalLettersAreMagic Cradle]]. All we know about it is that it is played with a game board, colored stones, bone discs, a deck of cards, and sadistic ingenuity.** We also know it has 27 variations, all but the last of which are totally incomprehensible to males. That said variation is totally incomprehensible to females and was devised (of course) by Daemon.* CapitalLettersAreMagic : The series is chock full of it. The Blood, the Craft, the Jewels, the Winds, and so on and so forth.* CardCarryingVillain: Most of the villains are 100% evil with no attempts at redeeming features or a full personality.** Largely the two main villains. ''Most'' of the villains are explored more--Alexandra, Phillip, Lord Jarvis...*** Phillip and Alexandra aren't villains since they don't really do anything really evil. They're more the foolish and naive type, unwilling or unable to see what's happening in front of them. Phillip is especially pathetic because he doesn't have any real power or strength to do much. He's more "evil by inaction."**** Phillip and Alexandra send a child who tells them she's being hurt back to the people hurting her. Alexandra is a rapist. They both plan to lie about their child's mental capacity so they can kidnap her. ''What part of this is not villainy?''***** Alexandra never actually raped anyone. She comments once or twice that she's "availed" herself of willing males in another Queen's court, but when she's at home she hasn't slept with anyone since Philip quit being her Consort because he fell in love with her daughter. The "willing" in front of the "male" kinda puts rape out of the question, although this troper does admit the definition of a "[[SexSlave willing male]]" can be rather skewed in Tereille.****** Alexandra raped [[SexSlave Daemon]]. Or at the very least sexually assaulted him, if you're the sort of person who requires penetration to be involved for it to be considered "rape."* CoolHouse : The Hall and its subsidiary estates.** Which include but are not limited to: The Hall in Kaeleer, The Hall in Hell, the other three estates in Dhemlan, Jaenelle's cottage, Jaenelle's summer home in Scelt, the family's townhouse in Amdarh, and others mentioned only in passing. In some of the prequels this may also include the Hall in Tereille kinda sorta.* CrapsackWorld: Tereille, oh so much.* CulturedBadass: Saetan and Daemon.* CurbStompBattle: Albeit not physical fights. It's just that the villains are pretty ineffectual at achieving anything but traumatizing the protagonists. Their various evil plots tend to get introduced in one chapter and foiled within the next 20 pages...* DarkIsNotEvil: Darkness is associated with positive thing like comfort, warmth, and rich loam. It is also the color of the most powerful jewels in the series.* DespairEventHorizon : Several characters get forcibly thrown across it.* DirtyBusiness : Saetan executes people and feels terribly about it, not least because their evil stench gets in his clothes and hair. Daemon, while playing the Sadist one last time in a gambit to rescue his father and brother, admits that even he can't keep his lunch down.** Averted by others, such as the Harpies, who perform executions as or more grisly than Saetan's with great glee. Arcerian-style executions involve the executioner playing around with the executee's still-living body and then defecating on it once finished.*** And, of course, Daemon isn't at all bothered by doing nasty, nasty things to people who aren't his father and brother.* DiscardAndDraw: [[spoiler:Happens to Jaenelle]] at the end of the trilogy.* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Daemon.* EyeColorChange: Jaenelle Angelline's eyes turn from "summer-sky" blue to "sapphire" when she's in Witch mode.* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Brutally faked by Daemon]] at the end of ''Queen of the Darkness''.* FamedInStory: Special mention goes to the [[ShroudedInMyth High Lord of Hell]] (aka Saetan) and the Demon Prince (aka Andulvar).** Daemon "[[RedBaron The Sadist]]" Sadi and Lucivar Yaslana also count.** As well as Jaenelle herself, as of ''Queen of the Darkness''.* FanDisservice: Most of the sex scenes are ugly rapes.* FantasyGunControl.* FateWorseThanDeath: Jaenelle casts a spell that causes the "uncles" who visited Briarwood to suffer [[spoiler: [[LaserGuidedKarma all the rapes and tortures they inflicted on the little girls]]]] there--and makes sure it doesn't kill them; death would be too easy.* FreudianExcuse: Kartane [=SaDiablo=] is an evil misogynist and rapist/pedophile because he was [[{{Squick}} raped by his mother]].** Among other, mostly female-related reasons. In a flashback, it's shown that he wasn't actually that bad, as a kid. He's a total bastard later, though.*** And he still gets an extremely KarmicDeath. See FateWorseThanDeath above.* FriendToAllLivingThings: Since Jaenelle is the incarnation of both human and Kindred dreams and is therefore part Kindred herself, she is the catalyst to the reconciliation of the humans and Kindred races.* FryingPanOfDoom** Special note goes to Marian, who was trained to use one as a weapon by Lucivar, who was not happy until she could ''throw'' one accurately and ''break bones''.* GargleBlaster : Gravediggers* GenderRestrictedAbility : Women are explicitly far more powerful than men. Only two men, Saetan and Daemon, are Black Widows. Men cannot rule territories.** Daemon is a ''natural'' Black Widow. Saetan learned the Black Widow Craft from Cassandra. One does not have to be born a Black Widow to become one.** Actually, 'explicitly more powerful' is not true in the magical sense. It's a matriarchal society, but Jewel strength is about even.** Men actually ''can'' rule territories, it's just really, really unlikely; Saetan (and later Daemon) is the Warlord Prince of Dhemlan after making a deal with the Dhemlan Queens in both Terrielle and Kaeleer to keep Dhemlan safe. While the Queens might grumble about being ruled by a male, they aren't going to argue the perks of having the protection of a Black-Jeweled Warlord Prince.*** Especially since it is explicitly acknowledged and known by just about everybody that court or no, they serve Jaenelle.** It's pointed out in several instances that the Queens "grumbling" about being ruled by a male is usually less because of personal dislike of men, and more because males linked to the darker jewels tend to be overly hormonal doomsday devices. A Warlord Prince who has ties to a strong or intelligent Queen is easier to pull away from the killing edge.* GenreSavvy: Surreal and Rainier in ''Tangled Webs''. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since the [[HauntedHouse spooky house]] they're trapped in was explicitely made in-universe after all the classics elements of horror stories, and the characters are well-reads.* GoodIsNotSoft: One of the major themes of the series, taken to {{Anvilicious}} level.* HadToBeSharp: Daemon and Lucivar's backstories.* {{Hammerspace}}: The Blood can explicitly 'vanish' and 'call in' items from a private pocket dimension. The amount one can carry seems to depend on the character's power level -- the black-jeweled Saetan doesn't have any trouble 'vanishing' an entire houseload of furniture and carpets, while less powerful characters can have trouble with a few large or heavy items. * HauntedHouse: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] as the setting of ''Tangled Webs'': the book's villain specifically created one to trap the [=SaDiablo=] family in.* HeroicBSOD : Falling into the Twisted Kingdom is a magical form of this, but characters have the normal type as well.** WalkingTheEarth: Tersa, herself a permanent denizen of the Twisted Kingdom, disappears for weeks at a time. [[spoiler:Daemon's]] BSOD lasts for eight years. Both characters have to be corralled for their own protection, but have a knack for slipping away.* HeroicRROD: Jaenelle, when trapped in the landen village with Lucivar, the villagers and insufficient supplies. Her power begins to consume her body as it is used. Then one of her [[BerserkButton friends dies...]] After she [[spoiler:kills the attacking jhinka]], she can't even walk under her own power.* HeroicSacrifice: Pretty much every character at least tries to. [[spoiler:All of the demon-dead]] do this at the end to assist Jaenelle's final release of dark power.* HeroicWillpower: What Daemon and Lucivar use to fight the Rings of Obedience. * HumiliationConga: What happens to Theran, when he tries to convince the other Warlord Princes to make Kermilla the Queen of Dena Nehele.* HyperspaceArsenal: The more combat-oriented characters like Lucivar and the assassin Surreal explicitly use the Blood's {{Hammerspace}} ability to stash a supply of weapons, healing and food supplies, etc.... [[CrazyPrepared just in case]].* INeedAFreakingDrink : Male characters are frequently driven to this by the antics of female characters.** Female characters also--as evidenced by Marian after trying to teach Jaenelle (whose excessive power has odd effects on this particular mundane task) to boil eggs.* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Hekatah is reeeally happy with the Sadist.* KaleidoscopeEyes: a minor example, as they technically stay blue, but Jaenelle's eyes turn from summer-sky to sapphire when she's in Witch mode, and it is apparently quite noticeable to everyone.* KarmicDeath: Villain deaths tend to be very messy. (Given the amount of MoralEventHorizon crossing, this is also pretty necessary.)** Ahem. YourHeadASplode : Used in the sense of "Splortch means No!" by Daemon and then later Jaenelle, who are both plagued by violations of their respective sexual boundaries.* KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand: Daemon and Lucivar in the third book.* LadyLand: Terreille is the bad kind, Kaeleer is a more enlightened kind. * LaserGuidedKarma: In ''Shalador's Lady'', both Theran and Kermilla. Theran gets the powerful and dazzling Queen he wanted, but [[spoiler:she's a Green-jeweled [[TalkingAnimal Sceltie Queen]] who happens to be Vae's aunt]], while the narcissistic Kermilla [[spoiler: is allowed to survive, but is trapped for over a year in the illusion of a decidedly ugly woman]].** Mind you, Theran did get what he wanted. Kermilla got what she deserved.** Also, see FateWorseThanDeath for that of Briarwood's "uncles".* TheLifestream: The Darkness is the [[DarkIsNotEvil benevolent]] source from which the Blood draw their powers, as well as where their souls go when they die and come from when they are born. It is occasionally appealed to similarly to a deity, but without any anthropomorphic representation. Interestingly, the series never addresses whether the non-Blood [[{{Muggle}} landen]] come from the Darkness, or somewhere else.* LimitedWardrobe : Daemon wears a black suit and white silk shirts for apparently most of his 1,700 year lifespan. {{Lampshaded}} by his valet, under duress, to Daemon's dismay.* LongBusTrip : Cassandra disappeared, only to be mentioned in the finale as [[spoiler:dying with the rest of the demon-dead]].* TheMagocracy* MegaNeko: Kaelas, the Arcerian cat. Described as "[[UsefulNotes/AmericanCustomaryMeasurements eight hundred pounds]] of feline fury". * NoBadassToHisValet: The relationship between the [=SaDiablo=] family and the Hall's servants is this. They prefer it this way.* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted in that a female's moontime is a big deal. While witches don't lose their powers while menstrating, they can't use their powers without excruciating and debilitating pain. This leaves the females dangerously vulnerable to hostile males because males can detect the scent of moon's blood and know when a witch is unable to protect herself. So when a female is having her moontime, her male relatives become fiercely protective. There are extensive Protocol (social rules) for dealing with such situations, especially when Warlord Princes are involved because Warlord Princes, already extremely aggressive and protective, manage to became even '''''more''''' aggressive and protective at these times -- i.e., strangers and non-family members run a very serious risk of being killed for merely being ''in the same room'' as a female in her moontime.* NotAMorningPerson: Jaenelle Angelline is a delightful person before her first cup of coffee. ''Not''.* ObviouslyEvil: Dorothea, Hekatah, Kartane, Greer...** GullibleLemmings : Dorothea tries to pass off a lifetime of unrestrained evil as her having been the victim of manipulation by the High Lord of Hell... and people are willing to believe it.*** This sort of falls in with a phenomenon in RL: i.e. "the devil made me do it!" The High Lord of Hell is pretty much a bogeyman.* OneManArmy: Lucivar. Saetan, Daemon and Jaenelle too, but they fall more under the PersonOfMassDestruction category.* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The demon dead are a cross between this and OurVampiresAreDifferent; there's no biting involved, no healing, no super powers, they're just dead that reanimate when enough psychic power remains in the corpse, but they do drink blood, and sunlight drains them.* PantheraAwesome: The "kitties", Kaelas and Jaal.* PapaWolf: Saetan is fiercly protective of Jaenelle.* PersonOfMassDestruction: Jaenelle. Initially she can't figure out how to lend her power to fighting the war because if unleashed she'd [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt wipe out everything.]]** Also Saetan, Daemon, and to a lesser extend Lucivar, who not only have extremely potent power, but also have seriously lethal tempers and protective male aggression up the wazoo hardwired into their psyches.* PolitenessJudo: The easiest way to redirect any male, but especially an upset/angry one, is to ask them for help, as one [[{{Muggle}} landen]] girl proves.** The setting's rules of protocol in general are designed to keep them all from killing each other as much as possible.* PoorCommunicationKills: Make up almost half of the last book.** And the poor communication is plot-relevant and necessary.** Though less so in the sequels. Daemon and Jaenelle seem to have at least one instance of this in every book released after ''Queen of the Darkness''. It's perhaps justified in ''Dreams Made Flesh'' since [[spoiler:Jaenelle has had to recover from her DiscardAndDraw in ''Queen of the Darkness''.]] After that one, it just gets tedious.*** In ''The Shadow Queen'' at the very least, the only example I can think of was caused by consideration for Daemon's fragile psyche, and it was shortly hashed out with sensible conversations practically within a chapter.** Jaenelle has a habit of cutting this off at the knees by getting pissed and sensibly demanding answers from the source.* PortalNetwork : The Gates between the Realms, as well as the dark Winds. One of Jaenelle's rule-breaking abilities is to traverse the spaces between the ordinary Winds, jump back and forth between the Realms, and build a theoretically impossible bridge into Hell.* PresentPeeking: In the extended story "Winsol Gifts", adult offspring try to do this with their Winsol presents, as well as youngsters. Saetan anticipated this attempt and used magic to make it impossible for even his more powerful son to open his present early.* PrincessesRule: Averted in the case of females; all women of the ruling caste are called Queens. Gender-Inverted for males, who are either called Prince or Warlord Prince even if they rule a territory.* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Lucivar, as an [[ProudWarriorRace Eyrien]]. Also Andulvar, for the same reason.* PurpleEyes: There is a brief mention of Alexandra Angelline's eyes being the color of Purple Dusk Jewels.* RapeAsDrama: Just about every single scene featuring the villains (especially in the first book) involves either this or torture.* RedBaron: Daemon is also known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "The Sadist"]].* TheSacredDarkness: The Darkness is the source of power, the CreatorDeity, and representative of the Blood's most positive values. * SatanIsGood: Saetan (duh). And can be seen too with his sons Daemon (demon) and Lucivar (Lucifer), as well as Mephis (Mephistopheles) if one wants to keep the play with words.* ShroudedInMyth: The High Lord of Hell and Cassandra especially.* SociopathicHero: Dear god, the entire main cast. For example, Saetan fantasizing about snapping the bones of a "slutty" teenage girl, an incredibly inappropriate response to a mild transgression. Or Daemon in general. The only reason none of the "heroes" are portrayed in a negative light is because the villains are worse. In any other series, Jaenelle and her cronies wouldn't be the heroes. * {{Sssssnaketalk}}: Draca and Lorn. * SupernaturalGoldEyes: A trait of the long-lived races.* TakeOurWordForIt: We never do find out what Daemon does to Cornelia. Most likely, it's better if we don't know.* [[strike:[[TalkingAnimal Talking]]]] [[TalkingAnimal Telepathic Animals]]: The kindred.* TooDumbToLive: Vulchera, in ''The Shadow Queen'', for being foolish enough to try playing sexual power games with Daemon Sadi, a Black-jeweled Warlord Prince notoriously known for centuries as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "The Sadist"]]. * TookALevelInDumbass: Theran Grayhaven, epically in ''Shalador's Lady''. He's stubbornly obsessed with getting a glamorous Queen because that's what he believes his land (not to mention, what HE, the last Grayhaven) deserves, which leads Theran to trivialize all of the unglamorous Cassidy's hard work and accomplishments because she doesn't fit his image of a 'proper' Queen. Instead, Theran falls for the [[AlphaBitch vivaciously beautiful, but spoiled Kermilla]], and ends up constantly making excuses for or trying to rationalize away Kermilla's blatantly selfish and inconsiderate behavior as he tries to make her Queen of Dena Nehele.** Partially justified by his reaction to Kermilla. All Warlord Princes have an instinct to "belong to" and submit to a particular Queen. Unfortunately, Theran is drawn to the selfish and vain Kermilla. According to his new Queen, "Theran is not a bad human. He is just male and foolish. And confused."* TookALevelInJerkass: Falonar. In ''Queen of the Darkness'', Falonar is depicted as a proud but loyal Eryien. But two years later, in the novella ''Shades of Honor'', Falanor suddenly becomes a nasty, scheming, power-hungry class-obsessed StrawMisogynist and [[FantasticRacism hardcore Eryien bigot]] who uses treachery and drugs in his attempts to manipulate and eliminate his much more powerful rival, Lucivar. This is all explained as Falonar hiding his true nature from everyone (including Witch, somehow) when he first came to Kaeleer.** This is actually explained in the series, although not directly referenced in the story. Before being allowed to run free in Kaeleer, each immigrant is required to serve in a local Queen's court for a specified amount of time - in Falonar's case, as a Warlord Prince, it was 5 years. The length of time is explicitly there because with the Blood, their personality is so strong that it is impossible for them to maintain a mask or facade for the entire length of time. This is merely the system working as intended - Falonar (and the others that sided with him) true personality finally breaks through, and he is dealt with.* TrapIsTheOnlyOption : Lucivar's [[IHaveYourWife wife and kid]] get captured. Lucivar deliberately walks into the trap. Saetan receives word that his son has been captured. Saetan deliberately walks into the trap. Surreal hears that these people have been captured and gets ready to deliberately walk into the trap, but is thankfully intercepted by Daemon, who makes ''plans'' before he [[strike:walks]] [[OhCrap saunters]] into the trap.* TraumaCongaLine : Most of the protagonists have this inflicted on them. It sometimes takes the form of DeusAngstMachina wrought by the villains.* TrueCompanions: Jaenelle's powerful but eclectic band of friends.** Saetan and Andulvar, with ''fifty thousand years'' of shared experience behind them.* UncannyValley : In-universe example. Jaenelle, being not quite human, disturbs some people when they see her as Witch. The darkness of her power also makes her relatives uneasy, even before one of them sees her true form. As a child, her eeriness is attributed to a disturbed mind, and her grandmother later thinks that she must go beyond that and into complete insanity.* UnstoppableRage : The anger of male Blood (and Jaenelle) is a tangible psychic manifestation of power. Some unleash it more readily than others.** Other witches as well, but they rise to the killing edge less easily and are much more merciless when they do, so the males make sure to take care of it. Jaenelle just has a [[BerserkButton whooole lot of triggers]] so she shows what happens when a witch gets that pissed off.** TranquilFury : If someone's tangible psychic manifestation of power should happen to "go cold", you may as well not even bother to run.* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Jaenelle. Also, to a lesser degree, Marian.* WhatMeasureIsANonhuman:** The Kindred.** Invoked by Lucivar in ''Heir to the Shadows'', in regards to his wings: "What am I, High Lord? By the Council's reckoning of who is human and who is not, What am I?"----


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7 - Navasota
13 - Bellville
Preseason All-State
Jordan Wells, DT, Navasota
2A Division I
2 - Cameron Yoe
6 - Franklin
Preseason All-State
Somari Wright, LB, Cameron Yoe
Jason Kopriva, P, Cameron Yoe
2A Division II
8 - Centerville
9 - Lexington
1A Division II
8 - Burton
BRYAN, Texas -- The Brazos Valley has seven high school teams ranked in preseason polls in the 2013 edition of Dave Campbell's Texas Football magazine.
Cameron Yoe is the highest ranked team at number two in 2A Division I. Franklin is ranked six in that poll.
Centerville checks in at number eight and Lexington is number nine in 2A Division II.
Navasota is number seven and Bellville is number 13 in 3A.
Burton is preseason number eight in 1A Division II.
No 4A or 5A teams are ranked, but Brenham is picked as a "dark horse" to make a playoff run.
Dave Campbell's Texas Football is available now at various establishments across the state.
The KBTX Friday Football Fever magazine is still a work in progress and will be out for free in August.