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Founders All Day IPA - Founders Brewing Company
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4.09/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
A-Clear yellow orange, nicely carbonated, one finger head that doesn't last long.
S-Citrus, floral and grassy hops all in a nice balance.
T-Starts with nice bready malt the citrus and floral notes. Some grapefruit. Ends with slight bitterness and good balance.
M-Medium bodied, some hop resins, nicely carbonated as well.
O-Nothing outstanding but a beer that you can have a few off without any side-effects yet nice on flavor.
Serving type: bottle
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3.9/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12oz can poured into a tulip glass. THis is the third one I've had today.
A: Translucent rust body with a two finger soapy bone colored head. Head went down quickly to a cap leaving good lacing.
S: Grapefruit and pine, along with some floral and citrus scents.
T: Slightly bitter some hopes are present in the taste.
M: Proper carbonation body while a bit thin for the style is thicker then many beers for the ABV
O Its a good IPA, I like that is session able however Its too expensive for what it is. Also its got a fair amount of body so while consumption is easier then most IPAs its harder then your average AAL, this makes it a bit more work to catch a buzz, although this could be seen as a positive for some I suppose.
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The TE craze is hilarious..
David Paulson is 6'4" 246lbs and ran a 4.62 40yds at his pro day when coming out.
Dennis Pitta is 6'4" 245lbs and ran a 4.63 40yds.
Pitta scored 10 TD this year. Maybe Paulson just needs a chance to start as the primary TE and have Ben throw him the ball.
I was thinking the same thing, hand it off to Bell or have him come out of the backfield. Will Johnson has decent hands as well. I'm not concerned over the players as much as getting some creative play calling in the red zone and I'm confident Haley will improve on that.
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bluevendetta... | #2551 Subject: The Answer Posted: 06/26/2006 11:30:21 |
Baseball Charm - Chicken Little
Ukulele Charm - Stitch Lamp Charm - Genie Feather Charm - Peter Pan & Tink |
SkidClanks | #2552 Subject: ... Posted: 06/26/2006 19:18:01 |
correcr 5 points for blue
SkidClanks | #2553 Subject: geesh Posted: 07/04/2006 07:38:19 |
If nobody else besides Blue is going
to participate, I should just stop the triva. come on people. think about it. this is the club that started it all. because of this club, a whole army of kingdom hearts role playing clubs were made. and if it wasn't for this club we wouldn't have met any of each other. think, no darth, no blue, no generation, no krauser, no haloREfan, no- well you get the idea. the point is that this club has come a long way, we've both lost and gained members, but we can't just let it die! |
DarthSyric | #2554 Subject: Here here! Posted: 07/04/2006 13:18:12 |
If it wasn't for this club, I would never have met you guys! We must keep this father club alive at all costs!
generation_S... | #2555 Subject: hmmmm Posted: 07/04/2006 13:55:11 |
its more like Blue always gets to the questions so fast! >.<
i love this place,but......sorry to say this,but what is this place for more than the Trivia? |
SkidClanks | #2556 Subject: ......... Posted: 07/04/2006 17:06:08 |
this club is not all about trivia
its an open fourm in a sort come here to talk about KH and meet other fantatics! anyway here's todays question: complete this qoute and tell who said it "I had given into the ___________. How am I going to _____ ____________?!" |
bluevendetta... | #2557 Subject: Answer Posted: 07/04/2006 23:30:40 |
"I had given into the darkness. How am I going to
_____ ____________?!" -- Ansem the Wise Now about the club, this is the father of all of the Kingdom Hearts Clubs, but like I tell most people... Now that the game is out many have lost interest. They know all they seek and all they have left is questions, questions that we most likely cannot answer. Even then, people still got what they wanted. So yeah, sorry Skid but it is happening to most of the KH Clubs. |
SkidClanks | #2558 Subject: yeah Posted: 07/05/2006 07:12:34 |
I guess...anyway that answer is wrong
for two reasons. the qoute wasn't finished and it wasn't said by ansem the wise |
bluevendetta... | #2559 Subject: Yeah sorry skid Posted: 07/05/2006 12:21:10 |
I didn't even mean to send the answer because I dont know who said it. I was thinking Riku but that seems too easy... as far as who said it but not about what it says hmmmm??
Xelliot | #2560 Subject: My answer Posted: 07/05/2006 12:35:15 |
"I had given into the darkness. How am I going to
face everyone?!" -- Riku I think this is right ><. |
SkidClanks | #2561 Subject: ......... Posted: 07/06/2006 09:36:06 |
yep thats right Xelliot.
today's question: Name the keyblade obatined in each of these worlds Timeless River Land of Dragons Space Parinoids |
Xelliot | #2562 Subject: Answer Posted: 07/06/2006 10:05:45 |
Timeless River - Monochrome
Land of Dragons - Hidden Dragon Space Parinoids - Photon Debugger |
SkidClanks | #2563 Subject: yeah Posted: 07/06/2006 10:14:10 |
yep another 5 points for Xelliot
DarthSyric | #2564 Subject: Today's question! Posted: 07/07/2006 17:38:06 |
Hey guys! Here is Darth's Friday question!
Name all of the weapon prizes recieved from the Underdrome tournaments. (Note: NOT the paradox tournaments) Also: for a a couple bonus points Tell me the final fight in the tournament with the corresponding weapon prize. (Sorry if this is a bit much Skid, your call on whether this is too much or not.) |
Xelliot | #2565 Subject: Answer Posted: 07/07/2006 17:48:54 |
Name all of the weapon prizes recieved from the Underdrome tournaments: Rising Dragon, Genji Shield, Fatal Crest.
Also: for a a couple bonus points Tell me the final fight in the tournament with the corresponding weapon prize: Rising Dragon - Protect Belt, Final Fight: Cerberus Genji Shield - Skillful Ring, Final Fight: Hercules Fatal Crest - Orichalcum+, Final Fight: Hades Did I get it right? |
SkidClanks | #2566 Subject: Okay Posted: 08/06/2006 07:47:59 |
The trivia is FINALLY back for good, I promise!
everybody will keep the points they already have. okay today's question: What is the name of the keyblade that bears a striking resemblance to Leon's gunblade? |
Zark_aurion | #2567 Subject: Is it Posted: 08/06/2006 07:59:09 |
the Lionheart.
SkidClanks | #2568 Subject: yep Posted: 08/06/2006 08:01:00 |
That's right. 5 points for you.
SkidClanks | #2569 Subject: ........ Posted: 08/07/2006 07:30:26 |
today's question:
While joking around in twilight town towards the start of the game, donald asks "what's so funny?" and sora responds"Your _____!" |
Xelliot | #2570 Subject: Answer Posted: 08/07/2006 08:30:39 |
Sora says "Your faces".
SkidClanks | #2571 Subject: yup Posted: 08/07/2006 08:43:43 |
10 points for Xelliot
kingdomheart... | #2572 Subject: Ummm... Posted: 09/05/2006 17:24:33 |
is anyone here?
Nintendoguy=... | #2573 Subject: Yo's everyone!! Posted: 09/06/2006 16:51:10 |
haven't been here for a while.How ya'll been?
Runetotem | #2574 Subject: woot Posted: 10/09/2006 10:06:22 |
This week i attempted to beat kh1-and 2 ..in a week
and today i finished No finally to attempt Ninty Nine knights |
bluevendetta... | #2575 Subject: Rebirth Posted: 11/13/2006 23:44:21 |
Lets get the club back again with some final mix stuff going!! Any new news guys??
SkidClanks | #2576 Subject: yeah Posted: 11/14/2006 14:25:49 |
Final mix might be on the Wii I heard
bluevendetta... | #2577 Subject: cool Posted: 11/14/2006 14:39:24 |
Re: CoM would be awesome on the Wii!! I dont know if using the Wii for KH II is the best idea though. I can imagine getting tired of swinging so fast to complete the combos lol
HyrulePrince... | #2578 Subject: Attention Kingdom Hearts Fans!!! Posted: 12/16/2006 15:41:21 |
I have made a cool Kingdom Hearts Video on youtube! So cool you would trade your Keyblade to see it. But don't worry, you can keep your Keyblades. To view it and other cool vids,just go to: http://www.youtube.com/HyrulePrincess I really hope everyone likes it! And please rate it too! |
kingdomheart... | #2579 Subject: yay! Posted: 12/31/2006 18:37:53 |
i have a wii!
saixnxaldinl... | #2580 Subject: U KNOW! Posted: 02/09/2007 13:47:37 |
the best part of kh is the dark depths of the creatures living in the shadows- Organization XIII!
in kh2, Saix is the best villian bcuz of his nefariousity- like in the scene where sora begs him to let him see Kairi- DENIED! So I have 2 things to say- I LOVE U SAIX and that U ARE MUY MUY MALO! I love xaldin 2.. ~~for all those who r obsessed w/ organization XIII like me, come to my club! |


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EXCERPTRealm of Askara, City of Rihos
Impact jarred my bones as one swift kick from Emma introduced my back to the floor of the courtyard. My head thumped dully against the ground, snapping together teeth over tongue and filling my mouth with a fresh burst of coppery liquid.
Through the dust stirred up by our sparring, her brows knit together over serious azure eyes.
We werent blood related, but she was my sister in all the ways that mattered.
You win. Shooting pain stabbed my lungs on each shallow inhale. I think somethings broken. I curbed the whine from my voice before she heard it too.
Maddie, this is the third time this week. The training stick fell from her hands to land with a hollow thud.
I watched the stick roll just out of her reach and breathed easier.
She dropped to the hard ground beside me and dug her knees into my tender side. Another whimper forced its way out over my bruised lips. Stop whining. Emma inched closer. Its not that bad. The bone didnt even break the skin this time. Just hold still for a minute.
Her brows gathered again as she walked her fingers across my chest, tracing the lines of each rib from base to tip. Midway down my sternum, I hissed, Thats the one.
She acted like she hadnt heard and tapped the sore spot with her pointed fingernail. You mean this one? Tap. This rib right here? Tap. Tap.
Pain flared bright red behind my eyes. Poke me with your finger one more time and I swear to Zaniah, I will rip it from your hand.
One side of her mouth quirked upward in a wry smile. If you had the nerve to back that up, I might be scared. Her gaze raked me from head to toe. But you dont. Soft curls bounced around her face. Youre pathetic. The first female born of the two demon houses and youre weaker than a kitten.
The insult was so unexpected, so brutal, I couldnt think past it. I didnt register the decision my brain made to punch Emma, so Im not sure which of us was more surprised to find my fist planted in her face. Cartilage crunched under my knuckles and blood ran from her nose like a sieve. My mouth opened on a gasp.
If you say youre sorry, she growled, Ill thread your rib through your lung for you. Its about time you started sticking up for yourself.
I bared my own bloodstained teeth in a grin and rolled the shoulder shed dislocated earlier. I was just going to ask if you could bleed someplace else. Youre drenching me.
Her pale pink lips were painted red and swollen, much the same as mine. She spat on the ground, then dropped into a sprawl across the patch of dirt beside me and took my hand in hers.
Her fingers squeezed. Mine squeezed back, our injuries already forgiven and forgotten. Emmas minor wounds would mend within the hour, mine knitted together even now. We knew from experience the bones shed broken in me would heal after a solid nights rest. We had no cause to hold on to insults or anger.
So. She cleared her throat. Tomorrow is our big day. Have you given any thought to the color youll choose for us?
I willed the vibrant blue sky overhead to hold my attention. I didnt want to think about tomorrow while we had borrowed time left today, but the thoughts tumbled out one after another.
My ascension was the final step in claiming my title as an Askaran heiress, not that I wanted it or even needed the confirmation as second in line for the throne. I would never rule Askara. That unpleasant task fell to my elder sister, Nesvia. Still, the kingdom expected a spectacle and Mother did enjoy putting on a show.
Maddie? Her elbow jabbed my side.
I winced. I chose lavender.
Her fingers traced lazy circles, loops and swirls across her cheeks and pert nose. My favorite color.
Yes, I said. It is.
For all the difference it would make. By this time tomorrow, ritualistic tattoos would cover our bodies. Mine would denote my lineage. Hers would be an ornate branding to identify her owner, the royal house of Askara.
Emma tensed and dug her fingernails into my palm seconds before a long, dark shadow cast across my face. Squinting into the sun, I glanced up and caught a hint of tailored black velvet breeches adorned with the silver threads symbolic of First Court consorts. The pants were topped with a similar dark shirt and matching vest. The heavy embroidery indicated how high up the social ladder my stepfather had managed to climb.
Lord Archer.
I didnt miss his flicker of interest when his gaze roved over the blood and sweat slicking my skin. Id seen the same expression too many times to mistake its cause.
Princess Madelyn.
Formality hardened the tone he used when calling on business rather than pleasure. Emmas grip loosened. He hadnt come for us. Not this time at least.
I offered thanks to the divine goddess that Askaran nobles prized virginity. I could not be touched until after my ascendancy, and as my chosen handmaiden, neither could Emma. But our meager protections expiration date was fast approaching, as evidenced by his arrival.
Queen Eliya wishes me to remind you that your ascendancy ceremony is tomorrow, and that you are to be prepared for her personal inspection no less than one hour prior to its commencement.
Archer nudged Emmas shoulder with the toe of his dress shoe, then stomped the ground below her ear as if he would enjoy crushing her face beneath his heel.
Assured of her attention, he addressed her. Emmaline, you will prepare your ward to the queens exact specifications. Tomorrow is a very important day for the royal line. He glanced between us. Even the bastards.
Emma pushed from the ground to her feet and leaned down to offer me a grimy but much-needed hand up. Careful. She lifted me slowly until my feet bore my own weight. Halflings were remarkably stronger than either their demon or human parentage, and she was no exception.
He appraised me a second time. His icy fingers brushed a trail from the waistband of my bloused white pants, across my bare midriff and upwards until they touched the fabric ending just below my breasts. Loathing caused me to shiver beneath his touch.
Slapping away his hand only elicited another spark of sickening interest. He lifted the hand hed caressed me with and inhaled the tips of his fingers. My lips curled with disgust.
You cannot find my stench appealing. Blood mixed with dirt to crust my palms and knees. Salt stung my eyes and dusted my skin as sweat dried.
His eyes gleamed brighter. You have no idea. His ensuing laughter smacked of his superiority, as if he knew something I had yet to guess. Any secrets he held could only be as vile as I found him, and I wished them to stay locked in his conscious rather than burdening mine.
What happened to her? he asked Emma, the unspoken without my permission clear behind his words.
It was an accident while sparring, Father, she said. Its nothing serious. This type of break never takes more than a few hours to heal.
Im well aware of her regenerative capabilities. The smile he turned my way made gooseflesh ripple across my chilled skin.
I never dreamed she would have such an unexpected genetic quirk. That marvelous ability to heal shouldnt be wasted. His lips pursed. I suppose well simply have to continue testing her limits.
Is that what you call it? Emma snapped. Testing her limits? She held her hands outstretched for us to see. You use my hands to break her. Its my hands covered in her blood and my shoulder she cries on while her bones mend.
His eyes hardened. You arent suggesting I enjoy what has to be done to Madelyn?
Oh no, Father. That would make you a monster.
The crack of flesh meeting flesh resounded in the enclosed yard.
My shoulders bunched, bracing for an impact that didnt come. Glancing up, I watched Archers struggle for composure in the tense lines of his shoulders and the sweat dampening his brow. Emmas scowling face bore the imprint of her fathers hand.
Never take it upon yourself to hurt Madelyn this way again. His gaze swept the scuffed-up earth beneath our feet and passed over the training stick a few yards away. Shes too weak to be properly trained. Its a waste of your time and talent.
And he wouldnt find me half as amusing if I could defend myself. Shaking my head, I tried to clear away the rebellious thoughts streaming through my mind.
Bite your tongue, girl.
I almost told him I already had. Id awakened today transformed with an odd sense of purpose. I wanted to train, was ready to fight, ready for something. It was the only reason Emma agreed to the quick match even knowing Archer was on his way. She had known I needed to dull the edge of whatever consumed me.
Maddies fast. With more training she could become a valued
Archers mirthless laughter cut off her retort. Her greatest value lies in breathing.
One hand caught the end of my wheat blonde braid, snatching my head back as he used my hair like a rope to drag me against him. Hair ripped free of my scalp, making my eyes water as his other hand cinched around my rib cage and squeezed until the tears overflowed onto my cheeks.
I couldnt breathe through the acute agony of his hold as each caress dug his fingers deeper into bruised and aching flesh. I sank a sharp elbow into his soft gut, but he only pulled harder, rewarding pain with pain.
So long as her heart beats, her mothers throne is secure. The arm banding me tightened as he leaned in, brushing my cheek with his nose before drawing my scent into his lungs. The queen requires an heir to keep her title. He shrugged. In the unfortunate event something happened to her elder sister, Madelyn would enable Eliya to keep her crown. The royal line must be kept established and fertile. He hummed gruffly in my ear then shoved me away from him.
Humiliation warmed my cheeks as hatred filled my heart for the man who was father to me by name, but sire to Emma by blood. For a tense moment, I thought he might come at me again, but he didnt get the chance.
My lord Archer, an Evanti slave called from across the courtyard. He broke away from his peers while jogging steadily in our direction. The familiar black-skinned courier wore only a thin scrap of leather around his hips and the great, carmine wings that marked his breed. He advanced until he stood squarely between Archer and me.
A move not lost on my stepfather.
Harper, Emma whispered just loud enough for him to hear. Dont do anything foolish.
Harpers wings twitched in agitation and tucked closer against his bare back before he addressed Archer.
Your presence is required at First Court.
Is it now? Archer tilted his head, catching my eye over the curve of Harpers shoulder. He reached just behind Harpers back and tugged the thick wrist of one wing. I wonder, slave. Will Madelyns virtue be found intact on the morrow? Or will we discover shes been lying with her guardian? His thumb stroked the thin, filmy skin of Harpers wing. Unfortunately, sometimes the apple does not fall far from the tree. Her mother suffered a similar taste for darker flesh.
Fear tightened my gut. Harper has nothing to do with this. Release him, now.
I didnt dare to breathe until Archers hand dropped. This time he left the silky skin intact, and I could have thanked him for it.
Harper, is it? How quaint, youve named him. He smiled as if amused. Youre really not so different from your mother. She would barter her soul to keep her seat upon the throne. He stroked a finger down Harpers forearm. And I know the price of your soul as well.
I met Archers level stare with disinterest, unwilling to let him see how his dawning comprehension terrified me.
Then he spoke to Harper. You do realize how far beneath her you are, dont you? Her bloodlines alone will harm her chances of finding a proper consort. Her affection for you only lessens her prospects, he said with false sincerity. Even her Evanti father had some status within your race. What could you possibly think you have to offer her? Shes Askaran royalty and youre just her pet.
I am in her service, my lord, nothing more. Harper stood silent and unmoving.
Archer stared a moment longer, seeming to decide something before losing interest and wiping his fingers across his thigh. He turned on his well-tailored heels and stalked towards the arched metal gate leading through the heavy stone wall of the summer castle and out into the desert sands of Rihos.
Once Archer reached the gatekeeper and boarded his transport, Harper followed in steady, measured strides. He glanced over his shoulder and pointed once towards the entrance to the grand hall. Beside me, Emma nodded her agreement.
I held my breath as his wings outstretched and thrust downward to launch him into the sky. He would follow Archer to the border before returning home to me. If his flight took longer than the few hours necessary to make the round trip, I never said a word. His face shined with joy as he made the leap skyward, making me smile for long minutes after he became a distant dot on my horizon.
Chapter Two
I jerked upright in bed as a scream ripped from my throat. I slapped a hand over my mouth while my body fought to flush the surge of adrenaline making my limbs tingle and muscles tighten. My heart pounded a deafening cadence in my ears as the remnants of my dream faded from memory.
Like all females of my line, I was night blind. Nothing permeated the absolute darkness surrounding me. My nighttime curfew had never been enforced since I didnt dare leave my room after dark. Not all Evanti were as forgiving of my parentage as Harper, and their flawless night vision wouldnt miss my bumbling attempts to find my way through the gloom.
Only the tangle of silken sheets around my ankles and the give of soft mattress beneath my palms assured me I was in my room and safe. Falling back into the pile of pillows littering my bed, I rested my palm across my chest. My heart punched urgently beneath my hand.
Was my nightmare the same night after night or something new? I didnt know. I never remembered more than the sound of my own screams and the shattering sense of loss I felt upon waking.
The groan of metal twisting drew my attention in the direction I knew the door to be. Heavy wood creaked on worn hinges, spilling light into my room and illuminating the stark outline of my guest before the tumblers clicked back into place, locking him inside with me.
I heard a sharp, rasping sound seconds before the room began to glow.
Bad dream? Harper asked around a tongue still thick with sleep.
No, at least, I dont think so.
I heard him move closer. The dim light cast from his oil lamp focused my eyes. The flame flickered and danced while painting fanciful reflections on the walls and floor. I think tomorrow I glanced over at him. Im afraid.
He didnt waste words on placations neither of us would believe. Move over. His velvety whisper tickled my ears as the mattress dipped and he joined me on the bed. Sit up.
I arched a brow at him, watching his angular face soften with amusement.
His black eyes caught the light and shined with warmth while his full lips broke into a crooked grin. Then he softened his command. Please.
You really shouldnt have come. He reached for me, but I batted away his hands. You know what will happen if youre caught in here after dark. Thick scar tissue crisscrossed his back. Vivid reminders of the price he had already paid.
Yes, Zaniah forbid the wolf bed down with his sheep. His derisive snort brought a faint curve to my lips. I was bred to serve you. Im only doing what I was born to do. His finger traced the slope of my nose. Lucky for us both I enjoy my work.
Harper Archer had been right. I would have sold my soul to buy his freedom. What good were his wings if he would never be free to use them?
Shh. He pressed that same rough finger to my lips. Im yours, lady, and I will never leave your side. He glanced around, seeming to survey not just the room, but the entire kingdom beyond the castle walls. I could never leave you in this place. Then his bright white teeth flashed. And dont think for a moment I would remain if not for you, and Emma.
I playfully slapped his chest, content to pretend he, at least, had other options. Even if a haven existed, I doubted an Askaran royal would be welcomed there. Most likely I would be turned away, if not worse.
Id heard whispers of an Evanti uprising. All of Rihos buzzed with the news of slaves gone missing under the cover of night and stores of food and supplies being raided. I was likely the only member of the nobility hoping, praying, that the rumors were true and wishing my slaves would vanish next.
Harper captured my hand where it still rested against his chest and pulled me into a sitting position. I flinched as pain seized my upper back.
You dont have to do this every time, you know. I could only imagine how I appeared to him. Puny and pale, wingless and weak, nothing worthy of the devotion he gave me so freely.
You might as well cooperate. I wont leave while youre in pain. He tugged the hem of my nightgown up around my hips and exposed the pale coral of my silken undergarments.
Stubborn male, I accused.
Harper laughed, the sound as dark as the night surrounding us. Im not the stubborn one. He tugged the sweat-dampened nightgown over my head to land softly on the stones. Now, roll over.
I growled at him, but the sound lacked any real heat. In truth, I needed the relief he offered me.
Flopping onto my stomach, I pushed my face into my buckwheat pillow. The hulls shifted and sifted around as they conformed to my new position. Fine, I groused. Just dont look, all right? As if he hadnt seen my back bared a thousand times since childhood. I hate for you to see me this way.
Wearing nothing but the same scrap of leather tied around his narrow hips, Harper straddled my legs and leaned over me, kneading away the aches sandwiching my spine.
Oh, Maddie. Sadness laced his voice.
The sound of his pity grated in my ears. I pushed up, but he forced me down with a gentle hand to the small of my back.
I know theyre hideous, I snapped, closer to tears than I cared to admit. I told you not to look.
They I called them, making it easier to forget they were a part of me.
His fingers dug into the skin of my lower back still pinned beneath his palm. Youre beautiful. His warm breath fanned my skin. I shivered as he kissed the bony knuckles protruding behind my shoulder blades. And you can have the use of my wings whenever you need them.
His chest lowered to press against my back, and his leathery wings enfolded us like a living blanket. His bare skin warmed me. His chin rested on my shoulder, placing us cheek to cheek as his fingers interlaced with mine and tightened.
The steady beat of his heart soothed me, guiding my own to rest.
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The national heavyweights are out of the way. Now the Miami University men's basketball team can really start moving forward.
The RedHawks, who sandwiched heavy defeats to North Carolina State and Louisville around a victory over Grambling State, are back on the road tonight, facing William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
"There is a discovery process going on," first-year MU coach John Cooper said. "This group will continue to get better. If they bear it out and bring their minds and bodies to get better every day, good things will happen."
Sunday's 80-39 loss at second-ranked Louisville wasn't pretty, though Miami did some things well early before getting overwhelmed.
"It's not the end of the world," Cooper said. "My mind-set is, how do we come back after that loss? Do we stand up and are we accounted for? That's what's important to me."
Redshirt junior forward Will Felder, averaging 5.7 points and 3.7 rebounds per game, said the RedHawks are far from discouraged.
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Felder admitted there were some breakdowns against Louisville, but sometimes the Cardinals were successful even when Miami was technically sound.
"That's what players do," Felder said. "There's not much you can say about that other than just make sure you're always at the right spots at the right times."
MU is only shooting 34.3 percent from the field (29.4 percent from 3-point range), though Bill Edwards (6-of-10) and Reggie Johnson (5-of-11) have been strong beyond the arc.
Tonight's opponent was just 6-26 last season, but is off to a 3-0 start, having beaten Hampton, Liberty and High Point. William & Mary, a member of the Colonial Athletic Association, is scoring 74.3 points and giving up 57.0 per game.
The Tribe's top three scorers are sophomore guard Marcus Thornton (18.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 3.3 apg), 6-foot-9 junior forward Tim Rusthoven (18.7 ppg, 6.7 rpg) and junior guard Brandon Britt (17.0 popg, 3.0 rpg, 3.0 apg). All three are shooting well above 50 percent from the floor.
"They run the Princeton offense, but they're also very good in transition," Cooper said. "Marcus Thornton can really shoot it and carve up your defense. They've been able to funnel offense through Rusthoven. He doesn't do anything flashy. He knocks in his open shots, gets it inside, scores or gets fouled, uses both hands. My kind of guy."
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MU has a 5-0 advantage in the series against William & Mary and beat the Tribe 73-69 last season at Millett Hall.
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Democrats suspended Senate rules to vote on Fredric Knapp's nomination for Morris County prosecutor, bypassing the normal Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nominee.
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Three evenings of Gregory Markopoulos' visionary early films at the Pacific Film Archive
FILM Gregory Markopoulos was born in Toledo, Ohio, but his Greek heritage lights the way in critical appraisals of his refined and elusive body of work. Many of the films featured in the Pacific Film Archive's "Seconds of Eternity" series are imagined on the stage of Greek myth. After leaving New York in 1967 with his partner Robert Beavers, an outstanding filmmaker in his own right, Markopoulos drew still closer to his ancestral home. He died in 1992, but Beavers, who will be on hand at the PFA to shepherd the films, has preserved the work for the Temenos, a unique archive and biennial outdoor screening cycle located near Lyssaraia, Markopoulos's father's home. This June brings another such event.
Markopoulos's films have themselves long achieved mythic stature. He was a colossal figure during the heroic phase of the American avant-garde and then left it behind. Dissatisfied with exhibition standards, he withdrew his prints from circulation (the Temenos screenings represents the idealistic rejoinder). Remarkably, he requested that critic P. Adams Sitney excise a full chapter on his works from Visionary Film, generally considered the central critical survey of the American avant-garde. So Markopoulos went to almost unthinkable lengths to maintain the primacy of his early films (he continued making new ones, as well). Any opportunity to watch these ravishing films close to home is unusual.
Markopoulos once remarked that "locations and beautiful faces have been the backbone of my work," and one sees that to an archetypal degree in Psyche (1947), the first film of his Du Sang, de la volupté et de la mort trilogy, made when he was still a teenage student at USC living across the hall from Curtis Harrington. Inspired by a Pierre Louÿs novella, the film replaces spoken language with dynamic color and framing. We begin with a man and woman crossing each other on a leafy Angeleno street: a few steps further and they turn back to consider what they've just passed. All that follows might be transpire within this instant: a languid fantasia hatched within a fugitive moment of lost time. Markopoulos frames the couple in deep focus two-shots, grazing shoulders and lips and tumbling toward dreams.
An evident poverty of means only concentrates the film's withdrawal into a private world of frustrated beauty (across town Kenneth Anger was fashioning his more explicitly Dionysian Fireworks). The dive into inexpressible desire reaches a peak when Ralph Vaughn Williams' "Serenade" suddenly drops out and the image snaps to a silent interlude of natural splendor bordering on abstraction — sea grass gorgeously superimposed upon the sea. This image gives magnificent form to the phrase "out of the blue" and overflows the frame in such a way as to shake loose the film's more studied visual effects.
Markopoulos would later articulate in written form ("Towards a New Narrative Form in Motion Pictures") what he set out to accomplish beginning with Psyche: "The film maker gradually convinces the spectator not only to see and to hear, but to participate in what is being created on the screen, on both the narrative and introspective levels. The magnificent landscapes of emotions, with colors brighter than the film viewer has ever been concerned with, begin to exist. The transient impact of meetings, handshakes, kisses, and the hours apart from these contacts becomes revealed in all its astounding simplicity."
You've provided a fantastic write-up, Max. My only concern: what you described as THE DEAD ONES, recalled the details of the preceding film that evening, CHRISTMAS USA (if I'm not mistaken). In any case, I'm certainly looking forward to more of Markopoulos's work remaining in the series!
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Raging rivers damage bridges, trails and parks across Northland (with video)
The rampaging streams that wreaked havoc across Duluth on Wednesday also ravaged parks and trails across the city and beyond.By: Sam Cook, Duluth News Tribune
The rampaging streams that wreaked havoc across Duluth on Wednesday also ravaged parks and trails across the city and beyond.
From Jay Cooke State Park through Duluth and up the North Shore, swollen rivers and brawling creeks chewed away trails, manhandled bridges and uprooted mature pines.
Duluth's city parks were hammered by the runoff, said Judy Gibbs, trails coordinator for the city of Duluth.
"It's awful," Gibbs said. "I'm devastated. The scope of it is so tremendous. We've lost nearly every trail with any up-and-down to it."
A portion of the steel swinging bridge at Jay Cooke State Park was torn away from its moorings near park headquarters, but the main span of the river, viewed in aerial photos, appears to remain intact.
"It's pretty twisted up around the rock piers," park manager Gary Hoeft said of the damaged segment. "I'm not sure how much of the steel structure is remaining."
Only on Thursday, after officials were able to fully inspect the parks, did the extent of the damage become clearer. The upper dam at Chester Bowl was washed away, and the pond is now a boulder field, said Thom Storm, executive director of the Chester Park Improvement Club. Congdon Park Drive, the asphalt path that parallels Tischer Creek from Vermilion Road to East Fourth Street, is now a 12-foot-deep gully in some places, Gibbs said. Four miles of the Duluth Winnipeg & Pacific railroad bed in West Duluth were destroyed, Gibbs said.
The DWP segment was to be a key component of the Duluth Traverse, a single-track nonmotorized trail that will span the city of Duluth, Gibbs said.
"I think that's going to cost us millions (to replace)," Gibbs said.
Kathy Bergen, manager of the Duluth Parks and Recreation Department, said that parks remain open and that visitors are welcome despite the damages.
"This is a horrific blow to us because we were moving forward with so many projects and had so many partners," Bergen said. "Now it's all washed away. I have staff that goes out there and cries when they see things. But we'll work on this all summer long and start again in the spring. We'll bring this back. We're fired up to get us back to a better place than we were."
Here's a look at specific parks and trails:
Bergen estimated the damage at Chester Park alone at a minimum of $3 million to $4 million.
Lightning started a fire in the upper ski lift house on Tuesday, Storm said. The bed of Chester Creek is scoured from Kenwood Avenue "probably all the way to Lake Superior," Storm said.
"There are two landslides between the chalet and the soccer fields," he said. "There's a picnic table wrapped around a tree like a pretzel."
The hillside near the Rabbit Ears ski jump has sloughed into the creek, he said.
The park's lower dam has so much debris piled against it that its condition cannot be evaluated, Storm said. Portions of the hillside along Chester Park Drive, bordering the Chester Creek trail from Skyline Parkway to East Fourth Street, have sloughed into the river, he said.
Other parks sustained damage as well, Gibbs said. The Lester-Amity ski trails were damaged, she said. Lincoln Park lost sections of trail. Most of the trails in Hartley Park fared well, Gibbs said, but a walking bridge over a beaver meadow was moved off its supports and washed downstream. Other sections of boardwalk, part of a trail intended to be wheelchair accessible, were lifted and moved. Mission Park hadn't been assessed yet, she said.
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The Piedmont trails have several bridges, Sundberg said.
"I'm sure at least half of those were wiped out," he said.
COGGS advises no trail riding until at least next week.
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