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Firefighter Tony Grider is in critical condition and Alex Quinn is listed in fair condition after they were injured Thursday afternoon while helping Campbellsville University students with an ALS cold water challenge.
Four Campbellsville Fire & Rescue personnel were injured at 11:42 a.m. yesterday, Thursday, Aug. 21, after a ladder from a fire truck approached power lines, and the proximity of the ladder to the lines allowed what is known as an electric arc to occur, which caused the firefighters to be shocked.
Two Taylor County residents have died in a motor vehicle crash in Columbia.
According to the Adair County Community Voice, on Friday, Columbia Police officers responded to a report of an injury accident at the intersection of KY 55 and Veterans Memorial Bypass.
The former sheriff's deputy who broke the law he was hired to uphold has been sentenced to a year's probation for federal drug crimes.
He faced as much as three decades in federal prison and a large fine.
Billy Rice, a former Taylor County Sheriff's Deputy, of Campbellsville, was charged in early October with committing federal drug crimes. He had initially pleaded not guilty, but, in April, appeared before Chief Judge Joseph H. McKinley Jr. and pleaded guilty to three counts of distributing anabolic steroids.
After more than a year of intense negotiations, Taylor County Schools has approved a payment plan for the now-defunct Kentucky School Boards Insurance Trust.
The Green River Regional Educational Cooperative represented 35 school districts, including Taylor, to reach a settlement with the trust, commonly known as KSBIT.
They were hoping to just survive. Now, the plan is to thrive.
In May 2002, a group of residents formed nondenominational Living Grace Church. Since then, there have been three pastors at the church and membership numbers have declined.
Soon, a new pastor will take over full time and the church will combine with 3trees Church in Russell Springs to become part of a multi-site congregation.
It's been two years in the making, but soon, the dream will come true.
Soon, passersby will see construction of a 2.2-mile trail to ultimately lead from City Lake to Taylor County Farmers' Market.
On Tuesday, Campbellsville/Taylor County Trail Town committee members and its partners met to publicly unveil the project.
Paul Osborne, chair of the trail town committee, told the crowd attending that the trail has been in the works for a while, but soon the fruit of that work will be seen by anyone passing through Miller Park.
Campbellsville University is no longer a Kentucky Baptist Convention affiliate.
But even though the two no longer work together as part of a covenant agreement, CU leaders say they want to form a new relationship with KBC, one that will allow the university and Kentucky Baptists to work together on future ministry and mission ventures.
The decision for CU to remove itself from its covenant agreement with the KBC was made last Tuesday after a meeting of the CU Board of Trustees and KBC officials.
They loved helping others, serving God and being together. And, last Friday, they spent the last moments of their lives that way.
John and Martha Boggs of Campbellsville died last Friday in a car crash in Columbia.
According to a Columbia Police Department report, officers responded to the scene of a crash at the intersection of KY 55 and Veterans Memorial Bypass.
Even though she had never been so hungry in her life and didn't like being away from her family, Jefra Bland Hines said she would participate in the "Survivor" challenge again.
Bland Hines spoke on Tuesday night at Taylor County Public Library about her experiences on the "Survivor" reality television show.
Those paying city school taxes could pay more this year - a nickel tax more.
Campbellsville Board of Education members voted during their regular meeting on Monday that they intend to set the District's property tax rate this year at 53.2 cents per $100 of assessed value.
And, on top of that, they intend to levy a 5.6-cents per $100 of property value nickel tax, making the tax rate 58.8 cents.
The additional nickel tax will mean residents who own a home valued at $100,000 will pay $56 more in taxes this year.
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When Undertaker made the decision to return to WWE to set up (at least) one more match, this one at WrestleMania 29 against CM Punk on Sun., April 7, 2013, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the promotion apparently had to "scramble" to come up with a creative direction. On the surface it shouldn't have been too difficult to come up with something for one of the biggest legends of all time and one of the best workers -- and maybe thee best promo -- in the business today.
The direction they started with was Punk being mad at fans for taking away his historic WWE championship reign, so he would take away the one thing they still hold dear in professional wrestling: The Streak.
Nothing special, but not bad, right?
Everything changed the very next evening when news broke that Paul Bearer, the longtime manager and storyline father of Undertaker, had died. We wondered if WWE would incorporate this into the storyline that was already created but if the past two weeks are any indication, initial ideas have been scrapped altogether and Bearer's death is being used as the chief catalyst to get to the match.
First, Punk made a few disparaging remarks that perfectly toed the line and stayed relatively classy. Then, in the main event segment of last week's episode of Monday Night Raw show, he stole the urn and used it to attack Kane, Undertaker's storyline brother.
Again, none of this was awful and in poor taste and you Cagesiders generally agreed.
Now, though, they went and took it to a new level on last night's (March 18, 2013) episode of Raw in Pittsburgh with the following segment. So, we present to you "How WWE exploited Paul Bearer's death this week."
Yes, that is Punk acting like Bearer's ashes are in that urn and using it to mock his voice while talking to Undertaker. He's also playing around with it in disrespect before finally dropping it.
According to Dave Meltzer on the latest Wrestling Observer Radio, a few folks internally at WWE weren't happy with this segment and Punk himself hasn't been pleased with the creative direction they've had for him:
"I could say more, or I can't say more, but there were a lot of people... I'll just say this: There are a lot of people internally who are not happy with it. This is the one segment that was actually pointed out to me that there were a lot of people not happy with it. Not because of the explotation of Paul Bearer thing, nobody was mad about it that way like with Eddie Guerrero, it was just several people just thought this segment was bad for the company and bad in general."
The only good thing to come of this is that it makes sense within the story that Punk would be a vicious enough heel that he would use such a thing to get inside Undertaker's head to give him an advantage headed into WrestleMania. Indeed, he made sure to say that even a countout or disqualification counts as a loss.
And he so badly wants to be the 1 in 20-1.
Still, this came off rather cold and inappropriate and definitely pushed the line as far as possible. How did you Cagesiders feel about it?

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The article says small towns including Charlottesville are among the leading centers for startup activity on a per capita basis.
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Avoid Using Your Heater this Upcoming Winter Season
In some parts of the we still get a good amount of sunlight during the Winter months, however it is still pretty chilly outside. Instead of cranking up the heater in your home why not install a solar air heater that sticks on easily to one of your windows? It is very easy to install, all you have to do is place it against a window with southern exposure. Unlike your window AC unit you do not need to open or remove the window. The panel has a built in digital thermometer which allows you to see the temperature of the air that the heater is blowing out.
LED Light Fixture Uses Renewable Energy, Dims and Brightens With the Sun
The Day-Light 1300 Solar Panel and LED Light Fixture Kit from Solectric is unique in that it actually emulates the characteristics of a skylight. In the morning, as the Sun rises, the solar panel begins to slowly feed the two LED light fixtures with current. This causes the LEDs to softly light the area reflecting the similar characteristics of a skylight in the early morning of the day. As the day continues onward and gets sunnier outside, the LED light fixtures will increase there brightness up to a color temperature of 5500K, essentially emulating daylight. The LED light fixtures will then dim down as the Sun sets and eventually shuts off once nighttime has arrived. Simply put, the Day-Light 1300 Solar Panel and LED Light Fixture Kit acts as a skylight with the benefits of never having to cut a large hole into your roof. The light output is equivalent to a 10″ tubular skylight or two 60 watt incandescent light bulbs.
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There is something relaxing about a room filled with natural light that electric lighting just can't duplicate. With a Skylight Tube from US Sunlight Solar natural light can be captured from the roof and tunneled in to just about any room in a home. Adding natural light to rooms of your home will help cut down on the dependency of electric lighting and thus help you save money on electric bills. The Skylight Tube installs on the roof of a home without having to make major structural changes or do any reframing. The flexible tubing that tunnels light from the roof lens to the desired household room can be extended to as much as 8 feet. When expanded 2 feet from the roof, the flexible tubing will provide enough natural light for a room 175sq/ft and when extended to 8 feet it will light a 100sq/ft room or area. Users will not have to worry about the dual layer polycarbonate roof lens breaking in inclement weather as it is 250 times stronger than its acrylic counterparts. The ENERGY STAR® Skylight Tube uses a 3-lens configuration that blocks out heat and cold while still providing all of the natural lighting benefits. US Sunlight Solar estimates that installation of the Skylight Tube on an asphalt shingle roof should take about 2 hours for a professional or about one afternoon for a DIY'er. It is recommended that the Skylight Tube be installed on asphalt shingle roofs. Refer to the "More Info" tab for step-by-step installation videos.
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Are you experiencing high electric bills as a result of continuously running the air condition to keep your home cool? Does your home get unbearably hot because you don't have an air conditioning unit? Sunforce Products offers a solution to both of these issues, among others, with the 12W Solar Attic Vent. The Solar Attic Vent is naturally powered by the sun with its 12 watt amorphous solar panel which installs on the roof of a home. Once installed, the built-in fan will suck out hot air from the attic leaving less heat to filter back into the living areas of a home. The resulting effect is reduced attic temperatures which leads to reduced home temperatures and less dependency on home cooling systems. Another benefit to the 12W Solar Attic Vent is that it will prevent mold and mildew from forming in an attic by removing moist, hot air that leads to the growth of each. The Solar Attic Vent has a ventilating capacity of 850 square feet.
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Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers2012-07-25
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Slice peppers in half lengthwise, remove ribs and seeds.
Slice onions and mushrooms. Saute over medium heat with butter, olive oil, minced garlic and a little salt and pepper. Saute until onions and mushroom are nice and caramelized. About 25-30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 400*
Slice roast beef into thin strips and add to the onion/mushroom mixture. Allow to cook 5-10 minutes
Line the inside of each pepper with a slice of provolone cheese.
Fill each pepper with meat mixture until they are nearly overflowing.
Top each pepper with another slice of provolone cheese.
Bake for 15-20 minutes until the cheese on top is golden brown.
Serve and Enjoy!!
Makes 4 servings – 6 net carbs per serving
- 8 oz. Thinly Sliced Roast Beef
- 8 Slices Provolone Cheese
- 1 Medium Sweet Onion
- 6 oz. Baby Bella Mushrooms
- 2 Green Peppers
- 2 Tbs. Butter
- 2. Tbs. Olive Oil
- Salt and Pepper - to taste
- (2 Tbs. Peace and Love)
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I thought the paleo diet did not include dairy? Confusing to see a recipe with cheese on it.
I don't think dairy is a grey area at all. Dairy, of any kind, is NOT paleo! There are some people who eat a 'modified' paleo diet that will eat dairy, in small quantities, from grass feed dairy cows. But to suggest that dairy is OK for paleo eaters would be misleading.
To be considered true paleo, dairy (any kind), grains (rice, corn, wheat, etc.), legumes (beans, peas, peanuts, etc.) & added sugars (processed, artificial or natural) are NOT to be consumed.
These were great! I used pepper jack cheese, instead
This was great if you eat cheese! Added crumbled bacon to the top and cooked on top rack of grill in individual packages of foil, leaving top exposed. About same amount of time as recipe recommends.
I agree… No dairy in Paleo… I guess this an be one of those cheat day meals i have to balance myself put from time to time
omgosh eat some cheese, people. If you don't want to eat cheese, don't make this recipe and just let it go (in other words, keep your comments to yourself). People are so uptight. Looks good to me!
Yummy! Made these tonight. Also used banana peppers and zucchini boats. I used ground beef rather than roast beef. Will
Make again. Baked at 400 for 30 minutes… Perfection!
Man, you got me excited. That is not paleo at all.
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Hi I'm Bella. I'm a 4 year old spayed female. If you're wondering why my left ear looks a little funny, it's because I had a hematoma removed and have a couple stitches! The stitches will soon be removed, but my ear will always look a little funny. I don't mind - I think it adds to my personality! I'm a sweet girl who really likes to be held. Do you have a soft spot for me?
Well hi! I'm Molly, a 3 year old spayed female. Don't I just have the cutest face? I was brought to CVHS because I didn't get along with my owner's other cat, but I seem to be doing alright with the other cats here! I'm a cute, pudgy girl who would love to find a warm, loving home. My favorite thing is when people kiss me on my forehead! I really love attention and I hope you will come meet me!
Miss Kitty Hi, I'm Miss Kitty! I'm a 1 year old spayed female. I am a very pretty black and white lady that loves to be petted! I'm a little overwhelmed by all of the hustle and bustle at the shelter, but I promise I will come out of my shell in my new home. Because I'm a little nervous about lots of commotion, I should go to an adult-only home or one with older children. Please take me home and love me!
Jamie Hi, I'm Jamie! I'm a 12 month old short haired neutered male kitty with lots of spunk and energy. I LOOOOVE attention! I'm looking for a fun household with lots of people to play with! Well, soon anyway. I'll be available for adoption on December 20th. I'm currently in foster care recovering from a very minor cut I came in with. Don't be worried--I'm not! I'll be brand new and ready to party as soon as you take me home. Please make sure I have that special home for the holidays!!
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One of the fundamental challenges facing utility and power customer personnel is the need to become familiar with, and stay informed about issues dealing with power quality. As the utility industry undergoes restructuring and as customers find their service needs changing with increased use of equipment and processes more susceptible to power system disturbances, power suppliers and customers alike will find a solid background in power quality necessary for increased productivity and competitiveness.
Electrotek offers a range of seminars focusing on various aspects of power system disturbances, monitoring, mitigation technologies, simulation and modeling, and power quality program development and administration. The seminars are designed to be presented at your facility, one of our offices, or off-site at a location of your choosing. These seminars present both a theoretical as well as practical approach. While the seminars feature a set format and agenda, we can customize them to emphasize certain topics or include additional material.
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Microsoft's solution to YouTube
Partner with Vimeo.
Vimeo is a premium video service that pushes users to attempt to create higher quality videos. They have tons of tutorials (which as of late I have been watching) that are actually helpful and informative on the process of video creation.
One of the biggest reasons for this suggestion is that Google competes with Microsoft in almost every arena (Search, Productivity, Maps, Operating System, Cloud Storage, etc.) while Vimeo does not.
Because of Vimeo not being a full-blown competitor like Google, it wont in it's long-term plan have a reason to deny Microsoft anything, the more markets the better (which is in line with Microsoft's ideal anyways). Add in the fact that the market could use some solid competition to YouTube (monopolies are never good in my opinion) and it's a win-win for users.
One last thing, if you haven't checked out Vimeo, you should. I recently made an account to switch off of YouTube (because I don't support what Google is doing to its users who use a Windows Phone, it's just not very good of them) and it's pretty awesome. They have tons of helpful tutorials to educate their user base on how to create high-quality video (and they promote it right off the bat). Here's a link if you're lazy: Vimeo, Your Videos Belong Here
Let me know what the Tribe thinks in the comments below. Are there any other competitors you would like to see Microsoft partner with? Do you have any other reasons why Vimeo is superior to YouTube or vice versa, if in fact it is a superior service? Do you think that YouTube can actually have a solid competitor?


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News: Cassie Compares Shyne To Rick Ross, "He's One Of The Nicest People"
Thursday, Mar 8, 2012 9:04AM
R&B singer Cassie recently talked about meeting Shyne face-to-face during Paris Fashion Week in France and how impressed she was by the former Bad Boy's proper mannerism.
Comparing Shyne to rap star Rick Ross, Cassie had nothing but pleasant things to say about the rapper.
"He is one of the nicest people, just like Rick Ross, and down-to-earth," Cassie said when asked about meeting Shyne during Paris Fashion Week. "I like when people have very little words when they speak. When they say something, it means something. They're not just talking to hear themselves talk." (BBC Radio 1Xtra)
Over the weekend, a photo of Shyne and ex-boss Diddy posed together emerged online.
It's been a long time coming, but today Bad Boy president Sean "Diddy" Coombes reunited with former Bad Boy signee Jamal Michael Barrow AKA Shyne now known as Moses Levi after embracing Orthodox Judaism. The two met up at the Kenzo fashion show at Paris Fashion Week today and Diddy twitpic'd the picture above. Salute to being grown men! (Soul Culture UK)
Back in January, Shyne revealed he would meet Puff face-to-face in the City of Lights.
"As far as Puff is concerned, that's been a long time coming," Shyne exclusively told MTV News of the conversation he and the Bad Boy CEO had earlier this month. "He had reached out to me twice while I was in the pen, but I just wasn't ready for it." Shyne wouldn't elaborate on the details of his and Combs' conversation, but he did walk away from the call in a much more positive place. "For me, the conversation was a confirmation of what I felt. Son kept it super tall, and that's what it's about. When a man says, 'Listen, as a man, I make mistakes and I own that.' What could you do?" Well what can they do? Surely the two can get back into the studio, but Shyne didn't dish on any new musical developments. He did reveal that the two plan to have a second conversation, this time in person. "I just feel real good about moving on with our relationship. Me and son, we gonna get together in Paris -- I'm in Paris right now. We gonna get together in a couple of weeks, and we gonna sit at the roundtable." (MTV)
In summer 2010, the former convict admitted he did not understand Diddy's lack of support during their 2000 court battle over a nightclub shooting.
"I don't know whether he was nervous, afraid," Shyne says of Puffy. "When you're afraid and you're emotional, that's a different survival tactic. Those are the people that do anything, regardless of character and integrity, to preserve and protect themselves, regardless of who they hurt. I guess maybe that was the situation. Never been in a situation like that, where he facing years, and he got hundreds of millions and all that shit at stake. But where I'm from, doesn't matter. You lose everything for your comrade. Again, if you're in battle, I'll catch a bullet, too. It ain't like, Yo, he's dead. Don't make no sense for me to die, too. Nah, I'ma die, too! So you hope or you take for granted that all men are the same. But I know all men are not." (XXL Mag)


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Oct. 30 --The Commodity Futures Trading Commission adopted a customer protection rule Oct. 30 that includes a compromise on the controversial topic of how futures commission merchants will collect and maintain "residual interest" from their customers.
The rule was proposed in October 2012 in the wake of two large-scale FCM failures that left the firms' customers--many of them small agribusiness depositors--scrambling to recoup more than $1 billion they had on deposit with the financial entities.
The rule was adopted 3-1; Commissioner Scott O'Malia voted against the rule, citing opposition to the compromise on residual interest.
Under the rule, FCMs will be required to maintain residual interest that is at least equal to its customers' aggregate undermargined amounts for the prior trade date. According to a staff document, the rule "shifts[s] the risk of loss in the event of a double default away from customers with excess margin."
In a change from the proposed rule, the residual interest requirement will be phased in over five years, beginning one year after the rule is published. At that time, FCMs will have to hold the required residual interest by 6 p.m. on the next business day after a trade in question rather than "at all times," as proposed.
Commission staff then will report within 30 months of the rule's publication "the practicality" of changing the 6 p.m. deadline, including associated costs and benefits. If the commission decides not to amend the rule, the phase-in period will expire on Dec. 31, 2018, at which time FCMs will have to hold the required residual interest prior to daily settlement with a clearinghouse.
The 6 p.m. compromise was floated by CME Group Inc. (CME) Executive Chairman and President Terrence Duffy at a hearing of the House Agriculture General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee earlier in October. The Futures Industry Association agreed.
O'Malia voted against the rule after commissioners opposed an amendment he offered that would have eliminated the requirement that FCMs hold residual margin at the end of the daily settlement cycle after the five-year phase in. The commissioner said he would have supported the rule if commissioners had accepted his amendment.
O'Malia said his amendment would "not bias the [CFTC staff] study with an outcome that has been previously determined." He reasoned that in five years, the agency would have analyzed the staff data and decided how to proceed.
Among other objections, O'Malia said residual interest rule would be too expensive and would lead to "a drastic increase" in margin funding. Now, "many small agribusiness hedgers will have to consider alternative risk management tools or, even worse, will be forced out of the market,'' according to O'Malia.
CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler had pushed for residual interest to be funded at FCMs "at all times," but said the phase-in period is meant to "smooth implementation." Nevertheless, he said, "[i]t is important that we look very closely at the law and ensure that one customer's funds or property are not used in some way to secure or guarantee other people's accounts."
Commissioner Mark Wetjen said the commission heeded industry concerns that requiring residual interest at all times would be too expensive for FCMs and their customers. "Many contended," he said, "that this would be too high a price to pay when measured against the corresponding benefit of mitigating fellow-customer risks."
He said that the phase-in period was "a critical component" in reaching an agreement to adopt the rule.
For his part, Commissioner Bart Chilton disagreed "that this rule will have the perverse effect of funding customer protections on the back of America's farmers and ranchers. Nothing could be further from the truth." Instead, according to Chilton, the rule will ensure that agribusinesses do not suffer losses in the case of fraud or poor business practices at an FCM.
Meanwhile, the rule also institutes several other new protections. For instance, FCMs must adopt risk management programs that address potential risks related to operations, capital and customer fund segregation. One part of that program will require that customer funds be segregated from the firms' and accounted for separately.
Regulators, including the CFTC and designated self-regulatory organizations, will have daily, electronic access to the segregated accounts. Meanwhile, SROs will be required to conduct their examinations of FCMs "in conformance with relevant auditing standards" established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Also, outside FCM auditors will be required to conduct their audits using PCAOB-promulgated standards and be PCAOB-registered and inspected.
In addition, FCMs will be required to make new disclosures to customers, including information about their business operations, and the general risks involved in futures trading.
Gensler told reporters after the hearing that "we will have failures of financial firms in the future. We haven't repealed the business cycle." However, when they fail, "as they will from time to time," customer funds will be protected, he said.
The rules generally will become effective 60 days after publication. However, some rules will become effective 90 days after that date and some 180 days after. For instance, auditors will not have to be inspected by the PCAOB until Dec. 31, 2015.
Meanwhile, prior to its public meeting, commissioners voted seriatim Oct. 30 to adopt rules on segregation of margin for uncleared swaps, and ownership and control reports. The votes were unanimous.
The uncleared segregation rule requires swap dealers and major swap participants to notify uncleared swaps counterparties of a counterparty's right to have any initial margin held in a segregated account maintained by an independent custodian.
The ownership and control rule requires new, electronic reporting to the commission regarding accounts that surpass certain trading volume thresholds. Staff said the rule will enable it to "more easily identify relationships between trading accounts, special accounts, reportable positions and market activity." It also will help identify high-frequency traders.
At the open meeting, Gensler said he has asked commissioners to be available the second or third week of December to vote on adopting a Volcker rule. He stressed, however, that such a vote might not occur at that time.
Nonetheless, O'Malia complained to Gensler that commissioners still do not have an updated copy of a proposed Volcker rule, which is being marked up by staff at several agencies, inluding the Securities and Exchange Commission and banking regulators. "I will share the document when I think it is appropriate," Gensler said.
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Jeriah's brother, Tobin, is in terrible danger.
He's willingly crossed over to the Otherworld with a hedgewitchnamed Makenna and her legion of goblins. What Tobin doesn't know is that the Otherworld is a perilous dimension thatleeches magic from those who have it—and life from those who don't. In order to save his brother, Jeriah must find a way to open a mystical gate between the worlds.
Searching for the key to rescue Tobin from the clutches of the Otherworld, Jeriah is thrust into a tangled web of politicalintrigue as he uncovers a dangerous secret that could change the fate of an entire kingdom. Now he must get help from the very beings he's been taught to hate—the mischievous goblins. Meanwhile, the clock is ticking for Tobin. . . .
Hilari Bell's enthralling fantasy adventure tests the bonds of magic, love, and loyalty in an unforgettable follow-up to The Goblin Wood that will leave readers breathless as they race to find out what high-stakes consequences await its hero.
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Hilari Bell used to work as a reference librarian, but she now writes science fiction and fantasy for kids and teens from her home base in Denver, Colorado. Hilaris favorite activity is camping, when she spends all her time reading and hiking. She says, Camping is the only time I can get in enough reading. Well, I take that backwhen it comes to reading, theres no such thing as enough.
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"The nuances of politics and the nature of good and evil are well explored in this fantasy sequel. Through Jeriah's eyes, readers learn that immense wrongs are often committed to achieve a greater good."
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**The Midwest League batting hunt is led by Jerry Sands of Great Lakes, currently hitting .366/.443/.720 with 22 walks and 40 strikeouts in 175 at-bats. He's also stolen nine bases in ten attempts. A 25th round pick from Catawba College in 2008, Sands is a big guy at 6-4, 225, hitting from the right side, but scouts say he has some athleticism, a decent outfield glove, and isn't just a slug on the field. He is a bit old for the Midwest League at age 22, and his plate discipline needs some work, but there is enough here for Sands to rate as a legitimate prospect worth tracking.
Maybe the Dodgers will finally call him up.... We can hope, right?


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By Len Kiese - bio | emailSeptember 8, 2008
ALBANY, GA (WALB) - Southwest Georgia's economy is struggling even more than the state and the nation. That's one of the findings of an ongoing study by the Georgia Department of Transportation.
Changes to transportation in the region could help improve the economy. A big possibility would connect Albany with the interstate system. That interstate system is just one of the focuses of the Southwest Georgia Interstate Study. The study aims to improve Southwest Georgia's access to I-185, I-75 and I-10 but the road to those changes will be a long one and will take lots of planning.
The travel center at Highway 300 and Clarke Avenue in Albany is one of the busiest traffic areas in Southwest Georgia. Drivers can head in two directions. "Atlanta, Florida," said driver Otis Davis.
Davis is from Albany and just wishes those trips could be a little easier from here. "In a way it's a little hassle because it's a little slower. I like speed a little bit," said Davis. Speed is just one of the many focuses in a series of transportation meetings in Southwest Georgia.
An interstate study began last Fall to identify the transportation needs in this region. "How well this region including Albany and every part of Southwest Georgia connects to all the interstates including I-75," said Tom McQueen, Branch Chief of GDOT's Office of Planning.
The study is now in Phase 2. So far, much information has been gathered on everything from employment to population in Southwest Georgia. By the year 2040, it's projected that both will make a significant jump.
"Transportation is of the utmost importance to a region like Albany," said Albany Mayor Willie Adams. Adams says transportation-wise, the city needs to be prepared for the future with some major projects.
"Certainly we'd like to see I-185 come through here from Columbus going down to Florida," said Adams. Adams is also pro-rail. The city of Albany is considering an inter-modal transportation hub to handle both buses and trains. He'd love for a rail system to come through the city.
"Our job is to make sure that our politicians and representatives come aboard and we fight for Albany," said Adams. Sheets full of suggestions from South Georgians were recorded at a meeting Monday night. People suggested the state look at widening roads, making a better roadway connection between Georgia military bases and even having more of a consistent speed on routes like Georgia 300. That's good news for Davis.
"Slowing down, speeding up, slowing down then speeding up just burns too much gas, especially on big trucks like these," said Davis.
Only time will tell what changes are made and just how soon.
The study is looking at everything big and small--even how long traffic lights stay red or how often they blink on some state routes. But there could be things the study overlooked. That's why the DOT wants input.
Several more meetings are scheduled before final recommendations are given to the state transportation board. Another meeting will be held in Thomasville on Tuesday. The meeting starts at 5 p.m. at SW Georgia Technical College. On September 15th , a meeting will be held at 5 p.m. at Early County High School in Blakely.
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Ok, I just got back from vacationing in the Gulf of Mexico and I feel reenergized...so reenergized I feel like writing a bit!
It seems that all I hear about is Agile development methodology anymore. User groups and Special Interest Groups (SIGs) have even changed their names to reflect some connection to Agile's methodology, but still I can't help but wonder what the whole Agile movement stems from. If I think back to what I learned in college, my thoughts are drenched from listening over and over about the Waterfall methodology. This was what colleges were training young graduates to use once we hit our first job, but 10+ years ago technology was much different.
Let's talk a little about the Waterfall Methodology. The Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC) was a little bit different then. Development started with Planning and once development of the gathered requirements was finished and the solution was deployed, the lifecycle ended with Maintenance. If changes were needed, well then the lifecycle started over again. Well back then technology was different or should I say harder to develop. There really was not the level of Rapid Application Development (RAD) like there is today. Other than Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions, clients were not as involved with the overall development lifecycle. Business/System analysts were just then making their ways to the front lines because developers were still somewhat tucked in the dark depths of basements, looking for their staplers. Most importantly, we did not have .Net!
Development as a whole has shifted its paradigm beyond just code and flow charts. Developers really benefit from learning the business and what better way to learn the business then to focus on customer needs. More importantly, how do we effectively communicate with customers and clients to show that we understand their needs? Looking at Agile development, you will see that clients are involved from day one till the end. Understanding this concept, developers must anticipate flexibility when architecting solutions. Working close with anyone, you can see how different approaches would be considered. So what does technology today offer to support these agile changes during development? First, consider some of the frameworks used to assist us with development. My favorite is Object Relational Mapping (ORM). This type of framework allows the flexibility to handle ever changing requirements, which are made on a dime. Consider LINQ for data and the Model View Control (MVC) Framework for ASP.Net, and more importantly Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). I cannot tell you the number of changes I have had to make for clients in which WF has been my best friend by consistently supporting how new changes were implemented, and communication, where different protocol handlers would have to be hand crafted.
What does this all mean? Probably that changes clients make are inevitable, and technology has painted a better road map by allowing choices of how to tackle changes quickly and effectively. This does not mean that Agile should be used for all solutions. Agile will probably not work when you are dealing with rather large development teams or with clients in which you have limited communication, visibility, or when clients need a figure based on requirements up front, so they can see how much a solution will affect their budget.
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I also found a great article in this month's Visual Studio Magazine
Looks like invitation for speaking at the Jax Code Camp is still open. This would be a great opportunity if you are trying to become a speaker within your community or if you would like to share your technology passion with others. If you do not want to speak but are interested in attending, register here.
This will be our 4th code camp and this one is extra special because not only will I be speaking at it, other MVP's, local community leaders decided to help sponsor it. Honestly I cannot say I would be where I am today without codecamps, so it feels good to give back to the community not only with knowledge but with a little bit of money too.
My session this year is titled, "Why Workflow Foundation?". I hear from other .Net developers all the time about how WF functionality can be simulated simply by writing .Net code. Well yeah, and I guess I could write my own database interfacing framework as well to simulate ADO.Net! Others seem to think that the learning curve of WF is just too steep. This session will address these questions as well as give a good understanding of how to use WF as a framework.
So if you are not too far, and even if you are, this is going to be a great free event! The main reason this event is going to be good, is because of the effort community leaders are putting into it. Come by and check us out here in the top corner of Florida. Register here
Our Arch SIG is meeting tomorrow and the topic is "Live Mesh and Other Clouds". If you have been reading magazines like Visual Studio and MSDN, you might have read about SSDS(SQL Server Data Services) which is a new concept coming over the horizon. Check out Eugene Chuvyrov as he gives us an overview of this technology concept!
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I just got back word from my buddy Brian, that we were invited back to PASS. This will be my forth year speaking at this conference and even though Brian and I keep the same title of our session, "Hacking SqlServer" every year is diffrent due to new threats and technologies. This means that we are continually implementing new tactics and technologies within our demos to help form opinions within our audiances if certain practices are safe or not. This year I will probably put LINQ to the test for our hacking dual demo and Brian may flash some new features of SQLServer 2008.
Recently I noticed this error, Cannot evaluate property "HasValue" because its target object is null. I did not get it at compilation of my workflow project, but running a workflow application.
I use generic data types whenever possible, and I use the "HasValue" property as well, so when I started getting this error I was not sure where to start looking.
Fortunately, this error means exactly what it says and since I cannot debug to the point where it occurs it probably means it is happening within a WF rule or condition.
Normally if you have code that looks like
if(NewPerson.IsMarried.HasValue && NewPerson.IsMarried.Value == true) it will process fine, however if you use generic data types regularly like me within policy activities you will come across the same error message like above. Fortunately, the way around this issue is to simply use the null condition so that your policy's business rules look similiar to this...
if(NewPerson.IsMarried!=null && NewPerson.IsMarried.Value == true)
The official site for Jacksonville's 2008 Code Camp is up! The actual event is scheduled for August 23, 2008. Check out the site and add suggestions of topics that you are interested in learning more about.
Well, I hope everyone is starting to enjoy the warm weather and the feeling of summer, which reminds me… this summer's first meeting is scheduled June 24, 2008. This meeting will be a little different than any we have had in the past. The plan is to get our group to participate and learn by helping others within the community. I will start off the meeting with some basic architectural concerns/issues that are common within most IT shops, and hopefully this will break the ground for other participants to share their experience and expertise within certain areas.
Please plan on attending this meeting if possible. I would like to have as many participants as possible to cover different topic areas.
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Many thanks to Joe Healy and crew for organizing the community summit we had last weekend. I came down to Orlando, Fl. last Saturday, not sure what to expect, however when I saw the facilities and attendees, I knew that this was going to be a fun weekend. To recap...We were able to use the civic center for the weekend in between the first and second weeks of Teched. It almost felt like we were speaking at Teched, minus a few thousand attendees. However our MS TE's and community leaders did an outstanding job of organizing the event.
Saturday night we had a geek social where our very own Eugene Chuvyrov spun the dance hits. He did a great job of DJing the party and getting things rolling throughout the night. There were some cool games played for play money to buy an XBox 360.
My talk was last Sunday morning at 9 a.m.(probably one of the earliest times I have ever spoke), and I think I pulled around 100 attendees. I did a 1.5 hour presentation on WF, setting the foundation on what to expect for later presentations that followed for 3.0/3.5 services.
Based on some of the feedback I received from speaking, my next couple of blog postings will be focused on answering the questions that were gathered from my session.
Many of us have the unique opportunity of heading to Florida for Tech-ed in the next couple of weeks. One of the most anticipated conferences Microsoft hosts. Unfortunately, like so many others, I will not be able to attend due to client needs. Fortunately though, Microsoft Florida Evangelist, Joe Healy and crew have found an effective way of utilizing the Orlando Convention Center in between Tech-ed tracks. The weekend of June 7-8, 2008, Microsoft Community Summit, Inbetween will come to life with some of the most talented speakers in the region. The best thing about it is this event is FREE. You geeks hearing me out there? If so, click the link and register!
It has been awhile since I have spoken this early in the morning however I have the great opportunity of speaking to the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce's Information Technology Council. My session is on how to gather requirements to encourage software project success. The meeting is Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at FCCJ's Advanced Technology Center, downtown. More information about the council can be found here.
Business Process Management was unheard of a few years ago and overshadowed by Service Oriented Architecture. SOA has changed the way we connect and integrate our systems. However, SOA is only one aspect of developing a modern solution. If SOA is the how then BPM is the why. Join us in a lively discussion of BPM where we'll define BPM, its technology and approaches for adoption.
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Yesterday was my fourth week speaking consecutively for a month straight. These past weeks have been the most grueling while trying to balance my daily work efforts as a consultant, creating new presentation slides and demos while also trying to balance my family life. There have been many nights of staying up late, learning new things and figuring out ways to effectively present on them. Here is a rundown of the past four weeks and where I have been presenting.
Annually I do a lot of Florida code camp presentations but for the end of April into May, I wanted to focus strictly on user groups and special interest groups (SIG). I really did not plan to have all of my presentations run consecutively, however it just seemed to happen that way. I actually had to cancel speaking at the Jax SQL Saturday since I was doing a ton of travelling with work and could not balance the two. April 24, 2008 I had the opportunity to speak in Tallahassee, Fl., at an Architect SIG that had just started up. I did my presentation on gathering and modeling requirements. I was the second speaker after the previous month of Jeff Barnes (MS) priming them up for me. Now I run the Arch SIG in Jax and when I saw around 30+ attendees in Tally I was shocked. I started soul searching trying to figure out what I could do to draw that many to our arch SIG meetings. I mean, these guys were hungry!
The next week, May 1, 2008, I headed back to Tallahassee, Fl. to speak again, except this time it was at the Capital City .Net User Group. I wound up doing a two hour session on Migrating WF. I had originally planned for an hour session, but these guys were even hungrier. Again, I think we had around 30 or so which really fired me up.
The third week, May 7, 2008, I spoke at JaxDUG, right here in my home town of Jacksonville, Fl. This was a special time for me because it was in my own backyard, even though there were not many I knew personally that attended, there is just something special about speaking within your local community. This time I spoke on integrating WF with WCF, however a bit more watered down with different demos that I had planned for my next week's presentation at VSLive. I think we had around 25 which also was exciting.
Now for the best part! VSLive has been and will always be one of my favorite conferences. Being in Orlando, Fl. It makes things even more worth wild, because you can enjoy so many things while you are down there. Yesterday, I did my presentation on Integrating WF with WCF and probably had around 50-75 attendees. One of the main reasons why I think the attendees enjoyed it, was because my demos expressed real world scenarios and none of them blew up! More importantly, there were very few people I saw leave during my presentation. Not that it means people do not enjoy what a presenter is presenting on, but I think it means that the presenter has kept it interesting enough, that attendees are connected with what you are presenting on.
Other than presenting, VSLive was just as fun as if I had just been an attendee. It was a huge rush presenting at it this year and I hope to be back. Everything was top notch and extremely professional. One interesting thing was Crazy Wednesday, a wild event that was hosted by Billy Hollis. Towards the end they needed a panel of speakers to answer questions from the hundreds of developers attending the conference. Billy Hollis was hosting, Rocky Lhotka, Richard Shaw Hale, Walt Ritscher and me made up the panel. It was quite interesting about some of the questions that the attendees came up with however we all had a blast!
I will be heading back to Tallahassee, Fl. tomorrow to speak at the Capital City .Net User Group about WF. I was just there last week speaking at the Architecture SIG on tips for gathering requirements and designing architecture, however this week I will be discussing and demonstrating how to complement existing internal frameworks by migrating to Windows Workflow. My examples will focus on integration with current services, using transactions, implementing policies, persisting and tracking workflows and finally I will wrap up with an example of hosting WF within WCF.
If you are in the Tallahassee, Fl. area, please drop by. You can register here.


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He pleas though he tries, but he's only denied... *Rewritten*4 Reviews
And it all unfolds.
Worry floods into Gerard's chest, crashing and splashing wildly as his stomach clenches uncomfortably. His organs feel braided together; entwined tightly and painfully like loop-de-loops in a roller coaster. His hands lost all sense of feeling a few minutes ago, just after someone tied his hands to the arms of the chair he's sitting in.
As Gerard's thoughts run wild, eyes prickling painfully due to the mace Marty decided to spray at them after he wouldn't cooperate, Gerard budges sightly in his seat, suppressing gasps of pain as rope squeezes his lungs and rib cage. His breathing is labored, his head pounding and spinning all at once.
There's a long, eerie silence...
Until Bob talks.
"Don't scream and don't shout. Don't talk unless spoken to, or I will kill you here and then, without your precious answers. Hear me, fucker?" he asks, his tone teasing and cruel. It's cold, just like a glinting, icy blade through a heart.
Gerard simply nods, not trusting his voice. Despite being in situations where he'd felt a lot more uncomfortable, and been in more pain, Gerard feels like he simply can't do anything. No.. more like he doesn't want to do anything.
Then, from some distance away, comes a gruff, spluttered, "Fuck you.."
It's Frank.
He sounds worn and torn, like he's been beaten to a bloody pulp rather than his usual, pale, radiant self. There's not one, not one measly, shred of joy in his voice.
Bob laughs cruelly. "What? Don't want me talking to your boyfriend like that?" he teases.
Gerard's face is resembling a question mark. It was just a hit on Frank being gay, he thought. That's it, that's all..
Frank says, "Fuck you!" again, but this time it's much quieter.
Gerard ignores everything as his blindfold is taken off his lifeless, hazel eyes and the blackness is shredded. The first thing Gerard notices is the gloom and crookedness of the room. It tilts slightly; it's short, unfitted walls creak and conceal each and every inch of the shack in a gloomy darkness, apart from the short, dim beams of light that creep through the cracks in the wall panels. The floor is warped and damp with blades of dead glass sticking up through gaps.
Then Gerard notices Frank.
He's no longer blindfolded either, but he looks terrible; bruised and beaten, as he slouches over in his chair, wincing in obvious pain. His right arm, the one which Marty broke, looks even more brutal than before. He's got a black eye and swollen lip. In other words; he's not a pretty sight.
"F-fuck! Are you okay, Frank? You look shit!" Gerard asks frantically, forgetting Bob's warning, forgetting their situation, forgetting his life. He just worries about his friend; the one person who never judged him.
Frank smirks weakly and nods. Blood pours out his nose. "Such soft hands.." he mumbles wearily.
Gerard smiles. He's still able to crack a joke, at least..
"Shut it!" Bob snaps from behind Gerard.
The rope around Gerard's middle tightens suddenly and as he gaps for air, his blood rushing up to his face. Thick panic starts to suffocate him and as his eyelids grow heavy, he groans involuntarily, airily, his chest heaving as he struggles to breathe. Then, just as quickly as it was tightened, it loosens as Bob chuckles devilishly from behind Gerard.
"So weak!" He grins, rushing around the front of Gerard's chair with Marty.
"W-what do you want?!" Gerard asks, still panting and gasping for air as his ribs throb in pain.
Bob smiles sardonically, and as he began to talk, Gerard thinks he has never seen him look so crazy. "It's simple," Bob starts.
Marty nods from beside him.
"You want answers?" Bob asks, almost teasingly. He doen't wait for a reply. "Well here's your answers!" Bob begins to pace back and fourth, then stops and looks to a broken, bloody Frank. "You remember I told you, when you came to talk to me, just why Gerard's so famous?"
"Yeah. What the fuck does that have to do with anything?!" Frank snarls.
Bob growls in warning at him and continues with the story. "It matters because Gerard didn't do any of those things! I did them! He didn't rape and kill those girls! We framed him! He's a nice man... but he's not honest. Not at all." His head jerks to Gerard, pure, almost passionate, hate burning in his eyes. "You're a liar!" he barks.
Gerard finds himself edging further into his seat, eyes bulging outward. "I don't know what I've done wrong!" he exclaims innocently, yet fiercely.
Bob laughs and crouches in front of Gerard. "Of course you don't. So I'll spell it out for you.."
From somewhere across the room, Marty shouts, "Just get on with it!"
Bob shoots up and shakes his head, not turning away from Gerard, but not glaring at him anymore, either. "No! He deserves answers!"
"He deserves nothing!" Marty snaps back, stomping up to them both and shooting dagger-eyes at Gerard. "I don't care if we framed him for your crimes; he deserves nothing."
Frank, now almost lying in his chair, no matter how his restraints hold him up, grunts.
"Y-you.. You framed me? You let me hate myself for years, never knowing what the hell I did wrong, never even able to understand?" Gerard asks meekly. Rage builds up in his chest, almost imploding and bursting through the skin, pushing all his worry and sorrow and panic aside. "How the FUCK could you do that to someone?!" he shouts.
Bob and Marty's grins look identical as Bob crouches back down in front of Gerard's bound body. "That was the point; to let you rot in jail for years.. until we could brake you to your last bone. Besides, you, of all people, know not to judge someone before you hear their story. Not even in your thoughts."
"You should hear my thoughts now.." Gerard mumbles. If he could, he'd cross his arms and moan about life for another half an hour, and what a fuck Bob was, but he can't. Truthfully, he just wants answers.
Bob doesn't hear him. "You see, Gerard, you haven't always been this.. gracious or observant. Especially not about other people's feelings." Bob stands back up and stretches his back, pacing whilst he glares viciously at nothing. "It was six years ago, one of the years you don't remember, and you, Gerard, were on a downwards spiral. Drugs, alcohol, pills.. Everything and anything you could get your hands on, you'd do. To say you were Depressed would be an understatement.
We were all there for you. Me, Mikey, Donna, Ray.. Well, until he was put in prison. But we were. That was until, all those years ago, you seriously fucked up our lives." His icy blue eyes, still raw with hate, stare at Gerard coldly. "Do you know, truthfully, why Ray was in jail?"
Gerard, almost loosing his voice, nods. "He said he murdered."
Bob laughs, a mean, tantalizing laugh. "The only person he murdered was himself. He wrecked himself. After what you did.." Bob shakes his head, the hate in his eyes burning fiercely. "He died inside. Killed his soul. Shut out the world. No, Ray was in there because he was insane. He turned insane. He always carried around a gun for self-defense. When I went round one day, with my friend to pick up some things, he shot us. I almost died, and my friend actually did die. Ray was admitted into prison. When he left, he wasn't a free man. He's now rotting away in Bluestone's institute for the criminality insane."
A ball of regret and self-loathing swirls in Gerard's stomach, increasing his sense of ghastly nausea. Not Ray. He couldn't.. he seemed so normal. Gerard destroyed him? Gerard knew him before prison? What? Maybe we both forgot each other, thinks Gerard. Maybe because he killed himself inside, he screwed up his memory, too. Like me..
Gerard doesn't know how right his thoughts are.
"What did I do?" he asks weakly.
Bob sneers sardonically. "All those years ago, on that one night, where you stabbed your friend's and family's hearts, you were drunk. More drunk than we had ever seen you. You had a fight with Mikey over your booze and drug addictions and stormed out. Mikey, Ray, Donna and I went looking for you. And that's where Frank comes in." Bob stares at Frank. "Frank, what were you doing six years ago?" he asks, faking innocence.
Frank looks at Bob questioningly. "You know I was wasting away on alcohol," he replies weakly, almost spluttering the sentence.
Bob nods and grins unethically. "You were. And on that same night Mikey and Gerard fought, you decided to get drunk. Very, very drunk. Then, when we went looking for Gerard, who did we find sitting next to him in a booth, practically in his lap, both drunk out of their minds?"
Frank's and Gerard's eyes simultaneously widen in horror.
"Yes. You, Frank. Practically shoving beer bottles down Gerard's throat. Along with your tongue." Bob rolls his eyes then looks back to Gerard, the hate reigniting.
Marty's laughing slightly as she watches from the other end of the room.
"We tried to rip you away from each other. Tried to reason with you both, tried to help you both. Offered a ride. When you wouldn't cooperate, Mikey, Ray and I went to grab you both. They didn't know who you were, Frank, but they seemed fine with helping to get you home as long as I knew you." Bob doesn't look to Frank. "And then," Bob laughs sadly, "You both ran out the front. I don't know how you got away, Gerard's car was missing so we could only presume.. but you both disappeared.
When we received a call from Valkyrie, Gerard and Mikey's cousin, saying she'd found you outside her house, you can just imagine our relief. I can still feel it; the relief. We were worried sick."
Marty growls. "Enough!" she hisses.
Bob holds up a hand and ignores her. "Then Valkyrie starting panicking; we couldn't hear her clearly. She wasn't talking in the phone. She was talking to you two." Bob pauses and stares vacantly into space, then blinks and returns to reality. "When we got round to the house, still on the phone to Val, she screamed. And we all saw it.
Valkyrie was friends with my daughter, Jamie. The two were with each other on that night.. along with Donna's sister and your grandma 'Elena."
Gerard shakes his head. He doesn't want to hear it. He doesn't need to hear it. He's heard enough, he's heard enough..
Bob stares at Gerard, upholding a devoid look, and you can practically see his heart break through his eyes. The anger in them disappears and is replaced with a deep, gnawing sorrow that eats at the icy blueness of his eyes. "They were fifteen. They were both fifteen when we watched as you, two drunken idiots, got in the car and tried to drive off. But you drove into the house. It's miraculous you two lived." Tears are building in Bob's eyes as he speaks, a hard edge to his voice. "You two were so wasted, so idiotic. But guess who had to pay? Jamie, Valkyrie, Donna's sister, and your grandma, 'Elena. They had to pay the blood price you skipped out on. You lived. You don't deserve to live, either of you. Where the fuck was your sense? You killed four people; two of which were fifteen.
I didn't know how you could fucking live with yourselves. Everyday you shrugged it off like.. like you didn't just stamp on all our hearts.." The anger flares back into Bob's eyes and roars to life; it's so intense, even Gerard can feel it. "Can you two live knowing the truth now, though? Or will you get on your knees, wasting to an end of pitiless piles of dirt, begging for me to jam a dagger in your throats?"
Tears make trails down Gerard's face. "I didn't kill them, I couldn't, I couldn't.. It wasn't me!" he sobs, shuddering as he slouches over in his chair, his heart twisting and breaking, cracking and bashing.. Someone's slashed a Machete through his heart and left it to bleed; drowning him in sorrow and letting it leak out of his eyes, never to repair.
"You did!" Bob bellowed. "You did it! Admit it! WE SAW IT. You did it!"
Gerard's heart plummets through his stomach, entwining with the uncomfortable knot of regret. Regret can only mean one thing..
And that means it's true. It must be. He did it. They did it.
"Oh god.." Gerard whispers, bile rising in his throat. "I deserve to be in Prison for that.. I.. I didn't.." Gerard retches once, twice, before throwing his guts up on the floor next to him.
Bob cringes and holds a steady glare on Gerard, before shaking his head. "You didn't go in prison for that. No one saw it fit; you were put on Community Service and sent to Alcoholics Anonymous. Frank disappeared after the incident.. he didn't even know it happened. No, you're in prison because you were found guilty of raping and killing eight year olds. They were killed by someone cutting through them and ripping out their hearts. I course I actually did it, I had too. You deserved it. You needed to rot in prison until we could break you."
Bob looks over to a very green-looking Frank. "What's the matter? You can blow up hostages but you can't deal with the sick truth?"
Frank simply squeezes his eyes shut and shakes his head once.
Bob looks back to Gerard as he spits, "You're sick! You're fucked up! Mentally ill!"
Bob shrugs. "Maybe so, but I didn't kill my family."
Martu growls from the other side of the room, muttering, "We're not fucking crazy.. we're not fucking crazy. No way.. no way.."
Bob continues. "As I said, you didn't go in prison for the car crash. After the funeral, which was held in this very forest, Jenifer and I devised a plan."
Forest. The forest I've been dreaming about... thinks Gerard. Yes, because in my dream, after I dug, I revealed a pair of eyes. Piercing, blue eyes. Ones just like Bob's.
Frank's voice brings Gerard back to reality. "Jenifer?" Frank asks weakly, eyes fluttering open.
Bob growls under his breath. "Jennifer is Marty's real name, she's the mother of Jamie. So you can imagine why we'd want revenge.
We said we'd get our revenge and we will. We framed you for the violating and murdering of those little girls, Gerard. We pinned the blame on you. It was pretty easy. And when you were put into prison and slowly lost your mind, we decided it was time. But then Frank came, and we decided we'd drag him into the plot, too. Because he was just as guilty.
Marty told you about Frank in prison, and naturally, you became friends. Just like that night at the bar. After that things were easy; we got you a hospital run, and we got you two here. In the forest."
Gerard feels pulled apart; like his heart and soul are laid out on a table in front of him and he has to chose which he wants to keep. He's clearly already lost his mind and conscience. "W-well.. you have us. So what now? You're going to kill us?"
Bob and Jennifer share a look full of pure hatred and despair, obviously aimed at Gerard, and they grin, just as Marty pulls open a door.
Frank gasps.
"No," Bob starts. "We're going to kill him."
And then he points.
He points to something that stabs at Gerard's heart and soul repetitively, ripping them to shreds and feeding them to a bloodthirsty tiger. He wouldn't need to chose whether to keep his heart or soul now; they're both gone.
"No.." Gerard whispers, tears rolling down his face as he stares at Mikey."You can't.. you wont.." His heart strings are Bob's to command; like a puppet on a string. "You're friends with Mikey, you're.. you can't!" Gerard sobs.
Bob shrugs, as if murdering someone is the most nonchalant thing to do. "You'll be surprised what loosing your daughter can do to you," he replies soullessly. And then, he aims the gun to Mikey's head.
Now all Gerard can do is watch.
He can only watch as Bob pulls the trigger.
He can only watch as Mikey's terrified face drops.
He can only watch as blood seeps through the hole in Mikey's head.
He can only watch as Mikey's head lolls back, and his eyes freeze.
He can only watch as scarlet blood soaks Mikey's hair.
He can only watch as Mikey's body falls limp.
He can only watch his own heart break.
And then there's nothing left.
Gerard stifles a sob as his eyes glue to Mikey; his dead brother. The invisible barrier around Gerard's ears prevents him from hearing anything; Bob's laugh, Jennifer's cackle, Frank's shouts and cries.
Until the gun is pressed to Frank's temple.
"NO!" Gerard sobs. "No, stop, please.."
Bob removes the gun and grins. "I knew that'd get your attention."
Bob plays a nasty puppeteer; always puling on each heart string, always tricking Gerard, always hurting Gerard.. always framing Gerard.
Frank sits up straight, almost, and smiles weakly, reassuringly. "You'll be okay, Gerard," he mumbles.
Gerard shakes his head; a single drop of grief wells up from the corner of his eyes and suddenly, the dam brakes. Hot torrents of sorrow course down his pale face, hair getting caught in their trails, his racking, heart-retching sobs lost in the high winds of echoing sadness that tears at his soul. The black bags under his eyes look even more horrible due to his broken expression, and as he hunches over, weeping, he slams his eyes closed.
But suddenly, Frank starts spluttering and coughing, gasping for air as he tries to clutch his chest, but failing due to the restraints.
Gerard stares at him wide-eyed. "Frank?" he asks, tears still rappidly running down his face.
Frank's coughing grows dryer, more painful.
The remains Gerard's heart crack with each cough. "Frank?!" Gerard repeats frantically.
The coughing suddenly stops. And then, without a moments notice, Frank's body falls limp.
A sob crackles from Gerard's throat, but there's no tears. "W-What've you done?" he asks weakly.
Jennifer answers with a smirk, "Antifreeze. Kills you slowly, horribly. It's fatal." She picks up a transparent bag from behind Frank's chair, which evidently used to hold Antifreeze, and plucks a needle from Frank's neck, which filtered the drug into Frank's body. Gerard only just notices it.
Then Gerard realizes how vulnerable he now is. How his soul is shattered, how his heart is stamped on, how emotions are pouring out of him all at once. He really is naked; a wailing, blithering, heart-blistered mess for the world to see.
"What d-did you do? H-how could you? Y-you're crazy!" Gerard whimpers under his breath, head slouching downwards, eyes plastered closed.
Bob smirks devilishly and releases Gerard's binds around his waist and wrists. "Have fun in jail, fucker," he whispers mockingly.
Gerard doesn't even move as Bob shoots the gun, twice, then him and Marty fall to the floor in a bloody heap.
And then, as the sirens of police cars can be heard, and the frantic shouting of officers, one thought can't escape Gerard's mind.
It should have been me.
Here's an explanation if you still don't get it, and I think I'm going to write an epilogue:
It's kinda simple; they just wanted him to die inside, then completely destroy him by taking away someone he cared about, which was Mikey. But he became friend's with Frank, so they decided they'd take him away, too. Frank was also part of the plot, so they thought it better if he suffered, too. So they killed him slowly using Antifreeze.
Their reason? Gerard and Frank were drunk and killed 4 people; one of which was Jamie, Bob and Marty's (well, Jennifer's) daughter.
It screwed them up mentally, both suffering with a strong mental collapse, PTSD and they basically both went crazy. They desperately wanted revenge, so they framed Gerard, claiming he killed people. In a very brutal way.
And not just any people, little girls. Raped then killed.
Yeah, they were sick.
So Gerard's left suffering and letting himself die more than he already has for the rest of his days, Bob and Marty are dead and no longer have to suffer, Frank died a long a painful death, and Mikey died.
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Q: What size Cannula does VERSALOK fit down?
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