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Hello Everybody it's me again bringing you another story! This is is after Saints Row:The Third but a lot different then my other one. It's two year after. The main character is a female instead in this one. I'll provide a picture so you can see her. This one isn't as futuristic as the other one so don't expect any super crazy s**t beyond normal means. *Never mind about the picture it seems the Deckers decided to hack the site lol. Hopefully Kinzie can kick their ass :D I'll just explain what she looks like instead. She is a little taller then Shaundi but not taller then Angel. Around Pierce's height. She has black hair and blue eyes. She is fit but not muscular. Once the character page comes back up I'll add a link.*Saints Row: The QuartetChapter 1:Bad Dreams, Old Enemies *We start out above a bed. The background is all black. On the bed is the boss. She is asleep and then wakes up.*"Uh, where am I?" She questioned getting up to see where she was.Everything around her was pitch black but strangely she could see the bed and herself."What the hell is this?" She said out loud.A light began to shine in front of her about 100 feet away. She walked over to it. Every step she took we hear a loud clack from her bad girl boots. She arrived at the light. It was so alluring she decided to touch it. It bobbed away and she followed it. It stopped and showed an image. We see the scene where her and Lin where shot and put in the back of the car and thrown in to the river."No not again..... Not this again...." The boss said trying to block the images out. It was no use.Another appeared only this time it showed Carlos right when she put a bullet in his head."Please stop!" The boss said. She had bent down to one knee now trying to block the images out but she couldn't. No matter how hard she plugged her ears or shook her head they wouldn't stop.Finally we see a image of Johnny in the plane. He's in the corner of the room and we here a click. His guns was out of ammo. There where Five syndicate guards aiming at him one of them says, "Any last words b***h?"Gat throws the gun on the floor and takes three steps forward. He uses both hands to flip them off and then says, "Ya go f**k yourselves."The five guards unleash hell upon Johnny. We can see bullets riddle his body as he jerks from the impacts. The firing pushed him to the wall and he slowly fell down against it letting out a low uuuhhh.. as he died.Then the light disappears. The boss is now on her knees and hands. She was crying. She couldn't take seeing her friends die. As if that wasn't enough the Ghosts of the three started circling her calling her all kinds of names from c**t to b***h to betrayer. There where so many voices going off at once she couldn't take it."I'm sorry! Please leave me alone! If I could of changed the past I would of! Please leave me alone!!" She said yelling to the black sky. We then hear devil laughfter as the blackness zooms to a place that we assume is hell. We see a man who looks like Satan."What do we have here? Another Saint to add to the fire?" He said.We can see the three burning in an eternal flame. They reach up trying to grab the ledge but fail every time."No please no!" The boss said.The devil smiled and by some mystical force threw her down in to the pit. She screamed as she fell. Before she hit the fire she actually woke up in her real bed. The boss jumped to a sitting position gasping for air. Her right hand was on her chest where her heart was. It was beating really fast. She was sweating profusely and breathing very fast."It was just a nightmare." She thought.She got up out of bed and went to the bathroom. She looked at the clock. It was 2:37 in the morning. The same time her and Shaundi jumped out of the plane after hearing Johnny get shot on the intercom..... She thought.In the bathroom she turned on the light and went over to the sink. Her hair was a mess. Her eyes where bloodshot and her body was pale.I've got to make these nightmares stop. They're tearing me apart. She thought. She turned the sink on and splashed some water in her face. After turning the faucet off she sighed and went to the window. Outside was the city of Stilwater. She had Purgatory turned in to a skyscraper hotel and she was in the Penthouse. We could see streets below still busy with traffic this early in the morning.Reminds me of the city that never sleeps. She thought. She then walked back over to the bed. This was a bad day for her. Not only where the nightmares getting worse but this was the same exact day Johnny died.She got in to the bed and covered up trying to sleep it off.Hopefully I can get some sleep now. I'm going to need it to deal with later. She thought.The screen fades to black. ----Later that day around 7 am----The boss woke up. After the nightmare had happened she didn't have any more problems and had a good rest. She got up out of bed and went to the bathroom. She turned the shower on. She then took her panties and bra off stepping in to the shower. It was a little warmer then usual but it helped her relax. After showering for about twenty minutes she hopped out and dried off. She went over to the sink brushed her teeth, put on eyeliner and did her hair up like Southern Belle. As she left the bathroom there was a knock at the bedroom entrance door."Who is it?" The boss inquired."It's Shaundi are you ready yet?" Shaundi asked."Almost I need to get dressed." She told Shaundi.She decided to wear her South beach aviators. The rims where purple and the lenses black. She wore a black and purple track top combo, her purple and black golfer pants, and her bad girl boots. The straps where purple. She also wore two diamond studs one in each ear and fake nails with two rings. Both rings where gold and one had a purple diamond. The nails where purple. She was done dressing. She made her way to the door but she almost forgot something. The boss made her way over to the chest at the end of her bed. She opened it up and pulled out a picture. It was her and Gat back in the day in front of the old church. A single tear left her eye as she put the picture in her pocket and closed the chest. She was about to leave but she had also forgot her phone and customized Kobra.Can't go without those. Never know what will happen. She thought. She made her way over to the bed side table and picked her phone up pocketing it. She then opened up a Mahogany case. Inside was her Kobra. It was gold with tribal lines going down the barrel. The tribal lines where purple. The grip was black and the hammer was chrome. On the grip left side it said Emma which was her name in White. On the right side grip it had the Saint angel from the sub level of Purgatory. Emma put the gun in her pants where she could reach it quickly and closed the case. She made her way for the door. She opened the door to find everybody else who was with her ready. The People here where Shaundi and Pierce. The others had stayed in Steelport to run it while Emma was in Stilwater. They would arrive shortly at the cemetery.Both Shaundi and Pierce got up from the couch and walked over."All right lets go pay our respects then." Emma said.They both nodded and they went for the elevator. ----Later at the cemetery----Everybody had gathered around Johnny's grave. It was raining slightly. Some of them where weeping others where just silent. Each of them took turns putting flowers on the grave until it was Emma's turn. She walked over and fell to her knees and hands and started crying out loud. We can hear Shaundi and Pierce telling everybody else to back up and give Emma some room. Emma punched the ground then said in a low sad voice."I've let so many people die for myself and the gang. They didn't deserve this. None of them did. I'm sorry Lin, Aisha, Carlos, and especially you Johnny...... I've already honored your wishes and hope this brings you peace in death. We left Ultor after we took out the Syndicate. You where right Johnny..... You where right...... we should of never joined up with them in the first place. All it did was cause trouble. No more though. No more will we be media wh**es to the world. I never got a chance to tell you how I felt.... It's funny I already knew you where with Aisha but I still loved you. I'm so sorry Johnny forgive me...."She cried some more and then put the picture which was now in a case leaning against the tombstone. She got up rubbed her eyes with her sleave and walked over to the gang. We see what Johnny's tombstone reads."Here lies Johnny Gat. The baddest Mother F***er the world ever knew." RIP was in the middle of the tombstone. At the bottom was his date of birth and death. The screen fades to black. ---Somewhere in an unknown location---*We are in a room looking across a table. We see Kill bane on the left and Cyrus on the right. They are sitting in a chair and have their backs to us watching a T.V. The T.V is showing satellite footage of the Saints at the Stilwater cemetery. They both turn in their chairs and look at the camera.They both ask, "Now?" The camera turns and we see Dex he is smoking a cigarette and has some whiskey in his other hand."Now." Dex says pushing a button on the table and smiling evilly. The screen fades to black. End chapter OneWooh ya the beginning of my new story. This one is going to be a little more personal then my other one and a little more serious. Dex is just as much as an ***hole in this one as in the other one. What do you think? I'll be honest about this to I actually started weeping a bit (Like 3 tears) when I was typing the cemetery scene.
I love it. It's quite a darker Saints Row, but that's a good thing really. I can't wait to read more buddy.
Ya like I said Dex is an ***hole. Wait until you see what happens.
Here is chapter 2!
Chapter Two: No rest for a Saint
*We are back at the cemetery everybody is talking about random things. Pierce is talking about how his music business was going. (They left Ultor but some of them still run their own business's.) Angel went back in to wrestling, Shaundi still runs her show but it's not about her anymore. It's about random families and how the Saints either helped or didn't help them. The two families then discuss the issue. (Kind of like family feud except it's not asking for questions.) Kinzie along with Oleg run a computer business and an arcade as well. One of the attractions is see if you can wrestle Oleg to the ground. Nobody has done it yet. Z runs a brothel business across both Steelport and Stilwater. Viola runs a business based around the Saints economics trade and their money. The Boss doesn't have a business but she is the CEO of all their business's.*
We see Angel walk over to the Emma. Emma is closer to the gang now but she is still looking over at Johnny's grave.
"Sooner or later we're going to have to leave Emma. We can't stay here all day." Angel told her.
"I know just give me a few more minutes." Emma said.
Angel walked up next to her.
"Look I know you miss Johnny but he's been gone for two years let it go. We still need to find where Killbane is." Angel said.
Emma was quiet. We can see her left hand ball up in to a fist. She was becoming angry.
"Is that all you care about your petty f***ng revenge?! You didn't know Johnny like I did. He was around since the beginning when I joined the Saints! Don't you f***ing dare tell me to just let it go! If you knew him like I did you would shut your mouth and be standing here just like I am. We made our choice and it cost us a lot of friends. I can handle Lin, Aisha, and Carlos. Those where out of my hands but Johnny's death was my fault for being arrogant." Emma told him in anger.
"Your right I didn't know him as well as you did. Maybe if you didn't join Ultor and become media wh**es he would still be here. You should of listened to him but you ignored it just like you ignored going after Killbane." Angel said.
That made Emma explode.
"What the hell did you just say?!" She yelled at him.
Angel backed up a little bit.
"You f***ing b***ard! I don't leave my Saints to die! Don't you think I f***ing know that now?! I can't sleep at all anymore because of this s**t! At least I have a f***ing heart and grieve for lost ones. All you have been doing for the past two f***ing years is worry about getting Killbane back! You're d**n straight I let him go! I'm not going to let some bulls**t idea of revenge cloud my judgement!" Emma yelled at him. Everybody was looking at them both.
"Not what it looks like to me. You left Johnny to die on the Syndicate plane. What makes us any different then that confrontation." Angel told her.
That made her blow up. She yelled in anger and tackled Angel. He was caught by surprise and she had him on the ground. She started punching him in the face until somebody dragged her off him.
"Let me go! I'll kill that Son of a b***h!" Emma yelled. Pierce and Shaundi had pulled her off Angel. Angel stood back up brushing himself off. Emma had made his nose bleed but other then that he was fine.
"It seems you and I aren't so different after all Emma. That is the fire I use to go after Killbane. Your fire is the loss of friends." Angel told her.
Emma stopped struggling. And just stared at him.
"You're telling me you planned this entire thing?" Emma questioned.
Angel nodded yes then said, "Revenge is a powerful tool if you know how to control it. I was testing you to see if you still had that drive. You've grown soft over the years. I think Ultor did more damage then you first believed. If you where fully hellbent on going after your enemies I would have more then just a bloody nose." Angel told her.
Emma looked at the ground then back up. She looked at everybody who had gathered around.
"Do you believe this is true as well?" She asked all of them.
They all looked at each other then each of them nodded yes.
"I f***ing knew it. Everybody is against me." Emma said and walked off in frustration. She got in to her Black and Purple Blade. She had left the door open. Shaundi started walking to catch up to her but Pierce stopped her shaking his head no.
"Let her go Shaundi. She needs to think this over." Pierce told her.
They all looked at her sitting in her Blade.
How dare Angel call her soft! She was just as hard as she was back when they killed Vogel. Johnny and Angel where right though. Joining Ultor was a mistake. A mistake that cost her a dear friend and possible a lover. She was thinking things over when some Criminals, N-Forcers, and Masako bears busted through the cemetery wall. They looked different though. They where all black with the Ultor symbol on them. They began opening fire on the Saints.
Emma dove out of the car barely avoiding a laser to the head. She took out her Kobra. The other gang members made a dash for any cover they could find. The firing stopped.
"Come out with your hands up and you won't be harmed." We hear somebody say over a loud speaker.
Bulls**t. Emma thought. If that was true they wouldn't of opened fire on them in the first place. While ducked down she made her way to the back door and opened it up. In the back seat was an annihilator and grenades. She had a few rockets laying around as well. She took a couple of grenades and picked up the annihilator.
Time to give these guys a piece. Emma thought. She made her way to the back fender and readied the Annihilator. After taking a deep breath she stood up turned and fired at the closest vehicle. The rocket streaked through the air and impacted on the Criminal blowing it up. They started opening fire again. She ducked. The other gang members where taking pot shots from their cover. They dropped a few of the guards who where outside their vehicles. Emma reloaded the annihilator when one of the bears drove up right next to her. She dropped the annihilator and took out her Kobra. The bears door opened up revealing a Masako team who wore pitch black gear and had the Ultor symbol on the chest. Emma wasted no time and opened fire on them as they tried to leave the bear. Her Kobra had special ammo .45 rounds. The round was like a hollow tip and was armor piercing. When it hit something it would explode sending tiny shrapnel pieces outwards. The guards screamed from pain as each one fell from the shots. After about five of them the bear was empty.
Emma ran up to the bear picking up an AR-57 prototype from one of the dead guards. It looked different. The barrel was larger then normal. (something like this www.google.com/imgres?q=M4+Fully+upgrade...)
It must carry a heavier round. Emma thought. She tested this theory by shooting a few rounds at the attacking forces. The gun kicked a lot but was stable enough to fire in full automatic. One of the rounds impacted a what looked like a Luchadore. He fell down in pain as the bullet impacted. It left a large hole where it had entered.
Oh ya definitely larger. Emma thought.
Wasting no time she hopped in to the Bear and took the driver's seat. She gunned it to where the Saints where hiding.
"Get in!" She yelled over the loud speaker. All of them got in except Viola and Oleg. Viola was know where to be found. She turned the bear around and started moving slowly towards the attackers. Oleg was behind the bear using it as protection from the bullets. The other saints fired from side windows on the bear. This bear was somewhat longer and larger then the past ones. Kinzie was controlling the turret and had deadly efficiency with it mowing down guard after guard.
"d**n girl where did you learn to shoot like that?!" Pierce questioned.
"Video games." Kinzie said blowing up and N-Forcer with the mini-gun.
"Less talking more shooting." Emma said.
After about ten minutes all the guards where dead. Emma and the gang got out of the Bear.
"Who the hell are these guys and why do they have the Ultor symbol?" Emma questioned. She kicked one of the dead guards.
"I don't know but we f***ed their s**t up for sure!" Pierce said.
We then see a Stag armor guy come out from behind one of the N-Forcers and make a run for it. Emma took out her Kobra and fired at him hitting his leg. We hear him scream from the impact as he hits the ground.
"We're about to find out." Emma said walking over to the guard who was crawling away. She turned him over and shoved the barrel of the Kobra to his forehead.
"Who the f**k are you?" Emma questioned.
"I'm just a soldier please don't kill me!" He said.
Emma pistol whipped him across the face then asked again only with more anger.
"I'll ask again and don't f**k with me. WHO ARE YOU!" Emma said in anger. She pushed the barrel with more pressure in to his forehead.
"I'm with Dex's army! He sent us to deal with you and the Saints when you where gathered here! Please don't kill me!" He said in a scared voice.
Emma pulled the trigger and stood up.
"Sorry no refunds." She remarked.
Kinzie walked up and asked, "Who's Dex?"
Emma looked at her then said, "A name I wish I had to never hear again." Emma looked around and noticed Viola was gone. "Where's Viola?"
Everybody looked around but they all shrugged her shoulders.
"Oh well she'll probably head back to Purgatory anyways." Emma said. She looked over to her Blade. It was pocketed full of holes and was smoking. It then caught fire and blew up with more force then usual because of the rockets and grenades.
"D**n that was my favorite car to." Emma said.
She hopped back in the Bear followed by everybody except Kinzie and Oleg. Kinzie ran over to one of the untouched criminals and got in. She hot wired it with her computer. Oleg hopped in the back. They waited for the boss to leave first and they followed. They where heading back to Purgatory.
---Meanwhile in that undisclosed location from before---
We see Dex, Cyrus, and Killbane. They are watching the satellite images. Killbane and Cyrus look at Dex with oh s**t faces. Dex doesn't seem worried.
"No worries friends it's all part of the plan." Dex says. He spins in his chair and smiles evilly. The camera turns so we can see what he is smiling about. On their knees we can see Viola and Johnny. They both had their hands behind their backs. Johnny had a look of rage in his eyes. Viola had the same look.
"You won't get away with this!" Viola said. A Guard came over and slapped her. She began to cry.
"Dex tell your guards to leave the girl alone. If they want to beat up on somebody then beat up on me." Johnny said.
The guard happily obliged and walked over to him. He whipped him with his rifle then punched him in the gut.
The camera turns back to Dex.
"I think when the Saints get back to HQ They're going to find Steelport is ours and that their bank accounts have been depleted." Dex says.
We can now see Matt behind Viola and Johnny. He is being held at gunpoint and he looks very scared. He is clutching his laptop. Dex takes a sip from his whiskey as the screen fades to black.
---End chapter Two---
Dex you evil b***ard. How will Emma react when she hears about this? Tune in to find out in chapter three! I'm going to go type the next chapter for the other story now lol.
Attacking during a funeral? Dex you motherf*cking piece of sh!t! Imma gonna whip yo black ass and rip your nuts off with a claw hammer, but I digress. Great chapter man. I also see the AR-57 made an appearance in your story too (but my AR-57's based off the G36-C) One question though, how does Gat live?
Jan 24, 2012 -- 6:17PM, Destroyer4292 wrote:Attacking during a funeral? Dex you motherf*cking piece of sh!t! Imma gonna whip yo black ass and rip your nuts off with a claw hammer, but I digress. Great chapter man. I also see the AR-57 made an appearance in your story too (but my AR-57's based off the G36-C) One question though, how does Gat live?
Aha! That you'll have to figure out later :P The earlier part was a nightmare. They didn't know what happened to him because all they heard was gunshots in the intercom. Her mind made something up trying to figure out wtf happened. It's not a funeral just a visitation.
Still it's utterly disrespectful to attack someone in their weakest moment. That's why I can't wait to see Emma kick the sh*t out of Dex.
Jan 24, 2012 -- 6:26PM, Destroyer4292 wrote:Still it's utterly disrespectful to attack someone in their weakest moment. That's why I can't wait to see Emma kick the sh*t out of Dex.
Oh there will be some ass kicking my friend. A lot of it lol. Dex isn't just going to get it from Emma either oh no but Johnny and ehem Troy (that's right he's returning) are as well. None of them are to happy with Dex and what he did to the Saints and what he is going to do. >:) Lets just say at the end Dex is going to hate his life lol.
Hey everybody they finally have the character page back up! Here is what Emma looks like! www.saintsrow.com/community/characters/d... Her normal hairstyle is lopsided. She just put on all the other stuff for the visitation to the cemetery.
Here is chapter 3!
Chapter 3: Unprovoked Attack
*We are at Purgatory back in Emma's room. She is asleep. It is night time. She spent all yesterday explaining who Dex was to the people who didn't know.*
Emma woke up in her dream. Everything was pitch black this time. She couldn't move but she could tell she was just standing there. Suddenly a light turns on in front of her. Somebody is standing in the light. It's Johnny. He turns to her and smiles. Then the picture jumps back to the plane we see Johnny again this time in the cockpit. He says, "Right on I'll see you back in Stilwater." The radio gets shot up during the Stilwater part. Johnny turns around and unloads on the syndicate guard. Emma wakes up in her bed.
That was weird.... I've never had a dream like that before. She thought. Emma looked at her phone. It was 2:37 am. The same time as last time. She put the phone down and went back to sleep.
-----Later that day-----
Emma woke up and went to the closest putting on what she normally wore. This time she fixed her hair in the lopsided style. She grabbed her phone and Kobra and headed for the bedroom door. When she left her bedroom she can see most of the gang still crashed out around the room. The only other one up was Shaundi. Shaundi was on the balcony overlooking Stilwater. Emma walked up next to her putting her hands on the railing.
"I take it Viola hasn't showed up yet?" She asked.
Shaundi shook her head no. That meant something had happened.
"We better start looking for her then. Say what's up with you? Usually your one of the last people to get up." Emma said.
Shaundi didn't say anything for a while then she said, "I miss him Emma. I try to hide it but it got to me this morning. Two years and I'm still not over that he is gone."
Emma looked down to the city streets. Then she said, "Don't worry Shaundi we all miss him just as much. I knew him since the beginning. You know how hard it is to accept he's gone?"
Shaundi didn't say anything then she sighed and said, "Call it a woman's intuition but I get the feeling you liked him more then just as a friend." She looked at Emma. Emma looked at her.
"Is it that obvious?" Emma asked.
Shaundi shook her head no then said, "I saw the way you looked at him as we left the room in the plane. It yelled out I love you. I just never brought it up because it might open up old wounds."
Emma said, "It's ok Shaundi. Don't tell anyone else though. Everybody thinks I've gone soft. I'll admit it maybe a little but I'm still that tough b***h who killed Vogel all those years ago."
Shaundi chuckled, "Oh I know you are. I think Angel is just jealous that you tackled his ass and gave him a bloody nose."
"I would of broken it but then I would of messed up that pretty face of his and I don't think his agents would like that to much especially on picture day."
They both cracked up laughing.
"All right enough joking let's get to work to find out where Viola is." Emma told her.
They both walked in to the living room from the balcony. Emma said quietly to Shaundi, "Watch this. Works every time."
She went over to the T.V and speakers. She turned the tv on then muted it. After muting it she put on track 10 and cranked the volume all the way up.
"You might want to plug your ears." Emma told Shaundi.
Shaundi plugs her ears. Emma push's play then un mutes the stereo. She then plugs her ears. After five seconds a bunch of war sounds and gunfire start blaring in to the room. Everybody who was asleep jumps awake and takes cover behind whatever they can find. Emma turns the sound down and the track off and starts laughing her ass off along with Shaundi.
"Not cool." We hear Pierce say. His usually black skin is a whiter color then normal. It then comes back to normal.
Emma walks up in front of all of them smiling then she says, "Now that I have all of your attention we need to discuss the whereabouts of Viola. Has anybody seen or heard from her?"
Everybody looks around and shakes there heads no.
Emma was about to say something when a special tv broadcast comes on.
*The tune plays then it shows Viola sitting in a chair. Next to her is Johnny and Matt. Behind them is Dex,Cyrus, and Killbane.*
"Hello citizens of Steelport and Stilwater. I come before you today on this occasion to tell you something. That would be I have taken over Steelport and Ultor. No Saint is welcome in Steelport. Any Saint found in Steelport will be shot on site. Now for a more personal agenda. Viola would you please tell the audience who you are?" Dex says.
Viola shakes her head no. Killbane comes up and slap her. She starts crying then says, "I'm the Saints Financial adviser!"
"Now you." Dex says pointing to Matt.
"I'm the former leader of the deckers and world renown computer hacker." Matt said in a scared voice.
"And everybody knows who you are but let them know anyways." Dex said pointing to Johnny.
"Hi I'm Johnny Gat. The guy behind me will be in a lot of pain shortly. See I plan to stick my foot up his ass!" Johnny said.
Killbane came over to him and punched him in the gut knocking the wind out of him for a second.
"Sorry about that viewers Mr. Gat is a little eccentric sometimes." Dex said.
"F**k you Dex. You where always a p***y." Johnny said.
Dex sighed and rubbed his eyes with one hand then said, "Please remove Mr. Gat Killbane. He's being more trouble then he's worth right now."
Killbane bowed his head to Dex and dragged Johnny off who was firing insults left and right until we can't hear him anymore.
"Yet again I apologize. Now to the business at hand. You see I plan to ruin the Saints emotionally, physically, and financially. Viola please tell the world the Saints bank account numbers." Dex said.
Viola shook her head no. A guard came over cocked his gun and pointed it at her head. She changed her mind and the Saints numbers appeared at the bottom of the screen. There amount in bank was in the hundred millions. Once this information came up the number started going down very rapidly as people used the numbers to get the Saints money.
"Now Mr.Miller please lock out the Saints from accessing those numbers to security lock them." Dex said.
Matt typed on his computer and did just that. Emma tried accessing her bank account on her phone but it wouldn't go through.
"Thank you. Now guards drag these two off to the brig please. I may need them later." Dex said. Two guards came over. Before they are dragged off we can here Viola yell, "I'm sorry I had no choice." The guard slapped her and dragged her off.
"Now here comes my favorite part. Mr. Temple if you would take the spotlight for a second." Dex said to him. Dex stepped back and Cyrus stepped up.
"Thank you Dex." He clears his throat, "If you would please change the camera feed to channel two." The camera feed changes, "As you can see one of our snipers has a birds eye view on the Saints leader right now. All I do is push this button. "We hear a click, " That sniper now has permission to fire!"
Emma dove but it was to late. The bullet impacted her shoulder and sent her to the ground she got up holding her shoulder. We can hear Cyrus laughing and he says, "Run all you like. We have the building surrounded!" Emma yelled for everybody to get the hell out of here and she would cover them. They did just that and ran for the basement to get in whatever they could use to get away. Emma ran to her room to get some grenades and came back out. She took cover behind the kitchen counter top Kobra ready in her un hurt side. Moments later a Masako team repelled through the balcony windows first throwing in flashbangs. Emma waited a couple seconds popped out and fired. She hit one of them right between the eyes and he dropped. The other 4 started firing at her position. We can hear VTOL's hovering just outside the Balcony windows. The door to the hallway opens up and in comes a Luchadore. He sees Emma and she puts a bullet in his head. He drops followed by yelling behind him saying she is in there!
Emma pulls a pin from one of the grenades and throws it in to the hallway. We here somebody yell, "S**T!" then the grenade blows up followed by screaming. nobody else came through the door. There where still the 4 to deal with inside the room. She peeked out of cover to see were they where. This is followed by a bullet hitting the ground next to her.
To close. She thought. Two of them where on the left the other two on the right.
She pulled another pin on a grenade and tossed it over the counter. It explodes. After the explosions she gets up rolls over the counter and takes cover behind a wall opening to the left. Two of the guards died by the grenade the other two are moving towards her. She blind fired two rounds. They both miss. This is followed by the two Masako firing rounds back at her. One ends up bouncing off a wall and impacting her leg. She grunts from the pain. She tries to stand up but the round in her leg was to painful to walk on. She pulled herself up and fired at the two Masako. She dropped them both. She got up hopping on one leg while dragging the other she started to make her way to the center of the room when the VTOLs opened fired on the room. One of the rockets blew up next to her and sent her flying. Her vision was blurred and her hearing was gone from the explosion. The VTOL's kept firing until the roof caved in covering Emma in rubble. She started to black out. The last things she remembered was seeing that Johnny and Viola where alive after that the part of her dream with Johnny smiling at her was stuck in her head before she blacked out.
----End chapter 3----
Oh no what happened to Emma? Will she be ok? What about Dex completely destroying everything they had? Does Dex think he has won? Tune in to find out in chapter 4!


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September 1, 2012
Kitties, Lindy Hopping, and Bathtub Gin
In May, Lollypop Farm in Rochester, NY hosted The Great Catsby, a Jazz Age-themed fundraiser that enabled hepcats to raise $40,000 to help the shelter's real cats (and dogs and rabbits and horses).
September 1, 2012
Going the Distance for Cats
Catnip Acres serves as a way station—and a spay station—for homeless kitties in Pennsylvania. The group has spayed and neutered over 4,000 cats since opening an on-site surgical suite in 2010.
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The loss to Sonnen snapped a streak of four consecutive wins, leaving "The Count" with very few options from a matchmaking standpoint. Most of the mid to lower tier fighters he's already beat, while a majority of the A-listers are currently tied up with other contenders.
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The bomb-dropping "Barbarian," who was battered across two rounds at UFC 144 by muscular middleweight Yushin Okami, hulked-up prior to the start of the final fame and came out with a live-action Dragon Smash, scrambling the brains of the Japanese juggernaut and snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.
So what's he got planned for an encore? Boetsch breaks it down for Full Contact Fighter, after the jump.
"I've done interviews where they'll say I'm known for being a grinder, wearing people out, and I've had to remind them that sure, my last two wins at middleweight went to decision, but before that I won most of my fights by TKO and finishing guys. This isn't anything new, my power certainly hasn't gone away; I feel like I'm hitting harder now than I was at light heavyweight. I think that maybe people had forgotten that I can stop people with my hands. I'd like to think my next fight will be against whoever's next in line to determine who will face the winner of the Anderson Silva, Chael Sonnen fight. Definitely I'd like to take on a top three fighter; I want that fight, I want to take them out. (Michael) Bisping's name has been on my agenda for a long time. Even back when we were at light heavyweight he was someone I wanted to fight. I think he did a heck of a job against Chael and he's certainly up there as a contender…It will be interesting to see who they come with, and whoever they do, I'll be ready."
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We are in Oxford in the 1660s — a time, and place, of great intellectual, scientific, religious and political ferment. Robert Grove, a fellow of New College is found dead in suspicious circumstances. A young woman is accused of his murder. We hear about the events surrounding his death from four witnesses: Marco da Cola, a Venetian Catholic intent on claiming credit for the invention of blood transfusion; Jack Prescott, the son of a supposed traitor to the Royalist cause determined to vindicate his father; John Wallis, chief cryptographer to both Cromwell and Charles II, a mathematician, theologican and inveterate plotter; and Anthony Wood, the famous Oxford antiquary. Each witness tells their version of what happened. Only one reveals the extraordinary truth.
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The Canon 50mm ƒ/1.8 II – considered the "best value" lens by many reviewers all over the internet. It is probably the most-owned lens amongst Canon's offerings because it's well… cheap. Real cheap. I picked this little guy up to replace the one I had. Back in college a friend picked my camera bag up off of the backseat of my car with the back unzipped and a lot of my stuff fell out. Fortunately my 70-200 ƒ/4.0L rolled out onto the backseat and my flash did the same. However, my 50mm ƒ/1.8 II fell to the street and plop – the front element popped out of the body of the lens. I put it back together later in my room and it seemed ok, but I realized the next time I went out with it that the autofocus would jam after a little turning. That, and the element would pop out if you rotated the lens. Oh boy.
So, years later I have another one. I already have the 50mm ƒ/1.4 USM so many people are probably wondering why I've got the ƒ/1.8 II as well after picking up the ƒ/1.4! It's simple really – I had a gift card for Amazon (only like $10) and the lens is $100 free shipping with my Prime account. So, I picked it up as an alternative to higher dollar lenses should I want to go out some place where I might want to bring less expensive-looking optics. That, and it's kind of a reminiscent piece given mine broke (not due to my own doing and all) a long while back. Another convenience about having it is that my 35mm film body (Canon Elan 7NE) had the 50mm ƒ/1.4 USM on it when I set i t up in my Pelican Case. But, without the lens on, the camera fits loosely in the compartment and flops around. So, I can leave the ƒ/1.8 on and all is secure.
I had to write up some instructions for a photography station at work and as part of that process I had to provide pictures of the setup. I used the 50mm ƒ/1.8 II to provide wider angle shots of the station which was fun because it reminded me of my first DSLR and my former 50mm ƒ/1.8 II and how simple my setup was back then. I set the lens to ƒ/1.8 and fired off a shot showing the station in focus but the background out of focus:
This lens is so easy to make things "look good" with the wide aperture and relatively sharp output (for what it is!). When you view images from this lens its hard to believe that the lens costs so little. I have never used the 50mm ƒ/1.8 original version but I understand that it performs about the same as the II but has better construction. Compared to the 50mm ƒ/1.4 USM, the ƒ/1.8 is cheaply made, light, small, and relatively "toyish" – heck, the lens mount itself is plastic! If that doesn't convey cheap, then you won't find a single issue with this lens. The 50mm ƒ/1.8 I, which performs almost identically to the ƒ/1.8 II but the first version is metal with a metal lens mount. Of course the 50mm ƒ/1.4 USM offers great build quality including a metal lens mount and beefier focusing ring. The ƒ/1.8 II doesn't really feel like a real lens, comparatively. But, if you put all of that aside then the thing performs amazingly:
So, like almost all review sites, I figured I'd show what the biggest difference is between the ƒ/1.8 vs ƒ/1.4 aside from a slightly larger aperture. The biggest optical flaw of the ƒ/1.8 is that it produces some of the harshest bokeh of all. The 50mm ƒ/1.8 II has curved aperture blades however it only has 5 of them. So, when taking a picture with a subject in the foreground, the highlights behind the scene will exhibit very hard, 5-sided polygonal bokeh balls. This is not an issue with the lens wide-open at ƒ/1.8 because the aperture blades are cleanly tucked away, but as you stop the lens down to gain more sharpness (given this lens isn't that sharp at ƒ/1.8) and depth of field, you will notice the harsh bokeh. Here are the 50mm ƒ/1.8 II aperture blades at ƒ/8.0:
The 50mm ƒ/1.4 USM also has curved aperture blades but has 3 more for a total of 8 blades. The result is that any highlight bokeh balls in the background of an image produced with the 50mm ƒ/1.4 USM will demonstrate a much smoother bokeh. The smoothness of bokeh can be attributed to both the ƒ/1.4 maximum aperture as well as the additional blades. In geometry class you learned that if you drew tangential lines around the circumference of a circle, you could in theory draw a perfect circle (with infinite lines). But, since we cannot have infinite aperture blades, we deal with what we're given – the 8 blades do not form a perfect circle stopped down to ƒ/8.0 as can be seen above, but at slightly wider apertures (ƒ/1.8 – 4.0 for instance) the aperture still provides relatively round, smooth bokeh highlights:
If you desire the look of smooth, completely round bokeh highlights throughout all apertures and want a 50mm lens then your only option from Canon is the 50mm ƒ/1.2L USM. However, that lens is now retailing at around $1,550 USD – a huge leap above the ƒ/1.8 at $100, and the ƒ/1.4 at $379. Of course, the 50mm ƒ/1.2L performs great, even if it isn't very sharp, but we all know that and expect that from a professional L-series lens with a huge price tag. The 50mm ƒ/1.4 and 50mm ƒ/1.8 trump it in value, weight, and being inconspicuous. That said, I want to follow this brief review/article up with some example photos at various apertures to show bokeh highlights.
The photo set below are from the 50mm ƒ/1.8 and 50mm ƒ/1.4. I will shoot each lens as wide as they go, then offer the following image from the opposite lens. Since the 50mm ƒ/1.8 cannot shoot at ƒ/1.4, I will start with the 50mm ƒ/1.4 at it's widest aperture:
It is fairly easy to see the differences here even if you aren't a photography expert. As the aperture number (f-number) goes up, the aperture opening size goes down, the blades close, the roundness is lost, and the background detail becomes more in focus and as a result more harsh in appearance. I feel that people would agree unanimously that shooting these lenses with an aperture of ƒ/8 or smaller will result in a rather distracting background highlights. But, I suppose that one would expect that to happen with almost any lens. Wide angle lenses, though, tend to simple render the background as a sharp, detailed scene compared to longer normal and telephoto lenses which render them still out of focus but busy.
This isn't mean to encourage or discourage the purchase of one lens over the other but rather to show the potential in a $100 lens (even if it is cheap-feeling and completely plastic), while also showing that the mid-range 50mm lens offers better build quality but also better optical quality especially in the bokeh department. Other things like sharpness at varying apertures, flare control, vignetting, contrast, etc., are all improved when using the 50mm ƒ/1.4 USM over the ƒ/1.8 II, but all in all, the ƒ/1.8 II is a very good performing lens especially given how little it costs.


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This is an article that I wrote on August 23rd, 2011 before the season started. I thought it had been lost in Cyberspace. Luckily (maybe not for you) I found the unpublished "Draft" in my draft box. I didn't even know that I had a draft box or that all the stuff I write on here is saved. Needless to say I'm not very savvy when it comes to computers.
Anyway, the reason I'm posting this now is the reason I was gonna post it back then...........I'm new to the community (just joined in August) and I sort of wanted to let you all know that I'm not just some bandwagon or fair-weather fan that decided to crash your party.
I wanted to let you all know (and not because I don't have a life) that I have lived and died (figuratively) with this team since I was 6 years old. And that I've "earned my stripes" by living an existence similar to that of a Bi-Polar maniac .
Up... when the Bengals do good to fairly well. & and terribly depressed when they (well you know) don't.
Most of all............I've been deprived from having any kind of Interaction with anyone, (maybe for good reason) when it came to the Bengals. And except for the ridicule and abuse that I've suffered at the hands of non-bengal fans, it's not been much fun (Ha hA ha).
Anyway, I Promise I'll keep future Posts' much Shorter in the future (really).
I guess, I'm just excited (to the dismay of all who have to endure reading this) to finally find the home (Bengal-Nation) that I've been seeking for most of my life. A place where only "my kind" can understand, empathize, and hopefully celebrate for many years to come.
A place sort of like.................................................................................The Island of "mis-fit" toy's.
PS. Any Bengal fan, anywhere near South Florida (Fort Lauderdale). My public e-mail can be found by clicking on my name (I never knew that). Feel free to give me a shout. There could be worse things than having a friend in Florida.
I was born in Cincy. (Parents moved me away when I was a little cub). I am 48 yrs. old and have been a massive BENGAL fan (trapped in South Florida) for 42 yrs!! I was @ the 59 below wind chill game against San Diego. I cried at both Super Bowls (In Person). I have lived in Florida, New York, California, Spain, Thailand, Romania and Amsterdam and have PROUDLY worn my "Bengal Gear" every Sunday (I mean every Sunday) since I was 6 yrs old.
Yes, I have been ridiculed most every Sunday. But like w/ Family, you have to be Loyal, and I always stood up to the abuse and ridicule from other fans knowing that I'm proud to be a Bengal, a Loyal stand-up guy. A Real fan (not fair-weather). The 1st year they changed over to Stripes I had a Black Toyota Supra and I ended up painting Orange Tiger Stripes all over that Car. It could have been a very long and abusive situation for me that year, But I Believed !! and instead got rewarded with one of the most memorable "Super Bowl" appearances ever!
Basement dwellers the previous season, I Drove my Supra in Winter time from Florida to Michigan to Root my team on. Down 20-0 @ the Half, I couldn't have been prouder than to see my team respond the way they did in the second half (a 26-20 loss).
Seven years later (again, basement dwellers the previous season) I was @ home in Florida and from my seats at the "Super Bowl" I could see in the distance the "City of Miami" burning down (riots in Overtown) as I watched one of the most thrilling "Super Bowls" ever !! and with out the most dominating nose- tackle Bengal fans had ever seen in "Tim Krumrie" (as ugly as Theisman's injury) . We were 34 seconds away from pulling it off (a 20-16 loss).
I had just won 10k (bengals covered) and was crying like a baby because of the Loss. I would have gladly given up the money to a 49'er, for the win and our place in history as a "Super Bowl" champion. But never the less, I couldn't have been prouder to be a Bengal (win or lose) that day.
In "05" (3rd place the previous season) against rival Pittsburgh, when Carson went down on the 2nd play of the game ( I cried again) but couldn't have been prouder to be a member of the "Black and Orange" .
In "09" (3rd place the previous season) with a top-ranked defense that eventually was decimated by injuries by the end of the season ( the Jets playoff game) , I was still proud of the effort and heart they showed that year, in sweeping and winning the division
I'm not delusional when I believe that after finishing in the basement again last year , We in my opinion, have a good shot of winning the "Wild-Card" this year (maybe the Division) . Why Not ?? History shows that almost every time we expect nothing from our Cat's , the "Universe" seems to smile on them and surprise us.
What else am I to believe (with the promise and hope of a brand new season) except that ?? Why all the Negativity ? Why not collectively and optimistically believe that we'll catch some fortunate bounces throughout the season ? Why ( in the name of realism) do so many "FANS" choose to throw in the towel before the season's even begun ?
We have a very young and hungry group of guy's who deserve our loyalty along with our belief that they can and will win! Belief is funny that way (It's contagious). How many times in sports history have you seen a young and hungry bunch (who didn't know any better) expect to win and did!! How many times in history have you seen those signs with the slogan "DO YOU BELIEVE ?"
Why can't it happen to us ? (It's a rhetorical question people). The Bottom line is this.............I am a "BENGAL FAN" and for me to believe anything less than the best (mixed in w/some luck) would make me an apprehensive, fair-weather, sittin on the fence, critical kind of fan. I'd rather let all those other 31 Team's fans know (from the top of my lungs or from the stripes on my car) that I expect my team (somehow) to have a magical season.
After all, Isn't that what our team believes ? (I really believe a "Wild Card" is in the works this year. BUT NO MATTER WHAT THE HELL HAPPENS THIS YEAR......................What you guy's have to realize is that we Root for "A TEAM" and the "TEAM " that I have been watching in my Bengals Gear every Sunday for 42 years, The Team that I have cried for (and with), have always done the best they can with what they have to work with. They practice very hard and go through Blood, Sweat and Tears because they believe !!
MIKE BROWN IS NOT MY TEAM !! (talk about tears). The 53 players who line-up every year, The 53 who face ridicule and harrasment from not only the rest of the league, but from some, if not most of their own fans.
The 53 who have nothing to do with Management decisions .
Those 53 are "MY TEAM" and call me crazy , but I will never be ANYTHING BUT PROUD than to be a "BENGAL".
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New York City History Day
Sunday, March 23, 2014
About History Day
The Frederick A.O. Schwarz Children's Center invites your students to participate in New York City History Day on Sunday, March 23, 2014. New York City History Day is an education program that engages students in grades 6-12 in the discovery and interpretation of historical topics. By participating in History Day, students can research topics related to the annual theme and can express themselves creatively through various formats such as exhibit boards, documentaries, websites, papers, and performances.
The History Day methodology supports teachers and schools as they work towards aligning curriculum and instructional priorities with Common Core Standards demonstrated through College and Career Ready student performance tasks. Read the report of how and where NHD aligns with the Common Core Standards here.
National History Day was awarded the prestigious 2011 National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama. Read more about it here.
Generous support for New York City History Day is provided by Susan and Roy Glaser, and the Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation.
History Day 2014
"Rights and Responsibilities in History"
Explore this year's National History Day theme by becoming a fan of the City Museum's Education facebook page. Each week, the page will feature a new primary source relating to "Rights and Responsibilities in History" from the City Museum's Collections Portal.
Important Dates
- Celebration and Launch: Monday, October 21, 2013; 4:30-6:30 pm
- Registration Deadline: February 14, 2014
- NYC History Day Competition: Sunday March 23, 2014
- New York State History Day: April 2014
- National History Day: June 15-19, 2014
Getting Started
Start preparing for New York City History Day 2014! Use the links below to learn about the theme, rules and categories.
Contest Day
History Day was a great success!Did you participate in the 2014 competition? Check out the winners and complete an evaluation.
Have a student or child interested in participating in New York City History Day? Join us for the following workshops for parents and educators.
Informational Workshops
Thursday September 19 or 26, or November 21, 4:30 - 6:30 pm
Review the step-by-step process for creating a project, look at examples of projects in various categories and review evaluation criteria for projects.
Content Workshop
Thursday, November 7, 4:30-6:30 pm
Learn how to implement the History Day methodology in the classroom through content based workshops. Using primary and secondary sources from the Museum's exhibitions, participants will learn the step-by-step process for creating a History Day project.
"Creating an Entry" Workshops (*students may attend)
Thursday, December 12, 4:30-6:30 pm: Documentaries and Exhibit Boards
Tuesday, December 17, 4:30-6:30 pm: Websites and Performances
Learn how to create a documentary, exhibit board, historical performance, or website. Meet with professional exhibition designers, website creators and script writers to draw out best practices for crafting History Day entries.
Five Borough Workshops
Interested in learning about New York City History Day in your own neighborhood? Call 917.492.3410 to find out more about workshops taking place through the five boroughs this fall.
Student Workshops
Students can view projects from the 2013 New York City History Day program. Classes will have the opportunity to examine students' thesis statements and use of primary and secondary sources, learn about additional History Day categories, and find out how to participate in the 2014 New York City History Day competition. Call 917.492.3410 for more information.
Educator and Student Resources
Sample Student Work
- 2013 Sample Junior Historical Paper 1
- 2013 Sample Junior Historical Paper 2
- National History Day Sample Student Work
- New York State History Day Sample Student Work
Past Winners
If you would like to receive more information about New York City History Day, please contact Stephanie Dueño, New York City History Day Coordinator at email@example.com or call 917.492.3410


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By Cory Fechner on Sep 26, 2011 in Outdoors
The fall colors season is upon us. Be sure to get out and check out your favorite places around area to enjoy the changing of the season colors. It has been reported that it will be a great year and I have already noticed some pretty vivid changes taking place.
I also recommend you snap a photo or two of some fall colors when you are out and about and post them here on PDD.


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St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford is officially listed as doubtful for his team's Week 15 game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Bradford watched the Rams practice on Friday while wearing a walking boot on his sprained left ankle. According to the team, Bradford has not officially been ruled out, but head coach Steve Spagnuolo acknowledged that it would be a stretch for Bradford to play this week.
Bradford suffered a high ankle sprain in October, which caused him to miss two games that month, including a Week 8 upset over the New Orleans Saints. The nagging injury refuses to go away, thanks in part to a Rams' offensive line decimated with injuries and disappointing play.
The Rams decided to play Bradford last week, even after he missed all but one practice leading up to the game. The second-year quarterback re-aggravated the injury in a Monday night thrashing by the Seahawks in Week 14. With just three games left to play, there is already talk about whether or not the Rams should shut Bradford down for the season.
Kellen Clemens worked with the first team again in Friday's practice, and will make the start this week in Bradford's place. The Rams acquired Clemens prior to their Week 14 game on Monday. Clemens was released by the Houston Texans prior to joining the Rams. Clemens has not started a regular season game since 2009.
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Universal's holiday celebrations begin Friday, Dec. 3, and run through Jan. 1. This marks the 10th year that balloons from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade have made appearances at the park. The nightly event will include a specially designed float to salute the milestone and end with a tree-lighting ceremony with Santa Claus. The parade step-off time varies, but usually is around 5 p.m. The Mannheim Steamroller concerts will follow the parade on Dec. 3, 4, 10, 11, 17 and 18 at the park's Music Plaza.
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Next door at Islands of Adventure, Grinchmas with various Whos from Who-ville will run throughout the days. There will be multiple performances of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," which includes a Mannheim Steamroller soundtrack.
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An obsessed Taylor Swift fan was charged with trespassing after he allegedly swam up to her beach home at Watch Hill, TMZ reported.
Police told TMZ that a 22-year-old man from Chicago was taken into custody after he admitted to swimming up to the beach in front of Swift's home at about 2 a.m. Wednesday.
The man was later identified in a Westerly police report as Lucas Vorsteveld.
According to the police report, a Westerly police officer found Vorsteveld walking on Lighthouse Road, which is private.
The officer asked what he was doing on the road and Vorsteveld told police that he was just out for a walk, and that he didn't have a residence in town.
According to TMZ, the man told police he had just completed a swim, in which he intended to meet the country music star.
Sources told TMZ, Vorsteveld told police he swam all the way to Swift's house, but saw her security team and decided to swim back where he came from.
According to the police report, Vorsteveld was taken to the police department and released on a summons to appear in District Court on May 24.
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Kitesurfer rescued with a broken leg
11:59am Monday 18th March 2013 in News
A KITESURFER sustained a broken leg after losing control on Shoebury Common.
The RNLI search and rescue hovercraft was launched at 11.20am on Sunday to reports of an injured man who had been kitesurfing.
He was found about half a mile off the shore at Shoebury Common.
The 29 year old man was ferried safely ashore to Shoebury Common slipway, where he was transferred to Southend Coastguard's facility to be given medical assistance by the volunteer crew and a paramedic while waiting for an ambulance.
An air ambulance was sent to the scene but was stood down as a land ambulance arrived.
The man was taken to Southend Hospital with a suspected broken leg and hypothermia.
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Many Americans become casual fans of soccer when the FIFA World Cup rolls around. Still, there's a lot about the sport that they don't get. For starters, what's up with some of the team nicknames? Here are five of the strangest:
Netherlands: Clockwork Orange
So are their fans not hooligans, but droogies? Are they forced to watch the games with their eyes propped open and someone dripping saline solution into them at regular intervals? Are they prone to "ultra violence" after a tough loss? Could they have picked a creepier movie to name themselves after? Maybe Eraserheads was taken.
Germany: Die Mannschaft
It doesn't take a multi-linguist to figure out that this nickname used by non German-speaking media means "the manshaft" in English. It was just a matter of time before a major sports team was named for a dick. Imagine the headline if the Germans win: Penis Envy. And let's not get into what their mascot must look like.
Denmark: Olsens Elleve
In English that means "Olsen's Eleven," Olsen being head coach Morten Olsen. With a name like that you almost expect George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and company to come running onto the pitch. Probably best if they stick with Danish Dynamite, which doesn't invoke the image of a bunch of Hollywood pretty boys (or worse, these two):
Australia: Socceroos
Okay, they're trying to make a connection to the self-contained continent's indigenous, pouched animal. But it's impossible for the rest of us to avoid making the connection to the Underoos brand of children's underwear. Although if the Aussies picked the right superhero, that could make for some pretty bitchin' unis.
Ivory Coast: Elephants
Considering that the poaching of pachyderms for their tusks is a huge problem in Africa, an African nation that once was the center of the ivory trade adopting the nickname "elephants" for its soccer team seems a little, well, insensitive. It's not like any U.S. sports teams reference America's checkered past by using caricatures of Native Americans in their logos. Oh wait…


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A wonderful Dean. She is intresting and makes you think critically. Do the work and she will grade fairly. She cares about her students even when semester is over. (Dr. DeLongoria took time to write a letter for grad school). Truly the best.
she is fair and understanding, she gives a film to critique and a paper due for the end of the semester, she also gives a great guide for her midterm n final. and may even give an INC if you are honest to her.
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The U.S. National Science Foundation showed its support for research data per se in a press release about the Research Data Alliance (RDA). The RDA is a new organization with an open structure–still not heavily populated yet–for researchers and data professionals to come together in comment boards and occasional face-to-face meetings. When it finally gets going it should be a nice complement to IASSIST.
Archive for the 'Data: The new information resource' Category
A new product, Tesserae (described in HASTAC), "aims to provide a flexible and robust web interface for exploring intertextual parallels." Texts (such as books or plays or poem cycles) become grist for analysis–the meanings and implications, not the character sequence or word count.
Its start is with classical authors (Plautus, Ovid, Catullus, Vergil, Horace), but it is expanding to English prose.
This is another good example of what digital humanities (DH) are, in that understanding texts for their language and thought expression (as opposed to phenomena described in words) is a core concern of humanistic scholarship.
What is noteworthy, especially from the point of view of finding crossover points or ways in which the humanities can open new windows of analysis of science, is the concern over copyright. As soon as text becomes data, it brings along issues of copyright. Of course experimental data can be copyrighted as well, but that is either liable to be waived, or the level of concern over originality and remuneration is likely to be lower than in artistic or literary communication. As DH grows, scientists, clinicians, and social scientists can learn to address issues they consider "supporting" or outside their disciplines, and can award such problems the attention they deserve, since their colleagues in the humanities are supplying the expertise.
Jer Thorp, Data Artist in Residence at the New York Times, develops data visualizations answering humanistic questions (modeling sharing, questions during conversations, looking for narrative structures, laying out names in a 9/11 memorial according to relationships among the people). By creating "human contexts" for primitive data points (latitude and longitude of landing in New York for the first time, where one met one's girlfriend, etc.), he attempts to bring more participants into "dialogs" about the data points (or chains of events or consequences), which, by widening the scope of additional viewpoints, can enhance creativity or at least address needs or mitigate hazards (by giving data stories, or creating empathy). In a TED Talk, he invokes the role of artists and poets to work at the convergence of science, art, and design, add meanings and promote a deeper relation between humans and data. OpenPaths, a site for uploading and sharing (thus "owning") one's own location data, is an example.
Medical informatics has been around for decades, and with the rise of data availability and interest, it is natural that there would be a "medical flavor" to data files and stewardship. There doesn't seem to be a society dedicated to it yet, but there is an annual conference, now in its second year, the Meaningful Use of Complex Medical Data Symposium. Programs include not only clinical models for decisionmaking (a long-standing instance of medical informatics, including performance measurement by comparison to protocols, now informed by data as well as expert opinion), but also mechanisms for collaboration and crowdsourcing.
The sciences have led the data revolution because of their very nature, and the humanities' "data" started out as mostly collections of digital creative works; but there are legitimate "pure data" endeavors that are exclusive (mostly) of science. The Council on Library and Information Resources has just released a report, "One Culture. Computationally Intensive Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences: A Report on the Experiences of First Respondents to the Digging Into Data Challenge," based on interviews of recipients of grants through the Digging into Data program, led by the NEH, who partnered with JISC in the UK, SSHRC in Canada, and NSF. The table of contents, listing the cases studied, is informative:
- Introduction
- Using Zotero and TAPOR on the Old Bailey Proceedings: Data Mining with Criminal Intent (DMCI)
- Digging into the Enlightenment: Mapping the Republic of Letters
- Towards Dynamic Variorum Editions (DVE)
- Mining a Year of Speech
- Harvesting Speech Datasets for Linguistic Research on the Web
- Structural Analysis of Large Amounts of Music Information (SALAMI)
- Digging into Image Data to Answer Authorship Related Questions (DID-ARQ)
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Pop. Soda. Cola. No matter what you call soft drinks, they are among the unhealthiest beverages in this country. Sugar-sweetened soft drinks have been linked with coronary artery disease and its risk factors, including obesity, high blood lipid levels, hypertension, and diabetes. And although low-calorie sodas have not been extensively studied, there's new information that sugar-sweetened and diet soft drinks alike may increase the risk of stroke (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, May 2012).
The finding comes from an analysis of two long-term studies, the Nurses' Health Study, which began in 1976 with 121,700 women, and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study, which started in 1986 with 51,529 men. Every few years, participants in both studies complete questionnaires about their health and diet. This allows researchers to see relationships between food choices and medical conditions that arise over time.
In this study, researchers looked at the number and type of strokes that occurred over a 22- to 28-year period. They compared this information with the consumption of low-calorie caffeinated colas, caffeine-free colas, other low-calorie soft drinks and their sugar-sweetened counterparts. All findings were adjusted for factors that might influence stroke risk, such as vegetable and red meat intake, smoking, hormone replacement therapy, age, parental history of heart attack and stroke, and exercise.
What they found was a red flag: Sugar-sweetened and diet soft drinks alike were associated with a higher risk of stroke, particularly in women. The more sugar-sweetened soft drinks the women drank, the higher their risk of ischemic stroke. Even more alarming was the significant risk of hemorrhagic stroke with increasing amounts of diet soda consumed.
The number of hemorrhagic strokes that occurred in men was too small to draw a comparison with soda consumption.
The questionnaires also asked about consumption of other beverages, and here there is some good news: Coffee was associated with a 9% to 13% lower risk of stroke and skim milk with an 11% lower risk than soft drinks. Tea and orange juice were also safer, but the comparison was not as dramatic.
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(WMC-TV) - It is Athletic Director Tom Bowen's first year on the job at the University of Memphis. Things could be tense for Bowen Thursday because of a few connections he has to Saint Mary's.
A.D. Bowen watched from the sidelines Wednesday as the Tigers got their first practice in before the big game against the Saint Mary's Gaels. He was employed by the college for five years.
"It will be an interesting match-up for their style of play versus our style of play," said Bowen.
His employment at the school is not the only connection he has to the Gaels.
"I got married there 22 years ago. My wife's an alum," he said.
These connections could make for an interesting few days for Bowen during the NCAA tournament. But does not want fans to worry.
"My wife is an alum, but it's pretty set, 'Go Tigers Go,'" he said.
Despite his excitement for Saint Mary's and their success, Bowen is loyal as the University of Memphis' new athletic director.
"I think being in the dance, being in the NCAA tournament, it's a wonderful thing for Saint Mary's College. It's an amazing thing for University of Memphis. We've had a wonderful year," he said.
It is a wonderful year he hopes will continue after a win on Thursday.
"I think people will enjoy it," he continued. "I think it will be a very interesting game. If you're a basketball fan, you'll enjoy it for sure."
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The victims were identified as Glen W. Nolt, 48, and his sons, Kelvin R. Nolt, 18, and Cleason S. Nolt, 14, all of the 900 block of Goshen Mill Road in Peach Bottom.
The three were reported missing Wednesday night at a large dairy farm in Kennedyville, Md., which is between Elkton and Chestertown, on the east side of the Chesapeake Bay.
The Nolts came to the farm to work each day in the early afternoon, and were last seen between 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to a press release from the Maryland State Police.
When the three did not arrive home to milk their dairy cows Wednesday evening, family members became concerned and drove to the Maryland farm.
People there found a tractor and the victims' pickup truck, which was still running. The vehicles were parked near a 2-million-gallon septic pond filled will manure, where the three were believed to have been working, police said.
Evidence from the scene indicated the three may have been working with a pump at the manure pit. The victims came to the farm each day and pumped liquid manure into a tanker. The tanker transported the manure to a field, where it was spread as fertilizer.
The manure pit is 20 feet deep, with steep sloping sides.
Vacuum trucks from a nearby farm were called in and began removing the manure from the pit as rescue personnel from multiple fire and rescue units searched for the three.
The body of the first victim, believed to be the father, was found submerged in the manure pit about 1:15 a.m. Thursday. The two other victims also were found submerged in the pit, one at about 4 a.m. and the other at 5:45 a.m.
A native of Lancaster County, Nolt was a farmer and a custom hauler, a family member said. He and his wife, Debbie, had five children, ranging in age from 4 to the late 20s, in addition to the two teens who died in the accident. He also had one grandchild.
He was the son of Martin and Eva Nolt, who also live in Peach Bottom, and has several siblings who live in Lancaster County.
The family attended Bethel Mennonite Church. The younger son attended Bethel Mennonite School.
"He was a good farmer, and he was a good man," said Nolt's brother, Nelson, of Berks County. "A very good father."
State police investigators are unsure how all three victims became submerged in the manure pit. At this time there is no evidence of foul play.
Nolt's brother said the family believes one of the three fell into the pit and the other two family members went to his aid, leading to their deaths.
All three were pronounced dead at the scene. Autopsies are pending.
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