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Chapter 04:
Hibernal nightmare – Part One
Awakened because of a nightmare, Pink jumped out of her warm, comfy bed and ran around as if lightning had struck her; her path led her crisscross through her and Green's shared apartment,
looking for her housemate, because Pink felt she absolutely had to tell Green about her nightmare. It was vitally important! All sorts of things could happen if she wouldn't notify her.
At once she dashed into Green's bedroom, but there was nobody in there.
"GREEN!" Out of pure panic the first tears started to form in her eyes, which quickly grew to be fast-flowing streams of tears.
But then a sudden thought entered her mind: Green had said something about being away for a while…but…what had it been?
Pink tried to concentrate and stood motionless in the middle of the room for a long time, until she remembered Green saying something:
She had told her the previous day that her class would be going on a class trip and hence she would stay over at Sho's the day before their departure.
Or…something like that? But Green didn't seem to be too excited about it…Pink still wondered what she could do about her nightmare.
Well, it wasn't that important, she concluded, only to shriek up a second later:
Of course it was IMPORTANT! It was VITALLY important!
But how on earth could she inform Green…Pink sighed.
And then she made the decision to do what she deemed the best thing; quietly go back to bed, still having a bad feeling at the pit of her stomach, overshadowed with tiredness.
The train chattered over the rails, fully loaded with jolly students who couldn't wait for the end of the journey - they wanted to reach the destination and lunge at the class trip with full power, with everything it offered.
Sho was one of those looking forward to their trip the most. Although she had visited places all over the world and she wasn't as athletic as Green, she looked forward to the difference a class trip offered contrary to a family trip:
one could cause mischief. Aside from that the trip was mostly her doing…her's and her money's.
Green didn't seem to share her euphoria.
"Oh Green, come one! We're on our way to Hokkaidô! That's simply wonderful, isn't it…oh…a true winter dream!"
Sho went on gushing, talked about romance and the flair of a fireplace, paired with snow and a can of hot chocolate – and of course, the matching guy...
"I'd rather call it a hibernal nightmare", Green said more to herself than to the raving Sho. Said one looked at her questioningly.
"What did you just say?" But the brown-haired girl shook her head.
"N-Nothing, really…it's not important. Umm, say...will it snow on Hokkaidô – because of the season?" Her voice was slightly trembling when she asked it.
Her friend shot her a bewildered look, which wasn't surprising due to Green's predication.
"Umm, Green, why don't you take a look out of the window? It's been snowing for half an hour already." Green's reply was a mere sigh.
She didn't want this to be true…why did it have to snow…the sheer thought made her feel cold. She tugged her jacket even tighter.
A whole week of snow and ice…the worst case scenario to her, a true hibernal nightmare…
The snow crunched below her feet and called forth not too pleasant memories. Memories she had pushed aside a long time ago, memories which haunted her only in her nightmares.
She tried not to look up into the sky, which would be too white or too grey, hidden through the white glory coming from above. It sufficed to see the tiny little snow-flakes just in front of her eyes,
when they reunited with the snow from the ground, to make Green tremble – even though she already wore two jackets, which should do a good job at protecting her from the cold.
A slap on her back made her emerge from her daydreams and she noticed Sho's face in front of hers.
"You don't look well, your face even got a bit pale..." Sho's concern for Green got interrupted by their classmates, who had already detected the hotel they'd stay in for four days. They weren't speechless for no reason,
and Sho enjoyed it to the fullest. After all she had been the one to select the hotel, since her family had funded the trip with more than 60% of the money - like they did with most of the school's arrangements
(sometimes Green wondered who owned that school).
Sho loved luxury, and therefore one could somehow imagine what their abode looked like. In any case, it wasn't your usual youth hostel but more like a western-styled luxus hotel.
The first thing that entered Green's mind was the fact that they could never pay for such an expensive stay. But – truth to be told – she had been prepared for such a view, after all she had lived with Sho –
and they'd been a few times in foreign countries. The rooms were charmingly furnished: the girls had a gentle green, while the boys had a light blue. Sho inspected their minibar with scrutiny, whereas Green dropped down on the canopy bed.
"We're in room 443. We should keep that in mind, here are a lot of rooms we could get lost in. "
Shortly after saying these words she crossed the room and opened a huge window, but the snow hadn't stopped falling and frosty wind blew in.
"Ah, isn't it lovely! The snow shines so prettily! I think we could even go ice skating!" Sho's eyes downright gleamed with joy, contrary to Green, who pulled the blanket over her head.
"Care to take a look what the ice looks like? The program of the hotel says they would also lend skates!" When the overeager Sho turned around to face Green, she met disappointment itself – because Green had fallen asleep.
She watched her friend for a moment and wondered whether she slept for real, and if she did, if one was supposed to rouse her. After all she couldn't be that immersed in her dreamland just yet.
Sho didn't feel like joining up with everyone in their class, but she allowed Green to sleep nonetheless without being disturbed by her own sounds. She took a hold of her jacket, her scarf and her gloves and left their room.
The cold wind curled Green's hair. She squinted her eyes and fidgedy turned from one side to the other, at which her bell gently dropped upon the mint-green blanket.
The girl was deeply drowned in her sleep and not even the icy wind coming from the open window could wake her. Rather contrary to it. The wind seemed to lure her even further into her ill-omened sleep…
... and she also did not notice she was no longer alone in their room.
Calm and motionless she lay there, didn't move when the intruder came closer.
She was already too lost in her dreams.
Not until he grasped at the bell the girl reacted; she grabbed his wrist out of the blue. Said intruder froze inwardly, didn't dare to breathe anymore, but still, she remained asleep; her reaction had been nothing but a reflex.
Without waking her, he skillfully disengaged himself from her delicate fingers.
His goal was within his grasp, but when his fingertips practically touched it, Green said:
An exactly these words petrified his movement. All of sudden the girl started to squint her eyes tightly, her breathing started to accelerate and her face got paler and paler.
A second source of intrusion made itself felt, because one could hear steps from the corridor.
The door got literally knocked open and Sho stood in the doorway. She caught sight of the widely opened window and then – slightly frustrated – of still asleep Green. Right before their classes' departure she had headed back to their room, hoping her friend would have woken by now. But she could see all too well: her friend was still slumbering. Sho had no choice but to turn on her heels and leave the room for a second time that day.
With it she left Green on her own, accompanied by nightmares only.
Snow, snow all over the place...Coldness, daring to swallow...a grey sky, enshrouded by large, white fir trees...
Roaring laughter filled Green's head; these memories felt as if they shattered her mind.
"Schwester Green, won't you try it one more time? It's not that hard!" The girl looked at her imploratory while she slowly lowered her skates,
presumably because she knew her pleading wouldn't work in the end. Instead she used her gloved hands to take a hold of Green's, wanting to warm them up again.
Coldness, which won't ever set you free...
Which clings to you....
"She won't ever learn it! She's simply too stupid! Am I right, Green?
Just go and admit it! You're scared to disgrace yourself!"
Which makes you lose any power to go on...
The girl who wanted to give Green her skates did not pay any attention to them.
She continued rubbing her small warm fingers with Green's, seriously attempting to grow them warm. That girl's hands were always warm…while Green's were always cold.
"Don't mind them, you know! If you don't want to, you don't have to."
The group's peals of laughter erupted even more.
"Are you going to side with her, Kari?!"
Which awakens weariness and weakness in your heart...
Still the girl didn't pay any attention, but Green moved herself away of the girl's grasp.
The laughter promply fell silent. Frozen, but lurking, they watched Green pulling on said skates and taking hold on the ice rink's boundary.
Her legs were shaking when she took the first step, and she had just barely let go of the boundary when she came a cropper.
Seething snow…
Their reaction came quickly; they had braced themselves for this situation.
The rhythm of the snow falling down from the sky matched the tears rolling down on Green's cheeks; her face was reddened because of all the water streaming down, and she could do nothing to stop crying.
...which doesn't let pass a sound...
"Crybaby! Crybaby! Look guys! Just the way I told you! Green is not even able to do a simple step on the icy surface!"
...you'll melt with the snow by yourself...
The laughter inside of Green's mind got louder and louder. It replicated thousandfold and spread through her body as quickly as the cold, fluttering inside of her body. Coldness embraces her, wouldn't let go of her, wouldn't ever let go of her…
The louder their peals of laughter got, the more it sparked the fire of hate inside of her; hatred for everyone who laughed at her in her childhood, who left her all alone, hatred for all of them!
That mixture of coldness and hatred educed a helix which seemed to impale her, but in the end it also managed to jolt her out of her dreams. Despite the fact that her whole body quivered because of the cold, she was covered in beads of sweat.
Out of breath she simly lay there, misty-eyedly staring at the ceiling as if she had a fever. She struggled not to think, but the laughter went on and on like an echo through her mind. Without being aware of it she clutched her bell thightly with both hands, as if it would have been able to help her overcome these shadows of the past…
Shortly after Green had showered extensively for a long time, it was dinner-time.
She felt better than she did before, even if the hot water wasn't able to utterly defeat the coldness. Well, how should it be? The cold came from inside, where water couldn't reach…
Amidst the dinner - which seemed to be more of a feast in Green's opinion - Sho barged in. She had had so much fun with skating that she lost track of time.
Whilst she tucked in - even though she complained about dinner (she prefered her personal cook's abilities) - she talked about her afternoon and went on and on about all the handsome men she had seen –
no surprise: the skating was a minor matter.
Some hours later both girls were back in their room, after having talked about this and that with their female classmates. Sho was completely exhausted and only had one last wish:
her bed. She was also too tired to argue with Green about their open window:
Sho always slept with it widely open, but Green insisted on closing it.
When Green got herself ready for bed, something crossed Sho's mind and she had to say it before sleep would embrace her.
"But if you hate sleeping with an unclosed window – why didn't you shut it a short while ago, when you were sleeping in here?"
Answering her from the bathroom Green said she wouldn't have opened it in the first place; she had been sleeping all that time.
"It's simple, you didn't shut it correctly."
After hearing such an accusation, Sho couldn't stay in bed anymore.
"Of course I did!", she furthermore insisted.
"I've got the same windows at home. They lock on their own."
"It's called autolock", Green added and got slightly more musing when she said it.
"Uhu! Maybe someone broke into our room! So exhilarating! But aren't these locks unbreakable?" Even though she was currently brushing her teeth, Green had to roll her eyes.
There couldn't possibly be anyone but Sho who'd get excited about a raid.
Maybe it was because she could simply buy everything again which could have been stolen – if the situation should ever arise, of course. Most definitely she didn't have any money troubles.
When Green had finished her nightly health care and put on her pajama she returned to their shared room, in which she discovered Sho, deep in thoughts.
She probably already wrote the next extravagant story for the student magazine in her head. Not for nothing Sho was known for making a mountain out of a molehill;
if there was even the slightest suspicion of a suitable story, she drew it up until it became a headline. Almost certainly that was the reason the student magazine was so well liked,
even if everyone knew not even half of its content was true; it was more Sho's captivating writing style - and sometimes you had to think twice in order to catch the hoax.
However, Green wasn't in the mood to read any burglary-story regarding their hotel's room, and therefore she tried to talk Sho out of it:
"Even autolock isn't as unbreakable as people say. It is hard to force it open, but there won't ever be a lock which cannot be cracked: you just need to know how. "
Sho's eyes startet glow and she leaned forward to her friend slightly.
"Are you sure someone has broken in?" Green shook her head.
"For one there's nothing missing. I just checked and our money's still there, just like anything else worth to be stolen." By now Sho looked at her sceptically.
How could Green know where she hid her money?
"...and for another, I doubt anyone in our class is able to crack an autolock type APX D3 by Xerion! " Sho stared at her for a long time and with widely opened eyes – in silence.
One could quite clearly read her thoughts by looking at her face - she was yet again surprised because of Green's slightly crininalistic knowledge, and most likely she would have loved to clasp her purse to check if the contents were still in there. Green only smiled innocently and said:
"General knowledge."
"Okay, then my general knowledge is definitely not general."
When the girls had finally stopped talking, they were fast asleep. Green had inspected the locks a few more times before they went to sleep and checked if everything was shut tightly.
She didn't consider someone could have broken in: neither lock nor the rest of their room showed any sings of an intruder. Even so, she slept with her money directly under her pillow.
Both girls were already fast asleep when Green's winged bell slowly rose from her chest. It glowed in a silver-ish light, and suddenly made an earpiercing ring, which instantly managed to awaken Green.
Her eyes still closed in annoyance, she clasped her bell and the sound died down.
Sleepily Green rubbed her eyes and yawned heartily as a start. Only then she noticed the bell had a glowing circle of light around it.
Green simply stared at it; unsure if she could simply act as if she had only seen the light in her dreams and forget about it again.
She looked sideways to Sho, but said one was fast asleep. It seemed weird to her that she didn't rise up by the sheer enormous noise the bell presented though ;Green sighed deeply.
Did she really have to stand up, go into that icy cold and fight against one of these oversized demons? She fell backwards into her pillow.
No; if she had to do it, she'd do it tomorrow – and not in the middle of the night.
That sounded not as dangerous…she closed her eyes again, but sleep wouldn't embrace her.
And the cause of that were obviously Pink's words:
"It's our holy duty!"
"Pink, I want to sleep in peace!", Green hissed, but it wouldn't work anymore – she would not be able to sleep, so she could just as well go outside.
Careful not to wake Sho she pulled on extra warm clothing and sneaked outside, her body still trembling. The freezing nightly air blew towards her and it send shivers through her spine instantly;
and she wasn't in the best position either. The first problem was quite obvious: it was pitch-dark. The second one was that if someone would catch her trying to sneak away, she'd get more than a simple scold.
Sadly, the third problem was also extremely important: how was she supposed to fight under these circumstances? And the fourth and by far worst problem: it was cold as ice.
Green dragged herself trough the snow and tried to assure herself that it wasn't cold. This attempt had a rueful outcome and bit by bit the cold seemed to devour her skin and her bones.
Green wondered what the degree-scale would say and for another if she really wanted to know the answer. Whatever it was, she surely felt the degrees were way too low.
The bell she held in her hand glimmered and showed her the way through the woods in the meantime; and from time to time she could hear the faintest ring emitting from the bell -
the further she went into that icy hell, the louder the ringing of her jewellery got. For her liking, it also took too much time to localize the demon since the bell's glow had finally been swallowed by the darkness of the night, just like the soft jingle.
Because Green's eyes had already gotten used to the obscurity, she noticed that she had arrived on a huge clearance. The moon broke through the cloud's blanket and got dimly reflected on the frozen up surface of a lake. Most likely this one was the lake Sho and her classmates had been skating on hours ago, because one could see the skid-marks clearly in the dull light.
Green sensed the feeling of hatred bubbling up from her past - just like the fitting images.
She shook her head, trying not to pay attention to it, not to be distracted by it.
It was much more important to focus on her "mission" than to lose herself in ancient times: even so she couldn't make out anything menacing – not to speak of a demon – caution was advised.
She took a look down on her resting bell, noticing it surprisingly looked just like any normal bell at the moment.
But as if it wanted to prove Green wrong, the bell suddenly blasted in a glaring light and again one could hear the earpiercing sound – it was way louder than ever before, and Green dropped the bell unvoluntarily because she had to block her ears in pain. Since Green did not want to face the demon without any weapon, she quickly stooped down to clasp the bell once again. Immediately it fell silent.
Green sighed in relief - what the hell had just happened? She eyed the jewellery up, even though it was a bit hard since she was standing in the shadows.
In the shadows?! Wait, she was on a clearing…how could there be a shadow?!
Green barely dared to turn around because, accompanied by a horrible feeling in her belly, she had already found an answer.
And she didn't even have to turn around. A decuman power ignited a true hellfire of pains when it slashed her back - the pressure was so tremendous she got catapulted away.
A mere footlenght from the lake Green came to a sudden halt. She had shut her eyes tightly and concentrated on herself; that "something" had managed to tear the clothes on her back apart,
and the warm streaming blood was quickly chilled down by the coldness surrounding her. Green gasped and opened her eyes to look into the "something"'s face.
But it proved to be more difficult than expected; that was because said creature, shaped up as an oversized demon, was already preparing for the next attack.
Green swang the bell whereby it turned into her newly faithful weapon. She was prepared; prepared to make this dense oversized demon pay for her pretty amd now torn clothing!
Green knew this wouldn't be an easy go - for one this monster was larger than the ones she had fought before regarding its size; it was surely more than ten metres in height.
But aside from that the demon seemed to lack braincells, because it lashed about without any concept or plan and had already shattered a few bystanding trees.
It wasn't that difficult for Green to dodge his attacks – he obviously couldn't aim very well – in spite of her injury.
The distinction in height was a clear advantage, for as it seemed because for comparatively small Green it was easy to slip through his attack pattern and avoid any further damage.
But a fight couldn't go on with endless darting away, and she decided to put an end to it.
She used the next attack of said demon to put it into practise: the emerging wave of pressure enabled Green to use it as boost to jump into the sky. When she felt she was high enough, just slightly above the tree's cown, she striked out with her bell-staff; "DARKLIGHTNING!", she screamed into the chilly nightly air once again.
The energy concentrated in her staff and shot a direct hit onto the demon. Just when Green proudly wanted to give herself a pat on the back, she noticed – still hanging in midair – that the demon didn't even have a scratch. The demon played on Green's inability to avoid his attack now and shot a dark beam towards Green. Said one met its goal and blood splashed in front of the round moonsurface. The Wächterin's arm was done for; and right into the bargain it was the arm which was supposed to carry the staff.
Green wasn't able to hold onto it any longer and it dropped to the ground, ending up in the snow. Its mistress nearly ended up beside it, but in the last moment she was able to use her healthy arm in order to clasp a branch.
Now, she had only one arm left – which meant it would be considereably harder to avoid the next attack of the demon and she tried to gather herself as quick as possible. She quickly looked for her staff on the ground - it wasn't all that far away from the demon…to be precise, it was way too close to its huge feet beset with clutches.
If Green wanted to get her weapon back, there was not only the danger to be smashed herself, but for the weapon as well. But without any weapon – and possibility to attack – it would be hard to make it out alive.
Green felt that her fingers, desperately clasping the branch, got number by each second and with a queasy feeling she tried to calculate the meters to the ground – and detected that it weren't just a few.
But she only had two choices anyway: to fall down or to get hit by the next attack – and just before said one could reach her she let go of the branch.
The next beam just barely missed her. Sadly, the huge demon concentrated on his victim now - instead of lashing around without any coordination. Green wasn't sure whether she was supposed to call it luck or bad luck when she ended up in a huge pile of snow - and nearly drowned in it. Her legs were surely thankful, because without the very soft landing place her legs would most likely been broken…the rest of her body revolted against the situation, though.
Green cursed herself and her weakness when she entangled herself out of the snowy masses. The coldness managed to weaken her pains, but the remaining ones were enough to weaken her further and even if the time between the demon's attacks sufficed for taking her weapon back – she knew there was not much time left till her body would give up. And there was also a rather negative possibility ahead…
She couldn't dodge for ever. But what was she supposed to do – her one attack was not effective, Pink was more than a hundred kilometres away from her and therefore not able to help Green in any way.
Why did something like this happen to her – of all things?!
She looked at her staff pleadingly, as if it would have a help-option installed like a program – but all that thing did was keeping silent and watching without lifting a finger how its mistress got more tired with each dodging action she had to do, her injuries bleeding strongly. Just when she had dodged another attack – for the thousandth time if she could trust her feelings – her legs caved in and she fell down.
This would be her end.
She could listen to the demon behind her which already prepared to give her the finishing blow. She clasped her staff tightly, hell – she didn't want to die just yet…! Please!
That thing she held to her chest so tightly, it just had to have more options than that!
When she opened her eyes weakly, she threw a glance at the two energy-sectors which were embedded into the stick. The black one was nearly half-full; it showed the energy she had absorbed in her previous fights, but what about the other section? The white one? Presumably through her slight trace of panic she didn't take long to notice – there was still a way out of this mess.
Green begged her paralyzed legs to last a while longer and struggled to her feet once again.
Utterly surprised the demon halted its movements, confused that Green was still able to stand up.
In a feisty way Green held her staff in front of her, daring the demon. Of course it didn't realize Green aimed to archieve something with that action; and it was not to die with an upraised head.
It just had to work this way; if she was able to absorb the dark energy with her staff to fill the black sector, then there had to be a way to fill up the white sector, too, right? Maybe she had to convert the black energy to white energy? It was worth a try – after all she had no other choice left. The demon striked out and fired a gigantic mass of energy at Green. She closed her eyes and prayed her plan would work – it just had to work this way, she did not have the slightest desire to die just yet…and definitely not in such a manner.
She sensed when the enormous energy shot into her direction and also the way her hands, still clutching the staff, started to tremble. When she also felt dizziness intruding her mind, she started to panic once again – it didn't work the way she had planned it to! Her staff started trembling, too – or were it her nervous fingers?
Her inner turmoil stopped when the white sector had been filled half way. Suddenly – and without knowing the cause – the girl knew exactly what it had to do. It was just as if she wasn't herself anymore, as if someone else controlled her body. Again, she used one of the demon's attacks as a boost. The moonlight glowing at her she raised the staff and a bell-like voice echoed through the nocturnal sky:
"You dare to lay a hand onto this girl? You dared to hurt her? I won't allow you, creature of the darkness, to ever harm Green again! SPIRIT OF LIGHT!"
The dazzling light blazed down on the demon and entirely pulverized it; the remaining energy got absorbed by the bell-staff yet again.
The young woman closed her eyes for a mere second.
When she opened them again, she seemed to be a different person yet again.
Green was shocked to see she was floating in midair, but she lacked time to overthink it, since she fell down towards the frozen lake.
Without being able to stop it, her body broke through the ice. The cold water enclosed her. In her condition it was impossible to swim…and everything around her started to fade into black…
Red hair curled in the cold wind of the night, stained with white snow-flakes, since it had started to snow again.
With a skillful gesture he drew his hair behind his ear, even though he liked the way it swayed in the breeze.
He had observed the battle closely. Battle. Ha!
You couldn't really call it one.
A "battle" was something entirely different…but there was something that caught his eye. It didn't amaze him that the pretty girl won – no, he had been sure of that from the start.
The true cause for his astonishment was the end of the battle.
According to his information that girl had dark blue eyes – had it been an optical illusion, or could he trust his impression that her eyes were white?
He closed his eyes.
Well, it didn't really matter, he told himself in his thoughts.
He was not a guy who would waste time thinking about a trifle - he was someone who had to act.
A smirk played on his handsome features; the next action he had in mind was surely to his taste.
The male's smirk got even wider and his only slightly pointed teeth twinkled dangerously in the moonlight, before he averted his eyes from the clearing and got swallowed by the shadows.


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Cameron is currently behind bars at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City after violating the terms of his home detention by allegedly asking his girlfriend to smuggle heroin to him in a toothbrush.
The Wall Street star has remained silent since the 30-year-old actor was arrested during a raid on his room at the Hotel Gansevoort on Aug. 3 -- but now he's speaking out to express his disappointment.
A statement from Douglas' spokesperson reads, "The family is devastated and very disappointed in Cameron's recent behavior. Any family who has dealt with substance abuse knows how devastating it can be."
Cameron was released on bail and confined to the Manhattan apartment owned by his mother Diandra, but officials ordered his relocation to a secure jail after his girlfriend, Kelly Sott, allegedly attempted to smuggle heroin to him on Monday in the battery compartment of an electric toothbrush.
Sott, 32, has also been placed in custody on drug-related charges at the Metropolitan Correction Center.
A preliminary hearing for both is set for Sept. 10.
Cameron faces a minimum of 10 years in prison if convicted and could be sentenced to life behind bars.
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There is much twaddle and even more abstract assessments and suppositions written about Turkey and, more recently, about Turkey related to Syria. Andrew Finkel correctly points out the huge problem of the current account deficit, deftly downplayed in other articles on Turkey. Also the importance of educating Turkey's 'under-employed' but numerous young work force, routinely worshipped as the linchpin of the future. Turkey's healthy economic growth of recent years has eclipsed an ailing foreign policy.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- New England residents already buried in snow can expect another wintry blast as a March storm races across the U.S. The National Weather Service said a storm system that swept across parts of the Great Plains and Upper Midwest on Tuesday should move into Maine, Massachusetts, eastern New York and New Jersey by Wednesday. The system will dip through the mid-Atlantic region, including Washington, D.C., and North Carolina, and extend into Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, southern Oklahoma and northeastern Texas. In West Virginia, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin says he's mobilizing the West Virginia National Guard to assist with the prospect of heavy rains, snow and possible flooding on Wednesday. The storm dumped several inches of snow across the northern Plains, making roads treacherous and leading to some traffic fatalities. An arctic cold front will sweep across the Dakotas and Minnesota in the storm's wake. --- `JUST ANOTHER DAY IN SOUTH DAKOTA' In parts of the Great Plains, snow made travel difficult Tuesday. Many schools from the eastern Dakotas to western Minnesota delayed classes or closed for the day. "Just another day in South Dakota," said Jessica Martin, who works at the Crossroads Truck Stop in the eastern South Dakota town of Colman. "We're way ready for spring." Heavy snow and gusty winds also struck much of Wyoming, causing road closures and prompting transport officials to warn against all but essential travel across much of the state. Three people were killed in a three-vehicle crash north of Casper, Wyoming, on Monday night as the storm blew into the state, the Casper Star-Tribune reported. In Minnesota, the State Patrol reported 150 crashes and nearly 30 vehicles that slid off roads or spun out by midafternoon. A state trooper's squad car was struck and badly damaged on I-494 near Concord in South St. Paul, Minnesota, while that trooper was investigating a crash. Authorities closed a slippery stretch of Interstate 94 in central Minnesota for a time due to numerous accidents. The driver of an SUV was killed in a multivehicle crash on the freeway, the State Patrol said. One person died in a crash on Highway 41 in Brown County of northeastern Wisconsin. At least four school buses got stuck in traffic behind the crash scene. At least one fatal traffic accident was reported in Omaha, Nebraska. --- BOSTON TRANSIT The Boston-area transit system is considering ways to compensate customers for weeks of weather-related delays and breakdowns as the area has received 8 1/2 feet of snow. A Massachusetts Bay Transportation official said Tuesday the options include a week of free fares, which he estimated would cost the agency $6 million. Other possibilities include rebates or discounts for monthly pass holders, or letting customers with monthly passes use them for another month. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation board will vote next week on whether to approve any of the plans. Officials estimated the cost to the transit system of the winter storm cleanup is $36.5 million to date. © 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||


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$ARIA ... this is positive news for "future" growth ? RoyalHouseOfRock (@RoyalHouseOfRock) Jun. 2 at 10:00 AM
MannKind shares rose nearly 3% ahead of the company's presentation at the Jefferies 2014 Global Health Care Conference, scheduled for today at 2:30 p.m. Investors hoped to hear positive news about Afrezza, MannKind's inhaled insulin treatment for diabetics.
$MNKD 4 hours left to the beginning of the conference. ? Donna Peran (@donnaperan) Jun. 2 at 10:20 AMAfrezza is pending FDA-approval and was overwhelmingly recommended by an FDA subcommittee earlier this year, despite concerns about lung complications with the drug. Investors believe that the drug could take over the $45 billion diabetes-management market, as many diabetics would prefer a treatment that doesn't involve daily shots. Sentiment on the stock is 97% bullish, according to StockTwits analytics.
$MNKD added few more. Like the way she's holding. Expecting a strong action EOD ? Saif Ross (@Rossx) Jun. 2 at 10:24 AMNPS Pharmaceuticals shares were up nearly 15% by 11 a.m. after a report in the Financial Times that Shire (SHPG) is considering acquiring the company. And investors on StockTwits.com said shares should could climb higher than the $35.61 if rumors prove true that Shire secured a $5 billion credit facility to make a bid for the drug company, which focuses on treatments for people with rare disorders.
$NPSP (+21% pre) Shire said to have secured $5B credit facility for a takeover proposal to NPS Pharmaceuticals http://stks.co/t0NzT ? Open Outcrier (@openoutcrier) Jun. 2 at 09:09 AM
$NPSP 5B secured by Shire. Means 5B/106.33M O/S shares = $47.00 buyout price ? PR (@biotechwinner11) Jun. 2 at 07:53 AMPharmacyclics rose more than 2% after the company announced that its FDA-approved Imbruvica cancer drug boosted the survival rates of patients with leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma better than competing drugs. Patients who received the drug had a 78% reduction in the risk of cancer progression or death. Sentiment on the stock was overwhelmingly bullish, with 89% of the crowd on StockTwits calling for gains, according to site analytics.
$PCYC This is a good stock to be in if you are not on a 1 - 2 day time horizon. Great data, FDA approved, sales ramping up. ? Christian Balmaceda (@balmacyclics) Jun. 2 at 10:40 AM
Risk is commercialization and potential competitors. That being said, Rx up and great data show Imbruvica can compete vs. Gild/Abbv. ? Christian Balmaceda (@balmacyclics) Jun. 2 at 10:43 AM>>Read More: Krispy Kreme, Three Others Are Poised for More Volatility >>Read More: Delta Boosts Order for the Newly Stylish Airbus A321 >>Read More: How to Trade Apple Ahead of Developer Conference, Stock Split >>Read More: Coal Shares React Positively to EPA Emissions Rules At the time of publication, the author held no positions in any of the stocks mentioned. This article represents the opinion of a contributor and not necessarily that of TheStreet or its editorial staff.
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Brooks Brothers announces a special "With Love " event to benefit Helps Outreach. Mark the calendar for Saturday, February 12, from 10:00AM until 7:00 PM . Brooks Brothers will donate 10% of all sales to Helps Outreach, a local non-profit organization that provides food, clothing and furniture without cost for those in need in our community.
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"The Boxer is part of the Molosser dog group, developed in Germany in the late 19th century from the now extinct Bullenbeisser, a dog of Mastiff descent, and Bulldogs brought in from Great Britain. The Bullenbeisser had been working as a hunting dog for centuries, employed in the pursuit of bear, wild boar, and deer."
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- AmTrust Financial Services (AFSI - Get Report) was gaining 10.9% to $34.38 Thursday following a strong fourth-quarter earnings report.
In its fourth-quarter results AmTrust Financial posted earnings of 82 cents a share and operating earnings of $1.03 a share. Capital IQ Consensus Estimate called for earnings of 78 cents a share. Revenue rose 76.9% to $816.4 million in the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $639.3 million.
"Our strong fourth quarter and year end results underscore the excellent momentum that AmTrust continues to experience across all our business lines," AmTrust Financial CEO and president Barry Zyskind said in a press release. "This performance reflects several important factors that are advancing AmTrust's competitive edge."
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TheStreet Ratings team rates AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES as a Buy with a ratings score of A-. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation: "We rate AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES (AFSI) a BUY. This is based on the convergence of positive investment measures, which should help this stock outperform the majority of stocks that we rate. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth, notable return on equity, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and compelling growth in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow." Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:- AFSI's very impressive revenue growth greatly exceeded the industry average of 25.1%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues leaped by 57.5%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
- AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES has improved earnings per share by 23.3% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past two years. We feel that this trend should continue. During the past fiscal year, AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES increased its bottom line by earning $2.37 versus $2.27 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($3.10 versus $2.37).
- The return on equity has improved slightly when compared to the same quarter one year prior. This can be construed as a modest strength in the organization. In comparison to the other companies in the Insurance industry and the overall market, AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES's return on equity significantly exceeds that of the industry average and is above that of the S&P 500.
- AFSI's debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67 is somewhat low overall, but it is high when compared to the industry average, implying that the management of the debt levels should be evaluated further.
- The company, on the basis of net income growth from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed compared to the Insurance industry average, but is greater than that of the S&P 500. The net income increased by 39.5% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from $43.23 million to $60.29 million.
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Rangers triumph by winning ugly again
If winning ugly is the mark of champions, then Rangers are giants in European football. Time after time, whether in domestic action, or on European assignments during the last three years, they have struggled to cope with opponents, toiled to string more than a couple of passes together, and generally looked well out of sorts, before contriving to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat with a mixture of cussed bloody-mindedness and ability to conjure up goals from the merest glimmers.
It often makes for painful viewing - and frequently leaves rival supporters mouthing the words "We were robbed," in incredulity - but there is no arguing with the effectiveness of this Ibrox collective, at least in terms of grinding out results and adding fresh baubles to the trophy cabinet. St Mirren were the latest to suffer a mugging in the CIS Cup Final at Hampden, where there was only one team playing expansive, attacking football for most of the proceedings and it wasn't Walter Smith's side. During the first half, one could have been forgiven for wondering if the Ibrox men were the club in relegation bother, such was the sterility of their performance. As Gus MacPherson's personnel cranked up the momentum and created a barrage of chances through David Barron, Michael Higdon, Billy Mehmet and Steven Thomson, it appeared only a matter of time before the Saints broke the deadlock, particularly when Kevin Thomson was red-carded early in the second period, as Rangers attempted to claw back the initiative with an aggressive approach, which itself was a demonstration that they recognised they were second best in most departments. And yet, we have been here before many times on Smith's watch. Even in advance of the contest, the canny manager was at pains to dampen talk of an Ibrox treble. He laughed off suggestions about statues being erected in his honour, and talked up the threat posed by St Mirren. He knew that, especially in the absence of the injured Madjid Bougherra and the fact his influential midfielder, Steven Davis, was burdened by a virus MacPherson's troops could shed their inhibitions, and forget about their relegation worries for a few days. Smith may have anticipated there was no pressure on the underdogs but he couldn't have predicted that so many of his leading lights, including Lee McCulloch, Kenny Miller and Kris Boyd, so accustomed to these high-octane encounters, would find it so difficult to create any chances for themselves. But, as sometimes happens when a side are reduced to ten men, they discover renewed steel, vigour and esprit de corps, and thus it transpired with Rangers. This wasn't the first occasion where they had lost the headstrong Thomson and prospered - he was sent off against Hibs at Easter Road last year, yet Smith's men shrugged off the setback to record a victory - and their fortitude as the climax beckoned was a reminder that, while there have been much better, classier Rangers ensembles in the past, the current crop will never be accused of lack of perspiration or endeavour when the going gets tough. What nearly did for them at the death - and surely scotched any notions of pro-Rangers conspiracies amongst Scottish referees for a while - was Craig Thomson's decision to send Danny Wilson off as well for tugging Craig Dargo's jersey. Yes, it was a foul, but football is a contact sport and this was a poor judgment from the official, one which made a mockery of his earlier laissez-faire approach. Reduced to nine men, even Rangers were forced into shell-shocked retreat and yet they still refused to buckle. Even their critics must admit that their battling qualities, in the throes of adversity, are impressive.
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In the 1980s, for seven years I was honorary company secretary of the Melbourne International Film Festival, and in this capacity set up links between the Indonesian film world and Australian film festivals and filmmakers. I was the editor of Film in South East Asia: Views from the Region (Hanoi: SEAPAVAA and the Vietnam Film Institute, 2001).
I have successfully supervised half a dozen PhDs, on a wide variety of topics; done translations for subtitles for more than a dozen Indonesian films; initiated several film preservation projects; and, in addition to teaching, supervision and research work at Monash, am currently curator of 'Between Three Worlds DVD' (a division of the MAI Press) that distributes South East Asian films internationally.
At Monash I have taught film form, film history, documentary film, film theory, Asian cinema and European cinema, and in 2000 introduced a unit in video and DVD production. I am currently completing a book on Indonesian cinema from 1950 to 2010.
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Commodification (or commoditization) is the transformation of goods, ideas, or other entities that may not normally be regarded as goods[1] into a commodity.
The Marxist understanding of commodity is distinct from the meaning of commodity in mainstream business theory.
The earliest use of the word commodification in English attested in the Oxford English Dictionary dates from 1975.[2]
Use of the concept of commodification became common with the rise of critical discourse analysis in semiotics.[3]
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Human beings can be considered subject to commodification in contexts such as genetic engineering, social engineering, cloning, eugenics, social Darwinism, Fascism, mass marketing and employment. An extreme case of commodification is slavery, where human beings themselves become a commodity to be sold and bought. Similarly, the use of non-human animals for food, clothing, entertainment, or testing represents the commodification of other living beings.
Karl Marx extensively criticized the social impact of commodification under the name commodity fetishism and alienation.
Commodification is often criticised on the grounds that some things ought not to be for sale and ought not to be treated as if they were a tradeable commodity.
The word commodification which describes assignment of economic value to something not previously considered in economic terms, is sometimes used to describe the transformation of the market for a unique, branded product into a market based on undifferentiated products.
These two concepts are fundamentally different and the business community more commonly uses commoditization to describe the transformation of the market to undifferentiated products through increased competition, typically resulting in decreasing prices. While in economic terms, commoditization is closely related to and often follows from the stage when a market changes from one of monopolistic competition to one of perfect competition, a product essentially becomes a commodity when customers perceive little or no value difference between brands or versions.
Commoditization can be the desired outcome of an entity in the market, or it can be an unintentional outcome that no party actively sought to achieve.
Consumers can benefit from commoditization, since perfect competition usually leads to lower prices. Branded producers often suffer under commoditization, since the value of the brand (and ability to command price premiums) can be weakened.
However, false commoditization can create substantial risk when premier products do have substantial value to offer particularly in health, safety and security. Examples are counterfeit drugs and generic network services (loss of 911).
The dispute between the terms of commodification (Marxist political theory) and commoditization (business theory) was first highlighted by Douglas Rushkoff.[4] Douglas highlighted that the words Commodification and Commoditization were used to describe the two different processes between the assignment of value to a social good and the movement towards undifferentiated competition. Rushkoff's outlined an approach which is closer to the common usages of the words.
Commodification (1975, origins Marxist political theory.) is used to describe the process by which something which does not have an economic value is assigned a value and hence how market values can replace other social values. It describes a modification of relationships, formerly untainted by commerce, into commercial relationships in every day use. This definition is, nonetheless, inherently fallacious as all value is, by definition, assigned rather than inherent and, to the extent that this is true in any context diminishes qualifying definitions of value be they "social" or "economic". In the strictest sense, Marxist "commodification" should only be possible, as a diminuation, with that which cannot actually be traded such as "happiness" or "a sense of humour". The ability to trade or exchange in such things would truly be an abomination that is thematically both typical and common in science fiction literature, for example.
Commoditization (early 1990s, origins Business theory) is the process by which goods that have economic value and are distinguishable in terms of attributes (uniqueness or brand) end up becoming simple commodities in the eyes of the market or consumers. It is the movement of a market from differentiated to undifferentiated price competition and from monopolistic to perfect competition.
American author and feminist bell hooks refers to cultural commodification as "eating the other". By this she means that cultural expressions, revolutionary or post modern, can be sold to the dominant culture.[5] Any messages of social change are not marketed for their messages but used as a mechanism to acquire a piece of the "primitive". Any interests in past historical culture almost always have a modern twist. According to Mariana Torgovnick,
"What is clear now is that the West's fascination with the primitive has to do with its own crises in identity, with its own need to clearly demarcate subject and object even while flirting with other ways of experiencing the universe."[6]
hooks states that marginalized groups are seduced by this concept because of "the promise of recognition and reconciliation".
"When the dominant culture demands that the Other be offered as sign that progressive political change is taking place, that the American Dream can indeed be inclusive of difference, it invites a resurgence of essentialist cultural nationalism."
Socialist movements are losing their voices on change because members of the "movement" are not promoting the message but participating in a fashion statement. Activists' hard works are marketable to the masses without accountability. An example of commodification is the colors red, black, and green, which are the colors of the African Liberation Army (ALA). For people of African descent these colors represent red (the innocent bloodshed of Africans), black (African people) and green (stolen land of Africa). These colors are marketed worldwide on all types of apparel and shoes. The colors do not carry the message of the resistance any longer; they are now merely a fashion statement.
"Given this cultural context, Black Nationalism is more a gesture of powerlessness than a sign of critical resistance. Who can take seriously Public Enemy's insistence that the dominated and their allies 'fight the power' when that declaration is in no way linked to the collective organized struggle. When young black people mouth 1960s' black nationalist rhetoric, don Kente cloth, gold medallions, dread their hair, and diss the white folks they hang out with, they expose the way meaningless commodification strips these signs of political integrity and meaning, denying the possibility that they can serve as a catalyst for concrete political action. As signs, their power to ignite critical consciousness is diffused when they are commodified. Communities of resistance are replaced by communities of consumption."
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