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Did you ever read Upside-down Town by Frank Andrews? This wonderful children's book is about a town "where everything is upside down, children work while their elders play, and school is in session only on special days." My favorite part tells of a boy who goes to a department store to buy a baseball bat. He learns that an elderly man enjoys making bats so much that he gives them to the store to distribute. The store, then, pays customers to take the bats to free up more shelf space. They "sell" everything in the store that way. In this town even the economy is upside down.
Our Advent Gospel text today could come right out of Upsidedown Town. Rather than overtly displaying power, Jesus only hints that he is in charge of this new kingdom. Then he declares that the religious leaders have no legitimate power in His kingdom. He concludes by saying that the poor are the generous givers. How can we prepare ourselves during Advent for an upside-down world like Jesus describes?
Perhaps an Advent practice could include imagining a world where most of the culturally accepted norms are turned topsy-turvy. If Jesus were in charge, what would our personal lives and our society look like? Let your imagination run wild!
Holy Spirit, move over the chaos of our thoughts
The Rev. David Scheider, DMin, '05
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Make a little pink piggy face on a paper plate in pink! Simple crafts with kids can be so much fun. This Pig Paper Plate is a great craft for kids on a rainy day or just because. Animal lovers will especially appreciate this project. Use a small cup to add dimension to the project and give your pig a little nose. Buttons can be glued on to create adorable little nostrils. If you need a fun after school activity or simply want to keep the little ones busy on a Saturday afternoon, lay out some paper plates and a few paint colors. In no time, your little crafters will have a sea of handmade pigs to show off and display.
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T-shirts never go out of style. They are all-time favourites that can be teamed up with anything, from the rugged jeans to the humble veshti. To add to the variety, Madurai now has a new address for whimsical T-shirt buyers.
A small kiosk on New Jail Road, called the 'Tee Labs' is now pulling people. At this make-shift store on the platform opposite the jail gate, mesh cot forms the counter on which the t-shirts are displayed and a folding umbrella printed with the logo and name guards you from the sun.
From the outside, Tee Labs may look like any other street-side stall but inside it stocks brands more than a swanky showroom. Latest designs of 'Sean John' round-necks and international sports and casual wear brands like 'G-Unit', 'Rocawear', 'Vokal' and 'I-zod' and spoil you for choice!
The concept kicked off last Diwali, when Rajesh Kannu, a former student of The American College and two of his friends Stanley and Bhaskaran started selling T-shirts for the festival. "We did it for time pass. We collected plain T-shirts, printed slogans and funny cartoons and sold 40 of them in a day during the festive season!", says Rajesh.
Ever since, the store has been selling 35 to 40 Tees on an average each day. "We replenish our stocks twice a month," says Rajesh. "Most of our products are sourced from Tirupur and Bangalore. The sports jerseys are from Ludhiana. Our daily turn over is Rs.3,000."
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Rajesh says, "Picking up a T-shirt is impulsive unlike buying shirts or trousers where you think and plan. There are people who simply buy tees for the sake of having a huge collection. These days, everyone looks for brands that don't pinch the pocket and that's what we provide."
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Disclaimer: Yeah…one of the darker ones…wootness. I hope you all enjoy it, because a new little member is joining my insane membrane…
"Quit it."
"Quit it!"
"I said quit it!" Tash whined as Miri continued to poke the blonde haired, third owner of the Elimination Society. She was still in bed of course, resting after Willowe had nearly killed her and Hati.
"No," said the younger, brunette member as she poked her shoulder again with a pout, "This is what you get for scaring me and the others…"
"I had to, you know." Tash said with a small sigh, "Besides, why not go bug Hati? I know you worried about her too."
"That's beside the point," the younger snapped suddenly. "I really thought I was going to lose my Aneki…" She whimpered a bit, looking down at her lap worriedly.
The blonde had to smile at that and leaned over to give the younger girl a small hug, which of course was rather tough, considering how she was nearly tied to the damn bed, "Don't worry Imoto…" She whispered, pecking her cheek softly with a small grin. "If Willowe from Elfen Lied can't kill me, I don't think there's going to be much out there that can," she said with a small smirk.
Miri had to grin at that and nodded, "Right," she said with a nod.
There was a silence, and finally, Miri spoke up.
"Can I…?"
Tash sighed and held up a permanent marker. "If you must." She giggled.
Miri grinned and grabbed it, adding her name and messages that had all ready peppered her cast. One of the more dominant was from Adrian, stating simply in bold black marker…
"So help me, if you even consider doing this again I will kill you, make no mistake about it! Get well soon!"
"What he said!" was what Marcus had put.
"We love ya!"
"Stop worrying us like that!"
"Either you get better soon or we're gonna hurt you!"
"Get well soon, Aneki, I don't like seeing you like this, love ya lots, Miri," Miri finished as she underlined it and smiled. "There! Now like the others keep saying, if you do this again, I'm gonna put ya back in." She grinned.
Tash grinned in return and ruffled her all ready mussed up hair. "I wouldn't put it past you."
"Ahem," said a voice near the doorway.
Both girls looked up to see Michael, standing there, his right hand in his pitch black hoodie, looking at them stoically.
"Tash, can I talk to you for a minute?" he asked her very softly.
"Of course," she said softly, nodding.
"I'll be outside." Miri said as she scurried past her older self appointed brother, and Michael walked over to Tash and took a seat that Miri had previously taken, and nothing was said. Michael was staring at her cast, and Tash was staring just as extensively at the wall across from her.
"Are you feeling any better?" he asked her, his voice barely above a whisper as he asked the question.
"As good as I'm going to get," she said in affirmation, before she turned her head over to the brunette, caped Gary Stu hunter. Sensing something, she frowned. "I doubt you're here just to see if I'm fine…"
"Don't get me wrong, Aneki, I am," he said with a curt nod of his head. There was further silence, before he let loose a small, sad sigh. "I need…I need to know how to hack Adrian's computer, get past all the defenses and get into a Black List Fandom."
Tash immediately said with a very curt shake of her head. "I'm not letting you end up in the same position as me."
"I'm not going to be," he stated, "I know everything that Fandom has to offer. Compared to everything else, else, this'll be a cakewalk."
"WHY do you need to go?" Tash asked him curtly, "I don't remember there being any Black List assignments…"
"…" he looked off to the side. "That's personal." he stated. "I really need to know."
Tash sighed a bit. "I don't know why I should tell you. If everyone's giving me a hard time for being here, I don't know why I should let YOU be in the same position as me."
Michael smiled ironically. "You're one of the heads of the Society, and so is Hati, and Adrian runs the whole library. I'm a lowly grunt, everyone here has something, but if I die, nothing big."
"OW!" Michael hissed, rubbing his cheek slowly from the hard smack Tash had given him.
"It WOULD be a big, and don't you EVER assume your death wouldn't be missed," Tash hissed dangerously at him, "You're just as important in this whole thing as I am, as Adrian, as anyone else."
Michael chuckled softly. "If you say so." He smiled. "So, are you gonna tell me how to get past it, or am I gonna have to break the fourth wall numerous times?"
Tash narrowed her eyes at him. "You wouldn't dare…" she challenged.
"Trust me, if I'm as insane as my writer is…"
No sooner did he say that, the entire library began to rumble and shake. Everyone winced and stopped, and everyone in the general vicinity could hear Adrian screaming at whoever did that to stop.
"Tash did it!"
"And I'll keep doing that until you tell me how to get in," Michael chuckled to her.
She pouted and sighed. "Ask Camille." she mumbled under her breath. "I heard Adrian added in a lot of new defenses, should be easy for someone like Camille to break in like that."
"Okay." he said with a nod. "Wish me luck."
"Michael," she said quickly as he was about to leave, "so help me, if I find out anything happened to you, I will kill you. I say that a lot, but I will kill you if anything happens to you."
He paused and sighed softly. "I know." he whispered worriedly and walked off.
Tash frowned.
"So," The dark skinned Ex-Techie asked the brunette Gary Stu Gutter, currently looking up from working on Doyle. "You need me to help you hack past all of Adrian's defenses," she said, putting Doyle's arm back into his socket as the Android stood up and worked the arm around, making sure it functioned properly. "Question is, why should I?"
"Camille," Michael sighed sadly. "You don't know me all that well but please…you need to help me. Getting past this defense is a matter of life or death."
Camille frowned. "I don't know…"
Doyle spoke up with a, "Helping other agents in times of need is what you agreed to when you joined the Society, Camille. Helping him in a time of need is nearly required."
Camille sighed and rubbed her eyes. "Fine," she said softly, "I'll help you, but if anyone asks, I didn't do anything."
"I promise," Michael said, and then smiled. "Thanks Camille…"
"No prob," she waved it off. "Why do you need to go to a Black List anyway?"
There was a long silence between the three, and finally, the brunette sighed, "Someone took something from me…and I want it back…"
No one said anything past those ominous words.
"Aniki?" Miri asked as she poked her head into Michael's room, frowning. It was odd, the whole place was dark, and Claire wasn't in there either. She walked in and stumbled about before she found a light switch, and let her eyes become adjusted.
The whole place was a wreck, almost as if Michael was in a rush to find something, and frowned. Grabbing the bed sheets, she peeled the back and found a crumpled up piece of paper, with words written on it. A letter perhaps?
She unfolded it and began to read.
Dear Gary Stu Gutter,
You may not know who I am, but trust me, I know who you are. You're quite well known, seeing as you ain't got no respect for my brothers and sister of the Stus and the Sues. So I decided, hey, why don't I show you how it feels?
I took something of yours, and let me tell you kid, she's a very pretty little thing, and it would be a shame if something were to happen to that pretty face of hers.
Here's the thing. You and me, we're gonna go, mano y mano. You're gonna have to get into The Darkness Fandom if you really think you're gonna take me on. Oh, and by the way, if I find out you brought any other Society punks with you, And I'll give her a Columbian Necktie!
See you real soon punk, hope you got some face insurance!
Mind ya own business.
Miri's eyes widened quite a bit, and she raced out of the room, heading to the E.R. with panicking cries of Tash's name.
Michael landed in the otherwise barren streets of New York City, and shivered as the chilly, nipped air touched his skin. He tugged his cape closer to his body and looked around from behind his mask. Hand constantly on his sword hilt, he began to walk through the streets.
Michael knew deep down that he needed to be extremely careful in this fandom, not just for the obvious reasons, but mafia hit men ran amok here. One wrong question to the one wrong person, and he'd be peppered full of bullets. Despite all that's happened to the Gary Stu Gutter that sounded FAR from pleasant.
Now, it was all a matter of trying to find this Stu. He merely told him to come to the fandom, nothing after that.
It's so dark here…He thought to himself as he heard a nearby newspaper flutter in the nearby breeze, and a group of leaves spun upon themselves in a small, twister like fashion, and he frowned, If someone were to know where all the people in this town were, who would it…
He blinked, and slapped his forehead.
"I'm an idiot."
And began his search.
"So please, I know I didn't want to do anything regarding going to these lengths, but you have to help me find this guy. He took someone very important from me. Please, Mr. Estacado…"
Jackie Estacado was a very handsome young man, in a very roguish kind of way, he wore a long, black trench coat around his body, complimented by black t-shirt under that and black jeans. He had long, black greasy hair around his head, and was currently smoking a cigarette.
"I can relate to you, kid." Jackie said with a nod of his head, "I've lost someone I love in the same manner, to someone who was out to get me, and hey, I can be a nice guy when I want to be."
He put the remainder of his burned out cigarette in a nearby potted plant, and light up a new one. He held up the box to Michael.
"Want a smoke?"
"Nah," Michael shook his head, holding his hands up, "I don't smoke, nasty habit."
"I don't like smoking either, trust me," he said, taking out a match and lighting the new cigarette, "But if you knew anything about me, you'd want any form of relief you can find…"
Trust me, I know plenty. Michael thought morbidly to himself.
"But yeah, I think I know who coulda taken your girl," he said, taking a long drag from the death stick and blew out a long puff of smoke out. "There's been a lot of talk of this new mafia head that just came in and took over the Franchetti family."
"The one uncle Paulie used to run?" Michael asked.
"The same one," he said with a nod. "Luckily, he moved the whole living quarters from Paulie's old light house and moved it closer. He's just across the street on Old Grinder Lane."
"Thanks, Jackie," Michael said as he stood up, "I know where that is…wish me luck."
"I wish you the best of luck kid, give them hell," Jackie said as he watched Michael vanished. And then a voice hissed into his head…
Humans, Love, Life, it's all so pointless in the end…
"Quiet down," Jackie mumbled back.
Michael stared up at the multistoried building, his hand still on his sword and took a deep breath, walking into the front door and slammed it open. He made for a mad dash to the upper stories.
"Boss!" gasped one of the burlier members as he stood out in front of one of the wooden doors, panting heavily, cries of pain in the other room evident that SOMETHING was going on. "I don't know how much longer we can keep this up! She's tearing us apart in there!"
The Stu was a middle aged handsome man with candy floss like hair that drifted down his shoulders, wearing what appeared to be a thousand dollar suit and far too many rings on his fingers. "You idiots, I told you to tie her down!"
"SHE IS TIED DOWN! I don't even know how she's DOING this!"
He sighed a bit and rubbed his eyes, groaning all the while. "Maybe this wasn't such a good idea…"
"You're damn right it wasn't!" shouted a voice from the other side of the door, and with a loud schwing sound, the door was cut into splinters, and standing there, holding his sword aloft was a very, very pissed off Michael.
"Ah!" The mob boss grinned and turned over in his chair to see Michael standing there. "Just the psychopath I was looking for."
"And just who the hell do you think you are?" Michael asked as calmly as he could.
"The names Alexander Satino Gram Frachetti the Third. But hey, you can call me Don, for short." He smirked.
"I'd really rather call you dead," he said as he raised his sword…and grunted, the sheer weight of it falling to the ground and imbedding it in the wood floor. He tried to pull it up, but it was FAR too heavy. "What the hell…" Why did it seem so heavy? All the other times, he could lift it with complete ease!
"Ah! I see you're finally experiencing the effects of my little Society Nullifier." Don said with a laugh, pulling out what appeared to be a baseball shaped object, see through with a dark, dark energy orb in the center of it. It was pulsating hard, and the whole object was floating in mid air.
"This is a handy little thing, let me tell you," Don said conversationally as Michael suddenly felt very, very weak. "It manages to take away the powers, skills, strengths of all the society members in the vicinity, which makes you lot a lot weaker than normal." He smirked and forced Michael to look up at him. "You can thank the Stus and Sues engineer for this."
Michael growled a bit. "Where…is…Claire…" he hissed.
"Oh, don't worry kid, she's fine." He smirked as he walked over to the door and opened it to reveal Claire, who was tied up to a chair, surrounded by knocked out gangers. She was growling and shaking in rage. "Gotta say kid, she can do quite a number on my guys, even when she's tied down."
"Michael!" Claire exclaimed in worry.
"Claire…" Michael whispered to her, and reached out, as if that would do anything.
"Oh, don't worry kid, she's free to go," the Don said, shutting the door. "YOU, on the other hand, have some explaining to do regarding my brothers and sisters you lot have captured…"
Michael narrowed his eyes dangerously. "I don't regret doing my job…"
"Oh," Don slid on a pair of spiked brass knuckles onto his own hand, "Don't worry…I'll make sure you will…"
"I don't care what it says!" Tash exclaimed to the others, throwing a rather intense fit. "Someone needs to go in there after him! He's gonna walk RIGHT into a trap!"
Kyle winced as his Omni-Weapon floated beside his head. "I'm sure he can't be in THAT much trouble…"
"Not that much trouble?! He's in a BLACK LIST Fandom, being coaxed by another Stu and being lured into an obvious trap!" She shouted. "Either someone goes in there and gets them or I will make it so you all have cat ears. And make your lives HELL!" she hissed dangerously.
All the present Society Members gulped, and finally, Willie took a step forward. "I'll go in," he said with a nod of his head. "Michael's my friend, and I wanna help him the way he's helped me."
"I haven't been in the battle ground for a long time." Kyle said also, turning to face Tash, "I'll go in too."
"And feeling partially responsible for the incident, Camille and I shall assist you," Doyle said with a nod.
"We'll what?" Camille asked, before sighing and rubbing her eyes. "Yeah, fine, we'll go too."
"Guys, I think I got a signal," Marcus said, looking up from the screen they had moved into the E.R. for the sake of Tash and Hati. There was a moment's silence, and the screen turned a thick black, producing Michael's vitals, which, much to their shock, were all ready in the critical zones.
"What?!" Miri shouted in worry, "What the hell is doing this that he's all ready this hurt?!"
And the picture flashed on, just in time to see Michael get slugged in the face with a spiked brass knuckle and his head thrown to the side, his face horrible battered, bruised, cut, bloody and mangled all ready. His clothing was torn, and there were marks of a fight all over his visible parts of his body. He was shaking, in pain or rage, they couldn't tell.
"Aniki!!!" Miri shrieked in horror, her hands shooting up to her mouth while her eyes widened to the size of dinner plates.
"Why the hell isn't he fighting back!?" Willie exclaimed, getting closer to the screen.
Marcus frowned heavily, and his eyes drifted over to the item visible on the desk behind the man beating the tar out of Michael. "My guess is that has something to do with that…" he stared at it intently.
"What are you waiting for?!" Tash shouted to them. "He's gonna get killed, hurry!"
Kyle, Willie, Camille and Doyle all raced off at that, time very much a factor.
"Now then," Don said with a playful chuckle, lifting up Michael's chin for him to look into the Stus beady little eyes. "I believe you have two words to tell me and my kind?"
Michael, panting, spit a bit of blood in his face, watching him recoil. He grinned a bit. "Yeah. How does "Bite me" sound?"
Don snarled and slapped his face. "Yo, Johnny, get me the finishing touches on this thing, would you please?"
"Sure thing, boss," he said, racing off. He came back a moment later, holding up a very large sledge hammer. He gave it to Don, who lifted it up with ease.
"Ah yeah, let's see how this place looks redecorated with Society Member brains splattered all over the walls," he laughed and prepared to lift up the weapon.
It all comes down to this, Michael though barely, panting heavily, being forced to look down at the floor again. Do I have what it takes to give up my humanity?
He closed his eyes, and he took a deep breath, thinking of Claire.
She's worth every bit of it…
And swallowed the One-shot he had hidden under his tongue.
The atmosphere changed radically, enough to make Don blinked and stop his movement. "The hell…?" He shrugged. "Ah well, I'm gonna enjoy this!" and brought the weapon down.
The moment he did, however, a hideous creature erupted from Michaels back. At first glance, it was a snake like creature, but its skin was the purest of black, with bright orange lights dotted up and down its side. It caught the handle of the weapon in its mouth, and bit with enough force to snap it in half. Don let go of it in panic and fell back as another snake head snapped in front of his face, with blood stained teeth.
"What the hell is this?!" Don screamed in horror.
"The Darkness." Michael hissed in rage to the man who had just put him through the hell like no other. "A very powerful entity centuries old…" Two long, razor sharp tentacles erupted from his back and pierced the ceiling, lifting Michael up as if he were a puppet, while a third went to smashing any form of light in the room. Now in perpetual darkness, they could see Michael's eyes glow a dark orange color, and they didn't like it.
"And I happen to know; when its host is attack…they get hostile."
He then grinned a very, very dark grin they didn't like in the least.
"Rejoice. For very bad things are about to happen."
And the snake heads and tentacles went to work on the screaming gangsters.
"Freeze! Anti-Cliché and Mary-Sue Elimination Society!" Kyle shouted, his Omni-weapon in the form of a sword as he looked around.
The family that had been peacefully eating dinner before the sword wielding man busted their door down screamed and ducked behind the couch. "Take what you will, just don't hurt us!"
"Oh come on!" Willie shouted, grabbing his head with one hand. "This is the fifteenth apartment we've busted down! They have to be around here!"
"Statistically speaking, there's a good twenty three percent chance the next room will be the one." Doyle said, walking past the two of them.
"Meh, too low of a chance but I'll still try it." Camille said, walking over to it and kicked it down. "Freeze! Anti-Cliché and Mary-Sue Elimination Society!"
Once more, there was nothing in there but a merely overweight man. He looked up at the odd girl who had kicked his door down, and waved it off. Kill him for all he cared, he was way too comfy.
"Okay, now I'm starting to get a little pissed," Camille sighed.
"Are we even in the right building?" Kyle asked, walking up beside the others. "I mean, really, this is getting monotonous…"
Imagine their shock and surprise when a thick black tentacle shot through the door, piercing a mobster in the chest.
"Get it off, get it off, for the love of god, no!" as he was pulled back into the room, his screaming cut short by a loud gurgling noise, and he was silent.
"Think that's him?" Willie asked after a moment of silence, and all raced to the room. They gasped simultaneously at the blood bath that greeted them.
Blood splattered on the wall like a bad modern art exhibit, in different shapes and styles, and sometimes the body that produced the blood was still there, at the very base of the wall. One of the snake like creature was currently swallowing something bloody and red and beating, and Michael was in the middle of everything.
Michael was panting heavily, his eyes still glowing, but half lidded now.
We have company, young one…
Michael panted and turned around, seeing the four Society members, and he had to smile. "They're fine…they're with me…"
I care not young one…death is death…theirs shall be no different…
Michael frowned. "What on earth are you talking about…?"
You have no say in the matter child…you are not my host…you are my puppet…and their death shall be added to the list…
"What? No!" he gasped, and said nothing more of the matter. His hand grasped tightly at his own head, and he fell to his knees.
Willie frowned. "Michael?" he asked, walking forward. "Are you okay dude? Talk to me…"
"Get…a…way…from…me!" Michael hissed, his vision starting to go dark. "Please…get…a…way!" and he screamed as everything from his view went dark, and he began to transform.
His skin began to go black and dark, almost like armor but it seemed more along the lines of skin. It flowed over his skin like ink, forming into long, black claws at the end of his hands. It flowed over his head until he looked like a smooth skinned, long clawed demon with teeth simply made for rending flesh.
Willie took a small step back, taking this time to grab his jewel studded sword hilt, and frowned. "Michael…?"
The creature that was no longer, let loose a loud shriek and stood up, the black, razor sharp tentacles erupted from his back, and shot for Willie. He parried the blow by pulling out his sword and blocking the razor blade and being pushed back a little bit.
"The hell?!" Willie shouted.
The Dark creature let loose a loud shriek, enough to make the windows on the other side of the room splinter and eventually shatter. He stood up and motioned to the window, and the whole room shook. The wall evaporated into pebbles as a massive black hole sucked it away, and Michael, with another snarl, leapt out of the building, using his long tentacles to walk down the wall, with loud, echoing crashes that sent the building shuddering and shaking.
Kyle frowned. "That's bad, that's really bad," he said to the others. Willie and Camille nodded.
"We need to go after him. He's gonna end up hurting people if he stays like that," Willie said, grabbing his sword again and swiping at the air.
"I hear you," Kyle said, as his Omni Weapon formed a suit of bladed armor over his body. "Come on, we don't have a lot of time, I have a very bad feeling about this…"
"Same here…" and both leapt through the hole in the wall.
Camille looked over at Doyle, who had taken to looking about the room. "Aren't you going to go down and join them?"
"I shall in a minute, boss," he said as he walked over to a door, which he found curious, as it had been closed through the whole time they had been there, "I just think it would be common courtesy to get what our friend had come here for."
He opened the door and sitting there, still tied to the chair but took this time to constantly beat a mafia members head over and over with her shoes was Claire. She was panting, as she was sure his nose and a few other things had been broken, and looked up at Doyle and Camille. She grinned. "Hey."
Both of them sweatdropped.
Both Society members dropped with heavy thuds on the ground, which immediately garnered the attention of the corrupt Society member. With a loud hissing snarl, he turned around, still held up by his tentacles dug into the ground as if to steady himself. And in some senses, it was. The darkness snakes on either side of him hisses and snapped at the air.
"Remember, we can't hurt him too much, Michael's still in there," Willie stated, bringing his sword up, as if ready to charge him down.
"I know, I know…" Kyle said and gulped. "I just hope he's thinking the same thing to us."
You poor pitiful human…cooed the Darkness into Michael's conscious, the only part of him that was still left. You think these pathetic mortals care about you…what's to care about? Heh, heh, heh…a group of humans wishing to do the impossible…on a simple NOTE, they turn on you…look at them, preparing to run you down…
Kyle leapt into action first, rushing at Michael, his sword flashing in the light the moon had gratefully allowed the three battlers. Michael's tentacle shot up and blocked blow after blow, but as a result, didn't get enough time to throw his own blows. Michael sneered and sent one of the snake heads at him…
Only for Willie to come in and block that blow with his own sword. The darkness had skin that felt like the strongest form of armor, so it didn't do much but knocked the head off course, but also took some attention from Kyle and onto Willie, who tried to block the blows that the tentacles had been flying to him, break-neck speed and quick flashes were all that showed something was happening, not to mention the loud clanks that sounded from a sword fight, and Willie's struggling grunts.
Your sisters…your brothers…your friends…they shall never forgive you for this horrendous crime…The Darkness snarled to Michael. They shall never trust you…they shall all LEAVE you…
The Darkness Michael finally howled, with such intenseness that all the windows in the general vicinity shattered into small shards, raining across the duelists like a diamond thunder storm. And he just kept screeching.
"What is he doing?!" Willie screamed to Kyle, who had taken his Omni Weapon to cover his own ears in agony.
"I don't know! He could be…what's that?" He shouted over the shriek, pointing over to the side where two light blue portals had materialized. Much to their shock, something was CRAWLING out of them. Both were of the same shape, humanoid and standing at a full three feet, with dark, misty skin, pointed faces and glowing yellow eyes. One was simply dressed, a simple vest with a large sledgehammer on his back, the other looked like something from the Vietnam war, with camouflage body suit and a VERY large machine gun on its back.
The one with the Sledgehammer giggled and whipped it out, spinning it above his head as if it weighed no more than a pound, and slammed it into the ground, making a deep crater. "All right!" he cheered, showing his rotting yellow and black teeth. "Let's rock this joint!"
"Mmm…" inhaled the war looking one, "I love the smell of petrol chemicals in the morning!"
"…It's the middle of the night…"
"…GOD I hate you," he grumbled and pulled up his machine gun, pointing it at Kyle. The sledgehammer wielding one skittered over to Willie, his weapon of choice slung over his shoulder.
Humans are such fickle creatures…give them a reason and they war…give them an excuse and they murder…give them a simple little light of reason and they rule over people…and you my puppet are no different. You gave up your humanity…for a girl who will no long love you after she sees the atrocities you have committed against your so called team mates…such selfishness…
A tentacle shot from the midst of the confusion towards the very distracted Willie, who had barely dodged a swing from the very heavy sledge hammer, but before he met his mark, Doyle landed in front of the tentacle, holding a fencing sword in front of him and parried the blow. The android gave the darkness infested Michael a hard look, and prepared himself for the next blow.
He proved to be quite fast, as he blocked every blow with ease, even getting close enough to swipe Michael across the cheek with his sword. He howled in agony, his head snapping to the side to see Camille, cheering on Doyle, and Claire, who looked horrified.
Look how frightened she is of you…do you finally see how useless your life is? Everyone shall fear you…everyone you cared for shall dessert you…your life…your dreams…your hopes…all shot with the one mistake of accepting me…your life is a lie…people cared about you on pity only…
Kyle threw a punch to the dark creature and blew it into wisps of darkness, while Willie easily decapitated his own opponent. Doyle was still holding his own against the demented Gary Stu Gutter, and Willie and Kyle both jumped in at his side, their combined tactics more than enough to start pushing their way through the swiping tentacles, gaining ground on Michael, who began to back away, seemingly more nervous than before.
It seems the one you called Blake is right…you truly ARE a monster…
That made Michael pause and think about it in horror. That momentary pause in the midst of a three way sword battle would prove to be his downfall, as all three of the Society members, reluctantly mind you, all swiped the Shadow Michael with their swords. The creature that had once been Michael shrieked and flew back by the combined strike of swords, and skidded to the ground.
"Michael, come on, snap out of it…" Willie said, wincing at the thought of striking one of his friends. Kyle was panting, but Doyle looked ready for anything.
Submit to me, child…You haven't any other choice…submit…submit!
Michael howled a horrible howl, and more razor sharp tentacles erupted from his back. He threw both of his hands forward above the three of them, and snarled. Much to their own surprise, a massive black hole began to form over the three of them. The wind kicked and blew around them as all forms of loose debris were pulled towards the hole to nothingness.
"Brace yourself," Doyle said as he began to walk forward, in an attempt to fight the current of the Black Hole. Doyle and Willie, however, had to resort to slamming their swords into the ground as an anchor. Camille and Claire gripped a tree near by. Claire continued to look at Michael, her eyes tearing up.
Yes! Yes! Beautiful destruction! Wonderful death! Submit, child, submit! YOU…
Doyle, Willie and Kyle began to loose their footing, and began to slip. No one else noticd it was raining.
Doyle began to slide back towards the Black Hole, as did Kyle and Willie, their swords digging deep gouges in the ground. Claire began to fight her way towards Michael…
A pair of delicate arms wrapped around the black creatures chest, and much to the Darkness' own surprise, it was Claire!
What?! Release me, you annoying human! You cannot save him, he is mine!
That was when the bolt of lightning struck down between the two fighting parties, and the darkness let out another loud shriek that was far worse than when it had beem summoning the darklings. The darkness was evaporating as the entire area was filled with sickeningly bright white light, and as the black, armored skin peeled away to reveal Michael's skin.
Nooooooo! It screamed in agony as the last bit of darkness was vaporized from Michael's person, and all that was remaining is the Gary Stu Gutter.
The Black Hole disappeared as the Darkness did, so Doyle, Willie and Kyle stopped struggling. All three panted, and Camille ran over to Doyle.
"Are you okay?"
"As okay as I'm gonna get, boss," He said with an affirmative nod of his head, "But…what about…?"
All three looked worriedly in the direction of Michael, was had fallen to his knees, his girlfriend still attached to him from behind, all the while, Michael whimpered and sobbed about how sorry he was…
"And he's been in there for the past few hours, locked himself in," Claire mumbled to Miri, staring at the door that led to the room that she and Michael shared. "He won't come out…"
"I SWEAR TO GOD, MICHAEL WASSON, AS SOON AS I'M OUT OF THIS BED I'M GOING TO THROTTLE YOU!" screamed Tash's voice from ALL the way across the library, "IF YOU EVER SCARE US LIKE THAT AGAIN…"
"I'm…gonna go check up on her," Miri said as she gave Claire one final hug. "I promise it'll all be okay…"
"I hope, Miri…" she whispered as she hugged the younger girl in return, cuddling softly.
"Tash, calm down or I'm going to glue you to the bed!" Miri shouted as she walked in.
"THEN I SWEAR, I'LL TIE YOU TO YOUR BED AND USE TRAPS EVEN ADRIAN WOULDN'T CONSIDER USING!" she finished screaming, panting heavily.
A moment of silence reigned in the room, and Tash gave a small, shuddering whimper. She wiped away a few stray tears that had fallen down her cheeks as a result of her rant, and she fell back against the bed.
"Tash?" Miri asked as she scurried forward. "Are you okay?" she sat down beside her.
"They all really scared me," she whispered softly, "I really thought we were gonna lose him…he nearly died," she sniffed softly, "I'm just…relieved he's okay…"
Miri wrapped both of her arms around her older sister like figure. "We all are, Aneki…we all are…"
Michael had finished installing the floodlights around his room. He knew the Darkness wasn't gone, not by a long shot. A simple thing like a bright flash of lightning wasn't going to take out the Darkness, no sir. The entire room was absolutely blinding, and he found himself on his bed.
He had hurt so many of his friends…who didn't even do anything…he gave up his own humanity, but it was worth it…Claire was ALWAYS worth it…
Seems as though we're in this for the long run, child…as I said…you're far more than a host…a puppet more like it…you're mine…
Michael glared at the ceiling. "Not likely, you parasite. I'll learn to control you…I swear I will. I'm not a puppet…"
Believe what you will child…you know your fate to be true…
Michael blocked the voice out, and stared down at the ground. The events of the day coursed through his head. So he took a deep breath, buried his face in his hands, and whimpered pathetically.
Things were going to be very different for the Gary Stu Gutter…
And so another Dark Tale of the ACMSES passed, with a new dark entity in one of the senior members! Read and review please!


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NYC Parks Events Calendar
Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
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Saturday, May 17, 2014
Central Park Tour: Hiking Central Park
at Belvedere Castle (in Central Park), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
A follow-up to our sold-out Central Park Hike last summer, guides will take guests from Belvedere Castle at Vista Rock, through the Ramble and other landscapes to the Hallett Nature Sanctuary. Learn about urban horticulture, woodlands, and conservation on this hike co-led by Conservancy staff and the Appalachian Mountain Club.
Category: Education, Nature, Fitness, History, Tours
Shape Up NYC: Zumba Toning
at McDonald Park House (in McDonald Playground), Staten Island
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Zumba is a fusion of Latin, International and popular music dance themes creating a dynamic, exciting, effective fitness system!
Category: Fitness
It's My Park Day at Charlton Plaza
at Charlton Plaza, Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
The Charlton Street Block Association and local residents will be working in this lovely, little viewing garden they maintain.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
It's My Park Day at First Park
at 1st Street between First and Second Avenue (in First Park), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
Join volunteers from First Street Block Association and neighborhood residents who will be busy cleaning, weeding and planting to help keep this park looking good.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
CANCELLED: It's My Park Day at Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly Playground
at Dr Gertrude B Kelly Playground (in Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly Playground), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Volunteers from Corelars Cares will be cleaning, raking, and weeding at Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly Playground.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Bryant Park Ping Pong
at Ping Pong Court (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Test your ping pong skills at one of two state-of-the-art tables.
Category: Games, Kids, Sports
Bryant Park Games
at 40th Street Plaza (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Take a break with an eclectic selection of favorite tabletop games for free. From Scrabble and mancala to dominoes and Jenga. Visit bryantpark.org to find weekly Game Socials and…
Category: Games, Kids
Bryant Park Kubb
at The Green (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Learn the Scandinavian lawn game, also known as Viking Chess. To win, knock over your opponent's blocks with wooden pins. Never played? Our attendant will teach you.
Category: Games, Kids
Bryant Park Putting Green
at The Green (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Practice your technique, perfect your distance and speed, or bring the kids to play on the green, all free of charge. Golf balls and clubs are provided.
Category: Kids, Sports
Adult Art: Botanical Watercolors
at Greenbelt Nature Center (in Blood Root Valley), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Learn how to use the watercolor medium to create an accurate, life-like illustration of woodland wildflowers.
Category: Nature, Art
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Ford makes over another icon by going aluminum
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Now that's what we call a hands-on executive
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 25, 2015When one of Mark Reuss' classic cars needs a bit of roadside repair, he doesn't reach for a cell phone. General Motors' head of global product development goes for a wrench.
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12:01 am U.S. ET | May 25, 2015For the first time in nearly a decade, a Detroit automaker will exhibit at the Tokyo Motor Show. Jeep - the best-selling U.S.
Borgward's revival plan comes into focus
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 25, 2015Bankrolled by a Chinese truckmaker and run by a former Daimler executive, Borgward's revival is starting to look real.
Can dealership make this SUV fit for a horse? Of course
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 25, 2015A Ford store in Illinois revamped an Excursion, making it in to a mobile horse stall that hauls around a miniature horse for charity.
VW gets Mom involved in ad war with FCA
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 18, 2015And now for the grudge report: In the latest round of provocation involving Volkswagen and Fiat Chrysler, sedans from Chrysler and Dodge have been...
Porsche zooms from 3 sales a month to 5,217
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 18, 2015The new monthly sales record pushed Porsche's year-to-date sales up by 17 percent and added to the celebratory mood as the brand opened its $100...
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12:01 am U.S. ET | May 18, 2015Bob O'Connell, who died last week at 76, was among the casualties of the revolution at General Motors in 1992, the one that ushered in the Jack...
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Rockport boy works to overcome diagnosis
2011 Caller-Times Children's Christmas Appeal
ROCKPORT - He has scabs on his knees and a Boy Scout uniform hanging in the closet. His bright eyes sparkle with little boy mischief. When he grows up he wants to be a super hero.
It hasn't been an easy road for Harry. At 10, he has seen the inside of more doctors' offices and taken more medications that most people might in a lifetime. When he was 3 years old he was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and then later with bipolar disorder.
His parents, Eric and Lily, do what they can to provide him with all the normal things a boy his age might enjoy such as Boy Scouts and sports but some days it's difficult to overlook how hard Harry must try to function each day. It's even harder to swallow all the things they aren't able to afford such as monthly bills and extras like Christmas presents.
The children represent thousands who will be helped by the Caller-Times Children's Christmas Appeal. The names of the families profiled have been changed to protect their privacy.
All money donated to the drive benefits the children; all overhead costs are borne by the Caller-Times, United Way of the Coastal Bend and participating agencies.
Both Eric and Lily work for a small local company. Because work has been slow their hours have been cut in half. They don't even make enough to cover their $1,700 in monthly bills and later this month the company will shut down for the holidays. The couple will likely attempt to take out a loan against their tax refund to help float past the two weeks they will go without pay.
Several years ago Eric's parents deeded them a piece of land so that they could build a house on it but they were never able to afford it. Lily, who is working on her associate degree in business management, said because they have property in their name they do not qualify for any state assistance. If it weren't for the Children's Health Insurance Program the couple wouldn't be able to afford the thousands of dollars in medications Harry takes each month.
Harry, who loves adventure and movies, could use bluejeans and shoes. He would love to own a tuxedo for those days when he'll have to go out on dates. When his mother vetoed dating at age 10 he settled on a Harry Potter wand like the ones listed for sale on the inside cover of his movie box.
Harry would like to take a Disney cruise one day. He recently began picking up chapter books that encourage him to choose his own adventure.
That may be why he now has dreams of wearing a cape and saving the world.
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Tani isn't surprised that Whitson was tagged to be the first woman to command the space station. "The amount she knows about the station and its operation blows me away. Her ability, her leadership and management skills always amaze me. I can't wait to get up there and work with her on the station."
Space station commanders have nearly all been male, going back to the earliest American or Soviet stations in the early 1970s. NASA has had only one female commander before -- astronaut Eileen Collins, now retired from the agency, who was in charge of two space shuttle missions.
Whitson said she is little uncomfortable with all the attention placed on her role as the first woman in charge -- she wants the spotlight to shine on the space station. "I think the legacy of the space station will be that it is an international project and that we have built it with 16 different counties in a peaceful way".
So what did Whitson have to leave behind on Earth? Shoes.
Pam Melroy said her colleague is known for having the cutest shoes. Whitson said she wore high heels to work, "and they really don't like me walking in the simulators in high heels."
She does miss what she left behind in her closet at home. "We tend to have blue T-shirts and blue pants and it gets a little old," she said of daily space station attire. "When I came back I said I was never going to wear navy blue again, and here I am."
Back in space, wearing navy blue, flying on the International Space Station. Now, however, she is the boss.


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There've been a buzz that Sherlyn's mother wants her to get married. When the actress was enquired by a leading daily about her marriage plans, Sherlyn said that her mom wants her to get married. She further said that she's single, hence she has adviced her mother to find a life partner for her.
Ms Chopra said that she might never find a guy for herself, since she's not outgoing. "I don't go clubbing, never go to discotheques, not even to a coffee shop with friends. After my day is over, I come back home and spend time with my pet and caretaker."
Sherlyn wishes to find her Mr Right soon and settle down with him. Well Sherlyn, we wish your desire comes true and wish to get a good news soon.
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Dyana's Easy Creamy Chicken Enchiladas
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- 10 flour tortillas (6-inch)
- 1 can(s) Red Enchilada Sauce
- 2.5 cup(s) chicken breasts (2 or 3) Cooked, Shredded
- 1.5 cup(s) shredder cheddar cheese
- 2 tablespoon(s) fajitas seasoning
- 1 package(s) cream cheese cute into small cubes
- 1 can(s) Ro-tel
- 1 Small Onion Chopped, Diced
- Preheat oven @ 375*
- Combine: Shredded chicken, 1 cup of shredded cheese, cream cheese,onion seasoning and 1/2 can of ro-tel. (Mix together in large bowl)
- Use a greased 9x13 baking dish, cover bottom of dish 4 tbsp of enchilada sauce, fill tortillas with mixture (2 or 3 tbsp each) roll and place in dish, top with enchilada sauce and remaining rotel.
- Cover and bake for 15-20 mins. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top recover and allow to cool for 5 mins.
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Cheney not speaking at McCain's convention?
"Cheney not speaking at McCain's convention?"
The right-wing American Spectator reports today that Vice President Dick Cheney will not be a speaker at the Republican National Convention next month, "according to sources in his office." The magazine says that "Cheney has not sought a speaking slot at the convention, nor has his staff sought a role for him at the convention." Asked by the Los Angeles Times, Cheney's press secretary Megan Mitchell did not deny the report, only saying that "the vice president has a great deal of respect for John McCain and as of last Friday was out campaigning for him."


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While working on a cron job issue, one of the customers wanted to know if they can run the SUA command through a task scheduler instead of cron job. Below are few steps which we can run from the korn/C shell on a system which has subsystem for Unix installed along with SUA SDK package.
Now, regarding the question of running SUA commands through task scheduler, yes we can run it. The syntax which you need to put on a notepad is:
"c:\WINDOWS\posix.exe /u /c /bin/ksh -l -c /dev/fs/C/Windows/SUA/bin/ls > c:\test.txt"
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If there's one thing the Celtics think rookie guard Avery Bradley can do right away, it's defend. That's also the opinion of his fellow first-year players who overwhelmingly voted Bradley the top defensive player in the rookie class, according to a survey posted on NBA.com.
It's not surprising that Bradley won the player vote, but what is interesting is that he dominated the results.
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One other interesting tidbit from the poll: Kobe Bryant was the runaway winner for favorite player among the rookies.
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Unconventional tobacco products such as electronic cigarettes and hookahs are becoming more popular among U.S. teens, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In 2012, 1.1 percent of middle school students reported using e-cigarettes, up from 0.6 percent in 2011. Among high school students, e-cigarette use rose from 1.5 percent to 2.8 percent, and hookah use increased from 4.1 percent to 5.4 percent over the same period.
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Cigarettes and cigars are still the most commonly used tobacco products: Among middle school students, about 3.5 percent said they smoked cigarettes, and 2.8 percent smoked cigars in the previous 30 days. Among high school students, about 24 percent smoked cigarettes and 12.6 percent smoked cigars in the past 30 days.
Overall use of cigarettes and cigars remained about the same between 2011 and 2012, however, there was a concerning increase in cigar use among black high school students, from 11.7 percent to 16.7 percent, the researchers said.
Some types of cigars are sold as "little cigars," which look almost exactly like cigarettes and may appeal to teens because they can be sold individually, and also come in fruit and candy flavors that aren't allowed in cigarettes, the CDC said. Just last month, the CDC found that more than a third of middle and high school students who smoke cigars use flavored, little cigars.
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I'm just curious, i have had this game since the release date. I've beaten it evil and good, and now im going through good mode, trying to do all the side missions. Anyway, since i got the game, i think my ps3 has only crashed twice. I was just playing and the ps3 froze, and i had to reset it, the game is slightly glitchy, has this happened to anyone else?
I just beat it, didn't crash a single time.
when i got my 40gb ps3 about 18 months ago it used to do the same thing as yours with certaingames in the end i sent i back to sony and it has been fine since and i have had no problems with this game.
It's REALLY annoying, how i have to post, to see someone else's post...
Yes this game has hard locked on me twice. This is only the 2nd game to hard lock my PS3 in 2 years. Both times the crash occurred during "Anything for Trish".
Also, playing through as evil now & I've fallen through the ground a few times. This never happened to me during my good play-through. Quite a few glitches have happened that I never experienced on my hero run. I don't know if it's all that crap cluttering the streets or what.
In spite of it all, the generous autosave/checkpoints, make the infrequent glitches negligible.
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Rated 5 out of 5 This hotel is welcoming This hotel is subdued in appearance and has warm and welcoming staff. Clean rooms, good service, and prompt response with any requests you may have during your stay. Feels very tranquil which is great after a stressful day at the office and in meetings. Excellent breakfast buffet with many selections. Highly recommend this location. January 31, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by JOEYD Great DFW Location with tremendous customer service The folks at the DFW are very nice and always do their best to accomodate your needs!!! January 27, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by Hansej Lot of room for dining improvement Have stayed here for 4 years. May be my last due to poor food quality and options. 1.Starbucks bar in the lobby is closed more than its open. Only 1 restaurant open and generally empty (hmm, I know why). What a poor impression to walk into a hotel lobby where you are greeted by darkness of the Starbucks bar. Either get it out or open it please. 2. general business seating area behind elevators is good, love the outlets on the high table. But no place closeby to get a drink. Complete this by putting in a self-service coffee/water bar along the back wall. Sure you can go to the mini-gift shop to get a water, no coffee, but you have to pay at the front desk, if the line is long you are not going to wait...you are going thirsty. 3. Dinner - tuna Niçoise salad had ice crystals on the the tuna. Breakfast - sausage patties several were burnt and looked like thin rubber discs. I chose a non burnt one only to find a refrigerator cold oil puck.Uggh! Afternoon snack- ice cream sandwhich from that mini-gift shop fridge...again ice crystals and freezer burn. Yuck, made me question the overall quality and handling of their food. Now I know why more people dont eat there. Too bad otherwise I would recommend it. Staff is very accommodating. Don't plan to come back. January 25, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Ricky24 Excellent Service I was greeted by almost every employee that walked by. Jacqueline at the front desk has a great attitude and builds rapport with guests quickly. The food service was excellent as well. Top notch. January 25, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Simone100 Upscale Environment and Great Staff! This hotel was everything I imagined, and more. The hotel lobby had several areas for congregating during our conference, and the rooms were very clean and modern; the bed and linens were the best quality I've ever seen in a hotel. I will definitely go back to this hotel when traveling in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area! January 22, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by cooper The staff Brandon and Bradly did a wonderful job helping us with every request. Bradly even printed out our boarding passes' for us. When in the area we will be your guest's. Thank-You very much January 21, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by TK323 Room 1031 I enjoyed my stay over the weekend of Jan 18-20. The bed was very comfortable. A couple of minor items in the room need to be addressed by the maintenance staff. 1. The middle drawer of the dresser opens on its own. Not a problem except in the middle of the night. 2. The cold water knob leaks water when it's turned on. 3. The window blind does not go up. I like to look out the window. Thanks! January 21, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by abcabc Facilities fine; basic hostitality issues Inflexible and indfiferent to a 30 mintue late checkout, which is a gross deviation from the industry in this segment of it. Valet parking staff invisible and when they appeared,simply indfferent. Front desk and banquet staff fine. January 21, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Imaperfectionist I can always depend on a Westin Satisfied as always. Breakfast delivery was a bit over 30 minutes but that was ok. January 16, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Cabrito Excellent restaurant Great service and friendly staff. Probably the best breakfast buffet I've ever eaten in any hotel I've ever stayed. January 14, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by WOK13 Dallas - Jan Stay The hotel was easy to access. Good shuttle service. Staff was very accomodating. Food was very good. January 14, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Kat54 This hotel is the best place to stay. I have stayed at this hotel for five years and it has continued to improve and exceed my expectations. The staff are open and friendly. The breakfast was superb and of course the beds are heavenly. It has become a tradition for me and my best friend to celebrate our birthdays here and will sure to be one of the highlights of every year. January 14, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Required Great place to stay The beds are very comfortable and the bathrooms are nice. The showers are wonderful. Good towels. A/C works well! The staff is consistently great. The food is good. Had the dinner (burger & fries) in my room and the next morning enjoyed the fantastic breakfast bar. Over all, a great place to stay. January 14, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Kicks36 Great staff It was a pleasure from check in to check out. Very accommodating ! January 13, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Farrell Great Business Hotel The only thing that could have made it better would be that the Starbucks was not only open for breakfast. All of the staff was very friendly and helpful. January 12, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Nana68 The staff is outstanding The hotel was awesome.we had several issues . that were resolved above and beyond. will stay again. January 12, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by eye31 Nice place Hotel is nice and the bar/restaurant had great food and very friendly staff. January 10, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by Laura6 Completely Under Staffed - Very Disappointing Experience I was stranded in Dallas due to the ice on Christmas Day & had to book a room for the night. I generally only stay in Starwood properties as they are typically very consistent, however not in this case! I waited for the hotel shuttle outside in 28 degree temperature for over an hour & finally had to take a taxi (the hotel is only 2 miles from the airport). There was only one person answering the phone and he was extremely rude & kept putting me on hold. After finally arriving at the hotel and not eating all day, I was told that the restaurant & bar were closed for the holiday. There was NO room service and no minibar in the room. In addition, I spoke with two other families forced to stay overnight and there room rate was $25.00 plus taxes less than my rate. Bottom line, this airport hotel property was not prepared at all for the anticipated storm and completely under staffed!! Guests had to suffer due to their very poor operational decisions… January 3, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by coldroom Heater is very noisy and doesn't work I stayed right after X-mas, and the weather was very cold during my stay. Hence I turned on the heater and went to bed. Heater became very noisy, but I thought because it was a cold day. During the sleep, I felt the room is very cold, and found that heater was still working (again very noisy), but it didn't blow in any hot air at all. I guessed heater seemed to have some problem, but it was too late to change the room (too much work at 2am).. It seems the hotel was recently renovated, but but HVAC system is still very old and even not functioning well. December 30, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by Chukar Nice hotel.. Needs some remodeling. Issues with Sunday breakfast buffet Bathrooms could use some updates such as easier-to-use shower faucet, and brighter lighting. Breakfast buffet is pretty bad as is the staff in this restaurant. Waiter and waitresses seem to have never heard of customer service. Coffee was bad, eggs were COLD, meat was old and greasy. Yogurt was watery and unappetizing. No spoon to stir coffee and waitress had vanished!!! Music conflicted with the music from the lobby. December 26, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by Hack75 DFW Westin Great staff, location and service December 22, 2012
Rated 2 out of 5 by chris12345 very noisy i have never written a review - but the room that i stayed in (806) was one of the worst rooms. the window was not sealed properly so the wind rattled the window - and this also allowed for excellent listening to the planes taking off and landing. December 20, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by Haleca Excellent airport hotel Quality hotel near JFK. The free shuttle pickup system is the worst part. The instructions require use of the automatic dial telephone at baggage claim. It takes forever for an answer and a long time for the shuttle. Once at the hotel, it is a quality operation. December 19, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by cbfan4L This hotel has great features This is the second time my husband n I stayed here while going to the Cowboy's game. The restaurant on site was great, bar area was great as well because of the convience, however the restaurant needed a VERY GOOD CLEANING, the wood dividers in between the booths had about an inch thick of dust, literally, the floor needed vacuuming, house keeping for our room was bare minimum, someone dropped popcorn in the hall in front of their door n the popcorn was still there 3 days later, the day we checked out. Expected better from this hotel, housekeeping really needs to b addressed. Hotel is toooo nice to not be cleaned properly. December 19, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by ktsf Great Stay in Dallas The place was great, the breakfast at the hotel was delicious. Only downside is that in the morning you can hear the planes flying overhead. Loved that you could rent workout gear! December 16, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by MO0912 Something went wrong with the shuttle After a long late flight from NYC to DFW had to wait 40+ min to be picked up by the shuttle and almost an hour to get to the hotel (of course we had to pick up other customers at other terminals)... December 9, 2012
Rated 3 out of 5 by MiamiMichael Plumbing Issues Maybe they were working on the plumbing, but I woke up each morning to the stench of backflow in either the sink or shower. Room service was also a bit slow and no king bed. December 9, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by bythec Very pleased!!!! The staff was very helpful and personable!!! The rooms very comfortable... Heavenly!!!! December 8, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by km1054 DFW Westin I'm a Westin fan, but was disappointed this visit. Cons: The bathroom sink was clogged. The service in the restaurant was slow and didn't offer specials or a wine list, like they did to other tables. It wasn't busy, and relatively early, so I would have anticipated better services. Pros: Upgraded to a suite which had wonderful accomodations I would have thoroughly enjoyed if I had been there for more nights. Quiet rooms. Great workout facility. December 8, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by Funtime Nice environment, staff not friendly I enjoyed the atmosphere and environment. The room was roomy and clean. A typical Westin hotel. However, I went back couple days later because I left something in the room. I asked for lost and found. The lady told me in a tone that wasn't customer service oriented "you have to come back; the lost and found dept is closed". Well, I live 30 miles out. She didn't offer to take down my information and call me to update on the status. December 7, 2012


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1. In a very large bowl or pot, dissolve the salt in the water. Add the cucumbers, cover and soak overnight in the refrigerator.
2. In a large, heavy pot, combine the vinegar and sugar; cook until the sugar dissolves. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Drain the cucumbers and add them to the pot. Stir gently and bring to a boil, then turn off the heat. Ladle the hot cucumbers and their liquid into 6 hot 1-pint glass canning jars, leaving 1/2 inch of space at the top. Close with the lids and rings.
3. To process, boil the jars for 10 minutes. Cool the pickles to room temperature and serve immediately, or store them in a cool, dark place for up to 1 year. Refrigerate after opening.
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hello everyone, I managed to soft mod my xbox about 3 weeks ago, yes it was fun, but then i felt the need to try and partition to get full advantage of the 8 gigs, that was not a good idea since i had no idea what i was doing. After the goof up, i rebooted my box only to find that i couldnt get to my dashboard error 13, after a while i found from forums that the only way to fix my problem was by hotswapping, i successfully hotswapped my drive, and using the xbox hdm boot cd i managed to wipe the drive but then to find that it would not fricken create the xbox partition,which was option 1, or whatever, and i even had a backup of my xbox C drive with EvoX on the CD in the correct folder, but im not sure if its complete, as in i believe i may have cut the transfer short i cant remember, o yea and for some reason it didnt have the eeprom so i couldnt generate a password, neway i couldnt get the rebuild to work and so i had to reboot my computer with a wiped xbox hd. i did create a floppy with lock/unlock tools, BUT i didnt have the eeprom.bin file so i chose to create it with no password, so im guessing the floppy cant help. Now first of all i didnt try to rehotswap, but from what i read in forums i figured i had officialy locked my hd permanently and theres no way for the xbox to unlock it and hotswap again correct? k thats the first question, second is, if infact i bought a new HD could i even get it to work in my xbox? does the new HD need to be compatible with my boxs bios specifically, or could i just use a friends HD to copy his C and E drives which contain the EvoX dash to the new drive and plug er in? insight would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
Stock Hd Is Paperweight, Buy New One?
Started by blackalicious , Nov 18 2004 11:50 PM
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Brazilian airframer Embraer is aiming to gain certification of its ultra-long-range Lineage 1000 business jet to operate from London City airport.
This would make the Lineage the largest business jet cleared to operate from City airport, which has a steep angle of approach.
Embraer's 190 regional jet, on which the Lineage is based, is already cleared to use London City, but the Lineage's higher maximum take-off weight necessitates a separate certification.
Embraer says 90% of the process is paperwork and the remaining 10% engineering work to prove the similarity of performance.
It is targeting 2012 for certification.
Embraer claims the Lineage is already the largest business aircraft to be cleared to fly from Teterboro, New Jersey and Aspen, Colorado airports in the USA.
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