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Mycobacterium bovis isolates with M. tuberculosis specific characteristics.
Mycobacterium bovis causes tuberculosis (TB) mainly in cattle but has a broad host range and causes disease similar to that caused by M. tuberculosis in humans (1). It belongs to the M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC) that comprises the closely related human pathogens M. tuberculosis and M. africanum (2). Identification of M. bovis traditionally has been based on clear-cut differences in phenotypic characteristics and biochemical properties when compared to the other members of the MTBC (1,2). M. bovis shows a dysgonic colony shape on Lowenstein-Jensen medium, is negative for niacin accumulation and nitrate reduction, is susceptible to thiophene-2-carboxylic acid hydrazide (TCH), and shows microaerophilic growth on Lebek medium (1-3). A further criterion used for differentiation is the intrinsic resistance to pyrazinamide, which is found in most M. bovis isolates (1-3). In contrast, M. tuberculosis shows eugonic growth, is positive for niacin accumulation and nitrate reduction, is resistant to TCH, shows aerophilic growth on Lebek medium, and is usually not monoresistant to pyrazinamide (2,3).
More recently, several molecular methods have been developed that provide clear criteria for the identification of M. bovis. These comprise a variety of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods, e.g., based on DNA sequence variations in the direct repeat region of MTBC complex strains (spoligotyping [4]) or on single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in either the oxyR gene (5) or the gyrB gene (6). Furthermore, MTBC isolates can be differentiated by large sequence polymorphisms or regions of difference (RD), and according to their distribution in the genome, a new phylogenetic scenario for the different species of the MTBC has been suggested (7-9). The presence or absence of particular deletions has been proposed as being discriminative, e.g., lack of TdB1 for M. tuberculosis or lack of RD12 for M. bovis.
In routine diagnostics, the combination of phenotypic characteristics and biochemical features is sufficient to differentiate clinical M. bovis isolates, and in general, the results obtained are unambiguous. However, here we describe the characteristics of 8 strains of the MTBC that showed an unusual combination of phenotypic and biochemical attributes of both M. bovis and M. tuberculosis. Molecular analyses confirmed the strains as M. bovis, which in part have phenotypic and biochemical properties of M. tuberculosis.
The Study
During a previous investigation of 179 drug-resistant isolates from Kazakhstan (10), we determined the presence of 8 strains showing monoresistance to pyrazinamide. Kazakhstan is the largest of the central Asian republics and is divided regionally into 14 oblasts. The investigation was performed as part of a nationwide drug resistance survey conducted by the national TB program of Kazakhstan with assistance from the World Health Organization/ International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Global Project in 2001. The subset of this survey investigated here (n = 158) represents 100% of strains resistant to isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol, or streptomycin isolated in 9 of the 14 Kazakhstan oblasts during the study period; 21 samples had fungal contamination or showed no growth (10). All strains were isolated from sputum samples.
To further clarify if these strains were monoresistant M. tuberculosis or M. bovis isolates intrinsically resistant to pyrazinamide, we performed several routine diagnostic tests traditionally used for species differentiation (6). All strains showed eugonic growth characteristics on Lowenstein-Jensen slants and on bromcresol purple medium (Figure), which in general is typical for M. tuberculosis. However, on bromcresol purple medium, classic M. tuberculosis isolates induce a pH-dependent change of color from blue to yellow, which was not observed in these cases (Figure). Furthermore, all 8 isolates were positive for niacin accumulation, negative for nitrate reduction, susceptible to TCH, and showed aerophilic growth on Lebek medium. Considering all results, the 8 strains showed a combination of test results that did not allow a clear differentiation as M. bovis or as M. tuberculosis (Table 1). Such a combination of test results would apply best to M. africanum, a species from which more variable test results have been reported (3). However, this species was probably was not isolated because M. africanum strains are usually not monoresistant to pyrazinamide (3).
Therefore, we investigated all strains with several molecular techniques previously used for differentiation within the MTBC (Table 2). They all had identical spoligotype patterns (hexcode 6B-57-5F-7F-FF-60, performed according to the methods of Kamerbeek et al. [4]), that lacked spacers 3943 and identical IS6110 DNA fingerprint patterns with 2 IS6110 copies (data not shown, performed according to the methods of van Embden et al. [11]). All isolates carried the M. boris-specific polymorphism in the oxyR gene (5), and none of them had the M. boris BCG--specific deletion in the RD1 region (12). PCR analysis of other RDs (RD3, RD4, RD5, RD9, RD10, RD12, TbD1, and IS1541) showed results typical for M. bovis when compared with the RD signatures of the American Type Culture Collection strains of M. tuberculosis, M. africanum, and M. bovis (Table 2) and with previously published data (7,8). The intrinsic resistance to pyrazinamide was confirmed by DNA sequence analysis as all strains carried the M. bovis--specific single point mutation at nucleotide position 169 of the pncA gene. Seven of the 8 strains were isolated from 30- to 55-year-old men, and 1 strain was from a 72-year-old woman. All but 1 patient had a history of previous antituberculosis treatment, but none of the strains showed any further resistance (data not shown). The patients originated from the oblast of Kostanajskaya in north Kazakhstan. Among all patients, no direct epidemiologic links could be established. However, 3 of the patients lived in the city of Kostanaj, while 5 came from rural areas. Before 1950, the Kazakh Steppe was a broad, continuous belt of grassland that stretched from the Ural River to the Altai foothills, covering large parts of Kostanajskaya; after the 1950s, the region was used extensively for agriculture. Information on contact with animals is not available, since cattle herds are only kept privately.
We describe 8 strains of M. boris with exceptional phenotypic characteristics that are intermediate between M. tuberculosis and M. bovis. This fact initially complicated a clear species differentiation; however, the battery of molecular tests performed clearly confirmed all strains as M. bovis. These tests included the presence of characteristic single nucleotide polymorphisms as well as an RD profile that is typical for the M. boris lineage of the MTBC (6, 7). To our knowledge, this is the first report describing M. bovis isolates with phenotypic characteristics and biochemical properties of M. tuberculosis. In our previous investigation of 176 M. bovis strains from Germany, all strains had phenotypic characteristics typical of M. bovis, and no strains similar to the isolates from Kazakhstan could be identified (13). The same result applies for the spoligotype patterns, as none of the strains in our database had an identical spoligotype pattern (data not shown). A further comparison with the international M. bovis spoligotype database (available from http://www.mbovis.org/ spoligodatabase) identified 1 strain isolated in Argentina with an identical spoligotype pattern; however, no further information about his strain is available.
Whether the 8 strains analyzed represent strains of an ancestral phylogenetic lineage of M. bovis that might have been conserved because of the geographic isolation of that region of Kazakhstan or whether they gained their special characteristics by new mutations is a question that cannot be answered by the data obtained in this study. All strains have been isolated from humans. We cannot say if we have found an exceptional outbreak of a particular M. bovis strain or if the patients were infected directly by wildlife, livestock, or food, and the disease developed by chance during the study. However, an overall percentage of [approximately equal to] 5% of all resistant strains investigated in this study indicates that these isolates may be important in Kazakhstan. This also poses the question of whether these strains might become more virulent in humans if they acquired phenotypic/biochemical characteristics usually observed exclusively in M. tuberculosis. However, to address this question more precisely, longitudinal studies on the population structure of MTBC isolates in Kazakhstan obtained from humans and animals, in combination with experiments in virulence model systems, will be necessary. In any case, these strains represent ideal model organisms for analyzing the nature of the biologic differences observed between M. bovis and M. tuberculosis. To ensure a clear differentiation from other M. bovis strains, we suggest the name M. bovis subtype "Almaty" for this genotype. Almaty is the former capital and largest city of Kazakhstan.
Dr Kubica is a physician and working in a postdoctoral position at the German National Research Center for Mycobacteria, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany. Her major research interests include molecular epidemiology and the diagnosis and treatment of mycobacterial infections.
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(13.) Kubica T, Rusch-Gerdes S, Niemann S. Mycobacterium bovis subsp. caprae caused one-third of human M. bovis-associated tuberculosis cases reported in Germany between 1999 and 2001. J Clin Microbiol. 2003;41:3070-7.
Address for correspondence: Stefan Niemann, Forschungszentrum Borstel, National Reference Center for Mycobacteria, Parkallee 18, D-23845 Borstel, Germany; email: email@example.com
Tanja Kubica, * Rimma Agzamova, ([dagger]) Abigail Wright, ([double dagger]) Galimzhan Rakishev, ([dagger]) Sabine Rusch-Gerdes, * and Stefan Niemann *
* National Reference Center for Mycobacteria, Borstel, Germany; ([dagger]) National Center for Tuberculosis Problems, Almaty, Kazakhstan; and ([double dagger]) World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Table 1. Phenotypic characteristics of type strains Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37 (ATCC 27294), M. bovis (ATCC19210), M. africanum (ATCC25420), and the strains analyzed * Test result Colony TCH morphology ([double Strains ([dagger]) dagger]) Kazakhstan (n = 8) ([section]) Eugonic S ATCC M. bovis Dysgonic S ATCC H37 Eugonic R ATCC M. africanum Dysgonic S Niacin Strains PZA accumulation Kazakhstan (n = 8) ([section]) R + ATCC M. bovis R - ATCC H37 S + ATCC M. africanum S + Test result Change of color of Growth on Nitrate bromcresol Lebek Strains reduction medium medium Kazakhstan (n = 8) ([section]) - - Aerophilic ATCC M. bovis - - Microaerophilic ATCC H37 + + Aerophilic ATCC M. africanum + - Microaerophilic * TCH, thiophene-2-carboxylic acid hydrazide; PZA, pyrazinamide; +, positive test result; -, negative test result; S, susceptible; R, resistant. ([dagger]) Growth characteristics on Lowenstein-Jensen and bromcresol purple slants. ([double dagger]) Growth in presence of TCH. ([section]) All 8 strains showed identical test results. Table 2. Genetic characteristics of type strains Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37 (ATCC 27294), M. bovis (ATCC19210), M. africanum (ATCC25420), and the strains analyzed * Test result Strains TbD1 RD1 RD3 RD4 RD5 Kazakhstan (n = 8) ([dagger]) 1 1 1 0 0 M. bovis ATCC 1 1 1 0 0 M. tuberculosis H37 0 1 1 1 1 M. africanum ATCC 1 1 0 1 1 Test result Strains RD9 RD10 RD12 IS1561 Kazakhstan (n = 8) ([dagger]) 0 0 0 1 M. bovis ATCC 0 0 0 1 M. tuberculosis H37 1 1 1 1 M. africanum ATCC 0 0 1 1 oxyR gyrB Strains ([dagger]) ([dagger]) Kazakhstan (n = 8) ([dagger]) 1 M. bovis M. bovis ATCC 1 M. bovis M. tuberculosis H37 0 M. tuberculosis M. africanum ATCC 0 M. africanum * RD, region of difference; 0, region deleted; 1, region present. ([dagger]) Presence of oxyR mutation G to A at position 285; 1, polymorphism present; 0, polymorphism not present. * Classification according to gyrb-polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis Niemann et al. [3]). ([section]) All 8 strains showed identical test results.
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Forming part of a pretty farm conversion in rural Perthshire, Croftgarrow Steading was converted from an ancient stone building into a beautiful, contemporary home in 2008. Sitting in a lovely quiet spot, just a mile west of the village of Fortingall, Croftgarrow Steading is a large two-bedroom property sleeping 4, all on one level and stands in large grounds with uninterrupted views to the surrounding valleys and hills.
The house consists of one double and one twin bedroom, each with a large luxurious bathroom including double shower, double-ended bath, heated mirror and towel rail.
The rest of the property is then taken up with the main living space: a vast open-plan area containing the farmhouse kitchen, dining space and plenty of seating areas. A large wood burning stove forms the centre piece to this space and double glass doors to the east and south lead out to the private garden with a hot tub, via a lovely furnished verandah. The back drop to the garden is open fields and hills with wonderful views wherever you look.
|Sleeps up to 4, 2 bedrooms
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|5 km
|Nearest travel links
|Nearest airport: Edinburgh 110 km, Nearest railway: Pitlochry 40 km
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages, Suitable for people with restricted mobility
|No pets allowed, No smoking at this property
Features and Facilities
|Jacuzzi or hot tub, Log fire, Internet access, DVD player
|Central heating, CD player, Satellite TV, Wi-Fi available
|Kettle, Toaster, Hair dryer
|Clothes dryer, Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms of which 2 En suites
|Double beds (1), Single beds (2), Dining seats for 4, Lounge seats for 6
|Linen provided, Towels provided
|Balcony or terrace, Private garden, BBQ
The Perth and Kinross region
Perthshire has some of the most stunning scenery in the UK and is a haven for those who love the outdoors. Whether you are looking for an action packed activities holiday or walking and cycling at a more leisurely pace, Highland Perthshire has it all. Similarly if you are looking for history, culture and tourist attractions they are all on offer in this area. From distilleries to castles, art galleries to museums and theatre to shopping there is a vast variety to choose from. Its central location within Scotland also makes the area an ideal base for touring the wider countryside and coast lines as well as the cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness.
The pretty conservation village of Fortingall, with its thatched cottages and hotel restaurant and bar, is within walking distance. The village is also the home of the oldest living tree in Europe! Loch Tay is just a mile or so away and if you drive a further 3 miles east, along the Loch you will find the charming 16th century conservation village of Kenmore, which boasts an excellent selection of restaurants, bars and shops including The Courtyard Deli which will deliver to Croftgarrow Steading. This popular village also offers many sporting activities which include 2 golf courses, water sports, horse riding and cycling.
The small town of Aberfeldy is only 10 miles away and has a full range of shops, banks, medical centre, garage for fuel and servicing, dentist, Post Office and the new Breadalbane Community Campus which houses a library, indoor swimming pool, gym, climbing wall and many other great facilities.
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2 Jan 2015
"A memorable Christmas in a fabulous home!"
This was our first stay here, based on previous impressive reviews, and we absolutely loved it. The whole house had the 'wow' factor, from the spacious open-plan kitchen/dining/living area w… More
29 Jan 2014
"Stunning Place - Highly Recommend"
Yet another 5 stars to Croftgarrow Steading. The rental is in a reconverted stone farm building among other new and converted homes and cottages; that being said, it feels secluded and private. We agr… More
13 Jan 2014
"One of the few properties which looks even better than the photos!"
Stayed for a few days of respite after New Year and it was exactly what we needed! The house is beautifully finished with lots of thoughtful extras such as the ice cream maker and dressing gowns for t… More
8 Jan 2014
"Verging on 6 star!"
Many places claim to be 5 star - and aren't. This went way beyond our expectations. Stayed with friends over New Year and can recommend celebrating at midnight in the Jacuzzi! Everything you ne… More
Well what can I say! Thank you so much for your lovely review. We really appreciate you taking the time and are delighted that you enjoyed your stay so much. Hope you will be back soon! Many thanks, Angela
4 Jan 2014
"What can you say......"
We have just returned from a New Years stay at Croftgarrow, probably the best appointed self catering lodge we have ever stayed in.I can only repeat what others have said, the whole place was of a ver… More
You have no idea how much it means to us to get reviews like this. Thank you so much, Angela
1 Jan 2014
"Rural location, high spec property"
We can highly recommend this house for a rural retreat and a get away from it all location. We stayed for 5 nights over Christmas 2013. We experienced high winds on arrival and Sky tv had lost signal … More
Thank you for your lovely review. I am sorry about the gutter but can assure you we are on the case to get it sorted so it will not bother you when you hopefully return sometime. Many thanks, Angela
25 Oct 2013
"A little bit of Heaven"
Our week at Croftgarrow flew by. The cottage itself gives you every comfort you could think of and some you haven't considered. There is a wealth of activities to do in the surrounding area, whic… More
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26 Jul 2013
"Looking after a millionaire's house"
It took several days to finally decide to book Croftgarrow. Would it really be worth the asking price? Well yes. 100%. It really feels like you have just entered a millionaire's house, where … More
WOW! What a fabulous review. Thank you so much. I have to say that when I see the smiles and hear the wows from guests when they see the house, I feel like the parent at Christmas who has just been able to give an amazing present to their child! Hope to see you again soon, Angela
8 Jul 2013
We have stayed in Glen Lyon on several occasions over the last four years, all within walking distance of The Fortingall Hotel. Croftgarrow is simply stunning. A lot of thought has gone into the desi… More
Well, we couldn't really ask for a better review than that! Thank you so much and we look forward to seeing you again soon. Many thanks, Angela
9 Nov 2012
"A superb cottage in a magical location."
Croftgarrow Steading, just a few steps from the River Lyon, is a beautifully designed and furnished cottage in a magical location between the conservation village of Fortingall, the splendour of Loc… More
We get so many amazing comments in our visitors book but its great to see someone take the time to put a review on TA for us. Thank you so much and hope to see you again soon. Many thanks, Angela
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"Bakura, I love you." Ryou croons, taking a step closer. "I thought you loved me, too, or was that a lie?"
"I..." His thoughts are slow in coming, the world isn't responding, and he shakes his head slowly, stupidly. "...This was an accident."
There is no response. Impassive, impassive, and when - Bakura looks back in his mind, wonders when it got so bad. How did it come to this? He's never felt so weak, so tired, in his entire life, like his body (or maybe his soul, whispers a sly voice) is shutting down.
"I have to go." Bakura chokes out, backs away and turns without waiting for a response. He manages maybe three steps before he's running, running, and -
The day after the funeral, it begins to rain.
It's not show-stopping, torrential rain, the kind that swirls through the gutters, keeps people indoors and away from windows. No, for the most part, life in Domino City continues, much the same as it always has.
Yet it's enough of an excuse not to visit the freshly turned grave.
Oh, he provides himself with an assortment of excuses - the roads will be dangerous, the cemetary will be swamped, driving visibility will be low...the list continues on, and he tells himself that he resents the weather, would be visiting his fallen friend if only the conditions were better.
When he stops to think about it, though, really think about it and be honest with himself, a strange feeling worms its way through his gut. He gives a name to it - relief - and tries not to question why.
On Monday, the drizzle (because that's all that it's been, really) finally fades to be replaced with tentative sunshine. The air is clean after the cleansing moisture, city life sluggishly returns to the grind, and Bakura knows his time to hide is up. He starts his old car hesitantly, the engine protesting before rumbling to life, and begins the three mile drive to Domino Cemetary.
The time is 8:47 AM - the year, 2012. He doesn't bother to purchase flowers; the gesture would feel too much like guilt, and besides, it's not like the recently deceased can appreciate it, can appreciate anything at all, for that matter.
He drives slowly.
It doesn't take long to realize someone is watching him.
He raises his eyes slowly, slowly, slowly, and
He's staring into eyes darker than even his own, eyes that widen slightly at Bakura's glance, eyes that, for the most part, remain calm.
That's the strange part - they don't move, don't waver in the slightest, and it's that realization that keeps Bakura looking straight at him whereas he would normally look away immediately. That's what strangers do, isn't it? They catch each other's gaze and immediately redirect, glance away. The boy stares back at him with a calm, unwavering sureness, and finally Bakura breaks the silence, uneasy.
"What?" He snaps, irritated, staring right back.
At that, the boy finally reacts. With a barely-there flinch, he starts, and blinks. When he speaks, his voice is quiet, polite, but with an undercurrent of excitement-dappled confusion.
"You can see me?"
Bakura stands from his bent position easily and glares, folds his arms across his chest.
"What kind of an answer is that?" He looks the kid over in disgust. "Were you expecting anything different?"
It's a while before the boy speaks again, a while before he responds in a soft-velvet voice.
"Yes, actually." he admits.
Bakura snorts in derision and leaves, grass staining his knees, dark eyes on his back and behind his eyelids.
He returns home to the life he has always known.
Can you see me?
Something in Bakura likens looking into a mirror to a hand struggling into a size-too-small glove.
Dark eyes follow his every movement quietly. He's slow, breath hitching as he watches his hands slide off his clothes in the mirror. His eyes flick up to meet his own, and he places a hand to the cold glass, pulls it back to press it to his skin, almost manages to convince his body that the touch burns.
Bakura shivers, once, at the chilled fingers, the same ones that turn the shower knob to the coldest setting.
He lets his head roll backwards under the water, lets his mouth open, lets the water drip down his hair and face, begins to shake from the cold.
The goal was to remind himself that he was still alive.
mildly, mildly, mildly and - and - misery loves company.
He can feel hungry eyes on his face in a field of the dead.
Somehow, Bakura knows without looking that it's the boy from before. He waits; a minute, two, six, eleven, staring at the grave and the torn grass clenched tightly in his hand from when he sat down. He counts to ten, takes a breath, looks up swiftly, and the first thing that comes to mind is -
The boy is drinking in his face with the fervor of the zealous.
The hunger of a madman.
Bakura feels himself stumble to his feet (trip a little, struggle to rise with muscles stiff from the cold, catches and rights himself just in time) and lets the torn grass flutter from between his fingers. Each waits for the other to speak, Bakura swearing he will not be the one to break the silence as he fixes him with a fierce, challenging glare.
"...Can you see me?"
It's that question again.
Bakura's baseless anger dissipates, dew with the afternoon's sun.
"Yes," He pauses for a foolish second. "Were you expecting anything different?"
The memory of the boy's tired smile the last time they spoke - yes, actually, - flashes to his mind like silver beneath the surface.
"I'm Ryou." He sidesteps the question with ease. "It's nice to meet you."
Bakura's taken aback, but he's never been the type to let emotion play across his face.
"It's nice to meet you, too."
Ryou smiles, and (with a stiffness he didn't realize his facial muscles possessed), Bakura smiles back.
It was hard to believe he could ever be dangerous.
"He's gone, you know."
Bakura says nothing - what is there to say? - the ring on his left hand is suddenly very interesting, and he twists it around his finger with a single-minded intensity.
"He's never coming back, Bakura."
A dull ache at that. Bakura winces slightly, the way he does whenever someone hurts him.
"I know."
A silence meets his words, long and suspended with the tension of a spring, stretch and /snap/.
"I know."
Discomfort melts away to be replaced with a tentative familiarity.
There is no possible way the boy could know when he visited, and yet, every time Bakura steps out of the car, Ryou is waiting by that headstone for him. He tests him, switches the days, hours. Once, he stays away for two weeks. Ryou is there when he returns, as if he had never left; the only difference is the expression of anger and reproach he fixes on Bakura.
"Don't do that to me again," He scolds, and Bakura finds himself promising.
They talk for hours each time, about everything and about nothing, until upon awakening one day, Bakura realizes he is no longer visiting his fiancee's grave. He is visiting Ryou.
The realization does not bother him.
"...You see this?" Ryou asks quietly, rubs a pianist's finger on the headstone. 1988 - 2012, it reads, and he pauses to scratch at the dash between the two numbers.
"This is the life. This single mark represents their whole life." The mournful eyes stare into his almost accusingly, testing him. "It's important, you know?"
"I know," Bakura hears himself say, and realizes he means it.
There's a stillness in the air when he steps out of the shower, a sort of tension that holds its breath and pulls it taut.
The mirror's reflection looks back at him solemnly.
Looked in the mirror and saw a thousand me's, all numb corpse teeth in their chattering skulls...
For no reason at all, Bakura nods to it before remembering himself.
Feeling foolish, he turns away.
The teen is sprawled out on the grass in front of him like a doll cast aside. Bakura leans back against the grave in a mocking parody of comfort.
The thoughtful eyes shift to meet his.
"Yes, Bakura?"
He loves the way Ryou says his name; softly, as though he's tasting the sound and roll of the words on his tongue. He'll never tell Ryou that, however - and hopes he never regrets not doing so. Bakura reminds himself to breathe.
"Why are you always here?"
(The tension returns, clots and thickens the air, palpable and oh-so - and for no explicable reason, Bakura suddenly has the overwhelming feeling that he's said something wrong.)
"I never leave, Bakura."
Bakura blinks, feigns a nervous chuckle, eyes Ryou to see if he's joking - quickly sobers when there is no laughter to be found in Ryou's eyes.
"...Are...you homeless?"
The thoughtful eyes leave him, return to the sky. His reply is soft, soft enough to miss if Bakura weren't already straining his ears to catch it.
"You could say that."
The conversation withers after that. He lets it die with little complaint.
"You're fading."
Bakura's mouth parts ever-so-slightly in vague bewilderment.
"What do you mean?"
"I don't know," The colleague replies with a strange look. "You've been so dreamy, so withdrawn. It's not like you."
This line of questioning is decidedly odd.
"I'm fine," Bakura responds curtly. "I'm fine."
"...He's not coming back, Bakura."
Yugi reaches, tries to break through the shell, scrabbles for a hold, misses and falls.
"I know." Bakura hears his voice turn cold, armor itself with jaded cynicalities and edges of insecurity.
"I know."
"It must be lonely."
As soon as he has spoken, Bakura shuts his mouth, regrets his words. Ryou regards him questioningly.
"What do you mean?"
He winces, but decides. He has began at the beginning; he might as well continue on until the end.
"Living all by yourself, here."
Ryou laughs softly; he chuckles so often, as though everything Bakura does is in the pursuit of humor.
"I'm not alone, Bakura."
Ryou smiles strangely, and when he speaks again, his demeanor has shifted. He has become a teacher explaining a concept to a slow child.
"They're all around us." Ryou waves an arm vaguely. "They're jealous that you can see me, that we've found each other."
Bakura says nothing.
"It...It does get so lonely, you know." Ryou whispers suddenly, hugs his knees to his chest. "When you're not here."
Melancholy weighs on his heart, then, strikes him so hard and heavily that he just -
Bakura comforts him the only way he can think to.
They kiss on Malik Ishtar's grave, and he can only feel hollow.
He should be working, but he'll settle back in his chair in the dark office, anyway, shut the blinds and turn off the light and -
Yugi knocks on the locked door, but he ignores it. He has no room in his life for hearing about...that. Meaningless words, empty words, comfort meant to be given that falters, shudders and dies, and the boy will never give up because he just doesn't get it.
There's a strip of skin feebly hanging beside one of the nails of his left hand, and he picks at it, worries the skin with dirty fingernails. It peels away slowly, clinging to the finger with everything it has. Raw, pink flesh is exposed, puckered and shining with maybe a spot or two of blood welling out, and suddenly he's disgusted, sucks at the finger with a revolted grimace.
(He knows that obsessing with hangnails and other such mild wounds is a thing for children, but he can't help but to feel that if there were a scab or a cut or anything else he found, he'd pick at that, too.)
He's not sure how he ended up in the graveyard. He has no memory of driving, no memory of even deciding to go, and yet Ryou's waiting for him by the grave. Expected. He's calm, serene.
"Bakura," He greets cordially, a slight dip of his head passing as a polite nod. "I want to talk to you."
Bakura sits across from him, folds his legs in mimicry of Ryou's own pose.
"I want to talk to you, too, Ryou." He's overly aware of his dry tongue in his mouth, the pace of his breathing.
"You first." Ryou smiles distantly. "You first."
Bakura clears his throat, swallows.
"I want you to come live with me." Bakura explains, his voice calmer than he feels. "I don't like the thought of you without someplace to go. Come live with me."
Ryou's bangs fall into his eyes with the first few words, his smile shifting into a frown.
"I would love to."
Bakura relaxes, grins. "Then let's-"
"I wasn't finished."
Bakura pauses, startled, uneasy.
"I would love to, but I can't."
(He doesn't believe his ears, what a joke, ha-ha, should really get my hearing checked...)
"Why not?" Bakura demands, stubbornly, almost childishly. "Why not?"
"Because." Ryou smiles serenely. His fingers reach out to flit across Bakura's face, to burn and tease the skin of his cheek. "Because I can't leave, Bakura."
The world spins sickeningly, and Bakura is suddenly on his back. Ryou settles his body on top of the larger male with ease, kisses his neck.
"I can't leave, Bakura." Those eyes bore right through his being. "I'm dead."
No, Bakura thinks, his hand curling up to press to Ryou's neck. Ryou smiles, and it's different from before, a cruel slash. Bakura searches clumsily for a pulse.
Ryou's body begins to shake, begins to fester and rot before his eyes, splits apart like a carcass in the heat. He smiles, a full, toothy grin, only it's no longer Ryou, but a grinning death's head and a shock of maggots writhing within the cheek and the skull leaning forward to press a kiss to his lips and-
and Bakura wakes in his own bed with sweat and a pounding heart.
He does not sleep again.
There are few words spoken the next time Bakura visits. If something in the atmosphere has changed, Ryou shows no sign of noticing; they sit, bodies pressed together, a shy hand sliding into Bakura's with a kiss to the cheek.
"I really like you, you know." informs Ryou mildly.
"I...I'm glad." Bakura's mouth dries. Never has he felt so out of his element, but Ryou and his pale, quiet confidence has that effect on him; fills him with detached longing, reduces him again to a mumbling, gangly teenager, uncomfortable in his own skin. "I...like you too, Ryou."
Ryou's thumb strokes his hand gently, an unspoken I know. He turns his head into Bakura's hair, kisses his neck. Bakura shivers, and lets his head fall back to allow him access to more skin.
The body beside him shifts, and weight settles on top of Bakura; weight as Ryou slides into his lap coyly, presses his lips to Bakura's shoulder. Bakura hears rather than feels his breathing heighten, registers Ryou undoing the first button on his shirt.
"W-Wait." Bakura rasps, swallows, his throat flexing against Ryou's lips. His fingers fumble to wrap around Ryou's hands, not exactly pulling away, but halting their progress. There is something inherently wrong about where this is heading, something he can't quite place his finger on, something that makes the hair on the back of his neck stand on end. Ryou pauses without really moving away. Bakura-half realizes that he is trembling, and distantly asks himself when he became so...so...
"I know you want me." Ryou murmurs, nuzzles into his neck. Desire flares through Bakura as Ryou shifts against his hip. "I want you."
His voice is low and husky, and his fingers weave into Bakura's, pull them away to continue unbuttoning his shirt. Frozen, Bakura lets Ryou guide his hands to the slender waist without further protest, and this time Ryou's cold, wet lips meet his mouth and not his neck.
He produces a condom from some remote pocket, and all Bakura can think as he's pushed onto his back is tastes like death, tastes like death, numb corpse teeth in a chattering skull -
He doesn't care how many hours it's been, he doesn't care how long he's spent in the shower scrubbing at his skin with soap and nails until he bleeds, he doesn't care doesn't care doesn't care because he is dirty and filthy and he will never be clean.
Fucking in a graveyard, dead bodies all around and below, and it sounds it sounds it sounds like the line of a song by some greasy garage band. Fucking in a graveyard, dead bodies all around and below, woah-oh, and the singer will have white hair and eyes that see too much and a crooked streak of a line for a grin. Woah-oh, woah-oh-oh, and Bakura sinks his nails into the skin of his thighs, raises his head to look in the mirror.
The man who stares back, it's the face of someone who - someone who fucked in a graveyard on his fiancee's grave. He laughs dully, and the sound chokes out through his breathing (harsh and ragged like he's ran for a marathon, no, for his life), twists into almost a sob of despair.
How how did he feel inside you? A voice sings. Horror rises, claws at his chest to see Malik Ishtar stare accusingly at him from the mirror. Fucking on my grave, tell me it at least felt good.
"I...no." Bakura moans, closes his eyes, shakes his head wildly. "I didn't, I didn't!"
Don't lie to don't lie to to me. His image flickers. Saw, I saw, he fucked you into the ground and you you liked it, you liked it. Ba-Bakura liked it.
He screams, then, screams and screams and his jaw slackens with a numb corpse teeth did you like it did you like it DID YOU DID YOU LIKE IT? and he vomits violently into his hand, his stomach convulsing sickeningly. The bile slips through his fingers and pools on the floor around his knees.
When he looks back into the mirror, there is only Bakura, Bakura ten thousand times, wide-eyed Bakura, shaking Bakura, Bakura with his drying blood under his fingernails and his own sick smeared across his face and in his hair.
Drip drip drop, it drips to the floor, and fucking in a graveyard, woah-oh, dead bodies all around, woah-oh-oh -
He stays away for a month this time, the longest he's been away, but an ache of longing begins to pulse through him, tug at his being. It's not long before he decides to go back. Why not? Of course he goes back, of course.
He visits early in the morning, several hours before work and the rise of the sun. Bakura jams the key into its ignition with shaking fingers and as he drives, he realizes with a sort of sick happiness that it's been one year. One year since Malik died, one year since Ryou waited for him by the grave, the grave that they -
No. His knuckles whiten with the clenching of the steering wheel, knuckles dotted with marks from his own gnawing teeth, gnaw gnaw gnaw and a snap snap snapping jaw. From road to lot to the opening of the door to footsteps to earth crunching beneath his feet to breath hanging in the air to -
to the boy leaning against the grave.
"Bakura," he greets. Bakura searches his face for an accusation, a why-did-you-leave-me-you-said-you-wouldn't-do-that-again-you-promised, finds none. Ryou is calm, smiles as he pats the ground beside him, sighs happily as he orders sit and Bakura responds, his body moving automatically. Ryou's side presses into his and there's a gentle hand on his cheek, then, a coaxing tug that turns his face and cold lips that press to his.
"I missed you." Ryou strokes Bakura's face with a single thumb, his eyes never leaving him. He swallows roughly, tastes bile again. "Where were you?"
"...I was sick." Bakura admits truthfully. Ryou measures this, nods almost knowingly.
"I'm sorry to hear it." says Ryou, but his voice holds no apology. He kisses Bakura again, and Bakura lets him, lets Ryou's lips move against his unresponsive ones.
There's small talk for a while, of movies and work and the stars. When the horizon begins to lighten, he stands, stiff muscles protesting. Ryou kisses him goodbye, his hand trailing down his neck, with final words of parting that send chills down his spine.
"Keep your body in good shape for me."
Never has he felt so dead, he thinks numbly. No energy, dead to the world, he feels like a puppet with strings lying slack, maybe even -
"...even listening to me, Bakura?"
He snaps back to awareness, is met with wide-eyed concern. He burns under the searching haze, senses disappointment thickly radiating from Yugi. For an instant, his mind toys with the idea of a whole discolored cloud of let-downs and false hopes, surrounding him and choking him and he'd die, then, die with wide eyes (bright with fear) and a mouth open to gasp for a last breath and an expression of horror (or maybe relief) -
"There are bags under your eyes." The disapproval rolls off of him in waves, and suspicion dances across his features. "Are you sure you're okay? You haven't been acting like-"
"Like myself. I know." Bakura cuts him off hoarsely, coughs with a wince and waves a dismissive hand. He laughs without humor. "Believe me, I know."
"You were getting better for a while." He peers at him strangely, an odd look on his face. "What's happening to you?"
"I-" He stops, closes his mouth, feels the familiar tug gape inside him like a reopened wound.
I, I, and I wish I knew, knew knew knew knew kn-
"I love you, you know?" Ryou hums, pulls Bakura's head into his lap and strokes a hand through his hair. "You're perfect."
"I-" He finds his throat closing, struggles for words and comes up with none, an occurance that seemed to be increasing at an alarming rate. He shivers when Ryou brushes hair back from his eyes, his fingers cold and clammy.
"Rest." Ryou advises, bends to kiss his forehead. "Rest, rest, rest. Rest."
"It hurts." Bakura mumbles dazedly. The ache in his bones has subsided for now, but he knows it will be back. It always returns. "It hurts, Ryou, oh god, and it only stops when you're - "
Ryou presses a soft kiss to his lips to silence him. "I know." He murmurs. His breath washes over Bakura's face, cold and sweet with the faintest tinge of dust, dust and the sort of staleness you'd find in an unopened attic.
"...It hurts." Bakura groans again, feels his eyes roll back in their sockets as his eyelids drop.
"Talk to me. It'll be over soon. Talk to me about something you like." Ryou's hand dances through his hair, combs out the tangles. "Tell me about Malik."
An odd request. Bakura doesn't bother to ask how he knows the name; they have never really discussed this before, despite all their meetings occuring on his grave. The pain lessens slightly.
"He was-" Bakura's voice shakes, and he swallows, tries to steady it. "He was s-strong. And his laugh was nice. He was the kind of kid to...to store dead bodies in trunks, you know?" Bakura laughs distantly, grimacing at the crazed tone he has unwittingly taken on. "And he...god, he was beautiful."
"Beautiful like me?" Ryou teases, shifts Bakura on his lap.
"Yeah." He wets his lips. "Both of you. You're so beautiful."
The pain is lessened some by both the memory and Ryou's cool hand on his cheek. He leans into the touch gratefully, feeling feverish as sweat breaks out across his brow.
"I love him." Bakura voices quietly. "I love him. I love...I loved him. Oh, god, I miss him. I miss him so much."
"He loves you, too." Ryou soothes. "He misses you everyday."
Too tired to question the present tense, Bakura presses his face into Ryou's stomach, feels him shake with gentle laughter. Hands slide down his chest and up under his shirt, and he sighs peacefully, peacefully, peaceful relax happy content when suddenly he realizes that he can still feel Ryou's hands, seperate from the newcomer's, near his head, and that there is there is there is someone else touching him.
Bakura's eyes shoot open and he jolts backwards, nearly knocks Ryou over, and the owner of the hands that greet him is they are he is please god no devils devils chattering someone help me-
Malik Ishtar smiles calmly at him, and Bakura screams, screams into Ryou's hand, screams even as his fiancee his his oh god his dead fiancee leans in for a kiss and he tastes like death, numb numb corpse teeth in a in a in chattering skulls -
"All you need is love, all you need is love." Ryou sings softly, and Bakura feels his cracked lips almost twist into a smile at the old song. "All you need is love, love - love is all you need...oh, are you awake, Bakura?"
His breathing is so ragged now, and it's almost funny, oh god, it's hilarious, and he can feel his tongue desperately wetting his lips as the world returns to him, can feel his heart pounding, and he remembers, he remembers, he remembers he remembers even as he feels Ryou's hands in his hair and another pair touching his neck.
"...Stop it..."
"Relax, Bakura." Malik's face is inches from his, now, larger than life and the the the universe.
"You're...you're not..." Revulsion pounds through him, gives him the momentary strength to push them away. He scrambles out of Ryou's lap and to his feet weakly, and he is - is he already out of breath?
"Bakura..." Ryou warns. Both stand, both face him, and Bakura, and Bakura, and Bakura backs away slowly, is this his story, is this, is this, and how does it end?
"You're...you're not real." He hears himself protest, shudder. "Stay away from me. Don't touch me. You're not real."
"I'm real enough." Malik flashes him the same old smile, the one that says I'm feigning innocence, does it show? and for a second, his heart stops. "Didn't you feel my hands, earlier?"
"Bakura, I love you." Ryou croons, taking a step closer. "I thought you loved me, too, or was that a lie?"
"I..." His thoughts are slow in coming, the world isn't responding, and he shakes his head slowly, stupidly. "...This was an accident."
There is no response. Impassive, impassive, and when - Bakura looks back in his mind, wonders when it got so bad. How did it come to this? He's never felt so weak, so tired, in his entire life, like his body (or maybe his soul, whispers a sly voice) is shutting down.
"I have to go." Bakura chokes out, backs away and turns without waiting for a response. He manages maybe three steps before he's running, running, and -
Pain sears through him, hot and acidic, his muscles cramping and his lungs protesting and his body falling apart all at once. He leans heavily against the nearest tombstone, feels his stomach churn disgustingly inside him, can almost imagine intestines spilling out of his mouth if he lets it go (intestines and blood and maybe flies and all the things never said) and this is this is the end.
"I don't understand." He says feebly, weakly, childishly. Ryou stares at him (impassively, of course, of course of course of course), and Malik is beside him, and how did he how did he not notice.
"Don't you don't you love me?" Malik asks sorrowfully, the shape of his lips not quite matching the words (like badly synced-audio, like someone who's forgotten how to speak), and Bakura's mouth opens and closes for a minute.
"...I love you." Bakura shudders. "I always have."
"Join me?" Malik is closer, now, and if Bakura looks too closely he sees the wrongness of the image, the way the skin shifts as though it's ready to fall off and god save him if he had to see what was underneath. Malik's clammy hands take his wrists, pull him closer for a kiss, and he makes no move to pull away. "Join join join me, Ba-Bakura?"
Their lips press together, living Bakura and rotting flesh, and (tastes like death, tastes like dust and death, just like just like Ryou-) and a second pair of lips press to the side of his throat from behind. Bakura groans helplessly.
"I love you, Bakura." Ryou breathes into his neck. His arms encircle him briefly, and he presses their bodies together, arranges his limbs to match Bakura's from behind. He realizes with horror that Ryou's flesh is singing him, melting into his with no more resistance than a stone dropped into water.
"Stop-" Malik muffles him with a kiss, and it's no longer Malik, but a grinning skull and he can see hell in those eyes. Bakura breaks away to gasp for air, struggles, and he does vomit then, only a little, there's nothing in his stomach but a small amount of bile that dribbles down his face and onto his shirt with a sickening shiver of his whole body. "S-Stop!"
"Born to die, you were born to die." Ryou sings and it's then that - it's then that -
Ryou steps into him, physically steps into him, and he can hear screams and only some of them are his own and it's in that moment, it is, it is that his mind brushes the infinite, almost comprehends it. Bakura's eyes widen, and he sees past, past Malik and into - into -
He falls backwards, the vision broken, falls backwards and his body his body his body remains standing. His body turns to face him, and he smiles Ryou's smile, walks away. He recoils, (there is something deeply horrifying, in the truest sense of the word, about seeing your body move and smile without your control) too stunned to move, watches as he unlocks his car door and steps inside and -
"We are we are alone now, baby." Malik slides a hand up his shirt, forces him onto the ground, kisses him despite the sick smeared on his lips. "You you fucked him on my grave. Give me a a turn."
There are maggots in his smile and blood on his lips, and Bakura would vomit again if there were anything left in his stomach. He dry-heaves for a moment, and Malik only continues to kiss him, pull off his shirt and his mouth stretches and there are wicked incisors and he moves closer and oh god oh god and
and Bakura
and Bakura sobs for the first time, loud enough to to to wake the comatose, feels Malik's (but it's not Malik, is it, not Malik, not really) suddenly sharp teeth close on his lip, snap and tear away his flesh and he can see the demon chew it slowly and swallow with a seductive purr.
There's no fight left in him as the thing undresses him, shoves into him with no lubrication but blood, and Bakura can only slump backwards as the thing slams into his body, eats him alive.
Something in Ry-Bakura likens looking into a mirror to a body sliding into water.
There's a stillness in the air when he steps out of the shower, a welcoming lift that wraps around him lovingly, whispers welcome to life.
The mirror's reflection looks back at him happily.
Looked in the mirror and saw a thousand me's, all numb corpse teeth in their chattering skulls...
For no reason at all, Bakura nods to it, laughs.
"All you need is love..." He continues to hum under his breath, even as he's getting dressed, even as he drives, even as the other boy smiles, says Bakura, you look a lot better today.
I am, he replies, with a grin. I am I am I am I am I am I AM I AM I -


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Can FX 5600 do dual VGA output??
Using a GeForce FX 5600 (PCI id 10de:0312), which has three
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I'd like to use the card in 1024x768@60Hz clone mode, as with
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - SEPTEMBER 02: Rob Gronkowski of the New England Patriots carries a reception into the endzone past Antrel Rolle of the New York Giants for a first quarter touchdown on September 2, 2010 at the New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Last year, we had the Summer of Gronk. And it looks like the New England Patriots Tight End is at it again in 2013, broken arm or not. Cheers to Deadspin for the picture It's a familiar image: Rob Gronkowski surrounded by girls, topless and drinking. And many Patriots fans aren't pleased about it.I, however, couldn't give a damn how Gronk spends his offseason. It's not like the alcohol he drinks or the dancing he does is going to break his arm to a worse extent. You've got to trust your players to enjoy themselves responsibly. And I'm pretty sure he's going to do that with Bill Belichick looking over his shoulder.Look, Gronkowski's a great player, the best Tight End in the NFL. He's in his 20's. He's gonna take advantage of that. Most guys in their 20's go out drinking (OK, they might not take their shirts off as much). He's a young, successful guy. He's gonna celebrate.As long as he doesn't do anything stupid, or anything that'll stop him from playing in September, go for it,...
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President Obama on Tuesday signed into law legislation backed by a Security Industry Association (SIA)-led coalition that will provide electronic security companies relief from an onerous and misguided energy efficiency requirement.
The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 requires electronic devices to meet certain efficiency standards while in "no-load" mode. The law was written in such a way that the requirements apply even to security and life safety devices "" such as video surveillance, intrusion detection and access control systems "" even though such equipment must always be in "active" mode. To correct this, SIA pulled together a coalition that contains both industry and environmental groups "" including the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) "" to draft legislative language and push for a correction.
Obama on Tuesday signed into law H.R. 5470 from Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., which provides an exemption from the "no-load" requirements for security and life safety products while retaining EISA's "active" mode efficiency standards for those devices. The House passed the bill on Dec. 8, and the Senate passed it on Dec. 21. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., led the effort in the Senate to enact the measure.
"This is a very important fix for the security industry," SIA Director of Government Relations Don Erickson said. "It's a common sense measure that is good for both business and the environment, as is demonstrated by our coalition partners. We thank President Obama for signing the bill and Senator Bingaman, Congressman Pallone and Congressman Blunt for working so hard to get the legislation to the president's desk."
Erickson added that he was proud of the active involvement of SIA members in the process and of the leadership role that the association took in developing consensus on the issue among groups with such diverse interests.
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I am always hearing different advice on this.
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I thought that it was protein.
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I am always hearing different advice on this.
what is best to eat immediately after a workout ?
I thought that it was protein.
Any opinions?
Immediately after dextrose and malodextrin. you need to replenish your muscle glycogen. Then a half hour later or so, whey protein.
High-GI carbs and protein.
What is considered high GI?
Like a bagel or something, or white rice?
Yes. White bread. Potatoes. SweetTarts. Dextrose. Maltodextrin.
This should help you out. It's not ground breaking news but it basically sums up what you should try to take in to maximize your gains post workout.
Timing is everything. After an intense strength training session the first thing on most peoples minds should be to saturate their muscles with some form of carbohydrate.
Anabolic hormones such as Insulin go to work by shuttling the sugar that has been absorbed by the body. In the midst of this stream, amino acids are caught up as well and driven into the muscle cell along with the sugar.
Its become evidently clear as research techniques improve that the type and amount of sugars that are ingested play an important role in determining how well your muscles soak up everything.
Carbohydrates that are recommended to be used post workout are dextrose, fructose and maltodextrin.
The amount of carbohydrates that can be used varies from 0.4-0.8 grams per pound of bodyweight. In a 200 lb individual, this would equate to taking roughly 80-160 grams of carbohydrates in the various forms mentioned.
Glucose is a monosaccharide, (this form of sugar cant be broken down any further, its in its simplest form) which means it will be digested at a fast and efficient pace, this makes it an ideal carbohydrate for increasing blood sugar levels quickly.
Fructose, on the other hand, must be metabolized by the liver first before it can be absorbed into the muscles.
Fructose should be primarily used for replenishing liver glycogen stores and not muscle glycogen stores. Glucose and fructose are chemically similar; the only difference between the two is the structure. Maltodextrin is used to maintain blood sugar levels and ensure that there is a steady release of sugar into the blood stream.
In short, ingesting some glucose based drink; a small portion of fructose as well as some maltodextrin has so far proven to be the superior method of going about restocking the muscles glycogen stores.
You should be able to purchase these various carbohydrates in powder form for a decent price at any local supplement shop.
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would it be true then to say that you should ideally have supplements for protein carbohydrates and fats individually?
Glucose and fructose are chemically similar; the only difference between the two is the structure
-this is said like it doesn't make much difference. It makes a huge difference
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