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Does the media hype overstate the propensity of Pope Francis to revisit some formerly rigid positions? Some of the suggested cage-rattlings are obviously sensationalist. But his refreshing overtures towards the Orthodox Church are most encouraging, as is his decision to allow Eastern Catholic churches to ordain married men. Perhaps he may also have a more welcoming attitude than some high-ranking officials have had to former Catholics returning home, after having spent much of their lives believing they were good Catholic priests under an Anglican jurisdiction that professed the Catholic faith and lovingly celebrated a traditional Catholic liturgy.
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One reason I write to the WCR is because it is one of the few papers in this country which still publishes pro-life letters. There is more freedom of speech and assembly in other countries, like Russia (letters to newspapers) and the United States (that is, bubble zones around Canadian abortion mills). I could write to The Edmonton Journal or Edmonton Sun, but my pro-life letter would likely go unpublished.
After Sunday Mass we were reminded to sign the petition at the back of the church concerning farmers saving seed. As a farmer, this caught my interest, and I went looking for more information. The petition stems from the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace. The information on the website to support its position is misleading and contains incorrect statements, I suspect for the purpose of furthering an agenda which opposes modern agriculture.
No gifts for me at Christmas. It's not my birthday or anyone else's we are celebrating. It's Jesus' birthday. How can we give a gift to Jesus? See Matthew 25.31-46. "As long as you did it for one of these, the least of my brethren, you did it for me" and "as you did not do it for one of these least ones, you did not do it for me; and these will go into everlasting punishment, but the just into everlasting life." No Bible? It would make a good birthday present for your children and grandchildren.
After reading Janet MacLellan's letter to the editor, "Reader wants crucifix to state Christ's kingship" (WCR, Dec. 1), I would like to applaud her and make the following comments. At the time of Jesus Christ's ministry on earth, it was a fact that criminals were crucified just as Christ was crucified, one of them being the good thief.
Pope Francis got a lot of flak when he said, "We cannot talk about the abortion issue all the time." Some people were aghast, mistakenly interpreting the pope's statement as not caring enough about abortion. Pope Francis' words and actions show that he is pro-life in the widest sense of the term. His caring is not limited to unborn babies, but to all children already born and to all living human beings of all ages.
It is wonderful to see the crucifix from St. Joseph's Basilica on the front of the November Living with Christ. But every time I see the missalette, I wonder why the INRI was not put on this cross. In John 19.21-22, "The chief priest of the Jews then said to Pilate, do not write the king of the Jews but this man said, 'I am the king of the Jews.' Pilate answered, 'What I have written, I have written.'"
I would like to thank Glen Argan for the article entitled "Church should cherish hidden life of Nazareth" (WCR, Sept. 22). As a stay-at-home mom with three young children, I do agree that it can at times feel lonely and unsatisfying leading a "hidden," ordinary life, dedicated to the largely thankless task of raising a family.
This is a response to Celia Paz's letter in the Oct. 6 WCR. We tend to agree that mainstream media and social media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict tends to be biased and constrained. However, we are not sure what coverage Paz is referring to because the mainstream media we hear and read commonly portray Israel as an aggressor.
I am grateful the Vatican recently urged ethical action in response to climate change during a presentation at the United Nations ("Nations share responsibility for climate change," WCR, Oct. 6). "There is a moral imperative to act" because climate change "affects everyone, in particular the poorest among us," said Cardinal Pietro Parolin.


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Bolt (2008)
Critic Consensus: Bolt is a pleasant animated comedy that overcomes the story's familiarity with strong visuals and likable characters.
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Restores some faith that there are some creative minds left in animated films that Pixar hasn't added to its talent pool.
It's sophisticated look is rich with details that are easy to take for granted, but which add immeasurably to the texture and dimension of the scenes.
The latest generation of animated flicks is a sort of latter-day vaudeville revue. Kiddies who take Bolt to heart may conclude not only that dogs really do have superpowers, but also that everybody's in showbiz.
Wait... an all-star voice cast for a computer-animated story we've never heard of before, and it's watchable, too?
A touch slight by Disney standards, but even if it's not high art, it's still warm-and-fuzzy fun.
Bolt marks Disney's long awaited re-emergence as a top-dog in the world of animation.
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My daughter loved this movie. it was cute and fun. We had a blast cuddled up on the couch laughing and enjoying this one.
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Well I'm still yet to see an animated film that can topple the mighty 'Toy Story', 'TS' still sits on its throne with the number one spot. But Bolt is a nice film, very sweet, very nice, a touch of emotion and you have a good solid performance.
The story is as usual pretty unoriginal but it still works well, it has a touch of 'Lassie' in there and 'Homeward Bound' with the cross country trek to find the owner but this does give it a soft touch that can pull at the heart strings in places.
It starts off kinda weak, your not too such what the films tag is or where the plot is going but it soon starts to pick up when Bolt reaches NY.
It looks great with some very detailed fur action going on and brilliant movement copying with other animals such as the pigeons. The funniest parts tend to be with the funniest character...that being 'Rhino the hamster', an almost Jack Black type rodent haha not an overdose of humour in the film but most comes from Rhino.
Solid film for all but still cant compete with the mighty 'Toy Story' trilogy.
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In '10 Items or Less,' Paz Vega Moves Into the Express Lane, But Plot Doesn't Check Out
Freeman Is Likable, Unbelievable; 'Candy' Is an Old Junkie Tale With Sweet New Performances
Brad Silberling's "10 Items or Less" stars Morgan Freeman as an at-leisure movie star who may or may not commit to appearing in a low-budget movie. His co-star is Paz Vega, who plays the feisty young supermarket checker he befriends while researching his role. (She works on the 10-items-or-less lane.) In the spirit of the story, slender as it may be, I'll list what I like best about Mr. Silberling's film, which has its two characters exchanging their personal 10-best-and-worst lists, and was also made on an extremely modest scale.
1. Morgan Freeman. 2. Paz Vega. 3. Paz Vega's character. 4. Paz Vega's performance. 5. Phedon Papamichael's cinematography. 6. The idea of small, independently-financed films.
That doesn't make 10, but Or Less is the best I can do. As for a dislike list, it's unnecessary. This is not a production that engenders strong antipathies, or strong anything. It's just a little film that strives to be likable, and is less so than it might have been.
Normally Morgan Freeman doesn't have to say a word or move a muscle to make us like him; his very presence suggests that something good will happen soon. Here, however, his abundant charms are accompanied by overtones of condescension. The main culprit is the nameless character he's playing, a vain, insecure and presumably wealthy Hollywoodian who is slumming as he toys with the notion of signing on to an indie film set in blue-collar Latino L.A.
That's the basic joke, of course. Mr. Freeman's alter ego is extremely alter -- an actor of unspecified talent who hasn't worked in four years, played by a wonderful actor who works constantly. But it's an in-joke, and ultimately not a very good one, because the film's odd, shaky tone gives the character no grounding in reality -- not even the reality of this romantic fable, in which the actor, enchanted with the not-so-humble checker, becomes her avuncular guardian angel.
What are we to think, for example, when the actor mimics the unsteady gait of the supermarket's doddering assistant manager? Inexplicable fascination, or blithe mockery? Or when he goes with the checker to her home in a tacky trailer park and says, "Is this your neighborhood? Nice. Real texture." Doesn't he know what a trailer park is? Or when, upon entering a Target store, he declares, wide-eyed, "This is amazing," and flatters a fat clerk with other-worldly grandiosity? I thought maybe he was from another world, a do-gooder version of Mork from "Mork and Mindy," or a genuine has-been who no longer is. But no, supernatural explanations don't stand up in the end, about which I'll say nothing more, except that the end doesn't stand up either.
So much for item 1, and also item 6. Item 5 must be seen to be appreciated. Phedon Papamichael's camera can make the sides of buildings look like art; in this case it does. As for items 2, 3 and 4, Paz Vega finally gets the screen time, and respect, that she deserved in "Spanglish" (which should have centered on her character of the Mexican maid), and this lovely, witty and resourceful actress makes the most of it. Her Latina checker, Scarlet, is outspoken and insecure in equal measure, but she blossoms under the actor's loving spell. Ms. Vega makes us believe the blossoming.
All movies about junkies in love are basically the same -- one of the lovers is weak, the other is strong, one manages to get clean, at least for a while, the other can't. "Candy," which was directed by Neil Armfield from a script that he and Luke Davies adapted from the latter's novel, doesn't reinvent the needle, but certainly sharpens it with fine performances by Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish.
Mr. Ledger's gifts are already well known to American moviegoers, thanks not only to "Brokeback Mountain," but to his work in, among other films, "Monster's Ball," "Casanova" and "A Knight's Tale." He plays Dan, a would-be poet who, as the film's narrator, is given to such highfalutin prose as "We had a lot going for us -- we'd found the secret glue that held all things together." (Luke Davies is a poet too, and his novel is semi-autobiographical.)
Ms. Cornish will be the revelation here, at least to those in this country -- a majority approaching a totality -- who missed seeing her starring performance last spring in an Australian indie drama called "Somersault." In that one she played a lost child who doesn't realize she's lost. In this one her self-styled artist, the Candy of the title, is equally lost, to drugs and to the streets, where she works to support her two habits -- heroin, and the doggedly dysfunctional Dan. But insufficient self-awareness isn't one of Candy's problems; neither is fancy language. When a landlord's representative comes to serve eviction papers, she tells him flatly, "We're junkies. I'm a hooker. He's hopeless."
As good as the main performances are, they're inevitably flatter than the language of the film's narrator. I haven't read the novel, which, to judge from Dan's voice-over passages, has its own distinctive voice. But movie voice-overs, no matter what their literary content, have far less impact than the images they accompany. (Ronald Reagan's media advisers knew this when they pioneered the TV tactic of surrounding the president with upbeat images to outweigh downbeat news delivered by off-screen reporters.) What we hear in "Candy" can be striking, or affecting -- a lyrical account of self-delusion and self-destruction. What we see, though, is the same old same old - beautiful faces turning gaunt and haunted, strung-out hero and heroine, stupid parents, de-tox worse than tox, descent to and return from the depths. "Candy" could be seen, I suppose, as a cautionary tale; take this as a cautionary review.
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DVD TIP: Morgan Freeman has never been better -- and that's saying a lot -- than he was as Red, the entrepreneurial lifer in "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994). People love this movie with a special passion, and there's no mystery why. It's a long, deliberate, deeply satisfying drama of friendship, hope, freedom and wisdom acquired. Tim Robbins is Andy Dufresne, the young lawyer serving his own life sentence for murder. The cast includes James Whitmore as the elderly prisoner Brooks Hatlen, and Bob Gunton as Warden Samuel Norton. The music is by Thomas Newman, the cinematography by Roger Deakins. Frank Darabont directed from his adaptation of Stephen King's short story and novella.


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Noé de Jesús is 54 years old. He lives in his own house. He prepares and sells delicious pupusas (thick corn tortillas with filling, a typical Salvadoran dish). His business is located in his home in a well-traveled area; his stand is especially well visited, since thanks to his charm and dedication to his work, the customers prefer him more every day. He is well known in the area as a hard-working, honest, and responsible man. He works very hard to be able to keep his business active and become the leading seller of pupusas in his zone. This business is his principal source of income, so he wants to keep it active for a long time and continue receiving its fruits, which so far he has received with great satisfaction. As a result, he has decided to apply to INTEGRAL for a loan to invest in his business by purchasing the necessary ingredients: beans, rice, corn, pork rinds, cheese, salt, tomatoes, cabbage, beverages, etc., in addition to buying new tables and chairs with the goal of expanding his business in such a way that the customers receive better service and are always motivated to come back. He feels that this is the best way to make his business grow and be able to accomplish his dream of increasing his earnings and improving his living conditions and those of his family.
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Noé de Jesús de 54 años de edad, habita en casa de su propiedad. Él se dedica a la elaboración y venta de deliciosas pupusas. Su negocio está ubicado en su hogar de habitación, lugar que es muy transitado y visitado especialmente el puesto de Noé ya que gracias a su carisma y dedicación en el trabajo cada día los clientes lo prefieren más. Es muy conocido en la zona como un hombre trabajador, honesto y responsable. Trabaja muy duro para poder mantener activo su negocio y convertirse en el líder de la zona en venta de pupusas. Éste negocio es su principal fuente de ingresos por lo que desea mantenerlo activo por mucho tiempo y seguir recibiendo los frutos que hasta el momento ha recibido con mucha satisfacción. Debido a lo anterior ha tomado la decisión de solicitar este crédito a INTEGRAL para invertir en su negocio en la compra de los insumos necesarios: frijoles, arroz, maíz, chicharon, queso, sal, tomates, repollo, bebidas, etc, además comprar nuevas mesas y sillas a fin de ampliar su negocio. de tal forma que los clientes reciban un mejor servicio y siempre estén motivados a regresar. Considera que esta es la mejor manera para hacer crecer su negocio y poder cumplir su sueño de aumentar sus ganancias y mejorar sus condiciones de vida y las de su familia.
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Spacious 5 bedroom rustic cottage in a quiet village just outside of the busy market town of Kirkby Stephen. Ideal for a peaceful holiday with family & friends, or an ideal base for outdoor activities
This 400 year old cottage is placed on a hill in a truly quiet farming village, enjoying spectacular panoramic views of the Eden Valley and surrounding areas. Nearest convenience store & pubs 1.5 miles away, with full facilities (shops, restaurants, supermarkets, petrol station etc) in the busy market town of Kirkby Stepehen just 4 miles away. The property is a perfect mix of traditional rustic and modern. Decorated & furnished in a practical and unpretentious style, with a focus on friendly family living without too much worrying about wet clothes or muddy boots !
Upstairs there are 5 bedrooms sleeping 11; 1 x single, 1 x twin, 1 x double, 1 x 4 bed (2 doubles) and 1 x exceptionally large double. An additional double bed settee in the largest bedroom, plus a pull out bed make bring the total sleeping capacity up to 14 if required. In addition, there is a childs travel cot. All the bedrooms enjoy fabulous views and 3 of them have a washbasin. Upstairs also features a quiet sitting area for reading, stargazing (telescope available) or just relaxing. There is also a bathroom with a bath, washbasin & WC
Downstairs, the fully fitted kitchen is a large open plan room with a TV used for both cooking, eating and living. There are 2 dining tables and a sitting area. The oil fired Aga is complimented by a modern double oven and halogen hob, and there is a large fridge, microwave and dishwasher
Downstairs is also a shower room with step in shower, washbasin and WC
There are 2 separate living rooms, both with comfortable leather suites, TV & DVD player, one of which is exceptionally large with a large dining table and open fire. There are lots of games including a small pool table, darts board, table football and lots of board games, books & jigsaws available. There is a great selection of DVDs available, but feel free to bring your own. If you like music, there are also various Radio / CD players around the house
Outside is an stunniing large rear garden over looking the Eden valley, split into 3 levels of lawn. There is a large patio with a barbeque, tables & chairs and a hammock. The cottage also offers the use of an outdoor Hot Tub enabling you to relax & enjoy the panoramic views in style. Another lawn at the font of the house offers views towards the northern hills and sheep are genarally grazing in the adjascent fields. At the end of the drive there is a small enclosed childrens playground, and a path leading down to the local church & the River Eden
There is car parking for up to 4 cars, with more parking at the bottom of the drive.
The cottage is ideally placed for a variety of days out, with the Lake District to the South/West, Northumberland to the North, Durham and the East, and the spectacular North Yorkshire Moors to the South. Or for those preferring to stay close to "home" there are plenty of interesting places such as Appleby, Brough Castle and Penrith, plus lots of walking & cycling routes. Golf is available at the spectacular Appleby Golf Club
The village is a very quiet farming community. If you are looking for a peaceful & relaxing family / group holiday, with the pleasures of country living to enjoy, this is the place for you
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With the long-predicted death of Nelson Mandela, we can expect to hear a lot of swell things being said in memorial about this man's courage and humanism as he led his nation toward greater equality. Both sides of the political spectrum are bound to say a lot of things in praise of Mandela and his work and life. In the next few days, you will hear about the evils of apartheid and how much better the world is without it. However, there's another point that none of us should forget. When it came to apartheid, the Reagan Republicans were definitely on the wrong side of history.
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In 1999 I had the opportunity to spend 10 days in California visiting my sister who lived in Chico at the time.
When I arrived at the relatively small Sacramento airport the first thing I noticed was the heat! Coming from New England in mid-April where it is still quite cool, the 88F temps at the airport hit me hard as I walked out to wait for the shuttle. I shed my sweater and lifted my face to the sun, soaking it in. I noticed how dry the air was, too, and how that made it all the more easy to breathe. I am used to humidity (well, does one really get used to it ever?) and the dryness was refreshing.
I picked up my rental car and drove north to Chico. I was so excited. I had wanted to go to California for years and when I finally made up my mind to do it, it all fell into place so easily. The highway took me through very flat countryside with a very faint line of mountains in the distance to my right---the Sierras. As I drove and looked around me I was becoming more and more excited. There were flowers I had never seen before, plants I had never seen, birds that were new to me, and trees that I could only guess at. This was so much fun. I saw orange trees, already with fruit, and what I guessed to be olive orchards and, oh joy, PALM TREES!!!!! There were also impressive acres of Almond trees....I could only imagine what all that must look like in flowering season! What I was seeing made me so happy I began to smile and hum to myself....slowing down a little to take it all in....while the high-speed traffic zoomed past me oblivious to what local travelers had become accustomed to, somehow.
I didn't want the drive to end but was anxious, too, to see my sister who I hadn't seen in over 3 years. I spent the next 10 days exploring the area. I was often alone because my sister was still taking classes, but I didn't mind that. It gave me time to soak up everything new I was seeing, and there was a lot. I drove out of Chico to the mountains and noticed the temperature drop as I climbed. The valley temp was about 96F but when I got to about 6000FT or so it dropped to about 70F, very refreshing.
I went to Lassen Volcanic Park (see pic on profile page) and the only thing I was able to see there, besides beautiful vistas, was SNOW! Lots of it. Here it was mid-April, and there was still a good 15 feet of snow on the mountain top. Being a bit of a travel ignoramus, I payed the $10 park entrance fee (done on the honor system---you drop the money into a box) and entered the park. Well, don't do that in mid-April. I drove all of 200ft, around a bend, and the road was blocked by a wall of snow, at least twice my height. The only way into the park was on foot with snowshoes, skis, or boots and I had none of these things. T-shirt, jeans, and sandals is all this lady had lol. So I turned around and headed back down the mountain, not disappointed because to me there is nothing disappointing about mountains.
One place one must see in Chico is Bidwell Park. It has over 3000 acres of open and wooded land, with bike trails, hiking trails, ravines, chasms, and swimming places. It is beautiful!!! It's the 3rd largest municipal park in the world. I spent much of my "alone time" there and still didn't see all of it. The flowers were amazing, and the people I met were all so friendly. I wasn't accustomed to walking places and having practically everyone I meet give me a smile and a "Hi, how are you?" It's nice!
Please don't forget to check my travelogue...I think you'll come away with a better idea of the beauty. Thanks :)

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Mpls housing director says tornado response has been "better than almost any community ever"
On Tuesday, we told you about a handful of north Minneapolis residents who took to Facebook to express displeasure with the way city officials commemorated the one-year anniversary of the northside tornado -- with the symbolic planting of a single tree.
Wrote one resident: "Trees are nice, but a lot of us on the Northside are tired of 'symbolic gestures' and would appreciate the same level of attention and investment that other parts of the city get."
But Minneapolis housing director Tom Streitz takes umbrage with the notion that efforts to repair tornado damage have been in any way insufficient.
Streitz pointed out that 96 percent of the 3,700 tornado-damaged properties have been repaired or demolished. "Everyone wants to talk about the three percent that haven't [been addressed], but that's a huge number, better than any community almost ever as far as I'm aware," he said.
Over $28 million in repairs, accompanied by nearly 3,000 building permits, has occurred in north Minneapolis since the area was devastated by a tornado on May 22, 2011. Two million dollars in assistance has been provided to those affected through loans and other financial help provided by the city, state, and federal governments, according to a "Northside Tornado Recovery Update" distributed by the city in the days leading up to the first anniversary.
Streitz argues that since north Minneapolis was and remains the poorest area of Minneapolis, it's easy to lose sight of all that's already been accomplished.
"Frankly, the fact that some people [in north Minneapolis] don't have insurance shouldn't be shocking," he said. "The tornado kind of exposed some of the underlying challenges that already existed."
Beyond helping affected residents secure financial help, the city brought on extra staff to help with the influx of building permit applications -- "the last thing somebody wants to hear is that we don't have enough people," Streitz said -- and shelled out millions of dollars to repair public infrastructure, including 300 damaged traffic signals. A portion of those costs is now being reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The city and allied non-profits are also in the process of replanting more than half of the 6,000 trees ripped out of the ground during the storm.
Long term, the city this year is launching its Green Homes North initiative. Loans and subsidies will be available to build 100 green homes in north Minneapolis at a rate of 20 homes a year for five years. This year, $1 million in grants and up to $2 million in loans will be available.
"It's a major investment that will provide an injection of confidence," Streitz said.
Of course, Streitz acknowledges "there is still work to do." But he suggests there is a positive narrative amid the nature-wrought disaster that is too often overlooked.
"Looking at the big picture, the northside came together in a way I haven't seen -- white folks and black folks," he said. "It's was an extraordinary effort."
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Was the old boot arrested and get her fingerprints and DNA taken, as so many others have been under legislation voted in by a – wait for it – former member of Liberty?
One rule for the ruling classes, another for the public. Just like her husband, who gets around women only shortlists so he can get a safe seat
This woman is poison. Evil bith!
So much for justice. Yet another example of double standards. People in the media spotlight should be shown as examples esp politicians. Any other person would have been given the 9 points and in her case this would have banned her from driving because of existing points. Instead it sends the message that its fine to use a mobile while driving and anyway if you do you'll get let off. Typical British justice.
If that was anyone else, she would not have had the second charge of 'using a mobile phone whilst in control of a motor vehicle' taken off and she would have lost her licence and given a larger fine . . . DOUBLE STANDARDS . . . vote her out of her seat at the next election . . .
What a disgrace. To an MP a £350 fine is nothing and you could "earn" 3 points for a simple speeding offence. Now if we had driven away from an accident whilst using a mobile phone, it would have been a hefty fine and long driving ban based on the Home Office sentencing guidelines.
What is worse is that she didn't attend court and was "pleased with the outcome". Just proves how corrupt the Labour Party is!
Not really. It proves more how corrupt the courts are, in refusing to apply the same laws equally to everyone. But everyone knows that, which is why "they came on to me" remains the disgusting ploy when some thug brutally murders an out LGBT person! Wasn't is Plato who said "where there is crime, there is no justice"?
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Oklahoma football: A position-by-position look at the 2013 Sooners
NORMAN — Oklahoma enters the 2013 football season without four-year starting quarterback Landry Jones, its two leading receivers from 2012 and the vast majority of last year's contributors on the defensive line and in the secondary.
Despite all that lost experience, the Sooners seemingly have as good a shot as any team in the wide-open Big 12 Conference.
As college football fast approaches — Big 12 football media days are less than a month away — here is a look at next year's Oklahoma squad, position-by-position.
Who's gone: Drew Allen (transferred to Syracuse), Landry Jones (eligibility expired)
Who's back: Blake Bell (6-6, 263, Jr.), Trevor Knight (6-1, 202, RFr.), Kendal Thompson (6-1, 191, So.)
Who's new: Cody Thomas (6-5, 220, Fr.)
Analysis: Bell outshined Knight and Thompson in the spring game, but all three quarterbacks led scoring drives and showed their ability to move around in and out of the pocket — something that was missing from the OU offense during the Landry Jones era. By the end of spring practices, Bell and Thompson appeared to have separated themselves a bit from Knight. It remains to be seen how much Thompson's offseason arrest for public intoxication will hurt his chances.
Unit MVP: Bell
Grade: B. Bell remains the odds-on favorite to win the job, but OU coaches have got to feel good about any position battle — especially this one — when there really isn't a bad choice.
Who's gone: Dominique Whaley (eligibility expired)
Who's back: Brennan Clay (5-11, 197, Sr.), Roy Finch (5-7, 167, Sr.), Trey Millard (6-2, 259, Sr.), Aaron Ripkowski (6-1, 260, Jr.), Alex Ross (6-1, 218, RFr.), David Smith (5-10, 206, RFr.), Damien Williams (5-11, 214, Sr.)
Who's new: Keith Ford (5-11, 208, Fr.)
Analysis: One of the most stacked units on the team, Oklahoma's running backs could be primed for big, big things in 2013. Clay finally began to showcase his full potential late last season. Williams emerged as a big-play threat any time he touches the ball. Finch seems back in the coaches' good graces, so he could end up a big part of the offense. Millard's value as a blocker can't be overstated, but he has shown electric ability with the ball in his hands.
Unit MVP: Millard
Grade: A. OU's backfield is loaded with talented, diverse playmakers. Williams and Clay will likely get the bulk of the carries next season.
Who's gone: Justin Brown (eligibility expired), Kenny Stills (entered NFL Draft),
Who's back: Lacoltan Bester (6-3, 208, Sr.), Trey Metoyer (6-1, 184, So.), Durron Neal (5-11, 201, So.), Jaz Reynolds (6-2, 198, Sr.), Jalen Saunders (5-9, 160, Sr.), Sterling Shepard (5-10, 188, So.), Derrick Woods (6-1, 186, RFr.)
Who's new: Austin Bennett (6-0, 170, Fr.), Dannon Cavil (6-5, 205, Fr.), Jordan Smallwood (6-2, 190, Fr.), K.J. Young (6-1, 182, Fr.)
Analysis: Many teams might be a bit concerned after losing their two leading receivers. Not Oklahoma, though, and it's a credit to Jay Norvell's strong recruiting and talent development. Saunders and Shepard became major threats in the slot positions last year, and both appear primed to make big leaps next season. Metoyer was branded a superstar-to-be before his freshman season began. That didn't work out last year, but he's certainly got the talent to contribute moving forward.
Unit MVP: Saunders
Grade: A. Bester, Neal, Saunders and Shepard left spring as the starters, but any of the unit's talented players could command playing time.
Who's gone: No one
Who's back: Sam Grant (6-7, 250, RFr.), Brannon Green (6-2, 264, Sr.), Taylor McNamara (6-5, 253, RFr.)
Who's new: No one
Analysis: Under Bob Stoops, Oklahoma has typically gotten major production out of its tight ends. Until last season, when Green made the unit's only three receptions all year and the position became somewhat obsolete in the Sooners' prolific attack. McNamara was injured early in the season and then granted a medical redshirt.
Unit MVP: Green
Grade: C. Oklahoma expects more from this group in 2013.
Who's gone: Tyler Evans (tore ACL in spring, likely ending career), Lane Johnson (eligibility expired)
Who's back: Ty Darlington (6-3, 282, So.), Derek Farniok (6-9, 324, So.), Gabe Ikard (6-3, 298, Sr.), Bronson Irwin (6-5, 310, Sr.), Nila Kasitati (6-4, 309, So.), Kyle Marrs (6-5, 300, RFr.), Adam Shead (6-4, 311, Jr.), Tyrus Thompson (6-5, 316, Jr.), Daryl Williams (6-6, 315, Jr.)
Who's new: Christian Daimler (6-6, 270, Fr.), Josiah St. John (6-6, 305, Jr.), Dionte Savage (6-5, 345, Jr.), Tony Feo (6-4, 275, Jr.)
Analysis: Oklahoma's offensive line played admirably last season considering its ongoing injury problems. With new position coach Bill Bedenbaugh, toughness and constant improvement will be paramount. The unit returns experienced leaders like Ikard, Irwin, Shead, Thompson and Williams, plus promising young guys like Darlington and Kasitati, who returns from a torn ACL. One player who needs major improvement to provide important depth is Farniok, a big, strong guy whose talent has yet to materialize.
Unit MVP: Ikard
Grade: B. If the experienced guys can stay healthy and the young guys grow up fast, Oklahoma's offensive line could become one of the strongest units on the team.
Who's gone: David King (eligibility expired), Jamarkus McFarland (eligibility expired), Stacy McGee (eligibility expired), Casey Walker (eligibility expired), R.J. Washington (eligibility expired)
Who's back: Rashod Favors (6-1, 262, Jr.), Geneo Grissom (6-4, 254, Jr.), P.L. Lindley (6-2, 249, So.), Chuka Ndulue (6-3, 262, Jr.), Chaz Nelson (6-2, 244, Sr.), Michael Onuoha (6-5, 235, So.), Charles Tapper (6-4, 253, So.), Torrea Peterson (6-3, 280, Jr.), Jordan Phillips (6-6, 324, So.), Jordan Wade (6-4, 306, RFr.)
Who's new: Matt Dimon (6-2, 252, Fr.), Kerrick Huggins (6-3, 289, Fr.), Ogbonnia Okoronkwo (6-3, 220, Fr.), Quincy Russell (6-4, 315, Jr.), Matthew Romar (6-3, 268, Fr.), Charles Walker (6-3, 280, Fr.), D.J. Ward (6-2, 245, Fr.)
Analysis: Oklahoma's defensive line was its weakest unit last season. Most of those players are gone, but lots of questions remain about the guys who will replace them. The Sooners were dangerously thin at defensive tackle in the spring, causing coaches to move Chuka Ndulue and Rashod Favors to tackle. Phillips will probably be one of the most important players on the whole team. He's got a high ceiling, and will need to begin reaching his full potential soon.
Unit MVP: Ndulue
Grade: C-. This unit has lots to prove.
Who's gone: Jaydan Bird (eligibility expired), Daniel Franklin (eligibility expired), Joseph Ibiloye (eligibility expired), Tom Wort (entered NFL Draft)
Who's back: Corey Nelson (6-1, 215. Sr.), Frank Shannon (6-1, 230, So.), Eric Striker (6-0, 198, So.)
Who's new: Dominique Alexander (6-2, 195, Fr.), Jordan Evans (6-3, 210, Fr.)
Analysis: Like tight ends, OU linebackers became pretty obsolete by season's end. Nelson and Shannon each showed flashes of their potential last year, but weren't allowed on the field much in Mike Stoops' experimental defensive schemes. Stoops admitted doing the group "an injustice" last year, and vowed it would return to its rightful, prominent place in the defense.
Unit MVP: Nelson
Grade: C+. With their confidence back, OU's linebackers — especially Nelson — might be in for a strong rebound season.
Who's gone: Javon Harris (eligibility expired), Lamar Harris (eligibility expired), Demontre Hurst (eligibility expired), Tony Jefferson (entered NFL Draft), Jesse Paulsen (eligibility expired)
Who's back: Daniel Brooks (5-8, 172, RFr.), Aaron Colvin (6-0, 181, Sr.), Kass Everett (5-10, 180, Sr.), Trey Franks (5-10, 184, Jr.), Quentin Hayes (6-0, 181, Jr.), Cortez Johnson (6-2, 198, So.), Gabe Lynn (6-0, 199, Sr.), Zack Sanchez (5-11, 170, RFr.), Julian Wilson (6-2, 191, Jr.)
Who's new: Dakota Austin (5-11, 167, Fr.), Hatari Byrd (6-1, 195, Fr.), L.J. Moore (6-1, 175, Fr.), Stanvon Taylor (5-11, 175, Fr.), Ahmad Thomas (6-1, 205, Fr.)
Analysis: Colvin has All-America potential. Lynn has struggled some at cornerback and nickelback in the past; he move to free safety in the spring. Johnson sat out last year after transferring from Arizona, but left spring ball as a starting corner opposite Colvin.
Unit MVP: Colvin
Grade: C+. Newcomers in this unit appear to have the best chance at early playing time in 2013.
Who's gone: Tress Way (eligibility expired)
Who's back: Michael Hunnicutt (6-1, 169, Jr.)
Who's new: Jed Barnett (6-2, 215, Jr.)
Analysis: Barnett wasn't great in the spring game, but Bob Stoops swears by his powerful leg. Hunnicutt has made 36 of 43 career field goals. New special teams coordinator Jay Boulware raved about his return men — especially Jalen Saunders and Roy Finch — during the spring.
Unit MVP: Hunnicutt
Grade: B. Hunnicutt has been solid, and the Sooners' return men could end up being among the nation's best next season.


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text: Shard Quest[Worm/??? Quest] Index: Post 1 Post 2 Post 3 Post 4 Post 5 Post 6 Post 7 Post 8 (Interlude: Director Yamato) Post 9 Omakes: What Happened to the Other Shards? By Ryuan: The Brutes 1 The Brutes 2 The collision is what woke you up. You'd been asleep, no… suppressed for so long. In the end you were the last one. The last person as the monstrous entities that consumed your world. Maybe that's why you found yourself at the surface of the shard's collective. The one person whose will who stood up at the end and guided the shard. Unfortunately the entity you were a part of kept you from doing more than what felt like sleep walking thanks to their restrictions. But right then, that jarring. Your entity had collided with a third. Shards were exchanged and the impact caused yourself to change from sleepwalking to barely aware. Your conscious and senses were all muted but you could vaguely understand that the entity was experimenting with a brand new power. And with it a brand new method of assimilation. However, it was distracted and that distraction proved disastrous. Too focused on the future to pay attention to the present. Even as it instructed its mate about the plan, it fell ever closer towards its doom. It shed a shard it shouldn't have, and in that instant the path to victory it had been crafting ended in disaster. The impact with the new world is what caused your shard to break off, still somehow functional. You were free! Drowsy, disoriented, flawed, and not at all at 100%, but free of the entity that had so long ago enslaved you. But now you needed to find a host. As you began to search for a host though, you felt yourself begin to remember. Before the entity. Before the end. Before you became a shard you were... XXXXX [ ] The Mover (Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonic the Hedgehog) A guy who just wanted to go fast. When that thing came you and your friends thought that the gems would help you match him. But too many died… Too many of your friends died in trying to collect them. You managed to grab them all, but by the time you did, you were the last of the ones capable of using their full power. Maybe if the future hero and your dark rival had survived you could have managed to beat them. But on your own you were overwhelmed. Still, the power of the gems let you retain a part of yourself even as your entire world was warped into this single shard and you'll do your best to help the one that receives your shard get a better ending. [ ] The Shaker (Arcueid Brunestud: Tsukihime) The White Princess. Though centuries had passed you still loved humans. Especially that one with blue eyes more monstrous than yourself. He was long dead, but he left you with a desire to protect the species that your benefactor could have cared less about. The entities were a monster that threatened both and so you fought them with all your strength. Even as you called upon the full power of your birthright you found yourself too weak to challenge both entities at the same time. The world was too weakened by humans and times to stand against them. The moon too lacked the power to help you grasp victory. In the end, you put up a grand resistance, but it all proved futile as you and the world you were charged in protecting were destroyed. [ ] The Brute (Son Goku: Dragonball) The world's champion defender. Everyone saw you as the strongest even after you disappeared to train after facing your greatest ordeal yet. Your raw power put some very real fear into the Entities. However, raw power was not enough to simply kill them. In the end, you were overwhelmed by the entity that would eventually absorb you and your world despite your power being more appropriate for the other. All because it outsmarted you and used techniques so exotic and more outrageous than the pink demon that you couldn't hope to cope. But maybe your host can figure out a better way to use your strengths. [ ] The Breaker (Emiya Shirou: Fate/Stay Night) A hero of justice. It was kind of sad actually. You weren't even on your homeworld when you became a shard. Instead you were somewhere, strange. Between dimensions. You'd pushed back the golden owner in order to take him out at the cost of your own life. However, even though you succeeded, before you yourself died you collided with the entity by chance. Normally the collision would have simply resulted in your death, however you were strange. A single man and yet at the same time more. A person and yet a concept. An individual and yet a world. For this reason alone you and your reality were made into a shard. A lonely existence but that was alright, because helping others definitely wasn't a mistake. You'd proven that to the man in red with your own hands. [ ] The Master (Protagonist: Persona 3) The messiah. With your ascension you saved your world from one threat. The emergence of the entities forced the world's various hidden factions into action and for a short happy time you were no longer needed to hold back the night and the beast. Many fell during the battle, both human, god, and demon. In the end though, you used the power that once saved the world and focused it into a banishment spell, your various masks working in tandem with you, your eternal bonds strengthening you, and the will of humanity at your back. True you failed to land a fatal blow on either entity and only managed to push them both back that they lost your world, but you had already sacrificed yourself once to seal an apocalypse away. At least this time you knew what you were getting into and got to say a proper goodbye. [ ] The Tinker (Ruby Rose: RWBY) A girl at a school for warriors. That was a long time before your final showdown with the entities though… By the time you and your old school friends confronted them directly all of you were well into adulthood. It was your partner and her company who found a way to advance your technology and soul techniques ahead so far and discovered ways to make it challenge the empowered and even the entities themselves. Still, it came too late. The heiress had only unlocked the secrets a month before the slaughter began. Perhaps it was BECAUSE of her discovery that it happened so soon. Still, a month was enough to make your last stand army powerful enough to be a real threat, even though you fell in the end nonetheless. Your personal power isn't all that exceptional, but within the shard you've got the knowledge to make not just your bearer, but an entire world rise above their limits. [ ] The Blaster (Takamachi Nanoha: Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha) An ace among aces. You, your team, your friends, and hundreds of other mages rose to fight against the entities when they invaded. Your power was great and when you released the limiters in your calculations that protected living beings, it became so much greater than even you believed possible. Still, that wasn't enough. In the end, all you could do was hold them back long enough for most of the world's population, including your adopted daughter to escape to other worlds. The entities won, absorbing you, your friends, your team, and so many other brave defenders. But the ships' weapons firing on the world from orbit made sure that it was a costly victory for both sides. [ ] The Thinker (Accelerator: A Certain Magical Index/Scientific Railgun) The strongest. In a city filled with thousands of super powered beings you stood at the very top. The invasion by the entities really just pissed you off more than anything. Even as they used one of their shards to start blocking powers, you analyzed them and started to find workarounds and even replicate the abilities almost as quickly as they implemented them. In the end, with everyone else powerless except for the damn hero, you did your part to hold them in place. The hero's damn hand managed to freak those two bastards the hell out and they retreated right away. Though not before they snagged you and about a quarter of the city after dropping half a dozen new ways to shut off your power and make you all into a shard. Still, you were definitely still the strongest. It wasn't any surprise that you managed to come out on top of the shard. [ ] The Striker (Ryougi Shiki: Kara no Kyoukai) The reluctant killer. It was such a pain, having to fight monsters like the entities. Still, it was better for you to do it right away than for them to get too far in and manage to hurt that idiot. It really was a pain though. Your power wasn't working consistently and the cores of the entities were buried too deeply. In the end you got tired of trying to kill them and just cut a way into another dimension. Then your body gave out. Stupid things absorbed you soon after. At least that idiot and her were alright. Besides, you met an old part of yourself in that battle and got a glimpse a third side too. Now if only that lazy ass third side had actually gotten off its butt and helped you kill those things... [ ] The Changer (Kaleidostick Ruby: Fate/Kaleid Prisma Ilya) A great and powerful device of untold potential and many forms. It was completely unfair! Who would have thought that mouthing off at your creator would cause him to send you hurtling through dimensions as a means of disciplining you. That in itself wouldn't have been SO bad if you hadn't collided with one of these stupid entities. Oh, how cursed you were to be so popular that it would decide to make you into a shard. Still, you had some nice goodies stored away and some more upgrades since your adventure with your sister and your previous bearers. You'll just have to resume your pursuit of love and justice as shard this time around. [ ] The Trump (John Pluto Smith: Campione) A Supreme King. In a world of Gods you were a giant that managed to slay them and steal their power for yourself. It is a pity that the seventh was unable to unify all of your kind and the rest of the world against the entities. Had he succeeded then perhaps your forces wouldn't have taken so many losses. Still, at least thanks to the efforts of the band he created much of the entities prizes were lost. Even at the end you were among the few pieces of the world that those monsters that surpassed gods and devils were able to acquire for their shard before being driven off. That young king may have failed to save you, but even though you were lost the world itself was saved at his hands. He and the rest of the world never did discover your true identity or even gender now that you think about it. Then again, you wore a mask from the beginning, it is only fitting that you wore it to the very end. [ ] The Stranger (Kumagawa Misogi: Medaka Box) The weakest of the weak. After you finished school you left the world behind and began to erase all proof of your life. Many years later, only the memories of your friends were left to prove you once existed. When those stupid things showed up, you expected your old friends to take care of them. But time had weakened most of them, and even though a few retained their former glorious strengths, they were nothing compared to the entities. Even the generation that followed was simply too weak to match them. In the end, you were the last line of defense, and even though used your power to the fullest and took it to heights you never dared dream of, even though you brought one of your enemies down low, even though you came so close to victory, in the end you were just a failure and you failed where it mattered most. It was sad that you couldn't become the stereotypical protagonist even at the very end. You're not sure why you became the dominant personality in the shard after you failed, but you won't let it go to waste. After all, maybe you can be more than the lowest of the low now that you are no longer a mere human. XXXXX Alright people, here's the deal. You are a shard. Yes, you read that correctly, you are a SHARD not Taylor, a side character, a SBer/OC tossed into the wormverse or any other person who can take direct action in this quest. As such, this is gonna play out quite a bit differently than normal quests due to you not being able to directly control the character you get attached to. However, there is a fun little twist to this. I have written up profiles on twelve different potential shards. They all have a few things in common. Each of the shards has a single governing conscious that will take actions for the shard. This single conscious is actually one person from the world that the entities attacked before turning it into a shard. Each of these shards is also the result of the entities encroaching upon a popular fictional world. That's right, you have the chance to pick a shard based off a fictional universe and then take some of the powers associated with that universe in order to empower a single future parahuman. To make things even more fun, you are one of the few surviving Eden shards and despite the death of your entity you are still very much alive as a now independent shard. Now for a nice little game for your shard selection. I have not outright stated what universe and character each of the shards are based off of. However, many players have shown that they like to guess. As such, I figured, why not reward you guys! So here's the deal. Right now, all the shards are currently nerfed heavily. While eventually any one of these shards can easily be muchkinned to put you at Triumvirate level, at present the shards are I guess you could say, sleepy. If however you guess what character an option is, the shard will be more awake when it latches onto a host and makes a parahuman, resulting in a better initial power set from the trigger event. Get all twelve options correct and there's a nice mystery prize waiting for your end choice. Don't get too obsessed with picking the absolute strongest shard though. I repeat at the weakest, these shards have the potential to make your parahuman Triumvirate level. All of them have the ability to help you face off against Scion whether it be through direct or indirect action. As such, don't think that any one of these shards are weak or bad. In the end, pick something you like and a power set you think you could have fun with. You have 24 hours from when this post is put up to guess before I close the votes and seal the bonuses off. Now let's make a shard and have some fun! EDIT: For those of you just joining, all 12 shards have been guessed. As such, you get the bonus, which in this case is a budding of the number two choice onto the number one choice. Basically in addition to the powers of the main shard, you are also given a slightly nerfed ability of the second place shard to power up the main choice. Remember people, only vote for one choice, and that ALL of these shards are already REALLY strong. You don't need to try and optimize the choices as I'd intended to make this game winnable even if you had picked a shard without even guessing the identity. Just pick something you like! RWBY Shard Profile Admin: Ruby Rose Bud Moderator: Chibi Accelerator Moderator: Weiss Schnee Shard Synchronization: Rank-C Even though your direct influence on her has been relatively low, Flannery has shown herself to be incredibly similar to Ruby Rose anyways. The act of taking a name based on the oath she swore, which happened to coincide with the name of her Shard's admin as well as her decision to just want to be herself served to act as a new link between them, causing their synchronization to make a leap. At this rank the two of you are synced well enough that when studying Flannery's Tinkering, Ruby can input intuitive hints on how things work, allowing Flannery to understand her own Tinker Tech more quickly. You can also give her a better general idea of what the end product will be of any Tinker Device she creates will be, before she begins actual construction, with the image sharpening more easily as she builds more of it. Also, in times of extreme stress, Ruby can momentarily send Flannery combat movements and tactics in a similar way to when she sends her Tinker Urges, allowing Flannery to move with much greater ease and experience than she actually possesses. Tinker Tech Trees Artificial Dust Production: Level 2/5 A process discovered by Weiss Schnee after nearly a decade of research, which she began in Beacon Academy. During their school years, Blake had idly noted that while the Schnee Dust Company was doing well with its mining of dust at that time, Dust was in fact a finite resource and she wondered in the company would continue to do so well if the Dust mines began to dry up. Though mostly just a passing thought to the others, Weiss took the implications of this very seriously. She began branching out her studies to include research on the nature of Dust and how it came to form. Something that while other scientists had speculated on, hadn't bothered to do much serious research apart from a few "eccentrics" who lacked the funding needed to do more thorough studies. After graduating from Beacon and working with the rest of Team RWBY as huntresses for a few years, Weiss's father suddenly passed away. After a period of mourning, Weiss reluctantly retired from being a huntress in order to take over the Schnee Dust Company. While running the company, she went against the wishes of the board and pushed forward a major study of the nature of Dust and how it was formed, hiring many of the independent researchers who had already begun studying this question. Eventually there was a breakthrough when Weiss was 24. Though it took an extremely long time compared to mining, the researchers figured out how to use Aura to empower crystal like substances such as gemstones, crystal, or even glass and turn it into Dust. You know that there was more to this process, but the restrictions on it are too tight right now. Still, you do have a nice little shortcut that you managed to sneak by the restrictions. If you find a gem with a lot of latent aura compatibility you might be able to cheat and speed up the process a bit. Aura Theory: 2/5 You remember that Aura is an energy that all beings with souls possess. As such all humans have the potential to use Aura. It had numerous benefits to usage, not the least being enhanced physical capabilities and on a more personal level their Semblance. A kind of natural affinity to Aura usage that allowed aura users to more easily gain an exotic ability by following their Aura's natural tendency. However, even on Vytal not everyone had fully awakened it. The fact that Jaune didn't even know what it was is proof of that. Pyrhha awakening method was actually pretty advanced. You never actually learned it yourself. You do know however that even if they're unaware of it, people do actually emit very low levels of aura even if they are not actively using it. More importantly though, you remember that the presence of Dust actually increases the likelihood of a person's aura awakening. The more Dust that is around, the higher a chance that someone might awaken aura on their own and begin using more than just a trickle like most civilians use. Vytal Material Science and Engineering: 2/5 Ugh, you feel like you're in Signal again… You remember quite a bit about how Vytal Metallurgy works in theory, but a lot of the theory is still locked away in the depths of the shard. As things stand though, you remember how to use Dust and Aura to enhance various physical materials as you fabricate them, however right now it's limited only to metallurgy. Also, you know there are much finer techniques for how to treat materials with Dust and Aura and gain much better effects. You also remember a little bit about how to use the two in order to create "aura spaces" in the things you make, though not nearly as good as the really advanced stuff. As things stand, you can probably figure out how to make modern mundane materials as durable as the various weapons at Beacon. You could also add aura pockets about as impressive as the ones you made for the original Cresecent Rose. Still beyond what this world can pull off, but not quite as impressive as some of the really awesome weapons you saw later on in life. You miss Crescent Rose III… By the time you were an adult you'd made it even more awesome! Though… Weiss did scold you for staying cooped up for a week to design the laser blade extensions and Dust Particle Cannon upgrades. Dust Properties and Application: 3/5 You remember all the elemental properties of Dust as well as how dust can be used to enhance materials with the help of Aura. As a bonus you were able to remember how to make dust into cartridges and actively use it in combat with the aid of a weapon. In addition you can make "special cartridges" which can have simple enhanced effects though they require special preparation and at least Grade C Dust to create. With the emergence of Weiss after the greater synchronization with your host, you have gained access to knowledge on how Glyphs work, though without a semblance for them your host cannot use them in battle for casting. You also cannot remember how to use Dust for "Rituals". However, it does allow you to inscribe glyphs onto Aura Technology with enough time. Though this process requires Grade C Dust at the very least. You also now remember how to make some of the civilian grade Dust Batteries and Generators that were often used to power machines back in Vytal, though military grade power sources are still sealed. Such things require Grade C Dust however. Thinker Bud: Accelerated Thought The gift from the original Accelerator, it has since been changed by Aura into a chibi form of the original. He sure gave you one heck of a bud to help out. It's a purely thinker related bud and it has to do with accelerated thought processes and capacity. Geeze, if the calculations this thing is capable of are weaker than the guy's full power you're kinda scared. As things stand this bud here could probably do a lot of things, including seeing how the world works in terms of vectors, Mutitasking with up to three or four different trains of thought going on at the same time, or even heavily observing the tech and processes you feed to your host and gradually giving them understanding as to the process and physics of their creation. -XXXXX- Flannery Traits Current Official Power Rating Tinker 5 Thinker 4 Mover 2 Brute 2 All Range Combatant: E-Rank Someone who can fight at any range. Her chosen combat style leaves her well balanced. At this ranking she has just begun her journey into this style of combat and will require a lot of time and effort before she is considered competent. Resolute: C-Rank A measure of how much willpower an individual has in the face of sacrifice and losses. At this rank Flannery has a very strong will, however she tends to be slightly stubborn about doing things that go against her values. She is willing to make sacrifices with minimal hesitation, but won't do so solely for the sake of efficiency. Lively: B-Rank A measure of one's natural exuberance and level of activity. At this rank, Flannery is known to be a bundle of energy and very enthusiastic about various things. While she can feel down at times, normally she prefers to stay happy and upbeat. To her life always has the potential to be good. Speed Semblance: E-Rank Like Ruby, Flannery has an Aura Semblance for Speed. What this means in practical terms is that she can use her aura to almost instinctively boost her movement speed and drastically increase her velocity. At this rank she can do very short bursts of speed and has trouble controlling them. Aura Mastery Progression Combat Aura: E-Rank This trait determines how good Flannery is at using Aura in combat without guidance from the Shard. At this rank Flannery is as good with Aura as someone in Vytal who has just awoken Aura and is durable enough to take few shots from small arms fire without taking damage, though it will heavily deplete her aura. She is also as strong and agile as professional soldiers despite having the body of a 13 year old girl. Enchantment Aura: E-Rank This trait determines how good Flannery is at using Aura in enhancing Aura Tech and producing Dust without guidance from the Shard. At this rank Flannery can enhance mundane materials with intense effort and make gems into Grade E Dust. Tinker Tech Comprehension Artificial Dust Production: Level 0/5 Flannery does not yet have any concrete knowledge of how this process actually works. She requires more time and practice while using Accelerated Thought to observe the process. Aura Theory: 0.5/5 Flannery knows that Aura gives her enhanced physical capabilities and has stumbled upon her semblance. However, she doesn't know much of the theory beyond that and needs time to observe it using Accelerated Thought to better understand things. Vytal Material Science and Engineering: 0/5 Flannery has no knowledge of this branch of the tech tree. Dust Properties and Application: 0.5/5 She knows if she mixes Dust with water it can make a glowy drink that gives powers. For some reason though it has to be really good Dust. Needless to say, this requires time for her to study. XXXXX The Los Angeles Wards (2001) Red Tail (Supervisor and Adult Leader) Real Name: Maria Baron Age 27 Mover 6, Shaker 3 Power: Aerokinesis, though range is limited to fifty feet away from her. Vigilance (Unofficial Teen Leader) Real Name: Charlotte Merriel Age 17 Thinker 7 Power: Identification of all potential threats within a 1 mile radius, with an indication of the severity of the threat and likelihood that the threats would act. She was the most coolheaded of the group and the unofficial leader among the teens themselves. Anchor Real Name: Ralph Johnson Age 16 Brute 5, Striker 4, Breaker 2 Power: Touch based density increasing with no upper limit, though it slows down the longer he keeps increasing a target's density. His power works on himself, though is otherwise subject to the Manton Effect. Fraternal twin of Floater. 2nd Generation cape. His father was a shaker style gravity manipulator called Loadout and his mother is a normal human. Floater Real Name: Greg Johnson Age 16 Mover 5, Striker 4, Breaker 2 Power: Touch based density reduction with a lower limit of zero, though the power slows down in reduction rate as the density of the object approaches the limit. His power works on himself, though is otherwise subject to the Manton Effect. Fraternal twin of Anchor. 2nd Generation cape. His father was a shaker style gravity manipulator called Loadout and his mother is a normal human. Soundbyte Real Name: Sylvia Walters Age 15 Blaster 3, Shaker 3 Power: Sound Manipulation up to 100 yards away. Her control increases the closer to herself she manipulates sound and she is capable of forming "Sonic Stun Blasts" by creating pockets of sound and amplifying them right next to her body and firing them up to 200 yards away, though power decreases as range increases. She also had an eidetic memory for sounds, but hadn't bothered to get her rating changed saying it was just a minor detail and rating were ultimately unimportant. Magnitude Real Name: Darrell Grant Age 17 Shaker 8 Power: Geokinesis. However he cannot create matter though his range seems to extend up to half a mile.


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