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The Santa Barbara International Film Festival shone dazzlingly with the premiere of Fisher Stevens' documentary"Mission Blue," highlighting the amazing accomplishments of oceanographer extraordinaire Sylvia Earle. As the film portrays, in eloquent depth and underwater cinematography, (credits to Axel Baumann; Damien Drake; and Bryce Groark). Sylvia Earle is doing a yeoman job of trying to save the planet, one fish at a time. The life and vibrancy of the undersea world, as explored previously by filmmaker Jacques Cousteau (one of Earle's heroes), reflects the buoyancy of the earth and all its glory. Earle, ever since she was a child, growing up near the Jersey shore, and later the beaches of Florida, would forever be immersed in ocean exploration, playing with seashells, seaweed, and sand crabs. She was fascinated by the sparkling ocean and its great mystique. She decided to devote her life to this calling, and despite the odds, and being told this is a world of men, not women, she persevered, to the point of becoming one of the world's esteemed oceanographers.
This film is devoted to her pursuit of truly trying to save the ocean and its habitat, and all that dwells within. Both a profile of her life and a call to save deep sea life, the film creates a legacy that is "Mission Blue." The outstanding cinematography and camerawork reveals the underbelly of waters worldwide, from the Australian coral reefs... to the Gulf of Mexico. It emphasizes the endangered species, from minnows to whales.
This film is a fascinating homage and tribute to one of the world's iconic female pioneers. What an ideal venue, for this film to premiere in beautiful Santa Barbara, at the SBIFF, with all its ties to environmental causes.


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Feb. 15, 2011
Hey Gymcat Fans!
This past weekend we headed all the way to the east coast to take on North Carolina State and William and Mary. This weekend was another 'Pink' meet, hosted by NC State. It's hard to believe, but this meet marked the halfway point of our season, it's going by quickly!
The team and the coaches were excited for this meet; every week leading up to this weekend the team has made huge improvements and we were hoping to continue that trend for this meet. Well, we certainly did! We had one of our most consistent performances up to date, with only one missed routine. More importantly though, the team showed a lot of fight, and a lot of heart. We never got down through the entire meet, and we never let little mistakes affect the rest of the routines. It was really exciting to see so much desire and fight because at the beginning of the year we seemed to struggle with that at times. All of the effort paid off as we beat both NC State and William and Mary, and more importantly earned a new season high score!
This Friday we are at home once again taking on Stanford. The team will be working hard in the gym, focusing on the little details in hopes of performing even better than last weekend! We only have two more home meets so be sure to come out to Mckale on Friday and support the team!
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Mon, January 15, 2007 - 8:14 PMi totally feel you. i moved all of the computers around my office a couple of months ago, and who knew that the 15V AC adapter for my Linksys router would fit perfectly into my DSL modem, which requires significantly less voltage. 5 minutes later I had a smoking chunk of melted plastic that used to bring me the online world, and I ended up driving 20 more minutes out of my way to try to avoid going to Best Buy or Frys.
I swear that back in the mid 90s Fry's had something resembling customer service when I was buying some of my first modems...
Tue, February 13, 2007 - 12:44 PM
It isn't the Tron GodsIt is the MCP, and it got me as well.
We had a somewhat notable windstorm and lost the power for five'ish days before I left for a vacation, so I unpluged the entire house before leaving.
I came back, plugged in my PC and... Not even a board diagnostic LED. A little testing showed the entire APM part of the board was d-e-a-d.
It had to be the MCP...
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The 30 summer graduates will join the 104 Tide student-athletes who graduated following with the fall and spring semesters, pushing the athletics department's graduation tally at 134 for the 2012-13 academic year
Career Stats
2010 (JUNIOR): Was named to the All-SEC second-team ... was named to the SEC all-tournament team ... started in 61 and played in all 63 games ... finished the conference campaign with a .346 average, .705 slugging percentage and .458 on base percentage ... ranked third in the league and led all shortstops in runs (29), home runs (8) and RBI (28) ... collected three or more RBI in six different league contests ... finished the season with a .318 batting average, 15 home runs and 57 RBI ... her 15 home runs and 57 RBI ranked third and second respectively on the team ... three of her home runs were grand slams ... tallied 12 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games ... batted 2-for-4 with a two-run homer against South Alabama (Feb. 16) ... batted 3-for-3 with a RBI double at UAB (Feb. 23) ... hit a grand slam to give Alabama the eventual win over Michigan at the NFCA Leadoff Classic (Feb. 27) ... hit a solo home run against Michigan at the Easton Challenge (March 6) ... hit a two-run home run and drove in four in game two at Georgia (March 13) ... scored three runs, collected two hits, including a home run, and drove in three in the series opener against South Carolina ... hit a solo home run against UAB (March 27) ... drilled a grand slam and collected three hits in the series opener against Auburn (April 2) ... batted 4-for-5 with four runs scored, three RBI and a pair of home runs in game two at Arkansas (April 24) ... hit a solo home run, collected two hits and drove in three in the series finale at Arkansas (April 25) ... belted a solo home run and scored twice in the series opener against Tennessee (May 1) ... hit a home run, a double and drove in three in the SEC-clinching game in the series finale at Mississippi State (May 9) ... hit a grand slam to put the run rule on Arkansas in the opening game of the SEC tournament ... hit a walk-off home run in the semifinals against Tennessee (May 14) which turned out to be No. 6 on ESPN Top Ten Plays of the day ... scored two runs and batted in two runs during the Tuscaloosa Regional (May 21 - 23) ... hit a go-ahead three run homer in the sixth inning of the Tuscaloosa Super Regional finale against Hawai'i (May 30).
2009 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 64 games and started in 61, making appearances in the outfield and at nearly every infield position ... batted .294 (48-for-163) with 39 runs, 10 home runs and 40 RBI ... her 10 home runs ranked second on the team ... hit seven doubles and two triples while stealing 16 bags in 17 attempts ... slugged .546 which ranked second on the team and had a .383 on base percentage ... had nine multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games ... batted .242 (16-for-66) with four home runs and 14 RBI in SEC games ... scored 10 runs and stole four bases over that span ... batted 2-for-4 with two runs in the season opener against Northwestern State on Feb. 7 ... batted 2-for-2 with four RBI and her first home run of the season against Jacksonville State on Feb. 8 ... batted 2-for-3 with two RBI and a stolen base against Oregon at the Cathedral City Classic on Feb. 19 ... hit a home run against No. 6 UCLA on Feb. 20 at the Cathedral City Classic ... batted 1-for-2 with two RBI in the win against No. 1 Washington on March 6 at the Easton Challenge ... was a perfect 3-for-3 with a home run and a career-high five RBI against No. 24 Baylor on March 8 ... hit a home run and drove in three against Mississippi State on March 14 ... drove in two and belted a home run against No. 20 LSU on March 18 ... drove in two runs and scored twice at Mississippi on March 21 ... batted 2-for-3 with a home run in the night cap against Kentucky on April 14 ... tallied two hits, including a home run and two RBI against Auburn on April 25 ... scored two runs in the SEC Tournament opener against Arkansas on May 7 ... hit a walk off home run in the eighth inning to beat Kentucky in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament on May 8 ... batted 1-for-2 with two RBI and a triple against Mississippi Valley State on May 15 to open the Tuscaloosa Regional ... stole a base, scored a run and drove in one against Jacksonville State on May 23 in the Super Regional ... hit 1-for-2 with one RBI in Alabama's opening round game at the WCWS against No. 5 Michigan on May 28 ... followed that up by hitting 2-for-4 with two runs and one RBI in the 14-0 win over No. 9 Arizona on May 30 ... finished the WCWS with four hits, three runs, two RBI and a stolen base.
2008 (FRESHMAN): Larsen did a little bit of everything for the Crimson Tide in her rookie season ... started 57 games at six different positions ... made 28 starts at second base, 18 starts in right field, two as a designated player, two in center field, one at shortstop and one at first base ... appeared in 64-of-66 Tide games ... batted .270 for the year with 44 hits in 163 at bats ... collected 12 doubles and finished tied for third on the team with nine home runs and 34 RBI ... posted a .509 slugging percentage while reaching base at a .357 clip ... swiped nine bases in 10 attempts ... fielded .983 with just two errors in 115 chances ... batted .292 (21 of 72) with runners in scoring position ... had 18 two-out RBI ... hit even better in Southeastern Conference play with a .310 (22 of 71) with seven doubles, three home runs and 19 RBI ... slugged .535 with a .388 on-base percentage ... had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 46 chances in SEC play ... Larsen earned SEC All-Tournament honors after helping the Tide to a runner-up finish ... went 1-for-3 vs. LSU with a solo home run and 1-for-2 vs. Florida with a double ... made her first appearance in an Alabama uniform off the bench against South Florida on Feb. 8 ... first start came vs. Jacksonville State on Feb. 9 ... notched her first career hit against Purdue on Feb. 13, going 1-for-3 with a run scored ... hit home runs in three straight games on Feb. 14-16 against Georgia Tech, Middle Tennessee and Georgia Tech again ... had three RBI against the Ramblin Wreck on Feb. 16 ... was 1-for-2 with a double, RBI and a run scored on Feb. 23 in the adidas Golden Panther Invitational ... recorded her first multiple-hit game against Tennessee in the first game of a doubleheader on March 9 with a grand slam and two runs scored ... homered on March 21 at Kentucky and collected a career-high three hits ... was 5-for-11 (.455) in the UK series with six RBI and four runs scored ... went 3-for-5 in a dramatic comeback win over LSU April 5 ... hit .385 in a five-game stretch vs. Arkansas and South Carolina with a double and four RBI ... was 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored vs. Birmingham Southern on April 23 ... was 1-for-3 with a seventh-inning RBI single that helped the Tide tie the game and eventually knock off No. 11 Northwestern, 6-5 ... went 2-for-3 with two doubles and three RBI in the second game of a doubleheader at Georgia on May 3 ... was 2 for 9 in the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional with a RBI two runs scored ... hit a home run in the championship game as a part of the Tide's back-to-back-to-back long ball spree in the fifth inning vs. Jacksonville State ... went 1-for-2 with two runs scored and a double in the NCAA Tuscaloosa Super Regional clinching game on May 24 as the Tide advanced to their fifth Women's College World Series ... started all four games of the WCWS with two hits .. was 1-for-3 in the WCWS opener vs. Arizona State with a double ... then went 1-for-3 in a 5-1 win over Arizona on May 31 ... stole a base in the second game on May 31, a win over Louisiana-Lafayette that send UA into the WCWS semifinals.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Larsen teamed with current Tide teammate Catherine Dozier to lead Vestavia Hills to 2006 Class 6A runner-up honors ... NFCA Second-Team All-American selection as a senior ... Alabama Sports Writers Association First-Team All-Region honoree in 2007 ... Birmingham News State Player of the Year in 2007 and a first-team All-State Selection by the paper as well as the ASWA ... Over The Mountain Journal "Miss Softball" award winner as a senior ... Birmingham area Athlete of the Year ... Jefferson County Kiwanis Club Athlete of the Year - the first female to earn the honor ... won Phil Puccio Award for Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year at Vestavia Hills High School ... a 2006 first-team All-State honoree by the ASWA ... earned team Defensive MVP honors in her sophomore and junior seasons ... was awarded her school's Cooper Ray Award as the most outstanding freshman athlete and the Rising Rebel Award in her freshman season ... her 28 doubles as a senior in 2007 are tied for the sixth-most in state history ... also an excellent basketball player, leading her team to the state semifinals in consecutive seasons while scoring over 1,000 career points ... Whitney is the daughter of Rick and Cindy Larsen ... she has a sister, Kristen Hinton and a brother, Russell Larsen.


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The dappled appaloosa is wired, kicking and snorting at the white sand that covers Cabo Polonio, a remote beach settlement on Uruguay's eastern coast. The gaucho saddle cinched to her back and topped with a sheepskin is foreign to me, and the stirrups are ancient. "Sorry, they can't be adjusted," says Roberto as I mount the horse and ask about shortening them. "She hasn't been ridden in four months," he adds ominously. "If she senses you can't handle her, she'll throw you down. And stomp you."
The wily mare, descended from ancestors brought over by Spanish conquistadors, suddenly bursts off, galloping along the shore and bucking wildly. She's mad, on fire. She tries to hurl me over her head, then off her back. Then over her head again. I reach for the saddle horn that doesn't exist and for the stirrups, which fling around uselessly. Uncertainty spreads through my gut. I grab for the back rim of the saddle, willing my herniated disks to stay put, and think, Once upon a time, I would have taken this moment in stride.
A Week Earlier
Magic hour sweeps over the glimmering, rocky fields of Uruguay's Pampas region. In the distance, little gray puffs of grazing sheep dot the slopes. Herds of cattle amble over bright-green hills, their moos a happy din. Every once in a while I see a man on a horse with a wide-brimmed hat and high leather boots, his silhouette briefly turning toward the road.
This is gaucho country.
I'm taking a detour from a TV assignment in South America to explore off-the-grid parts of Uruguay and a persistent feeling that it's time for me to leave New York City, a place defined by cement and the tyranny (and opiate) of screens, where the din arises from traffic and arriving e-mails and texts, not moos. I've long wanted to live on a wild patch out West. But can I really pull up stakes and drive them in elsewhere—a move that would fly in the face of practicality and career, even if it might make deeper, happier sense? Lately, in my dreams, this desire shapes itself around a memory of my nine-year-old self riding bareback through an Illinois cornfield, my legs gripping my horse with thoughtless confidence, our long manes streaming behind us in the humid Midwestern air as we playfully blaze a tunnel through head-high stalks of corn.
For a few years, in the 1970s, this image was my reality, but as I entered my teens, that visceral sureness, that solid glee I found in nature, was eroded by the gaze of the outer world. Of course, few girls outrun the avalanche that hits us at adolescence—hormones, institutionalized sexism, a damning pop culture. But three-plus decades later, as the heat of the outer gaze cools and old instincts rumble, I remember that barefoot, bold nine-year-old who thought nothing of going full tilt and saddle free.
Harvard researcher Emily Hancock regards the age of nine as magical, writing that "women come fully into their own and become truly themselves only when they recapture the girl they'd been in the first place." "That age was about being unclouded," muses journalist Sharon Lerner, "about knowing the right thing to do without thinking about it." And I guess part of what has landed me in Uruguay, driving a lonely stretch of gorgeous terrain far from the urban chaos of my everyday life, is an impulse to dig up that lost, instinctual clarity. In my rented Volks-wagen, I head into the wildest off-grid parts of the country. My first stop is Pa-n-agea Estancia, a 2,200-acre working ranch in the heart of gaucho culture.
Juan Manuel, the ranch's owner, is a fourth-generation gaucho with a quiet, commanding presence. Early gauchos, descended from Spanish, indigenous Quechua and African ancestors (the last brought to the Americas by slavers), were skilled, nomadic horse people, he tells me. They tended and drove cattle on the open range until the government issued an edict in 1877 requiring fences and branding. Gauchos were—and still are—often solitary figures "who find freedom in the landscape," says Juan.


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WAC Recognizes 33 Bulldogs in Classroom
WAC releases its 2011 All-Academic teams for the fall sports; Bulldogs show well in the classroom
Five Bulldogs to Play in All-Star Games
Bulldog seniors get their chance to display their game in front of NFL scouts and executives as they look to continue their playing careers on the next level
Rouse Named 2011 Team MVP
Bulldogs announce team awards at end of the year banquet
Eight Bulldogs Receive All-WAC Honors
Fresno State's six first team selections were the second-most in the conference
Seniors Look Back
As the football team heads down south, the 2011 senior class reflects back on their Collegiate career.
Last updated on Jan. 23, 2012
2011 (Senior): Played in the Casino Del Sol College All-Star Game on Jan. 23 ... selected to the All-WAC first team by the league coaches ... named to Phil Steele's All-WAC first team ... selected to the 2011 Capital One Academic All-District Football first team for District 8 ... named to the Academic All-WAC team ... started in all 13 games at left tackle and closed out his career with 39 consecutive starts ... received Fresno State's Director's Academic Award ... named the team's most valuable offensive lineman ... helped the Bulldog offense average 411.8 yards per game ... guided running back Robbie Rouse to 1,549 yards rushing, a total that led the WAC and was the third most in a year in school history ... helped quarterback Derek Carr become the fifth Bulldog to throw for over 3,000 yards in a season ... Fresno State averaged 4.1 yards per rush, 12.7 yards per completion and 6.0 yards per play on the year behind the offensive line.
2010 (Junior): Selected second-team All-WAC by the coaches after starting all 12 games at left tackle ... has started every game for two straight years ... an explosive and strong player ... can dunk a basketball ... excellent student and smart player.
2009 (Sophomore): Played and started in all 13 games ... selected Academic All-WAC ... was part of an offensive line that opened holes for NCAA rushing leader Ryan Mathews, the No. 12 overall pick of the 2010 NFL Draft ... provided great protection for quarterback Ryan Colburn as the offensive line allowed only 20 sacks ... Fresno State's offense ranked in the top 20 in passing efficiency, total offense rushing and scoring.
2008 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw considerable action on special teams and moved from defensive tackle to offense ...selected Academic All-WAC.
2007 (Freshman): Redshirted.
High School: During his senior at Tulare Union was the captain of the East Yosemite League champions ... earned lineman of the year in 2007 and named to the East Yosemite League first team ... had 38 tackles his senior year and 4 sacks.
Personal: Born Jan. 16, 1989 ... the son of David and Pamela Harris ... has one older brother, Sean ... likes to play video games, read, and play football ... favorite athlete is Marshall Faulk and admires his father because he works hard for others and supports his family ... also recruited by Nevada, Cal Poly, Colorado, Stanford, Harvard, Cornell and Yale ... majoring in computer engineering.
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Anyhow, Zito brought his guitar and played a bit with James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and the crew. Afterward, they joked that they might keep Zito. But could they pay his salary? Hmm.
Zito's trip to jam with Metallica is documented in the eight-minute video below, along with some interviews about Zito's re-invention and Metallica's music being used at baseball games. No word whether Zito gave the Metallica gents a pitching lesson so they don't look like a bunch of goofs when they throw out first pitches at the Giants game on Friday.
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UIC's Contingent Wraps up Competition in Last Chance Meet
May 11, 2013
NAPERVILLE, Ill. - Select student-athletes from the UIC men's and women's track & field teams competed in the Dr. Keehler Invitational, on the campus of North Central University on Friday. UIC posted a combined five top-20 individual finishes in the final tune-up before postseason competition at the end of the month.
Sophomore Tess Ehrhardt stole the show on the women's side, securing a third-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. She crossed the finishing line in 10:58.91, and teamed with senior Jaime Johnson (10:59.00) to set a pair of school records in the event. In the men's 100-meter dash, senior Anthony Hollingsworth finished the race in 10.84 seconds, good for a fourth-place finish. Senior Roy Mwale took 12th in the event, crossing the finishing line in 11.14 seconds.
Other top-20 finishes for the Flames in Naperville included Mwale in the 400-meter dash (49.91 seconds) and Angelos Karkalis in the 800-meter run (1:54.45) - both student-athletes finished 16th individually. Notably, Rebecca Zaiter finished 22nd in the 1,500-meter run (4:48.75).
Next up for the UIC track & field teams is the NCAA West Regional in Austin, Texas from May 23-25. The list of student-athletes, by event, who have been accepted to compete in each preliminary championships competition, plus those who have been accepted to compete in the heptathlon or decathlon at the final championships competition, will be announced on Thursday, May 16, by 1 p.m. ET. Additionally, those who have been accepted to compete in the heptathlon or decathlon at the final championships competition will be announced at this time.


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lmulkey2011 (1281 days)
The Anamorphic with its very long cells is the master of low and indirect light, but you will need LOT of space to get the wattage you need. The mono's are great but only in bright direct sunlight. I used a poly on my little project, which is a bit of a balance between the two. They HF panels are great for what they are intended? for a simple complete kit to run a couple of 5 watt bulbs and have a little standby power for something else.
malsmedgisa (1281 days)
H.F. panels are anamorphic cells and lose 30-40% of their rating during a burn in phase of 6 months to a year. Sure you may show 18 volts, you could do that under a light bulb, but it is the amps that matter the most. Your charge LED can blink but if amps are at say, 1 amp, it would take? 35 hours to charge a single 35 amp/hour battery. A fully working H.F. 3 panel, 45 watt system maxes at around 3.75 Amps so if they function at 100% it still takes about 9 hours to charge a 35 amp/hour battery.
LDSPrepper (1281 days)
The best way to "for sure" know how much power you will need to store in your battery bank is to run all your appliances through a Kill-A-Watt meter for one week. It will tell you exactly how many? watts they all used. Then if it were me I would double that amount and try to store the doubled amount in batteries.
Amiga3000 (1281 days)
Originally I had planned on buying a single 300watt panel, following the dollar per watt guideline but the last time I went to Harbor Freight they had the kit in-stock for 159.99 and I had a 20% coupon, I couldn't resist. I may not have keep to the plan but my goal is to power some led lights, a fan and maby a 9″ tv during hurricane season. my dilemma is how many amp hours will i need for those? items when i expect to be without power for a week and have overs cast skys for 3days after the storm
Amiga3000 (1281 days)
I found that the new kit is actually an upgrade. The pvc tubs are VERY thick, heavy and stable.The PVC kit can be assembled by one person as the aluminum kit is very flimsy and doesn't get rigid until all the panels are on it because the old kit uses the panels themselves to make the frame somewhat rigid. The? new panels bezel supports the panels more fully and have mount hole built into the panel so you don't even need the frame to mount them. also salt air doesn't attack these new panels.
pvampire (1281 days)
Congradulations on a very nice setup! I wanted to ? do the same thing, but at my harbor frieght they dont have the panels that are in aluminum frames. They went to plastic frames which I hate. They dont have the mounts that are metal either, they give you cheap PVC pipe frames which really suck. Theres hardly any way to fasten them to a roof or like you have done. I wish they would have stuck with aluminum framed ones.
walking wolf (1281 days)
thus martial law. but i guarantee you the only men with guns will be the hoards of u.s. and foreign military, DHS trained boy scouts and militarized police who bust in yer door to take you to be executed in a FEMA camp, and this way before you worry about good ol boys trying to rob and kill you. they? will be taken too. google Noahide Laws- Guillotines, also Agenda 21 and Project Garden Plot, all govt documented plans in the works. goggle FEMA Executive Orders and Georgia Guidestones.
Axel Reyes (1281 days)
Hey there, I'm Axel form Argentina and I've checked some of your videos and I find them really usefull. Thanks for? your effort and data provided. In the middle of this particular video you mentioned something like "having those below the fence line so you would not have problems with *** (I did not get that part too well)" and I'd like to have a little explanation about why you cannot put those on your roof. Is it ilegal in Texas? Thanks again for your time! Nos vemos


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The Piedmont Police Department is using social media for assistance investigating a missing person/overdue motorist according to a post published earlier today on the department's Facebook page.
Freddie Perry, 61, of Piedmont, AL was due to return to his residence from a trip to Tennessee on Saturday evening, March 1st. Mr. Perry is a teacher at Cherokee Elementary School in Cedartown.
A family member last spoke to Perry at approximately 11 pm Saturday. Police believe that Perry was in the area of Priceville, AL at the time of that conversation.
According to information obtained directly from the police department, Perry is described as a black male with a medium complexion, 61 years of age, height 6'2" and weighing approximately 210 lbs. Perry has black hair and brown eyes.
Perry is driving a white 2006 Ford F-150 with Alabama tag number 11B35T5 and is familiar with the route that he would be driving to get back to Piedmont.
The post stated, "We are concerned that he may have had some type of medical episode and became confused as to his whereabouts."
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is urged to contact the Piedmont Police Department at 256-447-9091.
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The concept of evolution has been given a funny twist in this design showing continuation of human evolution from monkey to man to a man.The evolutionary steps are walking and a military soldier is stopping them with a gun pointed towards them.The army soldier says "Stop following me".
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TC TO JOHN A. CARLYLE; 26 January 1820; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18200126-TC-JAC-01; CL 1:223-225.
Edinr26th January 1820.
My dear Jack,
I have read over your letter1 with great satisfaction; and I devote the short while, which yet remains before Geordie's departure, to scribble this half-sheet by way of reply to it. I ought in the first place to ask your pardon for misdirecting you about the latin book you were to read. The volume in question is not, I find, at Mainhill, but here: I shall send it down in the box, and if you can manage it—well; if not, send me word, and I shall not fail to get you another edition of it, with notes and a glossary, which you will find quite intelligible.
You do well to proceed with the Latin: it can in no case be quite useless to you; it may eventually be of great service. The understanding of one's own tongue is at all times an important matter; and no way is so completely efficient for that purpose as the study of Latin, which it is mainly grounded on & derived from. But particularly attend to your penmanship; neglect, no night, to write a copy—longer or shorter. I approve very much of your remarks upon David Hume. Sandy tells me that you and he are in the habit of attending chiefly to the manners, opinions & general features of the different periods, which you Read about. This is the true way of proceeding in the study of history. It is good, surely, because it is pleasing, to know about battles & sieges and such matters—and these things ought carefully to be stored up in the mind; but a person who gathers nothing more from the annals of a nation, is not much wiser than one who should treasure up the straw of a threshing-floor and leave the grain behind. You are right to attend to dates; do not neglect the geography of the countries. In a short while you will find some of your old friends whom you met with in Charles V.2 I am very glad that Alick & you are going fairly to get thro' Hume: it is a task which very few accomplish, notwithstanding its pleasantness & utility. No one without it can be said to understand the first principles of the laws, church-government or manners of his own country.
I was a good deal diverted by your account of the Radical conspiracy at Ecclefechan.3 No doubt the 'Squire of Kirtletown4 would experience considerable chagrin at the total failure of his well-meant efforts to support the constituted authorities. Such things happen everywhere in these suspicious & distracted times: but no plot has yet reached me of a more Ludicrous nature than the one which you relate.
There is nothing new here; at least nothing that penetrates my secluded abode. The common people are in great distress; tho' for several reasons that distress is less severely felt here than in manufacturing districts. The substantial burghers and other idle loyalists of the place are trainin[g] themselves to the use of arms for the purpose of suppr[es]sing the imaginary revolts of the lower orders. When [I see] one of those heroic personages, with his buff-belts, his cartouche-box and weapons of war, obstructing the progress of his Majesty's subjects along the streets, I can scarce suppress a bitter smile at the selfishness, & stupidity of men. In fact 'steel pills,' tho' a very natural, are a very ineffectual remedy, for a decayed 'constitution.'
There has been some mistake made about the letter which was to go to Ruthwell. Mitchell tells me it was charged 8½d. 5 You had better ask the bearer of it to Annan, how he managed the affair: most likely, he would give it in to the post-office, and tell the man of authority that it came from Edinr. However there no great matter—only to know again. You must write at great length next time: send me all the news in any degree or even no degree interesting. Mind your reading—that is an account of it for my inspection. I am
My dear Brother, /Your's affectly /
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The fire burning on North Stradbroke Island near the township of Dunwich on Monday morning. Photo: Penny Dahl, Australian Traffic Network, via Twitter.
Authorities have estimated 60 per cent of North Stradbroke Island has been destroyed by a bushfire sparked by lightning a week ago.
But with no lives or property lost, firefighters battling the blaze in potentially catastrophic heat have won widespread praise.
Thick smoke continues to blanket the area, as well as the Sunshine Coast, South Burnett and Southern Moreton Bay Island.
The bushfire burning on North Stradbroke Island on Monday morning. Photo: Penny Dahl/Australian Traffic Network, via Twitter.
On Sunday an elderly Russian tourist was evacuated by air ambulance from South Stradbroke Island due to smoke inhalation.
Hazy conditions are also expected to continue in Brisbane and on the Gold Coast.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Service has advised backburning operations on Sunday would intensify smoke haze.
Bushfire burning on Stradbroke Island, as seen from across Moreton Bay. Photo: Instagram
It is expected an anticpated northerly wind change about midnight will further shroud Brisbane in smoke on Monday, as well as potentially blowing ash to areas north of the city.
Residents of Southern Moreton Bay Island have also advised to be vigilant, with flying embers sparking at least two spot fires.
No properties are under immediate threat from the North Stradbroke fire but four further backburning operations are expected to continue through the night around the township of Dunwich, on the island's west coast.
One of the Stradbroke Island power poles that will need to be replaced by Energex. Photo: Energex
Conditions escalated late on Saturday as much of Queensland sweltered through intense heat. An emergency warning was issued at 8.15pm but was cancelled five hours later after residents of Gatumba Street and Beehive Road in Myora were evacuated from their homes.
More than 300 people registered at the Dunwich evacuation centre on Saturday.
The fire threat is still yet to ease and North Stradbroke councillor Craig Ogilvie said further community meetings were held on Sunday.
More are planned for Monday morning.
Cr Beard praised the work of fire service officers, who protected homes, and police, SES, Council and all other agencies who helped evacuate some residents around Myora last night.
"If it were not for the incredible efforts of firefighters on Friday night and last night there may have been a very different outcome to what we have today," he said.
Approximately 70 per cent of the island is without power and Energex is working to restore electricity to residents of Amity Point.
East Coast Road, which connects the townships of Dunwich, Amity and Point Lookout, reopened on Sunday morning after being closed due to smoke.
Authorities have advised non-essential travel to the island be deferred.
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According to Tuesday's publication of the Dallas Morning News, over 50 dogs perished in a devastating fire which swept through a Dallas, Texas, home early Tuesday's morning.
Two people, identified as a husband and wife, were injured and an estimated 53 dogs were killed when a blaze swept through a residence on Grandview Avenue shortly before 4 a.m. According to officials, a total of 70 dogs are believed to have resided inside of the one-story home.
Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans stated:
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In the world of exercise options, CrossFit ranks high on the list of the toughest. Combine those workouts with a Paleo-style low carb diet, and you've got a program that creates world-class athletes, reported Bodybuilding on Friday.
Camille Leblanc-Bazinet will compete for the fifth time in the CrossFit Games, and is one of the top 10 CrossFitters in the world. Her goal: Compete in weightlifting in the 2016 Olympics.
For those who think that CrossFit isn't safe, Camille is quick to correct them. She feels it extends mobility and can even, when properly directed, help with rehab.
Camille's Paleo low carb diet favorites include chicken, eggs, bacon, spinach, sweet potatoes, raspberries and coconut water. On her list of emergency foods: Dark chocolate.
But don't assume that only female bodybuilders do CrossFit. Before winning her title, Miss South Texas Keli Kryfko lost 100 pounds using CrossFit-style exercises and a high protein low-carb diet, reported ABC News on Friday.
Keli's favorite exercises include burpees and planks. But her transformation came only after she suffered humiliation because of her weight.
Bullied for being overweight in middle school, Keli failed a physical education test. She heard girls joking about her and saying 'Can you believe the fat girl can't do it?'"
Now she's hoping to inspire others. "Your crown can be your voice, and I really want my crown to be the voice for those people who feel like they don't have one," added Keli.
Helping to publicize the benefits of CrossFit for everyone: "The Biggest Loser" trainer Bob Harper, author of "Skinny Meals: Everything You Need to Lose Weight-Fast." He admits that when he first discovered CrossFit, he "found it to be the hardest workout that I'd ever done."
"The results that I have seen in my strength and physicality have been unparalleled to any other things I have ever done in my more than 20 years in the fitness business. I drank the CrossFit Kool-Aid," wrote Bob in a column for the Huffington Post.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Bethune-Cookman's Krysta Gardner has been named to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Volleyball All-Conference Preseason team, it was announced today.
The senior from Ashburn, Va. , set the school record single-season record with 479 kills and finished seventh in the nation in aces per set (.52) in 2011. She earned All-MEAC First Team �honors, the first for a B-CU player since 1999.
With 821 career kills, Gardner is within striking distance of the B-CU all-time record of 1,060 set� by Melissa �Sanders in 2001-04.
Second-year coach Isaac Raphael is looking for more than stats from Gardner.
"We've named Krysta our captain and I'm looking for leadership as she helps carry what will be a young team," Raphael said. "Krysta was outstanding last year and I hope she can play at an even higher level in 2012."
Gardner was named along with Maryland Eastern Shore's Saitaua Iosia (Preseason Player of the Year) and Jessica Visic, Florida A&M's Karol Marquez, Desire Walker of South Carolina State and Charlotte Armstead of Norfolk State.
Team-wise, Bethune-Cookman was selected by MEAC coaches and sports information directors to finish third in the Southern division behind Florida A&M and South Carolina State.
"I'll take it - it's preseason," Raphael said. "The plan is to first challenge Florida A&M for the divisional title and then UMES for the conference championship."
B-CU finished 13-19 in 2011, advancing to the MEAC tournament semifinals.


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Disparities in health often mean earlier death and increased morbidity for one group of people versus another.Groups can be defined by race, ethnicity, age, sex, disability status, geography (urban vs. rural), or socioeconomic status. In the case of health disparities defined by race and ethnicity, non-Hispanic Whites tend to experience better health than African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics and specific segments of the Asian population. Differences can also be found within groups and by health indicator. For example, the rate of low birth weight infants for the Hispanic population as a whole is lower than that of non-Hispanic Whites, while the same rate for Puerto Ricans, a subgroup of the total Hispanic population, is 50% higher.
Regardless of the health indicator being examined - whether it is heart disease and stroke, diabetes, low birth weight, HIV/AIDS, or obesity - disparities in health usually point to inequalities in income and education. So, it is no wonder that marginalized groups in the U.S. carry a higher burden of disease and disability.
Even our individual health behaviors - for example, whether we exercise regularly or eat healthily - are influenced by such underlying factors as income and education, which in turn predict our access to quality goods and services. To illustrate, low-income neighborhoods are less likely to have access to fresh fruits and vegetables, sidewalks, walking trails and bike lanes. And even in those low-income areas where such resources are available, residents might not take advantage of them due to neighborhood crime and the relatively high price of fresh foods.
Various groups are working to eliminate the problem - the American Medical Association, in an effort to ensure quality health care for all, is encouraging physicians to examine their own practices; the American Public Health Association is pushing for comprehensive federal legislation to address the underlying causes of disparities in health status and health care access; and Healthy People 2020, the latest set of 10-year national health objectives put forth by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will integrate "social determinants of health" - a term which describes those socioeconomic factors that increase or decrease our risk for disease - across all objectives.
The North Carolina Council of Churches, a statewide ecumenical organization that promotes social justice and Christian unity, regards the issue of health disparities as a moral one. The Bible instructs us to "learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow" (Isaiah 1:17, NSRV). When certain groups are treated unfairly, it insults our Maker. It honors God when we plead their cause (Proverbs 14:31).
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Partners in Health and Wholeness, an initiative of the North Carolina Council of Churches, will hold its first clergy breakfast on health on Thursday, August 26 from 8:30-10:00 a.m. at St. James African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Zion Church in Goldsboro. The church is located at 206 South George Street, and Dr. Dwight Cannon serves as pastor.
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The renewed PHW mission is as follows: To reduce obesity and tobacco use in North Carolina by promoting health as a practice of our faith in the following ways:
The April issue of the PHW newsletter featured congregations from across the state that had achieved PHW Bronze Certification prior to the Faith and Health Summit in March. Knollwood Baptist Church in Winston-Salem was mistakenly omitted from that newsletter but did receive recognition at the Summit.
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Students are responsible for choosing courses that are appropriate for their
academic needs and goals. Although there are many factors for students to
consider, choosing classes need not be viewed
as a difficult task. Normally a student who has declared an intended major
will refer to an official listing of required and recommended courses for
that major, including General Education courses. There
are several sources for finding these required and recommended courses. This
catalog, for instance, shows program requirements for each major and a summary
of General Education courses. Also, most
academic departments provide program check sheets. The DARS (Degree Audit Reporting System), available on Wings Express, tracks progress toward a degree.
On the next few pages, students will find additional information to help plan courses in the following areas:
Meeting with an Advisor
All first-year University College students must meet with their academic advisor each quarter for help in choosing courses consistent with goals, needs, and academic progress. Other students in University College may be required to meet with their advisor as a result of their academic standing. It is recommended that students meet with their new advisor upon transferring to the college or school of their major. Although students are ultimately responsible for their own decisions, advisors are available to assist.
Course Registration Tools
Several tools are available to students for checking the availability of a specific course, prerequisites, co-requisites (e.g., a concurrent lab), and restrictions that limit enrollment in a particular section of a course to a specific group of students, such as "honors" or "early childhood education majors."
First-Year Courses
First-year students usually choose most of their courses from General Education, math, developmental education, and specific courses required for their major as listed in the catalog, on DARS, or on a program check sheet. Students are expected to complete the General Education English, math, history, and natural science requirements before reaching junior status.
English Courses
The English course a student should enroll in first is determined through directed self-placement (or transfer credit). Advisors will assist students in assessing whether they need developmental education course work to prepare them for ENG 101. Many first-year students will not start ENG 101 until their second quarter, and many of those who do take ENG 101 their first quarter will not enroll in ENG 102 until their third quarter.
Math Courses
Once students begin math courses, it is recommended that they continue with math each quarter until their math requirements are completed. The starting point is determined by placement test score or transfer credit, and the final math courses are shown in the major's program requirements in the catalog listing, on DARS, and on the departmental check sheets. The Math and Statistics Sequences chart in this catalog is a graphic guide showing common math and statistics course pathways.
Writing Across the Curriculum
For information on the university's Writing Across the Curriculum program and Writing Intensive (WI) courses, see the "Requirements for a Bachelor's Degree" section of this catalog. Writing Intensive courses are identified as "WI" on the General Education Program listing.
Courses Required to Enter a Major
First- and second-year students should select appropriate courses that will allow them to satisfy the requirements to enter the college and department of their intended major. The Summary of Program Admission Requirements in this catalog is an abbreviated listing of these requirements. Using this guide, students may determine what specific courses, grades, or GPA they need for entry. The listing may also be useful to students advised in the University College who must select a new major because they have reached 90 hours (135 hours for transfer students) and still have not met the admission requirements for their intended major.
Entering a Major
All University College students with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher must enter a major within a degree-granting college by the time they have earned 90 credit hours (135 credit hours for students who entered WSU as transfer students), or they will be converted to nondegree status. Nondegree students are ineligible for financial aid, veteran's education benefits, and intercollegiate athletics.
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In this all new tale, Cruella De Vil is released from prison on good behavior swearing that she will have nothing to do with fur ever again in her life. She, however, cannot keep this promise and soon is plotting another "furocious" scheme to get her ultimate Dalmatian coat.
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At Least 70 Journalists Killed on the Job in 2012
At least 70 journalists and media workers were killed while covering the news between January and June of this year; 15 of them died in Syria alone, according to a report released today by the International News Safety Institute (INSI) and conducted by the Cardiff School of Journalism. The number may be higher, as INSI reports that an additional 30 media workers were killed, but the organization was unable to confirm that their deaths were related to their work. By comparison, 56 journalists died on the job in the first seven months of last year, and a total of 124 died in the whole of 2011.
INSI, a coalition of new organizations, journalist support groups and individuals, is a non-profit dedicated to promoting the safety and security of journalists around the world.
INSI reports on all issues of safety for journalists, and not only the targeting of journalists by enemies of a free press. However, INSI Director Rodney Pinder says of today's report, "Journalists are more than ever in the cross-hairs of the enemies of freedom." Most of the journalists killed this year were shot or bombed. "Despite some encouraging international political moves to halt the murder, the gun and the bomb remain the favored method of censorship in far too many countries."
INSI also notes that of the more than 1,000 journalists and media workers killed on the job in the past decade, "The great majority were born and raised in the land where they were killed. Foreign correspondents are the high profile casualties, but most victims are local."
The full report is available on the INSI web site, www.newssafety.org.
(Via the Guardian and Committee to Protect Journalists.)
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"Sons of Anarchy" season 7 has Dre de Matteo on as a regular cast member for this final season with the SAMCRO boys. This suggests that Wendy will become one of two things to Jax on the show, now that Tara's out of the picture, since she was brutally murder by Gemma in last season's finale.
According to Vuture on Jan. 8, while Drea de Matteo has been in a few episodes each season, now she's bumped up to a regular cast member. This means fans will be seeing a lot more of her in "Sons of Anarchy" season 7.
There's two camps on Wendy's return when it comes to predictions. One theory is that she will step-in and become Jax's old lady once again. The second is that she'll become a real thorn in the side of Jax and Gemma wanting Abel back.
Other than the drug problem, Wendy is more like Jax's mother Gemma than Tara ever was. This might appeal to the president of the MC who can't seem to get out from under his mother's grip.
Jax has shown he has a tendency to use people as the seasons progressed, much like his mommy dearest. Maybe this is where Wendy fits in. She can be the old lady at home not asking any questions with the kids while Jax does his full time SAMCRO business.
The only stumbling block to Wendy becoming Jax's old lady again is that he hates her. Maybe since Tara had plans for Wendy to take the boys if she were to end up behind bars, Jax reconsiders. If it was good enough for his dead wife, maybe it's good enough for him.
Wendy was probably one of the favorites to get killed off in season 7 because she's messed up enough times and she's really outlived her entertainment value. Her role of the ex who floats in and out of Jax's life is growing old.
If Jax gets back together with her, this would change the dynamics drastically and Wendy may become a more interesting player in the SAMCRO game. She knows a lot about the club and Gemma.
Maybe Wendy will be the one working with the DA toward bringing the club down now that Jax has no need to help the DA anymore. He agreed to talk to keep Tara out of jail, but Tara's dead, so that's wiped off the table.
Whatever story line they go for with Jax and Wendy, you can bet it will be filled with emotion, the sky is the limit with these two. Fans have seen the hate play out with Jax and Wendy, that wasn't a pretty picture.


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Soubi regretted turning Ritsuka.
He truly did. It caused the boy so much pain, especially during the first few days when Soubi could do nothing for Ritsuka's hunger. It had to be done, though, for Ritsuka had been dying and had begged Soubi- outright begged him- to change him. And so Soubi had, as Ritsuka would have died in his arms at the hospital if he hadn't. That didn't mean he didn't regret it. If there had been something else Soubi could've done, he would've done it, but there had been no other choice, no other way, besides changing Ritsuka.
Soubi could smell Ritsuka as soon as he walked inside the Victorian-style house that was used just for this purpose. He had a short talk with Kio, one that merely consisted of Soubi telling him of the current situation with Ritsuka's parents and Kio updating him on Ritsuka's status, which seemed to get worse and worse with each day that passed when Soubi didn't come. Unfortunately, he had other things to do and couldn't be with his Sacrifice and mate every day. It would be different after everything got sorted out, though.
Soubi then headed down the stairs, to the deep underground room where Ritsuka had to stay for the first few months. He carefully unlocked the door, thinking about how horrible it must be for Ritsuka. The child was the one who had insisted on being locked in, out of the fear that he would attack someone if the hunger got to be too much. Ritsuka's scent was much stronger here. Soubi didn't even need a light to find his way down the stairs and tight corridors. He was sure that Ritsuka could smell him by then, too.
Soubi pushed open the door, standing in the doorway to take in the scene before him. The room Soubi had set up for Ritsuka was a mess. Books were strewn across the room's floor, torn up with pages and bindings ripped out. Black soft feathers were all over, too, as if a young bird had exploded and the feathers all fell in different places around the room. Ritsuka was sitting against the back wall, his knees drawn to his chest and his arms and cat tail wrapped tightly around his legs. He was hiding his face in his arms and he was shaking slightly, something that alerted Soubi that he shouldn't have waited this long to come.
Ritsuka could only survive five days without being fed, and by the third day he would start to lose his sanity little by little. If Soubi had waited until four days, Ritsuka would've attacked him as soon as he walked into the room. Soubi, on the other hand, could go nearly a month without starting to feel that gnawing hunger that couldn't be soothed by human food. He had forgotten what it was like to be younger.
Soubi stepped inside, shutting the door quietly behind him. The room was dark, only lit by a candle on the dresser. Soubi frowned, hoping that Ritsuka hadn't been playing with fire. Young ones who were left alone by their mate or unable to get to a feeding source, usually had the overwhelming urge to hurt themselves, but not other people. Soubi would have to check Ritsuka for burn marks as well as scratches and cuts.
"Soubi…It…it hurts…" Ritsuka's voice was muffled and very quiet and weak. It almost didn't sound like Ritsuka. Another pang of regret hit Soubi, but he knew that this was the way it had to be, and it would've been done, one way or another. Ritsuka peaked up, and Soubi saw that his eyes were blood red, a definite sign of the hunger and pain that Ritsuka was in. "Please, Soubi…"
Soubi took his coat off, discarding it on the floor before sitting on the bed that was pushed up against the south wall and the east wall, near the door. "Come here, Ritsuka," He instructed, gently pulling the bandages off of his neck. He opened his arms to the young child, speaking again in a quiet, soothing tone. "It's okay, Ritsuka. Come here."
Shaking, Ritsuka went over to Soubi, the only sound in the room being his little footfalls. He paused before doing anything, though hunger obviously got the best of him and he climbed into Soubi's lap, straddling him. Soubi closed his eyes, feeling little Ritsuka's hot breath on the side of his neck, away from the Beloved scar, before the child licked his skin. This was something that Soubi had learned that Ritsuka liked to do- warn Soubi before he began.
Ritsuka's fangs were small and just-developing, though they still startled Soubi as they pierced his skin. It hurt like a needle prick, sharp and only for a second. A warm feeling started as Ritsuka's teeth quickly slid into place, creating a slightly pleasurable sensation for Soubi. Ritsuka made a whimpering sound, and Soubi felt him beginning to feed, calming the hunger that was so painful and impossible to ignore.
"I'm starting to sort things out with your parents," Soubi told Ritsuka, his hands on the young one's back. He knew that Ritsuka liked for him to talk while he fed off of his blood, and it was the least Soubi could do to comply, since it was his fault that Ritsuka was like this in the first place. "I have another Fighter working the case. He went to school with me. Seven Voices. We're fighting for your parents for custody. Your mother seems like she's finally lost it. She had a breakdown in the courtroom today."
Soubi moved his hands up and down Ritsuka's bony spine, rubbing his back in slow, gentle circles. Ritsuka's feeding didn't hurt him at all. In fact, it made a warm, tingling feeling, something that was meant to be enjoyable. If Ritsuka went too fast, though, it would put Soubi in a lot of pain. Ritsuka was careful of this, and Soubi was grateful that he was nothing like his brother.
'Vampires' were what regular people called them, as well as words like 'the undead' or something alluding to them being dead. They weren't dead. Soubi, Ritsuka, Seimei, and any other Infected had a heartbeat as proof that they were alive. It was also a myth about the Infected being afraid of garlic and the light, as well as them losing control whenever they were around blood. The latter would only happen if an Infected was in dire need of blood, which was a state that was rare and not exactly dangerous to humans. Another myth was that a 'vampire' bite would kill any human. It could hurt, but only if the Infected fed too quickly. After the Infected was done, human would simply have a bite mark, almost like a hickey. It wouldn't get infected and the human wouldn't turn into an Infected.
The terms Infected and Fighter or Sacrifice were nearly synonymous. A person had to be either a Fighter or a Sacrifice to even have the possibility of being turned into an Infected, though not all Fighters and Sacrifices were Infected. Soubi had known this from a very young age, as he had been born into a family of both Fighters and Infected that was nearly purebred. Before all of them had been killed/died, Soubi's entire family was purebred on his mother's side, with the exception of his father. His mother had been a Fighter and an Infected, but she had chosen a normal person as her mate/husband. This was rejected in Soubi's family, so his mother had gotten disowned and her family and they refused to even talk to her. Soubi did have a couple relatives (his mother's mother and his mother's sister) but that was all who was left. Soubi hated both of them, anyways, and they hated him.
"Are you angry at me?" Soubi asked quietly. Ritsuka shook his head gently, gradually going slower and slower, as Soubi could feel from the amount of blood flowing from him. He regretted this. He really, really did…
Ritsuka was dying, Soubi realized as he looked at the multiple machines his little Sacrifice was hooked up to. Soubi himself had multiple injuries, but he was able to care for most of them. Ritsuka, on the other hand, had been hurt both on the inside and out. Spells had been shouted, quick and powerful, and Soubi had been able to do nothing to stop them, for it was Seimei and his new Fighter, Nisei, who they had been fighting.
Ritsuka had refused to go with Seimei and Seimei had taken it the wrong way, thinking that meant Ritsuka didn't love him. He had ordered Nisei, told him to hurt Ritsuka lethally, to make him want to die. Soubi didn't really know what good that did, but he supposed Seimei had finally lost his sanity.
Soubi had been able to do nothing but watch as Ritsuka got hit with spell after spell, all damaging his insides as well as his outsides. Seimei had taunted Soubi during it, telling him to do something, yet knowing just as well as Soubi did that he could do nothing. It had broken Soubi's heart and he had tried to do something, but no spell that he said had any affect. He had attempted to fight back, but it hadn't worked. Ritsuka passed out after a long time, but Nisei still hadn't stopped. He had begun to direct some spells at Soubi, too, as well as Ritsuka. Finally, a spell of Soubi's finally got through, one that made them disappear and go back to where they came from.
Now, a week later, Ritsuka was still in the hospital. Soubi hadn't left his bedside the entire time. Ritsuka's condition wasn't getting better. In fact, it was just getting worse. Almost all of Ritsuka's internal organs were failing and he was having bad heart and lung problems, too. Soubi stayed in the hospital with him, refusing to leave.
Soubi stood from the couch where he had been napping and crossed the room to Ritsuka's bed, staring down at the beautiful boy. The entire reason that he had gotten hurt was because he had wanted to stay with Soubi, not to go with Seimei. Through all of the spells, Ritsuka had never budged from his position, even though Seimei had asked him with every spell Nisei shouted out. It had been the first time Soubi or Ritsuka had seen Seimei since the incident at Seven Voices, which had happened nearly a year ago.
"Ritsuka," Soubi touched Ritsuka's hand, his mind thinking of dark thoughts. Three days previous, Soubi had cut his left wrist, not out of depression, but with the knowledge that an Infected's blood had healing powers, especially if it was from someone who had been an Infected since birth. Ritsuka had seemingly gotten better after he lapped up Soubi's blood, but the next day his vitals fell dramatically again. As the days went by and Ritsuka's condition worsened, Soubi was forced to face the fact that he only had one choice left.
"Soubi," Ritsuka had finished and had pulled his teeth out of Soubi's neck, leaving two small puncture wounds that were bleeding lightly. His eyes had turned to a color between red, the color of an Infected's hunger, and violet, Ritsuka's normal eye color. This hue was a sort of magenta, or a pinkish color. "I missed you."
Ritsuka was Soubi's mate. Infecteds often had mates, whether they were another Infected, a human, or a human turned Infected. Soubi's mate, Ritsuka, was a human turned Infected. Mates established a blood bond where the Infected's primary feeding source was its mate. Even if the other was a human, they had to have drunken their mate's blood at least once. Mates could recognize each other's scent even when they were a ways away. Younger mates, such as Ritsuka, tended to only feed off of their mate's blood, not another human's or another Infected's. The bond between mates was psychological, too. Seimei had fed off of Soubi's blood, and occasionally vice versa, but they hadn't been mates. A pair had to love each other enough and both had to consent.
"I'm sorry, Ritsuka," Soubi was apologizing for more than just leaving him for three days. He was sorry about turning Ritsuka, too, even though it had instantly cured his health problems caused by the spells. "Kio told me that he offered his blood to you. Why didn't you take it?"
"He didn't smell as good as you," Ritsuka answered, putting his head on Soubi's chest and breathing hard. "I like the way you smell. Don't leave again…"
Once the psychological and blood bond was established, it was hard and nearly impossible for an infected and the mate of the Infected to live without one another. It wasn't just because of the need for an Infected to feed off of the other's blood. Even if they had a mate, they could still get blood from somewhere else, so that wasn't a problem. Living without their soul mate, once they found them, was mentally and emotionally hard. A young Infected would have the hardest time with it, as they would seek comfort as well as a food source from their mates. Soubi understood that Ritsuka wouldn't be able to sort out his feelings well without having Soubi with him, which was why Soubi was worried about the common problem of Ritsuka, a young Infected, hurting himself.
"I have to finish things with your parents," Soubi ran a hand through Ritsuka's hair, slightly surprised when he found a small black downy feather in it, one that was the same as the feathers spread out on the floor.
When Infecteds got older, they learned to control their hunger and fit in with normal people. They were still human, but being a Fighter or a Sacrifice created a strange defect in the DNA code. This was what gave Fighters and Sacrifices power and the abilities they had. Unfortunately, this also gave a toxic venom, one that had absolutely no effect on those without the defect ('normal' people). When a Fighter or a Sacrifice was injected with this venom, though, it caused a tolerance and need for blood, as well as extremely heightened sense of hearing and smell (sadly, not sight, which could be useful for a nearly-legally-blind Soubi). Adult Infected could go nearly a month without feeling the slightest pangs of hunger for blood, and, by then, they had usually secured a single, willing feeding source.
Blood wasn't a substitute for regular human food, either. This venom, once it was injected, created a separate hunger. The venom did other things, too, such as the blood red eyes when Infecteds got hungry and the need for young ones to hurt themselves when they were without their mate or away from a food source, and, of course, they all grew fangs. Infecteds tended to be exceptionally beautiful, though that wasn't always the case. Sometimes, it gave powers, but not always. Ritsuka seemed to be the type of Infected with powers.
Once someone was Infected, just like being a Fighter or a Sacrifice, it was hereditary. The more people in a family lineage that were Infected (or Fighters/Sacrifices) the more chance a person had to become one. In Soubi's family, nearly everyone had been a Fighter and an Infected, so it was almost a given that Soubi would be born an Infected. Someone way down the lineage in the Aoyagi family must have been an Infected, as Seimei was born one and Ritsuka was not. The gene that was passed down for Infected was neither recessive nor dominant, but it was chosen based on how strong it was and it was also sometimes randomly chosen.
"I know," Ritsuka whimpered again. Soubi hugged him tightly, unsure of what else to do when Ritsuka sounded like he was going to cry.
"When the summer's over," Soubi tried to steady his voice so that he could properly comfort his little, young mate. "You'll probably be able to return to school. You'll be going into high school, won't you? There's a big one not too far from here. I could walk you there."
"What if I attack someone? What about the sun and garlic? What if someone starts bleeding in class?" Ritsuka had obviously heard the myths tossed around as well as the new lies created by all the Vampire hype recently.
Despite the regret he was feeling, Soubi laughed. He had explained how being an Infected would heal Ritsuka and how it would prolong his life significantly and also how he would physically mature a lot slower, though he would still age. Ritsuka was the one who had jumped in when Soubi had mentioned mates. It was then that he admitted that he loved Soubi and never wanted to be apart from him, which was why he had refused to go with Seimei. Soubi loved Ritsuka more than life itself, so the psychological bond had been formed. Ritsuka had asked Soubi if they could be mates and Soubi was all-too-happy to agree.
"You won't attack someone," Soubi told Ritsuka, nuzzling his kitten ears. They had stayed, probably because Soubi had wished them too, even though they had had sex. Ritsuka could make them disappear when he wanted to, though, which was a power of his. "The only time you would ever attack someone is if you lost your sanity to hunger, which you won't ever have to worry about."
"Because I have you," Ritsuka said quietly, his head still on Soubi's chest. His hands clenched and unclenched Soubi's shirt, kneading it like one of the kittens Soubi often picked up off of the street.
"Right," Soubi went on. "And we aren't afraid of garlic. Garlic only clouds the scent glands, so it's harder to smell things. We don't die by sunlight, either. Our skin is only a little more sensitive than a normal person's. You'll just have to wear sunscreen when it's sunny."
"What if someone bleeds in class?" Ritsuka asked again.
"You'll smell it, but nothing will happen unless you're hungry."
That seemed to satisfy Ritsuka's curiosity and worry. He looked up at Soubi, and Soubi could see what his problem was. He was still feeling that horrible hunger that took over the senses and caused so much pain. His eyes were still magenta and Soubi could smell the heavy scent of hunger on him.
"Soubi, I'm still—"
"I know," Soubi interrupted him. "It's okay. Go ahead." He pushed his long hair back so that the spot Ritsuka had bit before was uncovered.
Ritsuka was sitting up on him again, his legs wrapped around Soubi's waist and his teeth sinking into the same spot as before. Soubi hissed with the initial slight pain that he never got used to, but then sighed at the warm feeling that started immediately afterwards. Ritsuka always made it feel good, something that Soubi hadn't thought possible when Seimei would roughly bite him and fed fast, which caused pain to course through Soubi's entire body. Ritsuka was always so gentle and slow.
"Ah, Ritsuka," Soubi groaned, unable to help himself. Ritsuka's soft kitten ears twitched in acknowledgement and he scooted forward a little so that they were pressed chest to chest. It wasn't unusual for Soubi to start to feel a little aroused. When mates were together and fed off of each other, arousal was a common thing. It was worse for the young ones, especially ones that were just going through puberty, like Ritsuka. The onset of puberty was a lot worse and the chemical reactions that happened for regular people happened a lot quicker and were more severe. Ritsuka would have no control over his arousal when he was with Soubi, his mate.
Soubi was more than happy to take care of it, so it really didn't matter. He would spend the night with his Sacrifice and then leave again. He would hopefully be able to come back later that day, but Soubi couldn't promise that. Things happened, things that prevented Soubi from seeing Ritsuka.
Ritsuka's teeth left Soubi's skin and he licked up the blood flowing from the two small puncture wounds. He looked up at Soubi and pressed against his chest, his violet eyes meeting Soubi's.
"Soubi, please…" Ritsuka begged softly. Soubi could tell from what he felt pushing against him that Ritsuka wasn't begging for his blood this time.