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[fic] vampire diaries | klaus/stefan | slash | nc-17
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the more I try, the less it's working. 'cause everything inside me, screams no.
don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars. Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing, It's okay not to be okay.
sometimes it's hard to follow your heart. But tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising, There's nothing wrong with who you are.
12 Jun
: undisclosed desires / 1/? / nc-17
fandom, pairing; wordcount
: vampire diaries, klaus/stefan; 1353
: slash, sex and a bit of violence.
: It has been a year since Stefan left Mystic Falls with Klaus. He has memories, but no feelings.
thank you my amazing friend
and my sweet
for the inspiration, help and
. Thank you my sweet
for the final reaview and ♥ Thanks to all the amazing
lovers who also inspired me to wrote this. I hope you enjoy and please be nice, since this is my very first fanfic ;)
Undisclosed Desires.
It has been a year, a whole year since I left Mystic Falls. My memories are blurred by my new reality. I've turn off the conscience and I'm doing everything I want. Tonight I'm going out with Klaus again, he always take me to those clubs, we drink and we hunt...
"So what are you' doing?
" - Klaus entered the room.
"Nothing, just writing, I don't want to forget things."
I answered closing my notebook.
"Come on, let's get ready for the fun."
He tried to seem more excited that he really was.
"Where are we going tonight?"
"How do you feel about a
swingers club
He smiled crookedly at me.
It was a very dark place, I couldn't see anything for a moment.
"You never told me you were a voyer."
I affirmed.
"Don't pretend you don't like it too.
" It sounded like a question, but I didn't answer.
As always, I went to the bar and start drinking while Klaus disappeared behind the black curtains.
After a few drinks he came back with a smile on his face and a reddish mouth.
"Did you found someone interesting?"
He asked.
"Nope. You?"
He looked at me with disapproval
."He found me. 2 o'clock, blond with black shirt."
"He seems nice... and on drugs."
I said with a bit of sarcasm.
He frowned.
"It's just ecstasy, is not a big deal."
A few seconds later the blond boy approached and asked Klaus if he could buy him a drink.
"Of course you can."
He told the boy.
"Are you sure you don't want anyone else Stefan?"
He used his provocative voice.
I tried to ride the feeling behind my voice.
"Not tonight."
"Ok then, it's just you, me and Marcus."
He said looking at the blond boy.
I got close to Klaus, grabbed his arm and asked with a low voice.
"Is this really necessary?"
"Oh can't you smell it? His blood smells so good!"
He murmured.
When we get at hotel room, Klaus told the boy to wait and came after me in the other room.
"Today we can do things the way you like."
Klaus said for my surprise.
"I would like to watch if you don't mind."
I tried to sound calm.
Klaus gave me a happy smile and turn to the living room.
Klaus started to kiss the boy in a very passionate way. He took of the boy's shirt and kissed his neck.
" I asked.
Klaus looked me with his thirsty vampire eyes.
I got up from the chair and reached the boy.
"It's ok, you are going to enjoy this. It's going to be fun."
I compelled the boy.
"It's going to be fun."
The boy repeated.
Klaus bit his neck and sucked out the blood like someone who hadn't eaten in days.
"Ah, you should taste this."
He said with a pleasant look.
He touched his lips with his finger and then gently touched my mouth with it.
It was really good, I don't know what was better, his touch or the sweet blood.
"Come take a bite."
He invited me.
The blood was so good, and the full of ecstasy.
"You're going to sit there and just watch. Quietly."
I compelled the boy again.
"I will watch quietly."
He repeated.
"What are you doing?"
Klaus had a curious look.
I got close to him and looked in his eyes.
"I think you know..."
He looked me like someone who was waiting for a long time.
My lips touched his and I felt the sweetness from the blood in his mouth.
He kissed me back with urgency. His hand touching my neck, then my chest.
I want him so bad!
He took of his jacket and I did the same with mine. The kiss getting more and more intense.
He stopped the kiss and looked me for a few seconds. I pushed him against to the wall and kissed harder. I wanted this for so long that was impossible for me to stop now.
I kissed his neck and got my way down. The gripping of hips and hair , the sounds of soft grunts of enjoyment made me realize that Klaus was
surrender... I could see some flashes of smiles as he bent his body back in pleasure.
He pulled me back to his lips and slid his hands on my back and my waist. He unbuttoned my belt and my jeans. I groaned with lust as he kissed my chest, neck and lips again. He pulled his own zipper down and led my hand to his hard cock. He groaned louder with pleasure as I slid my fingers inside his underwear.I landed on my knees and began kissing his excited cock, Klaus groaned even more, his hands grabbing my hair.
He pulled me back to his lips and I kissed him so intensely, I held his waist and looked into his penetrating green eyes.
"What about tomorrow Klaus?"
I asked, holding my breath.
He rolled his eyes.
"I'm not asking you to love me, just to fuck me."
He said turning his back to me.
He took off his pants and I did the same. I pushed him against the wall. I was inside him. And it was so good.
My hands playing around his chest and I could feel his body writhe as I penetrated him harder. I kissed his back and his neck, He moaned with pleasure ... I slipped my hands to his cock and stroked slowly.
"Do it Stefan. Do it. I Know You want it."
He demanded.
I sank my teeth into his neck and tasted the most extraordinary blood. He moaned with pleasure.I could feel his blood running through my body. I could feel him even more intensely.
I pushed my hips forward burying himself deeper, harder. Our groans increasing until we screamed with pleasure. I twitched and released myself deep into him. I Could feel my hand getting wet and his body relaxing.
We stayed like this for a while, until he turns around to face me and kiss me. It was more than just a kiss, it was a pleased and honest kiss.
It was the first time I felt some kind of vulnerability coming from Klaus. And that was something I could get used, something I needed.
When the kiss was getting more intense I stopped. I want him to want me, I want have some kind of power over him, and not just today.
"Someone needs to get rid of the boy."
I said when he tried to pull me back.
"Right. The boy."
He sounded like he had completely forgotten about the blond boy.
"Should we just kill him?"
"That would mean much more work Klaus. Just for tonight, let's keep things simple, ok?"
"It's your call."
He simply said.
I approached the blond boy, who was watching us with a blank look.
"You were never here, you left the club earlier because you felt ill."
I demanded.
"I've never been here."
the boy agreed.
Now go home and forget what happened tonight.
The boy stood up, grabbed his shirt and left.
Klaus smiled at me.
"Well done my Stefan."
I looked at him and just said
"Thank you".
"Join me for a shower?"
He asked with a seductive voice.
Keep the control of my desire was much more difficult than I expected. But I finally said slowly.
"Not today. Not yet."
Klaus just smiled and went into the bathroom. When I heard him turning on the shower I almost surrendered to the temptation of join him.
I put my pants and went to the other suite room. As I undressed to shower, I noticed how much blood I had in my body, outside and inside.I closed my eyes and felt his blood running through my veins, his intoxicating scent on my body ... It would be hard to play strong, but I need to, is the only way to get close to him and finally find out why I have those good memories of Elena and Damon, but no feelings.
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4 comments
16 Sep (UTC)
I'm here thanks to Google because I was finding Stefan/Klaus fics.
I just can say that THIS FIC is SO INCREDIBLE. I mean... I love it. You've writen a believable situation. It's weird seeing Klaus not on the top but I like it. It's him but not like I imagined. Besides, the first person of narration it's good, even when I don't like it so much in fics, but you did it right.
In fact, eternal love for this fic.
English is not my motherlenguage so I hope there are no many mistakes.
16 Sep (UTC)
That was the most sweet comment ever! Thank you so much
I only saw Stefan being on top in couple other fics, but Idk I kinda liked so ^^
Yeah, unfortunately find out too late (after I wrote the fic) that people usually don't like reading fics in the first person, but I'm really glad that you liked. Maybe If I finally decide to post the next chapter I'll change it for a narrative ;)
Oh, don't worry english isn't my native language either!
And I saw that you also like Teen Wolf? Maybe we should be friends, even if we need google translate to read each other's posts XD
17 Sep (UTC)
Please, please, post the next chapter. I'm into a big crush with this couple. I'm even thinking of doing some fics about them but I'm no inspiring these days and I start university so... I guess I will not finish them soon (or yes).
Are you spanish? Because that would be useful to understand each other XD
I don't like Teen Wolf because I haven't seen it. I was publishing it for a friend of my f-list. However, I'm thinking of watching it, it seems good.
20 May (UTC)
"I'm not asking you to love me, just to fuck me."
I got finally to read this and it's so haunting and wonderful BRAVO
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World number one Nadal will meet Britain's Murray after the Spaniard fought back from a set down to beat Russia's Mikhail Youzhny 6-7(4) 6-2 6-1.
Nadal had been involved in a dogfight with Frenchman Gilles Simon late on Wednesday and looked weary as Youzhny pegged him back by claiming the first set on a tiebreak and breaking early in the second.
But the 13-times Grand Slam winner, who has endured a mixed start to the claycourt season by his own high standards, turned on the after burners, winning 11 straight games to take the match away from his opponent.
Murray celebrated his 27th birthday with a determined display to beat Austria's Juergen Melzer 7-6(1) 6-4.
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Second-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic also had to work hard at first before easing past Philipp Kohlschreiber 4-6 6-2 6-1.
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The 36-year-old Haas, who reached the French Open quarter-finals last year for the first time in his career, produced some inspirational tennis to frustrate third-seeded Wawrinka.
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5-David Ferrer (Spain) beat Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) 6-2 6-3
12-Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) beat 6-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 6-7(3) 6-2 6-2
1-Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat 14-Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) 6-7(4) 6-2 6-1
7-Andy Murray (Britain) beat Jurgen Melzer (Austria) 7-6(1) 6-4
Jeremy Chardy (France) beat Ivan Dodig (Croatia) 6-3 6-2
8-Milos Raonic (Canada) beat 11-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) 7-6(5) 6-4
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French special police forces unit leave after the assault on the besieged flat of suspected killer Mohamed Merah in the southwestern city of Toulouse, March 22, 2012.
By Ramin Mazaheri
Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:39AM GM
In the wake of a multiethnic and multidenominational shooting spree in France come accusations that alleged killer Mohammed Merah was an informant for France's domestic intelligence agency.
Italian daily newspaper Il Foglio has made a second unprecedented claim: France granted Merah freedom of movement across the Middle East and in France in exchange for information.
The Italian journalist behind the claims is Daniele Raineri, who was an embedded journalist in Iraq and Afghanistan and is Il Foglio's expert on Middle Eastern affairs. In an extensive interview with Press TV Raineri described a vast cover up of the true identity of Mohammed Merah.
Raineri is citing an intelligence source, which he will not name and whom he does not expect to come forward publicly.
Raineri says his source describes Merah as a double agent gone bad: A 23-year old who partied and used drugs while also claiming to follow extreme religious views; a globe-trotting holy warrior who also snitched on his mujahedeen brethren.
Raineri admits that he has no physical proof, no documentation, but his claims would provide answers to the ballooning conspiracy theories which began immediately after security forces shot and killed Merah, who has been steadfastly portrayed by French authorities as a self-radicalized "lone wolf".
The list of valid questions still awaiting satisfying answers should stagger even those individuals least given to entertaining ideas of conspiracy.
Given France's stringent gun laws, how could Merah have amassed an arsenal of eight guns, including an Uzi automatic rifle? Perhaps more importantly, given the cold-blooded precision and experienced calm the police initially described upon viewing the Jewish school's security videos, where did he learn to use the weapons with such assurance?
How could an unemployed auto body worker who was on welfare have paid for the guns, much less a 2010 trip that saw him visit Israel, Jordan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and possibly other Middle Eastern nations? Even for the petty criminal Merah appears to have been, plane tickets, housing and food would have been a small fortune. France's newspaper of record, Le Monde, has called this a "gray area" which needs further investigation.
How could the brother of a man accused in 2007 of smuggling Islamic jihadists into Iraq get the necessary visas to visit these hotspots? Merah was even on the FBI's no-fly list in the United States.
Why would France require more than 10 days to find one of the handful of known Islamic extremists living in southwestern France, when all they had to do was knock on his front door, which is where he was eventually cornered? France's DCRI (the nation's domestic spy service) says they had followed Merah for more than a year, and recent reports allege that the DCRI had bugged Merah and his family for most of 2011.
During his final siege, why did Merah, according to Bernard Squarcini, ask for a local intelligence agent by name, and then tell her "I was going to call you to say I had some tip-offs for you, but actually I was going to [kill] you."
Raineri is aware that he is staking his professional reputation on the claims of his anonymous source.
"I know it's my word, but I can say my sources on this case are pretty reliable, and that's it," said Raineri.
Raineri's confidence may stem from the feasible answers his source seems to provide him on many of these troubling questions.
So how does Raineri explain a known extremist like Merah gaining entry to perhaps a half dozen of the world's biggest warzones?
"I cannot use the word 'visa'," said Raineri. "I've been told that there was some kind of arrangement or agreement to facilitate his travel. I know that (at) the entry there was some kind of guarantee because he had a really suspicious profile."
Considering the activities of Merah's brother, many would assume that the Merah family name would have raised some red flags in international data bases. But Raineri believes Merah was working, in part, on behalf of French intelligence, which would explain why France may have cleared the obstacles from his path.
"Of course, if you have a guy going in Pakistan, in Afghanistan, and if you want to know what's going on in the training camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan you have to facilitate your guy in his travels, so that's another pretty serious charge that I heard from my sources," said Raineri.
Raineri confirms that the intelligence agent Merah asked for by name was on the scene to try and negotiate Merah's surrender.
"She negotiated, and that's because there was a trust between them," opined Raineri. "The optional version is that they spoke just one time in November 2011, so this is a really strange point: You are under siege by police and you ask to talk with a one-time 'handler' you just met one time six months ago? That's really strange, so I feel that Merah knew very well his handler."
The French intelligence community has already come under major fire for not preventing the attacks. If Merah played the French for fools and then went on a terror campaign while supposedly under the watch of the DCRI, the damage could be irreparable.
"When one of your informers goes mad and starts killing people in the streets, I mean, it's a huge failure," said Raineri. "You don't want to break the story about one your informants killing children in front of (their) school or killing soldiers in the streets."
French President Nicolas Sarkozy formed the DCRI in 2008 and appointed Squarcini, his longtime friend. It hasn't been smooth sailing for the DCRI, as Interior Minister Claude Gueant was forced to admit the DCRI wiretapped Le Monde's journalists in the Bettencourt campaign finance scandal to try and find their secret source. Squarcini will face an inquiry, but the case has led to the description of the DCRI as a "political police", far from neutral when it comes to current political matters.
Raineri has also reported on the host of differing claims made by multiple national intelligence services about Merah. The Israeli government denies that they arrested Merah for flying with a knife, but that contradicts what Squarcini said in an interview with Le Monde. The French government has denied that Merah ever trained with groups on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, but official Pakistani sources have said that France has a vital interest in cultivating Muslim extremist informants because a base in Waziristan has trained dozens of French Muslims (though it is unclear that if Merah was one of them), and is even led by a French Muslim. If official Taliban sources are to be believed, France's account of Merah's stay in Afghanistan should also be questioned.
France recently arrested 19 suspected Islamic militants in southwestern France, which permits Sarkozy to play tough for the election cameras. But if the DCRI, Sarkozy's brainchild, is proved to have used Merah as an informant and failed to stop his reign of terror, Sarkozy's re-election chances could be severely dimmed.
Mohammed Merah may not be alive to tell his story, but the French police do have his brother, Abdelkader, in custody. He is suspected of having aided his brother in multiple ways, and now the French legal system will have to rely on their judges to investigate.
A bold French judge will be needed to investigate other aspects of the case, but bold journalists are also required to continue asking questions that have flimsy answers. Yet it's been an Italian reporter who has made the biggest claims, so far.
"The French newspapers are writing without connecting the dots," said Raineri. "They have 80 percent of what they need but they refuse to write about Merah in the right way."
France's journalists have often been described as less aggressive than in many other areas of the world, but any large conspiracy is made up of many smaller conspiracies, and even a small conspiracy is hard to keep quiet for too long.
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So we're expected to buy a story coming out of Iran's official news mouthpiece? Right.
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@NotJiAt bottom of article it says:
The views expressed in this article are those of the author and not necessarily those of Press TV.
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@NotJim It's much more reliable than the "moron"-stream media, that is being presenting to US viewers! All Us, mainstream media, is owned by six corporatations, only. These six get ALL of their news from Reuters and United Press. United Press OWNS Reuters. Knowing this, it is not difficult to understand how the media is so easily manipulated.
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Muslims have been killing each other all the time and they always blame either the CIA or the mossad... so i really do not buy the story of a double agent crap.
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Friends close, enemies closer. The CIA trained Osama bin Laden and funded him in the Afghan Russian conflict. It's not as clear cut as good guys and bad guys. There are many shades of gray.....today's friend is tomorrow's enemy and vice versa.
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...""The French newspapers are writing without connecting the dots," said Raineri. "They have 80 percent of what they need but they refuse to write about Merah in the right way." "...
In america, people like Spike Lee spew inacurate information on 'alledged' murderers through the freedom of vigilanti act sponsored by Al Sharpton
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@Hazel_Nut everytime you post you only expose yourself as more and more insecure and ignorant about America :)
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"Raineri admits that he has no physical proof, no documentation, but his claims would provide answers to the ballooning conspiracy theories"
Yeah, like his own.
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A tragedy happened and what was considered the end may only be the beginning of a $hitstorm,,, haven't seen that before.
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People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to-
Malcolm Muggeridge
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wouldn't surprise me a BIT.. the french have been sucking up to arabs and muzzies for over 40 years.. How's that appeasement working out, Frogs???
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press tv eh? the same station that has just been banned in Britain because of its constant lies.
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Interesting conspiracy theory. It won't bring back the victims though.
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@ATministraitor Where their ever any "victims"? None were ever shown! The same for the actual crime scenes, the "killed" suspect, the suspect, before he was "killed". Medical personnel were spotlessly clean, without a trace of blood stains. Rather unheard of, considering they handled "murder" victims. This whole story has not added up from the beginning. Not one bit of evidence, or proof, has been presented to the public. It' very easy to conclude that thi More..
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Double agent gone bad. Shitty deal
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If he was an informant, he would have reported to the DGSE so the whole story is bullshit.
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Saturday, March 15, 2008
Someone is obviously out to get me.
I've always wondered how much a car says about the personality of its driver. Obviously, a red sports cars speaks volumes about the driver, as does a fifteen passenger van (sorry Em). I've been wondering lately about the personality of the drivers of Volkswagen Beetles. I think they may hate me.
Wha??? But they're so cute! So colorful! So fun with the whole flower vase in the dash thing! Surely, the drivers must be cute, colorful, and fun too!
I think they may be a part of an evil cult that hates mothers of small children.
Your thinking I've lost my mind.
Did something happen in her long, unintentional break from blogville? Did she finally crack under pressure?
No, I assure you, it's deductive reasoning and I think I can convince you, too. Just read the conversation that took place in the car with my kids. I'm using the word 'conversation' lightly. Very lightly. You'll totally agree.
"Hey! I already got that one!"
"You didn't say convertible so it's mine!"
"That's the rules! I have 4, you have 3! NA NA NA NA NA!"
"What was that?"
"A slugbug sucker. I sucked up your slugbugs. Now, you don't have any and I have 7."
"Hey...you can't...BAM BAM BAM... HA! That's a slugbug sucker breaker with a magnetic slugbug attachment so now I have all of mine back and yours. VOOOM. Now, I also have a forcefield so you can't take mine again. I win!"
"MMMMOOOOOMMMM! Tee broke my slugbug sucker and took aaalll my slugbugs and now he has a forcefield and won't give me mine baaaack. He needs a consequence!"
Mmm hmm. I thought so.
9 comments:
- Candy said...
Well the blog-drought is over! Will that forcefield work in other areas of life, or just slug bugs?
Let me know! Could be "the key" you know.
- March 15, 2008 at 2:44 PM
- Holli said...
Boy how the rules have changed! :) I have missed you while on blog sibatical!:)
- March 15, 2008 at 2:48 PM
- The Kelly Family said...
oh! i am so glad you are back - i've missed you!!! i love laughing out loud at your posts (and my husband does too!!)
- March 15, 2008 at 7:31 PM
- Wonderful World said...
Your blog never fails to brighten my day! Welcome Back!! Your kids are soooooo creative. That was very quick thinking and very effective! I love it!!
- March 16, 2008 at 3:03 AM
- Laura said...
Yeah! You are back! I was in need of a good laugh!
- March 16, 2008 at 9:58 PM
- Rachel said...
Yes. I am with you. I understand completely. My kids aren't there yet, but I see it looming on the horizon. :-)
Cute blog.
- March 17, 2008 at 8:27 AM
- emily said...
Welcome back- so glad you remembered that you have a blog, and readers with expectations.
I will change the way people think about the 15 passenger van- serious.
Love the "conversation" that took place in the car, unfortunately I can't relate at all. My kids (your precious nieces and nephews) are perfect and only admonish, encourage and praise one another while we drive in the car. :)
- March 17, 2008 at 9:06 AM
- Abbie said...
HAHHAHAHA Ohhh no really, will you adopt me into your family?? I will NEVER complain of being bored, I promise! And I will even eat your foot-stirred malt o meal! yum! :)
Holy cow, your kids kill me...TOO funny...hahha :)
- March 17, 2008 at 11:45 AM
- Kim said...
I can so hear this conversation!
- March 30, 2008 at 5:59 PM


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I saw BOTW #7 and thought it was a great idea but felt it could be improved a fair amount (My opinion anyways). The only character I've been making since I've started playing has been the templar, I've really been trying to find his roll and his strengths throughout my time with POE. As a projected Melee/Caster hybrid he has access to 2 Keystones close to him, lots of Elemental Damage (With weapons also), good access to Life & Resistances - And a signature dual totem notable passive.
So with the huge 50% Elemental Damage with weapons cluster (Catalyze) & 3 more elemental damage on his INT path, I figured I would start with his strength - Elements.
Since Resolute Technique isn't too compatible with elements - Status Ailments can only be affected with critical strikes or nodes that give %X chance to inflict ailments - I looked towards Elemental Equilibrium.
Past experiences with E.E. have been quite interesting, love the mechanics, love the idea. I've found there is limited play styles attached with this skill.
1 - Hit a target with 1 element then alternate between a different element and the previous. I found this method a little slow for my liking, it requires lots of management and focus to make sure targets are hit by the alternating skills so you may receive the damage bonus.
2 - Hit a target with 2 elements (EG: Cold to fire, Wrath aura with Glacial Hammer, etc.) dropping the last element's resistances to -50%. This was my choice when building this character, I figured "Why not use the keystone to its full potential?".
Which brings me to my build.
Elemental Equilibrium Bow Templar.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irq-u9WXHvs&feature=youtu.be
With lots of synergies and tons going on behind the scenes, this build took me well over 2 months to plan and figure out how to get my survival, damage, etc. on an acceptable level for end game and PVP.
Uses Elemental Hit and 2 Elemental Hit Totems to take care of targets. Both are linked with Chain which wreak havoc on 2+ targets (Great vs. totem users in PVP). For Single bosses, 2 Diamond flasks are equipped and used to inflict shock stacks (Which go up quickly due to 6 arrows being fired simultaneously) and other status ailments. I have been able to drop Vaal Oversoul in merciless before he is even able to summon his first round of minions.
Note: I believe this will be fixed soon if it is not intended - when elemental hit is supported with chain, the arrows change element every time they leave the previous target. This creates mayhem in terms of resistance penalties with a possible 24 Chains in one given moment.
Passive Tree - Kill all bandits.
Level 1-31 - Going directly for E.E. first.
Level 61
Level 68 - Current level, updated often.
Keystones & Function of Stats
Strength : This provides bonus projectile damage, all important Life and helps meet requirements on certain gems.
Dexterity : This provides accuracy for PVE aswell as 1% Evasion per 5 Dexterity. This also helps meet equipment & requirements.
Intelligence: This provides mana, since skills used are mana heavy there can never be too much. However I've built this character around having just enough INT to level gems to maximum level.
- Elemental Equilibrium: After hitting the target with 2 elements the following hit - if it is the off element - will effectively deal 200% more elemental damage against a target with 75% resistances.
- Iron Grip: This applies all your strength bonus to projectile damage, which includes elements. Strength provides a 1% Bonus per 5 points - after all is said and done, this build sits around 200 strength points (Including gear) providing a 40% Increase to projectile damage for a single node.
- Iron Reflexes: Since there is a large life buffer, damage reduction was chosen in favor of evasion. Iron reflexes was 5 points away from where the build was going while being planned. I figured since evasion pieces are quite alot more abundant than high armor pieces I chose this passive. This also allows for a good amount of flexibility when choosing equipment, since defense type is no longer AS important allowing more focus on the actual modifiers.
Unique Items for the Build & Skill Setups
Note : DO NOT get any elemental damage mods other than lightning damage on gear - This will mess around with elemental equilibrium.
Weapon & Totems
Death's Harp is ideal for PVE as it provides a 100% Critical strike multiplier and a VERY important extra arrow. It has a perfect amount of attack speed as too not over drain the mana pool.
PVP/Swap : I haven't quite found one yet, but will be equipping Lioneye's Glare on swap. With it's 100% chance to hit and great attack speed will make ideal for PVP.
Elemental Hit supported with ranged attack totems, chain & faster attacks. Eventually I will be adding Weapon elemental damage when a 5L is achieved.
Chest Piece & Main attack
Since hybrids just received a boost I tried looking for a good 5L EVA/ARM since Iron Reflexes was taken.
Here I have added a Quality Additional Accuracy to my 5L to increase elemental ailments being inflicted by critical strikes. I also have it supported with Mana leech to help support the 80 mana cost per shot.
Boots & Auras (I)
Windscreams provide a perfect set of mods for the build aswell as being armour. 10% Elemental damage, 1X% Elemental Resistances and a very important ability to cast 2 curses on a target allow for great survival & damage.
Grace adds evasions which is converted to armour.
Clarity adds important Mana regen to the character - Depending on gearing stop this skill at level 10 - 15. Make sure you have enough of a Mana buffer..
I've been playing around with my aura setup, swapping out clarity for determination at the moment to allow me to face-roll white mobs while looking for maps.
So far Mana leech with Chained Elemental Hit holds very well and keeps me attacking constantly - Also determination's Mana cost becomes less than Clarity's after level 9 (With a Lv.16 Reduced Mana Cost support).
Gloves & Auras (II)/Phase Run
Wrath - a necessary skill for the build, this provides the potential -50% resistance on hit aswell as guaranteeing shock stacks when a critical strike lands. It also adds substantial elemental damage after all the increases.
Phase run... we'll leave it at that.
Dream fragments was a tough one, but it provides resistance, a very important 20% Mana & 50% Mana regeneration.
Helm & Curses
Elemental Weakness in conjunction with E.E. drop enemy resistances to a potential -100%, this causes the target to take a potential 400% more elemental damage.
Temporal Chains is used to slow tougher targets & bosses to a crawl while they are quickly picked apart.
Off-Hand & Belt
So this is my Bow Templar, I've been working on it quite some time and am glad to see it turning out even better than planned.
Sorry for the wall of text, but this is something that took me a good chunk of time and I'm proud of it! If you have any suggestions, feedback, constructive criticism or questions I'll be more than happy to take note, debate, learn and help as best I can.
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011
All Homes are different...
Todos los hogares son distintos.
In other news, the giveaway bird has finally arrived to Robyn's Home :)
See the pics here
El ave del sorteo finalmente llegó a la casa de Robyn, pueden ver las fotos aquí
Have a great weekend everyone.
18 comments:
- Sung-Hee (Regina) Hong said...
oh I love the colors !! and the wings and the home and the women with broom and the man with water can!! Love this very much !
- 16 June 2011 at 03:07
- Mr. Spoqui said...
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- 16 June 2011 at 06:01
- Marcus said...
genial ana!, linda ilustración... y que despiole en esa casa! jaja
- 16 June 2011 at 07:53
- Envidia cochina said...
- 16 June 2011 at 12:15
- Andrew Finnie said...
Greetings Ana of a hundred styles :) (AOHS).
I am amazed by your mastery of the different ways of attacking an image. This is superb, snakes and ladders without the ladders, every element having something to do as well as keeping us intrigued and amused.
PS have a house like this but it is shorter
- 16 June 2011 at 20:39
- Andrew Finnie said...
I forgot to click follow up comments :)
- 16 June 2011 at 20:39
- Andrew Finnie said...
and one more - your give away looks wonderful, you are very kind!
- 16 June 2011 at 20:40
- Ximo Segarra "ACAPU" said...
Jeje, a limpiar a limpiar con gracia y salero!!
- 17 June 2011 at 06:55
- Bella Sinclair said...
Hahaha! I love the wild fantastical whimsy here! Great chimney. And what a fun way to hang your clothes to dry!
- 17 June 2011 at 22:52
- Sharon Wagner said...
The magic snake is able to be in every room at the same time. Fun illustration.
- 18 June 2011 at 11:59
I like this site^-^
- 20 June 2011 at 05:59
- roberto said...
Hola Ana!!!!
muy buena ilustración y además un tratamiento muy actual,
el color y tu dibujo. Perdoname por lo que te voy a decir, no sé si estoy en lo correcto, pero me parece esa "onda" japonesa (que a mí realmente no me gusta mucho) Pero en tus manos es una maravilla, te felicito!!!!!
¿será el toque latino que le ponés vos? (supongo que sos española. ¿o argentina?) ja ja.
Realmente me gusta. 10 puntos!
- 20 June 2011 at 13:46
- Heather said...
that's a really cool illustration...i love the colors!
- 20 June 2011 at 20:04
- Andromeda said...
Hola, te invito a ke visites mi blog de ilustracion y grafica:) enhorabuena por tus trabajos, los estoy viendo en una web de ilustradores
- 30 June 2011 at 15:37
- indira lakhsmita said...
Hola Ana Montana!
this home is pretty awesome, i would like to live in one, no prob if i have to clean the home everydayyy :D
- 5 July 2011 at 17:47
- indira lakhsmita said...
oh yea, okay, i just noticed, theres a room for rent.
i'll take that room.
- 5 July 2011 at 17:58
- crem-bru-laa said...
love this illo so much! reminds me of my house, full of glorious chaos! love your blog it's great :)
- 20 September 2011 at 15:04
- José said...
Está muito bem concebido.
Gosto do equilíbrio das cores e da composição.
- 5 October 2011 at 06:04


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The Atlas Computer Laboratory was, and in many ways still is, one of the major computer laboratories in the world. It was established to provide a service to British scientists at a time when powerful computers were not usually available. It provided both a service and a training ground for many of today's leaders in the computer field.

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Abstract—We present a method for the construction of multiple levels of tetrahedral meshes approximating a trivariate scalar-valued function at different levels of detail. Starting with an initial, high-resolution triangulation of a three-dimensional region, we construct coarser representation levels by collapsing edges of the mesh. Each triangulation defines a linear spline function, where the function values associated with the vertices are the spline coefficients. Error bounds are stored for individual tetrahedra and are updated as the mesh is simplified. Two algorithms are presented that simplify the mesh within prescribed error bounds. Each algorithm treats simplification on the mesh boundary. The result is a hierarchical data description suited for efficient visualization of large data sets at varying levels of detail.

Mesh simplification, hierarchical representation, multiresolution method, scattered data, spline, tetrahedral mesh, visualization.
Issac J. Trotts, Bernd Hamann, Kenneth I. Joy, "Simplification of Tetrahedral Meshes with Error Bounds", IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics, vol.5, no. 3, pp. 224-237, July-September 1999, doi:10.1109/2945.795214


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Temporary foreign worker program: A short term arrangement or a long term plan?
In a study conducted by C.D. Howe Institute, it has been concluded that the changes in temporary foreign worker program this time, has tried to strike a balance between a short term arrangement and a long term plan.
Though it is said that temporary foreign worker program keeps the workers away from their families.
The system is such that a temporary foreign worker stays in Canada alone and their children and spouses stay far away in their home countries.
The study says that there is an urgent need to evaluate if the program in place for years, is only meeting the immediate labor shortage of the country or it actually protects the rights of foreign workers. Their rights can be protected by coming up with long term measures which would be possible only if they get to stay with their spouse and children.
And hence there is a need of uniting the temporary workers dons their families in Canada itself.
Growth in numbers
When you look at the numbers you will realize that more than 200,000 temporary workers came to Canada only in the year 2012. The program brought 100,000 workers in 2002.
As because the system is a temporary one, hence the family can come only when the worker becomes a permanent resident of the country. In the process families find it even more difficult to get integrated with the culture of Canada.
Away from families
There are temporary foreign workers who have been working in hotels and various other industries and are away from their families for as long as 6 years or even more. They are burdened with a high debt which has come on their head through the recruiter whom they owe to pay back.
The clock ticks on such people and keeps them alarmed to think that they have to support their families way back home and have to clear the debt of the recruiter who brought them here.
Workers caught in cross fire
The situation gets worse when you understand that there is a cross fire between he Government and the employers. The government has observed a few cases when the system has been abused and a vacancy is either not advertised or a foreign worker is hired without giving a chance to a Canadian. Therefore, a set of changes have been introduced. Employers would not be able to hire foreign workers as easily as they did before. Workers are caught in this crossfire and feel helpless.
Temporary Foreign Worker program was designed with the aim of filling up labor shortages faster than one could. The need of such a program was felt when employers had to live with vacancies without getting a suitable worker from Canada itself. However, with time the purpose got mixed up and employers were found to be abusing the program. Thereafter changes have been introduced to tighten noose upon unruly employers but the effect is being seen on the workers who have to compromise with their family lives.


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HAMBURG — A number of local students have been selected through audition to participate in the 2013 Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Region V Choral Festival to be held in Hamburg Area High School March 21 to 23.
Dr. William Cutter will be the guest conductor. Concerts will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 22, and at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 23. Tickets are $6 and may be purchased at the door.
Students are:
Chambersburg Area Senior High School — Katrina Kniss, Alto 1, and Logan Peiffer, Bass 2.
Greencastle-Antrim School District — Joshua Spoonhour, Bass 2, and Madeline Heraty, Soprano 1.
Waynesboro Area Senior High School — Andrew Payne, Bass 2, Rebecca Reed, Soprano 1, and Christopher Seylar, Tenor 1.
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Wanderers coach Tony Popovic told Grandstand his side made improvements despite a 1-0 loss to Sydney FC.
The Bendigo Spirit powered to a 74-51 win over West Coast Waves to stay on top of the WNBL ladder in a game where both sides struggled with shooting accuracy.
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Adelaide snapped a six-game losing streak against Cairns with a nailbiting 85-81 victory on Saturday night.
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ACT Labor leader Katy Gallagher says while her party has won the most votes, tonight is not the night for victory speeches from any party.
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The Wallabies farewelled Nathan Sharpe with a physically draining 18-18 Bledisloe Cup draw against the All Blacks in Brisbane.
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ACT Liberal leader Zed Seselja addresses the party faithful saying this election is a rejection of Labor and the Greens, and a rejection of their alliance.
Listen to all the highlights from Granstand's coverage of Sydney FC's 1-0 win over rivals Wanderers at Parramatta Stadium.
Sydney FC captain Brett Emerton told Grandstand's Shannon Byrne every player on his side did their job to claim a first win for the season.
The Israeli navy has seized an international pro-Palestinian activist ship in the Mediterranean Sea to prevent it breaching its blockade of the Gaza Strip.
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Steve Jones says he is a little bit surprised he is in contention going into the last round of the Perth International.
Greg Chalmers says he hopes the conditions stay the same for the final round of the Perth International to give the chasers a chance at tracking down the leaders.
Perth International leader American Bo Van Pelt says he won't change too much for the final round.
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Sydney FC has won the inaugural Sydney derby with a 1-0 win over new rivals Western Sydney Wanderers at Parramatta on Saturday night.
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ACT Liberal Senator Gary Humphries says it would be difficult to govern with the Greens, in terms of trying to form a coalition with them.
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Argentinean Emiliano Grillo's lead at the Perth International at Lake Karrinyup has been cut to just one shot thanks to Jason Dufner's 11-under-par third round.
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An aged care hostel in north Canberra has been evacuated after a fire.
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Shay and I decided that it would be fun to bring back something Luna had a very, very long time ago: Monthly Challenges. Because this is the first time for most, this post includes a handy FAQ.
EDIT: Since the forums were down for most of May, these are due at the end of June and will be featured as a series in July's announcements.
What are they?
We give you a prompt at the beginning of the month, you write a story for it, tell us about it in this thread, and we put it into a series and link the series in the following month's announcements.
Is it fandom-specific?
We may use something like poetry, out-of-your-box, or OF as a challenge theme, but it will otherwise never be specific to one genre or fandom.
Is there a limit on ratings or warnings?
There is no limit on ratings, warnings, story types, fandoms, or content unless otherwise specified in a given month. (The only time there would likely be a limit would be if the challenge was to write a children's story.)
Isn't that like the challenge section?
A bit, but this is more official.
Can I submit my suggestions for prompts?
The thread for suggestions is here
Do I link my own story here?
Yes. Once you have at least one chapter posted for the prompt, you link it here.
Is there a deadline?
Yes. It has to be submitted before the next announcements go up, so by the last day of the month.
Can I submit something I wrote last year if it fits the prompt?
No. We're looking for new stories.
I know one of the first two prompts is a common one. It was chosen because it's been a VERY long time since there were regular monthly challenges. It's been so long, in fact, that the majority of users joined after they had stopped, so we needed an easy one to get people used to the idea without scaring them away. In the future, they're more likely to be a bit more complex. There may even be ones with easy, medium, and hard variations on the same prompt.
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History of Property Taxes in Illinois
The 1800's
The ability to tax property in Illinois was included in the
State of Illinois' first constitution in 1818. The Illinois constitution of 1818
was unique in that it established: "…That the mode of levying a tax shall be by
valuation so that every person shall pay a property tax in proportion to the
value of the property he or she has in his or her possession." Basically, this
established an "ad valorem" tax, which in Latin means "according to
value". Thus, an ad valorem tax is a tax that varies with the value of
the property. All property, personal and real, was taxed under this system.
Originally property taxes were collected and used only by the
State government. The first significant change in property taxes came in 1839,
when growth and political pressure broadened the definition of taxable property,
narrowed the scope of exemptions, and identified personal property subject to
taxation. In addition, counties were provided the ability to tax personal
The Revenue Code of 1853, also allowed for taxation by
townships, eliminated double taxation, included stocks and bonds in the tax
base, and established a system of utilizing local assessors and created oaths
for assessors mandating true and accurate assessments at true full value in
money. A State Board of Equalization was established in 1867 and additional
provisions concerning assessment practices were established in the Illinois
Constitution of 1870.
The 1900's
The property tax system remained fundamentally the same until
the Depression of the 1930's. The first basic change came with the collapse of
personal income during the Depression. The State last levied a property tax in
1932 and replaced the loss in revenue with a State sales tax the next year.
Local governments continued to levy and collect tax on property as their main
source of revenue.
An amendment to the 1870 Constitution, following the passage
of the Illinois Income Tax of 1968, eliminated taxes on personal property for
individuals and as provided by the 1970 Constitution, corporate personal
property taxes were eliminated in 1979. They were replaced by a corporate income
tax and a tax on the invested capital of public utilities.
Later in the 1970's, due to inflation, prices of homes
accelerated faster than other types of property. As a result, residential homes
comprised a large proportion of the total assessed value of real property in
Illinois. The State then enacted homestead exemptions for owner occupied
residential properties, and in Cook County allowed for the institution of a
system of property classification.
In 1981, the State changed the basis of assessing farmland
from that of the actual market value of the land to the farmland's agricultural
economic value. Basically, the land was valued at its' ability to produce, which
was based upon its' soil type, drainage and other agricultural economic factors.
The need for this change was due to the conversion of farmland for development,
which was artificially inflating the value of the land and placing an unfair tax
burden on the owners of land still being used for strictly agricultural
In 1991, the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (PTELL)
provided that non-home rule taxing districts in the collar counties were
restricted from increasing property tax extensions by more than 5% or the change
in the Consumer Price Index, whichever is less, when property values and
assessments increase at a rate that exceeds the rate of inflation. As of 2000,
34 counties were subject to PTELL.
The 2000's
The Homestead Exemption for owner-occupied residential
property was increased to $6,000 statewide. The Senior Citizens Homestead
Exemption was increased to $4,000 statewide and removes the requirement (except
for Cook County) for the homeowner to annually re-apply for the exemption. The
Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Exemption income threshold was increased to
$55,000 statewide. The Homestead Improvement Exemption limit was increased from
$45,000 in improvements to $75,000 in improvements.


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Coda to Make Battery-Powered Cars With China's Great Wall
Coda Holdings, the Los Angeles-based maker of electric cars, plans to produce battery-powered autos with China's Great Wall Motor Co. to be sold under the U.S. company's name starting in 2014.
Motors and batteries from the U.S. company's Coda Automotive unit will be used in Great Wall vehicles, Chief Executive Officer Phil Murtaugh told reporters today by telephone. The cars also will be sold in China under the Great Wall name, he said. The partnership doesn't include equity ties.
The partnership is intended to develop electric cars that match the price of gasoline-powered autos, after government incentives are included, Murtaugh said. Coda, a closely held company with investors including billionaire Philip Falcone and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, already uses chassis and other parts from China for its electric Coda Sedan.
Murtaugh, who previously helped develop business in China for the former General Motors Corp., declined to say how many sedans Coda has sold since deliveries began in California last month.
The first model from the agreement with Baoding, China-based Great Wall is due by 2014's second quarter, Murtaugh said. Great Wall, China's biggest seller of sport-utility vehicles and pickups, doesn't currently sell electric vehicles, Coda said.
Details of the initial model will be announced later, Murtaugh said.
The Coda Sedan costs $38,145, before a $7,500 tax credit. The small car averages 88 miles (142 kilometers) per charge, according to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimate. Nissan Motor Co.'s Leaf hatchback, the best-selling all-electric car in the U.S., has a $36,050 base price and averages 73 miles per charge.
The Sedan's chassis is built in Harbin, China, through a partnership with Hafei Motor Co., with final assembly in Benicia, California. Lithium iron-phosphate cells for its 1,000-pound (454-kilogram) battery pack are from LIO Energy Systems, a joint venture of Coda and China's Tianjin Lishen Battery Co.


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The 74-story residential tower in Downtown Miami slated to become the city's tallest has been officially named Panorama Tower. Construction on the $600 million tower is scheduled to begin at the end of 2012, according to media reports.
The building, formerly referred to as 1101 Brickell Avenue, was planned prior to the recession, but was put on hold when the market collapsed, according to Curbed Miami. Site work began in October.
"We're looking forward to the project," Tibor Hollo, President of Florida East Coast Realty, told local media.
The Kobi Karp-designed residential building will be 849 feet (259 meters) tall.
Developers are hoping the project will be included in the federal EB-5 program, which offers foreign investors a track to a residency visa for investing in designated projects.
"As part of its quest to become designated as an EB-5 regional center, the city of Miami has added Panorama Tower as a signature project on its federal application," the South Florida Business Journal reports.


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Cross merchandising and new-product lineups are among the new approaches retailers are taking in the spring-cleaning category this season . These new strategies are an effort to head off consumer defection to mass merchandisers, such as Wal-Mart and Target. "Mass merchandisers have made shopping for cleaning supplies an event for the consumer," said Gary Evey, communications manager at Spartan Stores. "Unfortunately, in the case of conventional supermarkets, it's still considered a 'task' ...
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