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Monday, February 22, 2010
magpie tales: initiation
what are you looking for?
he waits for specific words that will let him know i am here for a reason. my lips spill them before they leave my addled mind and he allows me to pass, his cold grey eyes following me each step of the way. his lips purse, blowing out the flame with the howl of a great wind.
course hands grab me, forcing a hood over my head, binding my wrists. voices whisper from all directions. a firm grip pinches my upper arm, pulling me through a river of twisting passages, up and down stairs, prolonged stops where they leave me, only to find me again, moving. my head swims, breath hot, pushed back in my face by the clothe.
concrete chews my knees, my eyes pinch tight, blinking, slowly becoming accustomed to the light, hood rustling off my face. the only thing visible is a worn brown skull, surrounded by crimson candles on gold pedestal holders. voices boom from the shadows, as i stare into the empty sockets, a litany of responsibility and secrecy.
working myself upright with arms bound takes effort. achieving the task, a hand snakes out of the shadows, pushing me backwards, others lower me into a plywood box. darkness envelopes, a lid is placed and hammers begin to pound, sealing my fate.
fingers become my eyes, feeling the cramped space for what they can see; nothing. the coffin rises from the ground, swaying with movement as muffled voices begin my eulogy. ropes hum against the wood and i feel myself lowered to a jarring clomp on the ground. earthen smells seep in through the cracks, heavy thumps of what i can only assume is dirt rattles against the lid.
i don't know if i can bear this.
nails scream, the lid pulls free and they bid me rise.
you are one of us now.
i see their faces, now in the light, smiling. i smile to keep from crying, my heart skipping with excitement and relief. it will be two years before i realise some matches can't be blown out so easy, once lit. eventually the secrets begin to burn the tips of your fingers, and they won't let you drop it.
they may even be reading this now.
This was written for the picture prompt at Magpie Tales.
101 comments:
- secret agent woman said...
There is no group I would ever want to belong to badly enough to submit myself to an initiation.
- February 22, 2010 at 3:03 PM
- Poetikat said...
Now that's some rite of passage! You gripped me from the start and didn't let go. Whew!
- February 22, 2010 at 3:04 PM
- Mighty M said...
Phew, I am breathing again. Great story!
- February 22, 2010 at 3:08 PM
- otin said...
Wow, you could have thrown a little fiction in there and ended up with a hell of a horror scene!
- February 22, 2010 at 3:10 PM
- Ms Hen said...
Brian's I've been admiring your story and writing style. It was a pleasure reading about YOU on Gillian's Blog.
It was great hearing you are a therapist for children that might be removed from their homes. Great you are doing service such as that in your working life..
Thanks for bringing such wonderful stories.. and that most are Facts Based... beautiful.
MY blog is just rambling...lol.. I'm blogging because I was told many times in Al-Anon to keep a Journal. It makes me do better writing it out to the UNIVERSE.. in a mesh-mashed way..
And you have always been kind in your comment...
- February 22, 2010 at 3:16 PM
- willow said...
Oh, gosh, that was scary. My heart was beating faster the more I read!
"...concrete chews my knees"? Love it. LOVE it!
- February 22, 2010 at 3:22 PM
- 5thsister said...
Wow! I should write about a similar tale that happened to me in Jr. High that was NOT part of a hazing ritual but of a neighbor girl and her friends being cruel.
- February 22, 2010 at 3:22 PM
- Bernie said...
I don't think I would join this group but then I was always a girly girl........:-) Hugs
- February 22, 2010 at 3:34 PM
- Catalyst said...
Whoooff! I nearly stopped breathing myself. Spellbinding!
- February 22, 2010 at 3:36 PM
- Brian Miller said...
it was years ago...and i escaped...i think. smiles. we were all young and dumb once, right?
been reading some old stephen king short stories...think they are wearing off on me...
- February 22, 2010 at 3:37 PM
- William Manson © 2010 said...
EXCELLENT Brian I turned the tv off and just read this, much better, great post, have a good day, its almost bed time here, tarra.
- February 22, 2010 at 3:39 PM
- Alan Burnett said...
The Magpie Tales format could have been invented with you in mind ... As someone once said - "nobody does it better"
- February 22, 2010 at 3:48 PM
- Maggie said...
Captures you right from the beginning! Very creepy Brian.
- February 22, 2010 at 4:02 PM
- JeffScape said...
You know, you really need to just hunker down and start doing long-form.
- February 22, 2010 at 4:07 PM
- Susan said...
Normally a story like this would make my heart race. However, my heart has beat so hard today that I don't think it has it left to race. That was a great story. I promise to read it again tomorrow when my head is clear. Thank you for your prayer :)
- February 22, 2010 at 4:13 PM
- Monkey Man said...
Any story that has a skull in it has my rapt attention. Gonna ave to jump to Magpie Tales to see what the prompt is all about.
- February 22, 2010 at 4:20 PM
- Bonnie, Original Art Studio said...
Wow. In first half, the image of Daniel Pearl came to mind ... the second half changed that ... You certainly are making an intimate acquaintance with different forms of near death experiences.
- February 22, 2010 at 4:23 PM
- TechnoBabe said...
What a trip! You must have wanted to belong to the group very badly. I'm sorry, I would not have a smile as you did. Even a shaky smile. I know we all do silly things when we are young. Stupid things sometimes. The things are just very different. I think because I had trust issues I would not go along with anything that I did not have control of what was going on with me. You were a gutsy kid, still a kid if this was in college. Love the way you wrote this. Heart pounding.
- February 22, 2010 at 4:29 PM
- Ronda Laveen said...
It was a neighborhood ritual when I was a kid to climb into this wooden toy box and all the rest of thikids would sit on the top. You only got out when time elapsed...shich seemed like forever or you freaked out screaming and pounding. Memories.
- February 22, 2010 at 4:39 PM
- rel said...
so real
and so perspiring
from the heat of
a single match
- February 22, 2010 at 4:46 PM
- CatLadyLarew said...
That's it! I'm not joining any more clubs!
- February 22, 2010 at 4:47 PM
- Tracy said...
Creepy good stuff!
- February 22, 2010 at 5:00 PM
- Cabo said...
Chi Phi! (Do you realize how hard it was for me not to say "Chiefy"?? ;) Awesome!
- February 22, 2010 at 5:30 PM
- Beth said...
I always wanted to join a fraternity. Why won't they let girls join?
- February 22, 2010 at 5:45 PM
- Mama Wheaton said...
Great piece! I have to do a collage of the play Hamlet and I was reading your piece I thought of the mood of Hamlet, I think you may have set the tone for me, thanks.
- February 22, 2010 at 5:45 PM
- The Retired One said...
I would need years of therapy after that initiation....or hazing....
no group would be worth THAT to join to me!!!
I have heard stories of similar hazings where people died from some of the things they put people through...
I am so glad your spirit wasn't broken from that experience!
- February 22, 2010 at 6:00 PM
- Titanium said...
Yeah.... nope. Couldn't do it. Not even for a mountaineering sponsorship. Uh-huh.
you are brilliant
- February 22, 2010 at 6:02 PM
- just jill said...
scary, scary stuff!
- February 22, 2010 at 6:03 PM
- Ocean Girl said...
Your "jungle" life was quite awesome (now knowing how you turned out. I'm all smiles Brian).
I just finished Dan Brown's the Lost Symbol and all trapped in caskets, being buried alive etc., really don't sit well with me at the moment. But even so Dan Brown can learn plenty from you, my friend.
- February 22, 2010 at 6:06 PM
- ♥ Boomer ♥ said...
Great job!
- February 22, 2010 at 6:15 PM
- Mama Zen said...
This is almost unbearably creepy.
- February 22, 2010 at 6:36 PM
- Jaime said...
fraternity initiation?
- February 22, 2010 at 6:37 PM
- subby said...
Agreeing with JeffScape here, Brian...especially with your visuals...!
- February 22, 2010 at 6:56 PM
- THE BEATY said...
great story. You write really well. makes the rest of us look like...
- February 22, 2010 at 7:29 PM
- Devika said...
You are wonderfully creative, Brian...especially with horror stuff :)
Rites of passage and Initiation--- always wondered how many a spirit goes through...with awareness and without awareness,
- February 22, 2010 at 7:34 PM
- R. Burnett Baker said...
"...secrets begin to burn the tips of your fingers, and they won't let you drop it."
Wow! Aside from the haunting story, that line speaks of many inconvenient truths that sometimes chase us! a great read!
- February 22, 2010 at 7:43 PM
- lakeviewer said...
You were rumbling with that crowd, ah?
- February 22, 2010 at 7:51 PM
- Matty said...
Brian, the entire time I'm reading this, I was thinking of your comment on the feature post at Gillian's blog, where you said that 90-95% of your stories are true. So was this some sort of initiation, or just one of the 5-10 % you made up?
- February 22, 2010 at 8:26 PM
- LadyFi said...
What a thrilling and gripping read!
- February 22, 2010 at 9:36 PM
- joanny said...
C'est magnifique! Thanks for sharing; and major bonus points for making my heart race, and giving me a good scare. After I read your post I made sure all the lights were on in my house and my doors and windows were locked.
PS Thanks for leaving such a nice comment on my blog -- it made my day.
- February 22, 2010 at 9:43 PM
- Marla said...
Thanks a lot, Brian. I won't be sleeping any time tonight.
- February 22, 2010 at 10:25 PM
- Uma Gowrishankar said...
God, that was really spooky. Love the way you end your tale (does it truly end at all???)-'some matches can't be blown out so easy, once lit. eventually the secrets begin to burn the tips of your fingers'. Looking forward to your next week magpie tale ...
- February 22, 2010 at 10:32 PM
- Gillian said...
Great story...Now I'm gonna have nightmares!
- February 22, 2010 at 10:46 PM
- Peter Goulding said...
A master craftsman at work. The single word paragraphs break it up nicely
- February 23, 2010 at 12:26 AM
- mo.stoneskin said...
Concrete chewing knees. Beautifully put my friend.
- February 23, 2010 at 12:32 AM
- Sam!! said...
Lovely piece of writing..enjoyed.. :)
Take care
- February 23, 2010 at 12:51 AM
- jingle said...
u always shine!
Enjoy your ride.
I look up at u,
- February 23, 2010 at 1:08 AM
- Protege said...
I do not recognize this kind of initiation (ceremony), therefore this was a read of suspense to me.;))
- February 23, 2010 at 1:19 AM
- the walking man said...
...and this is why I keep my state unaligned with any cabal.
- February 23, 2010 at 1:27 AM
- ishabelle said...
is too... :)
- February 23, 2010 at 2:01 AM
- järnebrand said...
Scary story... I was kind of expecting a twist in the end though, where you'd say that it was just your buddys throwing you a really mean kind of surprise bachelor party or something like that... But no, this was for real? Skull, coffin, the silence, and all... Scary stuff.
- February 23, 2010 at 2:22 AM
- Harnett-Hargrove said...
...eventually the secrets begin to burn the tips of your fingers, and they won't let you drop it... there is a resonance here that is so very sharp. -J
- February 23, 2010 at 3:08 AM
- slommler said...
Powerful! I could actually smell the earth and felt my breath falter. I felt entombed for a second! Argh! Whew! I was released!
- February 23, 2010 at 3:30 AM
- Nessa said...
This is why I am not a "group" person.
Very provocative story.
RnPB Update
- February 23, 2010 at 3:54 AM
- Ariel said...
This is scary. "They may even be reading this now." That sounds frightening.
On a lighter note, yes this can be a part of a horror story.
- February 23, 2010 at 4:06 AM
- Tabor said...
Such good imagery that I really felt I was there with that poor soul.
- February 23, 2010 at 4:24 AM
- Vicki Lane said...
That is seriously creepy! Great atmosphere and terrific ending!
- February 23, 2010 at 4:42 AM
- Daniel said...
Confinement eats at me causing quickening madness. I can't ... I won't.
- February 23, 2010 at 4:48 AM
- JStar said...
I am in awe of your writing skills. You gripped my attention from start to finish, I could wait to get to the end to figure out what it was about. I only wish I could write like this :)
- February 23, 2010 at 4:50 AM
- ShAKirA CHOONG said...
My dearest Brian
Me got an award for you.....
Come and get it, please?
- February 23, 2010 at 4:50 AM
- PropellerHeadMom said...
That was scary but awesome!
- February 23, 2010 at 5:02 AM
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- February 23, 2010 at 5:20 AM
- Kim A. said...
It is like some frat initiation gone all Illuminati-ish. Dan Brown rocks..and so do you. Please continue the story...pleasepleaseplease
- February 23, 2010 at 5:33 AM
- Jessie said...
that was a freaky hazing ritual, but a fabo read! you have serious talent. i'm glad you're writing a book.
i read your intro. over at Gillians, such a wonderful, true soul you have.
warm smiles,
- February 23, 2010 at 5:37 AM
- Geetly said...
Wow! What effective use of words. I actually felt my knees rubbing on the concrete. Phew!
- February 23, 2010 at 5:47 AM
- Lorraine said...
You should be a script/screen writer honestly you write chills like no one else
- February 23, 2010 at 5:50 AM
- Lorraine said...
You should be a script/screen writer honestly you write chills like no one else
- February 23, 2010 at 5:50 AM
- Barry said...
The tension in that story was masterful, Brian.
- February 23, 2010 at 5:59 AM
- Enchanted Oak said...
Made me think of Poe on this one, Brian. Your imagination takes flights of fancy from a simple prompt. Matches, huh? Well, let's see what we can do with a box of matches....
- February 23, 2010 at 6:01 AM
- The Hausfrau said...
Secrets burning the tips of one's fingers: so unsettling, and a fine ending!
- February 23, 2010 at 6:17 AM
- The Muse said...
...the way in...
the key, but, for a price.
...the piece packed in a jolt of emotion...in such a short span... succinct and precise...while forceful!
...the end of the story, mystery solved, or is it :)?
- February 23, 2010 at 6:33 AM
- Lyn said...
So this is the path of young Drac..one of us at last..glad you passed the groping hands of Vlad!!
- February 23, 2010 at 6:38 AM
- Everyday Goddess said...
OMG, buried alive for a frat? I have heard of this, but it would be harrowing. Reading it is close enough for me.
- February 23, 2010 at 7:12 AM
- Everyday Goddess said...
Or did I just totally goof this up?
- February 23, 2010 at 7:13 AM
- Grand Pooba said...
Dang, I never ever want to go through an initiation like that. No matter how bad I want to join the group!
- February 23, 2010 at 8:12 AM
- Elizabeth said...
Wow. Hard to read so early in the morning -- a bit like a nightmare. The writing is gorgeous, suspenseful -- just wow. I'm glad to have "found" your blog through Magpie Tales and look forward to reading more and more.
- February 23, 2010 at 8:37 AM
- Betsy said...
feeling a bit claustrophobic....LOL!
- February 23, 2010 at 9:13 AM
- christine said...
A writing of worth, amazing!
- February 23, 2010 at 9:22 AM
- Shadow said...
absolutely superb. secrets do burn our fingers...
- February 23, 2010 at 9:23 AM
- buffalodick said...
I was never much of a joiner, but had a hazing or two in my life..Very good bit of writing here today!
- February 23, 2010 at 9:31 AM
- The Girl From Cherry Blossom Street said...
I've heard shocking frat initiation rituals.
This is why I would never.....!
- February 23, 2010 at 9:39 AM
- Barbara said...
Creepy story.
I actually knew a girl who thought she was a witch. She lived in an old house that had some kind of enclosure in a wall. She once tricked someone in there and shut the door on her. As I recall, the parents called the police.
When she grew up, she married well, had 5 kids and was a master bridge player. One day, I was in a car with her and she drove by an opponents home and said she was putting a hex on her so she'd lose at the bridge table the next day.
Honestly, the girl was certifiable.
However, she divorced, went to med school (I'm not kidding) and is now a dermatologist in the NYC area. Marrried well again and you would know who it was if I mentioned her name.
I wonder if she is still a witch?
- February 23, 2010 at 10:21 AM
- amy said...
Wow ~ the kind of story that I want to look away from, but can't due to awesome storytelling...
well done! ...and, glad you survived!! =-)
- February 23, 2010 at 11:05 AM
- C.M. Jackson said...
aggh I could feel the lid coming down just inches from face and my finger tips burning the smell of sulphur in my nostrils--great post!
- February 23, 2010 at 11:56 AM
- Kathy said...
This was so awesome. I couldn't even breathe and was right there in that coffin. Absolutely brilliant!
- February 23, 2010 at 11:58 AM
- AmyLK said...
I was thinking of rushing a fraternity!
- February 23, 2010 at 12:03 PM
- Berowne said...
And they wonder why I'm not much of a joiner. :-)
- February 23, 2010 at 12:16 PM
- martha said...
That is just plain scary - terrifying actually
- February 23, 2010 at 12:28 PM
- Queenmothermamaw said...
Made me think of the scene in Dan Brown's The Lost Secret. When a tale like this causes claustrophobia while reading, it is a excellent written piece of work. Congrats.
- February 23, 2010 at 12:53 PM
- Tracie said...
And I thought being forced to act like a slave at band camp was bad.
- February 23, 2010 at 1:26 PM
- Realliveman said...
When is your book coming out, Brain??
- February 23, 2010 at 1:50 PM
- Life with Kaishon said...
You are a powerful writer Brian.
- February 23, 2010 at 3:24 PM
- ♥ Braja said...
You're scaring me....that was awful. Can't imagine "joining" that one would be voluntary.
I took initiation, which was blissful, transcended the mundane and binding ties of material existence, and which takes me places daily....thank God it was the opposite of what you wrote :)
- February 23, 2010 at 4:03 PM
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- February 23, 2010 at 4:09 PM
- Unknown Mami said...
I have a feeling this will manifest itself as a dream for me tonight or shall I say, nightmare.
- February 23, 2010 at 9:20 PM
- Jennifer said...
Oh my - thought it was another story... actually it could be a number of stories. Well done - I was right with you. (I'm still getting over it.)
- February 23, 2010 at 9:29 PM
- Angie Muresan said...
Great story! But good lord the things people put themselves through!
- February 23, 2010 at 9:40 PM
- Pat said...
Wow! This is very Stephen Kingish and Otinish! And it's TRUE? Yikes! I could NEVER do that! It was hard enough to READ it, let alone experience it! Great writing, for we were right alongside you in that coffin!
- February 24, 2010 at 6:28 PM
- ♥ Braja said...
I just joined Magpie Tales. I put up a section called Just Write, and I'm posting them under there...nyer nyer :)
- February 25, 2010 at 11:43 PM
- Her Majesty Lisa (LadyWanderlust) said...
as I read, I suspected a hazing ritual instead of something more ominous. I don't get hazing at all? Seems antiquated, outdated, and inhumane. But then again I never pledged a sorority as I was a faithful GDI. :)
- February 26, 2010 at 4:56 AM
- Corrie Howe said...
I agree with secret agent woman, there is nothing I want that much. But then again, I'm a woman and not a man...maybe that's the difference.
- February 27, 2010 at 6:35 PM


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An autopsy completed Wednesday on the body of a man found dead on the porch of the home he rented in Valencia has confirmed what family and friends of the victim have known since Monday, coroner's officials confirmed.
Bret Thomas Mardock, 41, died of a gunshot wound to the head after having shot himself, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner said Wednesday.
An autopsy was done on his body Wednesday.
Mardock stunned his wife, Samantha, and residents of Bellis Drive where the couple lived when he took his own life early Monday morning, friends and officials said.
Mardock had a lengthy career in television as a makeup artist.
Although he worked on several successful TV shows such as "Melrose Place," "Saving Grace," "Prison Break" and "Southland" he was best known in the industry as having worked as Alyssa Milano's personal makeup artist.


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Attakapas Study Club enjoys trip, plans for coming club year
Members of the Attakapas Study Club of Crowley enjoying the trip to the Pruitt camp in Lake Arthur included, first row from left, Shirley Griffin, Barbara Lengefeld, Roy Lynn Trahan, Ethel Thibodeaux, Ella Bertrand, Jean Oubre, Jeri Stevenson; second row, Gerry Meche, Joanna Pruitt, Jerrie Fontenot; third row, Erma Breaux, Bettie Duhon and Liz Regan.
The Attakapas study Club of Crowley met on May 14 at the Lake Arthur camp of Joanna Pruitt.
Thirteen members and two guests were present. Members attending were Ella Bertrand, Erma Breaux, Bettie Duhon, Jerrie Fontenot, Shirley Griffin, Barbara Lengefeld, Gerry Meche, Jean Oubre, Joanna Pruitt, Liz Regan, Jeri Stevenson, Ethel Thibodeaux and Roy Lynn Trahan. The guests were Wynona Grand, sister of Liz Regan, and Nancy Conner, cousin of Barbara Lengefeld.
Roy Lynn Trahan, president, called the meeting to order and asked Parliamentarian Joanna Pruitt to lead the Pledge of Allegiance and club collect.
After the two guests were welcomed, Gerry Meche, secretary, called the roll and read the minutes of the April meeting. Due to the absence of the treasurer, Jackie Buescher, President Trahan gave the treasurer's report for the year.
Committee reports were given and Pruitt, chairman of the nominating committee, presided over the installation of officers for the new club year. Two new officers – Barbara Lengefeld, president and Elizabeth Regan, vice president – were installed. The current secretary, treasurer and parliamentarian will continue to serve and had previously been installed.
Trahan called for the new president, Lengefeld, to preside over the rest of the meeting. After old and new business was discussed, the meeting was again turned over to Trahan, chairman of the program committee, to discuss ideas for the 2014-15 club year. The members presented ideas for programs and a schedule was tentatively set. Members volunteered to host meetings in their homes and to provide refreshments. The calendar will be completed at the executive committee planning meeting, which will be held at the home of Ethel Thibodeaux on June 18.
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NEWARK -- Devils goalie Cory Schneider was as politically correct as he could get Thursday when publicly commenting for the first time about his New Year's Day snubbing.
The Massachusetts product is disappointed about being passed over by USA Hockey for one of three goaltender spots on the 2014 Olympic team, which will go for gold in Sochi, Russia come February.
Yes, he'll still watch the games and root hard for players that could have been teammates.
No, he won't criticize the selection process, the selectors or anything about USA Hockey.
Schneider seems to be such a good guy that he's probably sincere, too.
But when examining the statistics, a strong case can be made that of the three goalies chosen, the only no-brainer was Los Angeles Kings netminder Jonathan Quick, who won a Stanley Cup in 2011-12 and is having a strong 2013-14 season with a 10-5 record, 2.35 goals-against average and .905 save percentage.
Buffalo's Ryan Miller?
Detroit's Jimmy Howard?
Tampa Bay's Ben Bishop deserved to go before both of them, and possibly Schneider, as well, even though the Devils goalie has a losing record and is platooning with Marty Brodeur.
"Lot of great competition," Schneider said. "I have a lot of respect for the USA Hockey brass and the guys made their decisions. It sounds like they all took it very seriously and they did what they felt was best. You have to respect it."
Respecting the decision and agreeing with it aren't one in the same.
Let's take a closer look at what went down in the first half of this current NHL season, which is the most recent track record for each of them.
Based off that, Howard getting picked could be called a travesty. He's won a Cup, but is just 6-9-8 with a 2.72 goals-against average and .907 save percentage this season. He also just returned last week from a knee injury that may prevent him from playing his best hockey for a while.
It's hard to argue that Bishop isn't more deserving, as he's been the biggest reason Tampa Bay is sitting third in the Eastern Conference despite losing superstar center Steven Stamkos early in the season to a broken leg. Check out his numbers: 21-5-3 record, 1.89 GAA, .935 save percentage.
In the meantime, Schneider's disappointing 5-8-5 record and very good 2.13 GAA are far better than the 10-17-1 record and 2.69 GAA that Miller has posted for the Sabres, who are last in the Eastern Conference.
Miller probably was picked, however, because of his spectacular .927 save percentage (compared to Schneider's not-too-shabby .914) … and because he played well as the starting goalie when Team USA won a silver medal during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
"You want to represent your country and play in the Olympics, but I think the guys that they're taking are all very deserving and established themselves over 3, 4 or 5 years as really good goalies, both in the regular season and postseason," Schneider said.
Schneider, by the way, found out that he didn't make the USA Hockey Olympic roster the same way most hockey fans did late Tuesday afternoon:
He was home in front of a television watching the Winter Classic postgame show, which included an on-ice, roster-announcement ceremony at Michigan Stadium that had youth hockey players on skates wearing jerseys of chosen players.
"I had no idea until then," Schneider said. "Obviously, you're hoping."
Maybe if Schneider was a little luckier in the first half and won some of those low-scoring games that he lost, he'd have been picked.
"I don't know," he said. "Maybe. For me, I don't think my body of work was quite as big as the other guys, so I think for me to work my way into the discussion, I needed to have a lights-out first half. I don't think I was quite that good.
"Obviously, the record's not as good as it needs to be. I know I could have played a little better, and maybe that would have been the difference. But I didn't have that body of work to rely on."
Devils coach Pete DeBoer isn't so sure about that.He's really liked what he's seen from Schneider, who was acquired last June in a draft-day trade with Vancouver.
"I think he's come as advertised," DeBoer said. "Those (Olympic rosters) are obviously tough decisions. I've been involved in some national teams and there's no right answer unless you go and win a gold medal. This guy is a quality guy, he's a good teammate and he's a world-class goalie. And we're happy to have him."
The odds aren't good, but Schneider still could end up wearing red, white and blue in Russia if one of Team USA's named goalies goes into a terrible January slump or gets injured. Actually, he probably needs something drastic to occur to two of them, because you'd figure Bishop would be next in line.
"You never want a guy to not play well or get hurt, but if anything does happen, I've got to be ready at a moment's notice," Schneider said.
That's why he'll wait awhile longer to make plans for February. And if his Olympic dream does die, then he'll find a nice vacation destination to spend his three weeks off.
"I'll probably take some time and go somewhere," he said. "Somewhere warm. No snow!"
And somewhere where he'll be close to a TV set, so that he can cheer on Team USA.
"I'll take a look because as an American you want to support your team and root for them," he said.
Schneider knew gaining a roster spot would be tough, especially after traveling to Arlington, Va., last September for a 2 ½-day USA Hockey orientation camp.
"They really wanted to get the message across that the US is there to contend for a gold medal," he said. "They told us it was going to be hardest team we've ever had to make in our lives, and they're right.
"I was hoping to be in Russia. You know what? It didn't work out that way, so I'll really focus on the second half of the playoffs here and try to get us in the playoffs."


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Inaugural Special Issue of the Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
The Russian war in Ukraine has been accompanied, fuelled and legitimized by a Russian information war campaign that is unprecedented in its scope and nature. Increasingly lurid in form, sometimes surreal, the Russian state-media propaganda campaign has been surprisingly successful in disguising and distorting the nature of the war and shaping the way it is perceived and understood, both in Russia and beyond.
Submissions of articles based on original research are invited for the inaugural issue of the Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society.
This special issue sets out to launch an interdisciplinary discussion on the Russian information warfare being waged in parallel with the military war in Ukraine.
How is the war being packaged and narrated for domestic and international audiences? How are these narratives being received in Russia and in the West? What new trends can be observed in the identification and construction of 'enemies'? How do we interpret and explain the imperial hysteria and hatred currently on display on Russian TV? What are the appropriate responses? How can we avoid the trap of allowing Kremlin propagandists to shape the terms and language in which the war is viewed?
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Press Release: Queen Sign New Deal with Universal Music Group
Switzerland, December 2, 2013 -- Queen and Universal Music Group have renewed their partnership with a new, long term deal that will herald a range of exciting projects from the band including a raft of rare and unreleased material and a film.
The agreement was announced at today's launch of Queen: The Studio Experience, a major new Queen exhibition in Montreux, Switzerland. Brian May and Roger Taylor were in Montreux to officiate the opening.
The exhibition provides a unique behind the scenes glimpse into the band's recording life during the years spent working at the Swiss town's Mountain Studios where, between 1979 and 1995, Queen created six albums, including Jazz and the seminal Made In Heaven. The exhibition will raise awareness and funds for the Mercury Phoenix Trust, the AIDS charity set up by Queen and their manager Jim Beach immediately after front man Freddie Mercury's tragic death from AIDS in 1991.
The new Universal deal, which covers the world outside North America, comes three years after Queen first signed with Universal Music. That move saw the band release music through Island Records for the first time in its history and signalled the start of a major re-mastering and repackaging programme, providing live tracks, alternative takes and other additional content for Queen's 15 studio albums.
In 2011 the band and label also celebrated Queen's 40th anniversary with a major marketing campaign and a series of high profile events, including the Stormtroopers in Stilettos exhibition staged in London in February 2011 and a major BBC TV documentary on the band.
Max Hole, Chairman and Chief Executive of Universal Music Group International said: "We have loved working with Queen over last three years. Queen remains one of the biggest, boldest and most influential bands in the world. The band and Universal Music have lots of ambitious plans for the future".
Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor said: ''We have also enjoyed working with Universal. In spite of being the biggest music company in the world they succeed in retaining a very hands-on personal relationship with their artists, something we much appreciate''.
Supporting the Mercury Phoenix Trust, fighting AIDS worldwide, and sponsored by the Fondation Barrière, Queen: The Studio Experience features memorabilia from the recording studio and the band's personal archives, including original handwritten song lyrics, costumes and instruments, together with a small cinema. The centre-piece of the exhibition is the studio control room, still in its original state, where visitors will be able to create their own mixes of selected Queen tracks including Freddie Mercury's last recorded vocal, Mother Love.
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Press Release: Queen Sign New Deal with Universal Music Group
Dave76: I'm sharing with you your dreams!!
rare material? please, let it be a boxset with outtakes, demo's and other unheard audio. Please, i would pay big bucks for it. Thinks of the Beatles Anthology, that's your start right there.
PLEASE, PLEASE PLEASE, if you're going to release any more live material, for God's sake, make it pre 1980! I'd love to see the JAZZ tour! Especially the nude ladies on bicycles!
So we can look forward to a new 'Live at Wembley 86' package then? Brilliant.
Please, please prove me wrong.


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ORLANDO — In a half-dozen phone calls between a jailed George Zimmerman and his wife, the couple talk about their love for each other, their confidence in the future and how to move around money, recordings released Monday morning reveal.
Special Prosecutor Angela Corey released audio of six phone calls between Zimmerman and his wife.
Prosecutors allege they prove that Shellie Zimmerman lied during her husband's bail hearing when she told a judge that she and her husband were broke.
The recordings reveal that Zimmerman, from his jail cell, gave his wife step-by-step instructions on how to change a password and clear security questions so that she could move money from one account to others.
Prosecutors allege the couple spoke in code to move money from an Internet PayPal account that was being flooded with donations for Zimmerman.
In the calls, Zimmerman makes repeated reference to "Peter Pan," which seems to be a code name for PayPal.
Prosecutors allege the couple had access to at least $130,000 in mid-April, just before Zimmerman was freed from the Seminole County jail on $150,000 bail.
The couple's bank statements were also released Monday. They show numerous transfers between the PayPal account, George Zimmerman's bank account and his wife's account.
The posted transfers from PayPal to Zimmerman's account begin April 9 with two small transfers. On April 12, records show one transfer of $5,880, followed by seven transfers of $9,900.
One such transfer was posted the day before Zimmerman's April 20 bail hearing. Two more are dated April 23, the day he was released from the Seminole County jail.
On April 16, the same time prosecutors say the Zimmermans were talking in code on the phone about money transfers, records show numerous transfers out of Zimmerman's account.
Bank records show the Zimmermans were careful to keep the transfers under $10,000. Several transfers were in the amounts of $9,990 or $9,999.
The calls released by prosecutors document Zimmerman's instructions for money transfers, but they also reveal him to be calm, confident and patient.
Neither he nor his wife say anything angry, ugly or racist. They make no references to Trayvon Martin or to the criminal charge Zimmerman faces, second-degree murder.
In a call April 12, the day after his arrest, Zimmerman says he is thrilled by all the money and support his website has generated.
"Oh, man, that feels good," he told his wife.
"What?" asks his wife.
"That there are people in America that care," he said.
"Yeah they do," she answered.
A few moments later, she said, "After all this is over, you're going to be able to have a great life."
"We will," he corrected her.
"Yeah, we will."
"I'm excited," he said.
Three days later, they talk about how much they love each other.
"Okay, I love you," Zimmerman tells his wife. "I love you more, babe," she said.
During one of their conversations, Zimmerman asks his wife to get a vest for him, her and defense attorney Mark O'Mara, a likely reference to bulletproof vests.
They make reference to a "safety counselor," someone who's apparently giving them advice on how to stay hidden and safe.
They discuss a five-bedroom house that they hoped to lease for a month, cellphone features and their confidence in O'Mara.
The two also discussed how to get him safely out of jail. Shellie Zimmerman said one possibility was having someone drive him to an airport parking garage.
"We could have two cars, we could have two rented cars," Zimmerman told his wife.
As for hiding him inside the vehicle, "Well, I have my hoodie," he said, a possible joke, referring to the hooded sweatshirt Martin wore the night Zimmerman shot him.
In a call April 16, Shellie Zimmerman told her husband he is a "special and amazing role model to people," to which he replied, "I wish, I wish I were."
Prosecutors in the past two weeks had released a good bit of information about the jailhouse calls. That's because they used them to convince Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. to order Zimmerman back to jail and to charge Shellie Zimmerman with perjury.
Corey's office alleges that Shellie Zimmerman knew she and her husband had access to $155,000 that had been donated by supporters responding to his request for help on a website.
But when she was asked about it April 20 at his bail hearing, she said she and her husband were broke.
The Seminole County Sheriff's Office typically records inmate phone calls. Prosecutors listened to them, and those are the six calls released Monday.
Zimmerman's next court date is June 29, another bail hearing. O'Mara's witness list includes two bail bondsmen but no family members.


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Oni Press has announced their San Diego Comic Con lineup and Oni Press fans will not be disappointed. First up is panels because these you have to plan for. Oni Press may seem indie but they have a HUGE following that loves to go to their panels. Give yourself at least an hour to get to these panels: THUR 12:00-1:00 Spotlight on Bryan Lee O'Malley— Comic-Con special guest Bryan Lee O'Malley (winner of the Doug Wright, Joe Shuster, and Harvey Awards) talks with legendary comics scholar Scott McCloud (Understanding Comics, Zot!) about Bryan's groundbreaking slice-of-life graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim. From its genesis to the production of the upcoming film version, O'Malley speaks frankly about where Scott Pilgrim came from and where the series is going from here. With a fan Q&A to close the discussion, this is the must attend event of Comic-Con 2009! Room 5AB THUR 3:00-4:00 OniRead more →
Bayonetta delayed until 2010
Looks like the latest game to join the ranks of the delayed is SEGA's Bayonetta. SEGA announced that the title will be bumped to January 2010 but will stick with an October 29 release for Japan. "Bayonetta is an extremely important new IP for SEGA and adds a new level of depth to our growing portfolio. As a result of market analysis we have taken a Publishing decision that January 2010 is the optimum release time in the Western Markets to maximize this exciting new title's potential," said Mike Hayes, President and COO for SEGA West. You'll still be able to get your preview of Bayonetta at San Diego Comic Con next week. FollowRead more →
Xbox Live update details announced, includes Netflix Movie Parties, Games on Demand
Microsoft has released information about the next Xbox Live dashboard update to select news outlets. Engadget has a great list of exactly what is included in the update. Highlights include support for Games on Demand in August, the ability to browse the library and manage your queue in Netflix, and share a picture with friends for Gold members. The avatar clothing will include fashion from fashion labels as well as game-themed clothing. Avatars will be able to equip props and be awarded clothing within games. There is a HUGE list of improvements and streamlined actions. Looks like this update will make many gamer's lives easier. FollowRead more →
AT&T Customers get to be the first mobile Maple Story adventurers
Yesterday, AT&T announced that MapleStory(C) is now available for download from the AT&T MEdia Mall, AT&T's multimedia content store. AT&T is the first U.S. wireless carrier to launch the mobile version of MapleStory, which is the world's first 2D side-scrolling massively multiplayer online role-playing game and has over 92 million worldwide registered users. Just like in the online version, AT&T customers will be able to take part in all of the MapleStory action from assuming characters to taking on challenges where they are called upon to protect the Maple World. The AT&T version of the mobile game also includes a special bonus. Players who download the MapleStory mobile game from AT&T will be able to claim a special item for their MapleStory PC game. "MapleStory has a loyal global following, so we are thrilled to let AT&T customers be the first in the U.S. to experience that same adventure andRead more →
Adventure Quest hits 9 million players
Artix Entertainment, creator of MMORPG AdventureQuest Worlds, announced today the game has exceeded 9 million registered players. AQ launched just launched this past October, AdventureQuest Worlds has grown an average of 1.1 million new players every month. "The spectacular growth rate of AQW shows no signs of slowing down, and we find that very gratifying," said Adam Bohn, founder and CEO of Artix Entertainment. "The game's appeal – in addition to chat, real-time combat, wars, and live events – is enhanced by our releasing at least one new game update every week since launch." AdventureQuest Worlds provides players with exciting adventures battling armies of monsters in real-time combat and new weekly quests. Players can customize their characters with armors, capes, helms, and custom-crafted weapons from the Blacksmith's Shop at any level. Players have the freedom to change among different character classes at any time, and can level-up all of the classes toRead more →By Cherith in News No comments yet
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MTV and Harmonix announce the Rock Band Network
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If the PC doesn't see the router, Windows just makes one up. If you
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> I've got a simple 4port ethernet hub networking my pc, router & xbox.
> If i boot up the pc first, then the xbox later, they are fine to talk to
> each other, however...
> If i boot up the pc first, and switch on the router afterwards, the pc
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> Is there something i haven't set up?
> I'm using a dynalink rta 100+ if that helps, but i'm assuming it's a
> windows problem as opposed to a router problem.
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Tofay started thinking about my days as a ramper at ATA. Push-backs were always my favorite part of the job, but it was quite nerve-racking at times when a plane was at a tight gate or close to another aircraft. Also annoying was when a tug wouldn't fuction correctly, or when my gate didn't have one at all! Then of course there were the two times a ramper backed a plane into something.
SOO: I was thinking of new ways to pushback planes and I came up with this idea: an in-ground system at every gate similar to the wheel-locking mechanism on aircraft carriers. It would be a universal system that would grasp a plane's nosewheel and push it from the gate onto the tarmac area - fully automated, safe, and precisely every time.
Would such an arrangement be possible? It would eliminate the expense of purchasing pushback equipment and fuel for that equipment. It would reduce or eliminate pushback accidents. It would eliminate delays caused by waiting for a tug. It would eliminate pollution caused by tugs (assuming it is electric), etc.
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A Date with the Golden Bear
Jack Nicklaus
Photo Credit: Jim Mandeville of Nicklaus Design
At first glance, it seems like a tremendous amount of effort just to get to breakfast. A pre-dawn wakeup call, two flights, add in commuting time, connection time, and the door-to-door was a full seven hours. But then again, it's not every day one can share a morning meal with the greatest golfer who ever laced on a pair of spikes.
Breakfasting with Jack Nicklaus was the ultimate reward for a quick overnight trip to his hometown creation of Muirfield Village Golf Club, in the Columbus suburb of Dublin, Ohio, on the final Friday of September. It was a select group of writers who were privileged enough to meet the Bear in his Lair, including representatives from Golf Channel, Golfweek, Golf Digest and Links Magazine.
We all agreed that the overnight invitation to this very private bastion was something of an oddity in our collective experience. The invitations we golf-travel writers normally receive are to resort destinations or public - access facilities, as there's no use visiting courses and then writing about them for readers who can't gain access.
But this visit was a bit different. The concept was to show off the entire Muirfield Village experience, not just the superbly conditioned golf course, which wins raves from the PGA Tour players at every Memorial Tournament, but also the impeccable service component of the club, the fine dining, richly appointed clubhouse and lush on-site villas.
It was surprising how few of my well-traveled colleagues had ever been to Muirfield Village previously. Several had been there to cover the Memorial in prior years, but almost none had ever played the golf course. During an hour-long meet-and-greet before we stepped to the tee for the second and final round of our 36-hour whirlwind, Mr. Nicklaus offered some strong opinions on a variety of golf-related subjects, not the least of which is his feeling that his hometown masterpiece, though highly rated by virtually every major golf publication, isn't rated highly enough.
On Muirfield Village:
Several times during our breakfast session, Mr. Nicklaus mentioned that he thought Muirfield Village compared favorably, shot-by-shot and hole-by-hole, with virtually any other golf course in the nation. Admitting he hadn't been to Pine Valley in nearly 50 years, since visiting on his honeymoon (when wife Barbara waited in the car while he played!), he instead mentioned courses such as Merion, Oakmont, Cypress Point, Pebble Beach and Augusta National. He commented that, historic and storied they may all be, each course has a weaker hole or two.
He commented that while he approves of the recent evolution of Augusta National with added trees and rough, it's far from the course originally envisioned by Bobby Jones, with its wide-open fairways and emphasis on the approach shot (which is the same philosophy at Muirfield Village). He also mentioned that several of the greens at California's famed Cypress Point are too severe. He went on to say that Muirfield Village's somewhat out-of-the-way location has possibly hurt the course's stature. He theorizes that if the course was in California, eastern Long Island or South Florida, it could potentially be considered among the top-five courses in the nation, as opposed to its current ranking (26th on Golf'S Top 100 in the USA, 42nd on their Worldwide Top 100, and 10th on Golfweek's Top 100 Modern Courses). Nicklaus also mentioned that he is constantly tweaking the course, and over the decades has made changes, both minor and major, on practically every hole.
Design Philosophy:
Mr. Nicklaus commented to the assemblage, iterating previous sentiments in print over the years, that he thinks golf is a more pleasant and rewarding game when played downhill. That's why there are only two uphill tee shots at Muirfield Village (the long-and-tough par-4 10th, and the par-5 15th, reachable in two by the biggest hitters), as well as an uphill second shot at 18. The other 16 tee shots play slightly or notably downhill.
Playing Philosophy:
Mr. Nicklaus feels that handicap golfers need to be more cognizant of their weaknesses - know your abilities and play within those abilities. In other words, as opposed to attempting to play shots like a pro a 12-handicapper should plan to make 12 bogeys per round, and plot their way around the golf course with that mentality. Plan to make a dozen "no-sweat" bogeys on the toughest 12 holes while expecting pars on the other holes. By playing safely and conservatively in this manner, he opines that more pars will be carded on these so-called bogey holes and far fewer blow-ups will result. The end result is a final tally much lower than what would normally be expected.
Golf Course Raters:
Considering his exalted place among golf's greatest players, it's not hard to understand the skepticism towards course raters that Mr. Nicklaus displays. He feels that a small percentage of golfers truly understand the strategy behind a golf course and how to think their way around the course in the most efficacious manner. He surmises that 90% of all players prefer to have a good time with their buddies, have a few laughs, take a couple of bucks off their opponents, enjoy the scenery, and hopefully hit some good shots they can store into the memory banks. And he's perfectly OK with that. But he mentioned that in his experience some raters have a hard time breaking 100, which he then amended to 90, and then settled on 85.
His own Golf Game:
He headed to eastern Long Island after attending the recent U.S. Open Tennis Final (he claims to watch and play much more tennis than golf, one notable exception to his almost-nonexistent golf viewing being when his longtime friend and rival Tom Watson almost won the British Open this past July). In a "buddies" trip during which he played 72 holes in three days, he recalled scores of 71 at Friar's Head, 74-72 on Sebonack (his own co-design with Tom Doak), and then, sore from his first 36-hole day in an estimated 20 years, a final-day 76 at Atlantic. But he was quick to point out he now plays from the member tees, and not the tips. (No shame there, as his 70th birthday is looming come January.)
Joel Zuckerman, called "One of the Southeast's most respected and sought-after golf writers" by Golfer's Guide Magazine, is an award-winning travel writer based in Savannah, Ga., and Park City, Utah. He has written five books, including the epic "Pete Dye Golf Courses" in 2008. Joel's course reviews, player profiles, essays and features have appeared in more that 100 publications internationally, including Sports Illustrated, Golf, Continental Magazine, Travel & Leisure Golf, Sky Magazine, Golf Connoisseur, Golfweek, Estates West, Millionaire and Golf International. For more of Joel, visit www.vagabondgolfer.com.
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Category: Nugs | Posted on Mon, January, 13th 2014 by THCFinder
Sentenced To Life In Prison For Selling Marijuana
Category: News | Posted on Mon, January, 13th 2014 by THCFinder
Even as pot shops rake in millions in Colorado, and the possibility grows of the drug becoming legal in as many as a dozen other states, a handful of Americans are serving life sentences for selling marijuana.
At least 25 people have been condemned to live out their days behind bars because they were involved in the marijuana trade, according to The Human Solution, a pot advocacy group. Some played relatively small roles in larger distribution rings and got life sentences in part because they refused to plead guilty and testify against associates. Others held positions of power in major trafficking organizations.
James Romans, a divorced 42-year-old father of three from Indiana, says he belongs in the former category. But last year, a federal judge ruled differently, sentencing him to life based on evidence suggesting that he helped run a multimillion dollar operation.
Whatever his role, the case raises questions about the fairness of punishing marijuana offenders with the criminal justice system's harshest penalty short of death.
"It doesn't seem to me in this day and age, when states are debating whether marijuana should be legal, that people who traffic in it should be spending their lives behind bars," said David Zlotnick, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and an expert on drug sentencing laws at Roger Williams University School of Law in Rhode Island. "If we're not sure whether this drug should even be an illegal narcotic, why are we sending people to jail for life for it?"
As Romans tells his story, he was working low-wage construction jobs in suburban Indianapolis in 2004, struggling to support his kids and "dibbling and dabbling" in pot dealing, when one of his childhood friends offered him a chance to join a big-time marijuana ring. Romans claims he worked as a middleman, relaying money from about 15 lower-level dealers to the friend, Eric Pieper, whom Romans now says was the boss.
"I knew there could always be consequences," Romans said on the phone Tuesday night from McCreary federal prison in Kentucky. Still, he never imagined his role would lead to anything "major," he said.
And it didn't -- not at first. After police arrested him in a sting in 2010, a state court found him guilty of dealing 27 pounds of pot and ordered him to participate in a "work release" program in prison. During his year in the program, Romans was allowed to leave the prison each day to drive a delivery truck for a retail company that sold fur coats.
But with his release date only two weeks away, federal agents picked him up and flew him to a jail in Sherman, Texas, where he waited for a new trial to begin. Investigators said they had uncovered evidence that showed he had been dealing pot not by the pound, but by the ton. The feds had opened a new case, arguing he'd been a major player in a trafficking organization responsible for transporting more than 10,000 kilos of marijuana into the U.S. from Mexico
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Category: Fun | Posted on Mon, January, 13th 2014 by THCFinder
Group Wants To Make Marijuana Legal In Texas
Category: News | Posted on Mon, January, 13th 2014 by THCFinder
The Weed Blog gets a lot of readers from Texas, and many of them contact me asking when I think marijuana will be legal in Texas. I always have to give them the bad news that since Texas does not have an initiative process, it's going to be harder to end marijuana prohibition in Texas than it is in many other states. Unlike Colorado and Washington, which legalized marijuana via the voter initiative process, the only option for Texas is to legalize via the legislature.
But before people get too sad about the prospects of legalization in Texas, realize that there are some very hardworking people on the ground trying to lobby for change. A new NORML chapter has started in El Paso, Texas, and it sounds like there was a good turnout for the first meeting. US Congressman Beto O'Rourke and state Senator José Rodriguez spoke at the event, which had roughly 150 people in attendance.
Possession of any amount of marijuana in Texas is punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine. Of course, if you get busted for marijuana, you also lose your driving privilege for awhile and if you are a college student, you can kiss your financial aid goodbye. Getting busted in Texas for marijuana is no joke. It's clearly time for reform.
There are no less than 13 NORML chapters in Texas now, and I'd like to see them get as much support as possible. Trying to convince politicians to vote for marijuana reform in Texas will be no easy task. I tip my hat to the new chapter in El Paso, as well as every other NORML chapter that is fighting for reform in Texas. If you live in Texas, consider joining one of these chapters so that you can get active and fight for what's right!
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Fire OG - Hybrid Cannabis
Category: Nugs | Posted on Mon, January, 13th 2014 by THCFinder
Widely regarded as the most potent of the OG strains, Fire OG Kush delivers some of the most frosted buds known to the medical marijuana community. Pristinely crossed with the original OG Kush strain and the F2 hybrid, San Fernando Valley OG Kush, Raskals OG has truly gifted the MMJ industry with one of the best medicinal strains around. These buds look like snow-covered mountains with dancing flames of wildfire sparsely strewn about the foliage.
Strain Review; Alien Abduction
Category: Medical Marijuana | Posted on Mon, January, 13th 2014 by THCFinder
The Alien Abduction strain is a hard hitting indica dominant hybrid that is grown mostly in the Bay Area of California. While specific to this location, the strain can be found all over the place. It originates from the genetics of Tahoe OG and Alien Kush. This strain is considered to be highly potent and is for patients in serious need of relief or stoners who just want to get really, really high.
When smoking Alien Abduction, expect to be seriously high and definitely sleepy. This strain isn't recommended for people that may have a lot of things to get done during the day and definitely not a good wake and bake strain. For patients, this strain provides an excellent natural sleep assist as well as a very good appetite booster, which benefits chemo patients and others with eating disorders. The smoker will get a very intense head high coupled with an awesome body high that will leave the user feeling great. Definitely great for a patient in need.
With the semi standard fruity smell that seems to accompany the OG strains, the buds of Alien Abduction are a very vibrant green, sticking out from any strains that happen to be around it, with large amounts of trichomes. It's a strain that every stoner can enjoy and every patient will appreciate. Good for almost any sort of bodily ache or stomach problem, Alien Abduction is a strain that you want to keep close at hand, regardless of it's use in your smoking diet.
More strains here: http://www.thcfinder.com/strains/
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When a team starts a season, it often takes some time to shake off the rust.
Key Stat: Natalie Johnson had 11 kills, including 10 in the first two games.
Impact: The No. 5 Lady Buffs win the season opener.
Thursday night in its first match of the 2008 season, the West Texas A&M volleyball team shook off what little rust it had by Game 3 to cap a 25-20, 25-14, 25-11 win against Findlay at the WT Fieldhouse in the first match of the BritKare Lady Buffs Classic.
The offense, which was the backbone of last season's team, came out strong behind hitters Natalie Johnson, Laura Prinsen and setter Katie Rickwartz, who dished out 38 assists to help put the No. 5 Lady Buffs in the win column.
"Overall I was really pleased with our performance tonight," WT coach Tony Graystone said. "We were pretty balanced offensively and pretty smart with our shots."
After a back-and-forth Game 1, the Lady Buffs firmly secured its hold on the match by the end of Game 2, topping a 9-1 run with a booming kill from Melissa Harper. WT then completely dominated Game 3, using a 12-1 run to take a 21-9 lead.
Harper, a junior, finished with seven kills and five blocks in her first match since having offseason back surgery, while Prinsen, who has been fighting through a shoulder injury, finished with 10 kills and two blocks.
"Both Laura and Melissa looked good," Graystone said. "It's going to be a test to see how they rebound the next day and the day after. But when Laura is feeling good, when her shoulder is having a good day, she's still everything she used to be, and maybe even better.
"With Melissa, we just have to be careful about what we run with her so she can protect her back a little bit. But they were both really effective, plus we had Natalie going too, so when the big three are on, we're a tough matchup."
Prinsen, last season's Lone Star Conference offensive player of the year, took some time to get stretched out, but took control in Game 3, pounding out seven kills and combining with Harper for a block.
"My shoulder's okay, it took me a little time to warm up but it got there. I just had to get stretched out more," Prinsen said. "Our offense played well, and Katie (Rickwartz) does a great job of seeing the block and where they're going, so she sets it up well. Then their block left a whole lot of line, so we were able to work around it and pound some faces."
The match not only gave the Lady Buffs their first win of the season, but also ended the grind of two-a-days and opened the doors on a new season.
"It was so nice to go out there and play somebody other than your own team," Johnson said.
"I think we had a really good serve-receive in this match and that got our passing going. Katie had her options on the net, and that's always good for us because we don't really have a weak spot on the front row, so she could just take her pick."
The Lady Buffs are back in action today at noon against UT-Permian Basin, and at 7 p.m. against Fort Lewis.
Findlay-Kills: Jenny Slone 6, Erin Thomasson 6. Blocks: none. Digs: Amanda Binggeli 9, Megan Florence 6. Assists: Jessica Vonilns 14. Aces: Jenna Zeisloft 1, Binggeli 1.
WT-Kills: Natalie Johnson 11, Laura Prinsen 10. Blocks: Melissa Harper 5, Lauren Thedford 4. Digs: Sara Contreras 15, Katie Rickwartz 6. Assists: Rickwartz 38. Aces: Rickwartz 1, Thedford 1.
Records: Findlay 0-1, WT 1-0.
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