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Bendable concrete that is tough as metal and at least twice as strong as conventional concrete under bending plus one-half the time to install
New concrete to reduce time needed for road works by more than half
Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) scientists from the NTU-JTC Industrial Infrastructure Innovation Centre (I³C) have invented a new type of concrete called ConFlexPave that is bendable yet stronger and longer lasting than regular concrete which is heavy, brittle and breaks under tension.
This innovation allows the creation of slim precast pavement slabs for quick installation, thus halving the time needed for road works and new pavements. It is also more sustainable, requiring less maintenance.
NTU Professor Chu Jian, Interim Co-Director of the NTU-JTC I³C, said, "We developed a new type of concrete that can greatly reduce the thickness and weight of precast pavement slabs, hence enabling speedy plug-and-play installation, where new concrete slabs prepared off-site can easily replace worn out ones."
Mr Koh Chwee, Director, Technical Services Division of JTC and Co-Director of the NTU-JTC I3C, said that the invention of this game-changing technology will not only enable the construction industry to reduce labour intensive on-site work, enhance workers' safety and reduce construction time, it also benefits road users by cutting down the inconvenience caused by road resurfacing and construction works.
"Through collaborations with universities such as NTU in research and development of disruptive technologies, JTC hopes to pioneer cutting-edge industrial infrastructure solutions to address challenges faced by Singapore and its companies such as manpower and resource constraints. We will continue to open up more of our buildings and estates to test-bed and if successful, implement such new solutions," Mr Koh added.
How bendable concrete works
Typical concrete comprises cement, water, gravel and sand. While this mixture makes concrete hard and strong, it does not promote flexibility. Thus concrete is brittle and prone to cracks if too much weight is applied.
ConFlexPave is specifically engineered to have certain types of hard materials mixed with polymer microfibres. The inclusion of these special synthetic fibres, besides allowing the concrete to flex and bend under tension, also enhances skid resistance.
The key breakthrough was understanding how the components of the materials interact with one another mechanically on a microscopic level, said Asst Prof Yang En-Hua from NTU's School of Civil and Environmental Engineering who leads this research at the NTU-JTC I³C.
"With detailed understanding, we can then deliberately select ingredients and engineer the tailoring of components, so our final material can fulfill specific requirements needed for road and pavement applications," explained Prof Yang.
"The hard materials give a non-slip surface texture while the microfibres which are thinner than the width of a human hair, distribute the load across the whole slab, resulting in a concrete that is tough as metal and at least twice as strong as conventional concrete under bending," he added.
Learn more: NTU and JTC test-bed new bendable concrete that is stronger and more durable
Mortar with an added bacterial film is highly resistant to water uptake
Moisture can destroy mortar over time – for example when cracks form as a result of frost. A team of scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has found an unusual way to protect mortar from moisture: When the material is being mixed, they add a biofilm – a soft, moist substance produced by bacteria.
Oliver Lieleg usually has little to do with bricks, mortar and concrete. As a professor of biomechanics at the Institute of Medical Engineering (IMETUM) and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, he mainly deals with biopolymer-based hydrogels or, to put it bluntly, slime formed by living organisms.
These include bacterial biofilms, such as dental plaque and the slimy black coating that forms in sewage pipes. "Biofilms are generally considered undesirable and harmful. They are something you want to get rid of," says Oliver Lieleg. "I was therefore excited to find a beneficial use for them."
During a conversation with a colleague at TUM, Lieleg came up with the idea of using biofilms to alter the properties of construction materials. Professor Christian Große holds the Chair of Non-destructive Testing. Among other things, he investigates self-healing concrete whose cracks close autonomously. One variant of this concrete contains added bacteria. Activated by the ingress of moisture, the bacteria close the cracks with metabolic products containing calcium.
For his own project, Lieleg used mortar instead of concrete. Instead of mending cracks after damage has occurred, he wants to prevent moisture from penetrating into mortar in the first place. Such invading water can cause serious problems, for example by inducing the growth of mold or widening existing microcracks through freeze-thaw-cycles. To prevent such water ingress, he takes advantage of the fact that some bacterial films are highly water-repellent. In the journal Advanced Materials, Lieleg and his colleagues describe how to make a moisture-resistant hybrid mortar.
The key ingredient in the new material is biofilm produced by the bacterium Bacillus subtilis. "Bacillus subtilis normally lives in soil and is very common microorganism," Oliver Lieleg explains. "For our experiments, we used a simple laboratory strain that grows rapidly, forms plenty of biomass and is completely harmless." Lieleg's team bred the bacterial film on standard culture media in the lab. They then added the moist biofilm to the mortar powder.
In the generated hybrid mortar, water was significantly less able to wet the surface compared to untreated mortar. To evaluate this surface property, the scientists measured the contact angle between water droplets and the surface. The steeper this angle, the more spherical the drops are, and the less likely the liquid is soaked into the material. Whereas this angle is only 30 degrees or less on untreated mortar, it is three times as high for drops on the hybrid mortar. Water droplets on polytetrafluoroethylene, better known by the trade name "Teflon", have a similarly high contact angle.
An explanation for the water-repellent properties of the hybrid mortar can be found in electron microscope images: The surface is covered with tiny crystalline spikes. This results in what is known as the lotus effect, which also occurs on the leaves of the lotus plant. The small uniform structures on the surface ensure that only a small part of a water droplet is actually in contact with the leaf surface. The surface tension of the droplet therefor is stronger than the forces that make it adhere to the leaf. Consequently, the droplet easily rolls off the leaf when the leaf is tilted. A cross-section of hybrid mortar shows that crystalline spikes are not only evenly distributed on the mortar surface but can also be found throughout the bulk volume of the mortar. This reduces the capillary forces that are normally responsible for the uprise of water in mortar when the material is immersed into liquid.
Although similar spikes also occur on untreated mortar, they are too long, rare and scattered for the lotus effect to occur. The researchers assume that the added biofilm stimulates uniform crystal growth throughout the volume of the hybrid material.
To find out if the hybrid mortar is resistant enough to actually be used in construction applications, it is currently undergoing mechanical tests in Christian Grosse's department. "If the mortar is in fact suitable, there should be no problem for companies to produce it on a large scale," Oliver Lieleg says. Both the bacterial strain used and the culture media are standard and relatively inexpensive. "We've also discovered in our experiments that freeze-dried biofilm can be used equally well. Then, in a powder form, the biological material can be stored, transported and addedmuch more easily ." In the future, the scientists want to examine whether the biofilm can also be used to protect concrete against water.
Researchers look to bones and shells as blueprints for stronger, more durable concrete.
Researchers at MIT are seeking to redesign concrete — the most widely used human-made material in the world — by following nature's blueprints.
In a paper published online in the journal Construction and Building Materials, the team contrasts cement paste — concrete's binding ingredient — with the structure and properties of natural materials such as bones, shells, and deep-sea sponges. As the researchers observed, these biological materials are exceptionally strong and durable, thanks in part to their precise assembly of structures at multiple length scales, from the molecular to the macro, or visible, level.
From their observations, the team, led by Oral Buyukozturk, a professor in MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), proposed a new bioinspired, "bottom-up" approach for designing cement paste.
"These materials are assembled in a fascinating fashion, with simple constituents arranging in complex geometric configurations that are beautiful to observe," Buyukozturk says. "We want to see what kinds of micromechanisms exist within them that provide such superior properties, and how we can adopt a similar building-block-based approach for concrete."
The new building material could transform polluting emissions into a valuable resource
Imagine a world with little or no concrete. Would that even be possible? After all, concrete is everywhere — on our roads, our driveways, in our homes, bridges and buildings. For the past 200 years, it's been the very foundation of much of our planet.
But the production of cement, which when mixed with water forms the binding agent in concrete, is also one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, about 5 percent of the planet's greenhouse gas emissions comes from concrete.
An even larger source of carbon dioxide emissions is flue gas emitted from smokestacks at power plants around the world. Carbon emissions from those plants are the largest source of harmful global greenhouse gas in the world.
A team of interdisciplinary researchers at UCLA has been working on a unique solution that may help eliminate these sources of greenhouse gases. Their plan would be to create a closed-loop process: capturing carbon from power plant smokestacks and using it to create a new building material — CO2NCRETE — that would be fabricated using 3D printers. That's "upcycling."
"What this technology does is take something that we have viewed as a nuisance — carbon dioxide that's emitted from smokestacks — and turn it into something valuable," said J.R. DeShazo, professor of public policy at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and director of the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation.
"I decided to get involved in this project because it could be a game-changer for climate policy," DeShazo said. "This technology tackles global climate change, which is one of the biggest challenges that society faces now and will face over the next century."
DeShazo has provided the public policy and economic guidance for this research. The scientific contributions have been led by Gaurav Sant, associate professor and Henry Samueli Fellow in Civil and Environmental Engineering; Richard Kaner, distinguished professor in chemistry and biochemistry, and materials science and engineering; Laurent Pilon, professor in mechanical and aerospace engineering and bioengineering; and Matthieu Bauchy, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering.
This isn't the first attempt to capture carbon emissions from power plants. It's been done before, but the challenge has been what to do with the carbon dioxide once it's captured.
"We hope to not only capture more gas," DeShazo said, "but we're going to take that gas and, instead of storing it, which is the current approach, we're going to try to use it to create a new kind of building material that will replace cement."
"The approach we are trying to propose is you look at carbon dioxide as a resource — a resource you can reutilize," Sant said. "While cement production results in carbon dioxide, just as the production of coal or the production of natural gas does, if we can reutilize CO2 to make a building material which would be a new kind of cement, that's an opportunity."
The researchers are excited about the possibility of reducing greenhouse gas in the U.S., especially in regions where coal-fired power plants are abundant. "But even more so is the promise to reduce the emissions in China and India," DeShazo said. "China is currently the largest greenhouse gas producer in the world, and India will soon be number two, surpassing us."
Thus far, the new construction material has been produced only at a lab scale, using 3-D printers to shape it into tiny cones. "We have proof of concept that we can do this," DeShazo said. "But we need to begin the process of increasing the volume of material and then think about how to pilot it commercially. It's one thing to prove these technologies in the laboratory. It's another to take them out into the field and see how they work under real-world conditions."
"We can demonstrate a process where we take lime and combine it with carbon dioxide to produce a cement-like material," Sant said. "The big challenge we foresee with this is we're not just trying to develop a building material. We're trying to develop a process solution, an integrated technology which goes right from CO2 to a finished product.
"3-D printing has been done for some time in the biomedical world," Sant said, "but when you do it in a biomedical setting, you're interested in resolution. You're interested in precision. In construction, all of these things are important but not at the same scale. There is a scale challenge, because rather than print something that's 5 centimeters long, we want to be able to print a beam that's 5 meters long. The size scalability is a really important part."
Another challenge is convincing stakeholders that a cosmic shift like the researchers are proposing is beneficial — not just for the planet, but for them, too.
"This technology could change the economic incentives associated with these power plants in their operations and turn the smokestack flue gas into a resource countries can use, to build up their cities, extend their road systems," DeShazo said. "It takes what was a problem and turns it into a benefit in products and services that are going to be very much needed and valued in places like India and China."
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|Reviews for Coming Home
| PSW chapter 5 . 8/2/2015
I really enjoyed this story, thanks for writing!
| Ilada'Jefiv chapter 5 . 5/10/2008
Wonderful story! I love Thranduil and your characterization of him is perfect! Great job! ~Ila
| Ne'ith5 chapter 5 . 3/3/2008
| SeruleanOrbs chapter 5 . 4/5/2005
I love this. You keep his prideful side, n yet gave him a compassionate, caring side, one that sacrificed much for his people (he stayed in ME for them, did he not?). He is not perfect, but he is well-meaning. And I always thought that Legolas was alittle too emotionless in the film, so its something pleasant to see him so joyful to be reunited with his father, so much so that he would run across a hall filled with people in his travel-stained clothes. Too often he is protrayed as a pranker (which i do love), but the fact that that side of him is not address, makes his reaction all the more touching. I can imagine him as a sweet young elf, just as thranduil sees him.
| StarryDiadem chapter 5 . 10/14/2004
And what can I say except thank you for pointing me to this story from your current one. I loved its richness - richness of characterisation, ploy and emotion, that counterpoint beautifully the scarcity and need you're writing about. And hope is in the balance of the two, of course.
Just beautiful.
| NoName2014 chapter 5 . 4/19/2004
The purpose of this review is two fold. First, to tell you how wonderful this story is. I really like the characterization of Thranduil and the other elves.
Second, to request permission to post a link to this fic from my Anti-Evil!Thranduil website (you can find the link it my profile).
Thank you and, once again, well done _.
| Gemma chapter 1 . 11/21/2003
Apologies for using your review board this way, but as you have no email posted, it seemed the best way of making contact. I run the fanfiction archive The Trees Remember, which contains stories touching in some way on the history of Mirkwood. I would be very interesting in archiving this story, both for its quality writing and its near-unique historical focus. If you would like to look around the archive, and get in touch, its URL is: w w / lotr / . Many thanks for such an involving story.
| A. Meril chapter 5 . 10/20/2003
Wonderful. This is a review for the last three chapters, and they were all excellent.
I think that the part I liked the most was Thranduil's battle with the wine decanter. Reminiscent of a present-day alcoholic, his strength of will was wonderfully described.
The end was lovely as well: Legolas' return. And so many details (ie, the giving of East Lorien to Celeborn), were excellently explained.
Wonderful job.
PS- Just a note... You reviewed my fic, "A Caged Bird", with excellent constructive criticism, and I would love to have more of those when I update. But thanks to your review, I've been reshaping Luthien's character, and that is taking some time. It is not a lost story, just slightly put on hold. I will keep reviewing your fics, and hopefully you can review mine. The criticism is incredibly helpful.
| Wild Iris chapter 5 . 10/19/2003
Excellent story, densely textured and detailed while remaining highly readable. The characterization of Thranduil had compelling depth, and struck a nice balance between his hinted weaknesses and his strong honour and wisdom. The implied characterization of Oropher was a significant feat as well, carrying out the same balancing act at one remove. Cool stuff, and very naturally conveyed through the interactions with Celeborn and the advisors. Though like Blue Iris, I thought that Legolas was maybe overly youthful in parts; there seemed a discrepancy between a 'tall, slender figure wrapped in a travel-stained gray cloak' and the description of Legolas 'wriggling' in Thranduil's (admittedly, probably asphixiating) embrace. But that's the only quibble with characterization.
This was a truly clever expansion of the brief note re. Thranduil and Celeborn's meeting in the Appendices. It's the first time I've seen an explanation of why Celeborn took over what had been Oropher's territory - the first time I'd realized that an explanation was called for, even :) Very politic of Thranduil to make a gift of the land he had no hope of controlling anyway! The story is also a fascinating glimpse of the lifestyle and resilience of the Silvan Elves. Very satisfying all round. Thank you.
| Deana chapter 5 . 10/19/2003
YAY! YAY! YAY! Legolas came home! WOO HOO! Great story! I wish there were more chapters though...*hint hint* ;)
| feanen chapter 5 . 10/19/2003
nice ending
| sdrtkjdr6yjdrtyj6uxe6xe46j chapter 5 . 10/19/2003
Always good to see a happy ending to a story. And a good ending to a well written story like this is even better.
Just a couple of dissonances I found a bit jarring in the last chapter. I thought that according to Tolkien, the eldar did not reproduce during times of war, so it was a bit odd to think of elflings running around, especially at the end of the third age when the elves were as a whole, a fading race. The second was the reunion. Perhaps I have seen to may pier-side reunions and homecomings, living in a big military area, but it felt a bit to jolly when these sort of things are usually things of very deep emotion. Not that you did not show that well, but Legolas seemed less like a battle worn warrior than a little kid.
On the whole though a very engaging story that kept me waiting to see what happened next.
| sdrtkjdr6yjdrtyj6uxe6xe46j chapter 4 . 10/12/2003
Another wonderfully meditative chapter. There is a very peaceful quality about your work. I could see very clearly in my mind's eye the dawn coming to the forest, so well did you describe it.
Good to see Thranduil finding peace in his own heart.
| Deana chapter 4 . 10/12/2003
Aww, Thranduil misses his son so much! I have to admire him for not going insane with worry, lol! PLEASE post more soon; reunite Legolas and his father! I eagerly await their reunion! :)
| JastaElf chapter 3 . 10/6/2003
What a marvelous story! There has been far too little written of what REALLY went on back home while the Fellowship was off doing their thing... and this is a delightful example. Not delightful in terms of subject matter, for this is a sad if triumphant tale... but delightful in that you have an excellent Thranduil characterization, and I love the portrayal of the Silvan Elves of Mirkwood. Nice too, always, to see Celeborn... and the scene where Thranduil partitions his realm to thank his kinsman (and pay him... grin...) was particularly well done.
Will Thranduil ask Celeborn at some point if he has had any word from the Fellowship? After all, Celeborn has seen Legolas, alive and well if grieving, far more recently than Thranduil has-AND he knows by this point that Mithrandir is alive, since while shadow was being defeated in the north, the battle to free Gondor was fought in the south.
I look forward to seeing where you go with this, and I thank daw for recommending it to the Royal Mirkwood yahoo group!

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We went to Shani's for dinner the next day, as invited, and she and Clara taught us how to play pool on their table. It was quite a new experience for me - I have always despised all forms of sport, apart from badminton, for the brief three weeks we had the pleasure of playing it one time at school, but snooker was a fresh awakening to the idea of exercise, and an enlightening one. Clara had soon invited us round for dinner the following Saturday, to practice at pool and get to know my parents better.
Yeah, they got on well. My mum was unusually talkative, and surprisingly friendly. Back in Douitchurch, and especially in Ireland, she had been undoubtably rather deranged in the mind, but since coming to America, and rejoicing in peaceful solitude - as opposed to the wacky and turbulent solitude she had been used to - the weak bonds of her mind had been healing, welding back together, and growing thicker.
My dad, similarly, had become a far more jovial person. Instead of swearing at nothing and immersing himself in his fruitless artwork, he was spending more time at home, helping (or attempting to help) me with my homework, and organising family card games, as he had done long ago, when Vere was alive...
We did not mention Vere. Nobody did. Clara had evidently warned Shani against mentioning the sister I had referred to, whom I had left behind, and whom I would never see again. Perhaps she, with her motherly instincts, sensed that there was more to the story, where Shani was blind.
That was why I did not love Shani. She was kind and cheery, and had the happy ability to uplift and inspire me when I felt numb and brooding - but she made me forget too much. She did not see suffering, because it was not a part of her nature, and she had never experienced suffering of the same kind as I. She had disappointed her dad, she said, but she had not seen her sister's life smashed apart.
Why, I hadn't even been given the option to watch Vere's life wither away like poison - it was just crushed in a single swipe of the blade, without justice or warning. It had just happened, and the shock to my system had been little short of the shock to Vere's own system. She had been killed; I had nearly killed myself.
Considering the situation, and the events of the previous evening, which I do not care to relate - not that they are of any more interest than where I left off, but may provide food for my embarrassment - it might have been awkward seeing Shani again. If respects had been left to me to convey, it would certainly have been strange and nervous. But Shani was never strange or nervous, and she greeted me with a squeeze of the upper arm and a radiant smile.
She liked me - oh, yes, she liked me. But I could not like her back in the same way, however kind and sweet she was, and however many encouraging lifts of the lips she directed towards me. I was immune. I was taken already. My heart had been stolen long ago, by a girl with dark hair and dark eyes, who had a slender waist and a full bust, and who moved like a sleuth in the black of the night.
Suddenly, I wondered why she had been there - creeping about at the back of our old house in the dark? Why had she been alone? Was she really that stupid? Why was she there at all?
It was another mystery to add to the many listed in the Notebook of Lists that was hidden in the secret wooden box on my bedside table. And it was not a mystery to be answered. Deanna Macpherson was still in England, like Vere. And, like Vere, I would never see her again.
Or would I? Somewhere, deep in the restless churning of my soul, I had the prophetic feeling that someday, somehow, I would meet Deanna once again. And this time, there would be nothing held back. The blackness of my soul I would pour before her, and she would cleanse it once and for all.


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Conventional wisdom says ride sharing services like Uber undermine public transit. After all, why sweat it out in the subway when, for a few extra bucks, you can be driven around in luxury? But a new report finds the more people use shared modes of travel like bike and ride sharing, the more likely it is they use public transit. Not only that—shared services make passengers healthier, reduce the need for car ownership, and "complement public transit, enhancing urban mobility."
That's the rosy picture painted in "Shared Mobility and the Transformation of Public Transit" from the American Public Transportation Association. While the ease and flexibility of using a service like Uber or Lyft clearly help riders who can afford it, it's not clear how to extend those advantages to the poor, the elderly, or those with disabilities.
It's an impressively comprehensive report that addresses an important question, says Paul Lewis, vice president of policy and finance at the Eno Center for Transportation, which was not affiliated with this study. "There's this outstanding question as to whether these new shared mobility services are complementary to public transit or competitive," he says.
The answer seems clear. The survey of 4,500 "shared-use mobility consumers" in Austin, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, DC, found people who regularly use shared services "save the most money and own half as many cars as people who use public transit alone," the report says. (It did not quantify those savings.) Uber and Lyft rides are more likely to replace a trip in a car than a trip by transit. More than half the respondents who listed ride sharing as their preferred mode of travel listed journey by automobile as their second choice, about 15 percent said they'd use the bus or train instead. Ride share use spikes during the overnight hours, when public transportation systems are closed, filling a gap in service. That's why, the report finds, cities "should identify opportunities to engage with [sharing services] to ensure that benefits are widely and equitably distributed."
Cue the caveat: Those surveyed had an average household income of $90,926, 70 percent more than the US median of $53,657. It's an indication that Uber and Lyft users are wealthier than most Americans, or at least that the report claiming these benefits built its findings on those with disposable income. The ride sharing companies rush to put down this image of elitism. They point out that their services are often less expensive than conventional taxis. David Plouffe, Uber's chief advisor, says ride sharing's "value proposition" is a big deal in underserved areas like Chicago's South Side, LA's Compton and Watts, and West Philadelphia. They point to services like Lyft Line and Uber Pool, in which customers share rides for reduced fares that can drop below $5.
If the goal is to expand these benefits to everyone, even those relatively affordable prices aren't low enough. Transportation is already a major expense for low-income communities. "The cost burden of commuting for the working poor is 6.1 percent [of income] compared with 3.8 percent for other workers," a 2008 Brookings report found. That kind of strained budget doesn't leave much room for regular or occasional rides with Uber and Lyft, even with the benefits. "That's something that the industry will continue to grapple with," Lewis says.
There's also the fact that ride sharing services have barriers to access, notably the requirement for a smartphone and a credit card. In a report addressing new technologies and transportation last month, the Eno Center said the combination of not being able to use Uber or Lyft, and having Uber and Lyft force traditional models like taxis and public transit out of business, is a real risk for some: "Lower income travelers that do not have access to a smartphone or cannot afford the new services might be left worse off as the traditional transit services they rely upon lose market share."
So how do you take the upsides of those private services—their flexibility, ease of use, and profitability—and adapt them to serve the users to whom they are the least accessible? Well, no one really knows. Lyft is exploring some ideas, says Emily Castor, the company's director of transportation policy. That includes working with the San Francisco Bay Area's Metropolitan Transportation Commission to use its ride sharing platform to help run its 511 carpooling program. In January, Lyft announced it is working with the National Medtrans Network in New York City to transport 2,500 patients to medical appointments each week.
Such partnerships are a good approach, Lewis says. "If the public transit agencies don't engage with this directly soon, then they're putting themselves at risk of being a competitor and not a complement," he says. What that looks like "is fuzzy right now … this is a brand new field." But there's no doubt that "those kinds of partnerships are going to be crucial."
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calf burn
i keep having extreme calf burn to the point i have to stop a short time down the mtn. i have it even going straight down the mtn and not turning. im running union bindings and a 172cm skunk ape.
Do calf exercises, stretch, and stay hydrated.
I think the healthy burn that you should have after a day of boarding is in your thighs.
1. Are you getting heal lift in your boots?
2. Are you turning toeside by bending the needs or standing up like doing calf raises?
my upper leg isnt burning but my back leg cramps by mid day. calves burn every run. wondering if i have a stnce issue or high back setup issue,
no heal lift. even burns while going straight down the mtn.
Have you adjusted your highbacks? Are the straight with the board?
riding union and have them set on 4. looking to switch to rear entry bindings next season. after riding at snowshoe for 3 days and seeing my friends half way down the mtn. before I'm in my binding.
Talking about the actual angle of the highback not the forward lean. If you are riding with angles on your bindings your high back should be straight with the board. So look down on the highback. The top of it should be straight with the edge of the board.. Makes sense?
i have my high back tilted forward not straight .
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Get an overview of this hotelBogota bed & breakfast in Chapinero with free parking
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Located in Chapinero, this bed & breakfast is 0.6 mi (1 km) from San Ignacio University Hospital and within 3 mi (5 km) of Plaza de Bolivar and Torre Colpatria. National University of Colombia is 2.2 mi (3.5 km) away.
This bed & breakfast features a meeting room, laundry facilities, and a 24-hour front desk. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a library and multilingual staff are onsite.
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All 14 rooms offer comforts like Tempur-Pedic beds and premium bedding, plus free WiFi and plasma TVs. Rainfall showerheads and showers are among the other amenities available to guests. Private bathrooms are not ensuite.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Bogotá Hotel Casa Marly
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Bed & Breakfast Amenities
Bogotá Hotel Casa Marly features a library, multilingual staff, and laundry facilities. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 14
- Number of floors - 3
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free WiFi
- Laundry facilities
- One meeting room
- Multilingual staff
- Free self parking
- Library
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Premium bedding
- Daily housekeeping
- Shower only
- Rainfall showerhead
- Private bathroom (not in room)
- Private bathroom
- Plasma TV
- Tempur-Pedic mattress
- Free WiFi
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Breakfast is available for a surcharge each morning.
Spa Services
- Massages
Bed & Breakfast Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 1 PM
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Pets allowed
- Dogs and cats only
- 1 per room
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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Service animals exempt from fees/restrictions
No elevators
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
- Resort fee
- A 19 percent city/local tax will be charged
- The national sales tax (19%) is charged upon check-out to citizens of Colombia regardless of length of stay and to foreigners staying 60 consecutive days or more. Foreigners on a tourist visa are exempt from this tax. Furthermore, the tax may apply per room when the room is shared by a taxable and a nontaxable guest.
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- Bogotá Hotel Casa Marly
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If you are traveling with a child your property may require you to present the following documents: Parents traveling into Colombia with a child under 18 may be required to present the child's birth certificate and photo ID (passport for foreign visitors) upon check-in. If a relative or legal guardian is traveling into Colombia with the child, that relative or legal guardian may be required to present a notarized consent of travel signed by both parents and a copy of both parents' ID. If only one parent is traveling into Colombia with the child, that parent may be required to present a notarized consent of travel signed by the other parent. Visitors who plan to travel with children should consult with a Colombian consulate office prior to travel for further guidance. A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Chester Times (Newspaper) - June 27, 1933, Chester, Pennsylvania DAILY AVERAGE NKT PAID CIRCULATION FOK I I JA K ION I FN HING DE( I VHI R ll. 19.12 20,328 57TH VT AR -NO. IT H ", YOUTHFUL SLA YER OF UOY EXOYER A TES MAX HE IMULICA TEI) After Signing Second Confession, William Ragone Repudiates His Story of b atal Stabbing of Little "Billy' Reilly, Near V radon Cemetery Formally Arraigned on Murder Charge Little Victim, Stabbed 42 Times With I ce-pie h When He Threatened to Tell Parents oi Older Boy's Degenerate Act, Buried This Morning Accused Ice Cream Vendor Freed on Habeas Corpus Petition RAGONE CONFESSES BOY S MURDER While Richard Ragone in. whs bring forma ', arraigned on a chais-' of murder today before Magistrate Pa- Yeadon, solemn high requiem mass was suns for his vnu'h-f ii vie'im, P-\#ai -old William A R# illy, .lr Sn th# Blessed Sat'! arm fit C ittrm. Phi lad* .phi, Following she r hi rqh sonices R iii1, was buried sn Hoi Cross rrmctrij*. wi*ii six of his foinu : schoolmates as honorary pallbearers Ragone was formally commit*od to tho county -ail wit hoi.? bail at noon today, tallowing t mint tuque*! ..no magistrate'* hearing held a* the Ye adon polit ■ s'a' ion ('omn e r . ' F v a r St h cr 11 e t i n -dueled the mt|'if ! assisted bv the A lata n ? Cot oner .Edward Donnelly 'A'de the inquest was in no sit on Vlasrs*rive Clyde Rowe sa' in and gave 'he boy a msg) Sim ICS hearing The Coronet'* juty returned with th- verdict in less than five minutes IE, V AT D HITS (TT-THnOAT IUDS ON BONDS Says Such Foolish rom petition Is to Detriment of th** Public Refuses to Name to Committee I > Brokers En-Krai;ecl in Certain Deal** WASHINGTON June M INS American banker*; raced mound th* wn! id "bidding foolish*' and rerk-les';•*.■'* for foreign s« ■ int * * in 1926 and 1926 to unload on the American Investing public Otto ll Kahn pok* man for Kuhn I or b arid Co the private Nevi York banking firm of whitll h# ii a member, told the '•i c Banking Inquiry today. Katin Charged this cut-throat competition ' for high in" ;• st-bearing foreign bond* via* to "the deft 1-t he public.'* lie denied hi* I engaged in 'Ii* sc ramble gn set int ie* and declined to <>*• firms which did. e: a in t he rn * rite? rig if ie * will result fiom the Ro*ne. lgram of legislation. Kahn GI.EN-NOR IIKill SCHOOL TEACHING STAFF IS UNPAID Official af Rromotion F\- crci'-cs Stresses N cees sit} of Tax Payments \\ anis That Schools May No! Reopen in I all; Raps Tax Delinquents Keyes Shows Photos of "Rum Ring" Group to U. S. Grand Ju ry F ; men I >■ : Mil v I Cli v J ll P in ? I ellen NU of cdti hr p till tin r paid i 199: quem 11reg were introduced a ■gati the final pilate* of to provide more antu* ration of {wi son* conli * tie protection" sing v I-fit rd the past 'en ti y tug things a long '* tired States Attorney tie' \ K v aid this i* the JuitW began their ll About HO w"nener? to George M l r fcoff a uekeeper, was , he first muon* >1, TEXTILE CODE HEARING IN NEW INDUSTRY PLAN Administrator Johnson Presides at Discussion of AN aire* and Hours I . S. to Hit Price Hikes That Come in Other Than Gradual X\ a\ AA ASHING I ON A ruer ira * unpret i in ludn ti a, plan Mr \\ M VA I r I sijieen - year *r*ld Rh hard It acne irxirrme Heft» is ihflnn Bidan, .» *e» and r»t|*|r»*l#m «f Hie miirdw iif nine* year old Bilh Reilly, to tint \**i*l;»nt District A Horne v AA itliam B M< < im,!* ban. .lr, a few hour* after he repudiated bi* fir*! Hi* Ii of him is tMidint Ridrid Attame* AA ilium R I *<.»I At the extreme ri|ht I* s|»|hlv Katopodi*. the hake* pnkev man, whom R ;i bone exonerated in hi* *<i "lid -t ii * tm nt Al* t Irqtr tun ta *eated in the renter Katepodix «u freed todax on hah* tx corpn* proceeding* at Media. TWO MORE STATES VOTING TODAY ON REPEAL QI ESTRIN West X irginia and California to Decide; f irst Seen 'Doubt fill NCAA X (irk Stat" ( omen-tion Alfets to HutiIv; ll in List So Far Directors Refuse To Publish Names Of Ousted Teachers A* VSH I.NGT ON, June 27 - ' Pi — Voter* in two more ? ' a' e< West Virginia and California went to the poilu today to vote on repeal of the 926 and 19.9 I ghteentn Amendment in bankers sat The New1 York State con* on Mfd fn repeal rn*" in Alb the presidency of Former Cl Alfred F Smith pioneer in gam*? prohibition VV •pp Jam I ll ? na am H Aftei a Mr Rankl 'Wa WO., Id Hon of t lie I hr ** hurl* \ will n* the teath»i ic** Din ' deride to I ««rrr* TTi< MOLEY REACHES LONDON TODAY ON PARLEY MISSION Roosevelt Expert tin Economies Lands in Ireland; Speeds to England I runee < 'lings to ( urrencA Stahili/ation as W oriel ReeoAerv Route wrie many other* on the rifiinq u lit tax lust, which had hern honed mer rn til# muni v treaatiftr ai Media, for collect ion, vx fi«> «i ■ f* wi I aide in p ,y the lave* due and tho* allow tire school distr ut* to meet the pa yin* ult,* for tcarpet s' salaries * Mi Wright expressed th* hopi tim* ail persons interested would make n special effort to meet then fax oh Jig a * ions |i! nm p» Iv No cr it ii ism was mated out to th# til* pa et * who had {raid then tax#* but Mr Wright urged that these cfi- ♦ ant inned on l ast Page DR. IL I,. SMKM.KY IRKS IN TUR VV KST INDICTMENTS IN VICE PROBE MAY TOTAL IOO Man} Residents of Count} Enmeshed in VV eh VV oxen h} Federal Agents Work of Questioning the Witnesses Speeded I p; ( bester Man Recalled JHI IOU pet son* Wiil ire >ni* In the Federal i igai mg i urn gi aft aru broadly hinter! t tie K - ' Au i** indict n Hied ll* 'I gov*t nm K« qui i >WN Ireland. June 27 I i rn tot M ley, Pm ell a pet aortal re pre tent* XA u d a a• received ti Mf cha ti I of the death of irs Many I Sniedi* ll- # kl- J ll * I'CHUI IX •• i widely known druggl r at Ban Diego, nigljt. Cal ye? i e rd a v Dr Smedley, who had If* tx been a resident of San Dp go for tin C dera pa*' 20 > at x, died vest* rda.v t mg a strok* of pnralvM* He v year? old ana wa? a member of t,, >rgp v. Bartram I odg* No 296 i are * xp- « <ed In Ii* day At that time through diet A v*, •(>. ii Deputy United States I ne v <» not al, mav i eq lest roil • d ion of the pi i s< nt (* * and Jut y 6 men ami three women Mr '* imiit ifed today that the in- ' ta! panel wfluid - ompl* *<• t he st ige of hi laImii s bv ton <»trow* I. IU l ilt" xtlnv S en i ii la ted Building pt June 27 - VV -en ted experiment Rf wa* submit! cd to if* irs I* la I im [xi: int test today w:..p hearings began on the first, code of fair < wiper lisp proposed under the Natl -na! Recovery \ •. Nearly I Mkt persons were present in th# Department, of (jommcrc# auditorium when Administrator Hued S Johnson opened pro* reding* designed to fix an agreement under which Mi*' cotton textile industry could spread employment and pa • higher wages f*»r a shorter working w eek, Johnson devithing th*' hearing ay 'one i>! the most momentous occasion? of iu kind eve? held * declared the law would tx- administered w • q in lust a ** to nobody '* On tie platform with John <»n wer# the advisory boards representing industry, la bot and t he consumer* Secretary at I abo? Perkins wha lit'mg wt'h the labor gioup in an ex-offtcw f a parity, 'I he*# group#,'' sa d Johnson, "ar* * tribui ii to sr*' that no person w to might fie affected fan say after th# hearings thai anything was don** without regard for the interest* of all Georg# A Sloan president of th# Cotton-T* stile Institute Int was th# first M tues* Sloan, who helped o draft the proposed textile rode for % ♦it hour maximum week and *10 minimum wage, te;»d -ftp .ode TW* I* a crucial fest; for the ne*# deal because it touche* the flattened poeke*book* of every wage earner and alai ;rd prison and berlina# it strike* Continued on I ast fag* ( OI MY Kl HEM EN AT I KI.TONMI.I.E 'A Uh I A A M, of Media It Mn Mary Sn.rules. survive Iii tim* uirv, gut lag hi* term of IHico-gt aft a ilia nee A laige attendance marked th# eely about flit rue* nig Of th*' I)*-la Wa ie Comity Fire. od* <1 to know met! * A.v or iation, held last nigh' int x lh* names *fi many of Hume •.* ho will th# Franklin public school, in Cheater *1 ire Bulleted I here ti a large number township The firemen were ti # mail fry ami about I * of the guest* of th- Felton Hose and Chemin *t in Ute weh of ai company AT tyre I fiat if e xpe t iment I dent Roosevelt h VA Rep. I 11 xx nod J Turner, who is associated with defense * oiinsel for the Ragone youth. ( (infinite*! on l ast Pace ROOSEVELT CR X FT HEED FR BV EOC While ti M h* *gh Mi*- jet h# I »rv to a* lf. K ! WO erie ti 1 he v ive ensued as til*' ti be heard downstair* mom The moth r and .-.on were i weakened comifion when pal*-A I d int g the trial Ragone et xrid sobbed continually He wa? e* .>ar.Mv on the verge of ct Ja;# • a ie*.era! time* during th*- te*tirnonv dumped to tile floor Sedative* w* jsrd. The cor on # r s jury that return r verdict consisted of F ten# ( R* Hen* Wa■ ne Ii'-''*. Thomas J Mari')* the jar Wayne P. w *>. < o! lapsed w it iv Ms*- I lid re I VKL TAN S BAY. ! AND Me,, June 27 ■ day h* Id Iii*' Ambet no idem Roo . v cit a boa in this b!**ak and i-**i. I he oust, rolling in for the past .16 hour; lions of holding on un Mr Roosevelt, meat hr-- time to reefing. ROQUF I • p - Fo If ■ in* aik va rn* on pre f th*' de- t peal Amendment a? conli -nil in ne*! on hast page IHI Id IU B ti \M I I*. T. GR or I' OPPOSES PLAN TO CLOSE SCHOOL Parents of Pupils Attending; Patterson School Protect to Directors Latter to Consider Proposal t♦» St ud Small ( hil-rlren to I rankiin Bldg. evidenr* the Department of Juatie# Thorn## Campbell, of Newtown agent* haye woven aiomid the [*> Square, preaident of th# organtzatiqn, ^........ _ f #oi#|ice w a* in charge of the mer ".ne whirl! i lh- A?r * "fr r" »•# #rme rn th# lh* per aor again*' wiioni tin* bill* s s* rnnfln#d to teguiai roil Mn# ma'- # na irs or ne county Seat it is re- whl lie returned are not only ;e*i- **.." ii.,rin» *h» brief lated thai in the old day*, w lien beer dent* of th!* < ii v. hut in m«nv tow!,- riiwfnjri of having a iruilfe World wa8WI* mete banned horn Hic bot .ship* arid borough* thmuglioui the "p/.f)kr>, "ddre** the member* of th# mu«t fi" '** Mi ' tie habit of iv* only county It is * foregone conrlution nraantranon hn* her., ,,-h ' ' .7x1,1 ordering them out of town bu* fol- that certain offleeholdera and many £ ' h7*mcii I IV h,T, ....... ........ . . . J .JJ",, WfiitttiR I# a # a rax AIV' mi/1 i i a - i* . . mmt* wfrf s#%rvrd in RLI I MN REC. \l\> ,rl' their Story to the furor* Borne h fh , d Auxiliary of th# hrw.t a*;.- behind CU,'* d tin,,,; only « few Auxiliary or th# host KY DER LOLE (TP •"-* ................ company ake Mf lev *i> I nndnn. I'-'' decidcf * nnnue ny liner to f'. mouth * I if will arrive about S p rn ice h* will go to l/>ndon ie UPI' d Alite* Mole# said th FGUTHI*GRT, Fug June 27 {raper men iiere la eager to par-!* IN.* < *•* . Britain won th* Rye! >** a energetically ay jx, irile Cup emblematic fit team *uprema ird achieving reauh* helpful to in golf from America today in ration dramatic finish that had it* clints ie new United State* liner which " hen Sv *! Iterbrook, the I ngii ght m <' t-< it d* *•;* ii record on man b* >' Den more Shute Amen* ynvagf making tile 2 760 mile? in the final match of th# day ai i New York in five da vs, n ne t erie* s i. minute* The victory gave England the ct iii*-, spoke a't aight for w'ardly In with 6 * in? to '*' , bt if t fat* rn# a', ii* i e It ORK MAN H Al I -s ll \P INCIPIENT HI,AZK IN THE WEST KND Lie Am I cr. (lex rye Jiff! ne How * Thomas NM ck D itle One ne Rf >■ col lapser ng the ll lol l learing Id curious < (W conf mrs of I hr ti o - . rfU *« and 'iv# t d rn tiled alb ; d ti ii# the st to I* i ',dw r tw'f ' OU • w» trover Bcrnadou from I'•** ton bringing N* rnian Davis, chief of the American delegation to the Geneva I? armament Conference for a discussion ■>! the world peace situation, xKNA (lit HOK III It I » 0X1 KINI, Ii A' ' I NI OKE Md , J me 27 I IP Senator William I* Borah of Idaho was reported bv Johns Hopkins Ho J I? Hi to be rn ak ne a satis-faciot" recovery tod#' from the cineration which he tmderwen' vc- WASHINGTON, June 27-'UPI A 'In- Tres ury net balance for Jim# t ar* was $066 189 94« 94 Fxprndlture* that sri' dav were $21.107,654 84 Custom* re- th# ceipts for the mot.-n through June Ct< 24 were $18 OOI 681 25 ma 'ALL kIM AMS DAY'OBSERVED (I >; ira inst the ii-i would mal *upil,f to It a homes next ii. Alroot tv ' I am , d M ,1* (chief of and other de'egni cut * (■ nom ic ami ments a' W spin-In America, ti (U nit r * nee t* reg t he a ay to ? *v -i:t* don and Mi#* worI* Surely a ronfe in which prat fica M I melon ntdell HU ,fi I wit mg# tu a i * port of re Islatlye develop he pf ! onoml# b» mg on *i »he ra e sn* h as fiji* all nation* at#* I onitnu'd *>n I ast Page LEASES Bl ILDINL ON ( HESTER RIKE John Hill, of Varna!} (greet "ho is employed at th*- * pi or Ii * • * 'Jf Con pally'* plan! Second and Pa rn* r st reels,* wa* nightly in lured this morning v?ti»-n a i- *?i-Id on uh < ii lie a .** % fir k ng slipped ft*rn its moor mgr Mr Hill *u*' ain* *1 ** vet a I briish burn* and mrnot bnuses n thy fall 'n the ground He wa* taken to his home af cr receiving lif t aid ttea*o * nt SHOTS HALTED SEARY BANDIT min lie* and other* for nearly an hour, Chat des I re imu* h for mer Mm * owner in "ie western section of the city, • pent ' he long# • • ttine in ' he (hand Jury room. being there for t hour' It was whispered around the District fire companies of this city corridor* 'n*! Freimuth proved a re- were called mil at IO 17 oclock this calcitrant wltneaa He wa* recalled morning to extinguish a fire in th# dday by Chef A Key#* Kiln plant of the cur* Chaster Brew- Two surprise visitors In the build- int: Company, Second and Palmer --— at reef s Continued on l.ast Page Th** fne started when ream li ed 'vt x rn r mvci'DT !° ■' !* hv "* •'•tr in!<> I ll lily I', I IIM r, Iv I bn • am t rn .« n k;. • *i manner exploded Band was used ny the firemen lo amothei ttie flames IN FIRST \N ARD ,, " , " GIVIN IAI!. NFM FNI K Tti*' Visrnse Bugle ( orps and Hiring Band of Marcus Hook will g • a William Bode of 'ne moo , o-free mn* * rf <■* toe ground* of the Market *tr* *-t Marcus Hook vsa,y*en-Par. Place Quoit Club, Thursday tented t* ,1b flay* rn lh* county lad evening follow ny a hearing la t rut** be for# An hi pert ion of the vegetable gar- Mag tat rat# John J O'Donnell of Ma -den* operated bv the unemployed eus Hook on a diunk and disorder* 11 i *■ 111 i»o I , af the club, a» Wet her.ll and chat ye The man, who h».s .served West Mowry street* will ti** made bv several short se ti ten ce# for similar Mayor Wdiiam Ward Jr, Council- i»f7en.se*, wa* arrested by Patrolman man Walter It Craig. Frederick A Ira Fries in the riverfront section Howard and rcpt* rotative* of Hie yesterday morning, i nester Welfare Council W* 11-know m chester soloist* are * < peeled to give selection* at the public gathering I opicsof I inics rd Ry in 9 James Me-1 augh'.n. I* and Valentine Baker 12. all resident - of West P iladelphia They were playing in the remet cry when they stumbled upon the boriv Patrolman Yobltck who arrested Ragnn* after <v r-. t pi o - * Dr IP Iii- IKK I rot K I mn It ' fter overhearing 'ne boys in about 'he McCloskev [cr, also textified befor* Coroner heeh'e and Magistral Rowe Dr George Carpenter the phvsi* in who examined 'he body mime. pelv after n wa - found mid lr in* st mony the » .a t position n which ♦ ontioued un I.ast Page Ant durini furl h* I he Unit w ill be lr af. IO a : HORSES WITHDRAWN FROM RACES TODAY (Bx I wifed Frets) AT ARLINGTON TIRK I—Lilt 'lav. "kunner. Repeal, Davor. 'Mmuiavi Little Patriot 3—'burely tack Knife, I iH (ole#* Colonel Sam, 'lr Swift Lad* Kin. J—American B r. 4—Se ne ,S— None 6—"kx Haven. I—-st N'araire 6—- \ o ne, Heather, clear; traik. fatt, 4T I ATONIA ncemenf ha* been made that filly and Aug tai and until notice the District Court of led State*, in Fh - . ion on Wed ne Daylight Saving time for 'EOI MY WELFARE EOI NEIL AIDING Summer Relief Rian for ( hildren, Suggested by Rro«*idenL Approved i moon ? 'I', problem*of the children treef has a! vavs been of pan importance to th* s,2t,1 minded citizen Du# to the conditions exi**-mg sr the wake of the depression the problem t#>oa• i* extremely vital, \ ion r ay become the keynote of the rem rkable fig; t the jk<ipie of the United S'ate air waging against the tnteri *'tonal turmoil of no )©bx Friday # #nin and atarvation and with immediate Representatives of Ten ( lulls Hold Sessions al the P. M. C. K warn* men of IO #: ibt in Mi southeastern Pennsylvania district, "ne curst* *•{ Chester K want* I no yesterday afternoon and ;**t night in observance #>f Al! Kiwanu Day and All K wanis Night The **.« bt a- Je pint tion* tv district* wer* held coineideri' vs only with th* International Convention, me for which opened ■ * *# in California %. At J'■>> p rn. the district Rover nm Cannon Hav (ailed the ■ rr . tives of the ll clubs, together for a bi t*: i *».:*;i *.i • A mique iou* ,i was at ruck het#? bv the committee which arranged the ptutnam which took place on the ground# and in th® buddings of 'ti*' Penns1,. rn.a M I tarv College The meeting w ox attended bv about 30 delegates a- many Wer -prevented from being present o early in Mu day bv busine** engagement* ('.timon Rom announced th# topic for the meeting a* Keeping Up Interest in Our Club During Sumo" r Month? ai d then #;*!!•#: upon the various # ob ofRciai* to tell of sorry* of their plan? The report of th* I - 'n I (tnt limed nu Page I if bt BOG I IVOR KLUS \\ !(.)> » H* CCK H ■ INY t ut mg C telephor a I Vt feet iv# J rairview road an automobile a i rj u, Arthur •ii*! of tooth- Embryo Bad Man Lo c, ( LOI DY WEATHER Nerve When Intended X id im I)ispla> s (,tm t I n ii i Com I * A ii an at* ur band ' vt iwv ..A fir st, a' temp* a' robb* r * qed bv ihe # iaah-* bi* city and is f,f 3 revolver wa an* »he pul {ai es for .ed Mr Hoffman ida pied will be e i is rPi tdenee sn M ,;., Recovery Act s Objective Put Million Work Bx BHK* OLN HI CH JOHN-ON Administrator of the National Recovers A* t WA HINDI ON June 27 Col rig I 19.13 bv Un • *1 P:e; I *:i embarked on n rroriomir a I (int in tied en ! .*»» Page Rf C OVI KING I ROM IN,»| R|| A n An.:. of the 1000 bloc*/ avenue who was injurer las' when hi* car was truck nv one driven Charles 8 o . 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Chapter 31 - Held to Ransom
"I'll tell her that I need to get away to my friends house until my wedding, because I've missed them." I informed them all.
"Good idea – you could either stay at that cabin in the woods, or stay here." Sally said.
"I like it – you won't have to hide what you are." Joe said, smiling at me.
"It's time to unveil the monster from within me." I giggled.
"You'll have to pack when you get back today – leave before lunch time." Joe said, looking into the future.
"Okay – why lunch time?" I asked.
"Amanda's going to come, and she'll try anything to make sure that you don't go." He said.
"Lunch time it is." I said, and then Joe and I got up, and went back to my house.
When we got back to my house, I threw a month's worth of clothing into my pink duffel bag and packed a few extras, just in case I spilt on them, or tore them apart in my frenzied thirst and pain.
I waited, until my Mum had woken up, and then I said my farewells.
"Who is it that you're going to stay with?" Mum asked me.
"Oh, erm... who I stayed with before." I said, remembering that as little information as possible was the key.
"What's their name?" Mum asked, and I looked at my watch: 11:45am.
"I'm going to be late!" I said, and ran down the stairs two at a time. I locked the door behind me and ran flat out all the way to the cabin.
"Hey!" Emily greeted me once I'd got to the cabin.
"Hi – where's Joe?" I asked.
"He's coming – later." She smiled a devilish smile.
"Oh no - what are you going to do to me?" I asked, with horror in my eyes.
"Something that he can't protect you from." She said, still smiling.
"Don't – you're freaking me out now. What are you going to do to me?" I asked, but she wasn't thinking it and it was getting on my nerves.
"You'll see." She said, and then laughed one of those evil-genius laughs that you see bad-guys do on movies; it was a real 'mwah ha, ha, ha' laugh.
So, her plan was to keep things from me, was it? Well I can work this to my advantage; I am on the same wavelength as Joe, so I'll just think really hard for him to come to me, and he'll come right? Well, it's worth a try.
'JOE?! HELP? EMILY'S TAKEN HOSTAGE OF ME!' I thought.
'Chill; I can hear you loud and clear.' He thought.
'Good – come and get me?' I thought.
'Can't – they've got me tied to a chair.' He thought, and we both laughed internally.
'Come as soon as you can then.' I thought, and he conjured up an image of him nodding, and blowing me a kiss in his head.
'Aww... how sweet' I thought.
'Thanks.' He thought back, and then Emily said something which snapped me back.
"Hello? Are you listening to me?" she asked.
"Yeah, sorry – daydream." That seemed like an acceptable excuse.
'Right – I managed to snap out of the ropes – I'm coming to get you!' Joe thought.
'Thank goodness – I just saw into her mind – she plans to make me over, and wave a cupful of human blood in front of my face!' I thought back.
"Beth? Are you even listening to me?" She asked.
"Sorry – what did you just say?" I asked.
"Ugh – I said do you want me to throw you a hen-party?" She asked, rolling her eyes.
"No!" I all but shouted.
'I'm just coming up to the cabin at the moment.' Joe thought, and I started grinning.
"What?" She asked, looking really scared.
"You're going to regret holding me hostage." I laughed, almost as evilly as she had.
"He didn't-" She started but I interrupted her.
"-oh yes he did!" I said, my eyes bulging.
"Why did you have to summon him? We were going to have fun!" She complained.
"No, correction – you were going to have fun." I corrected her.
"You don't even know what we were going to do." She reasoned.
"Yeah I do – you let the mask slip." I told her; just as Joe slammed the door open.
"You and I are going to have a little talk." He growled at Emily.
"Oh come on – it's not as if you didn't know I was going to hold her hostage sometime or other!" She complained to him, just as he pinned her up against the dresser.
"Ow!" She said, and examined her broken nail.
"Joe..." I started, but he silenced me with one hand.
"Go home; and don't you dare try doing something like this ever again!" He hissed.
"And if I do happen to do something like this again, what will you do?" She asked.
"I'll send you home to Mum again – but the next time you do it, you'll go back headless." He said, hissing again.
She honestly did look scared, and as far as I could tell, she was trying really, really hard not to shake.
He then released her and she flitted out the door, and I imagine she went home pretty scared; it scared me. Actually no, he scared me, for the first time ever. It was right now that he really looked like a vampire.


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Sunderland left their best to last in a true tale of the unexpected. Not only was this their first home win in the league this season, it was their first here in the Premiership since they beat Liverpool in December 2002.
And it was as thoroughly deserved as most of their defeats have been during this sorry season which at least ended on a high for supporters who have never deserted them and now prepare for a new era under Niall Quinn. Nobody, least of all Quinn, will anticipate an automatic return from the Championship with this squad, but they carried too much drive and determination for Fulham to handle last night.
Even the Fulham manager Chris Coleman admitted: "They were the better team. This was their last chance to win at home and you could see it in their determination. Sunderland wanted it more than us."
A 76th-minute goal driven in stylishly by Tomasz Radzinski threatened to sour Sunderland's final home game, but they eventually held on to the lead given them by Anthony Le Tallec and Chris Brown in a match only being played because last month's fixture was abandoned before half-time in a snowstorm. At least Sunderland had something to play for as they pursued that elusive first home win of the season in the Premiership. Fulham, in contrast, had removed their own embarrassing statistical millstone by achieving their first away victory in the league at Manchester City last week.
And Coleman's side lacked an appetite for the match long before Sunderland's supporters were offered a rare sighting of a goal as Le Tallec scored only their 11th of the season at home in the 32nd minute. Andy Welsh, back from a loan spell at Leicester, created it with a left-wing cross and Le Tallec stooped to angle a header into the far corner.
It was Le Tallec's fifth goal of the season, enough to make him Sunderland's top scorer as he prepares to return to Liverpool at the end of a season on loan. The second half generated far more passion, with Fulham's abrasive approach bringing three early bookings for Simon Elliott, Philippe Christanval and Ian Pearce after first-half cautions for Sunderland's Steve Caldwell and George McCartney.
And, to the disbelief and delight of the Sunderland crowd, it also generated their second goal from Brown, who followed up to score in the 57th minute after Mark Crossley failed to hold Nyron Nosworthy's long-range attempt. Sunderland should have extended their lead even earlier, but Justin Hoyte, another scheduled to leave when his loan from Arsenal expires, wasted a glorious opportunity when he failed to connect with Nosworthy's cross five minutes after the restart.
Radzinski's goal provoked an anxious climax for Sunderland's crowd but they can wear their "I was there" T-shirts today after giving the team a standing ovation at the end - a standing ovation for the team that finished adrift at the bottom.
"The most important thing is that we've sent the fans home happy," said the caretaker manager Kevin Ball. "It has been very difficult for them this year and that's why I told the players it was a must-win game."


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Part 41 - AntediluvialMature
In the old days, in the days when life in this galaxy was but a mere infant, a wise King proclaimed that light is precious. Baptized by the mortal coils of their primeval chronicles, light has long-since been a symbol of salvation to the human race.
For thousands of years they sought shelter in their caves and earthen dwellings, waiting for the sun to rise and fight back the shadows, screaming wraiths and cruel demons of the night. Light is precious.
Roth awoke in a haze of confusion. A vicious cough seized her lungs as a drifting dust cloud rolled past her. Blinking away at the dust and bright sunlight, she focused to the distance as someone's silhouette approached.
The third warrior emerged from the dust cloud. Lord Tyr appeared like an Angel of Light. She wore the finest silken white robes Roth had ever seen, with golden bracelets on her wrists and ankles.
In her left hand rested the legendary sword Tyrfing, and floating behind her right shoulder was the Gate of Eden, six golden prisms centered about a hexagonal node, each inscribed with arcane serpentine runes.
Lord Tyr's gaze slanted past Roth to survey the surroundings and then the sky. Her expression carried no particular hatred save for world-weariness. More than anything, what caught Roth's attention were her eyes--those odium filled eyes--dark and blood red.
The Sword of Mercy rose. She exchanged a brief glance with Lord Tyr, then they promptly disregarded one another. Whatever their silent feud was, they were wise not to fight only to instantly slay one-another.
Roth was never certain how she felt about the others. They were all alike in that they were created from the same human and shared memories, and yet they differed starkly in both personality and beliefs.
Roth briefly glimpsed into their minds. The Sword of Mercy fought for purely selfish reasons--like she had something to prove--while Lord Tyr fought because she felt she had no choice. And herself?
Roth fought because she believed it was her purpose. She believed it was her purpose because only she had the ability to bend the will of people. She believed she was blessed with this gift so she could wield humanity's mightiest Sword and Shield to defend life.
Elsewhere, Roth knew, a parasite that fancied itself a god committed all his might against her in panicked terror. He emerged from his ivory tower where he thought his foe hopelessly defeated and laid plans for the future, only to find that beneath his arrogance, a new threat rose to challenge him.
Roth followed Lord Tyr's skyward gaze. Seconds later, a black dot appeared over the sun. It grew into a starship and thundered overhead, and it was immediately apparent that the vessel's state was dire.
A roiling plume of pearl-white flame, debris and smoke trailed the NSC Vidar as it disintegrated over the desert. It shot out of sight beyond a mountain range behind the warriors and then rose above the peaks, breaking to a turn.
In the bright, clear blue sky behind the NSC Vidar, the first broods of evolved Locri bioships flew for them, electric shrouds sparking and pillars of plasma fire splitting the heavens. Upon the land and across the barren desert marched hordes of Cyclopes, marshalling thousands of Acolytes that swam in from the simmering horizons.
At range, the vessel listed as it finished its turn, nuclear propulsors bleeding a cataract of boiling coolant that ignited the dust below into a steaming furrow of shocked quartz and molten glass.
Lord Tyr stared right back at it. She caught the Vidar in her dark-red gaze, kept it, imprisoned it. The ten thousand ton vessel surrendered to her magnetic hold. It took a sudden dip toward the ground but did not quite crash.
Instead it glided toward the surface and then plowed into the sand, drawing the desert on either side of the craft. The NSC Vidar dragged its course--ten full kilometers of it--then slid to a gentle halt.
As the plague drew ever closer, our ancestors stood at the edge of the abyss.
They were faced with the choice to either cast aside their trepidation and leap forward into the abyss, or to remain and face the trials and tribulations of the Wrathful God.
The scene was set. This was where humanity would make its last stand. At the critical hour, would they stand fast and persevere, or would they falter and submit before the plague?