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It didn't seem as malevolent as she remembered.
Sometimes, in the loneliness of the night, Kalin had thought about the mirror she had found with Tamlen. She would try and change the memory, so that instead of events playing out to their tragic conclusion, she pulled Tamlen away and smashed the mirror into harmless pieces. No matter how hard she tried, the sequence of events always played out the same. She was always cast in the same role, the same ending, cutting Tamlen's throat to save him from existence as a darkspawn.
Kalin pushed the memories deep into the crevices of her mind. When homesickness came upon her, she would engage her companions in conversation or busy herself in some other way. It wasn't as though she could return to her clan and act as though nothing had happened, so there was little point dwelling on them. There was no place for her now, and her side would feel lonely without Tamlen there.
Now the shattered, ugly thing was sat there, glaring at her. It was daring her to touch it.
She felt her dog lick her fingers with a low whine, and Ariane's hand on her shoulder, squeezing it gently. The other Dalish understood what it was to lose a clan-mate. Everyone in the clan was a family member, but none had been more so to her than Tamlen and Ashalle. To return here was the hardest thing anyone could ask of her. She would have given up on her desire to find Morrigan, if she had known it would mean coming here. One thing she could not forsake though was her Dalish culture – she would return the book Morrigan had stolen from her people.
"I heard that a baby was born in your clan recently, and they named him after Tamlen," Ariane offered softly. "They haven't forgotten him. In a way, he can live after death. Immortal, like our ancestors."
Kalin gave a weak smile. It would comfort her greatly to imagine that Tamlen was at peace now, guided by Falon'Din and no longer suffering alone, afraid. That was the very same thing she had told herself when she realised that he was gone and her fate was to become a Warden. And then he had found her and he had been alive, but dying, corrupted. She had deluded herself into thinking he was at rest in the hope of easing her conscience, but the whole time he had been suffering. It had been a grave injustice for her to brush off his torment that way.
"I'm amazed that this mirror was actually able to kill someone," Finn breathed, staring at it in wonder and awe. "How could the darkspawn taint enable it to do that?"
"The mirror didn't kill him," Kalin replied quietly, turning to face her two companions.
"But that's what your Keeper told us at our last meeting," said Ariane, frowning. "She said that after you awoke, you took a couple of others back to the cave and looked for Tamlen, even though the human Warden said that he was certainly dead. The two who went with you even confirmed that he was dead, and that the darkspawn had taken his body."
Kalin stared at them with hollow eyes. Ariane seemed confused and wary. She seemed to be a resilient woman, but Kalin knew that she was a true Dalish. To learn of Tamlen's fate would hurt her, but it couldn't be kept vaulted inside anymore. None of Kalin's other companions had understood her pain when she euthanized her friend. They had been filled with sympathy and empty words, and Leliana had offered a prayer to her non-existent god, but not one of them truly understood her pain. They weren't Dalish, and they had no comprehension of the closeness of a clan. The closeness she shared with Tamlen.
None of the friends she made after that learned of her encounter, or the specifics of how she became a Warden. Anders liked to tell Warden recruits that she had been single-handedly slaying a horde of darkspawn with the beasts of the forest at her command, when Duncan happened by and was staggered by his awe and amazement. Almost none of the recruits were Dalish, so most of them seemed to believe this fanciful nonsense. Kalin was happy to listen to it. She preferred it to the original.
Even Velanna, a fellow Dalish, had been left in the dark about the specifics, although she knew about Tamlen's death from a clan meeting. Kalin couldn't bring herself to tell her friend the story, perhaps because Velanna's sister faced a similar fate. A worse one, actually, as females became broodmothers. Having been unable to prevent her friend's fate, Kalin had been driven to help save Seranni from the taint, but given that she had disappeared before they slew the Mother, it seemed more and more likely that another had followed in Tamlen's footsteps. It was all Kalin could do to stop Velanna from running into the Deep Roads after her. Instead, she tried to encourage her to vent the frustration and grief onto the darkspawn, who were responsible for these injustices.
Kalin kept her back to the mirror. She felt as though it was waiting behind her, a trap, but she couldn't bear looking upon it. Sometimes she thought Tamlen was staring back from its shattered translucent surface.
"The elves we had to fight in order to reach this room had all been corrupted by the darkspawn taint," she explained, staring past them to the doorway. "I became a Warden, meaning that I can hold off its effects for a couple of decades, but in those who are left to it, they are transformed into darkspawn. They hear the call of the Archdemon in their heads, compelling them to seek out darkspawn, and they eventually succumb to the taint."
"Is there no cure?" Ariane asked.
Finn asked a question. "And this will happen to you?"
"Suddenly I'm even gladder that I was never chosen to become a Warden," he joked shakily.
Ariane was studying her with a mixture of concern and curiosity. "You think that's what happened to Tamlen, because you didn't find his body?"
Kalin's breath caught in her throat. She couldn't do this. She couldn't tell them. They would think she was a monster. They would ask: why she didn't search for longer, until she found him? Why didn't she find a way to cure him when he sought her out? Why had only she become a Grey Warden whilst he was left to be destroyed by the taint?
There wasn't an answer to these questions. All she could do was apologise and wish the past could be changed. It couldn't. She drove the thoughts from her mind and concentrated on what she could; the Blight, the Architect and Mother, the threat of a new form of golem. Kalin threw herself into her role as Grey Warden because she had to atone, and she had to stop the darkspawn from destroying others the way they had destroyed Tamlen. Elves, humans, it didn't matter – no one deserved that fate. Encountering Hespith in the Deep Roads had only strengthened her resolve. Perhaps when this was over, she would assist Orzammar in pushing back the darkspawn line, despite her hatred of being trapped underground. Perhaps she could join the Legion of the Dead alongside Sigrun? She had died alongside Tamlen anyway, when he touched that mirror.
"I think we should leave," Kalin said shortly. "Collect a shard of the mirror and let's get out of here. Go on, I can't touch this thing."
"I'll be glad when we're out of this cave as well," Ariane agreed. "Elves don't belong underground, and this place has a very sinister feel. It is disturbing to think how many Dalish were infected by the darkspawn taint here."
"Well, I certainly don't want to add to that number," said Finn. He shrugged his sleeve over his hand and reached down to pick up a shard of glass that had been shattered when Duncan demolished it. Assuming that what he did truly did destroy the evil within it.
Finn held the shard reverently in his covered hand. The awe and respect he showed this mirror irked Kalin, not to mention that he seemed to possess no empathy towards its victims, only some apathetic scholarly interest. It was truly amazing that someone so naive had survived Uldred's revolt. She would have thought a mage would know better than to become bewitched by suspicious magical items. Suspicious magical Tevinter items.
No, that was unfair. She and Tamlen had known better than to wander into this cave, and they had been wary of the mirror. Even when confronted with the walking corpses and bereskarn, they still hadn't turned back. Until it took Tamlen and she became a Warden, she could never have comprehended the danger. She was in no position to judge.
Still, she wasn't about to let the mage become enthralled by this evil mirror.
Kalin produced the rag she usually used to oil her bow and approached Finn, wrapping the cloth around the shard he was holding. Once covered so completely that she couldn't see it or feel its jagged shape, Kalin took it from his hands and shoved it in her pack.
"I thought you didn't want to touch it," Finn reminded her, seeming almost disappointed that it had been taken from him.
"This piece is no less dangerous than the rest of the mirror. Seeing as I'm the only one immune to the taint, it makes sense that I should be the one to carry it."
"Are you sure?" Ariane asked. "We don't mind, if it brings back too many memories. It can't be easy."
Kalin swallowed. "It isn't. But I'd sooner carry it that risk either of you being exposed to the taint."
She hoped they hadn't already been infected. Morrigan wasn't around this time to cook up some of her dubious magic tricks and resolve the threat. At least if they found her, it might be worth all this.
Ariane and Finn waited, clearly expecting Kalin to make the first move. She gestured towards the upward tunnel that led out of the cave. "Go on, I'll follow in a moment."
The dog gave her a curious stare, but with an encouraging nod, he raced up towards the surface. As her companions disappeared from sight, saving their amicable chatter for the clean, open air, Kalin turned a hard glare towards the mirror. They had unfinished business, she and it. Duncan may have shattered the main pane of glass, but many shards remained sticking out of the frame. Some were as large as her arm.
When she first began her time as a Grey Warden, she prayed to almost all of the Creators. She thanked them for sparing her life, so that she could seek justice for Tamlen. Afterwards, Kalin had beseeched each of the Creators to help her on her mission. Most importantly, she sent a prayer to Falon'Din – and had sent many since – asking him to take care of her friend and guide him safely to eternal rest. Mythal was called upon to protect the remainder of her clan as they travelled north to flee the Blight, and she prayed again for their safety when a number of them were called upon to fight. Andruil and Elgar'nan she asked to aid her in hunting down every last darkspawn and destroying them for what they had done to Tamlen and herself. That she had been led here in return suggested an unusual response to her plea. Perhaps they wished her to confront her true enemy, assuming that the Creators wanted to intervene. Her final prayer she devoted to Dirthamen, and it was one of those she held closest to her heart – that no one would ever discover how she had failed Tamlen and what had happened as a result. She couldn't bear the disappointment of her people added to the weight of her guilt.
Kalin wondered if the Creators had been conspiring to lead her to this place. She could shatter the mirror once and for all, so that it would harm no more. And then... she could finally ease the burden on her conscience? With the mirror gone, justice would have been done and she could hunt the rest of the darkspawn with a clear mind. Perhaps the time had also come to release her secret. Perhaps Dirthamen had led Velanna and Ariane to her – a reminder that she was not alone and she could confide in them.
That would come later. First, she had unfinished business with this mirror to resolve.
Casting a glance around, Kalin spotted a heavy sword that appeared to be darkspawn construction, perhaps belonging to one of the same darkspawn that Duncan had slain in this room. She hefted it into her hands, bracing her whole body to compensate for its weight. It seemed absurd that someone could use such an unwieldy weapon.
Kalin dragged the sword to the mirror, but she knew she couldn't lift it. There were no other weapons about – her bow and small daggers were no use here. The mirror mocked her. Even as a Warden, she couldn't hurt it.
With a wounded cry, Kalin smashed her fist through a large pane of the mirror's glass. It shattered beneath the blow, fragments raining down on the ground with a bittersweet ringing sound. Her knuckles wept from the impact, but it had a cathartic feel. Finally, the anger and sorrow could be released. She braced herself, and punched another shard of the glass. And then another. Not a single piece would she leave hanging in the frame. The glimmering shards would litter the ground, as harmless as droplets of rain.
"You've lost," she whispered.
Was Tamlen – wherever he was – watching her? Did he feel a small amount of consolation to see the evil mirror completely ruined? No, wait, there was still one more thing. Duncan had advised her clan to purge the cave with fire if they attempted to enter and recover some lost elven lore. She didn't believe that Keeper Marethari would have sent more Dalish in after knowing what happened there. Probably, the clan moved on immediately, but it was clear that others hadn't heeded Marethari's warnings, and had come investigating regardless. They probably hadn't cleansed this place with flame. That was the last thing that should be done before they left.
Kalin ventured up the surface tunnel quickly. She had seen mages cast a spell that combined grease and fire to create an unstoppable flame that consumed all it touched. Hopefully, Finn had learned such spells and could purge the cave more quickly than if she were to bring wood and manually start a fire.
Infused with a sense of purpose, she sprinted up the tunnel to meet her companions. The sharp light of day pinched her eyes, but Kalin ignored it and hurried over to them. Her dog whined as he noticed the blood on her hand, and sniffed at it in concern.
"Maker's breath!" Finn exclaimed. "What happened to your hand?"
"Nothing," she replied, shoving it behind her back. That was irrelevant now, when the issue of burning the cave had to take priority. "I need you to use a grease fire spell to purge the cave of the taint."
"You want me to go back in there, alone?" he asked apprehensively.
Kalin had hoped to avoid returning again, but if it got the job done. "Fine, I'll go with you."
"No, no," Ariane protested. "You need that wound cleaned up. How about I take care of that, and your trusty mutt goes with Finn?"
The mabari barked in indignation at being referred to as a 'mutt', but happily trotted off towards the cave. The mage looked reasonably satisfied, and went to follow his guardian.
Now alone, Ariane produced a pouch of herbs and pulled Kalin over to join her on a fallen log. The other Dalish silently began cleaning the wound. It hurt, but Kalin ignored it. She had suffered far worse injuries in her travels than a scrape on her hand. She had been shot in Ostagar, almost killed by Ser Cauthrien in Denerim, enthralled by a sloth demon, almost blown up with the Archdemon, and most recently, used as a test subject by the Architect. Compared to everything else, the cut on her hand was practically a treat.
"There's glass in this wound," Ariane noted. When Kalin didn't reply, she continued. "Did something happen with the mirror? Was it still working?"
"I don't know. I had to make sure. That's why Finn is purging the cave now."
"Why didn't you smash it with a rock?" the other Dalish asked, her treatment slow and methodical. Kalin turned to watch her.
"I wasn't thinking," she said, frowning. "Be careful, my blood carries the taint."
Ariane paused and considered her. "If you can carry the taint and live, why did the other elves in the cave turn into ghouls? Does being a Grey Warden make you immune?"
"More like being immune makes you a Grey Warden," she gave a humourless laugh. "Although I would have still died without Duncan's intervention, because it's more complicated than it seems. Warden blood isn't the same as a darkspawn's, but it is tainted by it. If you aren't immune naturally, you cannot be a Warden."
"Almost like surviving a disease."
"Only we don't survive," Kalin said, quirking her lips at Ariane's confusion. "Becoming a Grey Warden is a death sentence. The same thing that ensures our immunity is what will kill us in the end."
"So it's only temporary. And becoming a Grey Warden wouldn't have saved your friend Tamlen."
Kalin stiffened at the swerve in the conversation. Suddenly she wanted Finn and her dog to return and provide a source of distraction. The mage could bicker with Ariane whilst Kalin retreated into her thoughts. Actually, she would rather have Zevran. Everything seemed more satisfying when viewing it through a pleasurable haze. And she felt alive again when she was with him. Maybe she should go to Antiva, instead of her intended foray into the Deep Roads with the Legion. But for how long? Wardens were not supposed to live a normal life, and she had sworn to Tamlen that she would slay every last darkspawn, or as close to that as possible.
"Maybe he didn't become a ghoul?" Ariane offered, finishing off her treatment of the wound. The mage would knit the flesh together when he returned. "Maybe Tamlen died from the mirror, and his body disappeared."
Kalin shook her head. "He did become a ghoul. I saw him."
She stared at the mouth of the cave. "Keeper Marethari believed Duncan when he said that Tamlen was dead, and we would not find him. I didn't, because he was a shemlen, and what did they know?" Kalin snorted quietly. "I returned to the cave – with the Keeper's permission – and searched everywhere for him. Duncan tried to convince me again that I would find nothing. This time he convinced Merrill and Fenarel too. I ignored them all, and kept looking. There wasn't an inch of that ruined cave I didn't search, but I didn't find him. I concluded that Duncan must be right, and the darkspawn came for his body after I was rescued."
Ariane reached her hand out and closed it over Kalin's healthy one. Her voice was soft and gentle. "I'm sorry."
"No, you don't understand," Kalin said tersely. "I should have looked harder. Tamlen wasn't there because the darkspawn took him, but he wasn't any deader than I had been. The difference was that the taint changed me into a Warden, and it turned him into a ghoul."
"How can you be so sure unless..." Ariane's eyes widened. "You saw him? But how? Everyone said he was dead and his body wasn't recovered."
Kalin closed her eyes, remembering the evening in camp, years ago. Alistair had mixed up some unbelievably dull stew. Leliana had tried to improve it with some herbs she had picked up in the Brecillian forest – only after Kalin had discarded the ones that were actually poisonous. She suspected that either Morrigan or Zevran collected the discarded poisonous herbs later. Kalin had been stretched out near the fire, slightly nauseous after being allowed a sample of Oghren's ale. Zevran had been trying to cure her with some ribald story that only made her feel worse. There had been nothing to suggest the evening would be different to any other.
Their first mistake had been that both she and Alistair had been asleep. No one conscious would have been able to sense shrieks except for Wardens, and their other allies could only rely on sight to warn of darkspawn attacks. It was a gift from the Creators that Wynne had been with them, her healing spells saving those that were hurt in the ambush.
After the frenzied fight, Kalin had noticed a shriek that had hung back. It seemed different, more like a person, and with fear, revulsion and shock she realised that she knew it. Or rather, him.
As Kalin had called out his name in shock, Tamlen had fled back towards the forest. She warned her suspicious and concerned friends not to harm him, before taking off after him. They observed from a distance as she approached.
Tamlen had been a wreck; his skin was a mottled grey, corrupted by the taint, his eyes were yellow and sickly, his hair had fallen out, his voice rasping, and he hunched over as though in pain. Kalin had reached out to him, but he recoiled. He warned her that he couldn't stop the change; that the Archdemon was calling to him, and that he was pulled to kill her. She tried to convince him that she could find a cure for the taint, but he didn't believe it. It wasn't as though she believed it possible herself. In the last bit of coherency he could manage, he told her that he loved her. That he always had.
"Tamlen begged me to end his life," she said softly. "So I did. He closed his eyes, sinking onto the ground. I took my knife and slit it quickly and painlessly as I could across his throat. Then I held him in my arms and waited for him to die."
Ariane stared in shocked silence, her brow pinched. "Maybe... maybe it was for the best. There wasn't anything you could have done to help."
"We buried him," Kalin continued, only half-aware of Ariane's presence. "It wasn't a proper Dalish burial, but he was safe beneath the roots of a tree, as he should be. All the proper rites were already performed for him anyway, when the Keeper declared him dead. I said the prayer to Falon'Din, and then we moved on almost immediately."
"I'm so sorry," Ariane breathed. "Didn't your clan know about this?"
She shook her head. "It was too painful, I couldn't do it. Other than those who were with me at the time, no one else knows about it. I'd prefer my clan to believe Tamlen's fate was as quick and painless as possible. He wouldn't want them to suffer, knowing the truth."
"Then thank you for trusting me with this."
Kalin bit down on her lip, trying to keep her face from wavering, but her strength broke. A tear slipped from one dark eye, sliding down her cheek. She didn't bother to wipe it away.
Ariane wrapped an arm around Kalin's shoulders, guiding her head to rest on the other elf's shoulders. She allowed her emotions to spill over as Ariane held her safely, comfortingly. It felt similar to when she and Tamlen had been children, and she had scratched herself on a stinging nettle. She had sobbed and sobbed, and he had held her hand, taking her to find an antiseptic leaf to rub on the wound. He had always been there to protect and support her, just as she had for him.
It had been a long time since she had wept like this; not since she had killed Tamlen.
Footsteps drew closer, but Ariane didn't move, so Kalin ignored it. A moment later, she felt the tough fur of her hound against her leg. She pulled back, still leaning against her companion, but now able to see the newcomers. The mabari slumped in front of her, resting his heavy head in her lap and staring up at her with plaintive eyes. She gave him a watery smile and patted his head.
"Did I... miss something?" Finn asked, brushing off his robes as he arrived. "What happened?"
"Weren't you paying attention before?" Ariane asked him pointedly. "You heard what happened in that cave, how that mirror tainted and killed her friend. Creators, don't humans have any empathy?"
"Oh! Of course," he said distractedly. "Uh, are you alright?"
Kalin nodded, getting to her feet and wiping her eyes. "Did you burn it all?"
"Yes. I had to use flint and tinder for the actual fire – not a big fan of destructive spells – but with the grease the whole place went up in moments." He cast a slightly disappointed glance back at the cave. "I hope we didn't accidentally destroy anything valuable. There could have been ancient knowledge in there."
"You're welcome to go back in and take a look," Ariane offered.
Finn gave her a wry look. "That's quite alright. The lights of Arlathan will be more than compensation enough. I should take care of that." He extended a hand, and a wave of healing magic spread to Kalin's cleaned wound, knitting the flesh back together. Once finished, she replaced her torn glove, wrapping a makeshift bandage around the tender skin first.
"Are you ready to go?" Ariane asked her.
"Yes." Kalin cast one last glance back at the cave mouth. A plume of thick smoke was flowing from it, the crackle of flame reaching their ears. Every last thing that the cave held – every trace of darkspawn taint and ancient magic – would be destroyed. No one else would be hurt by it. She didn't know what Morrigan intended to do with these mirrors, but when they found the next one, Kalin would make sure she destroyed that too. There was no telling the evil that they contained, corrupted by the sinister forces that had used them since the ancient elves fell.
She smiled at her followers, ushering them along the forest path. "I think I'll be fine now, thank you both. Tamlen would be glad that it's finished now, I think. People will be safe from it now, and the only shard of that mirror that remains is the one we have. Once that is destroyed, it will be over."
And then perhaps she could start afresh, before her time came to heed the earth's call, and join her old friend.


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Neo-Proudhonian Mutualism.—Between Contr'archy and Guarantism.—The Multiplication of Free Forces is the True Contr'un.
Friday, October 26, 2007
1919 Mutual Banking online
Henry Cohen published a number of editions of William Batchelder Greene's Mutual Banking in the 20th century. The pieces of that particular bibliographic puzzle have been hard to assemble. Thanks to archive.org, we have at least one more piece: a digital facsimile of the 1919 edition by The Reform League of Denver, Colo. It's available in a number of formats. Cohen's editions closely follow the 1870 edition, with notes and an introduction by Cohen.
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FXCM Intends to Vigorously Defend Lawsuit as Meritless
FXCM last week announced that a purported class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the company and certain of its officers and directors and three of the underwriters in the company's Initial Public Offering (IPO). The complaint alleges false or misleading statements in the IPO prospectus, and seeks unspecified damages on behalf of persons who purchased the company's Class A common stock.
The company stated that it strongly believes the case that was filed is completely without merit and that the company intends to vigorously defend itself against all of the allegations in the complaint.
Drew Niv, CEO of FXCM commented: It is a regrettable fact of public company life that even a temporary stock price decline often leads to class action litigation. FXCM will always defend itself against these types of meritless claims and I am confident this case will be dismissed.


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Originally posted on MetsZilla | Last updated 1/12/13
According to Marc Craig of Newsday, the New York Mets are once again interested in Arizona Diamondbacks slugger, Justin Upton, though sources believe it's a long shot: In a post to Newsday, Craig writes: "The Mets have revived discussions of a trade for the Diamondbacks' Justin Upton, two people with knowledge of the situation said Friday. However, doubts linger about whether the Mets are willing to deal enough prospects to meet the asking price for the 25-year-old rightfielder. …The Mets boast several young pitchers who could be included in a trade, but top-tier arms Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler have been considered untouchable in trade talks this offseason, and the team has offered no indications that has changed. One rival executive believes the Mets should explore dangling infielder Wilmer Flores, who some talent evaluators believe ultimately will play third base or first base. With the Mets, Flores and his promising bat likely would be blocked by David Wright and Ike Davis." Meanwhile, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, NY is still interested in bringing back Scott Hairston, but only as a fall back option: Since the trade of National League Cy-Young winner R.A. Dickey, the Mets off-season has been, well, pretty boring. However, rumors circulating a possible trade of Justin Upton would certainly spike things up. While I agree with Craig, a deal is probably a long-shot, it is nice to hear the Mets have entered the conversation. Upton, to me, is a franchise player that would fit great in the middle of the lineup with David Wright and Ike Davis. Acquiring the 25-year-old outfielder would go a long way towards boosting my confidence in the upcoming season. Only time will tell how serious these discussions are between the two clubs but this is the first bit of news that I am happy to be writing about. *NOTE- Earlier in the week, the Diamondbacks and the Mariners agreed to a deal that would have sent Justin Upton to Seattle, but the two-time All-Star rejected the proposed deal, major league sources told Fox Sports. According to Fox Sports: "The Mariners are one of four clubs on Upton's no-trade list. …(Upton) has been the subject of repeated trade discussions almost since the moment that Kevin Towers became the Arizona GM in the fall of 2010. Both the Rangers and Braves have pursued Upton this offseason, sources say, and other teams also have checked in."
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Creature Log
This is a place where the numerous aliens, demons, monsters and other unsettling or unearthly oddities I use in my work will be documented in a hopefully engaging fashion, so that if you see one, you will know that the universe has finally become a madhouse. Oh wait...
The Timeworms know because they find the doors. They swim and squirm and float like cataracts through the many levels of spacetime, consumed by destructive secrets they are not allowed to tell without inflicting madness in the process.
Described as clusters of thin faintly luminous white worms that drift together through the air, giggling and shrieking like giddy children, the Timeworms are thought to possess knowledge of the past as well as the future and perhaps timelines from other universes entirely, which they seem obsessed with telling to those living on the physical plane, especially humans, curious by nature.
Encounters with Timeworms are hard to distinguish from ordinary cases of mental illness, but the afflicted will occasionally be coherent enough to share bits and pieces of what they heard from the tormenting travelers, not enough to enlighten; just enough to unnerve and confuse the recipients of this overloading alien intellect.
They are the only known beings that can accomplish time travel through a material world without being stopped in their tracks by the laws of physics, and only because they can have no effect on the realities they end up in, aside from than the secrets they share. Secrets that almost always cause the listener to lapse into insanity or wordless catatonia, perhaps to preserve some universal law that forbids any mortal being from affecting reality in ways other than intended.
Timeworms are also best described as mischievous, almost playful in their insistence. No decipherable words have been heard spoken by them, but they seem to politely demand that the listener pay attention.
When one reaches out to touch these creatures, they seem only half solid. One can feel a quick slithering coolness where they swim through the air but cannot grab hold of their thin bodies or harm them in any way. And vice versa.
The few that encounter Timeworms have their awareness expanded by universal understanding beyond the scale of human thought process, awareness that swiftly becomes to much for them. It could even be possible that the truths we could gain from them are not truths at all, at least in our world.
And after the mad potential prophets are carted away to their local mental institute, the gossipy abominations depart thereafter, as though a mission has been fulfilled.
If by any chance someone does not go mad from knowing what is not meant to be known, they have a tendency to disappear without a trace. Taken? Dead? Perhaps that too is a secret not worth telling.


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Shaman's mountain
Hi all,
This tank is an experiment:) I am going to use mineralized topsoil as a substrate - just plain topsoil, without gravel on top.
Hardscape - seiryu stones
Tank size is 16"x12"x10" (40x30x25cm)
I will plant it with in vitro HC - it's gonna be dry start method
For lightnig i will use this LED http://dx.com/p/30w-2400lm-led-emitt...-16v-18v-39959
Now waiting LED to arrive, and then i am going to plant it - this lihgt i currently have is too weak:redface:
looks really cool!
Woah, awesome scape, I don't even think you need those two larger stones on the left side, they kind of throw off the scale of the monumental thing you have going for the main grouping of stones o the right.
I would just plant where you have those stones.
Nice hardscape
cool hardscape! Is the idea to let the plants grow in enough prior to flooding that the plants contain the soil?
yeah nice hardscape, but like itr was said before the big rock pointing up in the front kind of throws off the perspective of your gorgeous montain. maybe if you replaced it with a much smaller jagged rock it would look better? just my opinion, yanno? you could have a small rock as an accent and complimenting the big mountain. that is some nice piece of rock you have there in the back.
As long as you let it dry start for a couple weeks at least, you shouldn't have issues with the soil. I do dirty tanks without caps all the time (usually for picos). Even when I don't dry start them, as long as you do regular water changes until they are clear, they'll stay clear. Looking good so far.
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wow your rock formations are really well done - great job
I like the rock on the left. It gives it depth. Nice hard scape
Excellent scape. Great start.
Wow - really pretty! Can't wait to see it filled in!
that is going to be very cool!
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While this is a pretty solid post it overlooks that the assets in this case are long ranged deferred. By quite a lot. LA already got everything they wanted out of the deal, got the ultimate prize, a SC and with Penner playing a reasonable part in that.
In terms of assets you can't just look at who will be better. The deferred factor should also be considered. Like it would in any asset mix trade. To wit whats better a mid earning asset that is earning every year or one that doesn't even start to accrue until 6-7yrs after the trade, if that. Really, how many people would pick the asset that starts earning in maybe 7yrs? Hell people don't even lock in for 7years on investment products and that's with annual accrual.
At this point what we know is LA won this bigtime in a lol transaction that got them the holy grail and didn't even cost a roster player. Not to mention the huge financial benefit there is to an org for winning the cup. Which does great things to even lukewarm markets. Kings already cashed in their chips and hit the jackpot. Klefbom needs to be a way better asset then Penner for us to even talk about this deal being close to even. Due to the long range deferred benefit. There is a cost in that. We're seeing that nature of cost every game, every year, in what is a sad sack lineup. That could probably use Penners size and intangibles.
Oilers needed immediate help when they made the deal. Not long range deferred assets.
WE don't need more draft picks. We didn't then either.
You're not looking at the deal in context. It's not so easy to say that Penner was an NHL player who played a small part in the Kings run so it's an automatic loss for the Oilers. The fact of the matter is that the Oilers were a team that was clearly looking to get younger and Penner was becoming a depreciating asset. His play was becoming more and more apathetic by the game probably due to the frustration of playing for a losing team so Tambellini got value for him while he could and another big factor is that he was likely going to walk after the next season with an eye for California so Tambo sold him at the highest value that he could. Rebuilding teams make these type of moves all the time so it's not exclusive to the Oilers. It's actually one of the few smart moves that he made in his tenure.
Now, if you want to say that this was a win for L.A., i agree with that because they got exactly what they wanted out of the deal and really didn't have as much a need for prospects and draft picks. They were looking for a short term solution and it worked out for them.
Conversely, the Oilers needed draft picks and prospects considering what state they were in and less veterans who quite frankly, didn't seem to have much interest playing for a team that was going nowhere anytime soon so they were looking for a long term solution which has yet to bear fruit.
I just take issue with those who say that the Oilers lost this deal. It's easy to say that without looking at context but the reality is that it is yet to be determined how the Oilers made out in the deal until we see what type of impact player Klefbom turns out to be or not.
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These PMO staffers include Chris Woodcock, director of issues management – a job that handles hot political files – as well as legal adviser Benjamin Perrin and David van Hemmen, Mr. Wright's executive assistant. These three ultimately owed their jobs to Mr. Wright, who as chief of staff would have decided who was hired, promoted or fired in such senior PMO positions.
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2014 'Blood Driver' Starts Today
Today we'll set up shop for the week at United Blood Services as the 2014 Blood Driver gets underway.
Today we'll set up shop for the week at United Blood Services as the 2014 Blood Driver gets underway.
We are only ten days away from the 2014 FMX and UBS 9th annual Blood Driver.
It's the last day of "Rock is in my Blood" 2013. Take a little time out and give the gift of life today.
Need a few reasons why you should take the time and donate Blood? Well, you could save a premature baby or someone who's been in an accident.
The 10th "Rock is in my Blood" blood drive is underway, and if you couldn't make it by today; you still have five more days to roll up your sleeve and give blood.
Your chance to be a hero this week begins today when the 10th Annual "Rock is in my Blood" kicks off at 48th/University.
The hours of operation have been set for the 2013 FMX "Rock is in My Blood" promotion.
The past five days, I have had the opportunity to meet some awesome people who came through the doors at United Blood Services during the annual Blood Driver event to donate.
As we head into day number five of the FMX Blood Driver, I am happy to say there has been a steady stream of awesome people taking time out of their busy schedules to help United Blood Services out by donating blood.
Every day local hospitals need between 110 to 140 units of blood to meet the needs of patients for various reason ranging from accidents to surgeries. Unfortunately, this time of year donations decrease because people get busy getting back into the school and work groove after the holidays and because of wide spread illnesses like the flu. However, the need for blood does not decrease.
As we head into day number three of the annual Blood Driver event, I would like to encourage everyone reading this to grab a few friends, a few coworker's, or even family members and head over to United Blood Services.
Unfortunately, the blood supply at the United Blood Service has hit the critical level; luckily this week we're doing the 8th annual Blood Driver, where you can help out.


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Pope Benedict said on Monday he will resign on Feb. 28 because he no longer has the strength to fulfill the duties of his office, becoming the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to take such a step.
The 85-year-old pope said he had noticed that his strength had deteriorated over recent months "to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me."
"For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter," he said according to a statement from the Vatican.
A Vatican spokesman said the pontiff would step down from 7 p.m. GMT (2 p.m. EST) on Feb. 28, leaving the office vacant until a successor is chosen.
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This is an accurate, reasonable headline. Israel wants to prevent Gaza from suffering a humanitarian crisis and thus makes sure Gaza has enough food.
But here's what the headline looked last night, thanks to Avi Mayer for screengrabbing it for us. Click to zoom in:
That's the headline that the HP wants to publish, where evil evil Israel is forcing the poor Gazans to starve to death, even though it's not the truth. In fact all you needed to do was read the first line of the article to realize the reality was a complete opposite from what the headline said. Only after pro-Israel tweeter Avi Mayer called them out on this blatant lie did they change.
Is there any remaining doubt that the Huffington Post is far more interested in demonizing Israel and Jews than reporting the truth? And yes their readership immediately jumped upon it:
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Trained dogs used by officials are the result of a patient dog handler. This could be you.
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Dog handlers are used by the police, army, RAF, search and rescue organisations, HMRC, the fire service and private security.
Depending on where you're working with dogs, responsibilities will vary.
With the police, service dogs are used for tracking missing people, controlling crowds, searching for drugs or explosives, chasing armed criminals, guarding prisoners, searching for human remains and searching for stolen property.
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The security sector regularly use dogs to patrol and guard property and construction sites as well as providing security at events.
A love for dogs is an absolute must. You will be working as part of a bigger team so being a team player is important as well as being a good communicator. In some cases you may have to talk to the public as part of your job and you may have to write reports on incidents that take place.
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Depending on the organisation you want to work for, they will have individual requirements that you will need to meet. For example, before becoming a police dog handler, you will need three years' experience of police work.
Generally experience in a similar role is required before proceeding to working with dogs, however when you start working as a dog handler you will receive training from your employer.
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This series of photographs, to me, is one of the basest examples of propaganda I've ever seen. There's no logical reason for a photograph like this—it contains no information, but merely reduces the entire argument over the war to base emotions. And, as we all have learned over time, information transmitted by raw emotion can only be referred to as one word:—Propaganda!
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Can't really understand the layout of the offices where the woman in pink works/hides.
The comments say the first cop up fired a shot when he was startled by the civilians emerging from that hall. Can't tell from the video, but it's a good reminder not to rush toward police in a tense situation. Also, look at how long the woman in pink stays in view on the other side of that glass door. If the shooter had emerged from that hallway even a second or two earlier, she'd have been in trouble.
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that was pretty interesting about 5 months ago when it was news. they are supposed to be available in the US soon.
there still aren't any around me. FML. Its just such an inconvenience when you need to buy gold at like 2 am.
it seems like we are going back into the depression/war times. when metal was worth more than cash.
metals that can be made into weapons. something more useful in those times.
Someone would just jack the entire machine if that existed here. Plus, what do you do at 7-11, pay in gold for your 6 pack?


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Seymour de Winter waited in the shadows, counting his breaths. The cumbersome food trolley sat, empty and abandoned, around a corner. He hoped that no one would happen upon it and become suspicious, but that was out of his control now. Actually, there were quite a few things that seemed to be out of his control at present, including his mounting anxiety.
That was why he was counting his breaths.
The Aechyed closed his eyes and pressed his fingertips against his temples. He could hear the trundling approach of the corpse-cart, its crude wheels rattling on the uneven stone floor of the passageway, and he itched to spring forth and get it over with. But he knew mustn't give the guard or the slave time enough to raise the alarm.
He had to wait.
He wondered, for perhaps the five hundredth time in the past two hours, why in the name of Rezyn he had agreed to do this. He was a detective, not a mercenary, he had said so himself. Whatever that meant—the word 'mercenary' hadn't been the expression that he had been looking for, but he couldn't find an adequate replacement. Not that it mattered.
In fact, it probably never had mattered what he was. Something more than coincidence had sent the mages his way. Perhaps this something had been his name, whispered into Alasdair MacQuarrie's ear as he slept; perhaps it had been an even subtler hint. Whatever the case, it had been Moriba that had locked that intent in his head. And she must have known that Seymour would have to accept the offer. He had been so desperate.
So very desperate.
He hadn't had a choice, really. His body had been wasting away from lack of food; his mind had been starving for want of adventure.
A thought occurred to him then, a question so unnerving, it made his skin prickle.
Certainly, Moriba had used his desperation to force him, unwittingly, into this escapade. But what if she had done more than that? What if she was the reason why no one had come to him with a case in four months? What if she was the reason why rats had invaded his cupboard and eaten all his stored food? What if she had also triggered his alcoholism, encouraged his bad spending habits, coerced him into gambling away the money he had been saving for years?
Perhaps she had even caused the Blood Plague. Killed his friends. His family. Raif.
All so that, when the time came, she could make him do her dirty work.
Now that he thought about it, he had been offered no proof that what he was doing was right. Two Ancients telling him some sort of gibberish about the Six. That they would save the world from an unnamed Parasite.
Indeed, the Parasite had manifested inside his own head a short while ago, and it had struck him as an unsavory character. Unsavory, but weak. Seymour didn't believe for a second that it could turn back time to shape the world to its liking. The Ancients didn't think it could, either, but according to them, it would bring about the end of time in the process.
It hadn't seemed powerful enough to do that, either.
Surely the Ancients knew this was so. They had ruined his life, lied to him. They were using him. For what purpose, he didn't know, but he doubted that it would be to his benefit.
He'd been so stupid. So trusting. So naïve.
That was it, then. He'd leave. Just get out of this place. Take matters into his own hands. Whether it resulted in good or ill was of little consequence--at least the decision would be his own. He wouldn't let the Lady Raven manipulate him any longer.
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This cottage overlooks one of the most beautiful beaches in the world - so lovely, in fact, that the Queen is expected there for a picnic any day now as part of her current Hebridean cruising holiday. The building was rescued and restored from a rat-infested ruin, and is now run by Tim and Patricia Martin, who have turned it into an extremely comfortable small hotel with five bedrooms and two cottages in an annexe at the back of the building.
The rooms are small but well thought out with a mixture of antique and modern bits, really comfortable beds and terrific bathrooms with plenty of good products and nice fat towels. This is because the Martins run the house very much on country house lines; guests are encouraged to slump on the squashy sofas in the library with its piles of magazines and brilliant stock of books that includes all the latest bestsellers. Tim is the chef, and you can spot him from time to time in the herb garden or taking delivery of something fresh and yummy. They source pretty much everything locally and dinner in the pretty, low-ceilinged dining room is one sitting for everybody with a set menu, although obviously if you have special dietary requirements they'll sort you out. Tim is a really excellent cook, and you can see this place giving the Three Chimneys on Skye a serious run for its money.
We walked for 40 minutes on the beach, only got about a third of the way along it and met precisely four people. And Harris has the most beautiful medieval church at Rode.
What we liked: The delicious food - homemade bread and rolls for breakfast, gorgeous seafood and island lamb for dinner - and sitting outside on the lawn afterwards looking across the beach and the sea. Plus, they welcome dogs.
What we didn't like: Not the place for the anti-social who might not want to chat to other guests over drinks before dinner.
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Clifford Chance is celebrating what it considers to be a significant breakthrough in the profile of its US litigation practice, with the appointment of partner Wendy Wysong as special compliance officer (SCO) for military contractor Xe Services.
The appointment, known as a monitorship, is seen as significant because the client, formerly known as Blackwater, is so high-profile.
"It effectively gives us the US state department 'seal of approval'," said one Clifford Chance partner.
On 18 August 2010, Xe agreed to pay $42m to settle charges that it committed 288 violations of the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations while providing services in support of US government programmes and military operations abroad between 2003 and 2009.
Xe appointed Wysong as the external SCO for three years as part of its continuing remedial measures.
As a Clifford Chance partner, Wysong will be independent of Xe and report her findings directly to the US Department of State.
"These monitorships are much sought after appointments," said Clifford Chance's global head of litigation Jeremy Sandelson. "We beat some very big names to get this."
Sandelson added that the appointment would give Clifford Chance more credibility and precedent for being appointed as monitors in other cases, such as major Foreign Corrupt Practices Act corruption cases.


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