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Clinical trials, however, are performed in carefully selected subjects and their results are not always applicable to the general population. Large-scale registries or surveys, on the other hand, capture data from a much more heterogeneous population and are closer to everyday clinical practice (although the applicability of the sample may be a concern).
Now, the European CRT Survey suggests that CRT does indeed reduce rates of death and re-hospitalisation among heart failure patients. Indeed, at one-year follow-up most patients who had received a CRT device considered their symptoms were better than their pre-implant assessment.
The survey - a joint initiative of the Heart Failure Association and European Heart Rhythm Association of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) - gathered information on more than 2000 patients at 141 centres in 13 European countries. Its aim was to assess the effect of CRT on symptom severity, cardiovascular re-hospitalisation, and survival. The study population included subjects poorly represented in clinical trials but commonly admitted as heart failure patients - including the very elderly, those with atrial fibrillation, and those previously treated with a pacemaker or other cardiac device.
Analysis of the survey data showed that at, one year (average) follow-up, 81 percent reported a self-assessed improvement in their symptoms (with 16 percent no change and 4 percent a deterioration).
The survey also found that almost 25 percent of the subjects had died or been re-hospitalised within the 12-month follow-up period. This poor outcome (whose rate is consistent with that found in clinical trials - was directly associated with the diagnostic severity of the heart failure, the pre-existence of atrial fibrillation (or other heart disease), and the type of resynchronisation cardiac device implanted. Patients implanted with a pacing device only (CRT-P) had higher rates of mortality than those whose device had an additional defibrillator (CRT-D).
First author Doctor Nigussie Bogale from Stavanger University Hospital in Norway said: "This is the largest study reporting a difference in outcome between CRT-D and CRT-P. Most patients with an indication for CRT have also an indication for a defibrillator. So unless they have contraindicating co-morbidities, it is now our belief that these patients should be considered for CRT-D implantation."
The use of advanced CRT devices has gained increasing acceptance in recent years and they are now being implanted on a large scale as an adjunct to conventional drug treatment. Indeed, some reports have described the two types of devices (CRT-P and CRT-D) as a revolution in heart failure. One important study cited in the most recent guidelines on heart failure suggested implantation of an ICD was associated with a 23 percent reduction in all-cause mortality.
One study reporting in 2009 found that throughout 15 European countries the number of CRT implantations increased substantially, from 46/million in 2004 to 99/million in 2008, an increase of 115 percent. This was mainly explained by an increase in use of CRT-D devices. One study cited by many recent guidelines (MADIT-CRT) found that CRT-D decreased the risk of heart-failure events even in relatively asymptomatic patients (with a 34 percent reduction in the risk of all-cause mortality or heart failure). This European CRT Survey now suggests that benefits of this nature - in both symptoms and survival - can be replicated in routine everyday practice. However, despite the benefits and the recommendations, other studies show there is still a wide gap between those who meet the criteria for CRT and those who actually have a device implanted.
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You have less social influence this year than last. Stops you in your tracks doesn't it? Can you prove me wrong?
Creating measurement points is crucial to being able to track long term growth. "I'm just getting started," you say, but there is no better time than the beginning to take some benchmark numbers!
Each area of your social campaign has some type of number associated with it. While it is infinitely hard to quantify REAL QUALITY relationships, when you put enough metrics together, it usually runs parallel and is an excellent indicator.
- Number of current followers
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- Average Number of RTs and Mentions received daily over last 10 days (if you hold a conversation, count it as one, not ten!)
- Number of #FF or #FollowFriday recommendations you received in the last week
- Number of times your brand or business or website or other keyword was mentioned in the last 7 or 10 days.
- Number of Friends on your profile
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- Number of tags you left for others to something of REAL value to them, not just your advertising, in the last 7 days.
- Number of comments you left on others walls, non-spam, connecting with them, in the last 7 days.
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Email Campaigns
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In the last 10 or 30 days, averages per day
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- Time spent on site
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All of my tracking from Google Analytics is relative to the last 10 days. It may be skewed by the holidays, but I'm going to just ignore that as it will be lost in long term averages in a few months.
This is the image of my visitors overview, with my traffic pie-section laid over the top of it.
Visitors: 296/10 = 29.6 unique visitors per day
Page Views: 927/10 = 92.7 page views per day
Avg Page Views Per Visitor = 2.42
Avg Time on Site: 3:10
Bounce Rate: 73.92%
New Visits: 66.83%
Below is the breakdown of where my traffic came from, it breaks down the pie-graph from above:
This is a list of the top keywords that my page is being listed for. Its very powerful for me to see which keywords are getting me the most traffic!
Percent Traffic From Search Engines: 37.16%
Its important to note two things here:
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- Though my facebook and ning community volume are to be expected, the referral traffic from katiefreiling.com is a surprise!
Next, we have a list of search terms that are providing traffic to my site from search engines. I suppose the amusing thing to note from this image is that my live feed post is drawing a lot of search engine traffic!
Finally, a list of where majority of my page traffic is happening at. This shows me my most hit pages, and the average duration a visitor spends on that page. It also shows me the percent of the time that upon reading the page, they leave the blog. Notice how much traffic my /about/ page is drawing, that's a serious red-flag that I need to get my act together and finish that page! I'm losing traffic to an incomplete page! See what I wouldn't have realized without this information?
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When I ran for office, I made a promise to Kentucky that I would always read the bills. So last week in the Senate when regulation of the chemical industry came up for a rushed vote, I told my colleagues, "Give me time to read what's in it before I vote on behalf of the people I represent."
Any Kentuckian who is fed up with the federal government's regulatory overreach will be glad that I did.
I spent the past week reading this bill, a sweeping federal takeover of chemical regulations, and I am now more worried than I was before I read it.
First and foremost, this bill gives more power to the Environmental Protection Agency. As a Kentuckian, I can't in good conscience vote for a bill that makes the EPA stronger.
This bill, which is a dangerous preemption of state laws, gives the EPA the power to decide at some later date how and to what extent to regulate the chemical industry at the federal level. In fact, more than 100 times the bill leaves discretionary authority to the EPA to make decisions or create new rules.
I always thought that we needed more balance, not less, in deciding on new regulations. I always thought that we should balance the environment and the economy. Instead of balancing the economic effects and the environmental effects, this bill explicitly says that the economic impact of regulations is only considered after the EPA has decided to regulate.
I've always wondered, when businesses get together and seek federal regulation, have they not paid any attention to what has been going on in Washington? Are they unaware of the devastating explosion of federal regulations?
The Obama-Clinton War on Coal largely came from regulations that were extensions of seemingly bland well-intended laws from the 1970s.
As such, the supporters of this bill should have to come to Kentucky and meet the sixteen thousand people the current EPA put out of work and ask them what they think of Hillary Clinton's plan to continue putting coal miners out of business. They should have to come to Kentucky, look our coal miners in the face, and tell them, "This bill increases the power of the same federal agency destroying your industry."
The regulations that are crippling and destroying our jobs in Kentucky were not passed by Congress. These job-killing regulations are monsters that emerged from the toxic swamp of big government bureaucrats at the EPA.
Laws like the Clean Water Act were well intended – legislating that you can't discharge pollutants into a navigable stream. I'm for that. But somehow the courts and the bureaucrats came to decide that dirt was a pollutant and your backyard just might have a "nexus" to a puddle, which has a nexus to a ditch, which was frequented by a migratory bird, that might have flown from the ditch to the Great Lakes. Today, the EPA can now jail you for putting dirt on your own land.
Reading this bill leads me to wonder if the federal takeover of chemical regulations will eventually morph into a war on chemical companies similar to what happened to the coal industry. I don't know, but for the sake of Kentucky and our autonomy, it concerns me enough to examine this bill closely.
Anytime we are told that everyone is for something, anytime we are told that we should stand aside and not challenge the status quo, I become suspicious that it is precisely the time someone needs to look very closely at what is happening.
How can it be that the very businesses who face the threat of overregulation support the federalization of regulations? I'm sure they are sincere. They want uniformity and predictability, which are admirable desires. They don't want the national standard of regulations to devolve to the worst standard of regulation.
Instead of passing more regulations, what could chemical companies do to fight overzealous regulatory states? What they already do, move to friendly states. If California inappropriately regulates your chemicals, charge them more and by all means move! We'd love to have your business in Kentucky.
What these businesses, who favor federalization of regulations, fail to understand is that the history of federal regulations is a dismal one. Well-intended, limited regulations morph into ill-willed, expansive and intrusive regulations. What these businesses fail to grasp is that while states like California and Vermont may pass burdensome, expensive regulations, other states like Texas and Tennessee and Kentucky are relative havens for business growth.
When businesses plead for federal regulations to supersede the ill-conceived regulations of California and Vermont, they fail to understand that once regulations are centralized, the history of regulations in Washington is only to grow.
Just look at the food industry. Food distributors clamored for federal regulations on labeling. Restaurants advocated for menu standards. And now that we have federal menu standards, we also have…. federal menu crimes. You can be imprisoned in America for posting the wrong calorie count on your menu!
Whether its regulations in the food industry, banking, healthcare, or the environment, does anyone remember ever seeing a limited, reasonable federal standard that stayed limited and reasonable?
No. Which is why I absolutely cannot grant any more power to the EPA. We should be voting to restrain the EPA, to make sure they balance regulation with jobs. We should be voting to pass the REINS act, which requires new regulations to be voted on by Congress before they become enforceable.
Instead this bill inevitably adds hundreds of new regulations. It pre-empts the Constitution's intentions for the federal government. It gives power to the very federal agency that has destroyed an entire industry.
So why isn't there more outrage? Why aren't people standing up for their states and defending them from the federal government's attempts to over-regulate?
Maybe they didn't read the bill.
But I did. And I stood up for Kentucky and opposed it.
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Washington, Feb 25 (ANI): An international team of scientists has confirmed the existence of an European Alps-like mountain range in Antarctica, which is buried under more than four kilometers (2.5 miles) of ice.
The team has also created a detailed picture of the rugged landscape that is suspected to have caused the massive East Antarctic Ice Sheet to form.
"Working cooperatively in some of the harshest conditions imaginable, all the while working in temperatures that averaged -30 degrees Celsius, our seven-nation team has produced detailed images of last unexplored mountain range on Earth," said Michael Studinger, of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, the co-leader of the U.S. portion of the Antarctica's Gamburstev Province (AGAP) project.
"As our two survey aircraft flew over the flat white ice sheet, the instrumentation revealed a remarkably rugged terrain with deeply etched valleys and very steep mountain peaks," he added.
According to geophysicist Fausto Ferraccioli, of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), who led the U.K. science team, the initial AGAP findings, while extremely exciting, also raise additional questions about the role of the Gamburtsevs in birthing the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, which extends over more than 10 million square kilometers atop the bedrock of Antarctica.
"We now know that not only are the mountains the size of the European Alps but they also have similar peaks and valleys," he said. "But this adds even more mystery about how the vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet formed," he added.
"If the ice sheet grew slowly, then we would expect to see the mountains eroded into a plateau shape. But, the presence of peaks and valleys could suggest that the ice sheet formed quickly. Our big challenge now is to dive into the data to get a better understanding of what happened millions of years ago," he added.
The AGAP survey area covered roughly 2 million square kilometers of the ice sheet.
The AGAP data will help scientists to determine the origin of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet and the Gamburtsevs' role in it.
It will also help them to understand the role the subglacial aquatic system plays in the dynamics of ice sheets, which will, in turn, help reduce scientific uncertainties in predictions of potential future sea level rise. (ANI)


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So the projection element works fine, albeit with one caveat as the effectiveness of the display is reduced if your windscreen is really dirty or you have managed to get fingerprints on the HUD projection screen, whichever one you are using. In bright light, both these types of dirt catch the sun and interfere with visibility. If you keep all the surfaces clean, though, this isn't an issue, and it isn't an issue if the lighting is not intense and direct. In the dark, the HUD display is supreme.
The details projected don't include the whole map from your smartphone app, however. Instead, you see the equivalent of the turn-by-turn view, plus your ETA, current speed and the speed limit.
Your next turning is illustrated, but there is also lane assistance, showing you which carriageway to be in at a complex junction. There are icons notifying you of approaching speed cameras and traffic on your route, if your sat-nav software supports this and your subscription is current.
We tested the HUD with Garmin Streetpilot Western Europe. Initial pairing with our iPhone was a doddle, with the HUD display prompting us to pair the devices until we did this, which doesn't require any security code. We did occasionally have issues re-pairing the devices after the initial journey, but nothing that couldn't be surmounted by attempting pairing again.
There is no configuration required within the navigation software. Once you have set up the destination, and the sat-nav software has achieved a GPS lock to begin navigating, the commands will be sent to the HUD and the display will begin updating as you travel, counting down the distance to each turning as you approach.
Whether or not this is enough information for you is the key consideration here. If you're used to a regular 3D map-based sat-nav view, where you can see the turnings you're not taking as well as the ones you are, the turn-by-turn view supplied by the HUD might not make you confident that you are following the correct route.
The appeal of the Garmin HUD depends on a number of factors. Most importantly is how you like to be navigated. If a map view of your route as you travel is important to you, the HUD will leave you concerned that you are going the right way. But if you're happy to follow sat-nav directions as they come up, the HUD display is undeniably cool, albeit more so with the adhesive panel than the screen, which appears a little cluttered in comparison.
The HUD also turns a relatively inexpensive smartphone navigation app into a setup costing around the same as a premium standalone model. So this is more of a luxury addition than an essential purchase. If you're looking for a less intrusive navigation experience, so long as you have a compatible smartphone app, the Garmin HUD delivers technology you would normally have to buy an expensive premium car brand to obtain.
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I can understand why Garmin have done this, but it seems so silly to buy a piece of kit like this which is so proprietary. Garmin should have open sourced it!
I'm not a professional driver, and I find that a combination of google navigation and pocketgpsworld (for speed camera warnings) works fine for me. The former is free; the latter costs £20 per year, and my Android phone has no problem running both at the same time. An HUD which works with these apps would be cool, and I would be willing to pay for it, but I'm never going to buy something which ties me into only ever using Garmin's more expensive apps.
Does anyone know of any other solution which would work for me?
Unfortunately, Garmin hasn't looked beyond the end of its nose here. There is a very real risk that a vehicle will be broken into to steal it. So making it virtually a permanent fixture is not a good idea at all.
Theres LOTS of HUD programs on the smartphones app stores (Android and iphone)
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So you want to buy a Japanese stock, but you can't stand the idea of owning yen, a currency that's been crashing for months. Here are a few ideas for you.
Hedge your yen exposure but keep the stock. This allows you to own, say, Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed shares of Toshiba as if they were priced in dollars.
Let's say you buy $150,000 worth of Toshiba. You had to convert $150,000 into yen. The easiest way to lay off that exposure is to short the Chicago Mercantile Exchange futures contract.
How many contracts will you need? Get out your calculator.
March yen futures are trading at 10707 — that is, 1.0707 cents, or $0.010707. The spot rate is about the same, so you bought just over 14 million yen. One futures contract holds 12.5 million yen. For most people, that's close enough.
But if you're a stickler, you can fine-tune your hedge with CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust (FXY) ETF. Each share represents 10,000 yen, so you'd have to short 1,400 shares to hedge your 14 million yen.
That's a bit unwieldy. Commissions, broker loans, these things add up.
But if you're a stickler who needs an exact hedge of that 14 million yen, you might want to combine these two strategies.
Sell your single futures contract, which protects 12.5 million yen. Now just short 1.5 million yen worth of the ETF, which is only 150 shares.
Here's another idea: Pay someone else to do this for you. Look at WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity (DXJ) ETF. This fund invests in well-established big caps.
The top five holdings, which account for 22.6% of the portfolio, include Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MTU), Takeda Pharmaceutical, Canon (CAJ), Honda Motor (HMC) and Mitsui & Co. (MITSY) Four of these five trade as ADRs in the U.S., although Mitsui's OTC listing is almost dormant.
The WisdomTree ETF's top five sectors by weight are industrials (29.6%), consumer cyclicals (18.8%), health care (13.9%), basic materials (12.2%) and technology (11.1%).
The benefits are precise factoring out of the yen. Through this fund, you'd be the owner of Japanese stocks priced in dollars. Also, in one transaction, you'd own your piece of a basket of some of Japan's biggest companies.
But that latter point also is a drawback. There's nary a CAN SLIM-style growth stock in the bunch.


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Ordinarily, a helicopter ride is a wonderful experience. Ordinarily, the headphones block out some of the noise and the view is incredible.
Abby had no headphones. She covered her ears with her hands but the noise level was still intense. The only view she had was of three grim faces staring her down over three glinting gun barrels. She was also sitting in a tight space, leaning against Xander, whom she was not happy with at the moment. The trip felt much longer than the hour it was in reality.
Before they touched down the men covered their heads with black hoods. Maybe to prevent them from seeing anything sensitive, maybe to rush them straight to their executions. When they touched ground there was a commotion and they were bundled out of the helicopter only to be handcuffed by more men, the helicopter blades still whirring. Abby was jerked away by one guard, at least two others walking by her side. They entered a building, then a small room. They stopped. A door slid shut. The floor shifted and her stomach flopped. It was an elevator.
The elevator stopped and the doors opened. Wherever they were now, it was silent. It felt empty and expansive, their footsteps echoing across the floor. Abby was shuffled into a room and pushed into a wooden chair. Her captors left and closed the door.
There is no way to know how long she waited in the dark. She thought she had been forgotten. Dark is a word indivisible by three. The hood was scratchy around the ears and it smelled like it had been left in a drawer for fifty years. Would she be left in this room for fifty years?
The door slammed open and Abby jumped. Someone stumbled into the room, crashing into something and falling to the floor. The door shut and the person immediately scrambled towards her from the floor. Her hood was pulled off and there was a gentle hand on the side of her head. Abby blinked rapidly, eyes acclimating to the light.
Xander was kneeling next to her. He had a bruise on his cheekbone and a cut just above his eye. A rivulet of blood was dripping down the side of his pale face. No handcuffs on him. There was a black metal collar snapped around his neck.
"They didn't hurt you?" he asked, "You're okay?"
Abby nodded.
The door slowly opened, creaking in the silence. Footsteps approached, slow and deliberate, echoing in the large room outside the door. A man appeared, framed in the doorway, a man with strange, piercing brown eyes and a thin angular face. His hair was slicked down, parted to the side. He stared at Xander, hands crossed behind his back.
Xander stared back, his white face going even whiter. There was a silent moment before Xander recovered his composure. "So you accomplished your goal after all," he spat at him.
A bitter smile curled the edges of the man's mouth. "We still have things in common, I see," he spoke with a heavy accent, maybe German. "This life does not appeal to either one of us."
"You did this to yourself. Live with it."
The man laughed loudly, then stepped closer, eyeing Abby for the first time but still speaking to Xander. "I do not have to 'live with it' for any longer. I will reverse it, but I must find the right subject."
Xander was shaking with anger. "You are killing the best minds in the country to correct a mistake, a mistake I warned you of. If you're suffering because of it, you deserve it."
The man stared Xander in the eye. "I'm not the only one suffering," his voice was subdued. He contemplated Xander's face. "No, you wish to die as much as I do." Xander's eyes faltered and he stared at his hands, streaks of blood from touching his head. The man observed his hesitancy. "Are you not willing to make some sacrifices to end this? This endless empty existence. Everything good requires sacrifice."
Xander glanced up at Abby, his eyes dark. Eyes that had seen too much. "I can make any sacrifice needed of me. I can't sacrifice other people. It isn't my decision to make."
The man smiled, cruel and cold. "I see that you do not understand quite yet. You made that decision for these people a long time ago. Alexander, your brain is the one I needed. You knew this, and yet you ran. I could have reversed it. No one else would have had to die."
"You know why I ran."
"I know that these people are dead because of your weakness."
"Do it, then," Xander stood. "Reverse it now. Let Abigail go and any others you haven't murdered yet, and you can use me."
"Oh, I will be using you, but no one is leaving just yet. What would I use as leverage if your sweetheart goes home safe? Pardon," he addressed the guards outside the door, "Take the little girl to a holding cell in Deep Nine."
A burly man in an ill-fitting suit entered, and the black hood was shoved back over her head. He jerked her to her feet and dragged her to the door.
"Everything will be okay, I'll find you," Xander said just before she was pulled away.


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Rune had been unsettled ever since he'd attempted to visit the medical clinic. He hadn't gotten far, but the air of suspicion that was cast over the medical hallway had been nearly too much for his mind to bear.
What really goes on behind those clinic doors?
Rune wasn't entirely sure that he wanted to know.
And Trace. Trace had been acting strange lately. His words had grown colder, and his eyes had grown quieter. Even Morgance seemed to notice the change in the Force member's personality.
But no matter. It wasn't as though Rune cared about either Trace or Vinnia, anyways. He was too suspicious of them.
Come to think of it, Rune was suspicious even of himself. He wondered what really went on in the depths of his soul, and then he wondered by he was even wondering in the first place. Why should it matter? Why couldn't he just be happy being a Force pupil?
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In the end it was beaten by Italy with their last-gasp goal clinching a 2-0 win against Belgium.
On my previews I had several winners including Spain to win to nil and a 1-1 draw at Ireland v Sweden.
It was a good day for Jordan whose two goal tips on Ireland came up while Greg Browning had another late goal to thank for his over 1.5 goals double on the Ireland and Italy matches.
My fivefold that's been running from day one can be covered as I wait for Austria to beat Hungary.
I've posted separate previews of Tuesday's two games and quite fancy Portugal to beat Iceland and the Austrians. There are other markets I could look at but goals have been in short supply so far so taking the win double and adding Chile.
Argentina will rest players for their match with Bolivia having already won the group. Chile should Panama even though a win will take them through in second spot ahead of their opponents who must win.
The Chileans haven't been great, losing 2-1 to Argentina then staying alive with a 101st-minute penalty winner against Bolivia. Panama lost 5-0 to a Lionel Messi-inspired Argentina and I think they'll find Chile too hot to handle.
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Months flew by in bliss for the expecting couple. The child had awoken in them both a sweet affection that made them feel invincible. Meanwhile, the Alfar, a race which had previously been little more than a hindrance to Eirethstead, became a growing threat. Fear had no hold on the young king, but he knew that he would soon be forced into more serious action against these beings.
The peril came sooner than he had expected in the form of a late-night messenger. Gillireth had just fallen asleep, his hand resting on his wife's rather large protruding stomach, when a knock jerked him into awareness.
"Bloody hell, what is it?" he groaned.
A man's voice replied, "It's a soldier, sire. From the Eastern Fortress. He says the Alfar have amassed a formidable command against them and will attack in two days' time. About five-thousand of them, he says. And more expected to follow."
Gillireth felt a kiss on his hand in the dark. It had become Calysta's way of saying goodbye whenever he had to leave early in the morning for a skirmish. But this was no skirmish; this demanded many more troops, many more lives. "Gather the reserves!" the king yelled. "We leave at first light!"
The castle became a lonely, empty thing that reminded Calysta of her heart before she had allowed it to be inhabited. Most of the guards and some of the servants had been called into battle and had left with the brothers. Calysta found company in her ladies-in-waiting, and they helped her to pass the time, but anxiety had begun to dig its way back into her flesh as a relentless parasite.
Lengthy days passed and the baby kicked. The queen had to wonder if Gillireth would even be present for the birth. She was thankful at least that the women tending to her had been well-trained in midwifery upon learning of her pregnancy.
On a particularly dreary evening she sat in a small game room playing chess with one of her ladies while the other sat knitting.
"Seeing as we're alone at present, m'lady, may I ask you a question?" the knitting one asked.
"Of course you may," the queen said as she slid a pawn forward on the gameboard. She preferred to be fairly casual with her ladies-in-waiting.
"I cannot help but wonder about this birth. I can tell that you think the baby will be delivered in human form, because his father is human, but what are we to do if that is not the case?"
Calysta frowned. "Fate has dictated that my son will unify our races. Whether it be the case that Dechi children enter the world in wulfen form or not, my son could not possibly be born in such a way. I would not be surprised if he were unable to shift at all, given the fact he'll have less magic in his veins than full-blooded Dechi. It's a silly idea, really." She looked almost accusingly at her aid for having mentioned the possibility, but her stomach still twisted within her at the thought, and the baby kicked accordingly.
"'Tis a valid point, m'lady. I meant no offense," the woman said quietly.
Calysta's pawn reached the opposite end of the board and was made a queen. Her opponent felt emboldened by her compatriot's question and decided to ask one of her own.
Upon receiving permission, she inquired, "M'lady, what really happened that night with Hemming? That bit about the tree roots… that was just a ruse, wasn't it?"
Calysta used her new queen to smite a bishop. "It was the truth."
She recounted the entirety of her ordeal for the first time. Upon accepting Hemming's betrayal, she had shifted into a beautiful, golden-haired greywolf with a white muzzle and underbelly, her red dress in tatters draped around her. She knew now that it was sometimes necessary to resist in order to achieve eventual peace.
Hemming dropped the dagger and shifted into his larger, slate grey form.
"So this is how you want it?" he asked. "After all your father worked for to secure a future for you and all the Dechi, you betray him for an unborn half-breed. So be it."
He lunged at her with his powerful jaws, narrowly missing her as she took off into the woods.
Meanwhile, the faerie Ghillie Dhu perceived the troubled heart of a child in a nearby wood. He followed the sense urgently as it led him closer to the capital city until he could spot swift movement among the tree trunks. He was puzzled by the figures, knowing that they were of beasts and not of men, but he heard the youthful screams coming from the one being chased and asked a favor of the trees.
Calysta knew that Hemming was gaining on her and that her time grew short. The only thing she could do now was to try and fight him off, though he was much larger and more experienced a brawler. Not a moment after she had turned to face him, a rumbling akin to an earthquake moved beneath her feet. Hemming closed in on his target, but just as he lept forward, large tree roots caught his legs and threw him to the ground. Within moments, his entire lurching body was enveloped in the roots.
As much as he tried to resist, he was dragged beneath the ground until all fell silent again and the trembling Calysta was left alone. Ghillie was not partial to wolves, so thought it best to leave himself unintroduced and take his leave.
"It didn't really make sense to me, either, but the trees saved my life that night."
"Sounds horrifying, if you ask me!" the knitting woman said.
"I'm just glad you made it out safe, m'lady," said the chess player. Calysta's queen had been forced into a corner beside the lady-in-waiting's king. A simple move and the queen was knocked over and taken off of the board.
Calysta suddenly became upset. "Ugh, this is such a dull game, anyway. I'm done for now. Shall we ask the kitchen if they will fix us some soup?" Upon rising, she felt wet.
She lifted the skirt of her dress to reveal a puddle of water beneath her.


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Kanye West cried on hearing baby news
London: Rapper Kanye West reportedly burst into tears of joy when girlfriend Kim Kardashian told him she is pregnant with their first child.
Sources say the rapper was overcome with emotion when he found out he is going to be a father, reported Showbizspy.
"He`s like really on one right now and I don`t know if I should say this, but Kanye was crying when Kim told him she was knocked up. I heard he got on his knees in front of Kim, she rubbed his head while he was crying and he was kissing her stomach. Guess he was overwhelmed at that point and couldn`t believe he`s about to be a father," a source said.
Recent reports claimed West shocked Kardashian when he announced news of her pregnancy during a gig.
The reality TV star, who was at the concert, had no idea West was going to tell the world they`re expecting their first child together.
"She planned to say nothing until she started showing. Kanye was moved to blab on stage because Kim`s BFF and her mom were at the show ? along with several of Kanye`s family members.
"Kim was crying tears of joy when Kanye revealed they`re expecting, and was especially moved because he did it during one of her fave songs... Lost in the World," the source added.


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23 Sep-23 Oct
Just two days of Libra's month left, but an auspicious new Moon at dawn today is good for resolutions and planting seeds (not just in gardens). Make your intentions clear - not least to yourself, wavering one - and present yourself with your usual elan. Intimate relationships? The place to dither least of all.
The rule of 'more haste less speed' prevails for the next three weeks, thanks to Mercury the messenger slipping backwards through your sign. Slow down, savour the season and relish congenial company. As you can now boast massive planetary support, make sure your crowning glory - be that your greatest talent or big hair - is there for all to admire.
24 Oct-21 Nov
During the current planetary lull, tranquillity and thoughtful planning are favoured, prior to the arrival of Hurricane Sag on the 23rd. After that, even the most stuck Centaur should find movement, and that spring projects finally click into place. Delightful company should help meantime.
22 Nov-21 Dec
It's hard to force the pace at work when Mercury is being so wayward (until the 18th) - better to mop up any outstanding half-finished business and repair any legal disputes. A swathe of planets in your 'scope's companionship zone makes your network of contacts all important now, not least in terms of getting paid for your hard work. For Saturday's full Moon, find a party.
20 Jan-19 Feb
The next few weeks are the time to prove to those that call the shots that you have what it takes to join them. Don't be put off by a few spanners clunking through the works (courtesy Mercury). Take heart - things straighten out in December. Do ensure that your lofty Aquarian idealism is on display and (6/7 Feb birthdays take note) make an effort to stay out of scandal!
20 Feb-20 Mar
Since the Piscean fishes swim in opposite directions, you should be able to cope with a few conflicting signals. Jupiter and Venus favour grand schemes, international relations and unconventional people - here's a month for extending your reach. The catch? Mercury in retreat means you have to double check dates and travel arrangements. Romance? Eccentric but intense.
21 Mar-19 Apr
Bring whatever projects you have laboured on this year to completion. The next month is a time of transformation; on one level that means putting your financial affairs in order, on another, divesting yourself of whatever emotional baggage will weigh your down in December. Socially, you're hot stuff on Thursday/Friday.
20 Apr-20 May
A gang of planets in opposition is usually no breeze, but it should make clear who are your genuine allies, and who is just passing through. Much the same applies to intimate relationships laden with commitment issues, but with your career all a quiver, it's networking that should take priority. Next Saturday's full Moon is all yours btw: major profile please.
21 May-20 Jun
Oh heck - it turns out that a healthy lifestyle and diligent work are the key to most problems after all! At least for the next three weeks, when you should revise your work plan and reduce ties to bring one major project to fruition. Playtime? Niet.
21 Jun-22 Jul
Intimate relationships are what count now for you, and the joy that lovers, children and friendships bring, not to mention the enormous bills run up maintaining them. At present, though, you have to go the extra mile for those close to your heart, without attaching conditions, and trust that the 'As you sow, so you reap' stuff proves right in the long run.
23 Jul-22 Aug
Property issues tend to loom large, and an overhaul of the Leo palace might be looming. If so, make sure repairs are right first time. The same planets will remind you that the family must always be, if not honoured, then at least dealt with.
23 Aug-22 Sep
No sign is better equipped than Virgo to deal with the rigours of bureaucracy - remember that as you clash with some jobsworth over a missing form. But even Virgos can lose their keys (and temper). By contrast, sibling relations and crushes are splendidly aspected: you can make peace with the former, get close-up to the latter.
23 Sep-23 Oct
For a sign that loves spending, Librans seem to find money a somewhat vulgar subject. Five planets in your fiscal zone nonetheless mean it's time to take stock, moderate your outgoings (at least try to cut back) and ensure that the spending patterns of you and your partner are, ahem, in balance. Sex and money are, surprise, closely related. Single? Try Friday.


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